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...Scott Macleod seems to romanticize Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah [Aug. 21]. Behind his smiling face is a militant radical. Nasrallah and his allies are responsible for ethnic cleansing in South Lebanon. Most of the Christian population has been driven away and replaced by Shi'ite Muslims. Nasrallah is an agent of Iran's policy of destabilization. Will Western democracies allow him to continue that work? David Hillel Tel Aviv President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have been outmaneuvered by Iran and their Hizballah agents. Hizballah is pumping money into Lebanon...
...SCOOT According to a new book, Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State until February '05, was actually the first person to reveal the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Washington reacts with unstunned silence and wishes it could have back the time and energy that it devoted to Plamegate. (How much do you think I could get on eBay for my "Free Judy Miller" T shirt...
Real estate agent Diane Ragan flips through some property listings online and finds some bargains not far from Old Metairie, a suburb west of New Orleans with million-dollar Mission Revival and English Tudor mansions. She points out a three-bedroom "cottage" with an asking price of $137,000 - down about a third from pre-storm prices. Even though the house took on nearly five feet of water after Katrina, she figures a young couple, professionals most likely, will grab it as a fixer-upper - or demolish it and build the home of their dreams...
...held in federal custody in a Las Vegas county jail pending a court hearing on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. It is not yet clear whether Jeffs will face extradition to Arizona or Utah. "Everyone will get their turn with Jeffs," said Tim Fuhrman, Special Agent in charge of the FBI field Office. Charges against Jeffs in Utah are most likely to carry the longest sentence...
...provisions of the law could be read to forbid businesses from even selling goods to illegal aliens, said Rudy Espinal, president of the newly formed Hazleton Hispanic Business Association, which has 43 members. The ordinance threatens any business "that aids and abets illegal aliens... through any agent, ruse, guise device or means, however indirect." "We believe it is too difficult to expect business owners to start checking IDs before they sell a soda" said Espinal, who moved to Hazleton in 2001 and is now a real estate agent and tax preparer and a plaintiff in the lawsuit. The Dominican immigrant...