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Posted on 03/09/2006 10:08:04 PM PST by nwctwx
Something to watch, for sure.
20 'fugitive aliens' captured in Chicago area
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 20 fugitive aliens following a weeklong operation targeting criminal aliens in the Chicago area who were avoiding federal deportation orders, according to a release.
Twenty fugitive aliens and two illegal aliens were arrested in Chicago, Westmont, Wheeling, Elmwood Park, Oak Lawn, Addison, Bensenville, Norridge and Des Plaines, ICE field officer Deborah Achim said in the release. The arrests were part of the National Fugitive Operations Program, part of ICE’s ongoing effort to restore integrity to the immigration system, Achim said.
Those arrested, including one who had been a fugitive alien for 10 years, included 18 men and two women from Bulgaria, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine, one of whom had been a fugitive alien for 10 years, Achim said. Nineteen of those arrested have criminal records ranging from DUI and visa fraud to drug possession and conspiracy to sell false Social Security numbers.
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/aliens14.html
After 5 were arrested, I read a news report that said more arrests are expected. IT NEVER HAPPENED!
Driver Involved In Highway 99 Crash Arrested
PORTLAND, Ore. - The man police believe was responsible for a deadly crash on Highway 99 over the weekend was arrested Tuesday upon leaving the hospital.
Abdelfattah Marzouk, 46, is charged with Manslaughter I and Assault III, with additional charges of Reckless Endangering expected as well.
The charges stem from a fiery crash Sunday afternoon that took the life of a McMinnville woman and left three others injured, including Marzouk.
The crash happened on Highway 99 near the Highway 217 onramp.
Witnesses reported seeing Marzouk speeding into the area and slamming into a car, which then careened into another vehicle and burst into flames. (snip)
http://www.katu.com/stories/84135.html
An A-10 Base
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Col. Michael Isherwood, vice commander of the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan, also said he had no idea why the men tried to race past the gate, ignoring a guard who had raised his hand signaling that they stop."
Well now, that's interesting.
Updates apprecited.
sp=appreciated
Thanks, I didn't know that.
Here you go JP.
You can watch the updates on this link for the train incident in Milan.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx%3Fstoryid%3D49348&filter=0
That's still interesting.
More updates on this one.
Great!
Thanks for that link JP.
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http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/060310alexandria.htm
News Release
March 10, 2006
Child Pornographer Sentenced To 25 Years in Prison
North Carolina man preyed on children in U.S. and Syria
Alexandria, Va. -- Paul J McNulty, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced that Burhan Mahmod Hinawi, age 44, of Charlotte, North Carolina was sentenced today by Senior District Judge Claude M. Hilton to 25 years in prison to be followed by supervised release for life for production of child pornography in Syria which Hinawi transported into the United States.
The child pornography movies produced by Hinawi recorded him engaging in a variety of sexual acts with male and female children between the ages of 12 and 15. Court documents reported that after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found the videos in Hinawi's luggage at Dulles airport on July 25, 2005, agents discovered that Hinawi had been convicted in Charlotte, North Carolina on three felony counts of indecent liberties with a very young minor and sentenced to six months in jail with work release. Court papers also documented that additional investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed additional child victims in Charlotte, North Carolina and in Syria. Videos taken by Hinawi on prior trips to Syria documented the molestations of victims as young as six years old.
United States Attorney Paul J. McNulty praised the work of the CBP and ICE agents who worked on this case. "The dedicated work of the agents who investigated this case has stopped a thirteen-year string of child molestations. The agents who protect us from the enemies from without and the predators from within deserve our continuing thanks. In this case, the time fits the crime."
"Keeping child predators off the streets and out of our communities is a priority for ICE and our law enforcement partners. Thanks to the good work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify this predator, ICE was able to locate the child victims of his heinous crimes," said Tom Madigan, acting special agent in charge of ICE's Office of Investigations in Washington, DC. "This predator's lengthy criminal career has now come to an end."
The case was investigated by Special Agents Robert E. Connelly, II and James Burns of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Officer Adam Coppolo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The prosecution of the case was handled by Assistant United States Attorney Gerald J. Smagala.
ICE's investigation into Hinawi was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders, and child sex traffickers. Since Operation Predator was launched in July 2003, ICE agents have arrested more than 7,000 individuals, including 17 in the District of Columbia and 100 in North Carolina.
ICE encourages the reporting of suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. Investigators staff the hotline around the clock. Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http://www.cybertipline.com.
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http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/060314losangeles.htm
News Release
March 14, 2006
HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS SEIZE "BILLION DOLLAR" BOGUS FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES
Investigators say schemes involving fraudulent financial instruments are on the rise
LOS ANGELES - Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Secret Service seized 250 counterfeit Federal Reserve notes last week from a Los Angeles area apartment, each bearing a $1 billion denomination.
The seizure stems from an investigation into Tekle Zigetta, who pleaded guilty yesterday to three federal counts for attempting to smuggle more than $37,000 in currency into the United States following a trip to Korea in 2002. The 45-year-old was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in January after ICE agents lured him back to the U.S. following a three-year absence. Zigetta, who remains in jail, is scheduled to be sentenced in June.
According to the search warrant affidavit filed in the case, the investigation into Zigetta's activities ultimately led agents to the apartment where they recovered the billion dollar bank notes. According to the affidavit, the elderly couple who live in the apartment told agents they received the counterfeit notes from Zigetta before he left the country three years ago. ICE agents say their investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed in connection with the seized bank notes.
The notes, printed with a 1934 issue date and a portrait of President Grover Cleveland, had been treated to make them appear old. Investigators say that is just one of the ploys fraudsters use to convince investors that the fake financial instruments are real. In addition to the bogus bank notes, federal agents also recovered numerous other counterfeit financial instruments at the apartment.
The largest denomination of currency ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was the $100,000 Series 1934 Gold Certificate featuring the portrait of President Wilson. These notes, which were printed from December 18, 1934 through January 9, 1935, were used only for official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks. They were never circulated among the general public.
ICE officials say cases of fictitious instrument fraud involving the sale or transfer of nonexistent securities appear to be on the rise. Scam artists typically try to sell the bogus securities at a discounted value or use them as collateral to secure loans or make purchases.
Investigating financial crime and fraud is the focus of Operation Cornerstone, ICE's comprehensive initiative to combat vulnerabilities in the nation's financial system. Such schemes can easily be exploited by criminal organizations to earn, move, and store illicit funds.
“The con artists who attempt to pass these bogus securities typically fabricate stories about their origins that are so detailed and compelling buyers often refuse to believe the instruments are fake,” said David Nehls, assistant special agent in charge for ICE's office of investigations at LAX. “For investors, the bottom line needs to be, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”
“We receive calls on a regular basis from people who have acquired what turn out to be bogus Federal Reserve notes and are upset because the United States government refuses to redeem them,” said James Todak, deputy special agent in charge for the Secret Service in Los Angeles. “You would think the $1 billion denomination would be a give away that these notes are fakes, but some people are still taken in.”
ICE agents say last week's seizure is just the latest example of fictitious instrument fraud. ICE officials encourage those seeking to learn more about this type of fraud to visit the U.S. Bureau of Public Debt web site - www.treasuryscams.gov. The site features samples of various kinds of fictitious fraud instruments and provides information about the related financial schemes.
-- ICE --
Well, that's interesting fanan.
Updates appreciated on this situation.
THANKS.
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March 14, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060314.wtamilf0314/BNStory/International/home
"Tigers feeding off Toronto kinsmen, group says"
COLIN FREEZE
Globe and Mail Update
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Some Toronto detectives have long suggested the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have “tithed” members of Toronto's 200,000-strong community, though few community members have spoken out about this practise.
Human Rights Watch says the fundraising is real, widespread, and has lately kicked into overdrive, as the LTTE prepare to wage a “final” war meant to win Sri Lankan Tamils independence"
ON THE NET...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/03/010601print.html
March 15, 2006
"Man charged in UNC assault claims Quran supports attack"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The students at UNC may be surprised to hear this claim from Taheri-azar, since their professors made sure they wouldn't read, and probably wouldn't even know about, the passages of the Qur'an that mandate violence against unbelievers when they were required to read Michael Sells' selective and sanitized Approaching the Qur'an right after 9/11. From AP, with thanks to James:
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina graduate charged with driving a sport utility vehicle through a plaza at the school, which he called revenge for America's treatment of Muslims, said in a letter the assault was justified based on his reading of Islam's holy book.
"Allah gives permission in the Koran for the followers of Allah to attack those who have raged war [sic] against them, with the expectation of eternal paradise in case of martyrdom," Mohammed Taheri-azar wrote in a two-page letter sent to a television news reporter and anchor at WTVD-TV, an ABC affiliate station in Durham...."
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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=3992674
"Taheri-azar Writes to Eyewitness News"
Eyewitness News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(03/14/06 -- DURHAM) - The suspect in this month's attack on the UNC-CH campus has written a letter to ABC11 Eyewitness News.
Eyewitness News received the letter Monday, in response to our request for an interview. It was sent from Central Prison in Raleigh and dated Friday, March 10.
Addressed to ABC11 Eyewitness News anchor Amber Rupinta, the two-page letter includes Taheri-azar's explanation of what he was trying to accomplish in the attack.
"Allah gives permission in the Koran for the followers of Allah to attack those who have raged war against them, with the expectation of eternal paradise in case of martyrdom and/or living one's life in obedience of all of Allah's commandments found throughout the Koran's 114 chapters..."
"The U.S. government is responsible for the deaths of and the torture of countless followers of Allah, my brothers and sisters. My attack on Americans at UNC-CH on March 3rd was in retaliation for similar attacks orchestrated by the U.S. government on my fellow followers of Allah in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and other Islamic territories. I did not act out of hatred for Americans, but out of love for Allah instead. "
Taheri-azar is charged with nine counts of attempted murder in the March 3 attack."
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Link to the letter:
http://a.abclocal.go.com/three/wtvd/pdf/031406letter.pdf
Adding this link to post no. 560:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1596086/posts
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2006/20060314_4481.html
Soldiers Detain Terrorists, Find Weapons; Terrorists Target Mosque
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2006 – U.S. soldiers detained 16 terrorists and found two weapons caches in several operations throughout Iraq yesterday, and terrorists targeted a mosque in Baghdad in a rocket attack the same day, military officials in Iraq reported.
Soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad's 8th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained four terrorist suspects after observing the individuals digging in southwestern Baghdad. The suspects were transported to another site for further questioning.
Soldiers from 506th Regimental Combat Team, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, detained three armed, military-aged males in northeastern Baghdad. None of the males were in possession of weapons identification. The suspects were transported to Forward Operating Base Rustamiyah for further questioning.
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, continued a cache search west of Baghdad. They found various ammunition, rifles and blasting caps.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, discovered a weapons cache while on patrol south of Baghdad. The cache consisted of anti-aircraft guns, various ammunition and nuclear, biological and chemical masks.
During a random vehicle search in New Baghdad, soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained nine suspected terrorists after finding an assassination list containing the names of Iraqi Ministry officials and two AK-47 rifles. One detainee was identified as an Iraqi police officer and the other was a card-carrying member of the Mahdi militia.
Terrorists targeted a mosque in a rocket attack in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad at 10:20 p.m., wounding a security guard. One rocket landed on the grounds of the Abu Hanifa mosque, while three other rockets damaged two homes and one vehicle in the area. There was no damage to the mosque.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
OFF TOPIC...
El cortar es un crimen. El ocultar detrás de un poder siempre no le hace anónimo. Algo pensar alrededor.
Hacking is a crime. Hiding behind a proxy doesn't always make you anonymous. Something to think about.
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