http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/guyana/ en-us Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:01:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133346/posts Congresswoman remembers day of horror Rep. Jackie Speier November 16, 2008 "I'm 28 years old, and I am about to die." I was curled up behind the wheel of an airplane on a jungle airstrip in Guyana, South America. This isn't what I expected when I signed on to work for a United States congressman. Our fact-finding trip to investigate the Peoples Temple in Jonestown had gone horribly wrong. I lay as still as I could, pretending to be dead, as an unknown gunman pumped five bullets into me at close range. Pop-pop. Pop. Pop-pop. When the shooting stopped, I... SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133346/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:01:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132985/posts OAKLAND — Convinced Jim Jones was God, Garrett Lambrev was the first person to join Peoples Temple in Ukiah in 1966 after the group moved from Indiana. Ten years later — two years before the Jonestown tragedy — he was part of a wave of defectors, shaken to the core by tales of torture and wanting nothing to do with a god who could sanction such things. He was reviled as a traitor and lived in fear for his life. Yet as Lambrev reflects on the enigma of Peoples Temple, his thoughts settle not just on the horrors of the... Oakland Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132985/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:27:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132972/posts A San Mateo post office where assassinated Rep. Leo Ryan once had his congressional offices will be renamed in his honor at a ceremony Monday. The ceremony will take place one day before the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre in Guyana, when Ryan was gunned down by Peoples Temple members on orders from leader Jim Jones. More than 900 cult members died that day, most from ingesting cyanide-laced Flavor-Aid. Ryan was known for a hands-on, investigative approach to legislating that often took him far from his offices and the centers of power. Before his fateful trip to Jonestown, Ryan... MediaNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132972/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:30:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100120/posts Trinidadian Joseph Aboud, accompanied by a prominent lawyer, yesterday turned himself over to the police for questioning into the recent Regent Street arms bust, but the other two men wanted in connection with the discovery remained at large up to press time. Stabroek News understands that the 31-year-old contacted the lawyer early yesterday morning saying that he had just returned from the interior and wanted to turn himself in. Police last Friday issued wanted bulletins for Aboud, businessman Clayton Hutson and 23-year-old Frankie Ross for questioning with regard to the cache of high powered guns, a large quantity of ammunition... Stabroek News (Guyana's No. 1 Independent Daily) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100120/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 03:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060954/posts The bizarre remarks and actions of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continue to concern anyone who is interested in the peace and security of the Caribbean region. Chavez has recently purchased $4 billion worth of military equipment from Russia, including 24 Sukhoi combat aircraft with missiles, Main battle tanks, transport aircraft, air defence systems and Kalashnikov AK automatic assault rifles. This latest purchase follows a 2005-2006 agreement with Russia to buy over 50 combat helicopters, 12 Tor-M1state-of-the-art defence anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missile systems and 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles. Having purchased all this heavy-duty weaponry, Chavez boasted that his air force could... BBC Caribbean http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060954/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:33:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018531/posts A WOMAN was electrocuted at Pomona, last Saturday. The victim, Sharon Jairam was pronounced dead on arrival at Suddie Hospital, also on Essequibo Coast. She had been employed at the hospital as an accounts clerk III but was at home alone when the tragedy struck at around 14:00 h. Reports said the mother of one saw two of her sheep trembling and appeared to be suffering from cramps during a heavy downpour of rain and went to rescue them. But, as soon as she touched one of the animals, she began to scream. However, a neighbour who heard her and... Guyana Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018531/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 09:15:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926066/posts Criticisms of post-9/11 efforts to protect the United States from attack range from claims that America is more vulnerable than ever to the contention that the transnational terrorist danger is vastly over-hyped.[1] A review of publicly available information on at least 19 terrorist conspiracies thwarted by U.S. law enforce­ment suggests that the truth lies somewhere in between these two arguments. U.S. agencies are actively combating individuals and groups that are intent on killing Americans and plot­ting mayhem to foster violent extremist political and religious agendas. A review of the data suggests several important conclusions: Combating terrorism is essential for keeping... Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926066/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:17:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960077/posts GEORGETOWN (AFP) - - Gunmen with assault rifles shot and killed 11 people in a Guyana village early Saturday, in an attack police blame on a criminal gang whose leader has threatened widespread violence. At least five of the victims were children, said Divisional Police Commander Leroy Brummel. Three survivors were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The killing in the village of Lusignan was a "cowardly act" by "sick, demented criminals," said President Bharrat Jagdeo, addressing his country and appealing for calm. "We have to ensure this does not spread ethnic tension," said Jagdeo. "These are criminals. We have to hunt... Yahoo | AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960077/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902612/posts NEW YORK -- One person carrying a rifle in a bag was arrested on the St. John's Queens campus Wednesday afternoon, police said. The man appeared to be wearing a President Bush mask, according to preliminary information from law enforcement officials. Authorities asked students and faculty across the campus to stay indoors. There was a large police presence on the campus. Areas near the site of the man's apprehension have been locked down. Police said they were possibly looking for more suspects. The St. John's University Web site issued this advisory: "A male with a rifle in a bag was... WNBC NY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902612/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:44:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873675/posts GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Guyana continues to receive support from its regional colleagues to resolve the border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela even as a decision on the Summit issues is imminent. Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally said that at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government and the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) meetings this issue was raised. He said, “As in the past, Guyana has received fulsome support for its position in the matter and for the preservation of the sovereign right to have its territory fully.” There has been a hiatus in the issue, since the... Caribbean Net News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873675/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864995/posts Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday criticized the Kyoto Protocol on climate change for failing to allow countries like his nation with pristine unharvested forests to earn carbon credits. "The Kyoto Protocol is limited in that sense, and it's short-sighted in that it encourages bad behaviour basically among countries; if you cut down trees and you plant them back you get money, if you preserve them, you don't get anything," Jagdeo told a forum on agro-energy. brietbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864995/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1865036/posts Pwned! I've already told you that carbon credits are a scam, and have been proven to be in three investigations ... including one by the UN. The US has also reduced emissions more that the Kyoto countries, and now Guyana is uber pissed. Needs of the Many http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1865036/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844242/posts Four men including former PNCR Member of Parliament Abdul Kadir were yesterday charged by United States law enforcement officials with allegedly conspiring to blow up the John F Kennedy International airport as well as tanks storing aviation fuel and underground fuel pipelines. Those charged with Kadir are former JFK worker Russell Defreitas, a Guyanese-born US citizen; Kareem Ibrahim, an imam from Trinidad; and Guyanese Abdel Nur. Kadir and Ibrahim were arrested in Trinidad, while Defreitas was held in New York. Up to press time, however, Nur had not been apprehended and was thought to be still at large in Trinidad.... Starbroek News, Guyana http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844242/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jun 2007 23:09:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843845/posts One of the daughters of a man among four accused in a terror plot to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport and surrounding areas told FOX News Saturday that her father was "falsely arrested." Abdul Kadir, a Muslim and former member of Parliament in Guyana, was arrested in Trinidad for attempting to secure money for "terrorist operations," according to a Guyanese police commander who spoke on condition of anonymity. Kadir's wife, Isha, said that her husband was nabbed while boarding a flight to Venezuela, where he planned to pick up a travel visa to attend an Islamic religious conference in... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843845/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:04:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843491/posts British Intelligence: Al-Qaida Expanding -Full Story- British intelligence officials said they believe that al-Qaida has a secure base in Pakistan's Waziristan region and is planning terrorist operations.The group is reaching out to Muslims in North Africa, The Telegraph reported. Last year, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, an Algerian terrorist group, merged itself into al-Qaida, a move announced by Osama bin Laden's chief lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a tape promising action against the "apostates" in the Algerian government and "the treacherous sons of France."Al-Qaida is also believed to be planning expansion into Lebanon and Syria, the newspaper report... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843491/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jun 2007 02:57:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/851526/posts His style was that of a celebrity lecturer, spreading "enlightenment" in a rich baritone with the help of jokes and references to pop stars as he addressed rapt audiences the length of Britain. News of the arrival of the extremist Muslim cleric Abdullah el-Faisal would spread by word of mouth, and he attracted crowds of up to 150 people at a time. But beneath his jocular manner lay a philosophy skewed by hatred of "kuffars", or unbelievers, and shared by a web of associates allegedly leading back to Osama bin Laden.Yesterday Faisal, 39, was convicted of soliciting murder and stirring... independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/851526/posts#comment Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:02:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816659/posts GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Embattled....Bernard Kerik has withdrawn from contracts to advise two Caribbean governments on security because of his unresolved legal troubles......President Bharrat Jagdeo announced... Kerik was canceling commitments to Guyana and Trinidad......Kerik did not want either country "tainted" by allegations of ethics violations. Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816659/posts#comment Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:27:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537681/posts Edward Michael Mills Accused Of Killing Mother, Father, SisterBERKELEY, Calif. -- A man whose family was killed 25 years ago shortly after they defected from the Rev. Jim Jones' infamous People's Temple was arrested on murder charges, police said. Edward Michael Mills, 43, is accused of shooting to death his mother, father and sister while his parents were under police protection because they said they had received threats after the defection. Mills was taken into custody earlier this week, two years after police reopened their investigation into the murders and found new evidence they said links him to the crimes.... NBC11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537681/posts#comment Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477138/posts Qatar pledged $100 million in humanitarian assistance Saturday to help Americans recover from Hurricane Katrina, heading a list of more than a dozen countries joining an outpouring of support. They added to the more than 50 countries who had made pledges by the end of the day Friday. ``In these difficult circumstances, the people and the government of the state of Qatar would like to assure the people of the United States of its support and desire to assist the people in the affected area along the United States Gulf Coast,'' said a statement from the oil-rich Persian Gulf state's... Guardian UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477138/posts#comment Sun, 4 Sep 2005 16:26:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476386/posts In an accelerating drive, more than 50 countries have pledged money or other assistance to help Americans recover from Hurricane Katrina. Cuba and Venezuela have offered to help despite differences with Washington. Oil giant Saudi Arabia and small countries like Sri Lanka and Dominica are among the nations making pledges. "I hope that will remind Americans that we are all part of the same community," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday as offers kept pouring in. None has been turned down, Rice said at a news conference, disputing a report from Moscow that a Russian offer had been rejected.... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476386/posts#comment Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:24:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1408179/posts AMONG the Wayampi Indians it is not uncommon for children to give birth at 10 and become grandparents in their twenties. They hunt and fish in red loincloths. Their favourite food is smoked alligator. They are also among Europe’s most civic-minded citizens. Britain has the Pitcairn islands and the Dutch have West Indian Curaçao, but these cannot compete with the impressive French portfolio of dominions around the globe from the Pacific to the Amazon jungle. Their 1.4m voters could swing the result in the closely fought May 29 French referendum on the European Union’s constitution and determine the future of... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1408179/posts#comment Sun, 22 May 2005 16:47:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1326261/posts There have been huge disastrous floods in Guyana and the nation is openly appealing for help from the American military. This may seem like an old story, but it's not. I hope we help Guyana. There are good reasons, and it's in everyone's interest. The tsunami relief effort got word to the world that when you are in deep trouble, America is the one, the only one, you can reliably turn to. Swift efficient help to impossible areas, soldiers who are friendly and compassionate, soldiers who won't shake you down, soldiers who will treat you with dignity and help you... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1326261/posts#comment Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:52:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1275974/posts Suquamish -- She left behind what she could -- a name, a city, a marriage. Other things -- the newspaper articles, photos and, oddly, a candle blessed by the man before he was a demon -- she neatly labeled and filed away. That's how a legal secretary defeats chaos. The rest of the baggage resisted abandonment. It wouldn't be organized and layered into boxes. Guilt is as tenacious as a shadow, as slowly corrosive as salt air. The former Joyce Shaw didn't know this when she fled Jim Jones' Peoples Temple in 1976. She's learned it since. Yesterday, on the... Seattle Post-Intelligencer via rickross.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1275974/posts#comment Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1184441/posts Soldier Who Lost Right Leg to Roadside Bomb in Iraq War Sworn in As U.S. CitizenWhen a roadside bomb exploded beside him in Iraq, Army Staff Sgt. Hilbert Caesar lost his right leg serving the country he had adopted as a boy. On Tuesday, the United States officially adopted him. Using a cane, Caesar rose gingerly to take the oath of citizenship along with 33 others from 27 countries, including two other Iraq war veterans. Each new citizen was given a certificate and a small American flag. Caesar said the ceremony, presided over by Eduardo Aguirre, head of the U.S.... ABCNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1184441/posts#comment Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:50:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1164034/posts Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama are on alert for the possible entry of suspected terrorist Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, after Honduran authorities warned that the 29-year old suspect, referred to by law enforcement sources as "the next Mohammed Atta," may be seeking to cross into one of the countries. Costa Rica is bordered on the north by Nicaragua and on the south by Panama. Shukrijumah, who is considered one of the FBI's "top 5" terrorist concerns, allegedly was spotted in Honduras on May 27 at a Tegucigalpa Internet cafe. "We found out that this man was in Tegucigalpa at the... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1164034/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jul 2004 01:49:23 GMT