Posted on 04/15/2007 4:43:46 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
Over the years, looking at the photos, I wanted to just hold one piece and feel it in my hands.
Thanks to Milford421 for this report:
Homemade Bomb Lobbed Into Camden Convenience Store
http://www.nbc10.com/news/13507425/detail.html
Homemade Bomb Lobbed Into Camden Convenience Store
Three Employees Inside Business Unhurt In Incident
POSTED: 9:29 pm EDT June 14, 2007
UPDATED: 11:46 pm EDT June 14, 2007
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CAMDEN, N.J. — A homemade bomb was thrown inside a Camden
convenience store Thursday afternoon, police said.
Three employees were all in the back of the store at 26th and
Federal streets at the time. They were not hurt and quickly called
911.
Store employees said it was the first time they were the targets of
such an attack, and they don’t know who would want to hurt them.
Officers surrounding the business were working Thursday night to
figure that out.
Police got the call at about 5 p.m. When they arrived, they found a
homemade bomb in a soda bottle.
One employee told NBC 10 off-camera the bomb made a loud noise when
it was thrown into the store. But police said it never actually
exploded, although the bottle did leave a stain on the floor.
Local residents were outraged.
“Why should that have to happen?” asked Liberty Gantt. “Camden crime
is bad enough, and these people are trying to make a living, and
that shouldn’t have to happen.”
“It’s too much stuff going down in Camden. Can’t have that,” said
Isaiah Jones.
Sources told NBC 10 that police were looking for at least two
culprits who may be teenagers.
As police continued to investigate, Camden residents were calling
for peace.
“Stop the violence, because it’s self-genocide. That’s what you’re
doing to each other, self-genocide. It’s not worth it,” Gantt said.
Anyone with information that could help police is asked to contact
them.
Unruly Passenger Charged with Disrupting Dallas-Houston Flight
Last Edited: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007, 10:32 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007, 4:32 PM CDT
Brian Thomas Vande-Stouwe / Photograph courtesy of Brazos County’s Judicial
FOX 26 News
DALLAS — A man who authorities said became unruly on a flight traveling from Dallas to Houston forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Bryan was charged Thursday, authorities told FOX 26 News.
U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle said Thursday that Brian Thomas Vande-Stouwe, 23, of Phoenix, had been charged with felony interference with a flight crew and flight attendant prompting an emergency landing of the aircraft.
Continental Express Flight 2828, which departed Dallas at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday, stopped for a couple of hours in College Station before resuming its trip and arriving to Bush Intercontinental Airport at 11:35 p.m. because of Vande-Stouwe’s disruptive behavior.
A federal criminal complaint filed as a result of an investigation conducted by FBI officials in Bryan said Vande-Stouwe became verbally abusive, yelled obscenities at the only flight attendant aboard the flight and attempted to open the aircraft’s main exit door while the plane was in flight.
A passenger on board the flight intervened and stopped Vande-Stouwe from opening the door, but the suspect refused to take his seat ad continued to be abusive and disruptive.
Once the pilot was notified of the situation and learned it would be another 45 minutes before the plane could land in Houston, the flight was diverted to College Station’s Easterwood Airport in order to have Vande-Stowe removed from the plane and taken into custody.
Vande-Stouwe is scheduled to appear in a Houston court on Friday. If indicted for intimidation of a flight attendant on an aircraft, he faces up to 20 years in a federal prison plus a fine of up to $250,000.
Crackdown on MySpace Sex Offenders Leads to Multiple Arrests
Convict Featured on FOX 26 Predator Check Arrested in Sting
Last Edited: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007, 9:30 AM CDT
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HOUSTON — Seven convicted sex offenders with profiles on MySpace.com have been arrested in what Texas officials said was the country’s first large-scale crackdown of registered offenders who use the social networking Web site.
The men were arrested in Houston, Austin, Round Rock, and Glenn Heights during a two-week operation by the Texas Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes and Fugitive units. They were picked up after MySpace.com released the names of offenders with online profiles to the state Attorney General’s Office, which had issued a subpoena for the site’s subscriber information.
“Texans will not tolerate criminals who prey on our children,” Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a statement.
After it was criticized for failing to protect underage subscribers, the site supplied names to attorneys general in other states, and began checking subscribers’ criminal histories through Sentinel Safe, a database of registered sex offenders.
In Houston, officials arrested Patrick Joseph Blevins, 49; Reginald Lee Collins, 27; Ronald Daven Metoyer, 41; and Robert Shepard Walter, 23. Walter was also charged last month with failing to register as a sex offender.
Each was ordered held without bond in the Harris County jail. Motions were also filed to revoke the parole of Blevins, Collins and Metoyer. A Harris County jail official would not release information on the men’s attorneys late Thursday.
Scott Peter Hansen, 44, was arrested in Glenn Heights, a Dallas suburb. Information on his incarceration or attorney were not available late Thursday.
Jason Labronte Carr, 31, was taken into custody in Austin. A Travis County jail official said Thursday night she did not have access to information on Carr’s attorney of record.
Jeremy Bryan Polak, 28, a parole violator accused of failing to register as a sex offender, was arrested in Round Rock, an Austin suburb. A Williamson County jail official said his records did not include Polak’s attorney of record.
A message left with MySpace.com’s media department was not immediately returned Thursday night.
Galveston Cruise Passengers Robbed in Jamaica
Last Edited: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007, 7:57 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007, 6:34 PM CDT
Carnival Cruise Ship Conquest
FOX 26 News
Seventeen people, who were passengers aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship that boarded from Galveston, were robbed in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Jamaican law enforcement were notified after the incident, leading to the apprehension of a suspect by police.
Most of the stolen property was recovered and is being returned to the robbery victims.
Carnival Cruise Lines team members are taking measures to provide counseling and assistance to the affected passengers.
Montego Bay was a shore excursion for the passengers who were on a seven-day cruise of the western Caribbean that departed from Galveston on June 10.
The Carnival Conquest cruise is scheduled to return on June 17.
State Of Emergency In Gaza As Hamas Rules
Last Edited: Friday, 15 Jun 2007, 6:00 AM CDT
Created: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
06/15/2007 —
Gaza is effectively without a government after the Palestinian President dismissed his coalition and factional violence spiralled out of control.
Mahmoud Abbas has sacked the Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh and declared a state of emergency.
His move come after militants from the Islamist group took control of all Fatah positions in the territory.
Mr Haniyeh said his government would ignore Mr Abbas’s “hasty decision” and “carry out its tasks in the best possible way”.
About 100 Palestinian officials from Fatah are reported to have crossed into Egypt from the Gaza Strip, while Hamas officials said its fighters had seized Fatah’s senior field commanders in the area.
Major looting is said to occurring at the presidential offices.
The US has declared its support for Mr Abbas, accusing Hamas of “acts of terror”.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Mr Abbas to emphasise support for Palestinian “moderates”, but acknowledged finding troops for any international force for Gaza would be tough.
A week of fierce fighting has left the dream of a Palestinian state in tatters and a group which denies the right of Israel to exist in control in Gaza.
Medics said at least 30 people were killed on Thursday, taking the death toll to more than 110 in six days of conflict.
Fatah and Hamas entered government power-sharing deals in an effort to overcome their differences, but these were plagued by violence between their supporters.
Some of Gaza’s impoverished 1.5 million people view with trepidation the success of Islamists set on defying a crippling Israeli and Western embargo.
Laser Liar Admits Targeting Helicopter
ATLANTA (AP) — A Decatur man has pleaded guilty to charges that he
lied to
authorities about aiming a green laser at a police helicopter.
Twenty-four-year-old Mohammed Haghighi admitted Wednesday in federal
court
that he repeatedly pointed the laser at the DeKalb County Police
helicopter
on the night of February 4.
He faces up to five years in custody for the incident — although he
could
receive probation.
According to federal prosecutors, the pilots of the helicopter were
wearing
night vision goggles. But when the laser beam struck the cockpit, it
illuminated the glass and temporarily disoriented the pilots.
Haghighi was later caught, but denied pointing the laser when
questioned by
agents with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. It is a federal crime
to
lie to federal agents.
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12 JUN 2007 Boeing 737 lands on wrong runway at Delhi
A Spicejet Boeing 737-800 landed on a runway closed for routine
maintenance.
The incident happened to flight SG-851 (Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi)when it
landed
at Delhi (DEL) around 14:30. The flight had been cleared for an ILS
approach
to the main runway; the crew opted for a visual approach and landed on
the
wrong runway. (The Times of India)
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Google alert: fire at school
Fire chiefs blast lawmakers over lack of school inspections
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
By STEVEN K. PAULSON AP Writer DENVER—Days after a scathing audit
found
serious shortcomings in school-building inspections, Colorado fire
chiefs
accused ...
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Fire quickly extinguished at high school
Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble - Half Moon Bay,CA,USA
By David Smydra [ david@hmbreview.com ] Students and school employees
extinguished a small fire adjacent to the Boys and Girls of the
Coastside
facility on ...
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Locker Room Fire Forces Woodson High School Evacuation
WTOP - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON - A suspicious fire in a basement locker room at HD Woodson
High
School forced the evacuation of the school Thursday morning. ...
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Hoover Elementary School evacuated, false alarm
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
Initial reports of an air conditioning unit on fire at Hoover
Elementary
School in Indio resulted in an evacuation today, according to Cal Fire.
...
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AFD FIRE WIRE
Alameda Sun - Alameda,CA,USA
Alameda Fire Department paramedics responded to 15 calls on June 4. An
unknown student was suspected of pulling a false alarm at a middle
school
on the 400 ...
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Needville High School fire suspect released to relatives
KHOU (subscription) - Houston,TX,USA
The early morning fire April 23 destroyed the old part of the high
school
and severely damaged the administrative offices, the teacher’s lounge
and
...
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School Fire Under Investigation
WXIA-TV - NE Atlanta,GA,USA
“We’re not saying it is a crime scene, but we’re treating it as one
until
we know the origin of the fire.” School officials said they should have
time to ...
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RIP Mr. Wizard
By jackie
Wizard, Don Herbert, died earlier this week at age 89. Considering the
fact that I’ma total math and science retard, it’s amazing how riveted
I would be by Mr. Wizard’s shows. They never let us set stuff on fire
at school! ...
http://blowingsmokethemovie.com/archives/2007/06/rip_mr_wizard.php
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Fuel for the Durand Fire
By JAMES GARDNER
One hundred years before the birth of the fabled New York School, there
was another New York school, less known to history, that was centered
around the august personage of Asher Brown Durand. This is proving to be
a bumper year for Mr. ...
http://www.nysun.com/article/56536
New York Sun - Arts and Letters...
http://www.nysun.com/section/8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
By Mark Dominus
The Triwizard Tournament is being held at Harry’s school. In the
tournament, the school champions must overcome several trials, the last of
which is to race through a maze and grab the enchanted goblet at the
center of the maze. ...
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YMCA under fire for taking kids to abortion clinic
By Jeff Johnson
MANCHESTER, NH - The city school board ordered an investigation into an
after-school program run by the YMCA in which some middle school
students were taken to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/ymca_under_fire_for_taking_kid_1.php
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Militants claim to abort bombing mission to protect civilians in Al-Qaida video
http://www.pr-inside.com/militants-claim-to-abort-bombing-mission-r153859.htm
Militants claim to abort bombing mission to protect civilians in
Al-Qaida video
© AP
2007-06-14 23:02:00 -
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Iraq released a
video in which its fighters purportedly abort a roadside bomb attack
because a woman and child were passing by, an attempt by the militants
to counter criticism that they target innocent civilians.
The group, Islamic State of Iraq _ which is blamed for suicide bombings
that have killed scores of civilians _ also issued a video Thursday
showing the execution-style deaths of 14 Iraqi soldiers and policemen.
The Islamic State of Iraq is an umbrella group of several insurgent
groups including al-Qaida. Iraqi Sunnis _ including some insurgents _
have grown increasingly critical of the group, in part because of its
attacks on civilians. The U.S. military has sought to exploit the
differences by giving weapons and money to Sunnis to confront al-Qaida.
The video of the aborted bombing, posted on an Islamic militant Web
site on Wednesday, appeared aimed to defend the Islamic State of Iraq
from the accusations.
«Among our constant stances is that a Muslim who has committed no
apostasy that would permit the shedding of his blood is forbidden,
forbidden, forbidden (to be killed),» a written message with the video
said.
«In view of that, any operation is postponed, canceled or amended» to
prevent such killings, it said.
The video showed a woman and child walking hand in hand near the
intersection of two dirt roads in what appeared to be a rural area,
with several palm trees, wooden electricity poles and part of a mud
brick house in the background.
As they approached the intersection, a beige armored vehicle, the
apparent target, entered the picture, and a voice could be heard
aborting the mission because it could endanger the lives of the woman
and child.
The authenticity of the video could not be verified, and explosives
were not visible in the footage.
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Qaida in Iraq have been blamed for
some of the deadliest bombings in the country’s conflict, including
ones in civilian areas like markets. The group has targeted Shiites in
particular, accusing them of apostasy for supporting the U.S.-backed
government.
In the video released Thursday, the Islamic State of Iraq showed the
killing of 14 Iraqi police and soldiers, saying a 72-hour deadline had
passed for their demands to be met. The group posted a video Tuesday
showing the 14 and demanding the release of all female prisoners in
Iraqi prisons.
In a statement that preceded the new video’s footage, the group said
its religious court «ruled that God’s verdict should be implemented
against the renegades.
The 14 hostages, wearing their uniforms, were shown kneeling on the
ground in a single line, blindfolded, with their hands tied behind
their backs.
An insurgent wearing a ski mask shot the men one by one in the back of
the head from close range, causing them to tumble to the ground.
The killings took place in what looked like a rural area, with a grass
field and several tall eucalyptus trees. A small wooden shack stood in
the background.
The authenticity of the one and a half minute video could not be
verified, but it appeared on a Web site commonly used by Islamic
militants and carried the logo of the Islamic State of Iraq’s media
production wing, al-Furqan.
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Southeast Asia’s Maritime Security Dilemma: State or Market?
By Carolin Liss
June 15, 2007 Anti-Terrorism News
(USA - Padilla Trial) Bin Laden mentioned in wiretap call played in
Padilla trial
http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/139910.html
(USA - Padilla Trial) Padilla trial jury hears Chechnya talk
http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/45887
(USA - JFK Plot) Court documents detail history of New York airport
terrorism plot informant
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/america/NA-GEN-US-Terrorism-Plot.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/terrorism_plot;_ylt=AjzI01f17HF.9rJ1hqKsvzUTv5UB
(JFK Plot) Sons of JFK suspect held in Guyana
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070615-125459-3309
(USA) 6 Fort Dix suspects enter not-guilty plea
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070614-112406-2138r.htm
(Afghanistan) Suicide bombers hit foreign troops in Afghanistan
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(Afghanistan) Two suicide blasts in Afghanistan, five boys killed
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(Afghanistan) Dozens of Taliban said killed in Afghan battles
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070615/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest_070615060954;_ylt=At7MimiCJDtfGxH9jK8MyYfOVooA
(Iraq) 5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070614171168;_ylt=Agljl6ztlMPCJ0bWd09LGEhX6GMA
(Iraq) Four Iraqi soldiers killed in Amriyah
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=994242
(Iraq) U.S. says Iraq troop surge complete
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070615/ts_nm/iraq_dc_23;_ylt=AiHTYfRUoUsPLi9DzvttjB5X6GMA
(Iraq) Curfew in Basra after Sunni shrine attack
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(Pakistan) Arrests after Pakistan militant ambush kills 10
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070615/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanusunrestsouthwest_070615074857;_ylt=As5bmlaKjYWxhEHitBMm.A7zPukA
(Pakistan) Two music shops burnt in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\15\story_15-6-2007_pg1_5
(Pakistan) US, Pakistan officials to discuss Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\15\story_15-6-2007_pg7_1
(Pakistan) Taliban warn Waziris not to shelter Uzbeks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\15\story_15-6-2007_pg7_12
(India) Terror averted in Tinsukia railway station - bomb recovered -
UFLA suspected
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=39247
(India) Islamic National Front militant shot dead in Manipur
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=6/15/2007#5
Lebanon: Clashes resume in Palestinian refugee camp
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.426016948&par=0
(Lebanon) Booby trap kills 4 soldiers at Lebanon camp
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(Lebanon) Fatah Al-Islam gunmen try to frame army in mosques’
desecration — army
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=994370
(Lebanon) Outrage over Lebanese TV anchor’s comments - gloating over
assassination of anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eid - “So, why did it
take them so long to kill him?”, laughing and calling for another
anti-Syrian parliament member to be assassinated
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/14/lebanon.anchor/index.html
(Thailand) Attack kills 7 soldiers in southern Thailand
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(Thailand) Insurgents set fire to school in Yala
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30036937
(Philippines) Two bombs on buses kill 9 in southern Philippines
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Bus-Blasts.php
(Philippines) Police tag terror suspect in car bomb plot - One-armed JI
terrorist, Edris Sabal, failed to set off powerful bomb
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view_article.php?article_id=71371
Indonesia captures head of Jemaah Islamiah: police — Zarkarsih aka Mba
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070615/wl_nm/indonesia_militant_dc_1;_ylt=AhsjVvso5sLb9GjPwb3kf0sTv5UB
Indonesia raids net terror leaders
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(Indonesia) Abu Dujana admits heading Jemaah Islamiah military wing
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21910775-1702,00.html
Jemaah Islamiyah, inspired by Al-Qaeda, dreams of Islamic state
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?News%20Flash&p=54&type=2&sec=91&aid=2007061534
(Somalia) Four die in Somalia attack — Islamist grenade attack on
video hall as opposition to western and Indian films
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Egypt: Terror cell planned on ‘waging jihad’
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20070615111321289C934049
(Turkey) 7 wounded in southeast Turkey bomb explosion
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Turkey: Police launch sweep in southeast after blast
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(UK) Dirty bomb plotters jailed for 136 years — Seven accomplices of
dirty bomb plotter Dhiren Barot jailed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=T4ASFWVWCORWBQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/06/15/nbomb115.xml
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(UK) Profiles of Dhiren Barot British Jihadist gang
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/15/nbomb215.xml
(UK) Judge lifts terror suspect’s anonymity order on Zeeshan Siddiqui
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1934952.ece
(Israel) IDF kills terror suspect in West Bank
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1181813038647&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israeli FM says Gaza multinational force must be willing to fight Hamas
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/europe/EU-GEN-Portugal-Israel-Palestinians.php
(Gaza) President’s fortress falls in the face of Hamas onslaught
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1934819.ece
Report: Hamas forces take over Abbas’s compound
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813036875&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hamas Consolidates Hold on Gaza, Rounds up Fatah Leadership
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282792,00.html
Hamas consolidates power in Gaza - Fatah flees Gaza
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/15/gaza.fighting/index.html
Around 100 Fatah officials flee to Egypt
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Palestinians-Crossing.php
Hamas militants loot seized Gaza security buildings
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070614-103224-5915r.htm
Fatah crushed as Gaza becomes Islamist state
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=T4ASFWVWCORWBQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/06/15/wgaza415.xml
Islamic rule has arrived, says Hamas
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=M4T1XD3HQYM1HQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/06/15/wgaza115.xml
Hamas: “There will be no dialogue with Fatah, only the sword and the
rifle”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1935047.ece
Hamas issues “pardon” in favor of Fatah security officials
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=994368
(Gaza) Gunmen invade hospital in Gaza and kill injured patient
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=22993
(Gaza) Mother of Eight Planned Suicide Terror Attack in Israel - update
on previous story
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122741
Commentary: Islamic Fundamentalists threaten Israel from all sides
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=M4T1XD3HQYM1HQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/opinion/2007/06/15/do1502.xml
(USA) Ku Klux Klan Terrorist James Ford Seale convicted in 1964 deaths
of black teens
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/14/kkk.coldcase.convicted.ap/index.html
(Iran) Students, police clash in front of British embassy
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1d77f96f-de03-4304-b061-2027ef5cda4c&&Headline=Students%2c+police+clash+in+front+of+UK+embassy
(Spain/Canada) Basque terror suspect nabbed in Vancouver said wanted on
international warrant
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=41b780bd-77bd-46de-8b5b-487c69829b70&k=64279
North Korean funds transferred from bank
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070615/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear_15;_ylt=ApcQvdOmA.YIB8G_Z7tO6iKCscEA
(UAE) Anti-money laundering expert warns of dangers facing UAE
financial services firms
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070614%5cACQDJON200706141045DOWJONESDJONLINE000775.htm&;
EU Sets Cash Customs Limit To Fight Laundering, Terrorism - See Victor
Comras’ June 13 post
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070614%5cACQDJON200706141045DOWJONESDJONLINE000775.htm&;
Argentine Congress OKs anti-terror bill with sentences for conspiracy,
financing, laundering
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/world/20070614-0831-argentina-terrorismlaw.html
Propaganda Alert:
(Iran) The Ayatollah Khamenei: US, Israel guilty of mosque attack in
Iraq
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3413158,00.html
Other News:
(Pakistan) Mosques on occupied land illegal in Islam: Council of
Islamic Ideology
http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/15/top7.htm
(UK) Islam academics wary of conditional funding
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2103972,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=8
Turkey to open “Islamic resorts” for Iranians
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=21089
America prepares for ‘cyber war’ with China
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/15/wcyber115.xml
HAMAS, Not the West, is Behind the Bloodshed (back)
June 14, 2007
The appalling barbarity currently unfolding in Gaza, where gunmen from the militant Palestinian Islamic group Hamas are attempting to eliminate physically their secular Fatah rivals, has led to the inevitable accusations that Israel and its Western allies are ultimately responsible for the bloodshed.
The fact that the latest outburst of violence was started, and is being sustained, by Hamas’s attempts to eradicate any hint of opposition to its radical Islamic agenda is conveniently overlooked.
Instead those who claim to have the Palestinians’ best interests at heart insist the violence is the result of the refusal of Israel and its supporters - i.e. America - to negotiate with the democratically elected Hamas government on a lasting political settlement of the Palestinian issue.
One of the more forthright denunciations of Israeli-American policy is contained in a 53-page report written by Alvaro de Soto , who until last month was the United Nations special co-ordinator for the Middle East .
In the report, which was written for internal consumption by senior UN officials, Mr de Soto is particularly critical of Washington , which he accuses of fomenting the violence in Gaza by imposing an all-embracing boycott on the Palestinian government. Israel , meanwhile, is criticised for setting unachievable preconditions for Hamas to enter the negotiating process.
We have become inured to the institutional naivety that afflicts so much of the UN’s endeavours, but this argument is as dangerous as it is specious. America and Israel have very sound reasons for not engaging in any form of dialogue with Hamas.
Not only does the movement remain committed to the destruction of the Jewish state, but it also steadfastly refuses to renounce violence as a means of achieving its political objectives.
Hamas has certainly demonstrated its capacity for indulging in acts of extreme violence during the latest fighting, where captured Fatah gunmen are immediately shot. Not only does Hamas reject Israel’s right to exist, but also the existence of any Palestinian who dares object to its radical Islamic agenda.
Rather than engaging in dialogue, the West needs to intensify its efforts to prevent Hamas succeeding in its attempts to establish a theocracy in the Palestinian territories.
Hamas derives most of its funding from Iran , which is no doubt delighted that its recently acquired ally is causing so much turmoil in this already troubled region.
A more effective blockade of Hamas’s Gazan stronghold, one that prevents Teheran from fanning the flames of religious extremism in the Palestinian territories, would be a good start.
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Threats against France are not new for the old Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat. According to media reports, in February 2005, for example, the French domestic intelligence agency estimated that the group had about 5,000 sympathizers and militants in France , centered on 500 hard-core individuals. Many in France ‘s Algerian community are already angry at Sarkozy for his tough words during the 2005 riots in their urban ghettos, and he is considered to be much more sympathetic to Israel than his predecessor.
Zawahiri’s warning should be taken very seriously in Europe and by the United States . Al Qaeda has struck in London , Istanbul and Madrid . There have been past reports of plans by Algerian terrorist groups to attack American and Israeli targets in France and Belgium , as well as NATO or European Union installations.
Finally, one should recall that the first-ever plan to fly a hijacked airliner into a target on the ground was a thwarted 1994 plot by Algerian jihadists to crash an Air France jet into the Eiffel Tower, which the 9/11 commission rightly said may have been the model for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Fatah Islam Threatens to Kill Lebanese Politicians (back)
June 14, 2007
Fatah al-Islam leader threatened to kill Lebanese politicians, including Premier Fouad Saniora, if the army staged a final showdown on its militants in the northern refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared.
‘Leading political figures on Lebanese territory would be targeted by explosive charges and booby-trapped motorcycles if we were confronted by the (Lebanese) government,’ said Abu Masaab in a telephone interview with the Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat from his Nahr al-Bared hideout.
Topping the ‘Assassination List’ were Saniora and Druze leader Walid Jumblat, said Abu Masaab, identified by the newspaper as a 30-year-old Palestinian from Fatah al-Islam’s second row leadership.
He said Shahine Shahine, a Saudi, took over the leadership of Fatah al-Islam after the ‘disappearance’ of its leader Shaker Abssi and his deputy commander Abu Hureira.
Abu Masaab said Shahine, Fatah al-Islam’s military commander and official spokesman, who is flanked by four aides, pledged allegiance to al-Qaida.
He said he was charged with recruiting via the Internet the largest possible number of young men from various Arab and Islam states to join Fatah al-Islam.
He said among those countries were Saudi Arabia , Ethiopia , Yemen , Algiers , Morocco and Syria .
Source: No Source
Al-Qaeda Germinating Across Europe (back)
June 13, 2007
Al Qaeda is at the front of the pack of jihadist groups currently spreading across Europe , says a recent Europol report. Islamic terrorist cells pose a greater threat to European security than ever, according to the findings. ‘Terrorist organizations campaigning in third states use the EU as their logistical basis and for funding,’ reported Europol, and al Qaeda has established cells in Germany, France, Italy, Britain, the Netherlands and even Switzerland.
The report also showed that Europol reported nearly 500 terrorist attacks in EU nations in 2006 alone. Most occurred in France and Spain . The report also states most terrorists either cross from Northern Africa or are current EU citizens that have been radicalized in Europe . Spain , Britain and France are among the nations facing the most danger from Islamic terrorist cells. Spain , besides being the recipient of a deadly attack by al Qaeda in 2004, also has the ignominious reputation of housing the largest jihadi recruitment center in Europe .
Meanwhile, France , a nation with a heavy Muslim presence, is now dealing with threats from al Qaeda and its affiliates who seek vengeance for the recent election of ‘Zionist’ Nicolas Sarkozy.
The report also highlighted the strength of al Qaeda’s presence in Algeria , a relatively poor North African nation situated a few miles from Gibraltar and Spain . Experts fear that the terrorist network is using this North African country to channel funding, not to mention terrorists, into Europe .
Europe has devoted a massive amount of resources to investigating terrorist networks within its borders. The Continent is perilously accessible to radical Muslim strongholds in the Middle East and Northern Africa . Also, a vast Muslim population within Europe can easily hide nascent radical groups until it is too late. Al Qaeda and similar organizations eagerly support these smaller groups.
Europe is worried for good reason. Radical Islam is growing right in its midst. It is only a matter of time before terrorism rakes European cities, and Europe will be obliged to respond.
Source: http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=3281
TERRORISM PREVENTION
Surveillance in the Information Age (back)
June 13, 2007
Those who conduct surveillance — either for nefarious or protective security reasons — frequently have used available technology to aid them in their efforts. In earlier times, employing such technology might have meant simply using a telescope, but in more recent years, surveillants have used photographic and video gear, night vision aids and electronic equipment such as covert listening devices, beacons and programmable scanners. These efforts have been greatly enhanced by the advent of personal computers, which can be used to database and analyze information, and the Internet, which has revolutionized information gathering.
Doubtlessly, modern technology has radically altered the surveillance process. What it has not done, however, is render physical pre-operational surveillance obsolete. Despite innovative Internet tools, a person sitting in an Internet café in Quetta , Pakistan , cannot get everything he or she needs to plan and execute a terrorist attack in New York . There are still many things that can only be seen in person, making eyes-on surveillance vital to pre-operational planning. And, as long as actual physical surveillance is required, countersurveillance will remain a key tool for proactively preventing terrorist attacks.
The Internet as a Tool
The Internet has proven to be an important asset for those preparing a surveillance operation. If the target is a person, open-source Internet searches can provide vital biographical information, such as the target’s full name, address, occupation, hobbies, membership in organizations, upcoming speaking engagements and participation in charity events. It also can provide the same information on the target’s spouse and children, while image searches can be used to find photos of the target and related people.
In most instances, public records checks performed on the Internet also can provide a vast amount of personal information about a potential target, including property, vehicle and watercraft ownership, voter registration data, driver’s license information, criminal history, professional license information and property tax data. The property tax data can be especially revealing because it not only tells the surveillant which property the target owns, but in some jurisdictions can even include photographs of the front of the home and even copies of the floor plan. In addition, many commercial services will, for a fee, provide an extremely detailed public records dossier on a desired subject — often with little regard for how the information will be used.
There also are a number of Internet sites that offer maps and aerial photographs of specific locations. In videos released by the al Qaeda Organization for the Countries of the Arab Maghreb, the group has shown how it has used Google Earth to obtain aerial photographs to help it plan its attacks in Algeria .
An additional aspect of the Internet is that posters — wittingly or unwittingly — often meet hostile surveillants halfway, so to speak. For example, several environmental, animal rights, anti-globalization and anti-abortion groups have even gone so far as to publish lists of potential targets on their Web sites, frequently including personal data and sometimes also photographs. Real estate agencies also use the Internet to post detailed photographs, and even video tours, of homes on the market, which can provide additional information to surveillants. Buildings that lease office space also frequently post a great deal of online information. And, of course, many people are quite obliging to would-be surveillants and post a great deal of information about themselves — including numerous photographs — on blogs, personal home pages or networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook.
Importantly, not only can surveillants use the Internet to collect an abundance of information on a person or location, they can do so quickly — and anonymously. Before the Internet era, hostile surveillants were forced to expose themselves at a far earlier stage in the attack cycle, if only to request information from a public agency or collect photographs to initially identify a person or location. Now, much of this information can be obtained without the need for surreptitious behavior or for providing false information — and from the comfort and safety of one’s own home.
Of course, the Internet also can be used for protective reasons. Security managers, for instance, can conduct ‘cyberstalker’ operations to determine how much information is available on the Internet regarding a person or building they are responsible for protecting. Though it is hard to get some information removed from the Internet once it is out there, it is important to realize that such information is available, and to identify where information vulnerabilities exist.
The Limits of Technology
One of the major problems associated with relying solely on information found on the Internet is the possibility of error. Because there is a great deal of erroneous information on the Internet, one cannot take every post at face value. Additionally, public data sources tend to have a considerable lag time (sometimes of several months) between an event and its posting on the Internet. For example, it is possible to pay a company to run a detailed public records profile on someone and then find that the person actually sold the property listed as the ‘confirmed’ address on that profile two months earlier.
When information gathered from a source such as the Internet is not confirmed, it can lead to the failure of an entire operation. A militant group is unlikely to win much sympathy among its intended audience if it shoots the wrong person or leaves a timed incendiary device at the wrong residence (as the Animal Liberation Front did in June 2006.) Furthermore, terrorist attacks require a large amount of time and effort, and in some cases utilize a large proportion of the resources available to a militant group. Such attacks also carry with them the possibility of death or long imprisonment for the person conducting them. They are, therefore, too costly to be conducted without adequate planning — and sophisticated planning requires information that can only be collected by conducting physical surveillance.
Biography data and photos, maps to help find the target’s house, aerial photos of the target’s property and even street-level views of a target’s apartment building or home are very useful to operational planners. In fact, an operational commander can use these tools to help plan the surveillance and to quickly orient the surveillance and attack teams to the target and the area around it. However, even at their best, these sources of information provide a potential attacker with a static (and usually quite limited) view of a person or building. It simply cannot provide the richness of perception that comes from actually watching the building or person over time.
Additionally, the targeted person or building does not exist in a vacuum, and potential attackers must also have an understanding of the environment around the target if they are going to determine the best time, location and method for the attack, how best to take advantage of the element of surprise and how to escape afterward, if escape is called for in the plan. It is hard to place a target into context based solely on the information available on the Internet.
Internet information also cannot provide what is perhaps the most important element of operational planning: an understanding of human behavior. If the target is a person, the surveillance team is looking not just for static facts, but for patterns of behavior that will predictably place the target in an ideal attack site at a specific time. Internet research can reveal that the target owns two cars and works for a particular company, but it will not reveal which vehicle he drives to work or whether he has a driver, the time he leaves the house, the Starbucks he visits every morning on his way to work, or the odd little shortcut he takes every morning to avoid traffic.
If the target is a building, the surveillance team will be looking to define the security in place at the site and for gaps in the security both in terms of physical security equipment and in guard coverage that can be exploited. They will make diagrams of the building, including any bollards, cameras and access control measures. They also will monitor the guards to see how they operate, and note their level of training and alertness. Militant groups have been known to test the adequacy and response time of building security by attempting to park a vehicle illegally in front of a building or by entering the building without the proper identification. In the past, al Qaeda has even entered potential target buildings and collected detailed engineering data such as the measurements and locations of building support pillars, elevator equipment and air handling systems. This is simply not the type of information that can be obtained by looking at overhead photos or even at 3D street-level views of the targeted building on the Internet.
Though the Internet can provide surveillance teams with information that allows them to become quickly oriented to their target, and to condense some of the initial surveillance they would otherwise need to conduct, it has not been able to replace physical surveillance altogether. In fact, the same video in which al Qaeda’s Maghreb node uses Google Earth to demonstrate how to plan attacks also shows operatives conducting physical surveillance of the attack sites. It also shows videos of attacks, meaning a surveillance team was on hand to record the event.
Although the Internet has become a valuable tool in the surveillance process, it has not come close to eliminating the need for eyes-on monitoring of a target. As such, countersurveillance remains a powerful and proactive tool in the counterterrorism toolbox.
Source: http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/06/surveillance-in-information-age.html
U.S. Warns Tehran Of Tough New Sanctions (back)
June 13, 2007
A senior U.S. diplomat warned Iran that it is facing the prospects of tough new sanctions ‘in the next week or two’ unless it comes to the negotiating table on its nuclear program.
Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said Iran has made a major miscalculation if it believes it has any support internationally for its actions.
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department has given some details of Washington ‘s little-publicized drive to cut off Iran from the global financial system.
Speaking to reporters in Paris , Burns said Iran must be aware that continued refusal to stop uranium enrichment means it faces possible new sanctions — both inside and outside the framework of the United Nations.
Burns said the UN Security Council is preparing a third package of sanctions that should be ready in a few weeks. He said Iran must sit down and negotiate on its nuclear ambitions, or face the consequences.
The Security Council has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Iran since December, but these were relatively mild in order to gain the support of Russia and China , two veto-holding council members with doubts about a policy of sanctions. The results appear to be correspondingly few.
The third package now under discussion at the UN will reportedly be tougher, possibly aimed at Iran ‘s oil supplies. Burns’ comments appear to indicate Washington ‘s belief that Russia and China are already ‘on board’ with the new package.
Iranian leaders have consistently dismissed the importance of sanctions, and said Iran will never give up uranium enrichment.
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad stuck to that line today at a rally in Semnan, a city east of Tehran .
‘The Iranian nation does not give the slightest value to your resolutions,’ he told the crowd in a nationally televised speech.
Sanctions Bite
Separately, however, the United States has been working quietly on sanctions outside the UN forum, and these appear to be already biting deep into Iran ‘s financial standing in the world.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said at a Washington briefing that U.S. Treasury officials have been in discussion with some 40 international banks, with the aim of getting them to curtail their business with Iran .
McCormack named as an example the case of Bank Sepah, a major Iranian banking institution.
‘This is an institution which has billions of dollars in assets,’ McCormack said. ‘[But] it effectively cannot do business anymore in the international financial system.’
Another example is how the German government has cut back its export credits to Iran by some 40 percent. And at the urging of the United States , other European countries and Japan are looking at the same course of action, involving tens of billions of dollars in credits.
‘Once the [Iranians] get themselves in this kind of situation where the international banking system does not want to take their business, won’t touch them, won’t touch their money, that is it — it has severe consequences, and it is very difficult to reverse,’ McCormack said.
Iranian businessmen confirm that the U.S. financial sanctions are having a practical impact. AP quoted the vice president of the Dubai-based Iranian Business Council, Nasser Hashempour, as saying that financing has become a major problem.
Hashempour said that ‘no one accepts Iranian letters of credit,’ adding that the situation has prompted Iranians to move ‘out of Iran ...to establish relations with foreign banks.’
McCormack said Iran should know the situation will worsen unless the government in Tehran lives up to its responsibilities on the nuclear issue.
’ Iran is soon going to find itself at a point where it will come very difficult for this regime to have a normal relationship with the international financial system,’ McCormack said. ‘It’s already not normal, as indicated by the Bank Saleh. It’s going to become increasingly more difficult for them, which has real consequences, has real financial implications for them.’
Washington has also approached major energy companies — notably Royal Dutch/Shell — pointing out that they may come in for penalties on the U.S. market if they continue to be involved in big oil or gas development projects in Iran .
Source: http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/06/66E12D59-5884-4097-B002-4B3D808EE732.html
Nairobi: Two Women Held Over Bomb Blast (back)
June 14, 2007
by Cyrus Ombati and James Ratemo
Two of five suspects being held in connection with the Monday bomb explosion are women, police said, as investigations spread to the coastal town of Mombasa .
It also became certain that police were now probing a terrorism angle to the blast.
Police said the two women were from Mombasa and had local identification documents. They were being held at Kileleshwa Police Station.
A group of women from Mombasa camped at the police station demanding the release of the suspects.
One of the men was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and another in Eastleigh area of Nairobi . The third man was arrested soon after the 8am explosion at River Road area.
The women were arrested at the scene while taking pictures of the bomb explosion site. Anti-terror police were yesterday in hot pursuit of at least four other men said to have assembled the small bomb that went off near the busy Ambassadeur Hotel killing one person and injuring 37 others.
Officials said the detectives had obtained pictures of men said to have coached and funded those who abandoned the device at the scene of the explosion.
Police suspect those in custody may have been the ones who delivered the explosive to the scene.
Even though police remained cagey on where the bomb could have been assembled, sources close to the investigating team said the it was assembled in a hotel room either in Eastleigh or Mombasa .
Bomb assembled in poor manner
They also said the bomb had been planned to explode either in a bus or at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport .
The officers termed the bomb ‘non-conventional’ because of the poor and casual manner in which it was assembled.
Police spokesman, Mr Eric Kiraithe, said they were yet to unearth the motive behind the manufacture and detonation of the bomb.
Other officials termed the blast a purely ‘Kenyan affair,’ saying it may not have involved foreigners.
At the City Mortuary, officials carried out a postmortem on the only casualty of the explosion and concluded that the bomb went off too close to the victim.
No relative has claimed the body so far.
Police also visited the mortuary and took fingerprints of the deceased in an attempt to unravel his real identity.
‘We are taking this explosion seriously. All of us are concerned,’ Kiraithe said.
Victims to go for second surgery
British minister for Africa , Lord Triesman, condemned the attack on innocent people.
‘I hope the ongoing investigations by the police clearly reveals what happened and who was responsible,’ he said in a statement from the British High Commission, Nairobi .
The explosion went off during the morning rush hour, affecting business in parts of the city centre. Witnesses said three men, two of who carried a rucksack, and a laptop bag, abandoned the explosive at the terminus before they escaped on foot.
Some of the victims of the blast were experiencing difficulties in hearing.
Meanwhile, nine victims of the explosion in Nairobi are still recuperating at Kenyatta National Hospital , while two were discharged.
The six men and three women, still admitted, sustained deep cuts with others losing their sight, hearing and ability to walk.
Nurses were busy engaging the patients in physiotherapy to enable them regain their faculties.
In an interview with The Standard, KNH Deputy Director of Clinical Services, Dr Walter Oweri, said the patients whose eyes were affected would regain sight after dust and smoke particles are removed from their eyes.
Some of the patients, said the doctor, would also go for a second surgery since the first operation was only meant to save their lives.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200706140403.html
TERROR ON TRIAL
JFK Plot: Two of Kadir’s Sons held over Ammo (back)
June 13, 2007
Kareem and Ibrahim Kadir, two sons of terror plot suspect, Abdul Kadir have been detained by local police following the alleged discovery of a round of ammunition at the former Linden mayor’s Watooka home.
Police in Georgetown last evening confirmed that the men were being detained at the Brickdam Police Station lock-ups. They are likely to make a court appearance today.
Stabroek News was told that the two brothers were arrested on Sunday during an extensive search at Kadir’s home by agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local police. During the search, ranks also seized two computers belonging to Kadir and questioned his children as well as two of his brothers.
Contacted yesterday, Salim Kadir, another son of the ex-PNCR member of parliament would only say that his brothers were being held by the police. He declined to give any other comment on the matter, saying that by today he would be in a better position to make a statement.
Kadir is jointly charged with Guyanese Abdel Nur, Guyanese-born US citizen, Russell Defreitas and Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahim with plotting to blow up fuel tanks at the JFK Airport in New York.
Kadir and his co-accused have all been denied bail and remanded to prison. On Monday when Kadir, Nur and Ibrahim appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court, Senior Counsel Israel Khan representing the US and the T&T Attorney General produced photographs of Kadir and one of his sons brandishing what the lawyer says were automatic weapons.
Khan told the court that the pictures were found in Kadir’s ‘thumb drive’ when he was arrested at the Piarco Airport two Saturdays ago.
In hard-hitting comments on Monday, while objecting to bail in the Port of Spain court Khan said Kadir had ties with militants abroad and accused him of volunteering to finance trips of the other plotters to the US . He said Kadir was the one who discussed meeting and involving the radical Jamaat al Muslimeen group of Trinidad to get financing and operational help. The lawyer argued that Kadir had the engineering ability and posited that the men could not be judged by their appearances. ‘No one looks like a terrorist,’ Khan remarked.
Kadir, Nur and Ibrahim were all charged last Monday with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act against the United States . The charge is one that could lead to extradition but the men’s lawyers said they would challenge any attempt to extradite them.
In his address to the court Khan also said that Kadir was a threat to the community, ‘this upright citizen had multiple semi-automatic weapons... he’s fraternizing with criminals.’ According to US court documents on the matter, in May 2007 Kadir, Defreitas and an informant who is a convicted drug dealer working with the FBI had numerous conversations, which were taped by the lawmen. The men are facing five charges: conspiracy to bomb, which carries a sentence of life imprisonment; conspiracy to bomb a public transportation system; conspiracy to destroy a building by fire and conspiracy to bomb an aircraft and conspiracy to bomb a mass transportation facility.
Source: http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_general_news?id=56522336
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