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US Steps Up Security Following Attack in Britain

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff made appearances on several television talk shows.

He told ABC's This Week program there is no indication of a linkage between the events in Britain and any specific attacks on the United States. "We do not have, at this point, specific, credible intelligence that there is an attack, a particular attack, focused on this country," he said.

But at the same time, speaking on CNN's Late Edition program, Chertoff said U.S. authorities are concerned about the threat of terrorism, especially in the coming months. "We have had a number of al-Qaida leaders quite publicly talking about how they want to carry out their threats against the West. So, given that and given the history that we have had over past summers, with attacks in Britain, I think we were clearly focused on this as a possibility," he said. Full story...

	More United Kingdom Attacks Possible
	More US Air Marshals on Flights to Europe
	Officials: Car Bomb Plot Bears al Qaida's Trademark

[Cindy]

Updates appreciated on the ID of this suspect.
Thank you.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873875/posts

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003812903_webtires30m.html

Monday, July 30, 2007 - Page updated at 10:15 AM

“42 tires slashed at Army recruiting office in Silverdale; student arrested”
By The Associated Press

SILVERDALE —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “He told deputies he decided to slash the tires of Army recruiting vehicles because he “hated the military and the government and the war we were in.”

He was jailed for investigation of first-degree malicious mischief, a dangerous-weapon violation for the knife and being a minor in possession of alcohol, with bail set at $10,000.”

[Cindy]

Updates appreciated on the ID of this suspect.
Thank you.

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/325638_firebomb31.html

Last updated July 30, 2007 9:57 a.m. PT

“Seattle video store firebombed”
By HECTOR CASTRO
P-I REPORTER

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The arsonist struck Rainier Video, at Rainier Avenue South and South Rose Street, about 7:45 p.m. Sunday as the clerk and her 9-year-old son were inside.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Patrol officers caught the 44-year-old suspected arsonist a few blocks away.”

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13102&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070730-07
July 30, 2007

Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain al Qaeda cell leader in Husaybuh
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces teams conducted a series of raids, July 29 detaining a suspected al Qaeda cell leader responsible for attacks and facilitating foreign fighters in the Al Qaim area.

With U.S. Special Forces present as advisers, Iraqi Police detained two primary
suspects and three additional persons of interest in the vicinity of Husaybuh, located on the Euphrates River west of Al Qaim. Various documents, including multiple identification cards and passports, were also seized during the operation.

The cell leader, who allegedly runs al Qaeda in Iraq activities in Husaybuh, is
purportedly involved in the planning of future large scale attacks against Coalition Forces in the western Euphrates River valley. The second primary suspect is a school teacher believed to be spreading propaganda and recruiting his students to kill members of the Iraqi Police and Army.

No Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured during this operation.

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[Cindy]

July 30, 2007

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/July/07_nsd_561%20.html

California Man to Plead Guilty in Plot
to Export Restricted Technology to India

WASHINGTON — A California man was charged today with illegally exporting sensitive technology to a business in India that was restricted from receiving such technology without a license, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California George S. Cardona announced today.

Samuel Shangteh Peng, 56, of Yorba Linda, California was named in a criminal information filed in the United States District Court in Santa Ana, California. The information alleges five counts of unlawful exports to a prohibited entity. Peng has agreed to plead guilty to the charges, each of which carries a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.

“The defendant circumvented our export laws and put sophisticated equipment in the hands of a foreign company that was listed as an end-user of concern for proliferation reasons. With this prosecution, the defendant will no longer be able to make a profit at the expense of our national security,” said Assistant Attorney General Wainstein.

Peng was an international sales manager and was responsible for all exports at Endevco Corporation, an Orange County, California company that manufactures electronic sensors, vibration testing equipment, and other technology with both civilian and military applications. The information alleges that Peng illegally exported a variety of sensitive items in 1999 and 2000 from the United States to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Engine Division, in Bangalore, India.

In 1998, the U.S. Department of Commerce designated this facility in India as an end-user of concern for proliferation reasons. As such, it was unlawful for anyone in the United States to export certain goods or technology of U.S. origin from the United States to HAL without authorization and an export license from the Department of Commerce. The facility was removed from the prohibited entity list in 2001.

During 1999 and 2000, Peng allegedly exported to HAL vibration amplifiers, cable assemblies and vibration processor units, which can be used in military and civilian aircraft to extract vibration information from engines and to simulate output for calibrating, servicing, and testing that equipment. According to the criminal information, at no time did Peng have the required export license to export vibration amplifiers, cable assemblies, and vibration processor units from the United States to HAL.

Peng will be summoned to appear for an arraignment in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California on August 20, 2007.

This case is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Todd T. Tristan of the Santa Ana Branch Office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.

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07-561

[Cindy]

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

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Note: The following blog entry is a quote:

http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/2303.htm

Imam Is Fired Because of His Secular Lifestyle

Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) ended the employment of Ahmet Akpinar, a deputy imam in a small town of Antalya, because his actions, attitude, faith and religious conduct were not in accordance with Islamic lifestyle; that he allegedly danced and drank at weddings. Diyanet claimed that Akpinar’s dressing style and his social life did not match those of a religious personality.
Akpinar took the matter to the High Administrative Court to get his job back. He said that for four years he has carried out all the duties of an imam diligently as a civil servant of a secular state. Imam Akpinar in his statement said, “I wore the appropriate religious garbs to conduct prayers but beyond my working hours, in my private life, I dressed in suits and ties, regularly shaved and acted like the rest of the secular, modern society. It is for this that I am being punished. I never drink alcohol.”
Source: Aksam, July 30, 2007

Posted at: 2007-07-30

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873950/posts

“Is Iran Busted?”
IBD ^ | JUly 30, 2007

Posted on 07/30/2007 5:32:32 PM PDT by Kaslin

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/31jul07/women_in_the_jihad/thread.htm

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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006180.html

30 July 2007
“Women in the jihad”

[Cindy]

www.alnour.hyperphp.com/vb/

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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006179.html

30 July 2007

“It takes all kinds...”

[Cindy]

www.fileflyer.com/view/EctMfAS

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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006178.html

30 July 2007

“The ruling regarding the attacking of oil facilities
Document being re-circulated. File name is Nefti.doc as we acquired it.”

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006177.html

30 July 2007
“Active: altabetoun.110mb.com
‘Official website of the jihad in Egypt’ or so they say.”

[jveritas]

Thank you Cindy for the ping. I will e-mail the ISP that hosts this terrorist website and asking them to shut it down.

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/31jul07/page1.gif
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/31jul07/page2.gif
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/31jul07/page3.gif

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006176.html

30 July 2007
al-boraq.org: down
Not available by the IP address 12.47.45.102 either.

This is the al-Qaida faction of al-Boraq.

They issued a statement that is making the rounds, saying that the “dogs” got their site shut down, but Insha’allah they will be back.

It took them three pages to say that:

page 1 | page 2 | page 3
The Islamic Army in Iraq faction’s version of the al-Boraq forum is alive and well.

Posted on 30 July 2007 @ 17:37

[Cindy]

You’re welcome jveritas.

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006175.html

Note: The following text (minus the graphic) is a quote:

30 July 2007
Hamas Iraq issues Vol. 1 No. 1 of their .PDF magazine

File under “Pride before a fall”.

Posted on 30 July 2007 @ 17:36

[Cindy]

The latest UPDATE:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006174.html

30 July 2007
alommh.org/al-ommh.net: down. Again.

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006173.html

30 July 2007
“It’s one of those cycles of intelligence things...”

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006172.html

30 July 2007
“DOWN: www.alnakshabandia-army.com and theislamsun.com”

“By fakir”

Posted on 30 July 2007 @ 17:35

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006171.html

30 July 2007
“Speaking of the *other* al-Boraq forum”

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http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/31jul07/muslm-IAI-rockets.jpg

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006170.html

30 July 2007

“alfurqan.my-place.us: down”

“By jveritas”

[jveritas]

Excellent.

I just recieved an excellent e-mail from one of the ISP providers informing me that they shut down the following terrorist websites:

http://www.isi86.jeeran.com

http://w1000.jeeran.com ,

http://ozzzo.jeeran.com ,

http://hguwhzf.jeeran.com ,

http://www.j11jjj.jeeran.com ,

http://moqaawama.jeeran.com.