http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3471150
Nov. 18, 2005, 9:20PM
"Nuclear watchdog says Iran has bomb blueprints
Tehran says it is closer to enriching uranium, which could be used for power or bombs"
By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "VIENNA, AUSTRIA - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency revealed Friday that Iran received black market nuclear designs that diplomats say appear to be blueprints for the core of a nuclear warhead — a finding expected to be used by Washington and its allies in their push to have Tehran referred to the U.N. Security Council.
The revelations also came as Iran said it had begun converting a second batch of uranium into gas, a step that brings it closer to producing the enriched uranium used to either generate electricity or build bombs.
The State Department denounced Iran's actions."
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Friday, November 18, 2005
VIETNAM JAILS SIX MONTAGNARD MEN AFTER CALL FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM (ANS) -- The Vietnam News Agency has reported that a Vietnamese court has sentenced six ethnic minority Montagnards to between seven and 17 years jail for "threatening national security."
The men, from the Central Highlands, were found guilty of inciting protests in 2004 to call for religious freedom, the agency reported.
The men face an additional five years' surveillance after their release, the agency said.
The BBC, in a story carried on their website, says, “Vietnam has been criticized by rights groups for repressing the Montagnards. Many are Protestants who follow an evangelical Christian Church not sanctioned by the government. They claim their tribal lands have been taken to grow cash crops and that they face constant harassment from the police.
“The 2004 protests, which centered on the capitals of Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces, were quickly suppressed by security forces.
“The crackdown led to hundreds of Montagnards fleeing across the border to Cambodia, from where many have been resettled in places like the US and Finland.”
BBC Correspondents say the communist government in Vietnam officially guarantees religious freedoms, but both majority Buddhists and minority Christians have complained of violations to their right to worship.
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/11/009076print.html
November 19, 2005
"Italy: Algerian Suspects Allegedly Planned To Kill 10,000"
From AKI, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Brescia and Naples - The three Algerians detained on Tuesday in the Italian cities of Brescia and Naples were planning a massive terror attack - "on a ship as big as the Titanic, packed with explosives" - that aimed to kill "at least 10,000 people", as well as an attack on "Italian citizens and interests" in Tunisia, according phone conversations between the three men, which Italian anti-terror police say they intercepted after al-Qaeda's deadly 7 July attacks on London and on the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
In their tapped phone conversations, Yamine Bouhrama, Mohamed Larbi and Khaled Serai described the 7 July London subway and bus bombings that killed over 50 and injured 700, and the 23 July Sharm El-Sheikh terror attacks that killed 90 people and injured over 150 as "highdays and holidays", according to police. The three also spoke of having "documents ready", "war on the infidel", and "a bigger party" than the London attacks.
They are suspected of being members of the al-Qaeda-linked Algerian militant formation, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). Investigators allege they were not just in Italy to provide logistical support such as false passports and residency permits, but were actually "potential operatives" who were "ready to attack"..."