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Threat Matrix: September 2008
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Posted on 09/03/2008 6:13:02 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Critical Threats: Blank When None
How The West Was Won

The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police.

Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit.

From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi dispatched suicide bombers to murder hundreds of Shiites in Baghdad. So fearsome were the al-Qaida leaders in Iraq that by 2005 they had taken control or intimidated Sunni resistance cells 10 times their size. Read More


Threat Matrix:
September 2008
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431927,00.html
(AP)

“Russia’s Putin Warns Ukraine for Arming Georgia”
Friday, October 03, 2008


841 posted on 10/03/2008 4:03:41 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/analyzing-terror-through-imagery-an-interview-with-nancy-kobrin

“Analyzing Terror through Imagery: An Interview with Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin”
by Steven HellerSeptember 30, 2008


842 posted on 10/03/2008 4:12:35 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096515/posts

“Britain planned taped messages after nuclear war”
AP/Yahoo ^
Posted on October 3, 2008 4:47:33 AM PDT by Slapshot68

LONDON


843 posted on 10/03/2008 4:53:36 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

“Worldwide Caution”
July 16, 2008

SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world.”


844 posted on 10/03/2008 4:54:48 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: MamaDearest; milford421; metmom; Calpernia

Thanks for pinging me.

Food alerts in #836.


845 posted on 10/03/2008 8:16:08 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
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Gotta go home early.

Four of the grandkids coming in this afternoon.

Granpa and kids going to PAHTAY!!!!!


846 posted on 10/03/2008 1:50:31 PM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Nuestro MSM supuesto es simplemente una colección de putas del excedente de mercancías.)
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Have a wonderful party and give those grandkids a big hug for me Unrepentant VN Vet.


847 posted on 10/03/2008 1:56:10 PM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP and UPDATED:

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - ""It is time for you to pledge death"" (October 2, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT NEWS: Dallas - "HAMAS DEPUTY CHIEF SETTLED U.S. FUNDING DISPUTE" (September 30, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "HOLY LAND EVIDENCE ESTABLISHES HAMAS LINK" (September 29, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "ENTER THE BROTHERHOOD" (September 25, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "DIGGING IN THE DIRT" (September 24, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "HLF JURY SCHOOLED ON HAMAS TERROR" (September 23, 2008)

Link

Link

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT NEWS: Dallas - "HLF PROSECUTOR: THINK LIKE A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION" (September 22, 2008)

848 posted on 10/03/2008 1:56:50 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741897/posts

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UPDATE - QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741897/posts?page=358#358

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022947.php
(PIONEER PRESS)

October 3, 2008
“Flying Imams try to add FBI agent as defendant”

358 posted on October 3, 2008 2:03:16 PM PDT by Cindy


849 posted on 10/03/2008 2:07:07 PM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP AND UPDATED:
FOX NEWS.com: "U.N. ANTI-BLASPHEMY RESOLUTION CURTAILS FREE SPEECH, CRITICS SAY" by Jennifer Lawinski (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Religious groups and free-speech advocates are banding together to fight a United Nations resolution they say is being used to spread Sharia law to the Western world and to intimidate anyone who criticizes Islam.") (October 3, 2008)
JIHAD WATCH.org (BERNAMA.com, September 25, 2008): New York - "MALAYSIA PROPOSES CONVENTION ON ISLAMOPHOBIA IN U.S." (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Malaysia has proposed that a large-scale international convention sponsored by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) be held as early as next year to tackle the anti-Islam movement...") (September 28, 2008)

ACLJ.org: "PETITION OPPOSING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE"

Link (pdf)

WorldNetDaily.com: "U.N. SCHEME TO MAKE CHRISTIANS CRIMINALS Sharia-following Islamic nations demanding anti-'defamation' law" by Bob Unruh (July 10, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): Amman - "JORDAN CHARGES GEERT WILDERS WITH 'BLASPHEMY AND CONTEMPT OF MUSLIMS'; OIC 'DEEPLY ANNOYED' AT DUTCH DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE HIM" (July 1, 2008)

HUMAN EVENTS.com: "GEORGE ORWELL MEETS THE OIC" by Robert Spencer (June 25, 2008)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "FREE SPEECH DIES AT THE UN" by Robert Spencer (June 25, 2008)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "JIHAD AGAINST FREEDOM OF SPEECH AT THE UNITED NATIONS" by Jeffrey Imm (June 19, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "OIC: LACK OF PUNISHMENT FOR CARTOONS WILL LEAD TO MORE 'ISLAMOPHOBIA'" (June 24, 2008)

TRUTHUSA.com: "A Look at More Than Cartoons"

JIHAD WATCH.org: "OIC: COMBATING 'ISLAMOPHOBIA' TOP PRIORITY, WORKING WITH WESTERN GOVERNMENTS TO RESTRICT FREE SPEECH" (June 23, 2008)

Link

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC NATIONS EYE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEATS" by Patrick Goodenough (June 23, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "ITALIAN PM AND MUSLIM CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY TARGETS OF JIHADIST DEATH THREATS; ISLAMIC CONFERENCE DECRIES 'ISLAMOPHOBIA'" (June 18, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY): "'INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ON INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE' CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST 'CULTURE OF HATRED AMONG NATIONS'" (June 8, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TODAY'S ZAMAN): "OIC TO DECLARE A 'MEMORIAL DAY' FOR MASSACRES AGAINST MUSLIMS" (May 17, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TODAYS ZAMAN.com): "ISLAMIC NATIONALS LAUNCH 'ISLAMOPHOBIA OBSERVATORY'" (May10, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY): "OIC CONDEMNS FITNA 'IN THE STRONGEST TERMS'" (March 29, 2008)

WTOP NEWS.com (AP): Geneva - "UN OKs ISLAMIC TEXT AGAINST DEFAMATION" (March 27, 2008, 11:40 pm)

HOT AIR.com - blog: "NEW JIHAD WATCH: DEFAME ISLAM, GET SUED" (March 24, 2008)

Video - Link

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "OIC: ELIMINATING 'DEFAMATION' OF ISLAM - an examination of the Organisation of Islamic Conference's Observatory Report on Islamophobia" by Elizabeth Kendal (March 24, 2008)

CNS NEWS.com: "OIC DENOUNCES TERROR, BUT FIGHTING 'OCCUPATION' STILL EXEMPTED" by Patrick Goodenough (March 18, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Dakar - "INDONESIAN PRESIDENT: "ISLAM HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENCE'" (March 15, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "FITZGERALD: THE OIC's REBRANDING GAME" (March 15, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "OIC: 'COMBATING ISLAMOPHOBIA IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACED BY THE MUSLIM WORLD'" (SNIPPET: "Well, Jihad Watch can offer a handy five-point plan for countering 'Islamophobia'...") (March 12, 2008)

CNS NEWS.com: "STATE DEPT INTRODUCES NEW ENVOY TO MUSLIM NATIONS" by Susan Jones (March 10, 2008)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "JIHAD, ISLAMISM, AND U.S. ENVOY TO OIC" by Jeffrey Imm (February 29, 2008)

WHITEHOUSE.gov - news release: Oval Office - "PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS WITH SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE" (February 27, 2008, 2:01 pm EST)

850 posted on 10/03/2008 2:34:28 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.mi5.gov.uk
http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page16.html

http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page18.html
“HOW YOU CAN HELP”

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4868535.ece

October 2, 2008
“Palmtop computer stolen from open window in M15 hideout”

(Dwayne Senior/Sunday Times)

ARTILE SNIUPPET: “A handheld computer containing secret intelligence documents about terrorism has been stolen through the open window of an MI5 hideout, in a fresh data embarrassment.

A burglar who climbed into the property in Greater Manchester on Sunday night got away with the terminal which contained highly sensitive information about national security.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The security services and the government have been hit by a number of security breaches in the last year.”

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Previously...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093835/posts

“For Sale: Used Spy Camera With Top Secret Terror Records”
FOX News via the Sun ^ | Sept 30, 2008 | Unknown
Posted on September 30, 2008 6:27:07 AM PDT by Islander7


851 posted on 10/03/2008 2:45:58 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP207008

Special Dispatch Series - No. 2070
October 3, 2008 No. 2070

“Ayatollah Jannati In Iran Friday Sermon: U.S. Economic Woes ‘Divine Punishment’ – ‘The Unhappier They [Americans] Become, The Happier We Get’; ‘Americans Should Wait To Be Slapped In The Face By Islam, Muslims, And The Islamic Revolution’”

SNIPPET: “In his October 3, 2008 Friday sermon at the Tehran University campus, Iranian Guardian Council secretary and interim Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said that Iran’s enemies had targeted its economy, and that the U.S.’s economic crisis was “divine punishment” that had made Iranians very happy. Calling the U.S. presence on the Afghanistan and Pakistan borders a problem that “cannot be ignored.” He said that Americans could expect to be “slapped in the face by Islam, Muslims, and the Islamic Revolution,” and concluded his sermon by saying that since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, “drugs are being produced and distributed under U.S. supervision.” [1]

To view the MEMRI TV page for Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, visit http://www.memritv.org/subject/en/487.htm .”


852 posted on 10/03/2008 2:58:32 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pakistan

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Note: The following blog entry is a quote:

BLOG:
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/10242.htm

Blog Details
Gilani: U.S. Cannot Win The Anti-Terror War Without Pakistan

According to a report on the website of the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Jang, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that without the help of Pakistan, the United States cannot hope to win the war against terror.

According to the report, Prime Minister Gilani made the statement during an interaction with journalists in the Pakistani city of Multan. He also asked the U.S. to agree a civil nuclear partnership with Pakistan, the report added.

Source: Roznama Jang, Pakistan, October 3, 2008
Posted at: 2008-10-03

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http://covertradioshow.com/podcast.cfm?pid=76

DESCRIPTION: “Covert Radio Show: Looking at Shariah Finance and Saad Bin Laden

Taking a look at Jihadi Blowback AND the latest threats from Shariah Finance with Hope Winters from Stop Shariah Now.Org “
(October 2, 2008)


853 posted on 10/03/2008 3:20:48 PM PDT by Cindy
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NY SUN.com: Washington - "BIN LADEN'S SON MAKES RETURN TO PAKISTAN Could Signal a New Phase of Iran's Relationship With Al Qaeda" by Eli Lake (September 29, 2008)

854 posted on 10/03/2008 3:21:15 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51380

Militants Kill Civilian in Eastern Afghanistan Fighting

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2008 – An Afghan civilian was killed and four were wounded this morning when militants attacked a village in eastern Afghanistan where coalition and Afghan troops were on patrol, military officials reported.

The firefight started when militants engaged the joint forces with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Matin, a village in the Pech district of Konar province, officials said.

While returning fire, Afghan soldiers also provided immediate medical care to the wounded and transported them to a medical facility for treatment, officials said. The body of the civilian was recovered and returned to his village, they said.

No servicemembers were wounded in the attack, and the incident is under investigation, they said.

The incident followed several days of fighting along the Pakistan border.

Coalition forces yesterday captured four insurgents during an operation targeting the Haqqani terrorist network in Khowst province, military officials said. The operation targeted a foreign terrorist in the Sabari district who is believed to coordinate and direct militant activities against local residents there, as well as Afghan and coalition forces, they said.

The suspect, who was detained, is believed to be in direct contact with other Haqqani sub-commanders, coordinating terrorist activities intended to destabilize the region, officials said. Coalition forces searched the compound, finding weapons and related items, which were destroyed to prevent future use.

In other news, coalition forces killed three militants Sept. 30 in the Arghandab district of Zabol province in southeast Afghanistan.

Coalition forces were conducting a patrol in a densely vegetated area when they were fired on by militants using small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire from a remote position. The troops responded with small-arms, heavy weapons and indirect fire, killing three militants.

No Afghan or coalition forces or civilian casualties were reported.

(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)


855 posted on 10/03/2008 3:25:07 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51378

Coalition Captures Iranian-Backed Militia Suspects in Iraq

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2008 – Coalition forces yesterday captured five suspected Iranian-backed illegal militia members during an operation in Baghdad’s Rusafa neighborhood, military officials reported.

Based on intelligence information, coalition forces targeted a suspected senior leader believed to be involved in smuggling Iranian-supplied lethal aid into Iraq. He is believed to be a key facilitator in planning and conducting attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces, officials said.

Coalition forces detained the wanted man and four other suspects without incident, they said.

According to intelligence assessments, the group receives funding, training, weapons and direction from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, officials said. Through its militia proxies, the Quds Force is trying to destabilize the Iraqi government, officials said.

Also yesterday, coalition forces struck a blow to the criminal network known as Asaib Ahl al-Haq by capturing two suspects during an operation in the southern city of Amarah in Iraq’s Maysan province.

Acting on intelligence information, coalition forces targeted a suspected senior weapons smuggler believed to be responsible for militant operations against Iraqi and coalition forces. Forces detained the suspect and an associate.

In other operations, coalition forces today and yesterday captured a wanted man, detained 17 additional suspects and found enemy weapons stockpiles during operations to degrade the al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network throughout the country, officials said.

— In Kirkuk yesterday, troops netted four suspects believed to be associated with a regional al-Qaida in Iraq leader.

— Near Beiji, about 100 miles south of Mosul, coalition forces captured a wanted man believed to be a local military leader for a terrorist group associated with al-Qaida in Iraq. Two additional suspects were detained during the operation.

— In Ash Shurah, about 25 miles south of Mosul, coalition forces detained three suspects believed to be connected to a wanted man who intelligence reports suggest is a direct conspirator with regional al-Qaida in Iraq leaders.

— In Sulaymen Bak, about 50 miles southeast of Kirkuk, forces targeted a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq military operator believed to be involved in roadside bomb attacks.

— Coalition forces in Fallujah, about 34 miles west of Baghdad, detained two suspects while targeting an al-Qaida in Iraq operator.

— Iraqi and coalition forces found nine mortar rounds and 35 pounds of TNT yesterday in Baghdad’s Kadhamiyah district of Baghdad.

— A tip from a concerned citizen yesterday led coalition soldiers in Baghdad’s Mansour district to a weapons stockpile that included two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, an RPG round, 11 anti-personnel rockets, five 60 mm mortar rounds, three 82 mm mortar rounds, nine grenades, a remote control device and about a half pound of C4 explosive, 150 machine-gun rounds, and a variety of small-arms rounds.

— A local sheik’s tip led coalition soldiers to the seizure of a 155 mm round and two 100 mm rounds west of Baghdad yesterday.

In another recent operation, Iraqi and coalition soldiers acting on a citizen’s tip captured two suspected criminals and seized a weapons cache Sept. 30 east of Lutifiyah, about 25 miles from Baghdad. The cache included a fragmentation grenade, an 82 mm mortar round, a 122 mm artillery round, a directional blast charge, an AK-47 assault rifle and 36 AK-47 rounds, and two spools of detonation cord.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases).


856 posted on 10/03/2008 3:27:05 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/readingroom/guidelines.pdf

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http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/October/08-opa-890.html

“Joint Statement of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on the Issuance of the Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations”
(October 3, 2008)

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http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/October/08-ag-889.html

“Fact Sheet: Attorney General Consolidated Guidelines for FBI Domestic Operations”
(October 3, 2008)


857 posted on 10/03/2008 3:37:59 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct08/transportation_100208.html

“BY LAND, SEA, AND AIR
How We Help Protect the Traveling Public”
10/02/08


858 posted on 10/03/2008 3:39:16 PM PDT by Cindy
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October 2, 2008

http://chicago.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/oct02_08.htm

“ALGERIAN NATIONAL ARRESTED IN INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEME TARGETING ALLSTATE”

PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was joined today by Gregory Jones, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Atlanta office of the FBI, in announcing the arrest of an Algerian national who has been the subject of an international manhunt for nearly eight years.

ABDELHAMID SEDRATI, age 56, whose last known address was 712 8th Avenue in Albany, Georgia, was arrested last week, without incident, by FBI Special Agents in Atlanta, Georgia. SEDRATI had been the subject of an international manhunt coordinated by the Chicago FBI, since December of 2000, when he was charged by a Federal Grand Jury in Chicago with one count of Mail Fraud, which is a felony offense.

The indictment alleges that SEDRATI and his sister, YAMINA SEDRATI, conspired to defraud the Northbrook, Illinois based Allstate Life Insurance Company of over $400,000 by staging the death of ABDELHAMID SEDRATI. The grand jury charged that in 1991, SEDRATI purchased a life insurance policy from Allstate, naming his sister as beneficiary. The indictment alleges that the policy application contained several false statements, including SEDRATI’s annual income, net worth and the existence of other life insurance policies.

The indictment also alleges that in October of 1994, SEDRATI traveled to his native Algiers, where he faked his death. YAMINA SEDRATI is then alleged to have filed a death benefit claim with Allstate, including submission of a false death certificate. Based on these submissions, the Allstate Life Insurance Company paid YAMINA SEDRATI $426,105 in January of 1996.

The scheme was first discovered by Allstate Insurance Company, who referred the case to the Chicago FBI for additional investigation.

At the time of his arrest, SEDRATI was returning to the United States for unknown reasons and was traveling under an assumed name. The suspicions of U.S. Customs Inspectors were first raised when SEDRATI arrived at Hartsfield International Airport. His identity was subsequently confirmed by FBI Special Agents, who took SEDRATI into custody.

SEDRATI appeared in U.S. District Court in Atlanta following his arrest, at which time he was ordered held without bond, pending his return to Chicago. If convicted of the charge filed against him, SEDRATI faces a possible sentence of up to twenty (20) years incarceration.

YAMINA SEDRATI, who was charged as a co-conspirator in this scheme, remains a fugitive from justice and her whereabouts are unknown.

The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”


859 posted on 10/03/2008 3:41:50 PM PDT by Cindy
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https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=91443

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Mexico Hepatitis A Outbreak
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Americas - Mexico
3 Oct 2008


860 posted on 10/03/2008 3:45:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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