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TUCSON - Some surprising news came from the United States Border Patrol. The Patrol has purchased 1,000 guns that fire non-lethal paintball or pepper pellets. The goal of a target practice session was to hit the white rag at the end of a hall with paintballs. Border Patrol agents may soon use paintballs to defend themselves against smugglers along the border due to an increase in violence. Surveillance video from an incident last year in El Paso shows a Border Patrol agent retreating after people pelt him with rocks. Some could argue the same about being hit by a paintball...

JANUARY 22--For the aspiring young assassin, a popular online games site offers kids the opportunity to assume the identity of a leading presidential contender and then shoot their political opponents in a series of armed confrontations in the White House.

Calculating the Risks in Pakistan A small group of U.S. military experts and intelligence officials convened in Washington for a classified war game last year, exploring strategies for securing Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if the country's political institutions and military safeguards began to fall apart. The secret exercise — conducted without official sponsorship from any government agency, apparently due to the sensitivity of its subject — was one of several such games the U.S. government has conducted in recent years examining various options and scenarios for Pakistan's nuclear weapons: How many troops might be required for a military intervention in...

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia: In a precedent-setting case, a man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for lying to authorities about his participation in a terror training camp in Pakistan after prosecutors successfully argued that his lies obstructed a wide-ranging terrorism investigation. Under normal sentencing guidelines, Sabri Benkahla, 32, would have received at most a three-year term for his convictions earlier this year on charges of lying to a grand jury, obstruction of justice and making a false statement. But for the first time, prosecutors were able to obtain a stiffer sentence by arguing that Benkahla's lies effectively promoted terrorism....

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A man once accused of aiding the Taliban with a U.S. group that trained with paintball guns was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for lying to authorities about training with militants in Pakistan.Under normal sentencing guidelines, Sabri Benkahla would have received at most a three-year term for his convictions this year on charges of lying to a grand jury, obstruction of justice and making a false statement.

The founder of AMERICA'S TRUTH FORUM, a website dedicated to exposing the terrorist threat to America, who is also a Freeper Lurker, Jeff Epstein, will be on FOX news TODAY. America's Truth Forum's president, Jeffrey Epstein, will be appearing on FOX News Channel Saturday May 12, 2007 at 2:30pm ET when host Jamie Colby discusses the critical expose currently offered on ATF's Terrorism Update, Paintballing for Allah, with regard to the recent planned attack on Ft. Dix by jihadis. Be sure to tune in to FOX News Channel for this important interview!

NEW YORK -- Six men from New Jersey have been arrested in an alleged terror plot against soldiers at Fort Dix, according investigators. Investigators said the men planned to use automatic weapons to enter Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers as they could at the N.J. base. Fort Dix was just one of several military and security locations allegedly scouted by this group, authorities said. Investigators told Newschannel 4's Jonathan Dienst that these arrests are the result of a tip to the FBI and use of an informant to track the suspects. The terror suspects traveled over the last...

Terror Arrests in Fort Dix Plot FORT DIX, N.J. May 8, 2007 - Six ethnic Albanians have been arrested in a plot to storm the Fort Dix installation in Burlington County. Five of the suspects were arrested in Cherry Hill. They will be arraigned later today in federal court. Officials say it will happen in either in Camden or Newark. Investigators say the suspects planned to use automatic weapons to storm the base and kill solders. The men were lured into a secret meeting to purchase AK-47s from an arms dealer, who was secretly cooperating with the FBI. Officials say...

He never made it to Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban, but Kwon -- a Northern Virginia engineer who fled the United States nine days after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks said it wasn't for lack of effort. Kwon, 29, a South Korea-born graduate of Virginia Tech who is serving an 11-year prison sentence as a result of his guilty plea last year on federal conspiracy and weapons charges. He has emerged as the prosecution's star witness in the case against Ali Al-Timimi, an American Islamic scholar charged with recruiting soldiers for the Taliban just five days after Sept....

A Virginia man who three years ago was acquitted of giving aid to the Taliban was convicted yesterday of lying to a federal grand jury about his training with a Pakistani militant group. A jury in U.S. District Court in Alexandria convicted Sabri Benkahla, 31, of Falls Church, of four felony counts, including perjury and obstruction of justice. He faces up to 25 years in prison when sentenced April 27. Prosecutors said Benkahla, a U.S. citizen, lied about training he received from Lashkar-e-Taiba, which the U.S. government has since designated a terrorist group.

They're used to war around here. In 1485, Henry VII snatched the Crown just 20 miles away at the Battle of Bosworth. A century and a half later, Oliver Cromwell's troops destroyed the royalists four miles from here at Naseby. During World War II, this very field was an RAF bombing range. But even the hedgerows and all-seeing steeples of this ancient Northamptonshire hunting country cannot have witnessed anything quite as bizarre as this... --SNIP-- ...Invented in the U.S. in 1981, paintball arrived in Britain soon afterwards and has grown into an industry where anyone can play a grown-up game...

Paintball imams spread militancy Abul Taher and Ali Hussain Activity days are 'front' to recruit young Muslims THE party of youths pulled on their blue overalls, snapped shut their visors and, taking aim with their paintball guns, prepared for four hours of licensed mayhem. But the men who pursued each other last Sunday morning through the wooded grounds of Delta Force’s paintballing park near Congleton, Cheshire, had little in common with the stag parties and company teams nearby. Instead of listening to corporate pep talks between sessions, the young Asian men were instructed by an imam dressed in fatigues on...

Berkeley motorists and pedestrians -- and even a dog -- have been stung by paintballs at 10 different locations in recent weeks, likely by someone who is firing the projectiles from a car, police say. One victim was reportedly struck in the throat. "These incidents have caused welts, distress and damage by a variety of paintball colors," Sgt. Mary Kusmiss said. "The victims thus far have escaped serious injury, although the possibility is very real." The first attacks began on June 13 and the last one happened Sunday, police said. The incidents were typically in the afternoon or just before...

SANTA FE— Never say that New Mexico isn't innovative: The state's Game & Fish Department officers in Raton are using paintball guns to chase the black bears out of town. "It's just another tool," said Lief Ahlm, northeast operations area chief for the department, explaining that his officers also use rubber buckshot. But Ahlm said the rubber buckshot in a shotgun is noisy and expensive— $1-$2 a shot. "I can buy 500 paintballs for about 10 bucks," said Ahlm, "and my guys can hit him maybe 8 or 10 times. As fast as you can pull the trigger, you can...

Watching the ball drop, twirling a noisemaker, kissing your sweetheart, and making a resolution that rarely comes to pass -- everyone looks forward to the memory of a new year. But one group will be ringing in the New Year a little differently…through a children’s jihad retreat, with a guest speaker who exalts terrorists and another who is linked to al-Qaeda. The majority of Islamic organizations within the United States have, at one time or another, been cited for their connections to terrorism, whether by support of terror groups or through actual terrorist activity carried out by its members. Two...

Nine people were taken to a hospital Tuesday after they were shot at random with a paintball gun, said Syracuse Police. From 8:42 to 9:15 p.m., three city residents drove around in a green Dodge Intrepid shooting paintballs at people, said Sgt. Tom Connellan. Robert Cohn, 21, of 601 Kirkpatrick St., and Duane Mike and Wayne Mike, both 16, of 208 Thurber St., were arrested after police witnessed their last attack, Connellan said. The first attack took place at 406 Wolf St. and injured four people, police said. The extent of their injuries was not known Tuesday night. The second...

8 September 2005 PLAN FOR AIRGUN REGISTER A NEW register for those who buy and sell airguns is being considered by the Cabinet. After intense lobbying by the Executive, the Government at Westminster have agreed for new regulations on the weapons but are refusing to impose an outright ban. The moves follow a public outcry after the death of toddler Andrew Morton. He died in March after he was shot in the head by an air rifle pellet fired by junkie Mark Bonini in Easterhouse, Glasgow. The killer was jailed for life last month and ordered to spend at least...

Paintball game featuring generic Arab raises concern Terrorism-themed game features Arab caricature Stroll a county fair this summer and you might find Freedom Bunker, where the staff wears military fatigues and American flags flutter. Players shoot paintballs at stationary targets, including a likeness of Osama bin Laden -- and at a man dressed in typical Middle East garb. Some players shout at him, "Die, terrorist!" Is this good, clean, patriotic fun or a crude caricature that encourages violence against Muslims? "We consider ourselves paintball enthusiasts and patriots," said Terry Kirby, 41, of Enola, one of the game's creators along with...

I would like it to be within, say 90 minutes of Philadelphia. We would need rentals as well. Thanks.

Aftenposten News from Norway First published: 20 Jul 2005, 15:09 Politicians played at shooting Muslims Politicians from one of Norway's small parties played at shooting Muslims when they gathered for a summer meeting on the Hurum Peninsula. The event has drawn fire from anti-racists. It all started when members of The Democrats (Demokratene), along with some of their supporters, held a paintball competition at what they called an "informal" summer meeting. The politicians divided themselves into two groups, one of them dressed up like Muslim terrorists. "This was both fun and useful, and we hope to have more competitions...

Ottawa – Canadian soldiers testing their fighting skills in a rare urban exercise were forced to rent commercial paintball weapons because they couldn't get proper army gear, a newly disclosed document shows. The unusual paintball battle was fought in the Halifax area last February, as the army practised helicopter evacuations in a hostile urban setting. Four Griffon helicopters ferried troops from the Halifax Commons across the harbour to an unused military housing complex in Dartmouth, N.S., where room-to-room searches were conducted. The dramatic training included some civilian participants, and drew curious citizens who were quick to snap souvenir pictures. An...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A prominent Islamic scholar was convicted Tuesday of encouraging followers in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops. Jurors reached their verdict in their seventh day of deliberations in the trial of Ali al-Timimi. Al-Timini faces a mandatory maximum sentence of life in prison, federal prosecutors said. Prosecutors have said al-Timimi was a respected scholar who enjoyed "rock star" status among his followers and that he used that influence to guide them into holy war against the United States. Many of the followers often got together to play paintball...

12 Washington-area Muslims investigated for alleged terrorist ties http://www.jewishworldreview.com | (KRT) The FBI and a federal grand jury are investigating at least 12 Muslim men from the Washington area whom the government suspects of sharing ties to terrorists. The men and their attorneys say they are the victims of overzealous agents who are attributing sinister motives to activities as innocent as the men's participation in paintball games. Several searches of the men's homes turned up a mixed bag of evidence, according to inventories of the seized items. The items included what agents described as a "terrorist manual" and a "printout...

In order to comply with the firearms and weapons policies on eBay websites worldwide, effective today, December 28th, Gun Parts, Gun Accessories, Paintballs equipment and accessories, Crossbows, Airsoft equipment and accessories, and Throwing Knives may only be sold on eBay.com by sellers who are located in United States. The item and its specified Item location on the listing must be the United States. Additionally, US sellers may only offer domestic shipping on these products. Current listings that meet these conditions will be allowed to end as scheduled. All new listings or any re-listed item must comply with this policy effective...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14 - Five artificial-turf paintball fields were laid out like giant green dominoes in the Qualcomm Stadium parking lot here: a setting befitting a sport that aspires to grandeur but that is as yet a funky outsider. But long before you could see the players, goggled and masked and carrying sophisticated militaristic toys, you could hear the chaotic splatting, a joyous flatulence made by hundreds of men, and a handful of women, plastering one another with pink and yellow gobs of goo. An estimated seven million paintballs were being shot by players from the United States, Canada,...

11/01/04 - HOUSTON) — A case of Halloween vandalism has killed one teenager and left three others in very bad shape Monday morning. Police say around 9pm Sunday night, four teenagers in a Suburban rode around The Heights and pulled off about a dozen paintball attacks. Police say the attacks ended when a victim got mad. They say the owner of a Ford pick-up covered in paintball stains rammed the teens' Suburban. "Apparently somebody they were shooting at started to chase them and gave chase and ended up hitting the vehicle with kids in it causing them to lose control,"...

Sentences Lengthy for 'Virginia Jihad' Wednesday June 16, 2004 3:01 AM By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Maryland man convicted of traveling to Pakistan and seeking to fight with the Taliban against the United States just days after Sept. 11 was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison. Masoud Khan was one of three people sentenced Tuesday on charges they trained for holy war against the United States by playing paintball games in the Virginia woods as part of a ``jihad'' network. Prosecutors said Khan's actions were worse than the other suspects because he also traveled...

RANDALL TODD ROYER AND IBRAHIM AHMED AL-HAMDI SENTENCED FOR PARTICIPATION IN VIRGINIA JIHAD NETWORK WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft, Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division, and U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty of the Eastern District of Virginia announced that Randall Todd Royer and Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Hamdi were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema for their convictions on charges stemming from their participation in a network of militant jihadists centered in Northern Virginia. Royer, 31, pled guilty in January 2004 to a two-count criminal information charging him with aiding and abetting...

Alexandria, Va. – Two American Muslims were sentenced Friday to 20 and 15 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in support of a Virginia-based conspiracy to engage in holy war against nations deemed hostile to Islam, including the United States. The two men, Randall Todd Royer, 31, and Ibrahim al-Hamdi, 26, were among nine men who either pleaded guilty or were convicted of charges related to their participation in what prosecutors called a "Virginia jihad network." Two others who faced charges were acquitted on all counts. The group used paintball games played in the woods near Fredericksburg in 2000...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP)--Two American Muslims accused of training for holy war against the United States by waging paintball battles in the Virginia woods were sentenced Friday to 15 years or more in prison. Randall Todd Royer, 31, and Ibrahim al-Hamdi, 26, were among nine men who either pleaded guilty or were convicted of charges related to their participation in what prosecutors called a ``Virginia jihad network.'' Two others were acquitted on all counts. The group used paintball games in 2000 and 2001 as military training in preparation for holy war against nations deemed hostile to Islam, prosecutors say. After the...

Government warns paintball gun users while it investigates two deaths ASSOCIATED PRESS 11:14 a.m. March 24, 2004 WASHINGTON – The government issued sharp warnings on Wednesday to paintball gun users, announcing new safety measures while investigations continue into two deaths caused by canisters flying off the guns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said both deaths occurred after brass valves unscrewed from the pressurized carbon dioxide canisters on the guns, which turned the canisters into projectiles. In June 2003, a 15-year-old boy from Washington state died after the canister he was removing struck him in the head, the commission said. In...

<p>HOLLAND TWP. -- A Bucks County man faces an unusual weapons charge following a traffic stop Monday on River Road.</p> <p>Robert B. McManus, 25, of Riegelsville, Pa., is charged with possession of imitation firearms, a fourth-degree criminal offense, police report.</p>

Man faces jail in paint ball attack By Katie Morell Daily press & argus A paint ball attack on state police vehicles could land a young man in jail. Troopers from the Brighton post of the Michigan State Police arrested a 17-year-old Brighton male last week on charges of malicious destruction of police property in an early-January attack on patrol cars in the post's parking lot. The man is awaiting arraignment on adult felony charges with a maximum penalty of five years in prison. According to Sgt. Therese Fogarty-Cremonte, the attack occurred sometime between the hours of 11 a.m. and...

<p>A paintball gun's gas canister hits and kills a Cameron Park mom in a freak accident.</p> <p>Mark Contois was standing by his wife at their 10-year-old son's birthday party Monday when the freak paintball accident happened. Within seconds, Colette Contois, 37, was dead. Authorities said she was killed instantly when a carbon dioxide canister inexplicably shot out from a paintball gun that a teen was taking apart.</p>

<p>ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Four U.S. citizens who allegedly used paintball games outside Washington for military-style training went on trial Monday on charges of conspiracy to aid the Taliban against the United States.</p> <p>The government has alleged the four, who waived their right to a jury trial, are members of a "Virginia jihad network."</p>

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Four men who are to go on trial Monday were members of a dangerous Muslim terror cell that schemed to support the Taliban and fight the United States, the government charges. Defense lawyers paint a different picture, saying overzealous prosecutors have turned legal activities, like playing paintball and buying weapons, into a sinister plot, and are inferring anti-American sentiments where none exist. It will be up to U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema to decide the men's guilt or innocence: all four defendants and the prosecution have waived their right to a jury trial. The four men were...

On January 16, two more Defendants pleaded guilty in the Alexandria, Virginia Federal “paintball” terror case that began this summer with the arrest and indictment of eleven men from varied backgrounds who came together in the Virginia countryside to engage in what they initially claimed was innocent game playing.  These latest guilty pleas, bringing the total to six in the case, are clear victories for the Government. The Defendants were Randall Royer and Ibrahim Al-Hamdi and both entered guilty pleas to Federal firearms violations related to the case, with Royer also pleading to an explosives violation.  These Defendants will be...

A key member of an alleged Virginia jihad network pleaded guilty to federal weapons and explosives charges today, denying that he intended to harm Americans but acknowledging that he and his co-defendants had sought to fight on behalf of Muslim causes abroad. Randall Todd Royer, 30, of Falls Church, entered his surprise plea in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. He faces at least 20 years in prison when he is sentenced April 9. Another of the 11 men originally charged in the case, Ibrahim Ahmed al-Hamdi, 26, of Alexandria, pleaded guilty to similar charges and faces at least 15 years...

Vandals shoot paintballs at police cars, bystander By Shaun Byron Daily Press & Argus The Michigan State Police post in Brighton and a 40-year-old man from Hartland Township were the victims of vandals sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday. Some state police vehicles were shot with a paintball gun during the day, said Therese Fogarty-Cremonte, a sergeant with the Brighton post of the Michigan State Police. Shortly after 1 p.m., a man was shot in the chest with a paintball from a vehicle. Police say it was the same shooter. A vehicle pulled behind the post, 4803 Old...

<p>Injuries to adults and children playing paintball have tripled in recent years, including eye damage causing lasting vision loss, a study found.</p> <p>From 1997 to 2000, paintball-related injuries nationwide climbed from 926 to 2,780, with up to a third occurring in children younger than 15, according to the study, which analyzed injury data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.</p>

WASHINGTON: Three members of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, accused of a scheme to engage in "holy jehad" against Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir , have been sentenced by a US court to prison terms ranging from three to 11 years following guilty pleas in August to conspiracy and weapons charges. US District Judge Leonie M Brinkema in Alexandria on Friday sentenced Yong Ki Kwon, 27, a naturalised US citizen of Fairfax, Khwaja Mahmood Hasan, 27, a Pakistani-born US citizen who lived in Alexandria, and Donald T Surratt, 30, a former US soldier of Suitland. The three men were among...

<p>ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Three men accused of practicing military tactics at a paintball field outside Washington were sentenced to prison Friday for their roles in a Virginia jihad network that trained members to support a Pakistani terrorist group.</p> <p>Yong Ki Kwon and Khwaja Mahmood Hasan of Fairfax, Va., and Donald T. Surratt of Suitland, Md., pleaded guilty to conspiracy and gun charges in August.</p>

<p>October 16, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - The three Americans recently handed over to the U.S. by Saudi Arabia are members of an Islamic "paintball gang" wanted on terrorism charges in Virginia, officials revealed yesterday.</p> <p>Justice Department and Saudi embassy officials said three American citizens who were part of a group of 12 men indicted for "jihad training" at a remote paintball park in Spotsylvania County, Va., were arrested in Saudi Arabia this summer and extradited to the United States, where they will go on trial next month.</p>

Jihad In AmericaBy Evan McCormickFrontPageMagazine.com | September 5, 2003 Federal agents are peeling away the layers of an extensive domestic terrorist support nexus, and some of America’s most politically active Muslim groups have been implicated in the process.  On August 22nd, President Bush designated five charities and six senior Hamas officials as Special Designated Global Terrorist Entities (SDGTs), freezing their assets and barring financial transactions with US nationals.  The move was in response to the August 19 suicide bombing that killed 21 Israelis, for which Hamas claimed responsibility.  As US Treasury Secretary John Snow said, “Hamas’ leaders and those who...

Aiming a ball at a target to drop a clown into a tub of water is old school at the Coney Island Boardwalk. Now people eagerly shoot the Freak. The Freak, as signs and the barker say, is a live human target. Coney Island has seen a lot, from real-life crime to the Painproof Rubber Girl. But even in a place where trouble and cheap spectacle are the norm, "Shoot the Freak" has been turning heads. Up to six customers at a time can stand on the Boardwalk, a few yards from Stillwell Avenue, and aim their rifles down an...

It could be a return to bad guys vs. good guys at the shuttered Joliet Correctional Center. The prison, which closed in 2001 after 143 years of housing such notorious criminals as Baby Face Nelson, could reopen as a paintball playground. "The game would be based on a prison break, of course. One team would be guards, the other would be prisoners," said Angie Mercer, president of the Joliet Regional Landlords Association. Members toured the 72-acre prison site this week. Mercer conceded her group has no firm plans for financing the venture. Since Gov. George Ryan ordered the Illinois Department...

My church is having a retreat this weekend, and one of the activities (IIRC) is paintball. I realize that terrain will vary. However, I would be interested in getting some general strategy and tactics. Are most paintball guns single-shot (i.e. must be reloaded each time) or are some equipped with a magazine to allow multiple shots? When I was a Boy Scout, I was taught to “squeeze” rather than “pull” the trigger. Does that principle still apply? What else should people keep in mind when firing?

<p>ALEXANDRIA - The final three of 11 defendants in an alleged "Virginia jihad network" accused of training to support a Pakistani terrorist group are in U.S. custody.</p> <p>The three defendants - Seifullah Chapman, Sabri Benkhala and Khwaja Mahmood Hasan - had been in Saudi custody for nearly one month but arrived in the United States during the weekend and made an initial appearance yesterday in U.S. District Court.</p>

<p>A controversy has erupted over a twisted new Las Vegas game in which armed players in camouflage hunt down naked young women with paintball guns - and even have sex with them after the chase. The creators of "Hunting for Bambi" charge up to $10,000 per participant for the "thrill" of chasing showgirls, who are nude except for sneakers, and blasting them with red dye.</p>

Political correctness is a ruse and a guise to make the world seem perfect. The world isn't perfect. It will never be perfect. People will always have different opinions and there will always be discrimination. Anyone who thinks differently is living in a fantasy world. You can candy up what you say a million different ways. When you decide to look out the window, and see what's going on outside, in the real world, you realize that things are no different if you say something in a moronic way. Being politically correct, to a point, is an admission that you...