September 01, 2005

VIA THE REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION - MORE CHARITIES TO WHICH TO SEND MONEY FOR HURRICAN KATRINA DISASTER RELIEF:

The Republican Jewish Coalition offers its sympathies to those families affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We encourage members and friends to contribute to the disaster relief effort:

Contribution through the United Jewish Communities should be made online at www.ujc.org; or, by mail at United Jewish Communities, P.O. Box 30, Old Chelsea Station, N.Y., 10113, attention: Hurricane Katrina. Mark the memo section of checks with "Katrina."

Contributions through B'nai B'rith International should be made online at www.bnaibrith.org; or, by mail at the B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund: B'nai B'rith International, 2020 K Street, N.W., Seventh Floor, Washington, D.C., 20006.

Contributions through The Red Cross should be made online at: www.redcross.org; or, by phone at 1.800.HELP.NOW.

More information about the response of President George W. Bush and the federal government to Hurricane Katrina's enormous enviornmental and humanitarian impact can be found here.

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THE BLOGOSPHERE HAS COME THROUGH IN RESPONSE TO GLENN REYNOLD'S CALL FOR POSTS IDENTIFYING WAYS TO HELP ON HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF.  He's received more links than he can handle.

RELEASED RUSSIAN GUANTANAMO PRISONERS SEIZED IN MOSCOW:

Two former Guantanamo prisoners, extradited to Russia in 2002, have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of preparing a series of terrorist attacks, the Vremya Novostei newspaper reported Tuesday.

The two Russian citizens, Airat Vakhitov and Rustam Akhmyarov, who were seized in a counter-terrorist operation in Afghanistan and kept at the Guantanamo base in Cuba with other Taliban and terrorist suspects, and then extradited home to Russia, have been detained and are now being held in a Russian detention centre.

Should the allegations prove correct, this appears to be an example of how freeing Gitmo prisoners, can put the lives of many others in danger.