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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (1965)	10/4/2006 8:41:29 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20106

Now they are picking fights with trees.....is there anyone/anything they do not hate? Police protection for 'mystical' tree after Muslim attack The Scotsman ^ \| October 4, 2006 \| Staff thescotsman.scotsman.com A POLICE cordon has been placed around a huge banyan tree in the capital of Indonesia after members of a Muslim youth group attacked it to prove it had no mystical powers. "The city government tried hard not to cut the tree when we built a bus lane. It is more than 100 years old and it is important for the environment," said Susi Marsitawati, of Jakarta's park agency. "But rumours spread that the government was unable to fell the tree because it has supernatural powers." Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, but a strong mystical vein runs through the culture. Jeje Zainudin, chairman of the United Islam Youth, said the group had carried out the attack to counter superstitions surrounding the tree.

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (1965)	10/4/2006 12:41:05 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Topped the 6,000 mark today.

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (1965)	10/4/2006 2:59:03 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons On July 22, 2004, Salam Fayyad Minister of Finance of the Palestinian Authority in an article in the Palestinian weekly, The Jerusalem Times, detailed the following payments to Palestinians imprisoned by the Israeli authorities:[21] - Prisoner allowances increased between June 2002 and June 2004 to $9.6m monthly, an increase of 246 percent compared with January 1995-June 2002. - Between June 2002 and June 2004, 77 million shekels were delivered to prisoners, compared to 121 million between January 1995 and June 2002, which is an increase of 16 million shekels yearly. The increase of annual spending between the two periods registers 450 percent, which is much higher than the percentage of increase of the number of prisoners. - Between 2002 and 2004, the PNA paid 22 million shekels to cover other expenses — lawyers’ fees, fines, and allocations for released prisoners. This includes lawyers’ fees paid directly by the PNA and fees paid through the Prisoners Club. en.wikipedia.org

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (1965)	10/5/2006 8:52:18 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

(London)Muslim PC wins right not to protect Israeli Embassy Daily Mail (UK) ^ By STEPHEN WRIGHT dailymail.co.uk A Muslim police officer has been excused from guarding London's Israeli Embassy after he objected to the duty on 'moral grounds'. PC Alexander Omar Basha - a member of the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group - refused to be posted there because he objected to Israeli bombings in Lebanon and the resulting civilian casualties of fellow Muslims. In a move which has caused widespread astonishment at Scotland Yard, senior officers in the DPG agreed that that PC Basha should be given an alternative posting. The officer, who carries a gun, is now thought to be guarding another embassy. (Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ....