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Questions mount on Iraq insurgency
President Bush holds firm
to a June 30 handover
in Iraq, but critics warn
of increasingly volatility
By Matthew Hay Brown
and Tamara Lytle
The Orlando Sentinel (KRT)
WASHINGTON — The violence
surging in Iraq is raising new doubts
about U.S. plans to turn control of the
country over to a new government in
less than three months.
With troops now battling not only
the Sunni resistance but a radical
Shiite uprising, even some Bush ad
ministration allies are questioning
whether the U.S.-led coalition is in
danger of losing control of the
volatile country.
Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican
member of the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee, called conditions in
Iraq "dangerous, complicated, and I
think we're on the verge of seeing, in
some of these areas some of the
progress we've made over the last year
come undone."
Defense Secretary Donald Rums
feld said Wednesday the insurgents
represent only a small minority of
Iraqis — and will not stand in the way
of installing a democracy in the trou
bled nation.
"As we have said for some time, as
the date for Iraq's transition to self
governance approaches, those op
posed to a free Iraq will grow increas
ingly desperate, and, indeed, they
are," Rumsfeld told reporters.
But the violent uprisings that spread
across southern, central and western
Iraq are deepening the dilemma facing
the United States: Officials want to en
sure the stability the country will need if
the new government is to survive and
succeed, but the longer foreign troops
remain on Iraqi soil, the more anger
their presence will provoke.
Analysts say the insurgency must
be suppressed before it spirals out
of control.
"The danger of what's going on
now, today, lasting for a long period
of time, is it will encourage other peo
ple to either join these groups or start
their own little rebellions," said
Richard Stoll, a professor of political
science at Rice University.
"If it appears to be successful, it will
just encourage other people, for what
ever reasons, to run out into the
streets with their AK-47s."
That could threaten the June 30
deadline set by President Bush to hand
authority over to the Iraqis. "We will
pass sovereignty on June 30," Bush said
this week. "We're not going to be in
timidated by thugs or assassins. We're
not going to cut and run from the peo
ple who long (for) freedom."
Marines sent to pacify Fallujah fur
ther enframed Iraqi anger Wednesday
when they dropped a 500-pound,
laser-guided bomb and fired a rocket
that hit a mosque compound.
"You have to walk this fine line be
tween trying to dampen down these re
bellions as quickly as possible while at
the same time doing as little damage to
other people and other places so you
don't create new enemies," said Stoll,
the Rice political scientist. "That's a
very, very difficult thing to do.
"1 think that at the same time, we
ought to be actively seeking other
countries to help us out, most directly
in terms of troops and as well with re
construction."
Rumsfeld on Wednesday sought to
downplay the Iraqi resistance.
'The vast majority of the 25 million
Iraqi people want freedom for their
country," he said. "The overwhelming
majority of Iraqis are against those
who are looting, intimidating and
stopping children from going to
school at the point of a gun."
Rumsfeld has said that if the vio
lence grows worse, LI.S. commanders
will get the troops they need to deal
with it.
(c) 2004, The Orlando Sentinel (Fla.).
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
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wouldn't be able to maintain anything.
Emerald: What's your fiscal philos
ophy in regard to the incidental fee?
Gutman: I've got to be honest. I
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is. Could you please tell me what it
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late to your campaign?
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vision unless it's reruns of "Sein
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Ayisha Yahya
HENDRYX
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think that's what the incidental fee is
for, I think that's where fund raising
and that type of capital campaign
comes in.
Emerald: How will you work to en
sure a viewpoint-neutral PFC process?
Hendryx: Basically by making sure
that I don't get into a situation where
there's any kind of a conflict of inter
est, such as if a budget comes up
where I'm involved in it in anyway, if
it's going to impact me directly, I
would be inclined to abstain from
voting because I don't want to make
that opportunity where it looks as
though anything going on with the
student incidental fees is anything
other than across the board.
Emerald: What's your favorite reali
ty television show, and how does it re
late to your campaign?
Hendryx: I try not to watch those
shows, but if I had to pick one I'd go
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go over it's kind of like how on "Fear
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— Jennifer Marie Bear
POPENUK
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that we can see this budget and see
that a lot of it is spent inadequately or
just inefficiently, then yeah, if we
could spend less and get the same re
sult that would be fantastic. But, we
just want to make sure that whatever
money does get spent gets spent re
sponsibly and benefits the largest
number of students possible.
Emerald: What's your favorite reali
ty television show, and how does it re
late to your campaign?
Popenuk: My favorite reality televi
sion show would be... "Most Extreme
Elimination Challenge". It relates to our
campaign because it's a little out there,
it's a little bit different than other shows
you might have seen. At the end of the
day, some people get hurt, some people
are having a great time. But overall,
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— Parker Howell
QUIROZ
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in reality it has its twists and turns
and all these other things kind of go
ing on behind the scenes and you re
alize that it's not as beautiful a place
as you thought it would be. So I
guess that's how — our goals, what
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ment as this beautiful thing, it's flaw
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— AyishaYahya
STRAWN
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check. And to make sure that gets
passed on to the student groups.
And to make sure that before a PFC
group goes to a hearing they know
exactly what to expect, that the
guidelines are very clear, that they
know the PFC bylaws and that they
aren't subject to year-to-year changes
in precedent...
Aguilar: I also feel that the pro
grams, and other student unions and
organizations, that they should be
kept well-informed about any
changes and keep more updated.
Emerald: What's your favorite reali
ty television show, and how does it re
late to your campaign?
Strawn: I'd go with something
physical, like the "The Real World" or
"Roa^t Rules Challenge" or "Fear Fac
tor" — something like that. Some
thing that's just really about getting
down into things and getting things
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