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Council reallocates underpass funds
Karzai slams U.S. policies
The $2 million approved by voters in 2012 for an underpass at St. Francis Drive and West Alameda Street will now go toward other bike and pedestrian projects. LOCAL NEWS, B-1
The outgoing Afghan president says in his farewell address that the U.S. war effort failed to make his country peaceful. PAGE A-3
Strikes in Syria and Iraq are just the beginning
Heavy rains inundate area; man’s body found in river
U.S., Arab leaders: Military campaign against extremists will be sustained By Lolita C. Baldor and Bassem Mroue The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The one-two-three punch of American and Arab airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq was just the beginning, President Barack Obama and other leaders declared Tuesday. They promised a sustained campaign showcasing a rare U.S.-Arab partnership aimed at Muslim extremists. At the same time, in fresh evidence of how the terrorist threat continues to expand and mutate, the U.S. on its own struck a new al-Qaida cell the Pentagon said was “nearing the execution phase” of a direct attack on the U.S. or Europe. “This is not America’s fight alone,” Obama said of the military campaign against the Islamic State group. “We’re going to do what’s necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group, for the security of the country and the region and for the entire world.” Obama said the U.S. was “proud to stand shoulder-toshoulder” with Arab partners, and he called the roll: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar. Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon’s press secretary, said four of the five had participated in the strikes, with Qatar
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Group tries to learn about state’s Jews As High Holidays arrive, survey to help foster understanding of population Phillip Gallegos and his daughter, Jacklyn, 11, ride a jet ski Tuesday after their yard was flooded Monday evening in El Rancho. Gallegos said his wife, Meagan, woke him up to tell him their hot tub was floating away. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
Authorities trying to ID possible victim as others struggle with cleanup By Chris Quintana and Robert Nott The New Mexican
fierce storm dumped torrents of rain in pockets of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico on Monday night, flooding a school and homes, leaving streets submerged in water and debris, and possibly causing the death of a man whose bruised and mud-covered body was found Tuesday morning in the Santa Fe River. The National Weather Service reported that the city had received about 2 inches of rain within a few hours. That fresh water surged through arroyos and streams, leaving a mucky mess for investigators as they recovered the body and took photographs of the scene on Santa Fe’s southwestern edge. A passer-by early Tuesday spotted the naked body covered in thick mud along the riverbank near the Camino Real Trailhead and Paseo de River. Authorities hadn’t identified the man as of Tuesday evening and were continuing to investigate how the man, described as in his late 40s or early 50s, ended up in the riverbed. “We don’t know why he went in there,” said Deborah Martinez, a spokeswoman for the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. Martinez described the man as about
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Larry Maes, Santa Fe Public Schools warehouse manager, cleans up at E.J. Martinez Elementary School on Tuesday after a storm Monday night caused flooding in several classrooms, the principal’s office, the nurse’s office and a few computer labs.
5-foot-8 and weighing between 170 and 180 pounds, with black hair and a dark mustache. Martinez said surging flows — up to 4 feet deep in the section of the river where he was found — may have ripped the clothing from his body. The body, found stuck under a wooden bridge surrounded by weeds, had numerous bruises, likely caused when the man was battered by rocks and
debris, Martinez said. Neither the sheriff’s office nor the Santa Fe Police Department had received any missing person reports as of Tuesday morning, and deputies asked that anyone with information that might help identify the body to call the department at 428-3700. The scattered storm cells that pounded the
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By Bruce Krasnow The New Mexican
Jews in New Mexico are probably wanderers. They might have Spanish heritage or, like Marcia Torobin, they came from one of the centers of American Jewish culture, Los Angeles. Torobin took it upon herself to start the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival, which has evolved from film to food to conversation and community. The events are often sold out, and are building a base of support and membership. “You don’t have the diversity of synagogues or the rich cultural life [in New Mexico],” Torobin said. “There isn’t the depth of programming you would have in a larger metro area. We’ve tried to bring in some of that programming.” Torobin is a reminder that for Jews who don’t belong to one of the 15 Jewish synagogues in New Mexico, there are few opportunities to be Jewish — and that is one challenge for the Jewish Federation of New Mexico, which provides support to Jewish groups with education, social action and philanthropy. To better assist in its mission, the Jewish Federation of New Mexico has launched a first-ever survey of New Mexico’s Jewish community. For the next several weeks, at a time when Jews around the world are being called to the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews in New Mexico will also be asked to participate in a survey about who they are and what they believe.
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MORE INFORMATION u To learn more about the Jewish Federation’s survey, call 821-3214, or visit www.jewishsurveynm.org to participate.
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Rodella lawyers try to cast doubt on accusations Defense questions account of man arrested during stop By Uriel J. Garcia The New Mexican
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ALBUQUERQUE — Defense lawyers on Tuesday tried to use photographs to cast doubt on Michael Tafoya’s claim that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella
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had shoved his badge against the 26-yearold Española man’s face during a “road rage” incident. Rodella is standing trial in federal court on charges that he violated Tafoya’s civil rights while brandishing a handgun during the March 11 encounter. In the past two days, the 12-member jury also heard testimony from sheriff’s office staff and a jogger who happened to be at the scene of the confrontation between Rodella and Tafoya. The sheriff, dressed in a dark blue suit, sat calmly at the defense table, taking notes, as witnesses testified during the trial’s first
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two days. Meanwhile, one side of the courtroom’s seating area has been filled with friends and family of Rodella, including his wife, state Rep. Debbie Rodella, D-Española. Tafoya has testified that he tried to flee from Rodella, who was not in uniform and was riding in a private vehicle driven by Rodella’s son, because Tafoya didn’t know Rodella was the sheriff. Tafoya said that when he asked to see the sheriff’s badge, Rodella pulled Tafoya’s head up by his hair and slammed a badge into Tafoya’s right cheek.
Buckwheat Zydeco Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. performs to support KSFR Radio, 7:30 p.m., Farmers Market Pavilion, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, $25 in advance at www.brownpaper tickets.com, $30 at the door.
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Obituaries Dale E. Lennon, Sept. 22 Mary Rita Medrano, 82, Sept. 19 Desiree J. Solano, Sept. 20 Camilo Trujillo Jr., Chimayó, Sept. 22
Intervals of clouds and sun. High 81, low 53.
John F. Vasquez, Santa Fe, Sept. 19
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