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Federal Appeals Court Judge Michael Chertoff’s ties to the financiers of the Sept. 11 attacks may prevent his confirmation as Homeland Security Chief. According to a June 20, 2000 article in the The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey, Chertoff defended accused terrorist financier Dr. Magdy Elamir. Elamir’s HMO was sued by the State of New Jersey to recoup $16.7 million in losses. At least $5.7 million went “to unknown parties... by means of wire transfers to bank accounts where the beneficial owner of the account is unknown,” according to the article. Foreign intelligence reports given to then chairman of...

TAMPA - It was 2 a.m. Wednesday, and at least five people were pounding at the front door of Ayesha Colclough's South Tampa apartment, shouting racial slurs and vowing to get her."Please, please, please, send someone to 4205 S Manhattan," pleaded the terrified woman, according to a 911 tape. "I am sitting in my apartment and they're throwing stuff at the glass window. . . . They're all white. One of them is bald, and he has neo-Nazi tattoos on his body."Clearly audible in the background is screaming, cursing and the thud of fists against the door.For the second time...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's former agents are funding a sophisticated alliance with foreign Muslim militants to carry out vicious attacks on polling stations during Iraq's elections, the deputy prime minister said on Sunday. Barham Salih said intelligence gathered from dozens of Saddam's former intelligence and army officers and foreign fighters arrested in the past week points to a major offensive during the polls. Members of Saddam's toppled Baath Party and foreign militants inspired by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his key ally in Iraq, Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, may have suffered setbacks but have plenty...

Terrorist fears over laser attacks on seven planes By Tom Leonard in New York (Filed: 01/01/2005) The FBI is investigating reports that laser beams have been directed into the cockpits of seven aircraft flying over America since Christmas, amid fears that terrorists could use them to blind or disorientate pilots. Crews have reported two incidents in Colorado Springs and one each in Cleveland, Washington, Houston, Teterboro, New Jersey, and Medford, Oregon. All the planes landed safely. Pilots are not convinced by reports that federal investigators have found no evidence of terrorist involvement. "It's not some kid, it's too organised," said...

There have been several reports from all over the nation of commercial airline pilots being "attacked" in their cockpits with green lasers. Is this terrorism, or just tomfoolery ? Click on the link to learn why I suspect the latter.

(AP) Indonesian police are undertaking a massive security operation at churches, malls and hotels amid warnings that Islamic terrorists are planning Christmas attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. Leaders of the country's Christian minority said they were determined to hold services as normal, but acknowledged that fears of bombings had dampened the festive spirit.

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California's attorney general will sue the federal government to block a congressional restriction that could stall federal funds if the state enforces its abortion rights laws. A provision in a $388 billion spending bill passed by the House and Senate last month would block any of the measure's money from going to federal, state or local agencies that act against health care providers and insurers because they don't provide abortions, make abortion referrals or cover them. Rep. David Weldon, R-Fla., a doctor who inserted the provision, said the measure will prevent health care providers who oppose abortion...

Dr. John Lewis                               September 15, 2004   The Evidence: Chronology of Attacks on the West                   The strongest evidence that the west—especially the United States—has appeased Middle Eastern governments for over five decades begins with a simple list of the major attacks made by various Islamic groups since the 1970’s, and the lack of principled response to those attacks. A list of every terrorist attack in the twentieth century would fill a volume. The chronology here is ruthlessly select; it includes a few events needed to understand the sequence, such as the formation of selected top-rank Islamic...

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/begin my translation Kim Jong-il's Trinity: N. Korean Subversion in S. Korea I recently met in a foreign country a N. Korean defector who used to work at S. Korean section of N. Korean intelligence. According to him, Kim Jong-il characterize the main principle of N. Korea's S. Korean operation as 'trinity.' It allegedly originates from the Kim Jong-il's instruction that N. Korean intelligence, pro-North (non-governmental) elements in S. Korea, and S. Korean government should make up the unbreakable trinity which would lay siege on those willing to fight for S. Korea(comment: conservative activists.) If the N. Korean outfit, Unification...

PARIS (AFP) - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has dismissed as "an insult" comments by French President Jacques Chirac that France will continue its UN-mandated action in the troubled west African nation and will not stand by while a situation of anarchy or fascism develops. "President Chirac supported the only party in Ivory Coast for 40 years. What is closer to fascism than a one-party system? We were in prison under the regime of the sole party supported by France. It's an insult," Gbagbo said in an interview published Monday in the Liberation daily here. Referring to the recent incident...

President Hillary? We’re not even ready for a First Lady who deviates from the script—or, heaven forfend, has a little bit of a mouth on her. Yet in the main, Heinz Kerry’s remarks were only shocking in contrast to the overprocessed and infantilizing blah-blah that characterize most political speech. And whatever you think of Kerry’s candidacy, his wife is someone who has undeniably devoted her considerable energies and resources to making this world a better place, using her foundation to fund important research on women’s health, the environment and early-childhood development. As everyone knows, her first husband, Sen. John Heinz,...

I heard an ad right before the election that was particularly nasty and sponsored by the UAW. I live in Philadelphia. I tend to buy American cars because I like the idea that they are made by my fellow Americans. I wonder if anyone else does likewise. I would be surprised if Republicans didn't tend to buy a higher percentage of cars made by American Corporations than Democrats. My neighborhood votes mostly Republican(even though we are in the City of Philadelphia) and the majority of cars are American. My sister, now deceased, was a liberal and would not buy an...

Excuse me, but...is anyone aware that according to Islam's holy book, the Quran, terrorists are forbidden from attacking us until after Ramadan, which ends around November 14th? We are lowering terror alerts for financial institutions in New York, Washington and New Jersey just before the end of Ramadan? Is our government completely oblivious to actual religious beliefs of Islam? "When the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush." (Koran 9:5) There were rumors of a terrorist attack before...

Editor's note: Readers may be interested in two related stories: "Invested in Terrorism" and "BBC: U.S. Damned if it does and damned if it doesn't". -ALJ Douglas Farah uncovered the story of al-Qaeda's involvement in West Africa's diamond smuggling while reporting on Africa for the Washington Post, which he described in Blood from Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror (New York: Broadway, 2004). Mr. Farah, now a consultant, freelance writer on terror finance and national security matters, and a senior fellow at the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, addressed the Middle East Forum in New York City on...

Senator John Kerry is once again making claims that he cannot substantiate. He charges that President Bush’s “misjudgments” led to the disappearance of 380 tons of explosives from the Iraqi al-Qaqaa facility, and that these explosives have been used against U.S. troops -- even though there is no proof for such accusations. While the Kerry campaign has already released a television ad making such allegations, they simultaneously have backed off from the same charges. Senator Kerry’s TV ad states: The obligation of a Commander in Chief is to keep our country safe. In Iraq, George Bush has overextended our troops...

The last minute attacks from Kerry and his Democrat counterparts have begun.  From distributing hate-filled fliers, to physically assaulting our headquarters, to sending auto-dial attack calls to independent and Republican voters, Kerry and his team have shown that they are both desperate and willing to do anything to win. Please encourage your respective constituencies and our supporters to call us as soon as they know or hear about these attacks.  Simply ask them to call 1-888-610-8170 and report what they have seen or heard. Also, please remind them to turn on their answering machines and record the attacks.  We need...

Kerry's Latest Attacks on Bush Borrow a Page From Scripture By DAVID M. HALBFINGER and DAVID E. SANGER Published: October 25, 2004 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 24 - Appealing to late-deciding voters in explicitly religious terms, Senator John Kerry used the Bible on Sunday to accuse President Bush of trying to scare America, and said his own Catholicism moved him to help those in need but not to "write every doctrine into law." "The Scripture teaches us - John says, 'Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid,' " Mr. Kerry said, alluding to Mr. Bush's strategy...

Beware the Elegant Evil of John Kerry Written by Maureen Scott Wednesday, October 20, 2004 When President Bush refers to the "Evil Empire," he needs to add one more entity: The "State of Kerry." Mental state, that is. Just as we fear the irrational people who embrace terrorism, we have to fear the irrational state of Kerry's mind. The main difference between the candidates is that Bush speaks out against evil and fights our enemies in order to defend our country. In contrast, Kerry speaks out against Bush in order to advance his own image. He should take heed in...

======================= October 7, 2004 Attorney General John Ashcroft U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20530 Dear Attorney General Ashcroft: This week, in Orlando, Florida, approximately 100 protestors stormed and ransacked the local Bush-Cheney headquarters injuring one campaign staffer who suffered a broken wrist and causing considerable damage. According to news accounts, similar "protests" occurred yesterday across the country in Miami, FL; Tampa, FL; Kansas City, MO; Dearborn, MI; St. Paul, MN; Independence, MO; and West Allis, WI. All of the "protests" appear to be a coordinated effort by members of a major labor union to intimidate...