TAMPA - A 22-year-old Clearwater man, arrested at Tampa International Airport after security personnel said they found a box cutter hidden inside a hollowed out book, will be released on a $25,000 signature bond, federal officials said.
A federal judge has allowed the uncle of Benjamin Baines Jr., to use his signature as bail, said Steve Cole, the spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa. If Baines does not show for court, his uncle must pay $25,000.
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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/13/bond-okd-man-box-cutter-tampa-airport/
China steps up air security after alleged terror plot
3/15/08
BEIJING — Chinese authorities have announced tighter airport security ahead of the Beijing Olympics after saying an alleged Muslim terrorist tried to blow up a plane with soft drink cans containing petrol.
Passengers will no longer be allowed to take liquids onto domestic flights, according to regulations posted on the national aviation authority's website, which said more specifics on that ban would be announced soon. Airport staff must also increase hand baggage checks, while "easy boarding services" that provide quicker boarding procedures for a fee have been banned under the new regulations, posted Thursday.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-taUDbyM_mKMtLSAtg9d6az8Jcg
Lessons in Jihad as secret terror manual translated by MI5 is made public by America
15th March 2008
The amazing series of events that led to an Al Qaeda terrorist manual becoming freely available on the internet can be revealed today. Only last week a terror suspect was jailed in Britain for having a copy of it and told that its possession was a “serious criminal offence”.
But the deadly document, described as a Declaration of Jihad, is a public record in the US – after being translated from Arabic and typed up for MI5, passed to the American authorities and then declassified by the Department of Justice.
The manual includes advice on planning kidnappings, bombings, assassinations and torture. It was originally handwritten in Arabic and available only to a very few Al Qaeda operatives and commanders directly linked to Osama Bin Laden.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=535428&in_page_id=1770
Ooops Oorang, sorry, had the same post - YOU are always on top of things - thankfully!
“If Baines does not show for court, his uncle must pay $25,000.”
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Just a thought...what will we pay as a country if he doesn’t “show for court”?