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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 2004
Page
3
In Islamabad military officials said Pakistan has deployed over 70,000 soldiers in the tribal region along the Afghanistan frontier. The operations target local al Qaida sympathizers and harbored fighters ahead of a major new assault against the network.
In Thaloqan Afghanistan a lone attacker opened fire on a U S company helicopter as it prepared to take off from a village killing the Australian pilot and wounding at least one American passenger Four foreigners and an Afghan interpreter were aboard to inspect a health clinic project near Kandahar during the assault.
O J Simpson was ordered to turn over earnings from a private autograph signing to Sharon Rufo mother of Ronald Goldman due to a civil verdict finding him liable for Goldman's slaying. He was served with the papers in Bridgeton Missouri and said he would not pay.
The presiding judge in Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial, Judge Richard May, is stepping down for health reasons. The move adds uncertainty as prosecutors near the end of their case. Under tribunal rules, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan may appoint a replacement to continue the trial.
In Jerusalem and Washington scholars see hope that Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ may save the dying language Aramaic. The film, opening Wednesday in U S theaters, is performed entirely in Aramaic and Latin and highlights a language once common to Jesus.
Rebels captured Haiti's second-largest city Cap-Haitien with minimal resistance, claiming a major prize in a two-week revolt that has driven government forces from half the country. Leader Guy Philippe vowed to seize Port-au-Prince within 15 days as fighters celebrated with gunfire and looting.
A Palestinian suicide bomber from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade struck a Jerusalem bus, killing eight and wounding over 65 as Israel accelerates the separation barrier. The attack precedes a world court hearing on the barrier’s legality. The incident underscores the broader toll of West Bank violence and the contentious land dispute central to future borders.
Israeli photographer Oren Cohen raced to the No. 14 bus bombing scene after his 17 year old brother Nic was confirmed aboard. He photographed the carnage while searching for him, praying not to see tragedy in the viewfinder. Police later said Nic survived and was treated at Hadassah Hospital.
In Kano Nigeria a northern Islamic state balks at a door to door polio campaign calling vaccines unsafe and a U S plot to spread AIDS and infertility. Sule Ya U Sule says actions suspended until health experts confirm safety ahead of the regional campaign hubbed for 63 million children across 10 countries.
A Sunni Muslim cleric known for peaceful leadership was killed Saturday when gunmen fired at his Khadra home after prayers. Neighbors recalled his 20 years of service and noted the community’s shocked reaction with praise from both Sunni and Shia residents.
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