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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 2008
Page
9
In Springfield McCain urged building 45 more nuclear reactors by 2030 and backing $2 billion yearly to advance clean coal. He argued Obama voted only for a tax cut benefiting oil companies and pressed for faster permits and shared technology to speed reactor projects.
Barack Obama says the United States will pursue Osama bin Laden in a manner that avoids turning him into a martyr, noting an executive order against him and the possibility he could be killed if captured. He cites the Nuremberg trials as a model for principled action.
Michelle Obama said she was touched that Laura Bush defended her after Republicans attacked her February remark about being proud of the United States. She clarified she had always been proud of her country and highlighted broad political participation.
Afghan and NATO forces backed by helicopter gunships retook at least four villages in Arghandab district near Kandahar from the Taliban. Insurgents killed included a commander. three Afghan soldiers also died. In Helmand province four British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb, the largest British loss this year. Farah saw four U.S. Marines killed in another roadside attack. Analysts warn 2008 may be Afghanistan’s most violent year since the Taliban’s fall.
Palestinians fired about 50 rockets and mortars toward Israel as Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza ahead of an expected truce. Israel urged Lebanon to seek peace negotiations, a move Lebanon rejected. After a year of violence, leaders from both sides voiced cautious hope for the cease-fire amid ongoing hostilities and warnings of possible operations.
The U.S. military says a renegade Shiite militiaman, Haydar Mehdi Khadum al Fawadi, led the truck bombing in Hurriyah that killed 63. He allegedly aimed to incite Shiite violence and disrupt Sunni resettlement to profit from extortion and real estate rents.
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