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Disturbing for Peace
http://www.clevescene.com/2007-07-04/news/disturbing-for-peace/

Timothy Coil was trying to save lives. Everyone else says he was a threat.

By Denise Grollmus
Published: July 4, 2007

It's easy to understand Timothy Coil's contempt for the military.

The 40-year-old Hudson native enlisted in the Army as soon as he got his high-school diploma. For four years, he took pride in keeping Black Hawk helicopters airborne.

But when his wife Yvette became pregnant in 1990, Coil began to rethink his profession. "I had a huge moral awakening," he says. "I just couldn't find a way to justify taking another person's life anymore. It was clearly wrong to me."

So the day Josh was born, Coil swore he'd never carry a weapon again. But four days later, he was shipped off to the Gulf War...





Published July 4th, 2007
The Mafia Plot To Kill Dennis Kucinich

http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/9/the-mafia-plot-to-kill-dennis-kucinich

A Former Cleveland Police Chief Finally Tells The Whole Story
By James Renner

The meeting went down at Burke Lakefront Airport in 1978. A small prop-engine plane owned by the Maryland State Police was parked on the tarmac. Inside was a sergeant from Maryland and "The Old Man," a professional hitman-turned-rat who was working with Maryland police in sting operations. Cleveland Police detective Ed Kovacic climbed into the plane and sat next to The Old Man.

Kovacic showed him a photo spread of suspects. The Old Man pointed to number four, Thomas Sinito. "This is Tommy," he said.

"Is that the man who hired you to hit Dennis Kucinich?" the Maryland officer asked.

"Yes."...

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