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Question of the Day: "Where are those stolen/missing propane tanks?"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22theft+of+propane+tanks%22&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22missing+propane+tanks%22&btnG=Google+Search
Another day...
The nagging question of the day is and what I will keep an eye on is: where would/could I hide a stolen tanker truck?
Answer in the FRmail.
THANK YOU NW for this new thread.
Thanks for doing the searches.
Thank you and everyone else for keeping it going. :)
Yep.
It's called TEAM work and what a
great and courageous TM team
we have here.
Hello everyone.
Wow! There is so much to read in here.
Mystery rash closes Lodi, NJ school - affects 2 dozen students
More than 60 Iraqi policemen kidnapped after training in Jordan
Hello and welcome mjtobias.
Hmmm...mystery rash again.
Note: The following text is an exact quote:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/yemen_warning.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Wed Nov 17 2004 21:57:50 GMT-0800.
Yemen
November 16, 2004
This Travel Warning is being issued to provide updated security information for Yemen. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Yemen issued on May 11, 2004.
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Yemen. The security threat to all U.S. citizens in Yemen remains high due to continuing efforts by Al-Qa'ida to re-constitute an effective operating base. This could lead to possible attacks by extremist individuals or groups against U.S. citizens, facilities, businesses and perceived interests. From time to time the Embassy may temporarily close or suspend public services for security reasons. Emergency assistance to U.S. citizens during non-business hours (or when public access is restricted) is available through Embassy duty personnel.
U.S. citizens in Yemen should exercise caution and take prudent measures to maintain their security. Maintain a high level of vigilance, avoid crowds and demonstrations, keep a low profile, vary times and routes for all travel, and ensure travel documents are current. U.S. citizens who remain in or travel to Yemen despite this Travel Warning should register at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa and enroll in the warden system (emergency alert network) in order to obtain updated information on travel and security in Yemen.
The Embassy in Sanaa advises American citizens in Yemen to exercise particular caution at locations frequented by foreigners country-wide and at restaurants and hotels frequented by expatriates. Americans who believe they are being followed or threatened while driving in urban centers should proceed as quickly as possible to the nearest police station or major intersection and request assistance from the officers in the blue-and-white police cars stationed there. Occasionally, U.S. Government personnel in Yemen may be prohibited from traveling to sections of Sanaa or other parts of Yemen. The Yemeni government also restricts travel to specified areas by U.S. citizens and other Westerners from time to time. Travelers should be in contact with the Embassy for up-to-date information on such restrictions.
The U.S. Embassy is located at Dhahr Himyar Zone, Sheraton Hotel District, P.O. Box 22347. The telephone number of the Consular Section is (967)(1) 303-155, extension 2153 or 2266. The fax number is (967)(1) 303-175. The after hours emergency number is (967)(1) 303-155.
Additional information on registering with the Embassy can be found at http://usembassy.state.gov/yemen/citizen_services.html.
Current information on travel and security in Yemen may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States, or, from overseas, 1-317-472-2328. U.S. citizens should consult the Consular Information Sheet for Yemen, the Middle East and North Africa Public Announcement, and the Worldwide Caution Public Announcement on the Department's Internet site at http://travel.state.gov. Up-to-date information on security conditions can also be accessed at http://usembassy.state.gov/yemen/citizen_services.html.
Return to Consular Information Sheets and Travel Warnings Page
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Note: The following text is an exact quote:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/afghanistan_warning.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Wed Nov 17 2004 21:58:18 GMT-0800.
Afghanistan
November 15, 2004
This Travel Warning provides updated information on the security situation in Afghanistan and on the upcoming Afghan presidential inauguration events. The security threat to all American citizens in Afghanistan remains critical. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Afghanistan issued July 30, 2004.
The Department of State strongly warns U.S. citizens against travel to Afghanistan. There is an ongoing threat to kidnap and assassinate U.S. citizens and non- Governmental organization (NGO) workers throughout the country. The ability of Afghan authorities to maintain order and ensure the security of citizens and visitors is limited. Remnants of the former Taliban regime and the terrorist al-Qaida network, and other groups hostile to the government, remain active. U.S.-led military operations continue. Travel in all areas of Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, is unsafe due to military operations, landmines, banditry, armed rivalry among political and tribal groups, and the possibility of terrorist attacks, including attacks using vehicular or other Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs ), and kidnapping. The security environment remains volatile and unpredictable.
Presidential elections occurred on October 9, 2004 with minimal disruptions. However, the potential for violence remains a real concern. In the wake of the elections, a suicide grenade attack killed an American citizen in downtown Kabul, and three U.N. international staff were kidnapped in late October 2004. Presidential inauguration events in early December may trigger additional violence.
There have been a number of attacks on international organizations, international aid workers, and foreign interests and nationals in the past year. The United Nations has resumed operations, which were temporarily suspended in the aftermath of these attacks. However, the UN continues to be the target of attacks throughout the country. In June 2004, a UN and NGO convoy was ambushed in Gardez, a UN demining team was ambushed with rocket propelled grenades (RPGS) in Loghar, and a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) convoy was ambushed with RPGS and small arms fire in Kandahar. Over the past year there have been multiple rocket attacks in Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan, including a rocket that landed in a field opposite the Embassy compound in October 2004 and another that landed in the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) compound near the Embassy in June 2004.
Family members of official Americans assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul are not allowed to reside in Afghanistan. In addition, unofficial travel to Afghanistan by U.S. Government employees and their family members requires prior approval by the Department of State. From time to time, the U.S. Embassy places areas frequented by foreigners off limits to its personnel depending on current security conditions. Potential target areas include key national or international government establishments, international organizations and other locations with expatriate personnel, and public areas popular with the expatriate community. Private U.S. citizens are strongly urged to heed these restrictions as well and may obtain the latest information by calling the U.S. Embassy in Kabul or consulting the embassy website below. Terrorist actions may include, but are not limited to, suicide operations, bombings, assassinations, carjackings, rocket attacks, assaults or kidnappings. Possible threats include conventional weapons such as explosive devises or non-conventional weapons, including chemical or biological agents.
The United States Embassy cannot provide visa services, and its ability to provide emergency consular services to U.S. citizens in Afghanistan is limited. Afghan authorities also can provide only limited assistance to U.S. citizens facing difficulties.
U.S. citizens who choose to visit or remain in Afghanistan despite this Travel Warning are urged to pay close attention to their personal security, and avoid rallies and demonstrations. They are also encouraged to register with the U.S. Embassy through the State Department's travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov, and to obtain updated information on travel and security within Afghanistan. Americans without Internet access may register directly with the U.S. Embassy. Registering makes it easier for the Embassy to contact Americans in case of emergency. The U.S. Embassy is located at Great Masood Road between Radio Afghanistan and the Ministry of Public Health (the road is also known as Bebe Mahro (Airport) Road), Kabul. The phone number is (93-20) 230-0436. The Embassy website is http://usembassy.state.gov/Afghanistan.
Updated information on travel and security in Afghanistan may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States, or for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-317-472-2328. For further information, please consult the Consular Information sheet for Afghanistan and the current Worldwide Caution Public Announcement, all of which are available on the Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet website at http://travel.state.gov.
U.S.-CERT: "Current Activity"
http://www.us-cert.gov/current/
Thanks, lahargis.
That Azzam the American character, isn't he the one who threatened us with dirty bombs?
At first when I read his name, Azzam, I thought there was something to it, later on I realized that Azzam is a common islamic name. I say this because Azzam spelled backwards, mazza, means sledgehammer in my native tongue. I'm American born, but was brought back to Europe at age five. My parents (my father is American born, but not my mother) later on returned to the states when I was 16 years old. Why do I mention all this? Because where I was raised as a teenager people speak what is known as Lingua Franca - a mixture of many languages, idioms and terms, many of them Arabic. Lingua Franca is known in the Mediterranean Sea.
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2004/November/04_crt_749.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2004
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
CRT
(202) 514-2008
TDD (202) 514-1888
"TWO MEN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF ISLAMIC CENTER OF AMERICA"
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000859.htm
"LIBERAL RACISM AND CONDI RICE"
By Michelle Malkin · November 17, 2004 03:37 PM
Hello mjtobias.
Welcome mjtobias! Yup, lots to read (and absorb) here!
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2004/11/003946print.html
November 17, 2004
"Spencer: Khomeini in Dearborn
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer's latest, from FrontPage:"
Hey there mjtobias. There sure is a lot to read here!
All the info at the beginning of the DTM thread is really great!
Yep.
It's busy.
http://www.montada.com/
I AM WATCHING AND LOOKING AT:
E-JIHADS
ELECTRONIC JIHADS
EMAIL BOMBS
HACKERS
http://www.google.com
Please feel free to Google these
topics when you all get a chance.
Thank you.
Goodnight Lahargis.
Sleep well.
Pakistan's Khan gave Iran bomb-grade uranium
Superglue invented to seal battle wounds in Viet Nam
Paradox of Anti-Americanism in Iran
Detained Assembly of God church leader in Iran may face death penalty for espionage
you seriously rule.
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s04110069.htm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 2126, Garden Grove, CA 92842-2126 USA
E-mail: danjuma1@aol.com, Web Site: www.assistnews.net
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
IVORY COAST : CHRISTIANS ANXIOUS AS WAR THREATENS
By Elizabeth Kendal
World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)
Special to ASSIST News Service
AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- When mostly Muslim rebels (backed with foreign funds and arms) seized control of northern Ivory Coast (IC) in 2002, Christians, southerners and government supporters fled south for their lives. As those fleeing included most of northern IC's doctors, nurses, professionals, administrators and school teachers, living conditions in the north have deteriorated markedly under rebel control. Of great concern are reports from MSF (Doctors without Borders) and the UN that AIDS has increased markedly in the north of IC as desperate girls prostitute themselves to survive. Having abandoned the government of national unity, the rebels declared in mid October their refusal to negotiate further or disarm.
On 4 November, President Laurent Gbagbo launched a surprise air raid on rebel strongholds in the north, attempting to defeat them militarily and re-unify the country. When nine French peacekeepers in rebel territory were killed in an IC air raid on 6 November, France immediately responded by destroying the two IC helicopter gunships used in the raid. France then struck pre-emptively to 'neutralise' IC air power, destroying all IC's air force planes and the airport tarmac. When French tanks then headed for the Presidential Palace, government supporters streamed into the streets and created a human shield around it. Some government supporters furiously attacked French interests. Whilst no non-African died in the protests, French soldiers killed up to 100 and wounded some 1,000 protesting government supporters.
Though France, the former colonial power in IC, is acting as peacekeeper and peace mediator, it is not neutral. Intelligence agencies have long believed that France would like to see or even engineer a coup in IC. President Gbagbo is opposed to the pro-France policies of IC, believing they are not in IC's best interests. Gbagbo's rival, A D Ouattara, the president of the RDR party to which the rebels are aligned, implemented many pro-France initiatives when he was IC Prime Minister. France would benefit economically if Ouattara were back in power. What we have today is a still uncertain future, with a three-way stand off between the IC, France and the rebels.
IC has a huge population of immigrants from Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso, its poorer northern Islamic neighbours. The possibility of the rebels' aims succeeding causes IC's Christians great anxiety as all these migrants would be naturalised, making IC instantly a Muslim majority nation. Then, by the strength of their votes, the constitution could be amended and A D Ouattara elected president. (Presently he is barred from the presidency due to issues of ationality.) If that happens, IC will never be the same again, but will become a reflection of its northern Islamic neighbours. This scenario does not sit well with Ivorians – Muslim, Christian and traditional religionists – who regard their liberty as precious.
PLEASE PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR:
God to expose the plots and schemes of corrupt, self-serving politicians who would destabilise a free and prosperous nation in pure self-interest.
great wisdom for all IC leaders, especially President Gbagbo who is a Christian; may he draw close to God in this crisis, and emerge more dependent on God than ever before. 'Some nations boast of their armies and weapons, but we boast in the Lord our God.' (Psalm 20:7 NLT) 'The horses are prepared for battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.' (Proverbs 21:31 NLT)
Christians in Ivory Coast to be drawn to pray, and may they receive wisdom, courage and radiant power from the Holy Spirit for visible Christ-likeness in the midst of a society filled with hostility, fear, anger and confusion. 'Godliness helps people all through life, while the evil are destroyed by their wickedness.' (Proverbs 13:6)
God to be preparing the Church in Ivory Coast to be an instrument of grace, reconciliation and healing.
Almighty God to rescue Ivory Coast, and for justice and liberty to prevail across the whole nation.
Elizabeth Kendal is the Principal Researcher and Writer for the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC) www.worldevangelical.org/rlc.html. This article was initially written for the WEA RLP(Religious Liberty Prayer) mailing list
Elizabeth can be contacted by e-mail at rl-research@crossnet.org.au.
** You may republish this story with proper attribution.
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/172004e.asp
"Muslim Company Accused of Illegally Evicting Christian School"
By Jim Brown
November 17, 2004
"(AgapePress) - A Christian school in Florida has filed a lawsuit alleging it was wrongfully evicted by a radical Islamic group."
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1927
18 November, 2004
IRAQ – AUSTRALIA
"Mutilated body found in Iraq appears to be Hassan's: Australian PM"
Margarat Hassan "a martyr," says British cardinal Murphy-O’Connor"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sydney (AsiaNews/Afp) - The mutilated body of a Caucasian woman found in the Iraqi city of Fallujah earlier this week appears to be that of missing aid worker Margaret Hassan, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday.
Mr Howard told parliament that there was every indication that Hassan was also the woman who appeared in a video received by Al-Jazeera on Tuesday showing an armed man shooting at a blind-folded woman.
"The body found in Fallujah appears to have been Margaret's and the video of the execution of a Western woman appears, on all the available information, to have been genuine," Mr Howard said.
The body of a blonde-haired woman with her legs and arms cut off and throat slit was found on Sunday lying on a street in Fallujah, a notorious Iraqi enclave for hostage-takers."
OFF TOPIC - "Arts & Culture":
DAILYSTAR.com.lb: New York - "The Prophet hits the silver screen with an eye to reverse stereotypes
U.S. release of 'Muhammad' passes without the hype of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion'"
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Thursday, November 18, 2004
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=10187
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/resources/pressrel/announcements/113004wkshp/default.html
"Meeting Announcements
Workshop on Respiratory Protection for Airborne Infectious Agents"
ARTICLE SNIPPET:
"November 30, 2004; 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
December 1, 2004; 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Westin Buckhead Hotel – Atlanta, Georgia
Online Registration Form
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is hosting a public meeting to exchange information and seek individual input from the participants regarding the following topics:
The current state of scientific knowledge regarding transmission of certain infectious agents through the air, focusing on the scientific basis for respiratory protection of workers and patients;
The current state of scientific knowledge regarding respiratory protection as related to droplet nuclei and certain aerosol-transmitted agents;
Strategies for improving the quality and effectiveness of respiratory protection; and
Research needs to fill current knowledge gaps.
(Discussion topics may be subject to change.)"
Your most welcome & it looks great sitting up there...
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