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February, 5 2010 | 21 Shevat 5770
Crime on the Streets Hits Home
Vol. 10, Iss. 52
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Berlusconi Tells Netanyahu Dreams of Israel Joining EU
The trail for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who masterminded the attack on the World Trade Center might be moved to a new location.
BY MAXINE DOVERE Is there a crime wave in the 61st? What is going on in neighborhoods around Ocean Parkway? erhaps it’s tough economic times, perhaps visibility of attractive goods, perhaps, simply, perceived opportunity. Whatever the reason - affluent neighborhood seems to be attracting criminals thieves and robbers, con men and boosters of all sorts. What starts as a petty theft can escalate into an incident involving injury, even death. The “bad guys” certainly know where the good stuff can be found. Since mid 2009, the number of burglaries in some Brooklyn precincts- reported and not - has risen, some say, alarmingly. A heightened level of caution is mainly in the affluent areas of the 61st Precinct. Increased security has become common practice. Conversation “on the street” speaks of increased danger. Are the victims, whether out of fear or frustration, failing to report potentially dangerous incidents? Even though officers of the 61st Precinct say the precinct “finished Number 2” in 2009 in crime reduction, isn't what needs to be examined not the reduction in crime, but rather the absolute numbers? Inquiries about recent burglaries made to 61st precinct Community Affairs officers and the New York Police Information Department (DCPI) netted little information. Requests for specific information were met with statements that the “incidents” were in the hands of “the squad,” that investigations were ongoing, and that no further information (specifically, regarding the recent burglaries) was available." Asked about earlier occurrences in the 61st, for example, a mass tire slashing during the 2009 High Holidays, one officer
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9/11 Terror Trial Moving From NY
The Obama administration is considering moving the trial of the alleged September 11 plotters out of New York City amid mounting opposition to the trial location from local politicians, an official said Friday.
L/R Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem. BY COMBINED NEWS SOURCES During a Jerusalem meeting with his Italian counterpart, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said the glorious past of Italian and Israeli cultures obligates greater cooperation between Jerusalem and Rome. talian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi opened the meeting with Netanyahu by declaring that he is interested in the possibility of Israel joining the European Union. At a reception held in his honor at the Prime Minister's Office, Berlsuconi reiterated comments made to Netanyahu at a prior meeting at Lake Como saying that his biggest dream is to have Israel join the European Union. Berlusconi stated that he hopes that his trip to Israel will lead to close cooperation between the two countries. The Italian premier said that meeting was an important step in strengthening the rela-
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tionship between Italy and Israel. Berlusconi went on to say that Monday's meeting was a start, and that the next meeting would be held in Italy. The Italian head of state said he hoped that from this meeting a mutual commitment to work together would develop. Berlusconi traveled to Israel as the head of an eight-member ministerial delegation. Regarding Israel’s diminished status in the international community, Berlusconi said that he could not help but feel the world's insensitivity, and that he wished for the peace and prosperity of Israel, which even today is existentially threatened. Regarding the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, Berlusconi criticized Jewish growth in Judea and Samaria: "Israel's settlement policy could be an
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he move would be a major blow to the bid by President Barack Obama's Attorney General to bring the accused plotters to trial in civilian federal court just blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood. It also added to the problems surrounding Obama's plans to shutter the controversial military prison for suspected terrorists at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. No date has yet been set for the trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the selfdescribed chief organizer of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and four co-accused. "Conversations have occurred within the administration to discuss contingency options should the possibility of a trial in Lower Manhattan be foreclosed upon by Congress or locally," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. Among the possible options were other sites in the Southern District of New York, home to some of the most seasoned terror prosecutors in the country.These include the federal courthouse in White Plains, a federal prison in Otisville and Stewart Air National Guard Base. Each site presents concerns over either their security measures, or whether
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