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Citizens between the ages of 18 and 26 could be asked to serve By ISAAC FABELA Daily Titan Staff
With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still making headlines daily, possible conflicts arising in other parts of the world might raise concerns about the United States armed forces being stretched too thin. The current American military situation, in which two simultaneous operations are being undertaken thousands of miles apart, has been a hot topic during this election year. With each passing day bringing additional casualties from the battlefield, everyone, especially men and women between the ages of 18 and 26, are starting to pay more attention to each candidateʼs view on one topic: the draft. When in place, the Selective Service randomly picks eligible American men and women between ages 18 and 26 and forces them to serve in the armed forces. Failure to comply once one has been selected will result in criminal prosecution. The last time the American government implemented this practice was during the Vietnam War, when years of casualties forced Americaʼs youth to help in the war effort, whether they liked it or not. Congress put a stop to the draft in 1973, and though it might seem like an event destined to remain an experience read about in history books, it might not stay there for long. There is currently a bill being considered by both the House and the Senate that would reinstate the draft and once again make it illegal to ignore the governmentʼs call to service. SB89, being considered in the Senate, and HR163 in the House, both contain the same language. “A bill to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes,” both bills state. The passage of any one of these bills would reinstate the draft. The bills have forced the issue to DRAFT 4
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At the 2004 Special Olympics, held at CSUF on Saturday, victory was a common sight as depicted by Manny DeLeon’s joyful celebration of his volleyball team’s first win (top left). At noon, while participants competed in cycling, baseball and soccer, the “Angel” dance team performed a Hula dance as a special treat for all those who attended (bottom left).
Influenza shot shortage affects millions during winter season About 36,000 people in America die from the virus annually By NIYAZ PIRANI Daily Titan Staff
Cal State Fullerton students might be getting sick this winter for reasons other than late night drinking spells at the Off Campus Pub. Recently, Chiron Corporationʼs Liverpool facility notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they were unable to distribute Fluvirin, a vaccine for the influenza virus. Englandʼs Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency suspended the license of Chiron Corporation, thus cutting down the supply of flu vaccines to the United States by half. The shortage means that only 58 million shots will be available for the United States, according to the CDCʼs Web site. Influenza is a virus which results in high fever, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, nausea and
vomiting and is contagious one day before and up to seven days after symptoms appear. The CDC reported that 5 percent to 20 percent of the population gets the flu and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized because of it. Each flu season approximately 36,000 people die from the virus. “I was worried when [the shortage] was first reported but you hear so many different stories about how short we are,” said a Mission Viejo senior citizen who requested anonymity. “Last year my doctor ran out so I got a shot somewhere else and I figure that will happen again.” The flu shot is currently available only to people 65 years or older, people with chronic health conditions, health care workers involved in direct patient care, caregivers for children 6 months or younger and pregnant women, according to CSUFʼs Student Health and Counseling Centerʼs Web site. “I think itʼs going to be pretty bad if we really are as short as they say,” said Erik Sealy, a history major at Irvine Valley College. “We may have a lot of problems with elderly
and young people dying.” People who meet the criteria set by the CDC can speak to their doctor about where to get a flu shot. “We had the flu shot at first but now that thereʼs a shortage, nobody has it,” said Badri Beheshti, a pharmacist at Albertsonʼs in Mission Viejo. The Associated Press reported United States citizens have been going to Canada or Mexico to receive the flu vaccine as a solution to the shortage. There are a few ways people can protect themselves from contracting the flu as an alternative to getting the vaccine. “Thereʼs not much you can do to prevent the flu, but washing your hands is the most important thing you can do,” Beheshti said. Beheshti said aside from the flu vaccine, healthy habits such as keeping distance from people that are sick and keeping hands away from the face would be the best way to stay healthy this winter. “If I donʼt get the vaccine, Iʼll just say home and close my doors and windows,” Sealy said.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — In one of their boldest and most brutal attacks yet, insurgents waylaid three minibuses carrying U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers heading home on leave and massacred about 50 of them — many of them shot in the head executionstyle, officials said Sunday. A claim of responsibility posted on an Islamist Web site attributed the attack to followers of Jordanianborn terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The killing of so many Iraqi soldiers — unarmed and in civilian clothes — in such an apparently sure-footed operation reinforced American and Iraqi suspicions that the countryʼs security services have been infiltrated by insurgents. Elsewhere, a U.S. diplomat was killed Sunday morning when a rebelfired rocket or mortar shell crashed into the trailer where he was sleeping at an American base near the Baghdad airport, the U.S. Embassy announced. Edward Seitz, an agent with the State Departmentʼs Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was believed to be the first U.S. diplomat killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Al-Jazeera television reported Sunday that the militant Islamic Army of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack. A Bulgarian soldier was killed and two others were injured in a car-
bombing near Karbala, the Bulgarian Defense Ministry said. Karbala, a Shiite holy city south of Baghdad, has been quiet for months after U.S. troops routed Shiite militia there last spring. The unarmed Iraqi soldiers were killed on their way home after completing a training course at the Kirkush military camp northeast of Baghdad when their buses were stopped Saturday evening by rebels near the Iranian border about 95 miles east of Baghdad, Interior Ministry spokesman Adnan AbdulRahman said. Some accounts by police said the rebels were dressed in Iraqi military uniforms. There was confusion over precise figures, although the Iraqi National Guard said 48 troops and three drivers were killed. Abdul-Rahman said 37 bodies were found Sunday on the ground with their hands behind their backs, shot in the head execution-style. Twelve others were found in a burned bus, he said. Some officials quoted witnesses as saying insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at one bus. “After inspection, we found out that they were shot after being ordered to lay down on the earth,” Gen. Walid al-Azzawi, commander of the Diyala provincial police, said, adding that the bodies were laid out in four rows, with 12 bodies in each row. In a Web site posting, the al-Qaida in Iraq, formerly known as Tawhid and Jihad, claimed responsibility for the ambush, saying “God enabled the Mujahedeen to kill all” the soldiers MASSACRE 4
Talbots offers $100,000 scholarship to women
Deadline is Jan. 3, or when first 1,000 applications received By KELLY HICKMAN Daily Titan Staff
Talbots, a national specialty retailer for womenʼs clothing and accessories, is teaming up with Scholarship America to offer the $100,000 Talbots Womenʼs Scholarship Fund. The scholarship, which started in 1997, is designed to assist women who are determined to finally achieve their college degree. “[The scholarship] came about when we were celebrating our companyʼs 50th anniversary and we wanted to do something meaningful
for us and our customers; something that would make a difference,” said Margery Myers, spokesperson for Talbots. The scholarship will be divided among 55 recipients, with five women each receiving $10,000 and the remaining 50 women each getting $1,000. Eligible applicants must have earned their high school diploma or GED at least 10 years ago, be seeking a bachelorʼs degree from a fouryear college, university or vocational-technical school, be attending school for the entire 2005-2006 academic year and be receiving their degree no earlier than May 2006. Additionally, applicants must TALBOTS 3
Arboretum breaks ground for new Visitor Center, celebrates 25th anniversary 11,441 square-foot facility will feature an outdoor pavilion By CASEY RITTENHOUSE Daily Titan Staff
The Arboretumʼs Visitor Center celebrated its groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday afternoon on a day that also marked the Arboretumʼs 25th Anniversary. Between 80 and 90 people attended the event, including donors, Arboretum volunteers and staff, city council members and Cal State Fullerton officials. The ceremony took place in the Arboretumʼs con-
ference room in Oak Hall as a CSUF brass band played tunes for the guests as they made way to their seats. Greg Dyment, director of the Arboretum, said he was ecstatic at the thought of a new center and joked about the Arboretumʼs current situation. “We are in dire need of a larger facility,” Dyment said, as some of the guests stood for part of the presentation while event staff hurried in more chairs. Milton A. Gordon, president of CSUF, spoke in front of the audience and thanked the guests for their “vision and hard work.” The 11,441 square-foot center
will feature a museum, classrooms, an enlarged conference room, an outdoor pavilion and expanded restroom facilities, just to name a few of its up-coming amenities. Ephraim Smith, vice president of CSUF, took to the podium and said the new addition to the Arboretum will be a great tool for the university to reach its educational goals. He added that the Arboretum is already utilized for Yoga classes, ROTC training, art classes and scientific research by professors and their students. “[The center] helps CSUF fill its academic mission,” Smith said. Jerry Young, commissioner of the Fullerton Arboretum Authority, said
the road leading to the groundbreaking has been long, but that it was all done because of “tremendous community involvement and support.” Young acknowledged the contributions of Arboretum supporters, quoting Robert Hookeʼs letter to Sir Isaac Newton, which said: “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.” The process of making the new center a reality began in 1988, Dyment said. The Arboretum has so far raised more than $2.5 million of the $2.7 million needed to complete the project. ARBORETUM 4
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Several key figures responsible for the implementation of a new Visitor Center for the Arboretum pose next to shovels painted in gold last Thursday. The project is expected to last one year.
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WASHINGTON — The Army has agreed to a Pentagon investigation into claims by a top contracting official that a Halliburton subsidiary unfairly won no-bid contracts worth billions of dollars for work in Iraq and the Balkans, according to Army documents obtained Sunday. The complaint alleges that the award of contracts without competition to restore Iraqʼs oil industry and to supply and feed U.S. troops in the Balkans puts at risk “the integrity of the federal contracting program as it relates to a major defense contractor.”
Democrats lose ruling on ballots
Disneylandʼs “Haunted Halloween Holiday” is in full swing and will remain open until Nov. 12. The event is billed as a “collision” of Halloween and Christmas.
DETROIT — A judgeʼs order requiring some provisional ballots in Michigan to be counted even if they are cast in the wrong precinct was put on hold Sunday, the second time in as many days that a federal appeals court dealt a setback to Democrats who wanted to ease voting restrictions. A 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Cincinnati issued a stay of a lower court ruling that had reversed Michiganʼs policy for counting provisional ballots, saying it will hear an appeal of the issue quickly. On Saturday, the same three-judge panel had rejected a similar ruling out of Ohio.
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State Ports backed up due to labor shortage LOS ANGELES — Southern California doesnʼt just have traffic jams on the freeway: now thereʼs gridlock at the ports. Beachgoers Sunday gawked at dozens of freighters waiting to unload at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where a labor shortage on the docks and a spike in cargo shipments have conspired to snarl the flow of goods. Coast Guard Lt. Tim List said 32 freighters were anchored around the ports Sunday, about three times the typical traffic. Delays have forced cargo to be diverted to other West Coast ports, taxing their capabilities, while truck drivers must wait hours before they can pick up goods.
5 killed in air ambulance crash SAN DIEGO — Rescuers hiked though rugged terrain near the Mexican border Sunday to reach the remote site where a private jet went down after taking off from San Diego, killing all five people aboard. The Learjet was being used as an air ambulance when it crashed carrying two pilots, two paramedics and a nurse on a flight bound for Albuquerque, N.M.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Bush and Sen. John Kerry stayed on the offensive in swing states Sunday as the presidential race entered its final full week. In a television interview, Bush said it is “up in the air” whether the nation can ever be fully safe from another terror attack and suggested terrorists may still be contemplating ways to disrupt the election. For the fourth consecutive Sunday, Kerry spoke at a predominantly black church, this one in Fort Lauderdale in heavily Democratic Broward County, and promised worshippers their votes would be counted this time.
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Medical aid was requested after a man began having an epileptic seizure in the Titan Student Union.
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A male in his 20s wearing a black jacket and blue jeans, carrying an umbrella and a yellow notepad acting “very excited” was reported on campus. Police arrested the man.
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Police responded to a report of a stolen wallet taken from an unsecured room in Langsdorf Hall. No suspects were found.
Police responded to reports of a male in his 20s, wearing a multicolored shirt and blue jeans, apparently taking an unconscious female into Craig Park. The man appeared to be taking the femaleʼs shirt off as well. Police located the couple, who claimed they were boyfriend and girlfriend. A warning was given.
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Police transported a man to the Health Center after he stapled his hand with a staple gun at the Performing Arts Center.
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A suspicious man was spotted wearing a blue and white jogging suit standing next to a blue van with his pants pulled down near the Greenhouse Apartments.
A black Honda was broken into on the second floor of the resident hall parking structure. A report was taken.
Police were notified of a Hispanic male peering into car windows in Lot B. Police located the man and gave him a warning.
A suspicious person was reported on the track, flying remote control airplanes. Police responded, and gave the person a warning.
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A skateboard was reported stolen from a Valencia dorm room. The skateboard was later recovered, but the owner insisted on filing a police report.
Police responded to a suspicious man playing with flares in Lot A. The man was warned and left campus.
Whatʼs scarier than a $50 door charge to get into a Halloween themed event? The Santa Ana Zoo is presenting its 14th annual Halloween festival, featuring educational programs, storytelling, live animal “encounters,” trick-or-treating stations and games. The event runs through Saturday and tickets range $5 to $7. For more information, call (714) 953-8555. Metalheads unite! Grab your wigs and make-up ʼcause Megadeath is coming to town tonight at The Grove of Anaheim. If skull-splitting leads and lots of double-bass action really get your hair flowing, donʼt miss this opportunity to see one of metalʼs old-school patriarchs in action. All events are free and on campus unless otherwise indicated. If you would like to have a specific entry put in the calendar section, please send an e-mail to news@dailytitan.com.
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have at least two semesters remaining before completion of their undergraduate degree, as of the start of the fall 2005 semester. Students who have already earned a bachelorʼs degree are ineligible. “A program like this is so greatly needed,” said Liz Tuma, program manager for Scholarship America. “There isnʼt a lot out there for women who are going back to school to get their degree.” Applications can be obtained at any Talbots store location or online at www.talbots.com by typing “Womenʼs Scholarship Fund” on the “Quick Find” keyword search. The three-part application process involves completing the actual application, providing complete and official college transcripts and a typewritten essay on “What Achieving a Degree Means to Me.” “The essay allows us to get a sense of the person, who they are,
what matters to them, how passionate they are about their education,” Myers said. Lauren Sims, a junior business administration major, said it has been hard for her to find a good scholarship program, but said she was happy to hear about the Talbots scholarship, which she is eligible for. “Life itself is difficult with school, work and family,” Sims said. “A little monetary support would really help.” Sims added that she is going to start right away on completing her application and essay. Applicants like Sims will have to send in their applications soon, as the deadline will be met when the first 1,000 eligible applications are received, or on Jan. 3, 2005 — whichever comes first. Scholarship winners will be notified by late July 2005. Once the applications are received, Scholarship America representatives process and evaluate the submissions and choose the finalists to be
sent to Talbotsʼ judges. This yearʼs board of judges will include well-known personalities, such as volleyball athlete Gabrielle Reece, WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, award-winning actress Alfre Woodard, best-selling author and actress Carol Higgins Clark, BET Nightly News anchor Jacque Reid and president and publisher for Regan Media, Judith Regan. “We now are in the past have had a long list of individually wellrespected and accomplished women as judges,” Myers said. “We wanted women [judges] who are seen as role models.” Once the panel of judges has chosen their 55 winners, Myers will personally call the women to give them the good news. “The difference in their voices tells me everything,” Myers said. Myers recalls one of last yearʼs $10,000 winners who literally had $100 in the bank when she won. “[The scholarship] truly changed their lives,” Myers said. “Itʼs an amazing thing.”
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Screaming fans fill Becker Amphitheater for lead singer Juliette Lewis and her Licks, as she gyrates and moves on the ground, showing off her flexibility, during the band’s performance at CSUF.
Residents encouraged to check smoke detectors Energizer estimates home fires kill nearly 1,000 young people By LAURA GORDON Daily Titan Copy Editor
On Oct. 31, the Fullerton Fire Department doesnʼt just want people to wake up for a day of tricks and treats. It doesnʼt want people to just turn their clocks back an hour either. Instead, the department, along with over 57,000 other fire departments around the country, want people to take a few moments to check the batteries in their home smoke detectors. In the 17th annual “Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries” campaign, Energizer and the International Fire Chiefs Association have teamed up to educate the public about the need to replace batteries used in
smoke detectors. “Itʼs important for everyone to be a part of the program because most homes in America have smoke alarms ... but about 20 percent of those have missing or worn out batteries,” said Tom Geiser, an Energizer spokesman. About 1,000 people under the age of 20 die because of home fires each year, Geiser said, and most house fires occur between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. while residents are sleeping. “One of the best ways to prevent fatalities is by having a working smoke alarm,” Geiser said. “Weʼre advocating that when you wake up on Oct. 31, go through your [home] and check the batteries because it is important.” When the campaign started, St. Louis and Atlanta were the only two fire departments that participated in the program, but “itʼs pretty widespread now,” Geiser said, adding that, since 1977, home fire deaths
have decreased nearly 50 percent. However, not everyone is catching on to the campaign. Jana Brazzle, a senior psychology major at Cal State Fullerton, said she doesnʼt remember ever changing the batteries in her dormʼs smoke detector. Still, Brazzle said she thinks checking smoke alarm batteries is a smart habit to have. “Itʼs important because itʼs not just [about] you,” Brazzle said. “If someone elseʼs dorm catches on fire it affects you.” Sometimes when batteries start to wear, smoke detectors will start beeping to notify the resident the batteries should be changed. “I changed [batteries] recently,” said Rick Leon, an advertising major. “The smoke detector kept beeping. At first I didnʼt know what it was, but then I put it together.” Andy Redley, a senior business major, said he isnʼt very concerned with the smoke detectors in his apart-
ment that he shares with roommates, but agrees itʼs good to make time to change batteries and supports the idea behind the campaign. “[Having] a specific date and time makes it easier for people to remember,” Redley said, referring to this yearʼs daylight-saving time mark. “Itʼs not like itʼs that hard to replace [smoke detector] batteries.” Redley said he knows the smoke detector in his home works because itʼs sensitive and is set off every now and then. “It gets annoying,” Redley said. According to the Fullerton Fire Departmentʼs Web site, a smoke detector should be installed in a bedroom or living area, not in bathrooms or in the kitchen. In a twostory home, a smoke detector must be fixed on each floor. The Web site also recommends testing smoke detectors monthly by pushing the test button on the alarm.
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be discussed by Sen. John Kerry and President Bush as they make their way across America campaigning. Kerry has even gone so far as to suggest that if Bush is re-elected there will be a draft. In an interview with The Associated Press, Bush denied any such inclination by him or his administration. When the topic came up during a second presidential debate with Kerry, he clearly said there will not be a draft and stressed the importance of the United States to maintaining a voluntary military. Kerry has said on occasion that he would not utilize the draft to bolster Americaʼs manpower. Robert E. Pommier, 66, a veteran of three tours in Vietnam, agrees with the president on the issue. “Itʼs not supposed to be that way,” Pommier said. “We need to have a military made of people who want to be there.”
The current version of the draft would not provide the same deferment for students to avoid involuntary service that the president used to avoid serving in Vietnam. Unlike the draft during Vietnam, people enrolled in college and women would be included in the pool. Many said they feel that including students is necessary to gain any kind of support if the draft were to begin again. This new threat to Americaʼs student body will no doubt hit home for people on the campus of Cal State Fullerton, as well as those enrolled in schools across the country. Some students said they wouldnʼt worry about the possibility of a draft until it happens. “I am so wrapped up in midterms and research papers right now,” said Damien McCoy, 26, a political science major. “I am just concentrating on graduating right now. If they want to draft me they can do it after that.” Juan Macias, 32, a reservist in the 82nd Airborne currently being prepared for deployment to Iraq, said he
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and “seize two cars and money.” The claim could not be verified but appeared on a Web site used in the past by Islamic extremists. Al-Zarqawi and his movement are believed to be behind dozens of attacks on Iraqi and U.S.-led forces and kidnappings of foreigners. Many of those hostages, including three Americans, have been beheaded — some purportedly by al-Zarqawi himself. The United States has put a $25 million bounty on al-Zarqawi — the same amount as for Osama bin Laden. U.S. officials believe al-Zarqawiʼs group is headquartered in Fallujah, an insurgent bastion 40 miles west of Baghdad. On Sunday, a U.S. Marine F-18 Hornet jet struck an insurgent position there, the U.S. military said. Witnesses said six people were killed. Fallujah fell under rebel control after the Bush administration ordered Marines to lift their three-week siege of the city in April. U.S. commanders have spoken of a new offensive to clear rebel strongholds ahead of Iraqʼs crucial elections in January. Scattered explosions rumbled through central Baghdad late Sunday but the cause could not be determined. Iraqi police and soldiers have been increasingly targeted by insurgents, mostly with car bombs and mortar shells. However, the fact that the insurgents were able to strike at so
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The center is designed to be energy efficient and water conscious. The plans for the building, which hope to be seen as replicas of old Orange County packing houses, includes windows that allow natural light to seep into the rooms, as well as a state-of-the-art irrigation system designed to conserve water.
many unarmed soldiers in such a remote region suggested the guerrillas may have had advance word on the soldiersʼ travel. “There was probably collusion among the soldiers or other groups,” Diyalaʼs deputy Gov. Aqil Hamid al-Adili told Al-Arabiya television. “Otherwise, the gunmen would not have gotten the information about the soldiersʼ departure from their training camp and that they were unarmed.” Last week, a U.S. defense official told reporters in Washington that some members of the Iraqi security services have developed sympathies and contacts with the guerrillas. In other instances, infiltrators were sent to join the security services, the official said on condition of anonymity. He cited a mortar attack Tuesday on an Iraqi National Guard compound north of Baghdad as a possible inside job. The attackers apparently knew when and where the soldiers were gathering and dropped mortar rounds in the middle of their formation. At least four Iraqis were killed and 80 wounded. The extent of rebel infiltration is unknown. However, it raises concern about the American strategy of handing over more and more responsibility to Iraqi security forces so U.S. forces could be drawn down. One American soldier also was wounded in the pre-dawn attack that killed Seitz, the State Department official. The attack occurred at Camp Victory, the headquarters of the U.S.led coalitionʼs ground forces command. Seitz was believed to be the first full-time State Department offi-
cer killed in Iraq. Last October, a female U.S. Foreign Service officer was severely wounded in the arm in a rocket barrage on the Rasheed Hotel. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the Iraq war, was in the hotel at the time but escaped injury. In Beijing, Secretary of State Colin Powell described Seitz as “a brave American, dedicated to his country and to a brighter future for the people of Iraq.” U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said Seitz was a “committed professional” who served with distinction. “He came to Iraq, as did his fellow Americans here, to help the Iraqis defeat terrorism and the insurgency, establish democracy, and rebuild their economy,” Negroponte said. Elsewhere, insurgents attacked Iraq security patrols three times late Saturday in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, wounding two Iraqi soldiers, the U.S. military said. Last month, U.S. and Iraqi forces recaptured Samarra from insurgents but have faced car bombings and scattered attacks ever since. Militants also targeted Iraq National Guard forces near Baqouba, wounding seven in bomb attacks that began Saturday, officials said. Three guardsmen and their driver were wounded Sunday while three others were injured Saturday. In Karbala, Muslim al-Taie, an aide to senior Shiite cleric Hussein alSadr, was killed in a drive-by shooting. One of al-Taieʼs bodyguards also was killed and another was injured, a Karbala city council official said.
After the speeches concluded, Dyment invited the guests outside to the centerʼs construction site. Leaning on the fence stood multiple gold shovels and each distinguished guest grabbed one for the groundbreaking. Dyment, Gordon, Smith, Mayor Mike Clesceri, Young and the buildingʼs architect, Brian Dougherty, were among those who took hold of the soil-shifting tools. Although the ground was muddy
from the previous dayʼs rain, attendees stood together and were all smiles as they gazed upon the future site of the long-awaited Visitor Center. Jim Kilponen, president of Friends of the Arboretum, said he sees the center as having a positive impact on Fullerton and surrounding cities. “[The center will] promote [itself] to a wider community,” he said. “The sun is shining on the Arboretum ... on this significant day.”