Snip: Saudi state-run Channel One TV broadcasted the first episode of a new series aimed at dissuading young Saudis from following in the footsteps of many of their contemporaries to join the jihad (holy war) earlier this week. “Jihad Experiences, the Deceit” is a five part series which will tell the stories of several young Saudis who left to Iraq to fight alongside Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
Obscure AQ chemist worries experts
Snip: Al-Qaeda is "wedded to the spectacular," notes U.S. counterterrorism analyst Donald Van Duyn, and elusive Egyptian chemist Midhat Mursi was said to be exploring such possibilities when last seen, brewing up deadly compounds and gassing dogs in Afghanistan.
Van Duyn's FBI and other U.S. agencies are interested enough in Mursi to have posted a $5 million reward this year for his capture. Egypt's government reportedly is interested enough to have seized and locked up his two sons in an effort to track down the father.
The U.S. reward poster says the alleged bombmaker, also known as Abu Khabab, literally "Father of the Trotting Horse," may be in Pakistan. But "we don't think there's really a good fix on where he is," Van Duyn said in a Washington interview.
"Nobody knows," said Mohamed Salah, a Cairo expert on Islamic extremists. "He could be in any country, under another ID. Or he could be on the Afghan-Pakistani border, with Zawahri."
HIV-positive blood sold in China - 3 dead
Snip: BEIJING -- An HIV-positive man in northern China who sold his blood infected at least 18 others with the virus - including three who died - the government and state media said Saturday.
The man, identified only by his surname, Song, gave blood 15 times at a blood bank in Jilin province's Dehui city between January 2003 and June 2004, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
China Youth Daily newspaper said Saturday that Song, 41, was unemployed and relied on selling blood for his income. Blood buying is banned in China but continues to be a problem.
China admits organs of executed criminals sold to foreigners
Snip: CHINA broke its silence yesterday to admit for the first time that the organs of executed prisoners were sold to foreigners for transplant. For many years it has denied that such a trade existed. But Huang Jiefu, the Deputy Health Minister, acknowledged that the practice is widespread and promised to tighten the rules.
300? That's a minimal number if I ever heard one. Then they must ALL be on the West Coast of the USA IMHO.
Wow, thanks for that ping MamaD. I had almost given up looking for him. I periodically check to see if there's any news. I had almost convinced myself we had him secretly in custody when I couldn't find him on the most wanted list any longer. I think this is the first report I've seen in over a year and a half!!