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Threat Matrix: October 2008
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Posted on 10/06/2008 7:27:37 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Critical Threats: Blank When None
FBI Warns of Potential Terror Attacks

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical "note" to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives.

Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have "no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States." The FBI and DHS analysts said they were releasing the note because "it is important for local authorities and building owners and operators to be aware of potential attack tactics."

According to the note obtained by NBC News, a "recently discovered audio recording of al-Qa‘ida training sessions conducted several years ago provides instruction to potential suicide terrorists on seizing a publicly accessible building and damaging or destroying it with explosive charges." Read More


Threat Matrix:
October 2008
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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http://www.terrortracker.co.uk

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http://www.mi5.gov.uk/
http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page16.html

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“HOW YOU CAN HELP”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3198082/Lord-West-Terror-plot-being-investigated.html

“Lord West: Terror plot being investigated”

“A significant terror plot is being investigated by the security services. the counter-terrorism minister has warned.”

By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent
Last Updated: 8:47PM BST 14 Oct 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Lord West, who advises the Prime Minister on security matters, told the House of Lords: “There is another great plot building up again and we are monitoring this.”

His comments came the day after the House of Lords forced the Government to abandon plans to extend detention without trial for terror suspects to 42 days.”


201 posted on 10/14/2008 6:24:20 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/omarbakri

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www.islam4uk.com/
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BLOG:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/10/reports_lebanese_security_forc.php

“Reports: Lebanese Security Forces Prepare Arrest Warrant for Al-Muhajiroun Founder Shaykh Omar Bakri Mohammed”
By Evan Kohlmann

SNIPPET: “The Al-Markaziya News Agency and the Lebanese OTV television channel are reporting that security forces in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli have allegedly prepared an arrest warrant for Shaykh Omar Bakri Mohammed, the founder of the Al-Muhajiroun extremist movement. Bakri has been living in northern Lebanon since 2005, when he fled his former home in London and was subsequently declared no longer welcome by the government of the United Kingdom.”


202 posted on 10/14/2008 6:34:18 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taliban
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BLOG:

Note: The following blog entry is a quote:

http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/10497.htm

Taliban To Continue Suicide Attacks On U.S. And NATO Troops

According to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Mashriq, the Taliban in Afghanistan have rejected any offer of talks with the Afghan government.

Zabeehullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan, said the Taliban will not be part of any talks that are not in the interests of Afghanistan and other Islamic nations. He said the Taliban will continue the war until the U.S. and NATO troops leave Afghanistan.

The Taliban spokesman said that more suicide attacks against the U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan will be carried out. He said that thousands of suicide bombers, including a significant number of women, have joined the ranks of the Taliban.

Source: Roznama Mashriq, Pakistan, October 12, 2008

Posted at: 2008-10-13


203 posted on 10/14/2008 6:42:33 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/fbi_obama_ayers_/2008/10/14/140252.html

“Ex-FBI Agents Outraged at Obama-Ayers Ties”
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:46 AM
By: Ronald Kessler Article Font Size

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Former FBI agents who worked the Weather Underground case are angry about the longtime relationship between Barack Obama and William Ayers, a leader of the domestic terrorist group who has admitted widespread bombings.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Charges against Ayers were dropped because the FBI used so-called national security wiretaps that could not be used legally in criminal cases.”


204 posted on 10/14/2008 6:54:31 PM PDT by Cindy
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placemark


205 posted on 10/14/2008 7:03:39 PM PDT by Godzilla (The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.)
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UPDATES - QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1656223/posts?page=46#46

http://www.truthusa.com/NewsInternetGuerin.html

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/gilligans-in-lastditch-bid-to-prevent-jessbrook-seizure-14001929.html

“Gilligans in last-ditch bid to prevent Jessbrook seizure”
Tuesday, 14 October 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Today in the Supreme Court, Geraldine Gilligan’s lawyers argued that there were no allegations that she had been involved in crime or that she knew the properties were purchased with the proceeds of crime.

John Gilligan, who was cleared of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin and is serving 20 years for drug dealing, is representing himself and will make submissions to the five-judge court later.”

46 posted on October 14, 2008 7:59:21 PM PDT by Cindy
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UPDATE:

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/gardas-finest-finally-get-the-all-clear-as-tds-claims-blasted-1492762.html

“Garda’s finest finally get the all clear as TDs’ claims blasted
Decorated officers: Pair amongst best on the force”

By Kevin Doyle
Wednesday October 08 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Two of the garda’s most senior officers were today totally exonerated from malicious allegations aired by two TDs.

Assistant Commissioners Kevin Carty — tipped as a future Commissioner — and Tony Hickey had to wait years for the Morris Tribunal to vindicate them in the face of the false allegations.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Judge Morris described the claims as appalling allegations, untrue and unwarranted.”

47 posted on October 14, 2008 8:07:25 PM PDT by Cindy


206 posted on 10/14/2008 8:12:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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Note: To read the full report click on the link below.

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ICC-CCS.ORG - THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php

Weekly Piracy Report
7-13 October 2008

The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 7 to 13 October 2008.

ALERT

Gulf of Aden
Masters using the Maritime Security Patrol Area (MSPA) while transiting the Gulf of Aden are not relieved of their obligation and should continue to maintain a strict 24 hour look out using all available means to get an early warning of an approaching threat. Early indication of a piratical incident will enable the master to contact the Coalition Navies, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre and respond appropriately to prevent boarding.

Nigeria
Violent attacks carried out by pirates on board vessels at anchor and vessel carrying out STS operations. Mariners are advised to exercise extreme caution in these waters.

Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a high risk area and mariners are advised to be cautious especially while approaching the anchorage and while at anchor at Chittagong

Suspicious crafts

None reported
Recently reported incidents

04.10.2008: 1530 LT: Posn: 03:36.00N – 006:19.50E: 53nm Offshore SW of Bonny River, Nigeria.
Pirates armed with guns in a wooden boat approached a chemical tanker underway. Ship increased speed, the boat kept following for two hours before aborting. Master informed authorities.

10.10.2008: 1330 UTC: Posn: 13:06.1N – 047:13.43E, Off Somalia.
Pirates attacked and hijacked a chemical tanker underway. Further details awaited.

09.10.2008: 1330 LT: Posn: 02:07S - 043:09E, Off Somalia.
Pirates in a speedboat attempted to board a general cargo ship underway. Master took anti-piracy measures and the pirates aborted the attempted attack.

08.10.2008: Posn: 01:18.9N - 104:15.0E, 2.7 nm south of Teluk Ramunia, Johor, Malaysia.
Robbers boarded a container ship at anchor. They stole engine spares and escaped unnoticed.

04.10.2008: 0050 LT: Posn: 01:12.3N – 103:54.2E, Singapore Straits.
Four pirates armed with long knives boarded a general cargo ship underway while one pirate remained standby in the wooden boat. They gained access to the bridge, tied the hands of one AB to the steering wheel and threatened the second AB to take them to the masters’ cabin. They then damaged the ships’ internal and external communication equipment. Pirates stole ship’s cash and crew properties and escaped. No injuries to crew.

02.10.2008:0745 LT: Posn: 13:07.40N – 048:45.80E: Gulf of Aden.
While underway, a suspected pirate mother vessel approached a vehicle carrier. When the range was approximately 3 miles, the mother vessel launched a speedboat. As the speedboat approached, ship’s crew noticed two pirates armed with guns and then noticed another three coming out of hiding with a portable ladder. Vessel took anti piracy measures and evasive manoeuvres. Boarding was averted.


207 posted on 10/14/2008 8:17:00 PM PDT by Cindy
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BBC NEWS: "CHRISTIANS UNDER ATTACK IN INDIA" (Page last updated October 14, 2008, 22:50)

PERSECUTION.org

Link

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208 posted on 10/14/2008 11:24:35 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081008-4.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 8, 2008
2:24 P.M. EDT

“President Bush Signs H.R. 7081, the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act”

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081008-3.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 8, 2008

Statement by the President on the Occasion of Signing H.R. 7081

White House News

I am pleased today to sign into law the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, which approves the U.S.-India 123 Agreement. The passage of this legislation by the Congress marks another major milestone in achieving the vision that Prime Minister Singh and I set forth on July 18, 2005, to transform the relationship between our two countries and to establish a strategic partnership. This Act will strengthen the relationship between the United States and India and deliver valuable benefits to both nations.

The legislation does not change the terms of the 123 Agreement as I submitted it to the Congress. That Agreement is consistent with the Atomic Energy Act and other elements of U.S. law. This legislation is important as it enables me to bring the 123 Agreement into force and to accept on behalf of the United States the obligations contained in the Agreement.

The Agreement grants India advance consent to reprocessing which will be brought into effect upon conclusion of arrangements and procedures for a dedicated reprocessing facility under IAEA safeguards.

In addition, the legislation does not change the fuel assurance commitments that the U.S. Government has made to the Government of India, as recorded in the 123 Agreement.

The passage of this legislation reflects the common view of my Administration and the Congress as to the value of nuclear cooperation and is in the interest of the United States and India.

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209 posted on 10/14/2008 11:33:07 PM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP and UPDATED:

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEFA FOUNDATION: VIDEO OF JIHAD TRAINING CAMP IN SOMALIA, TESTIMONIALS FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING RECRUITS" (October 13, 2008)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "MY, WHAT PALE FOREARMS YOU HAVE...and such fair hair upon them." (October 10, 2008)

FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "SALEH ALI SALEH NABHAN"

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEFA FOUNDATION: SOMALI ISLAMISTS RELEASE VIDEO OF FBI MOST WANTED TERROR SUSPECT" by Evan Kohlmann (October 8, 2008)

Link (pdf)

210 posted on 10/15/2008 1:25:22 AM PDT by Cindy
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And now, let’s look at hate propaganda by Hamas...

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jihadpropaganda
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hamas
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/site/html/search.asp?isSearch=yes&isT8=yes&searchText=T86&pid=104&sid=13&preview=

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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e007.htm

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)
October 13, 2008

“Terrorism and anti-Semitism: Hamas spokesman accuses the Jews of America’s financial crisis. In the spirit of classic anti-Semitism, Jews are represented as behind every crisis anywhere in the world. The anti-Semitic incitement is part of Hamas’s methodical propaganda using myths from The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”


211 posted on 10/15/2008 1:32:02 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/canada

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http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/789

“Report from the Northern Front: Montreal Redux”

by David B. Harris
Special to IPT News
October 14, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Canada’s awakening to radical-Islamist penetration of its political, bureaucratic and social infrastructure, reached a watershed moment this month.

Quebec’s new French-language anti-Islamist website, Point de Bascule – “tipping point” – sponsored a dramatic press conference in Montreal Oct. 2 on the dangers of hard-line Islamist penetration of Canada. But this was consciousness-raising with a powerful difference.

All three panelists were moderate Canadian Muslims. All three face death fatwas. And all three spoke unsparingly – some giving names and startling specifics – of the Sharia surge and stealth jihad in Quebec and the rest of Canada. Indeed, detailed allegations were heard about Islamist inroads into the federal New Democratic Party (NDP), Canada’s social democratic party, and about infiltration of a government commission with power to define and silence “hate” speech. These were momentous claims in the context of Canada’s national election campaign – the national vote takes place today. As evidenced by the number of journalists in attendance, the Quebec media were galvanized.”


212 posted on 10/15/2008 1:37:04 AM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP AND UPDATED:

JIHAD WATCH.org - Video: "GEERT WILDERS INTERVIEW - Part One" (Added October 4, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org - Video: "GEERT WILDERS INTERVIEW - Part Two" (Added October 5, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org - Video: "SPENCER INTERVIEWS GEERT WILDERS, Part 3" (October 8, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org - Video: "SPENCER INTERVIEWS GEERT WILDERS, Part 4" (October 11, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org - Video: "SPENCER INTERVIEWS GEERT WILDERS, Part 5" (October 14, 2008)

213 posted on 10/15/2008 1:43:39 AM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP AND UPDATED:

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "A SECURITY-CONSCIOUS CHARITY" (October 14, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "HLF's HAMAS FUNDRAISERS DON'T ADD UP" (October 9, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "HAMAS LEADERS DOMINATE HLF SPEAKERS LIST" (October 7, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: Dallas - "HLF DEFENSE: VOLUME, VOLUME, VOLUME" (October 4, 2008)

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)

214 posted on 10/15/2008 1:49:27 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/M_IMAGE.101688cd0b5.93.88.fa.7c.218766f8d.jpg

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101408WAB_Ahmed_Ressam_KS.11177999e.html
(AP)

“New sentencing set for ‘millennium bomber’”
12:16 PM PDT on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
By Associated Press

SEATTLE


215 posted on 10/15/2008 1:54:45 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/2007/

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http://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct08/leoka_101408.html

“OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED
A New Set of Insights”
10/14/08


216 posted on 10/15/2008 1:57:22 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.jihadica.com/more-on-online-recruitment/

“More on Online Recruitment”
October 14th, 2008 | Indoctrination, Motivations, Uncategorized, propaganda

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Previously...

http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006278.php

03 October 2008

“IN CONVERSATION: REGARDING CYBERSPACE, RADICALIZATION, RECRUITMENT, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS, AND CONSENSUAL HALLUCINATIONS OF VARIOUS SORTS”


217 posted on 10/15/2008 4:39:36 AM PDT by Cindy
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October 14, 2008

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/moe/press_releases/archived_press_releases/2008_press_releases/october/hamed_organization.html

October 14, 2008
For Immediate Release

FOURTEEN AREA PEOPLE INDICTED ON FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGES INVOLVING CONSPIRACY TO TRANSFER CASH AND CHECKS TO THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

St. Louis, MO: Fourteen members of a criminal enterprise operating out of five St. Louis-area convenience stores have been indicted on federal racketeering and multiple related charges, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway and John Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, FBI-St. Louis, announced today.

As far back as 2000, the conspiracy has involved bank fraud, receipt of stolen property, conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business, purchasing contraband cigarettes for resale, evading reporting requirement on exporting monetary instruments, wire fraud and transporting monetary instruments and funds to avoid reporting requirements.

“The indictment alleges that after generating money through these illegal activities, the members of this organization utilized couriers, who traveled from the United States to the Palestinian territories carrying cash, jewelry, cashier’s checks and endorsed and unendorsed personal and business account checks,” said Hanaway.

“This case illustrates the importance of law enforcement partnerships, intelligence sharing and cooperation we see every day in St. Louis through the work of our task forces. As a result of today’s law enforcement actions, the activities of criminal elements in our community have been disrupted,” added Gillies.

According to the indictment, the Hamed Organization is a criminal enterprise that operates primarily in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County. Members and associates of the enterprise, many who are related to each other, raise and collect money through legal and illegal means for themselves and to transfer money to entities in the Palestinian territories.

The enterprise owns and operates convenience stores that they utilize to receive and sell stolen goods, such as infant formula, computers, Global Positioning System devices and cigarettes. The enterprise allegedly buys the stolen property at rates significantly below fair market retail value and sells the items through the convenience stores at a large profit.

Additionally, as alleged in the indictment, the enterprise transferred real estate and businesses amongst its members as a means to generate cash from fraudulently obtained bank loans. They obtained the bank loans by falsifying citizenship status, total assets, misrepresentations of debt and asset ownership.

They operated out of the following area convenience stores:

Regal Food I, 4201 McRee Avenue, St. Louis
Regal Food II, 3852 Virginia Avenue, St. Louis
Ferguson Market, 9101 West Florissant Avenue, Ferguson
Prince Market, 9826 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis
St. Louis Supermarket, 4331 Natural Bridge Avenue, St. Louis.

Individuals indicted:

Bassam Hisham Hamed, Florissant, MO, chief executive of the enterprise
Ghandi Hisham Hamed, Florissant, MO, leader of the enterprise and brother of Bassam Hamed
Ayoub Hisham Hamed, Hazelwood, MO, brother of Bassam Hamed
Said Jarabaa, Florissant, MO, leader of the enterprise
Suhail Jarabaa, Florissant, MO, brother of Said Jarabaa
Mohammed Badwan, Florissant, MO, brother of Mazen
Mazen Badwan, Florissant, MO, brother of Mohammed
Abdelkarim Badwan, Florissant, MO, father of Mohammed and Mazen
Nael Abdeljabbar, Florissant, MO
Mahmoud Ghannam, Hazelwood, MO
Mahir Mohammad, St. Louis, MO
Nayef Lutfeyyah, Florissant, MO
Rayqa Jarabaa, Palestine
Shahrazad Ramadan, St. Louis, MO

Charges and maximum penalties:

RICO Conspiracy, 20 years prison and/or fines up to $250,000 or twice the gross profits/proceeds
Bank fraud, 30 years prison and/or files up to $1,000,000
Transporting monetary instruments to avoid reporting requirement, 20 years prison and/or fines up to $500,000 or twice value of funds
Conspiracy to structure in order to avoid reporting requirements, five years prison and/or fines up to $250,000
Conspiracy to receive stolen goods, five years prison and/or fines up to $250,000
Receiving contraband cigarettes, five years prison and/or fines up to $250,000
Hanaway commended the work performed on this case by the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant United States Attorney John J. Ware, who is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s office.

The charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations, and each defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


218 posted on 10/15/2008 4:48:05 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3609085,00.html

Report: Iranian Air Force hold a military drill
Published: 10.15.08, 13:17 / Israel News

The Iranian Air Force is scheduled to hold a military drill on Thursday, the Iranian news agency Fars reported on Wednesday.

According to the report, the drill will include fighter and fueling jets. (Dudi Cohen)


219 posted on 10/15/2008 4:54:30 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ...
Ping to post #212.

Thanks for the ping, Cindy.


220 posted on 10/15/2008 4:55:08 AM PDT by fanfan (SCC:Canadians have constitutional protection to all opinions, as long as they are based on the facts)
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