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what does it take to become a building contractor? just wanted some info. i am interested in it. so any information will be helpful

How do I become a building (construction) contractor in Texas? My specific trade is carpentry and Construction equipment but I would like to go into Roofing (residential)

In what states do they require schooling, testing and licensing to become a residential building contractor? Or, if easier, which states do not require this. I know that Florida requires all the above, which takes some time to complete. I would like to build a house and act as the general contractor. But I need to build it before the end of the year, so I don't have time for the formalities. I am currently a general in a state that doesn't require this but the housing prices are not appreciating in value. Thank you

What do I need to do to become a state licensed building contractor in Texas?

What would I need to to? I am aspiring to become a building contractor one day. What are some necessary steps that I have the take to get there.

What should I do about my contractor building next door and has torn down my fence? The contractor who built my home is now developing a complex , behind my home.,of 15-18 townhomes to sell. He went past the property line the city just surveyed , with a back hoe he knocked my fence down over a yr and half ago then nailed some boards across it in a different color and going the opposite way not even straight.He refuses to hear my repeated requests to fix it .There are 2-3 ft holes that drop into a 25 ft hole. I have a 6 yr old who cannot go outside due to this. The dirt slides everyday and we become closer to falling in.Then he vibrates the land and 5 other homes also with a steam roller and dump trucks --new cracks are developing all over the house. I need assistance. I don't know what legal steps to take and I was selling my home --wonder why there are no prospects. Contractor was informed of sale 1 yr ago. I need HELP I am sliding off the hill in Anchorage, Alaska.

how to learn to become a contractor? I want to become a licensed contractor before I start to build my own house.

What does a general contractor do (related to building residential homes)? Does he need special training? Is it difficult to become one? How much money is required to build houeses?

How do I become a pond contractor? I want to start a pond building business. I want to know how to become a license pond contractor for my customers. Michigan.....

A contractor is building a wheelchair accessibility ramp (see figure) for a business. Using your knowledge of? A contractor is building a wheelchair accessibility ramp (see figure) for a business. Using your knowledge of right-triangle trigonometry, help advise him how to create a ramp whose dimensions will meet the specification needed that will allow wheelchair accessibility. Talk about the procedure the contractor will need to follow to find the dimensions of the three sides and the measurements of the three angles. Consider the implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in your discussion and provide an example. Okay, I have most of this done, but I can't move onto the next step of my example problem because I am stuck. The following is my example and as far as I have gone. The following is an example of how the contractor would consider the ADA regulations while building a ramp. If the steps for the business have rise of five inches, the rise would become ten inches. The contractor would be able to figure out the equation in the following way. 10/run=1/20 10x20=200 Can someone give me a little help on the next step? I don't need the whole answer, just a push in the right direction. Thanks!

How do you become a nominated contractor for insurance companies? I run a building company in the south of England and would like to branch into insurance related work. How do you become a nominated contractor & has anyone else worked for insurance companies ???

Banks don't put lots of work into a foreclosed property but how do you become the person or contractor ? to do the weatherization. Locally their are many foreclosed multifamilies. The banks have to take care of the building for the families that have paid their rents. How do I become the contractor to do these things for the banks. 1 door replacement per house x 5000 houses would keep me busy for a while

Do you need a General contractor's License To Build a home for Yourself? My brother has been building homes all of his life for someone else but never came across the opportunity to become a certified General Contractor. I want to see him build houses for himself instead of making someone else rich. He has two crews and all the tools and were in Gulf Shores Alabama does anyone have any suggestions?

I was a flooring subcontractor in Louisiana working for the same building contractor for 6 years.? Two years ago I became deathly ill. I spent the next 18 months in the hospital and I am still in recovery. At the time of my illness, the contractor owed me over ten thousand dollars for work I did on a subdivision he was building. In the last year he has paid me for some of the work but still owes me eight thousand dollars for seven houses I did work on. I have sent him invoices and made many calls to his house and cell but he keeps giving me the run a round. I would have put leins on the houses but I considered him my friend and I was to sick to do anything. Is it to late to put leins on the houses. Can I sue him in small claims for each house. I am now in major debt and I can't afford to pay my bills. I am desperate. Please help me in any way you can. I don't know what to do. Thank you. P.S.- we never had any contracts, just verbal agreements.

girls as foremen wit building contractors? i was jus wondering how a female can become a member of power on a building site! do they start as labourers or how does it work

Independent contractor vs employee working as private music teacher for music school? I work for a music school as a private lessons teacher. I follow their schedule, their pay plan, work in their building, yet they want me to become an independent contractor so they can have a tax and social security break. They have 2 locations and I left one because they switched everyone to an IC status. When I got my w2's the location I left didn't take out any taxes. What can I do about that? My current location took out the correct state tax but only took out $20 for federal (should have been over $1200). These folks are very nice people but they are listening to folks that don't know what they're talking about. What is the least damaging solution to this problem? The way it is now I owe over $1000 to IRS because of their mistake.

What are the major differences between these majors? Im considering one out of these three majors: Architecture Construction Engineering Civil Engineering What are the major differences between them? (especially the engineering majors)Which engineering relates most with architecture(building design)? I'd also like to know which engineering course would work best towards becoming a general contractor?

I want to become a Bridge Contractor in Australia but? I want to become a bridge contractor in Australia but my careers teacher told me that I have to know alot about Physics and be in my top math class. I'm in 10th grade and I'm in 10M1 (10Maths1) out of 6 classes but from what I heard, there not ranked and I'm doing alright in Maths, and she also said that there's not alot of jobs for bridge contractors because were not building bridges everyday here in Australia. From what i see is a small bridge in mainly every 2 suburbs and if I don't become a bridge contractor, I have nothing else to do beside Policing.

how to be a contractor of a construction business? im 18 right now im deciding to go into the army or start going to school to be a contractor. i hopefully want to be a contractor by the time im 20-23.. then i want to be well rounded in many things such as plumbing,electrical,and carpentry and so on i want to know a few things so i can start now 1,how do i become a construction contractor or someone that builds homes. 2.how i start my own business roughly in the southern California area. 3.how do i get people to start working with me or for me and is it stress full. 4.and how do i get it to start making money. 5.how much do people that do this sort of business make yearly and will it make me enough so that in my 30's i will be able to sit back and collect money and me and my family will be set. 6.is there so many of these company's that i will not make anything plz and thank for your time and answers

Why the sky high housing market prices in Australia? Is it from the cost of materials? Are they importing everything? Are there plenty of contractors building? I am a registered nurse. My husband is a residential building contractor and we want to migrate to Australia Will he find work? Does he need to test to get licensed? Is it easier to become a residential construction superintendent or subcontractor rather than building right away. Is there more building opportunities in the big cities or the suburb/rural areas.

my contractor took my money and wont finish the job. He hasent paid subcontractors either.? I have receipts for every payment I made and detailed invoices from him for what the payments were supposed to go towards. The little work that he did do just failed the building code inspections so now if I hire another contractor they will have to start over completely. I now have a $50K loan that I have to repay and nothing to show for it. I know this is usually a civil matter, but he's done this to several other families so at what point does this become a criminal offense? He's no better than a burgler or bank robber. He's stealing money intentionally and getting by with it. Can someone help?

Can a homeowner put a lien on General Contractor for unpaid refund? We hired a lawyer & fired our General Contractor (GC) - breached EVERY breach provision in our contract. Being ignorant, we gave GC 10% deposit for all categories to build a new home & 90+% on some jobs that are <60% complete. We requested partial refunds for payments on botched jobs that failed inspection and 10% deposits made for work that NEVER commenced (dry wall, Hvac, etc). GC refused to pay - stated he rather go to jail & send his family to Taiwan. Our attorney suspects money is being wired overseas and GC is ready to bail America so contingency fee not acceptable to our attorney. We filed complaint with CA License board. We want GC license revoke to avoid more victims of his prey. Do we have any legal claim to lien against GC home/bank? We discovered many subs unlicensed, GC never was on site to oversee job & subs still due money. Supply vendors unpaid & we fear liens will surface. Dream home has become a nightmare.

Cut off other solutions on how to rid new lawn and garden from becoming pond scum. Standing water in garden.? Will I solve the problem if garden is built up? Just WHATis a french drain? I'm a hard worker. Possibly do this myself or is this strictly a contractor job?? Excuse my inexperience in this dept.

Can I work as a contractor and build my self a house that cost me $1million and sell it for $2million+? I am very interested in becoming a doctor and right now that is my main goal. But I know that I am supposed to have a back up plan. Well I figured that since I love to look at different houses and I wouldnt want to be a real estate agent that I should learn how to construct luxury houses in luxury places. I still want to build/design my home anyway. If it cost under 1,000,000 build (materials and work) to build but the amenities (such as large kitchen, extra rooms, a theater and sauna, maybe a home gym, etc.) make the house valued well over $2million, can I sell it for that price. I would love to do that and then I would have made a million when the sale finally went through (I know that it would maybe take a while to sell. With that money I could use it to build more and more and make lots of many doing something I love. Is this a realistic alternative to being a doctor? I would probably need someone to invest but they are almost guaranteed their money back and then some.

What did you grow up dreaming to become or you're still dreaming and did (or will) you make it? I wanted to be a contractor and build houses. I succeeded but it wasn't for me. I have become just a handyman and I'm happy doing this.

How do you become accredited by insurance agencies to do construction work? Just curious to know what the procedure may be become accredited as a preferred provider through an insurance agency. He is a General Contractor here in Southern California with over 30 years building experience and a great reputation. He would like to be referred to customers that may be looking to rebuild their homes, particularly after the wildfires we just had in October, or any other work that insurance companies may be needing a General Contractor for. Thanks!

Is there a path to statehood for Iraq . Alaska and Hawaii are not connected? If they want to become the 51st state we should let them . WE should encourage it . Then our defense contractors can locate plants to build weapons right in the middle east . Easy delivery of older inferior weapons systems and sales would rocket through the roof . With defense contractors selling hundreds of billions of arms around the globe it only makes sense to locate some plants In a place like Iraq . Just think of an eager workforce who loves to build weapons happily reporting to work . With 55% Iraqi's out of a job this would be a boom to the economy . Why let Russia and China have all the fun arming the world and make all that money when we could . A sales and service center in the heart of all the action .

Who needs to be licensed contractors? My husband and I are starting a business building a specific thing for a room in your home. We are just starting and not even sure if it is going to take off. Does he need to be licensed to build, is he considered a contractor? Any idea on how much it cost to becomes licensed, if so?

What's a really easy wallpapering alternative? The Back Story: The town home was probably built in the late 70's and decorated like it. The original wallpaper in the half bath was hideous so my finacee tried to remove it only to find an even WORSE wallpaper underneath. It's now gone from "swinger suave" to looking like something my great grandmother would have picked out. Now we've only been able to remove a portion of THAT wallpaper because I think it's become molecularly bonded to the sheet rock over all these years. The Goal: Cover up the walls in the half bath with, pretty much ANYTHING at this point. The Problem: I feel I lack the skill to wallpaper over other wallpaper successfully and we don't have the budget to get some contractors in to do this for us. So I want to find some easy and inexpensive decorating ideas that will keep our guest from thinking that faded 3-foot sunflowers was part of some decorating motif. Thanks. We did try to score and use remover on the old paper. Now we have half-walls of paper with all these little track marks all over them that jump out like little teeth. Were there is no paper the walls have a paper bag like texture.

Breaking apartment lease due to negligence? Somewhere in my apartment building, there is a leak which has caused a large water spot on my ceiling, and the paint is chipping off. This spot becomes soaked several times a week. It has been almost 2 weeks since I notified my apartment manager about this, and they have yet to make any effort to fix it. A few times when I have called and complained, the maintenance guy has come and just looked at it, but nothing has been done to correct the problem. Yesterday I sent a certified letter to put the problem in writing and I am aware that if they don't do anything now to fix the problem I have legal grounds to break my lease (I live in Texas), but I do have to give them "reasonable time" to fix it. My question is....what is "reasonable time?" They may have to get a contractor to tear up the ceiling...and we have just been through the holidays....so how long should I wait before having my lawyer send notice that I am breaking the lease?

Can you be a real estate developer and an architect? I was wondering if you could go to college and eventually become a liscened architect and then become a real estate developer meaning you buy land, then design the houses(being you a liscensed architect) and have a contractors build them and then you sell them at the end...and would this be a good job?

I found out that my new boyfriend is an illegal, and he has been caught? twice and has been deported (all this has happened before i met him) He is now in U.S. (where i met him and started dating). Right when we started going out he found a job with a construction contractor who has taken him under his wing and given him a job as a laborer, helping to build condos in San Francisco. Since i've only known him for a short time, i proposed i wanted to get to know him more, but when i think that this can become a serious relationship and maybe marriage in the future, what chances are there for me to help him get legal. Or should i let him figure it out on his own and suggest his boss sponsor him? Remember he has two deportations, i don't know the immigration laws that well. DAR mentioned a "true deportation" does anyone know what that means?

We want to add to our list of landscape services with rooftop installations. How can we get business? We are expert landscape contractors and want to become Green Roof Top plant installers. We have over 26 years in Landscape Design/Build construction. We've done Rooftop work before of various types, not Green Rooftop installs. Who and How can we get going with this in a big way. Tim

small business questions!? I am starting a small design build business. Mostly home additions, storage sheds, detached offices, and other small jobs. I am required to have a 300,000 liabilty insurance to become a licensed contractor. I wanted to know if my insurance would cover both the design side of the work as well as the construction side or if I would need to purchase 2 different policies. Also, how much would I be looking at paying for insurance per year?

Advice for improving drainage around home addition on a grade-beam.? We have a 378 sq.ft. addition on our bungalow and live in a northern climate with central heat. The original structure has a full basement. The addition is built on a grade beam with concrete walls extending just below soil level. The soil conditions in our area are heavy clay (poorly drained). The contractor cut a hole through the basement wall into the crawl-space of the addition for plumbing and heating ducts and left considerable extra space for cold-air return from the crawl-space back to the basement (and furnace). We have had a problem since the addition was built with mice burrowing under the walls of the addition and getting into the main basement. As well, we have just discovered that the contractor lined the concrete walls with fibreglass insulation and gyproc which have become rotten and black-mold. We have pulled out all of the insulation and fibreglass. How can we improve the drainage to reduce the dampness in the basement, and how can we keep the mice out?

General Contractor without contract signed.? I am a general contractor (non-licensed) and I built a house for some friends (at the time). No contract was ever signed with them. I built the house and took much less on payment on it then normal due to our friendship. Things became sour between us for personal reasons, but I completed their house and they closed on it. They called about a month later and wanted a few things fixed. Some nails were sticking out on the sheetrock and wood was splitting on a closet door. I gave them the numbers to the people who could fix this for them and told them that I would prefer them from now on out I would prefer them to call the subcontractor for any problems they have in the future. They have sent me a letter threatening to sue because I am obligated to a one year warranty on the house. Without a contract between us do I have to provide a one year warranty?

What's the official position of Catholic Church on Iraq War? IRAQ: Diplomacy Not Troops Many of you probably heard the President outline his plan for a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq - specifically his proposal for an increase in U.S. troops in Iraq. Radio reports this morning noted that the majority of Americans polled disagree with the President's strategy. The Center of Concern shares many of these concerns and maintains that a military solution to the crisis in Iraq is not feasible, nor desireable. Below is a statement issued by concerned Catholic organizations in the U.S., including the Center of Concern, condemning the President's strategy in Iraq and calling for an alternative policy of diplomacy and development. We invite you to read the statement and your thoughts on U.S. engagement in Iraq. RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR A CHANGE OF COURSE IN IRAQ January, 2007 On January 10, 2007, President Bush announced a change in Iraq policy. We, as organizations of Catholics and as individuals, come together to respond to these new Iraq initiatives. We respond in the context of Jesus' call to us in the beatitudes to be people of peace (Matt 5:9), and to love our enemies (Luke 6:27) as well as the November 2006 statement by the President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop William S. Skylstad. In that statement, Bishop Skylstad notes that the pain and destruction of the war in Iraq is "measured in lives lost and many more injured, in widespread sectarian strife, civil insurgency and terrorist attacks, and in the daily struggles of Iraqis to build a decent future for their devastated nation." He noted further that the way forward is bleak and stated that "The Holy See and our Conference now support broad and necessary international engagement to promote stability and reconstruction in Iraq." We are keenly aware that the members of the U.S. military and their families are shouldering the heavy burdens of extended service in Iraq. They risk death and injury of both body and spirit. However, it is crucial to recognize that political and economic concerns, not military issues, are fueling the continuing strife. Therefore, only solutions that combine the political, diplomatic, economic and religious issues Iraqis face will effectively resolve the underlying conflict and bring peace to Iraq. As the last three years have demonstrated, increasing the U.S. troop presence in Iraq will neither address the root causes of civil strife nor quell the violence. Increased U.S. military action will needlessly endanger our troops and detract from effective action to achieve a cease-fire and create peace. Therefore, the escalation of military presence in Iraq is detrimental to our men and women in the armed forces. The escalation of military action is far more harmful to Iraqi citizens who are paying the ultimate price in ever-increasing numbers through violence, hunger and lack of ordinary services. Every day, more and more ordinary Iraqis are fleeing their homes and becoming refugees - either within Iraq or in neighboring countries. This dislocation spreads religious, economic and political instability around the region, making it increasingly difficult to handle the influx of those traumatized by this war. The escalation of military action is detrimental to the Iraqi people and the surrounding region. United States citizens are keenly aware that the military is not an effective tool for bringing peace to Iraq. U.S. citizens understand that Iraq is in the midst of a civil war that requires the engagement of all parties in a peace process in order to resolve the issues. Military action in this context only brings more violence and bloodshed and no end to this conflict. The escalation of military action is detrimental the desires of people of the United States. Finally, only those in the military and their families are sacrificing for the sake of this war. There has been no effort to finance this war with taxes or other military offsets and the war has been funded without consideration of its impact on the overall federal budget. This fiscal irresponsibility will hamper future generations as they are forced to pay the bills for this generation's war. The escalation of military action is detrimental to the economic future of the United States. THEREFORE: We oppose the proposed escalation of U.S. troops in Iraq noting that prior escalations have not resulted in increased peace and stability. Troop escalations in Baghdad in the late summer and early fall of 2006 resulted in increased violence and death for both U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. We support the President's call for economic development in Iraq, noting that the current unemployment rate is running at 40 to 50%. Additionally, 60% of the population is under the age of 25 and is in dire need of alternatives to imagine a better future. Any economic development should directly benefit the Iraqi people and their communities, not contractors from other corners of the world. We urge the President to engage in diplomatic and political negotiations seeking a comprehensive cease fire by all factions in Iraq and the region. The rejection of a comprehensive diplomatic effort is a short-sighted view of American interests. A surge of diplomacy, not an escalation of troops is what is required. SIMONE CAMPBELL, SSS, Executive Director NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby CAROLE SHINNICK, SSND, Executive Director Leadership Conference of Women Religious T. MICHAEL McNULTY, SJ, Justice and Peace Director Conference of Major Superiors of Men ALEXIA KELLEY, Executive Director Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good DAVID A. ROBINSON, Executive Director Pax Christi USA. JIM HUG, SJ, President Center of Concern MARIE DENNIS, Director Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns JOE MOLONEY, OSF, President Franciscan Federation of the United States AMY WOOLAM ECHEVERRIA Columban JPIC Office JANET GOTTSCHALK, MMS, Director Medical Mission Sisters' Alliance for Justice FRANK McNEIRNEY, National Coordinator Catholics Against Capital Punishment (CACP) SEAMUS FINN, OMI, Director, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office

My attorney OWES ME MONEY, HE PUT A HOUSE IN MY NAME, SHOULD I PUT A TRUST DEED ON THE PROPERTY??? First of all, tomorrow I will be consulting with ANOTHER Real Estate attorney than the one I have been using for the past year, but hear me out. I did some work with an attorney who my father and I became very friendly with, due to many many coincidences. We ended up owing him $25,000. We were planning on doing other ventures that he would be helping us out with and he knew the money would be guaranteed on our behalf. He said, "I'm not worried about it right now, let your empire build". He knew we were good for the funds, so he did not demand it at all. It was written out however in his corporation. Well I found another real estate deal. It was a lead that for what I in business for, I could not take on. He called the owner, and that owner from out of state, an old man, ended up DEEDING the property FREE & CLEAR. HERE IS THE TWIST. My attorney put it in MY NAME, because it was a HUGE REHAB PROJECT. A HUGE LIABILITY that needed approx. 5060K (at the time an estimate). It had extreme structural damage. So to protect himself he had the old man deed it to my name, and when he were to 'demand the property back ,(when the project were finished) I am supposed to give it to him”. My father and him have been ‘all buddy buddy’ and this is how everything came out to be so odd. My father was a building contractor for over 20 years, and this attorney obviously has never got ‘his hands dirty’ when it comes to remodels. The attorney and myself never really had any professional documents transferred stating estimates for cost repairs ‘etc’. Anyhow, the remodel project went like this: My dad covered the expenses and week by week he would get draws from the attorney. Well he was lacking on the draws and now he owes us $25K. I don’t think he is wanting to pay up, because he didn’t really know that it would add up to be so much. The project is near completion. Originally the home was [as the neighbors recalled it] “a PUSH OUT” home. Fixed up in this area (2,220SQ) It would be worth about $220K, and that is a modest figure. Before home prices went down it would have been about $380K max. What’s your stance on this? PS: We saved our attorney approximately 50K in remodel fee's. The workers were under the table, and ALSO: this attorney looks inexperienced [I believe] because he never sent me any documents stating that I couldnt borrow on it. I need my money back. HOWEVER: the money I OWE HIM, is set up logged in a corp account so that is a whole other story. Thanks so much

Question about government insurance? I recently became an independent contractor (self-employed small business) and am building a client base which takes time & I no longer have health insurance for my daughter or myself since I am no longer employed by another company. Because my business is so new, I do not yet have the funds to purchase private insurance & there is no other option even for my daughter because her dad died in an accident in '99. So my question is: if I apply for state insurance but have it ONLY for emergencies (I'll continue to pay out of pocket for our dental/doctor visits) does it still cost the government money just to have out names registered under state insurance even though we won't use it?

What are some fun facts about Mont St. Michel? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint_Michel#Location * -The extraordinary architecture of the Mont Saint-Michel and its bay make it the most visited place of interest in Normandy and the third in France. Classified as a historic building in 1874. *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mont-Saint-Michel-2004.jpg * (An outlook of the surrounding area) -The church is crowned by a gold leaf statue reaching a height of 510 feet above the sea. *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Montsaintmicheloutlook.jpg * (The Mont Saint-Michel at sunset time, seen from the causeway) -The Mount was connected to the mainland via a thin natural land bridge, which before modernization was covered at high tide and revealed at low tide making it a tidal island. *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MSM_sunset.jpg * (The Mont Saint Michel from the south) -During the Hundred Years' War the English made repeated assaults on the island but were unable to seize it partly due to the abbey's improved fortifications. *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mont_Saint_Michel_bordercropped.jpg * (Plan of the mount) -An Italian architect, William de Volpiano, was chosen by Richard II of Normandy as building contractor for the mount in the 11th century. Today Mont Saint-Michel is seen as a Gothic-style church. It was an inspiration for the design of Minas Tirith in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King film.*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Plan.mont.Saint.Michel.png * (The spire of the Mont Saint-Michel is visible from the courtyars outside the abbey) -The mount is the object of traditional, but nowadays good-humoured, rivalry between Normans and Bretons. Because the river has altered its course over the centuries that the mount is on the Norman side of the frontier. *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mont_St._Michel_Spire.JPG * (the abbey) -The one hundred year old war made necessary the protection of the abbey by a whole of military constructions. The Romance chorus of the abbey church, ploughed up in 1421 was replaced by the Gothic chorus blazing at the end of the Middle Ages. -This castle, built high on a rocky peak overlooking the bay, is one of medieval architecture’s greatest achievements. Originally an abbey and destination for Christian pilgrimages, Mont Saint Michel has become a treasure to France. Centered between Normandy and Brittany, Mont Saint Michel combines history and romance to provide everything from ancient stone streets to romantic sunsets. It’s also in a great location. The D-Day beaches lie only 100 kilometers away, and a short journey east will provide a peek at the breathtaking Norman countryside. -“Wonder of the Occident”, the Mount-Saint-Michel is drawn up with the chorus of an immense bay invaded by more spring tides of Europe. It is at the request of the Archangel Michel, “chief of the celestial militia”, that Aubert, bishop of Avranches built and a first church on October 16, 709 devoted. In 966, at the request of the Duke of Normandy, a community of Benedictines is established on the rock. The church préromane was then high there before the year millet. In XIème century, the Romance abbey church was founded on a whole of crypts, on the level of the point of the rock and the first conventual buildings were coupled with its northern wall. In XIIème century, the Romance conventual buildings were increased in the west and the south. XIIIème century, a donation of king de France Philippe Auguste following the conquest of Normandy, allowed to undertake the Gothic whole of the Wonder: two buildings of three stages crowned by the cloister and the refectory.

What are your instincts telling you about this? Free-speech zones. Taser guns. Hidden cameras. Data mining. A new security curriculum. Private security contractors. Welcome to the homeland security campus. From Harvard to UCLA, the ivory tower is fast becoming the latest watchtower in Fortress America. The terror warriors, having turned their attention to "violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention"--as it was recently dubbed in a House of Representatives bill of the same name--have set out to reconquer that traditional hotbed of radicalization, the university. Building a homeland security campus and bringing the university to heel is a seven-step mission: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080128/gould-wartofsky

Do we still have "undocumented workers" in the U.S.? I hear these unemployment numbers on the news and I think..ok, what about illegal aliens working here? This is one area where I have personal experience so I'm not buying any propaganda. Before you start thinking [the R word] here, I'll be straight with you. As a patriotic American..if we are in a position where we could afford to bring in 'legal' immigrants then one of my top choices would be the hard working family oriented folks from south of our border. I've worked and played with many of them and a few have become close friends. I'm not saying anything here I haven't said to their face. [and yes they got pissed at me] I'll try to make this short. I'm going to list some jobs here that (I Personally) have seen "undocumented workers" doing ..many of them..over the past 10 years and I want you to ask yourself two questions. 1) Weren't these jobs that paid a decent wage 10 to 15 years ago? 2) How has this influx of cheap 'illegal' labor effected "the living wage" in America? Here's a partial list (no bs)... Heavy Equipment Operator CNC/CAD Operator Electrician Plumber Carpenter Construction Site Project Manager Site Foreman Architectural Drawing/take-off Landscape Project Contractors and Foreman Finish Carpenter Painter Comercial Metal Building-Contractor/Foreman/Crew I could go on but you should get the point by now. Brace yourself for this next one. Two brand new multi-million dollar facilities..one for the CDC -center for disease control and another for..wait for it.. ICE -Immigration and customs enforcement! Both built from the ground up by you know who. ( If you are a racist I really don't want to hear it, thanks) dude: good point I guess that wasn't stated well. What I'm saying is whether people like it or not this country has always had 'standards' [or at least we used to] for legal immigration. One of those was the ability to support yourself and family. What I stated above is just an acknowledgment of the fact that in the past (imo) most immigrants from Mexico and So America tend to become solid contributing citizens. Not them alone, there are many others but I'm basing this on personal experience. Yes, I was just stating an 'opinion'. As far as the gang problems we have that is our own damned fault for not Forcing our elected officials to enforce the law. IMO - any anger here should be directed at our own irresponsible government! "Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for the law, it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." -Justice Louis D. Brandeis, Olmstead v. U.S.

Is a construction proposal the same as a contract? I live in NJ and got a proposal to build in my house. The bank requires the contractors to complete a contract to obtain a loan, but the contractors said that the construction proposal becomes a contract after 10 days. Is that true?

Does anyone have any advise for my brother's framing business? My brother can build the hell out of a house. He is very good at what he does. He has two crews and all the tools neccessary to build houses in in the Gulf Shores, Alabama area. What is the minimal insurance and licences he will need? He works for only one contractor who keeps him busy but because of the aforementioned circumstances he can't find other contractors willing to work him. I recently moved down here to try to help him become legitament and find work from other contractors. Does anyone have any advise that will help his business in any way?And area there any contractors in this area needing to sub out some work?

the backwards theory? The Big Bang theory has become one of the most popular theories for the formation of the universe. There are flaws with the theory, however. For one, destruction and chaos are the results of an explosion, not systematic order. A building contractor, for example, would not put all of his materials in a big pile along with a few sticks of dynamite, ignite the dynamite, and then expect the result to be a perfectly constructed office building. But this is what the Big Bang theory is essentially suggesting—that the ordered life we see today is the result of an explosion.

Introductory Probability and Statistics HELP!!!? Problem 1 A building contractor has sent in bids for three jobs. If the contractor obtains these jobs, they will yield respective profits of $20,000, $25,000 and $40,000. On the other hand, for each job that the contractor does not win, due to time and money already spent on making the bid he will incur a loss (interpreted as a negative profit) of $2,000. If the probabilities that the contractor will get these jobs are, respectively, 0.3, 0.6, and 0.2, what is the expected total profit? Problem 2 A saleswoman has a 60% chance of making a sale each time she visits a computer store. She visits 3 stores each month. Assume that the outcomes of successive visits are independent. 1. What is the probability she makes no sales next month? 2. What is the probability she makes two sales next month? 3. What is the probability that she makes at least one sale in each of the next three months? Problem 4 Jet pilots and astronauts are often exposed to high accelerations, which they must be able to bear without collapsing. In tests it was found that their blackout thresholds are normally distributed with mean 4.5g and standard deviation 0.7g (1g is the unit of gravitational acceleration). Only those pilots whose thresholds are in the top 25% are allowed to apply to become astronauts. What is the lowest blackout threshold a pilot must have to become an astronaut?

What was Les to do? A Spiritual Question? Once there was a rich and powerful nation that went into a deep economic depression. The name of the country was a long one so it was commonly known as the V.T.B. Things were much worse than the time that we know as the Great Depression of the 1930’s. The populous was crying for help, but it seemed that not only would there be no help; soon the nation itself might no longer exist. Anarchy was everywhere, and the threat of a civil war was very real. Now it happened that a man of extreme wealth came along and indicated that he might be willing to help. There were only two stipulations. Both seemed rather benign and the people were desperate so they agreed to his request. The first condition was that the day that was known as Independence Day was to be changed from July 5 to April 20. Anybody that celebrated the original Independence Day would be put into prison. The second was that everybody was to bake and eat gingerbread men on that day. However, these gingerbread men had to be special. First they had to have two triangles on them; one pointing up and the other pointing down. In addition, they had to have black and white stripes made of colored icing on them. The nation agreed to the terms and the wealthy man opened his coffers. Soon the nation was back to economic prosperity. At first the people were a bit concerned that they had done away with their original Independence Day. However, not only were they able to celebrate as they had done before, they also had a new tradition. Soon there were gingerbread men throughout the land. Churches and public buildings displayed huge gingerbread men everywhere. The Gingerbread Day shopping season was a great boon for retailers. The tradition of the gingerbread men soon spread to the whole world. It became the largest celebration on Earth. Hundreds of years later, there was a man named Les. Les loved the Lord and wanted to be a faithful disciple of God. He was an elder in his church, visited the poor and those in prison. He was also a devoted youth group leader. He even worked for a Christian building contractor. Beside his passion for God and the church, Les loved history. He also loved celebrating Gingerbread Day. One day he decided to research the beginnings of Gingerbread Day. As he researched he soon wished that he had not started. He found out that the wealthy man was really a Nazi who hated Jews and adored Hitler. It was no coincidence that the wealthy man had chosen April 20 for the celebration of the new Gingerbread Day. April 20 was Hitler’s birthday. The wealthy man had duped the nation into trading a date that represented freedom for a date that stood for utter evil. The two triangles represented the pulling apart of the two parts of the Star of David, and the black and white stripes represented the prison clothes that the Jews wore at Auschwitz. The baking of the gingerbread men represented how the Jews were thrown into the ovens of Auschwitz, and eating these gingerbread men represented an unknown covenant between the wealthy man and Satan to rid the world of all Jews. All his life Les had been eating gingerbread men. By doing so he had unknowingly been assenting to the horrors of the Holocaust. Les felt sickened and polluted. Gingerbread Day was not only an affront to the Jews, but also to God Himself. What was Les to do?

Need Help with Apartment transfer? My building went thru renavation adding a boiler and hot water heating units plus apt. makeover. The contractor vented the exhaust thru the side of the building beneath my bedroom window which has caused me to become sick from the day the hea and water heater were activated. I have been sick since Oct. 7 2006 until the present time. I have asked to transfer from my apartment for health reasons and the Adminestrater of the building has refused to transfer me. I have a written responce from the V.A. Hospital stating that I should be moved for health reasons and they still refuse. The fumes still enter my apt. and all my clothing are saturated with the smell and residue from the exhaust emmited from the boiler room. What can you do to help me with my quality of HEALTH ? Respectfully Charles Calloway

How do you like how Ga's immigration crack down on illegal aliens is starting to be felt ? One of Georgia's biggest road-building companies says it won't bid on any more Gwinnett County contracts — for now — as a result of a new county policy meant to crack down on illegal immigrants. E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. told the county commissioners in a July 9 letter that it had "serious concerns" about an ordinance the commissioners adopted June 26. The ordinance requires companies that do county business to verify that their workers are in the United States legally. Snell is the prime contractor on four of seven state road projects in Gwinnett — work that costs $72 million, said Teri Pope, spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Transportation. It's also a company with strong roots in Gwinnett: The city of Snellville is named for the family behind the company. Snell's letter is one of several the commissioners have received in recent weeks that questions or criticizes the ordinance. The Journal-Constitution obtained the letters Monday through the state Open Records Act. "We have serious concerns with certain parts of the obligations imposed upon us by the ordinance," wrote Vice President David Snell. "For this reason we wish to inform you that E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. will suspend bidding on all Gwinnett County contracts until we become satisfied that we can comply with the obligations imposed upon us by the ordinance." Snell's letter argues that some of the verification requirements are unworkable and possibly illegal. Snell did not return a phone call seeking comment. Gwinnett Commissioner Lorraine Green, who sponsored the new ordinance, said she has met with Snell since receiving his letter. "I believe we have fully explained the procedures to Mr. Snell and others and I think we have satisfied their concerns," Green said. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2007/07/23/contract_0724.html One of Georgia's biggest road-building companies says it won't bid on any more Gwinnett County contracts — for now — as a result of a new county policy meant to crack down on illegal immigrants. Good. Welcome to the real world with laws that other people follow. BTW, if this company used illegal immigrants on previous government work, someone in the company should go to jail. It's not a victimless crime. Just ask the person(s) who didn't get the previous bid(s) because they didn't use cheap illegal immigrant labor.

If you became President, would you be confortable with Hillary being vice-president? The contents of the post borrowed from a fellow poster on these boards...Richard Crainium Thanks Richard good stuff! Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has happened to many "friends"of the Clintons. 1-James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation. 2 -Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 3- Vince Foster - Former White House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide. 4- Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the Air Traffic Controller commited suicide. 5- C. Victor Raiser II. Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. 6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992. Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor". 7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events. 8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas. 10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater. 11-Kathy Ferguson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones. 12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee. 13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor. 14-Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. 15- Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. 16-Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. 17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently in the middle of his investigation. 18- Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death. 19-Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal. 20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. 21-Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. 22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother. 23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident. 24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. Lawhorn was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole. 25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released. 26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. 27-Kevin Ives & Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, was due to boys falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to that case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: 28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88. 29-Keith McMaskle - Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov 1988 30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. 31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. 33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to "natural causes". 34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990. 35-Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989. THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr. 37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds 38-Sgt. Brian Hanley 39-Sgt. Tim Sabel 40-Major General William Robertson 41-Col. William Densberger 42-Col. Robert Kelly 43-Spec. Gary Rhodes 44-Steve Willis 45-Robert Williams 46-Conway LeBleu 47-Todd McKeehan Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. Let the public become aware of what happens to "friends" of the Clintons!

I am trying to find someone to do a tub to shower conversion for my father who has become disabled-? he needs to be able to wheel into the shower stall. he also needs ramps built so he can get outside. they are on a fixed income and cannot afford to hire a contractor. thought maybe some organization could help. any ideas?

why do liberals hate Joe the Plumber? i recently posted a question about Joe the Plumber. instead of answering the question, the mindless liberal lemmings repeated the tired left-wing talking points.... "joe the plumber doesn't even have a plumber's license." first, that has nothing to do with the fact that obama is a socialist... so they are just attempting to divert our attention. second, joe isn't required to have a license since he works for a contractor (though he is studying for his own. then there's "joe doesn't make $250k so he'd be better off under Obama." that's pretty much the brilliance of joe the plumber! he doesn't make that much YET. but he's not lazy and greedy... he doesn't want a handout! he wants to work hard, save money, build his own business and become successful! is it absolutely amazing that the socialists/leftists don't get this point? JFK said we should ask "not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"... today's liberals are just the opposite. Obama and his lemmings want to know what their country will do for them... and they don't want to do anything for their country. to all you socialists/leftists ready to answer (who likely haven't even read this far since you're just going to repeat your talking points)... instead of just hating on a regular American guy like Joe the Plumber (who was minding his own business when Obama approached him)... maybe you should concentrate on Obama's response to Joe about his socialist plan. and instead of mocking Joe for not wanting to be a freeloader, maybe you should think about why guys like Joe would rather earn their own success rather than have an elitist like Obama condescend to him. apparently those of you who hate Joe have no respect for yourselves.

Are there connections between Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the Pakistani ISI? A DIA analysis carries the most damning account of Pakistan's role as the real host of bin Laden and his Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. It says: "Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network was able to expand under the safe santuary extended by Taliban following Pakistan directives. If there is any doubt on that issue, consider the location of bin Laden's camp targeted by US Cruise missiles, Zahawa. Positioned on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, it was built by Pakistani contractors, funded by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate and protected under the patronage of a local and influential Jadran tribal leader, Jalaluddin Haqqani. However, the real host in that facility was the Pakistani ISI. If this was later to become bin Laden's base, then serious questions are raised by the early relationship between bin Laden and Pakistan's ISI." http://www.saag.org/papers8/paper791.html

Do liberals fear that Bush will become one of the greatest presidents? Do liberals fear that Bush will become one of the greatest presidents? As the world awaits General David Petraeus’s progress report on President Bush’s troop surge, even war critics concede that deploying 30,000 additional GIs has improved Iraq’s security. Largely overlooked, however, is how increased safety has helped U.S. soldiers and contractors rebuild its physical and institutional infrastructure. The Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) has performed much of the Pentagon’s $11.4 billion in reconstruction. So far, they have concluded 3,014 of 3,387 planned projects. ACE’s website highlights most of the details and comments cited here. While terrorists blasted holes in highways and water pipes, America has paved 38 new roads. Once 41 total projects are done, Iraqis will ride 265 miles of fresh thoroughfares. Already, 3.1 million Iraqis enjoy 142 million new gallons of purified water daily. Eventually, 300 million such gallons will flow daily to 5.2 million Iraqis, some of whom routinely fill buckets at distant wells. ACE announced Wednesday that it completed a $266 million facility to bring drinking water to 500,000 Iraqis in southern Dhi Qar province. This should combat water-borne diseases that often kill children up to age 5. While Islamofascists built roadside bombs, car bombs, and bomb vests, America stayed busy building or rehabilitating 77 primary healthcare centers and 16 hospitals, through August 20. Eventually, GIs will have finished work on 142 primary-care centers and 25 hospitals to serve up to 6.5 million Iraqis. “In my opinion,” said one Iraqi project engineer who helped ACE construct four hospitals in southern Maysan province, “providing these new and additional medical services will help reduce the infant mortality rate of the area.” While Muslim radicals deliberately machine-gunned boys and girls on school buses, U.S. troops through August 29 had renovated or built 810 schools, supplying classrooms for 324,000 students. As part of a $1 million effort, ACE last month finished rebuilding a soccer field, cafeteria, plumbing, and air conditioning at the student center of Baghdad’s Mustansiriya University, founded in 1234 A.D. While fanatic Muslims kidnapped Iraqi women for arranged marriages, American forces have helped female Iraqis thrive in engineering, business, and law enforcement. ACE encourages Iraqi women to participate in training and networking seminars for entrepreneurs who hope to bid on construction contracts. Among 40 companies at one such event in July, 10 were women-owned. “Women are a part of this society and together everyone who had an unfair chance during the last regime can now take advantage of their new opportunities within our new country,” said an Iraqi businesswoman named Luma. Meanwhile, ACE is erecting a three-story facility for female cops in An Najaf province. “The objective for building the $134,000 female training police station is to help advise, organize, and train Iraqi female officers on basic infantry tactics, from squad to battalion level, to further enhance the Iraqi police stations,” said Army Lt. Colonel Jan Carter. “As an Iraqi woman, I wish I could see more changes in the Iraqi community,” one female cop remarked. “I joined the Iraqi Army to participate in the noble mission of restoring security in Iraq. I want to see all the Iraqi people happy and living in peace.” Through July, America had spent $435 million on 404 Iraqi security and justice facilities including 154 border forts, 91 police stations, 32 courthouses, and four major prisons. Of course, these are more than just Iraqi pork-barrel projects. These concrete baby steps forward after 35 years of kleptocratic Baathist tyranny are drawing Iraqi hearts and minds toward America. U.S. efforts increasingly counteract the frustration Ahmed Raja Al Assan expressed in a Wednesday dispatch by Pentagon public-affairs specialist Sergeant Mike Pryor. “The terrorists are trying to kill us, kill our families,” Al Assan said. “We want to fight back.” “A key aspect of U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is to provide security, then basic services as soon as possible, while there is a strategic window in which we can prove our worth to the local public,” says Pete Hegseth, an Army reserve officer who served 11 months in Baghdad and Samarra and now leads Vets for Freedom. “It’s one thing to kick out the bad guys,” Hegseth tells me. “It’s another to prove that we are better.” President Bush’s troop surge is helping America deliver that proof.

What is the official position of Catholic Church on Iraq's war? IRAQ: Diplomacy Not Troops Many of you probably heard the President outline his plan for a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq - specifically his proposal for an increase in U.S. troops in Iraq. Radio reports this morning noted that the majority of Americans polled disagree with the President's strategy. The Center of Concern shares many of these concerns and maintains that a military solution to the crisis in Iraq is not feasible, nor desireable. Below is a statement issued by concerned Catholic organizations in the U.S., including the Center of Concern, condemning the President's strategy in Iraq and calling for an alternative policy of diplomacy and development. We invite you to read the statement and your thoughts on U.S. engagement in Iraq. RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR A CHANGE OF COURSE IN IRAQ January, 2007 On January 10, 2007, President Bush announced a change in Iraq policy. We, as organizations of Catholics and as individuals, come together to respond to these new Iraq initiatives. We respond in the context of Jesus' call to us in the beatitudes to be people of peace (Matt 5:9), and to love our enemies (Luke 6:27) as well as the November 2006 statement by the President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop William S. Skylstad. In that statement, Bishop Skylstad notes that the pain and destruction of the war in Iraq is "measured in lives lost and many more injured, in widespread sectarian strife, civil insurgency and terrorist attacks, and in the daily struggles of Iraqis to build a decent future for their devastated nation." He noted further that the way forward is bleak and stated that "The Holy See and our Conference now support broad and necessary international engagement to promote stability and reconstruction in Iraq." We are keenly aware that the members of the U.S. military and their families are shouldering the heavy burdens of extended service in Iraq. They risk death and injury of both body and spirit. However, it is crucial to recognize that political and economic concerns, not military issues, are fueling the continuing strife. Therefore, only solutions that combine the political, diplomatic, economic and religious issues Iraqis face will effectively resolve the underlying conflict and bring peace to Iraq. As the last three years have demonstrated, increasing the U.S. troop presence in Iraq will neither address the root causes of civil strife nor quell the violence. Increased U.S. military action will needlessly endanger our troops and detract from effective action to achieve a cease-fire and create peace. Therefore, the escalation of military presence in Iraq is detrimental to our men and women in the armed forces. The escalation of military action is far more harmful to Iraqi citizens who are paying the ultimate price in ever-increasing numbers through violence, hunger and lack of ordinary services. Every day, more and more ordinary Iraqis are fleeing their homes and becoming refugees - either within Iraq or in neighboring countries. This dislocation spreads religious, economic and political instability around the region, making it increasingly difficult to handle the influx of those traumatized by this war. The escalation of military action is detrimental to the Iraqi people and the surrounding region. United States citizens are keenly aware that the military is not an effective tool for bringing peace to Iraq. U.S. citizens understand that Iraq is in the midst of a civil war that requires the engagement of all parties in a peace process in order to resolve the issues. Military action in this context only brings more violence and bloodshed and no end to this conflict. The escalation of military action is detrimental the desires of people of the United States. Finally, only those in the military and their families are sacrificing for the sake of this war. There has been no effort to finance this war with taxes or other military offsets and the war has been funded without consideration of its impact on the overall federal budget. This fiscal irresponsibility will hamper future generations as they are forced to pay the bills for this generation's war. The escalation of military action is detrimental to the economic future of the United States. THEREFORE: We oppose the proposed escalation of U.S. troops in Iraq noting that prior escalations have not resulted in increased peace and stability. Troop escalations in Baghdad in the late summer and early fall of 2006 resulted in increased violence and death for both U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. We support the President's call for economic development in Iraq, noting that the current unemployment rate is running at 40 to 50%. Additionally, 60% of the population is under the age of 25 and is in dire need of alternatives to imagine a better future. Any economic development should directly benefit the Iraqi people and their communities, not contractors from other corners of the world. We urge the President to engage in diplomatic and political negotiations seeking a comprehensive cease fire by all factions in Iraq and the region. The rejection of a comprehensive diplomatic effort is a short-sighted view of American interests. A surge of diplomacy, not an escalation of troops is what is required. SIMONE CAMPBELL, SSS, Executive Director NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby CAROLE SHINNICK, SSND, Executive Director Leadership Conference of Women Religious T. MICHAEL McNULTY, SJ, Justice and Peace Director Conference of Major Superiors of Men ALEXIA KELLEY, Executive Director Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good DAVID A. ROBINSON, Executive Director Pax Christi USA. JIM HUG, SJ, President Center of Concern MARIE DENNIS, Director Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns JOE MOLONEY, OSF, President Franciscan Federation of the United States AMY WOOLAM ECHEVERRIA Columban JPIC Office JANET GOTTSCHALK, MMS, Director Medical Mission Sisters' Alliance for Justice FRANK McNEIRNEY, National Coordinator Catholics Against Capital Punishment (CACP) SEAMUS FINN, OMI, Director, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office

If the World was so Safe before Bush took Office,How do you Explain this List??????? American Victims of Mideast Terrorist Attacks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is a listing of incidents in which Americans are known to have been killed by Middle East-based terrorists. The list will be updated as more information becomes available. The exact number of American casualties is difficult to calculate because of incomplete news reports regarding numbers and nationalities of those injured. The toll from the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center is also uncertain, but current figures place the number of dead above 3,000. The number of dead at the Pentagon and on the hijacked airliners numbered approximately 385. Since Yasser Arafat "renounced" violence in the Oslo Peace Accords on September 13, 1993, at least 53 Americans have been murdered and at least another 83 Americans have been injured by Palestinian terrorism. Excluding the September 11 attacks, approximately 700 Americans have been killed and 1,600 wounded in terrorist attacks since 1970. This list also includes injured Americans since Oslo 1993. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 23, 1970, Halhoul, West Bank. Palestinian Liberation Organization terrorists open fire on a busload of pilgrims killing Barbara Ertle of Michigan and wounding two other Americans. March 28-29, 1970, Beirut, Lebanon. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) fired seven rockets at the U.S. Embassy, the American Insurance Company, Bank of America and the John F. Kennedy library. September 14, 1970, En route to Amman, Jordan. The PFLP hijacked a TWA flight from Zurich, Switzerland and forced it to land in Amman. Four American citizens were injured. May 30, 1972, Ben Gurion Airport, Israel. Three members of the Japanese Red Army, acting on the PFLP's bbehalf, carried out a machine-gun and grenade attack at Israel's main airport, killing 26 and wounding 78 people. Many of the casualties were American citizens, mostly from Puerto Rico. September 5, 1972, Munich, Germany. During the Olympic Games in Munich, Black September, a front for Fatah, took hostage 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team. Nine athletes were killed including weightlifter David Berger, an American-Israeli from Cleveland, Ohio. March 2, 1973, Khartoum, Sudan. Cleo A. Noel, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Sudan, and George C. Moore, also a U.S. diplomat, were held hostage and then killed by terrorists at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. It seems likely that Fatah was responsible for the attack. September 8, 1974, Athens, Greece. TWA Flight 841, flying from Tel Aviv to New York, made a scheduled stop in Athens. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the Ionian Sea and all 88 passengers were killed, including 32-year-old Steven R. Lowe, husband Jeremiah Michel and wife, Kathrine Hadley Michel of Poughkeepsie, NY, Frederick and Margaret Hare of Bernardsville, NJ, Ralph H. Bosh of Madison, CT, Seldon and Etan Bard of Tuckahoe, NY, Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Stohlman of Newton, MA, Don H. Holiday of Mahwah, NJ, and Jon L. Chesire of Old Lyme, Ct; all of which were Almerican citizens. An investigation of the crash conclusively established that it was caused by explosives set in the rear cargo department of the plane. June 29, 1975, Beirut, Lebanon. The PFLP kidnapped the U.S. military attaché to Lebanon, Ernest Morgan, and demanded food, clothing and building materials for indigent residents living near Beirut harbor. The American diplomat was released after an anonymous benefactor provided food to the neighborhood. November 14, 1975, Jerusalem, Israel. Lola Nunberg, 53, of New York, was injured during a bombing attack in downtown Jerusalem. Fatah claimed responsibility for the bombing, which killed six people and wounded 38. November 21, 1975, Ramat Hamagshimim, Israel. Michael Nadler, an American-Israeli from Miami Beach, Florida, was killed when axe-wielding terrorists from the Democrat Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a PLO faction, attacked students in the Golan Heights. August 11, 1976, Istanbul, Turkey. The PFLP launched an attack on the terminal of Israel's major airline, El Al, at the Istanbul airport. Four civilians, including Harold Rosenthal of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were killed and 20 injured. January 1, 1977, Beirut, Lebanon. Frances E. Meloy, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, and Robert O.Waring, the U.S. economic counselor, were kidnapped by PFLP members as they crossed a militia checkpoint separating the Christian from the Muslim parts of Beirut. They were later shot to death. March 11, 1978, Tel Aviv, Israel. Gail Rubin, niece of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff, was among 38 people shot to death by PLO terrorists on an Israeli beach. June 2, 1978, Jerusalem, Israel. Richard Fishman, a medical student from Maryland, was among six killed in a PLO bus bombing in Jerusalem. Chava Sprecher, another American citizen from Seattle, Washington, was injured. May 4, 1979, Tiberias, Israel. Haim Mark and his wife, Haya, of New Haven, Connecticut were injured in a PLO bombing attack in northern Israel. November 4, 1979, Teheran, Iran. After President Carter agreed to admit the Shah of Iran into the U.S., Iranian radicals seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. Thirteen hostages were soon freed, but the remaining 53 were held until their release on January 20, 1981. May 2, 1980, Hebron, West Bank. Eli Haze'ev, an American-Israeli from Alexandria, Virginia, was killed in a PLO attack on Jewish worshippers walking home from a synagogue in Hebron. July 19, 1982, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah members kidnapped David Dodge, acting president of the American University in Beirut. After a year in captivity, Dodge was released. Rifat Assad, head of Syrian Intelligence, helped in the negotiation with the terrorists. August 19, 1982, Paris, France. Two American citizens, Anne Van Zanten and Grace Cutler, were killed when the PLO bombed a Jewish restaurant in Paris. March 16, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. Five American Marines were wounded in a hand grenade attack while on patrol north of Beirut International Airport. The Islamic Jihad and Al-Amal, a Shi'ite militia, claimed responsibility for the attack. April 18, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. A truck-bomb detonated by a remote control exploded in front of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 employees, including the CIA's Middle East director, and wounding 120. Hizballah, with financial backing from Iran, was responsible for the attack. July 1, 1983, Hebron, Israel. Aharon Gross, 19, an American-Israeli from New York, was stabbed to death by PLO terrorists in the Hebron marketplace. September 29, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. Two American marines were kidnapped by Amal members. They were released after intervention by a Lebanese army officer. October 23, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. A truck loaded with a bomb crashed into the lobby of the U.S. Marines headquarters in Beirut, killing 241 soldiers and wounding 81. The attack was carried out by Hizballah with the help of Syrian intelligence and financed by Iran. December 19, 1983, Jerusalem, Israel. Serena Sussman, a 60-year-old tourist from Anderson, South Carolina, died from injuries from the PLO bombing of a bus in Jerusalem 13 days earlier. January 18, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Malcolm Kerr, a Lebanese born American who was president of the American University of Beirut, was killed by two gunmen outside his office. Hizballah said the assassination was part of the organization's plan to "drive all Americans out from Lebanon." March 7, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah members kidnapped Jeremy Levin, Beirut bureau chief of Cable News Network (CNN). Levin managed to escape and reach Syrian army barracks. He was later transferred to American hands. March 8, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Three Hizballah members kidnapped Reverend Benjamin T. Weir, while he was walking with his wife in Beirut's Manara neighborhood. Weir was released after 16 months of captivity with Syrian and Iranian assistance. March 16, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped William Buckley, a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Buckley was supposed to be exchanged for prisoners. However when the transaction failed to take place, he was reportedly transported to Iran. Although his body was never found, the U.S. administration declared the American diplomat dead. April 12, 1984, Torrejon, Spain. Hizballah bombed a restaurant near an U.S. Air Force base in Torrejon, Spain, wounding 83 people. September 20, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. A suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy in East Beirut killed 23 people and injured 21. The American and British ambassadors were slightly injured in the attack, attributed to the Iranian backed Hizballah group. September 20, 1984, Aukar, Lebanon. Islamic Jihad detonate a van full of explosives 30 feet in front of the U.S. Embassy annex severely damaging the building, killing two U.S. servicemen and seven Lebanese employees, as well as 5 to 15 non-employees. Twenty Americans were injured, including U.S. Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew and visiting British Ambassador David Miers. An estimated 40 to 50 Lebanese were hurt. The attack came in response to the U.S. veto September 6 of a U.N. Security Council resolution. December 4, 1984, Tehran, Iran. Hizballah terrorists hijacked a Kuwait Airlines plane en route from Dubai, United Emirates, to Karachi, Pakistan. They demanded the release from Kuwaiti jails of members of Da'Wa, a group of Shiite extremists serving sentences for attacks on French and American targets on Kuwaiti territory. The terrorists forced the pilot to fly to Tehran where the terrorists murdered two passengers--American Agency for International Development employees, Charles Hegna and William Stanford. Although an Iranian special unit ended the incident by storming the plane and arresting the terrorists, the Iranian government might also have been involved in the hijacking. June 14, 1985, Between Athens and Rome. Two Hizballah members hijacked a TWA flight en route to Rome from Athens and forced the pilot to fly to Beirut. The terrorists, believed to belong to Hizballah, asked for the release of members of the group Kuwait 17 and 700 Shi'ite prisoners held in Israeli and South Lebanese prisons. The eight crewmembers and 145 passengers were held for 17 days during which one of the hostages, Robert Stethem, a U.S. Navy diver, was murdered. After being flown twice to Algiers, the aircraft returned to Beirut and the hostages were released. Later on, four Hizballah members were secretly indicted. One of them, the Hizballah senior officer Imad Mughniyah, was indicted in absentia. October 7, 1985, Between Alexandria, Egypt and Haifa, Israel. A four-member PFLP squad took over the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, as it was sailing from Alexandria, Egypt, to Israel. The squad murdered a disabled U.S. citizen, Leon Klinghoffer, by throwing him in the ocean. The rest of the passengers were held hostage for two days and later released after the terrorists turned themselves in to Egyptian authorities in return for safe passage. But U.S. Navy fighters intercepted the Egyptian aircraft flying the terrorists to Tunis and forced it to land at the NATO airbase in Italy, where the terrorists were arrested. Two of the terrorists were tried in Italy and sentenced to prison. The Italian authorities however let the two others escape on diplomatic passports. Abu Abbas, who masterminded the hijacking, was later convicted to life imprisonment in absentia. December 27, 1985, Rome, Italy. Four terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization attacked El Al offices at the Leonardo di Vinci Airport in Rome. Thirteen people, including five Americans, were killed and 74 wounded, among them two Americans. The terrorists had come from Damascus and were supported by the Syrian regime. March 30, 1986, Athens, Greece. A bomb exploded on a TWA flight from Rome as it approached Athens airport. The attack killed four U.S. citizens who were sucked through a hole made by the blast, although the plane safely landed. The bombing was attributed to the Fatah Special Operations Group's intelligence and security apparatus, headed by Abdullah Abd al-Hamid Labib, alias Colonel Hawari. April 5, 1986, West Berlin, Germany. An explosion at the "La Belle" nightclub in Berlin, frequented by American soldiers, killed three--2 U.S. soldiers and a Turkish woman-and wounded 191 including 41 U.S. soldiers. Given evidence of Libyan involvement, the U.S. Air Force made a retaliatory attack against Libyan targets on April 17. Libya refused to hand over to Germany five suspects believed to be there. Others, however, were tried including Yassir Shraidi and Musbah Eter, arrested in Rome in August 1997 and extradited; and also Ali Chanaa, his wife, Verena Chanaa, and her sister, Andrea Haeusler. Shraidi, accused of masterminding the attack, was sentenced to 14 years in jail. The Libyan diplomat Musbah Eter and Ali Chanaa were both sentenced to 12 years in jail. Verena Chanaa was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Andrea Haeusler was acquitted. September 5, 1986, Karachi, Pakistan. Abu Nidal members hijacked a Pan Am flight leaving Karachi, Pakistan bound for Frankfurt, Germany and New York with 379 passengers, including 89 Americans. The terrorists forced the plane to land in Larnaca, Cyprus, where they demanded the release of two Palestinians and a Briton jailed for the murder of three Israelis there in 1985. The terrorists killed 22 of the passengers, including two American citizens and wounded many others. They were caught and indicted by a Washington grand jury in 1991. September 9, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Continuing its anti-American attacks, Hizballah kidnapped Frank Reed, director of the American University in Beirut, whom they accused of being "a CIA agent." He was released 44 months later. September 12, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped Joseph Cicippio, the acting comptroller at the American University in Beirut. Cicippio was released five years later on December 1991. October 15, 1986, Jerusalem, Israel. Gali Klein, an American citizen, was killed in a grenade attack by Fatah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. October 21, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped Edward A. Tracy, an American citizen in Beirut. He was released five years later, on August 1991. February 17, 1988, Ras-Al-Ein Tyre, Lebanon. Col. William Higgins, the American chief of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization, was abducted by Hizballah while driving from Tyre to Nakura. The hostages demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon and the release of all Palestinian and Lebanese held prisoners in Israel. The U.S. government refused to answer the request. Hizballah later claimed they killed Higgins. December 21, 1988, Lockerbie, Scotland. Pan Am Flight 103 departing from Frankfurt to New York was blown up in midair, killing all 259 passengers and another 11 people on the ground in Scotland. Two Libyan agents were found responsible for planting a sophisticated suitcase bomb onboard the plane. On 14 November 1991, arrest warrants were issued for Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima and Abdel Baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi. After Libya refused to extradite the suspects to stand trial, the United Nations leveled sanctions against the country in April 1992, including the freezing of Libyan assets abroad. In 1999, Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi agreed to hand over the two suspects, but only if their trial was held in a neutral country and presided over by a Scottish judge. With the help of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, Al-Megrahi and Fahima were finally extradited and tried in Camp Zeist in the Netherlands. Megrahi was found guilty and jailed for life, while Fahima was acquitted due to a "lack of evidence" of his involvement. After the extradition, UN sanctions against Libya were automatically lifted. January 27, 1989, Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Three simultaneous bombings were carried out against U.S. business targets--the Turkish American Businessmen Association and the Economic Development Foundation in Istanbul, and the Metal Employees Union in Ankara. The Dev Sol (Revolutionary Left) was held responsible for the attacks. March 6, 1989, Cairo, Egypt. Two explosive devices were safely removed from the grounds of the American and British Cultural centers in Cairo. Three organizations were believed to be responsible for the attack: The January 15 organization, which had sent a letter bomb to the Israeli ambassador to London in January; the Egyptian Revolutionary Organization that from out 1984-1986 carried out attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets; and the Nasserite Organization, which had attacked British and American targets in 1988. June 12, 1989, Bosphorus Straits, Turkey. A bomb exploded aboard an unoccupied boat used by U.S. consular staff. The explosion caused extensive damage but no casualties. An organization previously unknown, the Warriors of the June 16th Movement, claimed responsibility for the attack. October 11, 1989, Izmir, Turkey. An explosive charge went off outside a U.S. military PX. Dev Sol was held responsible for the attack. February 7, 1991, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Dev Sol members shot and killed a U.S. civilian contractor as he was getting into his car at the Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Turkey. February 28, 1991, Izmir, Turkey. Two Dev Sol gunmen shot and wounded a U.S. Air Force officer as he entered his residence in Izmir. March 28, 1991, Jubial, Saudi Arabia. Three U.S. marines were shot at and injured by an unknown terrorist while driving near Camp Three, Jubial. No organization claimed responsibility for the attack. October 28, 1991, Ankara, Turkey. Victor Marwick, an American soldier serving at the Turkish-American base, Tuslog, was killed and his wife wounded in a car bomb attack. The Turkish Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. October 28, 1991, Istanbul, Turkey. Two car bombings killed a U.S. Air Force sergeant and severely wounded an Egyptian diplomat in Istanbul. Turkish Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. November 8, 1991, Beirut, Lebanon. A 100-kg car bomb destroyed the administration building of the American University in Beirut, killing one person and wounding at least a dozen. October 12, 1992, Umm Qasr, Iraq. A U.S. soldier serving with the United Nations was stabbed and wounded near the port of Umm Qasr. No organization claimed responsibility for the attack. January 25, 1993, Virginia, United States. A Pakistani gunman opened fire on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees standing outside of the building. Two agents, Frank Darling and Bennett Lansing, were killed and three others wounded. The assailant was never caught and reportedly fled to Pakistan. February 26, 1993, Cairo, Egypt. A bomb exploded inside a café in downtown Cairo killing three. Among the 18 wounded were two U.S. citizens. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. February 26, 1993, New York, United States. A massive van bomb exploded in an underground parking garage below the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six and wounding 1,042. Four Islamist activists were responsible for the attack. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the operation's alleged mastermind, escaped but was later arrested in Pakistan and extradited to the United States. Abd al-Hakim Murad, another suspected conspirator, was arrested by local authorities in the Philippines and handed over to the United States. The two, along with two other terrorists, were tried in the U.S. and sentenced to 240 years. April 14, 1993, Kuwait. The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack two months later on the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. July 5, 1993, Southeast Turkey. In eight separate incidents, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) kidnapped a total of 19 Western tourists traveling in southeastern Turkey. The hostages, including U.S. citizen Colin Patrick Starger, were released unharmed after spending several weeks in captivity. December 1, 1993, north of Jerusalem, West Bank. Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came from Los Angeles, CA, was killed in a drive-by shooting. Hamas took responsibility for the attack Sometime in 1994: near Atzmona, Gaza. U.S. citizen Mrs. Sheila Deutsch of Brooklyn, NY injured in a shooting attack. October 9, 1994. Nachshon Wachsman, 19, whose family came from New York, was kidnapped and then murdered by Hamas. October 9, 1994: Jerusalem, Israel. Shooting attack on cafe-goers in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens Scot Doberstein and Eric Goldberg were injured. March 8, 1995, Karachi, Pakistan. Two unidentified gunmen armed with AK-47 assault rifles opened fire on a U.S. Consulate van in Karachi, killing two U.S. diplomats, Jacqueline Keys Van Landingham and Gary C. Durell, and wounding a third, Mark McCloy. April 9, 1995, Kfar Darom and Netzarim, Gaza Strip. Two suicide attacks were carried out within a few hours of each other in Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. In the first attack a suicide bomber crashed an explosive-rigged van into an Israeli bus in Netzarim, killing eight including U.S. citizen Alisa Flatow, 20, of West Orange, NJ. More than 30 others were injured. In the second attack, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in the midst of a convoy of cars in Kfar Darom, injuring 12. The Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Shaqaqi Faction claimed responsibility for the attacks. U.S. citizens Chava Levine and Seth Klein were injured. June 15, 1995: Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. citizen Howard Tavens of Cleveland, OH was injured in a stabbing attack. July 4, 1995, Kashmir, India. In Kashmir, a previously unknown militant group, Al-Faran, with suspected links to a Kashmiri separatist group in Pakistan, took hostage six tourists, including two U.S. citizens. They demanded the release of Muslim militants held in Indian prisons. One of the U.S. citizens escaped on July 8, while on August 13 the decapitated body of the Norwegian hostage was found along with a note stating that the other hostages also would be killed if the group's demands were not met. The Indian Government refused. Both Indian and American authorities believe the rest of the hostages were most likely killed in 1996 by their jailers. August 1995, Istanbul, Turkey. A bombing of Istanbul's popular Taksim Square injured two U.S. citizens. This attack was part of a three-year-old attempt by the PKK to drive foreign tourists away from Turkey by striking at tourist sites. August 21, 1995, Jerusalem, Israel. A bus bombing in Jerusalem by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) killed four, including American Joan Davenny of New Haven, CT, and wounded more than 100. U.S. citizens injured: Chanoch Bleier, Judith Shulewitz, Bernard Batta. September 9, 1995. Ma'ale Michmash. American killed: Unborn child of Mrs. Mara Frey of Chicago. Mara Frey was injured. November 9, 1995, Algiers, Algeria. Islamic extremists set fire to a warehouse belonging to the U.S. Embassy, threatened the Algerian security guard because he was working for the United States, and demanded to know whether any U.S. citizens were present. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) probably carried out the attacks. The group had threatened to strike other foreign targets and especially U.S. objectives in Algeria, and the attack's style was similar to past GIA operations against foreign facilities. November 13, 1995, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A car bomb exploded in the parking lot outside of the Riyadh headquarters of the Office of the Program Manager/Saudi Arabian National Guard, killing seven persons, five of them U.S. citizens, and wounding 42. The blast severely damaged the three-story building, which houses a U.S. military advisory group, and several neighboring office buildings. Three groups -- the Islamic Movement for Change, the Tigers of the Gulf, and the Combatant Partisans of God -- claimed responsibility for the attack. February 25, 1996, Jerusalem, Israel. A suicide bomber blew up a commuter bus in Jerusalem, killing 26, including three U.S. citizens, and injuring 80 others, among them three other U.S. citizens. Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing. U. S. citizens killed: Sara Duker, of Teaneck, NJ, Matthew Eisenfeld of West Hartford, CT, Ira Weinstein of Bronx, NY. U.S. citizens injured: Beatrice Kramer, Steven Lapides, and Leah Stein Mousa. March 4, 1996, Tel Aviv, Israel. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside the Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall, killing 20 persons and injuring 75 others, including two U.S. citizens. Both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing. U.S. citizens injured included Julie K. Negrin of Seattle, WA. May 13, 1996, Beit-El, West Bank. Arab gunmen opened fire on a hitchhiking stand near Beit El, wounding three Israelis and killing David Boim, 17, an American-Israeli from New York. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, although either the Islamic Jihad or Hamas are suspected. U.S. citizens injured: Moshe Greenbaum, 17. June 9, 1996, outside Zekharya. Yaron Ungar, an American-Israeli, and his Israeli wife were killed in a drive-by shooting near their West Bank home. The PFLP is suspected. June 25, 1996, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A fuel truck carrying a bomb exploded outside the U.S. military's Khobar Towers housing facility in Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility for the attack. In June 2001, a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, identified Saudi Hizballah as the party responsible for the attack. The court indicated that the members of the organization, banned from Saudi Arabia, "frequently met and were trained in Lebanon, Syria, or Iran" with Libyan help. August 17, 1996, Mapourdit, Sudan. Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) rebels kidnapped six missionaries in Mapourdit, including a U.S citizen. The SPLA released the hostages on August 28. November 1, 1996, Sudan. A breakaway group of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) kidnapped three workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), including one U.S citizen. The rebels released the hostages on December 9 in exchange for ICRC supplies and a health survey of their camp. December 3, 1996, Paris, France. A bomb exploded aboard a Paris subway train, killing four and injuring 86 persons, including a U.S. citizen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are suspected. January 2, 1997, Major cities worldwide, United States. A series of letter bombs with Alexandria, Egypt postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat newspaper bureaus in Washington, DC, New York, London, and Riyadh. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat newspaper office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor damage. February 23, 1997, New York, United States. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State building in New York, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine." July 30, 1997, Jerusalem, Israel. Two bombs detonated in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, killing 15 persons, including a U.S. citizen and wounding 168 others, among them two U.S. citizens. The Izz-el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. citizens killed: Mrs. Leah Stern of Passaic, NJ. U.S. citizens injured: Dov Dalin. September 4, 1997: Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Yael Botwin, 14, of Los Angeles and Jerusalem. U.S. citizens injured: Diana Campuzano of New York, Abraham Mendelson of Los Angeles, CA, Greg Salzman of New Jersey, Stuart E. Hersh of Kiryat Arba, Israel, Michael Alzer, Abraham Elias, David Keinan, Daniel Miller of Boca Raton, FL, Noam Rozenman of Jerusalem, Jenny (Yocheved) Rubin of Los Angeles, CA. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. October 30, 1997, Sanaa, Yemen. Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several public works projects they claim the government promised them. The hostage was released on November 27. November 12, 1997, Karachi, Pakistan. Two unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas Petroleum and their Pakistani driver as they drove away from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. Two groups claimed responsibility -- the Islamic Inqilabi Council, or Islamic Revolutionary Council and the Aimal Secret Committee, also known as the Aimal Khufia Action Committee. November 25, 1997, Aden, Yemen. Yemenite tribesmen kidnapped a U.S citizen, two Italians, and two unspecified Westerners near Aden to protest the eviction of a tribe member from his home. The kidnappers released the five hostages on November 27. February 6, 1998, Jerusalem, Israel. Stabbing in Jerusalem. U.S. Citizen Yosef Lepon, 17 injured. April 19, 1998, Maon, Israel. Dov Driben, a 28-year-old American-Israeli farmer was killed by terrorists near the West Bank town of Maon. One of his assailants, Issa Debavseh, a member of Fatah Tanzim, was killed on November 7, 2001, by the IDF after being on their wanted list for the murder. June 21, 1998, Beirut, Lebanon. Two hand-grenades were thrown at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. No casualties were reported. June 21, 1998, Beirut, Lebanon. Three rocket-propelled grenades attached to a crude detonator exploded near the U.S. Embassy compound in Beirut, causing no casualties and little damage. August 7, 1998, Nairobi, Kenya. A car bomb exploded at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. The attack killed a total of 292, including 12 U.S. citizens, and injured over 5,000, among them six Americans. The perpetrators belonged to al-Qaida, Usama bin Ladin's network. August 7, 1998, Dar es Sala'am, Tanzania. A car bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Sala'am, killing 11 and injuring 86. Osama bin Laden's organization al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the attack. Two suspects were arrested. November 21, 1998, Teheran, Iran. Members of Fedayeen Islam, shouting anti-American slogans and wielding stones and iron rods, attacked a group of American tourists in Tehran. Some of the tourists suffered minor injuries from flying glass. December 28, 1998, Mawdiyah, Yemen. Sixteen tourists--12 Britons, two Americans and two Australians--were taken hostage in the largest kidnapping in Yemen's recent history. The tourists were seized in the Abyan province (some 175 miles south of Sanaa the capital). One Briton and a Yemeni guide escaped, while the rest were taken to city of Mawdiyah. Four hostages were killed when troops closed in and two were wounded, including an American woman. The kidnappers, members of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, an offshoot of Al-Jihad, had demanded the release from jail of their leader, Saleh Haidara al-Atwi. October 31, 1999, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the U.S. coast killing all 217 people on board, including 100 Americans. Although it is not precisely clear what happened, evidence indicated that an Egyptian pilot crashed the plane for personal or political reasons. November 4, 1999, Athens, Greece. A group protesting President Clinton's visit to Greece hid a gas bomb at an American car dealership in Athens. Two cars were destroyed and several others damaged. Anti-State Action claimed responsibility for the attack, but the November 17 group was also suspected. November 12, 1999, Islamabad, Pakistan. Six rockets were fired at the U.S. Information Services cultural center and United Nations offices in Islamabad, injuring a Pakistani guard. September 29, 2000. near Jerusalem Israel. Attack on motorists. U.S. citizens injured: Avi Herman of Teaneck, NJ, Naomi Herman of Teaneck, NJ. September 29, 2000, Jerusalem, Israel. Attack on taxi passengers. U.S. citizens injured: Tuvia Grossman of Chicago, Todd Pollack of Norfolk, VA, Andrew Feibusch of New York. October 4, 2000, near Bethlehem, West Bank. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified American tourist. October 5, 2000: near Jerusalem, Israel. Attack on a motorist. U.S. citizens injured: Rabbi Chaim Brovender of Brooklyn. October 8, 2000, Nablus, West Bank. The bullet-ridden body of Rabbi Hillel Lieberman, a U.S. citizen from Brooklyn living in the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh, was found at the entrance to the West Bank town of Nablus. Lieberman had headed there after hearing that Palestinians had desecrated the religious site, Joseph's Tomb. No organization claimed responsibility for the murder. October 12, 2000, Aden Harbor, Yemen. A suicide squad rammed the warship the U.S.S. Cole with an explosives-laden boat killing 13 American sailors and injuring 33. The attack was likely by Osama bin Ladin's al-Qaida organization. October 30, 2000, Jerusalem, Israel. Gunmen killed Eish Kodesh Gilmor, a 25-year-old American-Israeli on duty as a security guard at the National Insurance Institute in Jerusalem. The "Martyrs of the Al-Aqsa Intifada," a group linked to Fatah, claimed responsibility for the attack. Gilmor's family filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in Washington against the Palestinian Authority, the PLO, Chairman Yasser Arafat and members of Force 17, as being responsible for the attack. December 31, 2000, Ofra, Israel. Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, 34, and his wife, Talia Hertzlich Kahane, both formerly of Brooklyn, NY were killed in a drive-by shooting. Their children, Yehudit Leah Kahane, Bitya Kahane, Tzivya Kahane, Rivka Kahane, and Shlomtsion Kahane, were injured in the attack. March 28, 2001, Neve Yamin. Bombing at bus stop. U.S. citizens injured: Netanel Herskovitz, 15, formerly of Hempstead, NY. May 9, 2001, Tekoa, West Bank. Kobi Mandell, 13, of Silver Spring, MD, an American-Israeli, was found stoned to death along with a friend in a cave near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa. Two organizations, the Islamic Jihad and Hizballah-Palestine, claimed responsibility for the attack. May 29, 2001, Gush Etzion, West Bank. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for a drive-by shooting of six in the West Bank that killed two American-Israeli citizens, Samuel Berg, and his mother, Sarah Blaustein. U.S. citizens injured: Norman Blaustein of Lawrence, NY. July 19, 2001, Hebron, West Bank. Shooting attack. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified woman from Brooklyn, NY. August 9, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. A suicide bombing at Sbarro's, a pizzeria situated in one of the busiest areas of downtown Jerusalem, killed 15 people and wounded more than 90. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. citizens killed: Judith L. Greenbaum, 31, of New Jersey and California, Malka Roth, 15, whose family was from New York. U.S. citizens injured: David Danzig, 21, of Wynnewood, PA, Matthew P. Gordon, 25, of New York, Joanne (Chana) Nachenberg, 31, Sara Shifra Nachenberg, 2. August 18, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Shooting at a bus. U.S. citizen injured: Andrew Feibusch of New York. August 27, 2001, near Roglit, Israel. Shooting attack. U.S. citizen injured: Ben Dansker. September 11, 2001, New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, United States. During a carefully coordinated attack, 19 Islamist extremists hijacked four U.S. jetliners and forced them to crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In all, 266 people perished in the four planes, and more than 3,000 people were killed on the ground. U.S. investigators determined on the basis of extensive evidence that Usama bin Ladin's al-Qaida group was responsible for the attack. The first plane, American Airlines Flight 11 en route from Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the World Trade Center's north tower at 8:48 a.m. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, also headed from Boston to Los Angeles, smashed into the World Trade Center's south tower. At 9:40 a.m. a third airplane, an American Airlines Boeing 757 that left Washington's Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles, crashed into the western part of the Pentagon where 24,000 people worked. The fourth plane, a United Airlines Flight 93 flying from Newark to San Francisco, crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, most likely before it could hit its target. Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other rescue workers who arrived in the site after the first plane crash were killed or injured. November 4, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of Queens, NY was killed in a shooting at a bus station. U.S. citizen injured: Shlomo Kaye. December 2, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem. U.S. citizens injured: Ziv Brill, 17, of West Hempstead, Long Island, NY, Temima Spetner, 19, of St. Louis, MI, Jason Kirshenbaum of New Rochelle, NY, Israel Hirschfield, 18, Joseph Leifer, 29, of Borough Park (Brooklyn), NY. December 18, 2001, shooting on the Jerusalem-Shilo road. U.S. citizens injured: David Rubin, 44, of Brooklyn, NY, Asher "Ruby" Rubin, 3. January 15, 2002, Bethlehem, West Bank. Avraham Boaz, 71, of New York, a dual Israeli-American citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala and murdered. January 18, 2002: Shooting in Hadera. U.S. citizen killed: Aaron Elis, 32, son of Chicago family. January 22, 2002: Shooting in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. citizen injured: Shayna Gould, 19, of Chicago, IL January 27, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. A Palestinian woman triggered a massive explosion in downtown Jerusalem killing one elderly Israeli and injuring more than 150, including American Mark Sokolow, his wife, and 16 and 12-year-old daughters. Sokolow had earlier survived the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, escaping from his law office on the 38th floor of the South Tower before it collapsed. February 8, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Stabbing in Abu Tor Peace Forest Jerusalem. U.S. citizen killed: Moranne Amit, 25 February 15, 2002, near Ramallah, West Bank. Lee Akunis was shot to death. February 16, 2002: Bombing in Karnei Shomron. U.S. citizens killed: Keren Shatsky, 14, of Brooklyn, NY and Maine, Rachel Thaler, 16, of Baltimore, MD. U.S. citizens injured: Lior Thaler, 14, of Baltimore, MD, Hillel Trattner of Chicago, IL, Ronit Yucht Trattner of Chicago, IL, Chani Friedman of New York. February 19, 2002: Shooting near Neve Dekalim. U.S. citizens injured: Moshe Saperstein of New York. February 25, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moran Amit, 25, was stabbed to death in Abu Tor Peace Forest in Jerusalem. March 7, 2002, Eshel Hashomron Hotel, Ariel, Israel. A Christian tourist from Arkansas lost her right eye in an attack by a suicide bomber. March 21, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on a Jerusalem street. U.S. citizens injured: Alan Joseph Bauer, 37, of Chicago, Yonathon Bauer, 7 (dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship). March 24, 2002, Ofra, Israel. Shooting near Ofra. U.S. citizens killed: Esther Kleinman, 23, formerly of Chicago, IL. March 27, 2002, Netanya, Israel. U.S. citizen Hannah Rogen, 90, was killed in a suicide attack at a Passover Seder. March 31, 2002, Efrat, Israel. Bombing in Efrat. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified American citizen. June 18, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Los Angeles, CA was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem. June 19, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Gila Sara Kessler, 19, whose family came from New York, was killed in a bombing at a bus stop. July 31, 2002, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Nine people were killed when a bomb exploded in the main cafeteria at the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem. Five were U.S. citizens: Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of MA; Marla Bennet, 24, of San Diego, CA; David Gritz (also a French citizen), 24, of Peru, MA; Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, PA; and Dina Carter, 37, of NC. Israelis David Ladovsky, 29, and Levina Shapira, 53 also died in the bombing. U.S. citizens injured: Spencer Dew, 26, of Owensboro, Kentucky; Zeev Spencer; Harris Gershon; Jamie Harris. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. March 5, 2003: Bus bombing in Haifa. U.S. citizens killed: Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire. March 7, 2003: Shooting in the victims’ home. U.S. citizens killed: Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, who grew up in Chicago; Dina Horowitz, 50, who grew up in Florida April 30, 2003: Bombing at a Tel Aviv pub. U.S. citizens injured: Jack Baxter, 50, of New York City. June 11, 2003: Bus bombing in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Alan Beer, 47, who grew up in Cleveland. U.S. citizens injured: Sarri Singer, 27, daughter of New Jersey State Senator Robert Singer. June 20, 2003: Shooting attack on a car driving through the West Bank. U.S. citizens killed: Tzvi Goldstein, 47, who grew up in New York; U.S. citizens injured: Eugene Goldstein, Tzvi’s father, of Long Island, New York; Lorraine Goldstein, Tzvi’s mother, of Long Island, New York; Michal Goldstein, Tzvi’s wife, who grew up in New York. August 19, 2003: Homicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, of New Square, New York; Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New Square, New York; Mordechai Reinitz, 49; Yitzhak Reinitz, 9. Tehilla Nathanson, 3, of Monsey, New York; U.S. citizens injured: Mendel Reinitz, 11. September 9, 2003: Homicide bombing at a cafe in Jerusalem. David Applebaum, 51, and his daughter Nava, 20, originally of Cleveland were killed. October 15, 2003: Bombing of American convoy in the Gaza Strip: John Branchizio, 37, Mark Parson, 31, and John Martin Linde, 30, were on contract to the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv through the defense contracting company Dyncorp.U.S. citizens injured: One as-yet-unnamed U.S. citizen (reportedly a diplomat). September 24, 2004: Mortar strike on a housing community: Tiferet Tratner, 24, (dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship). April 17, 2006: Homicide bombing at the Rosh Ha'ir restaurant in Tel Aviv: Daniel Wultz, 16, of Weston, Florida, died one month after receiving his wounds in this bombing. Compiled by Caroline Taillandier, a research assistant at the GLORIA center and student at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Mitchell Bard, and Alden Oreck, Avi Hein, and Elihai Braun, research assistants at the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, and Paul Teller, Deputy Director, House Republican Study Committee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: Chronology on Terrorist Incidents 1961-2001, State Department; "Patterns of Terrorism" reports 1995-2000; State Department Institute for Counter-Terrorism Database; Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya; Peacewatch, The Washington Institute for New East Policy; AIPAC; Ha'aretz, Republican Study Committee

marriage advice? I've been with my husband for almost 9 years now. We've been married for 2. In the past couple of years, things have become very routine, to the point of stagnation. My husband is a wonderful provider, and always has been. He puts so much of his time and energy in to it, that I think he forgets how to live for himself. We have grown apart lately, and it has been stressful at home. We have become two totally different people, and we are the point of discussing seperation. If it matters, we do have a 7 year old son. We got together when we were 20, and just started doing the family thing immediately. I did the stay at home mom thing for about 5 years, finally went to school, to become a hairstylist. I assisted for over a year, and made a steady paycheck. Now that I'm an independent contractor, I have to build up my clientele. Economy is sh*t right now, so I'm barely able to contribute financially. 99% of the financial responsibility lands on him. He's exhausted. I'm working hard on contributing, to ease his work load. He often works overtime to make ends meet. Last night, while driving on the freeway, I ran over a traffic cone. It was a completely unavoidable accident. However, it is going to cost at least $500 to repair the damages. Guess who gets to pay. My man. He now says he's going to have to cancel his planned snowboarding trip to work OT to cover this expense. I feel so bad. If we were divided before, it feels like we are complete strangers now. I just wish I could make it up to him somehow. How can I soothe the beast? He's furious. Sometimes I feel like I'm his little black cloud. just started working independently, which is different than commission based.

Did you see this where an illegal killed an actress over NOTHING!? Cops: Actress slain after noise complaint By Rocco Parascandola Newsday Staff Writer November 7, 2006 Her family's insistence that actress Adrienne Shelly would never take her own life, a mysterious sneaker print at the Greenwich Village murder scene, and detectives' discovery that the apartment beneath Shelly's was being renovated -- these were prime factors that police sources Monday said led to the arrest of a suspect in the slaying. Diego Pillco, 19, of Sunset Park, a handyman who was working in the apartment being renovated, was charged with second-degree murder in the popular indie-film actress's death on Thursday, police said. Sources said Pillco confessed to detectives Monday that he was angry that Shelly, 40, had complained about the noise he was making as he worked. He told police he beat her and tried to make it appear as if she had committed suicide, using a bedsheet to hang the actress from a shower rod in the bathroom of the Abingdon Square apartment she used as an office, the sources said. Shelly's husband, Andrew Ostroy, who found her body Thursday, said in a statement Monday night, "My wife's senseless death is devastating to me, our families and friends. We are incredibly grateful to the New York City Police Department for their dedication, professionalism and tenacity in following up on every lead in this case." Shelly -- born Adrienne Levine in Queens and reared on Long Island, where she attended Jericho High School -- starred in several of Hal Hartley's movies. She most recently appeared in "Factotum," with Marisa Tomei and Matt Dillon. Police initially thought the actress had committed suicide. But Shelly's family was adamant that she would not take her life and leave her daughter Sophie, 3, without a mother. There also was the matter of the mysterious sneaker print on the toilet in the bathroom. And the shower rod showed no sign of stress from the weight of Shelly's body, sources said, which raised questions about whether it was a suicide. An autopsy was inconclusive. As the city medical examiner was conducting further tests, detectives learned that renovation work was being done inside apartment No. 37, directly below Shelly's apartment. That apartment's former resident died recently of natural causes. Detectives zeroed in on Pillco, one of several workers in the building. He confessed while being questioned Monday, sources said. Sources said Pillco told police that Shelly complained to him about the noise of the renovation work. The confrontation became heated and then got physical, Pillco told detectives, as Shelly slapped him and he punched her, knocking her to the floor, a law enforcement source said. Pillco dragged Shelly's body into her apartment, where he tried to create the fiction of her death by suicide, sources said. Pillco, who at 5 feet tall was shorter than Shelly by 2 inches, apparently had trouble trying to situate her body to fit a suicide scenario, so he had to step on the toilet, leaving behind the sneaker print, sources said. The cause of death still was not clear, the medical examiner's office said. Pillco immigrated to the United States from Ecuador in July, police said. Several other men lived with him in a basement apartment on Prospect Avenue, neighbors said. At Shelly's building Monday, resident Ilana Abrahams, 22, said news of the arrest frightened tenants who had assumed that if Shelly had been slain, it was not at the hands of a stranger. "We thought it was someone she knew," Abrahams said. "[Building management] was leaving the door open all the time and just letting contractors walk in and out." A close friend of Shelly's, who asked that his name not be used, said the arrest was a confirmation for those who could not believe Shelly had taken her life. "I saw the rat right away," he said of the initial suspicion about suicide. "If Adrienne had some depressed thoughts or feelings, we all would have known right away." Ostroy, in his statement, said, "We appreciate the outpouring of support we've received. Her fans and the film community knew Adrienne as an award-winning actor, screenwriter and director, but her most enduring legacy is our wonderful daughter. To those closest to her, she was the best mother and stepmother, wife, daughter, sister and friend anyone could ask for."

was hillary involved in all the murders during bill's terms? Just seems uncanny that so many can expire around one family,while holding a office. If Hillary takes it in 08, any bets on what that body count will be? Food for ThoughtAca'!A Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has happened to many "friends"of the Clintons. 1-James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation. 2 -Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 3- Vince Foster - Former White House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide. 4- Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the Air Traffic Controller commited suicide. 5- C. Victor Raiser II. Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. 6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992. Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor". 7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events. 8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas. 10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater. 11-Kathy Ferguson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones. 12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee. 13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor. 14-Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. 15- Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. 16-Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. 17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently in the middle of his investigation. 18- Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death. 19-Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal. 20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. 21-Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. 22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother. 23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident. 24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. Lawhorn was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole. 25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released. 26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. 27-Kevin Ives & Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, was due to boys falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to that case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: 28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88. 29-Keith McMaskle - Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov 1988 30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. 31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. 33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to "natural causes". 34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990. 35-Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989. THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr. 37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds 38-Sgt. Brian Hanley 39-Sgt. Tim Sabel 40-Major General William Robertson 41-Col. William Densberger 42-Col. Robert Kelly 43-Spec. Gary Rhodes 44-Steve Willis 45-Robert Williams 46-Conway LeBleu 47-Todd McKeehan Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. Let the public become aware of what happens to "friends" of the Clintons! HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT? SURELY YOU JEST !

How about this info/ What did Slick do about the killings on his watch? Best Answer - Chosen By You I am right there with you..But you can show your list to the apologist, moral equivalist fools and they'll will make an excuse for each and every one of those events you listed..PATHETIC, isnt it??? I call them USEFUL IDIOTS and here's the reason why: http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/pri... by the way, In my humble opinion; since we are talking about WW3 here, this list should include international acts of terror carried out by the so called religion of peace.. Here's my list... 1972 Munich Olympics Sep-5,1972 (Black September) 1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Nov. 4, 1979 444 days 1979 Grand Mosque Seizure, Nov 20,1979 1981 Assassination of Egyptian President, Oct 6,1981 1981 Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul the Second 1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Sept 14, 1982 1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut, April 18,1983 1983 Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, Oct 23,1983 1984 Hezbollah Restaurant Bombing, April 12,1984 1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, Nov 23,1985 1985 Rome Airport murders 1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homicidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq 1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986 1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered 1988 Berlin Discotheque Bombing, Dec 21,1988 1990 A Muslim Named El Sayyid Nosair Murders Israeli Political activist Meir Kahane. Nov 1990 1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992 1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993 1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions 1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994 1994 A Muslim Named Rashid Baz shoots at a van filled with Hasidic boys, on the Brooklyn bridge murdering one of them. FBI calls it "Road Rage". March 1, 1994 1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995 1995 Saudi Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995 1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995 1996 Khobar Towers attack 1996 Sudanese Missionaries Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996 1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996 1997 At Empire State Building; Ali Abu Kamal shoots at tourists, kills one and wounds six before killing himself, Mayor Giuliani informs the public "he had many enemies in his mind".Feb 24,1997 1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997 1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997 1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998 1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered 1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered 1999 Egypt Air flight 990's co-pilot crashes plane killing all 217 people on board, officials post no link to terrorism, even though the co-pilot is heard on black box tape exclaiming "I rely on Allah" 11 times as he crashed the plane.- Oct 1999 1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted) 2000 USS Cole attacked,17 U.S.Navy sailors were murdered and 39 others were injured- October 2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 1000's dead and injured 2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000 2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered 2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered 2001 Flight 93 murders 2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered 2002 Los Angeles Airport; Hesham Mohamed Ali Hadayet shoots and kills 2 people, FBI begrudgingly admits this as a terrorist act after evidence reveals it to be. July 4, 2002 2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered 2002 Beltway Snipers, John Muhammad & Lee Malvo;converts to Islam,goes on a shooting spree killing 10 people.Oct 2002 2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed 2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered 2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured 2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked 2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait 2002 Washington D.C. sniper 2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead 2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured 2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured 2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured 2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured. 2003 Russian concert bombing 2003 Mohahammad Ali Alayed Slashes the Throat of friend Ariel Sellouk (a jew) Alayed had broken off his friendship with Sellouk after he became a "more devout follower of Islam".Aug 2003 2003 Philippines airport and market bombing 2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA 2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing 2003-04 Murders of coalition forces 2004 American contractors burned alive, dismembered, strung up on bridge 2004 Beheading of private US citizen Nick Berg 2004 Beheading of private US citizen Paul Johnson 2004 Beslan:Take over of Russian school.350+ dead,500+ injured.many are babies & small children Sep 5 2004 2004 Madrid Bombing. 200 Dead 2004 Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, brutally murdered by an angry Muslim on the streets of Amsterdam, he created the 10-minute movie Submission. The movie deals with the topic of violence against women in Islamic societies; telling the stories of four abused Muslim women. 2004 The Khobar assault; militants dressed in military-style uniforms opened fire inside two oil industry office compounds, then moved to an upscale residential area. They took 45 to 60 hostages.Twenty-two people were killed in the 25-hour rampage, almost all of them foreigners, including one American. 2005 London Bombing. 56 Dead 2005 Bali 25 Killed, 100 Wounded in Bali Explosions 2005 NALCHIK, Russia. Scores of Islamic militants killed at least 108 people. 2005 Iraq Insurgents Kill U.S. Hostage Ronald Schulz,40, an industrial electrician from Alaska 2006 a 22 year-old Iranian student named Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar drives his SUV onto the campus of the University of North Carolina deliberately trying to kill people and succeeding in injuring nine. After the incident, he seemed singularly pleased with himself, smiling and waving to crowds after a court appearance on Monday, at which he explained that he was “thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah.” 2006 JAMMU, India - Islamic militants raided a village in Indian-controlled &killed 22 Hindus, lining them outside their homes and shooting them execution-style 2006 2 Somalis killed Radical Islamic militia fighters for watching World Cup-07-05 2006-July 11 INDIA- bombings of Bombay's rail network that killed at least 207 people and injured more than 700 others. Think about what Slick was doing while this crap was going on. The only thing they did was attack the branch Davidian Ranch and kill a bunch of women and children. He didn't do a damn thing about terrorism but put it out of his mind. You lefties need to sit down,shut up and watch a REAL MAN do his job. Hey LIBS the ?? was about Clinton not President Bush, Oh I forgot you can't answer a ??

What happens to friends of the Clintoon's???? Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has happened to many >"friends"of the Clintons. > >1-James McDougal - Clinton 's convicted Whitewater partner died of an >apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness >in Ken Starr's investigation. >2 -Mary Maho ney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a >Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown . The murder happened just after she >was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. >3- Vince Foster - Former White House counselor, and colleague of Hillary >Clinton at >Little Rock 's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a >suicide. >4- Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to >have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the >investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull >resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being >investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with >prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. Afew days later >the air Traffic controller commited suicide. >5- C. Victor Raiser II- Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising >organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992 >6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee >Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock , September >1992. Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor". >7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the >woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died >on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in >the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several >Clinton fund raising events. >8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little >Rock . Gunned > down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock . Park's >son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton . He allegedly >threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were >mysteriously removed from his house. >9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a >"Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who >visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas .. >10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging >suicide. He wasreported to have ties to Whitewater. >11-Kathy Ferguson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found >dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was >ruled a >suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were >going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton >i n the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating >witness for Paula Jones. >12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. >Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, >1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his >fiancee. >13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton 's friend Dan Lassater, died by >jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a >convicted drug distributor. >14-Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related >to the Barry Seal Mena >Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. >15- Suzanne Colem an - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was >Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, >ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. >16-Paula Grober - Clinton 's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 >until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. >17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport >and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, >in the middle of his investigation. >18- Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with >Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June >22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet >Reno 3 weeks before his death. >19-Jon P a rnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust >Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington , Virginia apartment balcony >August15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal. >20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron >Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her >bruised, nude body was found >locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. >21-Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang > special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane >crash. >22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care >Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane >crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton 's advisory council >personally treated Clinton 's mother, stepfather and brother. >23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas , death was no >acciden t. >24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton >in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his >car had hit a utility pole. >25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a >purported suicide and his report was never released. >26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 >when his plane exploded. >27-Kevin Ives & Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports >say the boys >may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A >controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep >on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 &nbs p; boys had been slai n >before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before >their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. > >THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: > >28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, >7/88. >29-Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988 >30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. >31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump >in April 1989. >33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled hi s d eath >was due to "natural causes". >34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his > pickup truck in June 1990. >35-Richard Winters >- A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery >July 1989. > >THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: >36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr. >37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds >38-Sgt. Brian Hanley >39-Sgt. Tim Sabel >40-Major General William Robertson >41-Col. William Densberger >42-Col. >Robert Kelly >43-Spec. Gary Rhodes >44-Steve Willis >45-Robert Williams >46-Conway LeBleu >47-Todd McKeehan >Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. Let the public become aware of > what happens to frie nds of the Clinton 's! >HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT? SURELY YOU JEST !! To bad dems can't handle the truth. The Clintoons are ruthless and will do anything for power. If Monica hadn't went public she would be on this list.... This is not bitching and whining. This is truth and again libs can't handle it....

Would you vote for Hillbillary? SO NOW YOU MIGHT VOTE FOR HILLARY? THINK ABOUT IT FIRST... This is what happens when you have dirt on the Clintons Barack does not know the trouble his is stepping into : 1 - James McDougal - Clinton 's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation. 2 - Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in < st1:City w:st="on">Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 3 - Vince Foster - Former white House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock 's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide. 4 - Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. 5 - C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. 6 - Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992... Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor." 7- Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events. 8 - Jerry Parks - Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock . Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock . Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton . He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9 - James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who v isited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas . 10 - James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater. 11- Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones. 12 - Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee. 13 - Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton 's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor. 14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smugglin g case. He died of three gunshot wounds. 15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. 16 - Paula Grober - Clinton 's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. 17 - Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation. 18 - Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno three weeks before his death. 19 - Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington , Virginia apartment balcony August15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guarantee scandal. 20 - Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. 21- Charles Meissner - Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. 22 - Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee, died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton 's advisory council personally treated Clinton 's mother, stepfather and brother. 23 - Barry Seal - Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas , death was no accident. 24 - Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole. 25 - Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guarantee. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released. 26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. 27 - Kevin Ives and Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the two boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: 28 - Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, July 1988. 29 - Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988 30 - Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. 31 - Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. 32 - James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to "natural causes. " 33 - Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990. 34 - Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989. THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 35 - Major William S. Barkley Jr. 36 - Captain Scott J. Reynolds 37 - Sgt. Brian Hanley 38 - Sgt. Tim Sabel 39 - Major General William Robertson 40 - Col. William Densberger 41 - Col. Robert Kelly 42 - Spec. Gary Rhodes 43 - Steve Willis 44 - Robert Williams 45 - Conway LeBleu 46 - Todd McKeehan Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. Let the public become aware of what happens to anyone who might damage the Clinton machine. It's a wild ride being an FOB (Friend of Bill)!

this article was sent to me in my email..is it true? Food for Thought Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has happened to many "friends" of the Clintons. 1-James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation. 2 -Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 3- Vince Foster - Former White House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a sucide. 4- Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investgated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the air Traffic controller commited suicide. 5- C. Victor Raiser II - Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. 6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room inLittle Rock , September 1992. Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor". 7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events. 8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas. 10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He wasreported to have ties to Whitewater. 11-Kathy Fergson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones. 12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee. 13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor. 14-Florence Martin- Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena , Arkansas Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. 15- Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. 16-Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. 17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation. 18- Paul Wilcher -Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death. 19-Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater invstigator for Resolutin Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal. 20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. 21-Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. 22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother. 23-Barry Seal -Drug running TWA pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident. 24-Johnny Lawhorn Jar. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole. 25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released. 26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. 27-Kevin Ives & Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, du to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: 28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88. 29-Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988 30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. 31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. 33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to "natural causes". 34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990. 35 -Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989. THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 36 -Major William S. Barkley Jar. 37- Captain Scott J . Reynolds 38-Sgt. Brian Hanley 39-Sgt. Tim Sabel 40-Major General William obertson 41-Col. William Densberge r 42-Col. Robert Kelly 43- Spec. Gary Rhodes/SPAN 44- Steve Willis 45- Robert Williams 46-Conway LeBleu 47-Todd McKeehan Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. Let the public become aware of what happens to friends of the Clinton's! HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT?? SURELY YOU JEST !!

Do you think something is "fishy" here? Although this may be a little lengthy, I cannot think of one sentence I should leave out, can you? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070505102257AALU2XL&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMhjxWWIRXQuKM2k_6LGSjqb13Kdrw..fSQg--&paid=answered#HqdxXUr1VkhTLvjMHqrT (The first response was taken by permission of writer) Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has happened to many "friends"of the Clintons.

1-James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an 
apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness
in Ken Starr's investigation.
2 -Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 
3- Vince Foster - Former White House councilor, and colleague of Hillary
Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head,
ruled a suicide.
4- Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the 
investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull
resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being
investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with 
prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later
the Air Traffic Controller commited suicide.
5- C. Victor Raiser II. Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising
organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. 
6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead
in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992. Described by Clinton as a
"Dear friend and trusted advisor".
7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the 
woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died
on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in
the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several 
Clinton fund raising events.
8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little
Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little
Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He 
allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files
were mysteriously removed from his house.
9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a
"Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who 
visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.
10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging
suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.
11-Kathy Ferguson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. 
It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as
if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with
Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible 
corroborating witness for Paula Jones.
12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. 
Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June,
1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his 
fiancee.
13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.
14-Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. 
15- Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was
Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head,
ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.
16-Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until 
her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.
17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and
Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently in
the middle of his investigation. 
18- Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with
Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to 
Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death. 
19-Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp.
Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August15,
1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal. 
20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. 
Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of 
Commees Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special secrce.
21-Charlurity clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.
22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care 
Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane
crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council
personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother. 
23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no
accident. 
24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in
the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. Lawhorn was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole. 
25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a
purported suicide and his report was never released.
26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1,
1994 when his plane exploded. 
27-Kevin Ives & Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. 
Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, was due to boys falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to that case died 
before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. 

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: 

28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck,
7/88. 
29-Keith McMaskle - Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov 1988 
30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. 
31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.
33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to "natural causes". 
34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his
pickup truck in June 1990.
35-Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in
a set-up robbery July 1989.

THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:
36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr.
37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds
38-Sgt. Brian Hanley
39-Sgt. Tim Sabel
40-Major General William Robertson
41-Col. William Densberger 
42-Col. Robert Kelly
43-Spec. Gary Rhodes
44-Steve Willis
45-Robert Williams
46-Conway LeBleu
47-Todd McKeehan

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happens to "friends" of the Clintons! Source(s): http://www.eco.freedom.org/articles/bail... If you hit the "star" feature, you can copy this. Also, If there is a book, what is the name of it.

People, we need 2 wake up !? US Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Abid Aslam / Inter-Press Service | April 8, 2008 WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers have a financial interest in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a review of their accounts has revealed. Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. armed forces, say nonpartisan watchdog groups. David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Iraq, is to brief the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees on Tuesday and Wednesday. The latest findings are unlikely to have a significant impact on this week’s proceedings but could stoke anti-incumbent sentiment in this year of presidential and legislative elections. Lawmakers charged with overseeing Pentagon contractors hold stock in those very firms, as do vocal critics of the war in Iraq, says the Centre for Responsive Politics (CRP). Senator John Kerry, the Democrat from Massachusetts who staked his 2004 presidential bid in part on his opposition to the war, tops the list of investors. His holdings in firms with Pentagon contracts of at least five million dollars stood at between 28.9 million dollars and 38.2 million dollars as of Dec. 31, 2006. Kerry sits on the Senate foreign relations panel. Members of Congress are required to report their personal finances every year but only need to state their assets in broad ranges. Other top investors include Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen, a New Jersey Republican with holdings of 12.1 million - 49.1 million dollars; Rep. Robin Hayes, a North Carolina Republican (9.2 million - 37.1 million dollars); Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin (5.2 million - 7.6 million dollars); and Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat (2.7 million - 6.3 million dollars). Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Democrat and former governor of West Virginia who chairs the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, invested some 2.0 million dollars in Pentagon contractors, CRP says. Other panel chiefs who invested in defence firms include Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut Independent who presides over the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rep. Howard Berman, the California Democrat who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In all, 151 current members of Congress — more than one-fourth of the total — have invested between 78.7 million dollars and 195.5 million dollars in companies that received defence contracts of at least 5.0 million dollars, according to CRP. These companies received more than 275.6 billion dollars from the government in 2006, or 755 million dollars per day, says budget watchdog group OMB Watch. The investments yielded lawmakers 15.8 million - 62 million dollars in dividend income, capital gains, royalties, and interest from 2004 through 2006, says CRP. Not all the firms deal in arms or military equipment. Some make soft drinks or medical supplies and military contracts represent a small fraction of their revenues. Many are leaders in their industries and, as such, feature in the investment portfolios of millions of ordinary people who invest at least a portion of their savings in mutual funds, which in turn hold stocks in up to hundreds of companies. “Giant corporations outside of the defence sector, such as Pepsico, IBM, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson, have received defence contracts and are all popular investments for both members of Congress and the general public,” says CRP. “So common are these companies, both as personal investments and as defence contractors, it would appear difficult to build a diverse blue-chip stock portfolio without at least some of them,” the group acknowledges. If some of the stocks appear innocent, aides say legislators also are. Some did not buy the stocks in question but inherited them. Many hold them in blind trusts, so called because the investments are handled by independent entities, at least theoretically without the politicians’ knowledge of how their assets are being managed. Even so, according to CRP, owning stock in companies under contract with the Pentagon could prove “problematic for members of Congress who sit on committees that oversee defence policy and budgeting.” Members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees held 3.0 million - 5.1 million dollars in companies specialising in weapons and other exclusively military goods and services, it added. Critics have assailed President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney for their ties to companies seen as benefiting from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Bush was characterised as pushing conflict in the interest of the oil fraternity whence he hailed. Before becoming vice president, Cheney headed Halliburton, a major player in the oil services industry and the object of controversies involving political connections, government contracts, and business ethics. Halliburton’s subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root, was given multi-billion-dollar contracts to provide construction, hospitality, and other services to the U.S. military following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The contracts drew fire because of Cheney’s history and then-ongoing financial relationship with the firm, and because the company did not have to compete for the Pentagon’s business. The firm was renamed KBR Inc. after Halliburton spun it off last year.