Posted on 08/01/2008 12:17:04 PM PDT by nwctwx
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022041.php
JIHAD WATCH.org - DHIMMI WATCH (ISLAMOPHOBIA WATCH): “CAIR pontificates list of demands — including “apologies,” “religious accommodations,” and “sensitivity and diversity training” — to Abercrombie”
(August 1, 2008)
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
“Worldwide Caution”
July 16, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world.”
BLOG:
http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/08/summarizing-julys-threatscape.html
FRIDAY, AUGUST 01, 2008
“Summarizing July’s Threatscape”
Posted by Dancho Danchev
July 31, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr//0807/080731houston.htm
Indictment returned against Action Rags USA owner and 2 managers
Similar charges made last week against a third manager
HOUSTON — The owner of Action Rags USA and two managers were indicted Thursday on various charges of violating federal immigration laws. This indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle, Southern District of Texas, and Robert Rutt, special agent in charge of the Houston Office of Investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Action Rags USA is an exporter and grader of used clothing.
Mabarik Kahlon, 45, Valerie Rodriguez, 34, and Cirila Barron, 38, are all charged in count one of the Indictment with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and to induce illegal aliens to come to the United States. Count two of the Indictment charges them with inducing aliens to enter the United States for commercial advantage. Both counts carry a maximum term of 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine or both. A third manager, Mayra Herrera-Gutierrez, 32, was charged last week by “Criminal Information” with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and to induce illegal aliens to come to the United States.
ICE began its investigation into Action Rags, an east Houston plant located at 1225 Port Houston, following complaints in May 2007. According to the criminal complaint previously filed in this case, investigators located and interviewed a number of former and current plant employees. The yearlong investigation revealed the company did not properly complete the required I-9 forms to verify eligibility for employment. The investigation also determined that the company knowingly hired illegal aliens, and reportedly paid them in cash until they were able to purchase fraudulent identity and social security cards from local flea markets.
The investigation ultimately led to ICE agents executing a search warrant at Action Rags. During the search warrant execution, ICE agents discovered about 200 persons employed at the plant who worked a single shift from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily on June 25, 2008. ICE agents administratively arrested more than 150 illegal aliens, most from Mexico, who were discovered working at the plant. The Indictment alleges that illegal aliens made up roughly 85 percent of the Action Rags workforce, and that the defendants engaged in acts that openly flouted federal immigration law.
All four defendants are expected to appear in federal court next week. Two managers, Barron and Herrera-Gutierrez, who are illegal aliens themselves, remain in custody due to ICE immigration detainers lodged against them. Kahlon and Rodriguez remain on bond.
This case was investigated by ICE; it is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Doug Davis and Ryan D. McConnell, Southern District of Texas.
A criminal indictment is a formal accusation of alleged criminal conduct, not evidence. A Criminal Information is when a defendant waives their Constitutional right to be indicted by a federal grand jury on a felony charge. Each defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.
— ICE —
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr//0807/080731losangeles.htm
“Los Angeles man arrested for filing nearly 1,000 fraudulent work visa petitions
Defendant made nearly $5 million charging aliens for fraudulent filings”
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “LOS ANGELES - A Riverside, Calif., man is scheduled to make his first court appearance this afternoon after federal authorities arrested him yesterday on charges of filing nearly a thousand fraudulent petitions with U.S. immigration and labor authorities, which allowed him to obtain work visas and other immigration and labor benefits for more than 550 aliens.
Alexander Sales Vista, 61, was arrested yesterday morning by agents with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Vista was arrested pursuant to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles that charges him with visa fraud, a charge that carries a penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison.
Over the course of more than 10 years, Vista allegedly filed nearly 1,000 fraudulent petitions that sought work visas for more than 550 aliens, whom Vista claimed were going to work at companies he owned. Many of the aliens were granted work visas. However, according to the complaint, the jobs often did not exist and the companies were simply shell companies that did not conduct any real business. In some cases, the aliens worked for Vista, but they were paid substantially less than what Vista told Labor Department and immigration officials.
Charging the aliens between $7,000 and $12,000 to file a petition, Vista made nearly $5 million over the course of his visa fraud scheme.”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/356.pdf
Testimony of
Steven Emerson
Before the
United States House of Representatives Committee on Foreign
Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and
Trade
Steven Emerson
Executive Director
Investigative Project on Terrorism
www.investigativeproject.org
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July 31, 2008
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/735
“Emerson Exposes Radical Ties of State Department Outreach Partners”
IPT News
July 31, 2008
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022046.php
(TELEGRAPH.co.uk)
August 2, 2008
“British Muslims fighting alongside Taliban, al-Qaeda in Afghanistan”
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stepping back in time...
http://jihadwatch.org/archives/014473.php
December 18, 2006
“Newsweek: 12-man team of Westerners being trained by al Qaeda in Pakistan”
BLOG:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/08/ied_hunters_take_on.php
“IED hunters take on insurgency in northern Iraq”
By BILL MURRAY
August 2, 2008 9:36 AM
Aug 02, 2008 04:10 PM
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – A 46-year-old man is dead after stabbing himself in front of police officers late Friday night in the Quebec town of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Around 11:40 p.m. municipal police say they received a call from a rooming house where a man appeared to be in psychological distress.
The man stabbed himself in front of the officers when they entered his room.
He was later confirmed dead at the hospital.
The case is under investigation by Quebec provincial police.
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What is going on?
Breaking news...we’ll have to see what the rest of the story is.
Thanks for the ping, fanfan.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
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BLOG:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/pakistan_and_delusions.php
“Pakistan and Delusions about Negotiating on Jihad”
By Jeffrey Imm
(August 1, 2008)
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BLOG:
http://terrorwonk.blogspot.com/2008/08/pakistani-intelligence-sponsoring.html
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008
“Pakistani Intelligence Sponsoring Terror”
(August 1, 2008)
Sorry if this is a repeat...I don’t recall it at the moment.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=c48fd2ea-be08-4f31-8250-22b35f8c60b2
“Drug ring involved more than one border guard: Documents”
Paul Cherry , Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, July 25, 2008
MONTREAL -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Munro was the only CBSA employee arrested in an investigation that centred on an attempt by people based in Montreal and New Brunswick to smuggle 500 kilograms of Colombian cocaine into Canada. Munro appeared in court Friday in St. Jean sur Richelieu, Que., for a bail hearing. He will learn on Tuesday if he is to be released while he faces eight criminal charges.
Two Quebecers who allegedly took part in the conspiracy were arrested in Florida on Tuesday and charged with bringing 25,000 MDMA, or ecstasy, pills into the U.S. as part of a deal made with an undercover FBI agent.
The two men - alleged ringleader Sylvain Levert, 41, of Chambly, and Serge (Frenchy) Desilets, 54, of Maniwaki - were charged in U.S. District Court in Florida. Affidavits filed in their cases suggest the pair counted on the co-operation of more than one customs agent to smuggle drugs in and out of Canada.
The two are suspected of conspiring to smuggle drugs - including marijuana and ecstasy - into the United States in exchange for cocaine smuggled into Canada.”
I haven’t heard about this before.
Ok, thanks fanfan.
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3576733,00.html
3 mortar shells land in western Negev; no injuries
Published: 08.02.08, 21:17 / Israel News
Nine mortar shells were fired late Saturday from the Gaza Strip towards the western Negev. Three landed in the Nahal Oz area and the remaining six in Palestinian territory.
No injuries were reported. (Shmulik Hadad )
Yep, and we’ve been following it on TM. -Cindy
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331169189&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
JPost.com » Middle East » Article
Aug 1, 2008 22:58 | Updated Aug 2, 2008 23:54
“Hizbullah operatives caught in Baghdad”
By YAAKOV KATZ
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to media reports, the Hizbullah Brigades have been active for over a year in Iraq and like Hizbullah in Lebanon, the group is trained and financed by Iran, likely via the Hizbullah’s Al Kuds force, which was commanded by its chief operations officer Imad Mughniyeh who was assassinated in Damascus in February.
“The Hizbullah Brigades receive support from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Command for financing, weapons, training and guidance,” the Multi-National Force in Iraq said in a statement in response to a Jerusalem Post inquiry. “They have claimed responsibility for attacks against coalition forces and Iraqi Security Forces as early as late 2005.”
On videos that it has posted on the Internet, the Hizbullah Brigades group uses a logo very similar to the Lebanese Hizbullah flag, showing a raised arm holding a Kalashnikov assault rifle, although coalition forces said they were not sure of the nature of the relationship with the Lebanese Hizbullah.
This is not the first time that Hizbullah operatives have been captured in Iraq.”
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