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DENVER -- A suspect found in possession of a bulletproof vest, two rifles with a scope, boxes of ammunition, drugs and walkie-talkies is being held for investigation of possible drug and firearms violations. But the FBI is also investigating reports that he may be connected to a white supremacist group and had made death threats against Sen. Barack Obama, who will be in Denver this week to accept the Democratic nomination for president.

Aurora Police Detective Marcus Dudley said Monday that Tharin Robert Gartrell, 28, was arrested early Sunday and his arrest led to the arrest of two other suspects -- Nathan Johnson, 32, and Shawn Robert Adolf, 33.The possibility of an assassination plot is the "direction of the investigation," according to police sources.

said a U.S. government official familiar with the investigation. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.Dudley said Gartrell was pulled over at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday near East Hampden Avenue and South Parker Road after a sergeant noticed a truck driving erratically. Gartrell was driving with a suspended license in a rental car that was not in his name, Dudley said.The address on his license listed a home in Centennial but that is not his current address and police still do not know where he lives, Dudley said."Members of the agency are clearly on heightened alert based upon the security that's involved with a convention the size of the one that is occurring in Denver. Behavior like this can be characterized as highly suspicious. I mean, we considered that the vehicle he was driving was not listed or registered to him. It was a rental car. It was not rented in his name. He has no known address where he can be contacted here... the ammunition, the weapons -- clearly that would give one great concern," Dudley said.At least one of the rifles was stolen out of Kansas, he said. Gartrell was on probation for previous drug charges. He is currently being held at the Arapahoe County Jail on $50,000 bond, but that could change depending on further charges.The jail said he didn't have a lawyer yet but was due in court Thursday.FBI spokeswoman Kathy Wright said Gartrell is under investigation on drug and weapons charges. Wright declined to elaborate about the threat. The Joint Information Center, a command set up by Denver, state and federal authorities to field media inquiries during the Democratic convention, said it had no immediate comment.Johnson was arrested at 4:30 a.m. Sunday at a Denver hotel near Interstate 25 and Belleview. Officers with the Aurora, Glendale and Greenwood Village police departments, as well as federal law enforcement agencies, made the arrest. Johnson is currently being held in Denver on drug charges.Adolf was arrested at 5 a.m. Sunday at a Glendale hotel near Colorado Boulevard and Cherry Creek Drive South. As officers raided his room and tried to take him into custody, he jumped from a sixth-floor window of the hotel and landed on the kitchen roof, breaking his ankle, police said.He jumped off the kitchen roof and tried to run away but officers found him in the bushes nearby, Dudley said. He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.He had seven outstanding warrants and is being held on $1 million bond.A source in Glendale told 7NEWS that when Adolf was arrested there were indications that he may be connected to a white supremacist group. Aurora police Adolf may also be related to Gartrell.Aurora police alerted federal officials because of heightened security surrounding the DNC, Dudley said."I cannot talk about the federal implications associated with this case," Dudley said. "However, the fact that we are able to draw a nexis between this suspect and these other parties, we're extremely happy."Dudley didn't say what tied the three men together but that more arrests were possible.U.S. Attorney Troy Eid released a statement confirming the arrests had been made, but refused to comment on any possible assassination plot."We're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the Democratic National Convention, or the people of Colorado," Eid said in a prepared statement.Eid said he will discuss the arrests in a news conference Tuesday afternoon with officials from the FBI, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Aurora police.Law enforcement officers in Denver are trying to find out whether the reported threats to Obama were valid."It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth heads," the U.S. government official said.

Dear Friends

The Beijing Olympics finish tomorrow, August 24th, and the seven-year campaign by Tibet groups around the world since Beijing won its Olympic bid will also begin to come to an end. This is a historic moment in the struggle for rights and freedom in Tibet. Protests and creative actions by Tibetans and Tibet supporters this Olympics year - around the world, in Tibet, and most recently in Beijing - have shown the Chinese leadership and national governments around the world that Tibet is an issue of global significance that must be addressed.

Next year will mark 50 years since the Tibetan national uprising of 1959 and the flight of the Dalai Lama and 80,000 Tibetans into exile. In the coming months and years, the momentum for the Tibetan struggle that has built in the run up to the Olympics will translate into even more effective action around the world, as Tibetans and Tibet supporters continue to demonstrate to the Chinese government that the only way to put an end to the issue of Tibet is to work with the Tibetan people to find a resolution to Tibet's occupation.

While we have achieved much through this Olympics campaign, on the ground in Tibet, the situation continues to be very grave. There is serious concern that the Chinese authorities will crack down even harder on Tibetans once the Olympic spotlight fades.

Please send a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao now to help make sure Chinese leaders understand that the situation in Tibet requires action, and that even after the Olympics end, the world will be watching.

Click here to take action now: http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/olympics_hu

Your support for Tibet and your participation in Team Tibet has made a difference for the Tibetan people this Olympics year. I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support and commitment at this historic time.

In case you haven't heard the news, Australian Olympic cyclist Cadel Evans met yesterday with members of Team Tibet in Switzerland. This was a very clear and public show of solidarity with the Tibetan athletes who are denied participation in the Olympic games. Earlier this week, Polish wrestler and Olympic silver medalist Szymon Kolecki demonstrated his support for Tibet by shaving his head the day he won his event. At this important crossroads in the Tibetan freedom movement, these messages of support mean a great deal.

Please take action for Tibet now at http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/olympics_hu, and once again, thank you for your contribution to the Tibetan struggle at this important time.

Sincerely,

Henri Banks

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19.08.2008 09:20

Unbekannte warfen kurz nach Mitternacht in Wedding einen Stein gegen einen BVG-Bus. Gegen 0 Uhr 10 erschrak die 43-jährige Fahrerin eines Wagens der Linie 120, als sie in der Barfusstraße in Höhe Schillerpark das Klirren einer Scheibe hörte. Ein Kleinpflasterstein hatte die Scheibe der hinteren Einstiegstür durchschlagen. Fahrgäste befanden sich nicht im Bus, verletzt wurde niemand.

Sie wurden gequält, weil sie sich den archaischen Riten ihrer Väter und Männer widersetzten. Die Hilfsorganisation „Smileagain“ erzählt jetzt ihre Geschichten

Sie wurden im Schlaf überfallen, oder auf offener Straße. Männer überschütteten sie mit ätzender Säure, übergossen sie mit Kerosin und zündeten sie an.

Binnen Sekunden verloren die Frauen ihr Gesicht. Verbrannt, verätzt, entstellt fürs ganze Leben. Häufigster Grund ist verschmähte Liebe. In Pakistan wurden in einem einzigen Jahr etwa 750 Säureattacken registriert.

Mindestens 280 Frauen starben. Wie viele sich aus Verzweiflung umbrachten, ist nicht bekannt, sagt die Hilfsorganisation „Smileagain“.

Solche Säure-Attacken, fordert sie, sollten wie Mord behandelt werden. Denn die Opfer seien nur noch lebende Tote. Ihnen hilft „Smileagain“, bezahlt die teuren Operationen, leistet psychologische Hilfe.

Es dauert Jahre, bis die Opfer zurück ins Leben finden. Mit neuem Mut. Und mit ihrer unzerstörbaren Würde.

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Dear Rafa,

First of all I’ll send you my sincere congratulation for Monday’s OG victory over Potito Starace.

I’ve noticed that you were playing wearing an orange headband and an orange wristband. I have to admit it: I’ve noticed these details because I’m the international secretary of TheColorOrange.net campaign, see:
http://www.TheColorOrange.net/uk

Maybe you have noticed that throughout the first half of 2008 we have made an effort to introduce the color orange, on the venues of the Olympics and elsewhere, as a color signalising that there’s something wrong about the human rights in China. We have encouraged athletes and many others to surreptitiously use the color orange to show to the world that although you do accept celebrating the Olympics in splendid surroundings, you are well aware that the human rights situation in China is highly reproachable.

Perhaps your use of the orange color has been utterly accidental, and maybe you do not have heard anything about our TheColorOrange.net campaign. And we’re perfectly well aware that, due to the censorship, you cannot say it overtly, if you have made deliberate use of the orange color. Otherwise you would risk being excluded from them Games.

I’m writing you this letter for various reasons: to congratulate, and to about our Orange campaign (that is widely known among the international reporters located in Beijing), so that you can be prepared for questions from journalists.

Whatever your motives might have been for wearing some orange outfit, I’ll repeat my congratulation for the victory and my sincere wishes for the rest of the Olympics. A medal seems to be realistic, if I’ve understand it well.

If you chose wearing some Orange outfit, you’ll have a nice appearance and at the same time you’ll be supporting a noble cause.

Best Orange wishes

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erleidet, weil er/sie die Warnung nicht bekommen hat.
Danke,

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