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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yaacov who wrote (7310)	3/9/2005 12:26:32 PM
From: Yaacov	Respond to of 22250

Len, I am interested in some real estate in Baghdad. Soon we will be developing sub-divions in your country and the price of property will go sky rocketing. Can you help.

To: Yaacov who wrote (7310)	3/10/2005 11:53:45 AM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Friends of yours Alex? Mafia family bosses arrested news.com.au THE notorious Gambino crime family, one of New York's five big "La Cosa Nostra" mafia clans, was dealt a severe blow today with the arrest of its top two acting leaders and the arrest or indictment of 30 others associated with the group. New York district attorney David Kelley announced the arrests following a three year FBI-led investigation that included tapping conversations on Gambino operations at a geriatric convalescent home, an operation which evoked a scene from the hit television drama The Sopranos. The 32 alleged Gambino family members and associates were charged under the tough anti-racketeering RICO laws with 53 counts of assault, extortion, loansharking, embezzlement, gambling, mail fraud, and stolen and counterfeit goods trafficking. The government's indictment named Gambino acting boss Arnold Squitieri, acting underboss Anthony "Machiavelli" Megale, and captains Gregory DePalma and Alphonse Sisca along with a number of family soldiers in the crimes spanning more than a decade. All four were arrested today, the district attorney said. The indictment cited the Gambino family, working at times with other groups of "La Cosa Nostra", the traditional Sicilian mafia designation, for running an illegal gambling operation and defrauding businesses and unions in the New York region. The illegal gambling operations alone earned the group $US20 million ($25.09 million), according to the prosecutor. The arrests were the biggest blow against the Gambinos since lieutenant Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano cooperated with justice officials to bring down notorious Gambino head John J. Gotti in 1992. Squitieri was promoted acting boss of the Gambino family after the 2002 arrest of boss Peter Gotti, sentenced to 91 years in a Brooklyn jail, brother of late boss John Gotti who died in jail. Squitieri faces up to 385 years in prison if found guilty, according to the indictment. Megale, the acting underboss, faces a sentence of up to 425 years' jail. The operation paralleled an early episode of the award-winning television mafia drama The Sopranos, in which the lead character's mother, convalescing in a geriatric home, was taped by the FBI plotting her son's murder. The US government claims proceeds from the illegal operations were at least $US30 million ($37.64 million) and is seeking forfeiture of the sum from the defendants. Baghdad is good, we continue to ship out antiquities to big museums around the world in cash-only transactions for our crooked benefactors. YOAFL PS. "You waste your time and mine." Your time is running out, the Italian authorities will be knocking down your front door soon.