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To: sandintoes who wrote (709609)	10/29/2005 12:05:22 PM
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They weren't college age. Younger. Sick, insane muslims at work for their "religion."

To: sandintoes who wrote (709609)	10/29/2005 12:22:02 PM
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3 High School Girls Beheaded in Indonesia Associated Press October 29, 2005 JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Unidentified assailants [MUSLIMS] attacked a group of high school girls on Saturday in Indonesia's tense province of Central Sulawesi, beheading three and seriously wounding a fourth, police said. The students from a private Christian high school were ambushed while walking through a cocoa plantation in Poso Kota subdistrict on their way to class, police Maj. Riky Naldo said. The rural area is close to the provincial capital of Poso, about 1,000 miles northeast of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The heads of the three dead girls were found several miles from their bodies. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation. But Central Sulawesi has a roughly equal number of Muslims and Christians. The province on Sulawesi island was the scene of a bloody sectarian war in 2001-2002 that killed around 1,000 people from both communities. At the time, beheadings, burnings and other atrocities were common. A government-mediated truce ended the conflict in early 2002 but since then, there have been a series of bomb attacks and assassinations targeting Christians. A market attack in the predominantly Christian town of Poso killed 22 people in May. Christian leaders have repeatedly criticized the authorities in Jakarta for allegedly not doing enough to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. The Christian-Muslim conflict in Sulawesi was an extension of a wider sectarian war in nearby Maluku archipelago in which up to 9,000 people died between 1999 and 2002. Soon after it erupted in 1999, the Maluku conflict intensified with the arrival of volunteers belonging to Laskar Jihad, a newly created militia from Indonesia's main island of Java that was supported by hardline elements in the security forces. Analysts and diplomats accused senior army commanders of funding and training the militia, which was hurriedly disbanded following the terrorist attacks on the tourist island of Bali in 2002 that killed more than 200 people -- including 88 foreigners. Some former militiamen are believed to have moved to Poso. newsday.com

To: sandintoes who wrote (709609)	10/29/2005 12:33:24 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

The students from a private Christian high school were ambushed while walking through a cocoa plantation in Poso Kota subdistrict on their way to class, newsday.com

To: sandintoes who wrote (709609)	10/29/2005 12:41:18 PM
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Terrorist Attack in India Indian capital hit by explosions BBC news Saturday, 29 October 2005, 14:55 GMT 15:55 UK At least 15 people are feared dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in the Indian capital, Delhi. Two of the blasts took place in markets in central and southern Delhi which were crowded with people shopping ahead of two forthcoming religious festivals. The third explosion took place in the area of Govindpuri which is in the southern part of the city. It is not clear what caused the blasts, which police suspect were bomb attacks. No-one has admitted responsibility <snip> At least three bodies, some of them badly charred, have been carried out of burning buildings by the police, our correspondent reports. Most of the people affected were ordinary people out shopping in the festival season, he says.

To: sandintoes who wrote (709609)	10/29/2005 1:55:53 PM
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3 New Delhi Explosions Kill at Least 49 Oct 29, 2005 By MATTHEW ROSENBERG NEW DELHI (AP) - Coordinated explosions in India's capital ripped through at least two markets jammed with evening shoppers ahead of an upcoming Hindu festival and a bus, killing at least 49 people. Officials blamed terrorists for the blasts, which came as India and nuclear rival Pakistan began unprecedented talks on opening their disputed and heavily defended Kashmir frontier to bring food, shelter and medical aid to victims of the Himalayan region's massive earthquake. The first explosion hit New Delhi's main Paharganj market, leaving behind bloodstained streets and mangled stalls of wood and twisted metal. Within minutes came an explosion at the popular Sarojini Nagar market - the deadliest, with 39 killed - and the bus blast in the Govindpuri neighborhood. Police said at least 60 people were wounded in the first blast and dozens in the other two. Police declared a state of emergency and closed all city markets. "I appeal to you. Please disperse from the markets and go back to your families," Home Minister Shivraj Patil said in a televised address. (AP) Fire work to put out a fire after an explosion at the Sarojini Market area in New Delhi, India,... Full Image The attacks targeted the many people shopping just days before the festival of Diwali, a major Hindu holiday during which families exchange gifts, light candles and celebrate with fireworks. The markets where the blasts occurred often sell fireworks that are elaborate and potentially dangerous. Babu Lal Khandelwal, a shop owner in the central Paharganj neighborhood, an area of small stores and inexpensive hotels frequently crowded with foreign backpackers, said the blast knocked him to the ground. "There was black smoke everywhere," he said. "When the smoke cleared, I could see there were people bloody and lying in the street." Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged people to remain calm and said in a statement that "India will win the battle against terrorism," according to one of his top advisers, Sanjaya Baru, who said the explosions were the work of terrorists but did not say who was believed to be behind them. The Indian government faces opposition from dozens of militant organizations - from tiny fringe organizations to well-armed Kashmiri rebel groups - but no group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombings. (AP) Fire fighters try to douse a fire after an explosion at the Sarojini Market area in New Delhi,... Full Image Hours before the explosions, Indian and Pakistani officials opened talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on whether to let Kashmiris hit by the devastating Oct. 8 earthquake cross the militarized Line of Control, the cease-fire line that divides the region over which the longtime enemies have fought two wars. Pakistan condemned the multiple attacks in New Delhi. "The attack in a crowded market place is a criminal act of terrorism. The people and government of Pakistan are shocked at this barbaric act and express deep sympathy with the families of the victims," a Foreign Ministry statement said. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the blasts "appear to have been targeted at heavily populated areas to produce maximum carnage." "This is yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life," Straw added. "On behalf of the British government, I would like to offer the people of India my support and deepest sympathy." Amid the chaos of the blast scenes, television footage showed groups of men making their way through piles of chest-high debris, salvaging the few items left intact: a child-size purple plastic chair, a red storage bin, a lone bicycle wheel. Uniformed officers tried to clear people away so ambulances and fire trucks could pass through; others tried to bring a sense of order to the cleanup efforts. A number of people were carried away on stretchers, including a young woman in a purple shirt who thrashed her arms and cried out as a medical team attended to her. Investigators stood around a small crater filled with debris, about 10 feet from a string of shops. Fire department spokesman Jagtar Singh seven people were killed in the first blast, in the crowded central neighborhood of Paharganj and three were killed on the bus. Patil, of the Home Office, said 39 people were killed in the blast in the Sarojini Nagar market, often crowded for its variety of goods from knockoff designer clothing to kitchen crockery. "The blast was so powerful, my house shook," said Kiran Mohan, a photo editor who lives about 200 yards away from the Sarojini Nagar market.

To: sandintoes who wrote (709609)	10/29/2005 2:19:13 PM
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British MP George Galloway Faces More Charges in Oil-for-Food Scandal MichNews.com ^ \| Oct 28, 2005 \| Jim Kouri, CPP While British left-wing politician George Galloway throws his trademark verbal jabs at US senators, such as Senator Norm Coleman who alleges Galloway took part in the far-reaching oil-for-food scandal, the United Nations released a report in New York City that alleges he received millions of barrels of oil from Saddam Hussein. The UN investigation headed by American national Paul Volcker claims that Galloway received a voucher for up to18 million barrels of crude oil from Saddam's regime. In addition, the report alleges that $120,000 from oil sales was paid into the bank account of Galloway's wife. This is separate from the $150,000 put into his wife's account that Senator Norm Coleman alleges as a result of the US senate subcommittee investigation. Galloway's and his wife, Amineh Abu Zayyad, are currently in the midst of divorce proceedings. As soon as the Volcker report was released yesterday, a growing number of British officials began demanding a Parliament investigation into allegations against Galloway by the United States and by the United Nations. One official even compared Galloway to a wartime traitor and Nazi propagandist. Mr. Volcker refused to speak to reporters about the alleged transactions detailed in his report, but sources in New York say there may be several more charges leveled at George Galloway. (Excerpt) Read more at michnews.com ...