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Former Russian colonel detained on suspicions of complicity in terrorism 23.12.2010, 21.03 MOSCOW, December 23 (Itar-Tass) - Former Colonel of the Russian Military Intelligence Service /GRU/, Vladimir Kvachkov, who was recently exonerated of charges with attempting on the life of Anatoly Chubais, the ex-CEO of the UES of Russia power monopoly, is suspected of complicity in terrorism and plans to organize an armed revolt, sources at Moscow's Lefortovo district court told Itar-Tass Thursday. "The court has received a petition from the Investigations Department of the Federal Security Service /FSB/ that contains a request to administer custody as a pretrial measure...

Call out the Instigator Because there's something in the air We got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here You know it's right! - Thunderclap Newman I'm not backing off. I tried to remove myself from the political realm of the US, which BushCo is turning into an Evil Empire, but the blatant audacity of George commuting Scooter's sentence (he's not ruling out a full pardon - and you know he will) has dragged me kicking and screaming back in. I can't sit back and let this BushCo drag our country further down into the murky quagmire...

Uighurs to Declare War against Chinese Government (Uighur Jihad against China)/begin my translationUighurs to Declare War against Chinese Government09/30/05 The members of 'East Turkestan Liberation Organization(ETLO)' making the declaration via a video (from BBC) 'East Turkestan Liberation Organization(ETLO)', a radical Uighur organization, declared publicly war against Chinese government for the first time, via videotaped statements, BBC reported on Sept. 30th (in its Chinese edition.)According to BBC, 'East Turkestan Information Center' located in Munich, Germany, provided the link to the web site containing this video(made by Tianshan branch of ETLO), and apparently it was announced via overseas Wanwei free server, fhreactor.com.In...