<D>ITC ISSUES SPECIAL WARRANT<p>(NNN/Vancouver) The Intercorporate Treaty Committee today granted special military authorization to the Nataka Imperial Armored Cavalry for a surgical strike on the Earth-deployed Kyodai beam weapon that has recently begun to fire on Earth targets. Among those who voted against the special warrant was Argus Ambassador Hank Stearman: "The Earth is supposed to be a demilitarized zone. An alleged treaty infraction on the part of our affiliate cannot be grounds for a policy relaxation regardless of any unusual restructuring in the Argus or Kyodai command chains." In response, Nataka negotiator Januszka Friedlander said, "Bull puckey, Hank."</D>