Zaman (pro AKP muslim party) Aug 01, 2008
An overview of AK Party history, closure case process
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=149053&bolum=100
A brief summary of important dates and developments leading to the
establishment of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK
Party) in 2001 and the launch of a closure case against it this year
that was rejected by the nation’s highest judicial body on Wednesday.
1: Aug. 14, 2001: AK Party is founded
continued.
Zaman (pro AKP muslim party) Aug 01, 2008
[NEWS ANALYSIS] Governing AK Party was not shut down, but may have been
incapacitated
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=149085&bolum=100
The decision of the Constitutional Court to not close down the Justice
and Development Party (AK Party) was welcomed by people who were
expecting an inescapable closure decision that was already normalized in
the public consciousness.
continued.
Police prepare terror attack warning for restaurants and cinemas
Posted on Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 9:46pm
The Daily Telegraph has learned that the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, a specialist police unit, is drawing up guidance for hospitality and entertainment sites as part of a drive to prepare for terrorist attacks on crowded public places. Big hotels will also be covered by the new “protective security guidance” to prepare for attacks including car bombs and suicide bombs. Full Story
http://www.star-telegram.com/462/story/804869.html
University researchers firebombed, animal rights activists blamed
Posted on Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 11:35pm
Firebombs were intentionally set on a porch and in a car belonging to two UC Santa Cruz researchers in separate incidents early Saturday in what police have classified as acts of domestic terrorism. Police are calling one of the bombings an attempted homicide.
Full Story
Flight Bound For Denver Makes Non-Emergency Landing
Passenger Reported Flames Coming From Engine
POSTED: 11:59 pm MDT August 3, 2008
UPDATED: 8:48 am MDT August 4, 2008
Fatal House Blast: What Happened?
Investigators Look For Cause Of Explosion, Fire That Killed 3
POSTED: 6:17 am MDT August 4, 2008
August 4, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
Iraq violence kills 11, including 2 US soldiers
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/africa/ME-Iraq.php
— 2 US soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_86;_ylt=AjbwuSEe8.AjkibgbF_DRPVX6GMA
— Roadside bomb blast in Baghdad kills one person — police
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929022&Language=en
Afghan, NATO forces kill 17 Taliban in south — in the Marjah district of Helmand province
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghan_violence_17;_ylt=AhctahMHKr2XA60_msdnUZXOVooA
(Afghanistan) Four policemen killed in Afghanistan — in the central province of Ghazni
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestpolice_080804065649;_ylt=Al_4V8rT7iQNOtp85iAj3GXOVooA
(Afghanistan) Two mullahs died on Monday when a bomb they were making in a mosque exploded (my title)
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August154.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
(Afghanistan) Taliban may be gaining upper hand — goal is to outlast NATO and U.S. forces
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/04/Taliban_may_be_gaining_upper_hand/UPI-39621217860504/
Afghanistan: $50 mln to coax farmers away from opium growing in south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2391294416
(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda Confirms Death of Chemical Arms Specialist in Pakistan - Abu Khabab al-Masri (aka Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=ajs4ZqNtHWGA&refer=india
(Pakistan) NWFP - Pakistan army: Ninety-four militants, 14 troops killed in NW Pakistan - in Swat valley over past week
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc_2;_ylt=AuB9uX3GZGICE_zZDSCeW1fzPukA
(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban announce Rs 10m bounty on Swat MPAs — seek heads of NWFP Assembly members
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\02\story_2-8-2008_pg1_8
(Pakistan) NWFP: Two security men killed in Dir
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_11
— ongoing efforts to implement Sharia
(Pakistan) NWFP: Militants target military installations in Lower Dir
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_4
(Pakistan) FATA: Eight security personnel wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan - in South Waziristan Talai area near Wana
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929147&Language=en
(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban abduct two soldiers in Khar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\02\story_2-8-2008_pg7_13
(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban release six LT members in Mohmand
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg7_7
(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban asks govt to stop military action
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_10\
(Pakistan) FATA: US-trained Pakistani commandos to move into FATA
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_12
— Govt to launch operation in Mohmand and Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_6
— Peace talks with FATA militants have failed, says Rice
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_6
(Pakistan) Taliban threat on rise in Karachi: Altaf — Karachi is the capital of Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg7_34
(Pakistan) Girls’ school set on fire in Quetta — in Balochistan province
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg7_5
http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/04/top6.htm
Pakistan may still manage to rein in ISI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_may_still_manage_to_rein_in_ISI/articleshow/3322071.cms
Pakistani FM: The U.S. May Not Carry Out Military Operations in Pakistan
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201108
(India) Terror threat to Supreme Court, security tightened
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Terror_threat_to_SC_security_tightened/articleshow/3325417.cms
(India) Time bomb found near Farakka
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Time_bomb_found_near_Farakka/articleshow/3322508.cms
Indian and Afghan leaders decry terrorism
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_as/india_afghanistan_2;_ylt=AkLqjP8QTChlQAe926qtP0cTv5UB
— India announces $450 million aid to Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/india_nm/india348201_1;_ylt=AuYMVu9CjcanBKn_h0dhS9cTv5UB
(India J&K) Three die in Indian Kashmir as Hindu-Muslim unrest grows
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_asia_afp/indiakashmirunresthindus;_ylt=A0wNcyIIC5dIzF4BWcpvaA8F
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August151.xml§ion=subcontinent
— Police kill 2 Hindu protesters in Indian Kashmir
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php
(India) Manipur: Two rebels of banned group gunned down in Northeast India — People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929144&Language=en
(India) ISI looking to push 800 militants into India: BSF
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ISI_looking_to_push_800_militants_into_India_BSF/articleshow/3325624.cms
— Pakistan President Musharraf Mush bats for ISI, calls it Pakistan’s first line of defense
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Mush_ISI_is_Paks_first_line_of_defence/articleshow/3324810.cms
(U.S.) Source: DNA links man to anthrax mailings — DNA linked the anthrax used in the mailing to a flask used in Bruce Ivins’ lab
at the U.S. Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/03/anthrax.case/index.html
(U.S.) Therapist: Ivins described plot to kill colleagues
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/02/anthrax.suspect/index.html?iref=newssearch
— Was anthrax suspect model citizen or menace?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/02/anthrax.profile.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch
US officials deny knowing whereabouts of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Aug08/04/03.htm
— previous reports that she is in Afghanistan
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2372718194
- FBI Seeking Information Notice on Siddiqui
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm
(U.S.) IPT News: Forgotten Investigation, Emails Offer Insight into IIIT Probe
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/737
(U.S.) Sens. Coburn, Kyl Cite Emerson in Calling on State to Cut Off ISNA Outreach
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/158.pdf
(U.S.) Modest Gains Against Ever-Present Bioterrorism Threat — An Attack Could Be Hard to Predict With Current Tools
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201624.html
(UK) 7/7 bombing retrial likely after jury discharged - no verdict reached after 15 days of deliberation - three accused of
helping bombers pick targets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/02/july7.uksecurity
(UK) Survivors of 7/7 bombings demand inquiry into attacks after trial collapses
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4445430.ece
‘UK faces threat from British Muslims returning from Afghan’
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/UK_faces_threat_from_Muslim_ultras/articleshow/3321218.cms
— Evidence that militant Islamic groups in Helmand Province are suspected of assisting terrorist plots in the UK has also been uncovered
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4448024.ece
(UK) Terror attack warning for restaurants, cinemas in UK
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Terror_attack_warning_for_restaurants_cinemas_in_UK/articleshow/3323044.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Terror_warning_issued_for_restaurants_cinemas_in_UK/articleshow/3323046.cms
(Iran) U.S.: World Powers to Pursue New Sanctions on Iran
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396921,00.html
Iran can close down “Hormuz” for an undetermined period - Iranian Commander
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929155&Language=en
Iran: ‘new weapon’ for use at sea tested
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_weapon_test_1;_ylt=AqIQ7nr1q5X681ueJ8WT8SNSw60A
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331184885&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Iran) Tehran says it won’t stop nuclear work, talks to EU
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_talks_dc_5;_ylt=AviEdQfBCJ4H_791Vz8ZlN9Sw60A
(Gaza) Fatah orders its fleeing fighters back to Gaza
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/2494769/Fatah-orders-its-fleeing-fighters-back-to-Gaza.html
— Fatah Gaza refugees fleeing to Israel to go to West Bank
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/04/Fatah_Gaza_refugees_to_go_to_West_Bank/UPI-84351217852531/
— Israel to transfer Fatah fugitives to West Bank
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August107.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
(West Bank) IDF arrests 4 Palestinian terror suspects in West Bank ops
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331183993&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel fears Hezbollah strike in western Africa — against Israeli nationals
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraelhezbollah_080804055239;_ylt=AmJe1Yp.CuvWoVbYEMNmvTLagGIB
Israel knows who is holding captured soldier and where: Army chief
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August106.xml§ion=middleeast
— As part of Schalit deal, Hamas to demand ‘guarantee’ its gunmen won’t be hunted
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331183806&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel: Fatah leader and allies removed from hospital
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2390938941
(Jordan) 12 Jordanians sentenced for Iraq insurgency plans
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/jordan_terrorism_2;_ylt=AigCfdCm1Ro5thAhMVyZXLpX6GMA
Somalia: Scores Killed in Mogadishu Attacks - more than 27 killed
http://allafrica.com/stories/200808040034.html
Somalia bomb kills 21 women street cleaners, another 46 wounded (update) — Mayor blames Islamist fighters for blast;
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.strife/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Somali convert to Christianity killed (my title)
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Persecution/Default.aspx?id=201016
(Algeria) 25 injured including four police in Algeria suicide attack - update
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/wl_africa_afp/algeriaattacks_080803151641;_ylt=AlrRzy3_Zox_oW0eG_xubcx6CC8A
http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?idc=114&ida=118284
(Algeria) Boumerdes eastern municipalities: a rear base of Al-Qaeda in North Africa
http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?ida=118285&idc=114
(Kenya) Three Kenyans deny they hid terror suspect
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331188216&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
— Al-Qaida fugitive gives Kenyan police the slip
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/04/fazulabdullamohammed.alqaida
— failed to capture Abdullah Mohammed, who planned 1998 attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that
killed 225 people and wounded more than 5,000
Yemen security arrest six al-Qaeda suspects in the Hadramout
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news160629.htm
(Nigeria) Gunmen kidnap two French nationals in Nigeria: officials
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/wl_africa_afp/nigeriafranceoilunrest_080803170838
Nigeria Oil Output Cut by 150,000 bpd by Attack
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=64986
(Europe) Warning on al-Qaeda’s new female recruits
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/03/alqaida.eu
Spanish police discover al-Qaeda internet handbook
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1421355.php/Spanish_police_discover_al-Qaeda_internet_handbook
— for al-Qaeda’s European cells on the use of remote-controlled bombs against international troops in Lebanon and Afghanistan
(Spain) Released ETA killer could be jailed again for praising terrorism
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1421388.php/Released_ETA_killer_could_be_jailed_again_for_praising_terrorism
— Jose Ignacio de Juana Chao
— Release of ETA killer prompts uproar in Spain - served only 21 of 3,000 year sentence
http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Release-of-ETA-killer-prompts-uproar-in-Spain-.html
IRA victims lose out in US deal on Libya- 179 non-American plaintiffs suing over IRA attacks with Libyan explosives shut out
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/ira-victims-lose-out-in-us-deal-on-libya-13927367.html
(Thailand) One solider injured in shooting by insurgent - in Narathiwat - protecting a school
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30079693
(Thailand) 3 soldiers injured in Narathiwat bomb attack
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30079666
(Thailand) 2 soldiers injured in Pattani bomb attack
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30079673
— while trying to ensure safety for teachers traveling to schools
(Thailand) Police chief probes coordinated bombs in Songkhla
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=129275
— Seven coordinated bombs in Songkhla, injuring two
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=129240
Philippine soldiers, Muslim rebels clash ahead of homeland deal — in Cotabato province
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August177.xml§ion=theworld&col=
— Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stages attacks in North Cotabato
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Local%20News&p=54&type=2&sec=2&aid=2008080424
— MILF plans to more harassment of Christian communities in the province and abduct school children
Philippines supreme Court halts Muslim land deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/philippines_muslims_dc_2
— Thousands rally against Philippine govt-Muslim land deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmuslimpeacetalksunrest_080804065104
— Christians in Mindanao rally against Muslim accord
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Local%20News&p=54&type=2&sec=2&aid=200808049
(Philippines) Army recovers Communist NPA bomb components in Quezon
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080803-152396/Army-recovers-NPA-bomb-components-in-Quezon
(Philippines) Communist NPA rebels bomb telecoms site in Batangas town—report
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080804-152516/NPA-rebels-bomb-telecoms-site-in-Batangas-town—report
(Philippines) Theater group building bombed but shows go on - in Quezon City
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080803-152397/Theater-group-building-bombed-but-shows-go-on
(Australia) Detective to give Haneef evidence
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24125939-29277,00.html
(Sri Lanka) 44 dead in Sri Lanka rebel violence: military
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest_080804072500
(China) 16 police killed in attack in China Muslim region: state media
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_afp/oly2008chinaxinjiangattacks_080804075013;_ylt=ApyYw9Jn2dTPBapTQ9qFptITv5UB
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_as/china_attack_12;_ylt=Asm8MCEKrX.iZHNKfMWNd41PzWQA
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4455383.ece
(China) Turkic people at odds with Chinese rule
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4457996.ece
(China) Olympics: ‘China not a priority’, say al-Qaeda forums
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2391363950
(North Korea) Former CNN reporter’s book claims North Korea nuke efforts politicized (my title)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusbook_080804102225;_ylt=Anu7dQd3ncOhEaSrElMZ12KCscEA
— see also: background on 2006 North Korean nuclear test
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test
Australian authorities probe FARC rebel links: report
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2323108.htm
Colombian army rescues five kidnapped oil workers
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-5876.html
(Colombia) FARC Dissidents Assist Colombia — Jailed Rebels Share Inside Information
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103117.html?hpid=topnews
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/03/na-colombia-giving-jailed-rebels-a-chance-to-help-/?news-nationworld
(Colombia) Jailed Colombian Rebels Turn Away From FARC
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93218208&ft=1&f=1004
Other News:
Islam in Europe Weekly Review
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/islam-in-europe-weekly-review.html
Norway Islamic Council: Norway: Still waiting
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/norway-still-waiting.html
— Norwegian Islamic Council is still waiting for a reply from the European Fatwa Council before it decides whether or not it is in
favor of the death penalty for homosexuality
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2573841.ece
Denmark: Imams split, do not represent Muslims
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/denmark-imams-split-do-not-represent.html
Indonesian hardliners rally against ‘deviant’ sect — chanted Allahu akbar - as rallied against Ahmadiyah sect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaislamdemo_080804053336;_ylt=Atad4WwaYTLttDQ.0rQv_IDaHXcA
Indonesian Muslims urge Ahmadiyya sect disbanded
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/indonesia_protest_dc_1;_ylt=Aii1sTsZb3ZjsyM3MzOxySHaHXcA
(Pakistan) FATA: Another polio case detected in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_17
(Sudan) Booze blues for Sudan women under sharia
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28056
(Austria) Plutonium leak from watchdog’s lab — International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratory outside Vienna
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24127311-23109,00.html
Report: Palestinians donate $29,500 to Obama — Gazan brothers’ illegal contributions listed in government election filings
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71431
Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/europe/EU-Russia-Solzhenitsyn.php
Commentaries:
(Anglican) Lambeth report ignores Islamic persecution — by Damian Thompson
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/08/03/lambeth_report_ignores_islamic_persecution
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http://americantruckersatwar.com/2008/08/04/gooding-police-atf-nab-8000-in-stolen-firearms/
Gooding Police, ATF nab $8,000 in stolen firearms
Utah man was indicted last month
By Jared S. Hopkins
Staff writer
The Gooding Police Department and the “federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives“ last year recovered more than $8,000 in stolen firearms at an Idaho truck stop, police said Sunday.
The year-long investigation resulted in “a July indictment of a Utah man who is a suspect in selling the stolen guns to an informant working with Gooding police, said Gooding“ Police Detective Sjuni Bunderson.
Gooding Police disclosed the investigation publicly through a news release Sunday. Over the past year, police have been involved with the various legal aspects, Bunderson said.
The man was indicted by a federal grand jury July 22 but has not been arrested, Bunderson said.
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http://americantruckersatwar.com/category/bolo-and-crime/
Half million dollars found in nappies in Mexico
A package of baby nappies has yielded an unlikely load of nearly half a million dollars cash in Mexico, according to the defence ministry.
Soldiers conducting a routine check “found in a tractor-trailer a packet of diapers containing $US490,300,” the ministry said in a statement.
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UPDATE: Missing pharmaceuticals trailer found empty in Kentucky
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE - A tractor-trailer loaded with narcotic pharmaceuticals stolen Wednesday in Fayette County was found Thursday afternoon near Georgetown, Ky.
The tractor-trailer was hijacked Wednesday at the TA Truck Stop at the interchange of Interstate 71 and U.S 35. A few hours later, the tractor - or cab - portion of the rig was recovered in Clinton County on Ohio 72 near Interstate 71.
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According to this, he has been missing since October, this was posted July 28th..........granny
WALB’s Most Wanted: Donald Edward Hallmon
There’s a nationwide lookout for an Albany truck driver who disappeared in his company’s tractor trailer rig.
43-year old Donald Edward Hallmon works for a company called Harvest Unlimited in Newton, Alabama, and he disappeared ten days ago. The last time he was seen was Monday, October 15th. He was fueling up at the Pilot truck stop on Cordele Road in Albany.
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http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2008/07/little-rock-mexican-consul-accused-of.html
Little Rock Mexican Consul Accused of Being a Spy
Thank to Jenn at Green Country Values in Oklahoma who alerted us that Andrés Chao, the Mexican Consul in Little Rock, Arkansas, is being accused of being a spy in a newly released book. Jenn writes:
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01/08/2008 RIA Novosti Agence russe
Opinion & analysis
Turning Qaddafi into a good guy
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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - It was a
surprise the like of which we have not seen since the exchange of
dissidents for spies in the Soviet era.
Arriving in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin on July 31, Libyan
Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi brought on his plane
Alexander Tsygankov, the head of LUKoil Overseas in Libya, who had been
imprisoned 8 months ago in that country on charges of industrial espionage.
What makes it more remarkable is that Prime Minister Putin had tried to
clear up this misunderstanding during a meeting with Muammar Qaddafi in
Tripoli in April, but apparently in vain.
After receiving such a “present,” there was nothing left to do but
discuss the details of a whole range of Libyan-Russian large-scale
cooperation projects - from producing, processing, and exporting oil and
gas and laying pipelines on the Mediterranean sea bed, to selling arms
to Tripoli, and building railroads and nuclear power plants.
Not all the financial details are known, but it is clear that the deals
run into billions of dollars. It is enough to mention the 514 km (320
mile)-long railroad Russian Railways will build in Libya for $2.2
billion, or the shopping list of weapons Libya would like to buy (90% of
its arms are Soviet-made).
Russia has joined a long list of countries that have been standing in
line to do business with the largely desert, but oil and gas rich,
country since the miraculous transformation of its leader Colonel
Muammar Qaddafi. Russia is not the first in line, but nor is it the
last, which is a good thing. At this point it would be appropriate to
recall that for 17 years (from 1986 to 2003), Libya was considered one
of the worst “rogue states” by those who use that classification.
The United States imposed trade sanctions on Libya in 1986, after an
explosion in a Berlin disco popular with American soldiers that killed
three and injured over two hundred men (Washington had already severed
diplomatic relations with Libya in 1980). President Reagan even
sanctioned the bombing of Qaddafi’s residences, and the Libyan leader
had a narrow escape.
The UN and the European Union (EU) introduced sanctions against Libya in
1991, after it was proved that Libya’s intelligence services had been
involved in the 1988 mid-air explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over the
Scottish village of Lockerbie, killing 270 people.
In 1993, the sanctions were toughened. In 2003, they were lifted. In
2004, the United States eased its sanctions and in 2005 cancelled them
completely. It removed Libya from its list of sponsors of international
terrorism, and voiced its readiness to restore diplomatic relations with
it in 2006. This is the history of Tripoli’s sins and absolution.
The Americans have already dubbed this transformation the “Libyan
model,” and strongly recommend that Iran follow its example. They are
trying to show to Iran that it can receive all the benefits Libya has
(investment, technical aid, and removal of sanctions) if it meets their
demand to suspend its nuclear program.
As it often happens in diplomacy, especially, in American diplomacy, all
this is actually misleading. In reality, the situation is the reverse.
Paradoxical though it may seem, Qaddafi’s miraculous transformation was
made possible as a result of direct talks between the White House and
his emissaries. This is precisely what Washington denies Iran. Edward
Walker, president of the Middle East Institute and former U.S. assistant
secretary of state for Middle Eastern affairs made this comment: “Some
say it is supposed to send a message to the Iranians. As far as I can
see, the message is that it worked because they had direct talks with
the Libyans.”
Qaddafi’s decision to denounce terrorism, and shut down Libya’s programs
to develop nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in 2003 is
presented as a sudden conversion, although Washington started talks with
him under Bill Clinton’s presidency (1993-2001). The reason is almost
too embarrassing to tell. By Clinton’s second term he was coming under
very strong pressure from American oil firms. Italy’s ENI, France’s
Total, and Spain’s Pepsol were already operating in Libya on a large
scale in defiance of UN and EU sanctions. They were merely trying to
keep a low profile. By 2003, when Qaddafi made his miraculous
transformation from pariah to citizen, more than a hundred foreign
companies were producing and processing oil, or providing equipment for
wells and oil production, but none of them were American. That was
doubly irritating because it was the Standard Oil of New Jersey
(previously Exxon) that had discovered oil in Libya in 1959.
Libya abounds in oil and natural gas. Thanks to Western sanctions, and
lack of equipment its oil industry was for a long time in hibernation.
There was no exploration, production, or research, and its hydrocarbons
were saved for posterity. Libya is different from other OPEC countries.
It is the only major oil country in the Middle East that does not ban
foreign investment in its oil industry. In Western estimates, it costs
it one dollar to produce one barrel of high quality oil. Libya is
believed to be Africa’s first and OPEC’s fifth in oil reserves, which
amount to some 5.1 billion tons, and it is quite possible that it has
even more oil.
The situation with gas is even more radiant. Today, Libya supplies
Europe with eight billion cubic meters of gas via the Green Stream
pipeline every year. Libya’s gas reserves had been estimated at 1.47
trillion cubic meters. Now they are believed to be double that figure.
In principle, Russia is close to signing an agreement with Libya for the
purchase of large qualities of gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for
re-export. The question is how much gas Russia will buy. Many West
European countries dread to think what the answer could be, because they
had hoped to keep the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom away from its
southern flanks. Russia is bound to encounter strong, if indirect,
resistance from Europe.
But we have our own trump card. During his visit to Libya last April,
Vladimir Putin voiced Moscow’s readiness to write off $4.5 billion
dollars of Libya’s debt. With this gesture Russia has good reason to
hope for understanding in business talks.
The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s and do not
necessarily represent those of RIA Novosti.