European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 Iraq up to 40 n to build r weapons Washington a International inspection teams that recently visited Iraq found that Saddam Hussein has far greater nuclear capability than . Officials first thought administration officials said wednesday. Iraq was found to have had enough uranium needed for the production of 20 to 40 nuclear weapons., confirmed a senior administration official speaking on condition of anonymity. A the special commission briefing . Officials was told that Given the amount of enriched uranium of All kinds that the iraqis have they could eventually make 20 to 40 nuclear weapons a but it would have taken them 10 years of uninterrupted work to do that Quot the official said. Another official speaking privately confirmed that the size of the iraqi program was much larger than . Officials had estimated when they prepared plans for potential targets during the persian Gulf War. One of the main goals of the .-led War Effort was the destruction of Iraq s nuclear capability. A Call it a failure of intelligence we just did t know the had All this stuff Quot the second official said the second official said Saddam was Able to fool military planners by burying nuclear related materials but that new target lists have been prepared in the event president Bush orders renewed military strikes. A but we re a Long Way from that Quot the second official said. A the Saddam moves this stuff around and Well establish new targets to try to find it. They refine target lists All the  Bush said wednesday that he suspects Saddam Hussein still has not told the truth about his nuclear weapons capacity and warned that the United states was serious about eliminating it. Bush said the admission Iraq made to the United nations on monday about its extensive program to manufacture bomb Grade uranium was a sign of  a but we will be watching this very carefully Quot Bush told a White House news conference. Bush said he has begun consulting with other world leaders including egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on the need a to keep our eyes wide open Quot about the iraqi nuclear threat. Even with . Inspectors granted unprecedented Access to Iraq s nuclear Sites. Bush said there was no guarantee they will uncover All the materials that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. On a separate Issue sources said the administration is poised to announce Phons to participate in an Allied rapid deployment Force called a a crisis brigade Quot based in Turkey that could respond to iraqi military repression of the kurd. Nearly 500,000 kurd fled into the mountains bordering Turkey following their failed uprising against Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein May have fooled .  system of despite outages panel told Washington up a despite recent massive phone outages a Federal communications official said there is no evidence the nations telecommunications networks Are deteriorating but other experts predicted More breakdowns Are inevitable. Richard Firestone chief of the Federal communication commissions common Carrier Bureau told a House panel wednesday the recent disruptions in service to millions of phone customers resulted from advanced technology. A there is no evidence that the nations telecommunications networks Are degrading a Firestone told the government information panel of the committee on government operations. A in fact the recent major network service outages have involved the inadvertent Side effects of efforts by the companies to upgrade their Long distance and local  Firestone said the major outages which disrupted service for As Long As eight hours in the Washington san Francisco los Angeles and Pittsburgh areas could largely be prevented through greater communication throughout the telecommunications Industry. But a contributor to a 2-year-old report that predicted massive crashes in phone service said More frequent and serious outages Are inevitable without Independent technologies to Back up the highly sophisticated software systems blamed for the recent breakdowns. A there is a growing vulnerability in phone systems and this is going to be the cause of greater economic destruction a said John Mcdonald president of the Max inc. Communications research firm and a participant in the report by the National research Council. Mcdonald said the vulnerability stems from greater centralization of phone traffic and the sophistication of the software. _ a a there is no one who can guarantee that this system will not fail Quot Mcdonald told the subcommittee. Quot it will fail. What is important is that we develop a backup  Firestone called that a an impossible  because of Cost. Subcommittee members criticized the acc s role in ensuring phone service reliability and its position that the recent outages were a Side effects of continuing  Quot it s going to be hard to get people to accept the fact that there Are going to be More and More outages and that we have to accept this As Progress a said rep. Robert e. Wise jr., d-w.va., subcommittee chairman. Wise also criticized Firestone for suggesting that businesses and institutions which need Telephone reliability could Purchase expensive backup systems. In the stars and stripes 10years ago july 12,1981 a Daylight disturbances erupted in London for the second straight Day Only hours after overnight rioting died Down in a dozen Low income districts of the British capital and 10 provincial cities. 20years ago july 12,1971 a the governing Board of the american newspaper Guild expressed alarm at what it called attacks upon the first amendment by government agencies despite the supreme courts ruling in favor of the new York times in the Pentagon papers Case. 30years ago july 12,1961 a a crippled dc-8 United air lines plane with 116 people aboard crashed and burned on Landing at Stapleton Airfield in Denver. At least 17 people were killed. 40years ago july 12,1951 a in the second Day of peace talks North korean and chinese communist spokesmen proposed a Buffer zone on both sides of the 38th parallel accompanied by a cease fire As a basis for ending the korean  acts to restrict chinese imports by the new York times Washington outraged by China a human rights record Trade surplus with the United states and reluctance to restrict arms shipments the House of representatives approved two measures wednesday to restrict chinese exports to the United stated. By a 223-204 vote the House adopted a binding Resolution that would cancel president Bush a renewal of China a most favored nation status. But the margin indicated the measure stood no Chance of surviving the veto Bush promised. More threatening to the administrations China policy was the 313-112 vote by which the House passed a second Bill that would renew the Trade status for a year but impose stringent conditions on renewal next year. This vote exceeded two thirds of the House. Sponsored by rep. Nancy Closi d-calif., the second Bill requires that before most favored nation status May be renewed next year the president must show Congress that China has removed restrictions on the press and voice of America broadcasts ended harassment of chinese citizens in the United states and banned the Export of ballistic missile technology. Bush threatened to veto the second measure. A the Senate is going to have to choose one or the other Quot said Gerald b. Solomon r-n.y., who sponsored the Resolution to cancel the Trade status which the United states has granted to almost All its trading partners. A but that a the whole  but even if the House can Muster the two thirds vote to override a veto the sanctions would have to pass the Senate where the administrations prospects Are brighter. The White House has directed most of its lobbying toward the Senate in an Effort to gather enough votes there at least to sustain a veto if not to Block the initial passage of anti China legislation. The Senate is expected to vote next week. Only a handful of . Trading partners do not have most favored nation status which allow goods to enter the country at Low Tariff rates. Goods from countries without this status Are subject to a different schedule of tariffs that in the ease of China would on average be eight times higher. Chinese officials have warned that they would retaliate against imports from the United states if China a Trade status is revoked or made subject to conditions. Iran Contra affair entangles Cia nomination Washington a allegations that Cia officials knew More than they admitted about the Iran Contra affair have created a a Brush fire Quot that will complicate confirmation hearings on Robert m. Gates As Cia director a Senate Republican said wednesday. But the revelations also have thrown into doubt the timing of the hearings which had been expected to begin monday. Sources who asked to remain Anonymous said that at a closed door Senate intelligence committee meeting on wednesday there was hesitation about proceeding with the hearings. Afterwards chairman David Lyle Boren d.-okla., issued a statement saying a decision on the timing of the hearings would come thursday after he had consulted All panel members. A obviously the committee in order to be thorough in its work must allot sufficient time to consider the information arising from tuesdays guilty pleas by former Agency official Alan d. Fiers Boren said in the statement. The intelligence panels senior Republican sen. Frank 11. Murkowski of Alaska said there was no direct implication of Gates in the court document filed with the Fierst guilty pleas. But Fiers. Who admitted to two Mise Meanor counts of misleading Congress about the secret diversion of funds to the nicaraguan rebels told prosecutors that officials above and below Gates in the Cia Hierarchy knew of the diversion months before the Reagan administration publicly admitted it in november in. Quot it s appropriate that these questions be asked of Gates at the hearing a Murkowski said. A clearly the l hers Issue creates a Brush fire that a going to be burning at the same time As the hearings. We re going to have to expand on the questions that we Are going to ask