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Posted on 07/01/2006 1:15:53 PM PDT by nwctwx
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One of my co-workers left to study Arabic in Damascus last week. Good timing, huh?
Oh my gosh...prayers for him and I hope he gets back here pronto.
Update:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/73821
UPDATED: 5 p.m.
At a press briefing this afternoon, Roanoke College spokeswoman Teresa Gereaux identified the man who died in a campus dormitory after a carbon monoxide leak as Walter J. Vierling, 91, of Pearisburg. Vierling, who was staying in a collection of dorm halls known as Sections, died in a room in Yonce Hall, she said after the briefing.
Gereaux said the preliminary investigation was focusing on the potential faillure in the dormitory's gas hot water system. She also told reporters that she didn't believe there were carbon monoxide detectors in the dorm, known as Sections. This is made up of three main dorms - Wells Hall built in 1910, Yonce Hall constructed in 1913 and Fox Hall built in 1958.
Gereaux said a total of 62 people had been evaluated at Lewis-Gale Medical Center, with five still being evaluated. One of the five is in critical condition, Gereaux said.
As of about 4:40 p.m., all 49 patients who had been treated at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital had been discharged, said spokesman Steve Munsey. Four patients remained at Lewis-Gale.
Him should be her, but I'm sure the prayers will still work.
Personally I haven't seen people on TM (this thread) Bush bashing - have I been missing something? With the turmoil between Hezbollah and Israel, we're all following the news as closely as we can. Certainly there are excellent FReepers here who always point out the latest news as soon as they hear it. Do join in and post what you know if you haven't seen it here - we'd like that. It's summertime and many of us are out and about (jobs / gardening / family activities) but most do check in here regularly.
Snip: Why all the violence in Iraq? Why are people being killed? What causes sectarian clashes between Sunnis and Shiites? One Iraqi official has figured it out. According to the Iraq's speaker of parliament, we should just blame the Jews. Some people say, 'We saw you beheading, kidnappings and killing. In the end we even started kidnapping women who are our honor,'" al-Mashhadani said. "These acts are not the work of Iraqis. I am sure that he who does this is a Jew and the son of a Jew."
"Devout Muslim" informer aided in Toronto arrests
Snip: A paid police informant who calls himself "an observant Muslim" infiltrated a group of men and youths arrested last month and charged with plotting to carry out bomb attacks and kidnappings around southern Ontario, CBC News has learned.
Mubin Shaikh spoke exclusively to Linden McIntyre of CBC's The Fifth Estate. (CBC) The informant, who spoke to Linden McIntyre of CBC's The Fifth Estate, is 29-year-old Mubin Shaikh, a prominent member of Toronto's Indo-Canadian Muslim community. He was born in Canada to immigrant parents.
Press reports say Shaikh will testify at the trials of the 12 men and five youths who have been charged in the case. They were arrested in early June.
Your assessment is very helpful.
Thank you.
This week's developments are mind-boggling, to say the least.
I don't know how you and Cindy do it.
Thanks for the links and to both of you for all your hard work.
Snip: "Attacks by the Zionist regime against its neighbors, notably Lebanon, Syria, and its threats against other countries in the region are due to the fact that this puppet regime cannot live normally," IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.
"This situation cannot last, and one day the protectors of the Zionist regime -- the US in particular -- will have to explain themselves and be judged by the conscience of humanity," he added.
His comments came after he warned Israel against conducting any attack against Syria -- the Islamic republic's only ally in the region.
"If Israel commits another act of idiocy and aggresses Syria, this will be the same as an aggression against the entire Islamic world and it will receive a stinging response," he said in a telephone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.
25 Islamic newspapers form new association
Snip: Twenty-five Islamic publications in the Arab world have established a new cooperative network, Al-Jazeera reported. The newly-launched Association of the Islamic Press includes periodicals and newspapers in 12 Middle Eastern and North African countries. Its stated aims are to develop more professional journalism among Islamic publications, and to share expertise among its members.
Islamic hardliner heads for Britain
Snip: A HARDLINE Islamist cleric who government advisers wanted banned from Britain is scheduled to fly to London this weekend to attend events alongside Muslim community leaders.
The Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office considered excluding Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, an MP in Bangladesh who preaches violent hatred against the West and is accused of war crimes, last year. But despite a series of e-mail exchanges in September, his visa was never revoked and the Home Office issued no exclusion order.
>>>>I have not seen any reports of Syria mobilizing their military towards the Israeli border. Has anyone else???
So far, just mobilizing rhetoric.
"Syria will come to the aid of Lebanon" , per FOX report.
You are astute. ;-)
LOL, don't worry about it.
Summertime, kids home, vacations, weeding gardens...etc.
TM will always be here when we need it most. ;-)
No, not good timing!
LOL, I swear I didn't read you rpost before posting mine.
Reminds me, I've got to turn off the lawn sprinklers.
***Jul. 15, 2006 4:40 | Updated Jul. 15, 2006 4:44***
Fox: Syria to come to aid of Hizbullah and Lebanon
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Syria stated that it will come to the defense of Hizbullah and Lebanon, Fox News reported early Saturday.
This will deteriorate very rapidly. Stay alert!!!
...."hits Egyptian ship instead".............
Now why do I think that is funny?
With Syria finally vocalizing their support of Hizbullah, (which we all knew), things should get more interesting than we like.
I do believe that this is all playing right into Allmyjihad's plans.
I watched McCain's interview just now on H and C on FOX. I finally found myself agreeing with him. Big shock.
Have you been keeping up with FReeper Rebel_yell2's saga? He was in Beirut with the IMF and is now stuck there. His posts have been rather interesting.
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