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Yard is watching thousands of terror suspects By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor (Filed: 02/09/2006) Thousands of British Muslims are being watched by police and MI5 under suspicion of possible terrorist involvement, a Scotland Yard chief has disclosed. Peter Clarke, the head of the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist branch, said they were being looked at in the belief that they might be involved directly or indirectly in supporting terrorism. His estimate was given in an interview for a BBC2 documentary, al-Qa'eda: Time to Talk, which investigates British Muslim connections with the terrorist network and will to be shown tomorrow. Mr Clarke...

5/1/2006 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- In the wake of the attacks that took place on Sept. 11, 2001, the Department of Defense implemented new initiatives to thwart future attacks on U.S. soil. These measures were called “threat conditions.” It wasn’t until 2004 that the Defense Department revamped threatcon procedures into what are now known as Force Protection Conditions, or FPCONs. The old threat conditions were just not specific enough, said an anti-terrorism official. “We needed these new measures to not only prevent attacks from foreign terrorists, but domestic ones as well. “These might not be the...

From African bush to Scotland Yard - the murder trail that led to al-Qaida Eight sentenced to death in Somaliland for murder of British couple caught in killing campaign Rosie Cowan, crime correspondent Tuesday November 15, 2005 The Guardian (UK) In their 60s, when most people are contemplating putting their feet up, Dick and Enid Eyeington, a couple who had already given almost 40 years of their lives to Africa, took on their biggest challenge to date: running a boarding school in a remote part of the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland. Within two years they were dead, shot in their...

ROSELAND -- Battles over zoning and permits appear to be a common problem lately in the small town of Roseland. But residents now have a complaint that's not just about small town ordinances. It's about the nation's Constitution and its First Amendment, freedom of speech. This week, some residents have pitched signs in their yards, urging the two married members of the three-person Town Council, David and Dorothy Snyder, to resign. In return, residents have received warnings or tickets from the town, telling them they are breaking the law. "We don't have freedom of speech. We can't say what we...

Robert George Schulze showed up in Dakota County District Court on Tuesday to explain why, two years after he was cited by the city of South St. Paul, piles of wood still litter his back yard. Instead, Schulze, 88, was booked and placed in the county jail, where he is being held without bail for 30 days — or until he cleans up the clutter. "He's never been in prison before," said his wife, Mary, 84, standing in the offending back yard. "It will either kill him, or he's going to make a big story out of it later. I...

Posted on Hannity.com: Tuesday October 26, 2004 11:43pm Post subject: True story: democrat stealing Bush sign -- True story: Last Thursday I put out one of my Bush/Cheney signs in my front yard. Between midnight and 3:00 a.m. someone stole it. On Friday night I put out sign No. 2. Since I didn't have to get up early, I thought my dog and I would "stake out" our sign. This time I put the sign a little closer to the gate leading to my backyard.

AS a team of undercover officers from Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism unit surrounded a car on a residential street in the Preston Road area of Blackburn on Tuesday morning, dozens of residents, alerted by the sound of shouting and screeching brakes outside, ran to their front windows, simultaneously captivated and terrified by the surreal events on their doorstep. Tincie Hill, 27, watched as a team of heavily-armed officers surrounded a gold Mercedes saloon on the street outside her house. She said: "One of the police cars had blocked the Mercedes at the front and another car down its side. "Both of...

The Kerry yard signs are going up and there are no Bush Yard signs. The GOP website, the local Republican Club have no information regarding getting Yard signs. Once we can disseminate where to get yard signs, I encourage everyone to put one in their front yard. Remember the left wins with our silece. When you are silent the Democrat party will asume you agree with them because they believe THEY are 99% of the public. We need to "fly the flag" from now apparently. Any asistance will be appreciated.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A veterinarian accused of using a mallet to kill a miniature dachshund that had entered his yard has been charged with felony animal cruelty. Dr. Mircea Volosen, who was indicted Thursday, could receive up to two years in prison if convicted of killing his neighbor's pet. Police say the dog was killed July 4 after it entered Volosen's Fort Worth-area yard, where he keeps chickens and rabbits. Volosen's attorney, William D. Cox III, said Friday that his client will plead innocent. "We're disappointed and surprised by the indictment. It's merely Dr. Volosen was exercising his...