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Posted on 05/30/2004 12:05:02 AM PDT by JustPiper
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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - Tens of American, European and other hostages were released Sunday and a gunman believed to be the lead Islamic militant holding them was arrested, a Saudi security official said, adding that two other gunmen were "in the process of being arrested."
We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm
This is a hoax that originated 1 1/2 to 2 years ago and seems to resurface every two or three months. Please do those of us who work Homeland Security a favor and spread the word.
About the UPS uniforms....at least the got to the bottom of it...Thank God!
One of the Arabic language jihadi forums
Yep I wasn't too amused either :(
Wish we all had your pull when calling the Feds -g-
Good job Soldier, God only knows what you helped prevent, proud to know you ,I am!
I have posted many times about the sympathy the Arabs get on Chicago's Southside and how it worried me, especially with Farrakhan and Jessie! Also how freely they move about in this city.
Interesting reading
http://answering-islam.org.uk/Responses/Saifullah/sverses.htm
Lots of stuff here about the Satanic verses - here and well worth reading.
An excerpt:
One of the most embarrassing events in Muhammad's life occurred when Satan put his words in Muhammad's mouth. Muhammad spoke Satan's words as the word of God. This event is documented by several early Muslim scholars and referenced in the Hadith and Quran. Later Muslims, ashamed that their self declared prophet spoke Satan's words, denied the event occurred. A myriad of excuses and denials have been put forth by these later Muhammadans to cover up Muhammad's sinful error.
We need to get our Freeper Science geeks to this thread!
Then maybe you can shed some light on why some people are complaining about them?
3200?! Filing that one in the notes -g-
Whoa!!!I haven't been able to keep up on TM today.What's this all about Bethlehem in the U.S? I'm going to Bethlehem Pa. on June 9th by air. Are they making plans to do something to all the Bethlehem's in the world? I really have been a little un easy about this trip ever since I made the reservation.
Jill,
FYI.
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22UPS+Uniforms%22&btnG=Google+Search
Nothing wrong with being Spirit-filled.
Amen to that!
Now JP you know I don't get involved in people's complaints and/or whinning.
OPINION: If someone has a complaint about a web site, they need to contact the owner of the web site.
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s04060022.htm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 2126, Garden Grove, CA 92842-2126 USA
E-mail: danjuma1@aol.com, Web Site: www.assistnews.net
Friday, June 4, 2004
VIETNAMESE MILITARY ATTACKS CHRISTIAN DEMONSTRATORS
By Jeremy Reynalds
Special Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (ANS) -- Some of the Christian Montagnards conducting peaceful demonstrations inside Vietnam’s Central Highlands calling for an end to years of religious persecution and confiscation of their ancestral lands were brutally attacked, and others reportedly killed, by Vietnamese paramilitary forces. (Pictured: Demonstrators holding banner).
According to a statement by Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/04/14/vietna8430.htm), “The human rights situation for Montagnards in the Central Highlands has plummeted to a new low,” said Brad Adams, executive director of the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. “Vietnam’s policy of repression of Montagnard Christians is only fueling the unrest.”
As Human Rights Watch (HRW) pointed out, the movement by indigenous minority Christians—collectively known as Montagnards—seeks religious freedom by peaceful means and the return of ancestral lands in the Central Highlands.
According to HRW, many Montagnards remain missing since the demonstration. Some stayed away from their villages after the demonstrations knowing that the police planned to make arrests.
According to HRW, “Others have been arrested and their current whereabouts are unknown. Some may be wounded or dead. The provincial hospital in Dak Lak reported 40 injured people (that) night. Montagnards living near Buon Emap in Cu Mgar district, Dak Lak province reported that all of the men in Emap village disappeared the night of April 10. It is not known if they were arrested, or went into hiding.”
In a statement issued by HRW, Adams said “We are extremely concerned that so many are missing or being held incommunicado by the police, and about the possibility of torture and mistreatment ... The Vietnamese government should immediately allow independent observers into the region.”
In a recent press release issued by the Montagnard Foundation, organizational president Kok Ksor echoed the concerns expressed by HRW.
Ksor said the group’s Easter demonstrations were fact based on Christianity and Gandhi’s principles of non-violence. However, he added, “Some of the demonstrators, after brutally (being) attacked by the Vietnamese military and police forces armed with crude weapons such as clubs and metal bars, acted in self-defense.”
Ksor said that Montagnards living inside Vietnam organized the demonstrations and the Montagnard Foundation offered its support. He added, “It is the right of all the Vietnamese people to demonstrate peacefully according to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ratified by Vietnam.”
Ksor said he and his fellow countrymen are far from being terrorists as the Vietnamese government is claiming. He said, “We only want our human rights and indigenous rights respected according to international law. We also have no word for ‘independence’ in our language but we do have a word for ‘freedom.’ It is this word ‘freedom’ (with) which the government of Vietnam falsely claims that we are seeking independence.”
According to Ksor, the Montagnards are desperate for help. “Our people are crying out for help. Our most immediate concern for our people is that international must be allowed into the Central highlands to monitor the ongoing human rights abuses as recommended by the 2002 Human Rights Commission.”
He added, “The Vietnamese communist government presents defamatory opinions as fact, and use underhanded tactics to discredit any organization that dares to object to their misdeeds,” Ksor said. “It is also trying to link our organization with other groups that have been using violence. I thus advise the international community to carefully examine any and all information that the government of Vietnam puts forth.”
That notwithstanding, Ksor added, “As a Christian I pray not only for our brothers and sisters inside Vietnam who struggle for freedom but also I pray for the Vietnamese communist authorities that persecute us.”
In a related story but in the same release issued by the Montagnard Foundation Ksor said that in addition to covering up the Easter Massacre the Vietnamese Government has also told the United Nations that both Ksor and his organization are terrorist.
Ksor said that the government controlled newspapers even dubbed him a “a desperate terrorist attempting to set up a separatist Degar State in the Central Highlands.”
HRW reported that during the last year, the Vietnamese government has stepped up its persecution of Montagnard Christians, particularly those thought to be following “Dega Protestantism.”
“This is” HRW reported, (www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/04/14/vietna8430.htm)
“a form of evangelical Christianity banned by the Vietnamese government, which links it to the increasingly popular Montagnard movement for return of ancestral lands and religious freedom. Prior to the Easter protests, authorities had dispatched hundreds of additional police and military to the region—often placing police officers in the homes of villagers suspected of political activity or returnees from Cambodia—and established military checkpoints along the main roads.”
Ksor also accused the Vietnamese Government of “trying to subvert the democratic principles of the United Nations by intimidation and threats.”
He added, “They have formally declared to the UN that the .... Transnational Radical Party (TRP) ... of (which) I am a member of the General Council ... be sanctioned and suspended from the United Nations forums.”
According to its web site (www.radicalparty.org/welcome2.html) the TRP is “an association of citizens, parliamentarians and members of government of various national and political backgrounds who intend to achieve, through nonviolent Gandhian methods, a number of concrete objectives aimed at creating an effective body of international law with respect for individuals and the affirmation of democracy and freedom throughout the world.”
Ksor said, “I cannot stress the urgency of how our people inside Vietnam cry for help and also what a terrible injustice will be done if Vietnam is permitted to dictate to the United Nations who can and who cannot be allowed to speak in the United Nations. I am not a terrorist and the Transnational Radical Party must be allowed to support myself and other repressed peoples in the United Nations.”
Ksor said that in mid July the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations will decide whether or not he is a terrorist and whether the TRP will be permitted to speak freely for oppressed peoples in the United Nations.
“Vietnam cannot be allowed to hoodwink the United Nations in this fashion. These intimidation tactics are a political stunt to prevent word of Hanoi’s brutal human rights abuses from reaching the ears of the international community,” Ksor said.
The Montagnard Foundation may be contacted by going to www.montagnard-foundation.org. Human Rights Watch may be contacted at www.hrw.org
Jeremy Reynalds is a freelance writer and the founder and director of Joy Junction, New Mexico's largest emergency homeless shelter, http://www.joyjunction.org or http://www.christianity.com/joyjunction . He has a master's degree in communication from the University of New Mexico and is a candidate for the Ph.D. in intercultural education at Biola University in Los Angeles. He is married with five children and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information contact: Jeremy Reynalds at reynalds@joyjunction.org. Tel: (505) 877-6967 or (505) 400-7145. Note: A black and white JPEG picture of Jeremy Reynalds is available on request from Dan Wooding at assistcomm@cs.com
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Emergency Response Drill On Long Island
Jun 3, 2004 3:37 pm US/Eastern
Residents and business owners across Long Island will be encouraged to participate in what has been billed as a first-ever islandwide drill next week to test emergency response preparations in the event of a blackout, terrorist attack or natural disaster, Gov. George Pataki said Thursday.
Coordinated by the Long Island Power Authority and the state's Emergency Management office, the drill next Thursday will include fire departments from across the island, as well as the emergency management personnel from both Nassau and Suffolk counties, and New York City.
LIPA officials are asking customers to cut their electric use between noon and 3 p.m. on that day to simulate conditions that might happen after a hurricane or during a blackout.
"The drill will help highlight individual emergency planning and raise awareness about how preparation can help protect families and businesses in emergency situations," Pataki said.
He made the announcement during a two-day conference of approximately 500 first responders and other emergency services personnel from Long Island and New York City.
"We were ready to respond to last year's August blackout immediately, because we took the time over the years to plan, prepare and drill," said LIPA chairman Richard Kessel.
http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_155153943.html
Thanks, SP. Those Ajeeb translations are tough to follow.
From the paragraph you translated, it sounds like they're planning a trap.
Do you know who wrote this sludge?
The California Highway Patrol shut down a Southland freeway Friday after a truck driver was found shot to death near his truck. A tanker truck driver who called his dispatcher several times today to say he was being fired on by someone following him in another vehicle was found dead near the transport in Willowbrook, authorities said.
The victim, who had been shot in the upper body, was found about 4:50 a.m., on a sidewalk near 118th Street and Wilmington Avenue, a block or so from Los Angeles County King-Drew Medical Center, authorities said. Sheriff's detectives withheld the dead man's name pending notification of his next of kin.
He was from Southern California and worked as a petroleum transport driver for the Long Beach terminal of Beneto Bulk Transport, said Ted O'Neill, personnel manager for the Sacramento-based company.
Early this morning, the sheriff's department got a call from a truck company dispatcher who said the driver was being shot at in Willowbrook, said Sgt. R. Lucas of the Century Station. The driver had been talking to his dispatcher as he traveled from the westbound 91 to the northbound 710 to the westbound 105,where heexited at Wilmington Avenue in Willowbrook between 4:36 a.m. and 4:50 a.m., Woolum said. He was then shotseveral times outside the truck.......
"Somebody out there saw something," he said.
This afternoon, the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway, between the 91 and the 105, was shut down briefly as a group of sheriff's investigators assisted by about 20 cadets searched for spent shell casings or any other evidence possibly linked to the shooting. All lanes of the freeway were closed at 2:52 p.m. They were expected to remain closed for a half hour or more. Anyone with more information on the shooting is asked to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Copyright © 2004, KTLA Link to Full Article
posted: 06-03-2004 A dentist who claims he met three of the Sept. 11 hijackers in Shreveport one year before the attacks has mysteriously fallen ill and is on life support.
Dr. David Graham was driving back to Shreveport from Houston on Saturday night when he became sick. A friend said Graham began suffering organ failure and medical tests show possible poisoning. He is hospitalized in Houston.
Graham is trying to publish a book that claims meetings with the hijackers and another Middle Eastern man who is a federal fugitive here. Mike Sledge, a friend of Graham, has a manuscript of Graham's book, "The Graham Report: The true story of three 9-11 hijackers who were reported to the FBI 10 months before 9-11." In it, Graham claims he met the hijackers at a home in Shreveport in September 2000 and thought they were plotting an attack on Barksdale Air Force Base. He said he reported them to the FBI.
"Certainly he was digging into some sensitive areas that may easily have caused some people some consternation," Sledge said. Houston police referred questions to the FBI office in Houston, which did not return calls for comment. Federal authorities in Shreveport said they are not involved and don't know if there is anything sinister to Graham's illness or if it was suicide attempt or was connected to Graham's personal or business life.
Graham also knew Jamal Khan, a Bossier City man who was convicted of trying to hide his wiring of $9,999 to his native Pakistan. In Khan's plea agreement in 2002, federal prosecutors added an unusual caveat: It said that while they had no proof of any connection to terrorism, Khan would get no immunity from possible prosecution in the future for crimes relating to Sept. 11. Graham was scheduled to testify against Khan at a deportation hearing that was postponed because of a crowded docket. That hearing had not been held when Khan skipped town after federal authorities moved to put him back in jail for violating probation on the financial crime conviction. Link to Article
NELSON WYATT Canadian Press Friday, June 04, 2004
MONTREAL (CP) - Local hospital officials confirmed Friday that 36 people have died from a virulent infection but the Canadian Medical Association Journal says the number could be as high as 89, including 10 in Calgary.
The infection, Clostridium difficile, is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in the industrialized world, and research suggests 20 per cent of people who contract it get it from taking antibiotics.
Dr. Francoise Chagnon, director of professional services at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, told a news conference that 780 patients had been treated for C. difficile in the past year and that 36 had died......
......"We're seeing an increased trend and we're alarmed," Louie said. Link to Full Article
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