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To: JakeStraw who wrote (280457)	3/16/2006 12:39:08 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575191

Hospital holds babies as hostages for cash [Arab hospital in Jerusalem] YNet ^ \| Mar. 16, 2006 \| Danny Adino Avava Mother who had triplets ordered to pay NIS 10,000 fee by east Jerusalem hospital; told one baby must stay until some of debt paid The Al-Muqaddas hospital in east Jerusalem has found an original way to get women who have given birth at the hospital to pay their debts: If persuasions and demands don't work, babies are kept as hostages – until the financial matters are settled, Israel’s leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The episode was uncovered on Wednesday by the Justice Ministry, which received a Shuafat resident who told how her baby daughter is being held at the hospital as 'deposit' in exchange for payment for treatment. The woman said that she gave birth to triplets on January 15 – two girls and a boy - who were kept at the hospital ward for premature babies for treatment. Three weeks later, after it was time for them to be released, the hospital management said that she had to pay a fee of NIS 10,000 (USD 2,127). The woman said that she could not pay the amount, and to her amazement the management said that one of her babies would stay at the hospital until her family pays 10 percent of the fine, and on condition that the hospital receives approval from the Palestinian Authority that the rest of the payment is delivered through national insurance. 'First time hospital kept babies as hostages' The mother immediately turned to the Justice Ministry for legal aid, where the incident was investigated, and the Health Ministry was also brought into the case. The Health Ministry sent a letter to the Al-Muqaddas hospital management which stated that "a hospital is not permitted to delay the release of a patient or a baby born in the hospital, and cannot force hospitalization." "This is the first time the hospital has kept babies as hostages to get rid of debt," said lawyer Eyal Globus from the Legal Aid Department of the Justice Ministry. When members of the Ministry sought an explanation from the hospital, Dr. Haytam al-Hassan said in response that this was a "normal procedure." The baby was released from the hospital a few days ago, but Health Minister Jacob Edery (Kadima) instructed the Health Ministry director-general to urgently summon Dr. al-Hassan for clarification. Tzvi Zinger contributed to this report

To: JakeStraw who wrote (280457)	3/16/2006 9:24:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575191

So, big jakey, you spend your day going around stalking AS. So can we assume you're okay that after 5 years, American airports are still not safe from a terrorist getting on board with explosives; how about the raising of the debt ceiling to nearly $9 trillion, or that the Gulf mess has been mishandled so badly. How about the Iraq war.....does the killing and maiming thousands of Americans and the spending of billions cause you any concern??? What do you all care about? Its a mystery. Airline screeners fail government bomb tests 21 airports nationwide don’t detect bomb-making materials •By Lisa Myers, Rich Gardella & the NBC Investigative Unit NBC News Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET March 16, 2006 WASHINGTON - Imagine an explosion strong enough to blow a car's trunk apart, caused by a bomb inside a passenger plane. Government sources tell NBC News that federal investigators recently were able to carry materials needed to make a similar homemade bomb through security screening at 21 airports. In all 21 airports tested, no machine, no swab, no screener anywhere stopped the bomb materials from getting through. Even when investigators deliberately triggered extra screening of bags, no one discovered the materials. NBC News briefed former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, chairman of the 9/11 commission, on the results. Story continues below ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I'm appalled," he said. "I'm dismayed and, yes, to a degree, it does surprise me. Because I thought the Department of Homeland Security was making some progress on this, and evidently they're not." Investigators for the Government Accountability Office conducted the tests between October and January, at the request of Congress. The goal was to determine how vulnerable U.S. airlines are to a suicide bomber using cheap, readily available materials. Investigators found recipes for homemade bombs from easily available public sources and bought the necessary chemicals and other materials over the counter. For security reasons, NBC News will not reveal any of the ingredients or the airports tested. The report itself is classified. But Lee Hamilton, the vice chairman of the 9/11 commission, says the fact that so many airports failed this test is a hugely important story that the American traveler is entitled to know. NBC News asked a bomb technician to gather the same materials and assemble an explosive device to determine its power. The materials for the bomb that exploded a car's trunk fit in the palm of one hand. NBC News showed the results to Leo West, a former FBI bomb expert. "Potentially, an explosion of that type could lead to the destruction of the aircraft," said West. msnbc.msn.com