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Posted on 05/01/2007 8:52:12 PM PDT by nwctwx
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have learned farmed fish were fed meal contaminated by an industrial chemical linked to pet food recall.
press conference at 2:30pm Eastern
~STILL WAITING
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PREMEDITATED MERGER- Head of group promoting ‘SuperCorridor’ fires back at critics- By Jerome R. Corsi
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55587
IS LOU DOBBS BEING SET UP TO FOLLOW DON IMUS?- Dobbs critic Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center was ominous. It is an indication that certain political views, mostly of a conservative nature, are being put into the same category as the Don Imus....
http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff148.htm
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH - On to your phony “War on Terror.” If your purpose were really to protect America and the American people, your first act after 9/11 would have been to close our borders, both North and South. But you haven’t done that, have you? Instead, you have purposely and with malice used your shill, Johnnie Sutton, to go after any border agent or law enforcement officer who dares protect our country....
http://www.newswithviews.com/Stuter/stuter101.htm
Then folks say that the VA shootings murderer was brainwashed by CIA to kill students. Then the critics beg to ask Why...how about this why...
NATIONWIDE SCHOOL LOCKDOWN POLICIES- Governmental commissions, committees, think tanks, presidents, and global paramilitary partners are working double-time to establish the lockdown of the united States of America, the NAU, and all other mandates of the fully operational one-world government.
http://www.newswithviews.com/Levant/nancy87.htm
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Jerusalem’s Arab population rising twice as fast as its Jewish
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070508101328.n5kdf6cf&show_article=1
Terre Haute base for new military exercises
TERRE HAUTE — An eight-day military training exercise in which the state coordinates with local emergency response officials will begin Thursday and use Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field as a forward operating base.
http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_127235015.html
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Iran’s reformist students fight for democracy despite government crackdown...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/08/MNG6FPMR6U1.DTL&type=politics
Terrorist plot in Cherry Hill, NJ; illegal aliens among alleged plotters;
a John Doe turned them in; press conference at 2:30pm Eastern;
Fort Dix has been a refuge for ethnic Albanians; details from the complaint;
Dix responds
By Michelle Malkin
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007477.htm?print=1
Just marched into court one by one...confirmed ALL here illegally facing life sentences...three of them are brothers...BTW ‘Albanians’ named mohhamed?!
Detained until hearing on Friday-prelim on 5/22
~still awaiting press conference
Presser on now.
What I find infuriating is all I have access to is CNN and they cut away from the presser for the Queen! God forbid they would show Bush is right on the WOT!!!
~Updates please?
Sorry, Piper. I missed most of it, too. My daughter-in-law (who lives next door) called in a panic.....had a rattlesnake in her driveway and she was afraid to leave the house or let the toddlers out. I drove down and ran over it a couple of times. Killed that sucker and then found out it was just a harmless bull snake. Ah, the joys of country livin’!
I’m sure someone will fill us in.
GRINNING...Well now, isn’t that good news.
THANK YOU all4one.
Paint ball — just another social club.
Great...that saved me time.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2007/nk050807.htm
NEWS
United States Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey
970 Broad Street, Seventh Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Christopher J. Christie, U.S. Attorney
May 8, 2007
SIX INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO MURDER U.S. SOLDIERS AT NEW JERSEY MILITARY BASE
CAMDEN, N.J. - Five individuals—three of them brothers—have been arrested and charged with plotting to kill soldiers at the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie and Philadelphia FBI Special Agent in Charge J.P. Weis announced today. A sixth defendant is charged with aiding and abetting the illegal possession of firearms by three of the members of the group.
The arrests occurred last night in Cherry Hill as two of the defendants were meeting a confidential government witness to purchase three AK-47 automatic machine guns and four semi-automatic M-16s to be used in an attack they had been planning from at least January 2006, according to criminal complaints unsealed this morning.
Some members of the group allegedly conducted surveillance at Fort Dix and also at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey, Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and the U.S. Coast Guard in Philadelphia. The co-conspirators obtained a detailed map of Fort Dix, where they said they hoped to use assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades to kill as many soldiers as possible. They also conducted small-arms training at a shooting range in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania and distributed training videos amongst themselves that included depictions of American soldiers being killed and known foreign Islamic radicals urging jihad against the United States.
“This case underscores the need for continued vigilance against threats within our borders,” said Assistant Attorney General Wainstein. “While these defendants are not charged with being members of an international terrorism organization, their involvement in weapons training, operational surveillance and discussions about killing American military personnel warranted a strong law enforcement response.”
“The actions of these defendants posed a real threat to the safety and security of New Jersey citizens,” U.S. Attorney Christie said. “We will remain steadfast in our focus on protecting New Jersey from the terrorist threat among us whether that threat is against everyday citizens or our men and women in uniform.”
“I want to especially salute the unsung hero who took the initiative to report the video to local authorities,” said Special Agent in Charge Weis. “His or her actions are the embodiment of the cooperation we need from the public to keep this nation safe. We need to reach the point where everyone is willing to come forward and say to law enforcement, ‘I have seen or heard something that you need to know.’”
“The individuals arrested today present an alarming example of the need to maintain a vigilant stance towards those who would do us harm,” said Julie Myers, ICE Assistant Secretary. “This case is an excellent example of how ICE immigration investigative authorities are making the country safer.”
The five defendants are each charged with conspiracy to murder members of the uniformed services, which carries a maximum statutory penalty of imprisonment for any term of years or for life. All six defendants were to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider in federal court in Camden, where the government would be seeking their detention without bail.
The investigation began on Jan. 31, 2006, after the FBI received a video recording showing the six individuals charged in the complaint and four other men firing assault weapons in militia-like style at a Poconos shooting range. The recording depicted them calling for holy war (jihad) and shouting “God is great” in Arabic. The recording was recovered after one of the plotters took the videotape to a retail establishment seeking to have it converted into a DVD. According to the complaint, the DVD was to be distributed and used as a training tool.
Alarmed by what they had seen on the videotape, store employees contacted the FBI. After the recording was turned over to the FBI, agents used a confidential witness (CW) to infiltrate the group. The CW convinced the plotters that he had the same jihadist goals and that he could get them weaponry needed to carry out the assault at Fort Dix.
Two of the defendants—Dritan Duka and Shain Duka - were arrested at a residence in Cherry Hill last night as they arrived to purchase the AK-47s and M-16s as previously arranged with the CW. (The weapons provided by the FBI for the controlled purchase were inoperable.) Eljvir Duka was arrested at Dritan Duka’s residence; the other three at their respective residences. All of the arrests and court-authorized searches of the residences were conducted beginning about 9 p.m. last night.
The defendants are as follows:
Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22, of Cherry Hill. He was born in Jordan, is a U.S. citizen and is employed as a taxicab driver in Philadelphia.
Eljvir Duka, 23, of Cherry Hill, a.k.a. “Elvis Duka,” a.k.a. “Sulayman,” was born in the former Yugoslavia. Duka is illegally residing in the U.S. and operates businesses known as Qadr. Inc., Colonial Roofing and National Roofing, all of which list business addresses the same as his residence.
Dritan Duka, 28, of Cherry Hill, a.k.a. “Distan Duka,” a.k.a. “Anthony Duka,” a.k.a. “Tony Duka.” He was born in the former Yugoslavia, is illegally residing in the U.S. and operates businesses known as Colonial Roofing and National Roofing, both which list business addresses at the residence of defendants Eljvir Duka and Shain Duka. (All of the Dukas charged are brothers).
Shain Duka, 26, of the same address as Eljvir Duka in Cherry Hill, a.k.a. “Shaheen,” was born in the former Yugoslavia. Shain Duka is illegally residing in the U.S. and operates businesses known as Colonial Roofing and National Roofing, both which list business addresses the same as his residence.
Serdar Tatar, 23, of Philadelphia, was born in Turkey. Tatar is legally residing in the U.S. His last know employment was at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Philadelphia.
Agron Abdullahu, 24, of Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County, was born in the former Yugoslavia. Abdullahu is legally residing in the U.S. and is employed at a Shop-Rite Supermarket.
The Duka brothers and Abdullahu were born in the former Yugoslavia.
Abdullahu is charged only with aiding and abetting the Duka brothers’ illegal possession of weapons, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Each of the Duka brothers are also charged with being illegal aliens in possession of firearms, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
A criminal complaint and this news release can be found at the U.S. Attorney’s Office Public Affairs Office Web site: www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/index.html (All affidavits for each of the defendants are the same.)
The CW, following his infiltration of the Duka Organization, recorded numerous conversations with the defendants, in which they discussed tactics, surveillance and plans for attacking U.S. military bases and killing soldiers, radical theology and hatred of America and support of jihad.
On Aug. 11, 2006, for example, Shnewer was recorded by the CW as Shnewer described his and the group’s intentions in an attack at Ft. Dix:
“My intent is to hit a heavy concentration of soldiers.... This is exactly what we are looking for. You hit four, five or six Humvees and light the whole place [up] and retreat completely without any losses.”
Repeatedly, Shnewer was recorded saying that he knew what they were doing was illegal and that their activities had to be hidden. In one instance, Shnewer allegedly showed a DVD from his computer to the CW, telling the CW it had to be done in private because, “It’s about something that can lead to prison.” The DVD depicted various jihadist images while a narrator recruits the observer to the jihadist movement.
Shnewer at one point gave his laptop computer to the CW with the instruction that he look at certain video files, according to the complaint. (The FBI copied the hard drive before it was returned to Shnewer.) Among them, according to the complaint, was a file that appeared to depict the last will and testaments of two of the September 11 hijackers and another with images of Osama Bin Laden and other Islamic extremists calling the viewer to join the jihadist movement.
A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. All of the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Special Agents of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division and the FBI South Jersey Joint Terrorism Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge J.P. Weis, in Philadelphia, conducted the investigation.
The FBI South Jersey JTTF is comprised of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of the Acting Prosecutor Joshua M. Ottenberg, N.J. State Police, under the direction of Col. Joseph “Rick” Fuentes, Superintendent, the Delaware River Port Authority Police, under the direction of Chief Vincent Borrelli, and Philadelphia Division of ICE, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge John P. Kelleghan.
Assistance and support in making the arrests was provided by the Cherry Hill Police Department, Cherry Hill Fire Department, Camden County Sheriff’s Department, Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, Mt. Laurel Police Department and the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.
I missed this press release from last month.
(For lurkers, this is UNRELATED to the Jersey Jihad case today.)
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The following text is a quote:
http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2007/nk043007.pdf
NEWARK – A Newark man pleaded guilty today to phoning in false bomb threats targeting the Hoboken PATH Station, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced.
Miguel Reyes, 32, pleaded guilty to a one-count Information before U.S. District Court Judge William H. Walls, which charges him with making false threats concerning malicious damage to and bombing of a public place and transportation system. Judge Walls continued the defendant’s detention without bail pending sentencing, which is scheduled for Aug. 21. Reyes has been held without bail since he was charged in a federal criminal Complaint that was signed on Dec 1, 2006.
During his plea hearing, Reyes admitted that on three dates, Oct. 18, 20, and Nov. 2, 2006, he placed telephone calls to 911 during which he stated either that there was going to be an explosion in the Hoboken PATH Station or that a bomb was going to explode in the Hoboken PATH Station. Reyes further admitted that he knew this information was false when he reported the bomb threats.
The charge carries a statutory maximum penalty of five years and a $250,000 fine.
Christie credited FBI Special Agents in Newark and the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New Jersey, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Pedro Ruiz, for their work in the investigation leading to the charges against Reyes.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Kogan of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Terrorism Unit in Newark.
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I came face to face with a copper in Kansas (Ft. Riley) drove around him...but feeding a pack of ‘doggies’ is a whole other story ;)
“Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets,” said FBI agent J.P. Weiss.
“We had a group that was forming a platoon to take on an army. They identified their target, they did their reconnaissance. They had maps. And they were in the process of buying weapons. Luckily, we were able to stop that.”
Yep, just finished reading another document.
They were very well organized, in my opinion.
Paint ball — just another social club.
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Adding to post no. 389 - Memory jogger - trivia, but interesting.
Re Paint Ball
http://www.thesmokinggun.com:80/archive/years/2007/0508071ftdix15.html
Item no. 56
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=borderpatrol
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830356/posts
Border Patrol agents assaulted and make pot busts
YumaSun.com ^ | May 7, 2007 | Nicole E. Squibbs
Posted on 05/08/2007 1:59:28 PM PDT by Boston Blackie
U.S. Border Patrol agents were assaulted in two recent incidences while apprehending Mexican nationals illegally in the United States.
Agents from the Border Patrol Yuma sector’s bike patrol unit were assaulted by a convicted murderer at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Agents driving a marked Border Patrol vehicle through Somerton noticed two people exit and run from a pickup truck stopped at an intersection, according to a Border Patrol news release.
The agents caught one of the subjects, who was determined to be a Mexican national illegally in the U.S. They spotted the second subject hiding behind a wall. As they approached the man, he assaulted the nearest agent, who was able to block several fist strikes, but was struck in the face by the man’s head, according to the release.
The agent restrained the man and took him into custody, where a records check revealed he was convicted of murder and sentenced to prison in 1991. He was released from the Arizona Department of Corrections and deported to Mexico as an aggravated felon Dec. 10, 2006, the news release said.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828715/posts
“Attacks on border agents continue”
Imperial Valley Press ^ | 05/03/2007 | DARREN SIMON
Posted on 05/04/2007 8:30:19 PM PDT by dvan
I remember that discussion, Ex.
We saw the evidence back after the Bali bombing in ‘02 - small two- or three-man dedicated teams fanned out from the ME, with cash in hand and orders to “go forth and be fruitful and multiply”. The teams were the “seed” for locally-recruited home-grown cells, with instant funding and intimate knowledge of the local area - stuff that an inserted team would have wasted time accumulating.
As the data rolls in, it will be telling us whether or not this was Sudden Jihad, or guys who came over, went to sleep, and got the wake-up call...
One thing I notice: they were targeting bases, not civilian targets. Ft. Dix, USCG stations, Dover AFB - imagine the symbology, what we would have done if one of the returning Angel Flights got hit!?
(Sorry, I answered that even as I asked it: absolutely nothing. But I digress...)
If this was a team of 6-7 MAM’s, achieving total surprise, with firepower significantly more that the rent-a-cops at the gates, they may have succeeded in at least one goal: displaying their tenacity and their ability to strike in CONUS once again.
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The frequency with which these al-Qaeda media products are released, as well as their professional production values, strongly suggests that al-Sahab is headquartered in an area where its employees have easy access to high-quality media gear and which has been reliably secured against intrusions by al-Qaeda’s enemies.”
http://jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=241
“Latest al-Zawahiri Tape Targets American Society”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “05/08/2007 - By Michael Scheuer (from Terrorism Focus, May 8) - In an hour-plus videotaped interview broadcast on May 5, al-Qaeda deputy chief Ayman al-Zawahiri answered questions from an unnamed interviewer from al-Qaeda’s video arm, al-Sahab Productions. The topics addressed covered the range of issues usually focused on by al-Qaeda leaders in videos, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and most other ongoing Islamist insurgencies. Al-Zawahiri also again attacked the perfidy of Hamas and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood for cooperating with, respectively, the Arab-state allies of the United States—calling them “Condoleezza Rice’s boys”—at the recent Riyadh Conference on Palestine and Hosni Mubarak’s regime. In the video, however, al-Zawahiri’s presentation introduces several new elements which may portend an increasing al-Qaeda effort to make itself part of domestic U.S. politics and to appeal to the religious sentiments and societal and economic dissatisfactions of American Muslims, especially African American Muslims. The new video maintains the high tempo of al-Zawahiri’s media appearances in 2007. Al-Zawahiri’s May 5 appearance is his seventh of the year, of which two have been on videotape and five on audiotape. Overall, the al-Sahab media organization has released 35 videotapes in 2007, which is a rate of one videotape every 3.6 days [1]. The frequency with which these al-Qaeda media products are released, as well as their professional production values, strongly suggests that al-Sahab is headquartered in an area where its employees have easy access to high-quality media gear and which has been reliably secured against intrusions by al-Qaeda’s enemies.
Al-Qaeda has previously tried to impact U.S. domestic politics through its video and audio tapes.”
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373379
(TERRORISM FOCUS)
“Iran’s Decision to Expel Refugees May Destabilize Western Afghanistan”
By Waliullah Rahmani
(May 8, 2007)
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