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Wow JP, that first article is a must read. Reminds me of Terry Nichols training in the Phillipines X 10.
Hey, I know what you mean...Take care SlowBoat407.
Don't work too hard.
A polygraph expert testified Monday he believes suspected sleeper agent Adil Charkaoui told the truth when he denied in a lie detector test having any links to terrorists. Charkaoui, who has been in detention since May 2003 on a national security certificate, was making another attempt in Federal Court to get bail.
Polygraph expert John Galianos told the court he believes Charkaoui answered all questions truthfully during the Nov. 17 test. Charkaoui was asked to respond to the federal government's allegations that he knew al-Qaida terrorists and trained with them in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
"It is my opinion that Mr. Charkaoui told the truth when he responded to questions pertinent to the inquiry," Galianos said. "Mr. Charkaoui had no unusual physical reactions to the questions."
Charkaoui, who is a 31-year-old permanent resident of Canada, was to testify in his own defence later on Monday. Galianos acknowledged under cross-examination that polygraph tests are not foolproof.
Under questioning from Justice Department lawyer Daniel Roussy, the former Quebec provincial police officer said the test's accuracy depends on the phrasing of the questions.
Charkaoui was asked five questions during the test: whether he planned to tell the truth, whether he trained in terrorist camps, if he was ever a member of a terrorist network, if he was currently a member of a terrorist network and whether he had ever planned attacks. He responded "No" to all of the questions, said Galianos.
But Roussy pointed out Charkaoui was never asked whether he had handled firearms or if he knew people who may have committed violent acts.
Outside the courtroom, Roussy said the test result would have no effect on the government's position. "He still represents a danger to the Canadian public and he's a threat."
The government suspects Charkaoui of being an agent who could be activated by al-Qaida at any time.
A final decision on whether to deport him to his native Morocco still has to be made.
Under the security-certificate rules, the federal government can hold suspects - and eventually deport them - without disclosing the evidence it has against them. Suspects' lawyers are also denied a chance to cross-examine government representatives.
The Federal Court of Appeal recently upheld the constitutionality of the security-certificate process, saying individual rights must sometimes be suspended to preserve national security and protect Canadians' safety.
http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?id=9ae64365-c359-4b03-89e7-356e56d9afbb
Websites Up and Down...
http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/003443.html
January 10, 2005
"alresalah.org: life cycle of a Hamas site"
http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/003442.html
January 10, 2005
"Looking for almjlah.com?
It hasn't moved. Just replace .com with .net and you'll find all your favorite threads."
http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/003441.html
January 10, 2005
"alkotla.com goes missing"
Of all the media myths about Islamist extremism prevalent in the West, none is hardier than the claim that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida seek to overthrow the Saudi monarchy. This cliché is repeated time after time by network and cable television anchors, newspaper reporters, columnists and other pundits, and government experts on all sides. It is, of course, also assiduously purveyed by the Saudis themselves through their diplomatic representatives and spin experts, who never tire of telling Americans they are targets of the same enemy, and on the same side as America, in the war on terror.
Excerpted
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16576
Sign on front lawn: Warning: Owner Always Has More than $20 in Ammunition On Hand....
U.S. commander: Bin Laden could be in Afghanistan, Taliban fragmenting
KABUL (AP) - Osama bin Laden may be hiding in Afghanistan, while followers of the former ruling Taliban who once harbored the al-Qaida leader appear to be fragmenting, a U.S. commander said Monday.
Col. Gary Cheek, who heads American forces in eastern Afghanistan, told The Associated Press that bin Laden and other key militant leaders could be in the area, a swath of the country flanking the rugged Pakistani border. Cheek said the number of foreign fighters facing his forces was not significant and that most operated near the rugged Pakistani frontier, the zone most widely touted as a hiding place for bin Laden and his right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahri
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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/WarOnTerrorism/2005/01/10/887860-ap.html
I have that sign on my back door and the shop door :-)
Good to know something works.
Re post no. 2025...
This is interesting 4thygipper.
"N. Korea says long hair "steals the brain's energy and consumes a great deal of nutrition"
Ummm...well, good thing I trim my ends and take extra vitamins.
bookmark
Report: Widespread Problems Exist With Cameras At Philly Airport
231 Of About 900 Cameras Allegedly Not Working
POSTED: 9:10 am EST January 8, 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- More than 100 security cameras at Philadelphia International Airport are providing fuzzy images, are pointed in the wrong direction or are otherwise malfunctioning, according to a published report.
A September 2004 list obtained by the Philadelphia Daily News indicated that 231 of the airport's approximately 900 cameras were not working. A more recent list showed that 119 cameras were out of commission, the newspaper reported Friday.
Airport officials, however, denied that the number of cameras off-line was ever that high, or that there were significant mechanical problems.
"We consider those figures to be inaccurate," airport spokesman Mark Pesce said Friday.
He added that cameras are sometimes off-line for scheduled maintenance, replacement or integration, but that the number does not hurt security. Twenty were off-line Friday morning, Pesce said; he declined to release a range for the number of cameras typically off-line at any given time.
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Updated: January 10, 2005, 2:29 PM
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta will be in Oklahoma City Tuesday to discuss incidents of lasers being shined at airline pilots and their aircraft
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UPDATED: 2:10 PM EST January 10, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The man accused conspiring to blow up a Columbus-area shopping mall will stand trial, NBC 4 reported.
Nuradin M. Abdi, 32, a Somali national who was living in Columbus, is scheduled to be arraigned and have a detention hearing on Wednesday, NBC 4's Elenora Andrews reported.
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Yep.
May it become a trend...
Well, yeah, speaking of free speech...
So, how's it going 007/erhabi007/irhabi007/terrrorist007/usaamah007(?)?
I notice a lot more French-language web sites lately.
That's interesting, I guess.
ST. PAUL (AP) - The board of directors for a Somali organization in St. Paul plans to retain its executive director, who was convicted of lying to immigration officials about his asylum status in another country.
The board of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center expressed its support for Omar Jamal on Saturday. The day before, a federal jury convicted Jamal, 31, of lying on immigration papers and in interviews in 1998 while living in Memphis. He was charged with failing to disclose he had been given refuge in Canada before coming to the United States.
Jamal's attorney, Peter Erlinder, said Jamal will file an appeal.
Jamal has been an outspoken critic of what he calls improper treatment of immigrants since the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. He has denied lying about his Canadian asylum status.
Erlinder said an immigration officer testified that the questions on the form Jamal is accused of answering falsely were confusing - even for native English speakers.
Jamal faces separate administrative charges from the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
He is free on bond to await sentencing on April 7.
THANK YOU JP.
Smiling...well, that's a start.
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