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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 2007
Page
11
The Aurora Bridge in Seattle has seen thirty nine suicides in ten years with eight in 2006. Counselors assist office workers exposed to the deaths and a woman, Sarah Edwards, reports trauma after a body landed on a coworker’s car. Officials install prevention signs and hotlines to curb the toll.
Lt. Col. Steven Lee Jordan 50 of Virginia, who ran the Abu Ghraib interrogation center, is charged in eight counts including cruelty and maltreatment of prisoners and making false statements. He faces alleged failure to control chaos as prisoners were stripped, humiliated, and intimidated, though he is not accused of personally torturing prisoners or appearing in the photos.
Attorneys for I Lewis Libby request more information about an immunity from prosecution arrangement given to Ann Fleischer in the CIA leak case. Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald notes Fleischer offered to cooperate in early 2004 in exchange for immunity after acknowledging involvement in leaking Valerie Plame's identity.
Four U.S. soldiers were abducted in Karbala on January 20 and killed elsewhere, contrary to reports they repelled attackers. Nine to 12 militants in GMC Suburban vehicles attacked the compound wearing U.S. fatigues, carrying American weapons and speaking English.
A convoy near Karbala was attacked as guards signaled from a radio point at the edge of the compound. Attackers fired and threw a grenade, killing one U S soldier and abducting two others.
Gunmen in American fatigues abducted five soldiers at Karbala's provincial headquarters 25 miles east. Four were later found dead and one mortally wounded while a fifth died in the initial attack. Investigators described the raid as highly organized with English speaking assailants using U.S. vehicles and weapons.
Two former Seton Hall students Joseph LePore and Sean Ryan received five year terms after pleading guilty to arson in a fatal dorm fire that killed three freshmen. The blaze on January 19 2000 in Newark led to sprinkler legislation and highlighted witnesses accusing the defendants of planned deception and cowardice.
Condoleezza Rice called for stronger aid and commitment to prevent Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan as the United States seeks 10.6 billion dollars for the Afghan government. She warned renewed Taliban attacks do not mean the war strategy has failed and urged international partners to boost contributions. Iran plans to start an underground uranium enrichment facility next month near Davos as part of a wider nuclear program drawing international scrutiny.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams will lead a six member U N investigators team to probe killings rapes village destruction and mass displacement in Darfur The appointment comes after extended negotiations within the U N Human Rights Council amid disagreements between African Arab and Western states over criticizing Sudan's government.
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