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"Man gets death in slaying of Richmond family"
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Posted on 10/24/2006 2:51:49 AM PDT by Republicain
NOTE: The following text is a quote:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_3011.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Tue Oct 24 2006 03:36:18 GMT-0700.
SRI LANKA
October 23, 2006
This Travel Warning provides security information and alerts American citizens traveling to or living in the northern and eastern areas of Sri Lanka of the heightened potential for terrorist actions, including attacks against civilians. This situation is likely to continue for some time. Over the last several months, acts of terrorism including bombings and political assassinations have occurred in Sri Lanka. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan military forces have clashed on several occasions, and this fighting has escalated in recent weeks. While most of the country remains largely unaffected, the Department warns Americans against traveling to areas in the North and East of the country given the dangers caused by the ongoing fighting between LTTE, other armed groups, and Sri Lankan military forces. This Travel Warning expires on April 19, 2007.
The Department of State alerts American citizens to the dangers posed by recent acts of terrorism throughout Sri Lanka, and warns against travel to the most seriously affected regions. Although there is no specific indication that American citizens or institutions are targets, there is a general risk of American citizens being victims of violence simply by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Politically motivated assassinations have taken place throughout Sri Lanka, including several in the Colombo area. In many cases, these assassinations involve the use of fragmentation bombs. American citizens in Sri Lanka should be aware of their personal surroundings and follow good security practices. Americans should avoid large crowds or public gatherings and should particularly stay away from political rallies and military bases in Sri Lanka.
The areas in the North and East are of special concern. These areas are defined as the regions north of a line following the highway from Puttalam through Anuradhapura to Trincomalee, and east down to Batticaloa. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens that travel to these areas and into any LTTE-controlled territory may pose severe hazards. U.S. government personnel are generally prohibited from traveling in these areas, and American citizens residing in these areas should depart immediately as their safety cannot be effectively guaranteed. We have no indication at this time of a threat to tourist areas in the Cultural Triangle, including territory around Anaradhapura and Polonnoruwa.
In areas outside of the North and East, Sri Lankan nationals have been the targets of assassinations and bombings. On October 18, the LTTE targeted a Sri Lankan naval facility in Galle, on the southwest coast. Foreign tourists were not the objects of this attack and none were injured. Americans should comply with all instructions from security forces and police when traveling in Sri Lanka.
American citizens, including those of Sri Lankan origin, living in Sri Lanka or traveling there for even a few days are strongly urged to register with the Embassy. Registration will allow the embassy to provide direct information on the security situation as necessary. Registration is done on-line and can be done in advance of travel at https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/. Information on registering can also be found at the Embassy website: http://srilanka.usembassy.gov or at the Department of State's Consular Affairs website: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/registration/registration_1186.html.
As the Department continues to develop information on any potential security threats to U.S. citizens overseas, it shares credible threat information through its consular information documents, available on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov. In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the US and Canada, or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Tue Oct 24 2006 03:37:17 GMT-0700.
Worldwide Caution
October 11, 2006
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Posted on 10/24/2006 7:51:06 AM PDT by Jay777
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"Commentary: Jihad in cyberspace"
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Oct. 24, 2006 at 10:44AM
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"Egyptians who enslaved girl, 10, get U.S. prison"
Mon Oct 23, 5:51 PM ET
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Egyptian nationals who pleaded guilty to enslaving a 10-year-old Egyptian girl at their Southern California home, making her work long hours serving their family of seven, were sentenced on Monday to prison terms.
Abdel Nasser Youssef Ibrahim, 57, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and his former wife, Amal Ahmed Ewisabd Motelib, 43, was given 22 months behind bars by a federal judge. Prosecutors said the pair will be deported after serving their sentences.
U.S. District Judge James Selna also ordered the defendants to pay their victim more than $76,000 in restitution, which represents the money the girl should have been paid during the two years she worked for their family."
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"Explosives found near US Embassy in Venezuela"
By Aaron Mannes
(October 23, 2006)
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http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/10/23/en_pol_art_23A794417.shtml
Alleged explosive device found near US Embassy
The Baruta Municipality Police Corps Monday found two alleged explosive devices near the US Embassy in Valle Arriba, southeast Caracas.
One of the presumed bombs was found in a box containing leaflets making reference to Lebanese radical Islamic group Hezbollah.
"One person was arrested by the Baruta Police and we are waiting for their report and information from the (political police) Disip," a spokesman of the US Embassy told AFP.
Local TV news network Globovisión reported that one of the devices was in a flowerpot near the Embassy, while the other was outside a school, near the diplomatic premises.
Wilfredo Porras, acting director of Baruta Police, said they arrested a man carrying a "backpack with 100 black powder bases, pliers, adhesive tape, glue and electric leads."
The man declared that "the devices were set to explode in 15 minutes. At first, we thought he was crazy, but we concluded he is not because of the features of both devices and the contents in the backpack," Porras said.
Authorities pull 5 bodies from Rio Grande[Starr County, Texas]
McALLEN, Texas- Authorities pulled five bodies from the Rio Grande River in an area known as a crossing place for illegal immigrants.
Starr County Sheriff Reymundo Guerra said Mexican authorities notified Starr County deputies that the bodies were floating in the river near the U.S. side. The bodies were found Monday evening just below Falcon Dam......
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2001 Document: Saddam Regime Gives CNN Priority For News Coverage (Translation)
Pentagon FMSO website | October 22 2006 | jveritas
Posted on 10/22/2006 1:28:32 PM PDT by jveritas
In this Iraqi document ISGQ 2004-00224003 dated February 7 2001, there was a discussion in upper echelon of the Iraqi intelligence about mass graves in Southern Iraq and how to shift the blame to the Coalition forces and make it look like these mass graves are the results of massacres committed by the Coalition forces back in 1991 during Desert Storm Operation. What is also very interesting about this document is that it mentions how to give the priority of covering the story to CNN so it will have an effect on the international arena as the document says (Highlighted in bold letters in the body of the translation). There is no doubt that the enemies of the US view CNN as a friendly news outlet for them, and this come in the latest CNN despicable act of showing the terrorist video of a US soldier killed by a terrorist sniper.
Beginning of the Partial Translation
The Republic of Iraq
The Intelligence Apparatus
Date: 7/2/2001
No 1687
In the Name of God the Merciful the Most Compassionate
Secret
To the respected Mr. Director of the Fourth Directory
Your letter secret and immediate numbered B 264 on 2/4/2001
1. No information is available to us about the Mass Graves in the Southern Region.
2.We see to achieve the observation the following matters:
A. Inspect the graves to confirm the existence of Nuclear Radiations.
B. Were they buried alive or their death was by suffocation.
C. Are they military personnel or civilians.
D. Are there tombstones that carry the names of the martyrs
E. Identify accurate marks and proofs of the graves and the possibility to reach it quickly and identify it.
3. We do not agree that the declaration about it through a direct Iraqi media in the first stage at least and not to cause public and party reaction so that the subject will take as a priority an international interest, and we should work on the following direction during this stage:
A. Leak the news through reliable sources.. News agencies or Satellite stations.. and that there is confusion, and indications from the members of the Coalition forces about the existence of mass graves civilians and military personnel in the South of Iraq.
B. The attempt to search for soldiers from the Coalition forces in a serious way to mention these truth through the agencies.
(1-3)
C. Ask some of the friendly countries with good technology to find these graves and for sure it will be asked from some news agencies in these countries to humanly participate in this effort and in case it is discovered there will be media reactions internationally and foreign and this media must be given a big space to repeat it and leak it to take its natural form of influence on the countries that made this bad deed and give it to the international general opinion.
D. Not to dig these grave by the Iraqi side… and it is possible to make a dialogue with the CNN network to give them a priority on this subject to have an influence over the international arena and it will be accepted more than the Iraqi media.
End of Partial Translation
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2001 Iraqi Document: Saddam Approved the Re-Use of Nuclear Equipments (Important Translation).
Pentagon/FMSO website for Iraq Pre-war documents http://70.168.46.200/ ^ | October 24 2006 | jveritas
Posted on 10/24/2006 12:55:08 PM PDT by jveritas
In what is so far the most important evidence of Saddam personal involvement in re-building Iraq nuclear program , document CMPC-2003-012331.pdf dated January 2001 indicates that during a meeting between Saddam and the Staff of the Iraqi Atomic Energy Organization Saddam was asked by the Organization Staff to give his permission for re-using the infamous “ Degussa Vacuum furnaces ” that were used in the previous and prohibited Iraq nuclear program. These furnaces can be used to melt uranium and other nuclear related activities.
The Degussa Vacuum furnaces were supplied to Iraq in the 1980’s by a German firm (Degussa AG based in Frankfurt Germany) and these furnaces later on became the subject of investigations of the German firm in the early 1990’s where the company claimed that they did not know that Iraq would have used them in its nuclear program. The New York Times had an article in 1998 titled “An Iraqi Defector Warns of Iraq's Nuclear Weapons Research” where the Degussa furnaces were mentioned as part of “previous” Iraq nuclear program and the controversy surrounding the sale of these furnaces and the investigations later on(link: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sanders/214/other/news/iraqi_defector.html ). The irony is that this is not only a New York Times article but also it was written by JUDITH MILLER and JAMES RISEN once of the worst accusers (liars) that the Bush administration lied about Iraq WMD.
Also the Degussa furnaces supplied to Iraq were mentioned in articles written by David Albright (An American nuclear scientist) explaining how the Degussa furnaces were used in the “previous” Iraqi nuclear program. Mr. Albright wrote the article to Bulletin of Atomic Scientists” back in 1992-1993 and you find the links about these articles ( http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=apr92albright , http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=dec93albrighta> ).
Again this document carries a lot of importance since it proves without any doubt that Saddam was directly involved with his nuclear scientists to re-build their nuclear program. President Bush in a speech dated October 7 2002 mentioned that Saddam has held numerous meetings with his nuclear Scientists and this quote from President Bush speech: “The evidence indicates that Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program. Saddam Hussein has held numerous meetings with Iraqi nuclear scientists, a group he calls his "nuclear mujahideen" -- his nuclear holy warriors” (Link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html ).
The translation will include memos. The first one is from Senior Deputy Minister of Iraq Military Industrialization Committee to the Chairman of Iraq Atomic Energy Organization asking him to allocate the Degussa Vacuum furnaces, the second memo a reply from Iraq Atomic Energy Organization saying that they will do so and that they got the approval of Saddam Hussein to re-use these equipments.
Beginning of the translation of memo 1 of CMPC-2003-012331.pdf
In the Name of God the Most Merciful the Most Compassionate
The Republic of Iraq, The Presidency of the Republic, The Military Industrialization Committee
Number 2/4/83
Date: 25/1/2001
Secret and Confidential
To: The Atomic Energy Organization- The Office of the Chairman
Subject: Allocation of Degussa Vacuum Furnaces
Please approve the allocation of the mentioned furnaces and quantity (2) with its accessories because of our dire need for it to implement the works and projects tasked to our committee. And we empower engineer Samir Ibrahim for follow up and receiving.
With regards
Signature
Air General
Marahem Sa’aab Al Hassan
Senior Deputy Minister for Military Industrialization
25/1/2001
End of translation of memo 1
Beginning of translation of memo 2 of CMPC-2003-012331.pdf
Mr. Respected General Director
Subject: Allocation of Vacuum Furnaces
Regarding the letter of the Senior Deputy Minister of the Military Industrialization numbered 2/4/83 on 25/1/2001 I would like to clarify the following:
1. We do not have primaries about the subject.
2. There was a communication with the Energy Organization about the furnaces and it was revealed that the furnaces were delivered to the Physics Department in the Atomic Energy Organization upon the instruction of Mr. Chairman of the Energy Organization to take advantage of these equipments ( During the meeting with the President The Leader God protect and shepherd him and the Organization Staff asked his Excellency to take advantage of these equipments) and these equipments were received two moths ago by the Physics Department.
The furnaces do not have the seal of the Agency but it was among the equipments of the previous program that were included in the list prepared by the agency.
Signature
29/1
Shaker Hamed.
End of translation of memo 2
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"Hack attacks scam millions from online traders"
By Herald staff and Bloomberg News
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - Updated: 04:54 AM EST
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Third World hackers are sneaking into E*Trade and TD Ameritrade online stock-trading accounts and looting them in a massive pump, dump and run scheme.
Scammers from Eastern Europe and Asia are targeting the online traders in one of the biggest cases of identity theft to strike the U.S. securities industry.
In a conference call last week, E*Trade said it spent $18 million in the third quarter to compensate customers affected by trading fraud. TD Ameritrade said it also suffered losses because of bogus trading by unauthorized users who pried their way into customer accounts, but declined to specify an amount.
In many cases, criminals use personal information, such as Social Security numbers, to hack into users’ accounts. Once in control, they loot the accounts by selling securities and wiring out the proceeds far from the United States."
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"America Supports You: Operation Christmas Stocking Deadline Quickly Approaches"
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2006
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Bird Flu Take An Increasing Toll But The World Escaped An Immediate Influenza Pandemic...
Internationalherald tribune ^ | 10-23-2006
Posted on 10/24/2006 3:33:31 PM PDT by blam
"Bird flu take an increasing toll but the world escaped an immediate influenza pandemic, U.N. bird flu chief says"
The Associated Press
Published: October 23, 2006
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"It's Not Just About Iraq, US Diplomat Says"
By Susan Jones
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October 24, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - Success in Iraq is possible -- and more than Iraq is at stake if the United States withdraws its troops too soon, a U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday at a press conference in Baghdad.
"The broader Middle East is the source of most of the world's security problems," said Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. "The struggle for the future of the region is between moderate and extremist political forces. The outcome in Iraq will profoundly shape this wider struggle and in turn, the security of the world."
The extremists, including Al Qaeda, Iran and Syria, fear Iraq's success and want to undermine U.S. resolve. They have everything to gain by prolonging the conflict, killing people, and "creating the perception that Iraq cannot be stabilized," Khalilzad said.
He called the war "the defining challenge of our era."
America's enemies believe that their will is stronger than ours and that they can win by outlasting us, Khalilzad said. And he said the violence that Americans see headlined on TV and in newspapers are the work of those enemies.
Khalilzad accused Iran and Syria of supporting the groups involved in Iraq's growing sectarian strife."
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