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ON THE NET...
http://www.youtube.com/user/ICTstaff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8q31WgLTw
www.youtube.com/user/IslamicMediaNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM93ctY6UTI
UNCONFIRMED
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“Unconfirmed Report: ‘Jalaluddin Haqqani died of Hepatitis’”
Fri, 15/06/2007 - 00:58 — matt
Source: Afgha.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An unconfirmed report by Bakhtar News Agency has surfaced indicating legendary Mujahideen commander and Taliban era Minister Jalaluddin Haqqani has died. According to a source that refused to be named, Haqqani ‘had Hepatitis problems and died very recently.’
So far there has been no official proclamation of his death from his sons Sirajuddin and Nasiruddin or the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report must be treated as pure speculation until further information is available.
If confirmed, Haqqani’s death mimic the detrimental blow the Taliban suffered on May 13 when top Taliban general Mullah Dadullah was gunned down by US forces.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46507
Coalition Forces in Afghanistan Kill Enemy Fighters
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2007 – Afghan and coalition forces killed several enemy fighters yesterday during operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
First, the troops engaged and killed several enemy fighters on a ridgeline near the village of Horax in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. Three hours later, enemy forces made contact with the same combined Afghan and coalition patrol near the village. More enemy fighters were killed in the ensuing firefight, officials said.
Elsewhere in the Shah Wali Kot district, enemy fighters in pickup trucks and motorcycles ambushed a combined Afghan and coalition patrol near the village of Syalrzamin. The combined forces engaged the attackers, killing a number of fighters and destroying two motorcycles.
No civilians were hurt in any of the three engagements, officials said.
“Taliban fighters are no match for Afghan national security and coalition forces,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman. “We will intensify our operations to rid Afghanistan of all Taliban fighters’ who harm innocent Afghan civilians and threaten the government of Afghanistan.”
(From a Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release.)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46516
Coalition Forces Continue Heightened Operations in Iraq
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2007 – Coalition forces continue to kill and detain suspected terrorists and discover weapons caches during ongoing missions within Operation Phantom Thunder, a large-scale operation targeting al Qaeda strongholds in and around Baghdad.
Two coordinated operations in Mosul today targeted a Kurdish extremist known for helping al Qaeda in Iraq facilitate foreign fighters and conduct financial and media operations, military officials reported.
While troops maneuvered through a targeted building, an armed man engaged them with small-arms fire, endangering the force and the innocent family members. Coalition forces defended themselves, the women and the children by killing the armed terrorist.
Troops identified the terrorist as a member of the al Qaeda in Iraq network who recruited and transported foreign fighters into Iraq to participate in suicide bombings and other terrorist activities, officials said. Coalition forces detained seven other suspected terrorists during the raids for their alleged involvement in the network.
In Baghdad, coalition forces conducted an operation to capture an al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader in the area. As forces entered the building, a man continuously made hostile attempts to evade the ground forces and ignored the translator’s instructions to comply with the forces’ orders. Reacting appropriately to the perceived hostile threat, officials said, coalition forces shot and killed him.
Inside the building, coalition forces detained 10 suspected terrorists, including two who have alleged close ties to al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders. Coalition forces also destroyed a vehicle used in transporting weapons and personnel for terrorist activity, officials reported.
West of Tarmiyah, coalition forces targeted an individual suspected of helping foreign fighters enter Iraq. The ground force captured the individual and three more suspected terrorists allegedly tied to the al Qaeda in Iraq foreign fighter network.
Coalition forces raided a building northeast of Habbaniyah in search of an al Qaeda senior leader there. The ground force detained eight suspected terrorists for their alleged involvement with the senior leader.
“Al Qaeda in Iraq members continue to threaten the safety of Iraqis with indiscriminant violence, even deliberately endangering their own family members,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “Al Qaeda’s operatives, many of them foreigners to Iraq, do not represent the will or the desires of the Iraq people.”
In other operations today, officials reported that attack helicopters from the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade engaged and killed 17 al Qaeda gunmen after ground forces from the 1st Cavalry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team saw the men attempting to circumvent Iraqi police who were conducting security operations southwest of Khalis.
During Operation Sledgehammer today, transition team paratroopers from the 25th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team and Iraqi security forces found 10 82mm mortar rounds, 10 102mm mortar rounds and two improvised explosive devices while searching offices of a cleric’s organization.
Eight individuals were detained during the combined search operation conducted by the Iraqi army, the Hillah Special Weapons and Tactics Team, and coalition forces in Jabella. The operation is designed to disrupt militia influence and violence.
Three operations conducted northwest of Baghdad today by 1st Cavalry Division troops resulted in the detention of seven suspected insurgents.
“We are tightening the noose on the IED cell members in our area of operations, and disrupting their operations,” said Lt. Col. Peter Andrysiak, deputy commanding officer of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team. “We have been able to increase our troop presence in the more remote areas of our sector because of the increased number of ‘surge troops.’”
In the early morning hours today, scouts from the 8th Cavalry Regiment raided a suspected insurgent location in an isolated farm house in the Taji area. All seven suspected insurgents were captured in the house. The cell is believed to be responsible for planting bombs on Highway 1 and other locations area.
In a village in Abu Ghraib, 5th Cavalry Regiment soldiers conducted an air assault operation to conduct cordon-and-search operations at several homes suspected of housing insurgents.
A resident questioned at the scene claimed his home had been taken over by insurgents, but that they left when they heard the aircraft. At the home, a small cache was found, including a hand grenade and a pistol.
During operations conducted yesterday by troops attached to the 1st Infantry Division, two caches were discovered during clearing operations in the eastern portion of the Rashid district of the Iraqi capital.
Troops from the 38th Infantry Regiment seized a cache consisting of 12 AK-47 assault rifles, 15 AK-47 magazines, 12 60mm mortar rounds, four 82mm mortars, 60 anti-personnel mines, a mortar tube, a machine gun with 150 rounds, 12 motorcycle batteries, switches, wires, black powder, fuses and rocket-propelled-grenade boosters.
Meanwhile, soldiers from another company within the regiment located a cache nearby that contained 15 RPG rounds. Coalition explosive ordnance disposal units destroyed both caches.
Early morning raids yesterday by 1st Cavalry Division troops in northwestern Baghdad targeted terrorist cells believed to be responsible for improvised explosive attacks within the region. Multiple suspects, as well as weapons and equipment, were detained during the raids.
In other news, 37th Field Artillery soldiers conducted an air assault raid on a residence determined by intelligence sources to be an insurgent safe house near the town of Shammar Jarba. Four suspects were detained for questioning, including those suspected to be responsible for attacks on Highway 1, as well as assisting in IED attacks in the Taji area.
Near the village of Awad, scouts from the 8th Cavalry Regiment conducted a dismounted raid on a suspected insurgent safe house. Inside the home, the soldiers detained five suspects, including one suspect believed to be responsible for coordinating car bomb attacks against coalition forces in an area west of Taji. The troops also seized a high-powered rifle with a scope, a pistol, a rocket-propelled grenade scope and a flare gun.
West of Kem village, soldiers from the regiment conducted a dismounted raid on another suspected safe house. Nine suspects were detained in this operation.
Also yesterday, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers recovered a cache and detained three suspects during a security operation in eastern Baghdad. The soldiers recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, an Enfield rifle, a 9mm pistol, two pellet guns, a knife, a bayonet, a weapon sight and an undisclosed amount of money.
Residents in the area were complaining about an increase in militia activity and an increase in small-arms fire within the sparsely populated area. Coalition forces, based on tips from residents, conducted the operation to impair the ability of militia members to target innocent civilians.
“This is a great example of U.S. forces helping the Iraqi people and trying to quell violence in areas that have seen increased security and are trying to return to normalcy,” said Maj. Sean Ryan, a 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team spokesman.
Operation Arrowhead Ripper continued yesterday as Iraqi security forces teamed with Task Force Lightning units to clear Baqubah and surrounding areas.
“We are shoulder-to-shoulder with Iraqi Security Forces in this fight,” said Army Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek, commander of Operation Arrowhead Ripper. “The weeks ahead are absolutely key in not only holding and retaining the ground that is cleared in partnership with coalition forces, but also in building trust and confidence with the citizens of Diyala.”
In support of the operation, attack helicopters from 82nd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion provided assistance to Iraqi and coalition ground forces, killing at least 13 al Qaeda operatives and destroying an al Qaeda compound during the second day of the operation.
In a separate engagement during the operation yesterday, soldiers discovered an empty school complex rigged with explosives in Baqubah, the capital city of Diyala province. An investigation of the area determined the school and surrounding buildings had been abandoned.
Coalition forces destroyed the school due to risk to the community, but were unable to disable the explosives because of instability. Ground forces effectively coordinated a precision-guided munitions strike and destroyed the school.
After a search of a house yesterday, soldiers from 37th Field Artillery Regiment seized two suspected insurgents after finding $1,500 in U.S. $100 bills and multiple forged identification cards in the home.
The house had been targeted for search because of its alleged involvement as a lookout point for IED attacks on coalition and Iraqi security forces. Coalition forces demolished the home today to prevent its further use by insurgents.
Coalition forces intercepted an ambulance carrying seven suspected al Qaeda operatives attempting to circumvent security elements operating in Baqubah on June 19. The ambulance was stopped by soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division’s 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, who are conducting missions in the area as part of Operation Arrowhead Ripper.
Soldiers checked the ambulance and found a driver and six men, who appeared to be in their 20s and 30s. Two of the men were injured.
“Using emergency service vehicles to move fighters and equipment is a common tactic of al Qaeda in Iraq,” said Col. Steve Townsend, commander of 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. “We are controlling ambulances and other service vehicles in the city to ensure they are being used legitimately.”
Also on June 19, Iraqi and coalition forces discovered pipe bombs, artillery shells, and 200 to 400 pounds of explosives during a raid at a house in west Mosul.
Gunmen engaged the soldiers with small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire but were turned away by coalition attack helicopters armed with rockets.
Four hours later and 50 miles to the south, Iraqi soldiers raided a suspected explosives storage house in the village of Heschel. The soldiers detained one suspect and discovered more than 200 pounds of TNT, as well as other bomb-making materials.
Shortly after midnight, soldiers detained a key suspected al Qaeda financier who had been operating in Mosul.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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blog:
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Friday, June 22, 2007
“Reuters: Hamas Scores Big in US Media”
Hate 24/7...an ongoing problem...
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ON THE NET...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=rushdie
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June 22, 2007
“Rushdie Rage in London”
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June 22, 2007
“No kidding, really?”
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June 22, 2007
“”Shoot to death Shetan Rushdie””
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June 22, 2007
“Rushdie Rage in Kashmir”
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June 22, 2007
“Islamic Rage Boy returns!
Again!”
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June 22, 2007
“Pakistani traders’ association offers 10 million rupees for beheading of Salman Rushdie”
Previously...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1843491/posts?page=881#881
Thank you nw for thinking out of the box.
Sometimes it is necessary to be one step ahead of the terrorists.
Regarding Rushdie, I’ll add these links:
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6756149.stm
Last Updated: Friday, 15 June 2007, 23:00 GMT 00:00 UK
“Rushdie knighted in honours list”
ARTICLE SNPPET: “Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, has been knighted by the Queen.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “It was banned in many countries with large Muslim communities and in 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s spiritual leader, issued a fatwa, ordering Sir Salman’s execution.
In 1998, the Iranian government said it would no longer support the fatwa, but some groups have said it is irrevocable.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In backing Jack Straw over his comments on Muslim women wearing veils, Sir Salman said veils “suck” as they were a symbol of the “limitation of women”.
He also weighed into the furore surrounding the Danish cartoons, which satirised the Prophet Muhammad, warning against Islamic “totalitarianism”.
Of his knighthood for services to literature, Rushdie said: “I am thrilled and humbled to receive this great honour, and am very grateful that my work has been recognised in this way.””
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http://english.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8603270428
News numbre: 8603270428
16:41 | 2007-06-17
“POLITICAL
NGO to Award $150,000 to Executor of Salman Rushdie”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) announced that it would pay a $150,000 prize to anyone who could put into effect a death sentence decree issued by the Late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, against Salman Rushdie for blasphemy.
Secretary General of the Headquarters for Honoring the Martyrs of Islam World Movement Forouz Raja’ee-Far told FNA here on Sunday that his headquarters had announced in 2004 that it would pay $100,000 to anyone who could put into effect Imam Khomeini’s verdict and that after 3 years it has now raised the prize to $150,000.
Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie crushed Muslims’ sentiments and beliefs and sparked protests in Muslim countries around the world with his book The Satanic Verses. In 1989 the late Founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini issued a verdict of death sentence against him for blasphemy.
The move by the Iranian NGO follows a recent controversial move by the British Queen who awarded Rushdie with a knighthood.
Raja’ee-Far reminded that many world Muslims have voiced preparedness to exercise Imam Khomeini’s verdict since it was issued in 1989.
“And that’s why Salman Rushdie has been living with continued nightmares during all these 18 years,” he continued.
The NGO secretary general also added, “According to Imam Khomeini’s verdict, it is an obligation for all Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie even if he repents from the bottom of his heart and becomes the pious man of the time.”
“Also according to Imam’s verdict, if a non-Muslim person can find and execute Rushdie sooner than Muslims, it will be an obligation for Muslims to provide such a person with whatever he wants as his payment or prize,” he reminded.”
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
“Rushdie Knighted, Mullahs Seethe”
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blog:
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2007/06/salman_rushdie_.html
Sunday, June 17, 2007
“Salman Rushdie Wanted Dead”
Posted - 17-Jun-07 7:06:41 PM
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Note: Photo included.
UPDATE:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016987.php
(DAILY MAIL.co.uk)
June 18, 2007
“Rushdie knighthood ‘justifies suicide attacks’, claims Pakistani minister”
881 posted on 06/18/2007 8:50:43 PM PDT by Cindy
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003791.html
June 19, 2007
“The Islamists’ Nuclear Terrorist Threat - 1 of 2”
(Note: “This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appeared earlier today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.”)
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http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003792.html
June 20, 2007
“The Islamists’ Nuclear Terrorist Threat - 2 of 2”
(Note: “This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appeared earlier today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.”)
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Cindy’s note: Inquiring minds want to know: If 100kg is not
the correct figure — does that mean the figure is too high
or too low?
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“Iran said to enrich 100 kg uranium before new talks”
Reuters ^ | Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:42AM EDT | Fredrik Dahl
Posted on 06/22/2007 7:55:02 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has stored 100 kg of enriched uranium material, its interior minister was quoted on Friday as saying, in comments that may worry Western powers who suspect the Islamic Republic of seeking to build nuclear bombs.
But a senior Iranian nuclear official cast doubt on the information. “The figures are not correct,” the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters.”
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“Details of Iran government’s crackdown”
Houston Chronicle ^ | 6/22/07 | Houston Chronicle
Posted on 06/22/2007 2:40:12 PM PDT by freedom44
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/06/the_bush_administrations_outre.php
“The Bush Administration’s Outreach Program to Islamists”
By Douglas Farah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=algeria
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http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_929.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Fri Jun 22 2007 17:04:32 GMT-0700.
ALGERIA
March 22, 2007
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http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373483
TERRORISM MONITOR
“Islamist Terrorism and Energy Sector Security in Algeria”
By Geoff D. Porter
(June 21, 2007)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
CDC.GOV: “Emergency Preparedness & Response”
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http://www.ready.gov
READY.GOV
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28866
“Gaza: A Joint Iran-Syria Production”
By Dr. Walid Phares
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 22, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET:
“1. In Lebanon, the Tehran-Damascus axis has had as its goals to crumble the Seniora Government, cripple the Lebanese Army, and crush the Cedars Revolution. To accomplish these, two approaches have been taken:
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a) Terrorism: The assassination of MP Walid Eido in Beirut, other bombing attacks including car-bombs targeting and killing civilians.
b) Fatah al Islam attacks against the Lebanese Army in Nahr al bared and Tripoli in the north.
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In Lebanon, the axis is expected to launch more terror attacks. We are looking at all Syro-Iranian assets in Lebanon, monitoring which ones will be deployed to battle next, and when.
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2. The axis has also been involved in Gaza where they surprised observers with their decision to throw Hamas fully against Fatah and the PA in the enclave. The plan to seize control of Gaza was projected a long time ago. But the timing was at the discretion of the Syro-Iranian war room, which funds and strategically controls Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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The heavy fighting in Gaza represents an important decision made by the regional masters: The acceleration of the axis offensive so that by the end of summer, four battlefields will be fully ignited against the U.S., its allies and regional democracies: Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza (Palestinian territories). But just as important is the fact that an entire Taliban-like zone has been established on the eastern Mediterranean under Hamas control and with Syro-Iranian backing. Our expectations are that, short of a large-scale counter-operation aimed at dislodging the “coup” in the enclave, the area will become a massive terror base of operations.”
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“Ex-governor rearrested in Mexico, may be extradited to U.S.”
Houston Chronicle ^ | June 22, 2007 | Dudley Althaus
Posted on 06/22/2007 5:28:55 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “MEXICO CITY — Mexican police rearrested a former governor Thursday as he was released from prison with the intent of extraditing him to the United States to face cocaine-trafficking charges.
Mario Villanueva, 58, who governed the Yucatan Peninsula state that includes the resorts of Cancun and the Riviera Maya from 1993 until 1999, was arrested at dawn, moments after finishing a six-year sentence here for money laundering.
He faces federal charges in New York of taking part in a conspiracy to smuggle as much as 200 tons of cocaine into the United States while governor of Quintana Roo state. Much of the cocaine was smuggled through South Texas, authorities said.
U.S. officials accuse him of receiving at least $30 million from members of the Juarez Cartel in exchange for providing political and police protection.
The organization was Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking gang in the mid to late 1990s until the death of its boss, Amado Carrillo Fuentes. The cartel underling who allegedly paid Villanueva was sentenced to 47 years in prison in Mexico on Tuesday.
Villanueva’s probable extradition comes as President Felipe Calderon’s government struggles to bring Mexico’s powerful drug gangs to heel.”
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“Fugitive linked to Zetas captured in Roma [South Texas]”
The Monitor ^ | June 22, 2007 | Jeremy Roebuck and Martha Leticia Hernandez
Posted on 06/22/2007 6:59:41 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
HIDALGO
Adding to posts no. 1050, 1051:
Friday, June 22, 2007
“Melanie Phillips on the Muslim Brotherhood PR Campaign”
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“China Forced Abortion Opponent Chen Guangcheng Beaten in Jail”
LifeNews.com ^ | June 22, 2007 | Steven Ertelt
Posted on 06/22/2007 7:16:27 PM PDT by monomaniac
Beijing, China (LifeNews.com)
Thanks for the info and ping Joe. I hope Germany stays safe.
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