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Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World
draevil writes "Google has hugely expanded the areas of the world that it covers with satellite imagery. Egypt, Iraq, mainland Europe and the UK have all now got satellite coverage to a lesser or greater degree. Slashdotters can now go see sights like Buckingham Palace or the Arc de Triomphe from the comfort of their own swivelchairs. Iraq in particular seems to have a large number of high-zoom areas. I just looked up the Baghdad Parade Grounds where Saddam used to take the salute and other towns like Fallujah are also there. Finding landmarks without the map content is a little harder, so what can the Slashdot crowd find?"
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History's Largest WMD Trial Begins
The largest terrorist WMD trial in history is opening in Jordan. 13 Al-Qaida and Al-Zarqawi loyalists are being tried for an attempted and nearly succcessful catastrophic chemical weapons attack on Jordan.
Developments:
* Defendents throw shoes in court!
* Defendents chant "Allahu akbar" for over a half an hour to disrupt the court
* Defendent, Al-Jayouzi threatens tribunal with "Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi will chop off your heads and stuff it up your mouths!"
* The terrorists communicated with "secret ink"!
"Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi will chop off your heads and stuff it up your mouths, you God's enemies!" Al-Jayouzi threatened during initital proceedings in May.
Ten of the captured Al-Qaida terrorists on trial in Jordan for attempting to explode roughly 20 tons of chemical weapons with explosives. Authorities captured the weapons coming into Jordan through Syria.
The most dangerous terrorist plot ever foiled and brought to trial is being prosecuted right now in Jorddan. Al-Jayouzi, a follower of Al-Zarqawi, is on trial for planning and attempting to execute a Chemical Weapons attack in Jordan that could have killed as many as 80,000 civilians:
Al-Jayousi, identified as the head of a Jordanian terror cell, said he first met al-Zarqawi in Afghanistan, where al-Jayousi said he studied explosives, "before Afghanistan fell."
He said he later met al-Zarqawi in neighboring Iraq to plan the attacks, but was not specific about when.
"I have pledged loyalty to Abu-Musab to fully be obedient and listen to him without discussion," al-Jayousi said in the 20-minute videotape.
The commentator on the tape, who wasn't further identified, said the plotters targeted Jordan's secret service, its prime minister's office and the U.S. Embassy.
"At least 80,000 people would have been killed," the commentator said. Al-Zarqawi "is the terrorist" who plotted this operation."
Northeast Intelligence Reports more on the crime, capture and trial:
* The defendents roared "Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi will chop off your heads and stuff it up your mouths, you God's enemies," *
A total of thirteen terrorists, four who are being tried in absentia including Iraqi thug Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, are on trial for plotting chemical and conventional attacks against government and public buildings in Jordan and elsewhere under the command of al Zarqawi. The Jordanian plot was uncovered and ultimately foiled on April 21, 2004, when the four alleged cell members were killed in a shoot-out with police. From that incident, additional evidence was collected and other cell members arrested, and are now on trial.
In a page from al Qaeda's playbook, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005, prime suspect Azmi al-Jayousi disrupted the trial by throwing his shoes at military judges during the hearing in Amman, and threatening them with death. He did so to protest the killing of his four co-conspirators in a gun battle with police when the plot was thwarted last year. During the testimony of a medical doctor describing the wounds of the co-conspirators, al-Jayousi took off his slippers and hurled them at the chief judge, Colonel Fawaz Buqour, while shouting "Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi will chop off your heads and stuff it up your mouths, you God's enemies," pointing his finger at the three-man tribunal.
Another defendant, Ahmad Samir, shouted "The blood of our brothers will not go wasted." "Await death, Obeidat, for you are God's enemy," he roared, addressing the military prosecutor, Lt. Col. Mahmoud Obeidat.
During continued proceedings last week (in May), the defendants continues to show their contempt for judicial law by shouting "Allahu akbar" - "God is great" - in Arabic and by chanting other verses from the Qu'ran continuously for half an hour on Tuesday, May 10, 2005. The nine, lead by Azmi al-Jayousi, recited verses for around 30 minutes. "Our Sheik Abu-Musab, all your blood is not sufficient for him," they chanted, referring to those
"Lack of technical competence coupled with the arrogance of power, as usual, leads to no good end."