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Man arrested for online solicitation
BY TATIANA RODRIGUEZ
Managing Editor
Casey Campbell, 34, was arrested on Sunday, May 1,
2011, for online solicitation of a minor/sexual contact, a
second degree felony.
"We received a tip back in November from a concerned
citizen that Campbell was prowling on Facebook, trying
to become friendly with teenage girls," said Sweetwater
Chief of Police Jim Kelley. "So we created a Facebook
page for a 15-year-old girl," Kelley added.
Kelley stated that last Thursday and Friday, Campbell
was "very explicit in what he wanted to do to this under-
age girl."
• See CAMPBELL page 3
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Appreciation dinner held lor Rotan VFD
Casey Campbell
National
Day of
Prayer s
Thursday
In honor of the National
Day of Prayer, the Nolan
County Ministerial
Alliance is hosting a 12
hour prayer vigil at the
Sweetwater Prayer Center
at 1418 Hailey Street, The
community is invited to
join In the prayer vigil any
time from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on Thursday, May 5, as
many unite in prayer for
the nation and the com-
m nity. Prayer stations
will be set up following the
Bee's Decor in Sweetwater held an appreciation dinner for the Rotan Volunteer Fire Department last week. 7X7 prayer model pro\ id-
Shown are Sue Barerra, Janice Boil and Gloria Self.
Pheto Courtesy of the Rotan Advance •See prayer page 3
US holds photos of sla in b n laden, weighs release
ADAM GOLDMAN Associated Press
KIMBERLY DOZIER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Still-secret photos
of the dead Osama bin Laden show a preci-
sion kill shot above his left eye, a U.S. official
said, as fresh details emerged of an auda-
cious American raid that netted potentially
crucial al-Qaida records as well as the body of
the global terrorist leader. President Barack
Obama is going to ground zero in New York to
mark the milestone and remember the dead
of 9/11.
Patience and persistence — characteristics
normally attributed to al-Qaida — proved
decisive in America's decade-long hunt for bin
Laden, whose fate was sealed in 40 minutes of
thunderous violence, years in the making.
According to the U.S. account, the assault
team came away with hard drives, DVDs,
documents and more that might tip U.S. intel
ligence to al-Qaida's operational details and
perhaps lead the manhunt to the presumed
next-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri. The
CIA is already going over the material
Obama, who approved the extraordinarily
risky operation by Naw SEALs against bin
Laden's Pakistan redoubt and witnessed its
progression from the White House Situation
Room, his face heavy with tension, reaped
accolades from world leaders he'd kept in the
dark as well as from political opponents at
home.
Republican and Democratic leaders alike
gave him a standing ovation at an evening
White House meeting that was planned before
the assault but became a celebration of it, and
an occasion to step away from the fractious
political climate. Obama plans to visit New
York on Thursday.
"Last night's news unified our country,"
much as the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,
did, Republican House Speaker Jc Boehner
said earlier in the day. Obama later appealed
for that unity to take root as the U.S. presses
the fight against a terrorist network that is still
lethal — and now vowing vengeance.
The episode was an embarrassment, at
best, for Pakistani authorities as bin Laden's
presence was revealed in their midst. The
stealth U.S. operation played out in a city
with a strong Pakistani military presence and
without notice from Washington. Questions
persisted in the administration and grew in
Congress about whether some elements of
Pakistan's security apparatus might have been
in collusion with al-Qaida in letting bin Laden
hide in Abbottabad.
In an essay published Monday by The
Washington Post, Pakistani President Asif
Ali Zardari denied suggestions his country's
security forces may have sheltered Osama bin
Laden and said their cooperation with the
United States helped pinpoint bin Laden.
As Americans rejoiced, they worried, too,
that terrorists would be newly motivated to
lash out. In their wounded rage, al-Qaida
ideologues fed that concern. "By God, we
will avenge the killing of the Sheik of Islam,"
one prominent al-Qaida commentator vowed.
"Those who wish that jihad has ended or
weakened, I tell them: Let us wait a little bit."
In that vein, U.S. officials warned that bin
Laden's death was likely to encourage attacks
from "homegrown violent extremists" even if
al-Qaida is not prepared to respond in a coor-
dinated fashion now.
The administration weighed whether to
release photos of bin Laden's corpse and video
of his swift burial at sea. Officials were reluc-
tant to inflame Islamic sentiment by showing
graphic images of the body. But they were also
eager to address the mythology already build-
ing in Pakistan and beyond that bin Laden was
somehow still alive.
U.S. officials say the photographic evidence
shows bin Laden was shot above his left eye,
blowing away part of his skull.
He was also shot in the chest, they said.
This, near the end of a frenzied firelight in a
high-walled Pakistani compound where heli-
copter-borne U.S. forces found 23 children,
nine women, a bin Laden courier who had
unwittingly led the U.S. to its target, a son of
• See PHOTOS page 3
Aim For
Success
program
offered
by SISD
The Aim for Success
Abstinence Education
Program will be presented
to all 6th-i2th graders due
to generous contributions
from the community. All
parents and community
members are welcome to
attend the parent meet-
ing Wednesday night,
May 11, but the parents
of 6th 12th graders are
strongly encouraged to
atter . The parent meet-
ing Wednesday light is
prior to the student pro-
grams on Thursday, May
12. Note that the parent
meeting will be held at the
middle school but all the
student programs will be
at high school.
• See SISD page 3
P ioneer Museum to host volunteer coffee
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The Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce will hold a special volunteer coffee event at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4,
at the Pioneer Museum. Those that have volunteered for anything involving the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
in the past year are invited to enjoy the event. The Pioneer Museum will be the host for the special coffee, but this
coffee is not only for chamber members, but for chamber volunteers. The Chamber will furnish the food for the
event and Terry Locklar will be preparing homemade burritos cooked on the spot outside of the Pioneer Museum.
The Pioneer Museum is located at 610 E. Third Street. Also, the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce would like
to point out that a mistake was made on the May newsletter. The Chamber membership appreciation luncheon is
scheduled for Friday, June 10,2011 and those wishing to attend need to RSVP by Wednesday, June 1,2011.
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