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Thanks Cindy.
The bank recommended canceling the card.
That's good idea.
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton heads to Washington next week to pitch the idea of putting a national anti-terrorism academy in Southern California. Bratton will seek federal funding for a research center where law enforcement officers from around the country can study terrorism.
L-A County Sheriff Lee Baca will go along. He's not asking for money yet but the sheriff is pulling together plans to create a national anti-terror training facility in Los Alamitos. The tactical center would have mock villages and other locations where authorities could practice dealing with suicide bombings and other terror attacks.
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January 27, 2007
"A rare, honest headline"
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"Terror Searches 'To Be Scaled Back' (UK)"
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-27-2007 | Ben Leapman - Tom Harper
Posted on 01/27/2007 4:49:56 PM PST by blam
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After Being Gang Raped By Her Village Elders, Mukhtar Fought Back. . .
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1027-2007 | Isambard Wilkinson
Posted on 01/27/2007 4:56:16 PM PST by blam
After being gang raped by her village elders, Mukhtar fought back...
By Isambard Wilkinson, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 11:43pm GMT 27/01/2007
Isambard Wilkinson in Multan, Pakistan, hears the extraordinary story of an illiterate peasant woman who took on her village as well as the state
Mukhtar Mai's story is as horrific as it is simple, and it is quickly told. On June 22, 2002, the council of her tiny village, on the southern fringes of the Punjab in Pakistan, ordered that she be gang raped as a punishment for an offence supposedly committed by her 12-year-old brother.
At gunpoint she was taken into a stable. Her clothes were ripped off and she was violated by four village elders. The ordeal lasted about half an hour and, when it was over, she was dragged out, semi-naked, in front of all the village men. Her father covered her with a shawl and carried her home.
Mukhtar, who is also known as Mukhtaran Bibi, should then have killed herself. That was the custom. But such was her sense of outrage and injustice that she refused to commit suicide; and that act of defiance started a sequence of events that turned her into an international cause célèbre, who was first praised and then condemned by Pakistan's president, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
Mukhtar, an illiterate peasant, is an unlikely heroine. The crime committed against her is not uncommon in an area benighted by poverty, acts of brutality against women and the rule of thuggish overlords.
But she has refused to be cowed by the pressure put upon her, by local officials right up to the president, to end her campaign against the men who raped her. She wants them to be hanged. "I will never forgive them," she said yesterday. "They must be punished according to the law."
This week, she publishes the autobiography she dictated, In the Name of Honour, which will again stir up the controversy over all that has happened to her. It took some persuading to get her to tell her story, and for the slight, shy 35-year-old with a lazy eye and a rare but wheezy laugh, recounting the events of that night, five years ago, is still painful.
The first time Mukhtar realised that something was wrong was when her father asked her to go with him to the village mosque. Her 12-year-old brother, Shakur, had been accused of committing a "crime" - she didn't know what - against a 20-year-old woman belonging to the local dominant caste, the Mastoi.
Mukhtar and her family are from the lowly Gujar caste and are expected to be subservient to the Mastoi. She thought that she was being asked, as a respectable woman, to speak to the village elders on behalf of her brother.
As Mukhtar, accompanied by her father, Ghulam Farid Jat, an uncle and a family friend, approached the mosque, she could see a large gathering of men outside. This was the panchayat, the village council.
What she didn't know was that it had been taken over by the Mastoi men, who had resolved that to appease the honour of their caste, she must be raped in revenge for what they claimed was the rape of one of their women by Shakur.
"I never thought that anything could happen," says Mukhtar. "I went there to apologise and come back home."
She spread a shawl at their feet as a sign of subservience. Five men armed with rifles and a pistol threatened the Gujars.
The Mastoi leader, Abdul Khaliq, grabbed her arm, others pulled her hair and clothes and she was dragged into an empty stable.
On the beaten earth of the stable floor, Mukhtar was raped by four men: Abdul Khaliq, Gulam Farid, Allah Dita and Mohammed Faiz.
Mukhtar finds describing her fight-back difficult, too.
"It is not an incident that gives you any relief," she said. "I still have pain."
After the rape, she ignored death threats and pressed charges. A local imam denounced the attack at Friday prayers and the crime became national news, after the local newspaper reported his sermon.
In September 2002, the case was tried in a special anti-terrorism court. "I begged and pleaded with the rapists, but they were like animals," Mukhtar told the court.
"One of them put a gun on my head while the others tore up my clothes."
The four men were sentenced to death, along with two members of the panchayat. It transpired that the allegation against Shakur, was made up in an attempt to hide the fact that it was her brother who had been raped by men from the Mastoi caste.
Three men were later sentenced to three years in prison for that crime.
Initially, the Pakistani government lauded Mukhtar as a heroine; President Musharraf even handed her a £4,500 gift. But when the case received publicity abroad and Mukhtar was asked to visit America to talk about her ordeal, the government put her name on Pakistan's "exit control list", which blocked her from leaving the country.
They were afraid that the case would give the wrong impression of Pakistan.
According to Amna Buttar, one of Mukhtar's close circle, a friend of Gen Musharraf threatened her, saying that Pakistan's intelligence services can "do anything.
We can just pay a little money to some black guys in New York and get people killed there".
Asked about the ban, President Musharraf said she was being exploited by "Westernised fringe elements" who wanted her to "bad-mouth" Pakistan. He later said that the rape had become a money-making concern."
"He is a great sardar [chief] and I am a peasant," said Mukhtar. "But when they talk of me shaming the country, he should be careful, as he is also the son of a woman."
In 2005, thousands of her supporters took to the streets to protest, after the death sentences against the rapists were overturned. However, that decision was quickly revoked by the Supreme Court, although it has still to issue a final judgment.
"Fate is in the hands of Allah," says Mukhtar simply. Her own global fame is at odds with her modesty, and her ambition and affection remains focused on her village, despite all that has happened there.
"I have a routine of dealing with people continually. I don't have a life of my own, as groups always come to the village."
She has used her compensation money, along with international donations, to start two schools in her village and to run a charity to promote women's development.
Mukhtar, who had been married at 16, divorced her husband after three years of unsatisfactory marriage. Now, since she attained fame (and a reasonable amount of money), she has received a dozen marriage proposals.
"I haven't found a good person yet," she laughed. "But I trust men. I am not against them."
She may have achieved fame and more money than she could have dreamed of a few years ago, but her life is still in danger.
Just a few hundred yards from her family's home is the large compound of the Mastoi. They have neither forgotten nor forgiven, and have threatened to kill her and her brother.
Chris Cork, an English development agency consultant who helps Mukhtar with her village projects, is convinced that the Mastoi will get their revenge. "They have said they will kill her one day. And they will. She has great courage and dignity. She never asked for fame."
"What if you are killed?" I ask Mukhtar.
"I am just the first drop of water in the village," she says quietly. "I believe it will rain after me."
In the Name of Honour, by Mukhtar Mai, will be published this week by Virago
LAPD can't hire or train officers to replace those heading elsewhere or to retirement...why do they want a terror center here? Good Grief.
Thank you for those articles.
A few more details update:
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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=%22Barrett+Firearms+Manufacturing%22&scoring=d"
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http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070127/NEWS01/701270306/1002
"Suspicious men sought after trying to enter firearms plant"
DNJ staff reports
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Barrett makes .50-caliber rifles for the U.S. military, which has used them in combat since the 1991 Gulf war. The powerful gun is also sold to the general public.
Critics have warned that the rifle could be used by terrorists to bring down commercial airliners or penetrate rail cars and storage plants holding hazardous materials.
A statewide bulletin was issued Thursday for police to be on the lookout for a subject described as being of "Middle Eastern descent," after he asked questions of an employee and tried to enter the secure facility the day before, said sheriff's spokesman Dan Goodwin.
A plant employee was leaving the building about 4 p.m. when he encountered the man. The subject asked questions about what was manufactured there, and when refused information by the BFMI employee, began demanding entry to the building.
The man was asked to leave after he became upset when the employee began to examine his pickup truck. The white truck was described as having dual rear tires and towing a white utility trailer. Two other men were in the truck, and there was luggage in the bed of the vehicle."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Anyone who may have information about these men is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 898-7770."
Originally published January 27, 2007
I hear you.
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Speaking of the Dutch...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1774896/posts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6306775.stm
Last Updated: Sunday, 28 January 2007, 02:37 GMT
"Dutch Iraqi suspect flown to US"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Dutch authorities say an Iraqi-born Dutch citizen, suspected of plotting attacks on American forces in Iraq, has been extradited to the United States.
Wesam al-Delaema was put on a plane and flown to an undisclosed location in the US after losing his final appeal against extradition in December.
He is set to become the first suspect tried in a US court for allegedly plotting attacks on US forces in Iraq."
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27 January 2007
"New logo produced by al-Qaida for a Dutch jihadi"
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stepping back in time...
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/July/05_crm_393.htm
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DUTCH CITIZEN CHARGED IN TERRORISM CONSPIRACY
AGAINST AMERICANS IN IRAQ
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen has been charged by criminal complaint with participating in a conspiracy to attack Americans based in Iraq, the Department of Justice announced today.
The criminal complaint, filed at U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia on Wednesday, July 27, charges Wesam Al Delaema, a/k/a Wesam Khalaf Chayed Delaeme, with four counts: conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens abroad; conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives); possession of a destructive device (explosives) during a crime of violence; and conspiracy to possess a destructive device (explosives) during a crime of violence. These are the first U.S. criminal charges connected to terrorist activities in Iraq.
Delaema, 32, was born in Fallujah, Iraq. He was arrested by Dutch law enforcement authorities on May 2, 2005 and was facing similar charges in that country. Since his arrest, Dutch law enforcement and prosecution authorities have worked cooperatively with the FBI in its investigation of Delaema’s alleged terrorist activities. On Wednesday night, the United States informed the Dutch authorities of its intention to request Delaema’s extradition to face the charges filed here. Today in court in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities announced that Delaema had been transferred into extradition custody in response to the request from the United States.
The criminal complaint alleges that Delaema traveled from the Netherlands to Iraq in October 2003, with a group of co-conspirators calling themselves the “Fighters of Fallujah,” who declared their intentions to kill Americans in Iraq using explosives. The complaint further alleges that Delaema and his co-conspirators hid explosives and detonating cords in a road in the area of Fallujah, Iraq.
“We use all the tools available to us to ensure that justice is brought to those who seek to kill Americans serving and working in Iraq,”said John C. Richter, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department’s Criminal Division. “In this case, thanks to the valuable assistance provided by our Dutch allies, this man will be held accountable for his actions.”
“This prosecution serves notice that we will make full use of the laws and resources of our criminal justice system to defend Americans, and particularly members of our armed forces, against terrorist insurgents in Iraq and elsewhere,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein of the District of Columbia. “We thank the Dutch authorities for their tremendous cooperation, and we look forward to working closely with them to ensure that justice is done in this case.”
“The FBI has aggressively investigated this matter and certainly desires to see Wesam Khalaf Chayed Delaeme come before the bar of justice for his plans to kill Americans in Iraq,” said Michael A. Mason, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. “Terrorists will continually seek to thwart the efforts of law enforcement and intelligence communities by maintaining a high level of mobility. It is only through the leverage of international cooperation that such individuals can be assured of having to answer for their crimes.”
The investigation into this matter was conducted by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with assistance from the Dutch National Police Agency, the National Office of the Public Prosecutor in the Netherlands and the Office of International Affairs in the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. The prosecutors handling the case are Justice Department Trial Attorney Gregg N. Sofer of the Counterterrorism Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregg A. Maisel of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
If convicted on the charges filed in the criminal complaint filed today, Delaema faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
A criminal complaint is merely a formal charge that a defendant violated a criminal law. All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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Note: Click on the tkb.org link to view the complete profile.
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3708
"GROUP PROFILE:
Black Liberation Army
Aliases: Afro-American Liberation Army
Base of Operation: United States
Founding Philosophy: The Black Liberation Army was a militant splinter group of the Black Panther Party. Breaking away from the Black Panthers in the late 1960s, the stated philosophy of the BLA was to “take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of black people in the United States.”"
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http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=34625&siteSection=1
"Evidence Revealed in 1971 San Francisco LODD"
Updated: January 26th, 2007 04:47 PM PDT
By KIM CURTIS
Associated Press Writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A fingerprint on a cigarette lighter, shotgun shells and an informant helped lead to the arrests this week of eight men accused of killing a police officer in the 1970s, according to court papers released Thursday.
Some of the evidence was recovered using forensic techniques that didn't exist 30 years ago, according to the document, which was used to obtain an arrest warrant in the case.
Prosecutors say members of the Black Liberation Army, a violent offshoot of the Black Panthers, stormed the lobby of a San Francisco police station the night of Aug. 29, 1971, killing Sgt. John V. Young with a shotgun and injuring a civilian clerk with gunfire.
Prosecutors allege that Francisco Torres, Herman Bell and Henry Watson Jones staged the attack; that John Bowman, Richard Brown and Harold Taylor were the lookouts; and that Ray Michael Boudreaux and Ronald Bridgeforth were the getaway drivers.
Anthony Bottom was supposed to be part of the attack team, but he was arrested the night before after attempting to fire a machine gun at a police sergeant, prosecutors say.
Bowman died of liver cancer in December, and Bridgeforth is believed to have fled the country. The seven others were arrested Tuesday on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. An eighth, Richard O'Neal, was charged with conspiracy."
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Check out post #32 (I don't know how to post pics)
One black glove?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1774838/posts?page=50#50
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UPDATE courtesy of La Enchiladita
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/01/arabsat_begins_to_broadcast_in.php
"Arabsat Begins to Broadcast Insurgent Propaganda Station"
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
(January 26, 2007)
OPINION: The ungloved fist is the power salute, the black gloved fist is the power salute.
Black or white, (the groups and names may vary), the hate is all the same.
Some things never change. They hate American and that's very unAmerican.
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January 27, 2007
Leaders of banned Islamic group arrested across Kazakhstan
The Associated Press - January 26, 2007 - ALMATY, Kazakhstan:
Kazakhstan's security service has made a series of arrests among suspected leaders of a banned radical Islamic group across the ex-Soviet republic over the past two months, authorities said Friday.
The arrests were made in several regions and targeted an unspecified number of national and local leaders and activists from Hizb-ut-Tahrir, National Security Committee said in a statement.
Security officers also seized 25,000 extremist leaflets and 700 books, the statement said.
It was unclear why the security service was releasing the information Friday; security officials could not be reached for further comment.
Posted on 27 January 2007 @ 20:54 GMT
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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005819.html
02 January 2007
"Hizb-ut-Tahrir campaign in Uzbekistan gets coverage on jihadi forum"
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December 25, 2005
Turkey detains 14 suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members
DATELINE: ISTANBUL Dec 24 - Agence France Presse - English:
Turkish anti-terror police said Saturday they had detained 14 people suspected of being members of the outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir group which is accused of undermining the secular system in this mainly Muslim country.
Police found thousands of leaflets and booklets explaining the groups's cause in the suspects' homes and offices in Istanbul which they believe were used to attract new sympathisers and members, a police statement, carried by the Anatolia news agency, said.
It added that the suspects were transferred to an Istanbul court to be questioned by the local prosecutor.
Posted on 25 December 2005 @ 09:59 GMT
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=181902
"Radical cleric calls for Islamic utopia"
Sunday Jan 28 16:58 AEDT
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A radical Muslim cleric has urged hundreds of supporters meeting in Sydney's south-west to join a global push to create an Islamic utopia.
Indonesian firebrand cleric Ismail Yusanto outlined his plan for instituting Sharia law, the absolute form of Islam, to a crowd of about 500 people gathered at the Khilafah Conference in Lakemba.
The meeting was organised by the Australian arm of the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, a group widely known for its anti-democratic, anti-Semitic views.
The group believes that it can reduce suffering around the globe by introducing Sharia law and creating an Islamic utopia.
The NSW government has called on the Commonwealth to follow several European and Middle Eastern countries and ban the group.
Dr Yusanto called on followers to denounce capitalism, warning that if Islam was not followed in his Islamic super-state, jihad would follow."
Thanks, I didn't know that.
You're welcome.
Of course, if I was a liberal, I would say that one glove is off because I didn't finish taking my gloves off and my hands are in fists because I have arthritis.
Of course, that would just be a guess because I'm not a liberal.
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