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At Historic Fort Anahuac Park tooited on the secoic bank* * the Trlntyv River Trinity Hay m.mn (aphai or tchas For more Information on 'Texas GATORFEST and the Anahuac Area contact the Anahuac Area Chamber of Commerce at 409/167-4190 or visit us (tij www.texasgatorfest.com Saturday, Sept. Duck Soup Cory Morroiy Charlie Robis Friday, Sept. 13 Zona Jones Jerry LaCroix’s .Blues Krew CAANIVAL AIDES - KIDDIE AIDES AIABOAT AIDES TAIWITY AIVEA BOAT AIDES AATS & CAAFTS BOOTHS - TEXAS AATISAMS FOOD BOOTHS - 1BEEA OAADENS BAABECUE COOK-OFF SAT. C> SUN.: THE CAEAT TEXAS AUMATOA ROUNDUP UVE AUIGATOA EXHIBITS AUIGATOA EDUCATION TENT Sunt Bayou Roux Wa K? THIS COUPON OD FOR *1.90 OFF ADULT CATC PASS AT GA'GOJBFES'G 2002 SEPTEMBEAI) - IS FOAT ANAHUAC PAAK ANAHUAC - AUIGATOA CAPlTAt OF TEXAS '0 Anahuac is located 45 minutes West of Beaumont and 45 minutes East of Houston in Interstate 10. Take Exit # 810 and travel 6 miles South on FM 563 to Texas GATORFEST 2002. SEE THE FUTURE BEFORE IT HAPPENS What if the best and brightest came together in one great location? Wouldn't you want to be there? Rise to the challenge with the world leader in intellectual property. Career Opportunities for: Electrical and Computer Engineers as Patent Examiners Visit Us at the Career Fair On September lima 18th United States Patent and * * * + Trademark Office To get a firsthand look at the latest cutting edge technology, apply on-line at www.uspto.gov U.S.citizenship is a condition for employment. USPTO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 8A Thursday, September 12, 2002 NAj, THE BATT; E } N S he batta Two Somali men ary sentenced to prisor ALEXANDRIA. Va. (AP) — Two Somali men who ran a branch of a money transfer group linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network were sentenced to prison Wednesday for i g< > structuring bank deposits. Abdirahman Sheikh-Ali Isse, who ra branch, was sentenced to IS months. His nephew Abdillah Abdi, who worked tor Isse. was sen tenced to 10 months, including five monins home detention. - Both remained free on bail pending appea s their sentences. , , . .. The government acknowledged that neither man had\nowledge that their parent organization. al-Barakat, was allegedly tunneling money to ter rorists. . . Both men lived in Alexandria, where their business was located. It was one of Barakat branches raided natic November in an effort to choke oft financial network. Defense attorneys had argued that the should have been eligible for probation the violations were technical in nai because they had no knowledge of the link between al-Barakat and al-Qaida. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gordo By Melisj THE BA ■it hough ll ;w argued that the men should receive senii three to five years because their enminah <.> lida. albeit unwittmglv ran 1 1,1 Isse. 4 l >. said it was unfair to punish hir allesd actions of al-Barakat. several al* iwide in al-Oaidas Krombcre had I’arking oriation irecu'r lor o HBics Weis i' amplamts Iroi • r ariciii'’ violatic because i>ur country was destroyed, ..] '| uive ,1, I did not vomc^ oi j| l | n -| |, aNC harm people or to break the laws of the e J lK j - Aiul 1 States. ^ ^ /as iko ei a e ' *« 'jviated fully /e jj mvcsti vaUiis .m,I w .o punished for doing, j s came "They lold me they wanted to uii r orr the Geoi because they were trying to gel the pe 'gdniology. ' iwere responsible for) Sept II, AW irettor of the thought they were being honest fhey - or three years. They used who’ I told them against at" Tfs helm fro Al-Barakat, an organization based orfcobby Bisoi lies that eaters lo Sonu.> V> itu- lamest br- ill Somalia before r'VC* and w as i c gove- assets las! year. See.je nt i withem| relied *»n al Barak.it to transfer money W..)ettei understai country has no central banking sy stem handles t of civil war. '' K ' i' 11 ’ - 1 ■ 1 Kevin Bymes. who represented Lie. han at Georgi is no proof of the gosernmenfs si.!:" oui the po Banricai supportsal-Qakia. ' a,n heic as iniversity : not Reports of strange acts. no. ground two airplanes fi Texas (AP) - Reports of strange passenger behavior on two commercial jet flights sent the pilots back to the ground Wednesday hut did not appear to be terrorist related, authori ties said. In Texas, American Airlines Flight 1702. with 50 passengers on board, returned to Bush Intercontinental in Houston after reports of a disturbance. A crew member saw a suspicious item that turned out not to he a weapon, said Gordon Johndroe. spokesman for the White House Office of Homeland Security. “We do not believe there was st-relatcd incident, inuc lo investigate.*' venger was removed cine uuestioned bv reports that their bodies, source in A only of Ffi In Arkansas. Northwest Airlines Flight 979, w ith 94 pas sengers and a crew of five, was diverted to Fort Smith, Ark., because four men, who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent, behaved strangely, authorities said. The Transportation Security Agency initially said three of the men had locked themselves in a restroom toecthcr. with said wen but professor of che ber of the searcl Up he person \ University's s position will hi fill ps both exec dent and provos r - ‘'President ( vice presidents < to report throu and Executive N condition oi w as bclieu the resirtxxn v attention . . „i vt . him a new pi aving their four men wer;: were ' All que After last yea/ 1 attacks, documents fixr luggage of attack Mohamed Atta £a' wall place huh ii ,i,. cdi the running oi uoned bv the FBI - with the lac ul Fackler saul. 1 he main lui of executiv e \ ic , make sure the bc ‘ nstru S vice presidents c the sun ide hijackers. ^ in sN|R . 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