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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
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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 '
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“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.
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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.
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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
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