BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- The German government raised its terrorism alert level after al Qaeda posted a video on the Internet threatening attacks in Germany if this month's elections do not come out the way the terrorist organization wants.
"The federal elections offer a special [opportunity] for propaganda and operative activity by terror groups," the Interior Ministry said on Friday. "A new video posted on September 18 by al Qaeda underlines this. The security services have therefore increased the threat level, which leads to increased security measures especially at airports and railway stations."
The ministry added that it has noted an uptick in threats against Germany by al Qaeda and other Islamist groups since the beginning of the year.
In his nearly 26-minute video statement, a man identified as Bekay Harrach, using the pseudonym Abu Talha and speaking in German, says that, if the September 27 elections vote into power parties that not pledge to pull German troops from Afghanistan, there will be a "rude awakening."
The speaker calls on Muslims in Germany to stay away from public life during the first two weeks after the elections, implying that any attacks would take place then.
The speaker repeatedly criticizes German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He also criticizes Merkel's rivals, the Social Democrats, but extended a "peace offer," stating, "If the German people vote for peace, then the Mujahedeen will choose peace with Germany as well. And with the withdrawal of the last German soldier from Afghanistan, the last Mujahed will also leave Germany. Al Qaeda gives you their word."
The speaker concludes by saying that it is up to the people of Germany to decide their fate: "In a democracy, only the people can order their soldiers to come home. But if the German people decide to continue this war, then it has sealed its own fate and, on top of that, it will have demonstrated that in a democracy civilians are not innocent after all." advertisement
He promises the city of Kiel will remain safe.
Friday's statement was Abu Talha's third since January of this year.
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This is just too funny. Matt Latimer exposes Bush comments during his time in the Whitehouse...
Of Obama:
This is a dangerous world," he said for no apparent reason, "and this cat isn't remotely qualified to handle it. This guy has no clue, I promise you."
Of Palin:
"I'm trying to remember if I've met her before. I'm sure I must have." His eyes *****led, then he asked, "What is she, the governor of Guam?" [...] "This woman is being put into a position she is not even remotely prepared for," he said. "She hasn't spent one day on the national level. Neither has her family. Let's wait and see how she looks five days out." It was a rare dose of reality in a White House that liked to believe every decision was great, every Republican was a genius, and McCain was the hope of the world because, well, because he chose to be a member of our party.
On the economic crisis:
One of the president's staff members anxiously pulled a few of us aside. "The president is misunderstanding this proposal," he warned. "He has the wrong idea in his head. ... It wasn't that the president didn't understand what his administration wanted to do. It was that the treasury secretary didn't seem to know, changed his mind, had misled the president, or some combination of the three.
American jailed in Japan for trying to reclaim his children
American dad tries to snatch kids from ex-wife who took them to Japan
She is a fugitive in Tennessee, but has broken no law in Japan
Father, who has legal custody in U.S., charged in Japan with abduction
"Our court system failed him," court-appointed helper says of father
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Had this custody drama played out in the United States, Christopher Savoie might be considered a hero -- snatching his two little children back from an ex-wife who defied the law and ran off with them.
A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.
But this story unfolds 7,000 miles away in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, where the U.S. legal system holds no sway.
And here, Savoie sits in jail, charged with the abduction of minors. And his Japanese ex-wife -- a fugitive in the United States for taking his children from Tennessee -- is considered the victim.
"Japan is an important partner and friend of the U.S., but on this issue, our points of view differ," the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Tuesday. "Our two nations approach divorce and child-rearing differently. Parental child abduction is not considered a crime in Japan."
The story begins in Franklin, Tennessee, with the January divorce of Savoie from his first wife, Noriko, a Japanese native. The ex-wife had agreed to live in Franklin to be close to the children, taking them to Japan for summer vacations.
Savoie in March requested a restraining order to prevent his wife from taking the children to Japan, saying she had threatened to do so, according to court documents obtained by CNN affiliate WTVF and posted on the station's Web site. A temporary order was issued, but then lifted following a hearing.
"If Mother fails to return to Tennessee [after summer vacation] with the children following her visitation period, she could lose her alimony, child support and education fund, which is added assurance to Father that she is going to return with the children," Circuit Court Judge James G. Martin III noted in his order on the matter.
Following the summer trip, Noriko Savoie did return to the United States, and Christopher Savoie then took the children on a vacation, returning them to his ex-wife, said Diane Marshall, a court-appointed parent coordinator who helped Christopher Savoie make decisions about the children.
In August -- on the first day of classes for 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- the school called to say they hadn't arrived.
Worried, Savoie called his ex-wife's father in Japan, who told him not to worry.
"I said, 'What do you mean -- don't worry? They weren't at school.' 'Oh, don't worry, they are here,' " Savoie recounted the conversation to CNN affiliate WTVF earlier this month. "I said, 'They are what, they are what, they are in Japan?' " Watch Savoie talk about how much he misses his kids »
The very thing that Savoie had predicted in court papers had happened -- his wife had taken their children to Japan and showed no signs of returning, Marshall said.
"Our court system failed him," she said. "It's just a mess."
In court documents, Noriko Savoie denied that she was failing to abide by the terms of the couple's court-approved parenting plan or ignoring court-appointed parent coordinators. In a May filing, she said that both Marshall and another coordinator had resigned from the case.
She added she was "concerned about the stability of Father, his extreme antagonism towards Mother and the effect of this on the children."
Savoie claimed in court documents his ex-wife was playing on the children's sympathy by crying in front of them. She responded that had only happened once, when the children took her by surprise, but allowed that "Father's continual harassment of Mother has reduced her to tears."
Noriko Savoie could not be reached by CNN for comment.
After Noriko Savoie took the children to Japan, a court in Williamson County, Tennessee, granted Christopher Savoie full custody of the children. And Franklin police issued an arrest warrant for his ex-wife, the television station reported.
But there was a major hitch: Japan is not a party to the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction.
The international agreement standardizes laws, but only among participating countries.
So while Japanese civil law stresses that courts resolve custody issues based on the best interest of the children without regard to the parent's nationality, foreign parents have had little success in regaining custody.
Japanese family law follows a tradition of sole custody divorces. When a couple splits, one parent typically makes a complete and lifelong break from the children.
The International Association for Parent-Child Reunion, formed in Japan this year, claims to know of more than 100 cases of children abducted by noncustodial Japanese parents.
And the U.S. State Department says it is not aware of a single case in which a child taken from the United States to Japan has been ordered returned by Japanese courts -- even when the left-behind parent has a U.S. custody decree.
Saddled with such statistics and the possibility of never seeing his kids again, Savoie took matters into his own hands.
He flew to Fukuoka. And as his ex-wife walked the two children to school Monday morning, Savoie drove alongside them.
He grabbed them, forced them into his car, and drove off, said police in Fukuoka.
He headed for the U.S. consulate in Fukuoka to try to obtain passports for Isaac and Rebecca.
But Japanese police, alerted by Savoie's ex-wife, were waiting.
Consulate spokeswoman Tracy Taylor said she heard a scuffle outside the doors of the consulate. She ran up and saw a little girl and a man, whom police were trying to talk to.
Eventually, police took Savoie away, charging him with the abduction of minors -- a crime that upon conviction carries a prison sentence of up to five years.
The consulate met with Savoie on Monday and Tuesday, Taylor said. It has provided him with a list of local lawyers and said it will continue to assist.
Meanwhile, the international diplomacy continues. During the first official talks between the United States and Japan's new government, the issue of parental abductions was raised.
But it is anybody's guess what happens next to Savoie, who sits in a jail cell.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Originally posted by ProudUSC: So much for the rights of this American dad. His ex violated the terms of the divorce agreement, and he's sitting in a Japanese jail. Go figure.
American jailed in Japan for trying to reclaim his children
American dad tries to snatch kids from ex-wife who took them to Japan
She is a fugitive in Tennessee, but has broken no law in Japan
Father, who has legal custody in U.S., charged in Japan with abduction
"Our court system failed him," court-appointed helper says of father
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Had this custody drama played out in the United States, Christopher Savoie might be considered a hero -- snatching his two little children back from an ex-wife who defied the law and ran off with them.
A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.
But this story unfolds 7,000 miles away in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, where the U.S. legal system holds no sway.
And here, Savoie sits in jail, charged with the abduction of minors. And his Japanese ex-wife -- a fugitive in the United States for taking his children from Tennessee -- is considered the victim.
"Japan is an important partner and friend of the U.S., but on this issue, our points of view differ," the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Tuesday. "Our two nations approach divorce and child-rearing differently. Parental child abduction is not considered a crime in Japan."
The story begins in Franklin, Tennessee, with the January divorce of Savoie from his first wife, Noriko, a Japanese native. The ex-wife had agreed to live in Franklin to be close to the children, taking them to Japan for summer vacations.
Savoie in March requested a restraining order to prevent his wife from taking the children to Japan, saying she had threatened to do so, according to court documents obtained by CNN affiliate WTVF and posted on the station's Web site. A temporary order was issued, but then lifted following a hearing.
"If Mother fails to return to Tennessee [after summer vacation] with the children following her visitation period, she could lose her alimony, child support and education fund, which is added assurance to Father that she is going to return with the children," Circuit Court Judge James G. Martin III noted in his order on the matter.
Following the summer trip, Noriko Savoie did return to the United States, and Christopher Savoie then took the children on a vacation, returning them to his ex-wife, said Diane Marshall, a court-appointed parent coordinator who helped Christopher Savoie make decisions about the children.
In August -- on the first day of classes for 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- the school called to say they hadn't arrived.
Worried, Savoie called his ex-wife's father in Japan, who told him not to worry.
"I said, 'What do you mean -- don't worry? They weren't at school.' 'Oh, don't worry, they are here,' " Savoie recounted the conversation to CNN affiliate WTVF earlier this month. "I said, 'They are what, they are what, they are in Japan?' " Watch Savoie talk about how much he misses his kids »
The very thing that Savoie had predicted in court papers had happened -- his wife had taken their children to Japan and showed no signs of returning, Marshall said.
"Our court system failed him," she said. "It's just a mess."
In court documents, Noriko Savoie denied that she was failing to abide by the terms of the couple's court-approved parenting plan or ignoring court-appointed parent coordinators. In a May filing, she said that both Marshall and another coordinator had resigned from the case.
She added she was "concerned about the stability of Father, his extreme antagonism towards Mother and the effect of this on the children."
Savoie claimed in court documents his ex-wife was playing on the children's sympathy by crying in front of them. She responded that had only happened once, when the children took her by surprise, but allowed that "Father's continual harassment of Mother has reduced her to tears."
Noriko Savoie could not be reached by CNN for comment.
After Noriko Savoie took the children to Japan, a court in Williamson County, Tennessee, granted Christopher Savoie full custody of the children. And Franklin police issued an arrest warrant for his ex-wife, the television station reported.
But there was a major hitch: Japan is not a party to the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction.
The international agreement standardizes laws, but only among participating countries.
So while Japanese civil law stresses that courts resolve custody issues based on the best interest of the children without regard to the parent's nationality, foreign parents have had little success in regaining custody.
Japanese family law follows a tradition of sole custody divorces. When a couple splits, one parent typically makes a complete and lifelong break from the children.
The International Association for Parent-Child Reunion, formed in Japan this year, claims to know of more than 100 cases of children abducted by noncustodial Japanese parents.
And the U.S. State Department says it is not aware of a single case in which a child taken from the United States to Japan has been ordered returned by Japanese courts -- even when the left-behind parent has a U.S. custody decree.
Saddled with such statistics and the possibility of never seeing his kids again, Savoie took matters into his own hands.
He flew to Fukuoka. And as his ex-wife walked the two children to school Monday morning, Savoie drove alongside them.
He grabbed them, forced them into his car, and drove off, said police in Fukuoka.
He headed for the U.S. consulate in Fukuoka to try to obtain passports for Isaac and Rebecca.
But Japanese police, alerted by Savoie's ex-wife, were waiting.
Consulate spokeswoman Tracy Taylor said she heard a scuffle outside the doors of the consulate. She ran up and saw a little girl and a man, whom police were trying to talk to.
Eventually, police took Savoie away, charging him with the abduction of minors -- a crime that upon conviction carries a prison sentence of up to five years.
The consulate met with Savoie on Monday and Tuesday, Taylor said. It has provided him with a list of local lawyers and said it will continue to assist.
Meanwhile, the international diplomacy continues. During the first official talks between the United States and Japan's new government, the issue of parental abductions was raised.
But it is anybody's guess what happens next to Savoie, who sits in a jail cell.
YES, THIS IS HOW USA PROTECTS ITS USC!!! Only because It is in the media does USA do anything at all! How many never made it to the media???? and sit in the Prisons of other country's for loving their children???
USC and Legal, Honest Immigrant Alike Must Fight Against Those That Deceive and Disrupt A Place Of Desirability! All Are Victims of Fraud, Both USC and Honest Immigrant Alike! The bad can and does make it more difficult for the good! Be careful who you blame!!! kami ay nanonood!!!
South Carolina calling again. Must be something in the water LOL
First it was Mark "walkabout" Sanford, then Joe "you lie" Wilson, now it's the amazing 555lb 14 year old boy whose SC mom is being charged with criminal neglect of her son:
WOODLAWN, Md. - Baltimore County police say when officers arrested a South Carolina woman accused of neglecting her 555-pound son's health she showed signs of wanting to hurt herself and was taken to a hospital.
County police spokesman Bill Toohey says 49-year-old Jerri Gray was found with her son, 14-year-old Alexander Draper, at a laundry in the Baltimore suburb of Woodlawn. Police found the pair after calls on the mother's cell phone were traced to the community.
When Gray is released from the hospital, Toohey says she will be charged on a South Carolina warrant for violating a custody order and an extradition hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.
A county social services official says they're working with South Carolina officials to ensure Draper's safe return home.
"He said he also got entertainment out of chasing his 3-year-old son around with the collar and making him cry at the thought of being shocked." - KATU-TV
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move - Douglas Adams
It amazes me that anyone from Hollywood would even support Polanski. I am sure they would feel very different if it was their 13yr girl.
He committed the crime, he should do the time, whether it was 30 yrs later or not!.
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Backlash builds against support of Polanski
While several high-profile actors and directors have rallied around Roman Polanski, not everyone in Hollywood believes he should be freed and forgiven. The case surrounding the arrest of director Roman Polanski has both supporters and critics.
The case surrounding the arrest of director Roman Polanski has both supporters and critics.
In the face of a petition signed by notables such as Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and John Landis calling for the immediate release of Polanski following his detainment in Switzerland, a backlash is building against such support.
"I can't believe that Hollywood has separated itself so completely from American morality," said Paul Petersen, a former child actor and president of A Minor Consideration, which advocates on behalf of young performers. "It is yet another case of Hollywood being out of sync with most of America."
Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, but fled the United States before he could be sentenced.
In the years since, the director known for "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby" settled in France and avoided authorities until he was arrested Saturday while on his way to the Zurich Film Festival.
In the aftermath of Polanski's arrest last weekend, a number of performers -- including Penelope Cruz, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci -- appear as supporters on a petition which states, "Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. This extradition, if it takes place, will be heavy in consequences and will take away his freedom."
Polanski's detention has stirred debate over whether he should be returned to the United States to face possible imprisonment.
Supporters make note of his age, the years that have passed, his talent and the victim's own assertion that pursuing the case opens fresh wounds for her as reasons the director should be left alone.
But critics observe that Polanski's supporters might be downplaying his crime.
"I don't think a lot of people take the sexual assault of children very seriously at all, and it's something we battle everyday," said Grier Weeks, executive director of Protect, a national organization to protect children.
"We say at Protect that we are the most bipartisan group in America because we've got everyone from Hollywood liberals like Alison Arngrim [Nellie Oleson] from 'Little House on the Prairie' to extremely conservative people. ... But I will say with the notable exception of a few people from Hollywood, we get blank stares from some of that crowd."
Weeks pointed to the example of a discussion on ABC's "The View," in which panelist and actress Whoopi Goldberg made the comment that she didn't believe the original charges against Polanski were for "rape-rape," as what he views as a pervasive attitude.
"I assume [Goldberg] regrets saying what she said, but she really didn't say anything that is not under the surface anyway," Weeks said. "This is just the attitude, that children are property and crimes against them are not real crimes." Video Watch a discussion of about Polanski's supporters »
Goldberg's fellow panelist, Sherri Shepherd, said during the show that she believed Polanski should still be punished.
On Twitter, she tweeted, "Whew... long day at 'The View'... two shows today... hot debate over the Statutory Rapist Polanski. 45-year-old man plies a 13-yr-old w/drugs & Liquor and anally & orally penetrates her w/o her consent is a RAPIST. We hunt down 75-year-old Nazis. We must protect our children."
Actress Kirstie Alley wrote on Twitter "JUST FOR THE RECORD....RAPE IS RAPE...this is one HOLLYWOOD STAR who does not CELEBRATE or DEFEND Roman Polanski..his ART did not RAPE her."
"The Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels said "If she's [the victim] OK and feels that they are resolved then who are we to say" referring to the now adult victim, Samantha Geimer.
Despite that, Michaels said, "If somebody drugged and raped my 13-year-old I'd shoot them."
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Originally posted by iperson: Leave Polanski ALONE!
I support him, I've met him, talked to him, got his autograph. And he's not a predator like Michael Jackson was. Double standards anyone?
MJ was acquitted by a jury of his peers. What don't you get about that? So, Polanski is innocent because of what? He shares your heritage? Give me a break. Polanski has been in trouble since the word was invented.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Huh? You support him? The fact he admitted to it and found guilty? Fled the country no less too!
Yet you made such a scenerio about MJ who was NOT found guilty.
Yep double standards alright. Says a lot.
Polanski should be thrown in jail, especially as he ran away.
Whether he did good movies or not, he drugged and raped the girl!
And there was that 15 yr old too!
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The criminal code in the United States, related to federal offenses, is available to the public. Every single crime listed starts with the word "whoever".
Nobody should be immune from criminal prosecution, and people who manage to evade the law thus committing yet another felony, "unlawful flight", should not be rewarded with a pardon or a dismissal of any charges.
Immigrants have had to pay for their crimes, and even deported for far far less.
Why should that sicko get a pardon?
Maybe castration would be a good idea for him too lol
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Well..maybe it isn't her fault. IP isn't a parent so she don't give a krap what happens to children. Movie makers are far more important to her, after all, her life is one big fantasy.
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Originally posted by Sprint_girl07: Huh? You support him? The fact he admitted to it and found guilty? Fled the country no less too!
Yet you made such a scenerio about MJ who was NOT found guilty.
Yep double standards alright. Says a lot.
Polanski should be thrown in jail, especially as he ran away.
Whether he did good movies or not, he drugged and raped the girl!
And there was that 15 yr old too!
Sprint, She was 13 not 15 at the time. She was 15 hwhen the alleged deal was struck.
But we are dealing with different times and attitudes. What happened was normal in Hollywood. It happened to Judy Garland, the groping, pinching, and s.exual innuendo, and even had s.ex to secure roles, if you believe the Hollywood tabloids and so forth.
Yes, leaving the U.S. was the wrong move, but if the reports are true that the judge was going back on an already approved plea bargain deal by the DA and the defense, it is not as simple as he gets what he deserves.
Furthermore, the victim wants no part of the trial, which makes prosecuting the case even more difficult. Given that the jury of his peers will likely exonerate his behavior like they did with several other cases in the recent pass.
So, the only option is probably to go with the original plea plus (jail time for one month plus time served), a huge fine for leaving the US unlawfully, and maybe restitution to the rape crisis center, say $5 million.
I am not defending the guy, but trying to apply today's standards to a crime that was committed three decades ago does not equte justice.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams on Defense of the boston Massacre
Originally posted by Houston: The criminal code in the United States, related to federal offenses, is available to the public. Every single crime listed starts with the word "whoever".
Nobody should be immune from criminal prosecution, and people who manage to evade the law thus committing yet another felony, "unlawful flight", should not be rewarded with a pardon or a dismissal of any charges.
It is not a federal offense Houston, but a violation of the California Criminal Statues, which is also available to the public.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams on Defense of the boston Massacre
Hudson, yes I know she was 13, I was talking about the other girl he was involved with too. She was 15.
I can't blame the now woman wanting it to be over, because of the media.
The thing is, if he is pardoned and let off, what would this say to all those others out there?
Hollywood seems to have their own law. Just because they are actors or movie makers, shouldn't make them any better of a person than the average Joe.
I wonder how many more girls did he do this too that haven't spoken up.
They should follow the law and what would normally happen if it was anyone else, not just because who he is.
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Originally posted by Sprint_girl07: Hudson, yes I know she was 13, I was talking about the other girl he was involved with too. She was 15.
I can't blame the now woman wanting it to be over, because of the media.
The thing is, if he is pardoned and let off, what would this say to all those others out there?
Hollywood seems to have their own law. Just because they are actors or movie makers, shouldn't make them any better of a person than the average Joe.
I wonder how many more girls did he do this too that haven't spoken up.
They should follow the law and what would normally happen if it was anyone else, not just because who he is.
Well, Hollywood and Bollywood and every other entertainment center have different rules. Even in China you had an actress Zhang Yu has shown this. It is not only in Hollywood.
All I am saying Sprint is if we want to follow the law, then the original plea agreement should remain intact. The adding of the fines and restitution will apply him leaving the US and fleeing unlawfully. But we need to consider his French Citizenship when extradition is being applied.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams on Defense of the boston Massacre
Originally posted by Houston: "Se.xual abuse or exploitation" of a minor is a federal crime under circumstances that trigger the commerce clause.
Running away from the law, even if it's a misdemeanor under state law, is a federal felony.
The guy belongs in jail, let the law decide what to do. Justice is not for him to decide, it's for the judicial branch to administer.
The crime that premeditated the fleeing occurred in state jurisdiction Houston. Although S.exual exploitation and abuse became a federal offense in 1992, prior to him arrest and trial. So, it will not apply here. Second, this is and continues to be a rape case, which is still state jurisdiction.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams on Defense of the boston Massacre
I know he is a French Citizen, but at the time he was in fact a British resident. He fled there rather quickly because he knew the UK would extradite him back.
It seems that he chooses what he wants to be or where he wants to be a resident to whichever is safer for him under law. He should have dealt with this years ago. Not only for himself, but also for that poor girl/woman.
He just needs to do what is right.
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