"The passengers on board the Vatican’s first flight to Lourdes may have been pilgrims in search of spiritual healing, but they still had to obey anti-terrorism rules, it has emerged, after several of them had their holy water confiscated.
Headrests read: 'I search for your face, oh Lord' The Vatican’s new service, a Boeing 737 painted in yellow-and-white papal livery, took off from Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Monday, serving swordfish canapes to 148 pilgrims reclining on headrests stamped with the message: “I search for your face, oh Lord”.
While the outward journey was smooth, turbulence struck on the return when anti-terror rules were strictly applied by the French police.
No bottles containing more than 100ml of liquid were allowed on board unless checked in, meaning passengers were forced give up the holy water they had just collected at Lourdes.
Many hoped to ferry the water back to sick relatives."
Bush's Latest Executive Order - All Your Property Are Belong To Us
Topic: War on Terrorism
2:43 am EDT, Jul 21, 2007
Oh
Holy
Crap
Please tell me I'm not reading what I think I am reading.
If I pose a risk, he can seize everything I own. DId I take the wrong pill?
Did he just take a sharpie and blot out the 5th Amendment?
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Report: Feds overstate terrorism cases | Chicago Tribune
Topic: War on Terrorism
7:28 pm EST, Feb 22, 2007
Federal prosecutors and the FBI have significantly overstated the number of terrorism-related investigations and prosecutions they pursue, according to a highly critical report released Tuesday by a Justice Department watchdog.
The study by Inspector General Glenn Fine concluded that the overstatements occurred in large part because authorities count offenses such as document and marriage fraud and immigration violations as terrorism-related even when there was no discernible tie to terror.
Put simply: Happy viewing. Although navigating the world of online war videos is at best a haphazard venture, there is enough material to provide as clear a view into the lives of combat, boredom and pointless amusement of the soldiers in Iraq as one will find anywhere.
On this particular video:
A characteristic and terrifying example of the invisible menace posed by insurgents is a YouTube video in which a camera lying on a barracks floor during an intense mortar attack captures troops praying and screaming as rounds land ever closer to their position.
Muslim rebels in southern Thailand target school teachers
Topic: War on Terrorism
11:12 am EST, Dec 29, 2006
School headmaster Chamnong Chupatpong and Mano Sonkaew were driving a pickup truck on their way to Ban Baedo school in Yala province when they were shot, dragged out of the vehicle and burned to death, according to a witness, Lt. Tatsapol Suwannabul said.
And here we're worried about textbook stickers.
Maybe this kinda crap is WHY we are worried about textbook stickers.
The TSA has sent Soghoian a letter confirming its investigation of civil charges that he violated air safety laws. The fines can be up to $11,000 per violation.
