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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 – Daily News 5A WORLD BRIEFING Al-Qaida chief's intercepted message caused embassy closures WASHINGTON (AP) — Two officials say a secret message that was intercepted between alQaida chief Ayman alZawahri and his deputy in Yemen led to the shutdown of U.S. embassies. A U.S. intelligence official and a Mideast diplomat said alZawahri's message was picked up several weeks ago and appeared to initially target Yemeni interests. The intelligence official said the message was sent to Nasir al Wuhayshi, the head of the terror network's organization, based in Yemen, that is known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the sensitive issue publicly. Embassies in sub-Saharan Africa added to closures NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. State Department closed its embassies in four subSaharan African nations as part of a heightened security alert, days before the 15th anniversary of al-Qaida's bombings of American diplomatic missions in Kenya and Tanzania. Those two embassies targeted in the Aug. 7, 1998, attacks were rebuilt as more heavily fortified structures away from populated areas where they would be less vulnerable to attack. Those embassies remain open, but the diplomatic missions in Rwanda and Burundi, small countries which border Tanzania to the west, and the island nations of Madagascar and Mauritius were ordered closed. The State Department has shut down U.S. facilities in countries including Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait until Aug. 10. U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities, including the four in sub-Saharan Africa, will be closed through the end of the week. U.S. officials gave no hint as to why the four U.S. embassies in subSaharan Africa were closed. None of the four is known for high-level terror threats. A State Department spokeswoman for Africa didn't respond to an email query. But al-Qaida opera- tives remain in East Africa, and one Africa expert noted that Burundi and Rwanda each have an older U.S. Embassy building that is less secure than newer embassies, such as those built far off the road in Tanzania and Kenya. Fort Hood shooting survivors prepare to face gunman at trial LILLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Alonzo Lunsford has trouble getting out of chairs and warns his family to wake him gently. Kathy Platoni can't shake the image of the man who died in a pool of blood at her knees. Shawn Manning still has two bullets in his body and gets easily unnerved by crowds. Survivors of the 2009 shooting rampage that claimed the lives of 13 people at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas fight these demons daily. Now after years of delay, they will come face to face with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who goes on trial in the attack starting Tuesday. After dismissing his attorneys, Hasan got permission to represent himself, putting him in the unusual position of asking questions of the very people he admits targeting. Hasan, a Muslim who argues he was protecting the Taliban from American aggression, was shot by a civilian police officer and is now in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the abdomen down. KWIK KUTS Family Hair Salon 20 % ANY RETAIL off PRODUCT with any chemical service of $50 or more 2 Regular $ Haircut 00 off Reg. $13.95 Not good with other offers Expires 7/31/13 With coupon 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 Manning dreads the courtroom confrontation. Family: Woman Bulger lawyer killed at says mob Venice Beach witnesses lied was tourist BOSTON (AP) — James ''Whitey'' Bulger's lawyers used their closing arguments Monday to go after three gangsters who took the stand against the reputed Boston crime boss, portraying them as pathological liars whose testimony was bought and paid for by prosecutors. A federal prosecutor, meanwhile, summed up the government's case by calling Bulger ''one of the most vicious, violent and calculating criminals ever to walk the streets of Boston,'' and urged the jury to convict him of charges that include 19 killings committed during the 1970s and '80s. The jury is expected to begin deliberating Tuesday in the racketeering case against the 83-year-old Bulger, whose 16 years on the run exposed the FBI's corrupt relationship with its underworld informants. Bulger's lawyers attacked the credibility of three key government witnesses: former hit man John Martorano, one-time Bulger protege Kevin Weeks and ruthless killer Stephen ''The Rifleman'' Flemmi. Defense attorney J.W. Carney Jr. said the three — all former Bulger loyalists — decided to ''add a little Bulger to the mix'' to almost every crime they were questioned about so they could get time shaved off their sentences. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent time in jail for shoplifting in Colorado was in custody Monday for investigation of running down a dozen people along the Venice Beach boardwalk, including an Italian tourist who was living her dream of honeymooning in California. Little information was released about 38-year-old Nathan Louis Campbell, who was arrested for investigation of murder after he walked into a police station several hours after the rampage and said he was involved. He remained in custody on $1 million bail. Court records showed Campbell was sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to shoplifting at a Denver Pavilions in February 2009. Five months later, he was accused of trespassing at an outdoor mall in Denver and sentenced to 10 days in jail, the records show. Campbell lived in Colorado at least as recently as last year. He was evicted from his apartment in Denver for not paying $655 in rent in March 2012, records show. Republicans want media to cancel programs on Clinton WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee charged Monday that NBC and CNN are pro- Law Office of CHERYL A. FORBES Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts Probate and Trust Administration 349 Pine Street P.O. Box 1009 Red Bluff, California, 96080 TEL (530) 527-7500 FAX (530) 527-6500 moting a potential presidential candidacy by Hillary Rodham Clinton, threatening to blackball them from future GOP primary debates if they air upcoming programs on the former secretary of state. RNC chairman Reince Priebus called a planned NBC miniseries on Clinton and a CNN documentary on the first lady an ''extended commercial'' for a future Clinton presidential campaign. In separate letters to the networks, he urged them to cancel ''this political ad masquerading as an unbiased production.'' Clinton has not yet said whether she'll run for president again in 2016 but her future remains the subject of wide speculation in political circles and beyond. The primary debates typically provide a ratings boost for the networks and are highly-coveted as the presidential campaign unfolds. In making the charge, the RNC was raising a common complaint among Republican activists that news and entertainment industries favor Democratic candidates. Republicans have also used a potential Clinton campaign as a fundraising tool in recent months as both parties begin to assess the crop of candidates to succeed President Barack Obama. CNN Films is planning a feature-length documentary film on the former first lady, looking at her professional and personal life. It will be led by Oscar-winning director and producer Charles Ferguson and is expected to air in 2014. Man fights to take license test in Hawaiian HONOLULU (AP) — A man who speaks Hawaiian wants to be able to use the language to take his driver's license exam and says that his inability to do so is a form of discrimination that goes against the state constitution. Hawaiian is considered one of the state's two official languages, yet Daniel Anthony says he's unable to use it to conduct business with state agencies. ''Anytime I go to a state office or federal office, I introduce myself in TOM'S Hawaiian,'' he said Monday in English. ''I have yet to receive services in Hawaiian.'' Anthony, 35, of Kaneohe, describes himself as ''conversational'' in the language, having heard his great-grandparents speak it while growing up. After dropping out of Waianae High School, he began formally learning Hawaiian while studying at Leeward Community College. Anthony said he often works to highlight how the language isn't used in an official capacity, but getting stopped for speeding on Jan. 25 wasn't intentional. He was pulled over for going 41 mph in a 25 mph zone and was cited for driving without a license, according to court records. Anthony acknowledged not having a state-issued driver's license because the test isn't offered in Hawaiian. ''I'm not contesting I was speeding,'' he said. ''I'm unable under the state of Hawaii Constitution to get a license because of my choice to speak Hawaiian.'' Former Colorado resident held in beach rampage LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent time in jail for shoplifting in Colorado was in custody Monday for investigation of running down a dozen people along the Venice Beach boardwalk, including an Italian tourist who was living her dream of honeymooning in California. 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