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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 2003
Page
17
The U S commander said guerrilla resistance expands to revenge attacks by ordinary Iraqis angered by the occupation. Near al Taji north of Baghdad several roadside bomb assaults hit U S Humvees in under two hours injuring soldiers. Civilians condemn heavy handed tactics.
United States vetoed a United Nations resolution urging Israel to halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from the West Bank. The veto labeled the measure lopsided and failing to condemn groups attacking Israel. Palestinians said the vote damaged U.S. credibility as an honest broker and warned Israel might view it as approval to act against Arafat.
Federal prosecutors say three former Merrill Lynch executives aided Enron in inflating earnings by disguising a loan as a sale. Daniel Bayly and Robert Furst, plus another unidentified executive, planned to surrender in Houston and appear in federal court. They are charged with a scheme using Enron booked profits from a Nigerian barge sale.
In Austin Texas the Texas House gave preliminary approval to a Republican drawn redistricting map by Rep Phil King 76 votes to 43 amid Democratic opposition. Democrats argued it dilutes minority and rural voting power in favor of urban Republicans while King defended fairness and non-dilution of minority districts.
Spain's investigative judge Baltasar Garzon indicted Osama bin Laden and 34 others for terrorist activities tied to al-Qaida. The nearly 700 page document says Spain served as a base for rest, preparation, indoctrination, financing and support of al-Qaida with bin Laden charged for membership and multiple counts of terrorist murder.
The NYSE board met in emergency session and accepted chairman Dick Grasso’s resignation amid rising anger over a 139.5 million pay package. The move followed calls from four large pension funds condemning the payout as inappropriate for a regulator. Crtics warn the pay undermines the exchange’s credibility as a not for profit regulator owned by members.
Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks acquired rights to a film about Joseph Salvati who spent 30 years jailed after a 1965 gangland slaying. An FBI informant named Salvati involved in the murder, though evidence of innocence existed, and his sentence was commuted in 1997 with exoneration in 2001. Salvati seeks 300 million in damages in a July lawsuit stating the FBI hid proof the Winter Hill Gang killed Deegan.
About 130 dachshunds competed in Grand Island in the Running of the Wieners, divided into Little Smokies, Frankfurters, and Senior Sausage. Brenda Alberts entered three of her four dogs while one was neutered and unable to run.
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