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Posted on 04/01/2008 8:13:21 PM PDT by nwctwx
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welcome back, hope you had a good weekend
Thank you Godzilla.
Yep, it was a good weekend.
I used all those planting muscles that I haven’t used since last spring.
I should be in shape in ASAP.
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3537589,00.html
Qassam lands in Ashkelon; none injured
Published: 04.29.08, 19:31 / Israel News
A Qassam rocket landed near a strategic facility in Ashkelon. Damage was caused to one of the structures.
No injuries were reported. (Shmulik Hadad)
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3537574,00.html
1 mortar shell lands in Shaar Hanegev Regional Council; none injured
Published: 04.29.08, 19:01 / Israel News
A mortar shell landed in Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported. (Shmulik Hadad)
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3537565,00.html
Qassam lands south of Ashkelon; none injured
Published: 04.29.08, 18:39 / Israel News
A Qassam rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open area south of Ashkelon. A siren alert was heard throughout the city.
No injuries or damage were reported. (Shmulik Hadad)
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(SPIEGEL.de - SPIEGEL Online)
April 29, 2008
“’When you love God and his messengers, then join the jihad, because that is the way to paradise’”
blog:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/192508.php
April 29, 2008
“Designated Terrorists’, al-Shabab, Website Back Online in USA”
“ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS KILL ANOTHER CHRISTIAN IN SOMALIA
Fourth Christian Martyred in Somalia in the Last Six Months”
(April 29, 2008)
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“Jonathan Kay: The Canadian Islamic Congress tries for a ceasefire — but they’ve already lost the war”
National Post ^ | 4/29/08 | Johnathon Kay
Posted on April 29, 2008 1:16:30 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49715
“PaCom Helps Establish Transnational Crime Unit in Micronesia”
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008
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April 23, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/houston042308.html
Owners/Managers and Drivers of Commercial Bus Companies Indicted For Drug Trafficking
APR 23 — (Houston, TX) – Eighteen individuals , including alleged drug traffickers and the owners/operators of commercial bus companies operating from Mexico into the Rio Grande Valley to numerous U.S. cities and their drivers, have been indicted for transporting large loads of marijuana and cocaine in specially modified commercial buses and money laundering. The indictment is the result of a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation dubbed Operation Road King II. United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced the unsealing of the indictment today at a press conference. The 16-count indictment returned by a Houston grand jury March 31, 2008, was unsealed today.
John P. Walters, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, on an official visit to the Houston area, attended the press conference and commented upon the positive impact the coordinated and cooperative effort federal, state and local law enforcement action has had on reducing the supply of drugs and the concomitant reduction in demand.
Special Agent in Charge Andrew Bland of FBI Houston, together with Special Agent in Charge Zoran B. Yankovich of DEA Houston, recognized their law enforcement colleagues in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) which, in this case, included the Houston Police Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for their long-standing commitment and outstanding contributions to this OCDETF investigation. The U.S. Marshals Service, also a member of HIDTA, was recognized for its extraordinary efforts during the arrest process.
The indictment, unsealed today, describes the use of specially modified commercial buses by alleged drug traffickers interested in smuggling contraband into the United States from Monterrey, Mexico, or transporting contraband from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston and Dallas, Texas; Allentown, Pa.; Joliet, Ill. and elsewhere. The indictment alleges the owners or managers of the Transtar, Neptune Tours, Los Primos, USA-MEX and Ameri-Mex commercial bus companies, with offices and terminals in Monterrey, Mexico and Rio Grande City, Roma, San Antonio and Houston, Texas, used their various companies as a front for their drug transport services, and hired drivers and loaders to transport the illegal cargo in hidden compartments built into the bus or in areas not accessible to the public. In exchange for the services, the indictment alleges the owners/managers of the bus companies received thousands of dollars in kickbacks from the proceeds of the drug loads from which they drew their share and paid the drivers and loaders. According to the indictment, this drug transport service has been in operation since at least November 2001 and is responsible for transporting hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, thousands of pounds of marijuana from the border to points north and millions of dollars in drug proceeds south to Mexico. OCEDTF Operation Road King II targeted this organization beginning in 2001 and through the use of tried and true investigative techniques, communication, coordination and cooperation, ultimately established a more sophisticated undercover operation. Through that undercover operation, more than 570 kilograms of cocaine, 3,000 plus pounds of marijuana and the thousands of dollars in cash have been seized. Additionally, this multi-agency investigative effort has lead to arrests in and the seizure of 200 kilograms of cocaine in Allentown and 1,100 pounds of marijuana in Joliet. Information gathered through the investigation was shared with law enforcement agencies in other U.S. cities including New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida and Maryland.
The indictment identifies Abel Trevino Jr., 43, of Houston; Oscar Jaime Garcia Prado, 42, a resident alien residing in Brookshire, Texas; Miguel Montemayor, 39, a resident alien residing in Roma, Texas; Victor Hinojosa, 41, a resident alien residing in Houston; and Eduardo Trevino, 40, of Linares, Mexico, as the owners/managers of the various commercial bus companies operating as fronts for transporting cocaine and marijuana from Mexico to various locations in the U.S. in exchange for cash payments. The amount of the payment often depended upon the kind of drug, the size of the load and its ultimate destination. For example, the indictment alleges the defendants charge from $500 per kilogram of cocaine bound for the U.S. side of the border to $7,000 per kilogram of cocaine bound for New York. The buses were specially equipped with hidden compartments to conceal loads of contraband from detection. According to allegations in the indictment, the owner/managers discussed ways to operate their buses to protect themselves from detection by law enforcement including changing the names of the bus companies as loads of cocaine and marijuana were seized to claiming the buses were leased to others. Abel Trevino, Montemayor and Hinojosa were arrested today in Houston. A warrant remains outstanding for the arrest of Prado and Eduardo Trevino.
Leticia Enedina Fournier, 58; Guadalupe Karr Cortez, 47, an illegal alien, Jesse Trevino, 48, a resident alien, and Alejandro Carmargo-Guerra, 59, a resident alien, all of Houston; Victor Rocha, 39, a resident alien residing in Dickinson, Texas, and Enrique Alvaro Saldana, 53, a resident alien residing in Roma, Texas, are alleged co-conspirators hired by the owner/managers as bus drivers and loaders who were paid by the owners/managers to transport and deliver the drug loads hidden aboard the commercial buses as directed by the owners/managers. This morning, investigating agents arrested Trevino and Rocha in Houston, Carmargo-Guerra in Waco, Texas, and Cortez in Lake Charles, La. Warrants remain outstanding for the arrest of Fournier and Saldana.
Guadalupe Castaneda, 46, of Roma, Texas; Eduardo Cirilo, 42, of Pharr, Texas; Eduardo Salinas, 29, of Mission, Texas; Jose Armando Muniz, 33, of Weslaco, Texas; Rafael Armando Ramirez, 32, an illegal alien residing in the Houston area; Luis Larios, 36, and Robert Salazar Rivera, 48, both of Monterrey, Mexico, are accused of utilizing and paying for the services of the bus companies to transport loads of cocaine and marijuana to various locations in the United States. Eduardo Salinas was arrested this morning in McAllen, Texas, while Cirilo was arrested today in Baton Rouge, La. Warrants remain outstanding for the arrest of Castaneda, Muniz, Ramirez, Larios and Rivera.
All 18 defendants are charged in the conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana and face no less than 10 years and a maximum of life imprisonment if convicted. Most of the defendants are also charged with conspiracy to launder drug proceeds and face a maximum of 20 years imprisonment if convicted. The remaining 14 counts of the indictment charge various defendants with aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute varying amounts of either cocaine for marijuana and face punishment ranges upon conviction from a maximum of five years imprisonment to life imprisonment and millions of dollars in fines.
The indictment also serves notice on the defendants of the intent of the United States to forfeit their interests in a number of real properties located in east Houston, Texas, which were allegedly used to facilitate or obtained with proceeds from the crimes alleged in the indictment.
This case will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jesse Rodriguez.
An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process of law.
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“President Foresees Tough Fight Ahead in Afghanistan”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008 –
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49722
Two Terrorists Killed, Four Detained in Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008 – Coalition and Afghan forces killed two terrorists and detained four in operations April 27 targeting a known suicide-bomb and homemade-bomb handler in the Bati Kowt district ofAfghanistan’s Nangarhar province.
One Afghan security force member was killed during the operation. Coalition forces reported no casualties.
In other operations the same day, Afghan National Army commandos and Afghan National Police, alongside coalition forces, killed an undisclosed number of insurgents in Galuch village, in Laghman province.
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49723
Coalition Forces Kill Three Terrorists, Detain 12
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008 – Coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained 12 suspects today during operations in the northern half of Iraq.
— Coalition forces targeted a suspect wanted for aiding foreign terrorists at a suspected terrorist safe-house about 60 miles north of Baghdad. Forces killed three armed terrorists there, and five others were detained.
— Coalition forces nabbed four suspects in Mosul.
— In Beiji, about 100 miles south of Mosul, forces captured the leader of a car-bomb cell along with two others.
In operations around Iraq yesterday:
— In Baghdad, an aerial weapons team and an M1A2 Abrams tank crew killed seven enemy fighters in the Sadr City district. The aerial weapons team fired a Hellfire missile, killing four, and the tank crew shot a main round, killing three.
— Forces targeted two vehicles and killed 10 terrorists near Khalaf Al Mahd. They detained one suspected terrorist and destroyed a weapons cache he was guarding nearby.
— Citizens in the Diyala province fended off an attack from al-Qaida in Iraq terrorists, killing 12. Members of the local “Sons of Iraq” citizen security group fought against the enemy attack. One Sons of Iraq member was killed, and three were wounded. Several civilians were wounded in the attack.
— In Abu Ghraib, forces targeted a terrorist with ties to al-Qaida leaders in Baghdad. Three terrorists were detained.
— Forces caught a suspect associated with terrorists involved in al-Qaida media operations in the Rasafah neighborhood in Baghdad.
Soldiers confiscated several weapons caches in separate actions yesterday:
— Forces confiscated numerous weapons and gear in the New Baghdad security district of eastern Baghdad, including 38 AK-47 assault rifles, three SKS rifles, a pistol, four helmets, and vests.
— Soldiers recovered a cache holding 10 rocket-propelled grenades, two launching tubes, a suicide vest, two grenades, a 105 mm round, two 60 mm mortar rounds, and an unknown amount of homemade explosive in western Rashid.
— While patrolling the New Baghdad area of eastern Baghdad, soldiers uncovered a cache holding 20 mortar rounds and six rocket-propelled grenades.
In other operations across Iraq on April 27:
— Soldiers seized munitions and detained a man from Iraq’s most-wanted list in Baghdad’s Rashid district.
— Soldiers detained another man from Iraq’s most-wanted list in the Zubaida community. They also found a rocket launcher and rocket rigged with detonation wire during a patrol there.
— Forces found a cache southwest of Baghdad. The cache held 80 machine-gun rounds, four 69 mm mortar rounds, a 120 mm mortar round and two bags of homemade explosives.
— Soldiers discovered an emplaced roadside bomb and a rocket with launcher in two places in the Rashid district of the Iraqi capital. A 107 mm rocket was recovered, and an armor-piercing explosively formed penetrator was found during a combat patrol in the Abu Tshir community.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1395452
“Director, student shot at D.C. vocational school”
April 29, 2008 - 5:15pm
WASHINGTON -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Both injuries are considered non life-threatening.
Police say the suspect is a student or former student of the school.
Channel 7 reports the suspect was in a stolen vehicle when it struck a police cruiser and another car. A police officer and a pregnant woman were injured.
Police then caught the suspect.”
New stats released:
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/bcs/bcs2007/bank_crime_2007q3.htm
“BANK CRIME STATISTICS 2007
BANK CRIME STATISTICS (BCS)
FEDERAL INSURED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
JULY 1, 2007— SEPTEMBER 30, 2007”
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“Why Does Ahmadinejad Want Russian Troops in Iran?”
25/04/2008
By Amir Taheri
blog:
Note: Photos Included.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/04/kapisa_province_the.php
“Kapisa province: The Taliban’s gateway to Kabul”
By MATT DUPEE
April 29, 2008 6:22 PM
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http://cjtf-a.com/index.php/Press-Releases/Coalition-Anti-Afghanistan-forces-clash-in-Kapisa.html
“Coalition, Anti-Afghanistan forces clash in Kapisa”
Written by Bagram Media Center
Sunday, 27 April 2008
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan
(April 27, 2008)
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“Residents desert Mexico town for Seattle”
The Seattle Times ^ | 4/29/08 | Lornet Turnbull
Posted on April 29, 2008 5:56:55 PM PDT by XR7
LORETITO, Mexico
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