On April 13th in U S Political History
Part V
On April 13th in 2004 A 2,500-strong U.S. force, backed by tanks and artillery, pushed to the outskirts of the Shiite holy city of Najaf for a showdown with a radical cleric. One soldier was killed enroute. US forces in Fallujah killed over 100 insurgents.
On April 13th in 2005 Eric Rudolph pleaded guilty to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and three other attacks in back-to-back court appearances in Birmingham, Ala., and Atlanta.
On April 13th in 2006 Two more retired US generals called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, bringing the total to 6 this month, claiming the chief architect of the Iraq war and subsequent American occupation should be held accountable for the chaos there.
On April 13th in 2006 Confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui expressed no remorse for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks as he took the stand for the second time in his death-penalty trial in Alexandria, Va.
On April 13th in 2006 In California an independent task force issued a 29-page report faulting UC executives and the Board of Regents for lack of oversight in pay practices and the use of public funds.
On April 13th in 2007 In Delaware a special committee of the board of directors of Computer Associates accused founder and former chairman Charles Wang of directing and participating in fraudulent accounting during the 1980s and 1990s, which the US government had described as totaling $2.2 billion.
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