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Los Angeles Times: Killer’s Execution Is Postponed Indefinitely

Death row inmate Michael Morales’ execution was postponed this afternoon until at least May, after prison officials said they were unable to put the defendant to death under a new court-ordered lethal injection procedure.

The execution had first been delayed just after midnight after doctors pulled out, citing ethical concerns.

This has been a CIRCUS from the start. And a set-up by the anti-death penalty biased federal judge, Jeremy Fogel. The judge set up a strawman and he was blown down after almost 25 years since the commission of this heinous murder.

Is the judge flaunting the will of California voters who voted to reinstate the California death penalty in 1978.

You bet.

But Fogel has lifetime tenure on the federal bench and is impervious to removal by impeachment.

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel then said prison officials could proceed without the doctors, but would have to execute Morales with an overdose of sedatives, rather than the usual three-chemical lethal injection “cocktail,” which had been challenged as excessively painful.

The judge also ordered that a licensed technician deliver the dose from the execution chamber; the cocktail had usually been administered by an “unseen hand” through an extended intravenous tube leading into another room.

Deputy Atty. Gen. Dane Gillette late today told the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which was considering Morales’ appeal of the new procedures, that his office would be unable to comply with the conditions.

Fogel will hold an evidentiary hearing on the new protocol, now scheduled for May 1.

This case will now drag on for months and maybe years – the death warrant expires at 12:01 AM Wednesday.

NO JUSTICE for Terri Lynn Winchell.

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Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Execution Tonight?

Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Execution Delayed by Doctor Walk Out

Michael Angelo Morales Watch: United States Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Morales Execution

Michael Angelo Morales Watch: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency Petition

Michael Angelo Moreno Watch: State Agrees to Place Anesthesia Expert in Death Chamber

Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Lawyers Withdraw Allegedly Faked Juror Statements Supporting Their Clemency Bid

Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Federal Judge May Delay Execution

Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Ventura County Judge Asks California Governor Schwarzenegger for Clemency

Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Kenneth Starr to Assist Death Row Clemency Bid

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The Latest Survey USA Poll is NOT favorable for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Has Arnold’s shift to the LEFT improved his poll numbers?

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing as Governor?

NOPE…….

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Captain Clifton Anderson, back to camera, explains operations to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., standing at right, during a tour of the San Pedro Service Processing Center on Terminal Island in Los Angeles, Tuesday morning, Feb. 21, 2006.

ASSociated Press: Frist to Offer Bill Halting U.S. Port Deal

Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist called Tuesday for the Bush administration to stop a deal permitting a United Arab Emirates company to take over six major U.S. seaports, upping the ante on a fight that several congressmen, governors and mayors are waging with the White House.

“The decision to finalize this deal should be put on hold until the administration conducts a more extensive review of this matter,” said Frist. “If the administration cannot delay this process, I plan on introducing legislation to ensure that the deal is placed on hold until this decision gets a more thorough review.”

“I’m not against foreign ownership,” said Frist, “but my main concern is national security.” He was speaking to reporters in Long Beach, Calif., where Frist was doing a fact-finding tour on port security and immigration issues.

Will this be another Harriet Miers?

Probably….

The President is wrong and there is enough bi-partisan sentiment to quash the deal.

Michelle Malkin has BUSH DIGS IN

***video at Expose the Left***

Day by Day cartoonist Chris Muir weighs in on Bush’s plea to accept the deal “on faith:”

Sen. Frist on the port sellout
How the port sellout was financed
Chuck Schumer hearts Halliburton
Protect our ports: steam builds
Banned in the UAE
Our ports, our sovereignty
Stop the port sellout

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California has indefinitely postponed Tuesday’s planned execution of convicted killer Michael Morales

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gives the keynote speech on the debate over the role that international and foreign law should play in American judicial decision-making, during a day-long symposium at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006.

ASSociated Press: Hecklers Disrupt Scalia at D.C. Appearance

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia grew tired of a persistent heckler Tuesday and asked organizers of a legal seminar to do something about the outbursts _ gently.

“Don’t use force,” Scalia told American Enterprise Institute workers as they grabbed the young man’s arm and nudged him toward the door. The workers then let go and the man walked out.

It was unclear what Aaron Yule, 23, of Boston, was asking when Scalia turned to organizers and said, “Can you, somebody …”

Earlier, a microphone had been snatched from the man’s hand when he tried to engage the justice in debate. Scalia had asked him whether he had a question, “apart from insults.”

The speech from C-Span: U.S. Supremce Court Justice Scalia on Outsourcing American Law

The young questioners were by and large ignorant of the subject and rude – much like the comments section at the Huffington Post or the Daily Kos.

Justice Scalia was obviously annoyed with the lack of preparation, intelligence and tone of the questioners. For the most part an opportunity to question the Justice on the role of international law on the American courts was lost.

Will the Justice allow himself to be questioned again?

Probably……but let’s hope C-Span and the American Enterprise Institute screen a better audience.

Update #1

Proof of Law Blog has Media coverage of Scalia speech

The questioner (a Google search shows that he’s a member of LaRouche Youth) continued to interrupt proceedings, and was eventually removed. There continued to be a mix of intelligent questions (Tom Goldstein and Michael Greve engaged the justice) and provocateurs wanting to make a splash on C-SPAN. Scalia answered questions about his speech, and passed on other questions, but, as if a glutton for punishment (or at least confrontation), he continued to select scruffy leftists/LaRouche Youth who raised their hands (including a German woman who went on a rant about Leibniz), though it would have been easy to bypass them.

Google Search for Aaron Yule.

LaRouche Youth Expose Naderites As FascistsAt this point, LYM member Aaron Yule stood up, and repeated Walsh’s charges. “You are a sophist,” he said. “You are playing on people’s fantasies, …
www.larouchepac.com/pages/otherartic_files/2004/040922_naderites.htm – 17k -

Flap was wondering if this was a set-up……apparently it was.

Who was in charge of soliciting audience members for the American Enterprise Institute?

H/T: Michelle Malkin

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Thanks to Diggers Realm for the photosLeft to Right: Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, and Wassim Mazloum

The Counterterrorism Blog has updated links here.

Prepared Remarks for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Ohio Terrorism Indictments Press Conference

Photos from Toledo, Ohio, the historymike’s musings: Toledo Terror Central?

Photo of used auto lot operated by Wassim I. Mazloum and his brother

Mazloum reportedly operated a car business in Toledo with his brother, Jerry’s Auto Sales (also known as City Auto Sales) at 1921 N. Reynolds Road in Toledo.

A U.S. soldier stands near assorted munitions and bomb making paraphernalia in central Baquba, about 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, January 30, 2006. Three men were charged in Ohio with conspiracy to kill people and planning attacks against U.S. forces overseas, a federal law enforcement official said on Tuesday.

WTOL News: Toledo-Area Men Arrested for Terrorist Activity

A federal grand jury has indicted three Toledo-area men for terrorist activities. Prosecutors say the three conspired to wage a “holy war” against the United States and coalition forces in the middle east. The indictment was unsealed Monday.

The U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez is expected to release more details at a news conference this afternoon in Washington D.C.

Fox News television is reporting that Attorney General Gonzales will have a news conference at 1:30 PM EST.

According to the indictment from the US Attorney’s office, the suspects are Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, and Wassim Mazloum. The indictment says all three were living in the Toledo area. Amawi is a citizen of the US and also a citizen of Jordan. El-Hindi is a naturalized American citizen who was born in Jordan. Mazloum is a legal permanent resident of the US, who came here from Lebanon.

The indictment also names an unindicted co-conspiratory called “The Trainer,” who has U.S. military backround in security, and bodyguard training.

The counts of the indictment:

Count 1: The three met together many times, going back as far as November 2005. The three reportedly conspired to recruit and train others for a violent jihad against United States forces and US allies in Iraq. They also reportedly put together the funding needed for the operation, and collected the equipment needed, and even travelled together to a local indoor shooting range for target practice.

Count 2: The grand jury found that the three had similar plans to kill US citizens abroad in addition to service members.

Count 3:Mohammad Zaki Amawi – Amawi distributed information on bomb-making, which in itself is a federal crime.

Count 4:Mohammad Zaki Amawi – He verbally threatened President George W. Bush.

Count 3 and 4 crimes are separate from the conspiracy.

The indictment was filed with Judge James Carr in Federal Court in Toledo. The Justice Department says Amawi is being held at a jail in Cleveland, and will be arraigned in Cleveland some time this afternoon. El-Hindi and Mazloum are being held in a jail in Toledo. They are expected in Toledo’s Federal Court this afternoon.

The indictment is here.

The Counterterrorism Blog has New Arrests in Ohio for Support of Terrorists in Iraq (updated with indictment)

Michelle Malkin has JIHAD IN OHIO

Stay tuned………

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Iraqis carry placards professing their faith to the Prophet Mohammad during a protest in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad February 21, 2006, against the cartoons and caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammad published in several European newspapers.

ASSociated Press: Protesters Rally in Pakistan, Iraq

About 2,000 people chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Denmark” as they rallied in a small town near the Afghan border to protest the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that have sparked violent demonstrations in Muslim countries.

The protesters in Barwand also burned flags of Denmark _ where the caricatures were first printed _ and torched effigies of the Danish prime minister and President Bush.

In Iraq:

About 10,000 people also protested against the cartoons in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, burning Danish flags and demanding Iraq sever ties with Denmark.

An Iraqi policeman holds a weapon on a police vehicle near residents protesting against cartoons and caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammad, published in several European newspapers, in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad February 21, 2006.

Taliban, pro-Al Qaeda demonstrations and Iraqi insurgent inspired demonstrators how original. The intensity of the demonstrations appear to be less today. A different type of protest in Pakistan….

Pakistani police officers sit at a market closed due to strike called by traders unions to protest the publication of cartoons depicting Islamic Prophet Muhammad Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Shopkeepers shut their doors in a bustling city near Pakistan’s capital to protest the cartoons that have sparked a string of violent demonstrations across the country in the past week.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Tuesday the cartoons were an attempt to cause a “clash of civilization” by people who are ignorant about Islam and want to demonize the religion.

“We cannot condone such insensitivities toward our beliefs and condemn it in the strongest way,” he said at an Islamic conference. “Islam does not believe in the clash of civilization, rather it advocates harmony, coexistence, peace and compassion.”

Just outside Pakistan’s capital in Rawalpindi, about five major markets were closed Tuesday as shopkeepers protested the cartoons.

Mushtaq Ali Shah, senior vice president of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which helped organize the strike, said a rally wasn’t being held because the businesses didn’t want the protest to turn into a riot that damages property.

Probably a smart move about the rally……but why destroy your own people’s property?

MORONIC……but DEADLY SERIOUS…….

A Pakistani labor walks in a market which closed due to a strike called by traders unions to protest the publication of cartoons depicting Islamic Prophet Muhammad Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Shopkeepers shut their doors in a bustling city near Pakistan’s capital to protest the cartoons that have sparked a string of violent demonstrations across the country in the past week. The placard at left reads: ‘Complete strike against the publishing the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad.’

Stay tuned……

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Muhammad Caricature Watch: Afghan Students – “If They Abuse the Prophet of Islam Again We Will All Become Al Qaeda”

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Islamic Radicals Call for More Protests

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Map of Cartoon Riots After the Publication of Caricatures of Muhammad

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Saudi Papers Print Danish Editor’s Apology

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Weekend Protests in Pakistan “Spinning Out of Control”

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Muslims Protesting Muhammad Caricatures Storm United States Embassy in Indonesia

Muhammad Caricature Watch: London Protest of Muhammad Caricatures Draws 15,000

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Nigerian Muslims Protesting Muhammad Caricatures Attack Christians and Burn Churches

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli Wears Muhammad Caricature T-Shirt – Italian Embassy Burned

Muhammad Caricature Watch: A Demonstration in Libya Has Left Nine Dead and the Italian Consulate Ablaze

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Pakistani Cleric Offers Money and Car for Anyone who kills the Danish Cartoonist Who Drew Prophet Muhammad – Now $ 1 Million

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Pakistani Cleric Offers Money and Car for Anyone who kills the Danish Cartoonist Who Drew Prophet Muhammad

Muhammad Caricature Watch: “Roses of the Prophet Muhammad.”

Muhammad Caricature Watch: For the MORONS Who Defaced My Site

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Abu Ghraib Image Hypocrisy FLAP

Muhammad Caricature Watch: The FLAP Over Publication of Muhammad Caricatures on the Internet

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Editor of University of Illinois Student Newspaper Suspended for Printing Cartoons Depicting the Prophet Muhammad

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Thousands of Protesters Rampage in 2 Pakistani Cities

Cox & Forkum on the Muhammad Caricatures: Overboard

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Pakistan Police Gas Students Protesting Caricatures

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Condolezza Rice – Muslim Outrage Could “Spin Out of Control”

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Denmark Withdraws Diplomats from Iran and Indonesia

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Thousands Protest Against Prophet Drawings

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Internet T-Shirt Vendor, MetroSpy, Profits from Muhammad Caricature Conflict

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Muslim Leaders Urge Calm

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Are Extemists Fanning Caricature Outrage?

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Egypt and the Muhammad Caricatures

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Condoleezza Rice – Iran and Syria Stoking Anger – The Response

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Condoleezza Rice – Iran and Syria Stoking Anger

Muhammad Caricature Watch: President Bush and King Abdullah of Jordan Urge an End to Violence over Muhammad Caricatures

Cox & Forkum: Western Dhimmitude

Muhammad Caricature Watch: French Weekly Charlie Hebdo Reprints Muhammad Caricatures

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Muslim Threatened Norwegian Pressman Continues to Defend the Right to Publish Offensive Material

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Demonstrators Attack Norwegian Embassy in Tehran, Iran

Muhammad Caricature Watch: 4 Killed In Afghanistan in Caricature Bloodshed

Muhammad Caricature Watch: A Right to Blasphemy

Muhammad Caricature Watch: New Protests Erupt Around the World

Muhammad Caricature Watch: The False Cartoons and Danish Imams

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Angry Demonstrators Set Danish Consulate in Beirut Ablaze

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Syrian Protesters Set Danish Embassy Ablaze Over Cartoon

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Protests Over Muhammad Drawings Intensify

Muhammad Caricature Watch: Anger Over Cartoons of Muhammad Escalates

Day by Day by Chris Muir on CNN

Day by Day by Chris Muir on Muhammad Caricatures

Cox & Forkum: Publication of Caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad by a Danish Newspaper

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