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ByEricTucker The Associated Press WASHINGTON In a land- mark case alleging interna- tional economic spying, the United States announced on Monday unprecedented cyber espionage charges against five Chinese mil- itary officials accused of hacking into U.S. compa- nies to gain trade secrets. The hackers targeted big-name makers of nuclear and solar technology, steal- ing confidential business in- formation, sensitive trade secrets and internal com- munications for competi- tive advantage, according to a grand jury indictment. "Success in the interna- tional marketplace should be based solely on a com- pany's ability to innovate and compete, not on a spon- sor government's ability to spy and steal business se- crets," Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference. The alleged targets are Alcoa World Alumina, Westinghouse Electric Co., Allegheny Technologies, U.S. Steel Corp., the United Steelworkers Union and So- larWorld. The indictment, which includes charges of trade-secret theft and eco- nomic espionage, was is- sued in Pittsburgh, where most of the companies are based. The charges drama- tize a longtime Obama ad- ministration goal to prose- cute state-sponsored cyber threats, which U.S. officials say they have grappled with for years. A recent govern- ment report said that more than 40 Pentagon weap- ons programs and nearly 30 other defense technol- ogies have been compro- mised by cyber intrusions from China. The cybersecu- rity firm Mandiant also has linked a secret Chinese mil- itary unit to years of cyber- attacks against U.S. compa- nies. The prosecution was an- nounced on the heels of a separate worldwide opera- tion over the weekend that resulted in the arrests of 97 people in 16 countries who are suspected of develop- ing, distributing or using malicious software called BlackShades. The soft- ware allows criminals to gain surreptitious control of personal computers. "This is the new normal. This is what you're going to see on a recurring ba- sis," Bob Anderson Jr., ex- ecutive assistant director of the FBI's Criminal, Cy- ber Response and Services Division, said of the cyber espionage case. In a statement, China's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. charges were based on "fabricated facts" and jeop- ardize China-U.S. "cooper- ation and mutual trust." "China is steadfast in upholding cybersecurity," said the statement. "The Chinese government, the Chinese military and their relevant personnel have never engaged or partic- ipated in cybertheft of trade secrets. The U.S. ac- cusation against Chinese personnel is purely un- grounded and absurd." The indictment says that five hackers — mem- bers of the People's Lib- eration Army — worked from a building in Shang- hai to steal proprietary in- formation from the compa- nies and the labor union, including communications that could have helped Chi- nese firms learn strategies and weaknesses of Ameri- can companies involved in litigation with the Chinese government or Chinese firms. The defendants are all believed to be in China and it was unclear whether they would ever be turned over to the U.S. for pros- ecution. But the Justice Department, publicizing the charges, identified all five by name and issued "wanted" posters. ESPIONAGE USchargesChinese officials for cyberspying By Esam Mohamed The Associated Press TRIPOLI, LIBYA A revolt by a renegade general against Islamists who dominate Libya's politics threatened to spiral into an outright battle for power that could fragment the North African nation as the country's nu- merous armed militias on Monday started to line up behind the rival camps. Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who lived for years in exile in the United States during the rule of autocrat Moammar Gadhafi, touts himself as a nationalist who is waging a war against terrorism to save Libya from Islamic ex- tremists. His loyalists and allies in the past days at- tacked Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi and on Sunday stormed the Islamist-led parliament in Tripoli. Hifter's opponents accuse himofseekingtograbpower, acting on behalf of former re- gime figures in exile by or- chestrating an Egyptian- style military overthrow of Islamists that would wreck already struggling attempts at democracy. Since Gadhafi's ouster and death in a 2011 civil war, Libya has been in chaos. The central government has al- most no authority. The mil- itary and police, shattered during the civil war, have never recovered and re- main in disarray. Filling the void are hundreds of militias around the country. Many of them are locally based, rooted in specific cities or neighborhoods. Others are based on ethnic allegiances. Others have embraced al- Qaida-inspired extremism. The country has held several elections, includ- ing ones that created a new parliament. But adminis- trations have been para- lyzed by the competition be- tween Islamist parties and their rivals, each of which are backed by militias. Is- lamist lawmakers who domi- nate parliament removed the Western-backed prime min- ister earlier this year and named an Islamist-leaning figure Ahmed Maiteg to re- place him in a vote their op- ponents say was illegal. In response to the parlia- ment attack, the Islamist- leaning head of the legisla- ture, Nouri Abu Sahmein, ordered militias backing his camp to deploy in Tripoli on Monday to resist what he called "the attempt to wreck the path of democracy and take power." The pro-parliament mili- tias are largely from Libya's third largest city of Misrata, one of Islamists' biggest con- stituencies. Footage posted online by Misrata forces showed hundreds of pickup trucks mounted with anti- aircraft guns, tanks and ar- mored vehicles it said were ready to move into the cap- ital. But backing for parlia- ment appeared to be erod- ing, including within the in- terim government installed by lawmakers after the prime minister's removal. NORTH AFRICA Revolt threatens new fight in Libya LIBYANNATIONALARMY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Smoke rises over the parliament area a er troops of Gen. Khalifa Hi er targeted Islamist lawmakers and officials at the parliament in Tripoli, Libya, on Sunday. By Sinan Salaheddin The Associated Press BAGHDAD Iraqi Prime Min- ister Nouri al-Maliki moved closer to winning a third term Monday as his Shi- ite-dominated political bloc emerged firmly in first place in the country's first parlia- mentary elections since the U.S. military withdrawal in 2011. The challenge now for al-Maliki is to build a ruling coalition as violence rages and instability grows. Rival Shiite blocs were the next two top vote-get- ters, with Sunni blocs trail- ing as the country grows in- creasingly polarized along sectarian and ethnic lines. The showing increased the likelihood that Iraq's next government could rely on an even narrower Shiite base than the current one, which Sunnis see as biased against their sect and Kurds deem as hostile to their ef- forts to carve out greater au- tonomy in the north. Al-Maliki's State of Law bloc was never expected to secure a majority of 165 seats in the 328-member parlia- ment. He will still need to approach other parties to piece together a broader majority coalition to get the first crack at forming a gov- ernment as violence rages and instability grows. Still, the 92 seats his bloc walked away with increase the 63-year-old premier's chances of holding onto the post he first ascended to in 2006 from relative obscurity. The parliamentary elec- tion was the third since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that removed dictator Sad- dam Hussein's Sunni-led re- gime and brought the long- oppressed Shiite majority to power. It came at a per- ilous moment for Iraq, with the country sinking back into a brutal cycle of blood- shed that claimed more than 8,800 lives last year alone. The resurgence of sectar- ian violence, which nearly tore Iraq apart in 2006 and 2007, is being fueled both by deep-seated divisions within Iraq and the 3-year-old civil war in neighboring Syria. Iraq's Sunni minority feels increasingly margin- alized by al-Maliki's govern- ment since he cracked down on a protest movement de- manding reforms last year. Islamic militants, mean- while, have seized control of the city of Fallujah and other pockets of the Sunni- dominated Anbar province west of Baghdad, and carry out frequent and carefully orchestrated mass-casualty attacks in the capital. "For the Sunnis, the elec- tion results were unsatisfac- tory and they were below our expectations. I think that the violence in Anbar prov- ince has played a role in this electoral disappointment. Many Sunni voters were not able to cast their ballot be- cause of the violence in An- bar," Sunni lawmaker Raad al-Dahlaki said. "The next phase in Iraq will be a dif- ficult one because now we have a lot of people who lost hope in real change." ELECTION Iraq prime minister bloc wins most parliamentary seats Landscape/Fence Steve's Tractor &LandscapeService •FenceBuilding•Landscaping • Trenching • Rototilling • Disking • Mowing • Ridging • Post Hole Digging • Blade Work • Sprinkler Installation • Concrete Work Cont. Lic. #703511 SteveDyke 385-1783 Construction Burrows Construction Remodel, New Additions, Siding Repair and Replacement, Water and Dryrot Damage Specialist, New Construction Foundation to Finish Ph:(530) 515-9779 Residential • Commerical PATIOS•DECKS REFRENCES Lic#824770 Landscaping (530) 566-7951 ★ LAWN SERVICE ★ WEED EATING ★ HEADING ★ GUTTER CLEANING ★ TREE TRIMMING ★ FIRE BREAKS ScottWest HONEST& DEPENDABLE Green again landscaping InPrintEvery Tues. - Thurs. - Sat. 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