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3 held in Detroit over bathroom trips on plane.

Judging time in the can now? How could anyone have gotten anything of potential danger through the invasive security checks anyway? Yes – the terrorists have won – we are now afraid of too much time in the bathroom. We could quit flying altogether – abstinence is the best prevention.

3 held in Detroit over bathroom trips on plane 11 Sep 2011 Amid anxiety over the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, police detained three passengers at Detroit’s Metropolitan Airport on Sunday after the crew of the Frontier Airlines flight from Denver reported suspicious activity on board, and NORAD sent two F-16 jets to shadow the flight until it landed safely, airline and federal officials said. Also Sunday, NORAD sent two F-16s to escort a Los Angeles-to-New York American Airlines flight after three passengers made repeated trips to the bathroom, officials said. Flight 34 landed safely at New York’s Kennedy Airport. Frontier Flight 623, with 116 passengers on board, landed without incident in Detroit after the crew reported that two people were spending “an extraordinarily long time” in a bathroom, Frontier spokesman Peter Kowalchuck said.

Interpol issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi [Where's Bush/Cheney's?] 09 Sep 2011 Interpol, at the request of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, has issued a Red Notice arrest warrant for Gaddafi and members of his government. The move by Interpol, the international police agency, comes as Colonel Gaddafi remains in hiding in an unknown or undisclosed location.

You think this is correct? We have to have men standing on the streets with full auto weapons?
We have become what we use to despise and it is getting worse by the day…

America the Police State…

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PS: Update-
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — The latest terror threat has come out just as a brand new CBS/New York Times poll shows 1 out of 3 New Yorkers still thinks about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at least once a week.

CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer has an exclusive look at the city’s post-9/11 security.

There are radiation detection boats in the waters, cameras that have been placed all over lower and Midtown Manhattan and there are cops with guns and tanks and all kinds of weapons, because in New York a terror attack could come from anywhere, and anyone.

“There’s no shortage of people who are willing to give up their lives for the cause,” NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

It’s been 10 years but our concerns about terrorism are still staggering and constant. Even the death of Osama bin Laden didn’t lessen the fear.

Two thirds of Americans, 67 percent in a stunning CBS/New York Times poll say killing the al Qaeda mastermind didn’t make them feel safer.

But that’s not all. A majority – 57 percent — say subway security measures are insufficient.

And as for other potential terror targets:

* Only 27 percent say airports are a lot safer

* Only 20 percent say bridges and tunnels are safer

* And just 14 percent say area nuclear plants are safer

Kramer sat down with Commissioner Kelly for a rare and candid talk about terror. Some of the arrows in his anti-terror quiver are pretty amazing and newly revealed.

For openers, he has his own navy.

“We actually have the ability to have a small submarine, not manned, to check the part of the boats that are submerged,” Kelly said.

“We have a new boat on order. We envision a situation where we may have to get to an island or across water quickly, so we’re able to transport our heavy weapons officers rapidly.”

Kelly also has his own army — 1,000 anti-terror cops with tanks and weapons, carved out of the NYPD after 9/11.

“We have to do things differently. We know that this is where terrorists want to come,” Kelly said.

But in the city’s war on terror it’s often about what you don’t see. You do see the cops and the weapons and the bomb dogs. You don’t see the legion of bi-lingual undercover officers and analysts. You also don’t see much of the intricate web of surveillance cameras the commissioner continues to build.

“Now you’re going to see a fairly rapid increase in the number of cameras,” Kelly said.

You mean that Obama’s great speech before both houses of congress on how to create jobs, the one that he’s been telling us about for weeks had a NEGATIVE effect on the markets? You mean it did not inspire confidence? You mean that his brilliantly new idea of tax the rich didn’t demonstrate the kind of leadership that we need to get us out of this economic catastrophe? Wow……who’d a thunk it?

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He was shot (11) eleven times…

BBC journalist was killed by Nato troops in Afghanistan 08 Sep 2011 Nato has admitted accidentally shooting dead a BBC journalist in Afghanistan during a battle against insurgents after mistaking him for a suicide bomber. Military officials met close relatives of Omaid Khpalwak on Thursday and apologised for their “mistake.” Khpalwak, who was hiding in fear during the attack and spoke good English, was shot 11 times. His brother Jawid, who always maintained that his brother was killed by Nato forces, said his family remained angry at Nato’s actions on the day. “They thought he was a suicide bomber, but how?” Jawid asked. “He spoke English and would have been showing his press card.”

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The global retail giant Wal-Mart said on Wednesday that consumers who bought ordinary pork sold as higher-quality pork will get double their money back.

“Wal-Mart’s unalterable responsibility is to safeguard consumers’ interests. The relevant people in this case will be seriously dealt with, and we will further enhance our staff training and food management processes,” the company said in a statement sent to the media.

Since the beginning of this year, more than 1,000 kilograms of ordinary pork were sold as green pork, which is manufactured in line with rigorous production standards and sold at a higher price, at three of Wal-Mart’s outlets in Chongqing, according to the municipal market watchdog.

Law enforcement officials from Chongqing’s industrial and commercial bureau raided eight Wal-Mart branches in the city on Aug 25, after receiving tip-offs from consumers, and found three of the stores were selling ordinary pork as green pork. The falsely labeled pork did not contain the official green stamps.

The officials also found the amount of “green pork” that had been sold and was for sale was more than the purchase volume after checking with the green pork supplier.

The company said in response that it will establish a daily inspection mechanism of green and ordinary pork, strengthen checks of purchase and sales volumes, and separate the two types of pork in the whole process from supplier to sales.

http://www.china.org.cn/business/2011-09/09/content_23383919.htm