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Posted on 06/01/2006 7:04:43 PM PDT by nwctwx
Thanks, Lucy. Funny stuff!
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Man convicted for trying to make a biological weapon
The Associated Press, June 30, 2006
PHOENIX
A federal jury found an Arizona man guilty on Friday of attempting to produce a biological weapon.
Police found a large amount of castor bean plants, which can be used to make ricin, in the Phoenix apartment of 59-year-old Denys Ray Hughes nearly a year ago.
Ricin is a poisonous protein that can be used as a biological weapon.
Authorities said Hughes is a survivalist who was working alone and that he wasn't a member of a terrorist organization. They also said there was no evidence pointing to specific plans of attack.
Hughes also was found guilty Friday on charges of possessing a pipe bomb and illegal gun silencers.
Each of those two convictions carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. He also faces a maximum sentence of life in prison on the biological weapon charge.
Kansas authorities who had pulled over Hughes for a traffic violation tipped off Arizona authorities.
A sheriff's deputy in Russell County, Kansas, found evidence of bomb-making materials and a "to-do" list that included buying cannon fuse, according to court records.
Authorities said they later searched Hughes' cabin in Wisconsin and found formulas for producing ricin, six bottles of castor beans and dimethyl sulfide, a solvent that can penetrate the skin and has been combined with ricin in other incidents.
Biological and chemical samples and an arsenal of weapons were found hidden behind the cabin's walls, authorities said.
When later searching his Phoenix apartment, authorities said they found about 20 castor bean plants growing between 15 and 20 feet tall, unregistered weapon silencers and a pipe bomb.
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"N. Korea says it's ready to counter US aggression"
Jerusalem Post & AP ^ | July 1, 2006
Posted on 06/30/2006 8:04:18 PM PDT by SmithL
The question is, "Are they for us or against us?"
http://www.truthusa.com/AgainstUSorForUS.html
University cancels NY Times subscription in protest
Snip: The dean of library services at the University of the Incarnate Word has canceled the library's subscription to the New York Times to protest articles exposing a secret government program that monitors international financial transactions in the hunt for terrorists.
"Since no one elected the New York Times to determine national security policy, the only action I know to register protest for their irresponsible action (treason?) is to withdraw support of their operations by canceling our subscription as many others are doing," Mendell D. Morgan Jr. wrote Wednesday in an e-mail to library staffers. "If enough do, perhaps they will get the point."
32 more Russians "terminated" in Chechnya
Snip: Mujahideen terminated 17 and wounded 15 Russian kafirs and Chechen munafiqs in these attacks, told a spokesman of the Chechen Command.
Russia may form a permanent naval station in Syria
Snip: S-300PMU-2 Favorite type Ballistic missiles are to be placed in the port as part of the plan that was earlier stated to also increase Syria's defense force.
Off Topic: Antibiotic "Ketek" gets stong liver warning
Snip: Ketek is approved to treat acute bacterial sinusitissinusitis, mild to moderate pneumoniapneumonia, and acute worsening of chronic bronchitisbronchitis.
The stronger warning is based on the FDA's review of Ketek's postmarketing adverse event reports. Those records show 12 cases of acute liver failure -- four of which were fatal; a fifth required a liver transplant. There were also an additional 23 cases of acute liver injury.
In some cases, those liver problems started "even after a few doses of the Ketek and progressed rapidly...."
Airline security - foreign data
Snip: A transatlantic deal on information transfer is struck down. WHOOPS of joy from civil libertarians greeted the European Court of Justice's decision this week that a deal between Europe and America on the transfer of airline passenger data is unlawful. But their victory may be short-lived. Contrary to many reports, the court's ruling did not even broach the issue of passengers' privacy rights. It was instead based on a legal technicality that is likely to be circumvented by a new agreement.
After the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, Washington passed a law requiring airlines operating flights to or from the United States--or even across its territory--to provide American customs authorities with electronic access to the data contained in the airlines' automated reservation and departure control systems, including passengers' names, addresses, credit card numbers, on-flight meal preferences, and American contact details. Washington threatened airlines who refused to supply such data with fines and the withdrawal of landing rights.
Europeans are by far the biggest group of foreigners flying to the United States. In 2004, 9.6m EU citizens entered the United States by air, representing 48% of all foreign air travellers coming to America. While accepting the legitimacy of American security interests, the EU made clear that any such arrangement with European airlines had to be compatible with European law, notably its data protection directive. After 18 months of negotiations, a deal was reached in May 2004, which appeared to satisfy those concerns. But it was blasted by European civil-liberty groups. The European Parliament promptly lodged an appeal with the European Court on the grounds that the agreement infringed privacy rights and lacked an adequate legal basis.
In its ruling on May 30th, the court upheld the second of those challenges. Because the information contained in passenger records was collected by airlines for their own commercial use, the EU could not legally agree to provide that data to the American authorities.....
Snip: "Whether it's a hurricane, flood, wildfire, or other natural or manmade disaster, an animal evacuation plan can make the difference between life, death, or tremendous suffering for pets and livestock...."
Uzbekistan confirms Canadian Muslim activist extradited to China
Snip: A Canadian Muslim activist faces possible execution as Uzbek authorities confirmed Friday the man was deported to his native China. Huseyincan Celil, a 37-year-old naturalized Canadian citizen, was sentenced to death in China for human rights work he did on behalf of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang province.
Despite calls from Ottawa for Celil's return, the Uzbek Interior Ministry announced his extradition in a web statement Friday -- but did not indicate when it occurred. The ministry's statement also said Celil's fingerprints matched those of Turkish citizen Guler Dilaver, who was wanted for murder, terrorism and kidnapping in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan.
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HOTAIR.com: VENT with Michelle Malkin: "CHANGING TIMES" (June 30, 2006)
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Patrol Kills 14 Extremists, Afghanistan Operations Continue
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2006 – Coalition forces in Afghanistan today killed 14 enemy fighters at a Taliban safe house and killed one enemy fighter and captured eight others in a separate raid, military officials reported.
A coalition patrol in the Kamdesh district in Nuristan province tracked a band of 14 extremists traveling with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades and attacked them once they reached their safe house, destroying two buildings in the compound, officials said.
Afghan National Army and coalition forces seized the compound and identified 14 dead enemy combatants. No ANA or coalition soldiers or civilians were injured in the attack, and careful precautions were made to ensure the safety and well-being of Afghan citizens, officials said.
Afghan and coalition forces conducted a raid early this morning in the village of Gapozal in Kandahar province, killing one enemy fighter and detaing eight others. These individuals had planned and carried out attacks on Afghan and coalition forces in Kandahar and Helmand provinces, officials said.
Information gathered through interviews with recently detained extremists led Afghan and coalition forces to the location where these individuals were hiding, officials said.
"Operation Mountain Thrust continues," said Air Force Lt. Col. John Paradis, a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan spokesman. "Recent Afghan and coalition operations have been extremely successful in capturing numerous terrorists and terrorist facilitators who pose a danger to Afghan citizens. These operations will continue in order to bring these extremists to justice."
The operation is part of a successive phase of an ongoing campaign to disrupt enemy forces, interdict safe havens, extend the reach of the government of Afghanistan, and facilitate good governance, reconstruction and humanitarian assistance.
Officials noted today that military operations are only one part of the overall coalition effort in Afghanistan. The coalition is overseeing 59 ongoing projects as part of the Commander's Emergency Reconstruction Program, or CERP. These projects include creation and repair of basic infrastructure, such as water, power, healthcare and education. The coalition also is delivering critical services, supplies and assistance to the people in various regions of the country, officials said.
"The defeat of extremism is certainly an important part of our operations here," said Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 76. "As security improves, so will the services to the people."
Since Operation Mountain Thrust began in late May, more than 29,000 Afghan citizens have seen doctors and received medical care in the southern provinces alone, officials noted. In addition, Afghan and coalition troops have distributed more than 40,000 radios to people to help them stay informed about local news.
"Our objective is to assist the local populace and support the legitimate government," said Freakley. "As we root out and destroy extremists attempting to operate in southern Afghanistan, we're following up with needed medical assistance for people and their livestock as well as humanitarian assistance and reconstruction requested by provincial and local government."
(Compiled from Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news releases.)
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Now this is NOT nice.
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Posted by: Neil on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 09:04 PM
A group of Islamist computer hackers has taken down 750 Israeli websites in retaliation over Hamas crisis.
A group of Moorrocans, called "Team-evil", have defaced several hundred websites in support of the Palestinians.
Zone-h, the information security website, confirmed that a concerted effort to attack sites containing the domain suffix .co.il is currently gathering strength.
It reported that banks and hospitals have come under attack, which sees the website homepage replaced with a message saying: "u KIll palestin people we Kill Israel servers".
The camapign is backed in the UK by followers of the radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammad, with the issue of a statement entitled: "Israel is a Cancer, Islam is the Answer".
It says: "The Israeli Jews will continue to hack websites, be freelance spies, kill women and children, and dream about expanding their state for as long as Allah wills, but they will inevitably face their destiny."
One group, the Saved Sect, has organised a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in London on Friday 30 June.
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10 Iranian Missile Engineers Visited N. Korea:Sankei reports(check on NK's Chinese equipments)
Yonhap News ^ | 07/01/06 | Shin Ji-hong
Posted on 07/01/2006 2:58:30 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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"Ten Iranian Missile Engineers Visited N. Korea" (Sankei reports)
U.S. Sec. of State and Japanese Foreign Minister, "N. Korean missile issue should be resolved through dialogues."
(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Shin Ji-hong correspondent = Ten Iranian missile engineers recently visited N. Korea, and the purpose of their visit is apparently to join the launch preparation for the long-range Taepodong-2 missile, according to Sankei Shimbun (of N. Korea) quoting U.S. government figures and military sources on N. Korea.
According to the sources, the (Iranian) delegation to N. Korea are made up of senior engineers for missile development at Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and they went into N. Korea via Beijing.
Their immediate mission could be to verify the capability of missile equipments which N. Korea imported from China. Apparently, Iran wanted to collect information (on the equipments) in order to determine whether to purchase them from China.
In particular, the sources said there are possibilities that N. Korea and Iran had discussions on the joint project for missile's liquid fuels.
It is backed up by the analysis of Western military experts that the two countries, with China's help, have been jointly developing a turbo pump which injects fuel into Taepodong-2.
Iranian Embassy to Japan categorically denied the allegation that Iranian engineers visited N. Korea, according to this paper.
In a related report, Japanese Foreign Minister Aso Daro and U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, both on G-8 Foreign Ministers' Conference in Moscow, had a meeting on (June) 30th, and agreed to an understanding that N. Korea missile launch issue should be resolved through dialogues, according to Japanese media.
Foreign Minister Aso emphasized, "It is important to urge restraints on N. Korea, and the issue should be resolved through dialogues, such as 6-party talks," and Secretary Rice also said, "It is important to urge cooperation among countries involved."
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Personally, if a gun isn't handy; one would normally go for the baseball bat, but yep, dumbbells make perfect sense. (Wry early morning thoughts)
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"Opening statements begin in Baltimore beheadings case"
By Keyonna Summers
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 1, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BALTIMORE -- Opening statements began yesterday in the retrial of two Mexican illegal aliens accused of nearly beheading three young relatives in their northeast Baltimore apartment.
Prosecutors said DNA evidence will prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Adan Canela, 19, and Policarpio Espinoza Perez, 24, strangled, beat and slashed the throats of Ricardo Espinoza, 9, his sister Lucero, 8, and their male cousin Alexis Espejo Quezada, 10.
Assistant State's Attorney Sharon R. Holback said there is still no motive as to why the children were slain."
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=104&sid=837725
July 1st, 2006
"Border Agents Under Investigation Vanish"
Jun 30th - 11:49pm
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two U.S. Border Patrol agents under investigation for smuggling migrants and drugs into the United States have disappeared, a federal law enforcement official said Friday."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Border Patrol spokesman Richard Kite said he could not discuss criminal probes when he was asked if the Villarreals were under investigation. Michael Unzueta, special agent in charge of ICE investigations in San Diego, confirmed the investigation and said no arrests have been made.
The agents were suspected of working for Mexican-based organizations to smuggle Mexicans and Brazilians into the United States, the source said. They allegedly picked up migrants who crossed the border on their own while they were on patrol and took them to a driver."
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June 30, 2006
Pennsylvania man who wired over $8.3 million overseas found guilty of operating illegal money transmitting business
Washington, D.C. -- A Pennsylvania man, Kesetbrhan M. Keleta, who wired over $8.3 million to overseas customers, has been found guilty of operating an illegal money transmitting business, United States Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein and Mark McGraw, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced today.
Keleta, 43, of York, Pennsylvania, was found guilty of the charges late yesterday by a federal jury in the District of Columbia. Keleta will be sentenced on October 4, 2006, before the Honorable Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. The maximum sentence Mr. Keleta faces is ten years. His likely U.S. Sentencing Guidelines range is 63 to 78 months of incarceration.
United States Attorney Wainstein stated, "The defendant operated his money transmitting business below the radar of the D.C. and federal regulators. In this post-9/11 era, it is critical that we shut down unlicensed money transmitting businesses so that they cannot be used by criminals and others who seek to harm our Nation."
Acting ICE Special Agent in Charge McGraw commented, "Money transmittal businesses that operate underground and outside the law pose significant homeland security threats. As we have seen in the past, these types of businesses can be and have been exploited by criminal organizations to move funds virtually anywhere in the world with no questions asked. Closing down this vulnerability is a priority for ICE."
The government’s evidence at trial showed that, during 2001 and 2002, the defendant operated a money transmitting business at the Eritrean Cultural and Civic Center at 600 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Patrons of the business, known as Himbol Financial Services, used it to send money primarily to Eritrea, but also to other destinations in East Africa and the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Kenya.
Section 1960 of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it unlawful for any person to manage, supervise, control, or direct a money transmitting business that is not licensed by a state or the District of Columbia and that has not registered with the Department of the Treasury. Himbol never had a license with the District of Columbia and never registered with the Department of the Treasury. The defendant operated the business despite knowing of these licensing requirements. During 2001 and 2002, he was responsible for wiring approximately $8.3 million to overseas customers.
In announcing the verdict, U.S. Attorney Wainstein and Acting Special Agent in Charge McGraw praised the efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agents Bryan Brunner, Katarina Gikas, and Steven Austin. They also thanked Paralegal Eugene Lee and Legal Assistants Barya Offer and Tiffany Walker for their excellent assistance in preparing the case for trial. Lastly, they commended Assistant United States Attorney Jay I. Bratt, who prosecuted the case.
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