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Posted on 05/01/2007 8:52:12 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Last Updated: Saturday, 26 May 2007, 21:04 GMT 22:04 UK
“Veiled warning on Musharraf rule”
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/05/focus_on_alqaida_in_north_afri.php
“Focus on Al-Qaida in North Africa: New Video, Transcript, and Report Available”
By Evan Kohlmann
(May 26, 2007)
HAMILTON — You never know what you'll find on a spring cleaning sweep, but sheriff's deputies were surprised to find something "explosive" May 5 while participating in the Hamilton citywide cleanup. A used military rocket launcher, specifically a M72 light anti-tank weapon, covered by brush and leaning against a telephone pole, was spotted by a Butler County Jail inmate in the 500 block of South Third Street, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said.
The sheriff said during his military training he shot similar weapons, known as LAW rockets, and was told to stomp on them after firing so they could not be reused by the enemy. A portion of the rocket launcher found in Hamilton was missing, making it inoperable and of no danger, Jones said. According to the U.S. Bureau of Tobacco, Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives, M72 launchers with a training tube installed for firing smaller projectiles than the usual rocket fall under the same regulations as firearms. A used, inoperable tube, however is not federally regulated, an ATF official said Friday. "Makes you wonder what they were using it for," Jones said.
Specialist Mike Grimes, commander of the sheriff's bomb unit, estimated the rocket launcher as circa 1970s, most likely used in the Vietnam war. He said it is possible children were using it to shoot fireworks or someone ditched it because the person who took it as souvenir could be charged with receiving stolen property since it technically belongs to the U.S. military.
http://www.journal-news.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/26/hjn052607rocket.html
Homeland Security Investigates Martins Ferry Doctor (Ohio)
May 26, 2007
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio -- The investigation into Martins Ferry Dr. Ashraf Badour has taken a major turn. Now, the doctor is under investigation by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security, along with Martins Ferry police and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department. Police said it all started with speed, turned to alleged assault on officers, and now Badour is accused of making threats, warranting the federal government’s assistance with the investigation.
Officials said Badour should be sitting behind bars at the Belmont County Jail, but instead he's on watch at Hillcrest Mental Heath Facility. Belmont County Sheriff Fred Thompson confirmed Badour was taken to Hillcrest Thursday after acting out at the jail. Neighbors in his Bethlehem neighborhood said they barely knew Badour and that he kept to himself. "It's just so quiet and peaceful up here. To hear about anything going on out of the ordinary, it's really strange," said Paul Johnson.
Now, federal agents, police, and doctors are working to find out as much as they can about Badour and what's behind his recent behavior. Police said that at this point in the investigation they can't elaborate on the types of threats Badour allegedly made or whom they were to. Friday in court, Judge Frank Fregiato denied him any chance of bond.
"I believe there are some extremely serious public safety issues involved in this case. I'm ordering an emergency community mental health evaluation. And until I see that, I'm not setting bond at this time," said Fregiato. After Badour's court appearance, he should have gone back to jail, but doctors have recommended he stay at Hillcrest through the weekend. NEWS9 was told there will be guards at his room around the clock as the investigation continues.
http://www.wtov9.com/news/13393984/detail.html
Norwegian Explosion Under Investigation
May 26, 2007
The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority has called for more inspections of the company that owns a facility where a large explosion occurred. The blast at Vest Tank caused no serious injuries, Aftenposten reported. Two tanks exploded Thursday morning. The facility is on the other side of a fjord from the Mongstad oil refinery, the largest refinery in Norway.
Vest Tank processes crude oil left in the holds of tankers and cleans contaminated drilling mud from offshore rigs. Bjorn Bjornstad of the pollution control authority told Bergens Tidende the company has a history of violations and poor controls for keeping track of waste. The Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergency Planning and police have begun an investigation into the cause of the explosion.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21282863.shtml
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Six customs inspectors at the Orlando Sanford International Airport have told federal officials that they were instructed to falsify passenger information. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers allege that in 2005, supervisors told them to falsify information typically gathered during direct interviews and inspections of international passengers or crew members, according to documents originally obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.
The Associated Press received the documents from federal officials Saturday. The whistle-blowers, Selma Ocasio, Jose Vazques-Quinones, Eilliam Errico and three other inspectors who are not named in the report, allege that supervisors told them to falsify information entered into a computer database, such as race, length of stay and number of bags. When questioned about the practice, supervisors allegedly said "things were done differently in Sanford."
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http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070526/APN/705261785
Mohmand elders fear Taliban, decline invite to Sunday’s jirga
Saturday, May 26, 2007
PESHAWAR: A proposed jirga of Saafi tribe in Mohmand Agency has been postponed after tribal elders declined the invitation to avoid being “victims of Waziristan-like target-killings”, tribal elders said on Friday.
The Mohmand Agency political administration has been pressing major tribes of the area to unite against increasing Taliban-linked activities and had summoned a jirga for the purpose tomorrow (Sunday).
“No tribal elder is ready to openly support the administration against the Taliban,” a tribal elder, asking not to be named, told Daily Times. Security agencies have warned the government that Mohmand Agency was “exposed” to the Taliban phenomenon because the area borders Bajaur Agency and overlooks Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Kunar provinces where there is a resurgence of the Taliban. “Frankly speaking, I am not mad to take on the Taliban … I know what happened to the people who tried this in Waziristan,” said another elder asking not to be named.
As fears of “Taliban reprisal” are gripping the Mohmand region, a meeting was held in Gandahab near Ghalanai, the regional headquarters of Mohmand Agency, on Friday where speakers paid tribute to Nazar Muhammad who was ‘martyred’ in Kunar province while fighting US forces. A participant of the meeting told Daily Times on the telephone that speakers highlighted the need for jihad against the Americans in Afghanistan. He said that Karachi-based cleric Sheikh Fazal Muhammad told the gathering of about 1,500 men including “armed and masked Taliban” that the mujahideen lacked modern weapons, but were using suicide bombers to fight back the enemy (the US). The source said that Umar Baacha, a youth introduced to the gathering as provincial head of the mujahideen, also spoke on the occasion. “We will sacrifice thousand more lives to drive out the Americans from Afghanistan,” the source quoted Baacha saying to the gathering.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007/05/26/story_26-5-2007_pg7_4
Thank you Oorang.
All very interesting.
ARTICLE SNIPPET FROM OORANG IN POST NO. 1185
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1826963/posts?page=1185#1185
Liquid bomb is new terror device
26 May, 2007
NEW DELHI: Terrorists striking in India have found yet another locally available explosive — picric acid — a shock-sensitive liquid explosive capable of creating a huge impact like the explosion at Hyderabad last week.
Security agencies came across the lethal acid for the first time when they recovered two IEDs from Trall in Jammu and Kashmir early this month. The laboratory report on the IEDs, which was shared with the Centre on Friday, revealed its use in the Valley by jehadi outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM).
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Liquid_bomb_is_new_terror_device/rssarticleshow/2075197.cms
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Taking a look at picric acid in the news
http://news.google.com/news?um=1&tab=wn&hl=en&q=%22picric+acid%22
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/07/BAGK9PML193.DTL
“Munitions that caused scare were from Japanese WWII training kit”
Rick DelVecchio, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, May 7, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(05-07) 13:54 PDT PIEDMONT — A dusty crate of munitions found under a Piedmont homeowner’s stairwell Sunday was a Japanese World War II training kit that contained four inert mines, a variety of fuses and a pineapple-style grenade that may have been dangerous, Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County sheriff’s office bomb squad said today.
Officers blew up the grenade at a range behind Santa Rita Jail. Nelson said the grenade was treated as hazardous because many such Japanese weapons from late in World War II contain crystallized picric acid, which can be volatile if the weapon is handled. “We tend to err on the side of blowing it up because just opening it can set it off,” Nelson said.”
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Now, let’s head over to THE U.S.A. and see what’s in the news:
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2007/04/27/news/doc46324f966d69c629412206.txt
Friday, April 27, 2007 8:31 PM US/Western
“Explosive detonated at waste transfer station”
By DAILY RECORD STAFF
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ELLENSBURG — A container of picric acid was detonated near the Kittitas County solid waste transfer station Thursday afternoon by U.S. Army ordinance experts as a precaution after emergency officials determined it was unsafe to be moved.
A resident of Kittitas County brought the round, 8-inch-tall metal container to the county’s Solid Waste Department office on Industrial Way about 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to John Sinclair, chief of Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue. Sinclair said it was his understanding that the person bringing it in found it while cleaning out an old barn and believed it was a hazardous industrial chemical that should be disposed of properly.
Sinclair said employees researched the chemical compound and learned it was explosive when dry and is considered a Class A explosive. They submerged the container in a barrel of water hoping to stabilize it overnight in a secure area and dispose of it the next day, he said.
In the morning, it was determined that there was no way to make sure the water reached inside of the container, and emergency services officials were contacted. Sinclair said fire personnel and Ellensburg police decided to contact the Army’s explosive ordnance division at the Yakima Training Center. The area of cordoned off.
Picric acid has historically been used to blow up tree stumps and other items according to Sgt. Brian McElroy of the Ellensburg Police Department, and is senstive to shock and friction when dry. It is not illegal, but anyone possessing it must have the proper license, he said.”
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070526-101146-5120r.htm
DERBY LINE, Vt. (AP) —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The 106-year-old Romanesque building, which straddles the international border, has enjoyed a kind of informal immunity from border restrictions through the years.
But a U.S. Border Patrol crackdown focusing on three unguarded streets linking Derby Line with Stanstead, Quebec, across the border, could soon change that.
“There’s been an increase in illegal activity, both north and south, in the last little while,” said Mark Henry, the operations officer for the Border Patrol’s Swanton sector, which runs across northern New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
Under the crackdown, instead of parking their cars outside the library in Quebec and walking to the front door in the United States, Canadian patrons would have to detour through one of two ports of entry linking the municipalities.”
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“’Freedom Is Not Free’”-—MEMORIAL DAY—Special Thread # 5
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“Severed Head of Mexican Politician Dumped Outside Newspaper’s Office”
Sunday, May 27, 2007
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_930.html
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The following breaking news brief is a quote:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708691293&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
May. 27, 2007 11:56
3 Islamic Jihad terrorists nabbed near Jerusalem
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Three Islamic Jihad operatives were apprehended in Bethlehem and east Jerusalem in April, it has been released for publish Sunday.
The detainees were suspected of involvement in shooting attacks near the Jewish settlement Tekoa and of planning other shooting attacks.
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Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3404900,00.html
Nuclear program talks between top Iranian-EU officials postponed
Published: 05.27.07, 10:58 / Israel News
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday said a meeting between its leading nuclear negotiator and the European Union’s foreign policy chief has been postponed.
Ali Larijani and the EU’s Javier Solana were to meet Thursday, possibly in Madrid, to explore whether there’s room to resume negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. (AP)
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Memorial Day: “Americans will die for freedom...”
The Anchoress Online ^ | 5/26/2007 | The Anchoress
Posted on 05/27/2007 3:01:47 AM PDT by saveliberty
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“Storms drench Texas—Weather blamed for [six] deaths”
Bryan-College Station Eagle ^ | 7:13 AM on Sunday, May 27, 2007
Posted on 05/27/2007 8:40:49 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin2
DALLAS
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