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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1971)	10/4/2006 10:29:27 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Well said.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1971)	10/4/2006 12:24:41 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Suspected terrorist arrested in Switzerland Swissinfo ^ \| 10/4/06 nzz.ch Swiss police have arrested a man whom they suspect of belonging to an Algerian Islamic fundamentalist cell that financed terrorist attacks in Algeria. The Swiss Justice Office confirmed on Monday that a man detained last week on charges of counterfeiting documents was now ready to be extradited to Italy. Italian authorities, working in cooperation with the Swiss, said the Milan: based cell had raised at least ?1.62 million (SFr2.57 million). The Italians issued international arrest warrants for three suspects and charged two others already in prison for separate crimes. An Italian police statement on Monday said the cell "financed and gave logistical support to Islamic terrorism responsible for massacres in Algeria, including two that killed 18 people in 2005". It was the second such operation in Italy in little more than two months. In July, police arrested four suspected members of an armed Algerian group linked to al Qaeda who were preparing terrorist operations in Algeria and in Iraq. Links The Milan cell has ties with the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), Algeria's largest outlawed rebel movement, Italian police confirmed. The GSPC pledges allegiance to al Qaeda and has rejected an amnesty offered by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika aimed at ending years of bloodshed that has killed 200,000 people. The Milan cell financed at least two attacks carried out by the GSPC, including one on January 3, 2005 and another on March 27, 2005 in towns southwest of Algiers. Authorities began investigating the suspected cell in December 2003, tracking its activities and movements through wiretaps and surveillance. It ran legal businesses in Italy, including shops and a restaurant, from which it channelled money to fund terror activities in Algeria, police said. It also provided fake documents. "The cell has now been dismantled, with all of its members in prison or abroad," said police Colonel Rosario Lorusso on Monday. Wire transfers The man named by the authorities as Afif Mejri, also known as Lofti, 43, was arrested in Switzerland last week on charges of counterfeiting documents. Two others have been jailed in Italy since May 2005 for weapons trafficking aimed at supporting terrorist groups. Yacine Ahmed Nacer, 35, and Ali El Heit, 36, are accused of criminal association aimed at international terrorism. Three other suspects, identified as Rabah Bouras, 44, Lamine Ahmed Nacer, 35, and Farid Aider, 41, are fugitives and are believed to have left Europe last year. They also are being sought on the more serious criminal association with terrorism charges. Authorities were investigating eight other Algerians also believed to be part of the Milan cell. Of those being investigated, three are detained in Italy. The others are free: one in Italy, one in England and three are believed to be in northern Africa. At least ?1.3 million was transferred via banks and another ?320,000 was wired abroad, police said. The cash was tracked to Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland and Spain. Money also was smuggled abroad via couriers, leading investigators to believe that the total sum being funnelled for terrorist activities was far greater than ?1.62 million. The group met in a Milan storage area, where investigators found terrorist materials including videotapes of terrorist attacks.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1971)	10/4/2006 1:19:41 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Send cases of the stuff to terrorist organizations...... Holy water has cancer chemicals (bottled water said to come from Mecca) bbc.com ^ \| 10/4/2006 \| Staff news.bbc.co.uk Bottled water said to come from Mecca has been found to contain high levels of cancer-causing chemicals. People have been told not to buy Zam Zam water after tests showed three times the permitted level of arsenic. The water is advertised as coming from the sacred well of Zam Zam in Mecca, which is the most holy city in Islam, and demand increases during Ramadan. (Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ....

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1971)	10/4/2006 2:39:02 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

If you gave someone a gift each year and each time you did they spit in your face and cursed you, why on earth would you continue giving them gifts? Washington says its efforts in Palestinian territories go unrecognised AFP via The Tocqueville Connection ^ \| 10/04/2006 adetocqueville.com PARIS, Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes said Wednesday she regretted Washington's efforts in the Palestinian territories went largely unrecognised in the media. A close aide to President George W. Bush, Hughes was appointed to her ambassadorial post tasked with changing foreigners' perceptions of the United States, notably in the Arab and Muslim worlds. "While I recognize that sometimes the coverage tends to portray the situation in a little different terms, I feel that the United States and President Bush don't always get much credit for the support that we provide to the Palestinian people," she told journalists during a visit to the Arab Institute in Paris. "Sometimes you don't hear about this when you're in the region and you're listening to the coverage in the region. I meet people who don't really know those facts," she added. Hughes stressed that "we are the largest single country that assists them, and the president went before the United Nations and committed our country to supporting a Palestinian state." She spoke of US opposition to supplying direct help to a Palestinian government dominated by Hamas, which Washington classifies as a terrorist organisation: "We are very concerned about their government and its inability to deliver the basic necessities the Palestinian people need." "We believe that governments can't have one foot in terror and one foot in governing," she added. But she said "we are working hard to work through the NGOs and others to deliver food and medical assistance and other assistance to the Palestinian people, because we are very concerned by the situation." Hughes began a three-day visit to France on Tuesday during which she will address the international women's forum in Deauville, an annual meeting of the world's women leaders.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1971)	10/4/2006 7:41:48 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Georgia Terror Suspects Want Charges Tossed The Guardian (UK) ^ \| 10-4-2006 \| Harry R Weber guardian.co.uk ATLANTA (AP) - Lawyers for two men charged with providing material support to terrorists want some charges against their clients dismissed and some evidence and conversations with investigators suppressed. A flurry of motions were filed by defense lawyers for Syed Ahmed and Ehsanul Sadequee in federal court in Atlanta this week. Sadequee, 20, and Ahmed, 21, are accused of discussing terror targets with Islamic extremists and undergoing training to carry out a ``violent jihad'' against civilian and government targets, including an air base in suburban Atlanta. Authorities say the men's motivation for planning attacks was ``defense of Muslims or retaliation for acts committed against Muslims.'' Both are U.S. citizens. They have pleaded not guilty. During a hearing last month, a prosecutor alleged that Sadequee wanted to join the Taliban after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Sadequee never joined the Taliban or traveled to Afghanistan, his lawyers have said. Ahmed was born in Pakistan and was a Georgia Tech student at the time of his arrest. Sadequee was born in Virginia and is of Bangladeshi descent. Both are being held without bail pending trial. In court documents, the defense lawyers argue there are procedural or technical problems with the charges. Sadequee's lawyer, Don Samuel, wants the court to suppress statements Sadequee made to law enforcement officers when he was questioned at a New York airport while waiting to catch a connecting flight to Bangladesh. Samuel said the officers used deception to get Sadequee to talk to them, constituting an unlawful detention. He also wants evidence seized from Sadequee's luggage suppressed. (Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ....