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Aug 24, 2011 8:07:54 GMT 1
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Aug 24, 2011 9:25:25 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Aug 24, 2011 9:25:25 GMT 1
History en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_arms_importation#Libyan_arms---- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcherwww.youtube.com/watch?v=vdg0BGzKCmc... Sydney Morning Herald Rebels show off captured troops and suspected mercenaries Jason Koutsoukis March 25, 2011 "ON ONE side of the prison courtyard sat 29 alleged regular army soldiers still loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. They included Omar al-Sudani, allegedly involved in the killing of a British police officer, Yvonne Fletcher, outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984." [contains video] www.smh.com.au/world/rebels-show-off-captured-troops-and-suspected-mercenaries-20110324-1c8ly.html---- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQscgfIyByc&NR=1www.youtube.com/watch?v=i53uR7731xg&feature=related [poor qual vid info good] ---- The Telegraph Terror chief Mousa Kousa helped secure release of Lockerbie bomber Mousa Kousa, a terror mastermind accused of planning the Lockerbie bombing, orchestrated the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, it can be disclosed. By Robert Mendick and Kim Willsher in Paris 8:33PM BST 05 Sep 2009 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6143223/Terror-chief-Mousa-Kousa-helped-secure-release-of-Lockerbie-bomber.html---- Guardian Libya: Moussa Koussa, Gaddafi's foreign minister, defects to UK Moussa Koussa says he is no longer willing to represent the regime in a morale boost for the rebels Patrick Wintour, Richard Norton-Taylor, Nick Hopkins, and Chris McGreal in Ajdabiya The Guardian, Thursday 31 March 2011 ---- UN Sy Council document... SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1970 (2011) CONCERNING THE LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA List of Individuals and Entities Subject to the Measures Imposed by Paragraph 15 of Resolution 1970 (2011) (the Travel Ban) and/or Paragraph 17 of Resolution 1970 (2011) or Paragraph 19 of Resolution 1973 (2011) (the Assets Freeze) www.un.org/sc/committees/1970/pdf/List%20of%20Individuals%20and%20Entities.pdf---- Abdul Hafiz: Commander of the Libyan Air Force Ahmed Kaddaf Al-Dam: Gaddafi’s cousin recently defected to Egypt Sayyid Kaddaf Al-Dam: Gaddafi’s cousin Abdullah Al-Magrahi Al-Senussi: Gaddafi’s brother-in-law – Head of Military Intelligence. He is from powerful Magariha Tribe. Been convicted and is wanted in France for bombing of French UTA flight over Niger. Mohammed Abdussalam: Head of counterterrorism Abu Shaariya: Internal Security Al-Barrani Ashkal: Military Intelligence Omar Ashkal: Revolutionary Committee Council Abdulqader Mohammed Al-Baghdadi: Revolutionary Committee Council Abdulqadar Dibri: Head of Gaddafi’s Personal Security Abu Zayd Umar Dorba: External Security Organization Abu Bakr Younis Jabir: Defense Minister. Not seen since uprising began. Speculation that under house arrest. Matuq Mohmamed Matuq: Secretary for Utilities ---- The Telegraph By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent 7:08PM BST 23 Aug 2011 Libya: Britain prepares to send team to help with stability plan Britain is preparing to send a team to Tripoli to help with a key plan to stabilise Libya after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and prevent any repeat of the chaos seen in post-war Iraq. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8718947/Libya-Britain-prepares-to-send-team-to-help-with-stability-plan.html
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Aug 24, 2011 11:29:13 GMT 1
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Aug 24, 2011 11:30:31 GMT 1
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Aug 25, 2011 20:02:11 GMT 1
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Aug 25, 2011 22:06:38 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Aug 25, 2011 22:06:38 GMT 1
AlertNet, Thomson Reuters. "Australia passes CO2 offset laws, carbon pricing next" 22 Aug 2011 09:50 Source: reuters // Reuters "* Australian Senate passes CO2 farming scheme * Legislation is crucial part of national CO2 pricing plan * Carbon tree plantation firms to be winners CANBERRA, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australia's parliament endorsed the world's first national scheme that regulates the creation and trade of carbon credits from farming and forestry on Monday, to complement government plans to put a price on carbon emissions from mid-2012. The laws, the first major bills passed by the government with Greens support in the Senate since the Greens took the balance of power on July 1, are a precursor to the carbon price legislation to be put before parliament later this year...." www.trust.org/alertnet/news/australia-passes-co2-offset-laws-carbon-pricing-next/
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Aug 28, 2011 7:58:25 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Aug 28, 2011 7:58:25 GMT 1
The Telegraph Council Spending "Council salaries: the 'looters' have hit the town hall" "Council officials have been spotted leaving the premises, not with trainers and TVs, but hundreds of thousands of pounds." By Christopher Booker 7:00PM BST 27 Aug 2011 "Just days after all those expensive television sets and other goods vanished through the broken shop windows of various British cities, among the MPs queuing up in the Commons to excoriate the culprits was Sir Gerald Kaufman. It was “undeniable”, he said, that “those who looted, stole” and the rest “must be dealt with by the police and the justice system”. We might recall the time in 2009 when Sir Gerald made the news, after revelations that he had tried to claim an £8,865 television set on his MP’s expenses, along with an £1,800 “second-hand rug”, £28,824 for refurbishing the kitchen and bathroom of his Regent’s Park flat, and £1,262 for his gas bill during a period when his account was £1,065 in credit. ...." www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/council-spending/8727332/Council-salaries-the-looters-have-hit-the-town-hall.html---- The Telegraph "Sir Gerald Kaufman's £1,800 rug and an £8,865 claim for a television: MPs' expenses" Sir Gerald Kaufman charged the taxpayer £1,851 for a rug he imported from a New York antiques centre and tried to claim £8,865 for a television. By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter 7:00AM BST 16 May 2009 "...In June last year Sir Gerald submitted a £1,262 claim for his gas bill, covering the period March 2006 to May 2008. The fees office pointed out that his gas account was £1,055.60 in credit, and only agreed to pay £122.46. A note in the file on July 10, 2008 quotes Sir Gerald as saying: “I received a letter from [official] saying not pay as is credit. I paid £1,252 THIS year so want reimbursing!!!” The fees office wrote to him on July 14 to say: “You might wish to ask British Gas to repay you the credit.” ..." "...Last night Sir Gerald offered to repay the money for the rug and admitted that his claim for the £8,000 television was “a bit daft”. ..." www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5330816/Sir-Gerald-Kaufmans-1800-rug-and-an-8865-claim-for-a-television-MPs-expenses.html---- "Councillor admits benefits fraud" Evening Standard 18 Aug 2011 "Liberal Democrat Christopher Basson, 54, was sentenced to 28 days in jail, suspended for 12 months, and placed under a three-month curfew after claiming nearly £12,000 in benefits to which he was not he was not entitled to." www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23979185-councillor-admits-benefits-fraud.do
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Aug 28, 2011 23:23:47 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Aug 28, 2011 23:23:47 GMT 1
'This was so much not what I was prepared for' By Nic Robertson, CNN Senior International Correspondent August 28, 2011 -- Updated 2208 GMT (0608 HKT) "I'm in a fancy villa in a posh part of Tripoli, walking though the garden past a huge plastic children's swing set and a trampoline that dominate the lush green lawn. A young man is filling a large swimming pool. All this in a city where water is running out. I've not had a shower or washed in running water for three days. The al-Megrahis, it seems, are not short of money." "A U.N. observer called the trial "a spectacular miscarriage of justice." Al-Megrahi pleaded innocent and always has said he wanted to clear his name. He knew more than came out the trial. " "A few weeks later, I saw him, and officials told me I might get to interview him. It was a lie. They had too much to hide and did their best to keep him away from journalists. " "He tells me his father hasn't seen a doctor since they rescued him from hospital before Tripoli fell to the rebels, whom he said looted all the medicine from their house " "Whatever secrets al-Megrahi had will soon be gone. As I leave, I'm still shocked by what I've learned. The world is about to lose one of the few people who can piece together what really happened that dark, wintry night, 29,000 feet over Scotland. " edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/28/libya.lockerbie.robertson/index.html---- "CNN Exclusive: Lockerbie bomber comatose, near death, family says" From Nic Robertson, CNN Senior International Correspondent August 28, 2011 -- Updated 2206 GMT (0606 HKT) "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is comatose, near death and likely to take secrets of the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 to his grave. ..." edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/28/libya.lockerbie.bomber/
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Aug 28, 2011 23:28:47 GMT 1
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Aug 31, 2011 8:28:46 GMT 1
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Aug 31, 2011 9:20:08 GMT 1
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Aug 31, 2011 10:49:28 GMT 1
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Sept 1, 2011 1:05:47 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 1, 2011 1:05:47 GMT 1
"Long service and good conduct" www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2050.html"The helicopter was built in 1968, and served as a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit in Viet Nam, and then was acquired by NASA Langley in 1991. Assigned call sign N535NA," Innocent enough until it's realised that it is armed and has a SWAT team on board... wap.airliners.net/photo/NASA/Bell-UH-1H-Iroquois/0916711/&sid=f75fa56255b0172af89cdaadd111ee4e"N535NA (cn 5036) KSC SWAT flies by the VAB and Launch Control. The door gunner is pointing out potential bird strikes to the pilot. KSC is a nature preserve so it not unusual to have a lot of wildlife. However, the birds are particularly excited right now as Discovery just lifted off gushing sound,flames and smoke. " it was borrowed 5 years ago... "NASA returns borrowed helicopter that assisted Shuttle missons" "NASA Langley has its helicopter back, now that the Bell UH-1 Huey is no longer supporting Space Shuttle missions at the Kennedy Space Center." www.examiner.com/city-buzz-in-orlando/nasa-returns-borrowed-helicopter-that-assisted-shuttle-missonsHere's a better picture of the gunner... www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00417408"N535NA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration operates a great deal of aircrafts for research in pushing the boundaries of aerospace. This bird's mission is a support role that is unique as she flies air support during the STS-114 "Return to Flight" Mission launch. Note the sharp eyes of the Kennedy Space Center SWAT team member in the door gunner position : " I got you covered". This aircraft was formely US Army's 65-09992. " www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00417408&size=largeComment: Five years in this role suggests a reaction to 'perceived terrorist threats' in recent years. She's done well, and another job to go to. Older than the STS mission itself and her crew probably.
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Sept 1, 2011 6:41:29 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 1, 2011 6:41:29 GMT 1
Hackney Gazette Bay Botch - Haggerston drivers in tight spot Chloe Mayer, Senior Reporter Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:05 PM "Bungling council workers have been left red-faced after painstakingly painting fresh parking bays along a newly resurfaced road – only to discover they were too small for cars to fit inside when they had finished. ...." www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/bay_botch_haggerston_drivers_in_tight_spot_1_1009869
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