The U.S. military has charged two soldiers in the February killing of a civilian near Ramadi, the military said Sunday.Spec. Nathan B. Lynn was charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter for allegedly shooting an unarmed man on Feb. 15, the military said.Lynn and Sgt. Milton Ortiz Jr., both of the 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry (Mechanized) of the Pennsylvania National Guard, were each charged with one count of obstructing justice for allegedly conspiring with another soldier who allegedly put an AK-47 near the body of the man in an attempt to make it look as though he was an insurgent....
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 Latino leaders press for immigration reform Bipartisan effort includes pledge to walk halls of Congress on July 19 |
Latino elected officials from both parties are joining efforts to lobby Congress in support of immigration law reform.Elected officials from Arizona, California, Michigan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas were among those who agreed on the campaign Saturday during the annual convention of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, a group of Hispanic leaders from around the country.They promised to walk the halls of Congress on July 19 to press for action that would favor immigrants, such as elements of a Senate bill that would provide the opportunity for some illegal immigrants to gain legal status. The House version focuses on enforcement....
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| Kurdish Immigrants in Virginia Face Prison Over Unlicensed Money Transfers. |
Rasheed Qambari escaped threats from Saddam Hussein's regime a decade ago and was granted asylum in the United States. Qambari helped out as a translator, and says he aided other immigrants who wanted to send money to a nation without a functioning banking or mail system. When his wife's brother back in Iraq needed $7,800 for kidney treatment, he tried to help. "You either let a person die or you send money," he said. "We are proud to help our families and friends." Qambari was convicted in January of operating an unlicensed money transferring business and is scheduled to be sentenced Monday along with two co-defendants. All three could be deported. This is what happens when everyone gets Paranoid and make something innocent into a crime...
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| Afghan president: Taliban 'no match for our power'. The Russians also had overwhelming power, and they lost |
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that the Taliban, the militant group ousted from power more than four years ago, is incapable of making a comeback. Karzai, in an exclusive interview on CNN's "Late Edition," denounced former Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar after a Pakistani TV station aired an audiotape it said was from Omar. While Karzai acknowledged Taliban attacks against schools, children, clergy and workers, he said, "They are no match for our power." "The problem of Taliban as a movement that can cause danger to the Afghan government, that can cause danger to the coalition's affairs for the long-term stability of Afghanistan does not exist," he said. Didn’t the Russian installed Puppet also say the same thing. And the British and all the others before them. They also ruled more of the country during their last days than we ever did. But we are winning. Winning what, is the big question...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/25/afghan.karzai/index.html?section=cnn_world
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| Israel demands release of abducted soldier. Abducted, or Captured? |
Israel wants the soldier abducted by Palestinian militants to be released "immediately" or the Jewish state "will act to release him," an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman told CNN Sunday.Israeli tanks, helicopters and ground forces crossed into southern Gaza earlier Sunday after Palestinian militants tunneled under the border and attacked an army post, killing two soldiers and capturing a third, according to the Israeli army. "This situation is today more grave than it's been for quite a while. This is a crisis," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev, referring to ongoing tensions and strife between Israel and Palestinians."We hope that this soldier will be released immediately, that's our demand" and "if that doesn't happen we will act to release him," said Regev, who made the remarks after Palestinians indicated that there are diplomatic efforts afoot on the matter....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/25/israel.postattack/index.html?section=cnn_world
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| Nonprofit groups funneled Abramoff funds E-mails between indicted lobbyist, activists shed light on D.C. money trail |
Newly released documents in the Jack Abramoff investigation shed light on how the lobbyist secretly routed his clients' funds through tax-exempt organizations with the acquiescence of those in charge, including prominent conservative activist Grover Norquist.The federal probe has brought a string of bribery-related charges and plea deals. The possible misuse of tax-exempt groups is also receiving investigators' attention, sources familiar with the matter said.Among the organizations used by Abramoff was Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform. According to an investigative report on Abramoff's lobbying released last week by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, Americans for Tax Reform served as a "conduit" for funds that flowed from Abramoff's clients to surreptitiously finance grass-roots lobbying campaigns. As the money passed through, Norquist's organization kept a small cut, e-mails show....
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