|
| This thread has been locked, it will not receive new replies. |
|
Locked on 12/01/2007 8:51:55 PM PST by Admin Moderator, reason:
New thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933472/posts |
Posted on 11/01/2007 8:43:53 PM PDT by nwctwx
|
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/nov/12/kcso-south-knoxville-man-wards-burglars-shoots-one/
#
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924885/posts
“Homeowner: No time to think, only time to shoot”
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 11/12/7 | Don Jacobs
Posted on 11/12/2007 8:09:32 PM PST by SmithL
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The retired Garland said he was puzzled why anyone would target his residence for a home-invasion burglary. He said sheriff’s detectives told him the suspects may have thought the previous occupants still lived in the house.
Although Garland said he was concerned he might face a criminal charge, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office noted Garland was acting in self defense and does not face any charges.”
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924848/posts
‘Mapping’ A Danger
IBD ^ | November 12, 2007
Posted on 11/12/2007 6:24:44 PM PST by Kaslin
Homeland Security: Los Angeles police want to map potential terror hotbeds in the Muslim community, but critics are crying “religious profiling.” Actually, it’s just smart law enforcement.
And it couldn’t come at a better time. The FBI is warning police in Los Angeles, as well as Chicago, that shopping malls there are possible targets of a new al-Qaida plot.
By mapping the local Muslim community, the LAPD would increase its chances of disrupting such plots. Its counterterrorism unit hopes to ID areas that might be more isolated and removed — and therefore riper targets for radicalization and even al-Qaida recruitment.
Shining a spotlight on these neighborhoods would take the terrorists and their facilitators out of the shadows where they prefer to operate.
“We just don’t know enough about the communities,” explains deputy LAPD chief Michael Downing, adding that the planned mapping project “has nothing to do with profiling.”
But predictably, the ACLU has joined CAIR and other Muslim groups in denouncing the move.
“The mapping of Muslim communities seems premised on the faulty notion that Muslims are more likely to commit violent acts than people of other faiths,” the ACLU complained.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
blog:
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003904.html
November 13, 2007
“Russia: Feds Shoot Up and Shut Down Dagestan Jihad Group”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Russian Special Forces destroyed eight members of Buinaksky Jamaat, a group of devout Muslims seeking to establish Islamic rule in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On Monday they were caught in their hideout, a private residence, in an elite district of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. This fact has authorities concerned that Islamic jihad has supporters among the wealthy and elite in the region.
Officials say the devout Muslims were planning to take hostage a nearby school shortly before New Year’s, which is the most important holiday in Russia. In September 2004 devout Muslims seized a school in Beslan in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, and massacred 360 hostages out of a total of about 1200.”
#
http://newsru.com/russia/13nov2007/band.html
ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=beslan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=beslanmassacre
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=school
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=schools
ADDING to post no. 603:
http://www.google.com/search?q=+Buinaksky+Jamaat&hl=en&filter=0
http://www.google.com/search?q=+Buinaksk+Jamaat&hl=en&filter=0
http://wcco.com/politics/rnc.protests.activists.2.565825.html
Nov 12, 2007 1:38 pm US/Central
“Activists Already Planning RNC Disruptions”
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)
ADDING 1 link to post no. 606:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924943/posts
“RNC Protest Plans Already Under Way”
Breitbart ^ | November 13, 2007 | Amy Forliti
Posted on 11/13/2007 2:24:31 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
MINNEAPOLIS
ICC-CCS.org - THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
Weekly Piracy Report
6-12 November 2007
The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 6 to 12 November 2007.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a high risk area and mariners are advised to be cautious especially while approaching the anchorage and while at anchor at Chittagong
Suspicious crafts
Recently reported incidents
11.11.2007: 0305 LT: Phu My berth ‘A’, Vietnam.
Robbers armed with knives boarded a general cargo ship at berth. Vessel informed port security who came onboard for assistance. While proceeding towards the forecastle, two robbers were seen jumping overboard. Inspection showed ship’s stores were stolen.
09.11.2007: 0800 LT: 28:41N-049:46E, Persian Gulf
A suspicious craft approached a tanker, underway, from the stern. Master sounded general alarm, increased speed, crew mustered and fire hoses standby. The speed boat closed to 0.1nm, and when it noticed crew alertness, aborted approach and moved away.
08.11.2007: 0400 LT: 13:48N - 053:45E, 65 NM North of Socotra Island, Somalia.
C/O onboard a car carrier, underway, noticed an unlit boat at 3NM off the port bow with a speed of 19 kts. The boat reduced speed to match the speed of the vessel. When the craft was about 1nm off master raised alarm, crew mustered and switched on deck lights. At 0430 LT another unlit boat was observed 2NM of port bow of the ship. Both boats altered course towards Socotra at 0445 LT and moved away.
06.11.2007: 2130 LT: 03:55.2N - 099:46.2E, Malacca Straits.
An unidentified small watercraft approached a chemical tanker underway. OOW raised alarm, sounded ship’s whistle, crew mustered and directed searchlight at the craft. The craft came within 150 metres and aborted the attempt
06.11.2007: 1800 UTC: 22:06N-062:31E: Arabian Sea.
A bulk carrier underway detected an unlit suspicious craft, on radar, approaching directly towards own vessel at a speed of 19 knots. Master took all preventive measures to prevent boarding. Suspicious craft reached 0.1 NM from vessel, on seeing crew alertness, the suspicious craft reduced speed and altered course towards another nearby vessel. All vessels were warned on VHF radio about suspicious craft approach.
05.11.2007: 2150 LT: 12:33N – 113:42E: South China Sea.
One suspicious boat followed a general cargo ship at a range of 100m for about an hour. Crew mustered and fire hoses with pressurised water jet standby and action taken to prevent any boarding. Later, master informed the Piracy Reporting Centre that the distance between the boat and the ship was increasing. Vessel continued passage to destination port.
05.11.2007: 0000 – 0400 LT: 19:49.24S-034:50.0E, Beira port, Mozambique.
Robbers boarded a container ship at berth and stole ship’s stores amid tight anti piracy watches. The ship had shore security personal deployed by the port security. In addition, there were armed security guards on the shore side.
November 7, 2007
http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/071107tucson.htm
“ICE arrests Arizona man for attempting to smuggle $3 million worth of stolen wedding dresses into Mexico
Dresses were stolen in 2006 from Breast Cancer Foundation”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “TUCSON, Ariz. - An Arizona man is facing charges for attempting to smuggle $3 million worth of wedding dresses into the United States following his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week.
Alejandro Parra-Ruiz, 32, a Mexico national and legal permanent resident of the United States residing in Laveen, Ariz., allegedly hired a commercial driver to transport the dresses, which were stolen from a cancer charity, across the international border.
In April of this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz., discovered a trailer containing the gowns that had been reported stolen by Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation in November 2006. The wedding dresses were donated to the foundation for sale at auction with the proceeds going to the Oregon-based foundation. The gowns were returned to the foundation by CBP shortly after they were recovered.”
November 8, 2007
http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/071108santaana.htm
“Irvine man to be stripped of citizenship after conviction for naturalization fraud
Criminal “denaturalization” trial is first of its kind in Orange County”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SANTA ANA, Calif. - An Afghani-born Irvine man convicted of naturalization fraud in the first criminal denaturalization case ever to go to trial in Orange County faces loss of his U.S. citizenship when he is sentenced early next year.
Hares Ajmal Ahmadzai, 35, was found guilty by a jury here late yesterday of failing to disclose his criminal history when he applied for citizenship with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1994. The charges stem from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Ahmadzai’s sentencing is scheduled for January 28.
Once Ahmadzai is stripped of his citizenship, he becomes an alien subject to removal from the United States. The Irvine man previously pleaded guilty to passport fraud in April 2006.
In addition to naturalization and passport fraud, Ahmadzai’s criminal history also includes prior convictions for drug sales, assault and battery, forgery, and receiving stolen property.”
Fyi.
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=75774
you are here: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
“Warden Message: Libya Changes Entry Requirements”
Consular Affairs Bulletins
Middle East / N. Africa - Libya
12 Nov 2007
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Tue Nov 13 2007 03:37:07 GMT-0800.
Worldwide Caution
October 09, 2007
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3470826,00.html
Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades member suspected of shootings arrested in Jericho
Published: 11.13.07, 10:50 / Israel News
Security forces arrested a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade who is suspected of participating in shooting attacks on soldiers Tuesday.
Mamdouh Fahoud, a 23-year-old resident of Jericho, was arrested in a joint IDF-Shin Bet operation in the ancient city. (Efrat Weiss)
placemark
Breaking in Phoenix at azcentral.com
Smoking Luggage evauates a plane departing from Phoniex to San Antonio.
Keep us posted Mata.
...and so a new chapter of an old jihad begins, in my opinion.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hezbollah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizballah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizbullah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nasrallah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=lebanon
#
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925217/posts
#
http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/11/nasrallah_build.php
“Nasrallah builds case for jihad against Lebanese government”
Tuesday, 13 November, 2007 @ 7:30 PM
By Abu Kais
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Nasrallah has appealed to Syrian-installed puppet Emile Lahoud to embark on a “national rescue initiative” so that the country does not fall into the hands of “thieves and murderers who are followers of the American-Zionist project”.”
UPDATE:
http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=834aab47-6c47-4e22-bfdf-561e671ecefe
“Police say woman’s perfume caught fire at airport”
Last Update: 1:02 pm
“Smoke in luggage, plane evacuated at Sky Harbor”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A woman’s perfumes and lotions managed to catch fire in a checked bag about to be loaded onto a plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Tuesday.
The US Airways plane and gate area were evacuated after smoke was seen coming out of the bag in a cargo area on the tarmak.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Airport officials say US Airways flight 200 was preparing to leave for San Antonio when a luggage handler noticed one of the bags scheduled to go on the plane was extremely hot.
That handler set the bag aside, then said it began to smoke, and called emergency crews.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Police say they questioned the owner of the bag, and sent in a hazardous materials team to remove it from the area.
It’s unclear how the woman’s lotions and perfumes could have caught fire, or what would have happened if that bag had been loaded.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925208/posts
#
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/13/terror/main3496101.shtml
“Former FBI Agent Accused Of Leaking Info
Woman Pleads Guilty To Disclosing Information To Hezbollah Sympathizers”
Comments 43
DETROIT, Nov. 13, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CBS) A 37-year-old woman who previously worked as an FBI agent and a CIA analyst, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving her disclosure of information to people outside the government, CBS News has learned.
Sources say Nada Nadim Prouty, a Lebanese national and resident of Virginia, entered the United States on a student visa and earned citizenship through a sham marriage.
While officials say there is no evidence of actual espionage and no evidence that she was working as a spy, she is accused of passing information to sympathizers of Hezbollah, a group the U.S. has labeled a terrorist organization.
She also used her access, as an FBI agent, to look up information about herself and her relatives, some of whom may have ties to Hezbollah. She also is accused of improperly taking classified information home with her.”
###
###
November 13, 2007
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/November/07_nsd_910.html
Former Employee of CIA and FBI Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Unauthorized Computer Access and Naturalization Fraud
DETROIT – Nada Nadim Prouty, a 37-year-old Lebanese national and resident of Vienna, Va., pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Michigan to charges of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship, which she later used to gain employment at the FBI and CIA; accessing a federal computer system to unlawfully query information about her relatives and the terrorist organization Hizballah; and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
The announcement was made today by Stephen J. Murphy, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan; Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Willie T. Hulon, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI’s National Security Branch; Brian M. Moskowitz, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and Kurt Rice, Chicago Field Office Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service.
At a hearing in Detroit before the U.S. District Court Judge Avern Cohn, Prouty entered a plea of guilty to counts one, two and three of a second superseding information. Count one of the information charges conspiracy, for which the maximum penalty is five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. Count two charges unauthorized computer access, for which the maximum penalty is one year imprisonment and a $100,000 fine. Count three charges naturalization fraud, for which the maximum penalty is 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, and requires the court to de-naturalize the defendant.
“This case highlights the importance of conducting stringent and thorough background investigations,” said U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy. “It’s hard to imagine a greater threat than the situation where a foreign national uses fraud to attain citizenship and then, based on that fraud insinuates herself into a sensitive position in the U.S. government. I applaud the excellent investigative work of the FBI, ICE and DHS, which led to the successful prosecution today.”
“It is a sad day when one of our public servants breaches our security and trust,” said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth L. Wainstein. “This defendant engaged in a pattern of deceit to secure U.S. citizenship, to gain employment in the intelligence community, and to obtain and exploit her access to sensitive counterterrorism intelligence. It is fitting that she now stands to lose both her citizenship and her liberty.”
“We became aware of this compromise in December 2005 and moved to address any further damage,”said Willie T. Hulon, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI’s National Security Branch. “The FBI worked closely with other agencies to investigate this matter. We continue to evaluate our security practices and will make any necessary changes.”
“Nada Proudy’s guilty plea should serve as a solemn warning to those who say they’ve pledged their allegiance to the United States and then make the conscious decision to place America’s interests at risk,” said Brian M. Moskowitz, Special Agent in Charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Detroit. “Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen is an honor and a privilege. ICE will do everything in its power to see that those who achieve this honor by fraud and deception are brought to justice.”
Naturalization Fraud
According to documents filed in court by the government, Prouty first entered the United States from Lebanon on June 24, 1989, on a one-year, non-immigrant student visa. After her visa expired, she remained in the country, residing in Taylor, Mich., with her sister, Elfat El Aouar, and an individual named Samar Khalil Nabbouth. In order to remain in the United States and evade U.S. immigration laws, Prouty later offered money to an unemployed U.S. citizen to marry her. On August 9, 1990, Prouty married the U.S. citizen. As planned, Prouty never lived with her fraudulent “husband,” but continued to live with her sister and Nabbouth.
Prouty later submitted a series of false, fraudulent and forged documents and letters to federal immigration officials to verify the validity of the fraudulent marriage in order to obtain permanent residency status, and, later, U.S. citizenship, thereby committing naturalization fraud. On Aug. 5, 1994, the former Immigration and Naturalization Service granted Prouty U.S. citizenship under the name “Nada Nadim Deladurantaye.” The following year, she filed for a divorce from her fraudulent husband, and later obtained a U.S. passport, which she used to travel overseas.
Talal Khalil Chahine
According to court documents, from May 1992 through April 1993, and again, from August through November 1994, Prouty was employed as a waitress and hostess at La Shish Inc., a chain of Middle Eastern restaurants in Detroit that was owned by Talal Khalil Chahine. During this time, Chahine wrote a letter for submission into Prouty’s immigration file attesting to the validity of Prouty’s false marriage.
Chahine is currently a fugitive believed to be in Lebanon. He, along with Prouty’s sister, Elfat El Aouar, and others were charged in 2006 in the Eastern District of Michigan with tax evasion in connection with a scheme to conceal more than $20 million in cash received by La Shish restaurants and to route funds to persons in Lebanon. Last month, Chahine was also charged in the Eastern District of Michigan, along with a senior ICE official in Detroit and others in a bribery and extortion conspiracy in which federal immigration benefits were allegedly awarded to illegal aliens in exchange for money.
Employment at FBI and CIA
In April 1999, through a series of false representations and use of her fraudulently procured proof of U.S. citizenship, Prouty, then known as “Nada Nadim Alley,” obtained employment as a special agent of the FBI. It was a prerequisite to FBI employment that she be a U.S. citizen. As a special agent with the FBI, Prouty was granted a security clearance and assigned to the FBI’s Washington Field Office to work on an extraterritorial squad investigating crimes against U.S. persons overseas. During her tenure with the FBI, Prouty was not assigned to work on investigations involving the international terrorist group Hizballah.
In August 2000, Prouty’s sister, Elfat El Aouar, entered into a marriage with Talal Khalil Chahine, the owner of La Shish Inc. In September 2000, Prouty, while employed as an FBI special agent, used the FBI’s computerized Automated Case System (ACS), without authorization, to query her own name, her sister’s name, and that of her brother-in-law, Talal Khalil Chahine. In addition, on or about June 4, 2003, Prouty accessed the FBI’s ACS and obtained information from a national security investigation into Hizballah that was being conducted by the FBI’s Detroit Field Office.
According to court documents, in August 2002, Prouty’s sister, Elfat El Aouar, and her brother-in-law, Talal Khalil Chahine, attended a fundraising event in Lebanon where the keynote speakers were Chahine himself and Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah. Sheikh Fadlallah had previously been designated by the U.S. government as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist based upon his status as a leading ideological figure with Hizballah.
In June 2003, through a series of false representations and use of her fraudulently procured proof of U.S. citizenship, Prouty, then known as “Nada Nadim Prouty,” voluntarily left her position with the FBI and obtained employment with the CIA. It was also a prerequisite to CIA employment that she be a U.S. citizen.
On Nov. 6, 2007, Prouty resigned her position at the CIA. Pursuant to the terms of her plea agreement, she has agreed to fully and truthfully cooperate with the CIA on any matters the CIA deems necessary to transition Prouty out of its employment in a manner consistent with safeguarding the national security of the United States. This cooperation includes participation in debriefing and polygraph interviews.
The ongoing investigation into this matter is being conducted by the FBI and ICE, with assistance from the U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, and the Internal Revenue Service.
The case is being prosecuted by Eric M. Straus, Chief of the National Security Unit, and Kenneth R. Chadwell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Michigan, as well as Mark J. Jebson, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and Senior Assistant Chief Counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
###
07-910
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
