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Kuwaiti Daily: Hizbullah Arming Missiles with Korean-Made Chemical Warheads
The Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported, citing a Syrian opposition party in the U.S., that Hizbullah is arming its short-range missiles, which are mostly intended for use against Israel, with chemical agents such as mustard gas and nerve gas, obtained from North Korea. The daily added that the organization obtained these chemicals with the help of Iran and Syria.
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“Assad: I am ready to normalize relations with Israel”
NOW Lebanon ^ | July 14, 2008 | Staff
Posted on July 14, 2008 1:56:50 AM PDT by forkinsocket
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More Than 30 Indian Youths Disappear in New Zealand
Web India 123 ^ | 07.14.2008 | DPAdkg
Posted on July 14, 2008 3:07:22 AM PDT by Coffee200am
More than 30 Indian youths have disappeared in New Zealand, where they were in transit to go to Sydney for World Youth Day, a spokeswoman for the Catholic Church said Monday.
Lyndsay Freear told Radio New Zealand that a party of 220 Indian Catholics who arrived in Auckland a week ago were due to fly to Sydney Tuesday, but 32 of them had disappeared.
All were billeted with church members in Auckland under a so-called Days in the Diocese programme before going to Australia, where Pope Benedict arrived Sunday for events associated with World Youth Day.
Freear said all the Indian pilgrims had been given 30-day visas when they arrived.
Their disappearance was “most extraordinary and most disappointing”, she said.
She said the 32 who had disappeared from their billets did not have their passports with them and added, “We don’t know whether this was planned or spontaneous.”
She said that New Zealand immigration officials had been informed about their disappearance.
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21184&Itemid=21
RELEASE No. 20080713-05July 13, 2008 MND-B Soldiers detain suspected Special Groups leader Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division –
Baghdad Soldiers detained a suspected Special Groups criminal leader and two associates in eastern Baghdad July 12.Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) detained the suspected Special Groups leader while conducting an operation specifically targeting him. The suspected Special Groups officer in eastern Baghdad is believed to be directly involved in kidnapping, murder, extortion, sectarian indirect fire attacks and improvised explosive device attacks on a U.S. Soldiers. “Deatining this suspected criminal strikes a serious blow to Special Groups and their criminal attacks on innocent civilians and security forces in eastern Baghdad,” said Maj. Joey Sullinger, a spokesperson for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light). “We remain steadfast and undeterred in our support of Iraqi Security Forces and the people and Government of Iraq as we assist with providing security and stability.”
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Press Release A080714a-249
July 14, 2008
Coalition operations continue pressure on al-Qaeda
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces targeted al-Qaeda in Iraq operations at all levels in Mosul and the Tigris River Valley Monday, detaining five suspected terrorists.
In Mosul, Coalition forces detained three suspects while pursuing a close associate of al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders responsible for attacks on security forces protecting civilians within the city. In the target building, Coalition forces found weapons and grenades, which they safely disabled and confiscated.
About 110 kilometers north of Baghdad, Coalition forces in Samarra detained two suspects while targeting AQI members who facilitate the movement of foreign terrorists into the country.
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“An Anniversary with Terror”
By Joe Kaufman
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, July 14, 2008
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=251&sid=1439724
“’Complacency’ worries top FBI counterterrorism official”
July 14, 2008 - 6:17am
J.J. Green, WTOP Radio
(Photo courtesy of FBI)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON - On July 2, the sun shines brightly outside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in downtown Washington, D.C. But inside, the mood is understandably different.
Settling into a chair in his office, Michael J. Heimbach, the newly appointed assistant director for the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, wastes no time laying out his problem.
“As we approach almost seven years after Sept. 11, I’m really concerned about the complacency setting in amongst the American people.”
Speaking in a serious and measured tone, and pointing out that there’s no evidence to suggest an imminent attack, Heimbach says, “Let there be no mistake, al-Qaida or other like-minded individuals are still focused on attacking the homeland.””
July 2, 2008
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http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1215023457413.shtm
DHS Marks 5th Annual National Preparedness Month This September
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that more than 1,200 national, regional, state and local businesses and organizations have pledged their support and joined the 2008 National Preparedness Month Coalition. Sponsored by the department’s Ready Campaign, National Preparedness Month helps to raise awareness and promote action by Americans, businesses, and communities on emergency preparedness.
“As we approach our fifth National Preparedness Month, I want to thank the hundreds of coalition members who are making a difference in their communities by helping raise the basic level of preparedness in our country,” said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. “Individual preparedness is the cornerstone of emergency preparedness. Experience shows that if Americans take steps ahead of time, they stand a much better chance of coming through an emergency unharmed and recovering more quickly.”
The Ready Campaign and Citizen Corps (www.citizencorps.gov) are specifically encouraging individuals across the nation to take important preparedness steps. These steps include: getting an emergency supply kit, making a family emergency plan, being informed about the different emergencies that may affect them, as well as taking the necessary steps to get trained and become engaged in community preparedness and response efforts.
National Preparedness Month Coalition members have agreed to distribute emergency preparedness information and sponsor activities across the country that will promote emergency preparedness. Membership is open to all public and private sector organizations. Groups and individuals can register to become members by visiting www.ready.gov, and clicking on the National Preparedness Month banner.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joseph I. Lieberman and Ranking Member Susan M. Collins, along with House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson and Ranking Member Peter T. King, will serve as honorary Congressional Co-Chairs of National Preparedness Month 2008. Together, they will lead the effort to increase public awareness about the importance of emergency preparedness on Capitol Hill and throughout the country.
For more information on the Ready Campaign and National Preparedness Month, please visit www.ready.gov or www.listo.gov. Information is also available by phone at 1-800-BE-READY or 1-888-SE-LISTO.
February 2008 marked the Ready Campaign’s fifth year at the Department of Homeland Security. Launched in 2003 in partnership with The Advertising Council, Ready is designed to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies, including natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks. It has proven to be one of the most successful campaigns in Ad Council’s more than 65-year history. Since its launch, the campaign has generated more than $703.2 million in donated media support. Individuals interested in more information about family, business and community preparedness can visit www.ready.gov or call 1-800-BE-READY to receive free materials.
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If a single chemical round is fired and hits civilians, significant sections of s. lebananon and syria will be uninhabitable for a long time.
EMBASSY OF THE UNITES STATES
JAPAN
http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-arch.html
“ACS Community Updates and Warden Messages”
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Thanks to a special emailer for pointing to this incident.
Here’s a non-AP version from Iran.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=63651§ionid=351020406
“US Consulate in Japan attacked”
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:10:29
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A fire bomb is thrown into the garden of the US Consulate General compound in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, Japanese police say.
A Molotov cocktail was thrown in the garden and burned itself out in the early hours of Monday, said Okinawan police official Yasuhiko Yoshinaga. No one was injured in the attack.
The police was alerted about the attack by a local resident who told authorities that a person driving a black motorbike fled the scene after the attack, AP reported.
More than 25,000 US troops are based in Okinawa which is located 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) south of Tokyo.”
Something for the bad guys to think about.
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“Judge allows ‘sinister’ e-mails as evidence (Messages from Khawaja show his support for jihad)”
The Ottawa Sun ^ | Mon, July 14, 2008 | DONNA CASEY
Posted on July 14, 2008 11:56:10 AM PDT by fanfan
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The judge in Momin Khawaja’s terrorism trial has ruled that “sinister and chilling” e-mails - where the software designer talks about the need to kill “innocent human beings” to achieve “economic jihad” against America - can be considered as evidence.”
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Hebrew Univ. to Readmit Convicted Terrorist to Chemistry Lab
Arutz Sheva ^ | 7-14-08 | Gil Ronen
Posted on July 14, 2008 3:38:31 PM PDT by SJackson
Hebrew Univ. to Readmit Convicted Terrorist to Chemistry Lab
by Gil Ronen 14 July 2007
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126827
[For Channel 2 TV report: www.keshet-tv.com/VideoPage.aspx?MediaID=40798&CatID=330&CurrentCatID=330 ]
(IsraelNN.com) A professor at Hebrew University wants to allow a convicted Arab terrorist who stole bomb-making materials from his chemistry lab to be allowed back to the lab, Channel 2 TV reported Sunday.
Six years ago, 160 liters of acetone - a chemical which is used for making the common explosive acetone peroxide - disappeared from the Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The theft led to an investigation by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), which in turn led to the arrest of Adel Hadmi, a doctoral student at the laboratory.
According to Channel 2, Hadmi was convicted of being a member of a terror cell that planned suicide attacks against Israelis. In addition, he recruited other Arabs to the cell. He was convicted and jailed but is now free again, and would like to complete his doctoral studies in the very same laboratory the acetone was stolen from.
Prof. Goldblum thinks otherwise
The laboratory’s previous director, Prof. Avi Domb, adamantly vetoed the idea of Hadmi’s return, but his successor, Prof. Amiram Goldblum, thinks otherwise. Goldblum, one of the founders of radical leftist group “Peace Now,” said that the university has no grounds to refuse to readmit Hadmi and allow him to finish his doctorate, because he has already been punished and served his jail sentence. Last week, the lab’s students were told to free a table in the lab for Hadmi.
Domb, who was shocked to hear of Goldblum’s decision, wrote a letter to the university in which he said that allowing the convicted terrorist back to the scene of his crime was both irresponsible and immoral. Students in the lab also protested but as of now, the university has not rescinded the decision to let the terrorist back in. The university did say, however, that he will probably not be allowed near dangerous substances because of his terrorist past.
According to watchdog group CAMERA, Prof. Goldblum was considered a radical even by his colleagues in Peace Now “after he explained away Saddam Hussein’s Scud attacks and threats of annihilation as due only to Israel’s alleged failure to make concessions to the Palestinians.” In 1990, after an Arab stabbed and killed three Israelis in the Baka neighborhood of Jerusalem where Goldblum lives, “even his own neighbors began to stone his house in frustration at what they saw as his outspokenly pro-PLO views.”
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“Hebrew Univ. to Readmit Convicted Terrorist to Chemistry Lab”
by Gil Ronen
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021759.php
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July 14, 2008
“Five jihadists plead guilty to transatlantic airline plot”
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“Five men plead guilty in trans-Atlantic airline plot”
Updated Mon. Jul. 14 2008 7:49 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Five of eight men accused of plotting to detonate liquid explosives on board trans-Atlantic passenger jets — including some destined for Canada — pleaded guilty to lesser offences Monday.
Three men — Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27, Assad Sarwar, 28, and Tanvir Hussain, 27 — admitted to conspiring to cause explosions.
The three men and two other defendants — Ibrahim Savant, 27, and Umar Islam, 30 — also admitted to “conspiring to cause a public nuisance’’ by creating videos threatening suicide bomb attacks.
The five men, along with three other defendants are accused of targeting at least seven airliners heading to Canada and the U.S. in 2006.
The two Air Canada flights were bound for Montreal and Toronto.
All of the men are British with ties to Pakistan.”
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“Mexican cartels ‘threaten state’”
“Mexican police have faced a surge of drug-related crime”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The head of Mexico’s intelligence service has said that drug cartels are threatening the country’s democratic institutions, including Congress.
Guillermo Valdes told the Financial Times newspaper that drug traffickers were trying to take over the power of the state.
Gangs have infiltrated police forces, justice departments and government bodies, he said.
Mexico has seen a sharp increase in drug-related violence this year.
Mr Valdes, who is the head of Cisen, the government’s intelligence agency, said he could not rule out the possibility that drug money was involved in the campaigns of some members of the national Congress.
Lucrative trade
“Drug traffickers have become the principal threat because they are trying to take over the power of the state,” he told the Financial Times and a small group of foreign media.
The gangs, he said, had grown wealthy from the lucrative drugs trade and had recruited members of police forces, the judiciary and government organisations in order to protect their business.”
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(WASHINGTON POST)
July 14, 2008
“Former CIA agent: “We do not face a global jihadist ‘movement’””
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“Overstating Our Fears”
By Glenn L. Carle
Sunday, July 13, 2008; Page B07
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “We do not face a global jihadist “movement” but a series of disparate ethnic and religious conflicts involving Muslim populations, each of which remains fundamentally regional in nature and almost all of which long predate the existence of al-Qaeda.”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021767.php
(REUTERS)
July 14, 2008
“400,000 people, including me, on terror watch list”
SNIPPET: “I’m on it.”
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