On May 11th in US History
Part VII
On May 11th in 2004 A video, posted on an al-Qaida-linked Web site, showed the beheading of Nick Berg, an American civilian in Iraq. The execution was carried out to avenge abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, aka Ahmad Fadhil al Khalayeh, was later identified as the beheader. Nick Berg was from West Chester, Pa.
On May 11th in 2004 The Int’l. Justice Mission, a US-based evangelical Christian organization, was reported to be active in battling the child-sex trade in Cambodia. The group, founded in 1997 by Gary Haugen, was operating with $1.7 million in federal funds.
On May 11th in 2005 The US Real ID Act of 2005 was signed into law. It was Division B of an act of the United States Congress entitled Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005.
On May 11th in 2006 President Bush, responding to reports that the National Security Agency has collected telephone records of tens of millions of Americans by avoiding answering the question. Instead he said authorities are not mining or trolling through the personal lives of ordinary Americans and that government efforts are focused on terrorists.
On May 11th in 2006 The US FDA approved the drug Chantix. It was developed by Pfizer to help smokers kick their habit. By mid-2009 the FDA had received reports of almost 100 suicides related to its use. Clinical trials had failed to test the product on people with mental illness.
On May 11th in 2007 Speaking aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Persian Gulf, Vice President Dick Cheney warned Iran that the US and its allies would keep it from restricting sea traffic as well as from developing nuclear weapons.
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