TERRORIST RETALIATION PLANS UNDER PREPARATION

Update on Muslims and our school buses

More information about Islamic Jihads plans on using our School Buses in terrorist activities in our country.

Homeland Security: As Democrats hold more silly hearings to embarrassRepublicans, the FBI is warning local police to be alert for Muslimextremists hijacking school buses. Reality check, please.

We wonder if any of the grandstanding politicians on Capitol Hill arethinking in terms of one of these nuts driving a fertilizer-filled yellow bus up to a government building — or, easier yet, a school.

Of course not. They're too busy swooning over Valerie Plame to even notice we're still under threat from the Islamic terrorists they say we shouldn't be spying on.

The FBI and Homeland Security Department last week sent out a bulletin to law enforcement across the country warning that Muslims with "ties to extremist groups" are signing up to be school bus drivers. They also noted "recent suspicious activity" by foreigners who drive schoolbuses or are licensed to drive them.

Recent events come on top of several other school bus-related incidents involving Mideast men that raise suspicion of terror activity.

They include last year's surprise boarding of a school bus in Florida by two Saudi men dressed in trench coats.

Authorities suspect theywere making a dry run to see how easy it would be to hijack or blow upa school bus filled with American children.

Previously, an Arab man from Detroit was caught trying to obtain a job as a school bus driver in New York using fake Social Security documents.

Authorities fear the school massacre that took place in Beslan, Russia, in 2004 may be a dress rehearsal for what al-Qaida plans to do here. Chechen terrorists tied to al-Qaida seized a building in Beslanon the first day of school and slaughtered 338, including 172 kids.

Three years later, schools and local police in this country are still unprepared to deal with such an assault. Most don't have response plans for handling a single active shooter, let alone a cell of trained terrorists.

Yet terror cells secreted inside America may be planning to use buses as a Trojan horse to infiltrate school campuses and murder students and teachers. Floor plans for schools in Virginia, Texas and NewJersey have been recovered from terrorist hands in Iraq.

Videotapes confiscated in Afghanistan show al-Qaida terrorists practicing the takeover of a school.

Simultaneous attacks on schools in multiple states would follow Osama bin Laden's goal of crippling the U.S. economy.

(And fit with Iran's retaliation plans should we attack them - as appears more and more likely).

If multiple schoolswere hit, parents would drop out of the work force en masse to protect their children.

A prolonged labor disruption would cost businesses billions of dollars in lost revenue.

It's a grim picture. But don't think for a moment that al-Qaeda is above targeting school children.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said in his Gitmo confession that while he may not like killing kids, they're fair game in jihad.

(Remember the hits on school children in Iraq and their slaughter, including stopping their buses and machine gunning occupants who were froma different sect than the gunment).

He claims U.S. forces bombed and killed the children of bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman Zawahiri, and arrested and "abused" his own children.

These people have nothing better to do than sit around and think of ways to kill us and our most precious resource, our children. They have many helpers placed inside U.S. cities who canvass targets and perform other logistics for such attacks.

And these people will stop at nothing to pull them off. They're just waiting for the right time,when our guard is down.

Are we witnessing Muslim men trying to obtain bus licenses what some alert (but ignored) agents witnessed before 9/11 when they noticed a number of Muslim men training to obtain pilot's licenses?

Are schools and children the target of the next wave of terror attacks?

Parents should be outraged that teh Democrats in Washington would continue to play politics with national security.

Instead of using hearings to score partisan points, Congress would best serve constituents by using that power to investigate the terror threat to schools and how best to protect our children from attack. (And the rest of us).


Don't Let The Memory Of The 9/11 "Pilot Students" Drift Away

EXTREMISTS are Buying School Buses (and Ambulance type vehicles)

An FBI bulletin stated. "Foreigners under recent investigation include "some with ties to extremist groups" who have been able to "purchase buses and acquire licenses."

There is a very important fact that is not getting the attention it needs in the Extremists Driving School Buses in the USA story, the general impression all the news commentators have is that the 'extremists" are just getting school bus drivers licenses to work for a school, no they are buying the school buses for as little as $1,205.00, and they are saying they are for personal use!

This fact leads me back to the Muslims who are buying these used car/trucks. The dealers involved in buying such vehicles at the auto auctions around the USA, say you must have a vehicle dealer license to purchase such vehicles at auction and the auction is the main source for such sales.

In the Tampa, Florida News it cited one such incident of a Muslim making such a purchse, it stated, "Upon running the used car dealer, Abdalla, for wants and drivers license information from Police Dept communications center, it was revealed that Abdalla Deiab was a know(n) affiliate of a terrorist organization and should be approached with caution." DUH!!

Abdalla Deiab was buying used cars, vans, buses and ambulances at Auto Auctions all over the State of Florida, he used at least 4 Social Security Numbers with the last four numbers almost in sequence.

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Oh my God. I never even dreamed of such a thing. What a terrible thought. Our government needs to get it's priorities in order.

"DISGUSTING???" SURGE IN BILLIONAIRES

DISGUSTING????

Long article/rant by a clearly peeved Communist. Worth the read for some of the statistical information.

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GREAT READS

Direct Links to three longer but important articles posted to NEWS VIEWS to keep the Home Page somewhat less cluttered.

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Iran's Suicide Brigades

Secret Service Problems

Terrorist Infiltrators

BLOOD SPURTS OUT OF SEWER ONTO WORKER

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China Controlling American Leftist Talking Points

MUST READ - MUST READ - MUST READ

Are the Liberal Democrats and wacko leftists simply following or being paid to enact Chinese policies? Do I sound nuts, too?

Read the article: http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2007/03/china-openly-claimed-credit-for-911.html
posted on News Views about how two Chinese Colonels published a book with the description of the World Trade Center attack, using Ben Laden's name, THREE YEARS before the attack happened.

Their assymetric anti-American tactics are now the talking points of the anti-Bush, anti-war crowd.

Coincidence?

Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)

Specially for Iran's buried sites.

Specifications Weight, total 13,600 kg [30,000 lb]

Weight, explosive 2,700 kg [6,000 lb]

Length 6 m [20 feet]

Diameter ??

Control short-span wings and trellis-type tail

Penetration
60 meters [200 feet] through 5,000 psi reinforced concrete
40 meters [125 feet] through moderately hard rock
8 meters [25 feet] through 10,000 psi reinforced concrete


Platforms B-52, B-2

Guidance GPS aided INS

Schedule

2005 - Refine MOP concept and begin detailed weapon development and testing

2005 - statically emplaced Proof-of Principle test of payload effectiveness

2006 - static lethality demonstration against hard and deeply buried targets

2006 - scaled penetration and lethality testing

2007 - Conduct Massive Ordnance Penetrator Demonstration

2007 - full-scale performance demonstration against realistic hard and deeply buried targets

IRAN??

While complete physical destruction may be desired, for some hard and deeply buried targets this effect isn't practicable with current weapons and employment techniques. It may be possible, however, to deny or disrupt the mission or function of a facility.

Functional defeat is facilitated through better data collection and intelligence preparation against the potential targets. The defeat process includes finding and identifying a facility, characterizing its function and physical layout, determining its vulnerabilities to available weapons, planning an attack, applying force, assessing damage, and, if necessary, suppressing reconstitution efforts and re-striking the facility.

New more lethal defeat options for Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBTs) like the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, that can overwhelm target characterization uncertainties, are being developed and demonstrated to provide a 10x increase in weapon lethality and improved penetration capability compared to inventory weapons.

300 Movie - WITH SOME UPSET CHANGES

Updated: ANTI-TROOPS, ANTI-WINNING, PRO-DEFEAT = PRO-TERRORIST

Includes article on Keith Ellison (D-MN) - the dangers to us by our own are very seriouos ones.

Hilly Billy Combo Threat

The Usual Suspects

Darwinian Roots of Evil

And the spineless RINOs

(Republican In Name Only )

Any wonder that our enemies within have gained such strength when WE THE PEOPLE are so ignorant that we fail to know those we elect to office well enough to avoid the "should have been foreseen" consequences?

For instance Keith Ellison, (D-MN).

http://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2007/01/explosive-shocker-on-muslim-keith.html

Take a look back earlier this year to Ellison's background:
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Friday, January 26, 2007 Explosive Shocker on Muslim Keith Ellison and Threat to Senator Diane Feinstein!

Charlotte, NC (TLS). The Liberty Sphere has learned that a bombshell shocker has been revealed by WorldNetDaily News, which has examined documents concerning Muslim Keith Ellison, D-MN, and a death-threat years ago to Senator Diane Feinstein, D-CA.

Researching documents going all the way back to the mid-1970s, WorldNetDaily uncovered police reports concerning an attempt to bomb the home of Diane Feinstein. At the time Feinstein was a San Francisco city supervisor.

A terrorist organization known as the 'New World Liberation Front' was wreaking havoc on the west coast, placing pipe bombs under police vehicles and murdering a bank customer with a shotgun.

This same organization placed a pipe bomb under the window of the room of Diane Feinstein's daughter.

Due to a rare overnight freeze, the bomb failed to detonate.

In 1995, Feinstein testified before the Senate that she had been so traumatized by that event that she bought a handgun and intended to use it protect her daughter and her husband, who at the time was dying of cancer.

It is interesting that Senator Feinstein is a fierce opponent to gun rights, receiving the grade of 'F-' from Gun Owners of America.

Yet when she herself felt her life and that of her family threatened, she did not turn solely to the police. She bought, possessed, and carried a firearm, a right guaranteed to ALL Americans under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

You will notice Feinstein's shocking support of gun rights in this story, a fact that apparently she has forgotten.

Enter Keith Ellison.

When the perpetrators of the crimes committed by the New World Liberation Front were identified and apprehended, it was discovered that the organization is a terrorist group connected with the Symbionese Liberation Army and that the main suspect in the attempt on the life of Feinstein's daughter was none other than one Sara Jane Olson, who went by the name of 'Kathleen Soliah.'

On the run from law enforcement officials for over 20 years, Olson was captured in St. Paul, Minn. in the year 1999. As it turns out Olson had powerful support from a group called 'Weather Underground,' which was formed as a radical group in the 1960s.

The group set up a legal defense fund for Olson, led by one of the group's founders, Bernadine Dohrn.

Now here is the most shocking fact of all. Keith Ellison joined Weather Underground and Bernadine Dohrn in promoting a fundraiser for the legal defense of Sara Jane Olson.

Not only that, but Ellison is on record as stating that the incarceration of Olson was nothing more than people trying to 'settle the score with those fighting for freedom during the 60s and 70s.'

Ellison then demanded that Olson be set free.

Thus, Muslim Keith Ellison is on record supporting the full and free release of a convicted terrorist who attempted to kill Diane Feinstein's daughter, and perhaps her entire family, with a pipe bomb.

The Liberty Sphere repeatedly warned readers about Ellison for quite some time prior to the November 2006 elections.

Those warnings went unheeded, as voters in Ellison's district in Minnesota elected a person of dubious reputation. Ellison has also been known to call for the release of cop-killers.

Yet he sits in the U.S. House of Representatives, in the same Democrat Party as that of Diane Feinstein.

Alan Note: I too felt sorry for Olson who had led a straight life for two decades but the focus is not on her life but on Ellison and his role in government and mindsets that clearly favor terrorism. It is but a short step from defending Olson, cop killers and similar people to defending Islamist terrorism by someone who is a Moslem. for whom Allah comes first and everything else comes second. Including the USA and all of us, since Islam does not recognize national sovreignty, national governments or borders or anything which gets inthe way of a global Caliphate of Moslem rule of the world through "sharia" religious laws of the Koran.

You chafe at the religious right in the USA? Try equating it to what I have just described.

For more details on the Weathermen go to:

http://www.lindasog.com/archives/2007/03/thirtyseven_years_ago_1.html

TRAINS TO BE SEARCHED IN ANTI-TERROR MOVE

BOMB SEARCHES ON BOARD FOR CNY TRAINS SYRACUSE -

Federal inspectors will begin looking for bombs in the baggage of train passengers at several upstate New York rail stations starting next month, a Transportation Security Administration official said Wednesday.

The first check will take place April 6 at the rail-bus terminal in Syracuse, said Federal Security Director Gary Milano.

After that, unannounced inspections will occur periodically in Syracuse, Utica, Rome and eventually Albany, Milano said.

The inspections are part of a new nationwide homeland security initiative and a shift after years of focusing on aviation and airport security, Milano said. "There is not a specific threat directed at either the rail system, or at Central New York. It's just high time we started doing this," Milano said.

Terrorist attacks in recent years on rail systems in Madrid, London and Mumbai show that train security cannot be ignored, he said. For most train riders, the baggage checks will be similar to those at the airport.

THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION IN IRAQ

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SHAMEFUL AMERICAN "TERRORISTS" VIDEO

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This video portrays a mixture of the Lunatic Left ATTITUDES and most probably paid agents and agitators of Islamic Jihadist movements, who want the USA to perish. And Islamic 'sharia' Koranic law to control the world.

I wonder how many of the ethnically American or European female supporters of these movements would want to have to wear Burkhas or be lashed for indecent exposure? Second thoughts, all concealing Burkhas might be an improvement for some.

LINDA SOG

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Who'da thunk it?

Yesterday, I received this little ray of sunshine:

Congratulations, you have won a Thinking Blogger Award!
Not just a meme, but an irresistable meme, and it came from my bestest buddy Wild Thing. Although I'm not much one for memes, (I've only done one a couple of years ago, because I was tagged by Dorman and it was all about music) I don't see how I can possibly resist it.

So, I'm supposed to pass the award to five other blogs that "make me think" (and who haven't been tagged already), and link to the original post.

I kinda wish it were blogs that make me laugh, but if there's a meme for that, please don't tag me.

Okay... here goes... in no particular order...
1. The one and only Patrick al-Kafir at Clarity & Resolve, who has the blog I'd like to have, if only I was as witty, clever, charming and good looking...

2. The Sultan Knish, who writes so well on the issues that I care the most about.

3. AbbaGav, whose hard hitting and biting commentary pumps me up, and who should have won that other award I nominated him for. Sorry my frined, but this is the best I can do!

4. The original, not to be imitated, Van Helsing of Moonbattery, summing up the insanity in this crazy world we live in.

5. Finally, my dear friend Alan at Anti-Mullah, where you will always find the insight and information you want and need about Iran.

So, there you have it my friends, five people who make me think.

and now... I'm late for work!

HERE TODAY - GONE IN APRIL?

Hat tip to Potlach

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Pooof!

FATAH AL-ISLAM

The leader of a little-known, but deadly, Islamic fundamentalist terror group in Lebanon was sentenced in absentia to death by a Jordanian court this week.

Shakir Al-Absi, leader of 'Fatah Al-Islam,' has been accused by Jordan of involvement in Al-Qaeda activities in Iraq , Lebanon and Jordan . He was previously sentenced to death under Jordanian law in 2002 for his part in the assassination of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Amman .

His co-defendant in that case was the late Abu Musab Al-Zarkawi, leader of the Al-Qaeda forces in Iraq .

Lebanese authorities say that Al-Absi and his Fatah Al-Islam organization were behind several bus bombings in a Christian village on February 13.

Four Syrian nationals confessed to the bombings earlier this month, according to Lebanese government officials. The Lebanese Interior Minister, Hassan Al-Sabaa, declared, 'It is no secret that Fatah Al-Islam is Fatah Al-Intifada, and Fatah Al-Intifada is part of the Syrian intelligence-security apparatus.'

Fatah Al-Intifada, also known as the Abu Musa Faction, was established in the Arab refugee camps of Lebanon in 1983 either directly by Syrian intelligence or with extensive Syrian support, which it enjoys until today. Fatah Al-Islam ostensibly broke ranks with Fatah Al-Intifada in 2006 over what a Fatah Al-Islam announcement called the 'apostate seculars' leading its parent organization.

Syria claims it has issued orders for Al-Absi's arrest.

Al-Absi was quoted by Al-Jazeera as saying that the accusations by Lebanon and Jordan against him and his organization are 'part of the American conspiracy against Lebanon and the Middle East .'

He also claimed the charge that Fatah Al-Islam was involved in the bus bombings in a Christian Lebanese village is intended to pave the way for a military incursion into the refugee camps of Lebanon .

Currently, Lebanese army forces maintain a tight security perimeter around the refugee camps; however, an old agreement reached between armed refugee factions and the Lebanese government prevents the soldiers from entering the camps under almost any pretext.

With a center of activity in the northern Lebanese Nahr Al-Bard refugee camp, Fatah Al-Islam's stated goal is 'fighting the Jews and all who support them of the Zionist Crusaders of the West, and liberating our sacred [lands]. ...

"[By] Allah, we did not take this step [of splitting from Fatah Al-Intifada] but only wishing for martyrdom.'

The group - which adopted a black flag bearing the words 'There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is the prophet of Allah' - reportedly has several hundred active members, but is known to be well armed and well financed.

PLO and affiliated militia factions in the Lebanese refugee camps are emphatic that Fatah Al-Islam is a foreign import.

A Nahr Al-Bard member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization was quoted by Al-Jazeera as saying, 'Fatah Al-Islam is not a legitimate Palestinian group. They are a foreign force. Whoever brought them here should take them out.'

TAMIL TIGERS AT IT AGAIN

ALAN NOTE: Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) have been rebels for a long time. What is little known is the Tamils are the first to use suicide bombers against their enemies. Even less known is the origin of their commonly known political group name Tamil Tigers.

The "Tigers" part came from a young US Marine smoking grass with a group of them - not knowing he was among the future leaders. When asked for a good name for their Tamil rebel movement he facetiously suggested an American footbal team type name and suggested Tigers. And Tamil Tigers they became and have remained.

The Tamils have recently taken rebellion to a new level using aircraft to drop bombs on government and military faciligtes. Also a first.

Meanwhile all this dos not make them any less dangerous or insidious:


LTTE (Tamil Tigers) Supplied Forged Passports to World Trade Center Killer

They supplied forged passports to Ramzi Yousef who bombed the World Trade Center, counter terrorism expert Aaron Mannes said.

He was commenting on the report about the Tigers stealing Norwegian passports and selling them to al-Qaeda affiliates in the Daily News of March 20. Mannes in his commentary, published in the Counterterrorism Blog quoting Rohan Gunaratne, said the Sri Lankan terrorist group not only supplied forged passports to Yousef, it also smuggled weapons from Pakistan’s militants to their counterparts in Philippines.

Yousef, the convicted mastermind of the 1993 bombing at New York ’s World Trade Center, was sentenced to a jail term of 240 years without parole and is spending his time in a US federal jail.

The attack killed six and injured more than 1,000. After three days of deliberation in 1996, a federal jury convicted Yousef and Eyad Ismoil on murder and conspiracy charges for their roles in a plot by extremists to topple the Trade Center ’s two 110-story tower to punish the United States for its support of Israel .

Yousef has also been implicated in bombing a Japanese air plane and a series of other terrorist activities connected with al- Qaeda activities including those in the Philippines .

Writing further in the blog Mannes said: “The LTTE has an international network of support among the Tamil diaspora and, because of Sri Lanka ’s strategic location astride shipping lanes, it owns a fleet of sea-going vessels. So it is well positioned to play a role in trans-national criminal activity.

The passport sales only highlights how terrorism is the tip of the iceberg of trans-national threats.” Mannes further wrote: “In the past I’ve written that the US should expand its efforts against the LTTE because it was morally consistent with targeting terrorists, it would contribute to stability on the Indian-subcontinent, and because the LTTE was embedded in international criminal networks that also service Islamist terrorists.

It would appear, based on some high profiles arrests of LTTE operatives in the US that this has happened.”

IRAN'S QODS BRIGADE TO BE LABELED TERRORISTS

House of Representatives has proposed this Bill - H. R. 1324 - aimed at the Islamic Iran Ghods (Qods) force, which is hell bent on killing various parties in Iraq.

For more on the Qods activity in Iraq and about them (basically Islamic Iran's "special forces") for external opeations go to the article in News Views:

http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-iranian-ghods-force-operates-in.html

You can click on the article title to go the site with the House Bill or read on below:

To urge the Secretary of State to designate the Quds Force, a unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2007

Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

A BILL
To urge the Secretary of State to designate the Quds Force, a unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) The Quds Force, also known as the Qods Force, is a unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps which carries out military operations outside of Iran and is responsible for the export of terrorism for Iran.

(2) The Quds Force provides weapons to and conducts paramilitary training and provides organizational, financial, and planning support for terrorist groups, namely Hamas, Hizbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigades, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), each of which is designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).

(3) The Quds Force, which was previously called the Lebanon Corps, assisted Hizbollah in the suicide truck bomb attack on the United States Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

(4) Reports indicate that the Quds Force, using a variety of tradecraft, collects intelligence and organizes operations of Shiite armed elements against United States military forces in Iraq.

(5) An article published on February 1, 2007, in the Sobh-e Sadeq, considered the official publication of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, explicitly described the abduction of several American soldiers to the Al-Mahdi Army in Iraq and threatened that kidnapping Americans and taking them `to whatever destination is easier than procuring a container of trashy Chinese merchandise'.

The article claimed the existence of professional and highly-skilled operational and security officers for the purpose of `ambushing American soldiers' and stressed that `it would be sufficient for it to simply loosen its purse strings a little. Then we would witness a line up of a variety of blue-eyed blonde soldiers, who would become grain to be fed to hungry gamecocks that are waiting for our signal.

(6) The Quds Force provides support for terrorist organizations conducting operations against the State of Israel.

(7) The Quds Force should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization in order to facilitate prosecution against its agents operating in the United States and abroad.

(8) The Government of the United States should urge European, Arab, African, Asian, and other governments not to allow members of the Quds Force to enter their respective countries.


SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

Congress--

(1) urges the Secretary of State to designate the Quds Force (Qods Force), a unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) in order to focus attention on the threat this organization poses to the United States and the international community;

(2) condemns the acts of terrorism perpetrated by the Quds Force; and

(3) condemns the support provided by the Quds Force for Shiite armed elements reportedly conducting operations against United States military forces in Iraq and for terrorist organizations conducting operations against the State of Israel.

Again: detailed article of Qods Iraqi Operations:

http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-iranian-ghods-force-operates-in.html

"DE-NIAL" Is not a River in Egypt but another Islamic Falsehood

The voice of the new imam at one of the largest mosques on the East Coast rang loud from the pulpit during Friday services: "The call to reform Islam is an alien call.

" People who do not understand Islam are the ones seeking to change it, said Shaker Elsayed, the new spiritual leader at the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington.

"Ignorance comes from outside circles who know nothing about us."

Though his role as the mosque's religious leader is a new one, Elsayed is well known as a civic activist in a large Muslim community that has been subject to sharp scrutiny ever since the Sept. 11 attacks.

His face is a familiar one at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, where he has lent support to area Muslims he sees as victims of a federal witch hunt - from those prosecuted for immigration violations to soliciting treason.

Now lets move overseas. Perhaps things are better there.

JAKARTA - Indonesia's top Islamic council issued a religious edict on Friday forbidding any liberal interpretation of Islam in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

"Religious liberalism is haram (forbidden)," said a fatwa, or doctrine, issued by the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI).

"This is a reminder for Muslims to follow the religion in a correct way and not to try to deviate from the principles," said Ma'aruf Amin, chief the MUI's Fatwa Commission. Another fatwa banned inter-religious marriages in Indonesia where 85 percent of its 220 million follow Islam. but the prize goes to these bozos who never heard of Al-Qaeda.

Sounds like the U.S Democratic leadership, who of late seems to have forgotten that there is a war on.

The most senior Islamic cleric in Birmingham claimed yesterday that Muslims were being unjustly blamed in the war on terrorism and that the eight suspects in the two bombing attacks on London "could have been innocent passengers".

Mohammad Naseem, the chairman of the city's central mosque, called Tony Blair a "liar" and "unreliable witness" and questioned whether CCTV footage issued of the suspected bombers was of the perpetrators.

He said (emulating an ostrich) that Muslims "all over the world have never heard of an organisation called al-Qa'eda".

RUSSIA LEAKING MORE INTEL

Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday.

"The latest military intelligence data point to heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran," the official said, adding that the Pentagon has probably not yet made a final decision as to when an attack will be launched.

He said the Pentagon is looking for a way to deliver a strike against Iran "that would enable the Americans to bring the country to its knees at minimal cost."

He also said the U.S. Naval presence in the Persian Gulf has for the first time in the past four years reached the level that existed shortly before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the Academy of Geopolitical Sciences, said last week that the Pentagon is planning to deliver a massive air strike on Iran's military infrastructure in the near future.

A new U.S. carrier battle group has been dispatched to the Gulf.

The USS John C. Stennis, with a crew of 3,200 and around 80 fixed-wing aircraft, including F/A-18 Hornet and Superhornet fighter-bombers, eight support ships and four nuclear submarines are heading for the Gulf, where a similar group led by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been deployed since December 2006.

The U.S. is also sending Patriot anti-missile systems to the region.

IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION NEWS

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THANK GOODNESS COMMON SENSE PREVAILED

CLICK ON THE TITLE TO SEE ORIGINAL SOUNDING OF ALARM

What a huge sigh of relief and the subtle certainty that a huge potential disaster was averted. Worth two "huges" in a single sentence.

And my thanks to various Federal authorities, who listened, understood and passed the alarm up the food chain. Based on Common Sense rather than immediately available hard facts.

And thanks to the member funded Free Republic for also allowing the prominent posting of the article on their site which has some 250,000 members/supporters. Including all kinds of enquiring minds, military and civilian decision makers .......etc.

The end result - Islamic Iran's President, Ahmadi-Nejad cancelling his trip to the United Nations appears to prove his original request was not without underhand intent.

He asked for a visa - more or less easily granted to him as a so-called head of state visiting the UN, but he also demanded visas for 25 Security Agents.

Not to accompany and guard him, but to stay on board the mysterious private/government aircraft (as opposed to commercial airline) on which planned to arrive, while he went to the UN. They would not pass through customs and not submit to any search.

What would then be their purpose? To guard the aircraft? From whom? Or more likely to guard what the aircraft carried into the USA - which could otherwise not come close to our shores.

a) Electronic surveillance devices to be used en route or while on the ground? Possibly to monitor airport communications or security measures for future anti-American operations in New York or enroute.

b) These 25 persons - all clearly armed and dangerous could also hijack aircraft, take hostages or react on the tarmac when the UN voted (as it did) to apply further sanctions on Iran.

c) So far nothing drastic. The REALLY dangerous threat was a nuclear one. Iran has both the technology and the fission material needed for an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) bomb.

Simply put, this nuclear weapon releases an pulse emission that wipes out electronic circuits but causes no direct harm to human life.

The circuits could be as "simple" as destroying controls of traffic lights/signals - vehicle accidents, tied up traffic, general discomfort possibly some fatal traffic accidents when trucks suddenly went out of control.

A step further would be subways shutting down, or trains crashing. Ships would likely find themselves adrift and unable to steer or navigate without their computer assisted controls.

Then escalating to higher levels, all computers in the stock exchange, including all back ups, as well as in banks and other vital financial activity would simply "die". Whereas no human would be harmed. Elevators in all buildings would become inoperable.

Aircraft would suddenly have no air traffic instructions and their unshielded electronics would simply fry. Here there would be loss of human life in considerable numbers as many of them fell out of the sky.

Military facilities have mostly shielded their electronics but the attack would be a "civilian" one not military. And there would be nothing against which the military could deploy.

The Iranian aircraft could be shot down but then the Hojatieh sect Ahmadi-Nejad is on the fringe of a being a suicider himself, so what good would that do? Without a major loss of human life an attack on Iran would be considered "overkill" by the Nancy Pelosis and John Murthas in our government and their bleeding heart counterparts in Europe.

His reasoning, justification? You refused me the technology (nuclear) I want for my country, so here have a taste of what it feels like to lose some of your own. Fair turnabout (in his mind) while he destroys all function for almost everything in New York.

Remember all backup units get fried too, so replacing electronic activity is not tripping a switch to reactivate.

In any event, from a "feel" of how Ahmadi-Nejad would think and plan a sting in return for the UN sanctions, my nerves were screaming holy murder at me.

What if I were delusionally wrong? No harm no foul, he had his permission to show up on a commercial airline, visit the UN and make his speech.

And if he had no ulterior motives other than make his speech, no big deal for him either. He did not need the 25 security agents for that - even by his own statements.

BUT if he wanted to become famous as the destroyer of New York - quite in keeping with his apocalytic mind set - and set off the EMP bomb - perhaps have it done while he was still in the UN peeved at the new sanctions, the potential damage of allowing the private plane and his 25 agents, possibly all suicide bombers, was unthinkable. Compared to any disrespect he may have felt.

What a relief that decision makers became aware of this and did the "right" thing.

Perhaps my ability to sense the probable actions of people like him or Saddam Hussein came into play again.

In the first Gulf war, I again had a similar feeling that Saddam Hussein, knowing he could not defeat our troops, would use some biological agent with slow incubation time to send sickeness back to the USA along with troops or equipment that had been there.

Again, some people in charge at the time, CIA and DOD, saw the common sense logic behind the warning I sounded during several phone calls they made to me and used the guise of "agricultural" prevention of possible crop diseases, to build large concrete slabs, wash and disinfect all armored or other vehicles, equipment etc., and repainted them before they were repatriated to the USA.

The bottom line - that special aircraft and the 25 special agents - were not permitted - so he cancelled his trip. NO point showing up to hear the UN slap him around without the planned reprisal. Conjecture? Yes. Likely scenario? Very much so! Horrible danger averted? You bet!

Ventriloquist - Change of Pace for Sunday

EVERYTHING ABOUT IRAQ WAR ON TERROR

CLICK ON TITLE TO GO TO THIS SITE - GREAT FOR ENQUIRING MINDS



Also check out the Terror News Briefs - still being posted Daily - at:

http://terrornewsbriefs.blogspot.com/

These are EACH a "Heading and a Link" so you can pick and choose which you wish to read in more depth - or not.

Yet you can get a good overview by simply reading down the headings.

DUBAI - CENTER OF IRANIAN SEX SLAVE TRADE

"Tourists are flocking to Dubai's luxury hotels".

One reason for anti-Semitism not mentioned in the article below is that the Islamic Mullahs of Iran own several of the luxury hotels AND in the evenings "auction off" homeless Persian girls to tourists and locals - either for the night or to take home as sex slaves.

Tens of thousands of orphaned Persian girls in Iran - or abandoned wives or daughters, thrown out of the house to live in the streets, by an irritated husband or father (yes, husbands and fathers can do that with impunity under the Islamic laws of Iran) have no way to earn a living. The prettier ones are shipped by the Mullahs to Persian Gulf states - specially Dubai - where they are forced into the sec trade.

Compared to having to sell themselves for pennies to buy increasingly expensive food inside Iran, the Dubai situation is almost a blessing. If slavery can be termed a blessing. Which it cannot.

The corruption and heartless, unlimited misuse, torture and misery of humans by the Mullahs pervades every aspect of life in Iran. Despite their paid apologists around the world, specially in Canada, Europe and the USA, the "moralistic" Mullahs are the dirtiest, nastiest, most ruthless and hypocritical, government sponsored proponents of aboslute evil that the world has ever seen in modern times.

What does that make the ardent American supporters of Dubai? Self-serving and greedy might be the least opprobation to level at them. As the article relates, this support crosses party lines.

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Tourists are flocking to Dubai's luxury hotels. But don't be fooled. Dubai, which is one of the seven princedoms of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), is anything but tolerant and progressive.

To put it bluntly: They don't like Jews.

In fact, Dubai, like the rest of the U.A.E., is blatantly anti-Semitic. It bars all Israeli citizens from ever setting foot in the country. People from other nations whose passport have stamps indicating they've even visited Israel must notify Dubai immigration authorities of the stamp before entering.

Dubai is also actively involved in the Arab boycott of Israel: It bans all products made in Israel and even ones with parts made in Israel. But the emir of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, understands the value of using prominent Americans to legitimize his country and burnish its image in the American media.

That's why former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton have been the objects of Dubai largesse. Their Dubai friends have given millions to each of their presidential libraries. And Bill Clinton has raked in more than $1 million for speeches he's given in Dubai and the U.A.E.

Dubai's PR machine went into high gear after 9/11 - in part to distract attention from the extensive use the terrorists made of the emirate. More than half of the hijackers traveled to the United States via Dubai. The 9/11 Commission noted that $234,500 of the $300,000 wired to the hijackers and plot leaders in America came via Dubai banks.

Several months after 9/11, Dubai's newest best friend began his public association with the country. In January 2002, Bill Clinton gave his first Dubai speech (for $300,000). He's been legitimizing the country ever since.

Clinton was the rainmaker who introduced the emir to his friend and employer, Ron Berkle, the owner of Yucaipa companies and a major fund-raiser for Bill and Hillary.

Last year, Yucaipa and the emir formed a new company, DIGL, for their joint ventures. So Bill Clinton is now an adviser and member of the board of directors of a company that is in partnership with the anti-Israeli government of Dubai.

The Clintons won't reveal how much the former president pocketed for setting up this deal, except to report on Hillary's Senate disclosure form: "more than $1,000."

A lot more.

According to San Francisco Examiner columnist P.J. Corkery, Clinton makes $10 million a year from Yucaipa.

Bill isn't alone in legitimizing Dubai.

Other Clinton pals - including disgraced former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, ex-Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and Al and Tipper Gore - have attended highly publicized events there.

So have some Republicans - including former Bush Sr. Chief of Staff John Sununu, presidential brother Neal Bush and Rudy Guiliani.

Republican ex-Sen. Bob Dole and Democratic ex-Rep. Tom Downey lobby for Dubai; so does The Glover Park Group, home of Hillary Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson and former President Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart.

Major U.S. business leaders populate the many conferences sponsored by Dubai and its industries.

All of this helps legitimize Dubai. And no one mentions the problem with Israel.

Bill Clinton even created a Dubai Scholars Program at the American University in Dubai under the sponsorship of the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation. Laura Tyson, Clinton's chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, created a similar Dubai study program at the University of London.

But not everyone is blind.

Last month, the University of Connecticut correctly abandoned plans to open up a campus in Dubai after serious complaints about Dubai's state-imposed discrimination of people based on their national origin and religion and its documented violations of human rights. (For example, Human Rights Watch has said Dubai abuses tens of thousands of migrant workers from India and Pakistan.)

The Clinton Foundation certainly wouldn't sponsor a program in America that banned Israeli students.

It shouldn't sponsor one in Dubai, either.


http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/3/23/164234.shtml?s=al&promo_code=3026-1

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

Saturday, March 24, 2007

APRIL 5TH D-DAY FOR IRAN?

As I mentioned before, the Russian Nuclear workers pulling out of the Bushehr nuclear site in Iran already clearly indicated they thought the site would be bombed pretty soon. Russian consulatants are reportedly also pulling out of many other places and returning to Russia.

GardunehMehr said...

Alan,

I looked up Ma'ariv but it's in Hebrew. I don't know anyone who can read Hebrew.If one of the readers of this your blog could translate a couple of paragraphs of the article I would be very grateful
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5:43 PM
wolfline said... (CHECK OUT HIS SITE FOR INTERESTING INFO)

Here's the translation from Ma'ariv:

Two weeks ago there were reports of two Iranian officers missing: Col. Amir Mahmad Shirazi and Brigadier General Mahmad Soultani, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps in the Gulf region. The official newspaper of the Corps accused Israel and the US of kidnapping the two and threatened to kidnap American and Israeli officers and to "throw them in the cockfighting arena".

"Iran is on the defense", stated yesterday Nicholas Burns, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, who also mentioned that Russia's refusal to supply uranium for the Bushar nuclear reactor, as well as the tightening economic sanctions on Iran, proves that "international pressure is working".

It is worth mentioning that the Bush administration has decided to undermine the current Iranian government, and that the reports of mass desertions/defections (sorry, same word in Hebrew) of senior officers could be part of the psychological war waged against the ayatollah regime.

In addition, a German news agency reported, quoting Novosty (Russian news agency), that the US is poised to attack targets located in Iran in two weeks' time. This information is based on Russian military experts' analysis, who claim that Washington has already decided to launch the attack on Friday, April 6th, and that within ten hours different types of missiles (including cruising ones) will pound 20 nuclear facilities in Iran.

Also to be attacked are the central command of the Iranian army, Revolutionary Guards, and Iranian Navy bases, in order to prevent Iran from blocking the Straights of Hurmuz.

Well, they have just blown the surprise element, haven't they...

WAR ON TERROR

As opposed to Terrorism News on its own Anti-Terrorism News page (link in left column), this "War on Terror" includes items within the USA and more on European matters - also broader in subject matter.

[AP] USA - FBI: Extremists seek school bus work "Suspected members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police. An FBI spokesman said, "Parents and children have nothing to fear." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/ap_on_re_us/school_bus_extremists

[AP] NEBRASKA - Omaha businesses warned of suspicious mail from 'the Bishop' "Two letters sent to financial institutions in Omaha have been linked to the same person who has been sending threats and pipe bombs to businesses in the Midwest" http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6228913 [Fox 23 Tulsa]

OKLAHOMA - Bomb Scare at TCC [Hoax device] " The "possible bomb" was two water bottles taped together with an unidentified liquid inside" http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8aa6b159-4d6b-4e1a-8d10-78262eba9763 [AP]

PENNSYLANIA - Man guides police to bomb in 2nd floor apartment "Police found an elaborate explosive device made of propane, kerosene, acetone and lacquer thinner in a city Housing Authority apartment" "man police found trying to set a bag containing lighter fluid and a wick on fire Tuesday told officers he wanted to blow up the building" http://kdka.com/pennsylvaniawire/PA-BRF--EasternPa-Apa_d_n_0pa--/resources_news_html See also http://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/all-b1-5bomb-amar14,0,2381387.story?coll=all-newslocalallentown-hed [MML]

CALIFORNIA - Pipe Bomb Devices Found At Columbia College [4 pipe bombs] http://www.mymotherlode.com/News/article/kvml/1173830862

[AP] INDIANA - Woman finds suspicious device in mailbox, puts it in her SUV "Police say a woman who found a suspicious device in her mailbox put it in her sport utility vehicle and drove to a Goshen-area elementary school before calling authorities" http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6225133 [News Leader]

VIRGINIA - Police seek man after suspicious incident "man is described as dark-skinned, with a thick foreign accent, about 5 feet, 3 inches in height, 140 to 150 pounds, with salt-and-pepper hair and mustache" "custodian found the man carrying what appeared to be a lunch box in the school as students arrived about 7 a.m., police reported. He was escorted out of the building after police say he failed to give a reason for being in the school" "Police do not necessarily suspect terrorism" http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070314/NEWS01/70314012/1002 See also http://www.newsvirginian.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WNV%2FMGArticle%2FWNV_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173350219611&path=%21news%21localnews

[Press Democrat] CALIFORNIA - Pipe bomb found in SR http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070314/NEWS/70314004/1033/NEWS01 [Courier-Journal]

OHIO - Ohio plant lost small amount of radioactive material recently http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070314/NEWS01/703141383/1008/NEWS01

[Detroit Free Press] MICHIGAN - Suspicious package at UPS center wasn't bomb "UPS workers found the box earlier this morning and called police because a note on the package said a bomb was inside. He said workers tracked the package and determined it came from Missouri" http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/NEWS03/70315017/0/ENT04

[AP] NEW YORK - Apparent pipe-bomb found at upstate shopping mall http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny-brf--mall-pipebomb0315mar15,0,7886265.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

[Press Democrat] CALIFORNIA - Explosives team destroys cache of dynamite [Found hidden recently near school] http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/NEWS/70315004/1033/NEWS01

[The Times] ILLINOIS - Lake County Government Center reopens following suspicious substance scare [false alarm] "Lake County police closed the County Government Center on Friday morning as part of an investigation of a possible biological agent in the complex's mailroom" http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/03/16/updates/breaking_news/doc45fad6f62d985624652218.txt

[Vancouver Sun] CANADA - Explosives seized from cab in Richmond "Surrey RCMP reacted swiftly to prevent the delivery of a parcel containing dynamite when officers surrounded a taxi as it was proceeding along 132nd Ave" "police wouldn’t be releasing any further information on the incident as it was part of an ongoing investigation" http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=b6f0bdcb-dcdb-4f71-bcee-0f9ef5e75672&k=90404

[PA News] WASHINGTON D.C. - Man held after White House breach "66-year-old man who scaled a White House fence with a package " http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/man+held+after+white+house+breach/308302

[BCN] CALIFORNIA - Suspicious package detonated outside Taraval Station http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/03/17/n/HeadlineNews/SF-SUSPICIOUS-PACKAGE/resources_bcn_html

[Calgary Sun] CANADA - Pipe bomb rocks Ramsay "woman is lucky to be alive after a pipe bomb deliberately planted under a car in Ramsay exploded while she was backing out of her driveway this morning" http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/03/17/3770230.html

[King5.com] WASHINGTON - White powder found at Anacortes refinery "employee at the Shell Refinery in Anacortes found a white substance in an envelope Monday morning" http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_031907WABanacorteswhitepowderKC.2bbdf46c.html

[Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers ] WISCONSIN - ATF National Response Team Activated to Large Residential Fire in Wisconsin "police interviewed one witness who lives several blocks from Landmark and reported seeing someone dressed in black running away from the building moments after explosions that sparked the blaze about 4 a.m" http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070320/GPG0101/70320034/1207/GPGnews See also http://orange.advfn.com/news_ATF-National-Response-Team-Activated-to-Large-Residential-Fire-in-Wisconsin_19885506.html

International - [AP] PHILIPPINES - Unidentified men bomb 3 power transmission towers in southern Philippines http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/14/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Bombed-Towers.php

[dpa] ZIMBABWE - Three police officers injured in Zimbabwe petrol bomb attack http://rawstory.com/news/dpa/Three_police_officers_injured_in_Zi_03142007.html

[Deutsche Presse-Agentur ] LEBANON - Police discover bomb near home of Lebanese political official http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1277385.php/Police_discover_bomb_near_home_of_Lebanese_political_official

[AP] ALGERIA - U.S. Embassy in Algeria warns of possible, unspecified threat against airplane carrying Westerners http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/13/africa/AF-GEN-Algeria-Terror-Warning.php See also http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070313/ts_nm/algeria_usa_warning_dc See also http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_af/algeria_terror_warning

[AP] NEPAL - Assassination plot claimed: Nepal offers additional security to US envoys "Nepal’s government has offered additional security for US officials in this Himalayan nation after allegations of an assassination plot against an American diplomat surfaced last week" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\13\story_13-3-2007_pg4_17

[AFP] AFGHANISTAN - Kabul bomb levels a row of shops http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/685287.htm

[New York Times] PAKISTAN - Islamic Militants in Pakistan Bomb Targets Close to Home [Graphic photo] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/world/asia/14pakistan.html?ex=1331524800&en=8f5fdf4bfb27b75b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[Regnum] UKRAINE - Radioactive waste packaged 40 years ago in Uzbekistan found in Ukrainian gutter http://www.regnum.ru/english/796008.html

[Dawn] PAKISTAN - Gas pipeline blown up "A portion of the 6-inch diameter pipeline was blown up as an explosive device planted under the pipeline went off at 10:45am" http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/13/top11.htm

[CNN] FRANCE - 3 ETA suspects arrested in France "The three men arrested are suspected of being part of an ETA cell that killed three people in various attacks between 1994 and 1997" http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/13/spain.basque/index.html

[AP] COLUMBIA - Rebels abduct 9 geologists in Colombia "The geologists -- employees of Compania de Servicios Logisticos de Colombia -- were abducted Tuesday evening in the province of Choco by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, said Colonel Carlos Pinto, commander of the army's 15th brigade" http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/14/colombia.kidnapping.ap/index.html

[Reuters] ALGERIA - Bomb Kills Two Algerians "Two members of an Algerian Islamist militant group were killed when a roadside bomb they were planting outside Algiers exploded prematurely" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/world/africa/15algeria.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Brussels Journal] NETHERLANDS - Utrecht: Ethnic Riots after Dutchman is Killed by Police "After the death last Sunday of Rinie Mulder, a 54-year old indigenous Dutchman who was shot by a police officer, non-immigrant citizens went on a rampage, burning cars, looting shops and arsoning a community centre in “inverted Paris style riots.” According to our sources the police officer who killed Mulder is a woman of Moroccan origin" " intervened when Muslim youths harassed a pregnant native Dutch woman" http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1976 See also http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/03/utrecht-ondiep-roundup.html

[PTI] INDIA - One killed in ULFA bomb explosion in Assam "remote controlled device was planted inside a dustbin in front of a shop in Sonari market and it exploded at 7.15 am" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/One_killed_in_ULFA_bomb_explosion_in_Assam/RssArticleShow/articleshow/1764962.cms

[AP] MOROCCO - Police arrest 13, find bomb equipment after apparently bungled suicide bombing "Police have arrested 13 people allegedly linked to a man who blew himself up in a Casablanca Internet cafe and found bomb-making equipment on Wednesday" "Like the bomber, at least one of those arrested had been in prison on terrorism charges before being pardoned" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/14/africa/AF-GEN-Morocco-Bungled-Bombing.php

[Belfast Telegraph] UNITED KINGDOM - Suspected 9/11 mastermind claims he intended to bomb sites in UK http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/europe/article2360114.ece

[AP] BELGIUM - Brussels main court building evacuated after bomb alert "after the discovery of a suspicious package sparked a bomb alert" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/15/europe/EU-GEN-Belgium-Bomb-Alert.php

[PTI] INDIA - 13 bombs found in Kanpur http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=6349

[AP] INDIA - 49 police officers killed in suspected rebel attack in eastern India, police say "Suspected communist rebels armed with rifles, hand grenades and petrol bombs attacked a police post in the jungles of eastern India on Thursday, killing at least 49 officers, police said" http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=564981425976509225

[RIA Novosti] RUSSIA - Militant base discovered in Chechnya "An active militant base has been discovered in the Shatoi district in southern Chechnya" http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070314/61966432.html

[AP] IRAQ / IRAN - Bomb Believed to Be From Iran Found at Site Where 4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Baghdad http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258912,00.html

[Reuters] EGYPT - Egyptian forces arrest Palestinian wearing explosives "A potential Palestinian suicide bomber and 10 Egyptians were arrested in the northern Sinai peninsula" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/838303.html

[Xinhua] COLOMBIA - Three injured in bomb attack in Colombia "bomb exploded in front of the police headquarters in the northeastern Colombian province of Risaralda Thursday, injuring three people and damaging property" http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/16/content_5854615.htm

[Mid-Day] INDIA - IB sounds terror alert in Mumbai, yet again "The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has warned that Mumbai may be attacked in the next few days. In a communiqué to city security agencies including the police, the IB has said that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists will plant bombs at crowded places" "the intelligence is not airport specific" http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2007/march/153601.htm

[sahara samay] INDIA - Bomb blast in Nandigram "At least 11 people were killed and 75 others injured " http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=71942

[CNN-IBN] INDIA - 5 injured in Guwahati bomb blast "At least five people have been seriously injured when a bomb exploded at Paltanbazar area in the heart of Guwahati city on Friday" " bomb was believed to be planted in a parked motorcycle in the parking space beside the busy road" http://www.ibnlive.com/news/5-injured-in-guwahati-bomb-blast/36170-3.html

[Reuters] SOMALIA - Bomb kills 7 on Mogadishu outskirts: police "A bomb killed seven civilians on Friday near Somalia's capital Mogadishu in the chaotic Horn of Africa " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031600435.html

[The New Nation] BANGLADESH - 2 'terrorists'killed in crossfire with RAB at Savar http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_34699.shtml

[Ynet] ISRAEL - IDF arrests 24 suspects in West Bank http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3376777,00.html See also http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3377247,00.html

[Pakistan Times] PAKISTAN - Girl Injured as 3-Bomb blasts Rock Quetta "Police sources told that the third blast was heard in the areas adjoining railway station" http://www.pakistantimes.net/2007/03/17/top11.htm

[Xinhua] IRAQ - Policeman killed in bomb attack in N Iraq http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/17/content_5860555.htm

[Press TV ] IRAQ - 350 ill from chlorine bombs in Iraq http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=2930&sectionid=3510101 See also http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/194283735? See also http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/194283670?

[Associated Press] PAKISTAN - Bomb blast at music market in northwestern Pakistani city wounds 2 men, police say http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/18/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Bomb-Explosion.php

[UNI] INDIA - Maoist arrested with huge explosives "for illegally possessing 290 detonators, 200 gelatin sticks and fuse wires" http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG3_sub.asp?ccode=ENG3&newscode=154557

[AP] IRAQ - U.S. raids net 12 suspected insurgents http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_raids

[Xinhua] THAILAND - Insurgents shoot villagers in Thai South, killing 2 "group of insurgents armed with machine guns shot at local villagers in a Thai southern district which is near the curfew-imposed area on Saturday night, killing at least two and injuring more than 10 people" http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/18/content_5861243.htm

[Radio Australia] AFGHANISTAN - Taliban insurgents maim truck drivers "Taliban insurgents have chopped the noses and ears off at least five truck drivers in the east of the country as punishment for transporting supplies to US-led troops" http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1874681.htm

[Los Angeles Times] PHILIPPINES - Fugitive linked to Al Qaeda is caught "Authorities recaptured a suspected member of a group linked to Al Qaeda who escaped from jail with a top terrorist operative nearly four years ago" http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-briefs18.5mar18,1,6239980.story?coll=la-news-a_section

[PTI] INDIA - Crude bomb explodes near Tata Motors site "crude bomb exploded on Sunday near the Tata Motors' small car project site, but there were no casualties" http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/18singur.htm

[AP] IRAQ - 5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, 4 in one incident http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17672792/

[AP] SERBIA - Serbian police crack down on alleged Muslim terrorist group, arrest 4 "Serbian police said Saturday they discovered the training camp of an alleged Muslim terrorist group in a tense southern region, and arrested four Serbian Muslims" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/17/europe/EU-GEN-Serbia-Terrorism.php

[Associated Press] AFGHANISTAN - U.S. Embassy vehicle hit by roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan; several people wounded "A car bomb exploded next to a U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, setting an embassy SUV on fire" "the U.S. ambassador was not in the convoy" http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=564983624999764571

[Reuters] THAILAND - Three Buddhist women dead in south Thailand attack http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031900140.html

[Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence] SRI LANKA - STF kills four LTTE cadres http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20070319_03

[Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence] SRI LANKA - Two civilians injured in LTTE mortar attack "A 15 year-old girl and a 65 year old woman were injured when LTTE terrorists launched a mortar attack " http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20070319_02 [Reuters]

IRAQ - Security developments in Iraq, March 19 http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=PAR927252

[Guardian] IRAQ - Bomber kills six at Baghdad mosque http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2037568,00.html [

dpa] TURKEY - Alleged PKK rebels charged with plans to bomb factories in Turkey "Twelve alleged members of the rebel Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) have been formally arrested for planning to carry out a series of bomb attacks on industrial targets in western Turkey" http://rawstory.com/news/dpa/Alleged_PKK_rebels_charged_with_pla_03192007.html

[Ynet] ISRAEL - IDF nabs 7 wanted terror suspects in West Bank overnight http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3378679,00.html

[Ynet] ISRAEL - IDF arrests 13 wanted Palestinians http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3378181,00.html

[Ynet] ISRAEL - Islamic Jihad explosives expert killed, 18 wounded in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3378354,00.html

[Ynet] ISRAEL - Palestinians hurl explosive device at IDF post in Hebron; no wounded http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3378622,00.html

[AFP] SOMALIA - Roadside bomb hits UN convoy in Somalia "gunmen set off a roadside bomb and then opened fire, wounding three policemen" http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YSAR-6ZGSBZ?OpenDocument

[New York Times] PAKISTAN - 58 Militants and Tribespeople Die in Fighting in Northern Pakistan "Fierce fighting between foreign militants and local tribesmen in northern Pakistan in the past few days has left at least 58 people dead" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/world/asia/21pakistan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[AFP] INDIA - 6 militants 2 soldiers die "Six suspected Kashmiri militants and two Indian soldiers, one of them an officer, were killed during two gunbattles in Indian-administered Kashmir" http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/21/top15.htm

[AFP] AFGHANISTAN - Troops kill three militants in Afghanistan "US-led coalition and Afghan troops killed three “suspected extremists” yesterday in a hunt for a militant said to have ordered assassinations and suicide bombings" http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub%2DContinent&month=March2007&file=World_News2007032153240.xml

[DPA] SWEDEN - Bomb Threat Against Swedish Nuclear Plant "The threat was made against the Forsmark plant, 140 kilometres north of the capital Stockholm" http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_20159-Bomb-Threat-Against-Swedish-Nuclear-Plant.html

[Reuters] ISRAEL - Palestinian killed in gunbattle between IDF, Fatah gunmen "Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man on Wednesday in a gunbattle in the West Bank that broke out during a search for wanted militants"

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3379219,00.html

MORE SENIOR IRANIANS DISAPPEAR. DEFECT?

"At least" five senior Iranian officers "disappear" in Turkey - TV

Excerpt from report by Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on 22 March [Report by Gad Shimron: "Foreign reports: Five Iranian officers kidnapped"]

At least five senior Iranian officers disappeared over the past few days during a visit to Turkey. The report, which is based on reports in the Turkish press, said it is believed that the five defected to the West.

According to the information, which has so far not been confirmed by any official source, among the Iranians who have disappeared are officers with the rank of brigadier general.

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New Breed of European Censorship

New breed of censorship


Criticizing Ahmadinejad politically incorrect among European leftists

Published: 03.04.07, 17:56 / Israel Opinion

The "Teapacks" band is planning to appear in the Eurovision Song Contest with a protest song that brings a message to mankind: It warns against a nuclear war and against insane leaders that can "push the button."

Ostensibly, this is not a disputed topic, yet nonetheless, the Eurovision management is weighing the possibility of disqualifying Israel's participation.

During the Cold War, anti-war messages were received enthusiastically by the cultured world and "Teapacks" would have been guaranteed an honorable spot on the stage.

The fear of a nuclear war deeply penetrated people's awareness from both sides of the iron curtain and united them in their goal to prevent delusional leaders from pushing the button. But the Cold War is over, and with it the fear of a nuclear conflict between the superpowers.

Liberal and leftist public opinion in the West, particularly in Europe, is now focusing its attention on other dangers, such as environmental pollution and global warming. T

he fact that a handful of insane leaders are continuing to develop nuclear arms no longer interests them: The opposition to these leaders and to their delusional plans is viewed as a politically incorrect act. It is crystal clear to liberal leftists in Europe that humanity's number one enemy is US President George Bush, and not Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The latter has even benefited from a somewhat forgiving attitude in his capacity of spearheading the holy war against Bush's America.

And thus, with a moral distortion that an honest person would find hard to comprehend, in today's Europe it is not politically correct to sing songs against nuclear bombs, because they are likely to hurt the Iranian regime's feelings (and perhaps also the North Koreans,) and to spark a political dispute.

Other outrageous expressions disrupt the moral judgment prevalent in Europe and America. A bloodthirsty terrorist blows himself up every day in populated centers in Iraq, killing dozens and sometimes hundreds of innocent civilians, including a high number of women and children.

No occupation resistance movement throughout history has ever set out for itself the goal of primarily killing its own people. Nonetheless, thus far, not a single demonstration has been held in European cities to protest the murderous terror acts being perpetrated in Iraq.

Because if this terror can in any way be attributed to the US, even indirectly, then it is right and just.

At least in the eyes of the spoiled West. Protesting Iranian actions inappropriate The idea that Bush's policies in Iraq, and the genocide that is being systematically carried out there by Muslim terrorists, can also be protested doesn't occur to a British intellectual who fervently reads "The Independent."

Just as it doesn't occur to him that he can protest against Ahmadinejad's nuclear bomb as well as pollution of the atmosphere.

Because one thing is certain: Had "Teapacks" proposed a song protesting global warming it would not have occurred to the organizers to disqualify the text. On the contrary, it would have been praised by all. We also have reasonable basis to assume that had Israel sent a utopian peace song depicting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a foolish conflict over the location of a falafel stand, our message would have been accepted by the commissars of European culture.

Yet a protest, even if just implied, against the insanity of Iran's leader, is not appropriate for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Heaven forbid. It's not anti-American and therefore not politically correct. T

his is how political correctness has turned into a new breed of political censorship: Censorship that bans protest against politicians preparing for nuclear wars.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3372165,00.html

Iraq Tribes Turning on Al Qaeda

Belated Happy St. Patrick's Day to All

An Irish Blessing May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face May the rain fall soft upon your fields And until we meet again May God hold you in the palm of His hand Irish Jig

WINSTON CHURCHILL HAD IT RIGHT?

I posted the religious question on a huge blog and there are some very erudite comments. The most telling one was that Abraham, who appears to be the key player, was approached by Jehovah (as written some 600+ years before Islam or Mohammad even existed), makes any claim that "Allah" spoke to Abraham first seem a bit of a stretch.

Below is a "solid" comment by:

Garduneh Mehr says the following:

Alan,

Neither of the two posts you quote are worth a thought. As you well know Muslims are incurably afflicted with verbal diarrhea.

I'll only make the following observations:

The first verbose comment by "AhmadiNezhad" clearly shows that Muslims lack the moral and mental capacity to realize that an individual or group or an idealogy is judged by its conduct and not by its philosphy.

Muslim savages never learnt the wisdom of the words:

"By their fruits shall ye know them. An evil tree does not bring forth good fruit nor does a good tree bring forth evil fruit."

The fruits of Islam namely contention and aggression death and destruction, violations of women and children are displayed by Muslims before the whole world.

From Mohammad's "marriage", in his fifties, to a six year old child to today's chlorine gas attack in Baghdad any fairminded person can see what islam is all about.

As for hrsa's comment(s), he and his ilk are just angry because they cann't see a future for themselves or for their political and military ambitions. So, pay him no attention and let him stew in his own bile. That's all that the likes of him deserve.

One last thought though, I'd like to share with you, Sir Winston Churchill's observations regarding Islam, which if I may suggest, could make a worthwhile post in your blog:

"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, (rabies) there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.

The effects are apparent in many countries.

Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.…

A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.

The fact that in Mohammedan law (sharia) every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men....

The influence of the religion [Islam] paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.

Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."

[The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pp. 248-50.]

Alan Note: The West, specially Europe is now in the midst of a reverse Crusade by Islam, which is spreading like a cancer and enslaving credulous, free thinking Westerners, in the name of Allah. As Winston Churchill said, it is a religion of enslavement and the West is being enslaved. Luckily as in the article posted below, " European Declaration of Independence", some are waking up to the threat. Even Ireland, strongly Catholic or Protestant, has begun to feel this incursion and poisoning of their customs and culture.

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THREE COMMENTS POSTED TO THIS SITE - one for thought and two for amusement

HERE IS A COPY OF THREE COMMENTS POSTED TO MY LAST TWO ARTICLES.

The first from "Ahmedinajad" asks a serious question. To which I have no answer since I do not have that deep a knowledge of religions.

The other two, from hrsa2 - someone angry at this site not agreeing to propagate their arrogant opinions, ends with vituperative, childish pique and very bad language. Posted to amuse.

I have not tried any of the links shown in the first comment nor "activated" them, so visit at your own discretion.

Dear Sir,

The following issue can destroy ISLAM or ISRAEL; study it thoroughly to see if there is any truth to it.

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES FROM THE BIBLE AS IT HAS IMPLICATIONS ON THE WAR AGAINST TERROR/ISLAM and the claim of Israel that god gave them the land.

If the child is an infant than the Judeo-Christian version becomes null and void and we are wasting our time and resources i.e. we could save trillions of dollars and create a more peaceful world rather than fighting against Islam the religion of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all).

The COVENANT with Abraham and his DESCENDANTS is central to JUDAISM/CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM.

Please note this is not a competition between faiths but an attempt to decipher fact from fiction.

Genesis 21:14 Contemporary English version se below link http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=GENESIS%2021;&version=46;
Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away.
GENESIS 16:16 And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ish’mael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ish’mael to Abram.
GENESIS 21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
At Genesis 22 Abraham had only 2 sons others came later.
The Quran mentions that it was Ishmael that was sacrificed hence the reference in genesis 22:2 your only son can only mean someone has substituted Ishmael names for Isaac!!
BY DOING SOME KINDERGARTEN ARITHMATIC USING ARABIC NUMBERS (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) NOT ROMAN NUMERALS (I, II, III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,X) NB no concept of zero in roman numerals.
100 years old – 86 years old = 14 ADD 3 YEARS FOR ISSAC’S WEANING THAT WOULD MAKE ISHMAEL 17 YEARS OLD IN GENESIS 21:14-21
BUT IT IS A DESCRIPTION OF AN INFANT.
Carefully read several times the above passage and then tell me the mental picture you get between the mother child interactions what is the age of the child.
If the mental picture is that of a 17 year old child being carried on the shoulder of his mother, being physically placed in the bush, crying like a baby, mother having to give him water to drink, then the Islamic viewpoint is null and void.
Why is there no verbal communications between mother and (17 YEAR OLD) child?
GENESIS: 21:14 - 21 So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the (17 YEAR OLD) child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba. When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the (17 YEAR OLD) child under one of the bushes.
Then she went, and sat down over against him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said,
“Let me not look upon the death of the (17 YEAR OLD) child.” And as she sat over against him, the (17 YEAR OLD) child lifted up his voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the (17 YEAR OLD) lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar?
Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the (17 YEAR OLD) lad where he is. Arise, lift up the (17 YEAR OLD) lad, and hold him fast with your hand; for I will make him a great nation.” Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the (17 YEAR OLD) lad a drink.
And God was with the (17 YEAR OLD) lad, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
The age of Ishmael at this stage is crucial to the Abrahamic faiths. If he is 17 than the JUDEO/CHRISTIAN point of view about the Abrahamic covenant is correct.
This has devastating theological consequences of unimaginable proportions.
This makes the conflict between Ishmael and Isaac and their descendants a work of fiction.
I would strongly suggest it is clear cut case of racial discrimination and nothing to do with god almighty. The scribes have deliberately tried to make Isaac the only son and legitimate heir to the throne of Abraham??
Please can you rationally explain this anomaly?
I have asked many persons including my nephews and nieces - unbiased minds with no religious backgrounds but with reasonable command of the English language about this passage and they all agree that the child in the passage is an infant.
AS THE DESCRIPTION OF ISHMAEL IN GENESIS 21:14-21 IS THAT OF AN INFANT IT CAN BE ASSUMED SOMEONE HAS MOVED THIS PASSAGE FROM AN EARLIER PART OF SCRIPTURE!!! AND HAVE GOT THERE KNICKERS IN A TWIST.
For background info on the future religion of mankind see the following websites:
http://www.islamicity.com/Mosque/Muhammad_Bible.HTM (MUHAMMAD IN THE BIBLE) http://bible.islamicweb.com/ http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-galloway_060806,00.html http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=EvilGoblin George Galloway media appearances http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7828123714384920696 (ISRAELI HOLOCAUST AND WAR CRIMES) http://ifamericansknew.com/ http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MB_BQS/default.htm (BIBLE, QURAN and SCIENCE) http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ ANTI-WAR http://www.harunyahya.com/ (EVOLUTION DECEIPT) http://www.barnabas.net/ http://www.answering-christianity.com/ac.htm http://www.islamicity.com/ http://www.islamonline.net/english/index.shtml http://www.islamalways.com/
HOLY QURAN CHAPTER 37 verses 101 - 122
101. So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer and forbear.
102. Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said: “O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now see what is thy view!” (The son) said: “O my father! Do as thou art commanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and Constancy!”
103. So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah., and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice),
104. We called out to him “O Abraham!
105. “Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!” - thus indeed do We reward those who do right.
106. For this was obviously a trial-
107. And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:
108. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times:
109. “Peace and salutation to Abraham!”
110. Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.
111. For he was one of our believing Servants.
112. And We gave him the good news of Isaac - a prophet,- one of the Righteous.
113. We blessed him and Isaac: but of their progeny are (some) that do right, and (some) that obviously do wrong, to their own souls.
114. Again (of old) We bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron,
115. And We delivered them and their people from (their) Great Calamity;
116. And We helped them, so they overcame (their troubles);
117. And We gave them the Book which helps to make things clear;
118. And We guided them to the Straight Way.
119. And We left (this blessing) for them among generations (to come) in later times:
120. “Peace and salutation to Moses and Aaron!”
121. Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.
122. For they were two of our believing Servants.
ISHMAEL IS THE FIRST BORN AND GOOD NEWS OF ISSAC DOES NOT APPEAR UNTIL AFTER THE SACRIFICE?????
Therefore the claim that god gave the land to Israel is destroyed without the need of any WMD’s.
HADITH Volume 4, Book 55, Number 583: Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him, to a place near the Ka’ba under a tree on the spot of Zam-zam, at the highest place in the mosque.
During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there any water So he made them sit over there and placed near them a leather bag containing some dates, and a small water-skin containing some water, and set out homeward.
Ishmael’s mother followed him saying, “O Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to enjoy)?” She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her Then she asked him, “Has Allah ordered you to do so?” He said, “Yes.”
She said, “Then He will not neglect us,” and returned while Abraham proceeded onwards, and on reaching the Thaniya where they could not see him, he faced the Ka’ba, and raising both hands, invoked Allah saying the following prayers:
‘O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Your Sacred House (Kaba at Mecca) in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayer perfectly. So fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits, so that they may give thanks.’ (14.37) Ishmael’s mother went on suckling Ishmael and drinking from the water (she had).
When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became thirsty. She started looking at him (i.e. Ishmael) tossing in agony; She left him, for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land.
She stood on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see anybody. Then she descended from Safa and when she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley and reached the Marwa mountain where she stood and started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she could not see anybody.
She repeated that (running between Safa and Marwa) seven times.”
The Prophet said, “This is the source of the tradition of the walking of people between them (i.e. Safa and Marwa). When she reached the Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said, ‘O, (whoever you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you got something to help me?”
And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zam-zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing), till water flowed from that place. She started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started filling her water-skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out after she had scooped some of it.”
The Prophet added, “May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael’s mother! Had she let the Zam-zam (flow without trying to control it) (or had she not scooped from that water) (to fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth.”
The Prophet further added, “Then she drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah never neglects His people.’
The House (i.e. Kaba) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She lived in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they (i.e. the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada’. They landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it.
They said, ‘This bird must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water in this valley.’
They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source of water, and returned to inform them of the water. So, they all came (towards the water).” The Prophet added, “Ishmael’s mother was sitting near the water.
They asked her, ‘Do you allow us to stay with you?” She replied, ‘Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water.’ They agreed to that.”
The Prophet further said, “Ishmael’s mother was pleased with the whole situation as she used to love to enjoy the company of the people. So, they settled there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents there.
The child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up and learnt Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to love and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty they made him marry a woman from amongst them.

Hello hrsa2,

As you can see your arrogant comments are being given prominence! After this langauge do not expect to not be edited out.

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hrsa2 said:

You erased every comment that I'd left on this site. All my comments were pro Iran and anti Mullah. However, just because I was critical of your narrow minded and racist writings, you erased them. I want to know how could people like you here on this site speak of democracy and freedom of speech, when you can't even stand any valid criticism of your articles? No wonder Mullahs rule Iran. You're nothing but a hypocrite if you won't let people voice their opinion freely. All of have to say to that is: Fuck you and your childish site. Fuck you and your ridiculous articles. Grow some balls and endure constructive criticism. Don't erase whatever you disagree with. If so, go get a job with Kayhan newspaper in Tehran you pathetic weakling...

HEY DICKHEAD, YOU'RE NOT A PERSIAN EITHER. YOU'RE BRITISH. WHICH IS JUST AS BAD AS THE FUCKING TAAZI. YOU'VE DONE MORE HARM TO IRAN IN MODERN TIMES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. FUCK YOU AND YOUR QUEEN. LEAVE IRAN TO US IRANIANS. YOU'RE A RACIST PIG.

European Declaration of Independence

THE ANTI-ISLAM - ANTI-MULLAH MOVEMENT AWAKENS

We, the citizens of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Hungary, (fill in the other blanks) demand that the following steps are taken immediately:

We demand that our national governments should immediately and without delay pull their countries out of the European Union, which should be dismantled entirely.

European citizens pay up to half of their salaries in direct or indirect taxes to their nation states. If these nations do not control their own borders nor their policies, and they don't as long as the EU exists, those taxes are a scam.

National taxes require national borders. If our national borders are not enforced, we have no obligation whatsoever to pay national taxes.

We demand that all documents regarding the Euro-Arab Dialogue and the creation of the Eurabian networks for "Euro-Mediterranean cooperation" between European countries and Arab countries since the 1970s, as documented by Bat Ye'or's work on Eurabia, are published and explained in their full significance to the general public.

Those chiefly responsible for this - one of the greatest betrayals in the history of Western civilization - should stand trial, followed by a period of general de-Eurabification of our laws and regulations.

We demand that all financial support to the Palestinian Authority should cease immediately. It is proven beyond any doubt that this has in the past been used to finance campaigns of Jihad terrorism against Jews in Israel and against Christians in territories under PA control.

A public statement in support of Israel against Muslim aggression should be issued, and the money that has previously been awarded to Palestinians should be allocated partly to Israel's defense, partly to establish a Global Infidel Defense Fund with the stated goal of disseminating information about Muslim persecution of non-Muslims worldwide.

We demand that the ideology of Multiculturalism should immediately be removed from all government policies and school curricula, and that the state should adopt a policy of supporting the continuation of the cultural heritage and traditions of the indigenous populations.

Multiculturalism has never been about tolerance. It is an anti-Western hate ideology championed as an instrument for unilaterally dismantling European culture.

As such, it is an evil ideology bent on an entire culture's eradication, and we, the peoples of Europe, have not just a right, but a duty to resist it and an obligation to pass on our heritage to future generations.

We demand that all Muslim immigration in whatever form should be immediately and completely halted, and that our authorities take a long break from mass immigration in general until such a time when law and order has been reestablished in our major cities.

We will not accept any accusations of "racism."

Many European nations have for decades accepted more immigration into our countries in a shorter period of time than any other people has done peacefully in human history.

We are sick and tired of feeling like strangers in our own lands, of being mugged, raped, stabbed, harassed and even killed by violent gangs of Muslim thugs, yet being accused of "racism and xenophobia" by our media and intimidated by our own authorities to accept even more such immigration.

Europe is being targeted for deliberate colonization by Muslim states, and with coordinated efforts aimed at our Islamization and the elimination of our freedoms.

We are being subject to a foreign invasion, and aiding and abetting a foreign invasion in any way constitutes treason.

If non-Europeans have the right to resist colonization and desire self-determination then Europeans have that right, too. And we intend to exercise it.

If these demands are not fully implemented, if the European Union isn't dismantled, Multiculturalism isn't rejected and Muslim immigration isn't stopped, we, the peoples of Europe, are left with no other choice than to conclude that our authorities have abandoned us, and that the taxes they collect are therefore unjust and that the laws that are passed without our consent are illegitimate.

We will stop paying taxes and take the appropriate measures to protect our own security and ensure our national survival.

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For the full background on this, click onlink below:

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1980

WATCH OUT MULLAHS!

MANIFESTO

"I am coming to avenge the death and destruction of the Persian Peoples and to take revenge on you Mullahs for what you have done to my Persians in Iran.

I am a revolution against your illegitimate hold and enslavement of my Persian peoples, not a new government, not a regime.

I have no parliament, nor follow democratic regime change.

I am the secular redeemer instead of your superstitious Islamic one.

I am the here and now, not a return of the 12th Imam after 1,300 years down a well.

I am not political but I am vengeful for wrongs you have committed.

I shall have the people judge you and not punish them for their verdicts, even if violent.

I shall separate church and State and Islam shall no longer have a priority status over any other faith or creed.

I shall teach all religions and all will be free to choose to practise whichever faith they so desire. I shall protect those rights.

I shall have the people decide the fate of the paramilitary IRGC 'passdaran', the Bassiji Suppression forces, the Clerics, the Security Organizations. If you are individually spared by the populace I shall pardon you officially with Amnesty.

If they lynch you I shall not intervene. Your past actions are your savior or your final judgment. What went around shall come around. Fear the people.

After my work is done, I shall step aside and acknowledge practises which allow the people to choose their leaders.

I shall neither be a candidate nor accept to be among them.

I am the Revolution and nothing else.

You Mullahs and your minions are not part of any acceptable "norm" so no such norms will be accorded to you. Except by the People.

I am not a person but a new movement being born to avenge those you have harmed and are harming.

I am the wrathful spirit of REPRISAL and INDEPENDENCE returning to free my people from invaders.

You mullah "Taazi" are not Persians, you are foreigners.

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(FYI - Have a great weekend everyone and breathe a little easier. Ahmadi-Nejad will apparently NOT be allowed to bring his private plane. See story below).

Iran NUCLEAR Threat to New York?

Iran President Ahmadinejad Plans Trip To New York City/UN next week; requests visas for more than 25 "security agents"...

Islamic Iran wants to fly Ahmadi-Nejad to the UN in a private plane and leave a large group of their agents in the plane at JFK airport who will not pass through US customs.

How better to bring in a nuke into the heart of New York? Using a specially adapted/altered jetliner?

At the very least, create a blackmail threat by holding New York hostage?

Or it could carry an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) nuclear device, which could be dropped at 30,000 feet and destroy all electronic circuitry in the New York area. Computers, cars, trains, radios, TV's etc., etc.

Iran reportedly has both enough fissionable material and the technnology for an EMP device.

My guess would be an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) nuke bomb released and detonated from the plane as retaliation when the UN refuses to accept his desires. Which it clearly will.

Ahmadi-Nejad's rationale and justification? If you prevent me having the technology I want or need, then I will damage yours so you can feel what I feel.

All electronic circuitry around New York will stop. Think about that!

Not just computers in the Stock Exchange or Banks but cars, laptops, phones, trains, traffic lights, taxis, cash registers, Internet etc.,etc.

No big loss of human life unless cars crash or a train derails but what a HUGE payback to the UN and the USA for saying "no" to him!

He could still inside the UN building and order the plane to take off and the EMP device to be dropped. No harm to humans, so he would be safe and have an alibi.

Read and sound a warning to everyone! This could be one of the ugliest things that happens to the USA. 9/11 cost lives, this would cost national size fortunes.

The event could happen on a fly over of USA air space by the aircraft on the way back in which ONLY the suicide volunteers on the aircraft remain on board after Ahmadi-Nejad and his personal entourage have disembarked and send the plane back without them. In Cuba or Venezuela, for instance.

Alternatively the special aircraft could be delivering an EMP or nuke missiles to Cuba and or Venezuela for future use. More likely to be a retaliation as outlined above.

What idiot is going to allow this to happen? Even potentially. Or as a dry run/dress rehearsal.

Shades of KGB compliments of Putin

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What about Safronov? And, what about ALL THE OTHERS!

The bilingual zaxi blog has the following fascinating commentary on the demise of Kommersant reporter Ivan Safronov:

As The Economist reasonably points out: “Buying a bag of oranges is an odd thing to do before jumping out of the fifth-floor window of an apartment block.”

So is falling out of that particular stairwell window – leaving the oranges scattered on the ground – when your apartment is down on the third floor.

So is the emergency number operator telling the kids who heard (!) the fall to call back later. And so is the police labeling Kommersant reporter Ivanov Safronov’s death a “forcible suicide.”

How odd? That particular phrase appears only eight times on Google – once Safronov is eliminated from the search. Which is of course precisely what the Kommersant staff believes happened. Safronov was reportedly hounded by either the FSB or some other unnamed officials before his last story was due to have gone to press.

Safronov was remarkable among Russian journalists for being a hardnosed and apolitical reporter who covered stories pretty much the way they are in the West. He had a career in the military and retained many of those ties while writing about the armed forces’ debacles. His revelation that the Bulava sea-based ballistic missile – hailed by President Vladimir Putin as Russia’s crafty response to the US missile defense shield – had failed in its third successive test ruffled a few army feathers.

Putin personally witnessed the first launch fizzle while posing with binoculars in hand before state television cameras on an accompanying craft. The second attempt went largely unmentioned. The third one in October was simply hushed up until Kommersant hit the stands. It was particularly awkward because Russia has a pricey new submarine waiting for the missile called the Dmitry Donskoi – it now sits toothless in its dock.

Kommersant says Safronov’s ill-fated report was due to have been about illicit Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. A story about past and present quasi-secret sales to those two Russian allies is not particularly enlightening.

Shells from heat-seeking Russian missiles have wound up in Israeli tanks taking direct hits from the Hezbollah. The defense ministry is repeatedly forced do deny and then confirm elements of new arms shipments to Iran.

Safronov’s story had two somewhat novel aspects as reported by the Kommersant staff. The first was that Iran would get the mighty S-300V surface-to-air missile and Syria would finally secure the Iskander that it first tried to snatch back in 2002 before Israel made that impending sale public.

The S-300V is a souped up US Patriot that can strike down numerous incoming missiles and planes within a range of just over 100 miles. Its sale to Iran would pretty much make Russia into Tehran’s Lone Ranger in a potential military standoff with Washington.

The Iskander on the other hand would give Syria a free hand to deliver a precise strike on any target in Israel – whereas now its missiles would be lucky to hit anything there at all.

The second slightly more interesting reported aspect to the story was that Russia was supposed to have been planning to cover up its tracks by peddling the weapons through Belarus – which pretty much has nothing to lose as it is. Such a report would have been obviously picked up by the Western media. All the required parties would have refuted it within the week and Belarus would have accused Kommersant of slander (which it did even without the story being published).

So it is not entirely clear why the FSB would threaten Safronov about this publication when he had broken stories like the Bulava that cut much closer to Putin’s heart and which could not simply be dismissed as speculation.

Kommersant has written about just such possible arms sales in the past.

zaxi by pure chance has uncovered a far more interesting and unreported piece of what Safronov was actually after. It is known that he went to an arms fair in the United Arab Emirates – at which obviously the Russians were out in full force – to confirm elements for his story.

What had remained unknown was that Safronov also went there to track down one Viktor Bout. The name Bout is most familiar to the people who compose Interpol lists and run US anti-terror squads. His father was believed to have been a heavy hitter within Yury Andropov’s KGB clan.

Bout launched his own foreign intelligence career in the late 1980s by keeping an eye out for Jews fleeing to the West through Finland. He took the cover of a UN peacekeeper in Angola in the early 1990s and went into African business from there. Bout unfurled his own air cargo companies and was soon shipping Russian arms to fuel massacres across the continent – from Zaire, Angola and Sierra Leone to Rwanda. He is thought to have supplied both Serbia and Iraq before those regimes fell.

Bout was smuggling the Russian arms inside shipments of fish belonging to the companies Air Cess and the Flying Dolphin – which oddly were based not far from NATO headquarters in Belgium. Bout is also believed to have been peddling “blood diamonds.” But his biggest claim to fame came in supplying what is thought to have been several hundred million dollars worth of arms to the Taliban and Al Qaeda between 1995 and 2001. His deliveries were reportedly marked “fish from Tanzania.”

(Interestingly the 1998 US embassy bombing in Kenya was plotted by a man known as “Muhammad the Fisherman.”) Bout was forced by that stage to move at least a part of his operation under the auspices of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. But business soured: US authorities traced him with the help of Pakistan once the Afghan campaign began. The link between Bout and the FSB was beyond anything even the Kremlin could deny to a fairly irate United States following September 11.

Moscow gave up his two Ukrainian partners – Vadim Rabinovich and Leonid Minin – in 2002 while Bout lay low. The fact that both men were Ukrainian Jews was enough to deflect attention away from the FSB in the Russian press. Which countries required Bout’s services over the past five years is murky. His mode of operation however remained unchanged.

The Russian arms mostly went through Belarus. Besides his two Ukrainian merchants Bout also used the muddle of Transdniestr to help his cause. It is unknown whether Safronov actually got a hold of Bout at the UAE arms fair. Yet Safronov clearly believed that Bout was again operating the Russian arms trade and already suspected the link to Belarus before his trip. And somewhere in the UAE – in the mix between the world’s most wanted arms dealer and the other more official Russian peddlers – his story of an imminent sale through Bout’s favorite conduit Belarus was confirmed.

So the potential embarrassment from Safronov’s report was not that Russia was scheming another naughty arms shipment to Syria and Iran. It was that the FSB was still providing cover – that favorite word of the Russian underworld “krysha” – for Bout. And a story like this would indeed upset the FSB and Putin.

A Russian arms shipment has that much more zing to it when conducted through a smuggler more wanted in Washington than few other people on earth. All of which makes it vital to learn who exactly was hounding Safronov before his death – was it the FSB itself or these other unidentified figures who could simply have been Bout’s Moscow henchmen with less formal Kremlin ties.

For if it was the FSB plain and simple then it becomes a case of the Kremlin killing a reporter who was about to expose its continued reliance on Bout to merchandize its wares abroad. zaxi is not sure if the case looks much better for the Kremlin if Bout's long hand pushed Safronov instead.

Here's the Independent's wonderful article detailing the shocking legacy of murders under the Putin regime: Ivan Safronov did not die immediately, despite falling four floors from a window in his Moscow apartment block.

Witnesses say he tried to get to his feet after hitting the ground, but then collapsed for the final time. The police say the death of the well-respected journalist, who worked for the daily Kommersant newspaper, has all the hallmarks of suicide - though they are willing to consider the possibility that he was "driven" to kill himself. But his friends insist he was not the sort to take his own life. Why should he? They say he was happily married with children, loved his work and was awash in job offers.

On his way home he had bought a bag of tangerines, which lay scattered in the stairwell from which he jumped - or was pushed. Far from being an individual tragedy, the death of Ivan Safronov will be seen by many as part of a grim trend. The Kommersant reporter is at least the 20th Russian journalist to die in suspicious circumstances since 2000, when Vladimir Putin assumed the Russian presidency.

Shot, stabbed or poisoned, the journalists have two things in common: no one has been convicted, or in most cases even arrested, after their deaths. And all of them had angered powerful vested interests which appear to suffer little restraint in dealing with their enemies. "In Russia," said Oleg Panfilov, president of the Moscow-based Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES), "whenever you are investigating something that could destroy someone else's business, it always generates a reaction - often it is murder."

A specialist in military matters, Ivan Safronov revealed embarrassing failings in the Russian defence programme. Shortly before his death, he was reported to be working on an exposé of Moscow's secret arms deals with Iran and Syria, something that, if true, would have caused further scandal. "He covered themes that could provoke a reaction," said Mr Panfilov.

Political opponents of the Kremlin can end up in jail, such as the oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, or in exile, such as the equally rich Boris Berezovsky, or simply vilified and ignored by a media industry whose independence is being squeezed. But if you offend the less scrupulous elements in Russian society, you could be risking your life. You may not be safe even if you flee abroad, as Britain discovered when the renegade security agent Alexander Litvinenko died from Polonium-210 poisoning in a London hospital.

Journalists, however, are particularly at risk.


According to a new report from the International News Safety Institute, only Iraq has claimed more journalists' lives than Russia in the past decade. Though nobody is suggesting that Mr Putin had anything to do with the deaths, media organisations around the world have expressed concern at what they call "a climate of impunity".

At the very least, he is accused of presiding over a country where it appears that the murder of journalists goes unpunished. Few of the killings are as overtly political as the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down last October at the entrance to her apartment block. In that case it seemed clear that her death was sanctioned by someone powerful, who wanted her silenced.

Most cases are much murkier, however; they can be seen as a brutal form of punishment for reporters who delve too deeply into Russia's sinister intersection of business, organised crime and the state's legal and security apparatus. Working for a nationally known outlet such as Kommersant might be seen as some protection, though that did not save Ms Politkovskaya or two other journalists who worked for Novaya Gazeta, a fortnightly newspaper.

She wrote that it received "visitors every day ... who have nowhere else to bring their troubles, because the Kremlin finds their stories off-message, so that the only place they can be aired is in our newspaper".

Pursuing corruption in the provinces, however, can be lonelier and even more dangerous. Two editors of a local newspaper in Togliatti, a city on the Volga east of Moscow, were murdered in succession. So was the director of the local TV station.

Death is not the only occupational hazard for reporters who show too much investigative zeal. Around 50 court cases are pursued against journalists every year in an attempt to muzzle them, while some 150 are seriously assaulted each year. Mr Panfilov makes a direct link between such intimidation and the presidency. "The problem is with Putin himself," he said. "He showed his true colours with Politkovskaya's death."

In the eyes of many, he appeared dismissive and slow to react. "Putin takes pleasure in launching verbal attacks on journalists," Mr Panfilov went on. "It is he who defines the atmosphere in which we work." And after a journalist is killed, the truth is rarely if ever exposed.

The investigation into how and why Ivan Safronov died, like those that have gone before, is likely to be quietly closed and an open verdict declared. Ivan Safronov Military affairs specialist for daily national newspaper 'Kommersant'. Was investigating a Kremlin arms deal with the Middle East. Found dead on 2 March after 'falling' from a window in his Moscow home in suspicious circumstances.

Anna Politkovskaya Crusading investigative reporter specialising in Chechnya, attached to fortnightly national newspaper 'Novaya Gazeta'. Shot dead in a contract killing outside her apartment block in Moscow on 7 October 2006.

Vyacheslav Plotnikov Reporter for a local TV channel in Voronezh. His body was found in a forest on 15 September 2006, dressed in someone else's clothes. No signs of a violent death, but his colleagues are convinced that he was murdered.

Yevgeny Gerasimenko Investigative reporter on regional newspaper 'Saratovsky Rasklad' who had been looking into shady local business dealings.

Found dead on 25 July 2006 in his flat, where he had been tortured and suffocated with a plastic bag. Alexander Pitersky Presenter on the St Petersburg radio station Baltika, who sometimes covered criminal investigations. His body was found in his flat, where he had been stabbed to death, on 30 August 2005.

Magomedzagid Varisov A press commentator in his native Dagestan, where he also ran a think-tank, Varisov had criticised local politicians. Killed in a machine gun attack in Mahachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on 28 June 2005.

Pavel Makeev Cameraman for Puls, a local TV station in southern Russia. Died on 21 May 2005 while covering illegal street racing in the town of Azov. His car was rammed by an unknown vehicle and his camera and tapes taken.

Paul Klebnikov US citizen of Russian extraction. As editor of the Russian edition of 'Forbes' magazine, he put together the country's first rich list and specialised in corruption investigations. Shot dead in a contract killing in Moscow on 9 July 2004.

Aleksei Sidorov The second editor of local newspaper 'The Togliatti Overview' to be murdered in as many years. He was stabbed in the chest with an ice pick or similar sharp object outside his apartment block on 9 October 2003.

Yuri Shchekochikhin Investigative journalist, liberal MP and deputy editor of 'Novaya Gazeta'. Specialised in investigating corruption in the general prosecutor's office. Died on 3 July 2003 after an unexplained allergic reaction. His colleagues believe he was poisoned.

Dmitry Shvets A senior executive at a local Murmansk TV station, TV-21 Northwestern Broadcasting. Had been highly critical of local officialdom. Shot dead outside the station's offices on 18 April 2003.

Valery Ivanov Editor of 'The Togliatti Overview' and managing editor of the independent channel Lada-TV, specialising in crime and corruption in the local car industry. Shot dead in his car on 29 April 2002.

Natalya Skryl Business reporter on 'Our Time', a local newspaper based in Rostov-on-Don, investigating controversial dealings in a local metals plant. Died on her way home after being beaten with a heavy object on 8 March 2002.

Eduard Markevich Editor of 'Novy Reft', a local newspaper in the town of Reftinsky, Sverdlovsk region, who was critical of regional authorities. After a series of threatening phone calls, he was shot dead in the back on 19 September 2001.

Adam Tepsurgayev TV cameraman for Reuters who filmed exclusive footage of the conflict in Chechnya. Shot dead in the village of Alkhan-Kala on 23 November 2000 by masked gunmen who burst into his home.

Sergey Ivanov Director of the Lada-TV station in Togliatti. Showed an interest in the area's notoriously corrupt car manufacturing business. Shot five times outside his apartment building on 3 October 2000.

Iskandar Khatloni Journalist investigating human rights abuses in Chechnya for the Tajik- language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Killed by an axe-wielding attacker in Moscow on 21 September 2000.

Sergey Novikov Senior executive at the Vesna radio station in Smolensk. Claimed to be able to prove corruption among high-ranking local officials. Shot dead on 26 July 2000, in the lobby of his apartment building.

Igor Domnikov Investigative reporter on 'Novaya Gazeta'. Died on 16 July 2000 after being attacked with a hammer in the lobby of his Moscow apartment block. His newspaper believes his murder was a case of mistaken identity. Artyom Borovik Senior executive at investigative magazine 'Completely Secret' that exposed the misdeeds of the rich and powerful. Died on 3 March 2000 in a plane crash that the authorities believe may not have been accidental.

http://russophobe.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-about-safronov-and-what-about-all.html

NEW BLOG PAGE - ANTI-TERROR NEWS

GREETINGS - BECAUSE ANTI-TERROR NEWS LINKS WERE CLOGGIN UP THE HOME PAGE AND PREVENTING POSTING OF OTHER ARTICLES, I HAVE CREATED A SEPARATE PAGE (BLOG) CALLED

ANTI-TERROR NEWS (link)

THE LINK IS IN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN/FRAME. THIS SHOULD MOST LIKELY BE UPDATED ON A DAILY BASIS WITH LATEST NEWS RELATIVE TO TERRORISM OR WAR ON TERROR.

TERROR NEWS March 13th

(Afghanistan) Wave of suicide attacks kill 4 in Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070313/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_070313102125;_ylt=AshTowUqEiq7LGttMm4FZ4nOVooA

(Afghanistan) Blast targeting NATO forces wounds two Afghans http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070313/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatoblastbritain_070313075326;_ylt=Ajv8rpzAtjFYk5PicSY6qYXOVooA

Iraq Militants killed, weapons found in Iraq http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/March/focusoniraq_March91.xml&section=focusoniraq

(Iraq) Seven arrested for suicide bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/March/focusoniraq_March90.xml&section=focusoniraq

Iraq PM visits Sunni insurgent stronghold http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_prime_minister;_ylt=Ahl8tSohikzlJWcUPZyPPEoLewgF

Iraqi Leaders to Brief U.N. on Long-Term Stability http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258414,00.html (Iraq) US

General Petraeus: Iran training, arming militants http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_iran_1;_ylt=AkciLWHIQJX0IR5Z93kyzQtX6GMA

(Iran) Russians: Iran nuke plant to be delayed http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_11;_ylt=AkcVA3CGLN2eV3MYJbgGMcJ_5GIA

(Iran) U.N. Security Council Moves Closer to Sanctions Package for Iran
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258406,00.html

Iran shrugs off sanctions threat http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21376117-1702,00.html

Iran ready to offer guarantees on nuclear program: FM -- if issue is withdrawn from UN Security Council http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070313/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsundisarmament_070313114243;_ylt=AhXLW8_wkqKopGA1FH7F9DRSw60A

(Iran) Israel, U.S. walk out during Iranian Middle East speech http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/13/news/UN-GEN-UN-Iran.php

(Pakistan) Two killed in sectarian attacks in Pakistan http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/March/subcontinent_March507.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

(Pakistan) Sacking of Pakistani chief justice sparks ire -- His dismissal Friday raises fresh concern that President Musharraf will remove obstacles to his reelection this fall http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0312/p06s01-wosc.html

(India) LeT, other terror outfits threatening Kashmiri youth http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200703131551.htm

Report: Dirty bomb materials still available - NBC News: New report that dangerous materials remain vulnerable to terrorists overseas http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17583305/

USS Cole lawsuit trial to start in Virginia - lawsuit against govt of Sudan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_us/uss_cole_lawsuit_3;_ylt=Avc.ea.RDQ0Y4cgCc4cSGmETv5UB

(US) Senate to mull homeland security bill http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_go_co/congress_homeland_security_1;_ylt=Al9CM3NZLgKjMRitJIIzN.4Tv5UB

Key 9/11 suspects face judicial panels at Guantanamo http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/13/content_5837495.htm

(US) Feds drop perjury charge against terror defendant - Jose Padilla associate http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/16889304.htm

Update: Morocco - Police Arrest Suspects in Casablanca Attack http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.394561069&par=0

Somalia: Bomb blast kills one and injures three in Mogadishu http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/8419

Egypt detains more Muslim Brotherhood members http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070313/wl_mideast_afp/egyptpoliticsislamist_070313102301;_ylt=AkCDTi.bY5s1308N4hY0gQ_FCBEB

Israel cautions EU against concessions on Hamas http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/wl_nm/mideast_israel_eu_dc_1;_ylt=AjwKUhfjMPsvC3ZILOhJIQHuyucA

Israeli Arabs more radicalized: Shin Beth security service http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070313/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelarabpolitics_070313085350;_ylt=ArX6zPLmjrI0S5MDtx9UzCfuyucA

Al-Qaida leader 'eulogizes' Hamas http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070312-070929-4237r

(UK) Jury sees replica of July 21 'bombs' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/13/nterr13.xml

(UK) Bombs in July 21 plot were lethal, jury told http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1506108.ece

Spain stands firm over fresh threat from Al-Qaeda http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=37544

French police arrest three suspected ETA members http://rawstory.com/news/dpa/French_police_arrest_three_suspecte_03132007.html

(Russia) Hundreds of terrorist acts averted in Russia - Patrushev http://www.itar-tass.com/txt/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11330128&PageNum=0

Nigerian arrested for extradition to US - Suspected of money laundering and involvement in drug smuggling http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=37541

(Ireland) Probe into '74 Ireland bombings complete http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_eu/ireland1974_bombings_1;_ylt=ApPLdm60ulVg_WnMpjMXkwoTv5UB

UN chief nuclear inspector heads to North Korea http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173700688559&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Sri Lanka) 8 Tamil Tigers killed in Sri Lanka http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_1;_ylt=At5J1hAzdttRgL1Ry7kc4x0tM8oA

Analysis: Part II of "MetaTerror: The Potential Use of MMORPGs by Terrorists" http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/part_ii_of_metaterror_the_pote.php

Analysis: Arrest in Spain Connected to Indictment of NY Businessman http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/arrest_in_spain_connected_to_i.php

Commentary: Invest terror-free http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20070312-090221-6744r.htm

Other News: Norway: If at first you don't succeed.. http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/03/norway-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed.html

WORLDWIDE TERROR NEWS & COMMENTS March 11th

(Afghanistan) Thirteen killed in Afghan border post clash http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070311/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_1;_ylt=AoF6GJKTxltaEfVv6voPuD3OVooA

(Afghanistan) 8 police, 2 Taliban killed in clashes in southern Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/11/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php

(Afghanistan) Taliban say faith will win on the battlefield http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070311/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestoperation_070311061804;_ylt=AiKWBv8dUrH77fSZ4RhPZsjOVooA

(Afghanistan) 4 policemen die in IED blast http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/10/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php

(Afghanistan) Islamist group warns Germany and Austria to quit Afghanistan http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10644060.htm

Pakistan angry at NATO raids to catch militants http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1496779.ece

Iraq: 7 people killed in bombings, shootings http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173980243&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iraq) 3 suspected bomb-makers held in Baghdad http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_raids_1;_ylt=AnS0w.qJS_p1H8cSsdG5KypX6GMA

(India) Bomb blast averted by alert passengers http://www.timesnow.tv/Sections/News/Bomb_blast_averted_by_alert_passengers/articleshow/1746754.cms

(India) Bomb-like object found in Kolkata train http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=359255&sid=REG

(India) Three killed in restive Indian Kashmir http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070311/wl_sthasia_afp/indiakashmirunrest_070311064305;_ylt=AmrQAxs8WeXSOOQ94o2zAaNA7AkB

Kashmir violence isn't terror, keep it off the table: Pakistan tells India http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/25346.html

(Thailand) Five Buddhists killed in Thailand's Muslim south http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070311/wl_asia_afp/thailandsouthunresttoll_070311060911;_ylt=Aikuj9KZCCShK8ZJy2P14wLuNREB

(Thailand) Security heads off suspected bomb attempt http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/11Mar2007_news06.php

(Turkey) 4 killed by PKK gunmen http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09258895.htm

U.S., Iran trade barbed words at int'l conference in Baghdad http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/835408.html

Iran tells US to set timetable for Iraq exit http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/11/wirq11.xml

(Iran) "World must act to stop Ahmadinejad": White House Policy Advisor - Iran could have nukes in 1 to 2 years http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173977498&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Report: Iran says it shares weapons with Syria http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173978679&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Defector spied on Iran for years http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1497034.ece

Update: Bin Laden followers celebrate 'birthday' - Followers of Osama bin Laden flooded Islamist websites today posting messages http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_s_birthday;_ylt=Ahu_UA8MBfvkD8.ytWbtjUYLewgF http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=91068704&p=9yx69xx6&n=91069084

(Spain) Update: Mass demonstration in Spain against ETA 'clemency' http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_afp/spainbasqueeta

(Israel) Eight Terrorists Arrested Over the Weekend http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/122902

Senior Hamas operative killed in Gaza gunfight with Fatah http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173978200&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

(UK) Islamic extremists 'infiltrate Oxbridge' - up to 48 UK universities infiltrated http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/11/noxford11.xml

(UK) Al-Qaeda plot to bring down UK internet -- causing chaos to business and the London Stock Exchange http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1496831.ece

(UK) July 21 plotters "used teabags to manufacture bombs" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1495037.ece

(UK) Terrorism alert puts more armed police on the streets http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1490023.ece

President Bush expresses support for FBI chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/pl_afp/usattackspolicefbi_070310173815;_ylt=Avd8ZVIRdFWuhqy6kgizbJITv5UB

Al Qaeda trying to buy Britons in Ethiopia kidnap http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_al_qaeda_trying_to_buy_britons_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Ethiopia working for release of kidnapped tourists http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173978362&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Nepal) Unheard of party claims responsibility for placing bomb http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/mar/mar11/news02.php

(Sri Lanka) Military says roadside bomb kills 2 commandos in eastern Sri Lanka http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/11/asia/AS-GEN-Sri-Lanka-Blast.php

(Sri Lanka) Thousands flee Sri Lanka clashes http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6438905.stm (Columbia)

Embassy: U.S. troops in Colombia in January http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/10/bush.latin.america.ap/index.html

Other News: (France) Muslims converts to Christianity face ostracism in France http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=352375&sid=ZNS

(Australia Islam) 'Turn the world to Islam' http://www.news.com.au/sundayheraldsun/story/0,,21359122-662,00.html

(Australia Islam) Dry blamed on 'faithless Aussies' http://www.news.com.au/sundayheraldsun/story/0,21985,21359123-661,00.html

Neo-Nazi march in Missouri draws hundreds of spectators http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/835699.html

Al-Mahdi Army, Badr Corps Sunni Hit List

Al-Mahdi Army, Badr Corps Sunni Hit List

Islam Memo Claims Al-Mahdi Army, Badr Corps Lists 32 Sunnis for Assassination

Originally published on 2/26/2007 by Jihadist Websites

OSC Summary in Arabic Terrorism:

The 32 are well-known Sunnis, and include merchants, religious scholars, former Iraqi intelligence officers, and pilots. A translation of the statement:

"In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. "

Islam Memo, special: A list of 32 Sunnis was published by gangs of the Safavi Badr Corps, and orders were issued to its elements to eliminate those on the list in the coming period. "The Islam Memo correspondent reported that a member of parliament from a Sunni party told him that the Badr Corps included in the list names of well-known Sunnis such as merchants, religious scholars, former Iraqi intelligence, and pilots.

The names included in the list are:

1. Abd Jabbar Hamid Ali al-Qaysi
2. Dr. Rafat Adil Qasim.
3. Ahmad Mansur al-Abdali
4. Khalid Abd al-Majid al-Dulaymi
5. Ibrahim Hasan Al-Ani
6. Ahmad Karim Daham al-Rawi
7. Muhammad Sab'awi Abdallah
8. Salah Jabir al-Jaburi
9. Muthana Abdallah Muhammad
10. Basil Ghazi al-Hadithi
11. Iman Ahmad al-Hayali
12. As'ad Jabir al-Daraji
13. Bashir Qasim al-Muhammadi
14. Majid Hamid al-Mir'awi
15. Jum'ah Sabti Khlaif
16. Dawod Salman al-Jamili
17. Khalil Shakir al-Musali
18. Dafir Ali al-Isawi
19. Umar Khattab Farhan al-Wab'i
20. Sa'd Abd al-Aziz Naji
21. Qays Ayub al-Mawli
22. Hasan Jarbu Sliman
23. Abd al-Azim Burhan Jasim
24. Kamal Muhammad al-Nijm
25. Sabbar Hamid al-Hiti
26. Abdallah Muhammad al-Kubaysi
27. Ahmad Malik al-Qaysi
28. Munaf Khalis al-As'ab
29. Jamal Nawwaf al-Kubaysi
30. Khamis Farhan al-Janabi
31. Isa Muhammad al-Karkhi
32. Firas Ali al-Mashadani
"May God protect our brothers in the Land of the Two Rivers. Say Amen, may God have mercy on you."

GLOBAL WARMING VIDEO

WORLDWIDE TERROR NEWS & COMMENTS March 10th

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(Iraq) 18 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070309202428;_ylt=Ak6tWuVO_oRQOSxFEPLmyFNX6GMA

(Iraq) Deadly blast as peace talks underway - car bomb in Sadr City, mortar rounds inside Green zone nearr where delegates discussing security http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.meeting/index.html

Iraqi police kidnapped in raid http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21356925-1702,00.html

Iraq militants threaten to kill German hostages http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/March/focusoniraq_March71.xml&section=focusoniraq

(Iraq) Top al-Qaida official taken in Iraq raid - "not Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, but, in fact, another important al-Qaida official" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq;_ylt=ApxJofDYXKMdzg2H_gNLXZZX6GMA

(Iraq) U.S. captures 33 suspects; al-Qaida figure, but not al-Baghdadi, arrested http://www.cp.org/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=7031008au&newsitemid=5650011&languageid=1 (Iraq)

Suspected AQ Media Emir, alleged "Butcher" captured in raids - DOD press release on Al-Qaeda media emir and "Butcher" responsible for kidnappings, beheadings, suicide operations http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10461&Itemid=128

(Iraq) U.S. soldiers accused of killing family http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070310-065600-4535r

Iraqi PM requests international aid http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_conference;_ylt=AgF494qhGiSRG4Njz5yzyxoLewgF

Iraq urges Middle East to unite against terror http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_mideast_afp/iraqsecurityconference_070310120614;_ylt=Ali6mpqOFPXJyUsL3EfPrrZX6GMA

U.S., Syria, Iran officials to meet in Baghdad http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/wl_nm/iraq1_dc_4;_ylt=Asw_OfNsanytqZ484Kf1UJ0LtUsB

Iranian cleric criticizes regional talks in Baghdad http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/March/middleeast_March132.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

(Afghanistan) Six die after Afghan attack on influential leader - bomb ripped through the vehicle of Mullah Naqeeb, an influential pro-government tribal elder http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestblast_070310113925;_ylt=Ag6xxW.RhfzzNNN__9_.t1TOVooA

Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar wants "joint front" with Taliban - against Afghanistan government -- Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic Party) - Hekmatyar says misunderstood by media that he wants to break with Taliban http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/March/subcontinent_March398.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

Afghan parliament passes amnesty law - for war crimes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_as/afghan_war_crimes_1;_ylt=Aq_EjE1OBmpu1mm6P8cUCnnOVooA

Taliban commander threatens to kill Italian journalist http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestitalykidnap_070310114306;_ylt=Aqs1pe2EVLONLT4WmaN.1Y7OVooA

Pakistan-Afghan jirga meeting delayed http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\10\story_10-3-2007_pg7_5

Bin Laden 50 today? Taliban pray for his long life http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/March/subcontinent_March402.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

(Pakistan) Blast injures 8 people - in Lahore http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\10\story_10-3-2007_pg7_31

Pakistani forces killed three militants - in the North Waziristan region http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/wl_nm/pakistan_militants_dc_1;_ylt=AnWVRHQYMf579NbPhcMib_PzPukA

(Pakistan) Two Shi'ites killed as sectarian violence flares in Pakistan town http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestsectarian_070310093826;_ylt=AolgYJ3f4_IPUeWnCg_V1DDzPukA

Pakistan lawmakers warn US on bill http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanusattacks_070310054021;_ylt=AplCeVWXdrN3F1O7AtH3Nc3zPukA

(Iran) U.S. officials discreetly meets with Iranian counterparts http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/10/content_5825239.htm

U.S., Europe Nations Agree to Drop Proposed Iran Travel Ban http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR2007030902075.html

Palestinians fire upon Hamas minister http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21360347-38201,00.html

(Israel) Bunker mentality as Israelis prepare for nuclear fallout http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1495080.ece

Kenyan police arrest key Al Qaeda suspect - tied to 2002 hotel attacks in Mombasa and attempt to shoot down Israeli airliner http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/09/news/kenya.php

Somalia: A Bomb Explosion Kills One in Mogadishu Overnight http://allafrica.com/stories/200703100047.html

Somali Islamists say fighters fired at peacekeepers' plane http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070309/wl_afp/somaliaunrest_070309183946;_ylt=AjHp137Yp1iMRf_JhAAk2CaQLIUD

(Houston, TX) Terror suspect wondered, 'Am I Wahhabi?' - accused of training in Somalia to become a bomb maker http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54632 (

Guantanamo Bay) Hearing for Hambali,13 al-Qaeda allies http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=117328

(US) Air Marshals book trans-Atlantic flights - are beefing up protection of specific overseas flights after UK Jihadist transatlantic airline bomb plot http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070309-115306-3524r.htm

FBI admits breaching privacy laws in security cases http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_afp/usattackspolicefbirights_070310022139;_ylt=AlCFnaQaF9LCo8dIs9S4pksTv5UB

(Chicago) Mail-bomber quoted 'Paradise Lost' http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/mailbomber_quoted_paradise_lost/20070310-064006-1908r/

(Chicago) Jan. Pipe Bomb Note: 'Bang You're Dead' http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR2007030901567.html

(Thailand) Three more New Years Eve bombing suspects identified http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/03/10/national/national_30028964.php

(Thailand) PM says al-Qaeda stay on Thai sidelines http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=117332

(Australia) Muslims urged to combat radicalism http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21359656-1702,00.html

(Australia) Date set for Hicks to appear - March 28 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21357045-1702,00.html

(Philippines) MILF chief sees breakthrough in Philippine talks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/March/theworld_March308.xml&section=theworld

(Philippines) Government to make changes to terror law http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news4_mar10_2007

(Nigeria) Kidnappers free Filipino oil worker in Nigeria http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070309/wl_asia_afp/philippinesnigeriaoil_070309165244;_ylt=Ahj8OwDcHRcxQRc3oGqz8K5UKYUA

(Spain) Protests as ETA terrorist row reaches boiling point http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=37470

Sweden ready to join NATO anti-terror force http://www.thelocal.se/6648/20070310/

(Russia) L.A. hospital confirms women poisoned by thallium http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/ts_nm/russia_usa_poison_dc_1;_ylt=AlUfq_NnA5372ExWvPaKxuZ_5GIA

(North Korea) Briton wants to ease bank sanctions - against North Korea http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070309-113944-9741r

Colombian rebel group FARC frees 2 hostages http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/colombia_hostages_released_1;_ylt=AnQnDlaoqf1AlbW2rxHg6LCwv7kA

(Sri Lanka) Eight killed in Sri Lanka wildlife park as fighting escalates http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070310/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestoffensivetigers_070310113412;_ylt=Aph_5bC6z0LQDrHlyupgySMtM8oA

Sri Lanka fighting kills at least 20 - on Friday http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/sri_lanka;_ylt=As0WPXR5DI7JpqSFdvMHS.MtM8oA

Other News: (Egypt) Sharia to remain basis of Egyptian law: Gamal Mubarak http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070309/wl_mideast_afp/egyptislampolitics_070309191855;_ylt=Aj5qQ.dSZeN5xjH4v4AlUEXFCBEB

Students facing charges of 'desecration of Allah' - Hamas, Hezbollah flags used in college Republicans protest http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54634

Commentaries:


Burnt offerings on the altar of multiculturalism - Diana West http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2007/03/10/burnt_offerings_on_the_altar_of_multiculturalism

Treasury's Message About Iran: "Be Afraid" http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/treasurys_message_about_iran_b.php

National Security Letters...An Important Investigative Tool for the FBI http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/national_security_lettersan_im.php

US-Designated Hamas Front Gets Symbolic Win in France http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/usdesignated_hamas_front_gets.php

"Triangle of Terrorism:" The Web Jihadist, the Mall Bomber, and the Sailor http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/former_sailor_arrested_in_inte.php

Accused Terror Financier Boasted Of Access to U.S. Military Briefings in Iraq http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/accused_terror_financier_boast.php

MORE TERRORIST NEWS

(Iran) Missing Iranian Official Not Cooperating With U.S., Official Says denying report http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257799,00.html

(Iran) Official Denies Reports U.S. Is Holding Iranian General http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/us_denies_holdi.html

(Iran) Elite Iranian general defects with Hezbollah's arms secrets http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1490124.ece

Iran worried by Yemen sectarian unrest http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_mideast_afp/yemenunrestiran_070308134738 (
U.S.) N.Y. imam sentenced in terror sting - Yassin Aref, Albany imam, sentenced to 15 years - convicted with Mohammed Hossain for money laundering & lying to FBI about Mullah Krekar http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_us/mosque_raid;_ylt=Amx8MERAo7zoKvVOnkJ4k7ys0NUE http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1515254.ece

Norway: Mullah Krekar still in Norway http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1515254.ece

(Pakistan) U.S. Troops Arrest Deputy Head of Taliban in Waziristan (citing Al Jazeera report) http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.393220170&par=0

Afghan official a convicted trafficker - New anti-corruption chief convicted of heroin dealing in US 20 years ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_as/afghan_convicted_corruption_chief;_ylt=Akg96BedPHcXoGK01zh8S87MWM0F

(Afghanistan) Warlord splits with Taliban http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_hekmatyar;_ylt=AtPQ5ooKQETB_RF.ZQBOxY7MWM0F

(Afghanistan) Analysis: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Claims Split From Taliban, "Suggests" Peace Talks http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/gulbuddin_hekmatyar_claims_spl.php

(Afghanistan) "Tora Bora Military Front" official seized by Coalition troops; "Operation Achilles" scores first casualties http://www.afgha.com/?q=node/2159

Anti-terrorist officials from 9 countries meet in Paris to coordinate efforts http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/08/europe/EU-GEN-France-Fighting-Terrorism.php

(India) 'Terrorists can infiltrate through sea route' http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/08sea.htm

(Lebanon) Frustrated UNIFIL 'wants more freedom to confront Hizbullah' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173967633&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iraq) US, Iraqi forces seize suspects north of Baghdad http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173967533&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iraq) Shiites in spat with Arabs over talks http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arabs_iraq_3;_ylt=Am6ToYB7qeOlzFr.DTX3wWtX6GMA

(Ethiopia) Britons 'held in military camp in Eritrea' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/08/nhostage108.xml

N. Korea: If sanctions stop, we'll close reactor http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173967989&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Mid-East News Links

Killing Muslims, New York Post, Ralph Peters

Iraq Prepares for Shi’ite Backlash, The Media Line,

Maliki's Political and Economic Bullet, Townhall.com, Austin Bay

Mashaal says Israel will 'disappear', The Jerusalem Post, AP and Jpost Staff

Iran's Proxy War Against Israel Expands, Arutz-7, Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

How my eyes were opened to the barbarity of Islam, Times Online, Phyllis Chesler

Iran cracks down on women's rights activists, The Christian Science Monitor, Scott Peterson

ANTI-TERROR NEWS March 08

March 8, 2007 Anti-Terrorism News

(Taliban) Militants fire rockets on Pakistan paramilitary base http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_asia_afp/pakistanafghanistanattacksqaeda_070308063238;_ylt=Ah3nWJJRQnOOHe4usB9.otHOVooA

(US) Former Navy Sailor Arrested for Allegedly Passing Classified Secrets to Terror Financier - Hassan Abujihaad charged with Babar Ahmad, British computer specialist accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257619,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/07/sailor.arrested/index.html

(Albany NY) Two New York Muslims face prison time in terror sting http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/37c7bb13-www.wlos.com.shtml

(Albany NY) US mosque leaders convicted in terror investigation could face decades in prison http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Mosque-Raid.php

(Iraq) U.S.: Iraqi insurgent attacks intensifying - US General Petraeus: Military Force Alone 'Not Sufficient' to End Iraq Violence http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070308110913;_ylt=AuuBM2R0jBv69vUdukJZpNpX6GMA http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257678,00.html

Iraq: Al-Qaeda Denied Arrest of Leading Figure http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.393045250&par=0

Iraq recaptures 42 Qaeda escapees - in Mosul - of 140 prisons escaped when Al-Qaeda stormed jail http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestqaedaprison_070308131733;_ylt=AtSnq5H4_U3aRtIKZo8PGLFX6GMA

Iraq Security Plan Nets 120 Gunmen in Baghdad, Pilgrim Bomb Plot Foiled - Wednesday http://www.axcessnews.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=13163

(Iraq) Sadr renews demand for US forces to leave Iraq http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestsadr_070308121053;_ylt=Aqe02OqAvieZapqhCcSFAt9X6GMA

(Iraq) Iraqi-U.S. operations hindered by culture clash http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17507337/

(Somalia) 12 killed as African Union deploys fresh troops in Somalia http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/ts_afp/somaliaunrest_070308114829;_ylt=Ao0dzP5yKxoT8Y.9mW7ai7iQLIUD

(Thailand) Thai junta chief visits Muslim south as three more killed http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_asia_afp/thailandsouthunrest_070308065145;_ylt=AnAbUbZLYiT4jnMYK8kRhYjuNREB

(Pakistan) Taliban, Al-Qaeda regrouping in Pak: US Defense Secretary Gates http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1946896,000500020000.htm

(Pakistan) Waziristan - Militant-Tribesmen Ceasefire as Jirga Called http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.393012370&par=0

Pakistan: "Father of Taliban" Calls for Italian Journalist's Release http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.393048330&par=0

(Pakistan) Bomb scare forces Pakistani jetliner to land http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20070308113529253C716674

(US/Pakistan) U.S. senators propose pressuring Pakistan to fight terror http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/07/america/NA-GEN-US-Pakistan.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_go_co/us_pakistan_6;_ylt=AjCPBaUAJbM6KYrvIBI5kpXzPukA

Pakistan yet to act on terror leads: MEA http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Pakistan_yet_to_act_on_terror_leads_MEA/articleshow/1733831.cms

(Indian Kashmir) Four rebels die in Kashmir forest gunbattle http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_sthasia_afp/indiakashmirunrest_070308051848;_ylt=AoEzdoUjihe6GKVCd4lVUF1A7AkB

(Iran) Report: Former Iranian Defense Official Ali Rez Asgari Talks to Western Intelligence - Washington Post report by anonymous "US official" says Asgari disappearance is voluntary http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030702241.html

(Iran) 'Israel behind general's defection' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173960614&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) U.N. Nuclear Agency Freezes Nearly 2 Dozen Technical Assistance Programs to Iran http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257679,00.html

(Iran) EU urged to remove Iranian group from terror list - People's Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI) http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173963924&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Australia) Hicks to plead not guilty http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21345631-1702,00.html

(Israel) Report: 'Israel will be astonished' - New terrorist rockets can travel deeper into Israel http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54605

Israel releases Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Salah http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/March/middleeast_March112.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

Jordanian King's Address to Congress Draws Criticism For One-Sided Mideast Peace Outlook http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C257499%2C00.html

(UK MI5) Al-Qaeda specialist moves up to take top post at Security Service http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1485206.ece

(US) Homeland Security revives data-mining process (my title) - project called ADVISE -- Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070308-124323-4382r.htm

(Florida) Airport worker arrested for gun smuggling - security problems at Orlando airport http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070307-104118-6594r

(Philippines) Communists train snipers to kill Philippine president: security chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_asia_afp/philippinescommunistunrestpolitics_070308073929;_ylt=AsqAfkq5nhwe8xLe7aBpXfxUKYUA

Sri Lanka troops in major attack on Tiger jungle base http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestoffensive_070308055922;_ylt=Au27PzXcZncdtSUdN.ge6hYtM8oA

(France) Paris court sentences ETA group http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=37331

Other News: Sweden: Veiled women lose case against swimming pool http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/03/sweden-veiled-women-lose-case-against.html

(UK) Tribunal hears appeal in veil row http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/6430349.stm

(UK) Muslims deny targeting Hindus and Sikhs http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=541&articleid=2098008

(Germany) Eight percent of German population foreign http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=37345

(Spain) Immigration: Bonus or bain? - Immigrants now make up 8.8 percent of Spain's population http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=82&story_id=35154

MISSING IRANIAN GENERAL FOUNDED HEZBOLLAH

Missing Iranian "founded" Hezbollah: Israeli spy

An Iranian ex-deputy defense minister who went missing in what may have been a Western intelligence operation is best known to Israel as the "founder" of Lebanon's Hezbollah, a retired Israeli spy said on Wednesday.

Ali Reza Asgari, 63, disappeared while on a trip to Turkey last month.

Turkish newspaper Hurriyet said in an unsourced report that he was involved in Iran's nuclear program. If so, he would be a major asset for Western or Israeli interrogators. A former official with Israel's foreign spy service Mossad, Ram Igra, said that before Asgari took up the Defense Ministry post he had been a commander with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the main sponsor of Shi'ite guerrilla group Hezbollah.

"In the 1980s and early 1990s, Asgari was responsible for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon. This is his real importance, not his connection to the Iranian Defense Ministry," Igra told Israel Radio. "He lived in Lebanon and, in effect, was the man who built, promoted and founded Hezbollah in those years," Igra said. "If he has something to give the West, it is in this context of terrorism and Hezbollah's network in Lebanon."

Hezbollah is one of Israel's toughest regional enemies. It is also on the U.S. State Department's terrorist watch-list. Western strategists have speculated that Tehran could order Hezbollah to attack American and Jewish interests abroad should Washington or Israel attack Iranian nuclear plants to prevent them making bombs. Iran insists its atomic plans are peaceful.

Iran has not given a detailed account of Asgari's career. But Iran's police chief said on Tuesday that he may have been kidnapped by Western spies "because of his Defense Ministry background."

Hezbollah declined comment on the case. "DEBRIEFED IN EUROPE" Turkish, Arabic and Israeli media have suggested that Asgari, who vanished after checking into an Istanbul hotel on February 7, defected to the West, perhaps with his family.

According to the London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on Wednesday, Asgari had been spirited out to a northern European country where he was being debriefed by military experts. The reports have not received independent confirmation.

Israeli media have suggested Mossad may have had additional interest in Asgari given its efforts to retrieve Ron Arad, an Israeli airman who was captured by Iran-linked militiaman after bailing out over Lebanon in 1986. Arad later vanished.

Israel has accused Iran and Hezbollah of withholding information on Arad's fate, something that they both deny. The stand-off over the missing airman has held up the second stage of a Hezbollah-Israel prisoner swap brokered by Germany in 2004.

The issue was further complicated by Hezbollah's seizure of two Israeli soldiers in a deadly border raid last July, which sparked a 34-day offensive by Israel in Lebanon. Igra, who was formerly in charge of Mossad's intelligence gathering on missing Israeli servicemen, played down Asgari's potential value regarding Arad.

"If we assume the Iranians have a role in his disappearance -- and this is an unproven assumption -- then Asgari has something to say about this," Igra said. "But if it's wrong, then Asgari will not say more than the Hezbollah leader tells us via the media, which is that Iran had nothing to do with it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070307/wl_nm/iran_missing_hezbollah_dc

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Arab League Rejects Israel's Request To Modify Peace Plan, The Media Line,

L.A. Times: Investigation Into Arab Bank Proves Terrorist Funding Charges, The Media Line,

School linked to Hamas gets U.S. cash, The Washington Times, Joel Mowbray

Nothing 'Moderate' About Abbas, The Jewish Press, Ricki Hollander

Symposium: Israel's Test , FrontPageMagazine.com, Jamie Glazov
Peres: 'Convergence' Still Viable, Arutz-7, Gil Ronen

Asking for It, National Review, Jonathan Schanzer

IAEA doubts Iran nuke plan is peaceful, The Jerusalem Post, Associated Press  Vienna, Austria

Syria ready with bio-terror if U.S. hits Iran, WorldNetDaily, Jerome R. Corsi

Violent debate on women's rights in Pakistan, The Christian Science Monitor, David Montero

IRAN NEWS - Various Views & Angles

Iranian leader visits Riyadh as tensions rise...Ein News sub Mar 6 2007 1:40AM GMT

Iran, Saudi 'to fight' sectarian strife...Ein News sub Mar 6 2007 1:40AM GMT

Interpol recommends arrest warrants for former Iranian officials...Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Mar 6 2007 1:37AM GMT

Iran: No need to cut OPEC production...UPI Mar 6 2007 1:33AM GMT

U.N. Ambassadors Discuss Iran Sanctions...Associated Press Mar 6 2007 1:32AM GMT

U.N. ambassadors discuss Iran sanctions...Boston Globe reg Mar 6 2007 1:30AM GMT

Some fear Iran space program is hostile...Boston Globe reg Mar 6 2007 1:29AM GMT

Key nations discuss new Iran sanctions...Deutsche Welle Mar 6 2007 1:24AM GMT

Some Fear Iran Space Program Is Hostile...AP via Los Angeles Times reg Mar 6 2007 1:21AM GMT

U.N. Ambassadors Discuss Iran Sanctions...AP via Los Angeles Times reg Mar 6 2007 1:21AM GMT

Iran and the GCC could solve many problems by working together...Lebanon Daily Star Mar 6 2007 1:19AM GMT

Sanctions on Iran to be incremental...Japan Today Mar 6 2007 1:17AM GMT

U.N. Ambassadors Discuss Iran Sanctions...ABC News Mar 6 2007 1:10AM GMT

Six powers begin talks on new sanctions against Iran...Xinhua News Agency Mar 6 2007 1:09AM GMT

U.N. Ambassadors Discuss Iran Sanctions...Washington Post reg Mar 6 2007 1:05AM GMT

US-Iran Tensions Cause for Minority Arrests...Azerbaijan News.Net Mar 6 2007 12:55AM GMT

U.N. Ambassadors Discuss Iran Sanctions...San Francisco Chronicle Mar 6 2007 12:51AM GMT

Some Fear Iran Space Program Is Hostile...Associated Press Mar 6 2007 12:50AM GMT

Some Fear Iran Space Program Is Hostile...San Francisco Chronicle Mar 6 2007 12:50AM GMT

Iran asks for Turkey's help on missing ex-official...Deepika Global Mar 6 2007 12:48AM GMT

Some Fear Iran Space Program Is Hostile...Washington Post reg Mar 6 2007 12:46AM GMT

Iranian Official: Tehran Will Not Give Up Right to Enrich Uranium...VOA News Mar 6 2007 12:43AM GMT

Response to Iran...The Times Mar 6 2007 12:43AM GMT

SITUATION IN IRAN TO INFLUENCE ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN...AZG Armenian Daily Mar 6 2007 12:43AM GMT

War funds row may force Bush to think again on Iran...The Times Mar 6 2007 12:42AM GMT

US and allies want speedy Iran sanctions resolution...Monday Morning Mar 6 2007 12:39AM GMT

U.S, Israel talk about Iran...Combined Jewish Philanthropies Mar 6 2007 12:38AM GMT

Eyes on the Abdallah-Ahmadinejad summit in Riyadh...Monday Morning Mar 6 2007 12:38AM GMT

Momentum builds for more sanctions against Iran...Christian Science Monitor Mar 6 2007 12:36AM GMT

Pakistan against military action against Iran: spokesperson...People's Daily Online Mar 6 2007 12:36AM GMT

UPDATED: Top Enemy, Al-Baghdadi, Reported Captured in Iraq

Al-Baghdadi Background (2006)

Witnesses in Ramadi, the capital of western Anbar province, said gunmen dressed in white marched through the city as mosque loudspeakers broadcast the statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council, a Sunni militant group led by Al Qaida in Iraq.

"We are from Mujahideen Shura Council and our Amir [Prince] is Abu Omar Al Baghdadi. God willing we will set the law of Sharia here and we will fight the Americans," said a man who identified himself as Abu Harith, a Mujahideen field leader.

"We have announced the Islamic state. Ramadi is part of it.

Our state will comprise all the Sunni provinces of Iraq," he told Reuters by telephone. Abu Harith said the state would be headed by Amir Abu Omar Al Baghdadi, a little-known militant.

It would include Sunni areas of Baghdad, and the provinces of Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Salaheddin, Nineveh and parts of Babil and Wasit.

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(HIS "DISGUISE PHOTO" A TOUCH OF MY HUMOR)

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A suspected leader of the group Islamic State in Iraq, which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was detained in northern Iraq on Sunday, Iraqi security forces reported.

Muharib Mohammed Abdullah, aka Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested in a joint raid by Iraqi and US soldiers in the city of Duluiya.

"This is a great success for the Iraqi security forces, comparable to the killing of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi," the Salaheddin provincial administration in the town of Tikrit said in a statement.

Abdullah is a former legal expert from the city of Balad, north of Baghdad.

The Islamic State in Iraq organization claimed responsibility Saturday for the murder of 18 policemen.

Al-Zarqawi, the former leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq, was killed in the summer of 2006 by a US airstrike.

Alan Note: Interesting how this happened so shortly after the Deputy of former Minister of War of the Islamic Regime of Iran flew from Syria to Turkey and disappeared. And has still not been found.

A retired Iranian general linked to the killing of five American soldiers in Baghdad vanished mysteriously in Istanbul last month, Israeli media reported yesterday.

Arab newspapers are hinting the CIA and/or the Israeli spy agency Mossad are behind the disappearance of Gen. Ali Reza Askari, the reports said.

Askari, a former deputy defense minister, arrived in Istanbul on a flight from Damascus on Feb. 7, left his luggage in his hotel room - and vanished.

The missing general was in charge of Iranian undercover operations in central Iraq, said the Debkafile, a Web site that often reflects the thinking of those in the Israeli security forces.

Askari is believed to have taken part - or have links to - the armed group that stormed a U.S.-Iraqi command center in the holy city of Karbala on Jan. 20 and killed five U.S. troops, the Web site said.

The attackers wore military uniforms and used vehicles often driven by foreign dignitaries in an attempt to impersonate Americans.

A Middle East intelligence source said the United States could not let the outrage stand and had been hunting the general ever since, the Web site said.

On Feb. 6, two non-Turkish citizens made a reservation for Askari for three nights at the Istanbul Ceylan Hotel, paying cash, the site said.

But after the general arrived, he booked himself into the cheaper Hotel Ghilan.

Afghan Rock Group

IMAGINE WHAT YOUR GROUPS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF ISLAM TAKES OVER IN YOUR COUNTRY! CANADA, TAKE NOTE AS YOU MOVE TOWARD SHARIA LAW!

ENGLAND, TAKE NOTE AS PRESSURE IS PUT ON YOU TO MAKE ALL YOUR SCHOOLS FOLLOW SHARIA RULES.

WAKE UP WESTERN WORLD - OR PERISH IN YOUR SLEEP

ANTI-TERRORISM NEWS

US forces attack suspected al Qaeda hideout - indicated they were after "High Value Target" (HVT) http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/afghanistan_us_.html

Afghan foreign minister says Pakistan uses terror as foreign policy http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/03/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Pakistan.php

(Afghanistan) 3 killed, 33 wounded in Afghanistan violence - (update)
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=nation_world&id=5089086 http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/03/01/ap3477716.html

Iraq car bomb kills 12 outside Ramadi http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/March/focusoniraq_March21.xml&section=focusoniraq

(Iraq) Al-Qaida linked group posts Internet video of execution of 18 Iraqi government troops http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/03/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Execution-Video.php

Laura Mansfield web site video: http://www.lauramansfield.com/1km.rmvb

Pakistan police arrest 5 militants over 39 bomb attacks http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/03/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Militant-Arrests.php

(Pakistan) Mystery shrouds arrest of top Taliban commander - Mullah Obaidullah http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/March/subcontinent_March121.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

Taliban officials confirm capture of two leaders - Ameer Khan Haqani and Jaland Abdullah Sarhadi arrested over week ago - Pakistani security forces seize commanders at hotel in southwest Pakistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11100915/

Pakistan: U.S. forces not allowed across border -- Ministry rejects American general's assertion of firing on fleeing suspects http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17438539/

(Pakistan Dawn) US senators call for direct strike inside Pakistan: Pressure tactics may trigger Musharraf's ouster: ambassador http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/03/top1.htm

Aircraft carrier for Afghanistan, not Iran: US Navy http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/March/subcontinent_March119.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

Iran president in Saudi for nuclear, regional talks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/March/middleeast_March40.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

(Philippines) Four militants killed as US troops end Philippine exercises http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070303/wl_afp/philippinesusmilitary_070303110536

(Thailand) Insurgents kill two female students http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=117188

(Update) Morocco: 12 convicted for terror-related charges - includes 8 convicted for Al-Qaeda related charges reported earlier http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1171894560688&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

US wants new hearing on 'millennium bomber' - Algerian Ahmed Ressam
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1171894560859&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(India/US) N-deal done, now terror on agenda http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/N-deal_done_now_terror_on_agenda/articleshow/1720097.cms

Ethiopia: Eritrea behind kidnapping -- per Ethiopian official http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/20070303-040653-8359r/

Hamas picks nine members of new Palestinian government http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070303/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_070303205128;_ylt=AmomDyrzc0OsaHs.VaDzDsQUvioA

Israel on alert during Purim http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/israel_on_alert_during_purim/20070303-032600-6353r/

(Gaza) Islamic Group's Wrath Stokes Fears in Gaza http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7681859

(Bulgaria) Bush's Bulgarian Partner in the Terror War Has Mob History, Investigators Say http://public.cq.com/docs/hs/hsnews110-000002461932.html

(Columbia) Five Killed By Bomb Blast In Columbia - failed attempt to kill mayor - four police office killed deactivating bomb http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_17093-Five-Killed-By-Bomb-Blast-In-Columbia.html

Commentary: Canada's Jihadist Fifth Column http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27159

Other News: (Nazi) White supremacist gang gaining influence in US - Aryan Brotherhood
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1171894561470&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

DEMOCRAT Congressman Facilitates Islamists from CAIR

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China Has $1,000 BILLION to Invest Abroad!

Iran, Sudan and Nigeria off China incentive list

By Richard McGregor in Beijing

Beijing has left Iran, Sudan, and Nigeria off its latest list of resource-rich countries for which it will provide financial incentives to Chinese companies to invest in.

The National Development and Reform Commission, the chief economic planning agency that also oversees energy policy, released the new list yesterday.

The nine nations slated for further Chinese oil and gas investment are Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Morocco, Libya, Niger, Norway, Ecuador and Bolivia.

It is not clear whether the exclusion of Iran, Sudan and Nigeria came because Chinese companies already have short-term investment plans in the three countries, or for more political reasons.

China is under pressure from both the US and the European Union to stay out of, or use its leverage in, Iran and Sudan to change the policies of both countries on nuclear issues and human rights respectively.

Iran was China's largest supplier of crude oil in January, according to figures released yesterday. Angola, previously the largest, was second and Saudi Arabia third.

China already has investments in some of the nine countries on yesterday's list but the offer of incentives for further, or new, investments underlines Beijing's determination to acquire further energy assets overseas.

China draws 80-90 per cent of its own primary energy needs from domestic supplies, mainly through coal resources.

However, it has a large and rapidly growing bill for oil imports and also raw materials such as copper, nickel and bauxite. In purchasing foreign oil concessions and mines and the like, China is, in effect, buying the production of those fields directly for its own use, not to be sold on the global market.

The incentives offered by the government include tax breaks and soft loans from China's large state-owned development banks.

Besides the energy industry, the incentives are also available for investment in sectors such as plastics, food processing, machinery, textiles and timber.

China is also encouraging investment overseas to reduce its swelling $1,000bn-plus (£500bn-plus) foreign exchange reserves.

Wen Jiabao, the premier, said in a speech last month, but only released yesterday, that government would offer "increased financial support" for companies investing overseas.

World Crisis Watch Update

Crisis Watch N°43 1 March 2007

Six actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in February 2007.

In Uganda, peace talks were on the verge of collapse as the ceasefire between the government and LRA rebels expired and both sides threatened to resume violence if attacked. The security situation also worsened in Somalia as clashes between Islamist fighters and Transitional Federal Government/Ethiopian forces intensified.

Thailand saw a new wave of violence with a string of over 70 attacks hitting the 4 southern provinces and causing significant damage to economic infrastructure. And in Timor-Leste, violence surged with increased targeting of, and resentment towards, international peacekeepers.

The situation also deteriorated in Pakistan and Yemen.

Two situations showed improvement in February.

6-Party talks in Beijing produced a breakthrough in negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear program with Pyongyang agreeing to shut its Yongbyon nuclear reactor within 60 days. In Burundi, the release of three rebel FNL leaders satisfied a final FNL condition to allow the peace process to move forward.

For March 2007, CrisisWatch identifies Nigeria and Timor-Leste as Conflict Risk Alerts, or situations at particular risk of new or significantly escalated conflict in the coming month.

FEBRUARY 2007 TRENDS

Deteriorated Situations:

Pakistan, Somalia, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Uganda, Yemen Improved Situations Burundi, North Korea

Unchanged Situations

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Basque Country (Spain), Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Chad, Chechnya (Russia), Colombia, Corsica (France), Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Fiji, Georgia, Guinea, Haiti, India (non-Kashmir), Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Occupied Territories, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuril Islands/Northern Territories (Russia/Japan), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Macedonia, Mauritania, Moldova, Myanmar/Burma, Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), Nepal, Níger, Nigeria, North Caucasus (non-Chechnya), Northern Ireland (UK), Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan Strait, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe

MARCH 2007 WATCHLIST
Conflict Resolution Opportunity - None

Runt with Huge Ego

Photo Op of Ahmadi-Nejad

with

Venezuelan Head of Parliament

Comment

"Saresh ba Kunesh Baazi Mikunad"

(His Head Plays with his Butt)

Indicates someone does not have a clue what they are doing

Similar to several derogatory English comments

Expressed Graphically Below

Ahmadi-Nejad is Evil

SHIITES WILL KILL SAUDI KING - December 18th 2007

SHIITES WILL KILL SAUDI KING DECEMBER 18TH, 2007

Originally published on 2/28/2007 by Saudi Arabia

OSC Summary in English On 28 February (original Arabic link at the end of this post)

Al-Furqan Website carries on its "Documents" page a posting by the "website supervisor" under the headline:

"Document: The Shiites will kill King Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz on this day of this year."

The posting says: "The Shiites have been talking about the killing of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz in more than one of their books, to the extent that they mentioned the day, month, and year on which the custodian of the two holy mosques will be killed.

According to their stories, King Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz will be killed on 9 Dhu-al-Hijjah 1428 Hegira, corresponding to 18 December 2007.

"The published document notes that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz will be killed one month before the advent of the rafidah's [rejectionists, derogatory for Shiite] Al-Mahdi. They have been waiting for this mythical Al-Mahdi for more than 1200 years and killing the custodian of the two holy mosques will speed up the advent of their Al-Mahdi who will institute the grand Shiite state.

"Based on these stories, we should be aware that the rafidah are getting ready to attack the royal palace during the mentioned period. The attack could be carried out by Saudi nationals with strong cooperation from the Iranian state.

"We, through this forum, warn the custodian of the two holy mosques and the security services that what the rafidah believe is indisputable and not subject to interpretation or justification as these sayings come from people whom they consider unerring and never makes mistakes."

OSC/LD Bureau plans no further processing.

http://frqan.com/docs.php?docid=65 (in Arabic)