Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta
Obama amputates our nuclear arms
By: Charles Krauthammer
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Under President Obama’s new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is “in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” explained Gates, then “the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.”
Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. The president immediately calls in the lawyers to determine whether the attacking state is in compliance with the NPT. If it turns out that the attacker is up-to-date with its latest IAEA inspections, well, it gets immunity from nuclear retaliation. (Our response is then restricted to bullets, bombs and other conventional munitions.)
However, if the lawyers tell the president that the attacking state is NPT noncompliant, we are free to blow the bastards to nuclear kingdom come.
This is quite insane. It’s like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets hanged or 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections.
Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?
The naivete is stunning.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/07/2010-05-07_untitled__3bomb07m.html
“Confessed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad boasts of ties to numerous global terrorists”
BY MATTHEW LYSIAK IN NEW HAVEN AND RICH SHAPIRO, JAMES GORDON MEEK AND LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Friday, May 7th 2010, 4:00 AM
SNIPPET: “Shahzad has been spilling his guts to interrogators, claiming he met with radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is accused of inciting violence in the past.
He exchanged e-mails with Fort Hood, Tex., shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. And Awlaki may have met Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who tried to blow up an airliner over the U.S. on Christmas Day.
Shahzad is also insisting he met with Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, who has pledged to strike U.S. cities in revenge for CIA drone attacks - one of which almost killed him.”
SNIPPET: “Investigators are studying at least four extreme Islamist terror networks concentrated in Waziristan, Pakistan, where Shahzad said he received bomb-making training.
The networks include the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani militants behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks.”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10569306
“Suspected Money Courier Sought in NYC Bomb Plot
Official: Authorities seek suspected money courier from overseas in Times Square bomb plot”
The Associated Press
Post a Comment By TOM HAYS and RASOOL DAWAR Associated Press Writers
NEW YORK May 6, 2010 (AP)
SNIPPET: “A law enforcement official says authorities are looking for a suspected money courier they say helped finance from overseas a Pakistani-American man’s Times Square car bomb plot.
The official tells The Associated Press authorities know the name of the suspected courier. The official spoke on condition of anonymity...”
That's for sure. Every move that has been made to the detriment of our country has been carefully planned and calculated. Our POTUS is marching in lockstep to the orders of the money scientists. You want to know the truth? Read this: THE CREATURE
Abandoned Water Cooler Causes Times Square Scare
Cooler About Block From Where Smoking SUV Was Found
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writers
POSTED: 10:28 am PDT May 7, 2010
UPDATED: 12:41 pm PDT May 7, 2010
SNIPPED
The bomb squad X-rayed the soft-sided green cooler found on the pedestrian mall to determine, “in an abundance of caution,” whether it posed a threat, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said
SNIPPED
The department has had a 30 percent uptick in the number of suspicious package reports since the failed bombing in Times Square.
SNIPPED
Sitting on a stool near his table of T-shirts, he looked out Friday onto the street, already back to its usual bustle after the scare. “I think they’re testing us, whoever is doing this. They’re testing our tolerance for putting up with this chaos.”
“They’re playing chess with us right now, but they ain’t gonna win,” the Vietnam veteran said. “’Cause we’re the Bobby Fischers.”
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Among Criminal Muslims
May 5, 2010
by Jamie Glazov
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Nicolai Sennels, a Danish psychologist who worked for several years with young criminal Muslims in a Copenhagen prison. He is the author of Among Criminal Muslims. A Psychologist’s Experience from the Copenhagen Municipality. The book will be out in English later this year.
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Unfortunately, the Muslim concept of honor transforms especially their men into fragile glass-like personalities that need to protect themselves by scaring their surroundings with their aggressive attitude. The show of so-called narcissistic rage is very common among Muslims. The fear of criticism is in many cases not far from paranoia. It is not without reason that self-irony and self-criticism is completely absent in the Muslim societies. Seen from a psychological perspective – whose aim is to produce self-confident, happy, free, loving and productive individuals; and not to please a hateful God or culture traditions – Muslim culture is in many ways psychologically unhealthy to grow up in.
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FP: Well it becomes pretty obvious why Muslims cannot integrate into our Western society. Crystallize the reasons for us.
Sennels: My experience is that you need three things to be able to integrate. You need to want it, you need to be allowed and you need to have the surplus. Very few Muslim immigrants fulfil these three criteria.
First we have to ask ourselves: why should Muslim immigrants want to integrate? They can live their culture, receive enough money, and have a full functioning social life with their Muslim friends without even learning our language — or even working. There is not really anything that makes it necessary to integrate. Of course there exist immigrant Muslims who want to adapt to the lifestyle and mentality in their new country but they are very few. In France only 14 percent [2] of the millions of Muslim immigrants see themselves as ‘more French than Muslim.’ In Germany only 12 percent [3] of Muslims identify themselves as more German than Muslim.
A survey in Denmark showed that only 14 percent [4] of the Muslims living here can identify themselves as being Danish and democratic minded. My experience from my Muslim clients is that they do not see their Muslim identity as compatible with leading a Western life style. Being a Muslim also means that you see yourself as very different and actually as a better person than non-Muslims. This mentality easily leads to apartheid and racism. This is probably the reason that even though Muslim immigrants are more than five times as violent as ethnic Danes – according to crime statistics - three out of four victims of violence are Danish. [4]
The second criteria – being allowed to integrate – is also not very common. There is an exceedingly strong social control in the Muslim society. Everybody is keeping an eye on everybody and if someone does not follow the cultural or religious codex they are met with strong criticism and risk to be excluded from their society – often even from their own family. In worst case – and there are many of those – especially Muslim women live under a constant death threat that keeps them from entering our Western life style that includes such human rights as to pick one’s own sexual partners, clothing style, friends, religion and life style overall. Most of my Muslim clients saw their religious and cultural background as the height of civilization and morality – leaving it would be seen as a kind of cultural and religious apostasy by their kinsmen. Such acts often have severe consequences in not only gangs like Hells Angels and other tribal communities but also – and especially – among Muslims.
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Source: http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/05/among-criminal-muslims/
WSBTV in Atlanta. Videos and links to other stories at source. —J.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/23434381/detail.html
Terrorist Threat On Border With Mexico
Posted: 12:59 pm EDT May 3, 2010 — Updated: 7:03 pm EDT May 3, 2010
DOUGLAS, AZ — The U.S. Border Patrol uses choppers, ATVs and horses to
patrol the 2000-mile border between the Southeastern U.S. and Mexico. Agents
say most of the illegals caught crossing are from Mexico or South America.
Still, they say thousands of people caught are classified as O.T.M.’s, which
stands for “other than Mexican”. They report that includes hundreds of
people from nations that sponsor terrorism.
Channel 2 Action News anchor Justin Farmer traveled to Arizona to view a
detention center near Phoenix. He viewed records that show illegals in
custody from from Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen.
continues...
Authorities Investigate CHP Plane Crash
Authorities are investigating a crash involving a California Highway Patrol
airplane in the Ocotillo Wells area near the San Diego County and Imperial
County border.
MORE DETAILS:
http://www.10News.com/tu/5PyPG33AV.html
May 7, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
Events:
May 12 — Washington DC White House Protest — Human Rights in Afghanistan
— R.E.A.L. to lead White House Protest against “reconciliation” of Taliban that reject human rights for women, minorities, other Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/no-to-taliban/
Newslinks:
Afghanistan: Woman dies in Taliban suicide bombing of Afghan government offices
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7116647.ece
— Afghanistan: Kandahar woman’s rights activist Roona Tahrin gets death threats from Taliban, children see her “dead” in their dreams
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011608921_kandahar15.html
— Afghan Woman Murdered as She Leaves Work
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=12351
— Afghanistan: Women’s rights are being forgotten
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/07/taliban-afghanistan-un-womens-rights
— Afghans Question ‘Good Taliban’ Times Ahead
http://womensenews.org/story/090312/afghans-question-good-taliban-times-ahead
— April 7, 2010: New Afghan Strategy: Karzai and Holbrooke Praise Taliban
http://humanrights.change.org/blog/view/new_afghan_strategy_karzai_and_holbrooke_praise_taliban
— See related articles at
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/no-to-taliban/
Afghanistan’s Karzai to ask Obama for billions more to fight Taliban
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7692289/Afghanistans-Karzai-to-ask-Obama-for-billions-more-to-fight-Taliban.html
Pakistani Taliban Are Said to Expand Alliances
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/world/asia/07pstan.html
“Pakistan’s ‘Good’ Taliban and ‘Bad’ Taliban”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704370704575228141555610182.html
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square suspect’s strange bedfellow: media
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/06/EDC21DAID2.DTL
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect a ‘Fan’ of Prominent Radical Cleric, Sources Say
— Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/06/times-square-bomb-suspect-fan-prominent-radical-cleric-sources-say/
— Times Square bomb suspect still cooperating -US
Video: Escape from the Taliban
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/07/video-escape-from-the-taliban/?hpt=C2
(U.S.) NYC: Confessed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad boasts of ties to numerous global terrorists
— claims meeting Hakimullah Mehsud, Anwar al-Awlaki, communications with Nidal Hasan, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/07/2010-05-07_untitled__3bomb07m.html
(U.S.) NYC: Confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad’s hatred stemmed from personal failure, war on terror
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/06/2010-05-06_his_anger_simmered_for_12_years_hatred_stemmed_from_shahzads_personal_failures_w.html
(U.S.) NYC: Radicalization of Times Square suspect was gradual, investigators say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050606416.html?hpid=topnews
(U.S.) NYC: Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on New York bomb suspect
http://www.freep.com/article/20100507/NEWS07/5070310/1001/news/Attorney-General-Eric-Holder-testifies-on-New-York-bomb-suspect
(U.S.) “My Fellow Muslims, We Must Wake Up!” by Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/07/m-zuhdi-jasser-times-square-muslims-homegrown-islamist-terror-hasan-faisal/
(U.S./Pakistan) Times Sq. car bomber Faisal Shahzad found place where Stone Age meets 21st century in Waziristan
http://bit.ly/9Cil7V
(U.S./Pakistan) Several ‘militants’ held over Faisal links freed
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\08\story_8-5-2010_pg7_6
(U.S./Pakistan) Investigators seek money courier in NY bomb plot
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\08\story_8-5-2010_pg1_4
(U.S.) NY suspect is a ‘lone wolf’, says Gen Petraeus
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\08\story_8-5-2010_pg1_5
(U.S.) Pakistanis pose as Indians after NY bomb scare
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64655Y20100507
(U.S.) Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Announce 30 Convictions, More Than $143 Million in Seizures from Initiative Targeting Traffickers in Counterfeit Network Hardware
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/convictions_050610.htm
(U.S.) Seattle: Kirkland Man Deported For Possible Al-Qaida Ties
— Sam Malkandi
http://www.kirotv.com/news/23480808/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss
Pakistan assures cooperation in Times Square bomb case
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ny-bomb-20100507,0,3816072.story
— Bomb plot will put heat on Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Bomb-plot-will-put-heat-on-Pakistan-/articleshow/5906110.cms
Pakistan: Four policemen killed in Mansehra attack
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\08\story_8-5-2010_pg7_3
Pakistan: Five killed as choppers pound Taliban hideouts in Orakzai
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\08\story_8-5-2010_pg7_5
Pakistan: LeT has transnational goals like Al-Qaeda: General Petraeus
http://colorsnflavors.com/?p=2250
J&K: Two soldiers, six militants killed in IHK
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\08\story_8-5-2010_pg7_7
India: Dawood has LeT, Al Qaeda links
http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/%C3%83%C2%A2%C3%82%E2%82%AC%C3%82%CB%9Cdawood-has-let-al-qaeda-links/137092.html
(Iraq) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Boy-killed-girl-missing-in-suspected-case-of-honour-killing-in-UP/articleshow/5905997.cms
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2081589&Language=en
Yemen court questions US Al-Qaeda suspect - Sharif Mobley
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article51074.ece
Turkish soldier killed, two others injured in clashes with PKK rebels
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2081548&Language=en
War on Women News:
Canada: Film on honor killing wins top documentary award — film on “honor killing” victim Aqsa Parvez
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/05/07/hot-docs-winners.html
Women Leaders Press U.S. Secretary of State on Iran Women’s Rights Commission
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/women-leaders-on-iran/
(UK) Three Muslim women elected to UK parliament
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\08\story_8-5-2010_pg1_2
(India) Boy killed, girl missing in suspected case of honour killing in UP
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Boy-killed-girl-missing-in-suspected-case-of-honour-killing-in-UP/articleshow/5905997.cms
Other News:
(Canada) Suspected Taliban insurgent technically a Cdn. detainee: inquiry
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/07/13870741.html
Kyrgyzstan: Kadyr Malikov says intrusion of religious values in politics is inevitable
http://eng.24.kg/community/2010/05/07/11430.html
(U.S.) Robert Anderson, Jr. Named Intelligence Division Special Agent in Charge for FBI Washington Field Office
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/anderson050610.htm
(U.S.) NY teens arrested in plot to attack high school
http://bit.ly/aUXL56
(U.S.) “Anti-Islam film to get S.C. debut”
— Controversial group “Christian Action Network” led by Marin Mawyer
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/may/07/anti-islam-film-to-get-sc-debut/
(U.S.) “Vandals tag Westboro church”
— R.E.A.L. condemns hate and vandalism
http://cjonline.com/news/local/2010-05-06/vandals_tag_westboro_church
— WBC has recently praised the killing of Christians, mosque bombings, shooting of police officers, and deaths in Tennessee
http://www.realcourage.org/category/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group/
(UK) Hizb ut-Tahrir Anti-Democracy Image Showing how they addressed issud
“Public meeting organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir at the Queens Park Community Centre”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotdmike/4576808016/
(Canada) Nazia Quazi case encourages Canadian Muslims to speak out
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0507/Nazia-Quazi-case-encourages-Canadian-Muslims-to-speak-out?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29
Against Nazi News:
Nazi Terror Is Explored in New Home at Berlin Gestapo, SS Base
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aapmIA_uLthg
Against Racial Supremacism News:
South Africa: White extremists linked to World Cup terrorism plot
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/08/2893880.htm?section=justin
— Five men appear in SA court over terrorism plot
http://bit.ly/98GFBj
New Orleans: KKK Leader Pleads Guilty to Murdering Recruit Who Wanted Out, Gets Life in Prison - Raymond Foster
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20004344-504083.html
(Atlanta) Harassment Included KKK Hoods, Man Says
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/05/06/27054.htm
(U.S.) KKK Flyer May Lead To Explusion
http://www.koco.com/news/23488458/detail.html
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/taliban-my-inbox
“The Taliban in My Inbox
Eight hours after the failed bombing, an email arrived claiming ‘responsibility of recent Attack on Times Square Newyork USA.’”
BY BILL ROGGIO
May 17, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 33
SNIPPET: “Early Sunday morning, May 2, I awoke and followed my usual routine: Grabbed a cup of coffee, logged onto my computer, scanned the news for major developments in the war, and checked my email. It was no ordinary morning, though, as the evening before someone had attempted to set off a car bomb in Times Square in New York City.
Normally I have a couple of dozen messages in my inbox: notes from readers, an occasional tip or link to a news story, and some spam. But something I found sitting in my inbox that morning made me catch my breath: an email from someone claiming to be a representative of the Pakistani Taliban, who was notifying me that one of their top leaders had released a tape claiming responsibility for the attempt to murder U.S. citizens in Times Square.
The email had been sent at 2:37 a.m., just eight hours after the bomb was discovered. The emailer’s handle was Taliban News and the subject line read: “Qari Hussain Mehsud from Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan accepts the responsibility of recent Attack on Times Square Newyork USA.”
“You’re the first one to know” the cryptic email stated.”
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Hat Tip:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/05/when_the_taliban_emails.php
“When the Taliban emails”
By BILL ROGGIO
May 8, 2010 12:50 AM
SNIPPET: “I have a cover story in in this week’s edition of The Weekly Standard. Titled “The Taliban in My Inbox,” the story details the surreal encounter with the Taliban on May 2. I’ve had quite a few question on how the release of the Taliban tapes went down, and this article will hopefully answer those questions. Here is an excerpt:”
May 8, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
Events:
May 12 — Washington DC White House Protest — Human Rights in Afghanistan
— R.E.A.L. to lead White House Protest against “reconciliation” of Taliban that reject human rights for women, minorities, other Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/no-to-taliban/
http://bit.ly/notaliban
Newslinks:
(Afghanistan) Taliban threatens new attacks in Afghanistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9FIKCTO0
— ‘Taliban plan attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan’
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100508/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunresttaliban
— Taliban returns to attack mode - Militants end focus on income from Afghan poppy crop
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2010/05/08/taliban-returns-to-attack-mode.html?sid=101
(Afghanistan) Taliban 2.0: Upending America’s Plans for Peace
http://www.newsweek.com/id/237575
(Afghanistan) Suspected Taliban insurgent technically a Canadian detainee: inquiry
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2010/05/07/13870731.html
Afghan jirga to discuss peace talks with Taliban
http://bit.ly/aFsBzW
(U.S./Afghanistan) Afghan president heads to Washington
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-afghanistan-karzai-20100508,0,5434886.story
— With Karzai off to Washington, Taliban talks back in focus
http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2010/05/08/with-karzai-off-to-washington-taliban-talks-back-in-focus/
— Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ask for billions more in aid when he travels to Washington next week on a trip aimed at improving relations with Barack Obama
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7692289/Afghanistans-Karzai-to-ask-Obama-for-billions-more-to-fight-Taliban.html
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Times Square Bomber’s Taliban Contacts Put Pressure on Pakistan
— U.S. says Faisal Shahzad Got ‘Regular’ and ‘Substantial’ Connections to Taliban
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/International/times-square-bomber-contacts-taliban-puts-pressure-pakistan/story?id=10587014
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Times Square bomb suspect had ties to key Pakistani militants
— LA Times: “Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber, grew up in a Pakistani family whose circle of acquaintances included two future militants — a Taliban leader and one of the participants in the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, a government source said Friday.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bomb-motive-20100508,0,5403952.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Pakistan investigates NY bomb plot Taliban link
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6470U520100508
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: FBI team in Pakistan to investigate Times Square bomb plot
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1554167.php/FBI-team-in-Pakistan-to-investigate-Times-Square-bomb-plot
(U.S.) NYC: Bombing Suspect’s Route to Citizenship Reveals Limitations
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/nyregion/08immig.html
(U.S.) NYC: “When the Taliban emails” - Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/05/when_the_taliban_emails.php
— The Taliban in My Inbox
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/taliban-my-inbox
(U.S.) Cyber attack ‘could fell US within 15 minutes’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7691500/Cyber-attack-could-fell-US-within-15-minutes.html
(Pakistan) Video: Escape from the Taliban - David Rohde kidnapped in Afghanistan and held by Taliban in Pakistan
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/07/video-escape-from-the-taliban/?hpt=C2
(Pakistan) ‘Engagement, co-operation with Pak top priority for Obama Admin’
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/americas/Engagement-co-operation-with-Pak-top-priority-for-Obama-Admin/Article1-540854.aspx
Pakistan court adjourns Mumbai attack case till May 22
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-court-adjourns-Mumbai-attack-case-till-May-22-/articleshow/5906874.cms
Pakistan says nuclear safety concerns addressed
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6470H520100508
(Iraq) Bombs planted in home of policeman kill 3 in Iraq
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/bombs-planted-in-home-522659.html
Lebanese government won’t ask Hezbollah to disarm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/08/AR2010050801145.html
(Ethiopia) Two killed in Ethiopia bomb attack: official
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100507/wl_africa_afp/ethiopiabombvote
Nigeria: Jos: Military Arrests Nine Suspects with Explosives
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=172799
Turkish soldier injured in S. Turkey blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2081684&Language=en
(Indonesia) Terrorist group linked to Abu Bakar Baasyir
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Terrorist-group-linked-to-Abu-Bakar-Baasyir-18349.html
Other News:
Pakistani Muslims Abduct Young Christian Woman, Family Says
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/18752/
(Pakistan) Lahore: Christians accused of blasphemy forced to leave their homes
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Lahore:-Christians-accused-of-blasphemy-forced-to-leave-their-homes-18345.html
(UK) Horrific Attack on Muslim Woman
— “’This is your Eid present’: What attacker told Muslim woman as he wrapped her in a carpet and set her alight”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1273838/This-Eid-present-What-attacker-told-Muslim-woman-wrapped-carpet-set-alight.html?ITO=1490
(Iraq) Christian university students demand justice and security from Iraqi religious leaders
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Christian-university-students-demand-justice-and-security-from-Iraqi-religious-leaders-18351.html
(India) Muslim preacher: Christians have the right to preach their faith in Muslim countries
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Muslim-preacher:-Christians-have-the-right-to-preach-their-faith-in-Muslim-countries-18320.html
(New York) Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) honors Presbyterian church
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/05/08/1044133/muslim-affairs-council-honors.html
— IPT News: “MPAC Pursues Islamist Ideology in Guise of Civil Rights Defender”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1785/mpac-pursues-islamist-ideology-in-guise-of-civil
— “The development of MPAC’s Islamist ideology: A primer”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/355.pdf
Anti-Semitic Pub Cribs Copy from ‘Elite-Controlled Big Media Monopoly’
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/05/06/anti-semitic-weekly/
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If reposting elsewhere, please credit source of this research as UnitedStatesAction.com
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2010/05/obama-explains-with-graphics.html
Editorial on Islam
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-york-bomber-update-more.html
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2010/05/immigrant-american.html
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Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?
Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.
Wyatt Earp: What does he need?
Doc Holliday: Revenge.
Wyatt Earp: For what?
Doc Holliday: Bein' born.
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FYI, re: Zazi, trains, Grand Central plot
Man Found With Cyanide Pills in Subway Tunnel
April 30, 2010
A college student dressed as a laborer and carrying a backpack with cyanide pellets, roadway flares and water was taken into custody early Friday as he walked along the subway tracks in the tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan, the police said.
The discovery of the 20-year-old man at about 5:30 a.m., walking alone in the dark tunnel under the East River, triggered antiterrorism alarms because he was in a vulnerable spot precisely at the center of the authorities’ cataclysm projections.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/man-found-with-cyanide-pills-in-subway-tunnel/
He told them he wanted to kill himself, according to the Times the cops bought it. It was also nice for the Times to let fly half the security cameras don’t work and the booths at certain important entrances may or may not be staffed.
No name, yet names the roommate (only to site he was depressed, of course).
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=117067
“YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Mexico Northern Highway Travel Concerns
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Americas - Mexico
6 May 2010”
SNIPPET: “U.S. Consulate General Hermosillo and U.S. Consulate Nogales issued the following Warden Message on May 6:
This Warden Message is issued to encourage U.S. citizens to use extreme caution when traveling on Mexican Federal Highway 15 between Hermosillo and Nogales over the long holiday weekend ending on Monday, May 10.
On Monday morning, May 3, a U.S. citizen was last seen departing his residence in Benjamin Hill, Sonora. The vehicle was found later that day in Santa Ana, Sonora. Based on further investigation, a general increased threat to travelers on the highway between Hermosillo and Nogales exists.
U.S. Consulates Nogales and Hermosillo have requested that their employees defer travel on Highway 15 between Hermosillo and Nogales through the long weekend ending May 10. Further information will be released as it is received.
U.S. citizens traveling through northern Mexico should exercise caution. “
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http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_4755.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Sun May 09 2010 00:32:05 GMT-0700 (PDT).
MEXICO
May 06, 2010
SNIPPET: “The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico about the security situation in Mexico, and to advise that the authorized departure of family members of U.S. government personnel from U.S. Consulates in the northern Mexico border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros has been extended. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Mexico dated April 12, 2010 to note the extension of authorized departure and to update guidance on security conditions and crime.
Millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year. This includes tens of thousands who cross the border every day for study, tourism or business and at least one million U.S. citizens who live in Mexico. The Mexican government makes a considerable effort to protect U.S. citizens and other visitors to major tourist destinations. Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major drug trafficking routes. Nevertheless, crime and violence are serious problems. While most victims of violence are Mexican citizens associated with criminal activity, the security situation poses serious risks for U.S. citizens as well.
It is imperative that U.S. citizens understand the risks involved in travel to Mexico, how best to avoid dangerous situations, and who to contact if one becomes a victim of crime or violence. Common-sense precautions such as visiting only legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight hours, and avoiding areas where criminal activity might occur, can help ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable. U.S. citizen victims of crime in Mexico are urged to contact the consular section of the nearest U.S. Consulate or Embassy for advice and assistance. Contact information is provided at the end of this message.
General Conditions
Since 2006, the Mexican government has engaged in an extensive effort to combat drug-trafficking organizations (DTOs). Mexican DTOs, meanwhile, have been engaged in a vicious struggle with each other for control of trafficking routes. In order to combat violence, the government of Mexico has deployed military troops throughout the country. U.S. citizens should expect to encounter military and other law enforcement checkpoints when traveling in Mexico and are urged to cooperate fully. In confrontations with the Mexican army and police, DTOs have employed automatic weapons and grenades. In some cases, assailants have worn full or partial police or military uniforms and have used vehicles that resemble police vehicles. According to published reports, 22,700 people have been killed in narcotics-related violence since 2006. The great majority of those killed have been members of DTOs. However, innocent bystanders have been killed in shootouts between DTOs and Mexican law enforcement.
Recent violent attacks and persistent security concerns have prompted the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to defer unnecessary travel to Michoacán and Tamaulipas, to parts of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, and Coahuila, (see details below) and to advise U.S. citizens residing or traveling in those areas to exercise extreme caution.
Violence Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Much of the country’s narcotics-related violence has occurred in the northern border region. For example, since 2006, three times as many people have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez, in the state of Chihuahua, across from El Paso, Texas, than in any other city in Mexico. More than half of all Americans killed in Mexico in FY 2009 whose deaths were reported to the U.S. Embassy were killed in the border cities of Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana.
Since 2006, large firefights have taken place in towns and cities in many parts of Mexico, often in broad daylight on streets and other public venues. Such firefights have occurred mostly in northern Mexico, including Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Chihuahua City, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Reynosa, Matamoros and Monterrey. During some of these incidents, U.S. citizens have been trapped and temporarily prevented from leaving the area.
The situation in northern Mexico remains fluid; the location and timing of future armed engagements cannot be predicted. U.S. citizens are urged to exercise extreme caution when traveling throughout the region, particularly in those areas specifically mentioned in this Travel Warning.
In recent months, DTOs have used stolen trucks to block major highways and thus prevent the military from responding to criminal activity, most notably in the area around Monterrey. Also in Monterrey, DTOs have kidnapped guests out of reputable hotels in the downtown area, blocking off adjoining streets to prevent law enforcement response. DTOs have also attacked Mexican government facilities such as military barracks and a customs and immigration post.
U.S. citizens should defer non-essential travel to Ciudad Juarez and to the Guadalupe Bravo area southeast of Ciudad Juarez. U.S. citizens should also defer travel to the northwest quarter of the state of Chihuahua, including the city of Nuevas Casas Grandes and surrounding communities. From the United States, these areas are often reached through the Columbus, NM and Fabens and Fort Hancock, TX ports-of-entry. In both areas, American citizens have been victims of drug related violence.
The Consular agency in Reynosa, Tamaulipas was closed temporarily in February 2010 in response to firefights between police and DTOs and between DTOs. In April 2010, a grenade thrown into the Consulate compound at 11:00 PM caused damage to the U.S. Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo and the Consular Agency in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, were closed for one day as a result. The Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo prohibits employees from entering the entertainment zone in Nuevo Laredo known as “Boys Town” because of concerns about violent crime in that area.
Between 2006 and 2009, the number of narcotics-related murders in the state of Durango increased ten-fold. The cities of Durango and Gomez Palacio, and the area known as “La Laguna” in the state of Coahuila, which includes the city of Torreon, have experienced sharp increases in violence. In late 2009 and early 2010, four visiting U.S. citizens were murdered in Gomez Palacio, Durango. These are among several unsolved murders in the state of Durango that have been cause for particular concern.
Travelers on the highways between Monterrey and the United States (notably through Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros) have been targeted for robbery that has resulted in violence and have also been caught in incidents of gunfire between criminals and Mexican law enforcement. Criminals have followed and harassed U.S. citizens traveling in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana. U.S. citizens traveling by road to and from the U.S. border through Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Durango, and Sinaloa should be especially vigilant. Criminals appear to especially target SUVs and full-size pick-up trucks for theft and car-jacking along these routes. DTOs have also erected unauthorized checkpoints on roads and killed motorists who have not stopped at them.
The situation in the state of Chihuahua, specifically Ciudad Juarez, is of special concern. Mexican authorities report that more than 2,600 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez in 2009. Three persons associated with the Consulate General were murdered in March, 2010. U.S. citizens should pay close attention to their surroundings while traveling in Ciudad Juarez, avoid isolated locations during late night and early morning hours, and remain alert to news reports.
There have been recent incidents of serious narcotics-related violence in the vicinity of the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua.
Crime and Violence Throughout Mexico
Although narcotics-related crime is a particular concern along Mexico’s northern border, violence has occurred throughout the country, including in areas frequented by American tourists. U.S. citizens traveling in Mexico should exercise caution in unfamiliar areas and be aware of their surroundings at all times. Bystanders have been injured or killed in violent attacks in cities across the country, demonstrating the heightened risk of violence in public places. In recent years, dozens of U.S. citizens living in Mexico have been kidnapped and most of their cases remain unsolved.
One of Mexico’s most powerful DTOs is based in the state of Sinaloa. Since 2006, more homicides have occurred in the state’s capital city of Culiacan than in any other city in Mexico, with the exception of Ciudad Juarez. Furthermore, the city of Mazatlan has experienced a recent increase in violent crime, with more murders in the first quarter of 2010 than in all of 2009. U.S. citizens should defer unnecessary travel to Culiacan and exercise extreme caution when visiting the rest of the state.
The state of Michoacán is home to another of Mexico’s most dangerous DTOs, “La Familia”. In April 2010, the Secretary for Public Security for Michoacán was shot in a DTO ambush. Security incidents have also occurred in and around the State’s world famous butterfly sanctuaries. In 2008, a grenade attack on a public gathering in Morelia, the state capital, killed eight people. U.S. citizens should exercise extreme caution when traveling in Michoacán, especially outside major tourist areas.
U.S. citizens should also exercise extreme caution when traveling in the northwestern part of the state of Guerrero, which likewise has a strong DTO presence. U.S. citizens should not take the dangerous, isolated road through Ciudad Altamirano to the beach resorts of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo. The popular beach resort of Acapulco has been affected by narcotics-related violence. In April 2010, three innocent bystanders were killed in a shootout between Mexican police and DTO members during broad daylight in one of the city’s main tourist areas. Also that month, numerous incidents of narcotics-related violence occurred in the city of Cuernavaca, in the State of Morelos, a popular destination for American language students.
U.S. citizens traveling to towns and villages with large indigenous communities located predominantly but not exclusively in southern Mexico, should be aware that land disputes between residents and between residents and local authorities have led to violence. In April 2010, two members of a non-governmental aid organization, one of whom was a foreign citizen, were murdered near the village of San Juan Capola in Oaxaca.
Safety Recommendations
U.S. citizens who believe they are being targeted for kidnapping or other crimes should notify Mexican law enforcement officials and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City or the nearest U.S. consulate as soon as possible. Any U.S. visitor who suspects they are a target should consider returning to the United States immediately. U.S. citizens should be aware that many cases of violent crime are never resolved by Mexican law enforcement, and the U.S. government has no authority to investigate crimes committed in Mexico.
U.S. citizens should make every attempt to travel on main roads during daylight hours, particularly the toll (”cuota”) roads, which generally are more secure. When warranted, the U.S. Embassy and consulates advise their employees as well as private U.S. citizens to avoid certain areas, abstain from driving on certain roads because of dangerous conditions or criminal activity, or recommend driving during daylight hours only. When this happens, the Embassy or the affected consulate will alert the local U.S. citizen Warden network and post the information on their respective websites, indicating the nature of the concern and the expected time period for which the restriction will remain in place.
U.S. citizen visitors are encouraged to stay in the well-known tourist areas. Travelers should leave their itinerary with a friend or family member not traveling with them, avoid traveling alone, and check with their cellular provider prior to departure to confirm that their cell phone is capable of roaming on GSM or 3G international networks. Cell phone coverage in isolated parts of Mexico, for example, the Copper Canyon, is spotty or non-existent.
Do not display expensive-looking jewelry, large amounts of money, or other valuable items. Travelers to remote or isolated venues should be aware that they may be distant from appropriate medical, law enforcement, and consular services in an emergency situation.
U.S. citizens applying for passports or requesting other fee-based services from consulates or the Embassy are encouraged to make arrangements to pay for those services using a non-cash method. U.S. citizens should be alert for credit card fraud, especially outside major commercial establishments.
American employees of the U.S. Embassy are prohibited from hailing taxis on the street in Mexico City because of frequent robberies. American citizens are urged to only use taxis associated with the organized taxi stands (“sitios”) that are common throughout Mexico.
U.S. citizens should be alert to pickpockets and general street crime throughout Mexico, but especially in large cities. Between FY 2006 and FY 2009 the number of U.S. passports reported stolen in Mexico rose from 184 to 288.
Demonstrations and Large Public Gatherings
Demonstrations occur frequently throughout Mexico and usually are peaceful. However, even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate to violence unexpectedly. Violent demonstrations have resulted in deaths, including that of an American citizen in Oaxaca in 2006. During demonstrations or law enforcement operations, U.S. citizens are advised to remain in their homes or hotels, avoid large crowds, and avoid the downtown and surrounding areas.
Demonstrators in Mexico may block traffic on roads, including major arteries, or take control of toll-booths on highways. U.S. citizens should avoid confrontations in such situations.
Since the timing and routes of scheduled marches and demonstrations are always subject to change, U.S. citizens should monitor local media sources for new developments and exercise extreme caution while within the vicinity of protests.
The Mexican Constitution prohibits political activities by foreigners, and such actions may result in detention and/or deportation. U.S. citizens are therefore advised to avoid participating in demonstrations or other activities that might be deemed political by Mexican authorities. As is always the case in any large gathering, U.S. citizens should remain alert to their surroundings.”
In case you missed these Polarik latest videos
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2010/05/you-decide-take-time-seriously-complete.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2510249/posts
“Heads of Canadian alien smuggling organization sentenced”
ICE.gov - News Release ^ | May 6, 2010 | n/a
Posted on May 10, 2010 12:42:29 AM PDT by Cindy
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