Posted on 06/24/2004 12:40:07 AM PDT by JustPiper
Bourbon would be the only thing to make chocolate pumpkin cheesecake palatable! Yuck!!
Oops.............cheesecake=fruitcake.
For what it's worth I grew up in Encino. My Old house is on the corner of Moorpark and Odessa right near Havenhearst. Drive buy and tell me how it looks,......LOL!
Try Jacksonville, Florida
Bump! (yes, working my way down the thread)
^-^
Maybe I should get out the "Tidy Bowl" just in case.
Have a safe trip!
Bump!
Actually JP, I just checked, and the link I use to read the site and which is on my web pages is:
http://www.joyjunction.org
Thanks. I just finished packaging the equipment and burning the CDROM of the software. The next trick is getting all of it into my hardshell suitcase. I'm afraid I won't be very "dapper" this week. Just the basics in the clothing dept. The railroad expects me to wear steel toe boots too.
I'll check in if my 1XRTT network connection is satisfactory around the Knoxville area. Good night for now!
But! How many of us clicked the link to his site from here. I did at least 3 or 4 times. Probably at least 10 of us did.
I went to his site from TM, so add another hit to the list.
Ever try the Iomega removable drive? Great for back up and very portable.
Good night Myrddin.
Have a safe and speedy trip.
I doubt that....even with the cry for help, I have only received 8 actual donations. Countless offers for services, and am exploring those now.
Many thanks for keeping track of all that info MamaD.
Al-Qaeda steals Saudi police cars for expat attacks
BY KEITH JONES in Riyadh AND PHILIP SHERWELL
(Filed: 27/06/2004)
AL-QAEDA MILITANTS in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have stolen police cars as part of a strategy to set up fake official roadblocks to abduct or kill Westerners.
The theft of up to 15 police cars, possibly with the help of al-Qaeda sympathisers within the force, was disclosed by an international security company working in the kingdom. The militants have also painted other vehicles to resemble official ones and made replica uniforms.
Paul Johnson, the American hostage killed in Saudi Arabia
The United States embassy has urged American citizens not to run security checkpoints after reports that Paul Johnson, the US engineer who was beheaded nine days ago, was taken hostage by men in uniforms driving what appeared to be a police car.
Some expatriates were said to have driven at speed through police checkpoints last week, prompting fears that they could be shot at by real officers. The Saudi authorities have installed extra checkpoints across the country, making it difficult to distinguish between legitimate and rogue roadblocks.
Officials there have denied al-Qaeda claims that their security services have been penetrated by the militants. The US State Department has said that there is no evidence that members of the Saudi security forces were involved in Mr Johnson's murder.
Prince Turki al-Faisal, the Saudi ambassador to Britain , also contested claims of collusion in the Johnson case. He said: "I can go and buy the best English police uniform from a shop here in England." Asked about the apparent use of police cars, he added: "You can go into a garage and paint them and put these lights on them."
Foreign security consultants and Western intelligence services, however, believe that Saudi security forces have been infiltrated widely. One security report presented to a large foreign company described an alleged incident at the King Fahad National Guard Hospital a fortnight ago. Saudi men wearing military uniforms entered the building and asked staff where they could find the Westerners' offices. The guard who first directed them became suspicious and called the police, but the intruders escaped.
The same meeting was told that two men dressed in women's robes had tried to enter a secure ward at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh where one of the terrorists in the Al-Khobar hostage killings was being treated. The report said that the men were found only when a child saw the muzzle of a gun protruding through the robe.
Under its new leader, Saleh al-Awfi, the Saudi al-Qaeda network is believed to have targeted foreign workers, particularly Americans and Britons; Western airlines; the Saudi royal family and the oil industry. US intelligence believes that al-Qaeda has started inserting its agents at oil installations in preparation for an attack.
Awfi, a former police officer in charge of recruitment for the terror faction, became leader after the previous chief, Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin, was killed in Riyadh. He is believed to have recruited members of the security forces and the military as intelligence sources. Using the cover of a car salesman, he also made trips to Europe, possibly to set up financial networks or buy arms.
A security adviser for a British multinational company has advised employees to stay in secure areas after the Saudi interior minister said that expatriates could carry guns to protect themselves.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/27/wsaud27.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/06/27/ixnewstop.html
Let's all now pray that the FR nic gaiacomm is really from Dr. Judah Ben-Hur
Otherwise....this one will bite back.
Wow. That was not pretty.
Identitiy theft is illegal too!
No, but I've fired a Barrett 50, and yes it is a blast!
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