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http://www.thestar.com/News/article/263104
“Toronto woman disappears in Somalia”
“Boyfriend concerned she’s in jail for refusing arranged marriage”
Oct 03, 2007 04:30 AM
Michelle Shephard
Staff Reporter
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The mysterious disappearance of a 23-year-old Toronto woman in Somalia has Canadian officials looking for her, and her boyfriend worried she’s being punished for their relationship.
Najah Jama has not been heard from since August when she called her boyfriend at the Toronto apartment they share, telling him she was jailed for refusing to marry a local Somali. Jama had left Toronto with her mother in March for a six-month vacation in northern Somalia. It was the first time she had ever visited her mother’s homeland.
The couple stayed in touch during her vacation, but in July a distraught Jama called her boyfriend, Seifu Getahun, to say she had been taken into custody. She said her mother had asked her to marry a Muslim man from her hometown and became upset and called police when Jama insisted she wanted to wed Getahun, a Canadian of Ethiopian Christian heritage. Ethiopia and Somalia have a long history of war, most recently exacerbated by the presence of Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu, the country’s anarchic capital.
None of Jama’s relatives could be reached for comment.”
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http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Polish_Ambassador_Hurt_in_Bomb_Attack_09271.html
“Polish Ambassador Hurt in Bomb Attack”
by Matthew Williams 19:11, October 3rd 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to Iraqi officials, the polish ambassador’s, Gen. Edward Pietrzyk, convoy was targeted on Wednesday killing an Iraqi civilian and injuring another 4, including the ambassador.
Iraqi interior ministry said a parked car detonated in the downtown neighborhood of Karrada and struck a multi-vehicle Polish convoy, sport utility vehicles with Polish flags on the side.
General Edward Pietrzyk, is at the U.S. military hospital in Baghdad in stable condition. Several private security guards were wounded and rushed to hospitals also. The vehicles were “burned down,” the chief of mission said. Poland has had a strong presence in the U.S.-led coalition, and its military commands the Multi-National Division-Central South region.”
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003922642_webiraq03.html
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - Page updated at 02:16 PM
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“Blackwater copter rescues Polish ambassador”
By KIM CURTIS
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “But Poland’s prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said his nation would not retreat “in the face of terrorists.”
The diplomatic convoy was hit by three bombs and then attackers opened fire in the Shiite-controlled Karradah district. Polish guards returned fire as the injured ambassador, Gen. Edward Pietrzyk, was pulled from his burning vehicle. At least 10 people, including four Polish security agents, were wounded.
U.S. Embassy officials dispatched Blackwater helicopters to evacuate the ambassador and others. Blackwater was not involved in protecting the Polish convoy.
Pietrzyk, who was commander of ground forces in Poland before taking the ambassador post in April, suffered minor burns over 20 percent of his body, including his head and right arm and leg, said Polish Charge d’Affaires Waldemar Figaj.
“They were waiting for us,” Figaj told The Associated Press as he gave details of the attack.”
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Toronto Mosque Says to Avoid Infidel Holidays
Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 10:51:47 am PST
A Somali mosque in Toronto is completely open about their agenda of Islamic supremacism, contemptuously posting an article telling Muslims to stay completely away from the infidels’ holidays.
Also forbidden: watching sports or soap operas, walking dogs, family photos, wedding bands, Western hats, and mingling and shaking hands with the opposite sex.
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http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=0821a06b-a34d-4e76-aaf9-b3015c1a37bb&k=66020
“Mosque says to avoid Western holidays
‘Thanksgiving Out’”
Stewart Bell, National Post
Published: Wednesday, October 03, 2007
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