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Ditto.
Yep. GOOD news.
Ditto.
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"Border Security"
HughHewitt.com ^ | December 9, 2005 06:34 AM PST | Hugh Hewitt
Posted on 12/09/2005 12:09:51 PM PST by Checkers
NOTE: The following text is a quote:
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_2758.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Fri Dec 09 2005 14:04:06 GMT-0800.
Eritrea
December 09, 2005
This Public Announcement is being issued to alert Americans to heightened tensions over the border dispute with Ethiopia, to increased scrutiny of foreigners, including Americans, and to advise that the U.S. Embassy’s ability to assist Americans within the country is severely limited due to travel restrictions. This Public Announcement expires June 7, 2006.
The Department of State cautions U.S. citizens about travel to Eritrea at this time given significantly heightened tensions relating to the disputed border between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Since October, the government of Eritrea has imposed significant restrictions on the UN Observer Mission (UNMEE) working in the temporary security zone on the Eritrean side of the disputed border, and on December 6 ordered the departure of American, Canadian, European and Russian members of UNMEE staff. Other UN agencies in Eritrea ordered dependents to depart Eritrea in mid-November, 2005.
Some long-term expatriate residents have been ordered to leave Eritrea on short notice and without explanation, while others are finding their activities subject to increased government scrutiny. Eritrean government officials have also recently voiced concerns about the possibility that foreigners in the country may be engaged in espionage or other activity directed against the government.
Americans traveling to Eritrea should be aware that the government of Eritrea has significantly restricted the travel of diplomatic personnel. Consequently, the U.S. Embassy’s ability to assist Americans in Eritrea may be severely limited. It is not clear at this time whether similar travel restrictions will be imposed on foreign visitors in Eritrea.
Americans living or traveling in Eritrea are encouraged to register with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate through the State Department's travel registration web site, https://travelregistration.state.gov, and to obtain updated information on travel and security within Eritrea. Americans without Internet access may register directly with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. By registering, American citizens make it easier for the Embassy or Consulate to contact them in case of emergency. The U.S. Embassy is located at 179 Alaa Street, P.O. Box 211, Asmara; telephone (291-1) 12-00-04; fax (291-1) 124-255 and (291-1) 127-584.
Good thought. Maybe it IS the chemical used in explosives producing this odor.
There, I fixed it.
Apparently the smell was very widespread in October and again now on 12/8. They even made a map which we should save here, just in case. Very widely investigated in October with no results which is even more puzzling. If it were from a factory one would think the PTB would be able to find it.
http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/1837
Bioterrorism? From October 2005, Thread Thirty-One:
*Sotolon, also known as *sotolone and fenugreek lactone, is an extremely powerful aroma compound with the typical smell of fenugreek and maple syrup.
The GC-MS analyses of ethanolic extracts from hairy roots revealed the presence of two important compounds: *sotolone (1.2% of the volatile fraction) and 3-amino-4,5-dimethyl-2(5H)-furanone (17% of the volatile fraction).
These results point out that biotechnological production of *sotolone in **bioreactors is possible.
**Bioreactor:
An apparatus, such as a large fermentation chamber, for growing organisms such as bacteria or yeast that are used
in the biotechnological production of substances such as pharmaceuticals, antibodies, or vaccines, or for the bioconversion of organic waste.
Also:
Production System for Biopharmaceuticals.
The latest from Iran:
http://israelnn.com/news.php3?id=94526
Iranian President Calls To Transfer Israel to Europe
15:08 Dec 09, '05 / 8 Kislev 5766
By Hillel Fendel
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested Thursday to dismantle the Jewish State and rebuild it in Europe: "If the Europeans are honest they should give provinces in Europe… to the Zionists."
Speaking in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Ahmadinejad implied that guilt for the holocaust led European countries to support the establishment of the State of Israel. His words were filled with holocaust denial: "Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces, and they insist on it to the extent that if anyone proves something contrary to that, they condemn that person and throw them in jail."
"Although we don't accept this claim," Ahmadinejad said, "if we suppose it is true, our question for the Europeans is: Is the killing of innocent Jewish people by Hitler the reason for their support to the occupiers of Jerusalem?"
The Iranian president then suggested that the State of Israel be dismantled and rebuilt somewhere in Europe: "If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe, like in Germany, Austria or other countries, to the Zionists, and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe. You offer part of Europe, and we will support it."
Israeli government spokesman Raanan Gissin was quoted as saying in response, "Just to remind Mr. Ahmadinejad, we've been here long before his ancestors were here. Therefore, we have a birthright to be here in the land of our forefathers and to live here."
Just two months ago, Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."
The Nazis murdered some 6-7 million Jews during the Holocaust years, mainly between 1939 and 1945. Holocaust denial, which the Anti-Defamation League calls "one of the most notable anti-Semitic propaganda movements to develop over the past two decades," is a violation of laws governing racial defamation and hate crimes in some western European countries and Canada.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan also rejected the two aspects of Ahmadinejad's remarks. A spokesman for Annan said he was "shocked" to hear that the Iranian leader "reportedly cast doubt on the truth of the Holocaust and suggested that the State of Israel should be moved from the Middle East to Europe." Annan quoted a UN General Assembly resolution of last month rejecting “any denial of the Holocaust as an historical event,” and urged all countries “to combat such denial, and to educate their populations about the well established historical facts of the Holocaust, in which one third of the Jewish people were murdered, along with countless members of other minorities.”
U.S. spokesmen tied Ahmadinejad's remarks to the ongoing international concern over Iranian nuclear dangers. State Department spokesman J. Adam Ereli said the comments were "appalling and reprehensible," adding, "They certainly don't inspire hope among any of us in the international community that the government in Iran is prepared to engage as a responsible member of the community."
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, "It just further underscores our concerns about the regime in Iran. And it's all the more reason why it's so important that the regime does not have the ability to develop nuclear weapons."
The LA Times reported today, "Israel and the United States have cited Iran's hostility toward the Jewish state as a reason that it must be prevented from developing nuclear weapons." In fact, however, U.S. spokesmen frequently refer to Iranian threats against "its neighbors."
More to the point, however, is this week's news that Iran has increased the range of its missiles to 1,250 miles, putting parts of Europe within reach as well.
Tookie Williams watch: T minus 78 hours, 42 minutes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537421/posts
Gang rapist claims right to assault
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) ^ | December 10, 2005 | Natasha Wallace
Posted on 12/09/2005 2:52:39 PM PST by Mount Athos
THE eldest of four Pakistani gang rapist brothers has admitted lying at
trial and apologised to his victims but said he thought he had a right to
rape the "promiscuous" teenage girls.
MSK, 27, told the NSW Supreme Court yesterday that this was
because the girls did not wear headscarves, were drinking alcohol and
were unaccompanied when they went to his Ashfield home. MSK also
blamed his intoxication, "cultural beliefs" and an undiagnosed mental
disorder.
He and his brothers MAK, 25, MRK, 21, and MMK, 19 - who cannot be
named for legal reasons - are serving between 10 and 22 years for
raping two girls in 2002. All except MRK are yet to be sentenced for
several other rapes.
Continued..........
Granny google:
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http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=muslim%20raped%20girls%20in%20florida%20and%20on%20island
Palestinian terrorists are preparing Qassam missiles with chemical warheads, according to information reaching Israeli intelligence
December 8, 2005, 12:24 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israelis living in targeted areas around the Gaza Strip were warned Thursday for the first time not to approach fallen missiles.
Palestinian missile fire continued Thursday, this time from the southern Gazan town of Khan Younes. One exploded at Moshav Yesha, causing no casualties. Israeli aerial and artillery strikes continued against missile sites after a night in which three Qassam missiles landed near Sderot and the Erez crossing.
Popular Resistance Committees chief in Rafah camp Mahmoud Arkan was killed Wednesday when an Israeli airborne missile struck his car.
This was the first targeted assassination promised Tuesday by Mofaz after Palestinians resumed their Qassam missile offensive. The PRC is the umbrella for Hamas, Fatah-al Aqsa Brigades and other terrorist groups in S. Gaza Strip
Qualifier:this is Debka, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
Why Al-Arian Walked
By Debbie Schlussel
FrontPageMagazine.com | December 9, 2005
My friend, Michael Eisenstadt, dedicated his life, among other things, to seeing terrorist leader Sami Al-Arian face justice.
In September, Mike, spokesman for Tampa's Jewish community, died of lung cancer. While his passing is a source of great sadness, I'm glad Mike didn't get to see Al-Arian's acquittal, Tuesday.
It was a sad day in America, but not one that was unexpected. At least by me. Everyone predicted that the jury would throw the book at the man who was a founder of terrorist group Islamic Jihad, and ran its worldwide headquarters from his University of South Florida offices.
But not me.
I followed the trial and predicted all along that Sami Al-Arian and his three co-defendants would walk. Why? Because our Justice Department, while desperate for victories, is really not serious about the War on Terror. In fact, more important to Gonzalez and Company (and before that, Ashcroft and Company) is outreach to radical Islamic individuals and groups that support terrorists like Al-Arian and prosecution of anything they perceive as "hate crimes" against those Muslims.
One need only look at the Justice Department record of fighting terrorism in court. It's a complete failure.
It's not just this case, blown big-time by Cherie Krigsman and other prosecutors on the prosecution team, but a host of other high profile case that were either flat-out lost or botched beyond belief.
Take the Sami Omar Al-Hussayen. A Saudi graduate student living in Boise, Idaho, he used his computer expertise to set up websites for Islamic terrorist groups and help them recruit members and financial donors. The evidence was pretty clear. One of the sites urged followers to use planes as weapons, flying them into American buildings. And that was BEFORE 9/11. And did I mention, he was here illegally?
Yet, the Justice Department--with all resources at its disposal--managed to lose. Al-Hussayen was acquitted.
Then, there is the Detroit Al-Qaeda terror cell trial. It was the first major jury terror trial after 9/11. The four men he was trying lived in Detroit house they shared with Nabil Al-Marabh, a Bin Laden associate who was among the FBI's 25 most wanted. They had over 100 extremist jihadi tapes urging the murder of Americans, Christians, and Jews. They also took videotape of major American sites and tourist attractions with girls singing Al-Qaeda songs in the background of the tapes. They had diagrams of American and Israeli F-16 and AWACS planes and their order of take-off from the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.
Sounds like a slam-dunk, right? Well, not exactly.
Prosecutor Richard Convertino's superiors at the Justice Department repeatedly, deliberately put obstacles in his way at every turn. His own boss, then-U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins, didn't want Convertino to win this case, let alone pursue it. The men had ties to Detroit's Islamic community, whom the ambitious Collins was aggressively courting, ad absurdum.
The accused terrorists received thousands of dollars in federal job training money from a major Detroit Arab welfare agency, dominated by Muslims. The "job training" consisted of commercial driving lessons and attempts to get hazardous materials hauling certificates--exactly what an Al-Qaeda operative wanting to blow things up would have on his Ramadan gift wish list. Collins could not afford to see these men convicted because it would embarrass the Islamic community and--especially--himself.
So when Convertino won terror convictions against the Detroit terror cell, Collins and the Justice Department higher-ups, like then-Assistant Attorney General James Comey and Justice Department official Barry Sabin set to get the convictions overturned. They began a witch-hunt investigation and searched Convertino's office, looking for ways to get his successful verdict against terrorists overturned. They also set out to destroy Convertino's reputation in a campaign of whispers in cooperation with the case's judge, Gerald Rosen and a fabricating Detroit News reporter.
Since then, Detroit's new U.S. Attorney, Stephen Murphy III, has made it his priority to prosecute not terrorism, but trumped up "hate crimes" against Detroit area Muslims.
Remember, this is OUR Justice Department. But it seems like someone else's. Someone who prays at an extremist mosque and wants to destroy America.
Then, there is the much touted Krigsman and the other "prosecutors" in the Al-Arian trial. They could have taken a few lessons from Convertino. He had as much evidence as she did in her trial. But he knew how to trim the fat from the meat. The Al-Arian "prosecutors" took over five months to put on her case--five months in which they threw in every piece of evidence no matter how weak, causing jurors' eyes to repeatedly glaze over. A Tampa TV reporter I know told me that he and other reporters were so bored, they stayed awake by betting on which juror would fall asleep next.
Clearly, "prosecutors" were out of touch with the jury and didn't know what they were doing. They had strong evidence, including a videotape of Al-Arian at the Cleveland Mosque--at which he was proudly identified as the chief of "armed operations" for Islamic Jihad and he and the Cleveland Mosque imam, Fawaz Abu Damra, call for violent jihad and death to America, Christians, and Jews. They had evidence of money transfers, a letter to Kuwait in which Al-Arian speaks of a merger with "the brothers in HAMAS" which is almost complete, a speech in which Al-Arian calls for a river of gushing blood. The prosecution's case should have taken a month to put on, but instead they took more than five--confusing the jury with a myriad of weak evidence that ended up overwhelming the strong stuff.
Then, there is the judge. Federal Judge James S. Moody, a Clinton appointee, is the Dancing Judge Ito of terror trials. Caught up in the glamour of intense media coverage, he used the trial to showcase his bad nightclub-style comedy act, just like Judge Rosen in the Detroit terror trial. When a female attorney objected to the inclusion of a certain male juror, he joked that he would get the attorney his phone number after the trial. When one federal prosecutor wrapped up cross-examination on a witness, saying "And finally," Moody interrupted with, "You're teasing us, right?" Not the kind of guy you want overseeing a serious terror trial.
If anything is an argument for treating terrorists as a national security problem, instead of a legal one in the courts, this is it. But the judge, jury, and prosecutors are exemplary of America's psyche, today. We've fallen asleep again, forgotten 9/11, and don't take Islamic terrorism very seriously.
Contrast that with the brave men of yesteryear. Sixty years ago, the Nuremberg trials of Germany's most heinous war criminals began. "The were evil men, and what they did was our task to expose," American Nuremberg prosecutor Whitney Harris, now 93, remembers. "And we did get the evidence and we were able to do so." Twelve of the 21 men on trial were sentenced to death, six received tough prison terms, and only three were acquitted.
Back then, most Americans knew what we were fighting, had the resolve to do it, and we beat the Nazis. Today, we're just too busy with XBox 360 to notice--or give a damn.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537508/posts
Hamas to end truce with Israel
BBC News ^ | Friday, 9 December 2005, 16:55 GMT | BBC
Posted on 12/09/2005 5:23:34 PM PST by Cinnamon
The political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has said it
will not renew its informal ceasefire with Israel that expires at the end
of year.
Khaled Meshaal told a rally in the Syrian capital Damascus his group
was preparing for a new round of conflict.
The truce begun in February was based on Israel ending its attacks on
Palestinians and releasing prisoners.
Hamas had already said it would pull out of the truce when Israel
killed a military leader in November.
Addressing the crowd at the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus,
Mr Meshaal said there was no room for a truce.
"I say to our brothers in the [Palestinian] Authority that we are
witnessing political stagnation," he said.
"I say it loudly, we will not enter a new truce and our people are
preparing for a new round of conflict."
Mr Meshaal was named the organisation's most senior figure after the
assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in March 2004.
Correspondents say Hamas' politburo, which Mr Meshaal heads, is
more hardline and ideological than the group's leadership in Gaza.
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The only way is out [Eqypt on the Iraq war, for
those with a strong stomach only]
Al Aharm ^ | 12-9-05 | Abdul-Ilah Al-Bayaty
Posted on 12/09/2005 10:42:59 AM PST by SJackson
The American ship of state will be broken on the rock of the nation of
Iraq, leaving unconditional withdrawal as Washington's only option
Yes we do. This past summer they didn't show up to eat the veggies until most were completely picked, except for the broccoli, melons, pumpkins and squash, which they devoured. They put chew marks in some of our tomatoes but didn't eat them. They liked the strawberries, so I learned to keep them covered at night. Last summer we had bear scat behind the corn, but never saw the bear.
BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2005 (AP Online delivered by Newstex) -- Armed with guns and shields, hundreds of riot police sealed off a southern Chinese village after fatally shooting demonstrators and searched for the protest organizers, villagers said Friday.
Although security forces often use tear gas and truncheons to disperse demonstrators, it is extremely rare for them to fire into a crowd _ as they did in putting down pro-democracy demonstrations in 1989 near Tiananmen Square. Hundreds, if not thousands, were killed.
During the demonstration Tuesday in Dongzhou, a village in southern Guangdong province, thousands of people gathered to protest the amount of money offered by the government as compensation for land to be used to construct a wind power plant.
Police started firing into the crowd and killed several people, mostly men, villagers reached by telephone said Friday. The death toll ranged from two to 10, they said, and many remained missing.
State media have not mentioned the incident and both provincial and local governments have repeatedly refused to comment. This is typical in China, where the ruling Communist Party controls the media and lower-level authorities are leery of releasing information without permission from the central government.
The number of protests in China's vast, poverty-stricken countryside has risen in recent months as anger comes to a head over land seizures, corruption and a yawning wealth gap that experts say now threatens social stability. The government says about 70,000 such conflicts occurred last year, although many more are believed to go unreported.
The clashes also have become increasingly violent, with injuries sustained on both sides and huge amounts of damage done to property as protesters vent their frustration in face of indifferent or bullying authorities.
All the villagers reached by The Associated Press said they were nervous and scared, and most did not want to be identified for fear of retribution. One man said the situation was still "tumultuous."
A 14-year-old girl said a local official visited the village Friday and called the shootings "a misunderstanding."
"He said he hoped it wouldn't become a big issue," the girl said by telephone. "This is not a misunderstanding. I am afraid. I haven't been to school in days."
She added: "Come save us."
Another villager said there were at least 10 deaths.
"The riot police are gathered outside our village. We've been surrounded," she said, sobbing. "Most of the police are armed. We dare not go out of our home."
"We are not allowed to buy food outside the village. They asked the nearby villagers not to sell us goods," the woman said. "The government did not give us proper compensation for using our land to build the development zone and plants. Now they come and shoot us. I don't know what to say."
One woman said an additional 20 people were wounded.
"They gathered because their land was taken away and they were not given compensation," she said. "The police thought they wanted to make trouble and started shooting."
She said there were several hundred police with guns in the roads outside the village Friday. "I'm afraid of dying. People have already died."
"These reports of protesters being shot dead are chilling," Catherine Baber, deputy Asia director at Amnesty International, said in a statement. "The increasing number of such disputes over land use across rural China, and the use of force to resolve them, suggest an urgent need for the Chinese authorities to focus on developing effective channels for dispute resolution."
Amnesty spokeswoman Saria Rees-Roberts said Friday in London that "police shooting people dead is unusual in China and it does demand an independent investigation."
Like many cities in China, Shanwei, the city where Dongzhou is located, has cleared suburban land once used for farming to build industrial zones. State media have said the Shanwei Red Bay industrial zone is slated to have three electricity-generating plants _ a coal-fired plant, a wave power plant and a wind farm.
Shanwei already has a large wind farm on an offshore island, with 25 turbines. Another 24 are set for construction.
Earlier reports said the building of the $743 million coal-fired power plant, a major government-invested project for the province, also was disrupted by a dispute over land compensation.
Authorities in Dongzhou were trying to find the leaders of Tuesday's demonstration, a villager said.
The man said the bodies of some of the shooting victims "are just lying there."
"Why did they shoot our villagers?" he asked. "They are crazy!"
Credit: ap.online.regional.asia
Copyright 2005 Associated Press
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San Jose's bogeyman (mini-golf course made
Homeland Sec. watch list)
San Jose Mercury News ^ | December 9, 2005 | Patrick May
Posted on 12/09/2005 5:40:53 PM PST by jiggyboy
``I heard we were 17 on a list of 18 sites, in order of the terrorists'
favorite targets. We're small potatoes. They'd probably rather go for
the Winchester Mystery House.''
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