ping to march... sorry a little late. as mentioned in old thread, had some computer difficulties and was unable to find time at work to put the new one up!
Thanks for the ping.
Thanks for the ping Ian, and thanks to all of the outstanding posters on the TM threads.
Thank you nw and I the thread header is excellent.
Thank you!
Thanks NW. I hope your computer is doing better.
Thanks for the heads up to March. Better now than never.
Simple, direct revue for reforming Islam might interest you. YOU may have already posted it. If so prefer your saw it twice than not at all.
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/03/reform-islam-possible-or-mind-fck.html
Glad you got your computer repaired and more glad you’re here with us!
Merci beaucoup, Ian.
Time Marches on...
Thanks so much for all your hard work!
It’s not a great plan to prod a 155 howitzer round with your rifle barrel.
A group of Iraqi volunteer militiamen attempted to dig out a roadside bomb.
You can imagine the results.
A U.S. aircraft was overhead and the air-crew was viewing the activity at the time.
http://www.liveleak.com/player2.swf?token=18f_1201000704
Thank you for the ping.
Holy cow - what happened to FR?
I had trouble finding this thread! :-(
And what is RSS? Was so glad there wasn’t RSS here previously. I’ve seen it everywhere and never clicked on it, for fear that it would re-set something.
Is there any scoop on the NY bomber? Been itching to get to the computer today to find out.
http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=669934
“RPI suspends ‘Virtual Jihadi’
Exhibit portraying artist as bomber targeting Bush sparks uproar”
By MARC PARRY, Staff writer
Click byline for more stories by writer.
First published: Friday, March 7, 2008
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020229.php
(TIMES UNION.com)
March 8, 2008
“’Artist’ at New York college portrays himself as jihadist out to kill Bush, complains about hostile reception, FBI involvement”
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stepping back in time...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013190.php
September 19, 2006
“New ‘jihad’ video game targets Bush, US Forces, Shi’ite leaders”
UPDATE:
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f34845c2-550c-4f6d-b95c-b28d623a1fbc&k=2173
“Canadian released from Indian prison back in Montreal”
Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, March 28, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Now that he’s back on Canadian soil, Saul Itzhayek will start trying to clear his name.
The 42-year-old Montreal resident touched down at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal Friday after being released earlier this week from an Indian jail where he’d been held for 10 months.
With family members at his side, Itzhayek vowed he won’t stop fighting until he is acquitted of charges he entered India illegally last May. At an appeal this week, a judge released Itzhayek based on time served, but did not acquit him of the crime.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/china/
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UPDATE:
March 31, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/March/08_nsd_252.html
Defense Department Official Pleads Guilty to Espionage Charge Involving China
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty today to a one-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to disclose national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it, in violation of 18 U.S.C., Sections 793(d) and (g). Bergersen was arrested on February 11, 2008 on a criminal complaint charging this same offense.
Patrick Rowan, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security; U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg of the Eastern District of Virginia; and Arthur M. Cummings, II, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI’s National Security Branch, made the announcement after the plea was accepted by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Bergersen faces up to ten years in prison when he is sentenced on June 20, 2008.
“Mr. Bergersen betrayed his oath to serve and protect our nation when he used his government position to access and pass national defense information to a person he knew was not entitled to receive it. This case serves as a reminder that espionage networks are relentless in their efforts to steal our secrets and continue to pose a serious threat to our national security,” said Patrick Rowan, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security.
“Every day, dedicated men and women throughout government serve our nation with honor and dignity. Mr. Bergersen chose a different path – a path of dishonor – that is deeply disappointing,” said U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg.
According to a Statement of Facts filed in Court with Bergersen’s Plea Agreement, the criminal conduct spanned the time period of March 2007 to February 2008. During this time, Bergersen — a Weapons Systems Policy Analyst at the Arlington, Va.-based Defense Security Cooperation Agency, an agency within the Department of Defense — provided national defense information on numerous occasions to Tai Shen Kuo, a New Orleans businessman.
Much of the information pertained to U.S. military sales to Taiwan and was classified at the Secret level. During the course of the conspiracy, Kuo cultivated a friendship with Bergersen, bestowing on him gifts, cash payments, dinners, and money for gambling during trips to Las Vegas.
Unbeknown to Bergersen, Kuo passed along to an official of the government of the PRC the information Bergersen had provided him. In some of his meetings with Kuo, Bergersen cautioned that the information he was providing was classified.
On one such occasion, in July 2007, Bergersen handed Kuo a classified document with jagged cut marks at the top and bottom of each page. Bergersen pointed out to Kuo that he had cut off the document’s title and had also removed the classification markings from the top and bottom of every page, ensuring Kuo that he was being given classified information.
Espionage charges are still pending against Kuo and an alleged conspirator, Yu Xin Kang, both of whom remain held without bond.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) provided substantial assistance and cooperation throughout the course of the investigation.
The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Neil Hammerstrom and Aaron Zebley from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Trial Attorney Ryan Fayhee from the Counterespionage Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
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