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July 6, 2016 The Skanner Page 9 News World News Briefs PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Os- car Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, with the judge who decided the punishment calling the double-amputee Olympian a “fallen hero.” South Africa’s minimum sentence for murder is 15 years but the judge said “substantial and compelling circum- stances” existed to give Pistorius a less- er sentence for shooting Steenkamp at his home in 2013. Judge Thokozile Masipa described Pistorius as a “good candidate for reha- bilitation.” Pistorius was asked to stand and face Judge Masipa as she announced his sentence in a courtroom in the South African capital, Pretoria. He was calm ater the sentence was announced, em- bracing his aunt and tearful sister be- fore being led down a courtroom stair- case to a holding cell. Steenkamp’s parents, Barry and June, were also present in the courtroom, which was packed with relatives of both Pistorius and Steenkamp, jour- nalists and other observers. Muslims Come to Grips with a Bloody Ramadan BEIRUT (AP) — As Muslims around the world celebrate the end of Ramadan, many are struggling to comprehend a wave of attacks that killed 350 people across several continents during the holy month and made urgent the ques- tion of what drives the militants to ever more spectacular violence against ci- vilians. The diverse, high-proile targets — including one that struck the heart of Islam in the month’s inal days — un- derline the warnings of many experts: the Islamic State group, especially when on the defensive at home, will metastasize far beyond its theater of operations. The extremist group has always sought attention and recruits through brazen terrorism. The projection of daring, operation- al competence and utter disregard for the norms of its enemies has proven a winning strategy among its disenfran- chised and angry followers around the Muslim world. But having lost the key city of Fallu- jah in recent weeks, capping a series of setbacks in Iraq, the group is pushing to project strength while also diverting attention from its battleield humilia- tions. “ISIS is waging an existential ight,” said Fawaz Gerges, a London-based scholar of jihadi groups, using an alter- nate acronym for the militant group. “The future of the Islamic State is on the line, and it is trying to maximize the cost for its adversaries and also to inspire this particular segment of young men and women who subscribe to its ideology.” Britain, and Blair, Await Iraq War Inquiry LONDON (AP) — The oicial inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq War is re- leasing its indings Wednesday, more than seven years ater hearings began and 13 years on from the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Retired civ- il servant John Chilcot is due to publish his 2.6-million-word report on a divi- sive conlict that — by the time British combat forces let in 2009 — had killed 179 British troops, almost 4,500 Ameri- can personnel Oscar Pistorius, center, leaves the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, and more than Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. 100,000 Iraqis. Iraq descended into sectarian strife ater the occupiers Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has dismantled Saddam Hussein’s govern- praised former Iraqi President Saddam ment and military apparatus, unleash- Hussein’s ruthlessness. “Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, ing chaos that helped give rise to the right? ... But you know what he did Islamic State group. well? He killed terrorists. He did that The war has overshadowed the legacy so good,” Trump told a campaign rally of Britain’s then-leader, Prime Minis- Tuesday night in Raleigh, North Caro- ter Tony Blair. lina. His government has been accused of “They didn’t read ‘em the rights, they exaggerating intelligence about Sadd- didn’t talk. They were a terrorist, it was am’s alleged weapons of mass destruc- over.” tion in order to build support for inva- Trump has previously said the world sion. would be “100 percent better” if dicta- Blair — who declined to comment on tors like Hussein and Libya’s Moam- the report before publication — has mar Gadhai were still in power. always said his government did not in- Prior to the U.S. invasion, Iraq was vent or distort intelligence. listed by the U.S. as a state sponsor of terrorism. Trump praises Late Iraqi Jake Sullivan, a Clinton senior pol- icy adviser, said Trump’s “praise for Leader Saddam Hussein brutal strongmen seemingly knows no RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — bounds.” Presumptive Republican presidential Sullivan said such comments “demon- nominee Donald Trump, who frequent- strate how dangerous he would be as ly criticizes U.S. foreign policy under Commander-in-Chief and how unwor- President Barack Obama and former thy he is of the oice he seeks.” MAXI LOSI/POOL PHOTO VIA AP Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison The Wake of Vanport Series Workshop Join the production team and learn video production for FREE! On Memorial Day 1948, a dike broke on the Columbia River starting a flood that would leave 18,000 people homeless and altering race rela- tions in Portland forever. This class is designed to tell the stories through oral history video pro- duction of these individuals. 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