Wednesday, August 05, 2009
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Hezbollah Has 40,000 Rockets Aimed at Israel
Hitlerian Hezbollah has more military might than ever. The Iranian proxy has 40,000 rockets stockpiled near Lebanon's border with Israel--an arsenal capable of hitting Tel Aviv on Tehran's orders. Click here for the story.
Military action against Iran's nuclear sites will have to include swift destruction of key missile installations in Iran and Lebanon. The Islamists have vowed to "burn Tel Aviv" and strike Israel's nuclear reactor; so eliminating the missile threat must be part of the Jewish state's war planning.Iran Riot Police Deployed for Inauguration
Fascist riot police and militia are standing guard, as of this writing, to protect the maniac-in-chief's swearing-in ceremony. Read about it here.
On Tuesday, meanwhile, the White House called Ahmadinejad Iran's "elected leader," conferring legitimacy on him while signaling the Obama administration's commitment to a policy of engagement (appeasement). Click here for the story.Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Did Kim Give Clinton a Message for Obama?
Three Sentenced to US Federal Prison for Illegally Exporting Highly Sensitive Technology to China
In two separate cases, three men have been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to transport sensitive and advanced U.S. technology to the People's Republic of China (PRC). Two men were sentenced yesterday, and another man linked to one of the schemes was sentenced last week to five years in prison.
William Chi-Wai Tsu, 61, a Beijing resident, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months imprisonment for his role in exporting high-tech integrated circuits with military applications to the PRC.
In a separate case, Tah Wei Chao, 53, of Beijing, was sentenced yesterday to 20 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempting to smuggle 10 highly sensitive and advanced thermal-imaging cameras to China. Chao's co-defendant Zhi Yong Guo, 50, also of Beijing, was sentenced on July 27 to five years in federal prison for his involvement in the thermal-imaging cameras scheme.
All three defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter. The defendants in the two cases were charged under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) for procuring and illegal exporting sensitive technology in violation of United States export laws.
Integrated Circuits
In the case involving the integrated circuits, Tsu, who was vice president of a Hacienda Heights company called Cheerway Trading, illegally shipped more than 400 sophisticated integrated circuits to China, according to court documents. Tsu was arrested on Jan. 10, 2009, and he pleaded guilty to two felony counts of March 13, 2009. Investigators said the thumbnail-size circuits that were shipped out of the country have a variety of potential applications, including use in sophisticated communications and military radar systems.
Prosecutors argued in a sentencing brief that Cheerway was nothing more than a front company that Tsu used to ship items to his Beijing-based company called Dimagit Science & Technology Co. Ltd. According to the sentencing brief, Dimagit's catalog was imprinted with images of military craft and clearly explained Tsu's business: "to facilitate the building of the national defense of China" and to "revitalize the Chinese military industry."
Prosecutors also argued that Tsu supplied restricted U.S. technology to several customers in China, including the "704 Research Institute," which is known as the "Aerospace Long March Rocket Technology Company" and is affiliated with the state-owned China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation.
Tsu was indicted on federal charges on February 6, 2009 and he pleaded guilty to two federal counts on March 13, 2009.
Thermal-Imaging Cameras
In the case involving the thermal-imaging cameras, Chao and Guo were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on April 4, 2008 while attempting to board an international flight to China with 10 thermal-imaging cameras secreted in their luggage. The cameras, which were manufactured by FLIR Systems, Inc. and cost more than $5,000 each, were stuffed inside the defendants' shoes and concealed in their clothes.
The cameras, which are contained in two-inch cubes, are so sensitive that they can perceive a heat source on an object that is not visible to the naked human eye. In addition, the cameras can perceive the residual heat source image on an object long after the heat source has been removed. These cameras, according to the manufacturer, have a wide range of military, law enforcement and civilian applications.
Chao and Guo were indicted on federal charges on April 18, 2008. Ten days later, Chao pleaded guilty to three federal counts. In February, following a one-week jury trial, Guo was convicted of two federal counts.
Under IEEPA and EAR, the United States bars the export of sensitive technology and equipment to certain countries. The integrated circuits and the thermal-imaging cameras involved in these two cases are considered "dual-use" items, meaning they have potential military applications, as well as non-military uses. As such, their export to China is strictly controlled and would require advance permission from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
These two cases were investigated by the Export and Anti-proliferation Global Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Task Force. The counter-proliferation task force was created by the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, in conjunction with federal law enforcement agencies, to jointly investigate and combat the illegal exports of arms and sensitive technologies.
Members of the EAGLE Task Force include the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export and Enforcement; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Defense Criminal Investigative Service; U.S. Customs and Border Protection; the Diplomatic Security Service and the Transportation Security Administration.Russian Nuclear Subs Near US East Coast
Iran May Charge US Tourists with Spying
Freedom! Clinton and Journalists Leave N. Korea
Former President Bill Clinton and the two American reporters are on their way home.
Thank God.
Click here for the storyClinton, Kim Meet; North Korea Reports Dialogue
Click here. North Korea claims the two men held wide-ranging talks not limited to the release of the two American reporters. (Click here for yesterday's China Confidential prediction that this would happen.)
The White House is downplaying the story, saying Clinton's brief is limited to the humanitarian mission of winning freedom for the imprisoned journalists, who have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in a North Korean concentration camp.
Clinton's trip is being closely monitored across Asia.Sadistic Sudanese Cops Flog Women Protesters
Click here for the sick story--more proof that organized Islam is violent and ugly, a reactionary creed that enslaves, tortures, massacres, and oppresses people in too many lands.
The innocent women were protesting a sham trial of a female, former United Nations ... media ... worker who faces ... flogging ... for wearing trousers.
Islamic law. Those who practice and promote it and aim to impose it on others--this is the scum that Barack Hussein Obama, America's first Muslim-born President, according to Islamic law, wants the civilized world to "respect."
Believers in Islamic law--this is the garbage that the Left, once in the vanguard of the fight against fascism, has degenerated into supporting.Hussein was among 13 women arrested July 3 in a raid by the public order police on a popular cafe in Khartoum. Ten of the women were flogged at a police station two days later and fined 250 Sudanese pounds, or about $120. But Hussein and two others decided to go on trial. She has sought to publicize her case internationally, inviting human rights workers, Western diplomats and fellow journalists to witness her trial.
Click here to read the entire story, one of countless articles about the Islamist threat to humanity.
What is it going to take to move the Left into opposing instead of ironically backing right-wing political Islam--imposition of barbaric Islamic law in Europe and the United States? An atomic attack on an American city?
The civilized world is sitting at the edge of a volcano.
POSTSCRIPT: One wonders--will MSNBC's Islamist apologist, Rachel Maddow, also attempt to trivilaize this atrocity?China's Unemployment Problem Alarms Officials
Despite an improving economy, millions are unemployed and the numbers of jobless could increase in the coming months. Read about it here.
China Confidential analysts confirm the Chinese government is deeply concerned about the potential for widespread social instability as a result of the jobless situation.
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Click here for the story. North Korea got its propaganda victory; the United States, its two citizens back--from hell on earth.
The Pentagon is concerned. Click here for the story, which recalls the Cold War.
As China Confidential predicted, a new Iran hostage crisis is taking shape. Click here for the story.
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