Monday, October 23, 2006

Stolen cars fom Norway found in Iraq














More and more cars stolen in Norway are turning up in Iraq, with some of These three cars stolen in Norway were found in northern Iraq. They were photographed at the Turkish border, waiting to get sent back to Norway.

The car thefts in Norway are thus being linked to terrorist activity and the financing of terrorism.
Many of the cars carry large loans, meaning their theft amounts to a swindle against the lender financing them or the car's insurance company. Nearly 60 stolen cars worth as much as NOK 20 million are believed to have been sent to northern Iraq via Syria and Turkey as early as 2004.
Around 10,000 cars are stolen in Norway every year, but only about one in five are ever recovered. The rest of the cases are left unresolved, meaning huge payouts for the insurance companies.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Teen questioned for online Bush threats


















Upset by the war in Iraq , Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with
President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com. She posted a picture of the president, scrawled "Kill Bush" across the top and drew a dagger stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page on the social-networking site after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense.
It was too late.
Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their checklist. They finally reached her this week in her molecular biology class.
The 14-year-old freshman was taken out of class Wednesday and questioned for about 15 minutes by two
Secret Service' agents. The incident has upset her parents, who said the agents should have included them when they questioned their daughter.
Julia Wilson said the agents threatened her by saying she could be sent to juvenile hall for making the threat.
The conclusion is: Don't make a mess with President Bush..he....he... HE IS THE WOLRLD'S LEADER!!!

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Katie Melua's deep sea gig sets record















Singer Katie Melua has entered the record books by playing the world's deepest underwater concert.

Melua and her band performed for workers 303 metres below sea level on the Statoil Troll A gas rig in the North Sea.

The 22-year-old singer underwent extensive medical tests and survival training in Norway before flying by helicopter to the rig.

The concert was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of gas production on Troll A and was filmed for Norwegian TV channel NRK.

Monday, October 2, 2006

Warmest September on record

It's official: Oslo residents just experienced their warmest September in recorded history. Meteorologists confirmed over the weekend that average temperatures last month were fully 4.2 degrees centigrade higher than normal.
Locals are calling it the "endless summer." Not only did areas all over southern Norway have a long and unusually warm summer, now it seems like autumn has been postponed indefinitely.
My hope is that the summer last to Christmas.....