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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,19995402,00.html
"Hezbollah not terrorists: PM advisors"
By Sandra O'Malley
02aug06
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Muslim Community Reference Group is considering writing to Prime Minister John Howard asking the Government to reconsider its listing of the militant arm of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "But Ameer Ali, chairman of the Muslim advisory group set up last year in the wake of the London terrorist bombings, says Hezbollah should not be lumped in with groups like al-Qaeda.
"They should not condemn Hezbollah as a terrorist group," he said.
"I don't think they should judge that they are simply a terrorist organisation like al-Qaeda.
"It is part of Lebanese politics."
On its national security website, the Government says that Australian Security Intelligence Organisation believes Hezbollah's military wing is continuing to prepare, plan and foster the commission of acts involving threats to human life and serious damage to property."
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan defence ministry said its forces have repulsed Wednesday's attacks by Tamil Tiger rebels around a strategic northeastern port, killing 40 insurgents and wounding 70 others.
The latest fighting raised fears that Sri Lanka was heading for a full-scale war. The rebels said earlier that they had overrun four Sri Lankan army camps around the strategic port of Trincomalee, a day after the guerrillas laid siege to the area, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in years.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1844451.cms
Ports To Get New Radiation Detectors
DHS Moves to Reduce the Risk of a Dirty Bomb Entering the U.S. Through Seaports
The Department of Homeland Security, under a program called the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Initiative, recently announced the award of contracts to three companies (Raytheon Company – Integrated Defense Systems, Thermo Electron Corporation, and Canberra Industries, Inc.) to install advanced radiation detector systems in some of our country’s ports. The first test installation is slated to be in the Port of Staten Island.
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http://commentary.threatswatch.org/2006/08/ports-to-get-new-radiation-det/
Border agents fail to spot fake papers
Wed Aug 2,
WASHINGTON - Undercover investigators entered the United States using fake documents repeatedly this year — including some cases in which Homeland Security Department agents didn't ask for identification.
At nine border crossings on the Mexico and Canadian borders, agents "never questioned the authenticity of the counterfeit documents," according to Government Accountability Office testimony to be released Wednesday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060802/ap_on_go_ot/border_insecurity
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http://hotair.com/archives/vent/2006/08/02/hezbollah-and-qana/
HOT AIR.com - VENT with Michelle Malkin: "HEZBOLLAH AND QANA"
(August 2, 2006)