World Terrorism: News, History and Research Of A Changing World #6 Disinformation, Inc.

Global Politician/Ocnus.Net ^ | Dec 17, 2006 | Professor Daniel M. Zucker

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VEVAK learned its methodology from the Soviet KGB and many of the Islamist revolutionaries who supported Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini actually studied at Moscow's Patrice Lumumba Friendship University, the Oxford of terrorism. Documented Iranian alumni include the current Supreme Leader (the faqih) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, under whose Velayat-e Faqih (Rule of the Islamic Jurisprudent) apparatus it has traditionally operated. Its current head is Cabinet Minister Hojatoleslam Gholam-Hussein Mohseni-Ezhei, a graduate of Qom's Haqqani School, noted for its extremist position advocating violence against enemies and strict clerical control of society and government. The Ministry is very well funded and its charge, like that of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (the Pasdaran) is to guard the revolutionary Islamic Iranian regime at all costs and under all contingencies.

From the KGB playbook, VEVAK learned the art of disinformation. It's not so difficult to learn: tell the truth 80% of the time and lie 20%. Depending on how well a VEVAK agent wants to cover his/her tracks, the ratio may go up to 90/10, but it never drops below the 80/20 mark as such would risk suspicion and possible detection. The regime in Teheran has gone to great lengths to place its agents in locations around the world. Many of these operatives have been educated in the West, including the U.K. and the United States. Iranian government agencies such as embassies, consulates, Islamic cultural centers, and airline offices regularly provide cover for the work of VEVAK agents who dress well and are clean shaven, and move comfortably within our society. In this country, because of the severance of diplomatic relations, the principal site of VEVAK activities begins at the offices of Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York.

Teheran has worked diligently to place its operatives in important think tanks and government agencies in the West. Some of its personnel have been recruited while in prison through torture or more often through bribery, or a combination of both. Others are Islamist revolutionaries that have been set up to look like dissidents - often having been arrested and imprisoned, but released for “medical reasons”. The clue to detecting the fake “dissident” is to read carefully what he/she writes, and to ask why this vocal “dissident” was released from prison when other real dissidents have not been released, indeed have been grievously tortured and executed. Other agents have been placed in this country for over twenty-five years to slowly go through the system and rise to positions of academic prominence due to their knowledge of Farsi and Shia Islam or Islamist fundamentalism.

One of the usual tactics of VEVAK is to co-opt academia to its purposes. Using various forms of bribery, academics are bought to defend the Islamic Republic or slander its enemies. Another method is to assign bright students to train for academic posts as specialists in Iranian or Middle East affairs. Once established, such individuals are often consulted by our government as it tries to get a better idea of how it should deal with Iran. These academics then are in a position to skew the information, suggesting the utility of extended dialogue and negotiation, or the danger and futility of confronting a strong Iran or its proxies such as Hizballah (Hezbollah). These academics serve to shield the regime from an aggressive American or Western policy, and thereby buy more time for the regime to attain its goals, especially in regards to its nuclear weaponry and missile programs.

MOIS likes to use the media, especially electronic media, to its advantage. One of VEVAK's favorite tricks is setting up web sites that look like they are opposition sites but which are actually controlled by the regime. These sites often will be multilingual, including Farsi, German, Arabic French, and English. Some are crafted carefully and are very subtle in how they skew their information (e.g., Iran-Interlink, set up and run by Massoud Khodabandeh and his wife Ann Singleton from Leeds, England); others are less subtle, simply providing the regime's point of view on facts and events in the news (e.g., www.mujahedeen.com or www.mojahedin.ws). This latter group is aimed at the more gullible in our open society and unfortunately such a market exists. However, if one begins to do one's homework, asking careful questions, the material on these fake sites generally does not add up.

Let's examine a few examples of VEVAK's work in the United States. In late October, 2005, VEVAK sent three of its agents to Washington to stage a press event in which the principal Iranian resistance movement, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK), was to be slandered. Veteran VEVAK agent Karim Haqi flew from Amsterdam to Canada where he was joined by VEVAK's Ottawa agents Amir-Hossein Kord Rostami and Mahin (Parvin-Mahrokh) Haji, and the three flew from Toronto to Washington. Fortunately the resistance had been tracking these three, informed the FBI of their presence in Washington, and when the three tried to hold a press conference, the resistance had people assigned to ask pointed questions of them so that they ended the interview prematurely and fled back to Canada.

Abolghasem Bayyenet is a member of the Iranian government. He serves as a trade expert for the Ministry of Commerce. But his background of study and service in the Foreign Ministry indicates that Bayyenet is more than just an economist or a suave and savvy businessman. In an article published in Global Politician on April 23, 2006, entitled “Is Regime Change Possible in Iran?”, Bayyenet leads his audience to think that he is a neutral observer, concerned lest the United States make an error in its assessment of Iran similar to the errors of intelligence and judgment that led to our 2003 invasion of Iraq, with its less than successful outcome. However, his carefully crafted bottom line is that the people of Iran are not going to support regime change and that hardliner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad actually has achieved greater popularity than his predecessors because of his concern for the problems of the poor and his fight for economic and social justice. To the naive, Bayyenet makes Ahmadinejad sound positively saintly. Conveniently overlooked is the occurrence of over four thousand acts of protest, strikes, anti-regime rallies, riots, and even political assassinations by the people of Iran against the government in the year since Ahmadinejad assumed office. So too, the following facts are ignored: the sizeable flight of capital, the increase in unemployment, and the rising two-figure rate of inflation, all within this last year. Bayyenet is a regime apologist, and when one is familiar with the facts, his arguments ring very hollow. However, his English skills are excellent, and so the naОve might be beguiled by his commentary.

Mohsen Sazegara is VEVAK's “reformed revolutionary”. A student supporter of Khomeini before the 1979 revolution, Sazegara joined the “imam” on his return from exile and served in the government for a decade before supposedly growing disillusioned.

He formed several reformist newspapers but ran afoul of the hardliners in 2003 and was arrested and imprisoned by VEVAK. Following “hunger strikes”, Sazegara was released for health reasons and permitted to seek treatment abroad. Although critical of the government and particularly of Ahmadinejad and KhameneМ, Sazegara is yet more critical of opposition groups, leaving the impression that he favors internal regime change but sees no one to lead such a movement for the foreseeable future. His bottom line: no one is capable of doing what needs to be done, so we must bide our time. Very slick, but his shadow shows his likely remaining ties to the MOIS.

http://www.ocnus.net/artman/publish/article_27144.shtml

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http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_4922963


Threatening calls linked to ridge man
By GREG WELTER /MediaNews Group
Oroville Mercury Register
Article Launched:12/30/2006 12:00:00 AM PST
PARADISE — Scott Robert Hudson, a 52-year-old Paradise resident, was arrested by federal authorities Dec. 20 on suspicion of making a series of threatening phone calls between August and November of this year.

Placed to a pair of hotels in New York City, a Jewish congregation in Southern California, and the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, the calls allegedly included threats to blow up or burn down buildings and kill certain individuals.

Hudson is also charged with making similar threatening phone calls to a graduate school in Rochester, Minn., a rabbi in Long Beach, N.Y., and the pastor of a church in Riverside.

Hudson is currently in custody in Sacramento and will be arraigned on the charges Friday, said Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, who is prosecuting the case.

Paradise police Lt. Chris Buzzard said Hudson became well-known to law enforcement officials while living on the ridge over the past two years.

Buzzard said police Sgt. Greg McLaughlin assisted the FBI in the investigation and arrest of Hudson, but for the moment declined to comment further on the suspect's activities in Paradise.

The only alleged incident not covered in the federal indictment is a charge against Hudson in Riverside County for making criminal threats.

A warrant has been issued there for his arrest.

Hudson was convicted in 2001 of similar conduct after he placed phone calls threatening to kill Randy Johnson, a starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.

The threats came in the year Johnson, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, joined the Diamondbacks from the New York Yankees.

Hudson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to the charges and served 34 months in prison.

He moved to Paradise sometime in 2005.

Current charges against Hudson include seven counts of threatening the use of fire or explosives, each of which carries a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Two counts of threatening communications carry a possible fine of $250,000 and five years in prison.

If convicted, Hudson's sentence will be determined by following federal guidelines, which take a number of factors into account, Wagner said.

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http://www.orovillemr.com/news/bayarea/ci_4928771

Feral cat wins over El Cerrito City Hall workers
Bootsie survives on love and food handouts from municipal personnel
By Justin Hill, MEDIANEWS STAFF
Article Launched: 12/31/2006 02:52:15 AM PST

Bootsie must be among the most versatile city employees in El Cerrito history.

He's a stress reliever. A therapist. An unofficial mouser.

For his services, Bootsie, a cat who has taken residence underneath the city's temporary City Hall, collects food and petting sessions instead of paychecks.

"He's not only a city employee, he's part of our family now," said Darryl Murray, senior building inspector and Bootsie's "daddy." "He's a great little guy if you get to know him."

Bootsie, who first started coming to City Hall about three years ago, "pretty much has warmed his way into our hearts," said Susan Griffin, a clerk for the Community Development Department and one of the cat's "mommies."

Known to wander inside the oldCity Hall, Bootsie followed his caretakers last month when city offices moved to a new location up San Pablo Avenue, less than a block away from the old site.

"He figured it out himself," said Griffin, who unsuccessfully tried to coax the cat to the new location, crawling on her hands and knees with a bowl of food.

Today, Bootsie, who is believed to have belonged to someone near the old site of City Hall, resides underneath the city manager's trailer — the only trailer the
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city kept from the old location.

Andy Sharkey, deputy director of Hopalong Animal Rescue, a nonprofit pet rescue and adoption organization in Oakland, recommended Bootsie undergo a temperament test to see if he's a candidate for adoption, but said living at City Hall "might be just fine for him."

"That might be his ideal place to live," she said.

Sharkey said it is good that city employees are feeding Bootsie, because he otherwise might starve or find another colony in the area to attach himself to, possibly exposing himself to illness or a fight.

The only way many feral cats survive is by people feeding them, Sharkey said.

At El Cerrito City Hall, Bootsie has no shortage of food — or attention.

In fact, Murray said that on Thanksgiving he stopped by the old City Hall site to give Bootsie some turkey, but someone had already come by and given him "a great big pile."

"He definitely adopted us. He's part of the family now," Griffin said. "He likes the food, and he loves the attention."

City employees also supply Bootsie with toys, medicine and flea treatments. They use their own money, not taxpayer funds, to care for the feline.

"We all chip in and buy food and whatever else he needs," said Cheryl Mosby, personnel technician and Bootsie's other "mommy." ''He's a pleasure to have around."

Mosby said Bootsie brings joy to the employees and serves as a stress-reliever, which many workers and some customers take advantage. And he probably helps morale, she said.

"He brings smiles to our faces," Mosby said.

Contact Justin Hill at jhill@cctimes.com.

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http://www.jya.com/no111496.txt Notice ---------- Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, I declared a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (``weapons of mass destruction'') and the means of delivering such weapons. Because the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the national emergency declared on November 14, 1994, and extended on November 14, 1995, must continue in effect beyond November 14, 1996. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12938. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. William J. Clinton. The White House, November 12, 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://library.whitehouse.gov/?request=ExecutiveOrder --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release November 14, 1994 EXECUTIVE ORDER #12938 - - - - - - - PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), Executive Orders Nos. 12851 and 12924, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, find that the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons ("weapons of mass destruction") and of the means of delivering such weapons, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. Accordingly, I hereby order: Section 1. International Negotiations. It is the policy of the United States to lead and seek multilaterally coordinated efforts with other countries to control the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering such weapons. Accordingly, the Secretary of State shall cooperate in and lead multilateral efforts to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. Sec. 2. Imposition of Controls. As provided herein, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce shall use their respective authorities, including the Arms Export Control Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, to controlany exports, to the extent they are not already controlled by the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,that either Secretary determines would assist a country in acquiring the capability to develop, produce, stockpile, deliver, or use weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery. The Secretary of State shall pursue early negotiations with foreign governments to adopt effective measures comparable to those imposed under this order. Sec. 3. Department of Commerce Controls. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall prohibit the export of any goods, technology, or services subject to the Secretary's export jurisdiction that the Secretary of Commerce determines, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and other appropriate officials, would assist a foreign country in acquiring the capability to develop, produce, stockpile, deliver, or use weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery. The Secretary of State shall pursue early negotiations with foreign governments to adopt effective measures comparable to those imposed under this section. continued.... It appears there was worry in the mid-90's about WMD's.

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An interesting article about the apartment houses bombed in Russia 1999,

http://cryptome.org/putin-bomb5.htm

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December 31, 2006 Anti-Terrorism News

(Zawahiri Recording) Al-Qaeda leader urges Palestinians to turn against
Abbas - another Zawahiri recording on Internet congratulated Muslims on
Eid al-Adha and attacked Abbas of being complicit with USA and Israel
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061231/wl_mideast_afp/palestinianqaeda_061231114612

(Zawahiri Recording) Al-Qaeda urges Iraq insurgents to unite - also
hailed any Muslim woman wearing veil as a "soldier in the battle of Islam
against the Zionist-Crusader attack"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20996258-1702,00.html

Spreading Terrorist Dogma - Evan Kohlmann shows how terrorist
propaganda is distributed to global media (interactive site)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13848605/

(Thailand) Two Die In Bangkok Bombs - Rash of bombs hits Bangkok, 20
wounded
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1245588,00.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061231/wl_nm/thailand_bombs_dc_3

(India) Police chief assassinated in Indian Kashmir by militant posing
as a woman
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/30/asia/AS_GEN_Kashmir_Violence.php

(India) Huge cache of explosives seized in Assam
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Huge_cache_of_explosives_seized_in_Assam/articleshow/1001686.cms

(India) Bomb scare on Karnataka Express
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1884362,000900010009.htm

(Pakistan) Freed jihadis put Pakistan's war on terror 'back to square
one', say senior officers - as many as 80 hard-core militants are on the
loose after being cleared by the courts or released on bail
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/31/wterror31.xml

(Pakistan) Militants fire rockets at check-post
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\31\story_31-12-2006_pg7_7

Iraqi forces detain 20 in raids in western Iraq - suspected of
manufacturing or planting bombs
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467628449&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iraq) Saddam buried; new video shows his death by hanging
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/31/news/saddam.php

Hanging to intensify anti-US jihad: Taliban -- "Saddam's hanging on the
day of Eid is a challenge to Muslims"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\31\story_31-12-2006_pg7_10

(Iraq) Shi'ite-Sunni rift laid bare by hanging
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20061231-121753-9942r.htm

(Greece) Plane downed by Saddam bomb alert - Athens to NYC Plane -
found to be hoax
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20996257-1702,00.html

(Lebanon) Lebanese cleric: US using Saddam death to sow Muslim discord
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061231/wl_mideast_afp/iraqexecutionsaddam_061231122203

(Somalia) Ethiopia-Somali troops to surround last Islamist stronghold
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061231/ts_afp/somaliaunrestethiopia_061231121826

(Somalia) PM: Embassy bombing suspects in Somalia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061231/ap_on_re_af/somalia_160

(Minneapolis) Area Somalis want peace for homeland - Many of the 1,500
protesters in Minneapolis were angered that the U.S. gave tacit support
for ousting of Islamists
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/907052.html

Poll: Americans see gloom, doom in 2007 - Six in 10 people think the
U.S. will be the victim of another terrorist attack next year
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061231/ap_on_re_us/2007_predictions_ap_poll_2

U.S. agencies missing links between illegal immigration and terrorism
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_4917538

Hamas: "Breakthrough" in talks on abducted Israeli
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-12-31T115839Z_01_L31856886_RTRUKOC_0_US-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL.xml&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-1

(Israel) 3 Palestinian Authority Terrorists Caught Near Hebron
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=118412

(Spain) Two missing after Madrid car bombing
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467629563&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Spain) Anti-terror group calls for Madrid march to protest ETA blast
http://www.thenews.com.pk/update_detail.asp?id=15420

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Russia hours away from cutting off Belarus gas

AFP

Sunday, December 31, 2006

by Sebastian Smith

Russia has edged closer to cutting gas supplies to neighbouring Belarus
as talks in Moscow on a price dispute entered their final hours,
prompting fears of energy disruptions in western Europe.

Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on national television on
Sunday that marathon negotiations over the weekend had so far failed. "We
have not been able to agree, but Gazprom is doing everything so that a
contract be signed on gas delivery for 2007."

Kupriyanov spoke 20 hours before a Gazprom deadline of 0700 GMT Monday
for Belarus to accept a price increase for Russian gas imports from the
current 45 dollars per 1,000 cubic metres to 105 dollars, about a third
of which would be paid in shares in Belarus's pipeline network.

However, in a potentially positive development, Belarus's first deputy
prime minister Vladimir Semashko was in Moscow on Sunday "to take part
in the negotiations," according to his spokesman in Minsk. Gazprom has
previously said that without Semashko's presence no deal was possible.

If Gazprom cuts supplies -- as it did briefly in a similar price
dispute with Ukraine last January -- many of Belarus's 10 million people may
start the New Year in chilly conditions, while the country's industrial
base will suffer a major blow.

There are also concerns in the European Union that the row will impact
on Russian imports, 20 percent of which transit through Belarus,
meeting about five percent of EU natural gas needs.

Late Saturday Semashko announced that the two sides had agreed to a
price of 100 dollars per 1,000 cubic metres for 2007 and that the price
for 2008-2010 was all that remained to finalise.

But Gazprom immediately poured cold water on the claim, saying it
reflected Semashko's "point of view," not an agreement, and warned of a
"critical scenario."

Gazprom, a state-owned giant that produces a third of the world's gas,
has mounted a tough campaign to end Soviet-era subsidies to
neighbouring countries, as well as expand ownership of infrastructure and other
energy businesses throughout Europe.

The company says it wants to put pricing on a market basis. Critics,
including many in western Europe, fear the Kremlin seeks to use Gazprom
as a tool to reimpose part of its dominance lost at the time of the 1991
Soviet collapse.

Belarus, which lies sandwiched between Russia and the European Union,
is in a loose economic and political partnership with Russia and has
always argued that gas import prices should be similar to those paid
within Russia.

But Kupriyanov on Sunday said this would not be possible, noting that
the price demanded was lower than that now being paid by several other
ex-Soviet republics, including Armenia, another ally of Russia.

"We take into account the relations that there are between our
countries, but all the same Belarus is an independent, sovereign country, and
not a region of Russia, and so the prices should be different,"
Kupriyanov said.

Belarus insists that unless a deal is reached on its own domestic
imports, then transit of Russian gas across Belarus to western Europe will
also be threatened. This could potentially result in shortfalls for EU
members including Germany, Lithuania and Poland.

Gazprom accuses Belarus of preparing to siphon off gas intended for
western Europe and says it will closely monitor the line.

The growing threat of energy war between Russia and Belarus could spell
difficulties for Lukashenko, an autocratic ruler who runs a
Soviet-style economy largely based on Russian subsidies, analysts say.

Western governments gave strong diplomatic backing to Ukraine's
pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, during the gas row at the start of
2006, but Lukashenko is a political pariah in Europe and the United States.

The EU has limited itself to calling on the two parties to reach a deal
that does not threaten European supplies, while the authorities in
France and Germany say they are not worried by the prospect of shortages.

Copyright © 2006 Agence France Presse. All rights reserved.

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PM: Embassy bombing suspects in Somalia

Associated Press

Sunday, December 31, 2006

By SALAD DUHUL, Associated Press Writer

Somalia's prime minister said Sunday that the suspects in the 1998
bombings of two U.S. embassies in east Africa are sheltering in the
stronghold of his country's militant Islamic movement.

"If we capture them alive we will hand them over to the United States,"
Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi told The Associated Press.

The three men - Comorian Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Kenyan Saleh Ali
Saleh Nabhan and Abu Taha al-Sudani, a Sudanese - are al-Qaida suspects and
are under U.S. indictment for the 1998 bombings of embassies in Kenya
and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people.

"We know they are in Kismayo," Gedi said. "We would like to capture or
kill these guys at any cost. They are the root of the problem."

Gedi said he had spoken Sunday to the U.S. ambassador in Kenya, Michael
Ranneberger, about ensuring the Kenyan border with Somalia is sealed to
prevent the three escaping. "We will get them," he said.

Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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http://velvethammer.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/of-gooses-and-ganders/

a blog page about cair.

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Good Morning and thanks for the pings. I'm not surprised about Ted Kennedy---known he's been a traitor for decades. The velvethammer is interesting, particularly as it links to a 1999 Free Republic thread (interesting to scroll through and see all the banned accounts).

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I predict the following is a trend that will accelerate in the future as more and more inmates become members of the religion of peace.

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_4927851

Dozens hurt in prison melee
Three inmates are airlifted to trauma centers after two-hour fight
Jannise Johnson, Staff Writer
San Bernardino County Sun
Article Launched:12/31/2006 12:00:00 AM PST

CHINO - More than 50 inmates were injured and three were airlifted to trauma centers after a massive two-hour fight Saturday morning at the California Institution for Men.
Prison officers at about 9:25 a.m. confronted inmates involved in a melee at Reception Center-West, a medium-security portion of the prison, according to a prison official.

The inmates in the fight were from four housing units. The housing units each have about 200 inmates.

The cause of the fight was under investigation, but Lt. Mark Hargrove, a prison spokesman, said he believed "two inmates began fighting and it just flashed up from there."

Prison officers used pepper spray and nonlethal weapons, which included shooting tear gas cannisters and small wooden blocks. The inmates were dispersed by noon, Hargrove said.

"All the housing units are contained. We have full control. It never spilled out of the units," he said.

A total of 24 inmates were treated at the prison hospital for minor injuries. Twenty-seven inmates were taken to outside hospitals with at least moderate injuries. One inmate suffered serious injuries to the head and puncture wounds to his back.

Conditions of the injured inmates were not immediately available.

No prison staff members were injured, but one officer was temporarily overcome by pepper spray, Hargrove said.

Officials at the prison on Saturday evening were investigating the incident, specifically the number of inmates who were involved. All of the approximately 800 inmates in the four housing units may not have been involved.

The damage to the prison itself was also being assessed.

"They broke out most of the windows in the housing units," said Hargrove, who added that doors were also damaged.

Ruben Guerrero, a battalion chief for the Chino Hills- based Chino Valley Fire District, said 21 firefighters responded to the prison to treat those injured and transport them to a hospital.

About 25 ambulances and three air ambulances responded, Guerrero said.

Firefighters were on scene for over four hours, Guerrero said.

Police officers from Chino, Fontana and Ontario and sheriff's deputies from Chino Hills and Rancho Cucamonga assisted with traffic control on the perimeter of the prison.

In September 2005, more than 200 inmates rioted in the prison's Reception Center- East.

The fracas was contained by correctional staff, but not before two staff members had to be rescued from potentially dangerous situations, including one who was forced to barricade himself inside an office.

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A list of muslim contributions to the UK---is the US far behind? Feel free to add to the list.

http://uppompeii.blogspot.com/2006/12/lets-make-it-100.html

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The damage to the prison itself was also being assessed.

"They broke out most of the windows in the housing units," said Hargrove, who added that doors were also damaged.
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I am always amazed when I read how they destroy the very thing that keeps them warm.

If they want to live like animals, then give them viet nam style cages or pits.

You are right, it has been expanding and the meaner the prison, the more converts, from what I have read.

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Yes, and according to the World Health, the animals have all the diseases, that we have erased, such as anthrax.

Good list, maybe a few will wander in and read it.

[nw_arizona_granny]

velvethammer is interesting, particularly as it links to a 1999 Free Republic thread (interesting to scroll through and see all the banned accounts).<<<

That is one that i missed and can't find.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760738/posts

Serb Houses in Kosovo Marked with crosses
Serbianna ^ | 12-31-06


Posted on 12/31/2006 2:34:12 PM PST by Celebratelife008


In what is reminiscent of the Nazi Holocaust when Hitler's Germany forced Jews to wear a yellow Star of David as a mark for extermination, homes of Kosovo's Christian Serbs have recently been marked with the same yellow bands that make the Christian symbol of a cross. Kosovo's Muslim Albanians have threatened violence if Kosovo is not granted independence and concerns are on the rise that these markings will aid the Muslims extremists during a pogrom of Christians that they threaten. (Photo November 2006))

http://www.serbianna.com/photo_2006/0189.html

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760732/posts

Reports: Belarus, Russia OK Gas Deal
Associated Press ^ | December 31, 2006 | unsigned


Posted on 12/31/2006 2:05:27 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin2


Filed at 4:31 p.m. ET

MOSCOW (AP) -- Belarus and Russia's natural gas monopoly have signed a contract for 2007 gas supplies, averting a cutoff that was threatened in a rate hike dispute, the Interfax news agency quoted Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko as saying Monday.

OAO Gazprom had said it would halt deliveries to Belarus unless the former Soviet republic agreed to more than double the amount it had paid for gas in 2006.


(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...

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Profound knowledge of animal instincts to help humans predict horrible natural disasters
05/03/2005 17:37

People paid attention to animal's ability to react to imminent natural dangers in ancient times already

Outstanding Russian scientists Vladimir Vernadsky proved in the middle of the past century that man's impact on the natural world of the planet had taken the scale of a geological disaster. A recent series of underwater earthquakes and the mammoth tsunami in December of 2004 showed human beings their place. "The king of the world" turned out to be helpless and defenseless against the storming nature. Furthermore, people were unable even to predict it, at least several hours in advance.

Scientists noticed, though, that the tsunami disaster of 2004 killed very few animals, whereas the number of human victims was immense - over 300,000 people. There are a lot of hypotheses to explain such a mysterious phenomenon, but people paid attention to animal's ability to react to imminent natural dangesr in ancient times already.

The first incident was documented in the year 2000 A.C. The ancient manuscript says that people noticed that weasels suddenly disappeared from their usual habitats in Crete shortly before a very powerful earthquake rocked the island.

Snakes suddenly appeared on the surface of the ground in the winter of 1975 in China. Snakes are cold-blooded animals; they hide in shelters and become dormant for winter periods. Local authorities treated such a "violation of biological norms" seriously and evacuated the residents. As it turned out later, the snakes forecast a mammoth earthquake, which was measured 7.3 on Richter scale. The history of the 20th century proves that animals possess a remarkable ability to foresee not only earthquakes, but tsunamis as well. There were incidents, when animals abandoned valleys prior to avalanching; London residents paid attention to cats and dogs' behavior before air raids during the WWII years.

A beacon worker in South India said in December of 2004 that he had seen a large flock of antelopes fleeing the coastal area towards nearest hills just several hours before the tsunami disaster. Eyewitnesses say that elephants were trumpeting, breaking chains and escaping inland in Thailand. Having a presentiment of a forthcoming natural disaster, flamingos left their lowlands and flew in the direction of mountainous areas as well. Employees of the Malaysian zoo noticed that all animals had a very strange way of behavior: the majority of zoo animals hid in their shelters and refused to go out.

The tsunami disaster killed over 30,000 people in Sri Lanka. However, almost all local elephants, deer and other wild animals survived the monstrous attack of tidal waves. It is worth mentioning that only one wild boar of 2,000 animals of an Indian reserve was killed in the 2004 tsunami disaster.

According to US biologists, 14 sharks, which were kept under regular observation for several years, had left their usual places of living 12 hours before Charlie hurricane hit Florida. The sharks disappeared in deep waters of the ocean and returned only two weeks later, although they have never left their natural habitat before.

Animals obviously know something that humans can never comprehend or learn. The tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004 made scientists look deeper into the mystery. Researchers have already proved that different animal species living all over the world possess the surprising ability to envisage natural catastrophes.

Unlike humans, wild animals can perceive a lot more information about the world around them. Their senses are a lot better, they can sense vibrations at huge distances; even a slight change in the atmospheric pressure will not remain unnoticed for animals. Their major advantage is an ability to read and see natural warnings, which helps them avoid the storm of nature. Biologists believe that it is impossible to obtain such a capability, although the knowledge of animal instincts could bring good to people.

Scientists also noticed that wild animals have a much better reaction to imminent dangers in comparison with domestic animals. Domestic animals live under the strong influence of human culture. The latter is made of a system of rules, taboos and physiological delicacies. It is not ruled out that a human being used to be as sensitive to natural changes as wild animals are now. Ancient people probably had this animal instinct as well: perhaps they knew where to run and hide in order to save themselves from earthquakes or volcano eruptions. There is even an expression in modern language - "To have the feeling of animal fear." The human civilization wiped off the capacity for biological indication. A human being does not have an adequate reaction to what the body registers despite the person's will.

Some people suffer from terrible pain in the joints before powerful landslides, for example. Others suffer from internal hemorrhage or high temperature, which occurs before a natural disaster without any particular reasons. Children and extrasensorial individuals are most "talented tellers" of forthcoming natural disasters in this respect.

http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/15403_tsunami.html