Movie piracy linked to international terrorism?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/03/should-movie-pi.html
Film Piracy, Organized Crime and Terrorism
(Rand report - opens in pdf)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG742.sum.pdf
ATF offers $20,000 reward in Ark. bombing
No suspects named in blast that critically injured prominent doctor
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - Federal authorities are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever planted the homemade explosive that critically injured the head of the Arkansas State Medical Board......
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29514710/
ATF Announces $10,000 Reward in Gun Theft
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Special Agent in Charge Bernard J. Zapor of the St. Paul Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), today announced that ATF is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the theft of firearms that occurred at Alpha Title & Pawn in Spearfish, S.D.
The burglary occurred on Feb. 22, 2009. There were approximately 15 firearms taken. Alpha Title & Pawn is a federally licensed firearms dealer.....
http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20090304/DC7900004032009-1.html
U.N. to make ban on criticizing Islam mandatory?
Expected proposal would criminalize such comments in U.S.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90736
Global Poll Shows Muslims Split on al-Qaida
(snippet)
In nearly all the nations polled, a significant majority of people - seven out of 10, on average - said they believe bombings, assassinations and violent attacks on civilians by al-Qaida and other Islamist groups are “not justified at all” as a means to achieve political or religious goals.
But Steven Kull, the director of World Public Opinion, says there is equally strong support for al-Qaida’s goal of driving the U.S. military out of the Muslim world.....
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-04-voa68.cfm
VEL: In other words, in nearly all nations polled 3 out of 10 muslims believe bombings, assassinations and violent attacks on civilians by al-Qaida and other Islamist groups ARE justified. 3 out of 10.