Threat Matrix: June 2007

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[Cindy]

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[Cindy]

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28826

“Nazis in Gaza”
By David Stolinsky
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 21, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Recently the front page of the Los Angeles Times showed a color photo of a Hamas member standing on a desk in a Gaza government office, wearing a ski mask, carrying a Koran in one hand and an AK-47 in the other. This photo reveals in stark clarity the situation in the Gaza Strip:

Since Israeli troops withdrew from Gaza, there has been a violent power struggle between Fatah, the late Yasser Arafat’s group now headed by Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas, an even more violent group with ties to Iran.
Palestinians went to the polls and elected Hamas with a large majority. Hamas named the prime minister, while Abbas remained as president.
Fatah is also a terrorist organization, but supposedly it recognizes Israel’s right to exist, while Hamas does not even pretend to do so.
Unwilling to share power, Hamas violently attacked Fatah, killing some members and forcing others to flee to the West Bank.
Hamas seems unaware that desks in government offices are made to sit behind while governing, not to stand on while waving automatic weapons.
Can the Palestinians find nothing better to do with their newfound independence than to kill one another, while lobbing an occasional rocket into Israel? This sad situation raises a fundamental question: What determines the fate of nations?

It is obvious that the fate of individuals often is not determined by their merits. We see innocent children stricken by cancer. We see good people killed or maimed by drunk drivers. We see obnoxious people living long, healthy lives. Unless we live in fantasy, we are forced to admit that what happens to individuals, at least in this world, often has little to do with their virtues – or lack of virtues.

But the situation may be quite different when it comes to nations. Let me illustrate with two examples.

In 1933, the world was in the grip of a severe depression. Unemployment was widespread, hunger was common, and social and political unrest were pervasive. On January 30, Germany chose Adolf Hitler as chancellor. On March 4, only a month later, the United States inaugurated Franklin Roosevelt as president. Those choices proved fateful for both nations.”

[Cindy]

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http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/islamic_pressure_in_paris_forc.php

“Islamic pressure in Paris forces evangelical congregation to vacate building”

Chad Groening OneNewsNow.comJune 15, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “After a long struggle against Islamic intimidation, an evangelical church in the outskirts of Paris has been forced to vacate the 1,000-square-foot facility where it had been meeting.”

[Cindy]

PERSECUTION.ORG
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[Cindy]

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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This information is current as of today, Thu Jun 21 2007 03:25:00 GMT-0700.

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April 10, 2007

[Cindy]

Note to President Bush: Please read this post and click on the links.
Thank you sir. -Cindy

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Thanks to Calpernia and AuntB for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854044/posts

“Man who took lewd photos back in U.S.”
Naperville Sun ^ | June 21, 2007 | By Jennifer Golz Staff writer

Posted on 06/21/2007 8:47:25 AM PDT by AuntB

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An illegal immigrant previously deported after being convicted of taking lewd pictures of an Edward Hospital patient is back in the country.

Jose C. Rostro, 26, was convicted of disorderly conduct and unauthorized videotaping after taking digital pictures of a partially dressed, semiconscious patient who was at the Naperville hospital for a procedure after a miscarriage.

Edward officials have confirmed Rostro was working as a surgical support technician at the hospital Oct. 26, 2004, when he took the pictures.

Prosecutors from the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office attempted to get jail time for Rostro’s actions. But a judge sentenced the illegal immigrant to just 20 days of community service work and two years probation.

Two days after that Oct. 19, 2005, sentencing, customs agents took Rostro into custody, and he was deported Nov. 4 to his native country of Mexico, according to Gail Montenegro, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Now the former Bolingbrook resident is back in the country - and by legal means.

Montenegro said the terms in which Rostro re-entered the country are protected by the Privacy Act. She did confirm, however, that his re-entry is legal.

“We were notified of the situation and looked into and found no violations of immigration law,” she said.”

[Cindy]

THANKS to Diogenesis for the ping to this photo essay thread.

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GOTTA SEE THIS-War4Endur.Freedom 6/21/07-Baqouba,Diyala,Surge
NASA, AP, AFP, Reuters, Yahoo and the usual suspects, and many brave | June 21 2007 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil

Posted on 06/21/2007 5:57:14 AM PDT by Diogenesis
Edited on 06/21/2007 6:42:41 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 6/21/07 - Baqouba, Diyala, Start of the Surge

BREAKING: Baqouba, Operation ‘Arrowhead Ripper’ starts the Surge

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46495

Iraq Operations Kill, Capture Scores of Terrorists

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2007 – A series of anti-insurgent operations conducted across Iraq by U.S. and Iraqi troops in recent days has resulted in the killing or capture of scores of terrorists and the seizure of copious amounts of enemy ordnance, U.S. military officials reported.

Operation Commando Eagle, a joint operation geared toward curbing terrorist activity southwest of Baghdad, began today and is producing immediate results, officials said.

Commando Eagle features a mix of helicopter-borne air assaults and Humvee-mounted movements, included soldiers from several battalions of the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team out of Fort Drum, N.Y., and the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division. The operation targeted a series of houses that local citizens indicated were being used by al Qaeda cells to intimidate them and launch attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces, officials said.

Troops of the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, detained three men when their truck was found to contain documents requesting rockets as well as a spool of copper wire, commonly used to build improvised explosive devices. Iraqi soldiers found a cache containing four AK-47s, a 60 mm mortar tube with three rounds, an SKS rifle rigged with sniper optics, three bolt-action rifles, a camcorder with tapes, a roll of copper wire, 20 homemade grenades, four ski masks, 75 compact discs of propaganda, as well as instruction on how to commit kidnappings, shoot down coalition helicopters, and use IED-making materials.

Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, discovered multiple series of caches during Commando Eagle. The first cache complex contained five AK-47s with three magazines, a roll of IED wire and a shotgun. A second cache included seven AK-47s. The third complex included an anti-tank mine, an anti-personnel mine, two rocket-propelled grenade rounds, an RPG launcher and multiple pounds of TNT.

Meanwhile, Task Force 2-15 detained 16 individuals. Company A, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, detained nine men and Troop B, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment detained four, all wanted for terrorist attacks or for possessing illegal weapons.

The caches were seized and disposed of. The individuals are being held for questioning. Commando Eagle was named after the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, known as the Commandos, and the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, called the Baghdad Eagles.

In other operations, coalition forces detained 11 suspected terrorists today and yesterday during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq.

Today, coalition forces raided five buildings east of Karmah, searching for an al Qaeda in Iraq emir suspected of attacks against U.S. forces and Iraqi infrastructure. The ground force captured three suspected terrorists, including an alleged subordinate of the al Qaeda emir. East of Fallujah, a raid targeting associates of al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders netted four suspected terrorists.

Also today, north of Baghdad, American troops detained two suspected terrorists for their association with a key member of the al Qaeda in Iraq network linked to several terrorist groups and vehicle-bomb attacks.

“Each operation we conduct provides additional information about the best way for us to attack al Qaeda and strike their networks,” said Army Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “It’s getting more difficult for them to hide.”

Coalition troops also conducted two operations in Mosul yesterday that targeted al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders. Two suspects were detained for alleged involvement with a Kurdish extremist in the al Qaeda network and a terrorist emir of western Mosul.

Also today, U.S troops continue to press al Qaeda operatives as part of Operation Arrowhead Ripper, being conducted in and around Baqubah in Diyala province, officials reported.

Since Operation Arrowhead Ripper began June 19, at least 41 insurgents have been killed, five weapons caches have been discovered, 25 improvised explosive devices have been destroyed and five booby-trapped houses have been discovered and destroyed.

“Our combined forces have begun destroying al Qaeda operatives and their resources in and around Diyala province,” said Army Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek, deputy commanding general for operations, Task Force Lightning and Multinational Division North. “The citizens of Diyala have already voiced their desires to rid this province and the country of al Qaeda and all those that wish to disrupt its progress.”

Today, groups of Baqubah citizens stepped forward to provide valuable information on al Qaeda in the city. During overnight operations, Task Force Lightning engaged and killed at least 11 al Qaeda operatives while destroying three enemy safe houses with precision-guided munitions, and destroting a cache of 60 mm improvised explosive devices and six buried IEDs.

Ground forces also found a house booby-trapped with improvised explosive devices in the Khatoon neighborhood near Baqubah. The building was destroyed with a rocket from an air support helicopter. In another incident, soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, observed four armed individuals digging on the side of the road and emplacing IEDs. Coalition-force air support engaged and killed all four terrorists.

“Our joint efforts, along with the citizens of Diyala, will continue to back these al Qaeda terrorists into a corner until they have no choice but end their attempts,” said Bednarek. Some al Qaeda operatives have been captured or killed attempting to escape the city, as evidenced by six uninjured adult males caught attempting to evade a checkpoint in an Iraqi ambulance June 19.

Providing key support throughout the operation were helicopters from the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. Aircraft from 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, have worked throughout the mission to move soldiers and equipment throughout Baqouba and the surrounding area. Providing air fire support were attack helicopters from the 1st Squadron, 82nd Air Reconnaissance Battalion.

Also today, Task Force Marne began its sixth day of offensive operations to clear extremist sanctuaries in the Arab Jabour area southeast of Baghdad. To date, Marne Torch and Iraqi Army units have detained more than five dozen suspected extremists and destroyed more than 17 boats on the Tigris River that are responsible for transporting accelerants into Baghdad.

Ground and air forces disrupted insurgent operations by capturing, seizing, and clearing caches that support instability in the area. American forces killed five insurgents, discovered and destroyed 12 improvised explosive devices, and detained 13 wanted individuals.

More than 2,500 U.S. and Iraqi military forces are participating in Marne Torch, an operation named for the historic British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II that took place in 1942. Members of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, continue to clear the area north of the Arab Jabour area and restrict movement of insurgents and bomb-making material into the area.

On June 19, a sizable enemy weapons cache was found in the Jisr Diyala area. The cache yielded 54 mortar rounds, two artillery rounds, 29 cell phones, 29 nine-volt battery connectors and more than 20 circuit boards - all commonly used in the manufacturing of improvised explosive devices. A total of 17 caches found throughout the Arab Jabour and Salman Pak area.

Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, continue to clear houses and set-up checkpoints around Arab Jabour to stop the flow of accelerants in and out of Baghdad. There have been 237 houses cleared since the start of Marne Torch.

In other Iraq news, U.S. soldiers with the 2nd Infantry Division’s 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and the 1st Iraqi Army Division’s 4th Brigade, recovered a weapons cache in eastern Baghdad yesterday. Responding to a tip, members of the U.S. 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, and Iraqi soldiers found five 107 mm rockets, three fuses and 23 rocket stands. Some of the rockets had been prepped for launch. The rockets were destroyed in place by an explosive ordnance disposal team.

“The find highlights the joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi forces to root out insurgents and clamp down on sectarian violence,” said Army Maj. Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the brigade.

In another Baghdad operation conducted yesterday U.S. soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, positively identified two individuals placing an initiator at the end of a command wire on an IED. The U.S. soldiers opened fire, killing one insurgent and wounding another.

Later in the day, U.S. soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment discovered a 100-pound bag of homemade explosives with wires, and improvised rocket launchers.

Also yesterday, Iraqi special operations forces detained a key insurgent leader during an operation conducted in Baghdad’s Sadr City sector. The detainee is allegedly responsible for coordinating and conducting kidnappings, death squad killings and improvised explosive device attacks against innocent civilians and Iraqi and coalition forces. The Iraqi forces also detained two other suspicious individuals.

In other Iraq news, coalition forces were engaging a booby-trapped house yesterday in the Khatoon area of Diyala province, when another structure was accidentally hit by an air-dropped bomb.

Soldiers from 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division were patrolling the Khatoon area when they discovered the bomb-rigged house. The soldiers cleared the area and attempted to destroy the house with a bomb. The bomb missed its intended target and struck another structure, away from the targeted house. Upon notification, the Joint Communications Center in Diyala, Iraq, immediately dispatched emergency medical services to the site of the accident. Reports indicate that 11 civilians were injured.

The originally targeted house was later engaged with a Hellfire missile, producing a large secondary explosion confirming the house as containing a large amount of explosives. The incident is under investigation.

In other Iraq news, five Iraqis were killed and six injured June 19 when a 122 mm rocket struck a building in the Al Mansour district of Baghdad. Both Iraqi and U.S. military forces responded to the scene of the attack. U.S. officials confirmed that the rocket was fired from north of the city, about 10 miles away. The 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, was the first American unit to arrive at the attack site.

Meanwhile, Iraqi forces broke up a suspected terrorist sniper cell in the Bayji area of northern Iraq on June 19. The Iraqi troops detained five individuals for further questioning. The Iraqis confiscated a sniper rifle, three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9mm pistol, associated ammunition as well as bomb-making materials.

Also, U.S. soldiers treated a sick Iraqi child in southern Baghdad June 19. Faisal, a 2-year-old boy living in Baghdad’s Rashid district, was unresponsive with labored breathing when his mother brought him to a temporary checkpoint manned by soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment “Tomahawks.”

Faisal was taken to Forward Operating Base Falcon, where members of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division medical staff were able to treat and stabilize him for further treatment at the U.S. military Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad’s International Zone.

“He was a pretty sick kid,” said Army medic Sgt. Tracey Lyons, who helped treat Faisal, who is expected to recover.

Army Capt. Wesley Theurer, a military physician, praised military care providers for reacting so quickly.

“The team did a real good job,” Theurer said. “Everyone was concerned. To see someone so young in that kind of condition was something that pulled us all together.”

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

[Oorang]

Indonesia: Fugitive Bombing Mastermind 'Arrested'

Jakarta, 21 June 2007 - Indonesian police have arrested key Bali bombing suspect, Malaysian national Noordin Mohammed Top, the well respected Detikcom news agency reports. He is considered the mastermind behind a series of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 and 2005 Bali nightclub attacks which killed over 250 people. Police arrested Top on 14 June, in Brebes Central Java and intend to announce this on 1 July - national police day in Indonesia, Detikcom said, quoting an unnamed source.

The report of Top's arrest follows that of the arrest of Abu Dujana, the alleged military commander of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network and Zarkasih, believed to be JI's supreme leader. Zarkasih (also known by the aliases Nuaim, Abu Irsyad and Mbah). Both men were seized on 9 June in an anti terrorist police raid in Banyumas, central Java, the chief of indonesia's anti-terrorist unit announced last Friday.

Indonesia's most wanted fugitive, Top was once one of the leaders of JI. According to experts, the Malaysian is believed to have created his own splinter group, after JI expressed a preference for preaching instead of armed struggle. JI is responsible for a string of deadly terror attacks in Indonesia in recent years including the 2002 and 2005 Bali attacks and bombings of the Marriott Hotel and the Australian embassy in Jakarta.

Noordin is now believed to be the head of the group known as Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad - which is said to be the original name of al-Qaeda. Sidney Jones the Southeast Asia director of the International Crisis Group recently told Adnkronos International she believes there is still a link between Noordin and the radical elements within JI - represented by Abu Dujana - but the level of collaboration is still unclear. Her view is shared by other experts.

JI is believed to recruit both through a select number of Islamic colleges and also through family ties. The terrorist group was created towards the end of the 1980s by a group of Indonesian exiles in Malaysia.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.427912728&par=0

Two top Tamil LTTE leaders arrested under UK Terrorism Law
Fri, 2007-06-22

London June 22 - Two leading office bearers of the British Tamil Association (BTA) were arrested yesterday early morning by the UK's counter terrorism command and are now being held in Police custody.

AC Shanthan, president of the BTA, believed to be the LTTE's top man here and the association's head of finance Goldan Lambert were arrested in connection with the demonstration held at Hyde Park last July at which cutouts of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran were displayed on the stage and flags with the LTTE emblem were flown. Yesterday, Lambert was arrested at Heathrow Airport as he returned to the UK from Dubai.

The two were arrested under Section 12 (3) of the UK Terrorism Act with prohibits "support for a terrorist organisation." The LTTE was banned among some 20 other groups, as a foreign terrorist organisation in 2001 after the act became law the previous year. Immediately after the arrests, the anti-terrorist police launched simultaneous raids on the head office of the BTA "Eelam House" located in Mitcham, Surrey and the office of the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) in Colindale, London. The Hyde Park rally that sparked off the year long investigation that led to today's arrests was organised by the BTA and the TYO.

Shanthan and Lambert will not be entitled to bail under the Terrorism Act and could be held for 28 days in custody during which any formal charges would have to be filed. Informed sources said that other arrests could follow once the police siphon through any evidence obtained following the two raids.

http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/6231

[Cindy]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070621/NATION/106210074/1002

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“House accuses Iran of genocide”
By S.A. Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 21, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The House yesterday overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding the U.N. Security Council press genocide charges against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for threatening the destruction of Israel.

The resolution, which passed in a 411-2 vote, says the House “condemns, in the strongest terms, [the Iranian president’s] offensive remarks, contemptible statements, and reprehensible policies aimed at the destruction of the State of Israel.”

The resolution also called on the United Nations to take steps to stop Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program and reaffirmed “the steadfast commitment of the United States to defend the right of Israel to exist as a free and democratic state.””

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3415589,00.html

“US Congress: Charge Ahmadinejad for inciting genocide”

“House of Representatives passes resolution calling on UN Security Council to punish Iranian president for statements made regarding destruction of Israel”

Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 06.20.07, 23:38 / Israel News

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives passed a resolution calling on the UN Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating international laws pertaining to genocide by calling for the destruction of Israel.”

[Cindy]

WELL NOW, those arrests are great news — especially Top.

THANK YOU Oorang.

[Oorang]

Indonesia: Student Jailed For Designing An Building Terror Website

Suherdjoko, 21 June 2007 - The Semarang District Court in Central Java sentenced a Semarang University student on Wednesday to three years in jail for designing and setting up a website that provided instructions on how to carry out terrorist attacks against foreigners. The sentence the court handed down to Agung Prabowo, 24, alias Max Fiderman alias Ahmad alias Kalingga alias Bebek-bebekan, was much lighter than the prosecutors' original demand of eight years.

Judge Sucipto said the defendant was found guilty of running the site, which was used by terror suspects to communicate with each other in 2005. The Web site suggested targets in the capital of Jakarta frequented by foreigners and the best escape routes for those executing them. Sucipto explained that Agung designed the site, anshar.net, under the orders of Abdul Azis, a senior high school teacher in Pekalongan, Central Java, who is a member of the Jamaah Islamiyah terrorist network led by fugitive Noordin M. Top.

It was disclosed in earlier trial sessions, Sucipto said, that Abdul Azis first received orders to design the site from Noordin to help the network's members communicate and disseminate information. Abdul was unable to build the site himself, so he paid Agung to do so. When the site was completed in mid-August 2005, Abdul transferred 200,000 Indonesian rupiahs (22 dollars)to Agung's bank account. Agung, in return, gave the site's password to Abdul. He said he was not aware of the contents of the site.

The site contained information on how to commit acts of Jihad, types of weapons, war games and tips on how to arrange explosives. At one point it ran the last will of Mukhlas, one of the first Bali bombing convicts to be placed on death row. Agung claimed he was surprised and disappointed to see that the site he had created was used by the terrorist network. He later moved the site to the nsisraeil.posting.com domain and closed access to it, but did not delete its contents. "The problem is that even though he knew the site was being used by terrorists, he did not inform the authorities," Sucipto said.

Excerpted

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.427901449&par=0

Switzerland: Two 'Jihadi Webmasters' Go On Trial

Bellinzona, 20 June 2007 - A 39 year old Tunisian and his Belgian wife went Wednesday on trial in the southern Swiss city of Bellinzona, accused of running Internet sites inciting Jihad (holy war) and supporting a criminal organisation, Swiss news agency ATS reports. A verdict is expected in July, ATS said. The man - whose name has apparently not been released - is accused of having created a number Internet sites used by terrorist organisations, which prosecutors allege incited hate and acts of violence against the west.

The websites not only incited Jihad but were alleged used by terrorist groups to obtain bomb-making instructions and published grisly images of executions and mutilated bodies, according to prosecutors, ATS reports. Pictures and videos seized by Swiss federal police are said to have shown the execution of an Egyptian driver, the massacre of bus passengers in Iraq, the decapitation of a Korean hostrage and the murder of an American, the Swissinfo website reported.

The Tunisian is charged with setting up the Internet sites and his wife is accused of aiding and abetting him, as well as running her own website. They are both accused of inciting violence. The couple deny the charges against them, claiming they were unware of everything being published on their websites. While they admit they are Islamists who want to resist oppression, they say they are against the loss of innocent lives.

The pair spent three weeks in preventative custody after their arrest in February 2005 near the western Swiss town of Friburg, where they lived. Theirs is the second Islamist terrorism trial this year. In Switzerland's first-ever trial of al-Qaeda suspects in February, prosecutors suffered a setback when seven defendants were acquitted of belonging to and supporting al-Qaeda, owing to a lack of firm evidence.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.427441686&par=0

[Cindy]

Adding 1 link.

Here’s is the Seeking Info Poster for Top:
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/top.htm

[Oorang]

You're welcome Cindy and good Thursday to you.

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Scouts arrest 4 ‘suicide bombers’ (Pakistan)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

LAHORE: Chitral Scouts arrested on Tuesday four suspected suicide bombers trying to cross the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, Aaj television reported. According to the channel, the scouts recovered explosives, Pakistani currency, extremist literature as well as wills from the alleged suicide bombers.

Police presented them before the Mala Kand Anti Terrorist Court for remand. The arrested include Shabir Ahmad, Muhammad Imran and Inayat from Pakistan and Habib-ur-Rehman from Afghanistan, the channel reported.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\20\story_20-6-2007_pg7_55

[Cindy]

Interesting and informative.
Thanks Oorang.

[Cindy]

A good day to you too, Oorang.

Kitchen remodeling in progerss this week and next and of course, gardening.

[Cindy]

sp=progress

[Cindy]

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“Families Receiving Mysterious Phone Messages”
KIRO TV Washington ^ | June 20, 2007

Posted on 06/21/2007 10:14:09 AM PDT by Sopater

FIRCREST, Wash.

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“A horror movie come to life”
The News Tribune ^ | June 20, 2007 | Sean Robinson

Posted on 06/20/2007 8:52:46 AM PDT by goodnesswins

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854264/posts?page=2#2

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“Marijuana seized after agents catch smugglers using ramps to drive over border fence”
San Diego Union ^ | 21 JUNE 2007 | Debbi Baker

Posted on 06/21/2007 3:47:39 PM PDT by radar101

SAN DIEGO

[Cindy]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6221694.stm

Last Updated: Thursday, 21 June 2007, 14:05 GMT 15:05 UK

“Gaza militants launch ‘web-war’”
By Malik Mohamed al-Abdeh
BBC Monitoring

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The power struggle between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas has spilled over to the internet with a propaganda war using a popular video sharing website.

After both groups moved to disrupt each other’s television and radio broadcasts, the internet - and YouTube in particular - has become an important medium for disseminating propaganda.”