What A Wonderful World

Torture suspects linked to neo-nazis
Karen Dandurant
Seacoastonline
November 17, 2007

RYE — A watchdog group that monitors the activity of white supremacist organizations confirmed that at least two of the men indicted on charges of torturing and decapitating a rabbit are actively involved in one or more of the groups. Robert Freeman, 36… Kevin Lynch, 26… and William West, 32… were indicted on felony charges of cruelty to an animal. On Aug. 10, Rye police were called to a Massachussets law enforcement meeting, where they learned the torture had been posted to the Internet site YouTube. An investigation led police to the three men. Research done by the Herald indicated that at least two of the men might have ties to neo-Nazi and white supremacist organizations. On Thursday, Anthony Griggs, a research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., confirmed ties for both Freeman and West. He said he didn’t find anything on Lynch. “Robert Freeman is involved with the National Alliance, the biggest neo-Nazi group in the country,” said Griggs. “He’s also a longtime member of The Creativity Movement.” West was the leader of the defunct Boston branch of Volksfront, German for “People’s Front.”

Man Stabbed in Suspected Hate Attack in St. Petersburg
Ali Nassor
The St. Petersburg Times
November 16, 2007

An African-Russian man was hospitalized following a violent street assault by a group of suspected neo-Nazis on Sunday near his home on Ulitsa Aviakonstruktor in northwest St. Petersburg. Maira Mkama, 24, a second-year Ph D. student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Economics and Administration was stabbed six times in the chest and stomach, badly damaging one kidney and his liver, on his way home from the nearby Kommandantsky Prospekt metro station, at around 8 p.m…

Saudi gang-rape victim is jailed
Frances Harrison
BBC News
November 15, 2007

An appeal court in Saudi Arabia has doubled the number of lashes and added a jail sentence as punishment for a woman who was gang-raped. The victim was initially punished for violating laws on segregation of the sexes – she was in an unrelated man’s car at the time of the attack. When she appealed, the judges said she had been attempting to use the media to influence them…

“…The Two Kingdoms Dialogue, which began here on Monday, ended its deliberations that focused on ways of strengthening political, economic and educational cooperation between the two countries. The participants discussed the challenges facing young men and women in both countries and emphasized the need for inculcating moderate ideas and tolerant concepts in their minds…” ~ UK Greets Abdullah With Pomp, Pageant, Arab News, October 31, 2007