Monday, March 21, 2011
The Vicksburg Post
About 35 arrested at rally for WikiLeaks suspect Manning jailed at Quantico brig TRIANGLE, Va. (AP) — Wearing T-shirts and carrying signs bearing the smiling image of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, hundreds of people rallied Sunday outside the base where he’s being detained on charges of providing classified data to WikiLeaks. About 35 people were arrested by police in riot gear after they refused to vacate an intersection in front of the entrance to Marine Corps Base Quantico. The rally was held along with more than two dozen others around the world to protest Manning’s detention in Quantico’s brig. Manning is held alone in his cell for all but an hour a day. At night, his clothes are taken and he is given a suicide-proof smock to wear to bed. Manning’s lawyer has repeatedly complained that Manning’s strict confinement conditions are punitive, a charge the military has denied.
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Daniel Ellsberg, left, the former military analyst who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon Papers, is processed by Virginia State troopers following his arrest after a Sunday rally near Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The military maintains that Manning’s treatment complies with U.S. law and military regulations, and it has said that some of the conditions are needed to prevent him from harming himself. He faces nearly two dozen charges, including aiding the enemy, a
crime that can bring the death penalty or life in prison. Army prosecutors, however, have told Manning’s lawyers that they will not recommend the death penalty. David House, a friend who has visited Manning about 15 times since September, told
the protesters that Manning appreciated their support. “It’s stuff like this that gives Bradley hope,” House said. “When Pfc. Bradley I go in there, Manning look him in the eyes and say, ‘Bradley, there are people on the outside that support you,’ his eyes light up.” Daniel Ellsberg, a Manning supporter who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, was one of the protesters arrested Sunday. Officers handcuffed some protesters and led them away after they refused to leave U.S. Route 1 in front of the base. Short scuffles ensued as dozens of officers attempted to push the protesters, some of whom were seated on the pavement, away from the intersection. Many sat beneath a yellow banner that read, “Caution: Whistleblower Torture Zone.”
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AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA in $39B cash-and-stock deal NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-andstock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the United States. The deal would reduce the number of wireless carriers with national coverage from four to three, and is sure to face close regulatory scrutiny. It also removes a potential partner for Sprint Nextel Corp., the struggling No. 3 carrier, which had been in talks to combine with T-Mobile USA, according to Wall Street Journal reports. AT&T is now the country’s second-largest wireless carrier and T-Mobile USA is the fourth largest. The acquisition would give AT&T 129 million subscribers, vaulting it past Verizon Wireless’ 102 million. The combined company would serve about 43 percent
of U.S. cellphones. For T-Mobile USA’s 33.7 million subscribers, the news doesn’t immediately change anything. Because of the long regulatory process, AT&T expects the acquisition to take a year to close. But when and if it closes, T-Mobile USA customers would get access to AT&T’s phone line-up, including the iPhone. The effect of reduced competition in the cellphone industry is harder to fathom. Public interest group Public Knowledge said that eliminating one of the four national phone carriers would be “unthinkable.” “We know the results of arrangements like this — higher prices, fewer choices, less innovation,” said Public Knowledge president Gigi Sohn, in a statement. T-Mobile has relatively cheap service plans compared with AT&T.
FIGHTING FUELS CLIMB
Oil jumps to $103 as allied coalition bombs Libya By The Associated Press Oil prices jumped to above $103 a barrel today after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vowed a “long war” amid a second night of allied military strikes on the OPEC nation. A coalition of the U.S., France, U.K. and other nations bombed tanks and anti-aircraft sites Sunday and deterred Libyan fighter jets from flying. Gadhafi said he would not resign and pledged to continue to attack the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Fierce fighting during the last month has already shut down most of Libya’s 1.6 million barrels per day of crude output. Investors are now concerned international intervention could extend the conflict and keep Libya’s oil produc-
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A coalition of the U.S., France, U.K. and other nations bombed tanks and antiaircraft sites Sunday and deterred Libyan fighter jets from flying. Moammar Gadhafi said he would not resign and pledged to continue to attack the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi. tion out of the market longer than previously estimated. “The regime in Tripoli shows no sign of giving up,” Capital Economics said in a report. “The prolonged loss of Libyan oil could push prices all the way up to the highs above $140 seen in 2008.” Gadhafi also warned that Western powers would not get Libya’s oil, suggesting his forces may sabotage crude installations. Some traders worry a cornered Gadhafi could lash out in a last stand that disrupts regional tanker shipments. “A ‘scorched earth’ response
from Gadhafi could cause disruptions to ships traveling the Mediterranean,” energy consultant The Schork Report said. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for April delivery was up $2.12 to $103.19 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 35 cents to settle at $101.07 per barrel Friday. In London, the May contract for Brent crude was up $2.14 at $116.07 a barrel on the ICE futures exchange. While equity markets were boosted today by hopes that
Japan was making progress in bringing under control radiation leaks at its Fukushima nuclear power plant, analysts said concerns about lower energy demand from the world’s third-largest economy would keep a ceiling over oil prices. “The Japanese nuclear disaster seems to be coming to a close at an excruciatingly slow pace, meaning that the Japanese economic recovery will likely be slow and torturous,” said Edward Meir at MF Global in New York, adding that the situation “will continue to exert a drag
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