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Listeria monocytogenes
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3. Nature of Disease: Listeriosis is clinically defined when the organism is isolated from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or an otherwise normally sterile site (e.g. placenta, fetus).
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Pressure 'keeping bin Laden quiet'
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.kasuri/
(CNN) -- The capability of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to make "international mischief" has been vastly reduced by the constant pressure from Pakistan's military operations along the border with Afghanistan, according to Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri.
He told CNN on Friday it was assumed bin Laden and a small band were having to keep moving in the tribal areas along the border to avoid their pursuers.
In a television interview from Sydney, Kasuri said that the communications network for bin Laden's group, along with its horizontal and vertical links, had been paralyzed by the ongoing military operations.
Kasuri also said it was clear that the capture on May 2 of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, the man believed to be al Qaeda's No. 3 leader in the area, was a very successful operation.
He said that was a view shared both by Pakistan and the United States, noting Bush had sent his congratulations to Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
On May 4, Bush hailed the arrest of al-Libbi, a Libyan blamed for masterminding two assassination attempts against Musharraf, as a "critical victory in the war on terror."
Bush said "al-Libbi was a top general for bin Laden. He was a major facilitator and a chief planner for the al Qaeda network. His arrest removes a dangerous enemy who was a direct threat for America."
Intelligence officials said al-Libbi was engaged last year in coded communication with al Qaeda operatives in both the United States and Britain.
Kasuri, who was in Australia on Thursday and Friday for talks with Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, said Musharraf would visit Australia from June 13-16, when he would formalize an agreement between the two countries on counter-terrorism cooperation.
Under the Howard government, Australia -- like Pakistan -- has been a close ally of the United States in its war on terror.
Washington has been pursuing bin Laden and al Qaeda members since they launched their global war on terror after the September 11 attacks on America.
Pentagon Finds No Evidence Koran Was Defiled
http://www.townhall.com/news/politics/200505/FOR20050513a.shtml
(CNSNews.com) - Protests were planned across Pakistan Friday as Muslim anger over the alleged desecration of the Koran by the U.S. military spread outwards from Afghanistan, where at least seven people have been killed in violent clashes with security forces.
The Pentagon said Thursday there is no evidence to support an allegation that a copy of the Islamic text had been flushed down a toilet "in an attempt to rattle suspects" held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba. The brief item, citing an unnamed source, was published in Newsweek magazine.
General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a briefing that a search of interrogation logs at Guantanamo had turned up no record of interrogators abusing the Koran.
There was one record - still to be confirmed - of a guard reporting that one of the detainees had been "ripping pages out of the Korean and putting them in the toilet to stop it up, as a protest," he said.
The military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay holds hundreds of foreign suspects captured in the war against Islamist terror, most of them from the Middle East and South Asia.
The detainees are permitted to keep copies of the Koran as well as prayer beads, and the get culturally appropriate meals, time to worship and daily calls to prayer, the State Department said Wednesday.
The governments of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia both issued protests this week.
The Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement it was following the reports "with great concern and apprehension." If the allegation proved true, the U.S. should hold those responsible to account and "deter any repetition of such actions which are offensive to the Muslim community worldwide."
In Pakistan, lawmakers have debated the issue, with demands for U.S. apologies and calls for a special meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
The State Department confirmed that Pakistan had raised "serious concern" with officials at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
Amid the growing rumblings in the Muslim world, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, appearing before a Senate committee Thursday, issued a statement declaring that "disrespect for the holy Koran is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, tolerated by the United States."
"We honor the sacred books of all the world's great religions," she said. "Disrespect for the holy Koran is abhorrent to us all."
Rice also said she was asking "our friends around the world reject incitement to violence by those who would mischaracterize our intentions."
Calls for worldwide protests
Dozens of people were hurt in the clashes in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, where protestors damaged vehicles and buildings, including the governor's house, the Pakistani consulate, and offices of humanitarian agencies, prompting an evacuation of aid workers.
Afghan officials were quoted as saying the violence was being instigated by elements opposed to the effort to rebuild the country, most of which was ruled by the Islamist Taliban militia until it was toppled by U.S.-led forces after the 9/11 terror attacks.
Referring to the rioting in Jalalabad, Myers said the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army Lt.-Gen. Karl Eikenberry, had called into question a link between the violence and the Koran issue, saying it seemed to be related to that country's political process and "not at all tied to the article in the magazine."
Protests spread to the Afghan capital, Kabul Thursday, but despite calls of "Death to America" ended calmly. In two cities across the border in Pakistan, students at religious seminaries and other Muslims also demonstrated, denouncing America and demanding that U.S. forces withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan.
A six-party alliance of Islamic groups in the country, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), called for countrywide anti-U.S. rallies Friday.
Pakistani media quoted MMA leaders as saying the Newsweek report had sent a wave of anger across the Islamic world, and demanding that President Bush apologize to the world's Muslims.
MMA president Qazi Hussain Ahmad said he was sending messages to Islamic movements around the world urging them to organize protests at the end of May.
He also called on Islamic preachers to focus on the issue during their Friday sermons.
In a swipe at Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf - a U.S. ally in the war against Islamist terror - Qazi said governments in the Muslims world should take note of the "heinous" crime and reverse their "pro-U.S. policies."
The torching of the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, he said, was a "logical" consequence of Musharraf's pro-American stance.
A Pakistani daily, The Nation, said in an editorial that the government "must seriously review its foreign policy since its blind cooperation in the so-called war on terror has not only caused widespread resentment domestically but also damaged its image internationally, especially in the Ummah [the Islamic world]."
Public opinion in Pakistan has already been stirred up in recent days by the publication in the Washington Times of an editorial cartoon depicting a U.S. soldier patting a dog labeled "Pakistan," and saying: "Good boy ... now let's go find bin Laden."
The cartoon referred to the capture in Pakistan of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, described as the number three figure in Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network.
Publication of the cartoon caused an uproar in Pakistan, with opposition lawmakers demanding apologies and calling variously for Musharraf to quit and to review relations with the U.S.
In an editorial Tuesday, the Washington Times portrayed the issue as a cultural misunderstanding and said its dog-loving cartoonist "meant no offense or injury" to the people of Pakistan.
"In the West ... we regard the dog as one of God's greatest gifts, one of the noblest expressions of patience, loyalty, kindness and devotion," it said.
Last July, Al-Jazeera said a recently-released Guantanamo Bay detainee claimed to have seen a U.S. soldier at the Kandahar detention facility in Afghanistan - not at Guantanamo Bay - throwing a copy of the Koran into a toilet.
An online search of news reports around the time of the Arabic television network's "exclusive interview" found no reference to protests erupting in response to the ex-detainee's claims.
It doen't take much to set 'em off does it.
Well, I betcha they loved and got a big chuckle from this cartoon though:
If there was ever any doubt where they stand... Arab News ^ | May 12, 2005
Posted on 05/12/2005 10:50:21 PM EDT by BigFinn
Next time...
This is a cartoon in May 13th edition of the Arab News. Click on Cartoons. This isn't funny.
The report notes that Islamic culture places a premium on "obedience to parental figures. ... The duty to obey also explains why some youth have agreed to Afghanistan and Pakistan for terrorist training."
Oh goodie. I suppose cair and our own homespun liberal groups are all giddy and glad and will use the forced-by-daddy-defense to defend the jihadis from Canada when they are apprehended hopefully BEFORE any planned attack.
I wondered if he was an old military weapons collector. At 69 years old, I doubt he's a loose cannon.
It was big news around here though. ;-)
"Pentagon Finds No Evidence Koran Was Defiled"
Cindy do you or does anyone have the original Newsweek article on this? I searched for it quickly yesterday and wasn't able to find it.
I was curious to see how many times 'unnamed sources' were quoted in the article.
IMO, Newsweek has blood on their hands for this one.
Nothing to see here....move along. ~groan!
Nope, NOT funny at all.
A perfectly horrific portrait of Hamas and Palestinian women but Newsweek writes it up so positively and matter-of-factly. I guess they leave their blatant bias for articles that are anti-American and anti-GOP instead. One brief article excerpt:
Flexing Their Muscles They may have to sit in roped-off areas, but Hamas women are determined to make their voices heard in Palestinian elections
Newsweek 5/10/05
..."'Women must decide for themselves what their priorities are,' says Sami Abu-Zuhry, a Hamas official in Gaza. 'Raising children for jihad, or participating in acts of martyrdom...'"
Hazmat Scene Forces Evacuation Of Detroit Courthouse
Suspicious Powder Found In Letter
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4485489/detail.html
Police: Smugglers Toss Women Overboard
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050513/NEWS/505130361/1004
'Raising children for jihad, or participating in acts of martyrdom...'"
Decisions, decisions.....
Such a sick society. I'm tired of these thugs.
I chose the 8 year. My driver's license and CCW looked almost identical except for the title on the top. The renewed CCW is on the new hard plastic cards with barcodes and a color digital picture printed on the surface.
As for California, it's another country now, isn't it?
Unfortunately, yes. It's becoming a third world country by infiltration.
That's a pretty good bet. At 69 he is getting old enough to have fragile bones from osteoporosis. Shooting a large caliber firearm could easily break a bone.
The Illinois press loves to feign apoplexy when anyone is discovered with a firearm. Notice the comment about "on duty" police officers carrying 37 rounds compared to the 600,000 stored on the property of the referenced individual? They didn't ask the police officers how many rounds they have at home to support their duty weapons. Most people keep a stock of 1,000 rounds per caliber. It's cheaper to buy a bulk box of 1,000 rounds than to buy boxes of 20 or 50 rounds at a time.
ap·o·plex·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (p-plks)
n.
Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.
A sudden effusion of blood into an organ or tissue.
A fit of extreme anger; rage: “The proud... members suffered collective apoplexy, and this year they are out for blood” (David Finch).
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/05/006163print.html
May 13, 2005
Al Qaeda in Yemen Targets US Interests in Gulf
From Middle East News Online, "YEMENI CELL TARGETS WESTERN INTERESTS IN GULF," with thanks to Jeffrey Imm.
CAIRO - An Al Qaida cell was said to have planned to attack Western interests throughout the Gulf with stolen Saudi missiles.
The cell was based in Yemen and planned to attack U.S. and Western targets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Sunni group was said to be aligned with Al Qaida and maintained access to the Saudi military.
Eight purported members of the cell have been prosecuted on charges of terrorist offenses and attempting to seize military equipment. They were being tried in a Sanaa security court that has detailed the charges against the defendants.
On May 9, a Yemeni prosecutor said the cell also planned to attack the United States and European Union states with surface-to-air missiles and rocket-propelled grenades obtained from Saudi military supplies. The prosecutor identified the Al Qaida cell as being part of the "General Organization of Unification Battalions."...
Posted at May 13, 2005 09:44 AM
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