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gressman and said he believes
they satisfy Duncan’s concerns.
He would not give further
details, saying both King and
Staples were tweaking the plans.
Duncan could not be reached
for comment and a spokesman
for Craddick said he did have
any details about the meeting.
“Our goal is to have an
agreement on this by
Wednesday,” Dewhurst said.
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I was last week.”
Perry said last week that law
makers need to get their work
finished by Oct. 6, which he
called “somewhat of a drop
dead date.”
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lawmakers longer than that to
reach a deal, the filing period for
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congress for the 2004 election
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“American forces are here to provide security
for the Iraqi people. If we are attacked, we are a
well-trained and disciplined force, and we will
respond,” Swisher said.
“At 9 this morning an American patrol was
ambushed by lEDs (roadside bombs), RPGs (rock
et-propelled grenades) and small arms fire. The
patrol returned fire and support was called in,”
Swisher said.
He said two soldiers were wounded and a civil
ian was hurt in the battle, from which U.S. forces
did not begin withdrawing until about 5:30 p.m.
About 10 minutes after the ambush in Khaldiyah,
a homemade bomb exploded as a U.S. convoy
passed in Habaniyah, killing one soldier and wound
ing another, said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col.
George Krivo.
Six soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division
were wounded Sunday in nearby Fallujah in
another roadside bombing, U.S. officials said.
Meanwhile, soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division
launched two dozen raids in Saddam Hussein’s
hometown of Tikrit, 120 miles north of Baghdad,
and other areas in the north of the country, arresting
92 people and seizing weapons and ammunition.
The operations, which ended Monday morn
ing, were designed to “break the back of the
Fedayeen,” said Lt. Col. David Poirier, who com
mands the 720th Military Police Battalion based
in Fort Hood, Texas.
“The people we went after are the trigger-
pullers attacking the coalition,” Poirier said. “We
want to send the message that if you pull the trig
ger on the coalition, we will get you.”
Of the 92 arrested, four were taken into custody
in the joint U.S.-Iraqi raid.
Raids in the 4th Division sector have intensified
after Iraqi resistance fighters shot and killed three
Americans in an ambush two weeks ago just out
side Tikrit. In a coordinated series of attacks and
ambushes against U.S. forces last week, nine Iraqi
fighters also were killed.
In another incident, 4th ID troops late Sunday
killed one Iraqi and captured three others in a
shootout nine miles south of Balad, U.S. officials
said. In the car, troops found two M-16 rifles that
belonged to two American soldiers who were
abducted and killed in June, officials said.
In a village near Kirkuk, 145 miles northeast of
Baghdad, U.S. troops were dispatched when 200
people marched on a government building, accord
ing to Maj. Gordon Tate of the 4th Infantry Division.
Arab satellite broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported
U.S. troops fired on the crowd, killing a 10-year-
old boy. Tate said American forces did not shoot
although someone in the crowd did fire. The
Americans said they did not know how the boy
was killed.
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Lawyers and activists said more
settlements were inevitable
“We don’t know how many
additional people are negotial
ing,” said Fred von Lohmann,a
lawyer for the San Francisco-
based Electronic Fronliet
Foundation. “There could well
be a large number of people
deciding whether to write the
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least four defendants, said k
settlement offers he was familiar
with — between $3,000 and
$4,000 — appeared aimed at
discouraging Internet users from
hiring defense lawyers.
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sense to hire an attorney to liti
gate these,” Ballard said.
The RIAA also said 863 peo
ple have requested amnesty hot
future lawsuits, in exchange?
a formal admission they illegally
shared music and a pledge .to
delete the songs off their ®s
puters. The offer does not ap
to people who already are
gets of legal action.
“I’m not surprised that
people have been intimidated
into signing this,” said Ballard,
who noted there are roughly 62
million Americans who partici
pate in file-sharing networks,He
called those seeking amnesty
small ratio of total users,
Some defense lawyers ha'
objected to the amnesty provi
sions, warning that song
lishers and other organizations
not represented by the RIAA
won’t be constrained by the
group’s promise not to sue.
Similarly, people who settled
their lawsuits with the RIAA
conceivably still could be sued
by others for infringement.
The RIAA has promised
that hundreds or even thou
sands more lawsuits will be
filed, with the next round com
ing as early as October. It I
continued issuing hundreds
copyright subpoenas through
U.S. court clerks’ offices
nationwide to compel Internel
providers to identify
scribers suspected of illegally
distributing music online
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dements came one day before s
Senate hearing to examine
industry’s use of lawsuits
copyright subpoenas to identify
Internet users accused of distrib
uting music. Critics havearj
that judges should be more
involved in issuing the subpoe
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