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The Threat Matrix

The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

Was Bomber's "New York" Shirt A Message?
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It's hardly a unique fashion statement for a mass transit rider: a Yankees-style cap, and a "New York" sweat shirt.

But the New York Police Department is teaming with British authorities to determine whether those items were worn by suspects in the London terror cases to send a "purposeful message" to the city, according to an NYPD officials.

David Cohen, the NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence, raised the concern earlier this week at a security briefing for business leaders at police headquarters in Lower Manhattan.

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Unfree Under
Islam

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Film of Ayaan Hersi Ali speaks at Toronto
Sharia conference August
12, 2005
http://www.nosharia.com/Aug12. wmv

to view all conference please watch Part one
Part two, Part three
http://www.babakyazdi.com/Homa
/Aug12-1.wmv
http://www.babakyazdi.com/Homa
/Aug12-2.wmv
http://www.babakyazdi.com/Homa
/Aug12-3.wmv

Unfree Under Islam
http://www.nosharia.com/HirsiA
l%20Articledoc.htm
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali 16 August 2005
The Wall Street Journal A16

In every society where family affairs are
regulated according to
instructions derived from the Shariah or
Islamic law, women are
disadvantaged. The injustices these women
are exposed to in the
name of Islam vary from extreme cruelty
(forced marriages;
imprisonment or death after rape) to grossly
unfair treatment in
matters of marriage, divorce and inheritance.

Muslim women across the world are caught in
a terrible predicament.
They aspire to live by their faith as best they
can, but their
faith robs them of their rights. Some women
have found a way out of
this dilemma in the principle of separation of
organized religion
and state affairs. They fight an uphill battle to
achieve and hold
on to their basic rights. Two cases
demonstrate just how difficult
that struggle can be, in the context of new as
well as established
democracies.

The first is the draft constitution of Iraq, now
due next week.
Iraqi women like Naghem Khadim,
demonstrating on the streets of
Najaf, are fighting to prevent an article from
being put in the
constitution that would establish that the
legislature may make no
laws that contradict Shariah edicts. The
second case is the
province of Ontario, in Canada. There, Muslim
women led by Homa
Arjomand, an activist of Iranian origin, are
fighting -- using the
Canadian Charter of Rights -- to keep Shariah
from being applied as
family law through a so-called Arbitration Act
passed as law in
Ontario in 1992.

(continued at link, there are also protests planned against this Shiriah law, in several countries) granny........

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.islam/browse_thread/thread/0f9bc51c1a347b1b/dd806a3ea24f5a62?hl=en#dd806a3ea24f5a62

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473599/posts
"Border Patrol takes aim at Brazilians [South Texas]"
The Monitor ^ | August 29,2005 | Cari Hammerstrom
Posted on 08/30/2005 1:01:42 PM PDT by SwinneySwitc
HARLINGEN

[Cindy]

Thanks Granny.
That was interesting.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.islam/browse_thread/thread/435e0388d1298e7e/8163a1c0c9f85b6a?hl=en#8163a1c0c9f85b6a


Beheadings,
disgusting
abuse of
human
remains,
suicide
bombings, and
now mass
genocidal
terror?

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http://www.derafsh-kaviyani.co m/english/islamicbarbarians.ht ml

Islamic Barbarians At The Gates

An al-Qaeda-linked website shows the beheading of Nick Berg, and al-Jazeera
broadcasts footage of two members of Islamic Jihad, sitting at a table with
the head of an Israeli soldier. What is going on with the religion of peace?

The Arabic Satellite TV station al-Jazeera shows footage of two Islamic
Jihad leaders sitting at a table, speaking about the recent Israeli
operation in Gaza against the terrorist infrastructure there, with the head
of an Israeli soldier sitting in front of them on the table.

Later, a video appears on an al-Qaeda-linked website showing the beheading
of an American civilian in Iraq, Nick Berg, who was a Jew. In a grisly
gesture, the executioners hold up the man's head for the camera. The
decapitation recalled the kidnapping and videotaped beheading of Wall Street
Journal reporter Daniel Pearl -- another Jew -- in 2002 in Pakistan. Then,
al-Jazeera re-broadcasts this beheading scene, like the earlier scene of an
Israeli soldier's head sitting on a table, throughout the Arab world.

What's going on here?

The executioner in Iraq claimed his killing of a random American civilian
was revenge for the mis-treatment of Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib
prison. But one can wonder if Nick Berg was picked out because he was
Jewish? The photos and reports of abuse and degrading behaviour toward the
Iraqi prisoners need to be investigated, and properly punished.

But was "revenge" against an innocent American civilian justified?

As President George W. Bush stated, "There will be a full accounting for the
cruel and disgraceful abuse of the Iraqi detainees. The conduct that has
come to light is an insult to the Iraqi people and an affront to the most
basic standards of morality and decency. One basic difference between
democracies and dictatorships is that free countries confront such abuses
openly and directly...Today several formal investigations, led by senior
military officials are underway...Some soldiers have already been charged,
and those involved will answer for their conduct in an orderly and
transparent process."

What we all know is that the behaviour off a few American soldiers in Iraq
does not represent the values of America, or the West in general.

Every once in a great while, an Israeli soldier is disciplined for abuses
toward the enemy also. But that's the point; it's not very often and they're
being disciplined, in Israel and in America. These stressed-out behaviours
by men and women put by their governments into very difficult situations
aren't tolerated, and they are held accountable for their behaviour.

Contrast this with the outrages perpetrated at the end of March in Fallujah,
Iraq. The bodies of four murdered American security contractors are
mutilated, then burned and displayed in public. Crowds gathered around to
joyously view the dead Americans.

In Gaza they also celebrated the mutilation of the Americans...

And now this; the Israeli Army entered Zeitoun in Gaza recently, to destroy
"Palestinian" weapons factories. In the operation, the soldiers blew up some
20 workshops that were used by terror groups to make weapons. The operation
encountered resistance from hundreds of "Palestinian" fighters, but the
Israeli troops suffered no casualties. After dawn, as the operation was
being wrapped up, the soldiers began to withdraw from Zeitoun, when a bomb
containing approximately 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of explosives was
detonated against an Israeli armoured personnel carrier carrying six members
of the Givati Brigade's engineering corps. The vehicle was carrying
explosives for use in demolishing the weapons manufactories, which
intensified the effects of the blast. Pieces of the APC and of the soldiers'
bodies were scattered for hundreds of meters roundabout, even landing on the
rooftops of neighbouring buildings.

Soon after the blast, Hamas terrorists excitedly displayed and played with
the body parts in front of cameras. Gazan Arabs were seen dancing in the
streets with pieces of the destroyed Israeli APC and pieces of dead Israeli
soldiers. In another scene, shown on Israel's Channel Two TV, a Hamas gunman
on a motorcycle held a bloodied burlap bag with body parts. An armed Hamas
barbarian bragged how he had human remains from the APC blast, he proceeded
to pull a finger out of the bag and shouted, "This is for Sheikh Yassin, and
for the rest you'll pay in liberated prisoners." Fatah -- Arafat's group --
Hamas, and Islamic Jihad all competed to claim responsibility for the
attack. It seemed like everyone in the neighbourhood had a piece of metal
they claimed came from the APC, or a piece of human remains that they said
belonged to the Israeli soldiers.

And then, this macabre scene on al-Jazeera TV, hooded Islamic Jihad
spokesmen, sitting and talking on camera, with a human head from a dead
Israeli soldier sitting in front of them on the table, as if nothing strange
was happening. It was like a scene right out of a Hollywood horror flick,
with the demented evil ones right before our eyes, except this was real...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, participating in a Knesset ceremony
commemorating the 59th anniversary since the end of World War II, responded
to the APC blast by describing Israel's enemy as "cruel and inhumane."

Sharon told the Knesset that "We are fighting a ruthless enemy, without
human feelings," and that Israel would strike back hard. "We will not stop
fighting [the enemy] and hitting him, wherever he operates and hides,"
Sharon said; he added that Israel must continue striking out until the enemy
is defeated.

In a quickly convened security cabinet meeting, it was reported that Finance
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the families of the slain soldiers should
be asked for permission to distribute abroad the grisly footage of the
"Palestinians" desecrating the bodies, so that the world will have a clear
picture of the "monsters we are dealing with."

Even funerals, and memorial services apparently are no longer sacred...

Recently, a pregnant Israeli mother and her four young daughters were shot
to death in their car on a Gazan road. First the terrorist barbarians shot
at the car, then as it veered off the road, and came to a stop, they ran
over to the car and at point-blank range, shot each of the occupants to
death: Tali, the 8-month pregnant mother, Hila, 11, Hadar, 9, Roni, 7, and
two-year-old Meirav. The murderers then continued to fire dozens of more
bullets into their bodies.

When mourners came to the site of the murder, for a memorial service a week
later, the terrorist barbarians, one of them apparently dressed as a woman,
opened fire at the hundreds of Jews who came to participate. "Bullets
whistled past our ears, and between our legs, and miraculously, no one was
hurt," said the Gazan Jewish Community spokesman Eran Sternberg. IDF
soldiers managed to kill two of the attackers.

"It was a humiliating experience for Jews who come to remember a slaughtered
family to have to crouch and lie down while terrorists shoot wildly around,"
said David Hatuel -- husband and father of those murdered -- after the
attack.

But these are the "New Barbarians"...

Even the Palestinian Authority understood that it wouldn't look good for
them. They called on the terror groups and residents of the Gaza Strip who
hold remains of the IDF soldiers to return the parts. In the statement,
released after a meeting of PA officials in Ramallah, the Palestinian
leadership called on the groups to treat the bodies "according to Islamic
law, and not to hurt Islamic values." The PA condemned the "criminal" IDF
operation, but called on the groups not to "tarnish the image and values of
the Palestinians."

My question is, since mutilation of the enemy, and the degrading display of
body parts is so widespread in the Arab world, is it really "against"
Islamic values to do? What about the fact that Arafat's own group Fatah vied
for claiming responsibility? And what about suicidal-genocidal bombing of
innocent civilians, which certainly seems to have the go ahead of Islamic
clerics?

Then along comes Prof. Yonah Alexander, a leading expert on terrorism and
director of the Inter-Universities Centre for Terrorism Studies, who in an
interview recently said he believes it is only a matter of time before
groups like al-Qaeda will use non-conventional weapons to propagate their
Jihadist ideology and undermine Western Society. Alexander feels that
al-Qaeda's next theatre of operations will be Europe, where they have
established an extensive network.

What he doesn't say is that besides the terror network they've set up,
Muslims have been converting Europeans in droves to Islam.

In the United Kingdom, according to the first authoritative study of the
phenomenon, carried by the Sunday Times on February 22, some of Britain's
top landowners, celebrities, and the offspring of senior establishment
figures, have embraced Islam after being disillusioned with Western values.
For example, Jonathan Birt, the son of Lord Birt, former director-general of
the BBC, and Emma Clark, the granddaughter of former liberal Prime Minister
Herbert Asquith, are only two of 14,000 mostly-elite white Britons who have
converted to Islam recently, according to the Sunday Times. Emma Clark said,
"We're all the rage, I hope it's not a passing fashion."

Islam has even received formal acceptance at the heart of the British
Establishment. The Queen recently approved new arrangements to allow Muslim
staff at Buckingham Palace time off to attend Friday prayers at a mosque. A
member of staff in the finance department was the first to take advantage of
it.

Many converts have been inspired by the pro-Islamic writings of Charles Le
Gai Eaton, a former Foreign Office diplomat. "I have received letters from
people who are put off by the wishy-washy standards of contemporary
Christianity and they are looking for a religion which does not compromise
too much with the modern world," said Eaton, who is author of Islam and the
Destiny of Man.

There have been several cases in the last couple of years, of converts to
Islam helping in the terror effort, for example the British "shoe bomber,"
and a British covert that planned on carrying out a Hizbollah attack in
Israel. At least, both were captured before they could carry out their
operations.

Alexander continued, "We can expect to see an escalation in terrorism on a
global scale with a continuation of conventional acts of terror, such as
suicide bombings and shooting, as well as mega-terror like September 11 in
the US and March 11 in Spain. There will also be a move towards the use of
non-conventional weapons: biological, chemical, nuclear as in dirty bombs,
and cyber-terrorism, whereby perpetrators will try to disrupt power supplies
and air traffic, for example, at the touch of a button."

He cited the examples of the anthrax attacks in the US after September 11,
2001, reports that al-Qaeda was trying to produce ricin, and the
unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Pi Glilot fuel and gas storage depot in
Israel as an indication toward the future. "According to the studies we
have conducted, we can expect a continuation of bus bombings like the ones
that have occurred in Israel, as well as attempts to strike at chemical
plants and infrastructure targets and super-terrorism with non-conventional
weapons," said Alexander.

Beheadings, disgusting abuse of human remains, suicide bombings, and now
mass genocidal terror?

In predicting that international terrorism will expand and intensify,
Alexander referred to numerous disputes throughout the world, such as those
in Chechnya, Kashmir, Afghanistan, the Middle East, and South America. He
forgot to mention the Philippines and South Asia.

Notice most of these places include Muslims on one side of the conflict...

But, I feel Alexander is mistaken when he said, "Islam has been hijacked and
taken hostage by extremists who are using it to serve their own interests."
Suicide bombings against Israelis regularly garner 50-80% support amongst
"Palestinians."

This is the same line of reasoning that George Bush and others have been
using to divide the Arab/Islamic world into friends and foes. I don't agree.
I believe the Jihadists speak for real Islam, as originally set out by
Mohammed and his barbarian hordes. Islam started out as an Arab Imperialist
movement, and has only put a "thin veneer" of "religion" over it. Notice,
they started in Arabia and ended up ruling everything throughout the Middle
East and North Africa, up to Spain and Southern France by the 700s. The
Jihadists openly state that they want to introduce a worldwide caliphate,
i.e. global Islamic conquest. But this has always been "traditional" Islam's
ultimate goal too.

"What concerns many is the expansion of international networks as seen after
the Madrid bombings, when links were discovered between Spanish citizens and
people in North Africa, Asia, and with various other groups like Hamas,"
Alexander explained.

Because they draw from Muslim communities throughout the world; every Muslim
is a potential Jihadist.

Discussing why experts feel that international terrorism will continue to
expand, Alexander pointed to, "the education of hatred, including
anti-Semitism that we see all the time on various Internet sites."

Recent studies in Europe have show that anti-Israel activities by Arabs and
Muslims have led to greater anti-Semitism in Europe. Arabs and Muslims carry
out most attacks on Jews throughout Europe, and the atmosphere of Judeopathy
they create, encourages both indigenous far-right elements and far-left
anti-globalization activists to voice their own hatred of Jews and Israel.

Alexander asked whether nations should give in to terrorism and whether
civilization would survive in the event of the use of non-conventional
weapons. He answered that submission only further motivates the terrorists
and their leaders, while survival would depend on nations taking all
necessary steps to reduce the risks. "Dealing with terrorism requires a
broad range of responses, starting with clear and coherent policies. It is
necessary to have quality intelligence, as well as law enforcement, the
military, and the means to counter technological and cyber-terrorism."

What he doesn't suggest is the need to suppress Islam itself...

"To this end some innocent civilians might be harmed but, make no mistake,
this is war and to fight it nations have to pool their resources. No nation
can deal with the problem unilaterally. In the past, terrorism was regarded
as a tactical rather than a strategic threat but it has become a permanent
fixture and a challenge to the strategic interests of nations. In fact,"
said Alexander, "it represents the most threatening challenge to
civilization in the 21st century. The question of survival will depend to a
great extent on how civilized society tackles this threat."

There you have it, the ultimate question, "How will civilized society tackle
this threat?"

Jews and especially Israel are on the front lines of this global war against
Jihadist terror. Israel, in its battles with the "Palestinians" is showing
leadership. The Muslims have a saying, "First they'll get the Saturday
people (the Jews), and then they'll get the Sunday people (the Christians).
Europe till now has sat relatively quiet, trying to wait it out, hoping it
will go away. But America, who has been attacked, is fighting back also.

The Islamic barbarians are knocking at the gates of Jerusalem, the gates of
Europe, and have attacked the towers of America...

Will we let them in?

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL, 4 hours later.........

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Che+Guevara%22++%22belly+of+the+beast%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&scoring=d&tab=wg

From your search:


Interesting google regarding belly of the beast = che guevara:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Che%20Guevara%22%20%20%22belly%20of%20the%20beast%22&scoring=d&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=gw

[MamaDearest]

Welcome back - Gorilla Ma got interesting mail - it's the 11th Day Warning (from someone who wants us to cower and beg for mercy). May law enforcement find them before they act on their evil plans.

Heard Tom Tancredo on Laurie Roth's show last night. Dr. Madeleine Cosman is hosting the show again tonight (live - not a repeat show). Tom brought up the issue of people dancing around what the problem really is - NOT terrorists, NOT extremists - but ISLAMISTS (MUSLIMS). If we as a nation cannot even publicly vocalize it, how can we defend against it?

The Laurie Roth Show

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473632/posts

[Rio Grande]Valley target for illegal Chinese
immigration[South Texas]
The Brownsville Herald ^ | August 29,2005 | Sergio Chapa and Sara Inés Calderón

Posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:48 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

Local sector sees major bump in Asian apprehensions

August 29, 2005 — Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents have seen
a 3,000 percent increase in the number of Chinese nationals detained
here in the past few years.

Although officials declined to provide statistics for undocumented
Chinese nationals, figures show that agents operating in the Valley
and South Texas detained 49 Chinese nationals in fiscal year 2003.

That number increased in fiscal year 2004 with agents detaining more
than 1,483 Chinese nationals since October.

“The Rio Grande Valley area is an established corridor that smugglers
use largely due to the geography, population, and an expanded
smuggling network on both sides of the border,” said Valley Border
Patrol spokesman Roy Cervantes.

Of the five Border Patrol sectors in Texas, the Valley has seen the
highest number of Chinese immigrants, with officials in Laredo, Del
Rio, El Paso and Marfa reporting rare or small numbers of arrests.

Chinese are No. 5 out of the top five “other than Mexican,” or OTM
immigrant apprehensions in the Valley.

Kathleen Walker with the American Immigration Lawyers Association
said heightened border security since Sept. 11, 2001, not economics,
could be the principal reason for the increase in Chinese immigrants
who have been detained here.

“It points to better interior enforcement and better work at the
border,” Walker said. “Because of different developments (in national
security) it makes smuggling, for some people, the only way they feel
they can get into the country.”

Walker said it is harder for Chinese nationals to find work and blend in
than for Mexicans or other Spanish speakers who enter in large,
established immigrant communities.

Chinese immigrants could be funneled through the Valley due to the
work of established smuggling rings who assist them, she added.

“It’s a horrible thing, human smuggling and trafficking, and you see
that a lot coming out of countries like China,” Walker said. “When you
see a heightened increase (in immigration of a particular group), word
gets out that there has been success in particular paths, and that is
utilized until that path is used up and then they try another one.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Nina
Pruneda said her agency is conducting a media campaign with the
cooperation of several Asian nations aimed at creating awareness
about the dangers of human smuggling and the exploitation that
immigrants could face through prostitution, human trafficking and
forced labor rings.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) spokesman Chris
Bentley said foreign nationals can ask for asylum whether they enter
the country legally or illegally.

Federal figures show that the American government has consistently
granted asylum to between 600 and 900 Chinese nationals each year
for the past five years.

Bentley said most Chinese asylum seekers in recent years reported
escaping religious or political persecution.

Some women, he said, claimed they wanted to escape China’s
sterilization policy for mothers who already had one child.

A Chinese man named Mei Zhou Zheng traveled more than 6,000
miles from China to Mexico City and headed north to Reynosa this
month in hopes of crossing the border into the United States.

(clipped from thread)......

[MamaDearest]

a cluster of nosocomial pneumonia involving 3 patients hospitalized at a Texas health-care facility.

Very interesting, toxic mouthwash, manufactured in Irving, TX. Pseudomonas infections are particularly nasty (requiring aggressive antibiotic treatment) and it makes me wonder if the manufacturing site was dirty or what kind of workers are making this product...

Voluntary recall of Medline Mouthwash

Basmati Rice from Pakistan FDA seizure

Pseudomonas

[MamaDearest]

Wired news has a small story.

Wired news only has room for fluffy stories - not about heroes who represent our Country and who show the children and people of Iraq they genuinely care about leaving that country better than they found it.

[justche]

ping to 3806

[MamaDearest]

Political correctness influencing security

Bin Laden's local tipoff

School bus drivers train for terrorism

Homeland Security's Operation Atlas

SNIP:The paper quoted former UN representative in Bosnia, Jacques Klein, as having confirmed to the Security Council that Islamic terrorists were active in Bosnia, but added that it was good they were concentrated in one place, because “the rest of the world would be safe”.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 From: ProMED-mail Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin [edited] ---------------------------------------------------------------- State health officials are investigating reports of 4 people getting food poisoning from _E. coli_ bacteria. 3 people were from different parts of Oahu; the 4th was a visitor to Oahu and the Big Island, state health spokeswoman Janice Okubo said yesterday, 29 Aug 2005. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Okubo said the onset of their illnesses occurred between 12 and 16 Aug 2005, and none of the 4 people was hospitalized. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The bacteria can cause severe illness and death. An estimated 73 000 cases of infection and 61 deaths occur in the USA each year, according to the CDC. --------------------------------------------------------------- There have been a total of 9 cases of _E. coli_ 0157:H7 food poisoning reported so far in 2005, compared with 10 cases in 2004 and 9 cases in 2003, Okubo said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- State health officials have issued a physicians' alert, notifying doctors of the illnesses and asking them to report similar incidents. "Right now, we don't have any type of cause identified. There's no common food exposure history identified," she said. Okubo said while health officials view the incidents as a cluster of cases, they do not know if the cause is the same. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Byline: Gary T. Kubota] -- ProMED-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Since no clear food link has been found between the cases to date, it is possible that food is indeed not involved. _E. coli_ O157 can be acquired in other ways such as from water exposure (including swimming), and from petting zoos or other livestock exposures. More information regarding these cases is clearly needed. Because 8-10 cases is the usual yearly count, 4 cases in less than one week is noteworthy. ________________________________________________________________ It is important to note that, since the islands of Hawaii are major tourist attractions, sporadic cases associated with this cluster (if the cases are related) may follow on the USA mainland or in other countries. Therefore, this alert may help to suggest an earlier diagnosis of _E. coli_ O157:H7 disease in a traveler returning from Hawaii or a contact of such a person. --------------------------------------------------------------- Early diagnosis of this Shiga toxin-producing infection can help by: ------------------------------ - avoiding antimicrobial use that may make the complications of this disease worse. --------------------------------- - avoiding unnecessary surgery if the patient presents with significant abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea or just gross blood, which might suggest an ischemic colitis in an adult or an intussusception in a child. Intussusception is when a portion of the bowel slides into the next, much like the pieces of a telescope. When this occurs, it creates an obstruction in the bowel, leading to swelling, inflammation, and decreased blood flow to the intestines involved. --------------------------------------- - avoid complications by fluid expanison during the early period of illness (Ake JA, Jelacic S, Ciol MA, et al: Relative nephroprotection during Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections: association with intravenous volume expansion. Pediatrics. 2005; 115:e673-e680. - Mod.LL]

[Dark Skies]

Tom brought up the issue of people dancing around what the problem really is - NOT terrorists, NOT extremists - but ISLAMISTS (MUSLIMS). If we as a nation cannot even publicly vocalize it, how can we defend against it?

How true.

I don't know why the President doesn't take the lead. He is not doing the country a favor by denying us the truth.

[nw_arizona_granny]

The ABC reported yesterday that an al-Qaeda operative, Mohamedou
Slahi, had ordered radio communications from Codan earlier that
year. Operating under the trading name BITS, Slahi paid Codan in May
2001 for unspecified goods and a detailed quote was prepared for
more than $32,000 worth of equipment, the ABC report said.

In Adelaide, Codan's chief finance and information officer, David
Hughes, said the company would never knowingly sell its product for
use in any terrorist or criminal activity.<<<<<<<<

Thanks for the laugh.

Of course, they would never sell to terrorists.

From your Bin Ladin link...........

[ExSoldier]

Got back into town at about 1400HRS today and the POWER WAS ON. Jesus is SOOOOOO GOOD! Lot of prayers went up for us, I know and we are thankful.

We now have another more vexing problem: we have family in SLIDELL Louisiana. Very close cousins. The Husband is a Sheriff's deputy for the St Tammany Parrish dept and the wife works for the NBC affiliate in New Orleans. She was on the phone with her sister in Orlando when she scremed "THE ROOF IS LIFTING OFF!" And her children could be heard screaming in the background..... ages 9 and 15. Then the phone went dead.

Has anybody heard what has become of the Slidell area also known as THE NORTH SHORE? Has anybody got any contacts down that way? I can freepmail an exact address and all personal info if need be. I fear the worst and I'm praying hard.

[Godzilla]

Has anybody heard what has become of the Slidell area also known as THE NORTH SHORE?

The name sound familar. I've been following the Katrina thread and I think it was one of the areas hit hard. I am praying I'm wrong.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Chirac says Iran must halt nuclear activities From the International Herald Tribune: Paris - In a stark ultimatum, President Jacques Chirac of France warned Iran on Monday that it would face censure by the United Nations Security Council if it did not reinstate a freeze on sensitive... Full article: AOL users: Click here

[JellyJam]

FBI will do ’threat assessment’ of nation’s prison inmates

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — FBI agents nationwide have been ordered to conduct “threat assessments” of inmates who might have become radicalized in prison and could commit extremist violence upon their release, according to an FBI letter obtained by The Associated Press.

“The primary goal of these efforts is to assess and disrupt the recruitment and conversion of inmates to radicalized ideologies which advocate violence,” according to a letter from the acting assistant chief of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, Randy D. Parsons.

The agency has been trying to identify potentially disruptive groups for “some time,” according to the letter. “However, recent investigations have identified a clear need to increase the FBI’s focus and commitment in this area,” Parsons wrote in the letter, which was dated Friday and obtained Tuesday by the AP.

He said the FBI wants to increase its efforts to “identify, report, analyze and disrupt efforts by extremist persons or groups to radicalize, recruit or advocate for the purpose of violence within correctional facilities.”

[JellyJam]

Glad to hear you're home and safe.

I hope you find out about your cousins in Slidell. It sounds horrific. What's worse is that there's no communications from that area (and much of New Orleans/Gulfport).

[nw_arizona_granny]

August 30, 2005 Anti-Terrorism News Headlines:

At least 56 killed in US air strikes in Iraq
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/August/focusoniraq_August203.xml&section=focusoniraq
At least 56 people were killed in multiple US air strikes in Iraq
against suspected Al Qaeda hideouts near the Syrian border at dawn on
Tuesday, an Iraqi security source said.

Lebanese hold pro-Syria officials
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4196396.stm
Police in Lebanon have arrested three former pro-Syrian security
chiefs, security sources said. The arrests come at the request of the UN
investigation team looking into the assassination of former Prime Minister
Rafik Hariri.

(UK) Militants go into hiding as expulsion orders are signed
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1756091,00.html

Sources: Syria backed suicide bombing
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46032
WND Report: The Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Israel that wounded
almost 50 yesterday was backed by Syria in conjunction with Hezbollah
militants.

Terrorists disguised as fishermen bomb ferry
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46026
Abu Sayyaf said responsible for blast injuring 30 in Philippines

Study: Terrorists Exploit Immigration Laws
http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/T/TERRORIST_TRAVEL?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME

Egyptians press hunt for Sinai terrorists
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/29/news/egypt.php

(UK) Bomb suspect will 'help police'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1756447,00.html

Indonesian terror group hobbled
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0830/p06s01-woap.html

(UK) Radical websites defy deportation threat by urging Islamic war on
West
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/29/nterr129.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/29/ixhome.html