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Source: Pravda.Ru

Is the United States going to put dictatorship into effect under the guise of the anti-terrorist struggle? What may trigger another major transformation in 2009? The answer is obvious: another 9/11 in the USA.

Terrible and bloody events are in store for the world in the beginning of 2009. Most likely, the world will witness a reality show with a nuclear blast, which will be used as a reason for the US administration to change the world order again and leave the new Great Depression behind. There is every reason to believe that the Russian Federation may suffer as a result of this possible initiative too.

Joe Biden made a sensational statement on October 19, 2008. He said that Barack Obama would have to undergo an ordeal during the first six months of his stay in the White House. It will be the time of a very serious international crisis, when Obama would have to make tough and possibly unpopular decisions both in home and foreign politics.

Biden said that there were four or five scenarios for the development of the international crisis. Afghanistan, North Korea or the Russian Federation may become the source of one of them.

When Obama learned of Biden’s speech, he tried to explain everything with rhetorical exaggerations. However, Biden’s remarks gave food for thought, taking into consideration the fact that former secretary of state Madeleine Albright described his remarks as statement of fact.

Apparently, the political elite in the United States is certain that their nation would soon suffer another mammoth terrorist act. This assumption became the subject of Michel Chossudovsky’s article “A Second 9/11„: An Integral Part of US Military Doctrine.”

The independent analysts presented a selection of statements, which US top officials released during the recent several years. For example, Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, said at Yale April 7, 2008 that modern technologies let even a small terrorist group kill hundreds of thousands of people. Dick Cheney stated May 26, 2008: “Nobody can guarantee that we won’t be hit again.”

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Source: The Frederick News-Post Online

When Linda Ballenger received a letter from “The Ministerium of Rocky Ridge” calling for the need to wipe out white supremacy groups, she thought nothing good could come of it.

“This just seemed to me a way to stir up trouble,” Ballenger wrote in an e-mail regarding the letter. “We have no issues here. I am Catholic and have never been harassed, and have lived here almost 19 years.”

She said that, judging from the envelope, it seems everyone in Rocky Ridge received the same letter because it was generically addressed to “resident.” The return address indicated that it was from 13517 Motters Station Road — the address of Monocacy Congregation Church of the Brethren.

The church insists that the letter was not sent by anyone in their congregation or staff members. Dave Collins, the pastor, could not be reached this week for comment.

Ballenger received the half-page letter Saturday. The letter, postmarked “Frederick,” was not sent from the Rocky Ridge post office across the street from the church.

“What happened to freedom of speech?” Ballenger said.

Full text of letter:

December, 2008

Dear Resident:

This letter concerns the existence of hate groups such as the Ku Klux K1an, Neo-Nazis, WAR (White Aryan Resistance), skinheads, and other white separatist groups in Rocky Ridge and surrounding communities and the alleged harassment of our African-American, Hispanic/Latino, East Indian, Jewish, Catholic and Asian-American residents by the above groups.

We’re very concerned because we want Rocky Ridge and our surrounding communities to be a place where ALL of our residents, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic origin, feel welcome and are to be treated with the utmost respect and dignity. We should never, ever tolerate any form of harassment of any of our residents by white separatist groups and should report all harassment and acts of hate to the Frederick County Sheriffs Department and The Maryland State Police.

We need to eliminate all white separatist groups from Rocky Ridge and all surrounding communities and urge all residents to take steps to welcome all African-Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asian-Americans, East Indians, Jews, and Catholics to Rocky Ridge and its surrounding communities if they choose to live here. Since we will have an African-American president inaugurated this coming January 20th, we really need to take whatever steps necessary to eliminate all hate groups from our communities. WHITE SEPARATIST HATE GROUPS HAVE NO PLACE WHATSOEVER IN ROCKY RIDGE!!!!

Truly,

The Ministerium of Rocky Ridge

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Source: USATODAY.com

PhotoOregon authorities have arrested the father of a Navy veteran who was arraigned today on murder charges for a bank bombing Friday that killed two police officers and critically wounded a third.

Bruce Turnidge, 57, was charged with conspiracy to make and possess an explosive device.

His arrest came hours after his son, Joshua Abraham Turnidge, 32, of Salem, was arraigned in Marion County Circuit Court for aggravated murder in the blast at the West Coast Bank in the agricultural town of Woodburn. He served in the Navy at Great Lakes, Ill., and has worked as a steelworker. The AP says he had been working in a biodiesel enterprise with an uncle.

Oregon State Police bomb technician William Hakim and Woodburn Police Capt. Tom Tennant died. Woodburn Police Chief Scott Russell sustained critical injuries and lost his right leg below the knee. A bank employee suffered a shrapnel wound to her right leg.

According to court documents, the officers mistakenly believed the device was a hoax and could be dismantled inside the bank.

The Oregonian has details, and The Statesman Journal has reaction from Hakim’s friends.

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Source: Reuters

Two police officers were killed after a bomb they found outside an Oregon bank exploded, authorities said on Saturday.

Oregon State Police senior trooper William Hakim, an explosives expert, and local police Capt. Tom Tennant, both 51, were killed on Friday as they carried the device into the evacuated branch of West Coast Bank in Woodburn, 30 miles south of Portland.

Wounded in the blast were Woodburn police chief Scott Russell, 46, who was in critical condition, and a bank employee, whose name and condition were not released.

“If it takes a $35,000 reward, or if that reward grows, to break the case open, then it’s money well spent,” Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings told a news conference on Saturday.

Officers had responded to a report of a bomb threat at a Wells Fargo bank branch in Woodburn. A device found there was harmless, but it led investigators to the nearby West Coast Bank branch, said Salem police Lt. Dave Okada.

Okada said no ties had been established between the two devices. He declined to describe the devices and would not comment on what led investigators to the second bank site. A task force of local, state and federal officials is investigating.

CBS News, quoting data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, reported earlier this week that there were at least 2,700 reported explosive incidents in the United States last year, and that juveniles accounted for the majority of them. West Coast Bank is a unit of West Coast Bancorp.

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Source: VOA News

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned the West against seeking to advance its interests in former Soviet republics at the expense of Russia.

Lavrov told a group of foreign businessmen meeting in Moscow his country understands that the United States and Europe have legitimate interests in the region. But he said they should build ties through “legal, understandable and transparent methods,” not what he called “behind the scenes meddling,” which he said leads to crisis situations.

The Russian minister indirectly mentioned his country’s August conflict with Georgia, and repeated Russia’s opposition to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Central Europe.

He said his country is counting on the future administration of Barack Obama to confirm pledges to cooperate with Russia in fighting common threats such as international terrorism and weapons proliferation.

Russia calls the U.S. missile plan a threat to its security.

U.S. officials say the proposal to place 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and radar guidance in the Czech Republic is aimed at protecting the European allies against threats from countries such as Iran.

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