This book is probably the last word on 'Nord-ost', and the Beslan mothers are cooking up their own surprise ;-)
Posted on 12/17/2006 4:03:30 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT
So pick a topic from all the research you have done for a book.
Beslan, or the one dead in a car wreck.
Or I think your travels would be interesting, with the folks you met along the way.
You should feel good about yourself, you are an exceptional friend to have.
http://www.infoisrael.net/cgi-local/text.pl?source=2/a/ix/211220061
this site has more on the rockets and intents of the Israel war.
I read it and try to understand, but all I get is the muslim chant/intent to kill all Jews.
I can't even wrap my mind around expecting a rocket or bomb to hit at any minute.
One has to respect the Israel citizens, for their will to survive.
This on again and off the same day peace treaties would drive me insane.
Hello, I didn't know your authors, but according to this, it is a highly rated author:
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Merry Christmas to you.
Are you dressing the 'babies' this year for Christmas?
Davey, I am so sorry, I know how much love he gave you.
Remember, they will be waiting for you to arrive, up there.
I sent you a ping this morning to a 'pets Christmas', there are lovely poems there and fun photos.
We will rock along here and wait for you.
Hugs and healing prayers.
India: Antony to open defence artificial intelligence campus Friday
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/34409
Antony to open defence artificial intelligence campus Friday
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Bangalore: The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR),
that has done pioneering research in cutting edge technologies and in
developing futuristic communications and other systems for the Indian
Army, is to get a spanking new campus here with Defense Minister A.K.
Antony opening the facility.
Spread over 15 acres, the new campus will enable the center, created 20
years ago, to conduct R&D in areas like information systems,
communications and networking, information security, communications security and
intelligent systems in a single integrated complex against the diverse
locations in the city it currently operates from.
In terms of pure research, CAIR's work in the sphere of intelligent
systems is perhaps the most exciting because this has applications in the
other areas of its operations, a defense ministry official pointed out.
Through artificial intelligence (AI), which is the science of making
intelligent machines, or machines that can "think", and Neutral Networks
(NN) that ensure an Internet host, protocol, or application does not
receive preferential treatment, CAIR researchers are creating what are
termed "mining tools" that automatically search large volumes of data for
patterns, the official added.
"In today's information age, the value of these tools cannot be
underestimated," the official pointed out.
Speaking about CAIR's efforts in the information systems field, the
official explained: "Today's battlefield is characterized by a high degree
of movement of men and material on a wide front, and this demands rapid
acquisition, dissemination, collation and fusion of information amongst
field commanders involved in tactical planning and operations.
"In this scenario, with decision making a time-sensitive and complex
operation, a command, control, communication and information (C3I) system
consisting of networked computers in the tactical battle area
facilitates the process," the official added.
As for the communications and networking sphere, CAIR was developing
technologies needed for the futuristic tactical communications network of
the Indian Army.
"It is assisting the army in specifying the system architecture and the
subsystem specifications for its Tactical Communications System (TCS)
to facilitate multi-technology, multi-media communication networks
across the tactical battlefield area," the official pointed out.
In the area of information security, which aims at securing
confidentiality and integrity of data stored in computers and communicated over
networks, CAIR has been working in areas like authentication, including
speech biometrics, network access control, and intrusion detection
systems.
These include high-speed traffic analysis software, secure e-mail, IP
security, network and host intrusion detection systems, online disk
encryption, and smart card-based authentication, the official said.
This apart, CAIR has also developed a number of technological solutions
and products for the civilian sector, among them an automatic processor
for handwritten application forms, an intelligent wheelchair for
physically challenged persons, a laparoscopic surgery trainer and robots for
non-destructive training.
CAIR, an arm of the Defense and Research Development Organization
(DRDO) was established in 1986 and its research focus was initially in the
areas of AI, robotics, and control systems. In November 2000, R&D groups
of the DRDO's Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE)
working in the areas of C3I systems, communication and networking, and
communications security were merged with the center.
"This has made CAIR the premier laboratory for R&D in different areas
of information and communication technology (ICT) as applicable to the
defense sector," the official pointed out.
Granny, check your freepmail.
Google Alert - jihadi threats
EURSOC: France On Terror Alert
By A-News
Security around prominent campaigners, including interior minister
Nicolas Sarkozy
and Socialist Party contender Ségolène Royal has been stepped up
following the
threats. Senior security forces sources believe jihadi terrorists with
...
http://www.eu-digest.com/2006/12/eursoc-france-on-terror-alert.html
EU-DIGEST
http://www.eu-digest.com
Finally! A war liberals can get behind!
By DoubleTap(DoubleTap)
Threats have included no-fly zones, sanctions, and war crimes. The
Sudanese have
until 1 JAN to comply, ... Won't our intervention get the same jihadi
response?
Survey says...Yes! The Sudanese government says it will never allow UN
...
http://rightwinginfidel.blogspot.com/2006/12/finally-war-liberals-can-get-behind.html
Double Tap
http://rightwinginfidel.blogspot.com/index.html
LOL.
I checked and now it is your turn to check.
Talks about a Brazil forum, with jihadi and hate groups.
I did not check it out.
http://shahpraneel.blogspot.com/index.html
I think you would call this an update on the OKC bombing:
http://woman123.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!C48E70A9E052DB51!864.entry
Well, now, Svni has done all the dirty work, you can use her work for facts and do one about all the 'incidents', that have a smell about them.
Linvinenko is already written, pull the articles into order and figure out who is guilty.
There are enough strange deaths there and around the world to keep you busy, dead leaders or simply dead reporters.
For the reporters, it could be a simple encyclopedia, there are so many...........
New flu pandemic could kill 81 million
Despite the tens of millions of deaths the 1918 flu caused, the death rate among those infected was approximately 2 percent. The fatality rate for the H5N1 virus is about 60 percent.
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Still, there is no guarantee that H5N1 would become less deadly.
If it doesn't, "we would be in for a devastating impact," said Gust. "All bets would be off." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_on_he_me/flu_pandemic
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?fr=yalerts-keyword&c=&p=plane+crash&ei=utf-8
1. 4 killed, including 12-year-old boy, in small plane crash in Concord Open this result in new window
San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 21 3:54 PM
A 12-year-old boy who survived a small plane crash that killed three others died this afternoon. The crash occurred at 11 a.m. when the pilot of a small private plane apparently misjudged the landing approach to Concord Buchanan Field, struck Highway 4...
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USA Today - Dec 21 7:53 AM
The release of the movie We Are Marshall that revives memories of the Marshall plane crash that claimed the lives of 75 people, including 37 school football players and 12 coaches, near Huntington, W.Va., is bringing back painful times for Phoenix Suns coach Mike D'Antoni.
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The Arizona Republic - Dec 21 10:47 AM
A small plane crashed just south of South Mountain on Thursday morning, fire officials said. Three people on board suffered minor injuries after alerting authorities they were going to crash.
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KXAN 36 Austin - Dec 21 2:23 PM
Authorities say the pilot died Tuesday in the crash of a small plane near Austin's Connally High School. An emergency official says the single-engine Cessna went down near the school's football stadium.
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New Kerala - 29 minutes ago
Beijing, Dec 21: China has punished 12 senior officials for their "negligence" and causing the crash of a plane two years ago in Inner Mongolia, which killed all 53 on board and two on the ground.
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CBS 5 Bay Area - Dec 21 12:22 PM
Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, died Thursday when a small plane crashed and erupted in flames on state Highway 4 at its intersection with Interstate 680 in Concord. Raw Video: Plane Crash Wreckage
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NewsChannel 10 Amarillo - Dec 21 1:31 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Federal investigators are still looking into possible mechanical or operational errors that may have caused a deadly plane crash Monday night near...
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KTVU 2 San Francisco - Dec 21 11:57 AM
A 12-year-old boy who was the only survivor of a fiery plane crash on state Highway 4 just north of Concord Thursday afternoon that killed the three adult passengers on the aircraft has died of his injuries, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Scott Yox.
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NBC 11 Bay Area - Dec 21 12:25 PM
The death count rises as authorities now say four people were killed in a small plane crash along Highway 4 in Concord. A 12-year-old boy died after being rescued from the wreckage.
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The Oregonian - Dec 21 7:59 AM
A body found on Baker Beach near Florence was identified Wednesday as that of a man who died in a Dec. 2 plane crash off the Oregon coast near Coos Bay.
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US Middle East Commander Gen. John Abizaid puts in request for another carrier in Gulf region as warning to Syria and Iran
December 21, 2006, 3:01 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that this request, revealed by a senior Pentagon official, is the first time in four years that an American general has asked for a special force as a deterrent for Syria and Iran.
Our Washington sources interpret the publication of Gen. Abizaid’s request during the visit to Iraq of the new defense secretary Robert Gates’ and head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace as indicating that the Bush administration is heading for a major operation against the two key threats to Iraq’s stability: the Sunni insurgents supported by Syria and the Shiite militias, which receive arms, intelligence and funding from Tehran.
In its latest quarterly report, the defense department accused Iran and Syria of undermining the Iraqi government by providing both active and passive support to anti-government and anti-coalition forces.
The application to deploy a third carrier in the Gulf in late March 2007 is a pointer to the projected timeline of this operation. It will confront Tehran and Damascus with the option of direct intervention to rescue their Iraqi allies, or standing aside. President George W. Bush is officially reported to have not yet decided on the coming steps in Iraq. However the central command’s application for another carrier suggests that the decision is more or less final.
The carrier Eisenhower and its strike group are already in the Gulf region accompanied by guided missile destroyers and the nuclear assault submarine USS Newport, as is the USS Boxer Strike Group.
Another sign of an impending US operation came from Gates’ talks with US generals and soldiers Wednesday. Whereas the soldiers did not propose a pull-out from Iraq and urged him to send reinforcements, the generals argued against a surge. Their reluctance stems from the fear that more manpower will result in a higher casualty score. The generals also calculate that in a withdrawal from the country, the bigger the force the more cumbersome and sluggish the evacuation.
US troops on the other hand explained to the new defense secretary that with a heavier US presence on the ground, the insurgents could be held off long enough to train the Iraqi army. They said training Iraqis is a challenge because of their sectarian ties to militias - police officers more than army personnel.
Gates is due to meet Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki Thursday, Dec. 21.
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There are scientists who are scared of a flu epdemic, they say that with the world wide travel, it would spread like wildfire.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-21-2006/0004495569&EDATE=
Director of National Intelligence Releases Four Decades of U.S. Intelligence on Yugoslavia
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Director of National
Intelligence's National Intelligence Council (NIC) and the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars recently organized an international
conference to mark the release of the NIC's declassified national
estimative material titled, From "National Communism" to National Collapse:
U.S. Intelligence Community Estimative Products on Yugoslavia, 1948-1990.
Held on Dec. 7, 2006 in Washington, D.C., the conference reviewed the role
and legacy of U.S. intelligence on Yugoslavia during the Cold War.
(NOTE: Please visit http://www.dni.gov/nic to view the declassified
material.)
The material contains 34 recently declassified National Intelligence
Estimates or NIEs representing the Intelligence Community's most
authoritative analysis of Yugoslavia. Over a period of nearly four decades,
these reports gave U.S. policymakers keen insights into the factors shaping
events in and around Yugoslavia -- Belgrade's break with the Soviet Union,
through the Tito years, and right up to the eve of the nation's collapse --
an event foretold by the documents.
Former Secretary of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia in
the 1970s, Lawrence S. Eagleburger, gave the keynote luncheon address. NIC
Chairman, Dr. Thomas Fingar, and the Wilson Center's president, Lee
Hamilton served as co-hosts of the luncheon.
The release of these papers reflects a continuing commitment by the
Director of National Intelligence to provide the public, when possible,
documents of value to historians and intelligence practitioners. The
conference offered leading historians, intelligence analysts, and
policymakers an opportunity to review intelligence judgments on Yugoslavia
and evaluate the quality of analytical tradecraft.
In addition to its scholarly value, the conference contributed to the
efforts of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to implement
intelligence reform legislation and WMD Commission recommendations to
engage leading scholars, and continually examine Intelligence Community
products to improve the quality of analysis.
This is the second time the NIC collaborated with the Wilson Center to
host a conference centered on recently declassified NIEs and other
intelligence memoranda. A similar conference was organized in October 2004
to launch a collection of newly declassified intelligence documents on
China.
The National Intelligence Council is a center of strategic thinking
within the U.S. Government and provides coordinated analyses for senior
policymakers on high interest topics. Although most of its work is for
internal government use, the NIC also produces unclassified reports and
collaborates with a wide range of independent scholars, experts, and
organizations around the world.
Note: The Yugoslavia, Vietnam, and China collections are available from
the U.S. Government Printing Office and on the NIC website:
http://www.dni.gov/nic.
ON THE WEB:
http://www.dni.gov/
http://www.dni.gov/nic
SOURCE Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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President George W. Bush Granted Pardons
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On December 21, 2006
President George W. Bush granted pardons to the following 16 individuals:
* Charles James Allen -- Winchester, Virginia
Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States; 18 U.S.C. § 371
Sentence: August 3, 1979; District of Maryland; one year of custody to
be served by 30 days in jail, 90 days in a work-release
program, and the remaining period on parole
* William Sidney Baldwin, Sr. -- Green Pond, South Carolina
Offense: Conspiracy to possess marijuana; 21 U.S.C. § 846
Sentence: October 27, 1981; District of South Carolina; six years'
imprisonment
* Timothy Evans Barfield -- Cary, North Carolina
Offense: Aiding and abetting false statements on a Small Business
Administration loan application; 15 U.S.C. § 645(a) and
18 U.S.C. § 2
Sentence: July 17, 1989; Eastern District of North Carolina; three
years' probation, including 96 hours of community service
* Clyde Philip Boudreaux -- Thibodaux, Louisiana
Offense: Borrowing money from enlisted men, accepting a non-interest
bearing loan from a government contractor, and signing and
swearing to a false affidavit; U.C.M.J. Articles 92, 107, 134
Sentence: December 2, 1975; as approved by the convening authority on
January 29, 1976; United States Navy general court-martial
convened at Okinawa, Japan, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina;
reprimand; loss of numbers on the promotion list; and a
$1,000 fine
* Marie Georgette Ginette Briere -- Gatineau, Quebec
Offense: Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; 21 U.S.C.
§ 841(a)(1)
Sentence: July 9, 1982; District of Puerto Rico; three years'
imprisonment and three years' special parole
* Dale C. Critz, Jr. -- Savannah, Georgia
Offense: Making a false statement; 18 U.S.C. § 1014
Sentence: July 13, 1989; Middle District of Florida; three years'
probation
* Mark Alan Eberwine -- San Antonio, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding,
impairing, and obstructing the assessment of taxes by the
Internal Revenue Service; 18 U.S.C. § 371; false declarations
to the grand jury; 18 U.S.C. § 1623
Sentence: February 1, 1985, as amended April 23, 1986; Western District
of Texas; two years' imprisonment
* Colin Earl Francis -- Naugatuck, Connecticut
Offense: Accepting a kickback; 41 U.S.C. §§ 53 and 54
Sentence: May 7, 1993; District of Connecticut; two years' probation
and a $2,500 fine
* George Thomas Harley -- Albuquerque, New Mexico
Offense: Aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine; 21 U.S.C. §
841(a)(1), 18 U.S.C. § 2
Sentence: November 30, 1984; District of New Mexico; nine years'
imprisonment; five years' special parole
* Patricia Ann Hultman -- Kane, Pennsylvania
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to
distribute cocaine and other controlled substances; 21 U.S.C.
§ 846
Sentence: October 28, 1985; Western District of Pennsylvania; one year
of imprisonment
* Eric William Olson -- Ojai, California
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession
with intent to distribute, possession, and use of hashish;
U.C.M.J. Articles 81 and 134
Sentence: February 21, 1984; United States Army general court-martial
convened at Bamberg, Germany; confinement at hard labor for
one year; reduction to pay grade E-1; forfeiture of all pay
and allowances; bad conduct discharge
* Thomas R. Reece -- Cumming, Georgia
Offense: Violating the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to alcohol; 26
U.S.C. § 5681(c)
Sentence: May 2, 1969; Northern District of Georgia; one year's
imprisonment
* Larry Gene Ross -- Indio, California
Offense: Making false statements in a bank loan application; 18 U.S.C.
§ 1014
Sentence: August 15, 1989; District of Wyoming; four years' probation,
$7,654.20 restitution
* Jearld David Swanner -- Lexington, Oklahoma
Offense: Making false statements in a bank loan application; 18 U.S.C.
§ 1005
Sentence: December 6, 1991; Western District of Oklahoma; three years'
probation
* James Walter Taylor -- McCrory, Arkansas
Offense: Bank fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1344
Sentence: October 18, 1991; Eastern District of Arkansas; 90 days in
jail, followed by two years and nine months' probation
* Janet Theone Upton -- Salinas, California
Offense: Mail fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Sentence: May 23, 1975; District of Nevada; two years' unsupervised
probation
On December 21, 2006, President Bush granted a commutation of sentence
to the following individual:
* Phillip Anthony Emmert -- Washington, Iowa
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Sentence: December 23, 1992; Southern District of Iowa; 262 months'
imprisonment (as reduced on February 21, 1996); five years'
supervised release
Terms of commutation: Sentence of imprisonment to expire on January 20,
2007; term of supervised release left intact and
in effect
SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice
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Saudi National Sentenced for Visa Fraud and Harboring Illegal Aliens
BOSTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Saudi national living in
Winchester was sentenced today in federal court having pleaded guilty to
charges of visa fraud and harboring of illegal aliens relating to her
employment of two domestic servants.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Assistant Attorney General
for Civil Rights Wan J. Kim; Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and Kenneth W. Kaiser, Special Agent
in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that Hana
F. Al Jader, age 40, of Winchester, Massachusetts, was sentenced by U.S.
District Judge Reginald J. Lindsay to 2 years of probation, the first 6
months of which are to be served in home confinement. She was also ordered
to complete 100 hours of community service. Judge Lindsay also ordered her
to pay a fine of $40,000 and restitution in the amount $206,000 to three of
her former domestic servants. Al Jader was also ordered to forfeit a second
residence in Arlington. Lastly, Judge Lindsay ordered that Al Jader be
deported to her native Saudi Arabia following completion of her term of
home confinement.
In September of this year, Al Jader pleaded guilty to two counts of
visa fraud and two counts of harboring illegal aliens for private financial
gain in connection with her employment of two women from Indonesia as
domestic servants.
At the earlier plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that Al
Jader, who has resided in Winchester and Arlington since the mid-1990's
with her invalid husband, Prince Mohamed Al Saud, brought the two
Indonesian women to the United States in 2003 to work as domestic servants.
In order to obtain visas for the women, Al Jader was required to submit to
the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia a copy of a work contract guaranteeing
that the women would be paid $1,500 a month and would work no more than 8
hours daily. However, when the women arrived in the United States, they
were required to work -- cooking, cleaning, serving meals, caring for the
severely disabled Prince, and serving at frequent parties -- routinely in
excess of 8 hours per day. Al Jader paid them only $300 a month which, at
their request, was wired to their families in Indonesia.
In July, 2003, Al Jader, through an attorney, filed applications with
the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services ("BCIS") for a six-month
extension of the visas for her domestic servants. In connection with the
extension application, Al Jader submitted another employment contract,
which again represented falsely that the servants were each being paid
$1,500 per month and working only eight hours per day. Based on the false
information provided in the contracts, the servants' visas were extended;
however, when those extensions expired, Al Jader failed to apply for or
obtain any additional extensions. Despite the fact that the servants' legal
status had expired, Al Jader continued to employ them for the next 11
months at the same pay rate of $300 per month.
In exchange for Al Jader's plea of guilty to these charges, her
agreement to pay restitution of approximately $98,000 to each of the
servants, and her acceptance of a stipulated order of deportation to her
native Saudi Arabia, the government agreed to dismiss pending charges of
forced labor and document servitude against Al Jader.
The case was investigated by agents from Immigration and Customs
Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by
Assistant U.S. Attorney S. Theodore Merritt in Sullivan's Public Corruption
and Special Prosecutions Unit and Lou DeBaca, Special Litigation Counsel,
and Barbara Kay Bosserman, Trial Attorney, in the Department of Justice's
Civil Rights Division.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice
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