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Posted on 09/01/2007 6:24:54 PM PDT by nwctwx
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https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=74017
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Warden Message: Kenya Kidnapping Threat to American Citizens
Consular Affairs Bulletins
Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
28 Sep 2007
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U.S. Embassy Nairobi issued the following Warden Message on September 28:
U.S. Embassy Nairobi has received information that Islamic extremists in southern Somalia may be planning kidnapping operations inside of Kenya. There are indications that Islamic extremists based in Somalia may be planning to target Westerners, especially American citizens, in the Kiwayu Island tourist area and other beach sites frequented by Western travelers on the northeast coast near Somalia. All U.S. citizens in these areas should exercise extreme caution and remain vigilant at all times.
For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov , where the current Worldwide Caution, Public Announcements, Travel Warnings, and health-information resources can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the U.S. and Canada or, for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
The U.S Embassy is located on United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya; telephone (254) (20) 363-6000; fax (254)(20) 363-6410. In the event of an after-hours emergency, the Embassy duty officer may be contacted at (254) (20) 363-6170. The Embassy’s international mailing address is P.O. Box 606, Village Market 00621, Nairobi, Kenya. Mail using U.S. domestic postage may be addressed to Unit 64100, APO AE 09831. The Embassy home page is http://kenya.usembassy.gov .
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Sat Sep 29 2007 03:36:52 GMT-0700.
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Several people have asked, “When does Ramadan end this year?”
I pulled up several articles that say approximately the same thing, so here’s this one:
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “This year, Ramadan began on Sept. 13, and so the feast of Eid Al-Fitr will be the day after Ramadan ends, Oct. 14. Eid Al-Fitr is one of the two holiest days of the year when fasting is strictly forbidden, and everyone, including the poor, participates in a grand feast.”
Everything happens when you go off on a trip. :)
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And here’s a thread Rushmore Rocks pinged me to to add to your post, Mata.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904152/posts
“’Suspicious’ items found in U-Haul truck in Tempe(AZ)”
ABC-15 KNXV ^ | 29 SEPT 2007 | Christine Boomer
Posted on 09/29/2007 11:09:52 AM PDT by radar101
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=farc
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904187/posts
“FARC woman steals plane to desert”
BBC ^ | Saturday, September 29, 2007 | unattributed
Posted on 09/29/2007 1:16:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Most curious. Thanks Mata.
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OUSSAMA KASSIR REFLUX" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Oussama Abdullah Kassir AKA Abu Khadija AKA Abu Abdullah AKA zubeiddah1417@hotmail.com AKA khadija1417@hotmail.com DBA Islamic Media Center was finally extradited to the United States this past Tuesday, 25 September 2007. The following is not intended to be comprehensive review of Kassir's activities, but rather to reflect on the material we already had within the archives of the Internet Haganah site.") (September 28, 2007)
Excellent news, thanks Cindy.
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006245.html
28 September 2007
“’Cyber Jihadist’ Trial Opens New Front in Anti-Terror Fight”
Sonia Phalnikar | www.dw-world.de
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2800263,00.html
Terrorism | 28.09.2007
“’Cyber Jihadist’ Trial Opens New Front in Anti-Terror Fight”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In a landmark case, a court in Germany will decide whether posting terrorist propaganda and calls to violence on the Internet is tantamount to supporting terrorism as it tries a man for conducting a “virtual jihad.”
In the first case of its kind in Germany, a man went on trial this week in the northern city of Celle for posting al Qaeda hate messages and audio and video recordings, by Osama bin Laden among others, in an Internet chartroom for Islamists.
The 36-year-old Iraqi-born Kurdish defendant, known as Ibrahim R., is accused of using the Internet as a “terror weapon” and conducting his own “personal jihad on the computer.”
The defendant, who was under observation by security officials for a year and a half, also faces charges of attempting to recruit members and supporters for two terrorist networks, al Qaeda and “al Qaeda in Iraq.””
Thousands of commuters rode buses instead of the TTC subway Saturday after police closed the Finch station to investigate a suspicious package. In the end, emergency task force officers determined a package they were sent to examine around 3:44 a.m. inside the station was not a bomb.
Details about its construction, where it was located and its disposition were not released. Service on the subway resumed around 1:30 p.m., police said.
TTC spokesman Marilyn Bolton said investigators did not provide details of the device, “but they did talk about some possible explosive device.”
She said shuttle buses were put into service from Finch to the Sheppard station. “We didn’t open that piece of subway,” Bolton said. Although no estimate of Saturday's ridership on the buses was available, she said “it’s a good thing it wasn’t a regular weekday, when we have so much more demand.”
You’re so welcome.
This will be interesting.
Thanks for the ping Oorang.
I’ve been at work, and hadn’t heard.
I wonder what it was?
(NTSH,MA)
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://memritv.org/subject/en/121.htm
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904204/posts
“Just a Reminder...Tonite on FOX: “Iran: The Ticking Bomb””
FOX ^ | Sept. 29, 2007
Posted on 09/29/2007 2:25:55 PM PDT by nuconvert
MAKHACHKALA, Russia - Gunmen killed a Russian imam on his way to morning prayers in a restive southern region Saturday, a day after he spoke out against Islamic extremists, police said. Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov was shot by attackers in a car while walking from his home to his mosque in the Dagestani settlement of Gudben, they said.
Dagestan, a mostly Muslim region east of Chechnya that is home to many ethnic groups, has been plagued by shootings, bombings and other violence, including regular attacks on top officials and police. Some of the violence has been linked to Islamic extremists and some was rooted in disputes between local criminal clans.
Gadzhimagomedov was a vocal critic of Islamic extremism who had spoken out against militants during a service at the mosque Friday, police said. They said the killing was "clearly a revenge attack" by Islamic militants. In July, a deputy chief mufti at the central mosque in the provincial capital, Makhachkala, was killed, along with his driver, by a roadside bomb blast.
http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=world&articleID=2763786
Pakistan on high alert
September 29, 2007
Security has been beefed up in Pakistan after intelligence agencies feared attacks by suicide bombers on sensitive installations and religious places in the country.
Security officials said they received information that terrorists were planning to attack religious places, police installations and security personnel. Security forces have been directed not to gather in groups, especially when in uniform.
Heavy police contingents have been deployed at worship places, foreign installations, important buildings and police stations and at the Capital City Police Office (CCPO) and Central Police Office (CPO), a newspaper reported. Security personnel in plain clothes have also been deployed at airports, railway stations, bus stands and shopping centres.
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http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/29alert.htm
You’re welcome. We’ll probably never know what it was. *sigh*
Thanks, I had no idea. Just set a timer on the TV.
Some of their specials are pretty good.
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