[JustPiper]

Many good pierogis or as my little one used to call it {peedoggies} here in Little Warsaw

[MamaDearest]

Many good pierogis or as my little one used to call it {peedoggies} here in Little Warsaw

You are tormenting me here JP. You know you have access to that yummy food and I don't. Also, miss that Chicago pizza. It just isn't the same here and I salivate thinking about it. It's not the stuff you eat with a fork, but with a shovel! Loads of tasty toppings and crust to die for. Atkins is not spoken in my home.

[JustPiper]

MEXICO CITY (AP) U.S. Embassy says U.S. Treasury Department suspends cooperation with Mexico on financial investigations, including money laundering and terrorism financing.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Danish defense minister to resign after lawmakers question intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

BEIJING (AP) Red Cross says 54 killed, 1,249 injured in North Korean train explosion.
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UK al Qaeda link suspect gets bail
04/23/04
A suspected Algerian terrorist with alleged links to al Qaeda was released from prison on bail Thursday after an appeals commission rejected British government claims that he remains a threat to national security.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/23/uk.terror.bail.ap/index.html

Miami police chief: FBI tracking crop-duster threat
04/23/04
Amid fears terrorists may try to launch new attacks in the United States, FBI agents have interviewed thousands of pilots due to concerns that crop-dusting planes could be used to spread chemical or biological weapons.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/23/timoney/index.html

From MA {nw_arizona_granny}

COUNTERFEIT Trade Linked to Terrorist Networks,
Experts Say Voice of America - Washington,DC,USA
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=DB083010-2CA7-42D5-8B089EE61376F5D7

[JustPiper]

WARNING- hilliary puke alert!

Hillary's attempt to muzzle Farah, other Net journalists
Book shows how New Media thwarted
her efforts to shut them down

Posted: April 23, 2004

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37953

[JustPiper]

WASHINGTON (AP) Appeals court orders trial judge to allow the Zacarias Moussaoui terrorism case to proceed


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) German engineering giant Siemens has suspended work in Iraq, citing security fears, Iraqi electricity minister says.

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GEOSTRATEGY-DIRECT INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
U.S. faces threat of nationwide Shiite uprising
Underestimated extent to which Saddam kept Iraq together by force

Posted: April 23, 2004
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38170

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Senate Republicans call on Gorelick to testify
Lawmakers cite commissioner's prior role
04/22/04
Eleven Senate Republicans fired off a letter Thursday to the 9/11 commission demanding that Jamie Gorelick, a Democratic member of the panel, be forced to testify.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/22/commission.senators/index.html


International staff evacuated from Iraq
Companies remove employees as violence mounts and substantially hurts rebuilding efforts.
04/22/04
Violence by emboldened Iraqi insurgents is forcing international contractors to evacuate staff, damaging reconstruction seen as crucial to stabilizing the country, officials and businessmen said on Thursday.
FULL STORY
http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/22/news/international/iraq_rebuilding.reut/index.htm


U.S. warns of attacks in Asia
04/22/04
U.S. officials have warned Asia to be on guard against terror attacks in crowded sea lanes and in financial centres such as Hong Kong.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/asia.security.reut/index.html

[JustPiper]

Administration Makes First Moves
Against Israeli Spies

by Jeffrey Steinberg


At the same time that Attorney General John Ashcroft has ordered the surpression of news coverage of massive Israeli espionage operations inside the United States, the Bush Administration has taken several significant initiatives, aimed at closing some of the most egregious loopholes, that have facilitated Israeli penetration of American national security institutions at the highest levels.

http://larouchepub.com/eirtoc/2002/eirtoc_2912.html

[JustPiper]

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5315a6.htm

Vancomycin-resistant _Staphylococcus aureus_ -- New York, 2004

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_Staphylococcus aureus_ is a common cause of hospital and community
acquired infections (1,2). The development of vancomycin-resistant
enterococci in 1988 led the way to the emergence of vancomycin-resistant
_S. aureus_ (VRSA) (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] >32 microg/mL
[3]), first recognized in 2002
(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5126a1.htm 4-7). This report
describes the 3rd documented clinical isolate of VRSA from a patient in the
United States and provides evidence of failure to detect this VRSA by
commonly used automated antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

On 17 Mar 2004, a urine culture obtained from a resident of a long term
care facility yielded _S. aureus_. The isolate was tested for antimicrobial
susceptibility by using Microscan overnight panels (Dade Behring,
Deerfield, Illinois); vancomycin MIC was 4 microgram (mcg)/mL. Further
testing by Etest (AB Biodisk North America, Inc, Piscataway, New Jersey)
indicated that the isolate was resistant to vancomycin (MIC greater than
256 mcg/mL). After notification and subsequent analysis by the New York
State Department of Health (NYSDOH), the isolate was forwarded to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where it was confirmed to
be VRSA (vancomycin MIC = 64 mcg/mL, using the National Committee for
Clinical Laboratory Standards broth microdilution reference method). The
isolate contained both the mecA and vanA genes mediating oxacillin and
vancomycin resistance, respectively. The isolate was susceptible to
chloramphenicol, linezolid, minocycline, quinupristin-dalfopristin,
rifampin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

The patient remains in a long term care facility, and NYSDOH is
investigating the case. The goals of the investigation include assessment
of infection control practices and whether transmission to other patients,
health care providers, family, and other contacts has occurred. Previous
investigations of VRSA demonstrated no transmission among contacts
(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5140a3.htm>5,6). This VRSA
isolate appears to be unrelated epidemiologically to the VRSA isolate
identified previously in Michigan and Pennsylvania
(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5140a3.htm>5,6).

[JustPiper]

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Why I Serve!
http://www.gorio.com ^ | 24 April 2004 | Gorio@gorio.com

Posted on 04/24/2004 12:54:49 AM CDT by gorio

This is my attempt to sum up the flag drape coffins and why I serve.

To thank Freeper Gorio:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1123584/posts?page=1

[JustPiper]

MPs warned of anthrax threat to British parliament
Fri Apr 23, 3:38 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Intelligence services have warned that the British parliament faces a "specific threat" of a chemical or biological attack by the Al-Qaeda network.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=4&u=/afp/20040423/ts_afp/britain_attacks_040423073833