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Issue date: 9/28/06 Section: News
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World News
U.N., Sudan actively discuss possibility of peacekeeping force in Darfur region
Sudanese and United Nations officials said Tuesday that U.N. peacekeepers may soon be sent to the Darfur region in an attempt to stabilize the war torn region, preventing the military crisis there from worsening. The declaration comes after months of intense negotiation, primarily stymied by Khartoums insistence that African Union troops only be allowed to maintain a presence. The mandate maintaining the presence of those AU peacekeepers, however, is due to expire in December. Should that 7,000 person force withdraw without a comparable organization to take on peacekeeping tasks, some worry that the situation Darfur would completely come unhinged
National News
Newly declassified report outlines possible causes of jihadist movement
A report on global terrorism declassified by President Bush shows that while terrorists are relatively loosely organized, they are adapting to counterterror measures. The report states that new cells could potentially emerge from the worldwide 'jihadist movement.' It also gives possible causes of this resurgence in terrorism, pointing to regional grievances, the war in Iraq, the sluggish pace of reforms in Muslim nations, and anti-U.S. feelings among Muslims.
Bush ordered the release of the report after a media leak that pointed to the Iraq war as being responsible for the creation of a new generation of terrorists. He said that he wanted the American people to be able to decide for themselves the truth about terrorist motivations. Among prominent politicians, though, the report has only fueled further debate regarding the impact of U.S. involvement in Iraq.
Colombian brothers plead guilty to drug trafficking, crippling Cali drug cartel
Two founding members of the Cali drug cartel pleaded guilty to drug trafficking on Tuesday. Billions in personal assets will be confiscated and the drug kingpins themselves, brothers, Gilberto and Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, may face up to 30 years in prison. The duo were convicted in Colombia in 1995, but indicted, extradited to, and tried in the United States after 2003. Their conviction represents what Attorney General Alberto Gonzales characterized as a "final, fatal blow to the powerful Cali cartel."
U.N., Sudan actively discuss possibility of peacekeeping force in Darfur region
Sudanese and United Nations officials said Tuesday that U.N. peacekeepers may soon be sent to the Darfur region in an attempt to stabilize the war torn region, preventing the military crisis there from worsening. The declaration comes after months of intense negotiation, primarily stymied by Khartoums insistence that African Union troops only be allowed to maintain a presence. The mandate maintaining the presence of those AU peacekeepers, however, is due to expire in December. Should that 7,000 person force withdraw without a comparable organization to take on peacekeeping tasks, some worry that the situation Darfur would completely come unhinged
National News
Newly declassified report outlines possible causes of jihadist movement
A report on global terrorism declassified by President Bush shows that while terrorists are relatively loosely organized, they are adapting to counterterror measures. The report states that new cells could potentially emerge from the worldwide 'jihadist movement.' It also gives possible causes of this resurgence in terrorism, pointing to regional grievances, the war in Iraq, the sluggish pace of reforms in Muslim nations, and anti-U.S. feelings among Muslims.
Bush ordered the release of the report after a media leak that pointed to the Iraq war as being responsible for the creation of a new generation of terrorists. He said that he wanted the American people to be able to decide for themselves the truth about terrorist motivations. Among prominent politicians, though, the report has only fueled further debate regarding the impact of U.S. involvement in Iraq.
Colombian brothers plead guilty to drug trafficking, crippling Cali drug cartel
Two founding members of the Cali drug cartel pleaded guilty to drug trafficking on Tuesday. Billions in personal assets will be confiscated and the drug kingpins themselves, brothers, Gilberto and Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, may face up to 30 years in prison. The duo were convicted in Colombia in 1995, but indicted, extradited to, and tried in the United States after 2003. Their conviction represents what Attorney General Alberto Gonzales characterized as a "final, fatal blow to the powerful Cali cartel."
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