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TODAYS TOP HEADLINES The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Friday, January 10, 2020 3A J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE I Associated Press Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks to meet with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House OKs bill to slow Trump’s actions on Iran BY MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON — Reigniting a debate over who has the power to declare war, the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday approved a resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Con gress before engaging in further military action against Iran. The war powers resolution is not binding on the presi dent and would not require his signature. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi nonetheless insisted it “has real teeth” because “it is a statement of the Congress of the United States.” The measure will “protect American lives and values” by limiting Trump’s military actions, Pelosi said. “The administration must de-escalate and must prevent fur ther violence.” The White House called the resolution “ridiculous” and “completely misguided. ” And Trump, at a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, claimed he had no obligation to give lawmakers advance warning, saying Democrats like Pelosi “want us to tell them so they can leak it to their friends in the corrupt media.” The House passed the measure, 224-194, with just three Republicans voting in support. Eight Democrats opposed the measure. A similar proposal by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., faces an uphill fight in the GOP-run Senate. Kaine’s efforts received a boost Thursday as Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, an ex-Marine, said he might support the war powers measure. Two other Republican senators said Wednesday they would back Kaine’s plan. “We are members of a separate and distinct branch of government. It is our duty not to take anyone’s word for things as we are dealing with matters of life and death,” Young said, adding that he wished Trump administration officials had provided more intelligence information dur ing a briefing Wednesday on a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general. Pelosi, in announcing the House vote, called the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani “provocative and disproportionate. ” Iran shot down airliner, Western leaders declare Video shows fast-moving object rising before fiery explosion CODIE MCLACHLAN I Associated Press Mourners place candles and photographs outside the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, Jan. 8, during a vigil for those killed after a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed, killing at least 63 Canadians, just minutes after taking off from Iran’s capital. BY LOLITA C. BALDOR AND ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON - It is “highly likely” that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, kill ing all 176 people on board, U.S., Canadian and British officials declared Thursday. They said the fiery mis sile strike could well have been a mistake amid rocket launches and high tension throughout the region. The crash came just a few hours after Iran launched a ballistic attack against Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops in its violent confron tation with Washington over the U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian Revolu tionary Guard general. The airliner could have been mistaken for a threat, said four U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose coun try lost at least 63 citizens in the downing, said in Ottawa: “We have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intel ligence. The evidence indi cates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface- to-air missile.” Likewise, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison offered simi lar statements. Morrison also said it appeared to be a mis take. “All of the intelligence as presented to us today does not suggest an intentional act,” he said. The assessment that 176 people were killed as col lateral in the Iranian-U.S. conflict cast a new pall over what had at first appeared a relatively calm aftermath following the U.S. military operation that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. It was not immediately clear how the U.S. and its allies would react. Despite efforts by Washington and Tehran to step back from the brink of possible war, the region remained on edge after the killing of the Ira nian general and Iran’s retal iatory missile strikes. U.S. troops were on high-alert. At the White House, Presi dent Donald Trump sug gested Iran was responsible for the shootdown and dis missed Iran’s initial claim that it was a mechanical issue with the plane. “Somebody could have made a mistake on the other side.” Trump said, noting the plane was flying in a “pretty rough neighborhood.” Late Thursday, the U.S. House approved a measure that aims to bar any fur ther military action against Iran without congressional approval. However, the resolution approved by the Democratic-majority House is nonbinding and, at any rate, no similar measure could pass the Republican- controlled Senate. As for the airliner shoot- down, the U.S. officials wouldn’t say what intelli gence they had that pointed to an Iranian missile, believed to be fired by Rus sian Tor system, known to NATO as the SA-15. But they acknowledged the existence of satellites and other sensors in the region, as well as the likelihood of communication interceptions and other simi lar intelligence. 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