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Roswell newspaper to host 2-day event on
1947 incident
ROSWELL, N.M.—A 1947 incident in Ro-
swell that the military attributed to a weather bal-
loon is the focus of a two-day event.
The Roswell Daily Record has been covering
the mystery since the beginning and will host its
first gathering of experts from July 1-2.
Publisher Barbara Beck said her grandfather
Thomas Shearman owned the newspaper in 1947.
She said the Daily Record was an important fac-
tor in the famous incident.
The event will feature experts on research into
unidentified flying objects.
Among them will be writer Lee Speigel, who
used to do UFO reports for NBC Radio. He will
present three interviews with people he spoke to
about the Roswell incident in 1980.
Tickets to the Roswell Incident are available
at the event or online.
The event will be broadcast online. AP
Iraqi commander: Fallujah ‘fully liberated’
from IS
A senior Iraqi commander declared that the
city of Fallujah was “fully liberated” from Islamic
State group militants June 26, after a more than
monthlong military operation.
Iraqi troops have entered the northwestern al-
Julan neighborhood, the last area of Fallujah to
remain under IS control, the head of the counter-
terrorism forces in the operation, Lt. Gen. Abdul-
Wahab al-Saadi, told The Associated Press.
Al-Saadi said the operation, which began late
May, “is done and the city is fully liberated.”
The Iraqi army was backed by U.S.-led coalition
airstrikes and paramilitary troops, mostly Shiite
militias.
“From the center of al-Julan neighborhood, we
congratulate the Iraqi people and the commander
in chief...and declare that the Fallujah fight is
over,” he told Iraqi state TV, flanked by military
officers and soldiers. Some of the soldiers were
shooting in the air, chanting and waving the Iraqi
flag.
Fallujah has been under the control of Islamic
State militants since January 2014.
Fallujah, about 40 miles west of Baghdad, was
the first city to fall to IS in January 2014. During
an insurgency waged by IS group’s militant prede-
cessor, al Qaeda in Iraq, Fallujah was the scene of
some of the bloodiest urban combat with Ameri-
can forces. In 2004, more than 100 U.S. troops
died and another 1,000 were wounded fighting
insurgents in house-to-house battles. AP
Second U.S. Navy officer fired
The U.S. Navy has fired a second commander
in connection with the 10 American sailors who
wandered into Iranian territorial waters in the Per- 2016 demonstration schedule July 2-4 in Traverse nacchi, commanding officer and flight leader.
sian Gulf in January and were captured and held
by Iran for about 15 hours.
Vice Adm. Kevin M. Donegan, commander
of Naval Forces Central Command, has relieved
Capt. Kyle Moses of his duties as head of the com-
mand’s Task Force 56. Moses has been reassigned.
A U.S. official says additional punishments
against seven other sailors are under review and
decisions will be announced next week. The seven
include the squadron commander who already was
fired and reassigned, and his executive officer,
along with three of the sailors who were detained.
The official was not authorized to discuss the
matter publicly so spoke on condition of anonym-
ity. AP
DOD says AF Academy lax in reporting
The Defense Department has released a report
on allegations that the Air Force Academy did not
adequately investigate allegations of sexual sssault ism of the Navy and Marine Corps, and inspiring Pensacola, Fla.
and other misconduct by football players.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the Pen-
tagon’s inspector general found that a former Air
Force Academy boss hindered an investigation
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