United Kingdom Restaurant
Bahamas, The (08/04)
Trade (2000): Exports ($766.1 million)--salt, aragonite, chemicals, lobster, fruits, vegetables. Major markets--U.S. (50%), U.K., other EU countries, Canada. Imports ($2.28 billion)--foodstuffs and manufactured goods; vehicles and automobile parts; hotel, restaurant, and medical supplies; computers and electronics. Major suppliers--U.S. (70%), U.K., other EU countries, Canada. ... The best U.S. export opportunities remain in the traditional areas of foodstuffs and manufactured goods: vehicles and automobile parts; hotel, restaurant, and medical supplies; and computers and electronics. Bahamian tastes in consumer products roughly parallel those in the United States. With approximately 85% of the population of primarily African descent, there is a large and growing market in the Bahamas for "ethnic" personal care products. Merchants in southern Florida have found it profitable to advertise in Bahamian publications. Most imports in this sector are subject to high but nondiscriminatory tariffs. ... [Read More]
Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: A HAMAS-planted bomb detonated in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant, killing 15 people and wounding more than 90. The Israeli response included occupation of Orient House, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political headquarters in East Jerusalem. ... Restaurant Bombing in Baghdad, December 31, 2003: A car bomb explosion outside Baghdad’s Nabil Restaurant killed 8 persons and wounded 35. The wounded included 3 Los Angeles Times reporters and 3 local employees. ... [Read More]
Chronology of Non-Significant International Terrorist Incidents, 2003 (Revised 6/22/04)
On 22 April 2003, at 0200 hours, in Avellaneda, Argentina, a homemade bomb exploded in front of a McDonald's restaurant on Mitre Avenue and Berutti Street. Security officials found an iron tank about 30 centimeters long, as well as evidence of gunpowder. The explosion shattered the windows, but did not damage the interior of the restaurant. No injuries were reported. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. ... Early on 21 March 2003, in Oslo, Norway, anti-war protesters threw a Molotov cocktail into a McDonald's restaurant before opening time, causing limited damage. Nobody was hurt in the attack. ... [Read More]
IEW Events > United States
A reception will be held at Kalamazoo City Hall, complete with international food from local restaurants and a book display. Keynote speaker Portage City Councilman Nasim Ansari will join a multinational panel discussion at the Bernhard Center on the Western Michigan University campus. Throughout the week, Kalamazoo Public Library (the 2002 National Library of the Year), will display books by international authors and about international topics at its Central Branch. ... [Read More]
Appendix B -- Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
In 2003, suspected ‘Asbat al-Ansar elements were responsible for the attempt in April to use a car bomb against a McDonald’s in a Beirut suburb. By October, Lebanese security forces arrested Ibn al-Shahid, who is believed to be associated with ‘Asbat al- Ansar, and charged him with masterminding the bombing of three fast food restaurants in 2002 and the attempted attack in April 2003 on the McDonald’s. ‘Asbat forces were involved in other violence in Lebanon in 2003, including clashes with members of Yassir Arafat’s Fatah movement in the ‘Ayn al-Hilwah refugee camp and a rocket attack in June on the Future TV building in Beirut. ... [Read More]
Michael Barone and Victor Hanson, "The Immigration Debate" , eJournal USA: Society & Values, December 2004
And I think the evidence for that is pretty strong. The workings of the economic marketplace are such that if we suddenly could expel all illegal immigrants from the United States overnight, there would be large parts of our economy that simply wouldn't work. You wouldn't be able to get a clean dish in a restaurant in Los Angeles and things of that nature. So what President Bush's proposal attempts to do is to provide a guest worker program to match willing workers with willing employers to provide some legal status to immigrants in this country. ... [Read More]
L - Appendix A: Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 2002
In Makassar, a bomb exploded in a McDonald’s restaurant, killing three persons, injuring 11 others, and causing major damage to the restaurant. No one claimed responsibility though police are focusing on a hardline Islamic group, Laskar Jundullah. ... In Guayaquil, a pamphlet bomb exploded at a McDonald’s restaurant, injuring three persons and causing major property damage. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Ecuador is responsible. ... [Read More]
(F) Europe Overview
The Breton Resistance Army (ARB) claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in April that damaged a McDonald's restaurant at Pornic, but the group denied involvement in another attack the same month against a McDonald's restaurant near Dinan that killed a French employee. French police arrested four members of the Breton nationalist group Emgann (Combat) on charges of involvement in the Dinan bombing. ... [Read More]
Grenada (10/04)
Industry: Types--manufacturing, hotel/restaurant, construction. ... [Read More]
Appendix A -- Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 2003
In Casablanca, one of five near-simultaneous bombs exploded in the street outside the Belgium Consulate and next to a Jewish-owned restaurant, killing two police officers and injuring another, according to press reports. The restaurant, Positano, could have been the target. A Positano employee said a colleague stopped three suspects as they entered the restaurant. One of the suspects fled, and the other two died in the blasts. Belgian security cameras showed the bombers tried but failed to enter the restaurant. Belgian officials, including Foreign Minister Louis Michel, said the restaurant was probably the target. According to press reports, about 14 persons (ages 18-22) took part in the five attacks, killing a total of 42 persons and injuring at least 100. Several of those arrested were cooperating with police. According to press reports, the group al-Sirat al Mustaqim—with possible links to al-Qaida—is responsible. [Read More]
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