(fwd) FBI Warned Police of Possible Terrorist Attacks in LA, NY, Chicago 12 Aug 2005

[Guest guest]

Seems to me, Northern California is a lot *bluer* than southern california. I'd

think they would target Oakland and the entire San Francisco Bay Area, rather

than LA. But the population is denser in so cal.

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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government

12 August 2005

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FBI Warned Police of Possible Terrorist Attacks in LA, NY, Chicago [Three Blue

Cities] 11 Aug 2005 The FBI has warned police that al-Qaida cells might use fuel

trucks as weapons to attack Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, but officials

stressed Thursday the warning was based on uncorroborated intelligence.

 

Warning: 9-11-05 attacks seen for N.Y., L.A., Chicago --FBI picks up al-Qaida

threat to crash fuel tankers in 3 biggest U.S. cities 11 Aug 2005 The FBI is

warning police that al-Qaida cells may attempt to use fuel trucks as weapons to

attack Los Angeles, New York and Chicago on the fourth anniversary of the worst

terrorist attack in history. [is Al Bushduh finalizing the Blue state attack

plans, while on vacation in Crawford?]

 

US 'geniuses' going berserk with 'homeland security' 12 Aug 2005 The profiling

of Pakistanis at US airports and other points of entry has reached a point where

Pakistani ambassador to the US Jehangir Karamat has felt it necessary to advise

his countrymen that they should only visit America " if they absolutely have to " .

Some recent cases will reveal the ridiculous limits to which American security

fears have been carried.

 

*ROFL!* e-Qaeda --A special report [from the PentaPost] on how jihadists use the

Internet and technology to spread their message 05 Aug 2005

 

Judges 'told how to interpret human rights law' 12 Aug 2005 Ministers are

considering legislation instructing judges how to interpret the Human Rights Act

if they try to block the Government's tough new deportation policy, it was

disclosed today. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, said in an interview with

The Guardian that he was looking at the possibility of introducing a Bill to

clarify the legal position.

 

Britain signals new anti-terrorism law drive 12 Aug 2005 Britain said on Friday

as part of an anti-terrorism drive it may reform laws to force judges to give

equal weight to national security as well as human rights in the cases of

foreign nationals facing deportation.

 

Falconer defends secret pre-trials --Lord chancellor denies risking judicial

independence by proposing judges evaluate evidence from the security services in

secret 12 Aug 2005 The lord chancellor predicted yesterday that the government's

plans for private pre-trial hearings - using telephone-tapped evidence - will

create a better balance between the needs of state security and individual

rights.

 

UK police detain 10 terror suspects 11 Aug 2005 Ten men were taken from London

and central England to a high-security London prison on Thursday after raids

carried out by immigration officials and police.

 

U.K. Seeks to Deport 10 on National Security Grounds 11 Aug 2005 U.K. Home

Secretary Charles Clarke ordered the detention and deportation of 10 foreign

nationals, less than a week after Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to step up a

crackdown on Islamic 'extremists' who preach 'hate.'

 

Bakri held as he leaves Beirut TV station 12 Aug 2005 Muslim cleric Omar Bakri

Mohammed was last night held in a Beirut prison after he was arrested by

Lebanon's general security department less than a week after he fled from the

UK. Syrian-born Mr Bakri, 45, left the UK after learning that he could be

prosecuted for incitement charges.

 

7/7 Bombings Final Word: Her Majesty's Terrorist Network --Only conspiracy

theorists would believe the government wasn't involved By Paul Joseph Watson &

Alex Jones 07 Aug 2005 " The wealth of evidence that has emerged in the month

following the 7/7 London bombings only leads us to one clear conclusion, that

the attacks had to have been orchestrated by or with help from the very highest

levels of British intelligence. "

 

Cuba Condemns US Protection of Terrorist Groups 11 Aug 2005 The case of the five

Cubans imprisoned in the US demonstrates the impunity of US based terrorist

groups, said Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon.

 

Glendale's Office of Homeland Security opens with a bang (Satire) By Mark

Yannone " Achtung! All visitors entering the City of Glendale, or any other

location designated as a location as defined by the Homeland Security Office,

sec. 1,000,248/b/1/abc/goscrewyurself/c, will be required to present acceptable

forms of identification upon demand by any U.S. Gestapo agent demanding to see

same. "

 

Atta's Green Card and the Bush Whitewash Commission By Kurt Nimmo 10 Aug 2005

" In non-Bushzarro world, a sincere investigation [of the 9/11 attacks] would

have mentioned not only the drive to war, but historical precedent and cause and

effect—for instance, the indisputable fact the United States created what the

government and the corporate media now call 'al-Qaeda'..., or is the fact

mentioned that the U.S. has considered covert terrorist attacks in the past

(i.e., Operation Northwoods), or did it consider the awful fishy fact the WTC

evidence was carted away and sold as scrap well before any investigation

commenced (same thing happened in Oklahoma City), or did it dare address the

absurd theory that a Boeing 757 (over 124 feet from wingtip to wingtip and,

including the tail, over 44 feet high) fit into a impossibly small hole in the

Pentagon (see this photo illustration). "

 

Alleged Bin Laden Contact in Iraq Gov't 11 Aug 2005 An American accused in court

papers of having ties to Osama bin Laden is now working for the Iraqi

government's Foreign Ministry, U.S. officials and a former CIA counterterrorism

chief say.

 

American Contact? 10 Aug 2005 A former Washington-area man accused in court

papers of being the " American contact " for an Osama bin Laden " front

organization " is now believed to be working for the new Iraqi government’s

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two U.S. law-enforcement officials and a longtime

associate of the man tell NEWSWEEK.

 

Audit: Fraud drained $1 billion from Iraq's defense efforts 11 Aug 2005 Iraqi

investigators have uncovered widespread fraud and waste in more than $1 billion

worth of weapons deals arranged by [u.S.-appointed] middlemen who reneged or

took huge kickbacks on contracts to arm Iraq's fledgling military, according to

a confidential report and interviews with U.S. and Iraqi officials. The Iraqi

Board of Supreme Audit, in a report reviewed by Knight Ridder, describes

transactions suggesting that senior U.S.-appointed Iraqi officials in the

Defense Ministry used three intermediary companies to hide the kickbacks they

received from contracts involving unnecessary, overpriced or outdated equipment.

 

Death toll among part-time troops in Iraq soars 11 Aug 2005 The National Guard

and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq during the first 10 days of

August at least 32, according to a Pentagon count than in any full month of the

war.

 

Early Pullout Unlikely In Iraq Military Official Says --Withdrawal At Least a

Year Off 11 Aug 2005 Iraq's leaders and military will be unable to lead the

fight against insurgents until next summer at the earliest, a top U.S. military

official said Wednesday, trying to temper any hopes that a full-scale American

troop withdrawal was imminent as Iraq moves toward 'elections' scheduled for

December.

 

Myers: Possibility of third Iraq tours for active-duty troops 'always out there'

10 Aug 2005 The U.S. military is " good for several years " if the current troop

level in Iraq must be sustained, but third tours for active-duty servicemembers

might be needed, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said

Tuesday.

 

Justice Department Backs Pentagon on Air Guard Changes 12 Aug 2005 The Justice

Department has concluded that the Pentagon has the authority to move National

Guard units without the consent of the state governors, who share control with

the president over use of those units, state and federal officials said

Thursday.

 

Officials See Risk in the Release of Images of Iraq Prisoner Abuse 12 Aug 2005

Senior Pentagon officials have opposed the release of photographs and videotapes

of the abuse [torture] of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, arguing that

they would incite public opinion in the Muslim world and put the lives of

American soldiers and officials at risk, according to documents unsealed in

federal court in New York.

 

Bush: Leaving Iraq Would Be a Bad Signal 11 Aug 2005 Dictator Bush said Thursday

he understands and respects the views of anti-war advocates like a California

mother camped outside his Texas ranch to mourn her soldier son fallen in Iraq,

but said it would be a mistake to bring U.S. troops home now. [His f*cking

opening his mouth and uttering words is a *bad signal.*]

 

Brush-off for mother in war protest 12 Aug 2005 A bereaved mother camped outside

George W Bush's Texas ranch was given expressions of sympathy from the president

yesterday but no pledge of the meeting she is demanding to discuss a US

withdrawal from Iraq.

 

Peace vigil by U.S. soldier's mom draws notice 11 Aug 2005 A protest by a

grieving mother camped out near U.S. pResident George Bush's ranch in Crawford,

Texas is gaining steam. About 50 people have pitched their tents in muddy

ditches, have hung anti-war banners and are showing their support for Cindy

Sheehan, who lost her oldest son Casey in Iraq.

 

Oops! U.S. Airstrike May Have Killed Afghan Civilians 11 Aug 2005 Afghan

villagers said Thursday that U.S. warplanes had bombed houses, killing several

civilians and wounding others, including an infant. U.S. forces suffered their

sixth fatality in a week amid rising violence. Zabul Gov. Ali Khail said

U.S.-led 'coalition' forces made " a mistake'' during operations against

militants in the southern province and that civilians had died.

 

Wilson details White House 'smear campaign' 11 Aug 2005 Former ambassador Joseph

Wilson, whose wife's CIA cover was blown after he criticized Bush regime policy

in Iraq, told a Tallahassee audience today that the pResident's men play dirty.

If anyone is criminally charged in the investigation of how his wife's links to

the CIA were revealed, Wilson said, he expects White House political adviser

Karl Rove and Lewis " Scooter " Libby, the chief-of-staff to Vice pResident Dick

Cheney, to be the most likely.

 

Roberts worked to block key voting rights bill 11 Aug 2005 Just a year out of

law school, John G. Roberts Jr. was swiftly immersed in the Reagan

administration's efforts to reverse desegregation policies conservatives saw as

flawed, put certain civil rights matters beyond the reach of the Supreme Court

and block a key voting rights bill approved by the House.

 

Expect Bush to attack us soon: Fraud Indictment Expected for Abramoff 11 Aug

2005 Federal prosecutors are seeking bank fraud charges against lobbyist Jack

Abramoff, a key figure in investigations involving House Majority Leader Tom

DeLay, The Associated Press learned Thursday.

 

FEC Finds Misreporting by DeLay Committee 11 Aug 2005 A federal audit of a

political fundraising committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay found

that it failed to report more than $300,000 in debts owed to vendors and

incorrectly paid for some committee activities with money from another

DeLay-connected political committee.

 

GOP Paying Legal Bills of Bush Official 11 Aug 2005 Despite a zero-tolerance

policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds

of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush

campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New

Hampshire.

 

Hispanics sue Kissimmee over voting system --Process dilutes voting power,

plaintiffs say 11 Aug 2005 Hispanic and black activists asked a federal judge

Monday to force Kissimmee to change how city commissioners are elected in the

latest effort to increase political clout for Latino voters in Florida.

 

Pa. legislators criticized over pay raises 11 Aug 2005 Public outrage over a

hefty pay raise Pennsylvania lawmakers voted themselves a month ago - in the

dead of night - has nagged them throughout their summer vacation and shows no

signs of going away. Not only did legislators increase their salaries 16 percent

to 34 percent to at least $81,050 - more than any state except California - they

crafted the package in secret without debate or public scrutiny, then left town.

 

Drivers should brace for higher pump prices-AAA 11 Aug 2005 U.S. drivers,

already paying the highest retail gasoline prices on record, should expect

further increases at the nations pumps due to corpora-terrorists' greed

['skyrocketing costs for crude oil and a flurry of recent refinery problems'],

the AAA motorists group said on Thursday.

 

Florida's Asbestos Enforcement Program Is a " Sick Joke " --Open Season in

Sunshine State for " Rip & Skip " Operators Tallahassee (PEER Press Release) 11

Aug 2005 " Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection has crippled its

asbestos enforcement program, according to a report released today by Public

Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)... According to agency records

obtained by PEER --The annual number of asbestos inspections has dropped by half

since 1999; Inspectors are forbidden from entering work areas and are thus

unable to verify serious violations; and Inspectors are also forbidden from

taking samples, even when friable or disturbed asbestos is hanging right in

front of them. "

 

Asian doctors attack western hoarding of key bird flu vaccine 12 Aug 2005

Doctors in Asia fear western countries will grab the lion's share of vaccines

and other drugs needed to fight an avian flu pandemic.

http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html

 

WHO Warns Global Bird Flu Pandemic 11 Aug 2005 A World Health Organisation

official warned of a possible global bird flu pandemic on Thursday, and urged

governments and health workers around the world to prepare for a possible

worst-case scenario.

 

Deadly bird flu strain spreads in Kazakhstan 11 Aug 2005 A deadly strain of

avian influenza that can infect humans has spread to three more Kazakh villages,

a senior official at the Central Asian state's Agriculture Ministry told Reuters

on Thursday.

 

Europe's big cities feel the heat of climate change: WWF 10 Aug 2005 Summer

temperatures have risen sharply in most west European capital cities over the

past 30 years, adding to evidence of the accelerating impact of climate change,

the environmental group WWF said.

 

Berkeley Lab Scientist Sees Risk to Insurance Industry From Climate Change

(Berkeley Lab News Release) 11 Aug 2005 " The insured share of the world’s total

economic losses from weather-related catastrophes is rising, increasing from a

negligible fraction in the 1950s to 25 percent in the last decade, says a

scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The ratio has climbed more quickly in the United

States, with more than 40-percent of the total losses insured in the 1990s. "

 

 

[11 Aug lead stories:] Guilty! Senior judges accuse politicians over terror laws

--Senior judges have accused politicians of seeking to subvert the rule of law

in attempts to impose tough new anti-terror measures 11 Aug 2005 Britain's most

eminent judges have warned politicians that they will fight any move to

undermine their independence, after being accused of thwarting moves to fight

terrorism. In a stark warning, the country's senior legal figures warned of a

backlash from the courts - and declared that diluting the powers of the

judiciary will undermine the basis of democracy.

 

Rush to put in measures barring Bakri from Britain 11 Aug 2005 Emergency

measures are being drawn up to prevent cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed

returning to Britain. Mr Bakri provoked outrage last week by saying he would not

inform police if he knew Muslim extremists were planning a bomb attack in

Britain. He left for Beirut at the weekend amid suggestions that he could be

tried for treason but the Government has since made clear there is no prospect

of that. [Oh. Well, George W. Bush *knew* that 'Muslim extremists' were planning

the 9/11 attacks in the US and he didn't inform police. Why hasn't Bush been

tried for treason... with all penalties for treason on the plate?]

 

Britain weighing secretive courts in terrorism cases --Officials seeking more

prosecutions 10 Aug 2005 Britain is considering setting up secretive courts to

make it easier to prosecute terrorism suspects -- and to hold them without a

charge for longer than the current 14 days -- as part of the crackdown following

the London bombings, officials said yesterday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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