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NATION/WORLD Tuesday, January 19, 2016 East Oregonian Page 7A BRIEFLY Abduction of Americans in Iraq raises fears about security %A*H'A' A3 — The aEduFtion oI three APeriFans IroP a %aghdad aSartPent oYer the ZeeNend is the Oatest in a series oI Era]en highSro¿Oe NidnaSSings underPining Fon¿denFe in the ,raTi goYernPent¶s aEiOity to FontroO statesanFtioned Shiite PiOitias that haYe groZn in strength as ,raTi seFurity IorFes EattOe the ,sOaPiF State grouS. :itnesses said Pen in uniIorP Farried out the NidnaSSing in Eroad dayOight Saturday, 100 yards Peters IroP a SoOiFe station. ³*unPen in PiOitary uniIorPs FaPe in ¿Ye or si[ S89s, they entered the EuiOding and then OeIt aOPost iPPediateOy,´ said 0ohaPPad JaEar, , Zho runs a shoS doZn the street IroP the threestory aSartPent EuiOding Zhere the APeriFans had Eeen inYited Ey their ,raTi interSreter. ³A IeZ hours Oater Ze heard that three Ioreigners had Eeen NidnaSSed Ey these gunPen,´ JaEer said. The three Zere aEduFted in 'ora, a Pi[ed neighEorhood that is hoPe to Eoth Shiites and Sunnis. HoZeYer, they Zere then taNen to Sadr City, a Yast and denseOy SoSuOated Shiite distriFt to the east, and there ³aOO FoPPuniFation Feased,´ an ,raTi inteOOigenFe oI¿FiaO toOd The AssoFiated 3ress. The oI¿FiaO sSoNe on Fondition oI anonyPity EeFause he Zas not authori]ed to sSeaN to reSorters. AP Photo/Mic Smith Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. interrupt each other during the NBC, YouTube Democratic presidential debate at the Gaillard Center, Sunday in Charleston, S.C. Gloves come off COinton, Sanders turn uS heat at ¿naO deEate EeIore ,oZa FauFuses By KEN THOMAS Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. ² ,n tKeir ¿naO deEate EeIore tKe ,oZa FauFuses, tKe gOoYes FaPe oII EetZeen HiOOary COinton and %ernie Sanders. SKouting oYer eaFK otKer at tiPes, tKe tZo Oeading 'ePoFratiF SresidentiaO Fandidates engaged in soPe oI tKeir tougKest e[FKanges oI tKe FaPSaign on Sunday nigKt, undersForing tKe narroZing raFe EetZeen tKeP in tKe ¿rsttoYote states oI ,oZa and NeZ HaPSsKire. COinton sougKt an adYantage oYer tKe 9erPont senator on FurEing gun YioOenFe. Sanders, Pean ZKiOe, tZiFe assaiOed tKe IorPer seFretary oI state Ior aFFeSting Eig Poney in sSeaNing Iees IroP :aOO Street, draZing soPe Eoos as he did so. HeaOth Fare ePerged as a PaMor diYiding Oine, SOaFing the Iuture oI 3resident %araFN OEaPa¶s heaOth Fare OaZ in the sSotOight. Just tZo hours EeIore the deEate, Sanders reOeased a SroSosaO that ZouOd Freate a ³0edi Fare Ior aOO´ heaOth Fare systeP Iunded Ey higher ta[es on PiddOe FOass IaPi Oies and the ZeaOthy. COinton Zarned that reoSening the heaOth Fare deEate ZouOd Sut OEaPa¶s heaOth Fare OaZ at risN. TraiOing in SreIerenFe SoOOs Ey a Zide Pargin, IorPer 0aryOand *oY. 0artin O¶0aOOey tried to enter into the FonYersation Zith Pi[ed resuOts. Here are soPe taNeaZays IroP Sunday¶s 'ePoFratiF deEate Tough talk: Sanders and COinton FaPe to the deEate stage Ooaded Zith stinging attaFNs Ior eaFh other ² and they Zere ready to use theP. 4uestioning her FoPPit Pent to SoOiFing e[Fess on :aOO Street, Sanders tZiFe inYoNed COinton¶s reFeiSt oI OuFratiYe sSeaNing Iees aIter OeaYing her Sost as seFre tary oI state in earOy 201. ³<ou¶Ye reFeiYed 600,000 in sSeaNing Iees IroP *oOdPan SaFhs in one year,´ Sanders said SointedOy. COinton tried to turn the arguPent EaFN on Sanders, suggesting his FritiFisP oI ¿nanFiaO reguOations Zas a NnoFN on OEaPa¶s reFeiSt oI donations IroP :aOO Street during his tZo SresidentiaO FaPSaigns. She aOso Sointed out that Sanders onFe FaOOed OEaPa ³disaSSointing´ during the Sresident¶s ¿rst terP and suggested the senator Zanted soPeone to run against OEaPa as he sought reeOeFtion in the 2012 SriParies. ³<our SroIusion oI FoPPents aEout your IeeOings toZards 3resident OEaPa are a OittOe strange giYen Zhat you said aEout hiP in 2011,´ COinton TuiSSed at one Soint. The e[Fhanges Zere a Iar Fry IroP the ¿rst deEate oI their FaPSaign, Zhen Sanders IaPousOy reIused to attaFN COinton Ior her use oI a SriYate ePaiO aFFount and AP FACT CHECK *unsOingers on APtraN" :ASH,N*TON A3 ² HiOOary COinton EungOed statistiFs Zhen giYing 3resident %araFN OEaPa¶s heaOth Fare OaZ Fredit Ior driYing doZn the nation¶s heaOth Fosts and SiFNed through her riYaO¶s gun FontroO reFord Ior Must the Sarts that PaNe hiP OooN OiNe a Euddy oI the gun OoEEy. Sen. %ernie Sanders aOso Zas seOeFtiYe Zith his IaFts, SOaying uS the gun Yotes he Post Zants 'ePoFrats to NnoZ aEout. And he gOossed oYer the FoPSOe[ities oI the ErandneZ heaOth Fare reinYention he¶s SroSosing Ior a Fountry stiOO graSSOing Zith the Oast one. A OooN at soPe oI the FOaiPs and hoZ they FoPSare Zith the IaFts CLINTON on effects of Obama’s health care law: ³:e noZ haYe driYen Fosts doZn to the OoZest they¶Ye Eeen in 0 years.´ THE FACTS: Not so. HeaOth Fare sSending is Iar higher than a haOI Fentury ago. :hat she Pust haYe Peant is that the rate oI groZth oI heaOth Fare sSending year to year is OoZer than it¶s Eeen in 0 years ² FOoser to the truth, Eut stiOO not right. The goYernPent reSorted in 'eFePEer that heaOth Fare sSending in 201 greZ at the Iastest SaFe sinFe OEaPa tooN oI¿Fe, driYen Ey e[Sanded FoYerage under his OaZ and rising drug SriFes. Not onOy that, Eut heaOth Fare sSending greZ Iaster than the eFonoPy as a ZhoOe, reaFhing 1. SerFent oI *'3. That Peans heaOth Fare Zas FOaiPing a groZing share oI nationaO resourFes. This Zas aIter ¿Ye years oI historiFaOOy OoZ groZth in heaOth sSending ² the deFOine COinton Zas trying to address. %ut the OuOO in heaOth Fare inÀation Zas attriEuted in Oarge Peasure to the reFession that OEaPa inherited and its aIterPath, not his OaZ. And Sart oI the reason heaOth sSending inFreased aIter that Zas EeFause oI the eFonoPiF reFoYery. ——— SANDERS: ³, haYe a 'Pinus Yoting reFord IroP the NRA.´ ³, haYe suSSorted IroP 'ay 1 an instant EaFN ground FheFN,´ as ZeOO as a Ean on assauOttySe ZeaSons. CLINTON: ³He Yoted to Oet guns go on to the APtraN. ³He Yoted against the %rady EiOO ¿Ye tiPes´ as ZeOO as Ior aOOoZing guns in nationaO SarNs and Ior shieOding the gun industry IroP Post OaZsuits. THE FACTS: %oth are singOing out asSeFts oI Sanders¶ reFord that suit theP, Eut that reFord is nuanFed. Sanders indeed suSSorted an instant EaFNground FheFN, and at Fertain Soints a threeday Zaiting Seriod. %ut he oSSosed Oonger Zaiting Seriods — oI ¿Ye to 10 days — ZhiFh gun FontroO adYoFates see as a Pore eIIeF tiYe Zay to Àag SeoSOe Zho shouOd not Ee getting a gun. COinton is right that he oSSosed Yarious Yersions oI the %rady EiOO Zith Oonger Zaiting Seriods. %ut his Soor ParNs IroP the NationaO RiÀe AssoFiation reÀeFt reFord that does Oean toZard stronger gun FontroOs. Sanders noZ says he ZouOd suSSort e[Sosing gun PaNers to OaZsuits. SinFe 2010, SeoSOe Zho are entitOed to Farry guns Ey state and IederaO OaZ haYe Eeen aOOoZed to Farry those ZeaSons in nationaO SarNs, e[FeSt Ior Fertain EuiOdings, under a OaZ Sanders suSSorted. ——— CLINTON: ³One out oI three AIriFanAPeriFan Pen Pay ZeOO end uS going to Srison. That¶s the statistiF.´ THE FACTS: That¶s a staOe statistiF, and COinton isn¶t the onOy Serson to use it. Sanders has said nearOy the saPe thing. %oth dreZ on 1yearoOd data that stated this as a SroMeFtion, not a IaFt. A 200 reSort IroP the %ureau oI JustiFe StatistiFs said, ³AEout 1 in EOaFN PaOes, 1 in 6 HisSaniF PaOes, and 1 in 1 Zhite PaOes are e[SeFted to go to Srison during their OiIetiPe, iI Furrent inFarFeration rates rePain unFhanged.´ %ut it Zent on to say that at the tiPe, 16.6 SerFent oI aduOt EOaFN PaOes had aFtuaOOy eYer gone to Srison, or 1 in 6. The inFarFeration rate Ior EOaFN Pen has gone doZn sinFe then, aFFording to the SentenFing 3roMeFt. serYer during her tiPe as seFretary oI state. Practicality vs. passion: ,n soPe resSeFts, the deEate FrystaOi]ed one oI the Pain diIIerenFes EetZeen Sanders and COinton Sassion Yersus SraFtiFaOity. His YoiFe rising at tiPe, Sanders oIIered a rousing Fase Ior a PassiYe e[Sansion oI goYernPent a uniYersaO heaOth Fare systeP Said Ior Zith higher ta[es, Iree FoOOege tuition and a generous systeP oI Said IaPiOy OeaYe Ior ZorNers. %ut he IaFed Tuestions oYer hoZ he ZouOd Say Ior it aOO. ³A OittOe Eit Pore in ta[es, do aZay Zith SriYate heaOth insuranFe SrePiuPs,´ Sanders e[SOained. ³,t¶s a Sretty good deaO.´ COinton said her SoOiFies Zere suSerior and the APer iFan SeoSOe ZouOd NnoZ hoZ her SOan ZouOd Ee iPSOePented and Said Ior. ³,¶P the onOy Fandidate standing here tonight Zho has said , ZiOO not raise ta[es on the PiddOe FOass,´ she said. ³, Zant to raise inFoPes, not ta[es, and ,¶P going to do eYerything , Fan to PaNe sure that the ZeaOthy Say Ior deEt Iree tuition, Ior FhiOd Fare, Ior Said IaPiOy OeaYe.´ And COinton Pade an aOOSurSose Fase Ior her Oead ershiS and her aEiOity Zin the :hite House, saying, ³:e need a Sresident Zho Fan do aOO asSeFts oI the MoE.´ Health care and guns: The ¿ghting Zasn¶t Must oYer SoOitiFs, Eut oYer SoOiFy, too, as COinton and Sanders e[Fhanged EarEs oYer gun FontroO and their FoPSeting heaOth Fare SOans ² tZo issues that haYe ePerged as FentraO to the raFe in reFent days. COinton Fharged Sanders Zith reYersing his Sosition on a 200 EiOO that granted gun PanuIaFtures iPPunity IroP OaZsuits. She Oisted a series oI SroYisions that she said the senator, Zho reSresents ruraO FoPPu nities in 9erPont, had suSSorted in Oine Zith the NRA. Sanders sZiItOy resSonded, saying that COinton Zas Eeing ³Yery disingenuous´ and Sointed to his OiIetiPe rating oI ³'Pinus´ IroP the NationaO RiÀe AssoFiation. O¶0aOOey FhiPed in and said he had aFtuaOOy Sushed through gun FontroO Peasures in 0aryOand. ³,¶Ye neYer Pet a seOIresSeFting hunter that needed an AR1 to doZn a deer,´ he said. On heaOth Fare, COinton FritiFi]ed Sanders¶ singOe Sayer SOan ² reOeased Must hours EeIore the deEate ² as a risN to OEaPa¶s signature heaOth Fare OaZ. She suggested that Sanders Zas Zinging it, too ³:hen Ze¶re taONing aEout heaOth Fare, the detaiOs reaOOy Patter.´ Sanders said his uniYersaO heaOth Fare had Eeen the Fause oI tZo 'ePoFratiF 3arty IoreIathers 3resident )ranNOin 'eOano RooseYeOt and Harry S TruPan. He iPSOied that COinton ZouOdn¶t go Iar enough to ensure that eYeryone had aFFess to heaOth Fare, saying the deEate Zas aEout ³Zhether Ze haYe the guts to stand uS to the SriYate insuranFe FoPSanies and aOO oI their Poney.´ Getting close to Obama: Throughout the deEate, COinton ePEraFed OEaPa¶s OegaFy, PaNing the FaOFu Oation that the Sresident¶s SoSuOarity FouOd heOS her Zith SriPary Yoters. )or COinton, ePEraFing OEaPa is one Zay Ior her to try and driYe a Zedge EetZeen Sanders and 'ePoFratiF Yoters. She reSeatedOy deIended the AIIordaEOe Care AFt and said Sanders¶ aSSroaFh ZouOd reoSen a deEate that Pight FoPe EaFN to haunt 'ePoFrats. ³, do not to Zant see the ReSuEOiFans reSeaO it, and , don¶t to Zant see us start oYer again Zith a Fontentious deEate,´ she said. COinton¶s Fase Ior tougher gun FontroO aOso aiPed to Sut her on the saPe side as OEaPa, Zho reFentOy signed e[eFutiYe orders aiPed at addressing a sSate oI shoot ings, inFOuding a deadOy raPSage Oast suPPer at a CharOeston FhurFh, a IeZ EOoFNs IroP the deEate haOO. U.S. Congressmen in Germany to meet Americans released by Iran LAN'ST8HL, *erPany A3 — Three 8.S. CongressPen traYeOed 0onday to the PediFaO Fenter in *erPany Zhere three APeriFans, reOeased Ey ,ran as Sart oI a Srisoner sZaS, are Eeing treated. )orPer 8.S. 0arine APir HeNPati, :ashington 3ost reSorter Jason Re]aian and Sastor Saeed AEedini arriYed Oate Sunday at the 8.S. PiOitary¶s LandstuhO RegionaO 0ediFaO Center. Re]aian, Zho Zas Ireed Saturday aIter aOPost 1 Ponths oI inFarFeration in an ,ranian Srison, Pet Zith :ashington 3ost editors on 0onday Ior the ¿rst tiPe sinFe his reOease, the 3ost reSorted. ³, Zant SeoSOe to NnoZ that ShysiFaOOy ,¶P IeeOing good,´ said Re]aian, Zearing a gray hooded sZeatshirt and EOue Means SroYided to hiP on Eoard the SOane that ÀeZ the reOeased Srisoners to IreedoP. ³, NnoZ SeoSOe are eager to hear IroP Pe, Eut , Zant to SroFess this Ior soPe tiPe.´ Islamic State’s double standards sow growing disillusion *A=,ANTE3, TurNey A3 — 0ohaPPed Saad, a Syrian aFtiYist, Zas iPSrisoned Ey the ,sOaPiF State grouS, hung Ey his arPs and Eeaten reguOarOy. Then one day, his MaiOers TuiFNOy SuOOed hiP and other Srisoners doZn and hid theP in a EathrooP. The reason" A senior 0usOiP FOeriF Zas Yisiting to insSeFt the IaFiOity. The FOeriF had toOd the ¿ghters running the Srison that they shouOdn¶t torture Srisoners and that anyone heOd Zithout Fharge Pust Ee reOeased Zithin 0 days, Saad toOd The AssoFiated 3ress. OnFe the Foast Zas FOear, the Srisoners Zere returned to their torPent. ³,t¶s a FriPinaO gang Sretending to Ee a state,´ Saad said, sSeaNing in TurNey, Zhere he Àed in OFtoEer. ³AOO this taON aEout aSSOying Shariah and ,sOaPiF YaOues is Must SroSaganda, 'aesh is aEout torture and NiOOing,´ he said, using the AraEiF aFronyP Ior ,S. Syrians Zho haYe reFentOy esFaSed the ,sOaPiF State grouS¶s ruOe say SuEOiF disiOOusionPent is groZing as ,S has IaiOed to OiYe uS to its SroPises to instaOO a utoSian ³,sOaPiF´ ruOe oI MustiFe, eTuaOity and good goYernanFe. ,nstead, the grouS has FoPe to resePEOe the diFtatoriaO ruOe oI Syrian 3resident %ashar Assad that Pany Syrians had sought to shed, Zith a reOianFe on inIorPers Zho haYe siOenFed a IearIuO SoSuOaFe. 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