Santa Fe New Mexican, June 16, 2014

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Casey Kasem dies at age 82 The radio host of American Top 40 and voice of beloved animated TV characters died Sunday morning. PAgE A-12

Pot laws prompt child welfare review Growing acceptance is complicating the task of determining if kids are in danger, experts say. PAgE A-5

Stolen art on exhibit?

Suspicious device forces downtown evacuation Police say object likely contained pesticide

removed from the scene at about 2:15 p.m. A witness said the container looked “grenadelike,” with a ring attached to it that resembled a detonation device. Gallagher described the item

suspicious device found on Washington Avenue. The item — which Capt. Patrick Gallagher of the Santa Fe Police Department said resembled a “container of industrial pesticide” — was

By Robert Nott

The New Mexican

Santa Fe Police evacuated several buildings and streets downtown Sunday afternoon after receiving a report of a

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Police evacuated several buildings and streets downtown Sunday afternoon after a suspicious object was found on the Washington Avenue. LUKE E. MONTAVON/THE NEW MEXICAN

Execution claims fuel tension in Iraq Sunni militants say they killed 1,700 soldiers; exact toll still unconfirmed

Advocates try to shine a light on Nazi-looted pieces hiding in plain sight at major museums. PAgE A-2

N.M. bakery owner says gov.’s camp put words in his mouth

By Rod Nordland and Alissa J. Rubin

The New York Times

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uan Garcia and his dad, Pedro, own a busy bakery in Las Vegas, N.M. They believe in hard work, making good food and providing excellent service to their customers. The Garcias don’t talk about politics at their bakery, but they are proud, lifelong Republicans. Knowing this, Gov. Susana Martinez’s campaign staff asked Milan Juan Garcia if he Simonich would publicly Ringside Seat endorse her reelection bid. He agreed, but now he says Martinez’s camp fabricated the quotes it attributed to him in an email distributed across the state. Martinez’s campaign staff sent the news release last week, which it described as a statement from Juan Garcia. The comments were a

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Today Mostly sunny and windy. High 87, low 53. PAgE A-12

BAGHDAD ielding the threat of sectarian slaughter, Sunni Islamist militants on Sunday claimed that they had massacred hundreds of captive Shiite members of Iraq’s security forces, posting grisly pictures of a mass execution in Tikrit as evidence and warning of more killing to come. Even as anecdotal reports of extrajudicial killings around the country seemed to bear out the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s intent to kill Shiites wherever it could, Iraqi officials and some human rights groups cautioned that the militants’ claim to have killed 1,700 soldiers in Tikrit could not be immediately verified. But with their claim, the Sunni militants were reveling in an atrocity that if confirmed would be the worst yet in the conflicts that roil the region, outstripping even the poison gas attack near Damascus, Syria, last year. In an atmosphere where there were already fears that the militants’ sudden advance near the capital would prompt Shiite reprisal attacks against Sunni Arab civilians, the claims by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant were potentially explosive. And that is exactly the group’s stated intent: to stoke a return to all-out sectarian warfare that would bolster its attempts to carve out a Sunni Islamist caliphate that crosses borders through the region. The sectarian element of the killings, and reports late Sunday that the city of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, had also fallen, may put more pressure on the Obama administration to aid Iraq militarily. In fact, the militants seemed to be counting on it. A pronouncement on Sunday by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had a clear message for the United States: “Soon we will face you, and we are waiting for this day.”

This image posted online Saturday appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria leading away captured Iraqi soldiers dressed in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. Iraq’s top military spokesman confirmed the photos’ authenticity on Sunday and said he was aware of cases of mass murder of Iraqi soldiers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chaos raises fresh questions for Obama Uncertainty growing less than three weeks after president spoke about the way to end modern wars By Julie Pace

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — From the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama outlined a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of the last U.S. troops in Afghanistan and said confidently, “This is how wars end in the 21st century.” But less than three weeks after his May 27 announcement, there is a sudden burst of uncertainty surrounding the way Obama has moved to bring the two conflicts he inherited to a close. In Iraq, a fast-moving Islamic insurgency is pressing toward Baghdad, raising the possibility of fresh American military action more than two years after the last U.S. troops withdrew. The chaos in Iraq also raises questions about whether Obama’s plans to keep a small military presence in Afghanistan until the end of 2016 can prevent a similar backslide there or whether extremists are simply lying in wait until the U.S. withdrawal deadline passes. “Could all of this have been avoided? The answer is

President Barack Obama faces a sudden burst of uncertainty surrounding how he has moved to bring the two conflicts he inherited to a close. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

absolutely yes,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said of the deteriorating situation in Iraq. McCain, one of the White House’s chief foreign policy critics and Obama’s 2008 presidential rival, added that Obama is “about to make

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INSIDE u Some staff moved out of U.S. embassy in Baghdad. PAgE A-4

Obituaries Alfonso L. “Trompo” Trujillo, 92, Santa Fe, June 11 PAgE A-10

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Kirk Ellis Screenwriter of the HBO series John Adams introduces a series of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s silent short films, including “The Butcher Boy” and “Love,” 7 p.m., Jean Cocteau Cinema, call 4665528 for ticket information.

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Classifieds B-5

Little-known running mate could boost King Debra Haaland first Native American to be on a major-party ticket for governor By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

Whether or not you support Gary King, the Democratic Party’s nominee for governor, he has a high level of name recognition. But his running mate, Debra Haaland, largely is unknown to

Comics B-12

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Crosswords B-6, B-11

the general public. Since she began running for the job last year, Haaland has worked hard to become better known. She said last week that she put an average of 1,000 miles on her car each week traveling to every corner of the state, even though she was unopposed in the primary. “I’m going to continue doing that in the general election campaign, too,” said the candidate, who works for San Felipe Pueblo as tribal administrator and is chairwoman of Laguna Development Corp. —

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the first woman to serve in that position. But because she is the first Native American to be on a major-party ticket for governor, some believe Haaland, 53, could become a real asset for King in his race against incumbent Gov. Susana Martinez. George Rivera, governor of Pojoaque Pueblo, said in an interview last week he believes Haaland will help King in Indian Country. “Deb is a very capable

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Tech A-8

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gary King and his running mate, Debra Haaland. PHOTO COURTESY SCOTT TILLMAN

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