| Show The cpme One man's trash another's treasure —A3 fiLn mTfti LWarloiilterror Bin Laden alive US concludes from message WASHINGTON (AP) p - ' s Tehnis players headed to USTA nationals ' —LB2 Bridgerland’s Daily Newspaper ioI194iJ(5T294MJuesdaOctobeC21T2003 Maybe it’s summer again already — PageA12 Utah Supreme Court agrees to review lower court decision on evidence Daines said he was informed of die Utah Supreme Court’s decision last week by the Utah Attorney General’s Office Utah Supreme Court Clerk Pat Bartholomew confirmed the announcement Monday A decision by the Utah Supreme Court on the interlocutory appeal could take up to 18 months Daines By Jason Bergreen staff writer The Utah Supreme Court announced late last week that it will review a lower court’s decision allowing jailhouse interviews between Cache County sheriff’s investigators and Cody Lynn Nielsen to be admitted as evidence during his capital murder trial Cache County Attorney George said Nielsen attorney Shannon Dernier said he was pleased with the court’s decision “The Supreme Court granting that shows kind of a strong indication that it’s an issue that they may be willing to rule different than the trial court judge did” Demler said First District Court Judge Clint S Judkins ruled in June that two videotaped interviews and a phone conversation of Nielsen talking to investigators and his father about circumstances surrounding the death' bin Laden by referring to recent events in his latest taped message showed he was alive in the past US officials said Monday It was the strongest evidence in months that bin Laden retains comnetwork mand of die Officials with the Central Intelli- gence Agency said they believed die audio recording of bin Laden aired televiSaturday on Arabic sion was probably authentic They reached the conclusion after technical analysis in which experts compared die voice to known recordings of die terrorist leader '' Bin Laden made several references in the message that suggested it was recorded in die past several months For example he spoke jf the govem- ment of former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas who served from April until Sept 6 Bin j Laden called Abbas’ government “a J traitor and collaborator government X with the United States Although the language suggested die message was recorded before Abbas’ resignation CIA officials v said they couldn’t be certain of that In addition bin Laden taunted the Bush administration for the United States’ federal red ink: “This year’s deficit reached a record number esti- mated at $4S0 billion" the leader said according to a US government translation of his message Local reservist returns home with pride new perspective By Darrell Edward Ehrllck staff writer Brady Thurston recently got a tattoo on his right leg In black block letters it says Percent 24 127 76 Total Responses: 167 Number 40 People Index Following are some of the local names that appear In today's Herald Journal: Steve Stowers (A3) Loren Runar Anderson (A3) Erin Beck (A3) David Miller (A4) Samira and Charles Romesburg (A4) Etwin Allred (A4) Alex Thatcher (B2) Nate Putnam (B1)CodyHuot(B1) Indox Movies C5 Obituaries A8 C3 Opinion A4 C2 Sports 'lIMMMIIMIll B1 wwwhjnewscom the enemy in tra- liiRines dition- al mili-- : ’’A tary bat as soon as the Iraqi mili- ing Freedom” took him to 18 Eli -- LucenVHereld Journal different sites in nine different cities But life in Iraq with the 3rd battalion of the 23rd Marines was mostly hot grit--: ty and 136 degrees without air conditioning For Thurston and the Marines it was a foreign land and a foreign assignment “The peacekeeping was hard because you’re not taught any of that” Thurston explained “Most people know the Marines go in a fight and go home They don’t get taught how to NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s Katie Couric says kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart's first television interview was conducted with her parent’s consent and included nothing that might trau- -' ' matize her m AP photo m See STUDENT on A12 See MARINE on A12 Consent key to interview with Smart ail Raleigh-Durha- " NBC’s Couric: BALTIMORE (AP) — A college student who allegedly hid box cutters and other banned items on four airliners to expose weaknesses in US security was charged with a federal crime Monday and a prosecutor said he committed a “very serious and foolish action” The banned items were not discovered on the planes until four weeks after Nathaniel Heatwole 20 had alerted authorities about his scheme via He was charged Monday with taking a dangerous weapon aboard an aircraft then released without bail for a preliminary hearing Nov 10 On Sept 15 federal authorities received an Raleigh-Duifaa- : tary fell Ba’ath party members and soldiers shed their uniforms but continued targeting the American military Though the crack of gunfire became commonplace grateful Iraqis also made life bearable TV networks and news magazines have covered the " growing tension among Iraqis over the American occupation but Thurston believes there’s another side that isn’t being noticed peacekeep” Student charged in box cutter case from Heatwole saying he had “information regarding six security breaches” at the and airports between Feb 7 and Sept 14 according to an FBI affidavit Objects aboard Southwest Airlines planes that landed in New Orleans and Houston were not found until Thursday The discovery triggered stepped-u- p inspections of the entire US commercial air fleet — roughly 7000 planes But after consulting with (he FBI the Transportation Security Administration rescinded the inspection order and no other suspicious bags were found According to authorities Heatwole told federal agents he went through normal security procedures at Once airports in Baltimore and aboard he said he hid the banned items in compartments in the planes' rear lavatories ' com-- :' ail i Classifieds Comics WT- Endirr- - Brady Thurston recently returned from Iraq where he was serving in the Marines for a seven-mont- h tour of duty Inset: Thurston got this tattoo to "celebrate not coming home in a body bag" J -- rX Webpage ' identify th tour of duty during sur-ve- Answers 1) Yes 2 No - ‘ However Thurston a reserve soldier said his unit benefited from the fact that they were all reservists The unit had doctors lawyers stu- dents and business leaders — all of whom had training in communicating with civil- - : ians making it easin’ to deal with local Iraqis he said “The hard tiling js that you never knew Who the enemy was " Thurston said While soldiers can often His seven-mon- y Important note: This Is not a scientific Results simply reflect the opinions of some of the people visiting the newspaper's space? : “MARINES” ' “It was to celebrate that I v ' wasn’t coming home in a body bag” said Thurston a ' Marine from Cache Valley who arrived back in the Unit- ed States just a little over a month ago Go to The Herald Journal Web site wwwhjnewstom to cast your vote on today’s survey question See Friday’s newspaper for results and a new question parking i - Quick read Friday’s survey results Do you frequently back into your See APPEAL on A6 War’s imprint left on Marine See ALIVE on A12 Yes Trisha' Autry could be used as evidence during trial Jud- kins ruled that the statements Nielsen made to Chief Deputy Bob DeGasser and Sgt Chad Jensen on Jan 20 and 22 were made voluntarily Judkins also ruled that Nielsen was advised of his right to counsel but declined to have his attorneys present I da Ji No of 1 Valley people — Osama Today's question Did you set your docks back due to the gaphic The Herald Journal mistakenly ran on Sahnday? '! Nathaniel Heatwole left and his defense attorney Charles Lee per leave the US courthouse in Baltimore on Monday Heatwole was charged with taking a dangerous weapon aboard an aircraft and released without bail 9 Couric’s interview with the Smart who was snatched at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City home and rescued nine months later will be televised Friday at 8 pm MDT CBS will air a television movie about the kidnapping next month less than eight months after Smart was found on March 12 and her alleged captors arrested And Smart has been seen on television before playing the harp after her parents were interviewed on John Walsh’s syndicated talk show But this will be the first time for most Americans to hear her speak How healthy is national TV exposure See SMART on A8 |
