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WAR AND SUICIDE LINK DISPUTED CHICAGO (AP) — Combat appears to have little or no influence on suicide rates among U.S. troops and veterans, according to a military study that challenges the conventional thinking... - PAGE A7
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Yemen at forefront of fight against terror
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen was thrust back into the forefront of the international fight against terrorism Tuesday when the U.S. and Britain evacuated embassy staff due to a threatened attack, a suspected U.S. drone killed four alleged members of alQaida, and militants shot down a Yemeni army helicopter. As Westerners flew out of the country, Yemeni authorities launched a wide investigation into the alQaida threat to multiple
potential targets in the impoverished Arab nation. Security officials said they believed the terror network was seeking retaliation for a U.S.-backed military of fensive that has dealt serious setbacks to the terror network’s most active branch, including the death earlier this year of its No. 2 leader. The Yemeni army, meanwhile, surrounded foreign installations, government offices and the airport with tanks and troops in the nation’s capital, Sanaa, as
well as the strategic Bab alMandeb straits at the entrance to the Red Sea in the souther n Arabian Peninsula, drawing parallels with security measures following the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Aden harbor that killed 17 American sailors. Authorities also set up checkpoints across Sanaa, searching cars and individuals, especially after night fell. Top government officials, along with military and security commanders, were told to stay vigilant
and limit their movements. Although the immediate threat seemed to be focused on Yemen, the U.S. has temporarily shut down 19 diplomatic posts in the Middle East and Africa. A U.S. intelligence official and a Mideast diplomat told The Associated Press that the closures were triggered by the interception of a secret message between alQaida chief A yman alZawahri and Nasser alWahishi, the leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula,
Dragonfly fishing
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Children use hand-out frisbees to scoop up dragonflies skimming the surface of the pond at Cahoon Park during National Night Out, Tuesday.
Singleton arrested for drugs, attack involving garden shears
NEW YORK (AP) — The Miami Heat will open their title defense against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 29 in the expected return of Derrick Rose, with an allLos Angeles... - PAGE B1
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Yemeni investigators looking into the threat said they believe the motive of the attack was retaliation
National health survey comes to Roswell
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about plans for a major terror attack. The of ficials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Zawahri also made a public statement on July 30 that exhorted Muslims to kill Americans “in every spot on Earth.”
Singleton
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
A warrant was issued on Tuesday for the arrest of Elias Singleton, 34, who allegedly was involved in aggravated battery Sunday night, when he entered a residence on 300 South Pennsylvania and assaulted a man with garden shears. Singleton has been
charged with attempted second-degree murder, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the affidavit of criminal complaint, the initial call reported a shooting. When officers arrived, they discovered that the victim had already been taken to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. A detective from the Roswell Police Department spoke with the victim, who said a man known as “Dirty” produced a pair of hedge clippers and “tried to cut his (the victim’s) head off.” When the Technical Services Unit processed the scene, the technician found a pair garden shears covered in blood. “Dirty” was later identified as Elias Singleton by RPD detectives. Officials located a green backpack on the Pennsylvania Street property which contained identification belonging to
Singleton. After speaking with officials, the 47-year-old victim was flown to Lubbock for treatment of severe cuts to his neck. Police searched for Singleton on Monday and issued a release to the media asking for information from anyone who knew something about the incident. Around 9 p.m., Monday, Singleton attacked a second individual in the 300 block of South Birch Avenue with a knife. Both the victim and Singleton were injured during the second incident. The police reported that the victim was stabbed multiple times. Singleton was flown to Lubbock for treatment of his wounds, although his injuries were not nearly as severe as first suspected and Singleton was due to
from Hasan, prosecutors said Tuesday as the Army psychiatrist’s long-delayed trial began in a Texas military courtroom. With his life hanging in the balance, Hasan made little effort to defend himself. Acting as his own attorney, he calmly told the jury that he killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the 2009 attack. “The evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter,” he said in an opening statement that lasted little more than a minute The
evidence, he added, would “only show one side.” His only utterance of regret was an acknowledgement that he was among “imperfect Muslims trying to establish the perfect religion.” “I apologize for any mistakes I made in this endeavor,” said Hasan, an American-born 42-year-old who was paralyzed after being shot by of ficers responding to the attack. He spoke from a wheelchair, wearing green Army fatigues and a gray, bushy
Since the early 1960s, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has traveled to 15 dif ferent counties each year, collecting data from U.S. residents. This year, Chaves County will be one of those 15 sites visited. Starting August 9, NHANES will be located at ENMU-R for two and a half months, conducting health interviews and examinations. Conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of See SURVEY, Page A3
Water main break
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City employees arrive at a water main break on North Garden Ave., south of East College Blvd., Tuesday morning.
Fort Hood gunman meticulously planned attack FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan fired the last of 146 bullets in his assault on Fort Hood, then walked outside where he met two civilians who asked about the commotion and the laser-sighted pistol in his hand. Hasan told one person not to worry. He assured the other it was just a training exercise and the gun shot only paint. He let both live. But moments earlier, dozens of uniformed soldiers received no quarter
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beard. Hasan planned the assault for months, prosecutor Col. Steve Henricks said, describing how the defendant stockpiled bullets, practiced at a shooting range and bought an extender kit so his pistol could hold more bullets. If convicted, Hasan could get the death penalty. No American soldier has been executed since 1961, and military prosecutors showed that they would take no chance of fumbling details that could jeopard-
ize any conviction.
They described a calculating Hasan, armed with two handguns and carrying paper towels in his pants pockets to conceal the sounds of rattling ammunition as he walked through a deployment-readiness center on the sprawling base.
“He came to believe he had a jihad duty to murder his fellow soldiers,” Henricks said, adding that See GUNMAN, Page A3