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Posted on 11/01/2006 8:20:24 PM PST by nwctwx
I adored that movie, JP.
And a big hug for you and your family. We miss you around here, as always.
The best to you.
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"Documents: Accused serial shooters give conflicting statements"
Flagstaff Arizona Sun ^ | November 28, 2006 | Associated press
Posted on 11/28/2006 4:27:11 PM PST by Graybeard58
PHOENIX (AP)
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=31797
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
"Al-Aqsa Brigades present new rocket in West Bank"
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"Israel PM warns over rocket attacks"
Herald Sun ^ | 29 November 2006
Posted on 11/28/2006 4:34:15 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Well now, this is NOT nice.
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November 28, 2006
"Jihadists to Jihad Watch: 'I pray to Allah that he breaks your hands and poisons your tongue'"
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"Syrian Islamic Militant Leader Killed ....blew himself up Tuesday ..trying to cross into Lebanon.."
Las Vegas Sun ^ | November 28, 2006 at 15:30:19 PST | ALBERT AJI ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 11/28/2006 4:44:19 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria (AP) -
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"Physical Confrontations in Mexican Congress Over Upcoming Presidential Inauguration (Translation)"
El Universal ( Mexico City ) ^ | November 28, 2006 | Ricardo Gómez & Andrea Merlos ( translated by self )
Posted on 11/28/2006 4:51:57 PM PST by StJacques
That Chirac...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1958660,00.html
What a guy....mumbling to myself...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/28/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_US_Missile_Defense.php
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Russian defense minister says U.S. missile defense in Europe meant to weaken Russian deterrence
AP ^ | November 28, 2006
Posted on 11/28/2006 5:18:38 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
The planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Europe is intended to weaken Russia's capacity for deterrence, the defense minister said, according to a report Tuesday by the Interfax news agency.
"We are told that this system is allegedly intended to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles. But Iran has no missiles of this class and is unlikely to obtain them in the foreseeable future," Interfax quoted Ivanov as saying in Belarus' Soyuznoye Gosudarstvo magazine.
Washington is in negotiations with Poland and Czech Republic, former communist states that now belong to NATO, as it explores where to set up a missile defense site in Eastern Europe. The site would be the first of its kind outside U.S. territory, and American officials say it could also defend Europe against any intercontinental-range missiles developed by states such as Iran and North Korea.
"The U.S.-declared threat, which can allegedly be countered by the system under development, is only an attempt to cover up efforts to change strategic stability and to weaken Russia's deterrence potential," Ivanov said.
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Report: Russian defense minister defends arms sales to Iran - November 27, 2006 - Russia's defense minister defended his country's sale of arms to Iran, saying in an interview published Monday that air defense missile systems it is delivering will not upset the regional balance of power.
Russia said on Friday that it had begun delivery of the Tor-M1 systems under a contract signed in December.
"Every country is allowed to deliver arms to another as long as it is not evading any sanctions in doing so," Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was quoted as saying by the German weekly Der Spiegel.
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"Two Houston men charged with aiding Taliban"
Houston Chronicle ^ | Nov. 28, 2006 | CINDY GEORGE
Posted on 11/28/2006 5:12:13 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of two Houston men accused of training to fight with the Taliban pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court.
Kobie Diallo Williams, 33, a U.S. citizen who was a student at the University of Houston Downtown, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist a terrorist group. His help included withdrawing cash from an ATM to send to the Middle East.
Another man, Adnan Babar Mirza, 29, a Pakistani national who was in the country on an expired student visa, faces a similar conspiracy charges as well as three federal weapons violations. Mirza appeared today before a U.S. magistrate judge.
Mirza became illegal when his visa expired. Someone holding a student visa or in the country illegally is not allowed to have firearms.
In court, Williams admitted that he viewed coalition forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as invaders. He had expressed a desire to travel to the Middle East to help the Taliban. Williams also admitted to handing over money that was supposed to help Taliban fighters and their families.
"We knew that you couldn't get money to the Taliban," Williams told U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr., adding that he gave $350 to "a gentleman."
"Adnan informed us that there was a hospital that most of the families go to," Williams said.
"What families?," Werlein asked.
"Widows and children," Williams said.
To prepare as a fighter, Williams said he used various firearms at shooting ranges and campgrounds in Harris, Walker and Montgomery counties including at Sam Houston National Forest.
Williams, a thick-bearded man dressed in a white dress shirt and black slacks, told the judge that he was studying computer science with a minor in mathematics at UH after earning an associate's degree in electrical engineering technology."
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http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel06/ho112806.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRM
NOVEMBER 28, 2006 (202) 514-2008
WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888
TWO CHARGED IN PLAN TO AID TALIBAN
HOUSTON, Texas - An indictment has been brought against a U.S. citizen and a Pakistani in the country on an expired student visa for planning to aid the Taliban, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today.
Kobie Diallo Williams, also known as Abdul Kabeer and Abdul Kabir, 33, a U.S. citizen and Houston resident, and Adnan Babar Mirza, 29, a Pakistani national who overstayed a student visa, are charged with conspiring to train with firearms with a goal to fight with the Taliban against coalition forces in the Middle East and providing approximately $350 in cash to support terrorist groups. Mirza is also charged with three violations of federal firearms law. The four count indictment was returned under seal by a Houston grand jury on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, and unsealed today after the appearance of both men before a U.S. magistrate judge.
"In this post 9/11 era, threats against our international security efforts are taken most seriously," said U.S. Attorney DeGabrielle.
"While these subjects did not operate at a high level of sophistication in comparison with the 9/11 hijackers, the expressed goal was to aid the Taliban by training to carry out jihad against coalition troops in the Middle East," said FBI Special Agent in Charge Roderick Beverly.
Kobie Diallo Williams surrendered himself to members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) today, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. Adnan Babar Mirza, who has been in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement on related immigration violations, was transferred into the custody of JTTF agents this morning. Both Williams and Mirza have been ordered to remain in federal custody without bond pending further criminal proceedings.
According to allegations in the indictment, Williams and Mirza, a citizen of Pakistan who entered the United States on a student visa on Aug. 15, 2001, allegedly viewed the United States and coalition military forces on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq as invaders and in April 2005 agreed that they should travel to the Middle East to fight with the Taliban to engage in battlefield jihad.
To hone their skills in anticipation for battlefield jihad, the indictment alleges Williams and Mirza agreed to train with firearms at various locations located in Harris and surrounding counties. On at least eight occasions between May 20, 2005, and June 17, 2006, the men engaged in firearms training, and at times in reconnaissance training.
As part of and during the alleged conspiracy, Williams and Mirza are accused of agreeing to offer financial support to Taliban fighters and their families. Federal law prohibits contributions of goods or services to the Taliban, one of several specially designated global terrorist organizations. Williams allegedly provided support - $200 on or about June 28, 2005, and another $150 on May 25, 2006 - intended for Taliban members or their families.
As a student visa holder, Mirza is prohibited from possessing firearms. Furthermore, once his student visa expired on Dec.12, 2005, Mirza's status changed to that of being illegally in the United States. Illegal aliens are also prohibited from possessing firearms. The indictment charges Mirza in three counts of unlawfully possessing firearms during three firearms training sessions occurring in May 2005, March 2006 and May 2006 (Counts Two through Four).
If convicted of the conspiracy charge set forth in Count One, Williams and Mirza face a maximum punishment of five years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and three years supervised release. Each of the three firearms alleged against Mirza in Counts Two through Four carry a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and three years supervised release, upon conviction.
The investigation resulting in the charges was led by the Houston Division of the FBI and the agency's JTTF with participation by: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Houston Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Sheriff's Offices of San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shelley J. Hicks and Glenn Cook are prosecuting the case.
An indictment or an information is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process of law.
Yegor Gaidar, Russia's former prime minister and the architect of the country's market reforms, last week suffered a sudden, unexplained and violent illness on a visit to Ireland, a day after Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB spy, died in London from an apparent radiation poisoning.
Mr Gaidar is now in a stable condition at an undisclosed Moscow hospital, undergoing tests. In a telephone interview with the FT, Mr Gaidar said the doctors had so far been unable to identify the cause of the violent vomiting and bleeding that he suffered during a conference in Ireland.
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Do they have Sushi in Ireland?
Thank you Oorang.
Updates appreciated.
LOL, I have no idea if they have sushi in Ireland :-)
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Russians arrested over missile sales
Australian Broadcasting Company ^ | November 28 2006
Posted on 11/28/2006 1:38:36 PM PST by knighthawk
Russian police say they have arrested five men who were trying to sell shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles on the black market.
Russian authorities are not revealing who wanted to buy the missile systems but say they have foiled an attempt to sell them.
Five men have been arrested in the Black Sea town of Sochi and four surface-to-air missiles have been seized.
Russia's Interior Ministry says this year police have found more than 4,000 weapons, many of which were stolen from weapon manufacturers.
They include hand grenades and landmines and more than 120 kilograms of explosives.
But officials say they are still searching for many missing weapons, including nearly 200,000 small arms.
I don't eat Sushi.
I think that is a thank God thing.
I appreciate it, Oorang. Nice to hear from you.
Thanks for the ping and post.
I just finished reading the article and the illness is very suspicious indeed.
My personal opinion is that someone wnats to make it look, as if Putin/KGB is killing or trying to kill people. My reason for that opinion is that Putin and the KGB are EFFICIENT, and if they want someone dead, that person isn't going to linger, and just fall ill, that person dies within seconds. There are plenty of very efficient poisons they can get their hands on.
It doesn't seem like the pros would be this sloppy. Astute observation FairO.
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