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Posted on 03/05/2008 5:59:39 PM PST by nwctwx
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Thanks, Cindy! Very interesting situation.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342855,00.html
Military Contractor’s Grandfather Says Bad Ammo Accusations Are False
Friday, March 28, 2008
U.S. Army
An investigation photo of suspected Chinese ammunition allegedly given to Afghans by a U.S. military contractor.
MIAMI — The grandfather of a 22-year-old military contractor accused of illegally providing Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghanistan army defended him Friday as a dedicated businessman and legitimate weapons dealer.
Angelo Diveroli called the accusations “fabrications” by competitors jealous of his grandson’s small profit margin. He did not name the competitors but said: “They want to destroy him with all kinds of lies because he works for the government.”
The Army told Efraim Diveroli in a letter Tuesday that his Miami Beach company, AEY Inc., was suspended from government contract work pending the outcome of a criminal investigation into his claims that the munitions were made in Hungary.
Providing Chinese-made ammunition would violate AEY’s contract and U.S. law. There were also complaints from the U.S. military in Afghanistan that the ammunition arrived there poorly packaged, including loose cartridges in paper bags.
There have been no reports that the ammunition was unsafe or failed to work properly. A Pentagon spokesman said some of it may not have been used because of concerns about its packaging.
Diveroli did not respond to a note left Thursday at a Miami Beach apartment listed as his address. Messages left Friday for his attorney and at a phone listing for AEY Inc. were not immediately returned.
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Thanks for the update, Drymans wife.
Yes, I thought so.
If you have a church with that many members; chances are the music level hasn’t changed in years.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/abdelrahman/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rahman/
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993314/posts
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewArticle.cfm/When-Jihad-Came-to-America-11244
“When Jihad Came to America”
by ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
March 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On May 2 and 3, 1990, the U.S. embassy in Cairo alerted its counterpart in Khartoum that Egypt’s “leading radical,” Omar Abdel Rahman, was on his way to Sudan. Warning that his ultimate plan might be to seek exile in the United States, the Cairo embassy asked its colleagues to pass along any information they might learn about his activities on Sudanese soil.
What did U.S. officials already know about Abdel Rahman in 1990? As the 9/11 Commission would later determine, they knew that he
had been arrested repeatedly in Egypt between 1985 and 1989 for attempting to take over mosques, inciting violence, attacking police officers, and demonstrating illegally, and that he had been imprisoned and placed under house arrest until he left Egypt for Sudan.
And yet when, immediately upon arriving in Sudan, Abdel Rahman made application at the American embassy for a multiple-entry visa to the United States, the document was issued to him within a week.
Visa in hand, Abdel Rahman—then fifty-two years old and sightless from a case of childhood diabetes, which had led to his being dubbed the “blind sheikh”—relocated to the United States on July 18, 1990. He first took up residence in a house in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, then settled in an apartment across the Hudson in Jersey City, New Jersey. In December 1990, fully six months after first learning that it had issued the visa in error, the State Department revoked it. By then, however, Abdel Rahman had exited and re-entered the United States on three occasions—one of them six days after the visa’s revocation, when he avoided detection by employing a slight variation on the spelling of his name.
At the start of 1991, the New York office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) began an investigation to determine whether grounds existed to deport Abdel Rahman for fraud in the acquisition of his visa. At almost exactly the same moment, he officially sought permanent resident-alien status as a “Special Immigrant, Religious Teacher.” Incredibly, the INS responded by granting his request and issuing him a coveted “green card” on April 8.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343030,00.html
Trucker Badly Burned After His Tanker Explodes in Mass. Highway Crash
Friday, March 28, 2008
CHICOPEE, Mass. — A truck driver was critically burned after his fuel tanker rolled over and exploded in a fiery wreck that shut down Interstate 91 in Chicopee on Friday.
The driver was initially trapped in the cab after the 9:30 a.m. crash. Witnesses told The Republican of Springfield that more than a dozen drivers pulled over to try to free the man, some carrying blankets and jackets to smother the flames.
“They were trying to get him out of the cab, but everybody who tried would be stopped by the flames,” said Gregory Coleman of Westfield. “There were just a bunch of people running towards the fire. It was crazy.”
Coleman’s sister, Rebecca Colemen of Chicopee, said the tanker then exploded.
“The explosion just rocked the whole bridge,” she said. “The car bounced.”
The driver was eventually rescued and taken to an area hospital. The Republican reported he suffered third-degree burns over much of his body
State police said the accident happened after Victor Aponte, 35, of Holyoke got onto the highway, lost control of his car and careened across the road, hitting another car. Aponte’s car then hit the tanker, which veered off the road, striking a guardrail and sign post.
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What an awful accident.
Horrible!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fitna
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/filmjihad/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/deaththreats/
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FITNA
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4vadl_fitna-the-movie-dutch-official-rele_news
(Official Release: March 27, 2008)
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993313/posts
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2016648847
“Islam: Al-Qaeda-linked sites post photo of Dutch MP behind anti-Koran film”
Dubai, 28 March (AKI)
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Note: Video included.
blog:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/28/fitna-follow-up-the-usual-suspects-do-the-usual-thing/
“Fitna follow-up: The usual suspects do the usual thing; Update: Fitna pulled from Liveleak; “This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net…””
By Michelle Malkin • March 28, 2008 12:44 PM
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blog:
Note: Videos included.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191989.php
March 28, 2008
“Liveleak Caves to Threats of Violence Over ‘Fitna’”
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blog:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191988.php
March 28, 2008
“North Carolina Muslim to Geert Wilders: Islam Will Dominate Europe, Destroy Western Civilization, Tear Out Dutch MP’s Heart”
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blog:
revolution.muslimpad.com
revolution.muslimpad.com/2008/03/27/congratulations-geert-your-“fitna”-movie-has-created-more-mujaahideen-amongst-the-muslims/
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blog:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29418_Euroblogger_Suspended_for_Posting_Fitna&only
“Euroblogger Suspended for Posting ‘Fitna’?”
Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:39:43 pm PST
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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29414_EU_Springs_into_Action_Condemns_Fitna&only
“EU Springs into Action, Condemns ‘Fitna’”
Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:52:32 am PST
SNIPPET: “Following the release of Geert Wilders’ film Fitna, the European Union is quick to reassure the Islamic world that the whole idea of “free speech” is probably overrated: EU condemns Dutch anti-Islam film.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1993148/posts
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“Koran Film: ‘The Day Will Come When We Will Rule America’”
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
March 28, 2008
Thanks to happinesswithoutpeace for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993321/posts
“Chronological List of Islamic Terrorist Attacks, 1968 - 2004”
Anything & Everything ^ | Anything & Everything
Posted on 03/28/2008 2:23:12 PM PDT by Exton1
Note: Video included here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cuneyt/
http://www.nefafoundation.org/multimedia-prop.html
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/03/nefa_foundation_video_of_germa.php
“NEFA Foundation: Video of German Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan Cuneyt Ciftci”
By Evan Kohlmann
(March 27, 2008)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993351/posts
“UPDATED: FBI probing deadly prison riot[between Chicanos & Mexicans]”
San Antonio Express-News ^ | 03/28/2008
Posted on 03/28/2008 3:20:13 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3524776,00.html
Egyptian police arrest 13 Georgian migrants trying to sneak into Israel
Published: 03.28.08, 18:52 / Israel News
An Egyptian security official says border guards have arrested 13 Georgian migrants trying to cross illegally into Israel.
The official says the seven men and six women were caught in the deserted area of el-Madfouna on the Sinai Peninsula. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to the media. (AP)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49401
Coalition Forces in Iraq Kill 15 Enemy Fighters
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2008 – Coalition forces killed 15 terrorists and detained 17 suspects during operations today targeting al Qaeda in Iraq elements in Baghdad and in central and northern parts of the country. They also killed or captured dozens of others in other recent operations, military officials reported.
— Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers engaged and killed 13 terrorists in separate engagements in Baghdad. At about 4 a.m., terrorists using small-arms fire attacked soldiers from 237th Engineer Battalion in eastern Baghdad. An air weapons team responded, engaged the enemy forces and killed four terrorists.
— Three hours later, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team positively identified men in a vehicle armed with rocket-propelled grenades in Adhamiyah, a district in northeast Baghdad. An air weapons team identified the vehicle and destroyed it, killing two terrorists.
— At about 10 a.m., an M1126 Stryker vehicle of the 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team struck an improvised explosive device in northeastern Baghdad. Soldiers observed the terrorist’s spotter and killed him in an exchange of fire. No Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were injured in the attack.
— In northwestern Baghdad’s Kadamiyah district at about 10:30 a.m., a terrorist attacked Iraqi and coalition forces with small-arms fire. Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team returned fire and killed the attacker. One soldier suffered minor wounds in the attack.
— Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team killed five terrorists after an attack on their patrol by a rocket-propelled grenade at about noon in New Baghdad, a district in eastern Baghdad. “Along with our Iraqi security forces partners, we are targeting individual terrorists, extremists, criminal networks and anyone involved in violent crimes against the Iraqi people,” said Army Col. Allen Batschelet, Multinational Division Baghdad chief of staff. “We will continue to conduct precision operations based on substantial evidence of terrorist or criminal activity.”
— Using intelligence gained from a March 18 operation, coalition forces targeted an al Qaeda in Iraq financial manager in Tuz Khurmatu. One man at the target building refused to comply with the ground forces’ instructions and surrender. Coalition forces engaged the man, killing him. In the same area, an armed man barricaded himself in a building and engaged the ground force with small-arms fire. Coalition forces returned fire, killing the armed terrorist. Six suspects were detained during the operation.
— In a related operation in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraqi and coalition forces caught a suspected leader of a suicide-bombing cell. The individual allegedly was planning attacks on “Sons of Iraq” groups of concerned citizens aiding the security effort near Baqouba.
— In Baghdad, coalition forces conducted two precision operations, capturing a suspected car bomber and an individual allegedly tied to al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders.
— Coalition forces north of Beiji captured a suspected terrorist who allegedly coordinates and conducts bombing attacks. Intelligence reports indicate he and his associates are responsible for attacks in the Beiji and Sharqat areas.
— In Mosul, coalition forces continued to target associates of al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders, detaining seven suspected terrorists during coordinated operations in the city.
“Al Qaeda in Iraq’s indiscriminate violence is turning away even its most sympathetic former supporters,” said Army Maj. Winfield Danielson, Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “With the help of local citizens, Iraqi and coalition forces will continue to locate and dismantle the terrorist networks through operations like these, improving security for all Iraqis.”
In Iraq operations yesterday:
— A coalition air strike killed seven terrorists after intelligence confirmed the location of a targeted individual reported to be the al Qaeda in Iraq leader of a local village operating in a remote area of the Hamrin Mountains southwest of Tuz. The targeted individual and six other armed men were observed conducting suspicious activities in the area.
— Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained 10 other suspects west of Samarra. The ground force was led to a building by intelligence reports and requested that occupants exit the building. Two men exited the building, but refused to follow coalition forces’ instructions and demonstrated hostile intent. Coalition forces engaged one man, killing him. The other man then complied and was detained with nine additional suspected terrorists.
— Two operations in the Mosul area targeted associates of al Qaeda in Iraq leaders. A precision operation in the city yielded the capture of a suspected terrorist believed to be associated with al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders in the area. Southwest of Mosul, coalition forces detained six suspected terrorists during an operation targeting associates of al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders.
— Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, killed five terrorists and wounded an additional five after being attacked by small-arms fire while patrolling in Adhamiyah. The wounded were treated and detained by Iraqi National Police.
— Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, killed two terrorists after receiving indirect fire, small-arms fire and rocket-propelled-grenade fire at a combat outpost in New Baghdad.
— Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, came under a small-arms-fire attack while patrolling north of Baghdad. One terrorist was killed in the engagement.
— Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, killed three terrorists in New Baghdad. The ground force was conducting a dismounted patrol when they saw the suspects, who were armed with illegal weapons. Perceiving hostile intent, the soldiers engaged the men, killing three.
— Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, were attacked with small-arms fire by two terrorists while patrolling on the outskirts of Sadr City. An air weapons team in a rotary wing aircraft conducting surveillance positively identified the terrorists and killed them.
— In Kadhamiyah, soldiers from 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, were attacked while manning a checkpoint in the area. An air weapons team in a helicopter was called in to assist the ground force. The team fired one Hellfire missile, killing three terrorists. Thirty minutes later, the checkpoint came under a second, heavier attack by terrorists. The air weapons team engaged with 30 mm rounds, killing an additional 10 terrorists.
— Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, were patrolling in Adhamiyah when one of their vehicles was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. Five minutes later, the patrol was attacked by small-arms fire. The soldiers returned the attack with precision fire and killed one terrorist. One U.S. soldier received a minor wound, but continued the mission.
— Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, killed two terrorists who engaged them with small-arms fire in Mansour.
— A team from 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, engaged and killed a terrorist who was controlling indirect fire on the northern edge of Sadr City.
— In New Baghdad, a vehicle from 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, was struck by an improvised explosive device at 5:20 p.m. The patrol positively identified the trigger man and engaged and killed the terrorist.
— In Kadamiyah, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, reported a terrorist who fired an RPG at a building and set it on fire. As the soldiers moved in to investigate, terrorists fired an additional RPG round and small-arms fire at the patrol. Soldiers returned fire and killed three terrorists.
— Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers killed eight militants after they were attacked at an Iraqi army checkpoint with RPGs and small-arms fire in northern Baghdad. A Multinational Division Baghdad aerial weapons team provided air support and engaged the terrorists, killing eight. One Iraqi army soldier was killed during the attack, and seven others were wounded. The wounded soldiers were treated at the scene and were evacuated to a local hospital.
— Acting on a tip from a local Iraqi, Multinational Division North soldiers and Iraqi policemen discovered 37 bodies buried in a mass grave north of Muqdadiyah. All the bodies were badly decomposed and appear to have been there anywhere from two to eight months. Some of the bodies showed signs of torture. The bodies will be moved to a nearby cemetery.
In Iraq operations March 26:
— Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers killed 24 terrorists in Baghdad during a series of precision, intelligence-based operations. These terrorists and militant elements were increasing their attacks against civilians, the government of Iraq, and Iraqi and U.S. security forces.
— Hillah’s Iraqi special weapons and tactics unit advised by U.S. Special Forces soldiers engaged Iranian-backed “special groups” criminals in Hillah, killing 14 and wounding 20. Criminals armed with AK-47 assault rifles, RPGs and automatic machine guns attacked two companies of Hillah SWAT as they were securing a road intersection. As a firefight developed, a U.S. Special Forces team arrived and began engaging the armed individuals. The criminal group broke contact and was seen by an air weapons team regrouping in three groups of 20 to 30 men near a mosque. The air weapons team, from 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, engaged the threat from the air. One Hellfire missile was fired, killing five. Nine Hillah SWAT team members were killed during the firefight. Two additional SWAT team members were injured and treated by a U.S. medic.
— In Kut, an Iraqi special weapons and tactics unit advised by U.S. Special Forces soldiers conducted a patrol to counter recent violence in the area. The patrol took small-arms and RPG fire in the Old Izza and Karamiyah districts. Both times, the patrol returned fire, suppressing the enemy fighters. As the patrol left the districts, they linked up with Iraqi police and 8th Division Iraqi army scouts. The group then patrolled the Sharkiyah district, also receiving small-arms fire from a vehicle with four armed individuals. The patrol engaged the vehicle, killing two individuals. After eliminating the threat in the area, the patrol departed for the Kut SWAT headquarters and was attacked by an improvised explosive device. One vehicle was damaged, but the attacks resulted in no injuries. The Kut patrol killed 11 enemy fighters.
On March 25, Iraqi policemen assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st National Police Brigade, led Multinational Division Center soldiers to two weapons caches near Muntadar, a small village east of Baghdad. Iraqi police, along with soldiers from 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, recovered both weapons caches, which contained more than 50 mortars and an artillery shell.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49406
“Command Provides New Way for African Nations to Connect, England Says”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2008
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http://www.centcom.mil/en/news/1747.html
“Soldiers become American citizens in Africa “
by Staff Sgt Jennifer Redente
CJTF-HOA
DJIBOUTI (March 16, 2008)
ADDING to post no. 1277:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49412
“Policy Dialogue Allows U.S., African Officials to Address Security Issues”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WARRENTON, Va., March 28, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49409
Unified Maritime Strategy Aims to Prevent War
By Kristen Noel
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2008 – The Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have joined forces in an unprecedented effort to create a unified maritime strategy, describing how seapower will be applied in the 21st century to protect America’s way of life.
The strategy emphasizes six core capabilities, the foremost being “forward presence” of U.S. seapower in volatile regions of the world to prevent war.
“The proactive cost of defense is far more affordable than the reactive cost of war,” Navy Vice Adm. John G. Morgan, deputy chief of naval operations for information, plans and strategy, said yesterday in a conference call with online journalists and “bloggers” to discuss the maritime strategy.
Morgan said forward presence provides a layered defense for the United States and is an enduring strategic imperative for the Navy and Marine Corps.
“We do not aspire to be the global policeman,” he said. “But we certainly want to be a part of that global neighborhood watch, along with others, helping where we can.”
The maritime strategy does not indicate specific regions where concentrated naval power will be deployed. The reason, Morgan said, was concern over how naming regions and countries in the strategy would affect the economic interdependence of the global system. But he noted that the United States has been deploying naval power in the Western Pacific and the Middle East, “because we think that’s were the greatest challenge is, perhaps the greatest opportunities exist.”
Morgan said forward presence is critical to fulfilling the American public’s expectations. He currently is involved in a tour of several U.S. cities to engage with the public, and he said citizens have voiced the same three expectations in every city so far.
“(Americans) expect us to stay strong. They expect us to protect the homeland and our citizens, and they expect us to help, in cooperation with other partners around the world, to prevent war,” he said. “The way we think we can do that, to meet those expectations, is to be a forward presence.”
The Navy will have to increase the size of its fleet to a minimum of 313 ships to meet the requirements of the maritime strategy, Morgan said. Today, the Navy has about 280 ships, and 104 of those ships currently are deployed worldwide, he said.
The Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard reviewed several alternative scenarios for global security in future in developing the maritime strategy, Morgan said. “We considered a wide range of potential grand strategies that might emerge in the United States over the course of the next decade or so,” he said.
The other core capabilities emphasized in the strategy are: deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security, and humanitarian assistance and disaster response.
(Kristen Noel works for the New Media branch of the American Forces Information Service.)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49408
“Iraqi Forces Focus Operations on Criminal Activity in Basra”
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2008
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