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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
WEDNESDAY'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
From the NY Times: U.S. Military Says 26 Inmate Deaths May Be Homicide ("At least 26 prisoners have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002 in what Army and Navy investigators have concluded or suspect were acts of criminal homicide, according to military officials. The number of confirmed or suspected cases is much higher than any accounting the military has previously reported. A Pentagon report sent to Congress last week cited only six prisoner deaths caused by abuse, but that partial tally was limited to what the author, Vice Adm. Albert T. Church III of the Navy, called "closed, substantiated abuse cases" as of last September. The new figure of 26 was provided by the Army and Navy this week after repeated inquiries."); (Yugoslav) U.N. Tribunal Issues Last Indictment.
From the Washington Post: U.S. Alleges 18 Plotted to Smuggle Soviet Arms ("U.S. authorities charged 18 people in an alleged scheme to smuggle grenade launchers, shoulder-fired missiles and other Russian military weapons into the United States, officials announced Tuesday. The arrests resulted from a yearlong investigation in which an FBI informant posed as an arms buyer with ties to al Qaeda. The case, which took investigators to South Africa, Armenia and the Republic of Georgia, also included wiretaps on seven phones and intercepts of more than 15,000 calls, according to prosecutors, the FBI and police.").
From the Washington Post: U.S. Alleges 18 Plotted to Smuggle Soviet Arms ("U.S. authorities charged 18 people in an alleged scheme to smuggle grenade launchers, shoulder-fired missiles and other Russian military weapons into the United States, officials announced Tuesday. The arrests resulted from a yearlong investigation in which an FBI informant posed as an arms buyer with ties to al Qaeda. The case, which took investigators to South Africa, Armenia and the Republic of Georgia, also included wiretaps on seven phones and intercepts of more than 15,000 calls, according to prosecutors, the FBI and police.").
