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U.S. Deaths Reach 3,000 in Iraq Farewell to a President con tin u ed Unwelcome milestone for President George W. Bush bishop. S everal p ro m in en t V ir g in ia p a rish e s h av e rec en tly broken aw ay from the church in p ro te st. F ord died at 93 on D ec. 26 at his hom e in R an ch o M irage, Calif. T he national funeral service ca p p ed W a sh in g to n 's portion o f a state funeral th at co n clu d es w ith a final pu b lic v isitatio n in G rand R apids, a p rivate service, and interm ent on a hillside o v er looking his m useum . F o rd w as a p p o in te d v ic e p resid en t by N ixon to replace S p iro A gnew , w ho resig n ed in a bribery scandal stem m ing from his d ays as M ary lan d g o v er nor. A fter N ixon resig n ed . Ford assu m ed the p resid e n cy for 2 1/ 2 years. A month after taking office, Ford pardoned Nixon for any W atergate crim es he might have committed. fro m Front the fra c tio u s d e b a te in th e church over its grow ing accep tance o f hom osexual relation ships, and said Ford did not think the issue should be splitting Episcopalians. He w as Ford’s pastor at St. M argaret's Church in Palm D esert,C alif. "H e asked me if w e w ould face schism afte r w e d iscu ssed the vario u s issues w e w ould c o n s id e r , p a r tic u la r ly c o n ce rn s ab o u t hum an sexuality and the le ad ersh ip o f w om en." C e rtain said. "H e said that he did not th in k they should be d iv isiv e fo r an y o n e w ho lived by the g reat co m m an d m en ts and the g reat com m ission to love G od and to love neighbor. T he E piscopal C hurch has been u n d er p ressu re from tra d itio n alists fo r its 2003 c o n se cra tio n o f the first o penly gay f i As 2(X)6 cam e to an end, the toll o f U.S. troops in Iraq hit another grim m ilestone, 3,(XM)dead. T he m ost recen tly an n ounced d eath s w ere typical o f the killings th is y e a r. T h e P e n ta g o n a n n o u n c e d th a t S p c. D u stin R. D onica, 22, o f S pring, T exas, had been k illed T h u rsd ay by sm all arm s fire in B aghdad and that another, still unid en tified , soldier died in a so u th eastern n eig h b o r hood o f the city w hen a ro adside bom b ex p lo d ed near his patrol. O v erall, the rate o f m ilitary fa ta lities has rem ain ed relen tlessly stead y sin ce the 1,000th death w as an n ounced in Sept. 2004. But ro ad sid e bom bs — w hat the m ili tary ca lls im p ro v ised ex p lo siv e d ev ice s - have b eco m e m uch m o re d e a d ly , a c c o u n tin g fo r about h alf o f the last thousand U.S. tro o p d eath s, co m p ared to 38 p ercen t o f the seco n d th o u ! 503-288-0033] ¡□ U U d U lU U ^ I Fill Out & Send To: I |Jortlanb (Obserin'r j Attn: Subscriptions, PO Box 3137. Portland OR 97208 | s u b s c r ip t io n s a re j u s t $ 6 0 p e r y e a r « (please include cheek with this subscription form) ’ I N; me : ___________________ j i T elephone : _________ A ddress : _________ ■ I lanuaiy 3, 2007 il|‘'^Jnrtlanh Observer PagcA2 o r entail subscriptions© portlandobserver.com I L — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — J TAKE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL! Coffins o f U.S. military personnel are offloaded at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, the first stop for the bodies of troops being sent home, in this undated file photo. sand d eath s. T h e m ost d an g ero u s p art o f Iraq for U.S. troops rem ains A nbar p ro v in ce in the w estern d eserts, but d eath s in B aghdad have in cre ase d sh arp ly sin ce th is su m m er, w hen the m ilitary increased p atro ls there in hopes o f d am p en ing the sectarian civil w ar that has g rip p ed the cap ital and su r rou n d in g areas. At least 111 A m erican troops have been killed in December, m ak ing it the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the battle for Fallouja in Nov. 2(X)4. O verall, at least 820 U.S. m ilitary personnel w ere killed in 2006. The 3(XX)th death com es in the w ake o f the execution o f deposed p resid e n t S addam H u ssein , an event that m ilitary leaders believe will lead to more attacks against U.S. troops, at least in the short run. Officers Surrender for Katrina Murders A P - Seven policem en charged in a d ead ly brid g e sh o o tin g in the ch ao tic afterm ath o f H urricane K a trin a tu rn e d th e m se lv e s in T u esd ay at the N ew O rlean s C ity Jail. E ach o f the in d icted m en faces at least one ch arg e o f m urder or attem p ted m u rd er in the Sept. 4. 2005, sh o o tin g s on the D an zig er B ridge less than a w eek afte r the h u rrican e hit N ew O rlean s. T w o people d ied and fo u r people w ere w o u n d ed . Defense attorneys say the seven officers are innocent o f the charges. As the men arrived at the jail, supporters lined the street, step ping forw ard to em brace the seven men and shake their hands. One sign in the crow d read “Support the D anziger 7.” O ne protester shouted “Police killings must stop" and "R acism must go” but was shouted down by the crow d yelling: “ Heroes, H e roes.” The Rev. Raym ond Brown, o f New Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie J. Jordan Jr.: "We cannot allow our police officers to the New O rleans chapter o f the shoot and kill our citizens without justification like rabid dogs." National Action Netw ork, said rac Six o f the officers were sus Faulcon, has left the departm ent “W e see the black officers as ism w as a factor in the shootings, even though four o f the officers, ju st follow ing their m aster,” Brown pended w ithout pay pending the and is now a truck driver in H ous outcom e o f the case. The seventh. ton. said his lawyer, Franz.Zibilich. said. like the tw o victims, are black. MMM Event: Doing Business with Local Public Agencies Where: PCC Central Campus. 1626 SE Water Ave. Portland When: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 8:30 a m. to 1:30 p.m. Who should attend: Minority, Women & Emerging Small Business Owners Information: Greg Wollcy, 503.823.6860. gwollcy(a;ci.portland.or.us To register: Gale Hussey, 503.823.5057, ghussey(«/ci portland.or.us M. G s O Vigil Begins For Groom Fatally Shot A P -T h e fa m ily o fS e a n Bell, the groom fatally shot by police on his w edding day, has begun a round- the-clock 50-day vigil in front o f a police precinct to press for indict m ents in the case and the appoint m ent o f a special prosecutor. B ell’s mother, Valerie, began the vigil at 4:56 a.m. M onday — ap proxim ately the sam e tim e that her Sean Bell, pictured with fiancée Nicole Paultre-Bell and daughter J ad a. nh rra n Sfe? a Cp CUs(°m ers/ get a $io^Hriptl°n & Qard. AT A R B O R L O D G E k)e are, a rejuLar ptiarmacij! V W e fill p r e s c r ip tio n s — in c lu d in g a n tib io tic s , h ig h b lo o d p r e s s u r e m e d ic a tio n s , a n ti- d e p r e s s a n ts , b irth c o n tr o l, a n d m o re . son was k i I led i n a barrage o f pol ice gunfire outside a club with strip pers — outside a police precinct in the Jam aica section o f the borough o f Q ueens w here the shooting o c cu rre d . B e ll’s fian c ee , N ico le Paultre-Bell, joined the vigil M on day night, the fam ily’s attorney said. Sean Bell, 23, was killed by police on Nov. 2 5 ,2(X)6, after celebrating w hat would have been his last night o f bachelorhood at the club. Tw o friends w ere also w ounded in the hail o f 50 bill lets fired by a group o f plainclothes detectives w ho police later said were staking out the strip club because o f alleged crim inal activity there. Bell and his friends were unarmed. t r W e h a v e k n o w le d g e a b le , frie n d ly p h a r m a c is ts w h o h a v e th e tim e to s h a r e in fo r m a tio n . ✓ O u r p r ic e s a re c o m p e titiv e W e a c c e p t m o s t in s u r a n c e p la n s a n d a re a d d in g o th e r s a s re q u e s te d . t r W e s p e c ia liz e in c u s t o m c o m p o u n d in g . M eet y o u r P h a rm a c is t M elm da A utler Y O U R L O C A L L Y O W N E D , N E IG H B O R H O O D P H A R M A C Y A T A R B O R L O D G E N IN T E R S T A T E A V E N U E & P O R T L A N D B L V D • 5 0 3 .4 6 7 .4 8 4 8 w w w n e w s e a s o n s m a r k e t c o m • M O N -F R I 9 a m - 7 p m • S A T 9 a m - 6 p m • S U N 1 0 a m - 4 p m Taunting Execution Fuels Mideast Anger continued fro m Front allow ed by guards and police to enterthe holy place carrying a mock coffin and photos o f the form er dictator. The proles, took place at the G o ld en D om e, a S h iite shrine bom bed by Sunni extrem ists 10 m onths ago. That attack triggered the current cycle o f retaliatory at tacks between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, in the form of daily bom b ings. kidnappings and murders. I