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Posted on 06/02/2008 12:04:34 PM PDT by nwctwx
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659764057&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Jun 18, 2008 13:08
“Two Kassams launched from Gaza Strip at Sderot; no casualties”
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
“Worldwide Caution”
January 17, 2008
SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. American citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.”
Note: How very sad. I will be keep Jaweed and his family in my prayers. -Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50238
“U.S. Special Forces Aid Dying Afghan Boy”
By Army Sgt. Lynne Steely
Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, June 17, 2008
placemark
“...sent a request-for-information to the Earthlink abuse office, though I’m not holding my breath to hear back from them.”
The complaint department at Earthlink (yeah, I’ve been there before) never seems to say very much, but you absolutely, positively NEVER get a second email from one of those pukes. I think they must have their own version of Viking Kitties in that email spamblocker setup.
Makes you kinda want to reach down the phone wire and get the POS by the throat, but turning his butt over to FBI works.
Wouldn’t want anyone to call you a Vigilante redneck along with all those other terms of endearment.
“...but turning his butt over to FBI works.”
Yep.
“Wouldn’t want anyone to call you a Vigilante redneck along with all those other terms of endearment.”
That would probably be one of the nicer “terms of endearment.”
Some people have an expansive vocabulary when they don’t like you, your web sites, and/or your online posts.
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032922/posts
Pakistani Man Sentenced to Death for Using ‘Derogatory Language’ about Mohammed
dailymail.co.uk ^ | June 18, 2008
Posted on June 18, 2008 12:06:21 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A Pakistani man was sentenced to death for blasphemy on Wednesday after he defiled the Muslim holy book and used derogatory language to refer to the Prophet Mohammad, a police official said.
Convictions for blasphemy are fairly common in predominantly Muslim Pakistan, with most cases involving members of religious minorities, but death sentences have never been carried out usually because convictions are thrown out on a lack of evidence.
The convicted man, Mohammad Shafeeq, a Muslim in his early 20s, was arrested in 2006 in a village near the eastern city of Sialkot where the trial was held in the court of Justice Shoaib Ahmad Roomi.
“Judge Roomi sentenced him to death for defiling the Holy Koran and using derogatory language against the Prophet,” said Shezada Hassan Ali, a senior official at the jail where Shafeeq has been kept.
“He can appeal the court decision.”
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has long demanded he repeal of the blasphemy law which, it says, is misused against religious minorities such as Christians.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch group this week urged the abolition of the death penalty in Pakistan where nearly a quarter of 31,400 convicts in the country have been sentenced to death.
In 2007, 309 prisoners were sentenced to death and 134 were hanged, the group said, adding that most of those sentenced to death were poor and illiterate.
“Some people have an expansive vocabulary when they don’t like you, your web sites, and/or your online posts.”
LOL. Refer them to me.
Been a while since I took off my Navy Chief’s hat, but I still enjoy listening in now and then when amateurs try their hands at cursing. Most of ‘em are just trying to compensate for their own impotence by imitating sounds that frighten them.
“LOL. Refer them to me.”
Smiling at you...that’s very kind of you Unrepentant VN Vet.
I have a referral system already:
1. Threats and perceived threats go to the authorities.
2. Rants that are interesting are saved.
3. Jerks go to junk mail and are then entered in the trash
can where they are deleted with a garbage compactor
noise that goes on when my trash can is emptied.
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UPDATE:
www.aclu.org/safefree/discrim/35698prs20080618.html
“ACLU Challenges Government’s Stigmatizing Of Mainstream Muslim Groups In Holy Land Case (6/18/2008)
Group Asks Court To Clear Names Of Two Organizations Unconstitutionally Labeled ‘Unindicted Co-Conspirators’”
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “DALLAS - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed a legal challenge today to clear the names of two mainstream Muslim organizations labeled by the government as “unindicted co-conspirators” in its criminal case against the Holy Land Foundation (HLF). Government attorneys publicly identified the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) as co-conspirators before the HLF trial, even though neither organization was the subject of a criminal investigation or charged with any crimes.”
bttt
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/yemen/
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/Yemen-Saada/index.html
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BLOG:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/in_pictures_yemeni_g.php
“In Pictures: Yemeni government targets civilians in Sa’ada”
By JANE NOVAKJune 18, 2008 12:10 AM
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Previously...
BLOG:
Note: Photos included.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/192942.php
June 09, 2008
“Yemeni Journalist al-Khaiwani Imprisoned for Photos of Government War Crimes Like These”
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BLOG:
http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2008/06/09/al-khaiwani-verdict-six-years-with-hard-labor/
“al-Khaiwani verdict: Six years with hard labor”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Filed under: Yemen — by Jane Novak at 6:17 am on Monday, June 9, 2008
He’s in jail now. This from the same court that finds it legal and even admirable when Yemenis murder Iraqis in Iraq. But writing about the Yemeni civilians suffering during Ali Mohsen’s personal jihad in Sa’ada is punishable by six years in jail. Every journalist in Yemen is much less free now. And so is the world.”
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50246
“General Blames Iranian-Backed Militants for Baghdad Explosion”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2008
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/images/Fawadi-Wanted.php
PHOTO CAPTION: “Wanted poster for Haydar Mahdi Khadum Al Fawadi.”
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BLOG:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/mahdi_army_cell_lead.php
“Mahdi Army cell leader behind deadly Baghdad bombing”
By BILL ROGGIO
June 18, 2008 8:31 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Fawadi is behind multiple attacks on US and Iraqi forces. He uses the deadly explosively formed projectile weapons, which are manufactured in Iran, and more conventional roadside bombs in his attacks. “He intimidates the Shia population with threats of violence and murder,” said Stover.”
Belated post, but still great...
BLOG:
http://lafd.blogspot.com/2008/06/firefighters-encourage-you-to-remember.html
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008
“Firefighters Encourage You To Remember The Red, White and Blue”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50253
“Terrorists Use Roadside Bombs as Strategic Weapon, General Says”
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2008
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/china
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Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/080618sanjose.htm
June 18, 2008
Chinese national sentenced for committing economic espionage with intent to benefit China Navy Research Center
First sentencing under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 and first conviction involving military source code under the Arms Export Control Act
SAN JOSE - Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 44, a software engineer born in China and currently a resident of Cupertino, Calif., was sentenced today to two years in prison by the Honorable Jeremy Fogel, U.S. District Court Judge in San Jose. Meng was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release following his prison term; pay a fine of $10,000, and forfeit computer equipment seized in the case.
The sentence, the first handed down for a violation of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (18 USC Section 1831), was announced by Patrick Rowan, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California; Arthur Cummings, Executive Assistant Director for the FBI’s National Security Branch; and Julie L. Myers, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
On Aug. 1, 2007, Meng pleaded guilty to two national security violations: one count of violating the Economic Espionage Act and one count of violating the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Meng’s conviction was the first involving military source code under the Arms Export Control Act and marked the second case in which there was a conviction under the Economic Espionage Act for misappropriating a trade secret with the intent to benefit a foreign government.
According to court records based on the nearly four-year investigation by ICE and the FBI, Meng committed economic espionage by misappropriating a trade secret, known as “Mantis 1.5.5,” from his former employer, Quantum3D Inc., with the intent to benefit a foreign government, specifically the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Navy Research Center in Beijing. He did so by using the Mantis 1.5.5 trade secret as part of a demonstration project in attempting to sell products of his new employer, Orad, Hi-Tec Systems Ltd., which was a direct competitor of Quantum3D. The trade secret at issue, known as “Mantis,” is a Quantum3D product used to simulate real world motion for military training and other purposes.
In addition, Meng violated the Arms Export Control Act by knowingly and willfully exporting to the PRC a defense article on the United States Munitions List (defense article viXsen) without authorization from the United States. The product viXsen is a Quantum3D visual simulation software program used for training military fighter pilots who use night visual sensor equipment, including thermal imaging.
According to court documents, the investigation established that Meng had, in fact, misappropriated two defense articles (specifically nVSensor, in addition to viXsen described above), at least six source code products which were also trade secrets, and more than one hundred materials and utilities belonging to his former employer, Quantum3D. Many of these misappropriated Quantum3D products were intended primarily for military purposes. For example, nVSensor is a Quantum3D product used to provide night vision simulation and is exclusively used in military applications for precision training and simulation applications.
The investigation also established that defendant Meng was assisting in developing two separate military proposals for two separate Air Forces in Southeast Asia involving visual simulation equipment and source code. Copies of two F-16 Full Mission Simulator proposals involving two different countries were found on Meng’s laptop.
“Today’s case demonstrates the importance of safeguarding sensitive U.S. military technology as well as trade secrets. It should also serve as a warning to others who would compromise our national security for profit,” said Patrick Rowan, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security.
Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, stated, “In this case, a Silicon Valley trade secret was used in a demonstration project in Beijing with the intent to benefit the PRC Naval Research Center. Source code for military visual simulation programs to train military fighter pilots and restricted defense articles were also willfully exported outside the United States. We will continue to enforce the criminal laws against those who violate export restrictions and misappropriate our trade secrets. Many of the systems we protect are designed to safeguard our men and women in harm’s way and compromising them significantly adds to the perils that they face in defending us. It is imperative that we vigilantly protect the intellectual property developed in the Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the country so as to maintain as our nation’s military defense advantages, and to deter acts of aggression against vital American interests.”
“ICE is committed to shutting down those who are willing to put America’s national security on sale for a profit,” said Julie L. Myers, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for ICE. “The export of U.S. military products and sensitive technology is controlled for good reason - in the wrong hands, these items could be used to harm America or its allies. Enforcing U.S. export laws is one of ICE’s top priorities, and we will continue to work with our partners in law enforcement and industry to ensure that those who put our country at risk are brought to justice.”
FBI Executive Assistant Director for the National Security Branch, Arthur Cummings stated, “Protecting our nation’s most sensitive trade secrets and critical technology is at the core of the FBI mission. The FBI is committed to safeguard our country’s economic well-being and national security.”
Quantum3D, Inc., based in San Jose, California, has cooperated fully in the government’s investigation. Quantum3D produces hardware and software components for simulation systems for commercial and military customers. Some of the products include high-end visual simulation systems, and interactive, open-architecture visual computing solutions, image generators, and embedded graphics subsystems.
Defendant Meng was ordered to surrender for this prison term on Aug. 18, 2008. He has been out of custody after a $500,000 bond, secured by cash and real property, was posted at the beginning of the case.
— ICE —
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