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October 22, 2011
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Iraq war over, U.S. troops coming home
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s long and deeply unpopular war in Iraq will be over by year’s end and all U.S. troops “”will definitely be home for the holidays,” President Barack Obama declared Friday. Stretching more than eight years, the war cost the United States heavily: More than 4,400 members of the military have been killed, and more than 32,000 have been wounded. The final exit date was
sealed after months of intensive talks between Washington and Baghdad failed to reach agreement on conditions for leaving several thousand U.S. troops in Iraq as a training force. The U.S. also had been interested in keeping a small force to help the Iraqis deal with possible Iranian meddling. The task now is to speed the pullout of the remaining U.S. forces, nearly 40,000 in number. Staying behind in Iraq,
where bombings and other violence still occur, will be some 150-200 U.S. military troops as part of embassy security, the defense attachi’s of fice and the office of security cooperation. That’s common practice but still a danger to American forces. Obama, an opponent of the war since before he took office, nevertheless praised the efforts of U.S. troops in Iraq. He said See IRAQ, Page A7
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In this Nov. 30, 2010, file photo, members of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga., walk toward a C17 aircraft at Sather Air Base in Baghdad as they begin their journey home after a year in Baghdad, Iraq.
Gadhafi on display in shopping center freezer
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than one-third of the country supports the Wall Street protests, and even more — 58 percent — say they are furious about America’s politics. The number of angry people is growing as deep reservoirs of resentment... - PAGE A5
MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s blood-streaked body was on display in a commercial freezer at a shopping center Friday as Libyan authorities argued about what to do with his remains and questions deepened over official accounts of the longtime dictator’s death. New video emerged of his violent, chaotic last moments, showing fighters beating him as they drag him away.
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Alumni tour new Pearson Auditorium
Dave West, vice president of New Mexico Military Institute facilities, shows a film for NMMI alumni depicting the history and recent renovations of Pearson Auditorium during a tour of the building Friday. JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER
Alumni of the New Mexico Military Institute toured a piece of the school’s renovated history Friday morning. Alumni effused over the renovated Pearson Auditorium on a
RUBIO PAVES WAY FOR LAKE ARTHUR VICTORY
In an offensive game like 6Man football, the key to victory is getting a few defensive stops. In its regular season finale against Hondo Valley on Friday night, Lake Arthur did just that. - PAGE B1
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tour led by David West, vice president of facilities at NMMI. The renovations took nine months to complete. According to West, the only work that was not completed in that ninemonth period was the abatement of hazardous material, specifically asbestos, which took place
Documentary on oil and gas to be screened JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER
A documentary exposing the misconceptions surrounding the oil and gas industry, specifically everyday Americans’ relationship with petroleum, will be showing for a limited time at Allen Theaters Galaxy 8 in Roswell next week. The theater will screen “spOILed,”a product of newsman turned filmmaker Mark Mathis, on Oct 25, Oct 26 and Oct 27. A special Q&A session with Mathis will follow the final screening on Oct 27. The idea for the film stemmed from a call Mathis received from an oil and
gas organization. The organization wanted Mathis to talk with its members about the media and the ways in which they could do a better job communicating their work to citizens through the media. Mathis began consulting with the group and along the way received an education on the oil and gas industry, something that he didn’t know anything about. “I could not understand how it was that I could be 40 years old, college educated, very well read, world traveled and think I was a fairly in tune person, and yet I had a negative opinion
before the construction began. The entire project cost $7.9 million and was funded through general obligation bonds and the state. NMMI received a certificate of occupancy around the end of May, according to West.
See PEARSON, Page A7
Nearly every aspect of Thursday’s killing of Gadhafi was mired in confusion, a sign of the dif ficulties ahead for Libya. Its new rulers are disorganized, its people embittered and divided. But the ruling National Transitional Council said it would declare the country’s liberation on Saturday, the starting point for a timetable that calls for a new interim government within a month and elections within eight months.
The top U.N. rights chief raised concerns that Gadhafi may have been shot to death after being captured alive. The fate of his body seemed tied up in squabbles among Libya’s factions, as fighters from Misrata — a city brutally besieged by Gadhafi’s forces during the civil war — seemed to claim ownership of it, forcing the delay of a planned See GADHAFI, Page A7
Gov. Brewer’s case against feds dismissed PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge Friday dismissed Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s lawsuit that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state’s border with Mexico. The dismissal by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton comes in a counter-lawsuit filed by Brewer as part of the Justice Department’s challenge to Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law. The Republican governor was seeking a court order that would require the federal government to take extra steps, such as more border fencing, to
protect Arizona until the border is controlled. Bolton said Brewer’s claim that Washington has failed to protect Arizona from an “invasion” of illegal immigrants was a political question that isn’t appropriate for the court to decide. The judge also barred some of Brewer’s claims because the issues were dealt with in a 1994 case by Arizona and can’t be litigated again. Court precedent also requires the dismissal of some claims, Bolton wrote. Brewer said in a written statement that she wasn’t surprised by Bolton’s ruling. “It is but the latest chapter in a story that
Arizonans know all too well: The federal government ignores its constitutional and statutory duty to secure the border. Federal courts avert their eyes. American citizens pay the price,” Brewer said. The Department of Justice issued a one-sentence statement saying it was pleased by Bolton’s decision. The DOJ sued the state of Arizona last year in a bid to invalidate Arizona’s immigration enforcement law. Bolton put key parts of the law on hold, such as a provision requiring police, while enforcing other laws, to question a
Nesse actively involved with Neighborhood Watch See DOCUMENTARY, Page A7
See BREWER, Page A7
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
At 85 years young, Shirley Nesse volunteers for the downtown of fices of Neighborhood Watch, two days a week. Chances are that people who go to the old Conoco building to see either of her two partners in crime, Richard Lucero of Neighborhood Watch and Alarm, or Steve Wolfe, president of Crime Stoppers, will be greeted by Shirley. She fixes coffee and talks with visitors while they wait. “The city ruled that the building shouldn’t be left empty, so I’m there
when they (Steve and Richard) are not.” Shirley is not a native Roswellean. She moved here in 2005. She was born in Oldham, South Dakota, a little town of about 200 people. She was part of a large family of 10 children, six sisters and three brothers. She grew up during the Depression. “People were poor then. I don’t think people today understand.
My mother would get old clothes which she would cut up and then she’d use the cloth to sew clothes for the family. She made everything: coats, pants, shirts.”
Eventually the effects of the Depression started to recede. “By the time my brother was born we could afford new cloth, but she still made all our clothes,” See NESSE, Page A2
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Shirley Nesse when she was an officer of the National Secretaries Association on a tour with the group. She was among the first to set foot on a 747.