http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49156
“Mullen Arrives in Pakistan for Military Talks”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 3, 2008
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Guilty Plea in NYC in Quran Desecration
AP via SFGate ^ | 3/3/8
Posted on 03/03/2008 4:46:01 PM PST by SmithL
New York (AP) — A man who threw copies of the Quran into a toilet after disputes with Muslims at the college he once attended pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct.
A Quran recovered at Pace University in 2006 “was covered in feces,” according to a criminal complaint. Muslims view desecration of their holy book as an offense against God.
Stanislav Shmulevich, 24, pleaded guilty as part of a deal in which he must complete 300 hours of community service.
The business student was initially charged with two counts of criminal mischief as a hate crime, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison.
“There was no hate crime here,” said defense lawyer Glenn Morak. “He accepts responsibility, and he is repentant.”
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“China Military Expansion Could Have Global Implications”
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2008
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/507590403
“China speeds pace of military buildup”
By Bill Gertz
March 3, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “”The pace and scope of China’s military transformation have increased in recent years, fueled by acquisition of advanced foreign weapons, continued high rates of investment in its domestic defense and science and technology industries, and far-reaching organizational and doctrinal reforms of the armed forces,” the report states.
The report also warned that China’s expanding military forces “are changing East Asian military balances; improvements in China’s strategic capabilities have implications beyond the Asia-Pacific region.”
The new weapons include road-mobile long-range nuclear missiles.”