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Yes, very interesting.
So glad you're feeling strong, Crabbie.
Prayers for you, always.
Praying very hard.
Thanks for the update, MamaDearest.
Austria, in-flight collision: eight deaths
Salzburg, Austria - One plane and one helicopter involved
(WAPA) - A spokesman of the Zell am See airport, Province of Salzburg, has announced that today a tourist plane, with only the pilot on board, took off from the airport heading to Lienz, Tyrol, and crashed down due to an in-flight collision against a helicopter.
The helicopter was carrying a heavy cargo aimed to Kaprun power station, with seven passengers on board.
The collision occurred near the above mentioned airport, and the two aircraft have crashed down on a little forestry. Rescuers (more than 200 helped by four helicopters), could do nothing more than ascertain the death of the eight victims. According to some witnesses, the collision has been frontal, causing a fire raging.
Now it is time to assess the causes. (Avionews)
http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=74755&pagina_chiamante=index.php
Hi MamaDearest.
Prayers for ExSoldier continuing.
Thanks for the update.
Yes, the "youths" seem to be in a spring mood.
You're welcome Velveeta.
Don't work too hard.
Thanks to Good Old Days for the ping to this thread.
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795548/posts
UNC 'Hit-And-Run' Suspect Ordered to Dorothea Dix for Evaluation (Mohammed Taheri-azar)
WRAL ^ | March 5, 2007 | WRAL
Posted on 03/05/2007 9:58:57 AM PST by good old days
Hillsborough — A man accused of driving a sport utility vehicle through a crowd of UNC students will be placed at Dorothea Dix Hospital after he made disparaging remarks in court Monday.
During the hearing, Mohammed Taheri-azar yelled that he "hates all Americans" and "hates all Jews." Taheri-azar then looked at Superior Court Judge Ken Titus and asked him what his name was and then asked him to spell it. Taheri-azar then looked at his attorney and said, "I don't know him."
Taheri-azar also called his attorney "a moron" and said "hasta luego," before he was removed from the courtroom.
Titus ordered that Taheri-azar be sent to the hospital to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.
(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...
Thanks to Velveeta for pointing to this thread regarding "Flight 62":
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795515/posts
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ON THE NET...
http://womenswallstreetclub.com/blog/?p=117
"Another Terror Probe: American Airlines Flight 62"
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
SNIPPET: "My new article about a recent terror probe on an American Airlines, Paris-to-Miami transatlantic flight is creating a stir. People still want to resist the reality that terrorists take practice runs on commercial flights."
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http://www.theaviationnation.com/2007/02/13/american-airlines-flight-62-terror-probe/
Tuesday
13 Feb 2007
"American Airlines Flight 62: A Terrorist Probe?
By Annie Jacobsen in category Dry Runs and Probes, American: Flight 63"
ARTICLE SNIPPET:
"On a separate note, American Airlines flight 63, also traveling from Paris to Miami, was the subject of a thwarted terrorist attack in December of 2001 when “shoe bomber” Richard Reid tried to bring down the aircraft by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes. Reid was later found guilty of terrorism charges in federal court in Massachusetts and sentenced to life in prison."
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stepping back in time...
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/31/reid.transcript/
"Reid: 'I am at war with your country'"
Friday, January 31, 2003 Posted: 11:10 AM EST (1610 GMT)
RELATED
Reid sentenced to life in prison
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNN) – The following is a partial transcript of Thursday's court hearing in which Richard Reid was sentenced to life in prison for his confessed plan to try and blow up a jetliner with explosives he had hidden in his shoes. The exchange is between Reid and Judge William Young.
RICHARD REID: I start by praising Allah because life today is no good. I bear witness to this and he alone is right to be worshiped. And I bear witness that Muhammad Sa'laat Alayhi as-Salaam is his last prophet and messenger who is sent to all of mankind for guidance, with the sound guidance for everyone.
Concerning what the Court said? I admit, I admit my actions and I further, I further state that I done them.
JUDGE WILLIAM YOUNG: I didn't hear the last. I admit my actions and then what did you say?
REID: I further admit my allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah. With regards to what you said about killing innocent people, I will say one thing. Your government has killed 2 million children in Iraq. If you want to think about something, against 2 million, I don't see no comparison.
Your government has sponsored the rape and torture of Muslims in the prisons of Egypt and Turkey and Syria and Jordan with their money and with their weapons. I don't know, see what I done as being equal to rape and to torture, or to the deaths of the two million children in Iraq.
So, for this reason, I think I ought not apologize for my actions. I am at war with your country. I'm at war with them not for personal reasons but because they have murdered more than, so many children and they have oppressed my religion and they have oppressed people for no reason except that they say we believe in Allah.
This is the only reason that America sponsors Egypt. It's the only reason they sponsor Turkey. It's the only reason they back Israel.
As far as the sentence is concerned, it's in your hand. Only really it is not even in your hand. It's in Allah's hand. I put my trust in Allah totally and I know that he will give victory to his religion. And he will give victory to those who believe and he will destroy those who wish to oppress the people because they believe in Allah.
So you can judge and I leave you to judge. And I don't mind. This is all I have to say. And I bear witness to Muhammad this is Allah's message.
YOUNG: Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you."
Well, I bought a $1.00 lottery ticket...keep your fingers crossed. LOL
OFF TOPIC...
You said, "lottery ticket" so now that gives me an excuse to post this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laRMYO4gYTg
"Jihad"
Added February 21, 2007
Note: This is an interesting fiction short video.
Smiling at you...we make our own luck.
Two Chicago-area men arrested in Ohio terrorism case By
Chuck Goudie
February 21, 2007 - Two cousins from the Chicago area were arrested Wednesday as part of an alleged terrorist plot. They are accused of conspiring to commit terrorist acts against U.S. military forces and Americans overseas.
The conspiracy allegedly included finding fresh recruits to wage "violent jihad" against Americans and locating sites for training.
The conspiracy now involves seven men, according to federal prosecutors, a conspiracy that had one aim: help terrorists in Iraq who are fighting U.S. forces.
At 6 a.m. Wednesday morning, federal agents swarmed a house on the North Side and in a north suburb, arresting a pair of blood relatives, who now stand charged with helping in a suicide bombing scheme that was to kill U.S. soldiers.
Video of what happens to a mannequin wearing a suicide bomb vest was on the Arabic training tape that federal agents say was part of the terror ring's curriculum. Former Hickory Hills resident Marwan el-Hindi was charged last year in an alleged plot to attack U.S. forces serving in Iraq. El-Hindi and two other men are currently in custody awaiting trial in Ohio where the conspiracy was broken up.
As the ABC7 I-Team first reported last February, federal authorities believed el-Hindi had recruited two Chicago men to help carry out the overseas attacks. Wednesday afternoon, those two men appeared in federal court in Chicago, charged with conspiring to kill or maim American soldiers in Iraq.
North Sider Khaleel Ahmed of and his cousin, Zubair Ahmed, were both labeled as dangerous and flights risks. U.S. Magistrate Geraldine Brown ordered them held until a Monday hearing that to determine how they will be transported to Cleveland.
Zubair A. Ahmed is an American citizen, 27 years old, from North Chicago. His cousin Khaleel is also an American citizen, 26 years old and lives on North Keystone in Chicago.
The Ahmed's cousins were allegedly in a plot to wage "violent jihad" against Americans. Plot leaders are charged with locating training sites, and providing instruction in firearms, explosives and hand-to-hand combat.
In the late 1990s, the alleged plot leader, Marwan el-Hindi, worked in Chicago's Loop operating a travel company called Royal International. When the I-Team broke the story last year, el-Hindi's lawyer maintained that his client was being smeared.
"When you have a Muslim charged with a crime, and there is some implication of terrorism, the first thing the public thinks is guilty," said Steve Hartman, el-Hindi's attorney.
Lawyers for the two Chicago men declined to answer reporters' questions about Wednesday's terrorism indictment, saying they had just been handed the case.
If convicted, the cousins' Ahmed could receive life in prison.
We expect to talk with federal authorities in Cleveland about this case and will have much more coming up on our news at 6.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=investigative&id=5054891
ROFL! I'm so glad I gave you the excuse to post that!
Yeah, I know.
That's why I only bought a $1.00 dollar ticket. ~smiling~
CIA Rushing Resources to Bin Laden Hunt
March 05, 2007 3:47 PM
Brian Ross Reports:
Armed with fresh intelligence, the CIA is moving additional man power and equipment into Pakistan in the effort to find Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al Zawahri, U.S. officials tell ABC News.
"Reports that the trail has gone stone cold are not correct," said one U.S. official. "We are very much increasing our efforts there," the official said.
People familiar with the CIA operation say undercover officers with paramilitary training have been ordered into Pakistan and the area across the border with Afghanistan as part of the ramp-up.
Although never publicly acknowledged, Pakistan has permitted CIA teams to secretly operate inside Pakistan.
Pakistan officials say they are aware that CIA teams have increased their presence in northern Waziristan since last September when Pakistan withdrew its troops from the area under a much-criticized "peace deal" with tribal leaders.
Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell testified last week that current intelligence "to the best of our knowledge" puts both bin Laden and al Zawahri in Pakistan. It was the first time a high-ranking U.S. official publicly identified Pakistan as bin Laden's hiding place.
Past intelligence has indicated that bin Laden often changed locations in March, traveling to hiding places in the mountains once the snow cover begins to melt.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/cia_rushing_res.html
Great news. Thanks for letting us know.
Cheney returns from Pakistan and a week later we have this development. Fingers crossed....
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