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Posted on 04/18/2006 11:09:45 PM PDT by nwctwx
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I think anyone who leaks classified or "secret" plans should be tried and if convicted, hung for a week in the public square. Yep, that about covers my opinion on leakers.
JPOST.com: "SLAIN AL-QAIDA AIDE WAS PALESTINIAN" by Khaled Abu Toameh (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The sources identified the man as Husam Abu Baker, 32. They said his family, which lives in the village of Ya'bad near Jenin, was notified about his death only this week. His father, Abdel Latif, said he last saw his son about 10 years ago. The family was then living in Saudi Arabia when Husam left the kingdom to join al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Husam, according to village residents, was married to Fatmeh, the daughter of Ayman Zawahiri, the number-two man in al-Qaida.") (Updated April 23, 2006) (Read More...)
JPOST.com: "SLAIN AL-QAIDA AIDE WAS PALESTINIAN" by Khaled Abu Toameh (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The sources identified the man as Husam Abu Baker, 32. They said his family, which lives in the village of Ya'bad near Jenin, was notified about his death only this week. His father, Abdel Latif, said he last saw his son about 10 years ago. The family was then living in Saudi Arabia when Husam left the kingdom to join al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Husam, according to village residents, was married to Fatmeh, the daughter of Ayman Zawahiri, the number-two man in al-Qaida.") (Updated April 23, 2006) (Read More...)
By the way LucyT, that post regarding my opinion was not directed at you; just my thoughts on the subject in general.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1620296/posts
"Vandalism prompts Malmö school closure (Sweden)"
The Local ^ | April 22 | TT/The Local
Posted on 04/23/2006 7:59:53 PM PDT by Bushwacker777
ARTICLE SNIPPET:
""I have just been called up by a German paper because of a similar case in Berlin," said the Social Democrat councillor Christer Brandt."
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Venezuela - Chavez Plans to Take More Control Of Oil Away From Foreign Firms
The Wall Street Journal (Excerpt) (Subscription required) ^ | April 24, 2006 | DAVID LUHNOW and PETER MILLARD
Posted on 04/23/2006 8:52:03 PM PDT by HAL9000
Excerpt -
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is planning a new assault on Big Oil, potentially taking a major step toward nationalization of Venezuela's oil industry that could hurt oil-company profits, reduce production and put further pressure on global oil prices.
Venezuela's Congress, made up entirely of Mr. Chávez's allies, is considering sharply raising taxes and royalties on foreign companies' operations in the Orinoco River basin, the country's richest oil deposit. Major oil companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips of the U.S. and Total SA of France have invested billions of dollars there to turn the basin's characteristically tar-like oil into some 600,000 barrels a day of lighter, synthetic crude.
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"Actor in 9/11 film denied entry to US: report"
Reuters ^ | 21 April 2006 | Reuters
Posted on 04/23/2006 9:15:13 PM PDT by Marius3188
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LONDON (Reuters) - An Iraqi actor who plays a hijacker in a new film about the September 11 attacks on the United States has been denied entry into the country for the movie's premiere, he told a newspaper on Friday.
Lewis Alsamari, who has lived in Britain since 1995, stars in "United 93", which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next week.
Directed by Briton Paul Greengrass, the film about the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania has sparked debate about whether Americans are ready to see an on-screen portrayal of the events.
Alsamari, 30, said he may have been denied entry by the U.S. embassy in London because he served in the Iraqi army in the early 1990s."
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"We can't forget the past or we'll repeat it (J.C. Watts Op-Ed)"
Las Vegas Review Journal ^ | April 23, 2006 | J.C. Watts
Posted on 04/23/2006 9:16:50 PM PDT by RWR8189
OpEd Snippet: "Moussaoui said he's glad to have caused pain. He smiled as Rudy Giuliani and others testified as to how brutal 9/11 was. He says if he testifies truthfully, God will help him avoid execution.
After Moussaoui's confession, I am perplexed as to why people are softening on their resolve against terrorism. It seems that some of our friends and neighbors still don't understand that evil people want to do evil things to the United States."
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Homeowner fires gun at invaders (CT)
NewsTimesLive ^ | April 23, 2006 | Staff
Posted on 04/23/2006 8:04:43 PM PDT by DaveLoneRanger
DANBURY – Police were searching for two males Saturday who fled the scene of a home after an occupant of the home fired a gun.
The two men, whose names were not known, and a third man, broke into a house on Cleveland Street around 10 a.m. Saturday and used force on an occupant, Danbury Det. Capt. Mitch Weston said.
The home's occupant managed to grab a hand gun and fired several shots.
Police are not sure if any bullets hit the two men that fled, Weston said.
The occupant of the home was not injured, and the third man was caught and taken into custody. Police would not release his name Saturday until after he was booked.
The two that fled from the home drove away in a black Cadillac with tinted windows and New York license plates.
Police would not release any further information Saturday, including the address of the incident.
Anyone who has seen a car that matches the police description or has information about the whereabouts of the men at large should contact the detectives at the Danbury Police Department at (203) 797-4663.
Snippets: A former Miss Bolivia being charged with immigration fraud and perjury is now being accused of hiring illegal immigrants to work as servants in her Paradise Valley mansion.
Officials say she obtained a green card through marriage fraud and that she lied under oath on an application for citizenship.
20 new cases of Foot & Mouth Disease in South Brazil
Snip: Brazil's government on Thursday confirmed 20 new cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the southern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Anthrax found in cows in Wales
Snip: Anthrax has been found in a herd of cows in Wales, according to the regional assembly. It is the first time the disease has been identified in Britain since 2002 and only the second outbreak since 1997.
Anthrax (bacillus anthracis) is highly contagious and affects both animals and humans. It is most commonly found in south-east Europe, central and south America, Asia and Africa. Two suckling cows died this month on a Welsh farm, which had an outbreak 35 years ago.
Snip: He is getting ready to attack us.
Where, why, and how is anyone’s guess. But I would strongly suspect that the next attack will cause parts of our country to burn, our people to be killed, and our homes to be bombed.
I suggest we listen to Osama Bin Laden.
He isn’t joking.
Snip: Nearly 100 patients who received grafts of human tissue at six Atlanta-area hospitals in the last two years have been told that the tissue may be diseased because it came from body parts stolen from funeral home corpses.
The unidentified patients, among thousands in a growing nationwide horror story, have been advised to undergo testing for HIV/AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis B and C because the material grafted into them was not properly screened for the infections. Their surgeries took place at Piedmont Hospital, Northside Hospital, Emory University Medical Center, Crawford Long Hospital, Gwinnett Medical Center and DeKalb Medical Center.
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7 mowed down at fake road block
news24.com ^ | 4/23/2006 | CAWats
Posted on 04/23/2006 9:52:52 PM PDT by CAWats
Algiers - Suspected Algerian Islamist militants killed seven people and wounded eight on Sunday at a fake road block near the eastern town of Skikda, 700km east of Algiers, said a resident.
The resident, who asked not to be identified, said the 10:00 attack was carried out by members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), an Islamist guerrilla group on a United States list of terrorist organisations.
The attackers set up a fake police road block and opened fire at an approaching truck as it slowed down.
The truck was carrying mostly communal guards - security forces recruited from the local community who worked under the authority of the interior ministry.
Five communal guards and two civilians were killed.
The GSPC has said it endorses the aims of al-Qaeda and Western and Algerian officials believe it has links to senior members of the global al-Qaeda network.
This attack happened two weeks after Islamic rebels shouting "God is Greatest" killed 13 customs agents in the north African oil producer's southern desert.
The government said army troops killed some of those attackers in subsequent reprisals.
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/dianawest/2006/04/24/194766.html
"Speak no evil: The new EU lexicon on terrorism"
Apr 24, 2006
by Diana West ( bio | archive | contact )
COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "How wunderbar, merveilleux and perfectly ripping that the European Union is creating a new "lexicon" to discuss Islam and terrorism so as never to conflate the two. The Telegraph tells us that EU officials -- having double-checked that George Orwell and his satirical pen are dead and gone -- are putting together a "non-emotive lexicon for discussing radicalization."
Islamic "radicalization," that is."
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Couple From England Charged With Smuggling Cash Into U.S.
AM 620 KTAR ^ | April 19th, 2006 | Associated Press
Posted on 04/23/2006 8:56:40 PM PDT by Marine Inspector
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested a British couple arriving in Phoenix on a flight from London after discovering more than $130,000 in cash secreted in their luggage, officials said.
David Robinson, 41, and Tracy Jane Robinson, 33, were arrested Saturday after customs officials found the cash during a screening at Sky Harbor International Airport, said Brian Levin, a Customs spokesman. The Robinsons are from Portsmouth.
The couple were charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix on Monday with evading currency reporting laws which require those entering the country to declare cash in excess of $10,000.
The Robinsons told customs inspectors they were coming to Phoenix to visit a friend and were unemployed. Suspicious agents asked how they could afford the trip, and then searched their luggage and found large bundles of money taped to the insides of several pairs of jeans, according to a Customs agent's affidavit filed in support of the charges.
The couple later told agents a man who had previously sold them marijuana offered them $1,000 and four days in Phoenix if they could carry a suitcase with them, the affidavit said.
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/04/pakistans_taliban_insurgency_f.php
April 23, 2006
"Pakistan's Taliban Insurgency; Four Mid-Level al-Qaeda Operatives and Taliban Commanders killed in Past Week"
By Bill Roggio
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Clashes between Pakistani security forces and al-Qaeda and the Taliban continue in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. Yesterday, the Pakistani Army hit "suspected Taliban hideouts" with artillery barrages and helicopter strikes after security outposts in North Waziristan came under attack from Taliban fighters. Today in North Waziristan, "a paramilitary trooper and three tribesmen were killed on Sunday in a shoot-out in a restive Pakistani tribal region, as authorities tried to enforce a ban on carrying arms."
Pakistan remains in a largely reactionary posture in North and South Waziristan, while the Taliban continues to openly consolidate power. A Pakistani Taliban commander is openly recruiting jihadis to fight in Afghanistan while calling for further implementation of strict Shariah law, according to Pakistan's Daily Times. "'We are leaving for Afghanistan tomorrow, those who want to participate in Jihad can join us,' Asmatullah Shaheen told a gathering of more than 300 people in Jandola town, near the restive tribal region of South Waziristan, they said. Shaheen, 30, also announced a three-month extension on an Islamic edict he handed down last month stating that men in the conservative region should all grow beards."
Pakistan remains a target-rich environment for mid and senior level al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders. Over the past week alone, four mid-level al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders are believed to have been killed in a series of separate operations, Two mid-level al-Qaeda operatives are believed to have been killed in Pakistan, and a mid-level al-Qaeda operative and senior Taliban commander have been killed in Pakistan."
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005053.htm
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/04/04-21-06tdc/04-21-06dnews-13.asp
Friday, April 21, 2006
"PSU censors exhibit"
By Jessica Remitz
Collegian Staff Writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The exhibit, Stulman said, which is based mainly on the conflict in Palestinian territories, raises questions concerning the destruction of Jewish religious shrines, anti-Semitic propaganda and cartoons in Palestinian newspapers, the disregard for rules of engagement and treatment of prisoners, and the indoctrination of youth into terrorist acts.
"I'm being censored and the reason for censoring me doesn't make sense," Stulman said."
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"Gonzales calls for mandatory Web labeling law"
By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: April 20, 2006, 11:35 PM PDT
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Web site operators posting sexually explicit information must place official government warning labels on their pages or risk being imprisoned for up to five years, the Bush administration proposed Thursday.
A mandatory rating system will "prevent people from inadvertently stumbling across pornographic images on the Internet," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at an event in Alexandria, Va."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498903833&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Apr. 24, 2006 0:51 | Updated Apr. 24, 2006 6:41
"IDF raises anti-missile alert"
By YAAKOV KATZ
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Fearing an Iranian missile attack, the IDF has raised the level of vigilance of its Arrow 2 anti-ballistic missile defense system and has reinforced personnel at the command center in the Palmahim Air Force base north of Ashdod, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Maj. Elyakim, commander of the Arrow missile battery at Palmahim, said the missile crews were always on high alert, but they were recently instructed to "raise their level of awareness" because of general developments on the Iranian front. The increased vigilance level, he said, was not due to specific intelligence but rather to the generally tense situation in the region."
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