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SG elects key positions at first meeting

By Sean Rose
in: narrow KERNEL

The newly re-recognized Stu-
dent Government is up and run-
ning after its first Senate meeting
of the year last night in the Small
Ballroom of the Student Center.

President Becky Ellingsworth
said at the beginning of the meet-
ing that the night was “like taking
a deep breath and starting over."

The Senate elected economics

“The senators realized there
needed to be new leadership to get
things done," Phelps said.

The Senate also passed
Ellingsworth's executive staff list
and created cabinets for the school
year. The Election Board for the
freshman Senate elections was
also formed, and freshman Senate
election poll locations and times
were decided.

The SC budget is now being ex-
amined as well. A draft of the bud-

member last night. and the Appro-
priations and Revenue Committee
will examine the budget next
week. Ellingsworth said she ex-
pects a vote to be taken on the bud-
get at the next Senate meeting in
two weeks.

The meeting took place in the
wake of Ellingsworth‘s lawsuit
against UK. Fayette Circuit Court
Judge Gary Payne decided that
Ellingsworth should be the presi-
dent of SG two weeks ago, and his

Presidential candidate Will
Nash, who was present last night
and watched from the back of the
ballroom, won the general election
by 171 votes but was disqualified
by the Elections Board and SG
Supreme Court after he was found
guilty of campaign violations. The
UK Appeals Board recommended
reinstating him. but Becky
Ellingsworth sued UK on the
grounds that the SG Supreme
Court should have the final say.

saw work ahead of them to repair
SG's image.

“Basically, right now, we've lost
a lot of respect. and I think you all
know that." Phelps said during the
meeting.

Ben Carter. a finance and eco-
nomics senior, proposed the idea of
discussing changes to the 86 Con-
stitution for possible legislation in
the future.

“I think that’s one of the
biggest things we can accomplish

and finance sophomore Nick
Phelps the Senate president.

get was passed out to each Senate

decision became final last Friday.

Some members of the Senate

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Benjamin Bartlett, 3 fine arts graduate student, put the finishing touches on his sculpture of Booker Noe. a UK graduate and grandchild of Jim Beam.

UK students' sculpture preserves memory of Jim Beam's grandson

The sculpture will be placed outside the
visitor’s center at the Jim Beam distillery
in Bardstown, Ky. Work began in October
2004 and concluded yesterday.

By Jenisha Watts
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In February 2004. the last living grand-
child of bourbon distiller Jim Beam died.
But today, Booker Noe has been immortal-
ized, thanks to UK art students who spent
almost a year capturing the rich history of
a seventh-generation bourbon distiller.

Last fall, the Jim Beam Distilling Co.
commissioned UK to build a sculpture in
memory of Noe. Ben Bartlett, a graduate
student at UK, spent 10 to 15 hours a day
sculpting a memorial to Noe. beginning in
October of 2004 and ending yesterday. As
the primary force behind the sculpture,
Bartlett worked (and sometimes lived) in a
two-room warehouse building that build-
ing inspectors have deemed uninhabitable.
trying to keep pace with a tight deadline.

“The unexpectedness of the project is
where a lot of stress came from." said Gar-
ry Bibbs, a UK art professor and head of
the sculpture department.

Jim Beam Vice President Harry Groth
wanted a commemorative sculpture of Noe
in a rocking chair with a cane and his dog

Dot. something that would sit in the front
lawn of the visitor center at the Jim Beam
distillery in Bardstown. Ky.. Bibbs said.

Out of all of Jim Beam’s grandchil»
dren, Noe —- a UK alumnus — went on to
learn recipes for bourbon. and even devel-
oped his own brand of bourbon. called
“Booker’s.”

“He (Noe) was a very strong fan of
UK," Bibbs said. “That’s why Harry
(Groth) wanted UK to be considered to do
it."

Capturing the image of Noe proved to
be a challenge for Bartlett.

“I couldn’t really sculpt him until he
was an actual image in my mind." Bartlett
said. “I had no idea what his figure looked
like in a rocking chair.

“He had to be a complete individual in
my mind before I could sculpt him."

But very few pictures of Noe exist,
which made an already difficult job harder,
Bibbs said.

“We had to collect all the research 7
photographs. videos. all kinds to study his

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Consuminxm' 7

By Derek Poore

An eye on
the little guy.
and the
bigger picture

The little guy wanted to be the best.

Well, do you blame him?

When you’re a UK football fan. and 11 years
old. you’d do anything a 6—foot-3 wide receiver
tells you — if he's wearing the blue and white.

Senior Scott Mitchell picked up a UK football
poster and wrote, “Be the best."

KeyAaron Dishman loved it, because last
week, days after his grandfather died. UK foot-
ball was there for him.

“He was pretty excited. He’s a shy kid. He’s a
good little dude," Mitchell said. “Anytime you
can help somebody a the kids — I feel like
you’ve got to do that."

KeyAaron’s grandfather, William Russell
Dishman Sr.. 67. died Sept. 2. KevAaron and his
mom, Chantelle Dishman, made the drive from
Tallahassee, Fla, to Kentucky for the funeral.

Through a family friend, Mitchell learned of
the family’s death and of an 11-year-old‘s Wildcat
love.

“One reason he was excited was that he never
had met anyone on the team," Chantelle Dish-
man said. “Other than visiting my brother, who
played football at Kentucky State. he hadn’t real-
ly met any players."

KeyAaron follows UK from Florida, where
they‘ve lived since his mom graduated from
Florida State. KeyAaron keeps up with stats and
games for UK football and basketball games.

His grandfather was a big UK fan, but his
mom said she‘s the one who instilled a little blue
blood into KeyAaron.

For every Terrell Owens or Jeff Kent. there
are a hundred classy athletes. There’s Scott
Mitchell. Players who know they‘re looked up to
and take the time to make a little boy‘s day.

Born in Harbor City. Calif. Mitchell excelled
in basketball and football at Clear Creek High
School in League City. Texas. just southeast of
Houston. He played safety in addition to wideout.
and he was also a forward for the hoops team.

KeyAaron plays football on the Country Club
Panthers in Tallahassee. and he also plays bas-
ketball. But he doesn‘t just want to be like
Mitchell.

He wants to be a quarterback. He wants to be
a defensive back. Heck. throw all the positions in.

“He would pick out players and say. ‘I want to
play that position.” Chantelle Dishman said. “He
wants to play right up to the NFL."

Mitchell played junior college ball at Mt. San
Antonio College in Walnut, Calif, and then
transferred to UK before last season. He caught
30 passes for 383 yards and a touchdown last year.

His touchdown reception in the third quarter

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Robotics lecturer kicks off five-part UK series

By ltyan Evans
in: KENTUCKY «ram

In Takeo Kanade’s world. r0
bots can do more than just build
cars or vacuum floors. They
can film movies and deliver in-
stant replays for the Super
Bowl, too.

Takeo Kanade, a Carnegie
Mellon University computer
science professor, will discuss
the past and future of vision-
guided autonomous robots. He
argues that these robots will see
increasing use beyond their
common factory environments
and into more complex outdoor
and daily environments.

This lecture. which will be

in the William T. Young Library
auditorium this afternoon at
5:30, kicks off the computer sci-
ence department's Distin-
guished Lecture Series.

“It might be interesting to
everybody." said Dakshnamoor-
thy Manivannan. the UK com-
puter science professor who or-
ganized all the lectures. “Since
his research was used in the Su~
per Bowl. I think a number of
students would be interested.“

Kanade will also be dis
cussing several systems that he
helped develop, including a ro-
bot helicopter and a humanoid
robot. Kanada is perhaps best
known for Eye Vision, a system
for using multiple cameras.

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The cameras film simultaneous-
ly and then each of the video
streams from the cameras are
combined by a computer. The
Eye Vision technology has been
used in both the film “The Ma-
trix” and in television coverage
of the Super Bowl.

Kanade has considerable ex-
perience in computer vision.

sensors. multimedia and au-
tonomous ground. air mobile
and medical robots. He has
written more than 300 technical
papers and reports. holds more
than 20 patents and has been
the principal investigator on
more than a dozen major vision
and robotics projects at
Carnegie Mellon University
Manivannan also said this
lecture might provide opportu-
nities for future collaborations.
“This lecture came about af-
ter one of our own professors
went to Carnegie Mellon, and
he opened the line of communi-
cation." Manivannan said. “It
may encourage future projects
between the universities."
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Campus safety initiative praised
for $1 .25 million focus on women

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UK President Lee Todd signed
on the dotted line yesterday.
putting into effect an initiative
that will make women‘s safety a
campus focus and will hopefully
bolster UK's push to be a Top-20
school.

“I think it can only help." Todd
said. “As we look at becoming a
Top20 institution. we need to have
Top-20 students, faculty and staff.
and that can‘t happen if they don't
feel safe."

According to Todd. 14 different
campus institutions are putting to-
gether funds. resources and man
power to put an emphasis on
women's safety. At a press confer
ence yesterday. Todd outlined how
UK was going to use $1.25 million
slated for improving women's safe-
W-

“It’s a broad-based move to im-
prove," he said.

Carol Jordan. director of the
Center for Research on Violence
Against Women. was glad to see

Todd’s support for this initiative
and said the support doesn‘t stop
there.

“When you're taking on a prob-
lem of this complexity. it‘s impor-
tant you have everybody involved.
and I think we have that." she said.

The initiative will also put
money into research on women‘s
violence. bringing in new coun-
selors. staff training to deal with
violence issues. a new research as-
sistant at the Center for Research
on Violence Against Women and a
new victim assistant coordinator
at Women’s Place.

“This whole initiative is one of
education,“ said Ken Clevidence.
UK's director of public safety

Improvements will also be
made around campus to increase
lighting in dim areas and trim
away trees and other natural ob-
structions. A main pathway across
campus that will be known as the
“Cat's Path" will also be specially
designed and given special atten-
tion. The path will stretch across
campus. be well-lit and also be pa-
trolled more frequently by UK po-

lice.

Projects to improve lighting
and visibility on campus are al-
ready underway

“I think the main effect will to
give students a greater sense of se-
curity at night." said Bob Wise-
man, vice president for facilities.

Dorothy Edwards. director of
Women’s Place located in Frazee
Hall. said this is a start but she
said it’s nowhere near over yet.

Edwards also said it was “intol-
erable“ that one in three women
will be a victim in her lifetime. ac-
cording to national crime statistics
cited in UK‘s recent study on
women‘s safety on campus.

“There's no way that anyone
would say. ‘I'm okay with one-in»
three odds for a woman I love'"

While Edwards said this is get-
ting things off to a start. she said
she's not satisfied just yet.

"I have to remain loud until my
voice is drowned out.“ she said. “I
do believe it‘s not enough."

Students involved in this work
are still pleased that UK adminis-
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President Lee Todd and Ken Clevidence, director of public safety, stand behind Dorothy
Edwards, director of UK's Women's Place, as she speaks at a press conference yesterday
announcing UK's new initiative for campus safety.

ing action.

“The most important thing is
that the students know they have
the support of the administration
and the administration know they
have the support of the students."
said English and women’s studies
junior Ashley Rouster. who was a
member of the council that was

commissioned to put together
these findings. “I’m just so excited
they‘ve taken into account what
the students are concerned with."

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for the student body." Carter said.

The Appropriations and Revenue
Committee. which examines bills for
SC that contain any money or funding
issues. chose public service and lead-
ership junior Brent Burchett as its
chairman. The committee also exam-
ines SG bills for their constitutionali-

tY-

Five cabinets were also created at
the meeting this year. including Cam-
pus Life. College-Town Initiative. Uni-
versity Relations. Campus Outreach

and Greek Affairs.

Overall. Ellingsworth had a posi-

tive outlook after the elections.

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said.

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against Louisville kept
UK‘s late rally attempt
alive.

With UK's top two re-
ceivers Keenan Burton and
Tommy Cook out for a
month or more. Mitchell is
trusted to help carry the
load.

In the football world he
has to “step up."

He's already stepped up
for KeyAaron.

“He loved football.“
Mitchell said. “I took him
in there to the Cat’s Den
and had some of the guys
sign a shirt for him."

Mitchell said he wanted
KeyAaron to know the UK
football family was behind
him.

His advice to KeyAaron

was simple. “Be the best."

But what else did
Mitchell and KeyAaron talk
about?

“We talked about foot-
ball." KeyAaron said.

Of course.

And who does he think
will win Saturday when UK
faces Indiana?

KeyAaron doesn’t hesi-
tate: “Kentucky”

Of course. but by how
much?

“I don’t know. but I
know they're gonna win."

KeyAaron trusts UK
will be victorious Saturday,
but Mitchell is already win-
ning at something more im-
portant than sports.

Derek Poore can be
heard on the “Big Blue Re-
view” today at 4 pm. on
WRFL 88.1 FM and Sunday
nights from 8 to 10. E—mail
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 Delta, Northwest
for bankruptcy protection

By Sara unaulani Goo
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WASHINGTON — Delta
Air Lines and Northwest. the
nation’s third- and fourth-
largest carriers, filed for
bankruptcy protection
Wednesday as skyrocketing
fuel costs accelerated the car-
riers' financial decline.

With the filings, an un-
precedented four of the na-
tion’s seven largest carriers
will be operating under
bankruptcy protection.
marking a low point for an
industry that many analysts
said had shown signs of
turning a corner this year—
if not for the run-up in jet
fuel prices.

Analysts expect Dulles-
based Independence Air’s
parent, Flyi Inc., to soon join
the pack of bankrupt carri-
ers. Two carriers in bank-
ruptcy protection, UAL
Corp.’s United and US Air-
ways Group lnc., have indi-
cated plans to emerge in the
coming months. AMR Corp.’s
American Airlines, Conti-
nental Airlines Inc. and
Southwest Airlines Inc, the
other three major carriers,
posted a profit last quarter.

Despite the wave of bank-
ruptcy filings, airline travel-
ers should see little change.
Frequent-flier miles are ex-
pected to be preserved be-
cause airlines cannot afford
to anger their most loyal cus-
tomers. Fares are likely to re-
main low because of intense
competition from low-fare
carriers. Federal officials
have stepped up airline in-
spections, and safety does not
appear to have been compre
mised by the industry’s woes.

Airline workers. already
suffering from aggressive
cuts in wages and benefits,
will likely face further hard-
ship. The airlines are likely
to further trim their work-
forces to become smaller,
more efficient businesses.
Older carriers, such as Delta
Air Lines Inc. and Northwest
Airlines Corp, are saddled
with hefty obligations to pen—
sion funds that could be
turned over to the federal
government under bankrupt-
cy protection, diminishing
workers’ retirement benefits.

The airlines beat next

month’s launch of a new
bankruptcy law, which
makes it more difficult for
executives to collect reten-
tion pay. The new law also re
quires carriers to emerge
from bankruptcy within 18
months.

Some industry observers
think the bankruptcies could
prompt a move toward con-
solidation. US Airways,
whose creditors approved its
bankruptcy-reorganization
plan Wednesday, is merging
with America West Holdings
Corp. in an effort to become a
leaner, low-cost carrier.

“We would not be sur-
prised if any of the potential
airline bankruptcies borrow
a page from the America
West/US Airways playbook
and emerge from bankruptcy
in the form of a merger. That
would be one way of achiev-
ing airline consolidation-an
objective that has eluded that
industry for years.” said
Michael Linenberg of Mer-
rill Lynch & Co.

Unlike the days when air-
lines filed for bankruptcy
protection and were then liq-
uidated, creditors are less
likely to demand their assets
—namely, aircraft—for fear
that a huge number of
planes on the market will dri-
ve down prices. Instead.
bankruptcy protection leaves
more room for airlines to ne-
gotiate with creditors. In
many cases, the carriers are
looking to reconfigure their
fleets for greater efficiency—
a change that some consul-
tants say is more difficult to
do outside of bankruptcy re-
organization.

“It’s more difficult than
ever to liquidate an airline."
said Darryl Jenkins. visiting
professor at Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University.
“You have so many lenders of
last resort who want to keep
aircraft prices high.”

Northwest said its deci-
sion to file for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection was
unrelated to its striking me-
chanics, who walked off the
job several weeks ago to
protest the company‘s effort
to cut pay and reduce their
ranks. The company blamed
its fuel costs, which have
risen to $3.3 billion annually.
for preventing it from reduc-

ing its expenses enough out-
side of bankruptcy protec-
tion.

“We had developed a plan
to restructure Northwest out-
side of Chapter 11 and have
been implementing that
plan.” Northwest chief exec-
utive Douglas Steenland said.
“Unfortunater in addition to
an uncompetitive cost struc-
ture, our efforts have been
overtaken by skyrocketing
fuel costs. By filing for
Chapter 11 now. we ensure
that we have the means to
complete the transformation
of Northwest quickly and ef-
fectively."

The carrier expects to be-
come 5 to 6 percent smaller
by the fourth quarter, with
layoffs expected, Steenland
said.

Delta’s filing was a “nec-
essary and responsible step
to preserve Delta’s value."
chief executive Gerald Grin-
stein said in a statement. The
company said it had secured
$1.7 billion in debtor-in-pos-
session financing to continue
normal operations under
bankruptcy protection.

Delta said Wednesday
that it would continue to pay
workers‘ wages. health care
coverage, vacation and sick
leave for its 52,000 employees
but that further reductions
in jobs. pay and benefits are
likely.

Delta also said that it
does not plan to make contri-
butions to its pension plans
that are due soon. “Missing
contributions does not mean
that our qualified plans stop
paying monthly retirement
benefits or that we have initi-
ated the process to terminate
the plans," Grinstein said.
who added that he would
push for pension~reform leg-
islation. A statement from
the company said “there can
be no guarantees—even with
pension reform~about the
future of Delta’s qualified de-
fined benefit pension plans.“

Delta does not have as
many unionized workers as
other carriers, but it is $21.6
billion in debt and posted a
$1.5 billion loss for the first
six months of the year. The
airline operates a wide range
of aircraft, which analysts
say could be narrowed to pro-
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Judge deems pledge In schools unconstitutional

By Maura Dolan
LOS ANGELES mats

A federal judge in Sacra-
mento, Calif, ruled Wednes-
day that it is unconstitutional
to require public school chil-
dren to recite the words ‘un-
der God” in the Pledge of Al-
legiance, reviving a con-
tentious legal fight that in-
flamed the cultural wars over
' religion‘s place in govern-
ment.

US. District Court Judge
Lawrence K. Karlton said he
was bound by the 9th US. Cir-
cuit Court of Appeals, which
in 2002 ruled that the words
“under God” added by Con-
gress in 1954 during the Mc-
Carthy era, rendered the
Pledge unconstitutional.

Michael A. Newdow, the
atheist who won the 9th Cir-
cuit ruling, ultimately lost his
case last year before the US.
Supreme Court . Without de-
ciding the constitutional
question of separation of
church and state, the
Supreme Court ruled that
Newdow did not have legal
standing to sue on behalf of
his gradeschool daughter be
cause he did not have prima-
ry custody ,

Newdow still lacks stand-
ing, but his new lawsuit may
go forward because he has
added plaintiffs who are par-
ents with full custody of their
children, Karlton decided.

The ruling affects the Elk
Grove Unified School District
the Eleverta Joint School Dis-
trict and the Rio Linda Union
School District in Sacramento
County.

Religious conservatives,
joined by Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger: immediately
denounced Karlton‘s decision
in a replay of the uproar that
ensued when the 9th Circuit
first ruled in favor of New-
dow. They said Karlton’s rul-
ing would become a weapon
in their battle to ensure the
US. Senate confirms Presi-
dent Bush’s conservative
nominees to the Supreme
Court. The Supreme Court
has the final say on the
Pledge’s constitutionality.

The nomination of John
G. Roberts Jr., a conservative
jurist whom Bush has select-
ed to replace the late Chief
Justice William H. Rehnquist.
is currently before the US.
Senate. Bush has yet to nomi-
nate a successor to Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor. who
has said she will retire when
her successor is in place.

“Here we go again," said
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of
the American Center for Law
and Justice, a religious liber-
ties groups that litigates con~
stitutional questions. Wednes-
day's ruling “emphasizes in a
very significant way what is
really at stake” with the con-
firmation hearings, Sekulow

said.

“Today’s ruling illustrated
why we need judges who are
umpires applying settled law
rather than activists intent on
imposing their own ideology,"
said Mathew D. Staver. head
of Liberty Council. another
religious liberties group.
Roberts has told the Senate he
believes judges should be um-
pires, not policy makers.

“When the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals delivered
the craziest ruling in Ameri-
can history by striking down
the Pledge of Allegiance three
years ago. the US. Supreme
Court stepped in and stopped
the insanity." said Randy
Thomasson. president of
Campaign for Children and
Families, a religious liberties
group. “The lower courts
striking down the Pledge
again is like a dog returning
to its vomit.”

Gov. Schwarzenegger is-
sued a statement urging the
school districts to appeal the
ruling.

Judge Karlton said he
would be obligated to issue an
order blocking the school dis-
tricts from having children re-
cite the Pledge once an appro
priate motion was made.
Michael Pott. a lawyer for the
school districts. said they
would ask Karlton to put such
an order on hold pending an
appeal to the 9th Circuit.

 

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posmre," Bibbs said.
Bartlett began the project
drawing preliminary
sketches which had to be ap-
proved by the Jim Beam com-
pany and Noe' 3 wife and fami
1y Bartlett then made a one
foot clay model of Noe seated
in a melting chair. Next, a full-
size model was made, which
also had to be approved by the
Jim Beam distillery and Noe' 3

family.

Once the clay version of
the sculpture was approved, a
series of rubber, wax and ce-
ramic molds were made.
Bibbs also brought in Tamina
Karem, an independent con-
tractor from Louisville. to
help with pouring bronze and
applying the finish to the
sculpture.

“i came in when the clay
was finished. to oversee the
casting process," said Karem.
who made ceramic shells of
the sculpture.

Bronze is later poured
into three ceramic shells.

each of which are a piece of
the final sculpture. Once the
bronze cools. the molds are re
moved and the bronze casts
are welded together.

“It's like a three-dimen-
sional puzzle.“ Bibbs said.

The end result. scheduled
to ship to the company today.
is a 900pound bronze sculp
ture, with an estimated cost
in the tens of thousands of
dollars.

“(A) finished project is
tremendous." Bibbs said. “It's
like a woman giving birth."

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Insurgent attacks in Iraq target scores of poor Shiites

By Borzou Daraqahi
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BAGHDAD. Iraq ~ At
their uncle Hamid Ghatti
Fares’ behest. the Rashid
brothers left the desperation
and unemployment of
Nasiriya down south to look
for construction jobs in the
Iraqi capital.

And under their uncle’s
care. the two bothers. Hos-
sein. 33, and Tahseen. 27.
were returned to their home
in the south Wednesday.
their mangled bodies laid
side by side in simple wood-
en coffins strapped atop a
Korean-made minibus.

“What can I say? How
can I describe this feeling?"
said Fares. a 57-year-old
Baghdad cigarette vendor.
whimpering as he boarded
the vehicle and prepared to
deliver his nephews' re-
mains to their father -_. his
brother — in Nasiriya. “It
will be a long ride."

The brothers were killed
when a massive car bomb
exploded in a crowd of day
laborers in the largely Shiite
Muslim district of Kad-
himiya on Wednesday. one of
the deadliest days of insur-
gent attacks in the capital
since the March 2003 U.S.-led
invasion.

By nightfall. at least 141
Iraqis had been killed and
228 injured in the bombings
and ambushes in Baghdad.
most of the victims mem-
bers of Iraq's Shiite majori~
ty. Between 6:50 am. and
2:10 pm. local time. 10 car
bombs were set off in the
capital.

Another 17 people were

shot execution-style in a
massacre in a Shiite enclave
near Taji. north of the capi-
tal.

The barrage of explo-
sions plunged the capital
once again into fear and de-
spair. Gunfire and sirens
rang out as black smoke
rose into the sky. Police and
soldiers choked traffic with

checkpoints. In eastern
Baghdad. automatic
weapons fire continued into
the night.

The violence appeared to
be retaliation for a recent
joint U.S.-Iraqi offensive
against rebels in the north-
ern city of Tall Afar that
Iraqi officials said killed at
least 150 insurgents. The at-
tacks also seemed designed
to stoke tension between the
country‘s Shiite majority
and Sunni minority. which
along with Sunni Arab fight-
ers from abroad is spear-
heading the insurgency.

The group of Jordanian-
born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
an insurgent leader. claimed
responsibility for the day‘s
assaults in an Internet post-
ing.

“Al-Qaida Organization
in Iraq has declared war
against Shiites in all of
Iraq." the audio recording
said. “As for the govern-
ment. servants of the an
saders headed by (Prime
Minister) Ibrahim Jafari.
they have declared a war on
Sunnis in Tall Afar. You
have begun and started the
attacks. and you won‘t see
mercy from us."

A senior US. military of-
ficial. speaking on condition

of anonymity, said the at-
tacks were evidence of in-
surgents' weakness against
Iraq’s nascent security
forces. “(The insurgents)
failed to stand up to the as-
sault up north. so they slink
away and kill civilians in
Baghdad." he said. “It is as-
tonishing that they can try
to claim some victory from
pure murder.”

Five of Wednesday‘s car
bombs targeted U.S. patrols.
injuring at least two Ameri~
cans. In one foiled attack, a
man of Syrian origin
rammed a car bomb into an
American tank. but it failed
to explode and he was cap-
tured. a US. military officer
said. Three bombs targeted
Iraqi security officials.
killing three soldiers and p0-
lice officers.

But ordinary Iraqi civil-
ians. almost all Shiites. bore
the brunt of the attacks.
One car bomb in the mostly
Shiite Shuala district target
ed a group of people waiting
for a bus. At least four were
killed. according to the Inte-
rior Ministry

In Taji. according to one
witness. a group of at least
50 men in Iraqi army uni»
forms pulled 17 members of
the mostly Shiite Tamimi
tribe out of their homes.
lined them up against a wall
and executed them before
firing off flares and escap-
ing into the dense palm
groves along the Tigris Riv-
er.

“The people who were
killed have nothing to do
with the Americans. the gov-
ernment or security forces."

Mohammad Baqer Tamimi.
a Taji produce wholesaler.
said in a telephone inter-
view. “Some sold vegetables.
some sold ice and some were
taxi drivers."

The car bomb in Kad-
himiya. though. was the
day‘s deadliest incident.
killing 112 people, the Interi~
or Ministry said.

Hours after the explo-
sion. women walking by the
scene covered their eyes and
gasped. overwhelmed by the
smell of burnt flesh. Slick
pools of blood covered the
pavement. Farm tractors
hauled away piles of
charred debris.

Many of the victims said
they were un