A hunter is facing a $5,000 fine for allegedly killing a bull moose in Manitoba.

Manitoba Conservation officers found the carcass next to the Trans License Road, north of Lac du Bonnet, on Wednesday.

The moose allegedly had been shot in an area closed to all moose hunting, then dragged by an all-terrain vehicle close to the road, where it had been hidden, according to a news release from the province issued Monday.

During an investigation, a conservation officer stopped a truck with an all-terrain vehicle in the back. The officer saw blood and hair on a knife in the truck and after being questioned, the driver admitted to killing the animal, the news release stated.

The accused — provincial officials did not say whether it was a man or woman —The schedule for the American Jewish Committee conference in Washington coming up in May highlights that Sohrab Ahmari, an Iranian-American, will be addressing the question: "Can Iran's nuclear program be stopped?" Ahmari has been popping up more and more these days, especially at neoconservative organizations like the AJC.

The AJC, established in 1906 to combat anti-Semitism and advance human rights both at home and abroad, is now obsessed with Iran. (Check out its website). In recent years, AJC has dumped much of its domestic agenda in favor of supporting right-wing policies on Israel and especially to war monger on the issue of Iran.

Ahmari, the neocons' favorite Iranian, is very much in the mold of the neocons' favorite Iraqi. During the run-up to the 2003 invasion Ahmed Chalabi was their