In the News; July 9, 2008

6 are reported dead in an attack outside US consulate in Turkey

U.S. calls the attack an 'act of terrorism'
Six people, including three police officers, have been killed in a shootout near the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, the city's governor says. "It is an obvious act of terrorism," Ross Wilson, the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, said. A consulate official said no American citizens or employees were hurt
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Iran tests missiles, vows to hit back if attacked

Reuters photo

Reuters is reporting that Iran has test-fired nine missiles on and warned the United States and Israel it was ready to retaliate if they attacked the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear project.

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Have they found Dr. Death?

The Simon Wiesenthal Center says that they have strong evidence that a former SS member known as "Dr. Death" is in southern Chile or Argentina, according to a top Nazi hunter for the organization.

Searchers think he's alive, because a bank account with $1.6 million and other investments in Heim's name in Berlin have not been claimed by Heim's children. To do that, they would have to produce proof that Heim was dead. Heim, who would be 94, tops the center's list of most-wanted Nazi war criminals. A reward of $495,000 is being offered jointly by the center and the German and Austrian governments for information leading to his capture.

Heim, known as "Dr. Death," was indicted in Germany on charges he murdered hundreds of inmates at Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was camp doctor.

His crimes are fully documented by himself, because he kept a log of the operations that he carried out. Heim tortured many inmates before he killed them and then he used body parts of the people he killed as decorations."

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Honor killing in Atlanta

A Pakistani man is accused of killing his daughter because she wanted out of an arranged marriage. The man told a judge that he had done nothing wrong.
He is accused of killing his daughter because she wanted to end an arranged marriage.