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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 8, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Canada / world Winnipeg free press thursday july 8, 2004 Iraq borrowing Saddam a big stick by Hamza Kendawi Baghdad ? Iraq unveiled emergency Laws yesterday which give the govern ment Broad Powers including the right to impose limited martial Law. The Laws also allow prime minister Iyad Allawin to set curfews Send Security forces on searches and freeze suspects assets and Monitor their communications. He can also assign Mil itary leaders to run restive areas. Government officials insist built in checks will protect iraqis rights and prevent the government from backsliding into dictatorship. That was not much of a concern for some Baghdad residents. Borrowing Saddam Hussein a big stick for a Short period of time is Fine if its for the inter est of the people said pharmacist Sala Heddin Hadi. Allawin a secular shiite with close Cia links can Only invoke his new Powers with the unanimous approval of the presidential Council made up of the presi Dent who is a sunni Arab and two vice presidents a kurd and a shiite. The Law. Is really designed to protect lives in Iraq whether these lives Are iraqis or friends of Iraq Allawin said. In the latest in a rash of kidnappings Al Nazeera television aired video show ing armed men holding a filipino hostage whom they threatened to kill unless the Philippines withdraws its troops from Iraq within 72 hours. Other militants Are holding an egyptian truck Driver. ? associated press Bush takes swipe at Edwards said the president was hitting the by Tom Raum c panic Button Over the new ticket. The fact that the president of the Leveland ? president United states is personally taking George w. Bush yesterday swipes at the Kerry Edwards ticket a Curtly dismissed freshman sen Mere Day after it was announced Ator John Edwards credentials to be Speaks volumes the Campaign said vice president while democratic in a statement. Its just disappointing challenger John Kerry and his run that the president of the United states Ning mate rallied voters in Battle would stoop to this kind of political ground states. Dick Cheney can be president Bush declared and an Kerry who himself once suggested upbeat his younger Senate colleague lacked Kerry con the fact that the experience to be president declared that Edwards was ready to tended Bush is help Lead he and Edwards America personally taking were stumping together for the first swipes at the can do bet time As running mates in Pennsylva a Day Nia Ohio and Florida showcasing their Kerry Edwards newfound camaraderie and putting after he welcomed ticket. Speaks aside past differences. Edwards to volumes America can do better an upbeat the presi Kerry said at a lakefront rally in dental Campaign Bush visited Cleveland As he and Edwards and their Edwards Hometown of Raleigh n.c., families stood in a Light rain under a to criticize the North Carolina Sena Banner declaring a new team for a tors role in holding up judicial new America. Obstruct the work of the Federal Judi appointments. The president said he Ciary by refusing to fill judgeship i want you to know we think this is was unconcerned about the potential resulting in backlogs of unresolved a dream ticket. We be got better of Edwards to help carry states in the cases that languish for years. He said vision. We be got better ideas. We be South a Republican bastion. He told three nominees in a private got real plans. We be got a better sense when they go to the polls to vote meeting you re being Hung out by a of what a happening to America for president they la understand the handful of United states Kerry said. Senator from Massachusetts does to a reporter noted that Edwards was and Kerry added with a Grin share their values Bush said. I a being described As charming engage we be got better hair. Ill Tell you that going to carry the South because the ing a nimble campaigner a populist goes a Long people understand that they share ? and even sexy and asked How does for his part Edwards told thousands we share he stack up against Dick Cheney of cheering Ohio supporters we re during a trip scheduled before Bush did to hesitate Dick Cheney can going to have a great Kerry picked Edwards Bush said be president. Next Edwards and other Senate democrats in response the Kerry Campaign ? associated press 1in cooperation with Star Alliance member Lufthansa. 2in cooperation with Star Alliance member British Midland. Hearing impaired try 1-800-361-8071. Fares indicated Are each Way based on round trip travel and must be purchased on a round trip basis. 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Police and soldiers cordoned off the Security court in Sanaa and marksmen watched from rooftops As five of the defendants were brought in to hear the judge read their indictment. Al Nashiri the sixth defendant is in . Custody. The attack occurred in october 2000 when two suicide bombers brought a Small boat alongside the destroyer As it refuelled in Aden Harbour. The bombers detonated explosives stashed on the boat killing themselves and 17 sailors and blasting a huge Hole in the ships Hull. The United states announced Al Nashiri a arrest in 2002. He was detained in the United Arab emirates and transferred to american custody. . Officials believe the saudi born Al Nashiri is a close associate of Al Aida Leader Osama bin Laden. In addition to the Cole attack he is suspected of helping direct the deadly 1998 bombings of . Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. A Diplomat at the . Embassy in Sanaa refused to comment on the trial or disclose Al Nashiri a whereabouts. Nor would he say whether the accused would be handed Over to the yemeni authorities. . Diplomats attended the hear ing. The United states reportedly pressed Yemen to delay the trial until All facets of the Case had been thoroughly investigated. ? associated press ;