http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hesdeadjim/ en-us Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:45:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399915/posts <p>A 44-year-old Texas man was executed Thursday evening for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl, despite pleas from his attorneys he was too mentally impaired to qualify for capital punishment.</p> <p>Bobby Wayne Woods received lethal injection about a half-hour after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt his punishment, which was delayed briefly until the high court ruled in his case. His lawyers had argued Woods was mentally impaired, making him ineligible for execution, and that previous appeals to spare Woods' life were unsuccessful because of shoddy work by his lawyer at the time.</p> Associated Press via Comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399915/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373508/posts SNIPPET: "According to one of my most trusted sources, the blurry image seen on the tape is indeed Osama bin Laden. One of the reasons that this is convincing is that the blurry image remains in the video. As Sahab, which produces al Qaeda's propaganda, is very selective in the information it releases, and rarely leaves garbage in its videos. As Sahab intentionally leaves in this clip, for reasons unknown. Does al Qaeda want to generate a buzz? Is this a hidden message? Perhaps this is a precursor to a new bin Laden tape?" THE LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373508/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:44:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351835/posts John Evander Couey, convicted child rapist and murderer has died, depriving Florida and the family of Jessica Lunsford of seeing Couey's death sentence carried out. Mark Lunsford, the victim's father once said of Couey, that he wouldn't mind if Couey died at the hands of another inmate, saying “I would be buying a lot of cigarettes for someone.” Looks like Mr. Lunsford won't have to buy those cigarettes after all. Couey died of cancer today in prison. Nuke Gingrich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351835/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:42:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343854/posts Dawns on this poster -- that the ultimate "turnabout is fair play" would be to humiliate and bring down the one person who *invented* the left's politics of personal destruction: Saul Alinsky. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343854/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:13:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325280/posts ...evidence from the inquest suggested that she survived for hours due to a air pocket. If only Teddy would have called the police, had called for any kind of help, she might have survived... Cake Eater Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325280/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2308296/posts 47O44. I think I can see where the number comes from now. Its the 47th Copy Birth Certificate issued that year/month/day, by O for Oduya, the Deputy Registrar, and 44 refers to the Register/book it's recorded in. Link to Certificate on World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2308296/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285185/posts A source close to the Jacksons has exclusively revealed to X17 Online that family will likely have a traditional Muslim burial for late Michael Jackson. "The family is considering following the Muslim burial traditions because they believe Michael would have wanted to be laid to rest in keeping with his new-found religious beliefs," says the source. "Michael's brother Jermaine is educating the family as to the special rites because he feels it's important to bury his brother according to the Muslim way," adds the source. Despite earlier reports that both public and private memorial services for the late music performer... Ace show biz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285185/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:39:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282492/posts I wonder sometimes whether the Nixon tapes really will just continue to be the gift that never stops giving. I was in college when Richard Milhous Nixon was first elected president, and I can still remember the profound sense of loathing and disgust that I experienced at the mere sight, let alone the sound, of him and of his most especially repellent sidekick Henry Kissinger. Wiser and older people tell you that the passions of your youth will dry up and that a more sere and autumnal condition will overtake you as maturity advances, but the thought of the Nixon... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282492/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:04:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279499/posts LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279499/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:45:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235193/posts Law enforcement sources said they found David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of mortgage company Freddie Mac, hanging in the basement of his Reston, Va., home, dead from an apparent suicide early this morning. Virginia police say they found David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of mortgage company Freddie Mac, hanging in the basement of his Reston home, dead from an apparent suicide early this morning. (ABC News)The death was "an active investigation" and there were "no signs of foul play," Fairfax County police officer Sabrina Ruck said. Local police said they were called to Kellermann's home at 4:48am. Kellermann,... abc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235193/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:45:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207693/posts Killing Osama may be a top priority for President Obama, but it's almost Mission Impossible - like it was for his predecessor - if the terror leader is holed up high in Pakistan's snowy peaks, experts say. "The new people are going to face the same problems," warned a top adviser to President Bush. The U.S. has been secretly training for years, however, in case the CIA scores that rarest prize: Bin Laden's home address. But they already know his neighborhood. It's been a challenge, however, gaining intel on the region. Bin Laden hunters have had to turn to Lonely... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207693/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:45:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131183/posts HAVANA – Cuba on Wednesday presented a new book by Fidel Castro, who has not appeared in public since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006 but who authorities claim spent more than 400 hours working on the manuscript. "La Paz en Colombia," or "Peace in Colombia," explores Cuba's role in attempts to end Colombia's civil war, which has raged for more than four decades. The 265-page book was presented during a Havana ceremony that Castro did not attend, though one of his sons was there, as was Ricardo Alarcon, head of the country's rubber-stamp parliament. Several rounds of peace... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131183/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:28:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105361/posts LUCASVILLE, Ohio — A death row inmate convicted of murdering two women 22 years ago was set to death Tuesday without any family members present. ~snip~ The 5-foot-7, 267-pound Cooey had tried to avoid execution by arguing that his obesity would prevent humane lethal injection because viable veins in his arms are hard to find. ~snip~Cooey dined Monday evening on the special meal he ordered, including T-bone steak with A-1 sauce, onion rings, french fries, four eggs over easy, toast with butter, hash browns, a pint of rocky road ice cream, a Mountain Dew soft drink and bear claw pastries. The Ohio News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105361/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060365/posts SENIOR AL QAEDA COMMANDER ABU SAEED AL-MASRI KILLED IN PAKISTAN - SECURITY OFFICIAL reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060365/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:37:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057198/posts Medellin Execute For Rape, Murder of Houston Teens Link Only Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057198/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 03:08:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017975/posts This afternoon, Al-Qaida's As-Sahab Media Foundation has released the second audio recording of Usama Bin Laden in the space of only three days--this time, openly addressed "to the Islamic nation." But, perhaps what is most interesting about Bin Laden's latest set of audio recordings is not what they contain--but rather, what they inexplicably lack: the English-language subtitles and matching transcript that have, until recently, been a customary feature of professional-quality As-Sahab videos. An analysis of the history of As-Sahab recordings and their evolution over time would seem to indicate that the responsibility for creating these English-language products fell largely on... Conterterrorism Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017975/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 11:03:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016747/posts Excerpt - DUBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden vowed in an audio tape marking Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations to continue the fight against the Jewish state and its allies and not give up an inch of Palestinian land. "We will continue, God permitting, the fight against the Israelis and their allies ... and will not give up a single inch of Palestine as long as there is one true Muslim on earth," the al Qaeda leader said in the tape posted on an Islamist website on Friday. Bin Laden said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was at the heart of... Reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016747/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954391/posts HAVANA - Fidel Castro looked frail but alert and even playful in a series of official photographs taken during a meeting with Brazil's president on Tuesday, the first images of the ailing Cuban leader released in about three months. Wearing a tracksuit and tennis shoes that have become his trademark since he fell ill, Castro is seen seated and grinning, his beard well-trimmed and his hair combed as he talks with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In some images, Castro is seen pretending to snap pictures with a camera. The pictures were given to reporters as Brazil's leader left... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954391/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908464/posts LEFTIST leaders and sympathisers marked the 40th anniversary of the death of revolutionary icon Ernesto Che Guevara today in Cuba, where he is buried, and Bolivia, where he was killed in 1967. Cuba's Acting President, Raul Castro, led the main event under a giant bronze statue of the guerrilla fighter in the town of Santa Clara, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) east of Havana. Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, 81, was absent, but a homage he penned was read in public. The Argentine-born doctor-turned-guerrilla was "a flower torn up prematurely by the stem. I bow my head to pay tribute... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908464/posts#comment Tue, 9 Oct 2007 02:43:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895938/posts Krawetz says the inner frame of bin Laden was resaved at least twice, and not at the same time. The images show fine horizontal stripes on bin Laden and a background indicating these came from interlaced video sources. In contrast, the text elements, such as the As-Sahab logo, appear to be from non-interlaced sources. The September 7 video shows bin Laden dressed in a white hat, white shirt and yellow sweater. Krawetz notes "this is the same clothing he wore in the 2004-10-29 video. In 2004 he had it unzipped, but in 2007 he zipped up the bottom half. Besides... Cnet News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895938/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:47:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894424/posts (CNN) -- A new video purportedly featuring an introduction from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden appeared on the Internet Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. In the video's introduction, a voice identified as bin Laden's praises 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri, from Saudi Arabia. He sat in seat 2B on American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into World Trade Center's north tower. CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894424/posts#comment Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:36:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893413/posts Osama Bin Laden's widely reported video address to the American people has a peculiarity that casts serious doubt on its authenticity: the video freezes at about 1 minute and 36 seconds, and motion only resumes again at 12:30. The video then freezes again at 14:02 remains frozen until the end. All references to current events, such as the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan, and Sarkozy and Brown being the leaders of France and the UK, respectively, occur when the video is frozen! The words spoken when the video is in motion contain no references to contemporary... Booman Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893413/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:57:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893082/posts (CBS) "People of America," he says, "lend me your ears." So says the most wanted man in the world, Osama bin Laden, appearing in a new videotape which has surfaced nearly six years after the attacks of September 11, 2001. In it, he rails against Western corporations, neoconservatives, and Democrats in Congress, telling Americans they had voted for Democrats to stop the war, but in his words, the majority party hasn’t made a move worth mentioning. CBS News consultant Michael Scheuer, a former CIA analyst and author of "Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror" and... SeeBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893082/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:39:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892224/posts Egypt (AP) - Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden plans a new video addressing the American people regarding the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, terror monitoring groups said Thursday. SITE Intelligence Group said an Internet announcement of the plan included a photo of the al-Qaida leader from the upcoming video—his beard, which in previous messages had been streaked with gray, was entirely dark. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892224/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:55:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880103/posts Just reported on FOX News TV FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880103/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:45:42 GMT