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Air Force translator at Guantanamo Bay charged with espionage, aiding enemy the enemy, crimes that could lead to the death penalty. On Saturday, officials had disclosed the arrest of Army Capt. Yousef Y5e, a Muslim chaplain who ministered to the inmates. Al-Halabi was arrested in July, more than six weeks before Yee’s arrest. Authorities took each man into custody as he arrived in Jacksonville, Fla., from the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Al-Halabi, 24, from Detroit, had worked for about nine months as an Arabic language translator at Guantanamo Bay, said Air Force Maj. Michael Shavers. He is charged with eight counts related to espionage, three counts of aiding the enemy, 11 counts of disobeying a lawful order, nine counts of making a false official statement and one count of bank fraud. Pentagon officials said a broad er investigation into possible se curity breaches at Guantanamo Bay continues. About 660 suspected al-Qaida or Taliban members are imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base. American officials are interrogating them for information on the terrorist net work. The military has classified many details about the prison camp and the detainees and has not identified any of the men being held there. Espionage and aiding the ene my are military charges that can carry the death penalty, said Eugene Fidell, a civilian lawyer in Washington and president of the National Institute of Military Justice. The commanding gener al in charge of al-Halabi’s case would have to decide whether mil itary prosecutors could seek the death penalty in this case, Fidell said. That decision has not been made, Shavers said. Air Force of ficials also have not decided yet whether al-Halabi’s case will be handled by a court-martial. The last military execution was in 1961, Fidell said. Yee was arrested Sept. 10 and is being held at a Navy brig in Charleston, S.C. A senior law en forcement official has said au thorities confiscated classified doc uments Yee was carrying. A military magistrate ruled on Sept. 15 there was enough evidence to hold Yee, 35, for up to two months while the military investi gates. Al-Halabi was arrested July 23 at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, also after getting off a flight from the base in Cuba. The next day, military authorities flew him to Travis Air Force Base. Meanwhile, a senator criticized the Pentagon for not investigating the Muslim organization that cer tified Yee as an appropriate mili tary chaplain candidate. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veteran Affairs Council is a subgroup of the American Muslim Foundation, which has been in vestigated by customs agents for possible financial ties to terror ism. Officials of the groups have de nied any terrorist ties. AP Military Writer Robert Burns contributed to this report. Mills CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 multiple-year occupation of USC students and young professionals. Dawson characterizes the pro ject as a community consensus for increasing population density in the neighborhood, but says im plementation of it has been stalled several times to further discuss funding or historical preservation issues. Dawson said he and his col leagues at the River Alliance plan to make a final presentation on the project at a community meet ing to be held in early December. “It’s a time when several strate gic processes are coming togeth er,” he said about the months leading up to the scheduled meeting. Developers are also planning to add as many as 50 high-end con dominiums on a site currently oc cupied by an industrial facility at the comer of Lincoln and Whaley streets. Dawson said another pri ority is to extend the Three Rivers Greenway to USC’s campus at the Greek Village area. The extension would probably feature a tree lined walkway near Olympia and Granby Mills, which is another abandoned mill located a few blocks closer to the Congaree River than Olympia, to give stu dents easy access to the river’s banks. “I can see the university and these neighborhoods existing in a symbiotic relationship where they support each other,” Dawson said. Developers have seen the Olympia Mill as a potential resi dential commodity since it closed in 1996. The mill village no longer retains the spirit of community and occupational coexistence that it did at the turn of the 20th cen tury, when it was the largest sin gle-building textile mill in the world. The four-story rectangular building stands to the north of most of the original village’s hous es. Arched head windows are ar ranged in rows across each level of the building’s sides. They have since been covered in brick. The Whaley Street side features twin clock towers with square pyrami dal roofs that soar 65 feet above the mill’s main roof. Inside, the mill has hardwood floors and some stucco covered walls. In 1901, The State called the mill “the most beautiful, the most majestic, and upon close investi gation, the most admirable speci men of mechanical construction in the realm of Southern industri al activity.” The village is composed of 354 houses, two churches, one school and some small commercial build ings. The original village consist ed of about 320 houses, only a few of which have since been destroyed. Dawson said developers will work closely with such groups as the Historic Columbia Foundation to maintain the neighborhood’s historical integrity. A 2001 study by consulting group Edwards Pitman Environmental Inc. said the neighborhood, including the mill, as a whole would be suited ' ’C Isabel * CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “red tides," which are caused by certain algae going bad. The result is a reddish tint to the ocean water and potential health hazards for humans as well as marine life. “Our system will allow us to begin to monitor for red tides and have warnings for red tides cropping up before they actually occur,” Porter said. USC students have a chance to get involved with Caro COOPS through internships. Porter said a USC marine sci ence student worked with the M project this summer. The program is already re ceiving national attention. Madilyn Fletcher, director of USC’s Baruch Institute, is in San Diego this week to speak about Caro-COOPS to a con ference of leading ocean sci entists. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com i for listing on the National Register af Historic Places. Dawson estimated that by the conclusion of the proposed project, the Olympia and Granby villages could accommodate 400 new resi- . lents. f He said there would also be op portunities for people to buy small bouses in need of slight repair at the most affordable prices in lowntown Columbia. He said those houses would be appropri ate for people looking for their irst house as well as for graduate students or faculty. “Even if you’re only here for a short time for an undergradu ate degree or a one or two year graduate degree, you can still nake this your place,” Dawson said. He added that he looks for ward to the public’s reaction and suggestions at the December neeting. Comments on this story?E-mail jamecockudesk@hotmail.com BY MATT KELLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' WASHINGTON - An Air Force translator at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terror suspects has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy, officials said Tuesday, three days after dis closing the arrest of a U.S. Army chaplain working at the same base. The two men knew each other, an Air Force spokesman said, but officials said they didn’t know if there had been any conspiracy to breach security at the prison camp. The Air Force announced Tuesday that the translator, Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi had been charged with 32 crimes including espionage and aiding Win s25,000 for grad school! LAW * BUSINESS • GRADUATE • MEDICAL » DENTAL One lucky person will win $25,000 toward the first year \ of law, business, graduate, medical or dental school. To enter, visit www.kaptest.com/25k by October 31, 2003. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO*ENTER OR WIN. 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