Mark.
Thought this was interesting:
Khaleej Times Online >> News >> THE U.A.E
Court reprimands American teenager for threatening e-mails
By Hani M. Bathish
24 December 2003
DUBAI - The Dubai Juvenile Court on Tuesday reprimanded an American teenager who sent threatening letters to the media committee of Dubai 2003, The Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, which took place in Dubai from September 18 to 24, in which he warned to assassinate the head of a foreign delegation participating in the event, if he should set foot in the UAE.
The boy, M.R.W., 16, sent his first e-mail to the media committee on September 22 asking about the members of the delegation and who will be heading it. The second e-mail he sent said the head of the delegation would be killed together with all his guards if he did not leave the UAE within 24 hours of the e-mail date and instructed that the delegation flag should be lowered at the venue of the meetings.
The third letter sent by the teenager was sent to CNN and Al Jazeera television as well as the media committee, although the e-mail to Al Jazeera bounced. The subject line read `Al Qaeda', in it he wrote that Al Qaeda takes full responsibility for the assassination of the head of the delegation and his guards.
The court decided to reprimand the boy and get a signed undertaking of good conduct from his parents that he will not do this again. Police were informed of the e-mail on September 22 and they contacted Etisalat who managed to track the source of the e-mail from the time and the IP address.
They traced the message to the house of R.W., a US citizen, living in Sharjah. With the assistance of Sharjah Police, the house was raided.
R.W. was arrested and questioned.
Asked whose computer that was in his home, told police the computer belonged to his 16-year-old son. When M.R.W. was questioned he admitted to sending the e-mails as an expression of his rejection of the delegation's participation in the WB and IMF annual meetings.
He said he did not have any personal problems with the targeted head of delegation and added that the e-mail he sent to CNN was meant to frighten the public, which he said the news media could do.
http://www.Khaleejtimes.com/Displayarticle.asp?section=theuae&xfile=data/theuae/2003/december/theuae_december565.xml
"the e-mail he sent...was meant to frighten the public"
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