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To: Snowshoe who wrote (13683)	12/12/2001 12:42:57 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 281500

Saudi Women Get I.D. Cards for First Time ca.news.yahoo.com Tuesday December 11 8:11 AM EST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has started issuing identity cards to women for the first time to make their lives easier and help prevent fraud, the interior minister said Monday. "The issuing of identity cards to women was dictated by the requirements of modern life to enable a woman to carry out all her activities with ease and also to prevent forgeries and trickeries committed in the name of women in the absence of identification," Prince Nayef told the Saudi Press Agency. Saudi women are currently listed as dependents on their father's or husband's card. They are issued with passports but are not allowed to travel unless accompanied by a male legal guardian or with written permission from a male relative. Prince Nayef said the cards would stop people claiming false identities when banking, checking into hotels, paying for medical treatment or sitting university exams. He did not say how widespread such fraud was. The authorities started issuing the cards at the beginning of December, according to Saudi residents. Saudi women are generally barred from public life. They do not drive, and schools and universities are segregated. Saudi Arabia has recently indicated it will grant more rights to women. Many are highly educated, own property and work, mostly in education or their own business. Amnesty International has repeatedly slammed Saudi Arabia's record on women's rights, saying women continue to face severe discrimination and rights violations even though the kingdom had signed up to a U.N. convention on women's rights Saudi Arabia joined the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women last year, but said it was not committed to any clauses that contradict Islamic sharia law. It has consistently said Islam is the best guarantor of women's rights.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (13683)	12/12/2001 6:50:26 AM
From: Condor	Respond to of 281500

Snowshoe, this item you presented included the bold below. That is ominously familiar. Omar (of the famous O&O) stated a couple of weeks ago that the demise of the entire USA in the name of Islam was shortly forthcoming. As I recall, he went on to say something to the effect 'remember this statement'. It is on this thread somewhere. John Walker Lindh, the Taliban guerrilla captured near Mazar-e-Sharif, said in intelligence debriefings at the U.S. Marine Corps base near Kandahar that "Phase II" of al Qaeda's war against the United States will occur at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends Sunday. Mr. Lindh told U.S. intelligence officials that the Ramadan attack will involve the use of biological weapons. A third phase of al Qaeda's war on the United States will result in the destruction of the entire country, the Islamic convert stated. Message 16778607

To: Snowshoe who wrote (13683)	12/17/2001 4:19:24 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

American Taliban fighter 'admits being al-Qaida member' [I can almost see the noose tightening around J.W's neck. I wonder if he is getting any legal advice? I doubt it from what's being reported...pb] American Taliban fighter John Walker is reported to have claimed he met Osama bin Laden. Newsweek says officials told them Walker admitted to being a member of al-Qaida and training at its camps. He is said to have claimed he took part in terrorist exercises and learned how to use explosives and poisons. It also says he claimed to have met al-Qaida officials, including bin Laden. Newsweek also reports Walker admitted having been instructed in how to act in airports so as not to attract police attention. An official is reported to have said: "He was no innocent bystander. He was training to commit terrorist acts." Newsweek says the disclosures have intensified the debate about what to do with Walker. Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked Justice lawyers to review crimes he could be charged with, specifying he wants to know which ones carry the death penalty. The most likely possibilities are treason and conspiracy to murder US government employees. Walker was present at the Mazar-e-Sharif prison camp when CIA agent Mike Spann was killed. Another possibility is to court-martial Walker as an "enemy belligerent" in a US military court. Walker has been transferred to a Marine amphibious ship, the USS Peleliu in the Arabian Sea. His parents, Marilyn Walker and Frank Lindh, have issued a statement asking people to withhold judgment until all the facts are known. ananova.com