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To: TigerPaw who wrote (13080)6/4/2002 4:59:37 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Respond to of 93284
 
With fewer people especially in areas where oil pipelines can be laid, the less resistance there will be and fewer people to complain about more pollution. It makes sense if you are coming from that misanthropic mindthink.



To: TigerPaw who wrote (13080)6/5/2002 9:19:06 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 93284
 
What's this world coming to? First the UK turns down a US request for extradition; under the technicality that the US lacked any evidence. Now Canada of all places has turned down a US request for extradition, for the same darn reason, the US offers no evidence. Courts just keep on getting in Ashcroft's way.

Don't these governments read the Patriot Act? Evidence is passe.

US Disagrees With Canadian Decision
By ROB GILLIES
Associated Press Writer

June 4, 2002, 6:26 PM EDT

TORONTO -- The United States disagrees with Canada's decision to throw out an extradition request for a Somali man sought in a terror-related sweep of money transfer businesses, a U.S. embassy spokesman said Tuesday.

Liban Hussein, 31, faces no charges in Canada and has been free on bail. His brother, Mohamed Hussein, was convicted in a Massachusetts court last month on two federal counts of illegally transferring money abroad.

There were no terrorism charges against either of the Hussein brothers, who ran Barakaat North America out of offices in Boston and Ottawa.

A Canadian Justice Department statement on Monday said the case was dropped due to lack of evidence linking Liban Hussein to terrorism. .........

newsday.com

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