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Al Qaeda again threatens America (Thread 3) Daily Terror Threat
World Tribune ^ | Thursday, February 5, 2004

Posted on 02/05/2004 8:31:17 PM PST by Mossad1967

Edited on 02/09/2004 3:20:18 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A purported statement by al-Qaida in Yemen warned Saturday of a "major strike" soon in the United States.

The statement, distributed by the Yemeni Tagamoo Party for Reforms, said: "A major strike, a big event will take place in America soon," reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks.


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To: Letitring; Calpernia; Cindy; judicial meanz; Myrddin
Suspected outbreak of NOROvirus at the same Philly hotel the GOP gathered in last week.

http://www.freeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1079124/posts

This is the same virus that almost killed one of my children last year when a classmate's family took a disney cruise.
3,561 posted on 02/16/2004 11:19:08 AM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: Domestic Church
Dear Lord. That is some sick people, then. That virus is rough.
3,562 posted on 02/16/2004 11:26:50 AM PST by Letitring
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To: Calpernia
Hey! ;)
3,563 posted on 02/16/2004 11:33:47 AM PST by JustPiper (Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night)
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Suspect Oil Deals Were Norm Under Saddam

Monday, February 16, 2004

PARIS — Investigators in Iraq are asking questions about how Saddam Hussein (search) ran the country's huge oil business and why certain countries treated the former Iraqi dictator better than others.

The Justice Ministry in Iraq's interim government recently uncovered documents about suspect oil deals in Saddam's regime, which collapsed in April after U.S. troops succeeded in taking Baghdad.

It reads like a "Who's Who" of the Friends of Saddam club. It's a list of 271 companies, politicians and organizations that allegedly benefited from the former Iraqi regime by getting large amounts of cut-rate oil that would earn kickbacks when sold by oil brokers.

"Instead of using the wealth to reconstruct Iraq — like building universities or highways — he just gave it as gifts to his followers," said Asim Jihad, a spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry (search).

France is one of the countries favored most as the list documents 11 French recipients of oil allotments, including a businessman with ties to French President Jacques Chirac (search), a diplomat who served under Chirac when he was prime minister and a former French ambassador to the United Nations.

"It's pretty clear that Saddam Hussein thought he could influence the French," said Vincent Hugeux, an editor with L'Express Magazine.

The Franco-Iraqi Friendship Association (search) is another group allegedly getting bribes or rewards. Its chief denies getting oil allotments but does admit to getting commissions from French oil firms he helped in Baghdad.

"I served as an intermediary and in exchange for that got some benefits," said Gilles Munier, the secretary general of the Franco-Iraqi Friendship Association.

Many of those listed said they didn't get any oil allocations from Saddam. Those who did said it was within the legal framework of the U.N.-run Oil for Food (search ) program, which oversaw Iraq's oil sales and purchases of other items.

But analysts said the fact that people might have illicitly profited from the system raises concerns.

"Some of the payments are of a size and a profit margin which raises the questions why and to what purpose?" said Claude Hankes-Drielsma, an analyst with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

Hankes-Drielsma, who is a consultant to the Iraqi Governing Council, wants a U.N. investigation into the matter. And the U.S. Treasury Department says its also interested in finding out more about deals reached during the Saddam regime.

3,564 posted on 02/16/2004 11:36:24 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: FairOpinion
Thanking Bump for the FYI!
3,565 posted on 02/16/2004 11:38:27 AM PST by JustPiper (Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night)
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To: TexKat
These FBI agents are rumored to be here to assess the possibility of a large-scale operation in Karam and Aurakzai agencies in the tribal area of Pakistan to search for Osama Bin Laden.

We must ask ourselves which rumor do we put stock in? That he 'is' in custody or being 'searched' for

3,566 posted on 02/16/2004 11:40:58 AM PST by JustPiper (Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night)
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To: knak
Anything is possible, but I still say if he is tagged it is 'bagged' -g-
3,567 posted on 02/16/2004 11:42:11 AM PST by JustPiper (Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night)
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To: Mossad1967
Bump. Does this fit somewhat with our contingency plans for invading Iran?
3,568 posted on 02/16/2004 11:50:51 AM PST by jerseygirl
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To: Domestic Church
When that information about Philly was first posted (69 plus people needing emergency care after attending a conference at Loew's), food poisoning was suggested. Has anyone heard any more? At the time, someone reading this terror-update noted that there is something else that causes the similar gastrointestinal symptoms, and is Not curable. That is all they said- never said what the other possibility could be.
3,569 posted on 02/16/2004 11:55:09 AM PST by jerseygirl
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U.S. General Warns of Africa Terror Threat

Mon Feb 16,11:54 AM ET

By ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press Writer

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A clear terrorist threat still exists in East Africa, and greater military cooperation is needed to defeat it, a top U.S. general warned on Monday during a visit to Ethiopia.

Gen. John Abizaid, whose Central Command is responsible for Afghanistan, Iraq and East Africa, said closer "military and intelligence cooperation" was needed between East African governments to prevent extremist groups like al-Qaida from gaining an "ideological foothold" in the region.

"The threat is clear, but the threat can be deterred and can be defeated," he told journalists in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

"This terrorist threat knows no boundary, and when we operate only on a nation-state basis we will be unable to really get at the heart of the terrorist problem which is transnational."

Abizaid pointed out Somalia — which has had no central government since 1990 — as a potential trouble spot in the region.

"We know the terrorists gravitate toward ungoverned spaces, and these are areas where they look for the opportunities to gain recruits, establish safe-havens and move money," he said. "We certainly have indications to believe that people associated with these groups operate in and around areas such as Somalia."

Abizaid, who met with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, said his visit aimed to assess the capabilities of the region's forces for combating terrorism.

East Africa has already suffered four terrorist attacks, all either claimed by or blamed on Osama bin Laden's terror network. In August 1998, car bombs destroyed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; in October 2000, suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole while it was refueling in Yemen; and in November 2002, attackers tried to shoot down an Israeli airliner minutes before a car bomb destroyed a hotel on Kenya's coast.

Abizaid said the military situation in Iraq was "still difficult," especially in the Iraqi town of Fallujah. But he added that most of the country was stable enough for political activity to take place.

He said more time was needed to find weapons of mass destruction.

"It is clear that the hunt must continue," Abizaid said. "We all know this is a tough and a long fight in Iraq, it won't be over tomorrow and we intend to cooperate fully with Iraqi security institutions and help them help themselves."

3,570 posted on 02/16/2004 12:03:03 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: TexKat
What happened to the news lately? There's just nothing interesting going on! Or is it just me?
3,571 posted on 02/16/2004 12:14:16 PM PST by knak (wasknaknowknid)
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To: knak
"Or is it just me?"

Nope, lots of fluff stories all over.
3,572 posted on 02/16/2004 12:24:58 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: knak
I would love to know what is really going on behind the scenes...
3,573 posted on 02/16/2004 12:27:36 PM PST by jerseygirl
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To: Domestic Church
FYI

Students sickened at UGA
Almost 50 fall ill in nausea outbreak

By Mike D'Avria
mike.davria@onlineathens.com


At least 48 University of Georgia students checked in to St. Mary's Hospital or the University Health Center over the weekend due to severe nausea.
University Public Affairs Director Tom Jackson said only a few of those students were admitted as patients at the hospital and health center, and that all students have since been released. Most of the students visited the hospital and health center late Friday night and Saturday morning.
The University Safety Division, the director of UGA Food Services and officials with the Northeast Georgia Health District are trying to find out what caused the students to fall ill and if there's a common thread linking the cases, Jackson said.
Jackson said students from six different residence halls, and students who commonly eat at four different dining halls, all have shown similar symptoms. He also said students who do not typically eat at the dining halls were also affected.
''It would be neat and clean if every student went to one dining hall and every student had eaten chicken salad, but that is not so,'' Jackson said.
Jackson said the symptoms included ''violent nausea,'' with students vomiting several times in a short period, and then stopping for an extended period of time. He added that the nausea students experienced lasted for about 24 hours.
Jackson said he has been told by some health officials the illness is similar to the Norwalk virus, though it has not been determined the sicknesses were caused by that virus.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Norwalk virus is among a group of noroviruses that cause stomach flu-like symptoms. The symptoms usually include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and some stomach cramping. According to the centers, most people with the Norwalk virus get better within one or two days and suffer no long-term health effects.
The CDC states that people are infected with a norovirus by eating food or drink contaminated with the virus, touching contaminated surfaces or objects and then placing their hand in their mouth, or having direct contact with another person who is infected and showing symptoms.
Jackson said he has been told by some state health officials that outbreaks of Norwalk-like viruses are occurring throughout the state, including in many nursing homes. He also said the University of North Carolina recently experienced a similar outbreak.


Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Monday, February 16, 2004.


3,574 posted on 02/16/2004 12:32:47 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT
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To: jerseygirl; Cindy; Calpernia
Al Quada south of the border(and check the link in the commentary):

http://www.freeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078924/posts
3,575 posted on 02/16/2004 12:33:17 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: jerseygirl; Domestic Church
Did you all see the link daleel posted at IH? Someone should report the thing to whoever shuts down websites! It's all about how to make stuff with cyanide and acid and stuff. I don't know if I should opost the link here or not.
3,576 posted on 02/16/2004 12:35:33 PM PST by knak (wasknaknowknid)
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To: knak
That site on the cyanide bomb was translated and forwarded to the appropriate authorities on Saturday. I don't know why it is still up. The site that was referring people to the cyanide bomb link has already been shut down.

3,577 posted on 02/16/2004 12:37:54 PM PST by StillProud2BeFree (http://www.terrorfacts.com for Al Qaeda playing cards featuring Daleel as Joker)
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To: StillProud2BeFree
Good!!!
3,578 posted on 02/16/2004 12:38:28 PM PST by knak (wasknaknowknid)
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To: Domestic Church
Uh Oh. Here's what I found from the New England Journal of Medicine: In cutaneous anthrax, the painless, blackened, necrotic eschar is limited to the late stages of the infection.

The ulcerative eschar of cutaneous anthrax must be differentiated from other papular lesions that present with regional lymphadenopathy.

If the lesion is purulent and the regional lymph nodes are palpable, staphylococcal lymphadenitis is the most likely cause, although cutaneous anthrax lesions can be superinfected with pyogenic bacteria.

The initial symptoms of inhalational anthrax are nondescript or "flulike" and are similar to those of atypical pneumonia from other causes.

The prognosis is improved if early treatment is implemented, so that a high level of suspicion is necessary if there is a chance of exposure to anthrax. The cardiopulmonary collapse associated with a history of radiographic evidence of mediastinal widening in the late stages of inhalational anthrax must be differentiated from cardiovascular collapse with noninfectious causes, such as dissecting or ruptured aortic aneurysm and the superior vena cava syndrome.

Anthrax infection is unusual in that mediastinal changes can be detected early in the course of infection by chest radiography, although similar pictures can be seen in acute bacterial mediastinitis and fibrous mediastinitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum.

Less specific findings include pleural effusions and radiographic evidence of pulmonary edema. Silicosis, siderosis, alveolar proteinosis, and sarcoidosis are often alternative causes of chronic mediastinitis in patients with the relevant occupational history and previous chest radiographs demonstrating long-standing mediastinal widening.

When ingestion of contaminated meat is suspected, the symptoms of an acute abdomen should be considered as possible early signs of intestinal anthrax infection.

Hemorrhagic meningitis caused by anthrax must be distinguished from subarachnoid hemorrhage by computed tomography without contrast. To distinguish hemorrhagic meningitis caused by B. anthracis from that caused by other bacteria, Gram's staining and culture of cerebrospinal fluid should be performed.68 In addition to the above indictors, the clinician should consider anthrax if there is a history of contact with materials that may be contaminated with spores, such as infected farm animals and imported hides, or of travel to places where anthrax is endemic.

Because of the remote possibility of an anthrax aerosol attack, clinicians should be alert to any sudden deaths of previously healthy persons from undiagnosed disease and report them promptly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other appropriate public health officials.

3,579 posted on 02/16/2004 12:39:02 PM PST by jerseygirl
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To: StillProud2BeFree
Thanks for telling me. I'm trying to quit smoking and my brain isn't working to good. I have not been keeping up to good the last couple of days!
3,580 posted on 02/16/2004 12:39:47 PM PST by knak (wasknaknowknid)
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