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Posted on 05/01/2007 8:52:12 PM PDT by nwctwx

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U.S. Seeks Closing of Visa Loophole for Britons
-Full Story-

Omar Khyam, the ringleader of the thwarted London bomb plot who was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, showed the potential for disaffected young men to be lured as terrorists, a threat that British officials said they would have to contend with for a generation.

But the 25-year-old Mr. Khyam, a Briton of Pakistani descent, also personifies a larger and more immediate concern: as a British citizen, he could have entered the United States without a visa, like many of an estimated 800,000 other Britons of Pakistani origin.

American officials, citing the number of terror plots in Britain involving Britons with ties to Pakistan, expressed concern over the visa loophole. In recent months, the homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, has opened talks with the government here on how to curb the access of British citizens of Pakistani origin to the United States.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=fatwas
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=fatwas

Off-Topic

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25701_Weird_Meta-Fatwa_of_the_Day&only

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
“Weird Meta-Fatwa of the Day”

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RECAP:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015989.php

April 9, 2007
“We’re ‘fatwaworthy!’”


1,421 posted on 05/31/2007 3:40:28 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Sorry I forgot the link and missed two sentences on that news article

While tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is not uncommon.

Well DUH yes NOW it is becoming common again........I wonder why /sarc

There were 91 cases of tuberculosis reported to the Metropolitan Health District in 2006 and 74 in 2005.

http://www.ksat.com/news/13420239/detail.html

1,422 posted on 05/31/2007 3:42:03 PM PDT by WestCoastGal ( The JUNIOR NATION is VERY proud of our driver. You drive we'll follow! There ain't no turning back!)
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To: All; backhoe

Off Topic...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016706.php

May 31, 2007

“”If what you say is true about Muslims and they way they hate, then what about you? Your just as bad!!!””

SNIPPET: “I wrote back to him:

Yeah, I guess so. I was chopping off some people’s heads this morning and I had a twinge of conscience: I thought to myself, “Self, you’re just as bad!””

Posted by Robert at May 31, 2007 5:10 PM


1,423 posted on 05/31/2007 3:44:52 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: WestCoastGal

Thanks for the more details update WestCoastGal.

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Let’s add 2 keyword links, too:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=tb
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1,424 posted on 05/31/2007 3:46:56 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Rushmore Rocks

Pretty sad state of affairs.

No good news lately. :(

I’m waiting for Jr to find his new home. That will be good news. :) I hope!! The new boss better treat him right or there will be hell to pay for that person. lol


1,425 posted on 05/31/2007 4:32:57 PM PDT by WestCoastGal ( The JUNIOR NATION is VERY proud of our driver. You drive we'll follow! There ain't no turning back!)
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To: All; Jet Jaguar; JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; nwctwx

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1842813/posts?page=6#6

#

Thanks to Jet Jaguar for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1842813/posts

“Iraq Report: Babil Awakening, Al Qaeda-Iran Liaison Captured”
Weekley Standard ^ | 5/31/07 | Bill Roggio

Posted on 05/31/2007 5:46:18 PM PDT by bnelson44


1,426 posted on 05/31/2007 6:45:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: all4one

Sheesh, just what are the odds, I wonder?


1,427 posted on 05/31/2007 7:09:29 PM PDT by Velveeta
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RECAP and ADDITIONAL LINKS:

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HIGH NOON WITH IRAN" by Kenneth R. Timmerman (May 31, 2007)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "MILITIA COMMANDER'S CAPTURE HIGHLIGHTS RECENT IRAQ OPERATIONS" (May 31, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "DANGEROUS ILLUSIONS" by Daniel M. Zucker (May 31, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (AMERICAN THINKER): "IGNORANCE AND AL-SADR" by Andrew G. Bostom (May 31, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Baghdad - "TROOPS SWEEP SADR CITY FOR ABDUCTED BRITONS" (May 31, 2007)

BILL ROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog - tag word: "IRAN"

BILL ROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog - tag word: "IRAQ"

WEEKLY STANDARD.com: "IRAQ REPORT: BABIL AWAKENING, AL QAEDA-IRAN LIAISON CAPTURED" by Bill Roggio (May 31, 2007, 02:48 PM)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "OFFICERS DESCRIBE AL QAEDA PRISON RESCUE MISSION" by Jim Garamone (May 30, 2007)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "U.S., IRAQI TROOPS SEIZE 47 IN IRAQ OPERATIONS" (May 30, 2007)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "COMBINED FORCES DETAIN 37 IN IRAQ, DISCOVER ALLEGED PRISON CAMP" (May 29, 2007)

1,428 posted on 05/31/2007 7:13:21 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Around the Internet and RECAP:


Google - Search News - Search Term: "HEZBOLLAH + IRAN"


MEMRI.org - Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 357: "THE DOCTRINE OF MAHDISM: IN THE IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD AND AYATOLLAH MESBAH-E YAZDI" by A. Savyon and Y. Mansharof (May 31, 2007)

Link (pdf)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Berlin - "RICE SLAMS U.N. NUKE WATCHDOG ON IRAN" by Nicholas Kralev (May 30, 2007)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (IRNA.IR): "IRAN'S AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO HAS VOICED TEHRAN'S INTEREST IN BOLSTERING ALL-OUT TIES WITH ALL LATIN AMERICAN STATES, MEXICO IN PARTICULAR" (May 29, 2007)

More Links (May 29, 2007)



STEPPING BACK IN TIME - RECAP:


NEWSMAX.com: "FBI's MUELLER: HEZBOLLAH BUSTED IN MEXICAN SMUGGLING RING" (March 30, 2006)

Detroit.FBI.gov - DOJ - PRESS RELEASE: Detroit - "NINETEEN CHARGED WTIH RACKETEERING TO SUPPORT TERRORIST ORGANIZATION" (March 29, 2006)


"www.internet-haganah.com"


DEFENSElink.mil: Washington - "TERRORISTS WILL TEST AMERICAN RESOLVE, DoD POLICY OFFICIAL SAYS" by Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service (March 30, 2006)

1,429 posted on 05/31/2007 7:46:49 PM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP:

FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS.org - "EXCLUSIVE: WOULD IRAN TARGET THE AMERICAN MAINLAND? HEZBOLLAH'S TERROR NETWORKS IN US BEAR WATCHING" by Joel Himelfarb (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The U.S. government is offering a $5 million reward for the capture of Mugniyeh, who divides his time between Lebanon and Iran, where he is protected by the Islamic Republic. In their 2005 book "Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil," perhaps the most detailed study to date of Hezbollah's operations in this country, authors Tom Diaz and Barbara Newman wrote that Mugniyeh "directs Hezbollah's network of cells in the Western Hemisphere." The FBI and other law-enforcement agencies are loath to talk publicly about specific Hezbollah cells or operatives or to speculate about the possibility that Hezbollah could stage attacks in the United States. "Hezbollah is here, now...."") (April 16, 2007) (Read More...)
STRATFOR.com: "THE BRITISH DETAINEES: WHY A RESCUE ATTEMPT WAS NEVER IN THE CARDS" by Fred Burton (April 4, 2007, 17:24 GMT) (Read More...)

TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Israel Intelligence' Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC): "Following an appeal from the Argentinean Attorney General, Interpol issued international extradition warrants for five senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah operative. The charge was involvement in the suicide bombing attack of the Jewish community center building (AMIA) in Argentina in 1994.") (March 28, 2007) (Read More...)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.): "Argentina accuses Iran of responsibility for the Hezbollah terrorist attack which destroyed Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 1994. The Argentinean Attorney General's office announced it had found Iran responsible for the terrorist attack and an Argentinean judge issued arrest warrants for seven senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah member" (November 14, 2006) (Read More...)
TIME.com: "COULD A MISSING IRANIAN SPARK A WAR?" by Robert Baer (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "As IRGC commander in Lebanon, Asgari was also one of Hizballah's stepfathers. In the late '80s and early '90s, he was Hizballah Secretary General's Hasan Nasrallah's primary Iranian contact, and certainly in a position now to provide evidence of Nasrallah's involvement in terrorism. Asgari was the primary Iranian contact for one of the world's most lethal and capable terrorists, 'Imad Fa'iz Mughniyah. Mughniyah is indicted in the U.S. for the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 and the murder of a Navy diver.") (March 22, 2007) (Read More...)
CEDARS REVOLUTION.net - blog (WASHINGTON TIMES.com): "SYRIA'S TERROR NETWORKS" by Farid N. Ghadry (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sources say that Mugniyeh was designated by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah as the head of Force 2800.") (February 22, 2007) (Read More...)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog (NEWSWEEK): "MUGHNIYEH MAKING A COMEBACK?" (January 28, 2007) (Read More...)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Monitor: "IRAN'S TERRORIST ASSET: A HISTORY OF IMAD MUGNIYAH" by Carl Anthony Wege (September 8, 2006) (Read More...)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "MIND OF MUGNIYEH" by Dan Darling (July 25, 2006 (Read More...)

REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net - WANTED: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" (Read More...)

FBI.gov - MOST WANTED TERRORISTS - WANTED POSTER: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (VIEW POSTER; Read More.)

"www.waronline.org/terror/bin%20laden/mugniyah-2.jpg" (VIEW PHOTO. Click Here.)

1,430 posted on 05/31/2007 7:52:50 PM PDT by Cindy
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Ex-con testifies he offered to be FBI jailhouse snitch on terror suspect Padilla

MIAMI — An ex-convict who attended a Sunrise mosque with terror suspects Jose Padilla and Adham Amin Hassoun said Thursday he contacted the FBI from a Georgia prison in 2002, hoping to provide information in exchange for his freedom.

Herbert Atwell, 38, of Pompano Beach, said he remembered Padilla because he carried a Spanish copy of the Koran.(snip)

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-531padilla,0,6002122.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla


1,431 posted on 05/31/2007 8:06:19 PM PDT by Velveeta
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Bogus bomb threat snarls rush hour traffic (PA)

Thousands of motorists were stuck in traffic on the Parkway East during the afternoon rush hour Thursday after someone called in a phony bomb threat.

(snip)

Mungo said the call came from a payphone on Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The caller was a man who had an “unknown type” of foreign accent, she said. (snip)

A Joint Terrorism Task Force is assisting state and city police in the investigation, Mungo said. If the caller is caught, he faces felony charges of threat to use a weapon of mass destruction and threat to use weapons of mass destruction.

“This is a serious incident,” Mungo said.

http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18411603&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6


1,432 posted on 05/31/2007 8:35:04 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

TESTING, 1, 2, 3?


1,433 posted on 05/31/2007 11:01:02 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=lebanon

#

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842941/posts

“Heavy fighting resumes in Lebanon (at Nahr el-Bared refugee camp)”
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/31/07 | AP

Posted on 05/31/2007 10:49:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

BEIRUT, Lebanon

#

Previously...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826963/posts?page=1359#1359

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: “THE THREAT TO LEBANON” by Dr. Joseph Hitti (May 30, 2007)

OSAC.gov - Consular Affairs Bulletins - Report - Middle East/N. Africa - Lebanon: “WARDEN MESSAGE: THREAT OF ATTACKS IN LEBANON” (May 29, 2007)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: “OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IN LEBANON PORTENDS VIOLENCE TO COME” by Andrew Exum (May 29, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: “SOON TO BE DECEASED JIHADI LEADER IN NAHR AL-BARED SHOWS HIS FACE” (May 29, 2007)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (ALALAM.IR, May 27, 2007, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia): “FOUR SAUDIS KILLED IN LEBANON CLASHES” (May 29, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: “JIHADISTS MOVING INTO LEBANON FROM SYRIA” by Christopher Allbritton (May 29, 2007)

More Links (May 29, 2007)

1,359 posted on 05/30/2007 3:31:15 AM PDT by Cindy


1,434 posted on 05/31/2007 11:07:04 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3407317,00.html

“Lebanese army masses armor outside Palestinian refugee camp”
Published: 06.01.07, 09:02 / Israel News

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Plumes of smoke rose out of the Nahr el-Bared camp where Fatah Islam militants have been holed up in a 13-day siege by the Lebanese army. (AP)”


1,435 posted on 05/31/2007 11:14:16 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; SJackson; yonif; ganeshpuri89; backhoe; piasa

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1180527979373&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jun. 1, 2007 8:18
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hamas

IDF nabs 6 Palestinian terror suspects in W. Bank
By JPOST.COM STAFF

IDF troops arrested six Palestinian terror suspects in the West Bank overnight Thursday.

The detainees included four Hamas operatives, who were nabbed near Ramallah, and two Tanzim activists, apprehended next to Kalkilya.


1,436 posted on 05/31/2007 11:18:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373432
TERRORISM FOCUS

“Saudi Authorities Crack Down on Forgery Networks”
By Christopher Boucek


1,437 posted on 05/31/2007 11:53:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

More Details UPDATE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=identitytheft

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842959/posts

http://www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2007/05/31/ap-state-wi/d8pfqem81.txt

Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2007 12:47 AM CDT
“Milwaukee officer accused of being illegally in U.S.”

MILWAUKEE -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court Thursday said Ayala-Cornejo, 24, was born in Mexico and is not a U.S. citizen but his cousin was.

The complaint quotes a brother of the deceased as saying the real Jose Morales died of cancer in Mexico in 1989 or 1990. The brother also is quoted as saying his father offered to give his dead son’s identity to Ayala-Cornejo, along with paperwork to back it up.

Ayala-Cornejo was charged with falsely representing himself as U.S. citizen, carrying up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Aaron Goodstein ordered him held in custody until a detention hearing Monday.

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said state prosecutors were reviewing the case for possible charges.

The federal complaint said agents learned of the case from an anonymous telephone tip Feb. 20.

Ayala-Cornejo has a brother on the Milwaukee police force who is a U.S. citizen, the complaint said.”

(”Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com
A service of the Associated Press(AP)”)


1,438 posted on 06/01/2007 12:16:13 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842958/posts

“Baghdad Residents Call for U.S. Help to Battle Al Qaeda”
Fox News ^ | 31 May 2007 | Staff Writer

Posted on 06/01/2007 12:02:08 AM PDT by txradioguy

BAGHDAD

(AP)


1,439 posted on 06/01/2007 12:18:13 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Irish_Thatcherite; All
This page has been updated:

"VERONICA GUERIN"

1,440 posted on 06/01/2007 1:32:07 AM PDT by Cindy
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