Posted on 07/28/2008 8:37:15 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
Is U.S. Bioterror Attack Just A Matter of Time?
The overriding question is whether the U.S. is “ready” for a bioterror attack. The answer could well rely on the “other” question of what bio-agent and what’s the source? In 1991, 40,000 Russian scientists dispersed throughout the World, with knowledge of what the U.S.S.R. was doing in chemical and biological weapons. The question is to whom did they sell their knowledge? Some believe former Soviet scientists sold technology to countries like Iran, Syria, and North Korea. Lurking is the spectre of al-Qaeda, a group that the Pentagon says continues to pursue biological weapons.
Another scenario is an outbreak of a pandemic. How would the U.S. deal with an infectious disease outbreak? The picture, despite reassurances, is not pretty. Until now, the U.S. has experienced two major biological attacks.
In 1984, the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers attempted to take over the town of the Dalles, Oregon by contaminating salad bars in the town. In 2001, there was the as yet unsolved mystery of the anthrax letters that killed five people.
But the question of bioterrorism extends to potential threats against our food supply and our clean water resources. It also extends to the threat of outbreaks of diseases in our animals populations. Here, the concern are diseases that attack animals but that can jump to humans. These are referred to as zoonotic diseases. The World Health Organization defines zonnotic diseases as:
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Taliban threatens attacks against US and allies in new video
-— New video “threatening to attack the US, Israel, Australia, Denmark, France and Spain”
-— “The video shows the flags of the six countries and the United Nations burning and eventually exploding, only to be replaced by an Islamic white flag showing Islam’s ‘shehadeh’ or creed”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2750911496
-— Taliban Threatens West In Video Message - Spanish Radio
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811260652DOWJONESDJONLINE000497.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Taliban%20Threatens%20West%20In%20Video%20Message%20-%20Spanish%20Radio
-—— November 18, 2008: Taliban threaten France with attacks: video
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistantalibanunrestfrance_081118053342
-—— June 16, 2008: NATO’s General David McKiernan: “The Taliban, I look at as a regional threat”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200121/
-—— see also October 17, 2008: Jihad and the “Reconciliation” with Islamic Supremacism
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(U.S.) FBI Warns of al Qaeda Attack on New York Commuter Trains
-— “Plausible but Unsubstantiated” Suicide Bomb Threat, “Nothing Concrete”
—— “the FBI has warned New York area law enforcement of a ‘plausible but unsubstantiated’ al Qaeda suicide bomb attack against the area’s commuter rail systems over the holiday”
—— “based on a report that al Qaeda terrorists ‘in late September may have discussed targeting transit systems in and around New York City’ using suicide bombers or explosives”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6338514&page=1 __._,_.___
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-— Taliban threat video clip (thanks to Islam in Europe) - play button in lower left hand part of frame
http://www.cadenaser.com//comunes/multimedia/videoFullScreen/video_iframe.html?xref=20081126csrcsrint_1
-— Islam in Europe: Spain: New Taliban threat video
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/spain-new-taliban-threat-video.html
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Thanks Granny.
Wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving and I’m so thankful for your friendship.
Mom and Dad coming for Thanksgiving and the four of us, so it should be a nice quiet evening.
Running around the house now, trying to find places to hide the laundry. LOL
November 26, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(U.S.) FBI Warns of al Qaeda Attack on New York Commuter Trains
-— “’Plausible but Unsubstantiated’ Suicide Bomb Threat, ‘Nothing Concrete’”
—— “the FBI has warned New York area law enforcement of a ‘plausible but
unsubstantiated’ al Qaeda suicide bomb attack against the area’s commuter rail systems over the holiday”
—— “based on a report that al Qaeda terrorists ‘in late September may have
discussed targeting transit systems in and around New York City’ using suicide bombers or explosives”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6338514&page=1
—— NYPD Steps Up Security Following News Of Unsubstantiated Subway Terror Plot
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/89639/nypd-steps-up-security-following-news-of-unsubstantiated-subway-terror-plot/Default.aspx
—— Feds Warn of Terror Plotting Against NYC Subways
http://www.1010wins.com/Feds-Warn-of-Subway-Terror-Plot/3390840
-— Related video from NYC’s WINS 1010
http://video.ap.org/v/Default.aspx?partner=en-ap&g=f0beda9b-9d8c-4aa5-8614-e3e8c0af046d&t=s1179980883147&p=ENAPus_ENAPus&&f=1010WINS
— Other reports:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11262008/news/regionalnews/feds__al_qaeda_planned_subway_attack_140992.htm
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/11/26/2008-11-26_fbi_warns_of_possible_terror_plot_agains.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_warning
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/ts_nm/us_usa_threat_newyork_5;_ylt=Akshx0ohfDRH3ZmMEb9xKrf3SpZ4
—— FBI warns of Thanksgiving terrorist threat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3526660/FBI-warns-of-Thanksgiving-terrorist-threat.html
(Iraq) Two US soldiers killed in Iraq
— “while conducting a humanitarian assistance operation near Biaj yesterday”
-— Colonel Bill Buckner: “It is unknown if the attacker was an Iraqi soldier or an insurgent in disguise.”
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956065&Language=en
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27913916/
(Iraq) Strong explosion shakes Baghdad
— “security sources said a bomb exploded in Firdus Square near the Le Meridien
and Sheraton hotels, injuring at least seven people who were transferred to Al-Nafis hospital”
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956094&Language=en
Iraqi lawmakers delay vote on U.S. security pact
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27923924/
Taliban threatens attacks against US and allies in new video
-— New video “threatening to attack the US, Israel, Australia, Denmark, France and Spain”
-— “The video shows the flags of the six countries and the United Nations burning
and eventually exploding, only to be replaced by an Islamic white flag showing Islam’s ‘shehadeh’ or creed”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2750911496
-— Taliban threat video clip (thanks to Islam in Europe) - play button in lower left hand part of frame
http://www.cadenaser.com//comunes/multimedia/videoFullScreen/video_iframe.html?xref=20081126csrcsrint_1
-— Islam in Europe: Spain: New Taliban threat video
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/spain-new-taliban-threat-video.html
-— Taliban Threatens West In Video Message - Spanish Radio
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811260652DOWJONESDJONLINE000497.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Taliban%20Threatens%20West%20In%20Video%20Message%20-%20Spanish%20Radio
http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Taliban-threatens-attacks-on-West_-Spanish-radio.html
-—— November 18, 2008: Taliban threaten France with attacks: video
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistantalibanunrestfrance_081118053342
-—— June 16, 2008: NATO’s General David McKiernan: “The Taliban, I look at as a regional threat”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200121/
-—— see also October 17, 2008: Jihad and the “Reconciliation” with Islamic Supremacism
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html
(Afghanistan) U.S. says troops kill 25 militants in Afghanistan
-— in Kandahar, Paktia province. and in the neighboring province of Paktika
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/wl_nm/us_afghan_violence_5
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956108&Language=en
-— Five Afghan police, 25 Taliban killed in separate clashes - police attacked in Kandahar
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243431,five-afghan-police-25-taliban-killed-in-separate-clashes—summary.html
(Afghanistan) UK Woman soldier’s leg amputated -— whose legs were shattered by a Taliban bomb
-— Captain Kate Philp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/3523724/Woman-soldier-loses-leg-in-Afghanistan-blast.html
Pakistan: Taliban leader vows to step up attacks — Hakeemullah Mehsud
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2750735292
Pakistani Taliban shrug off U.S. missile strikes
— Hakeemullah Mehsud says Taliban will press on with Jihad
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL101147.htm
(Pakistan) ‘Laws have failed to contain ‘radicalization’ in Pakistan’
-— workshop organized by Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-51691.html
-— “PIPS director says only 150 seminaries in 1947, more than 20,000 madrassas operating now”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_35
(Pakistan) NWFP minister survives blast — Labour Minister Sher Azam Wazir
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_1
(U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Prosecutors: Fort Dix 5 trained for mission — week long trip in Pennsylvania Poconos
— shot at red balloons pretending they were the heads of American soldiers
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20081126_Prosecutors__Fort_Dix_5_trained_for_mission.html
(Iran) U.S. Treasury Actions: Entities identified as being owned/controlled by the Government of Iran
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20081126.shtml
Iran: More than 5,000 centrifuges are now up and running
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702330039&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Iran) Report: Iran launches rocket amid nuke tension
— “’Explorer 2’ is believed to be part of Tehran’s satellite program”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27923562/
Saudi Arabia ‘transfers Bahraini terror suspect to UAE’ — Khalil Janahi
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243303,saudi-arabia-transfers-bahraini-terror-suspect-to-uae.html
(Somalia) Journalists kidnapped in Somalia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7750433.stm
Somali pirates warn ship owners — Saudi supertanker
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/3525109/Somali-pirates-urge-owners-of-Saudi-supertanker-to-negotiate.html
-— Somali pirates are treating us well, says British hostage on hijacked supertanker
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089321/Somali-pirates-treating-says-British-hostage-hijacked-supertanker.html
Somali forces to storm hijacked ship, Yemeni owner says
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243434,somali-forces-to-storm-hijacked-ship-yemeni-owner-says.html
(Russia) Mayor killed in North Ossetian capital — Vladikavkaz not far from Beslan
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/26/europe/27russia.php
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Russia-Mayor-Killed.php
(Russia) US group: Ossetian militias attacking Georgians
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Russia-Georgia-War.php
(Spain) ETA Militant plotted attack on America’s Cup
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Spain-Basque-Militant.php
Macedonia: 1 policeman dead in machine gun attack
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Macedonia-Policemen-Shot.php
Sri Lankan forces to control Tamil stronghold soon — official
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956130&Language=en
— Sri Lanka army claims it is poised to oust Tamil Tiger rebels
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/3525134/Sri-Lanka-army-claims-it-is-poised-to-oust-Tamil-Tiger-rebels.html
(Philippines) 1 soldier, 3 wounded in suspected MILF attack
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/135888/1-soldier-3-wounded-in-suspected-MILF-attack
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243353,one-soldier-killed-three-wounded-in-clashes-in-philippines.html
(Thailand) 4 bomb attacks rock Bangkok
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/topstory/read.php?newsid=30089454
— Blasts bring chaos to Bangkok’s airports
-— “Authorities cancel all flights at Suvarnabhumi Airport after blast; one wounded”
-— “People’s Alliance for Democracy has been leading protests since May”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/thailand.protests.airport/index.html
Other News:
(UK) Make Sharia part of UK law, says QC — Stephen Hockman QC
-— Daily Express: “Sharia law will ‘inevitably’ become part of the legal system
and work should begin now to incorporate it into British law, a leading barrister said last night.”
-— Daily Express: “Stephen Hockman, QC, former chairman of the Bar Council,
spoke at a meeting organised by the website Islam4UK, where another speaker
was Anjem Choudary, former head of banned fanatical group al-Muhajiroun.”
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/72992/Make-Sharia-part-of-UK-law-says-QC
— Sharia law should be introduced into legal system, says leading barrister
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3523672/Sharia-law-should-be-introduced-into-legal-system-says-leading-barrister.html
—— July 5, 2008: Former chair of Bar Council calls for sharia rules in English law
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032080/Former-chair-Bar-Council-calls-sharia-rules-English-law.html
—— Chambers Of Stephen Hockman QC
http://www.courtserve.net/directories/chambers/fbs0000115/6pump-court-details.htm
(UK) Interpal bank closure delayed until new year - January 30, 2009
http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2411&pg=15&cat=58
-— UK Government officials have raised funds for Interpal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece
-— Interpal linked to funding for Hamas terrorist organization
http://www.fsmarchives.org/article.php?id=491661
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.636/pub_detail.asp
(UK) “On BBC America, a compelling drama about Muslim intolerance” — BBC America’s “Britz”
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=LIFE&ID=565409857554808848
-— “At one point, Nasima even lashes out at viewers, saying they cannot be
considered innocent victims of terrorism because ‘you keep electing this government.’”
-— “after joining MI-5, Sohail finds himself on the receiving end of discriminatory
police practices, proclaiming, ‘This is exactly why people are getting radicalized.’”
-— “focus is on Sohail’s sister, Nasima.... [who] crusades against what she sees
as oppressive government policies stemming from the American 9/11 and British
7/7 attacks (a poster in her room features a picture of President Bush and the words ‘World’s 1 Terrorist’).”
——— BBC America Website for “Britz”
http://bbcamerica.com/content/345/about.jsp
Egypt: 13 Injured in Clashes between Muslims and Christians
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023655.php
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=187834
Egypt: Islamic judges strip Christian mothers of children — WND version of Compass report in yesterday’s list
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81963
Hamas, Fatah women fist fight as disputes inflame
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/November/middleeast_November533.xml§ion=middleeast
(Pakistan/UK) Britain against forced marriage in Pakistan
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/asia/AS-Pakistan-Forced-Marriage.php
(Pakistan/UK) Britain praises Pakistan’s dialogue with neighbors
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_183
-— See also:
-—’Pakistan seeking friends’ help to counter drones’
-—— Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar says “Pakistan is talking to
‘friendly countries’ to acquire surface-to-air missile technology to counter US drone attacks in the Tribal Areas”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg1_4
-— ‘System to hit drones will be ready in a year’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg1_5
-— November 26, 2008: Report: Pakistan to buy German submarines
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243425,report-pakistan-to-buy-german-submarines.html
(Bahrain/Kuwait) BBK eyes merger of its Islamic unit
http://www.business24-7.ae/articles/2008/11/pages/11272008_4997dd3cfef2405a9e5772ed3c908033.aspx
(U.S.) United American Committee (UAC) Billboard sparks controversy in Detroit
http://www.unitedamericancommittee.org/press_release_billboard_11_25_2008.pdf
(U.S.) Trying to Keep Cell Phones Out of Prison
— debate over jamming by state and local governments
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1861553,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Reports on Kamal Al-Hilbawi (aka Helbawy) and Growing Challenge of Counterterrorism Think Tanks’ Infiltration
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18928
(UK) MEMRI: “British Islamist Kamal Al-Hilbawi and Liberal Nabil Yassin Debate: Are Israeli Children Legitimate Military Targets?”
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212908
-— NOTE name also spelled as “Helbawy”
-— Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: “I believe that every Israeli civilian is a future soldier.... Even if he is a child.”
-— MEMRI: “Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi, introduced on the program as director of the
London Center for the Study of Terrorism, and political analyst Dr. Nabil Yassin.
Dr. Hilbawi is also former spokesman of the international Muslim Brotherhood
in the West. The debate aired on BBC Arabic TV on October 17, 2008”
—— Video Clip:
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1922.htm
—— Video Transcript
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1922.htm
-— “Asharq al-Awsat talks to Sheikh Dr Kamal al-Hilbawi, former spokesman of the
Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and founding member of the Muslim Association of Britain”
http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=13028
-— Kamal Al-Hilbawi aka Kamal El-Helbawy web site
http://www.khelbawy.com/home.html
-— Harry’s Place: Hilbawi “also is an adviser to the Global Civilization Study Center in
London and chairman of the Center for the Study of Terrorism.’ The website of the GCSC is ‘under construction.’”
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/24/british-islamist-says-israeli-children-are-legitimate-targets/
-—— Centre for the Study of Terrorism
http://www.cfsot.com/index.php?thm=home
-—— Centre for the Study of Terrorism - Dr Kamal el-Helbawy - Chairman
http://www.cfsot.com/index.php?thm=staff
—— “Dr Kamal is the chairman of Centre for the Study of Terrorism (CFSOT) since the inception in 2006.”
http://www.khelbawy.com/link.html
-—— Global Civilisation Study Center
http://gcsclondon.com/
-— Hilbawi mentioned in HLF trial testimony
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/788
-— Hilbawi listed in HLF unindicted co-conspirators - Page 4, item 22
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
-— 1998: Islamic Militants on the Lecture Circuit in the United States
http://www.steveemerson.com/article/100
—— Paul Cruickshank sought Muslim Brotherhood’s Kamal Helbawy in
October 2006 meeting in New York University Law SchoolCenter for Law and Security
http://www.lawandsecurity.org/muslim_brotherhood.cfm
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
——— “When Newsweek asked Mr. Cruickshank about why Kama el Helbawy
wasn’t allowed in the United States, Cruickshank was baffled, stating that
‘[h]e’s a really respected guy... [h]e’s very influential within the Muslim community
in Britain and his name is recognized throughout the world.’”
—— U.S. Homeland Security denied entry to Muslim Brotherhood’s Kamal Helbawy
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
—— in 2008 Kamal El Helbawy was praised by Paul Cruickshank and Peter Bergen
as Muslim Brotherhood contact in British Finsbury mosque recruiting “moderates”
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=702bf6d5-a37a-4e3e-a491-fd72bf6a9da1
-—— More on Paul Cruickshank comments on Capitol Hill in September 2008
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank1
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank2
-—— More on Peter Bergen comments on Capitol Hill in September 2008
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen
-— Helbawy speaks on America and the War on Terror at London Muslim Centre (LMC)
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2485
-— October 18, 2008 - BBC: Helbawy representing “Centre for the Study of Terrorism”
http://worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/talking-points-17th-october/
-— Kashmir Herald: “On June 19-21, 1991, the Virginia-based
United Association for Studies and Research (UASR) co-sponsored one of the
largest gatherings of Islamist militants ever held in the US. Kamal Hilbawi,
the leader of Muslim brotherhood of Egypt, openly incited terrorist attacks against the Jews.”
http://kashmirherald.com/featuredarticle/HowAmericaSoftPeddlesIslamicFundamentalism.html
-— August 2007 - Think Tank Directors Spy a Potential Enemy Within - by Elaine Monaghan
-—— links to Jamestown Foundation
——— “Jamestown board member Diana Denman found the Helbawy connection
sinister enough to suspect that Abedin’s present affiliation with the
Centre for the Study of Terrorism could mean the Jamestown Foundation had been infiltrated by Islamists”
http://public.cq.com/docs/cqw/weeklyreport110-000002566958.html
Commentaries:
HLF Terrorism Case Guilty Verdict Signals a Sea Change — by M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1866/pub_detail.asp
Special Note:
*** Thanks to Ruth (nw_arizona_granny) ***
for her tireless efforts in posting of this newslink research on Free Republic at:
“World Terrorism: News, History and Research Of A Changing World #12 Security Watch”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2052529/posts?q=1&;page=3514#3514
Many of the newslinks regarding Russian news stories also come from Ruth.
She is one of the tireless researchers - always on watch - to look out for American Freedom!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you also.
It sounds like a lovely day, that you will share with those you love.
LOL, have you forgotten the car trunk?
Or gift wrap the dirty clothes in a big box, and refuse to disclose what the gift is or who it is for.
LOL, that reminds me of the time sister Sherry and her husband were going to a big party and for some reason wanted to give the host a young weaner hog.....dressed in a cute outfit, that Sherry made for it.
A big gift wrapped box, with hidden air holes, carefully carried in and placed under the tree.
Then the box started making noises and moving, and the hosts dogs went crazy, LOL and there was almost a riot.
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 26, 2008
Release #09-057
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 603-9601
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Stainless Steel Pots Recalled by Ocean State Jobbers Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Century Cookware Stainless Steel Stockpots
Units: About 7,000
Importer: Ocean State Jobbers Inc., of North Kingstown, R.I.
Hazard: The stainless steel pots have metal handles that can detach during use, posing a serious burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Ocean State Jobbers has received one report of the handles breaking off a pot and causing a burn injury.
Description: This recall involves the 8-quart, 12-quart, 16-quart, and 20-quart Century Cookware Stainless Steel Stockpots with glass lids. “Century Cookware” is marked on the front and on the bottom of each pot.
Sold at: All Ocean State Job Lot stores throughout New England from July 2008 through October 2008 for between $12 and $25.
Manufactured in: India
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the stockpots and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Ocean State Jobbers at (800) 603-9601 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.oceanstatejoblot.com (pdf)
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including a picture of the recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09057.html
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1299.htm
November 26, 2008
HP-1299
OFAC Identifies Entities Owned or Controlled by the Government of Iran
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified the National Iranian Oil Company (a.k.a. NIOC), Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd. (a.k.a. NICO), and Naftiran Intertrade Co. Sarl as entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran.
The Iranian Transaction Regulations (ITR) include an appendix that contains a non-exhaustive list of entities determined by OFAC to be owned or controlled by the Government of Iran. The appendix can be accessed through OFAC’s website: http://www.treasury.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/iran/iran.shtml (see “Overview of Sanctions”). OFAC is adding National Iranian Oil Company, Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd., and Naftiran Intertrade Co. Sarl to this appendix. Certain entities listed in this appendix may be subject to further sanctions under other sanctions programs.
To date, the appendix has listed only financial institutions that were determined to be owned or controlled by the Government of Iran. The inclusion of the National Iranian Oil Company, Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd., and Naftiran Intertrade Co. Sarl marks the first non-financial institutions to be added to the appendix. Moving forward, OFAC will continue to list both financial institutions and other entities that are determined to be owned or controlled by the Government of Iran.
While the ITR do not impose an asset freeze, they do prohibit most commercial and financial transactions with entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran, regardless of where such entities are located or incorporated. Most transactions with any branches or subsidiaries of these entities are also prohibited, regardless of where such branches or subsidiaries are located and incorporated.
This appendix serves as a tool to assist U.S. persons in complying with the ITR. The identified entities are considered to be owned or controlled by the Government of Iran when they operate not only from the locations listed in the appendix, but also from any other location. The ITR prohibitions apply to all entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran, regardless of where they are located or incorporated, even if they are not listed in the appendix. The prohibitions in the ITR also apply to transactions with entities located in Iran that are not owned or controlled by the Government of Iran.
Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd. is a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company that is registered in the United Kingdom and located in Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom. NICO, in turn, has a subsidiary, called Naftiran Intertrade Co. (NICO) Sarl, which is incorporated and located in Switzerland. The ITR prohibit most transactions with NIOC, NICO and NICO Sarl, in any locations worldwide, because these companies are entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran.
The Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560, define the term “Government of Iran,” in sections 560.304, to include any “entity owned or controlled by the Government of Iran,” a term which is itself defined in section 560.313. The relevant ITR language can be accessed through the following link: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_07/31cfr560_07.html
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LOL on Sherry’s gift. That must have been quite a site.
I’ve got the laundry going into a couple lawn refuse bags. Teehee. Hope hubby doesn’t put it out to the curb. I might actually be able to finish doing the laundry today, if I keep to the task.
[Update on New York threat]
November 26, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Al-Qaeda) U.S. - NY Rail Plot Details Based on ‘Reliable’ FBI Source
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6338514&page=1
-— PDF of Full FBI Warning: Unconfirmed Report of Terrorists Plotting to Attack New York Transit Systems
http://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter/Homeland%20Security%20Warning.pdf
(Al-Qaeda) U.S. - NYC Daily News Update on Warning of NYC Potential Attacks on NY Transit (update)
— “This threat, the U.S. official said, is ‘much more significant
than the one in 2006’ because the individuals are Osama bin Laden operatives in Pakistan.”
— “Rep. Peter King said the threat was legitimate... it is serious, and there are specifics.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/11/26/2008-11-26_fbi_warns_of_possible_terror_plot_agains.html
Al Qaeda threatens ‘Madrid-like attack’ on New York subway over Thanksgiving weekend
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089713/Al-Qaeda-threatens-Madrid-like-attack-New-York-subway-Thanksgiving-weekend.html
(India) Terror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 250 injured
-— Unknown outfit Deccan Mujahideen takes responsibility
-— “Terror struck the country’s financial capital late on Wednesday night as
coordinate serial explosions and indiscriminate firing rocked eight areas
across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels—Oberoi and TajTerror attacks in Mumbai”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_strike_Mumbai_80_dead_250_hurt/articleshow/3761410.cms
-— Seven foreigners among 15 taken hostage at Mumbai’s Taj
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Seven_foreigners_among_15_taken_hostage_at_Mumbais_Taj/articleshow/3761833.cms
-— American and British hostages seized in Bombay attacks that leave at least 80 people dead
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3528119/British-hostages-seized-in-Bombay-attacks-that-leave-at-least-80-people-dead.html
-— Special coverage: India on edge
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/specialcoverage/3296778.cms
-— India: a major terror target
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3761713.cms
-— Mumbai anti-terrorist chief Karkare killed in attacks - TV
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/india_nm/india367200
-— Attacks against Westerners ‘kill 80’
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24714144-23109,00.html
(India) British Foreign Office stresses “high terrorism threat” in India
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/uk/news/article_1445196.php/British_Foreign_Office_stresses_%26quothigh_terrorism_threat%26quot_in_India_
Iraq: Six killed in separate bomb blasts — in Baghdad and Tikrit
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2751624591
Afghan President doubts NATO’s war against terrorism in Afghanistan
-— Karzai: “The Afghans don’t understand any more how a little force like the
Taliban can continue to exist, can continue to flourish, can continue to launch
attacks with 40 countries in Afghanistan, with entire NATO force in Afghanistan,
with entire international community behind them - yet still we are not able to defeat the Taliban”
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1445177.php/Afghan_President_doubts_NATOs_war_against_terrorism_in_Afghanistan_
—— Comment: because neither Karzai, U.S., nor NATO has confronted the Islamic supremacist ideology the Taliban is based on
-—— see also October 17, 2008: Jihad and the “Reconciliation” with Islamic Supremacism
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html
(Afghanistan) Karzai Offers Taliban Leader Mullah Omar ‘Protection’ For Peace
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811261221DOWJONESDJONLINE000762.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na
-— Once again from “our ally”.
-—— October 3, 2008 - Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan
http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm
-—— September 29, 2007 - Afghan president offers Taliban a place in government for peace deal
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/29/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Taliban-Talks.php
-—— U.S. Rewards for Justice: “Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward”
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar
(Afghanistan) Opium trade plagues war against Taliban
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24713369-31477,00.html
Afghan acid attack girls warned not to go to school: police
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Afghan_acid_attack_girls_warned_not_1126.html
(Pakistan) Al Qaeda’s Focus Is Pakistan, U.S. Senior Commander Says
-— Gen. James Conway: “They’ve changed their strategic focus not to
Afghanistan but to Pakistan, because Pakistan is the closest place where you have the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122766140111858667.html
(U.S.) Digging Deeper Into the HLF Trial — IPT News
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/866
— online video of Falls Church, VA man who tells of evidence buried in backyard
(U.S.) Bin Laden’s Driver Returned To Yemen Early
-— Freed From Guantanamo Camp, Salim Hamdan Will Serve Final Month Of Sentence In Home Country
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/26/terror/main4635138.shtml
(U.S.) NYC: Judge blasts federal air marshals for profiling busts at JFK
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/11/24/2008-11-24_judge_blasts_federal_air_marshals_for_pr.html
(UK) Conservative MP Patrick Mercer writes that U.S. should NOT have attacked UK Jihadist Rashid Rauf in Pakistan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5233272.ece
(Russia) Russian Mayor Killed After Medvedev’s Terror Warning — update on North Osseita report
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKLEtWL04dfM&refer=worldwide
Other News:
Germany: Girl injured in mailbox explosion
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Germany-Mailbox-Explosion.php
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Have you ever checked out this site, very interesting and history rich:
http://cuban-exile.com/menu1/!menu.html
http://cuban-exile.com/menu1/!terror.html
http://cuban-exile.com/menu1/quikidx.html
http://cuban-exile.com/menu1/quikidx2.html#FILE_NAME_-—_DESCRIPTION
http://cuban-exile.com/doc_226-250/doc0230.html
Terrorist Organizations
With Cuba State Affiliation
Glossary of Terrorist Organizations
BPP - Black Panther Party - Founded in the United States in 1966 by Huey P.
Newton and Bobby Seale. It adopted Marxist-Leninist principles along with
urban guerrilla warfare, and a structure similar to the American Communist
party.
DGI - Directrio General de Inteligencia - The Cuban Department in charge of
collecting intelligence and carrying out covert operations outside Cuba.
DA - America Department - Centralized control over Cuban activities for
supporting national liberation movements, responsible for planning and
coordinating Cuba’s secret guerrilla and terrorist camps, and propaganda
apparatus.
DLN - National Liberation Directorate - Organization created in Cuba to
support revolutionary groups throughout the world. Responsible for planning
and coordinating Cuba’s terrorist training camps in the island, covert
movement of personnel and military supplies from Cuba, and propaganda
apparatus.
EGP - Ejercito Guerrillero de los Pobres - A political-military
Marxist-Leninist organization that followed Cuba and Vietnam as
revolutionary models. This Guatemalan insurgent organization was trained in
Cuba and was very active during the 1970s, seeking to depose the political
and military structure of the country.
ELF - Eritrean Liberation Front - The most influential Eritrean organization
fighting for secession from Ethiopia in the 1960s, actively supported by the
Cuban and Syrian regime since 1965. Various internal divisions developed
later on until the late 1970s, when a new front was built based on very
different domestic and external alliances and, eventually led the Eritreans
to victory. Cuba’s support to Mengistu Haile Mariam’s regime in 1978 meant
the cessation of previous Cuban backing to the Eritrean cause.
ELN - National Liberation Army - Organized by the Castro regime, this
Colombian Marxist insurgent group was founded in 1965. Its main terrorist
activities includes kidnapings and extortion targeting foreign employees of
large corporations.
ETA - Basque Separatist Movement - This organization was founded by
militants and leftist students from the University of Madrid in 1962. They
formed guerilla units that commit violent terrorist acts claiming that they
are fighting for freedom of the Basque Region, in Spain. This group has
close relations with the IRA. The two groups have offices in Havana and
their members have found safe haven in Cuba.
FALN - Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional - A Venezuelan guerrilla
organization trained by Cuba in violence and terrorism.
FARC - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Established in 1964, the
FARC is the oldest and best-equipped Marxist insurgency in Colombia. It is a
well-organized terrorist group that controls several rural and urban areas.
It has received financial and military aid from Cuba and many of its members
were trained in Havana.
FATAH - Palestine National Liberation Movement - Founded in 1959 by younger
generations of Palestinians that had experienced the defeats of 1948 and
1956. The FATAH are strongly committed to a radical nationalist platform to
fight for Palestine and against Arab intervention and manipulations of the
Palestinian problem. Mostly an underground organization until the June War
in 1967 when it transformed itself into the most powerful and influential
party inside Palestinian and Arab politics.
FLN - Front de Liberation National - The political and military organization
that led the war of national liberation against French colonial rule between
1954 and 1962. Ruling political party until the 1980s in Algeria.
FMLN - Farabundo Mart National Front - Formed in 1970, the FMLN is a
terrorist Marxist-Leninist organization intent on establishing a communist
revolutionary regime in El Salvador. The FMLN was extremely active in its
terrorist campaign, receiving assistance from Nicaragua and Cuba.
FSLN - Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional - This organization was
founded in Havana in 1961 when Carlos Fonseca-Amador’s Nicaraguan Patriotic
Youth organization merged with Tomas Borge’s Cuban-supported insurgent
group. The group adopted Marxist-Leninist ideology and gained support from
the Castro government, employing low-level guerrilla warfare and urban
terrorism tactics to overthrow the Somoza dictatorship.
IRA - Irish Republican Army - The IRA is the most dangerous terrorist
organization of Northern Ireland dating back to the early 1920s. Although,
it wasn’t until the 1970’s when the IRA began terrorist actions and
resurrected the historical conflicts. The IRA targets political
transformation for United Ireland by eliminating Britain from Northern
Ireland and replacing the government of Northern Ireland with a socialist
government. Its Latin American headquarters are in Havana.
LASO - Latin American Solidarity Organization - A Cuban controlled
organization founded during the 1966 Tri-Continental Conference in Havana to
“coordinate and foment the fight against North American imperialism.”
M-19 - Movimiento 19 de Abril - A Castro supported group formed in 1974 to
disrupt Colombia’s government through acts of terrorism and violence. The
M-19 was very active throughout the 1980s receiving assistance and training
from the Montoneros and Tupamaros groups and the Cuban government, causing
Colombia to temporarily sever diplomatic relations with Cuba.
M-6-14 - Agrupacion Politica Catorce de Junio - Dominican guerrilla
organization trained in Cuba.
MACHETEROS - This terrorist organization is composed of four Puerto Rican
groups: 1) the Macheteros, 2) the Ejercito Popular Boracua (EPB), 3) the
Movimiento Popular Revolucionario, and 4) the Partido Revolucionario de
Trabajadores Puertorrique±os. Most of the Macheteros have been trained in
Cuba, were they have established relations with other terrorist groups. They
are responsible for several terrorist acts within the United States and
throughout Puerto Rico.
MIR - Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria - A Chilean insurgent
organization founded in 1965 and supported by Castro. The MIR was very
active in the mid-1970s when they promoted violence and occupied several
rural areas in Chile. The group encountered several set backs during the
1980s that essentially ended their activity.
MONTONEROS - An Argentinean guerilla organization that was formed in 1968 as
a Peronist urban anti-government group. It adopted a Marxist ideology in the
mid-1970s after it united with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de
Argentina. In 1977, many of its members were exiled and its numbers reduced
to less than 300.
MRTA - Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement - Marxist-Leninist revolutionary
organization formed in 1983 and supported by the Castro regime. The MRTA’s
intent was to establish a Marxist regime in Peru through terrorism, although
Peru’s counter terrorism program diminished the groups’ ability to
effectively carry out terrorist attacks.
NLF - National Front for the Liberation of South Yemen - Created in 1962 in
the course of the revolution in North Yemen against the monarchy and
supported by Nasser, the NLF is another important and successful branch of
the Arab Nationalist Movement. Since 1965 it has had very close relations
with Cuba. In 1966-1967, it broke with Nasser and finally forced the British
to negotiate and evacuate Aden.
OSPAAL [OSPAAAL] - Organization for the Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and
Latin America - Founded in 1966 in Cuba at the Tri-Continental Conference,
this organization aims to support the struggle of the people of Africa, Asia
and Latin America against imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism.
PLO - Palestine Liberation Organization - This organization was founded in
Cairo in 1964 under the auspices of Egypt (then known as the United Arab
Republic) to serve Nasser’s manipulations of the Palestinian cause. The
group was composed mostly of conservative Palestinian intellectuals and
bureaucrats serving Arab governments. The PLO was an instrument of Nasser’s
foreign policy until the June War of 1967, when the old PLO leadership
collapsed to be replaced by FATEH’s leadership headed by Arafat.
POLISARIO - People’s Front for the Liberation of Western Sahara and Rio del
Oro - The Frente POLISARIO was inspired by the ANM tradition and the
Algerian FLN and was created to fight against the
Spanish-Morrocan-Mauritinian arrangements to split the former colony of
Sagu a el Hamra/Rio del Oro (known as Western Sahara) between the two
African states. This group enjoyed active support from Algeria and Libya and
Cuba.
POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINES - The most important branch
of the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), created in the 1950s as radical
followers of Nasser. After the June War of 1967, the group disassociated
itself from Nasser and focused on building a more radical alternative within
the Palestinians under the name of Popular Front. The group has strong
alliances within Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, and the Gulf, and was heavily
engaged in terrorist activities during the 1970s.
TRICONTINENTAL - Cuban publication disseminated by the Organization for the
Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAL) [OSPAAAL] in four
languages: Spanish, English, French, and Italian / promoting the Castro line
of armed struggle.
TUPAMAROS or MNL - Movimiento Nacional de Liberacion Tupamaros - This
Uruguay insurgent group was organized in the early 1960s by law student Raul
Sendic. The Tupamaros were one of the first terrorist groups to use
guerrilla warfare in urban areas and established independent terrorist cells
throughout the country.
WORLD MATHABA - A Libyan project from the late 1970s to promote political,
financial, and military support for revolutionary movements throughout the
world. Ghaddafi called on other “revolutionary governments” to support this
project, which Cuba did. MATHABA was essentially a tool in the hands of the
Libyans to project their individual goals and agenda. Financial and military
assistance was never a collective decision, but responded for the most part
to bilateral arrangements between Ghaddafi’s regime and individual
organizations, some of which resorted, at different stages, to terrorist
methods like the IRA and ETA. Insurgencies in Central America, like the
Sandinistas and others, were privileged beneficiaries along with the African
National Congress, Frente POLISARIO, and others.
The Institute for Cuban & Cuban-American Studies
Another Cuban page:
http://www.milnet.com/cuban-terrorism.html
http://www.milnet.com/latin-american-terr.html
Latin American Terrorism, 9/15/2004, Update 10/23/2006
http://www.milnet.com/index-net.html
Thanks to Mark Taylor and Milford421
Mumbai Under Terrorist Siege
Mumbai Under Terrorist Siege
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/11/mumbai-under-terrorist-siege/
Islamic terrorists have launched an organized multi-faceted attack on Mubai, India. Ten
locations have come under attack, including hotels, hospitals, a housing complex, bus
stations, cafes and other locations. Latest figures indicate 85 known dead and
approximately 200 wounded, figures sure to climb after control restored and buildings
cleared of terrorists and their hostages.
The attack is ongoing and the situation is still fluid.
Shlok Vaidya said of the attack, “Think Manhattan under assault by jheavily armed small
units with grenades, explosives and AK-47’s.” Mumbai is currently in a state of mayhem
as security forces have scrambled to respond. Shlok has initial analysis of the Mumbai
terrorist siege at India’s Naxalite Rage.
The Indian state has apparently decided to restart its very vulnerable railway system. This
is decidedly a bad move because it is extremely vulnerable and has itself been a frequent
target of attacks in the past. Order must be restored before such moves are made risking
the public safety.
See also the live feed from IBN News’ Live Streaming video coverage from India.
In keeping informed going forward, also include Shlok’s Twitter feed for one of the best
sources of rapid analysis, context and developments on the unfolding situation in
Mumbai.
By Steve Schippert on November 26, 2008 at 7:41 PM |
A teacher of Spanish in my high school was a member of FALN and was later arrested and put into prison. I wonder how many of these moles are hiding in plain sight these days.
ANTHRAX, HUMAN 2006 - UK (03): (SCOTLAND), INQUEST
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Date: 24 Nov 2008
Source: BBC News [edited]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7746436.stm
Warfare experts from the USA and Germany gave advice on
decontamination after an anthrax death in the Scottish Borders, a
fatal accident, the inquiry has been told. UK authorities had so
little experience of the disease, they got international help after
the incident in 2006 when a man, 50 years old, of Stobs village near
Hawick, died as a result of inhaling anthrax spores.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard there was “limited experience” worldwide
in dealing with such clean-up operations.
Early investigations centered on the man’s own home. However, Dr Colin
Ramsay, of Health Protection Scotland, said attention later turned to
drumming classes he had attended. He said he was “surprised” when test
results showed the man was more likely to have caught anthrax while at
the classes rather than from cutting up animal skins in his own home.
His house was found to be clear of spores, but some were found on
drums and at Smailholm village hall near Kelso where classes were
held. The man had attended a class there days before he died.
Dr Ramsay said the investigation results had been unexpected. “We
thought he was more likely to have got it from shaving infected drum
skins, and we were surprised not to find any evidence of that,” he
said. “We were equally surprised to find it on the drums themselves
and that this turned out to be the most probable explanation for how
he came into contact with them.”
He said they took advice from warfare experts in Germany and America
before instructing US company Sabre to decontaminate the hall using
chlorine dioxide gas in March 2007. “Nobody in the UK had been
involved in anything like this,” said Dr Ramsay. “Worldwide, there is
limited experience of dealing with a situation like this.”
The inquiry, before Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen QC, continues.
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[The HPA folk in England might take issue with the matter of
experience, but the Scots were paying. - Mod.MHJ]
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[2]
Date: 25 Nov 2008
Source: BBC News [edited]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7748591.stm
A top scientist has told a hearing it remains “notoriously difficult”
to identify drums infected with anthrax before they are imported to
the UK. Dr Graham Lloyd was giving evidence to a fatal accident
inquiry into the 2006 death of a 50-year-old man. He said it was
“reasonable” to conclude the man had picked up the disease from
contact with infected drums. However, he said there were a “lot of
uncertainties” about whether simply playing drums could release the
spores.
The man, of Stobs village, near Hawick in the Scottish Borders, died
in 2006 after inhaling anthrax spores. The fatal accident inquiry is
hoping to establish exactly where he picked up the disease and why he
was the only person affected.
Dr Lloyd, a consultant clinical scientist in novel and dangerous
pathogens at the Health Protection Agency, told the inquiry his team
tested samples from the man’s body. They found a rare strain of
anthrax not seen in the UK before.
The man had been attending West African drumming classes in the
Borders and was known to have been using animal skins to make drums at
home. Suspecting the man had caught the disease while handling
infected animal skins, the scientists tested his cottage but found no
trace of the anthrax. Tests later found it in the home of 2 other
drumming teachers, in a van they used to transport drums, and a garage
at a teacher’s parents’ house where drums had been stored. It was also
found on 3 drums taken from them for testing after the man’s death. Dr
Lloyd said the strain of anthrax discovered appeared to be the same as
that which the man had contracted.
Smailholm village hall, where classes were held and drums stored, had
to be decontaminated after anthrax was found on furniture and floors.
Fiscal depute Martin Macari asked: “Are you able to say how likely it
is that [he] must have got anthrax from being in contact with drums
that were at these locations?” Dr Lloyd replied: “It would seem a
reasonable conclusion, yes.” Mr Macari asked whether it was possible
that anthrax spores could be released by simply playing drums. “You
could say it’s a possibility, but there are a lot of uncertainties,”
Dr Lloyd added.
He was asked to explain why initial tests on the drumming teachers’
drums had failed to find anthrax but later tests had proved positive.
He said it was difficult to be certain with anthrax and that initial
checks often missed it.
Mr Macari asked how the tests could tell which drums coming into the
UK had anthrax on them. “It’s going to be notoriously difficult to be
100 percent certain that any sampling is going to give you the result
that you are looking for; it depends on the style of drum and the
state of it,” said Dr Lloyd.
The inquiry, before Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen QC, continues.
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[For the earlier official report from NHS borders see:
http://www.nhsborders.org.uk/uploads/18645/anthrax_report_131207.pdf
It addresses, at least as best as possible in a retroactive manner,
the questions raised in the press last week by the drumming teacher
whose drums brought from Africa were implicated, but who sounded as
though she had been targeted by HPA. As noted on page 30 and 31, the
only drum found to be positive with the genotype with which the
patient was infected belonged to the drumming teacher(s). They had a
number of drums, though, that had contaminated hides and with
different strains
And amazingly enough (or not, if he had only worked with domestic
road-kill badger skins to make drumheads), there was not a spore to
be found at the patient’s home and workshop.
The terms of the inquiry were defined on 3 Jul 2008:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7487212.stm
From the very rapid lethality of his infection, it is clear that he
had essentially no resistance to his infection, in spite of his
leucaemic remission. Put another way, if he had missed the class and
bought a contaminated hide, that would have killed him. But in that
regard, it is unfortunate that the investigators sterilized the
infected drums almost as soon as they had tested and found them
positive. A controlled drumming exercise with air samplers would have
revealed much about the probable dose that killed him but was
inadequate to infect anyone else in the class or riding in the drum
owner’s van.
On the other hand, we can assume that there will be more instances
with contaminated African goat hides and drums. So I encourage our
members to read the Borders report and, with the advantage of 20:20
hindsight, plan what they will do when they get a case, hopefully
only one, on their doorstep. - Mod.MHJ]
[see also:
Anthrax, human, 2006 - UK (02): (Scotland) inquest 20081121.3682
Anthrax, human, 2006 - UK: (Scotland), inquest 20081119.3650
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ONE teenage male has died and up to 11 were injured in a devastating school mini bus accident just before 2pm on Friday on the Dukes Highway, near Yumali.
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Police found no mechanical failures on school bus Open this result in new window
McKinney Courier-Gazette - 25 minutes ago
All 18 students taken to the hospital returned home by Thursday. Accident investigators haven’t found any major mechanical failures with the Anna ISD school bus that crashed and sent 18 students to the hospital.
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Marysville school bus in accident Open this result in new window
Marysville Globe - Nov 24 11:33 AM
A Marysville school bus was involved in an accident. No students were on the bus.
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Minor school bus accident in Norwich Open this result in new window
The Norwich Bulletin - Nov 24 5:53 AM
Police clearing scene of minor school bus accident this morning on Washington Street.
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Local News : Collision with school bus is third recent altercation - Frontiersman Open this result in new window
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman - Nov 26 4:09 AM
WASILLA — Three Mat-Su Borough School District students escaped injury Monday after a car hit the bus they were riding in head-on. The accident happened mid-afternoon on Grumman Circle, which branches off the Seldon and Bogard roads intersection.
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Students escape injury when school bus overturns Open this result in new window
Northwest Herald - 27 minutes ago
LAKE IN THE HILLS – A school bus carrying three students crashed on its side Thursday afternoon after colliding with a white sedan near Chesak Elementary School.
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Dozens Injured In School Bus Accident In Chicot County Open this result in new window
KTHV Little Rock - Nov 24 2:32 PM
(Lake Village, Ark.) KTHV — Authorities say over 50 minor injuries were reported after an accident involving three school buses in Chicot County.
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Car smashes into school bus on Route 209 Open this result in new window
Middletown Times Herald-Record - Nov 24 11:13 PM
CUDDEBACKVILLE — Six elementary school students and a school bus driver suffered minor injuries when their bus was rear-ended by a car on Route 209 Monday afternoon. The accident occurred around 12:45 p.m.
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Car, school bus accident injures students Open this result in new window
Mid-Hudson News - Nov 24 11:35 AM
CUDDEBACKVILLE – Six school children were taken to the hospital when a car rammed into the rear of a full size school bus on Route 209 in Goddefroy Monday afternoon.
Piracy at Sea
Collection of news and analysis about piracy at sea, such as material about 2008 activities by pirates from Somalia. Includes an interview with a spokesman for the Somali pirates, slideshow on Somali piracy, and other material back to the mid-1980s. Also include links to related sites. From The New York Times.
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LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27264
First fire, then mudslide fears, now an earthquake in Yorba Linda*
11:35 AM, November 26, 2008
Poor Yorba Linda. The city lost more than 100 homes during the Freeway Complex fire and now is bracing for possible mudlsides because of the rains. Now, the United States Geological Survey reports a 3.0 temblor struck about five miles east-southeast of the Orange County suburb around 11 a.m. This time, no reports of damage or injuries.
Updated: The Orange County Fire Authority has sent up a helicopter to see if the 3.0 quake moved any soil in the burn zone. It’s unclear how widely spread the quake was felt in the Yorba Linda area.
—Shelby Grad
Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/first-fire-then.html
November 27, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(India) Mumbai terrorists: ‘India should return Muslim land’
-— “”We urge the Indian government to return stolen Muslim lands”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702333602&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(India) Mumbai: 125 dead, 327 injured in Mumbai attacks: MHA
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/125_dead_327_injured_in_Mumbai_attacks_MHA/articleshow/3766520.cms
— Final operation on at Taj hotel, hostages rescued
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_Final_operation_on_at_Taj_hotel/articleshow/3763863.cms
— Special coverage by Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/specialcoverage/3296778.cms
— Mumbai death toll rises to 125
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24719246-23109,00.html
— Mumbai Massacre: British tycoon killed moments after TV interview as death toll hits 125
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089711/Mumbai-Massacre-British-tycoon-killed-moments-TV-interview-death-toll-hits-125.html
— Siege After Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Mumbai-Hotel-Terror-Attacks-Scores-Killed-In-Violence-Against-Foreigners-By-Islamist-Militants/Article/200811415162745?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15162745_Mumbai_Hotel_Terror_Attacks%3A_Scores_Killed_In_Violence_Against_Foreigners_By_Islamist_Militants
— Mumbai: PM blames ‘outsiders’ as hotel battles rage - Hostages freed, Americans hurt
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.attacks/index.html
— “Police free 10 hostages from Mumbai’s Oberoi Hotel”
— “101 dead, 314 wounded in attacks on multiple sites, police say”
— “Gunmen, guests remain at two hotels; police conducting random car checks”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.attacks/index.html
-— Terror attacks in Mumbai; six foreigners among 101 dead
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_attacks_in_Mumbai_101_dead_firing_on/articleshow/3761410.cms
-— We want all Mujahideen released: Terrorist inside Oberoi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Release_all_mujahideen_Terrorist/articleshow/3762100.cms
-— ‘Free our Mujahideens’ demand Bombay terrorists
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5242602.ece
-— Indian special forces battle terrorists in bid to rescue Bombay hotel hostages
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5246197.ece
-— Mumbai attackers may be Pakistani nationals
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attackers_may_be_Pakistani_nationals/articleshow/3764564.cms
-— India searches Pakistani boat after night of horror in Bombay
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5244196.ece
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956480&Language=en
-— Govt warned of terrorists’ entry to city through sea: Police
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govt_warned_of_terrorists_entry_to_city_through_sea_Police/articleshow/3764556.cms
-— Lashkar-i-Tayyiba denies role in Bombay attacks
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61133
-— Pak denies any role in Mumbai terror attacks
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_denies_any_role_in_Mumbai_terror_attacks/articleshow/3766591.cms?TOI_latestnews
-— 6 killed, 200 trapped in Oberoi Trident
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/6_killed_200_trapped_in_Oberoi_Trident/articleshow/3765951.cms
-— Mumbai strike similar to Akshardham Temple attack: Police
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_attack_similar_to_Akshardham/articleshow/3764508.cms
-— Mumbai gunmen were like young ‘boys’, say eyewitnesses
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_gunmen_were_young_boys/articleshow/3764492.cms
-— Nine foreign nationals killed in terror attacks in Mumbai
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nine_foreign_nationals_killed_in_terror_attacks_in_Mumbai/articleshow/3765937.cms?TOI_latestnews
-— ‘Eight Israelis held by terrorists in Mumbai Chabad House’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702336066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-— 5 Terrorist hold 5 families hostage in Nariman House
http://www.ttkn.com/world/5-terrorist-hold-5-families-hostage-nariman-house-239.html
-— Israeli Hostages Still Held Incommunicado
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128578
-— India’s ‘Mujahideen’ groups: a home-grown militancy?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Indias_Mujahideen_groups_a_home-grown_militancy/articleshow/3763290.cms
-— India TV Reports Explosions, Shots Fired as Commando Teams Storm Mumbai Hotels, Conduct Room-to-Room Searches for Terrorists and Hostages
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458270,00.html
— Mumbai under siege, 104 killed, over 314 wounded
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/mumbaiterror/2008/November/mumbaiterror_November21.xml§ion=mumbaiterror
-— Why hotels are easy terror targets
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27934097/
-— Mumbai victim: ‘They just fired randomly’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27939007/
-— India: Mumbai attacks ‘most sophisticated in recent times’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2756410606
-— The Mayhem in Mumbai
http://www.newsweek.com/id/171006
-— Mumbai attacks: Blasts heard across Indian city as hostages freed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3530669/Mumbai-attacks-Blasts-heard-across-Indian-city-as-hostages-freed-in-Bombay-India.html
-— Mumbai attacks: Terrorists ‘copied al-Qaeda blueprint’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3530543/Mumbai-attacks-Terrorists-copied-al-Qaeda-blueprint-Bombay-India.html
-— Islamic terror group e-mailed threat to attack Mumbai two months ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089821/Islamic-terror-group-e-mailed-threat-attack-Mumbai-months-ago.html?ITO=1490
-— India: Al-Qaeda inspired foreign group behind attacks, says expert
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2756411110
-— Saudi detained on suspicion of funding Indian Mujahideen
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3537624.cms
-— Russian intelligence sees Al-Qaeda link to India attacks
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61145
-— Muslim Brotherhood: The Jews and Hindus attacked Mumbai, not Islamic jihadists
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023681.php
http://ikhwanweb.com/Article.asp?ID=18774&SectionID=100
-— Experts debate India attack al-Qaida link
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/27/Experts_debate_India_attack_al-Qaida_link/UPI-71851227788530/
-— Mumbai attacks Microblog
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Mumbai-Terror-Attacks-Microblog-Latest-Breaking-News-Covered-Live-Line-by-Line/Article/200811415162921?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15162921_Mumbai_Terror_Attacks_Microblog_Latest_Breaking_News_Covered_Live_Line_by_Line
-— Terrorists seize Jewish center in Mumbai
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82137
-— Behind the Mumbai Massacre: India’s Muslims in Crisis - Time claims Islamic “rage” based on discrimination
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081127/wl_time/08599186265000
-— Terrorist attacks in Bombay: hour by hour so far
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5244888.ece
-— Analysis: a new tactic by Islamist militants
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5240621.ece
-— Timeline of Attacks in India
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122772515602360289.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
-— Obama slams Mumbai attacks, vows to root out terror groups
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Obama_says_Indias_democracy_will_win_over_terrorism/rssarticleshow/3762125.cms
(Al-Qaeda) Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5241036.ece
(Al-Qaeda) U.S./NYC: More on New Terrorist Threat Targeting MTA
http://gothamist.com/2008/11/27/mta_the_target_of_new_terrorist_thr_1.php
(Iraq) Two killed, nine wounded in two Baghdad blasts
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956441&Language=en
(Iraq) Female suicide bombers vow to reconcile
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/27/Female_suicide_bombers_vow_to_reconcile/UPI-27031227804007/
Iraqi Parliament Approves U.S. Security Pact Allowing American Troops to Stay Until 2011
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458350,00.html
(Afghanistan) 4 Killed in Blast Near U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458284,00.html
(Afghanistan) Two ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack - southern Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956632&Language=en
Afghanistan: Drugs financing Taliban war machine, says UN
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2758058990
(Pakistan) ‘Taliban to target Zardari, his allies’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\27\story_27-11-2008_pg1_6
(Pakistan) NWFP: TNSM chief renews demand for Shariah
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18642
(Pakistan) FATA: Five killed in US missile attack in Pakistan
— near Wana headquarters in South Waziristan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956606&Language=en
-— UK for direct talks with US on strikes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\27\story_27-11-2008_pg1_4
(U.S.) CAIR: HLF verdict based on “fear-mongering”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023677.php
http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=25597&&name=n&&currPage=1&&Active=1
(Israel) Palestinians fire two rockets at Israel - fired two Kassam rockets at the western Negev
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702342491&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Egyptian police detain 10 Islamists — Muslim Brotherhood
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLR108415.html
Somaliland Blames Oct Suicide Attacks On Shebab Group
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081127\ACQDJON200811270745DOWJONESDJONLINE000566.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=UPDATE:%20Somaliland%20Blames%20Oct%20Suicide%20Attacks%20On%20Shebab%20Group
(Somalia) 2 arrests in Somali journalists’ kidnapping
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/africa/AF-Somalia.php
Somalia: Islamists Faction Says Djibouti Agreement to Worsen Crisis
http://allafrica.com/stories/200811270470.html
(Somalia) U.S. Woman Negotiating With Somali Pirates
— Virginia Businesswoman Michele Lynn Ballarin Returned Just Last Week From Somalia
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6343209&page=1
Somalia: New Mogadishu administration vows to adopt Shariah law
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=9193&tirsan=3
(Somalia) Vatican: Pope worried over nuns abducted in Kenya
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136175/Vatican-Pope-worried-over-nuns-abducted-in-Kenya
(Yemen) Blast kills two in Yemen
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956494&Language=en
(Russia) Islamic group claims Russian mayor killing
— “Kataib al-Khoul — posted on a Web site allied with insurgents in Chechnya”
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/europe/EU-Russia-Mayor-Killed.php
Belgium arrests 7 suspected in Morocco terror plot
— raids in cities including Brussels, Arlon and Tongeren early Thursday
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/europe/EU-Belgium-Terrorism.php
Philippines charges suspects under new terror law
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136149/Philippines-charges-suspects-under-new-terror-law
(Philippines) Troops foil bomb tries in two Cotabato churches
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136096/Troops-foil-bomb-tries-in-two-Cotabato-churches
— Blast rocks Kabacan, NCotabato; probe on
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136005/Blast-rocks-Kabacan-NCotabato-probe-on
— Muslim rebels blast Christian site in S Philippines
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6541962.html
“Suspected rogue Muslim rebels on Wednesday night detonated
a bomb in front of a Christian religious site in Kabacan town in
North Cotabato while an attempt at another similar site Thursday morning was aborted by security forces”
Sri Lanka awaits Tiger’s speech, rain slows assault
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November2034.xml§ion=international
(Sri Lanka) Tamil Tiger chief dismisses Sri Lankan offensive
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php
Other News:
(Egypt) MEMRI Translation: “Egyptian Daily ‘Al-Gumhouriyya’ Editor:
Drive the Sh’ia Out of Egypt – Before We Become Like Iraq or Lebanon”
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD213108
(UK) London warms to Islamic finance
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1128/p06s02-wogn.html
-— “Sharia ‘could have averted [financial] crisis’”
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sharia-039could-have-averted-crisis039
UK should shift security agenda, think tank
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956514&Language=en
(UK) British Muslim talent feted by Prince Charles
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/27/60916.html
(UK) Guardian: “Weak states are major threat to British security, report warns”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/27/uk-security-terrorism
(Europe) Community leaders discuss Muslim radicalization at conference
-— policy makers of several Dutch, British and German cities
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243680,community-leaders-discuss-muslim-radicalization-at-conference.html
Commentaries:
The axis of appeasement - by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3045456/the-axis-of-appeasement.thtml
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I wonder how many of these moles are hiding in plain sight these days.<<<
Far more than most know, I post many reports direct from the FBI offices and you will never see the report in the paper or on the news.
I think that I am almost glad that I do not go out of the house any more, LOL, I would be looking at their eyes and getting names so I could google them.
There have been several top of the line China spy’s arrested and convicted and not a word in the news, it is running about one trial a month that I am catching, so you know how many that I miss, and that the FBI have not learned of as yet.
Thanks for coming over to read here, that New York threat is real and has been planned and tested for years, we have been picking up bits and pieces of the story and knew it would come about one day...
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