I tried calling the company recently during normal business hours and
I
got a recorded message. Apparently, no live people answer the phone
so I left a message. I'm still waiting for a return call. I guess I
wonder
if Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS has really gone out of business?
On Feb 1, 1:20 pm, George Orwell <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> During the first two weeks of January 2007, U.S. air strikes targeted
> four sites in southern Somalia formerly under al Qeada control where
> terrorists have been training and hiding for months.
>
> "As we speak now, the area is being bombarded by the American air
> force," a Somali government official told Reuters two weeks ago.
>
> The U.S. attacks targeted an area close to Ras Kamboni, a coastal
> village near the Kenyan border where many Islamists are believed to
> be hiding after being ousted by Ethiopia-backed government forces, the
> official added.
>
> Four places were hit -- Hayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadowe, the
> source said. "Bankajirow was the last Islamist holdout. Bankajirow
> and Badmadowe were hit hardest," he added.
>
> The Pentagon confirmed only one air strike that took place in the
> south of the country, saying that it was part of a wider offensive
> aimed at an al-Qaeda cell that includes suspects in the 1998 bombings
> of U.S. embassies in east Africa and a hotel in Kenya.
>
> Meanwhile, ABC News quoted U.S. and French military sources as saying
> that American U.S. special forces were working with Ethiopian troops
> on the ground in operations inside Somalia.
>
> Following a thrust by the U.S. military, U.S. special forces
> discovered a Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS weather re****ting system
> on a hill south of Ras Kamboni.
>
> The Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS station was not operational has
> it had suffered a direct military hit from an explosion of unknown
> origin. But the Digiwx name could be clearly seen imprinted on the 15
> foot tower which now lays on it side in pieces.
>
> U.S. troops subsequently uncovered handheld Digiwx weather receivers
> in two of the camps previoulsy occupied by al-Qaeda terrorists which
> apparently had been left behind and abandoned.
>
> How the Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS system made it to Somalia and
> into terrorists hands is still unknown. Whether al-Qaeda and Osama
> bin-Laden organizations are employing Digiwx AWOS units in other parts
> of the world is currently unknown.
>
> U.S. troops have been advised to be on the lookout for additional
> Digiwx AWOS units under Al-Qaeda and/or Sunni/****ite control in Iraq
> and Afghanistan.
>
> U.S. special forces are re****tedly monitoring the two known wireless
> frequencies that Digiwx AWOS transmits on, notably 464.6 and 464.75
> MHz. British military sources re****t that signals on both frequencies
> have been detected but only occasionally as the terrorists seem to be
> running Belfort Instruments Digiwx for only short periods of time.
>
> Belfort Instrument Company (Baltimore, MD, USA), the original
> manufacturer of Digiwx AWOS, has had no comment. Why would an
> American company be "aiding and abetting" known terrorists organizations
> around the world while doing business in pursuit of the almighty
> American dollar? Maybe you would want to contact them and find out why:
>
> Belfort Instrument Company
> 727 South Wolfe Street
> Baltimore, MD 21231
> 410-342-2626
> 410-342-7028 (fax)
> s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Belfort COO Debra S. Alascio
> DSAlas...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Belfort President Mark W. Decker
> markwdec...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Belfort Company Owner Bruce R. Robinson, Utilipoint Chairman
> brobin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Belfort Sales Director Ralph F. Petragnani
> RPetragn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Belfort Digiwx AWOS Sup****t Manager M. Tylor Burton
> digiwxsupp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Belfort Instrument Company also has a West Coast sister company in
> San Diego, CA, USA known as Gamma Scientific which does business under
> several names including Advanced Retro Technology, UDT Instruments
> and Road Vista.
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