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31/7/03

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    19 held in Thames torso murder inquiry

    By David Barrett, PA News

    29 July 2003

    Detectives investigating the murder of a young boy whose torso was found floating in the River Thames today arrested a gang suspected of bringing children into the UK illegally.

    In a dramatic early morning operation, more than 200 officers raided nine addresses in east and south-east London.

    Thirteen people were arrested on suspicion of immigration and people trafficking offences.

    Police believe the 19, who are all Nigerian nationals, are involved in bringing children and adults from west Africa to the UK via Europe - the route they suspect was followed by the murder victim discovered by Tower Bridge in September 2001.

    Named Adam by detectives, the unknown boy, who was between four and seven, had been mutilated in what police believe was a ritualistic sacrifice, possibly by the African black magic "muti" cult.

    A team of 12 police in riot gear stormed a pebble-dashed Victorian end-of-terrace in Devonshire Close, Stratford, east London, at exactly 6.30am.

    They used a mini battering ram to smash open the front door of the bay-fronted property before detaining three occupants - two men and a woman.

    An internal door was also knocked down in the raid.

    Officers then searched the house and two were seen examining a junk pile in the back yard.

    Commander Andy Baker, of Scotland Yard, said everyone arrested in today's operation would be DNA tested to see if there was any family link with Adam, whose torso measured just 18 inches by 8 inches and was discovered naked apart from a pair of orange shorts which could only be bought in Woolworths stores in Germany.

    Mr Baker said children brought into the UK on false documents are often used to carry out an elaborate benefit fraud or even as "slave" labour.

    A small number may end up in the sex industry, he added.

    Detective Inspector Will O'Reilly, leading the Adam inquiry, said outside the Devonshire Close address this morning: "This is the trafficking side of the Adam investigation and it is significant and important to that inquiry as a whole.

    "We've uncovered what we believe is a criminal network concentrating on people trafficking, particularly from mainland Africa through Europe to the UK, the route we believe was taken by the victim of this murder.

    "We have searched nine addresses across London looking for the organisers of this criminal gang.

    "We don't know how many children are involved in this operation but it's certainly in the hundreds, if not the thousands, coming from mainland Africa into the UK."

    Many arrive at airports travelling alone and escape the attention of the authorities because they are travelling on British passports which are either stolen or forgeries.

 

Establishment mouthpiece Jim Cussack finally admits human sacrifice is real and is happening in todays world, however, Cussack seems to imply in this article that its only the "blacks" (Africans) who are engaged in this heinous passtime!

He conveniently omits all of the European Satanic murder and ritual abuse cases, which have been published (but not by the Irish press) in the past 20 years!

IE: The Mark Dutroux case in Belgium with allegations of satanic ritual murder!

The Broxtowe/Nottingham/Orkney satanic abuse cases!

The Ruda Satanic murder case in Germany with its UK connections!

The Alcasser murders cases in Spain!

The Pacciani Satanic murder cases in Italy!

The numerous satanic murder cases in the USA - Sean Sellers, Son of Sam, Charles Manson, Henry Lee Lucas to name but a few!

And then there are the Irish Satanic murder cases! -

http://www.missingpersons-ireland.freepress-freespeech.com/WitchcraftanddfevilworshipinIreland.htm

These are only the tip of the Satanic murder news cases, which Cussack conveniently or deliberately refuses to acknowledge!


Human sacrifice cult that knows no boundaries

  • APEDESTRIAN crossing Tower Bridge spotted it: something that resembled a small torso dressed in orange shorts, floating near the north bank of the Thames, as he walked to work on the morning of September 21, 2001. It was indeed a human torso measuring only about 18 inches by eight inches and identified by the coroner as that of a young boy, aged between five and eight years with dark skin colour. The child's body had been skillfully butchered, the legs, arms and head removed and may have been hung upside down and drained entirely of blood before it was dressed in a pair of orange shorts and placed in the river. There was nothing to identify the child and no reports of missing children in the UK or Europe matched his physical description.

    Further examination showed that the boy had been well nourished and had not been sexually abused. The contents of the stomach revealed traces of a common cough medicine and something quite bizarre. Just before he was murdered, the child had been fed a potion containing quartz clay pellets, ground animal bone and tiny particles of rough gold. The label on the orange shorts showed they were sold exclusively by Woolworths in Germany.

    In the absence of fingerprints and dental records, Scotland Yard had no means of identifying the child. DNA technology was useless because there was nothing with which to match it, no relatives to provide body samples as a starting point for scientists.

    The Metropolitan Police and Coroner's Court deal with about 45 bodies taken from the Thames each year but had never encountered anything like this. A special investigation unit was set up under Commander Andy Baker and led by Detective William O'Reilly - the senior officer who visited Dublin this week accompanying gardai during the arrest of a west African man in Tallaght.

    The unit began the traditional methodology of a murder investigation: identifying and eliminating possible leads; contacting foreign police forces for possible links; issuing press releases in an attempt to elicit public responses; and initiating forensic scientific research.

    They approached Professor Ken Pye, a forensic geologist at Royal Holloway College whose genetic research techniques can tell, from trace elements in a human body, the geographical area where that person lived. In the case of the juvenile torso, Professor Pye found that it came from a small area in north-west Africa, probably a rural area near the city of Benin in south-western Nigeria. The forensic examination by Professor Pye also showed that the child had spent only a brief time in western Europe, probably only weeks before his murder.

    The Met officers now had to establish the identity of the child and a motive for his murder. Firstly they gave the dead child a name, Adam. They had to discover why someone had brought Adam to London from Africa and then murdered him in such a careful and horrific manner.

    Quickly, the theory that Adam was the victim of what is termed a ritualistic murder began to feature prominently in the Met's thinking. The detective unit's appeal for assistance from the European police liaison agency, Europol, in the Hague quickly produced general supporting evidence for this theory. Three weeks before the body in the Thames was discovered, the naked torso of a white girl, aged between five and seven, was found floating near the Dutch lake resort of Nulde. The girl had been butchered in exactly the same way. The Dutch police were also looking at the possibility of a ritualistic killing and had contacted detectives in Hamburg, Germany, where a similar case had been reported.

    While the police in London began attempting to trace west Africans who had come into Britain from Germany, they also decided to visit South Africa where the Natal police have an occult crimes unit which specialises in investigating human sacrifice by 'Muti' witch doctors.

    They visited the remote Zulu settlement of Eshowe in KwaZulu, Natal, where locals had been living in fear after the dismembered bodies of six villagers were found. One of the victims was a nine-year-old boy whose eyes, tongue and testicles had been removed. What appeared to be the limbs of five other children had been scattered in the scrubland. The locals knew it was the work of Muti witch doctors.

    The Metropolitan Police enlisted the help of the South African academic Dr Hendrik Scholtz, an expert on witch doctors, Muti black magic and ritualistic murder. Commenting on the Adam murder he said: "The nature of the discovery of the body, features of the external examination including the nature of the wounds, clothing and mechanism of death are consistent with those of a ritual homicide as practised in Africa."

    The motive for the murder was that the human parts were to be used as sacrifices to Muti deities in return for these gods bestowing greater powers on those in possession of the sacrificed body parts: the eyes to give the power of seeing into the future; the arms for greater strength; the legs for greater mobility; the penis, a particular prize, to give greater virility and fertility. The point of the sacrifice, Dr Scholtz said was to "awaken the supernatural force required to attain that goal".

    After meeting with Dr Scholtz, Commander Baker confirmed: "We are looking at the possibility of a ritual murder. Muti is a taboo subject in the sub-Sahara, let alone in London, but there is some suggestion of ceremonies taking place in the UK and strong rumours that body parts are used. They could be brought in or taken from murdered bodies. Our fear is, it is the first of many."

    In 2001, the South African government became sufficiently concerned at the growth in such murders to set up a Commission of Inquiry into Witchcraft Violence and Ritual Murders to investigate 140 killings that year alone in remote areas of the northern province. During their visit to South Africa, the Metropolitan Police officers successfully appealed to Nelson Mandela to broadcast a statement throughout Africa appealing for information about Adam and calling for an end to human sacrifice.

    The first break in the Adam case came when Scottish police investigated a Nigerian asylum seeker who was reported to them after a claim that she had told a neighbour she was going to sacrifice her two young daughters. In January last year, Strathclyde Police found a variety of artifacts including feathers and stones in her house and two pairs of orange shorts identical to those put on Adam's remains. She had been living in Germany before coming to England in 2001.

    She was detained and DNA tested but there was no connection between her DNA results and Adam. With no evidence to connect her with Adam, Joyce Asaguede was deported back to Nigeria with her two daughters but, the Metropolitan Police say, she is still under activeinvestigation.

    It was through investigation of Asaguede that led the Metropolitan detectives to Dublin to question her former husband, believed to be named Akpojo Tor Koulibaly, also known as Sam Onojhighovie and Sam Kualibaly, who was arrested at his home in Tallaght on Thursday.

    Koulibaly, 37, was already sought by German police after absconding while facing human trafficking and fraud charges for which he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2001. German police have sought his extradition to serve the sentence imposed.

    It is understood Koulibaly moved to England from Germany during early 2001 and from there moved to Cork and, more recently, Dublin. A computer found at his home was seized for analysis at the request of the Metropolitan Police. However, there is no evidence connecting Koulibaly with the murder.

    This is the first investigation ever, involving gardai, into apparent human sacrifice, a practice that disappeared in western Europe in prehistoric times. Last May, however, a conference of senior police held by Europol heard that with greater globalization and movement of people from areas where human sacrifice is practised, it was only a matter of time before such crimes began to occur in Europe.

    About 10 such suspected cases are now under investigation by EU police forces. With almost no means of tracing the movement of unknown children brought into the EU on false passports, it is feared that many more such murders may have taken place and that more willhappen.

    Jim Cusack

28/7/03

Dame Alice Kyteler

In Kilkenny, on the 3rd November 1324, Petronilla, Dame Alice Kyteler's maidservant, was the only one of the accused group of witches to be burnt for witchcraft!

Is it not a coincidence that the burning took place at Halloween - the Witches Sabbat? Makes one suspect who the real witches were!

27/7/03

What have these young men died for? Were they conned and brainwashed by the evil clique in the US government, fronted by "Patsy" GW Bush, supported by the CIA and the corporate establishment, into believing that their cause was just? One doesnt have to look far back into history to see a similar scenario, a scenario when thousands of young Americans died for an unworthy cause. That unworthy cause was the Vietnam War - a war the US military claimed was to stem the spread of communisim in SE Asia. The reality was - the US backed a criminal and corrupt regime in South Vietnam, and supplied them with their military hardware. However, as in the present war in Iraq, the twisted thinking of the US military planners failed to win the hearts and minds of the population in Vietnam!

When will the American populace and the rank and file infantry, realise that it is not unpatriotic to question the morality or the judgement of a select group of American elitists who have put themselves into power with the help of billions of $s of US corporate funds. Similarly, the US soldiers who have spoken out against the US military brutality in Iraq, are not traitors to the American State!

The select group of corrupt elitists who are at present in charge of the American military and directing political policy, do not deserve the loyalty of the American people!

 

26/7/03

At the time of his death (Roberto Calvi) billions of lire was owed to the Banco Ambrosiano by several Panamanian companies which were linked to the Vatican's Institute of Religious Works.

The Vatican denied legal responsibility for the bank's downfall but acknowledged "moral involvement", and paid $241m to creditors.

The bank collapsed in a scandal that implicated the Mafia and international freemasonry.

  • Britain: Was whistleblower Kelly's death suicide?

    By Paul Gilfeather Whitehall Editor

    TONY Blair was branded a "psychopath" yesterday in a magazine owned by Chancellor Gordon Brown's closest political ally.

    In what was being seen by Downing Street as an open declaration of war, ex-minister Geoffrey Robinson's New Statesman dedicated an entire edition to the Prime Minister's potential demise.

    The onslaught even forced Mr Blair's official spokesman to deny the Premier had gone "potty".

    The magazine said: "He is a man who doesn't really know who he is. More technically, he is diagnosed as a psychopath capable of reinventing himself with remarkable dexterity, like an actor."

    It added: "What most people call spin - the routine lubricant of all political gearboxes - is, in Blair's case, eloquent self-delusion on a heroic scale."

    The article quoted psychologist Dr Paul Broks, who claimed: "Suppose it turns out that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.

    "Suppose the Prime Minister was indeed party to the ramping up of what flimsy evidence there might have been in order to keep us on a pre-set course for war.

    "Set this against his affiliative personal style and the profile that begins to emerge is that of a plausible psychopath - charming, intelligent, emotionally manipulative, ruthlessly ambitious and self-serving."

    The article added: "Therapists agree that the ability to disassociate yourself from the consequences of what you have done is a classic ingredient of the psychopathic condition."

    For such a hatchet piece to be published in a Labour-supporting magazine is a huge blow for Mr Blair, who is under attack from all sides in his party.

    But millionaire Mr Robinson, who has expressed growing frustration at Mr Blair's apparent unwillingness to hand over to Mr Brown, did not stop there.

    In another feature, entitled "What's the point of Tony Blair?", the magazine claimed that even the Premier's most trusted aides were discussing regime change.

    And the New Statesman's editorial said: "The PM looks rather dangerous, given to foolish foreign adventures and silly schemes.

    "Mr Brown seems to offer safety and continuity. The reality is that a Brown government would have a sense of purpose that the Blair government lacks."

    Incredibly, Mr Blair's spokesman Tom Kelly allowed himself to be drawn into the questions raised over the PM's sanity.

    Asked if Mr Blair had gone potty, he said: "The term potty sounds slightly potty to me. Equally, psychopath is a very strange term to use."

    He added: "Look at what the Prime Minister has achieved in the past six months in terms of handling major international issues such as Iraq, in pursuing progress in the Middle East settlement and in pursuing public service delivery at home.

    "I think you will see a Prime Minister who has a very clear sense of direction."

    Home Secretary David Blunkett also leapt to the PM's defence last night. He told Channel 4 News: "The people we have to worry about most are those you would describe as being loyal who stab us in the back. Tony Blair goes on because Tony Blair is acknowledged as a world statesman who has transformed the Labour Party and our Government."

    Coventry MP Mr Robinson, who resigned after it emerged he gave ex-minister Peter Mandelson a £373,000 home loan, believes Mr Brown's time has now come.

    One senior Labour MP said: "He is playing king-maker for Gordon and it is relentless."

  • ABCNEWS.com : Primetime: In Shadow of Laci Peterson-- Many women are missing in the USA!

25/7/03

Ministers discuss new Garda inspectorate
22/07/2003 - 08:31:59

The Cabinet is due to discuss plans to establish an independent Garda inspectorate when it meets in Dublin tomorrow.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell plans to set up the inspectorate to replace the current system whereby gardaí investigate complaints made against their own colleagues.

Civil rights groups and opposition politicians have long been calling for the appointment of a Garda Ombudsman to investigate complaints against the force, a move that has been opposed by garda representative groups.

The inspectorate proposed by Mr McDowell would not have the same power as an Ombudsman, but it would be empowered to establish its own investigations into garda actions such as the shooting of John Carthy by the Emergency Response Unit in April 2001.

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Its just another big con! I bet it will be packed with their "covert" Garda pals, be they judges or lawyers, they'll protect the Garda and ignore the genuine complaints!

23/7/03

  • US invaders try to give the Iraqis frozen chickens- instead, they get stones back!

The 2nd Brigade, for example, has since May been policing Fallujah—one of the most restive of Iraq’s major cities. The Los Angeles Times reported on July 15 on the reaction the brigade received when it attempted to give away frozen chickens in an attempt to “win the hearts and minds” of the population. At a number of mosques, the local Sunni imams refused to accept the food. One cleric told the American troops: “We would rather eat rocks than eat chickens from Americans. Even the poorest person in Fallujah doesn’t want chickens from you.” Soldiers were forced to drive the truckload of chickens back through a hail of stones and bricks from local children.

21/7/03

Company Launches Sale of Implantable Computer Chip

Co. Launches Sale of Implantable Chip
(AP) - Borrowing from technology for tracking pets, a U.S. company on Thursday launched Mexican sales of microchips that can be implanted under a person's skin and used to confirm health history and identity. The microchips, already available in the United States, could tap into a growing industry surrounding Mexico's criminal concerns. Kidnappings, robberies and fraud are common here, and Mexicans are constantly looking for ways to protect themselves against crime

 

"And he (second beast) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or their foreheads:
and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six."

 

19/7/03

Ahern urged to set up missing persons bureau
18/07/2003 - 17:58:11

The Taoiseach is being asked to set up a missing persons bureau in Ireland, similar to those operating in America and other countries.

The sister of missing Kilkenny woman Jo Jo Dullard is also requesting a National Day of Remembrance for Irish people who have disappeared.

Mary Phelan has recently returned from a fact finding visit to the US, and has claimed the FBI would support a missing persons bureau here.


Poor Mary! I believe she still can't comprehend what has been happening to missing people in Ireland and internationally!

I have no doubt that she has been putting her trust in "those" who are working with "those" who are directly involved in the abduction of many innocent people in Ireland!

Industry Observers Say End May Be Nearing For Netscape

Is the End Near for Netscape?

Thu Jul 17, 9:00 AM

The death knell is sounding for the Netscape browser, industry observers said, following America Online's decision Tuesday to lay off about 50 Netscape software developers and end development work on the Mozilla browser technology.

18/7/03

  • Conroy to replace Byrne as Garda Commissioner

Above: Commissioner P_ Byrne - soon to be Mr Byrne!

Commisioner, my advice for when you retire is: "Dont leave the country as, at somestage in the future, someone with enough "bottle" will come along and will demand an interview with you regarding serious matters, which were prevalent during your tenure as Head of the Irish Police Force!"

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Justice Minister Michael McDowell has announced that Noel Conroy will replace Pat Byrne as Garda Commissioner when the latter retires in two months' time.

Mr Conroy, a native of Co Mayo, has been a garda since 1963 and is currently deputy commissioner in charge of operations. He will take over as commissioner on July 20. 

14/7/03

Stealth Trojan Program Hijacks PCs to Send Porn Ads

Hackers Hijack PC's for Sex Sites
(NY Times) - More than a thousand unsuspecting Internet users around the world have recently had their computers hijacked by hackers, who computer security experts say are using them for pornographic Web sites. The hijacked computers, which are chosen by the hackers apparently because they have high-speed connections to the Internet, are secretly loaded with software that makes them send explicit Web pages advertising pornographic sites and offer to sign visitors up as customers.
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12/7/03

Ark. Man Wakes After 19 Years in Coma http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030709/ap_on_he_me/coma_ends

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark. - The words began tumbling out — at first just a few nouns and eventually a torrent of phrases.

Terry Wallis, who had been in a coma since a 1984 car accident, regained consciousness last month to the surprise of doctors and the delight of his family, including his mother, who heard his first word in 19 years.

"He started out with 'Mom' and surprised her and then it was 'Pepsi' and then it was 'milk.' And now it's anything he wants to say," Stone County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center social director Alesha Badgley said Tuesday.

His mother, Angilee Wallis, called her son's return to consciousness a miracle: "I couldn't tell you my first thought, I just fell over on the floor," she said.

Terry Wallis, now 39, was riding with a friend in July 1984 when their car left the road and plunged into a creek. Wallis and his friend were found the next day underneath a bridge. The friend was dead and Wallis was comatose.

Wallis' daughter, Amber, was born shortly before the accident, and the coma dragged on for almost two decades. She is now 19 and her dad has said he wants to walk again, for her. He is a quadriplegic as a result of the crash.

"It's been hard dealing with it, it's been hard realizing the man I married can't be there," said Wallis' wife, Sandi. "We all, the whole family, missed out on his company."

The silence ended June 12 when Wallis uttered his first word. He was able to talk a little more a day later and has improved ever since.

Terry's father, Jerry Wallis, said his son talks almost nonstop now, but it seems as though time stopped for him after the wreck. Terry still believes Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) is the president.

Terry has asked to speak to his grandmother, who died several years ago, and even recited her phone number — something everyone else in the family had forgotten.

"You see, he's still back in 1984," said Jerry Wallis.

For the Wallis family, Terry's return to consciousness has been a blessing.

Perry Wallis, Terry' brother, said "just to put it bluntly, it was pure hell to see your brother laying there, not knowing if you'll ever talk to him again."

The timing of the recovery also has raised eyebrows.

"It's kind of peculiar. He wrecked on Friday the 13th and 19 years later he started talking on Friday the 13th," Jerry Wallis said.

9/7/03

6/7/03

Its no coincidence that the term "born again" keeps turning up in witchcraft and satanic cult "speak"!

The Sabbat Rituals

November Eve

(1949)

Walk or slow dance, Magus leading High Priestess, both carrying Phallic wand or broom, people with torches or candles.

Witch chant or song: "Eko, eko, Azarak Eko, eko, Zomelak Bazabi lacha bachabe Lamac cahi achababe Karrellyos Lamac lamac Bachalyas cabahagy sabalyos Baryolos Lagoz atha cabyolas Samahac atha famolas Hurrahya!"

Form circle.

High Priestess assumes Goddess position.

Magus gives her Fivefold Kiss and is scourged.

All are purified [that is, bound and scourged with forty strokes, as in the initiation rituals].

Magus assumes God position.

High Priestess invokes with Athame: "Dread Lord of the shadows, god of life and the giver of life. Yet is the knowledge of thee the knowledge of death. Open wide, I pray thee, thy gates through which all must pass. Let our dear ones who have gone before, return this night to make merry with us. And when our time comes, as it must, O thou the comforter, the consoler, the giver of peace and rest, we will enter thy realms gladly and unafraid, for we know that when rested and refreshed among our dear ones, we shall be born again by thy grace and the grace of the Great Mother. Let it be in the same place and the same time as our beloved ones, and may we meet and know, and love them again. Descend, we pray thee, upon thy servant and Priest (name)."

High Priestess gives Fivefold Kiss to Magus.

Initiations if any; all others are purified.

(Note: Couples may purify each other if they will.)

Cakes and Wine.

The Great Rite if possible, either in token or truly.

Dismiss [the guardians, and close down the magic circle; the people then stay to] feast and dance.

Dean Lyons - drug addict - deceased

4/7/03 Dublin Evening Herald -

Frontpage article says the Irish Garda (Police) will say that they are sorry for "fitting up" drug addict Dean Lyons for the "cannibal Murders" - GrangeGorman" murders in March 1997!

Its about time! But my advice to Dean Lyons father and mother is: "you've got the bastards running scared; now kick them again and again till they finally fall down in a heap, and they vow to tell all they know about the crimes they've engaged in".

Was Dean fitted up to cover for Mark Nash and why, after 6 years, has'nt Nash been brought to court for the GrangeGorman ("Cannibal") murders?

Are the Gards afraid of what Nash might tell in court? Is Nash the pawn of an elite Irish satanic cult who used him ( as in the Pacciani case in Italy - Pacciani satanic cult killer) to supply human body parts for consumption by coven members - cannibalism?

5/7/03

  • Man Gets Life in Prison for Spitting on cop!

    Thu Jul 3,12:23 PM ET

    SAPULPA, Okla. - A convicted rapist has been sentenced to life in prison for spitting on a police officer.

    Creek County Associate District Judge April Sellers White followed the recommendation of a jury for the maximum sentence against John C. Marquez under a law that makes it a felony to place bodily fluids on law enforcement officers.

    White rejected a prosecution request for a 25-year prison term and a defense request for a four-year term.

    Following sentencing Monday, Marquez's attorney, Jason Serner, promised an appeal to the state Court of Criminal Appeals. No appeal had been filed by Thursday.

    Marquez, 35, was convicted of hurling body fluids on Sapulpa Officer Charles Gadd while Gadd was taking Marquez to jail following a domestic disturbance in which a woman's arm was broken.

    The 1996 state law that makes it a felony to place bodily fluids on law enforcement officers was enacted amid concerns that deadly diseases, such as AIDS (news - web sites), could be transmitted this way.

    Gadd told the jury that Marquez spit on him despite being warned and then bit him when Gadd was trying to prevent Marquez from spitting again.

    Gadd and Marquez tested negative for any communicable diseases.

    The jury took 15 minutes on May 14 to recommend the life sentence. Marquez's prior felony convictions, including rape and burglary, were taken into consideration in determining the sentence.

    In addition to the life term, Marquez received one year in jail and a $3,000 fine for his conviction for domestic assault and a $500 fine for resisting a peace officer.

    Telephone calls to the judge, the prosecuting attorney and the defense attorney were not returned Thursday.


4/7/03

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Study: Influenza May Be Next Bioterror Weapon

LONDON (Reuters) - Forget anthrax and smallpox. Influenza could easily be turned into the next weapon of mass destruction, scientists said on Tuesday.

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They sounded their warning as researchers come close to completing the blueprint for the virus of the 1918 flu epidemic that killed up to 40 million people globally.

"Taken together with the fact that influenza virus is readily accessible and may be causing more deaths than previously suspected, the possibility for genetic engineering and aerosol transmission suggests an enormous potential for bioterrorism," the University of Texas scientists said.

Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, the team led by Dr Mohammed Madjid noted that last century a series of flu epidemics from Spain to Russia and Hong Kong had killed millions of people as the virus naturally mutated.

They pointed out that sequencing of the genome of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic was nearly complete, opening the door to unscrupulous scientists to build an even more potent virus.

"Recently, the possibility of synthesizing an infectious agent solely by following instructions from a written sequence has moved from theory to practice," they wrote.

The scientists also noted that while infection generally took place through personal contact, the disease was also easily transmissible through tiny droplets in the air.

A would-be bioterrorist needed only to spray an aerosol containing the weaponized virus inside a passenger plane to set off a global infection.

They pointed out that in contrast to agents such as smallpox which are carefully guarded, the flu virus was relatively freely available.

It had the added advantage that because it occurred naturally, the beginning of a purposely started outbreak would not set off alarm bells, giving the disease a major head start on the people trying to fight it.

Noting that its appeal to the bioterrorist also lay in the fact that it had a short incubation period and did not succumb to post-exposure immunization, the scientists set out a list of demands for urgent action.

There should be more immunization, they said, laboratory security should be raised, antiviral drugs should be stockpiled, there should be closer monitoring of outbreaks and governments should consider fitting filters and sensors to buildings.

2/7/03

  • Photo of the Monument to the missing people of Ireland!

Left: New Monument for the Irish missing

Right: Stone Memorial commemorating the numerous Irish missing people, officially opened by Irish President, Mary McAleese.

Monument for the missing people in Ireland erected in the grounds of Kilkenny Castle and officially opened on the 26th May 2002 by Mary McAleese , President of Ireland.

NB. This is the only photo of the monument to be found on the internet! The only monument to commemorate missing people!

 

 

 

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