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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 2000
Page
3
Western diplomats say Yemen will prosecute at least two additional suspects in the USS Cole attack raising the total charged to eight. The two Yemenis linked to the Jihad group are accused of taking part in the Oct. 12 bombing in Aden port that killed 17 sailors and injured 39.
A state appeals court ruled that the Oklahoma City district attorney cannot participate in prosecuting bombing defendant Terry Nichols for murder. The ruling allows the office to try the case while disqualifying District Attorney Bob Macy and his assistants due to Macy's public comments deemed a professional conduct violation.
U S and British warplanes struck targets in southern Iraq on Friday, killing one and wounding two. Central Command said radar and anti aircraft sites were hit with precision guided weapons to degrade Iraq's ability to threaten coalition pilots, with no reported additional casualties. Maj. Jeff Blau commented on safety efforts at MacDill AFB.
President Clinton freed three federal prisoners and granted clemency to 59 others including former House Ways and Means chair Dan Rostenkowski and Archie Schaffer III linked to the Espy probe. The batch includes 19 drug offenses, 13 fraud, four tax convictions, with three sentences commuted.
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt named five areas for possible national monument status, led by Pompeys Pillar near Billings Montana with a 150 foot sandstone pillar carved by William Clark in 1805. The list also covers a Missouri River stretch in Montana, grassland in central California, and two coral reef areas in the U S Virgin Islands.
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