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November 24, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation defendants guilty on all counts
http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/11/hlf-guilty/
Below is a summary of news stories and related reports on the
decision in the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) retrial in Texas. The defendants were found guilty on all counts.
Holy Land Foundation defendants guilty on all counts
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112508dnmetholylandverdicts.1e5022504.html
-— Defendants in the Holy Land trial
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/101907dnmetholylanddefendants.1829f8674.html
-— Holy Land Foundation illegally funneled cash to terrorist group Hamas
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/11/holy-land-foundation-illegally.html
-— Investigative Project on Terrorism: HLF Officials Convicted on All Counts
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/865
-— Justice served: Holy Land Foundation defendants guilty on all counts
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023628.php
-— AFP: Jury finds US-based Muslim charity guilty of funding terrorism
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081124/wl_mideast_afp/usmideasthamastrial
-— Muslim Charity, Leaders Convicted on Charges of Funding Terror
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456904,00.html
The Verdicts:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/101907dnmetholylanddefendants.1829f8674.html
-— Ghassan Elashi
—— Dallas Morning News: “The decision: Guilty on 35 charges, including support
of Hamas, money laundering and tax fraud. He faces up to life in prison.”
-— Shukri Abu Baker
—— Dallas Morning News: “The decision: Guilty on 34 charges, including support
of Hamas, money laundering and tax fraud. He faces up to life in prison.”
-— Mufid Abdulqader
—— Dallas Morning News: “The decision: Guilty on three charges, including
conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization;
conspiracy to provide funds, goods and services to a specially designated terrorist;
and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He could get a total of 55 years in prison.”
-— Abdulrahman Odeh
—— Dallas Morning News: “The decision: Guilty on three charges, including
conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization;
conspiracy to provide funds, goods and services to a specially designated
terrorist; and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He could get a total of 55 years in prison.”
-— Mohammad El-Mezain
—— Dallas Morning News: “The decision: Guilty of providing support to Hamas,
having been acquitted on 31 other charges last year. He faces up to 15 years in prison.”
(U.S.) NYC: Ruling Upholds Warrantless Searches - considers reasonable searches in foreign countries
-— judge decides that “government had met that standard in its
search of the home and monitoring of the telephone of one defendant,
Wadih El-Hage, a close aide to Osama bin Laden, who was a naturalized American citizen living in Nairobi, Kenya”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/nyregion/25embassy.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
(U.S.) US taps online youth groups to fight crime, terrorism
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081124/ts_alt_afp/uscolombiacrimeextremistsinternetyouth
-— State Department News Release
http://www.state.gov/r/us/2008/112310.htm
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Sources: Bin Laden driver to be moved from Guantanamo
-— Salim Ahmed Hamdan to be moved to Yemen for remainder of term
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/24/us.osama.driver/index.html
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/usa/news/article_1444781.php/Former_bin_Laden_driver_to_be_transferred_from_Guantanamo_
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Guantanamo detainees to have art lessons and video games to distract from jihad
-— “Terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay are to be offered
art classes, Game Boys and film nights to distract them from thoughts of global jihad”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/cuba/3514028/Guantanamo-detainees-to-have-art-lessons-and-video-games-to-distract-from-jihad.html
(Iraq) In Mosul, a battle for Christians
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-iraq-christians_marxnov24,0,5939012.story
Iraqi bomber was mentally disabled woman
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/24/Iraqi_bomber_was_mentally_disabled_woman/UPI-50921227529223/
(Afghanistan) US Army ‘throwbots’ will spy on al-Qaeda
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5223914.ece
(Pakistan) Top al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubair al-Masri ‘was missile target in Bush campaign for favourable legacy’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5225966.ece
(Pakistan/UK) Rashid Rauf was linked to al-Qaeda’s number two Ayman al-Zawahiri
— “A British al-Qaeda suspect reportedly killed by a US missile strike in a Pakistani
tribal area was linked to the group’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to officials”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3507104/Rashid-Rauf-was-linked-to-al-Qaedas-number-two-Ayman-al-Zawahiri.html
(Pakistan) Karachi: Taliban plan to strike Karachi airport, ministries
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\25\story_25-11-2008_pg1_2
(Pakistan) FATA: Al-Qaeda striving for strategic gains in Fata: former official
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=148627
(Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan troops kill 20 militants
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24703152-23109,00.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\25\story_25-11-2008_pg1_8
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/24/asia/AS-Pakistan.php
(Pakistan) ‘Political wing of ISI not yet terminated’ — merely made “inactive”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\25\story_25-11-2008_pg1_1
(UK) Glasgow car bombing trial: Terror accused doctor ‘criticized by friends’ — Mohammad Asha trial
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2470435.0.Terror_accused_doctor_criticised_by_friends.php
(Iran) Ahmadinejad calls UN resolutions against Iran worthless
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243014,ahmadinejad-calls-un-resolutions-against-iran-worthless.html
‘Iran to make big nuke program strides’
— “According to assessments, delays in reactor activation won’t hold up nuclear arms development”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404821734&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Iran) ‘US warns Israel against large IDF ops’
— “Time magazine: US asks Israel not to act on Iran, Gaza in the weeks before Obama takes office”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404824782&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
—— US Puts Pressure on Israel to Refrain from Attacks
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1861524,00.html?xid=site-cnn-partner
(Syria) IAEA’s ElBaradei clashes with US over Syria’s bid for nuclear power
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404824169&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
— Diplomats: US, IAEA chief clash over Syria
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/europe/EU-Nuclear-Syria.php
(Gaza) Palestinians line up for dwindling cash in Gaza
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/24/palestinians-line-up-for-dwindling-cash-in-gaza/
(Tunisia) Alleged al-Qaeda operative convicted in Tunisia — Sami Ben Khemais
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3628119,00.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/24/africa/AF-Tunisia-Terror-Trial.php
-— Tunisian court sentences alleged key al-Qaida operative in Europe to 11 years in prison
http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-af-tunisia-terror-trial,0,6573686.story
(Somalia) US fears Islamic militants involvement in tanker hijack
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/24/somalia.pirates.al.qaeda/
(Somalia/UK) BBC producer shot dead by radical Islamists - inquest into February 2005 murder of Kate Peyton
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3512922/BBC-producer-shot-dead-by-radical-Islamists.html
Bosnia: Radical Muslims arrested for entering church
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2740964896
(Spain) ‘Eta head’ linked to airport bomb
— Miguel de Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina linked to December 2006 Madrid airport bombing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7746243.stm
(Philippines) Military monitoring terrorists in Metro Manila
http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=229596
(Philippines) Govt open to resuming talks with MILF
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/135432/Govt-open-to-resuming-talks-with-MILF
(Australia/UK) Report ‘won’t prejudice UK terror trial’ — Mohamed Haneef
http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=532865
North Korea will allow inspectors to sample nuclear sites, US says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/3515405/North-Korea-will-allow-inspectors-to-sample-nuclear-sites-US-says.html
Other News:
(U.S.) CAIR: “S. Florida Muslims to Launch Bus Ad Campaign on Islam”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20081124/pl_usnw/s__florida_muslims_to_launch_bus_ad_campaign_on_islam
-— unindicted co-conspirator in Holy Land Foundation terror finance trial seeks new campaign in Florida
(UK) Blog Article on Channel 4 Documentary: Divorce Shariah Style
http://muslimmotherhood.blogspot.com/2008/11/channel-4-documentary-divorce-shariah.html
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7551240419498830429
-— Channel 4 web sites for February 2008 report
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/divorce.html
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/divorce1.html
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/divorce2.html
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/divorce3.html
(Switzerland) Sheik denies assaulting American in Swiss hotel
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/24/europe/EU-Switzerland-Emirates-Sheik.php
Against Nazi News:
(Germany) Germany to pursue Holocaust denier’s arrest — Gerald Fredrick Toben
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/24/europe/EU-Germany-Holocaust-Denier.php
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November 25, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Iraq) Two killed, four wounded in clashes with al-Qaeda suspects
— al-Ahrash district in the northern Sulaymaniyah province
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1444900.php/Two_killed_four_wounded_in_clashes_with_al-Qaeda_suspects_
(Afghanistan) Insurgents ‘very likely’ to attack Kabul within the week, UN security council says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3513690/Insurgents-very-likely-to-attack-Kabul-within-the-week-UN-security-council-says.html
(Afghanistan) Karzai: Talks With Taliban Are The Only Solution To The Conflict In Afghanistan
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/11611.htm
Afghanistan: Foreign troops will not defeat Taliban, claims leader
-— Taliban’s Mullah Mohammad Hasan Rahmani: “All places in Afghanistan
are under siege by the Taliban, they are sustaining huge losses. During the
night the Taliban are able to carry out action anywhere in Afghanistan in any street.”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2745824954
(Afghanistan) 10 Taliban Arrested in School Girl Acid Attack
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457107,00.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_30;_ylt=AvT_4s4tr0fHXuSWcWlUNXEBS5Z4
(Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Multiple attacks kill at least 13 and injures several others
— in NWFP’s Hangu and Kohat and in FATA’s Bajaur Agency
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2745437004
(Pakistan) Explosions in Pakistan wound many, some seriously
-— Bannu district of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
-— Dera Murad Jamali district of Southwestern Baluchistan province
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1955763&Language=en
(Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistani abducted on U.S.-funded aid project — U.N.’s World Food Program in Dir
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/asia/AS-Pakistan-Abduction.php
Pakistan: Air force capable of stopping drone flights, says air chief - Tanvir Mahmood
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2745825515
(Bangladesh) Militant sent to remand for killing ex-minister
— against “Harkatul Jihad leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and three other
leaders of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for the murder of former finance minister Shah Kibria”
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=256599&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24
(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation retrial: Holy Land supporters accuse government of preying on fear
-— “Defense attorneys did not talk to The Dallas Morning News, but are already discussing appeals.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112508dnmethlfreax.3d1b1e4.html
(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation retrial: Updated Dallas Morning News report on Holy Land Foundation convictions:
-— “Douglas Farah, a former Washington Post foreign correspondent
who is now an author and terrorism expert, said the ‘trial provides an
invaluable forum for publicly showing the true agenda of the international
Muslim Brotherhood and its organizations in the United States —
the abolition of the United States government as we know it and support for a designated terrorist organization.’”
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/112508dnmetholylandverdicts.1e5022504.html
-— Holy Land investigation dates back to 1993
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/112508dnmetholylandsider.1e5f90015.html
-— Both sides of the Holy Land Foundation case
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/112508dnmethlfhighlights.1e4e201c9.html
-— Other reports on HLF decision:
—— AP: Muslim Charity, Leaders Convicted on Charges of Funding Terror
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456904,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27895054/
—— WP: Muslim Charity’s Ex-Leaders Convicted
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402589.html?hpid=topnews
—— IHT: Muslim charity convicted in terrorism financing case
-—— quotes Khalil Meek as “longtime spokesman for the
Muslim community in North Texas” - who has been CAIR official at DFW chapter in past
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/25/america/charity.php
-—— Khalil Meek: “we believe this unjust and un-American verdict will be overturned on appeal”
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/25/60770.html
-—— CAIR is one of the unindicted co-conspirators of HLF terror trial
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
-—— IHT report fails to note that as of 2007 “Khalil Meek [has served as] vice president
of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations”
http://www.cair.com/DesktopModules/Articles/Print.aspx?ArticleID=23187&&mid=674
http://media.www.theranger.org/media/storage/paper1010/news/2007/09/21/BackPage/Knowledge.Reduces.Intolerance.Of.Islam-2982230.shtml?refsource=collegeheadlines
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jul/23/20040723-082950-9083r/
-— Current CAIR DFW website
http://tx.cair.com/
-— Previous CAIR DFW website
http://web.archive.org/web/20071020152352/cairdfw.org/main.htm
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Official: Bin Laden’s driver heading home to Yemen - update on Salim Ahmed Hamdan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/3516483/Osama-bin-Ladens-driver-Salim-Hamdan-to-leave-Guantanamo-Bay.html
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Appeals Court Hears Uighur Detainees’ Case - Justice Lawyer Urges Reversal of ‘Unprecedented Order’ to Free 17 Chinese Muslims
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112401128.html
(UK/Spain) Terror suspect loses British extradition appeal — Moroccan Farid Hilali alleged to be “Shakur”
-— “suspected al-Qaida member removed to Spain to face trial for allegedly conspiring in the 9/11 terror attacks in the US”
http://www.irishnews.com/break.asp?tbrk=brk&par=brk&catid=5834&subcatid=642&storyid=387818
-— February 8, 2008: 9/11 terror suspect extradited to Spain
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/08/spain.terror/?iref=newssearch
—— August 27, 2001: Spanish Police Tape Phone Calls Indicating Aviation-Based Plans to Attack US
http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a082701spanishcall#a082701spanishcall
(UK) Britain begins national identity card plan
— “for some foreign nationals in an attempt to combat terrorism and identity fraud”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/25/britain-begins-national-identity-card-plan-1/
(India J&K) Militants shot dead villager in J&K
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Militants_shot_dead_villager_in_JK/articleshow/3754813.cms
(India J&K) One killed, 3 injured in J&K as militants hurl grenade during roadshow
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/One_killed_3_injured_in_JK_as_militants_hurl_grenade_during_roadshow/articleshow/3756076.cms?TOI_latestnews
(India) Seven police killed in landmine by suspected Maoists
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November1823.xml§ion=international
— 7 cops killed as Naxals blow up bridge in Bastar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/7_cops_killed_as_Naxals_blow_up_bridge_in_Bastar/articleshow/3755335.cms
(Lebanon/Israel) Hizbullah pays Palestinians to attack
— “Fearing harsh IDF response, group asks Palestinian terrorists to avenge Mughniyeh assassination”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404820137&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hamas terrorist threatens PA President Mahmoud Abbas — Salim Hamdan
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81945
(Israel) IDF troops arrest 8 Palestinian terror suspects in Ramallah
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404826153&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Somalia: Talks Resume Amid Continuing Violence
http://allafrica.com/stories/200811241333.html
Somali pirates hijack Yemeni cargo ship
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5170795/somali-pirates-hijack-yemeni-cargo-ship/
(Somalia) US: No evidence of al-Qaeda link to Somali pirates — US Army Gen. William “Kip” Ward
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/135609/US-No-evidence-of-al-Qaeda-link-to-Somali-pirates
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November1824.xml§ion=international
— November 19, 2008 - Somalia: Pirates ‘working with Islamists’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7737375.stm
-— Why hijack a plane when you can seize a supertanker?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081125/wl_nm/us_somalia_piracy_terrorism_sb
(Belgium/Canada) Terrorist suspect arrested after 27 years — update on Hassan Diab arrest last week
— Belgian link of Hassan Diab due to similar attack in 1981 in Antwerp attributed to Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
http://www.expatica.com/be/articles/news/Terrorist-suspect-arrested-after-27-years.html
Belgium: Broadcasters receive video terror threat
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/belgium-broadcasters-receive-video.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtJULqxYrc&eurl=http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/&feature=player_embedded
— Belgium: Threat or joke?
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/belgium-threat-or-joke.html
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/belgium-broadcasters-receive-video.html
Kosovo Claims to Have Video of ‘Terrorism’
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,592585,00.html
(Philippines) Roadside bomb wounds 4 Philippine marines
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/asia/AS-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php
Sri Lanka pushes for rebel town; 2 rebels killed
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php
Other News:
(U.N.) Huge victory for the stealth jihad: UN passes measure limiting free speech
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023641.php
-— UN anti-blasphemy measures have sinister goals, observers say
-—— “’It provides international cover for domestic anti-blasphemy laws, and there
are a number of people who are in prison today because they have been accused
of committing blasphemy,’ said Bennett Graham, international program director
with the Becket Fund, a think tank aimed at promoting religious liberty.”
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=9b8e3a6d-795d-440f-a5de-6ff6e78c78d5
-— Stealth Jihad with Dialogue vs. Freedom of Expression at the UN (Act 2)
—— comments by David G. Littman, NGO Representative (UN, Geneva) of the Association for World Education (AWE)
and the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ)
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023640.php
(U.S.) Lawsuit’s claim: CAIR no longer even exists — Terror-linked Muslim lobby allowed registration to lapse
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81925
-— CAIR: It doesn’t even exist!
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023638.php
(U.S.) America’s Most Wanted whitewashes honor killing in the U.S.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/023620.php
http://www.amw.com/features/feature_story_detail.cfm?id=3050&mid=0
— The Case of the Missing Honor Killing - by Phyllis Chesler
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=568BC1E8-0A6D-4BED-A9BB-D4AF815ECBED
— Additional report
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/11/americas-most-d.html
(Russia) Blast kills 3 outside Russia subway station - car blown up near subway station in St. Petersburg
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/25/russia.explosion/index.html
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1955832&Language=en
— 3 family members killed in St Petersburg ‘grenade’ blast
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/25/2429609.htm
-— “Investigators believe the blast was caused by a hand grenade that one of the passengers was carrying.”
-— “But police have told reporters they do not think this was a terrorist act.”
-— “They are now trying to work out why the passenger had the grenade.”
Egypt: Custody battles bring Islamic law into question - Human rights advocates look to international arena for help
-— Due to Sharia law - “Sisters Ashraqat Gohar, 12, and Maria Gohar, 8,
were taken from their Christian mother in January and placed in the custody
of their Muslim father, Wafiq Gohar, despite his criminal record and the 12-year-old’s claims that he is an alcoholic.”
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=breaking&lang=en&length=long&idelement=5702
—— “’It is a big problem we are facing in Egypt,’ said Naguib Gobrail, president
of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organizations. “The decision of the court
clearly stated that according to Article 2, the main source [of legislation] is sharia, so the judge cannot apply the natural law.’”
—— “The court ruling referred to Wafiq Gohar’s fears that ‘[the girls] would cherish
a religion other than Islam, eat foods that are banned in Islam and go to church’ as determining factors in their decision.”
UK government rules out Islamic debt- Chancellor
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/24112008/323/uk-government-rules-islamic-debt-chancellor.html
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7032863&subject=markets&action=article
-— Financial Times: “Islamic banking: Sharia-compliant institutions buck trend”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4af197e4-b9b3-11dd-99dc-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1
Europe: Rights watchdog wants more protection for women
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2746026915
(MEMRI) From the MEMRI TV Archives- “Kuwaiti Islamist Sa’d Al-’Inzi; Homosexuals Should Be Tortured in Public Squares – Death is Too Good For Them”
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212708
Commentaries:
Billions Invested in Homeland Security Programs Lack Adequate Oversight — by Jim Kouri, CPP
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1847/pub_detail.asp
Baltimore Examiner Book Review of Robert Spencer’s Stealth Jihad Book
http://www.examiner.com/x-722-Conservative-Politics-Examiner~y2008m11d24-Stealth-Jihad-by-Robert-Spencer-is-a-depressing-must-read
Against Nazi News:
(Israel) Swastikas sprayed on Bnei Brak building
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404831406&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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Good post granny true and funny we better learn to laugh for a few years or we are going to go nuts.
HUGS<<<
Willing to return a giant hug, but have to say I think we are already over the line, as far as being a country that has gone nuts.
TSA Week at a Glance (November 17, 2008 - November 23, 2008)
* 20 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
* 23 firearms found at checkpoints
* 1artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
* 13 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
[I fear that this article is true...granny]
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/6485
United Nations and its carefully managed One World Order
The new world devised by Maurice Strong and George Soros
By Judi McLeod Monday, November 24, 2008
Have you ever wondered how capitalism was pushed over the edge of the cliff
just six weeks before the American presidential election?
November 25, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
Iraqi parliament prepares to vote on status of US troops
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5233145.ece
Afghanistan: Taliban leader rejects prospect of truce — Mullah Hasan Rahman
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2746716253
-— Karzai: Talks With Taliban Are The Only Solution To The Conflict In Afghanistan
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/11611.htm
-— Karzai says world should fix end date for war
—— Karzai: “If there is no deadline, we have the right to find another solution for peace and security, which is negotiations”
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/asia/AS-Afghan-UN.php
-—— See also: October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the “Reconciliation” with Islamic Supremacism
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html
Afghan teacher wants acid thrown on her attackers
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php
(Pakistan) NWFP govt to consider Sufi Muhammad’s suggestions for shariah law
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_22
-— Delay in draft shariah law signing postpones peace meeting
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_21
-— see also: June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html
(Pakistan) NWFP: Local gangs assisting Taliban in NWFP
— NWFP Inspector General: “the Taliban are using Khyber Agency as base and Peshawar as the resource generation point”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_2
(Pakistan) NWFP: ‘Suicide bomber’ surrenders to police — Ali Raza
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_25
(Pakistan) FATA/NWFP: 4 customs officials missing in Khyber
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_7
(Pakistan) ‘Pakistan seeking friends’ help to counter drones’
-— Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar says “Pakistan is
talking to ‘friendly countries’ to acquire surface-to-air missile technology to counter US drone attacks in the Tribal Areas”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg1_4
-— ‘System to hit drones will be ready in a year’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg1_5
(U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: FBI agent testifies about following Fort Dix terror suspect
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/an_fbi_agent_today_said.html
(U.S.) Virginia: Annandale man offers to sell missile to FBI informant
— Annandale resident Amjad Hamed, a Jordanian native, and cousin Ibrahim Hamed
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023643.php
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/news/2008/nov/25/annandale-man-offers-sell-missile-fbi-informant/
— “Amjad Hamed is charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud,
and Ibrahim Hamed is charged with conspiracy to transport in interstate
commerce a firearm with a serial number that was removed and obliterated”
— Amjad Hamed, as quoted in a U.S. District Court affidavit:
“You want to hit the Pentagon. You can put the bottle on it, the blue bottle, and hit the Pentagon.”
(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation retrial: Guilty verdicts in terror case deal blow to CAIR
-— “One of the guilty defendants in the federal case, Ghassan Elashi, was a founding director of Washington-based CAIR”
-— “Founding director of U.S. Muslim lobby group could face 20 years in prison”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81968
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023646.php
(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation retrial: FBI news release on Holy Land Case
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/nov08/hlf_112508.html
-— Comment: will this change FBI’s policies in dealing with CAIR?
—— March 18-24, 2008 - CAIR trains FBI agents as new report cites links to terror
http://www.insight-report.com/2008/080318/cair.html
—— See also: July 11, 2008: Jihad and Outreach to Islamic Supremacist Groups
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/091.html
(U.S.) Minnesota: Feds Probing Possible Minnesota Terror Group
-— “U.S. Citizen Allegedly in Suicide Attack in Somalia; Might Have Recruited in Minnesota”
-— “officials believe Shirwa Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia,
blew himself up in a suicide bombing in northern Somalia Oct. 28”
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6331697&page=1
(U.S.) Minnesota: The Missing: Somali Men Off Twin Cities Streets, Back in Somalia
— “Somali community fears young men leaving to fight holy war”
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=309AD9FB122DD234ED6AF172413BBEB5?contentId=7929864&version=6&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
— Related video:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=7930082&version=1&locale=EN-US
— Somalis ‘disappearing’ off U.S. streets
-— “Communities believe men are being recruited to join holy war”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81942
(U.S.) Gates agrees to stay on under Obama
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15986.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/11/25/defense-secretary-gates-job-obama/
— “War on Extremism” Gates to continue obfuscation on Islamic supremacist enemy from Defense Department
-— October 6, 2008 - AP reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
“endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban or other militants
in Afghanistan who may be considered reconcilable, much like what has happened in Iraq.”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/06/gates-afghan-militants-key-to-countrys-future/
-— More on Gates and “reconciliation” with Islamic supremacist Taliban
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates
-— April 13, 2008 - Gates: Enemy in Iraq is extremism
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/04/13/Gates_Enemy_in_Iraq_is_extremism/UPI-69821208117940/
-— June 2008 - U.S. National Defense 2008 document (PDF)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/national_defense_strategy_073108.pdf
US Crackdown on Potential Bomb Material
— “DHS to Regulate Buying and Selling of Potentially Deadly Ammonium Nitrate”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6330727&page=1
(U.S.) Chemical Security 101 — What You Don’t Have Can’t Leak, or Be Blown Up by Terrorists
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/11/chemical_security.html
-— Full report - PDF
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/11/pdf/chemical_security.pdf
-— Ohio: Report details terror targets — chemical facilities
http://www.ohio.com/news/35048574.html
-— Florida: Group Finds Terror Risks In Bay Area
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/25/na-group-finds-terror-risks-in-bay-area/
(U.S.) NYC police head: FISA response better after flap
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_us/fisa_feud
(U.S.) New machines scan IDs at border crossings
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-11-23-passport-chips_N.htm?csp=34
(India / UK) 7/11 accused held in UK
-— Raheel Ata-ur-Rahman Shaikh accused of funding the July 11, 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts
-— held in Birmingham
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/711_accused_held_in_UK/articleshow/3757696.cms
-— Mumbai train blasts accused detained at London airport
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Mumbai_train_blasts_accused_detained_at_London_airport/articleshow/3756401.cms
(India) At 23, he is a terror operative
-— Naived Kadri introduced to Jihadist tactics by Indian Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/At_23_he_is_a_terror_operative/articleshow/3757106.cms
(India) Malegaon Blasts accused praises cops — Abdul Mohammed Raziq
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Blasts_accused_praises_cops/articleshow/3757117.cms\
-— “After my arrest, I realized that police treat Muslims well”
(Bangladesh) Report: “Bangladesh’s Secular Democracy Struggles with Violent Radical Islam”
http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=935&pageid=89&pagename=Features
(Iran) Khamenei for Lebanese unity vs. Israel
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404833953&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Iran: Detained Mossad spy tied to Guards
— IRNA news agency: Alleged spy network planned to bomb military sites, assassinate military expert
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404834861&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel closes Gaza crossings after rocket hits western Negev
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404835055&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Somalian Terror Organization Shabaab al Mujahideen Looks to ‘Throw the West Into Hell’
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457226,00.html
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023644.php
Nigeria: Militants Have Taken Over, Says Community Leader
http://allafrica.com/stories/200811250177.html
(Russia) Two Russian Special Forces Killed In Dagestan
http://www.lloyds.com/CmsPhoenix/DowJonesArticle.aspx?id=412317
(Germany) 2 Germans accused of supporting al-Qaida arrested — Daniel P. and Harun Can A.
— “accused of belonging to the Global Islamic Media Front and of supporting a foreign terrorist organization”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_terror_arrests
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404833899&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/europe/EU-Germany-Terror-Arrests.php
http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/German-police-arrest-two-for-Islamist-website—.html
Norway: Imams Tried to recruit asylum seekers as suicide bombers — for Afghanistan
http://www.norwaypost.no/News/Tried-to-recruit-asylum-seekers-as-suicide-bombers/menu-id-26.html
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/norway-imam-tries-to-recruit-refugee.html
(France) American, Dane convicted in France for helping ETA - Kent Carter and Michala Markus
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/europe/EU-France-US-Basque-Militant.php
(Philippines) AFP poised to attack Camp Bushra - MILF
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/135700/AFP-poised-to-attack-Camp-Bushra-—MILF
(Philippines) US special operation force denies spying on Moro rebels
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/135691/US-special-operation-force-denies-spying-on-Moro-rebels
(Thailand) Thai terror attack warning
-— “Australians traveling travelling to Thailand have been warned that terrorists
may be planning attacks against tourists and other places frequented by foreigners”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24709126-29277,00.html
(Thailand) Bangkok: Explosion occurs at Dusit bridge, no injuries
— does not appear Jihad-related
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30089446
Other News:
Saudi Arabia: Hundreds accused of ‘immorality’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2746956229
(U.S.) Critics Decry Plans for a Movie Depicting Life of Prophet Muhammad
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457446,00.html
(U.S.) Mattel Baby Doll says “Islam is the Light” according to Boycott Watch
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/18142
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/10/outrage_fisher-.html
(U.S.) Pittsburgh, PA: Court denies Muslim scientist’s claims against fed — Abdel Moniem El-Ganayni
http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/pennsylvania/ci_11073064
(U.S.) UPI: “Rev. Wright says he took attacks in stride”
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/25/Rev_Wright_says_he_took_attacks_in_stride/UPI-46161227641029/
— UPI report ignores bulletin promoting Hamas Islamic supremacist propaganda
http://www.bizzyblog.com/wp-images/TUCChamasColumn072207.jpg
— UPI report ignores support for “Nation of Islam” Farrakah — “Nation of Islam” group labeled a “hate group” by SPLC
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/528635/barack_obamas_church_honors_nation.html
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3
— UPI report ignores Wright’s calls for God to “damn” America
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4443788
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH5ixmT83JE
(Pakistan) NWFP: Investigators say imambargah blast was a ‘warning’ - in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_39
(India) Centre bid to amend Muslim laws falls flat
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/centre-bid-to-amend-muslim—laws-falls-flat.aspx
Commentaries:
(U.S.) Alms for Jihad Convictions — by Robert Spencer
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29631
Justice in the Holy Land foundation re-trial — by Jerry Gordon
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/18140
http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=5885
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Happy Thanksgiving from Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
The Taliban seem to be mostly afraid of American soldiers. They do attack
U.S. and inflict damage, but all around I hear from Afghans and U.S.
soldiers that the Taliban are mostly trying to avoid contact with U.S.,
while focusing attacks mostly on Afghans. Some people see the Taliban as
courageous, but I am seeing more and more that they use cowardly tactics,
often hiding behind women and children.
I am tonight in Zabul Province and have been out with New York National
Guard. Their morale is high and they think they are winning the fight,
despite the long series of frustrations that come with the terrain of war.
Especially in Afghanistan.
Our cell phones are not working tonight; the Taliban forces cell phone
operators to turn off the towers at night. The Taliban are afraid of being
tracked, and are afraid the Americans will interrupt their sleep. The cell
towers are cut off from 5:30 PM to 7:00 AM. An American captain told me
that one group of operators decided to turn off the system late one night,
so the Taliban came, killed one man, and tortured two others.
On an interesting side, Americans and Afghans are giving very high marks to
the Lithuanian Special Forces who operate here. They are less impressed
with Romanians; Afghans and Americans say the Romanians are afraid of the
Taliban, but that the Lithuanians are having a field day chasing and killing
Taliban.
On the Iraq front, please read Down with Barriers, Up with Iraq.
The Iraq war is over, but the Afghan playoffs will begin in 2009. This
fight is just getting started. Please send lots of Marines, and lots of
training teams for the Afghan Army and police.
Your correspondent,
Michael Yon
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Rick Johnson
http://oldsarges.blogspot.com/
Venezuela’s Chavez welcomes Russian warships
Associated Press
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=94113
Venezuela’s Chavez Welcomes Russian Warships
Posted by: unixboy on Nov 25 - 07:58
RealNews Items Russian warships neared Venezuela’s Caribbean coast on Tuesday in a show of strength meant to send a cautionary message to the United States and showcase Moscow’s ambitions of making inroads in Latin America. Full Story
Treasury Designates Mugabe Regime Cronies
November 25, 2008
HP-1295
Treasury Designates Mugabe Regime Cronies
Washington, DC—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated four Mugabe regime cronies and a number of entities owned or controlled by two of them. The financial and logistical support they have provided to the regime has enabled Robert Mugabe to pursue policies that seriously undermine democratic processes and institutions in Zimbabwe .
“The Mugabe regime continues to resist the call of the Zimbabwean people to loosen its corrupt and violent hold on power,” said OFAC Director Adam J. Szubin. “The United States supports the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle to achieve a political and economic system built on fairness and transparency rather than patronage and self-dealing.”
Today’s designations include John Bredenkamp, a well-known Mugabe insider involved in various business activities, including tobacco trading, gray-market arms trading and trafficking, equity investments, oil distribution, tourism, sports management, and diamond extraction. Through a sophisticated web of companies, Bredenkamp has financially propped up the regime and provided other support to a number of its high-ranking officials. He also has financed and provided logistical support to a number of Zimbabwean parastatal entities.
The following entities owned or controlled by John Bredenkamp also are designated: Alpha International (Private) Ltd., Breco (Asia Pacific) Ltd., Breco (Eastern Europe) Ltd., Breco (South Africa) Ltd., Breco (U.K.) Ltd., Breco Group, Breco International, Breco Nominees Ltd., Breco Services Ltd., Corybantes Ltd., Echo Delta Holdings Ltd., Kababankola Mining Company, Masters International Ltd., Masters International, Inc., Piedmont (UK) Limited, Raceview Enterprises, Scottlee Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., Scottlee Resorts, Timpani Ltd., and Tremalt Ltd.
Also designated today is Muller Conrad Rautenbach (a.k.a. Billy Rautenbach). Billy Rautenbach is a Zimbabwean businessman who has maintained close relations with the Mugabe regime. He has provided support to senior regime officials during Zimbabwe’s intervention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and also provided logistical support for large-scale mining projects in Zimbabwe that benefit a small number of corrupt senior officials there. Today’s designations include an entity owned and controlled by Billy Rautenbach, Ridgepoint Overseas Developments Limited.
In addition, OFAC is designating Nalinee Joy Taveesin, a Thai businesswoman who has facilitated a number of financial, real-estate, and gem-related transactions on behalf of Grace Mugabe, Gideon Gono, and a number of other Zimbabwean Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs). Ironically, Nalinee Taveesin has participated in a number of initiatives on corruption and growth challenges in Africa and Southeast Asia while secretly supporting the kleptocratic practices of one of Africa ‘s most corrupt regimes.
Finally, OFAC is designating Mahmood Awang Kechik, a Malaysian urologist and one of Robert Mugabe’s physicians and business advisors. Kechik has used his medical practice to conceal the ultimate destination of medical equipment shipped to Zimbabwe , and he has transacted secretly with a number of SDNs, including Gideon Gono and Constantine Chiwenga, to generate wealth for these regime officials and the Government of Zimbabwe.
Today’s action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13469, which targets, among others, individuals and entities who provide financial and other support to the Government of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwean SDNs. As a result of Treasury’s action, any assets of the individuals and entities designated today that are within U.S. jurisdiction must be frozen. Additionally, U.S. persons are prohibited from conducting financial or commercial transactions with these individuals or entities.
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http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1295.htm
[Check out all the articles that he has published on the group..
granny]
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/cat_gimf.php
November 25, 2008
Two More German GIMF Online Jihadis Arrested
Two more members of the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) have been arrested. They are named only as “Daniel P.” (26) and “Harun Can A.” (23). They join German “Irfan P” (19) and Austrian “Mohamed M.” as GIMF members being prosecuted in Germany & Austria for the collection, translation, and distribution of al Qaeda propaganda and for their encouragement of European Muslims to support violent jihad.
Mohammed M., who with the help of Aaron from Internet Haganah we identified as Mohammed Mahmoud, is the former leader of GIMF and is currently serving time for a plot to plant explosives at U.S. military bases in Europe. His wife was also convicted.
“Irfan P.” was already in custody for translating statements from al Qaeda in Iraq and has now been charged with 10 counts of disseminating AQI propaganda. “Daniel P” is charged with 18 counts and “Harun Can A.” is charged with four.
GIMF was once an important group to the online jihad support community, many of whom don’t speak Arabic. GIMF’s main contribution was in translating Arabic statements into German, French, and English for wider dissemination. They also produced independent videos supportive of al Qaeda in Iraq and of Chechen Islamists. At one time the group ran a 24 hour online television station—The Caliphate Voice Channel. Members of the group were also responsible for “The Night of Bush Capturing” video game (below).
A Canadian GIMF member, Said Namouh (aka, “Nashraf”), helped out with English language propaganda before he was arrested for plotting terror attacks. Not so coincidentally, the group has its roots in the Yahoo “Global Islamic Media” group run by influential early Cnadian cyber jihadi called Abu Banan.
In addition to simply encouraging others to join al Qaeda and other Salafi jihad groups, the GIMF also raised money for them. GIMF is also well connected to al Qaeda branches in Somalia (they released a video of an American fighting in Somalia) and Palestine (it was GIMF that released the videos of a Fox News reporter being held hostage there).
I’ll also note that while Charlotte based al Qaeda supporter Samir Khan (aka, “inshallahshaheed”) claims he has no formal connection to the GIMF, the GIMF certainly knew Samir.
Yet another friend of Sammy in jail......
For more, see our extensive GIMF archives or a search of our archives.
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Germans held in Kosovo over blast
A Kosovan judge has ordered three Germans suspected of throwing an explosive device at the EU headquarters in Pristina to be held for 30 days.
The three reportedly deny involvement in the attack on 14 November, saying they were detained while investigating it themselves.
Windows in the glass-fronted building were shattered but nobody was hurt.
German and Kosovo media report that the men are German intelligence agents but officials in Berlin refuse to comment.
Lawyers for the detainees say the prosecution is seeking terrorism charges that carry a maximum 20-year sentence.
A spokesman for the German foreign ministry in Berlin confirmed that three Germans had been arrested on Thursday, but declined to make any further comment as an investigation was under way.
The German weekly Der Spiegel said the men worked for the German intelligence agency BND, and that they told investigators they had been examining the scene of the explosion, but had not been involved in it.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February after nine years under UN stewardship and is recognised by more than 50 countries, including Germany.
Four days before the bomb attack, Kosovo’s Albanian majority rejected an agreement between the UN and Serbia on the deployment of the much-delayed EU police and justice mission Eulex.
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Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/7744535.stm
Published: 2008/11/23 11:48:38 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20025
Georgia Qualifies Presidential Convoy Shots as Terrorism
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 25 Nov.’08 / 13:00
Georgia has launched criminal investigation into the shooting incident that occurred when a motorcade carrying the Georgian and Polish Presidents approached the South Ossetian administrative border, formally qualifying the case as “terrorism,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement on November 24.
“Shots were fired from the Russian checkpoint located at the village of Odzisi in the Akhalgori district,” the Georgian Interior Ministry said. “That checkpoint, which is located in the heart of the Georgian territory, represents the violation of the six-point ceasefire agreement and is a symbol of Georgia’s occupation by Russia.”
Civil.Ge © 2001-2008
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20022
International Reaction on Presidential Convoy Shots
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 25 Nov.’08 / 00:26
NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hood Scheffer, and EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, made reserved comments about a shooting incident that took place when a motorcade, carrying the Georgian and Polish Presidents, approached a South Ossetian administrative border on November 23.
‘I don’t know exactly what happened,” the Deutsche Welle reported quoting Scheffer. “It is wrong and certainly not in the spirit of the [ceasefire] agreement.”
“We are not blaming anyone, but I blame certainly those who started the shooting,” he added.
Solana said that he was in contact with EU monitors on the ground and waiting for their report.
Sean McCormack, U.S. Department of States spokesman, said there have been “conflicting reports” about the incident.
“I have obviously seen the statements from the two presidents involved. I can’t confirm one way or the other,” he said at a news briefing on November 24. “What’s important here and what – you know, what these kinds of news reports and allegations make clear is the importance of effectively deploying all of the monitors in this region, and also working on all the various tracks of the ceasefire so that there is a more peaceful and better situation in Georgia for everybody.”
Meanwhile, Polish President, Lec Kaczynski, said in Poland after he returned back from Georgia, that he believed that the Russian soldiers fired shorts when he and his Georgian counterpart approached the South Ossetian administrative border.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a political rival of Kaczynski, said on November 24 that he had ordered a detailed report to be drawn up on the shooting incident, Reuters reported. “Nowhere in the world can the Polish president be put at such risk,” he told reporters during in London.
Meanwhile in Warsaw, foreign ministers from the Visegrad Group of states including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia as well as the three EU Baltic states, Bulgaria, Romania and Sweden condemned the incident and called for an investigation, the Deutsche Welle reported.
“The ministers express deepest concern and strongly condemn the incident in Georgia on 23 November 2008 when machine-gun fire was opened in immediate vicinity of a motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland, close to South Ossetia, Georgia,” the minister said in a joint statement. “The Ministers call for proper investigation and clarification of the incident.”
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FOX NEWS Somalian Terror Organization Shabaab al Mujahideen Looks to ‘Throw the West Into Hell’, Al-Shabaab has it’s website in Vancouver WA, USA
FOX NEWS...Editors Note: This story is the first in a FOXNews.com series that takes a closer look at State Department-designated terror organizations that are considered to pose a threat to United States security.
[note: Fox has additional info:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457226,00.html ]
In the summer of 2007, a 28-year-old father of three from Houston, Texas, shocked his country when he became the first American ever to be convicted of receiving military training at a terrorist camp in Somalia.
Daniel Maldonado, an offbeat, outspoken young man who sported tattoos and dreadlocks, committed himself to wage jihad outside the United States and went to Somalia to receive training. It was there that he mastered the violent “arts” of homicide bombing, building IEDs and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
Maldonado’s training in jihad came from Shabaab al Mujahideen, a group the State Department on Feb. 29, 2008, designated as a highly dangerous foreign terrorist organization.
Shabaab al Mujahideen, which espouses radical Islamic rule and has close ties to Al Qaeda, is best known for operating training camps for people seeking a more extreme form of Jihad. It also has been forging relations with Somali pirates who have recently been intercepting and holding for ransom several international shipping vessels.
Click here to view the group’s Web site.
Al-Shabaab an Islamist group in Somalia officially said that they would track American citizens wherever they are, even if they are Aid workers or Journalists. The message was posted on their website http://kataaib.net/shuhadada%2028-01-2008.html they’ve also issued statements on the website praising Osama Bin Laden and inviting foreign fighters (Al-Qaeda) to come to Somalia. Al-Shabab is targeting all Journalists in Somalia.
The Al-Shabaab website is hosted in the USA by the Dotster web company in Vancouver WA.Visitors...Estimated number of visits for www.kataaib.net 5,037 visits per day.
Al-Shabaab in Somalia is Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab’s website http://kataaib.net/shuhadada%2028-01-2008.html
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Shabaab’s ultimate goal, as articulated in an April statement, is to throw the West “into hell.” Click here to read the full statement from Shabaab al Mujahideen.
Maldonado left his wife and three young children behind to pursue a life of jihad, beginning with his training at a Shabaab camp. Early in 2007, he fled the camp when it was invaded by the Ethiopian military. He was later arrested by Kenyan authorities and transferred to U.S. custody. After a lengthy interrogation by the FBI and a subsequent trial in Houston, he was convicted of receiving training from a terrorist organization. He was sentenced in July, 2007, to 10 years in federal prison. Click here to read the criminal complaint against Maldonado.
After the trial, FBI Director Robert Mueller praised the cooperation among international authorities that led to Maldonado’s conviction. But the disturbing implications of his case lingered. During his interrogation, Maldonado said Shabaab is not only intent upon creating an army of extremists for a crusade against the West, but it also seeks to establish an extremist Islamic network of unrivaled strength.
As the armed wing of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), Shabaab was initially packaged and promoted to the people of Somalia as a “law and order” organization. Indeed, the collapse of the Somali government in the 1990s — when clan warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre — resulted in years of violence and instability.
But what began with a promise to bring order to a broken, war-torn African nation rapidly developed into a new — and increasingly deadly — frontier in the war on terror.
According to Dr. J. Peter Pham, professor of justice studies and political science at James Madison University in Virginia, Somalia’s conflict with Ethiopia destroyed much of Shabaab’s original leadership. What has replaced it is a group of cavalier fundamentalists with a desire to create a “Taliban-like” government in the country, similar to what existed in Afghanistan before the September 11 attacks.
Just as disturbing is Shabaab’s association with the Somali pirates. While Shabaab’s original leaders discouraged a connection to the pirates, the new generation appears to be developing a burgeoning relationship with the outlaws. “Right now, the relationship between Shabaab and the pirates is one built out of convenience,” Pham said. “In return for allowing pirates to operate out of ports south of the city of Mogadishu, which are all controlled by Shabaab, it is receiving from the ransom the pirates demand for hijacked ships.”
Now analysts are concerned that Shabaab will develop a more significant relationship with the pirates, one that could result in an organization with the power to terrorize a struggling global economy.“There is a real danger that they might see an opportunity for real economic impact,” Pham said, In a worst-case scenario, he said, “Shabaab might say, ‘Individual [homicide] bombers are effective, why not [homicide] tankers?’”
As it is now, the ransom money the pirates share helps fund Shabaab’s jihadi cause, most likely in the form of weapons for its terror camps. Its efforts in that regard have not gone unnoticed — Shabaab has garnered the praise of Usama bin Laden on multiple occasions.
Shabaab camps have “developed into a cheaper and more readily available alternative for jihadi recruits living in the West and seeking an appropriate venue to obtain expert instruction in the arts of terrorism.”
At night, according to Maldonado, members of Shabaab gather together to share tales of bin Laden and his exploits. “Shabaab has proudly draped itself in the flag of Al Qaeda and the philosophy of global jihad against the U.S.” The terrorists welcome their placement with “other honorable men” on the State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
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October 17, 2008 Clip No. 1922
British Islamist Kamal Al-Hilbawi and Liberal Nabil Yassin Debate Whether Israeli Children Constitute Legitimate Military Targets
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1922.htm
Following are excerpts from a TV debate featuring Dr. Kamal al-Hilbawi, director of the London Center for the Study of Terrorism, and political analyst Dr. Nabil Yassin, which aired on BBC Arabic TV on October 17, 2008:
Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: I condemn the targeting of any civilian, but incidentally, I believe that every Israeli civilian is a future soldier.
Interviewer: He is what?
Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: A future soldier.
Interviewer: Even if he is two years old?
Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: Even if he is a child. A child born in Israel is raised on the belief that [the Arabs] are like contemptible sheep, and that this is a land without a people, and they are a people without a land. They have very strange concepts. In elementary school, they pose the following math problem: “In your village, there are 100 Arabs. If you killed 40, how many Arabs would be left for you to kill?” This is taught in the Israeli curriculum. What would you say about that? Should a child studying this be considered a civilian? He is a future soldier.
[...]
Dr. Nabil Yassin: What Kamal said is very dangerous. He is familiar with the case of the Kharijites. He takes us back to the Azariqa, the Kharijites who were most lethal to Muslims. They used to cut open the bellies of pregnant women, because they believed that the child would become an enemy of the Kharijites.
[...]
If we, as Arabs and Muslims, condemned every operation targeting civilians anywhere, we would be able to demand that all parties – not only the U.S. – commit themselves to the same position. I condemn the Israeli governments for teaching children such things, but I do not condemn the child, who still doesn’t know how he will kill the Arabs in 20 years’ time, when he becomes a soldier. We should differentiate... These things lead us back to the root of the problem: Who is a civilian, and who is a soldier, who is being targeted, and who is targeting me? We must not include civilians in the list of military targets.
[...]
Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: We must first ask ourselves, with regard to the Polish or Russian Israeli, who came with his children to occupy a land and a home that are not his, expelling the Palestinians to America, Britain, France, and Lebanon – what is his status according to international law?
Interviewer: We don’t want to limit the show to the Palestinian cause and the Arab-Israeli struggle, we are talking about terrorism in general.
Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: Allow me. I absolutely do not condone the killing of civilians. But those responsible for the killing of these civilians are sometimes their own relatives and their own country.
[...]
In my view, Sheik Al-Qaradhawi is one of the people responsible for the development of religious violence, I’m sad to say.
Interviewer: Dr. Nabil, we don’t want to...
Dr. Nabil Yassin: Let’s be clear on that... Religious scholars issued fatwas...
Interviewer: We are not here to pass judgment on Sheik Al-Qaradhawi or anyone else.
Dr. Nabil Yassin: We need to be realistic. For 1,400 years, we’ve been speaking in the name of Islam, while concealing the facts of reality. There is a movement among the clerics – and I don’t believe in clerics, because there is not supposed to be any clergy in Islam... There is a group of clerics, or religious jurisprudents, who fuel the phenomenon of religious violence, provide religious justifications [for terrorism], and allow people to go to Paradise and marry the black-eyed virgins, by killing themselves and others, some of whom are Muslims.
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Fake Budweiser Van Was Carrying 13 Alleged Illegal Immigrants
Submitted by national on Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Tucson Sector Border Patrol Agents seized a vehicle replicating a Budweiser delivery van smuggling thirteen illegal aliens near Three Points, Ariz.
Yesterday morning at 9:00am, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Station encountered a suspicious Budweiser Van traveling north from the border. Agents recognized this was abnormal and the vehicle appeared out of place. Agents were able to then successfully yield the van using emergency lights and sirens from their patrol cruiser. Inside the van agents discovered 13 illegal aliens of which eight were citizens of China, and the other five citizens of Mexico. All occupants were arrested and transported to the Tucson Border Patrol station.
Prosecution is being sought against the driver for the violation of alien smuggling.
Defending our borders against terrorists, illegal narcotics, and illegal aliens is priority ONE for the Tucson Sector Border Patrol. Networks of individuals exists who desire to bring chaos and suffering to our nation. Criminal elements are creative, ingenious, and persistent in their efforts to profit from illegal activity.
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/
DHS to Regulate Buying and Selling Ammonium Nitrate
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Bring the Tropics to your Garden- Grow Cassabanana!
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:24 PM CST
Every so often, even I, your ever-talented host, fail.
One of those occasions happened this year with a plant I was really excited about and intended to write a comprehensive article on growing it. This plant was Cassabanana, Sicana odorifera.
It’s not a banana at all, but it’s still quite tropical and nearly unheard of in the United States. It’san herbaceous perennial vine, but can be grown as an annual….where? I’m not sure. The information on the plant is so sketchy, it’s very hard to find any kind of information on it. All I know is several copy-and-paste garden websites listed it as a perennial in the tropics and an annual in “most climates.” Whatever that’s supposed to mean.
The fruit is long and cylindrical. Think overgrown cucumber, with a very tough skin and what is said to be a lovely aromatic smell. In fact, many people use the long-lasting fruit to freshen the smell of a room.
The fruit is either cooked prematurely like squash (which I wasn’t interested in since I was drowning in squash of all kinds this year), or allowed to ripen and used fresh, in drinks, pies, or preserves. It’s said to have a sweet tropical flavor. Again, whatever that’s supposed to mean
Growing Cassabanana
My own experimentations lead me to believe you stand an okay chance trying to grow this sucker down to USDA Zone 6. It thrives in hot summer weather, and for me, didn’t do much till summer arrived. Afterwards it needs a lengthy ripening time before frost. Because of this, I would nominate this plant for starting indoors early.
The vine may be too long and cumbersome for very small gardens. It needs a lot of sprawl space or a tall trellis. It’s said to grow up to fifty feet, but mine sure didn’t. My trellis was short, but I let it grow up and down on it, resulting in a jumbled mess that at least kept the fruit off the ground.
Seed is not too difficult to come by, several tropical-oriented companies offer seed for sale. My seed germinated very poorly- about 20%. It could have just been old seed, since most members of the gourd family germinate in no time flat. 20% equaled two seedlings, which for the amount of space the plant takes up, was no less than I needed. I was still a little bummed. I paid for ten seed, I wanted ten plants.
Nothing but trouble thereafter. While transplanting the very slow growing seedlings, I half cracked the stem of one plant. Ouch. This one actually survived but was set back for some time.
It grew slowly to start, until the heat kicked in. Then it took off. It didn’t produce very many female flowers, but all of them set fruit.
The fruit grew splendidly into a rather large cylindrical shape. It began changing color from green to yellow. Then from yellow to purple-ish. What followed was a week of solid rain, and the fruit all split open. Bugs quickly found their way inside and ruined whatever might have been edible.
Fruit was still setting, so I hadn’t lost all hope, but then came an infestation of squash bugs, that killed many of the flowers before I vacummed them all up (more on vacumming pests in a future post). Afterwards, fruit was still setting, but the ripening period for this fruit is so long that none of them made it till frost. I was so disgusted I didn’t even bother harvesting the immature fruit for cooking. I wanted ripe cassabanana, and I won’t be completely happy till I get it.
Bottom line? It didn’t work out so well for me, but that’s no reason for you not to give it a try. Up to USDA Aone 6, at least. I’ll be giving these guys another go-round next year. Let’s hope for better things!
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Granny notes: One year I grew a Luffa plant in the living room, it was a beautiful plant that flowered every morning at 4 am, you could set your clock with the flowers.
Half my living room ceiling was a green plant, LOL, I have never taken down the macrame rope that I ran all over the ceiling, from hook to hook, as I still plan to do it again, or a gourd, a feather or paint brush will fertilizer the flowers.
Reports on Kamal Al-Hilbawi (aka Helbawy) and Growing Challenge of Counterterrorism Think Tanks’ Infiltration
(UK) MEMRI: “British Islamist Kamal Al-Hilbawi and Liberal Nabil Yassin Debate: Are Israeli Children Legitimate Military Targets?”
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212908
-— NOTE name also spelled as “Helbawy”
-— Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: “I believe that every Israeli civilian is a future soldier.... Even if he is a child.”
-— MEMRI: “Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi, introduced on the program as director of the London Center for the Study of Terrorism, and political analyst Dr. Nabil Yassin. Dr. Hilbawi is also former spokesman of the international Muslim Brotherhood in the West. The debate aired on BBC Arabic TV on October 17, 2008”
—— Video Clip:
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1922.htm
—— Video Transcript
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1922.htm
-— “Asharq al-Awsat talks to Sheikh Dr Kamal al-Hilbawi, former spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and founding member of the Muslim Association of Britain”
http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=13028
-— Kamal Al-Hilbawi aka Kamal El-Helbawy web site
http://www.khelbawy.com/home.html
-— Harry’s Place: Hilbawi ‘’also is an adviser to the Global Civilization Study Center in London and chairman of the Center for the Study of Terrorism.’ The website of the GCSC is ‘under construction.’”
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/24/british-islamist-says-israeli-children-are-legitimate-targets/
-—— UK-based “Centre for the Study of Terrorism”
http://www.cfsot.com/index.php?thm=home
-—— Centre for the Study of Terrorism - Dr Kamal el-Helbawy - Chairman
http://www.cfsot.com/index.php?thm=staff
—— “Dr Kamal is the chairman of Centre for the Study of Terrorism (CFSOT) since the inception in 2006.”
http://www.khelbawy.com/link.html
-—— Global Civilisation Study Center
http://gcsclondon.com/
-— Hilbawi mentioned in HLF trial testimony
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/788
-— Hilbawi listed in HLF unindicted co-conspirators - Page 4, item 22
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
-— 1998: Islamic Militants on the Lecture Circuit in the United States
http://www.steveemerson.com/article/100
—— Paul Cruickshank sought Muslim Brotherhood’s Kamal Helbawy in October 2006 meeting in New York University Law School Center for Law and Security
http://www.lawandsecurity.org/muslim_brotherhood.cfm
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
——— “When Newsweek asked Mr. Cruickshank about why Kama el Helbawy wasn’t allowed in the United States, Cruickshank was baffled, stating that ‘[h]e’s a really respected guy... [h]e’s very influential within the Muslim community in Britain and his name is recognized throughout the world.’”
—— U.S. Homeland Security denied entry to Muslim Brotherhood’s Kamal Helbawy
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
—— in 2008 Kamal El Helbawy was praised by Paul Cruickshank and Peter Bergen as Muslim Brotherhood contact in British Finsbury mosque recruiting “moderates”
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=702bf6d5-a37a-4e3e-a491-fd72bf6a9da1
-—— More on Paul Cruickshank comments on Capitol Hill in September 2008
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank1
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank2
-—— More on Peter Bergen comments on Capitol Hill in September 2008
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen
-— Helbawy speaks on America and the War on Terror at London Muslim Centre (LMC)
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2485
-— October 18, 2008 - BBC: Helbawy representing “Centre for the Study of Terrorism”
http://worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/talking-points-17th-october/
-— Kashmir Herald: “On June 19-21, 1991, the virginia-based United Association for Studies and Research (UASR) co-sponsored one of the largest gatherings of Islamist militants ever held in the US. Kamal Hilbawi, the leader of Muslim brotherhood of Egypt, openly incited terrorist attacks against the Jews.”
http://kashmirherald.com/featuredarticle/HowAmericaSoftPeddlesIslamicFundamentalism.html
-— August 2007 - Think Tank Directors Spy a Potential Enemy Within - by Elaine Monaghan
-—— links to Jamestown Foundation
——— “Jamestown board member Diana Denman found the Helbawy connection sinister enough to suspect that Abedin’s present affiliation with the Centre for the Study of Terrorism could mean the Jamestown Foundation had been infiltrated by Islamists”
http://public.cq.com/docs/cqw/weeklyreport110-000002566958.html
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