• Obama tries to stop execution in Texas of Mexican killer

  Tue Jul 5 14:04:09 2011 · by cowtowney · 57 replies 

  Guardian ^ | July 5, 2011 | Chris McGreal

  Obama tries to stop execution in Texas of Mexican killer US president warns Texan authorities that execution would put America in breach of international legal obligations Share235 reddit this Chris McGreal in Washington guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 July 2011 16.39 BST Article history COP15 U.S. President Obama President Barack Obama has asked the Texan authorities not to execute the convicted rapist and murderer Humberto Leal Garcia. Photograph: Bob Strong/Reuters President Barack Obama is attempting to block the execution in Texas on Thursday of a Mexican man because it would breach an international convention and do “irreparable harm” to US interests. The…

• Krauthammer Challenges Shields: Where Is Democrat Budget? What’s Their Plan?

  Tue Jul 5 14:31:49 2011 · by mandaladon · 6 replies 

  NewsBusters ^ | 3 jul 2011 | Noel Sheppard

  As he normally does on “Inside Washington,” PBS’s Mark Shields Friday was waxing moronic about Republican plans to balance the budget. Not pleased by the fictional account on display, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer challenged his fellow panelist saying, “Democrats have not even produced a budget for 2012. What’s their budget?” (video follows with transcript and commentary): MARK SHIELDS: Consistency has not been a problem with Republicans. They have endorsed the Ryan plan, which of course does not provide for a balanced budget, and now they are pushing for a balanced budget. 103 House Republicans have already gone on record as…

AUSTRALIA: New law tells Muslim women, “Lift your veil or go to jail.”

Posted: July 5, 2011 | Author: barenakedislam | Filed under: Islamization of the West | 20 Comments »

Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 or a bigger payoff by filing an “Islamophobia” lawsuit.

NEWS AU (H/T MattB) -THE NSW government has been accused of politically intimidating Muslims with its proposal to change the law so police can demand the removal of burqas for identification purposes. Muslim women can be forced to remove their face veils during routine car stops under new powers granted to NSW police.

The NSW powers, among the toughest burqa laws in the world, are aimed at ensuring police can properly identify motorists and others suspected of committing crimes. Under the NSW laws, police can now order people to remove any kind of head covering, including garments such as burkas and niqabs, during routine stops.

However, Hizb ut-Tahrir, a global political movement that wants Muslim nations united under a caliphate said, ”For us, it’s a case of political intimidation,” Sydney spokesman Uthman Badar said. ”It’s not a police issue, it’s the fact that a non-issue has been turned into an issue. It happened before with the anti-terror laws and this is doing the same thing.” (Maybe Australians are telling you to abide by their laws or get the hell out?) READ MORE: NEWS AU

Obama: Tax ‘The Rich’ — Again

by Peter Roff

Obama has to get the nation moving again or he’s going to join the 9.1 percent of Americans looking for a job in about eighteen months.

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• ‘Beginning of the end for small fishermen’

  Tue Jul 5 11:41:32 2011 · by george76 · 35 replies 

  Boston Herald ^ | July 3, 2011 | Jessica Fargen

  Captains issue S.O.S., claiming new rules meant to save the fish are killing their way of life. With the height of the New England fishing season getting under way this week, small family fishermen say controversial new rules are destroying their livelihood — forcing them to sell their boats and instead search for work as laborers on larger vessels. “It’s a death knell. It’s the beginning of the end for small fishermen,” said Rhode Island fisherman Joel Hovanesian, 54, who recently sold his boat. Plymouth fisherman Stephen Welch, 50, a father of two, said: “We’re in a crisis right now.”…

• No recession for Obama’s 454 White House aides: They’ll make $37,121,463 this year

  Tue Jul 5 11:34:32 2011 · by yoe · 29 replies 

  L.A.Times ^ | July 5, 2011 | Andrew Malcolm

  In his numerous fund-raising and policy speeches around the country these days, President Obama often bemoans the difficult economic times and uncertainties afflicting millions of Americans, including the nearly 14 million still seeking work unsuccessfully.

• The CIA’s exoneration and Holder’s reckoning

  Tue Jul 5 12:14:29 2011 · by Servant of the Cross · 6 replies 

  Washington Post ^ | 7/5/2011 | Marc Thiessen

  This Fourth of July weekend, some of the CIA’s dedicated counterterrorism officials will be celebrating more than our nation’s freedom from oppression — they will be celebrating their own. On Thursday, after a grueling two-year investigation, the Justice Department announced that a special prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder found no criminal wrongdoing by the CIA officials involved in the agency’s Rendition, Detention and Interrogationprogram.

• Obama’s ICE amnesty puts us in physical danger as he tells the Middle Class to “go to hell”

  Tue Jul 5 12:17:26 2011 · by jmaroneps37 · 24 replies 

  coachisright.com ^ | July 5, 2011 | Kevin “Coach” Collins

  Obama’s latest backdoor ICE amnesty will bring death to some innocent Americans; bank on that. By ordering ICE agents to virtually stop deporting illegal aliens Obama is importing fraudulent voters with serious diseases. He has deliberately placed us all in danger and said, “The American Middle Class can go to hell.” Over the years Democrat presidents have betrayed America to various degrees. A feckless John Kennedy double crossed CIA efforts to overthrow Castro; Carter gave away the Panama Canal and Clinton sold the Chinese secret missile technology. Now Barack Obama may have topped these dubious “achievements” by stepping up his…

• The Economic Case for Supporting Israel–America needs its technology and innovation…

  Tue Jul 5 13:15:00 2011 · by Ooh-Ah · 1 replies 

  Wall Street Journal ^ | July 5, 2011 | George Gilder

  America needs the Jewish state’s technology and innovation as much as it needs us. America’s enemies understand deeply and intuitively that no U.S. goals or resources in the Middle East are remotely as important as Israel. Why don’t we? Israel cruised through the recent global slump with scarcely a down quarter and no deficit or stimulus package. It is steadily increasing its global supremacy, behind only the U.S., in an array of leading-edge technologies. It is the global master of microchip design, network algorithms and medical instruments. During a period of water crises around the globe, Israel is incontestably the…

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi plans first trip after release

Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in November following Burma’s first election in 20 years.

The NLD was officially dissolved for refusing to register for the poll.

This first official warning was made in a letter to Aung San Suu Kyi and the chairman of the NLD, Aung Shwe, says BBC News.

A possible tour of Myanmar by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi could cause riots, state media warned on Wednesday, implying she would be responsible for her own safety.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi is planning her first trip outside the former capital Yangon since she was freed from home detention last year just after elections to end army rule.

The military still effectively controls the government.

“Her followers and supporters are gushing that the icon must keep in touch with the public. They seem willing to exploit the public. They also propagate that the government is responsible for security of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her trip,” a commentary in all three official newspapers said, informs Reuters.

Bank of America agrees to pay $85 billion to resolve claims made by bondholders

Bank of America, the nation’s biggest bank, agreed to pay $85 billion to resolve claims made by bondholders that the lenders sold troubled mortgage-backed securities that soured when the housing market tanked.

The deal, which must be approved by a court, was announced Wednesday after a group of 22 investors demanded that the Charlotte, N.C., bank repurchase $47 billion in mortgages that its Countrywide unit sold to the investors in the form of bonds. The group, which includes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Blackrock Financial Management, argued that Countrywide enriched itself at the expense of investors by continuing to service bad loans while running up fees.

Bank of America, which bought Countrywide in 2008 for $4 billion, has denied those claims, informs New York Daily News.

The payout settles claims by just 22 investors who said Bank of America Corp. sold bonds based on substandard home mortgages. The bonds fell in value when the housing market collapsed and left the investors with losses on $424billion worth of mortgages. The $8.5billion settlement eclipses earnings from the past three years at the Charlotte, N.C., bank.

The uncertainty about just how bad Bank of America’s mortgage issues might be has scared investors and led to a 31percent decline in Bank of America’s stock price since January of last year, when Moynihan took over, reports Columbus Dispatch.

Bank of America still faces the prospect of billions of dollars in fines from U.S. and state regulators investigating foreclosure procedures. That mess could cost the company about $7.4 billion on a pretax basis, said Glenn Schorr, an analyst at Nomura Securities, says Los Angeles Times.

Is Brigitte Bardot the Mark Steyn of France?

Posted: July 4, 2011 | Author: barenakedislam | Filed under: EnemyWithin-American | 6 Comments »

BNI favorite, Mark Steyn, warns that “free” societies of Western civilization are perverting their own God-given human rights with left wing political correctness.

• Pilots refuse to fly Independence Day atheist banners

  Tue Jul 5 13:16:10 2011 · by topher · 52 replies 

  LifeSiteNews.com ^ | July 4, 2011 | by John Jalsevac

  Pilots refuse to fly Independence Day atheist banners by John Jalsevac July 4, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An atheist organization that sought to celebrate Independence Day by flying banners promoting atheism all across the United States nearly ran into a major snag – most of the pilots working for the advertizing company refused to fly the banners. USA Today reports that 4 out of 5 pilots working for Fly Signs Aerial Advertising refused to participate in the campaign, which involved banners saying, “God-less America,” and “Atheism is patriotic.” Only 17 of the company’s 85 pilots agreed to participate. USA Today quotes…

• Dozens of Atlanta educators falsified tests, state report confirms

  Tue Jul 5 15:07:40 2011 · by jessduntno · 3 replies 

  CNN (Communist News Network) ^ | Today | CNN Wired Staff

  Dozens of Atlanta public school educators falsified standardized tests or failed to address such misconduct in their schools, Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday in unveiling the results of a state investigation that confirmed widespread cheating in the city schools dating as far back as 2001. “I think the overall conclusion was that testing and results and targets being reached became more important than actual learning for children,” Deal said. “And when reaching targets became the goal, it was a goal that was pursued with no excuses.” Falsifying test results made the schools appear to be performing better than they really…

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• Major teachers union endorses Obama’s re-election

  Tue Jul 5 11:11:17 2011 · by yoe · 33 replies 

  Associated Press ^ | July 4, 2011 | Staff

  The nation’s largest education union has endorsed President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. Members of the National Education Association voted to support Obama on Monday at their annual convention in Chicago. In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel says Obama and the union share a vision and members wanted early and strong support to help his election.

• After Long Battle, EPA to Unveil Rules for Cutting Smog from Coal Plants

  Tue Jul 5 11:08:41 2011 · by EBH · 11 replies 

  Reuters ^ | 7/1/11 | Elizabeth McGowan

  While much of the nation fixates on picnics, parades, patriotic music — and perhaps even the Declaration of Independence — on this approaching Fourth of July holiday weekend, Gina McCarthy will be contemplating smog and soot. She will be dotting the i’s and crossing the final t’s in preparation for a midweek lifting of the curtain on the Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited rule designed to protect downwind states from upwind pollution. “It’s time we took action and moved these rules,” the assistant administrator at EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation told a Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee Thursday. She…

McConnell ‘re-extends’ invitation to Obama

Josiah Ryan

07/05/11 02:56 PM ET

Santorum: Romney, Huntsman showing ‘weakness’ in Iowa

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• Thousands of state workers forced to pay union fees

  Tue Jul 5 13:39:28 2011 · by NoLibZone · 15 replies 

  baltimoresun.com ^ | Jul 5 2011 | Julie Bykowicz

  Maryland’s largest state employee union is set to begin collecting fees from nonmembers this month — a move that sets up the Maryland chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for what could be a $4.7 million gain over the fiscal year. AFSCME sees the additional money as a matter of fairness, since the union negotiates contracts with the state on behalf of all its bargaining members, though fewer than half pay dues. Union officials say the extra money will allow them to improve services. But some of the 12,500 state workers who will find as…

Court: Dutch Responsible For Srebrenica Deaths

• Syrian Forces Encircle Hama
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• Cameron Vows Support For Afghanistan
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• Pakistani Soldier Killed In Roadside Blast
• Eight Iraqi Troops Killed In Attacks

Bahamas government bans commercial shark fishing

1 hour ago

(AP) The Bahamas has banned commercial fishing of sharks, awarding protection to the more than 40 species circling the island chain that touts itself as the shark diving capital of the world.Activists cheered the new law approved Tuesday. They had demanded more protection for sharks after a local seafood company announced …

Europe and Russia

Russian activist blasts brutal anti-terror tactics

1 hour, 1 minute ago

(AP) A leading rights activist has told Russia’s president that the brutal tactics used to fight militants in the volatile North Caucasus region has helped swell the rebels’ ranks.Svetlana Gannushkina says the effort to combat the Islamic militancy "isn’t only inefficient but counterproductive."Gannushkina spoke at President Dmitry Medvedev’s meeting with rights …

Middle East

Sources: 10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq

1 hour, 27 minutes ago

(AP) The White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq next year, U.S. officials say, despite opposition from many Iraqis and key Democratic Party allies who demand that President Barack Obama bring home the American military as promised.Any extension of the military’s presence, however, depends on a …

Gunmen execute two men in Sinaloa

A double execution was recorded during the afternoon of Monday, this in Colonia Las Coloradas, located in the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa.

Executed two unidentified men, a body was inside a Nissan truck and another next to it. According to reports the gunmen traveling in a car and hastily approached his victims to shoot them until death.

In addition, the driver van Nissan lost control when he received the shots, so the vehicle hit a post .

 

Gunmen execute two policemen in Chihuahua

Tuesday July 5, 2011 | Comments: 16 Comments  

Authorities have confirmed that during the early hours of today, a group of armed men attacked two elements of the Municipal Police Guachochi, Chihuahua.

The uniformed patrol work performed in the center of town, when they were intercepted by unknown gunmen fired at them several times. The officers were executed.

Elements of the Municipal Police and State Police arrived at the scene of the attack start the first investigations. The Medical Examiner made the lifting of the two bodies and took them to the morgue.

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Causes terror shooting dozens of children

Tuesday July 5, 2011 | Comments: 13 Comments  

During the morning a group of gunmen led to panic among dozens of children, since gunmen attacked a house located on Calle Francisco Villa in the colony and Caleros Ladrilleros in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

The children remained guarded in daycare Love in Action, located in front of the house was being attacked by several unknown gunmen. Reports indicate that there were more than 50 shots, who detonated themselves among small terror that fell to the track to protect a stray bullet.

Elements of the Municipal Police and the Attorney General’s Office were present to protect the area, also managed to find more than 50 shell casings from AK-47.

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El Nico Abate, head of the Office in Aguascalientes

Tuesday July 5, 2011 | Comments: 130 Comments  

Agents of the Attorney General of the State and members of the Ministry of Marine Armada de Mexico, conducted a thorough operational in Porta Fractionation Quarry located west of the city of Aguascalientes, and thanks to intelligence work is managed to locate the hideout of Nicolas Mora Obando, known as the Nico Nico or Dad, who was wanted by State and Federal authorities.

The uniforms arrived at the home of El Nico, but realized that the site was a woman identified as Brenda, 23, concubine of the offender, plus their children, Camila, two years, and Gael, five years. At home also remained Mr. Federico, 69, and his wife Ana Maria, 59, adults the elderly are parents Brenda.

So the operation was attempted to protect the lives of three adults and two children, but to El Nico did not mind risking your family starting to fire officials, trying to cover with Brenda and daughter Camilla. The sailors managed to safeguard them and managed to bring down Nicolas Mora.

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Chavez Returns to Venezuela “Very happy to be home again,” Chavez said after his arrival from Cuba, where he had spent several weeks after an operation to remove a tumor and a treatment for cancer… More details

Venezuela (Click here for more Venezuela news)

7/3/2011	Cuba Releases New Photos of Chavez Rehabbing
7/3/2011	US SEC Recovers $230 Million in Venezuela’s PDVSA Pension Fund Ponzi Scheme
7/2/2011	Venezuelan VP Says Ailing Chavez Will Run Again in 2012
7/1/2011	Clinton Congratulates Venezuela on Bicentennial of Independence
7/1/2011	Venezuela’s Chavez Battles Cancer

Colombia (Click here for more)

7/4/2011	Indian Leader Killed in Nortwestern Colombia
7/3/2011	Colombian Drug Lord “Beto the Gypsy” Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
7/3/2011	Colombian Rebels Deny Operating in Venezuela
7/3/2011	Grenade Attack Wounds 5 in Colombia
7/3/2011	Seven Killed at Ranch in Southern Colombia

Panama (Click here for more)

6/19/2011	U.S. Approves Noriega’s Extradition to Panama from France
5/8/2011	Police Find Over $1 Million in Plane in Panama
4/30/2011	Geosciences Institute Reports Magnitude-5.8 Quake in South Panama
4/12/2011	Man Dies from Hantavirus in Panama
4/11/2011	Mexico’s ICA to Build $238 Million Avenue in Panama City

Ecuador (Click here for more)

7/3/2011	Ecuador Seeks to Hedge Oil Prices Against Drop
6/9/2011	Ecuadorian Massacre Survivor Gets Police Protection Again
6/6/2011	Two Soldiers Missing in Ecuador Shipwreck
5/6/2011	Correa Seeks Tighter Control of Press & Courts in Ecuador Vote
5/3/2011	Five Dead in Mudslide in Ecuador

Bolivia

6/27/2011	28 Die in Bus Accident in Southern Bolivia
6/23/2011	Bolivia to Withdraw from UN Drug Convention
4/6/2011	Bolivia’s Gas Reserves Revised Downward
3/2/2011	YPF, Petrobras Sign Gas-Exploration Deals with Bolivia
2/27/2011	Some 800 Families Homeless When Rains Cause 250 La Paz Homes to Collapse

Central America

7/4/2011	Aeromexico Starts Operating in Guatemala
7/4/2011	Police Investigate Inmate’s Killing in Nicaragua
7/3/2011	U.S. Deported 14,478 Guatemalans in First Half of 2011
7/1/2011	Riot at Salvadoran Prison Leaves 3 Dead
6/30/2011	580 Knives, Drugs, Seized in Costa Rica’s Main Prison

Brazil (Click here for more)

7/4/2011	Brazil Approves Conjugal Visits for Gay Inmates
7/4/2011	Brazilian President Expresses Support for Embattled Minister
7/4/2011	Elderly Spanish Woman Arrested on Drug Charges in Brazil
7/3/2011	Brazil Suspends 4 Transportation Ministry Officials
7/2/2011	Former Brazilian President Itamar Franco Dies

Cuba

7/1/2011	Cuba to Allow Buying and Selling of Homes, Cars
6/27/2011	Cuban Dissident Ends Hunger Strike
6/26/2011	Ashes of Cuban Dissident Interred in Miami
6/25/2011	Cuban, Russian Firms Sign Oil Partnership Agreements
6/22/2011	Jailed Cuban Dissident on Hunger Strike Hospitalized

Mexico

7/4/2011	One Dead, Six Missing in Shipwreck in Mexico
7/4/2011	Mexico Arrests Zetas Cartel’s No. 3 Leader
7/4/2011	Guerrilla Leader’s Widow Murdered in Southern Mexico
7/4/2011	PRI Wins Elections in 3 Mexican States
7/3/2011	Texas Police Urge Americans Not to Cross into Mexico

Caribbean

7/4/2011	Cuban-American Couple Killed After Their House Is Robbed in Dominican Republic
7/4/2011	Searchers Recover Body from Plane Crash Off Puerto Rico
7/2/2011	Puerto Rican Police Chief Resigns Amid Spike in Homicides
7/1/2011	New Ferry Between Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic
6/29/2011	Feds Join Puerto Rico Police in Major Drug Sweep

Argentina

7/4/2011	Four Paraguayans Arrested in Argentina for Drug Trafficking
7/1/2011	Argentina, Bolivia Inaugurate Gas Pipeline
6/29/2011	Two Mexicans Convicted on Money Laundering Charges in Argentina
6/23/2011	Noble to Invest $50 Million to Produce Biodiesel in Argentina
6/21/2011	Argentina’s Fernandez Seeks 2nd Term

Chile

7/3/2011	14 Miners Who Survived Chile’s 2010 Accident Seek Retirement
6/19/2011	More Than 4,000 Chilean People Evacuated Due to Volcano May Return Home
6/16/2011	Chile’s Fine Wine Exports Surge 19%
6/13/2011	American Student Injured in Fall in Chile
6/5/2011	Thousands Evacuated Following Earthquake in Chile

Peru

7/4/2011	Peruvian Citadel’s Builders Incorporated Drawings Unveiled by Sun
7/2/2011	Tourists Barred from Nighttime Anniversary Show at Machu Picchu
6/26/2011	Machu Picchu, the City That Was Never Lost
6/25/2011	Death Toll in Peru Protests Rises to 5
6/24/2011	Two Killed as Protesters Storm Peru Airport

Uruguay

4/9/2011	Oil Spill Causes “Minor” Environmental Damage, Uruguay Authorities Say
3/31/2011	Traces of Oil Found in Uruguay
1/11/2011	Argentine Boaters Missing Off Uruguay Turn Up Alive
1/9/2011	Five Police, 11 Prisoners Injured in Riot at Uruguay Prison
1/6/2011	Forest Fire Scorches Large Area in Uruguay

Latin America (Click here for more)

6/15/2011	10 Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty in New York
6/14/2011	Unemployment Falling in Latin America, UN Agencies Say
6/2/2011	Latin America Needs Strong Institutions to Prosper from China Ties
5/30/2011	Man Hauling Pot Dies During Police Chase in Paraguay
5/14/2011	Clinton Wishes Paraguay “Happy Bicentennial” (VIDEO)

World (Click here for more)

7/4/2011	20 Arrested in Spain for Defrauding Immigrants
7/4/2011	U.S. Prepares for End of the Space Shuttle Era
7/4/2011	Republicans May Accept “Mini” Deal on U.S. Debt, Senator Says
7/3/2011	Clinton and Spain’s Jimenez Meet in Madrid
7/2/2011	Judge Blocks New Rules for Abortion Clinics in Kansas

Business & Economy (Click here for more)

7/4/2011	Hackers Attack Apple’s Web Site, Claim They Stole Passwords
7/1/2011	U.S. Consumer Confidence Dips
6/30/2011	U.S. Unemployment Claims Fall Slightly
6/29/2011	News Corp Sells MySpace for $35 Million
6/29/2011	BofA Pays $8.5 Billion to Buyers of Mortgage-Backed Securities

Oil & Minerals (Click here for more)

7/3/2011	ExxonMobil Works to Clean Up Oil Spill from Montana Pipeline
6/24/2011	Venezuela’s PDVSA to Re-Open 2022 Bond for $1.5 Billion
6/24/2011	Venezuela Oil Falls to $101.07 — Still Trading Above WTI
6/23/2011	U.S. Joins Move to Release Emergency Oil Reserves
6/18/2011	Spain’s Repsol Forms Joint Venture with Russian Group Alliance

Opinion (Click here for more)

7/3/2011	Ponce: Where’s Venezuela’s Hugo?
7/3/2011	Gustavo Coronel: Please Stop Referring to Latin America as “America’s Backyard”
7/1/2011	VenEconomy: No More Detours from the Constitution!
7/1/2011	VenEconomía: ¡No Más Desvíos Constitucionales!
6/30/2011	VenEconomy: The Bizarre Bolivarian Revolution

 

Skull found in Nuevo Leon

Tuesday July 5, 2011 | Comments: 32 Comments  

A couple came to his country house located in the Block 19 of the Jesus Maria neighborhood, in the municipality of Fisheries, Nuevo León. However, the couple received a surprise when they saw your pet walking with a skull.

A small dog dragged the skull patio the house, so I immediately decided to call the marriage authorities, who on reaching the house found the macabre and bizarre scene.

Staff Forensic Medical Service of the skull could take the dog home, then move the bones to their facilities.

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JIHAD TRAINING FOR MUSLIM WOMEN at terrorist training camp in Hancock, NY

Posted: July 4, 2011 | Author: barenakedislam | Filed under: EnemyWithin-American | 36 Comments »

HOMEGROWN TERRORISM: Located just 140 miles northwest of New York City, Hancock is the location of a secluded camp where Muslim women are trained on how to kill us and slit our throats.

Lock & Load, people!

Europe and Russia

Yacht carrying 1.1 tons of cocaine seized

2 hours, 30 minutes ago

(AP) German police say authorities have intercepted a yacht carrying 1.1 tons of cocaine worth some euro42 million ($60 million) from the Caribbean to Europe.Police said Tuesday that the bust was part of an investigation begun in 2009 with French and Spanish authorities.Two Germans sailing from the island of Grenada were …

Latin America

Chavez stays home as troops celebrate bicentennial

2 hours, 59 minutes ago

(AP) Ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stayed home in his presidential palace Tuesday while thousands of troops across town marched to mark the country’s bicentennial.Chavez addressed the troops on live television at the start of the parade, standing beside military commanders at the presidential palace. He said he was glad to …

Europe and Russia

UK coroner closes case on 130-year-old murder case

3 hours, 29 minutes ago

(AP) A British coroner has closed the case on a 130-year-old London murder mystery, ruling that a skull recently found in a garden belonged to a woman killed in 1879.West London Coroner Alison Thompson confirmed Tuesday that the skull found in the neighborhood of Richmond was that of Julia Thomas, a …

Reporter convicted of insulting Lukashenko

3 hours, 59 minutes ago

(AP) A journalist for one of Poland’s leading newspapers has been convicted of libel for insulting Belarus’ authoritarian president, but freed after being handed a suspended sentence.The case of Andrzej Poczobut had drawn wide attention to the repressive regime of Alexander Lukashenko, especially from Poland. Belarus has a large ethnic Polish …

Vatican denounces traditional group’s ordinations

3 hours, 59 minutes ago

(AP) The Vatican says the recent ordinations of 20 priests by a conservative, traditionalist Roman Catholic group are illegitimate since it has no legal status within the church.Over the past two weeks, the Society of St. Pius X ordained the priests in ceremonies in the United States, Switzerland and Germany.Vatican spokesman …

Latin America

Ferry runs aground in USVI; 102 people rescued

4 hours, 26 minutes ago

(AP) The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued 98 passengers and four crew members who were aboard a ferry that ran aground in the U.S. Virgin Islands.Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad says five people were injured after the Royal Miss Belmar struck a reef near the island of St. Thomas late Monday.Castrodad …

Middle East

Israel MI chief: Iran deepening regional influence

4 hours, 54 minutes ago

(AP) Israel’s military intelligence chief says Iran has deepened its influence over the troubled Middle East and is actively intervening in Egypt ahead of planned September elections there.Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi told Israeli lawmakers that Iran is specifically trying to prop up Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. He added that Iran was also …

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3. Complaint Filed As France’s Strauss-Kahn Faces New Rape Allegation
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5. Russia, NATO Still At Odds Over Libya
6. UN War Crimes Court Expels Mladic, Enters Not-Guilty Pleas
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Europe and Russia

Bosnia prepares mass funeral of Srebrenica victims

5 hours, 26 minutes ago

(AP) Gravediggers and morgue workers are working overtime this week to prepare a funeral for hundreds of victims of the Srebrenica massacre whose remains were found in mass graves and identified through DNA analysis.The funeral next Monday, at which 613 identified bodies will be laid to rest, will be part of …

• China probing ConocoPhillips’ role in oil spill

  AP via Yahoo! News – Tue Jul 5, 6:16 am ETChina’s State Oceanic Administration said Tuesday it is investigating ConocoPhillips’ role in a recent oil spill and still assessing possible damage to the environment.

• China Venture Chase Heats Up With $350 Million GSR fund

  Forbes – 2 hours 36 minutes agoThe China venture chase heats up as GSR Ventures raises its fourth fund in six years at $350 million

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  China understating local govt debt: ratings agency

  AFP via Yahoo! News – Tue Jul 5, 5:19 am ETChina may have understated the debt burden of local governments by as much as $541.6 billion, and the proportion of bad loans could be higher than previously forecast, ratings agency Moody’s said Tuesday.

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  China to pour $9bn into Brazil this year: report

  AFP via Yahoo! News – Tue Jul 5, 5:48 am ETChina is expected to pour $9 billion into Brazil this year, with half for investment in the country’s high-tech sector, state media said Tuesday, citing a senior Brazilian trade official.

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  China cement firm to build Indonesia plants: media

  AFP via Yahoo! News – Tue Jul 5, 2:27 am ETChina’s Anhui Conch Cement Co has signed a preliminary agreement to invest an estimated $2.35 billion to build four cement plants in Indonesia, Chinese media reported Tuesday.

• China and Romania pledge closer military ties

  Defence Professionals – Tue Jul 5, 11:11 am ETBEIJING | China and Romania pledged Friday to boost their bilateral ties as military officials met in Beijing. …

• China probes ConocoPhillips over spill

  BigPond News – Tue Jul 5, 11:43 am ETChina said it was investigating US oil giant ConocoPhillips’ role in a spill off its eastern coast.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011 | Borderland Beat Reporter Buggs

 

New Attempt on Dignitary Protection of Governor Rodrigo Medina

| Borderland Beat Reporter Buggs

Shortly before 1900 hours on Sunday there was another attack against the personal bodyguards of the governor of Nuevo León, Rodrigo Medina.

Early reports indicate that an unknown group of heavily armed men attacked the guards that were patrolling in an official vehicle on a major route in Monterrey.

At present time there is an intense operation by the authorities in the area of Avenida Morones Prieto and San Francisco, by the tunnel Loma Larga, in the vicinity of Casa de Gobierno.

The authorities attempted to deny the incident they did in previous occasions, however a very close source confirmed the incident.

So far it is known that at least one person was killed.

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La Línea direct Challange to El Cártel de Sinaloa in Narco Messages

| Borderland Beat Reporter Buggs

After the wave of violence in Chihuahua this week, several narco messages appeared on walls and banners, where one can feel the intense war that is being waged between the two group of La Linea and the Sinaloa Cartel.

Initiall reports indicate that at least six messages signed by DTO’s were observed by the public, including several on Sunday that were signed by La Línea aimed at El Chapo Guzman, where they mocked the attack in Autódromo Élite.

Full text:
“Haha how did it go with Jorge Sosa he was left like a dog that he couldn’t board his armored vehicle. You thought you were going to escape me you son a bitch. Hahaha and El Chapo APA? Atte_______ (La Linea). “

Other similar narco messages on walls that were signed by La Línea were also reported. However, the Sinaloa Cartel responded today with several narco-banners.

Full text:

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Armed Commando Attacks Speedway in Chihuahua

| Borderland Beat Reporter Buggs

Sunday at dawn a heavily armed group entered the Autódromo Élite (Elite Speedway,) located in Chihuahua, where a night race of cars was getting ready to take place. The race was to benefit the rider Jorge Aguirre, known as the Pirinola, who suffered an accident and had expressed a need of financial support.

The unidentified armed commando started shooting with heavy firepower in the speedway were and then fled in various luxury vehicles. At the scene the driver Jorge Sosa and one of his assistants identified as Jose de Jesus Orozco Martinez were slain.

Fernando Martínez Sosa, who serves as deputy director of crime prevention in the city of Chihuahua, was wounded in the shooting and was immediately taken to a hospital to receive emergency medical attention.

Authorities confirmed that the official officer was in the company of his family enjoying the event and indicated that he was not the target of the attack.

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“Greetings from Comandante 40 to the troops”

Monday, July 4, 2011 | Borderland Beat Reporter Gerardo

UN SALUDO DEL COMANDANTE 40 PARA LAS TROPAS was the deadly Zeta greeting taped to the stock of a sniper’s rifle seized during Army operations in the northern Nuevo Leon municipality of Vallecio, located 50 miles south of the Texas border on Federal Highway 85.

The message is believed to reference Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, “El 40″, second in command of the Los Zetas criminal organization, whose stronghold is the nearby border city of Nuevo Laredo.

Army troops had a greeting of their own when they raided the Ejido El Alamo at 6:00pm Sunday evening where they also seized 400 pounds of marijuana, 9 AR-15 rifles, 6 AK-47 rifles, 2 hunting rifles, 600 rounds of ammunition, 8 camouflage uniforms, boots, tactical gear, communications equipment and 16 berets with the Zeta emblem attached. The uniforms were reportedly Army surplus made in the U.S.

Military authorities reported the troops were unable to seal a perimeter around the farm and as a result an undetermined number of gunmen escaped in vehicles and on foot.

At the time an Army detachment was mounting a reconaissance operation on the streets of Vallecio and on dirt roads in the outskirts of the town when they ran into the main entrance of the Ejido El Alamo and observed people fleeing the scene.

The drugs, weapons and equipment were located inside a farm building and a white Nissan cargo vehicle parked outside. The 200 kilos (approximately 400 pounds) was wrapped in clear plastic in 63 packages.

All the evidence seized was transferred to the Federal Attorney General’s office in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon.

Thirteen gunmen killed by Army unit in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas.\

A total of 13 suspected gunmen were killed after a shootout with the Mexican Army in a rural area of the municipality of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas this Monday morning.

According to the preliminary reports a military reconnaissance patrol repelled an attack by gunmen in the rural community of Zaragoza Atizapán.

The fighting occured at a farm where seven vehicles loaded with weapons, clothes and various equipment was seized.

A gunmen identified as Luis David Martinez Reyes who was in posession of an AK-47 was arrested at the scene.

Rio Bravo is located on the Rio Grande border with Texas, between the major cities of Reynosa and Matamoros and is a much used drug smuggling corridor into the U.S.

Although the identity of the criminal group that the gunmen belonged to was not revealed this area is under the control of the Gulf Cartel. It was recently learned that drug traffickers in this area are under orders to fire on U.S. law enforcement personnel if necessary to prevent the seizure of drug loads being smuggled into the U.S.

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“I feel this story should be heard.”

| Borderland Beat Reporter Gerardo

The following are the contents of a letter we received at Borderland Beat from a couple that until recently resided in the tourist destination of Ixtapa in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.

We have independently corroborated certain facts in the letter and believe the contents to be true.

Names and addresses have been deleted for obvious reasons.

I feel that you should be made aware of an incident that occurred early in the morning of May 9 2011 and about the treatment we received after.

My husband and I were sleeping at our home on Calle ____________ in Res. _________, Ixtapa. At about 2.30 AM I saw 3 men approaching from the back area of the house. We jumped out of bed and managed to keep them from entering the house for at least 5 minutes. We turned on the alarm in our car and during this whole time we were yelling Ayudar Ayudar as loudly as we could. The robbers were also screaming and yelling because they were not at first able to get in. The leader of the bad guys picked up a brick and threw it at our glass door, shattering the glass. They were then able to get inside by smashing all the glass out of the door. The entire time this was going on, our car alarm was still sounding off.

Once inside our house the robbers beat both my husband (very severely) and myself and also at one point in the battle they shot a gun at my husband but thankfully did not hit him. They then tore our house apart and found our bank and credit cards. After they held a gun to my head and saying they would kill my husband I gave them the passwords. The leader of the gang left to go to the bank to check that I gave them the right numbers. While he was gone the other 2 men were kicking us and hitting us and putting guns and knives in our faces. When their leader returned they loaded up our TV, computer, camera, jewelry, etc. into our Honda CRV and then the main gang leader raped me and stabbed my husband. They told us that if we called the police or made a report they would come back and cut off our heads. I believe them. They terrorized us for almost 3 hours. In that entire time nobody called the Police or came to help us even though we had made a lot of noise for at least the first 15 minutes and then there had also been a gunshot. There are veladors and security guards all around our neighborhood starting within 30 meters away.

We have already done our duty and reported the crime to the proper authorities even though we are very frightened.

But even more than the crime itself which you may already have heard about I think that you should know about the things that have happened to us afterwards.

First, we went to the guard house at Condominium ________. We asked the security guard there to please call the ambulance because my husband had lost a lot of blood and was still loosing more blood. The guard did not have a telephone number. Why is he not trained to call his company and ask for help. I then asked him to call us a taxi. He had to call twice before anyone came. We waited for 20 minutes as my husband was bleeding and throwing up and going into shock. Finally a very nice taxista came and picked us up and took us to the Naval Hospital. They would not admit us because I had been raped and they said they did not have the personnel there to deal with that. They told our taxi driver to take us to Zihuatanejo. I can not believe that a Hospital turned away a man that had been beaten and stabbed and needed immediate medical attention. He then took us to Red Cross where there was also no one there to help us so we then had to go to Hospital General. When we arrived there we saw homeless people and people sleeping on the sidewalk. They let us in and started to very slowly take care of my husband who at this time had been bleeding for 3 hours. The people in this place had no compassion or sympathy for our situation. I was crying and pleading with them to let me use a phone to call my friend Snra. _________ but they kept telling me I had to use the pay phone. I explained that I had just been robbed and raped and nearly killed and did not have any money. They still would not help me to call my friend. Finally, after 40 minutes, one of the nurses let me use her personal cel phone.

That Hospital is not a place that I wanted my husband to stay in. There were flies all over and no privacy for any of the patients. The staff seemed to have almost no interest in helping us there. They did take X rays and put in some stitches to stop the bleeding and also gave him some fluids intravenously and then we were able to take him away from there.

As bad as things were at the Hospital they only got worse in the next few days. We asked _______ to help us to report the crime and if possible, to keep it out of the papers because we were afraid but also because we know that news like this happening to gringos will do extreme damage to the economy here.

It took 2 and a half days to get our report so that we could then register to the PFP (Federal Preventive Police) that our car was stolen. By now the car could be in Guatamala !! Nobody tried tracking the criminals by using our cell phone even though we gave them the number and told them that the bad guys have been answering it. When the prosecutors came to our house they did not have any bags for collecting evidence but had to borrow some from me, one of the victims of the crime. We had told them that there would be fingerprints all over including on our refrigerator but nobody brought the equipment necessary to dust for them. No one has interviewed the security guard. He must have seen the car that they arrived in or seen them driving around our street just before the break in. We feel that we have done everything possible to help the authorities to find and then prosecute these criminals but nobody is doing anything to catch them.

My husband had been very badly injured and I had been terribly traumatized by what happened but the government departments just seemed to not care at all that they kept us waiting in office after office for hours at each time, day after day. And we are very dismayed that no one was even trying to catch the criminals or look for our stolen car for almost 3 days!

I have been coming to Mexico my entire life and coming to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo since 1982. My husband and I have been living here full time for 6 years, sharing this time between Michoacan and here. We have given good jobs and much work to many, many people in that time. I have told hundreds of people about what a nice destination this is. After this terrible experience we will be leaving Mexico forever and I could not possibly recommend anyone to visit here.

While at the American Consulate office where I went to get a new passport, I learned that there were 4 carjackings of American citizens THIS WEEK ALONE on the road near Troncones and Saladita. This type of news is going to kill the tourism that this area has come to depend on.

We have been very careful to keep all of this out of the papers and off the message board that the tourists read. I honestly don´t know why we should care so much for Zihuatanejo. Zihuatanejo does not care for us.

Regards,_____________ , _____________

Postscript:

I feel this story should be heard.

It made me so mad when I saw Calderon in Las Vegas saying that the only “shots” that the Spring Break tourists needed to be afraid of is tequila shots.

Mexico is trying to minimize (for obvious reasons) the impact that the violence is taking on their country and economy.

The ineptitude of some of the police and prosecutors is just appalling. You would not believe the way that we were treated in Zihuatanejo. And to be refused at 2 “hospitals” when my husband was bleeding from a stab wound and had his head split open. It was a nightmare that just went on and on.

A lot of people go to Mexico and things are fine until god forbid you get caught up in something like this.

My husband and I could not have been less likely to have something like this come our way. We stayed at home, treated everyone very fairly, know the ropes down there and never did anything at all that would have put us on the radar of these criminals.

We never stayed out late or had any involvement whatsoever with drugs or anyone that did drugs. Nada. If it could happen to us, it could happen to ANYONE.Share it:

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Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar, “el Mamito”, is captured

| Borderland Beat Reporter Gerardo

Federal Police capture Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar, alias “el Mamito”, a principal leader and original member of “Los Zetas” and third in command of the organization.

In a press release this morning the Ministry of Public Security (SSP) reports that Federal Police agents captured Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, one of the leaders and founders of “Los Zetas”, in the town of Atizapan de Zaragoza, Estado de Mexico yesterday, Sunday July 3.

Rejon Aguilar “El Mamito” is identified as third in the hierarchy of Los Zetas, under the command of Heriberto Lazcano “el Lazca” and Miguel Angel Treviño Morales “el Z-40.”

According to the SSP Rejon Aguilar’s arrest is the result of intelligence generated from various operations undertaken by Federal forces. His arrest order was for the investigation of drug trafficking and the attack on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents which occurred February 14 of this year in Santa Maria, San Luis Potosi, where ICE agent Jaime Zapata was murdered.

El Mamito is also suspected of ordering a high number of executions in Northeastern Mexico.

Rejon Aguilar was among the most wanted criminals by the Mexican Government, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) had a reward of 5 million dollars for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction.

It is expected that the U.S. will request the extradition of Rejon Aguilar who is wanted in the U.S for drug trafficking under a 2008 Federal indictment in the District of Columbia.

On April 3, 1993, Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar entered the Mexican Army in his home state of Campeche and in 1996 was assigned to Special Forces Airmobile Group (GAFE). In 1997, he was assigned to the Mexico’s Federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) as Agent “C” in the cities of Reynosa and Miguel Aleman in Tamaulipas. In 1998 he was assigned to Saltillo, Coahuila.

El Mamito deserted in February 1999 and in March the same year, at the invitation of Arturo Guzman Decena, known as “The Z1″, was integrated into the “Group of 14″ (los 14) who founded “Los Zetas” as the armed wing of the “Gulf Cartel”.

This group, also known as first generation Zetas, was composed of, among others, Arturo Guzman Decena, known as “Z-1″, who died in 2002; Alejandro Lucio Morales Betancourt, “Z-2″, arrested in 2001; Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, “El Lazca”, current leader of the organization; Mateo Díaz López, “Z-6″, incarcerated in 2006; Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, “el Mamito”; Oscar Guerrero Silva, “Z-8″, who committed suicide; Omar Pitalúa Lorméndez, “Z-9″ detained in 2005: and Efraín Teodoro Torres “Z-14″, who died in 2007.

Rejon Aguilar’s first criminal activities were providing protection for the safe houses of Osiel Cardenas Guillen, then head of the Gulf Cartel, where money, drugs and weapons were stored.

After winning the confidence of Cárdenas Guillén, Rejon Aguilar was assigned the responsibility for the safety of his family.

After the capture of Osiel Cardenas Guillen in 2003 Los Zetas, led by Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, assumed a higher position in the structure of the “Gulf Cartel” assuming greater responsibilities and conducting independent criminal activities in areas where the Gulf Cartel was present.

At that time Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, alias “The Mummy” allegedly participated in the following offenses:

◦ The escape of Daniel Perez Rojas “el Cachetes”, Deyanira Flores, Manuel Alquicires García “El Loco Meme” and Enrique Gonzalez Rodriguez, all alleged members of the Gulf Cartel, from a prison in Matamoros, Tamaulipas on December 27, 2002.

◦ Clashes against the Sinaloa Cartel in 2004 and 2005 in the states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.

◦ In 2004, attempted to carry out the escape of Osiel Cardenas Guillen from the Altiplano prison.

In 2007 Rejon Aguilar was assigned to the streets of Nuevo Laredo and Miguel Aleman under the command of Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, “Z-40″, where he remained until early 2009.

After the rupture between the “Gulf Cartel” and “Los Zetas” in 2010, Jesus Enrique Aguilar Rejon, was assigned as the regional coordinator in the states of central and northern Mexico.

Rejon Aguilart was arrested along with Pedro Ortega Herrera, 32-year-old native of Mexico City, identified as an active police official with the Ministry of Public Security in Mexico City. Ortega Herrera was responsible for providing security and support for Rejon Aguilar during travel to the state of Campeche.

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