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Page 12 The Skanner September 21, 2016 News UN chief rails against leaders with ‘bloody hands’ UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secre- tary-General Ban Ki-moon railed Tues- day against leaders who keep “feeding the war machine” in Syria as he bowed out of the world stage, while President Barack Obama said there was no mil- itary solution to the ive-year conlict and described a globe in the throes of a contest between authoritarianism and democracy. Both Ban and Obama were making their inal speeches at the annual gath- ering of world leaders at the United Na- tions. They did so against a backdrop of mounting bloodshed and a failing cease-ire in Syria, escalating attacks around the world by Islamic extrem- ists, and millions of people leeing ighting and poverty. The U.N. chief, whose 10-year period at the helm of the unwieldy world body ends Dec. 31, vented his pent-up frus- tration with uncharacteristic candor, telling the opening of the General As- sembly’s annual ministerial meeting that “powerful patrons” on both sides in the Syrian conlict — which he did not identify — “have blood on their hands.” “Present in this hall today are repre- sentatives of governments that have ignored, facilitated, funded, participat- ed in or even planned and carried out atrocities inlicted by all sides of the Syria conlict against Syrian civilians,” he said. But Ban blamed the Syrian govern- ment for the most deaths. He said it was continuing to drop barrel bombs on neighborhoods and torture thousands of detainees. Syria’s Foreign Ministry condemned Ban’s address and contend- ed that the U.N had failed to resolve any conlicts on his watch. FBI says it looked at suspect 2 years ago NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI looked into New York bombing suspect Ah- mad Khan Rahami two years ago — and AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW World News Briefs France’s President Francois Hollande addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. came up with nothing alarming — ater his father expressed concerns his son might be a terrorist, law enforcement oicials said Tuesday. During the inquiry, the father backed away from talk of terrorism and told investigators that he simply meant his son was hanging out with the wrong crowd, including gang members, and acting like a thug, the oicials said. In any case, the FBI checked its data- bases and other sources and closed the inquiry in a matter of weeks ater see- ing nothing tying Rahami to terrorism, three law enforcement oicials said. Also Tuesday, investigators disclosed that when Rahami was shot and cap- tured, he had a notebook with him that contained extremist ramblings. One bloodstained section contained references to both Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric who was killed in a 2011 drone strike and whose preaching has inspired other acts of violence, and Nidal Hasan, the former Army oicer who went on a deadly shooting rampage in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Jolie files for divorce from Pitt ‘for health of the family’ NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie Pitt has iled for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to what began as the world’s most tabloid headline-gener- ating romance before morphing into a glamorous engine of family and philan- thropy. See BRIEFS on page 11 Information is powerful. The power is in your hands. NEWS www.TheSkanner.com TheSkannerNews @TheSkannerNews