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Posted on 11/01/2006 8:20:24 PM PST by nwctwx
Houston.FBI.GOV - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - Press Release: "TWO CHARGED IN PLAN TO AID TALIBAN" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "An indictment has been brought against a U.S. citizen and a Pakistani in the country on an expired student visa for planning to aid the Taliban, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. Kobie Diallo Williams, also known as Abdul Kabeer and Abdul Kabir, 33, a U.S. citizen and Houston resident, and Adnan Babar Mirza, 29, a Pakistani national who overstayed a student visa, are charged with conspiring to train with firearms with a goal to fight with the Taliban against coalition forces in the Middle East and providing approximately $350 in cash to support terrorist groups. Mirza is also charged with three violations of federal firearms law. The four count indictment was returned under seal by a Houston grand jury on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, and unsealed today after the appearance of both men before a U.S. magistrate judge.") (November 28, 2006)
okay, thanks... I talked to some berry, berry fine gentlemen in India who helped me out.
Giggling...my tech support on various services finally speak English and understand it too!
UPDATE On One of The Flying Imams:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741897/posts?page=198#198
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"Breaking the Silence (Wafa Sultan profiled in Reader's Digest)"
Reader's Digest ^ | December 2006 | Kerry Howley
Posted on 12/01/2006 1:52:59 PM PST by blitzgig
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"Violent protesters disrupt Tancredo event"
WorldNetDaily ^ | 12/01/2006
Posted on 12/01/2006 2:15:46 PM PST by NapkinUser
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Last Updated: Friday, 1 December 2006, 14:20 GMT
"Dutch court convicts Islamists"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Dutch court has sentenced four militant Islamists to prison for planning terror attacks on politicians and the Dutch intelligence service.
Samir Azzouz, 20, was sentenced to eight years while three others received terms of between three and four years.
Some of the group were alleged to have links to the so-called Hofstad group, whose leader was convicted of the killing of film-maker Theo Van Gogh.
Two other defendants were acquitted of terror charges.
The presiding judge said Dutch-Moroccan Azzouz, the ringleader of the group, had been striving to carry out his terrorist aims for several years.
The court ruled that evidence presented in the case suggested that Amsterdam-born Azzouz was planning an "imminent terror attack"."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Prosecutors claimed that the loosely-linked group was an extension of the Hofstad group, whose leader Mohammed Bouyeri is currently serving life in prison for murdering Mr Van Gogh.
Two other men - Mourridin El Fatmi and Mohammed Chentouf - were sentenced to four years in prison and the only female defendant in the case - Soumaya Sahla - received a three-year sentence.
Azzouz's acquittal last year on charges that he planned attacks led to calls for tougher legislation.
He was re-arrested in October 2005 after being closely watched by Dutch intelligence services."
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NY cracks down on illegal mystery meats
Yahoo AP ^ | 1 December 2006 one hour 26 minutes ago | ADAM GOLDMAN, AP Business Writer
Posted on 12/01/2006 2:33:53 PM PST by shrinkermd
When a food safety inspector walked into a market in Queens, he noticed the store had an interesting special posted on its front window: 12 beefy armadillos. In Brooklyn, inspectors found 15 pounds of iguana meat at a West Indian market and 200 pounds of cow lungs for sale at another market. At a West African grocery in Manhattan, the store was selling smoked rodent meat from a refrigerated display case. An inspector quickly seized a couple pounds of it.
All of it was headed for the dinner table. All of it was also illegal.
Authorities say the discoveries are part of a larger trend in which markets across New York are buying meat and other foods from unregulated sources and selling them to an immigrant population accustomed to more exotic fare.
State regulators have responded by stepping up enforcement, confiscating 65 percent more food through September than they did in all of 2005.
The seizures also cast a spotlight on the eating habits of this ethnically diverse city, where everything from turtles and fish paste to frogs and duck feet make their way onto people's plates.
"At one time or another, we've probably seen about everything," said Joseph Corby, director of the state's Division of Food Safety and Inspection.
In an attempt to stamp out the activity, Corby's agency has ramped up efforts, working with the Food and Drug Administration, to prevent this illicit food from reaching store shelves.
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Thanks for that sad update. I also, haven't read to the end of the TM, but I did hear on the radio that they found the Italian gentlemen who was dining with the Russian who died. IIRC his last name begins with an S, and they dined together at the sushi rest. in London. The story stated that the Italian man tested positive for the same radioactive material as the Russian. It is has not yet been posted I will look for the exact info.
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"Suspected Venezuela-Islamist Links Worry Lawmakers, Experts"
By Kevin Mooney
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
December 01, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - Counter-terrorism operatives should broaden their focus beyond the Middle East to include hotspots in the remote tri-border region of Latin America and in Venezuela where President Hugo Chavez's leftist government is working to undermine U.S. security, key congressional figures and policy analysts say.
Chavez is running for re-election on Sunday.
Islamic extremists and other rogue elements are exploiting the smuggling resources available in Central and South America to gain entry into the U.S., Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) told Cybercast News Service.
At the same time, McCaul charged, Venezuela is providing identification documents to individuals from other parts of Latin America and from countries overseas that can be used to facilitate entry into the U.S. in a seemingly legal manner.
The "intersection" between transnational criminal enterprises and terrorist activity is the subject of a report on U.S. border security, issued through the House Homeland Security Committee's subcommittee on investigations."
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"Previewing Venezuela's Elections"
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Iran-Venezuela joint car factory inaugurated
LONDON, November 29 (IranMania) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, together with Iran's minister for industry, inaugurated a joint venture car factory in central Venezuela, RTT News reported.
The car factory is expected to produce around 20,000 cars every year. Many of the cars produced in the factory will be exported to other South American countries. The joint venture with Iran is intended to produce low cost cars that will be within reach for most Venezuelans.
Though rich in oil, Venezuela depends heavily on imports from the United States for its industrial requirements. President Chavez, an outspoken critic of US President George Bush, is trying to reduce Venezuela's dependence on US imports by setting up a large number of industrial projects in Venezuela in partnerships with other countries such as China, Iran and Russia. He wants Venezuela to manufacture cars, tractors, computers and other high-tech products for its internal use and exports.
posted by Marko at 11/29/2006 09:30:00 AM
Last updated at 17:55pm on 1st December 2006
Mario Scaramella, the Italian academic who met Alexander Litvinenko on the day he was allegedly poisoned, has tested positive for Polonium 210, it was disclosed today. Scaramella, who was one of the last people to see former Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko before he fell ill, tested positive for a significant amount of polonium-210....
Thank you for the update all4one.
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Iraqi Army, Coalition Detain, Kill Insurgents; Iraqis Killed in Suicide Attack
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2006 – In a string of operations across Iraq this week, Iraqi forces detained 28 suspects, coalition forces killed 17 insurgents and rescued three Iraqi hostages, and four Iraqis were killed in a suicide attack, military officials in Iraq reported.
The 9th Iraqi Army Division, with coalition support, detained 28 suspected insurgents for questioning in an operation within the Iraqi capital today in Rusafa. U.S. attack helicopters were used in support of the mission to assist the ground elements with their mission. An assortment of small arms and munitions also were seized during the operation.
Elsewhere, coalition forces used air-delivered precision ordnance to kill three insurgents today in Ubaydi. Insurgents attacked coalition forces with small-arms fire and then attempted to flee in a vehicle. In response to the attack, coalition forces used precision ordnance to destroy the vehicle and the insurgents inside. Aside from the vehicle, there was no further damage.
In another operation, coalition air and ground forces combined to kill 14 insurgents and wound two at about 2 a.m. yesterday after the individuals engaged a coalition convoy with small-arms fire southwest of Samarra.
While the insurgents fled in trucks and motorcycles, Task Force Lightning attack helicopters tracked them for several miles and used two guided bombs to destroy one of the vehicles. Subsequently, helicopters and strike aircraft engaged the remaining vehicles, killing or wounding all of the insurgents.
Upon further investigation of the site, Task Force Lightning soldiers discovered more than 1,500 rounds of small-arms ammunition and various semi-automatic machine guns including six AK-47s, two heavy machineguns, two destroyed motorcycles with homemade machine gun mounts and one rocket-propelled-grenade launcher.
Separately, Iraqi police successfully engaged a suicide car bomber attempting to breach an entry-control point leading to a police station in the Dawasa neighborhood Nov. 29 at about 12:15 p.m.
The Iraqi police prevented the terrorist from breaching the entry control point, but the bomb exploded outside the checkpoint, killing four Mosul citizens and the suicide car bomber and injuring 29. The four citizens killed in the blast included two children and two adults. Those injured were transported to Mosul general hospital for treatment. One Iraqi police officer received treatment for superficial wounds and was released.
"Iraqi police in Ninewa province are vigilant to these types of attacks," said Army Maj. Adam Rocke, operations officer for 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. "The sad part is the innocent citizens who are killed or injured as a result of these cowardly acts, especially the children.”
In another operation, three handcuffed hostages were rescued from insurgents by soldiers of the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, near Forward Operating Base Loyalty on Nov. 29. A fourth handcuffed hostage was found nearby, dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
The three rescued hostages were discovered after the U.S. soldiers noticed an illegal checkpoint being manned by six individuals in military uniforms. One of the six manning the checkpoint had a fake Ministry of Interior identification. The six suspects caught running the illegal checkpoint were detained by U.S. forces for questioning
Elsewhere, soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad uncovered a sizeable cache of munitions in a northwestern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital Nov. 29.
After receiving a tip, soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conducted a combat patrol to search a house of a suspected mortar man. When the troops arrived at the residence, there was no one at the home. During the search of the house, they discovered a weapons cache. They found 16 82 mm mortar rounds, one 60 mm mortar round, one 82 mm mortar tube with a tripod, one 60 mm mortar tube with a base plate, 11 grenades, one machinegun with three full magazines, one rocket-propelled-grenade launcher sight, one set of body armor with plates, one set of body armor without plates, 42 mortar primers, 59 grenade fuses, two radios, and a bomb protective suit.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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"Top story: Syrian/Iranian-backed protests in Lebanon"
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"Breaking: Hezbollah protesters besiege government building?"
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"Ansar al-Sunnah Claims Responsibility (Revenge for "Crimes" Haditha)"
Site Institute ^ | November 30, 2006 | Site Institute
Posted on 12/01/2006 11:26:46 AM PST by RedRover
Excellent info in those links, thanks Cindy.
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