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Posted on 11/01/2006 8:20:24 PM PST by nwctwx
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That's an interesting opinion and may be true.
It also could be very public as a warning of some type by someone -- yet to be determined.
US investigators have asked to examine a three-page letter found by Italian investigators in 1995 at an Islamic cultural centre in Milan at the centre of many anti-terror investigations, which indicates that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden could have travelled to Milan in the early 1990s, Rome daily La Repubblica reported on Tuesday. The letter is dated 31 May, 1991, approximately when bin Laden is supposed to have moved from Saudi Arabia to Sudan, from where he was expelled in 1996.
"The news is the arrival of Osama bin Laden," says the document, in which the writer also claims that "by the way, I want those in Egypt to know that I am in Italy."
The letter is part of documents presented by prosecutors at a trial in Milan of 17 terror suspects, mostly Egyptian nationals, accused of using the controversial Islamic centre in viale Jenner - classified as a financier of terrorism causes by the US Treasury Department after 9/11 - to fasify documents, smuggle arms and provide a cover for terror activities. The mosque, according to the prosecution, was at the centre of a network which linked terror activities in Europe and the Middle East.
Investigators however are still reportedly unclear whether the person who wrote the letter, whose signature is Abou Abdallah, was actually in Italy as he claims or in Peshawar, in northern Pakistan, which is the document's dateline.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.364018007&par=0
Somalia: Jihad declared in Beledwein as Ethiopia advances
Mon. November 27, 2006
(SomaliNet) The authorities of Islamic Courts in Hiran region called on the people in the settlements of the region on Monday that they should be ready for the jihad on the Ethiopian troops that crossed into Somalia.
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Milan...
Thanks Oorang.
The leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a border post near Lebanon on Tuesday after a gunbattle with security forces that left two of them wounded, the Syrian government said. Omar Abdullah, 28, the leader of a militant organization Tawhid and Jihad, was challenged when he tried to cross into Lebanon with fake documents, the Interior Ministry said.
A witness said Abdullah was standing outside the passport control building when security agents approached. He opened fire with a handgun, wounding two, then ran toward the nearby village of Kfeir Yabous about 500 yards away. More security forces arrived, started shooting and apparently hit the gunman, said the witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals. The attacker raised one hand in a gesture of surrender, but used the other to detonate an explosives belt.
The Interior Ministry statement said nine fake identification documents were found on Abdullah, who also used the name Omar Hamra.
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http://www.topix.net/content/ap/3042519316112334574616089229911273665597
American Traitor Leading Jihad in Somalia?
November 28, 2006
I was reading through the headlines today to see if fighting has begun between our allies in Ethiopia and the jihadis of the Islamic Courts Union which now run most of Southern Somalia, when I came across something interesting.
The head of The Foreign Relations Department of the Islamic Courts Union, Ibrahim Hassan Addow, is an American citizen.
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RECAP AND UPDATE:
ON THE NET...
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http://www.afrol.com/articles/22785
"Somalia Islamists join terror networks"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "afrol News, 20 November - Somalia's Islamist movement, which controls most of the country, is becoming increasingly present on foreign websites propagating jihad against the non-believers and presenting the war in Somalia as part of a global confrontation. In unofficial videos from the Islamists secret training camps, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is praised.
The Mogadishu-based Islamic Court Union and its Islamist militias are getting stronger present in the Internet, using a two-faced strategy. Official statements from court leaders, also available from the Union's website, demonstrate moderate viewpoints. The "unofficial" web campaign, however, is much wider and links the Islamists closely to the world's most radical jihadist groups.
A new Somali jihadist video is doing the rounds in Mogadishu and on radical websites used to propagate the messages of al Qaeda. It shows Islamist fighters training for war at a secret camp and specifically glorifies Osama bin Laden. Although not officially endorsed by the Islamic Courts, the militia's video features some of their key figures, such as Mogadishu security chief Abdullahi Maalim Ali - also know as Abu Utayba."
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3 Texans among 5 men kidnapped in Mexico
AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/28/06 | AP
Posted on 11/28/2006 10:37:25 PM PST by NormsRevenge
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico - U.S. and Mexican authorities are searching for three Americans and two Mexicans kidnapped by dozens of armed men who swarmed a Mexican hunting ranch near the U.S. border.
Witnesses told police that 30 to 40 armed men entered the La Barranca ranch late Sunday and took the five men. The ranch, used for deer hunting, is located near the Mexican town of Hidalgo, about 40 miles northwest of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
Erik Vasys, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, Texas, late Tuesday identified the Americans as Librado Pina Jr., 49, who owned the ranch, and his son Librado Pina III, 25, both of Laredo, Texas; and David Mueller, 45, of the Sweetwater, Texas, area.
Two ranch employees who weren't kidnapped said the attackers handcuffed the elder Pina and kept him apart from the other victims, Vasquez Estrada said. The assailants stole five all-terrain vehicles, two pickup trucks, furnishings, appliances and even food and wine from the ranch.
The kidnappers also seized the ranch's cook and another Mexican man at the ranch for a hunting trip.
Mueller was also hunting at the ranch, officials said.
The kidnappers do not appear to have made any ransom demand, Vasquez Estrada said.
Vasys wouldn't release details about the investigation, but characterized it as "ongoing, intense."
"We're working very closely with our Mexican counterparts," he said. "We're doing everything we can to get them back safely."
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Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Tue Nov 28 2006 22:47:53 GMT-0800.
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"Sniffer bees set to snare suicide bombers"
Daily Mail ^ | 28th November 2006 | BARRY WIGMORE
Posted on 11/28/2006 6:34:07 PM PST by annie laurie
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 12:12 GMT
"The end of one law for all?"
By Innes Bowen
Producer, Law in Action
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Ethnic and religious courts are gaining ground in the UK. Will this lead to different justice for different people?
Aydarus Yusuf has lived in the UK for the past 15 years, but he feels more bound by the traditional law of his country of birth - Somalia - than he does by the law of England and Wales.
"Us Somalis, wherever we are in the world, we have our own law. It's not Islamic, it's not religious - it's just a cultural thing."
The 29-year-old youth worker wants to ensure that other members of his community remain subject to the law of their ancestors too - he helps convene an unofficial Somali court, or "gar", in south-east London.
Aydarus is not alone in this desire."
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"A federal judge did what?"
By Michelle Malkin · November 28, 2006 10:38 PM
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"Judge Strikes Down Bush on Terror Groups"
Nov 29th - 12:50am
By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
The Humanitarian Law Project had challenged Bush's order, which blocked all the assets of groups or individuals he named as "specially designated global terrorists" after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
"This law gave the president unfettered authority to create blacklists," said David Cole, a lawyer for the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Constitutional Rights that represented the group. "It was reminiscent of the McCarthy era."
The case centered on two groups, the Liberation Tigers, which seeks a separate homeland for the Tamil people in Sri Lanka, and Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan, a political organization representing the interests of Kurds in Turkey.
U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins enjoined the government from blocking the assets of the two groups. The same judge two years ago invalidated portions of the Patriot Act.
Both groups consider the Nov. 21 ruling a victory; both had been designated by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations.
Cole said the judge's ruling does not invalidate the hundreds of other designated terrorist groups on the list but "calls them into question."
Charles Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, said, "We are currently reviewing the decision and we have made no determination what the government's next step will be."
A White House spokeswoman declined to immediately comment. At the time of his order creating the list, Bush declared that the "grave acts of terrorism" and the "continuing and immediate threat of future attacks" constituted a national emergency."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061129-121704-2202r.htm
"Bush seeks to ease visa requirement"
By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 29, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TALLINN, Estonia -- President Bush said yesterday he will push Congress for a "loosening" of requirements for foreigners to visit the United States without a visa, pitting him against those who have called for the program instead to be tightened or even scrapped altogether after September 11."
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 28, 2006
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Waiving the Prohibition on the Use of Fiscal Year 2006 Economic Support Funds with Respect to Various Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal Court
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 574 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (the "Act"), Public Law 109-102, I hereby:
Determine that it is important to the national interests of the United States to waive the prohibition of section 574(a) of the Act with respect to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, Samoa, South Africa, and Tanzania; and
Waive the prohibition of section 574(a) of the Act with respect to these countries.
You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress, and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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November 28, 2006
"'I hate the Queen, I hate this country'"
(AFP)
London
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"Report: Syrian network planned to kill Lebanese officials"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Al-Mustaqbal newspaper reports Lebanese security forces exposed network of 200 members which trained in refugee camps in Lebanon, planned to assassinate 36 senior Lebanese officials
Ali Waked
Published: 11.29.06, 08:20
The Lebanese security forces exposed a network which planned to assassinate 36 senior anti-Syrian Lebanese officials, the Lebanese newspaper al-Mustaqbal reported Wednesday morning.
The newspaper, which belongs to the family of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated last year, reported that the Lebanese security forces managed to arrest two of the network's key members.
According to the report, the investigation revealed that the network trained in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and planned to execute a plot initiated by the Syrian government to assassinate 36 senior Lebanese officials.
According to the newspaper, the Syrian intelligence appointed a group belonging to the Fatah-Intifada organization to implement the plan.
The organization split from the Fatah movement in the 1970s and is led by Colonel Abu Moussa.
According to the report, about four days ago two detainees admitted to having been sent from Damascus to the al-Badawi and El-Bureij refugee camps in order to coordinate the activity with the Fatah-Intifada movement.
Most blatant violation of UN resolutions
The detainees, a Syrian and a Saudi, noted that they were part of a 200-member network which planned to execute the plan. The two were arrested by Lebanese security forces after they were suspected of a criminally-motivated murder at the al-Badawi refugee camp."
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