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March 22, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
Pakistan Report: Christian Couple Burned, Raped for Refusing to Convert to Islam – Protests Denied
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-christian-couple-burned-raped-protests-denied/
Pakistan Taliban kill 4 ‘US spies’ in North Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg7_4
Pakistan: In Pakistan’s Swat, Taliban instill fear after defeat
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62L17Y20100322
Pakistan: Terrorists blow up school in Bajaur Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg7_6
Pakistan: Gunmen kill college principal in Quetta
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/03-gunmen-kill-college-principal-in-quetta-ss-03
— One killed, three injured in Quetta bomb blast
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-one-killed-three-injured-in-quetta-grenade-attack-ss-05
Pakistan: One dead, 10 injured in grenade attack on JUI-F
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/21-workers-+injured-grenade-attack-sk-05
Pakistan: Taliban plot to attack hotels, diplomats foiled
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Taliban-plot-to-attack-hotels-diplomats-foiled/articleshow/5713638.cms
Pakistan govt seeks ban on A Q Khan giving media interviews
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-govt-seeks-ban-on-A-Q-Khan-giving-media-interviews/articleshow/5712825.cms
Pakistan: Drone strike kills eight in North Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg7_3
Pakistan: Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sister, mother meet Rehman Malik
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg12_7
Pakistan: ‘Kidnappers threatened to chop up Sahil’ - if ransom not paid for 5 year old boy
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg7_27
Pakistan: Experts Say Pakistani Terror Group Lashkar-e Taiba (LET) Poses Greater Danger to US Than al-Qaida
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Experts-Say-Pakistani-Terror-Group-Poses-Greater-Danger-to-US-Than-al-Qaida—88860067.html
Pakistan: Expert questions ‘success’ with al-Qaida
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/22/Expert-questions-success-with-al-Qaida/UPI-98681269300649/
Pakistan backs Afghan reconciliation: Gilani
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg1_1
Afghanistan: Karzai holds talks with insurgents
— Telegraph: “Hamid Karzai has met a senior delegation from one of Afghanistan’s main insurgent groups as they delivered a 15-point peace plan calling for withdrawal of foreign troops.”
— “The Afghan president met envoys of the Hizb-i-Islami faction, which has been fighting Nato and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan for nearly eight years, his palace confirmed.”
— “Hizb-i-Islami is broadly aligned with the Taliban.... led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar shares the Taliban aim of removing foreign troops from Afghanistan and is considered to be one of the three biggest rebel threats by Nato”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7498428/Karzai-holds-talks-with-insurgents.html
— Karzai Meets Afghan Insurgent Delegation
— NYT: “President Karzai is planning a peace jirga, or assembly, for the end of April and is issuing invitations to a number of insurgent groups”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/world/asia/23afghan.html
— Karzai studying peace offer from militant group
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35980193/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
Afghan bomb attacks kill at least 12 civilians
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg7_1
(Afghanistan) UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070070&Language=en
(Iraq) Six killed in spate of Iraq attacks
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100321/twl-six-killed-in-spate-of-iraq-attacks-3cd7efd.html
(U.S.) Judge orders freedom for detainee described in 9/11 report as significant al-Qaida operative
— Mohamedou Ould Salah
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/sns-ap-us-guantanamo-detainee,0,3745234.story
— Judge orders release of suspected Al Qaeda organizer accused of recruiting 9/11 conspirators
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589769,00.html
(U.S.) Jihad Jane case suggests rising threat from online ‘jihobbyists’
— Christian Science Monitor: “according to counterterrorism experts, Ms. LaRose, who has not been connected with any organized militant group, represents the growing threat posed by ‘jihobbyists.’ These are people drawn to the online theater of violent jihad, becoming increasingly radical as they delve deeper into the chat rooms and forums that espouse Al Qeada ideology.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0319/Jihad-Jane-case-suggests-rising-threat-from-online-jihobbyists
— November 17, 2009: Major Hasan Dined with ‘Jihad Hobbyist’
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/hasans-friend-proclaimed-extremist/story?id=9100187
(U.S.) Anwar al-Awlaki Hails Rise of “Western Jihad”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20000878-503543.html
(UK) Nuclear terror risk to Britain from Al-Qaeda
— Daily Telegraph: “Britain faces an increased threat of a nuclear attack by al-Qaeda terrorists following a rise in the trafficking of radiological material, a government report has warned.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7500719/Nuclear-terror-risk-to-Britain-from-Al-Qaeda.html
— Threat from terrorists using nuclear weapons and speed boats
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7499140/Threat-from-terrorists-using-nuclear-weapons-and-speed-boats.html
(Iran) Hundreds of Taliban were trained in Iran: report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg7_12
(Israel) Three missiles hit S. Israel
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070197&Language=en
Kenya: Terror Suspect Might Have Fled to Uganda
— Hashi Hussein Farah holds an Australian passport
http://allafrica.com/stories/201003221865.html
Yemen: U.S. intelligence: Al Qaeda may target ships off Yemen
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/22/u-s-intelligence-al-qaeda-may-target-ships-off-yemen/?eref=time_world
Egypt: In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood Officials Accused of Setting Up Terror Cells
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4049.htm
War on Women News:
UK - Banaz Mahmod Case: Handsworth body in suitcase honor killing: Man in court
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2010/03/21/handsworth-body-in-suitcase-honour-killing-man-in-court-97319-26078037/
— Man remanded over ‘honour’ killing
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/818338-man-remanded-over-honour-killing
Pakistan: Police book man for killing wife
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg12_3
Other News:
Egypt: President Mubarak Appoints Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb as the New Al-Azhar Sheikh; In a 2002 Interview from MEMRI Archives, Dr. Al-Tayyeb Said: ‘We Condemned the September 11 Attacks – But Since Then Our Feelings Have Changed’
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4048.htm
Iran: Osama Bin Laden’s Daughter Allowed to Leave Iran
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/bin-ladens-daughter-allowed-to-leave-iran/?ref=world
“Palestinian support for a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel is declining, a joint Palestinian-Israeli study has found”
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=171559
(U.S.) “Nawar Shora takes battle for Arab and Muslim rights inside the TSA”
— Nawar Shora is the legal director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
— Washington Post: “In January, the TSA heightened security measures for travelers who are from — or traveling through — 13 predominantly Muslim countries, plus Cuba”
— “’All of a sudden, people are labeled as being related to terrorism just because of the nation they are from,’ Shora said this winter, calling the TSA move ‘extreme and very dangerous.’”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805190.html
-— January 8, 2010: “ADC and Broad Coalition Object to TSA Recent Directives”
http://www.adc.org/media/press-releases/2010/january-2010/adc-and-broad-coalition-object-to-tsa-recent-directives-that-negatively-impact-700-million-people/
— W.Post states Shora references “the death of a Detroit imam shot 20 times in an FBI sting operation involving stolen goods” as a loss of “trust” in U.S. govt
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805190.html
— October 29, 2009: Michigan: Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah Called for Attacks on FBI, Washington DC, Police – Sought Hate, Violence Against Non-Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/detroit-imam-called-for-jihad-on-usa/
— ADC Commends DOJ-CRD on Decison to Review Imam Shooting
http://bit.ly/bQZhnQ
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:Gwr0ETCgbfMJ:www.adc.org/index.php%3Fid%3D3539+%22ADC+Commends+DOJ-CRD+on+Decision+to+Review+Imam+Shooting%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArabCalendar/message/16927
— Nawar Shora on IIIT investigation in 2002
http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2002-03/21/article03.shtml
(UK) Terry Fitz: PVE Funds Islamist Extremism in Tower Hamlets
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/03/22/terry-fitz-pve-funds-islamist-extremism-in-tower-hamlets/
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Group Raises $850 Million for “Darfur Reconstruction”
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Islamic-Group-Raises-850-Million-for-Darfur-Reconstruction-88769182.html
-— while OIC promotes Cairo Declaration that would defy human freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/u-s-state-dept-religious-freedom-report-condemns-oic-efforts-to-restrict-freedom/
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-30-rally-protesting-oic/
Malaysia women’s group sued over ‘Islam’ in name
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/22/malaysia-women039s-group-sued-over-039islam039-name.html
Irshad Manji: “Muslims in the West: To be reformist or defensive?”
http://www.irshadmanji.com/im-muslims-in-the-west-to-be-reformist-or-defensive
Hate Group “Westboro Baptist Church” Cheers on Shooting of NYC Police Officer
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/westboro-hate-group-cheers-police-shooting/
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist China: Google Stops Censoring Results
— Google: “today we stopped censoring our search services — Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn”
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/communist-china-google-stops-censoring-results/
Communist China angry as Google stops censoring results
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7500917/China-angry-as-Google-stops-censoring-search-results.html
Communist China stirs anti-US feeling ahead of expected Google shut down
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7496838/China-stirs-anti-US-feeling-ahead-of-expected-Google-shut-down.html
— Chinese shrug shoulders at possible Google pull-out
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE62L03V20100322?type=marketsNews
Communist North Korea to put US citizen on trial for illegal entry
— 30-year-old Aijalon Mahli Gomes was detained after crossing into North Korea from China on 25 January
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/22/north-korea-american-trial-illegal-entry
— US citizen Aijalon Mahli Gomes detained in North Korea
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7071271.ece
Against Racial Supremacism News:
A Secret Revealed on American Renaissance
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/amrens-true-adversary/
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By Emily Brandon
Posted: March 4, 2010
Retirees will NOT receive an extra $250 Social Security payment this year. The Senate voted 47 to 50 yesterday against sending seniors an additional one-time check.
President Obama called for the $250 payment for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities in October shortly after the Social Security Administration announced that seniors would not receive a cost-of-living increase in 2010. This is the first year without a boost in Social Security payments since automatic increases for inflation began in 1975.
[See Job Search Grows Cold, Creating Reluctant Retirees.]
Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent, and nine Democrat cosponsors introduced the proposal yesterday as an amendment to legislation extending unemployment benefits through the end of the year. The measure was similar to a provision of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act that distributed one-time $250 economic recovery payments to seniors in May 2009 at a cost of $13.7 billion.
12 Democrats and one independent joined 37 Republicans in defeating the amendment. One Republican and one independent sided with 45 Democrats in supporting the extra payment. Three Republicans did not vote.
[See 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Retire.]
Social Security payments are tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which did not increase between the third quarter of 2008 and 2009. Existing Social Security recipients will receive the same amount this year as they did in 2009.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100014_22/03/2010_115808
In Brief
Terror probe
Police honing in on 15 suspects, two currently in jail
Counterterrorism police who have intensified their search for members of a new generation of terrorist groups following the death of a 35-year-old suspected terrorist in a shootout in southeastern Athens earlier this month are focusing on 15 suspects, sources have told Kathimerini. Two of the suspects are believed to be in jail, the sources said. Police stepped up their investigation into the suspected involvement of Lambros Fountas in terrorist activities after a posthumous search of his home turned up a detailed map of the capital’s police surveillance cameras.
Migrant camps
Minister heralds border units
Deputy Citizens’ Protection Minister Spyros Vougias said yesterday that a new migrant reception center would be up and running on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos by summer and that another unit would open in Evros, near the Turkish land border, by next year. Both the units are to replace now-defunct centers that have drawn the criticism of human rights organizations. Local authorities at the borders have said they do not have the resources to deal with a relentless influx of undocumented immigrants.
Rally tomorrow
Members of the civil servants’ union ADEDY are to hold another rally in central Athens tomorrow to protest the government’s austerity measures. The rally will come a week after the previous civil servants’ march in the capital which was marred by violence. ADEDY, which has staged three 24-hour strikes in a month, complains that cuts in the public sector are “unfair and one-sided.”
Lawyers’ strike
Lawyers are to walk off the job for three days this week after the coordinating committee of the country’s bar associations called strikes for Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in protest at an increase in value-added tax on their services. The committee criticized the government for failing to address problems in the legal sector, including a huge backlog of cases.
Social Security payments are tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which did not increase between the third quarter of 2008 and 2009. Existing Social Security recipients will receive the same amount this year as they did in 2009.<<<
Here food and medicines are up, about 25%.
Isn’t communism wonderful.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Vandals+desecrate+synagogue/2713120/story.html
Vandals desecrate synagogue in Outremont
By Jan Ravensbergen, The GazetteMarch 22, 2010
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Vandals+desecrate+synagogue/2713120/story.html#ixzz0j32hpdXJ
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Canadian+warship+sails+counter+terror+threats/2717302/story.html
Canadian warship sails to counter terror threats
By Allison Cross, Canwest News ServiceMarch 23, 2010 4:02 PMComments (20)
March 23, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
Upcoming Event:
— Washington DC: March 28 – Lincoln Memorial Event: Supporting Racial Equality, Gender Equality, and Religious Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/lincoln-memorial-2010-rally/
Newslinks:
Afghanistan: Taliban say not involved in Kabul peace talks
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62L0PT20100323
Afghanistan: Ex-spies still agitated over CIA’s Afghan losses
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2010/03/nearly_four_months_after_an.html
Afghanistan: Taleban seize Shah Karez, home of the British-backed Mullah Abdul Salaam
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7073313.ece
Pakistan foils plot to bomb Western targets
— the Serena Hotel and the French Club restaurant
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62L3D320100322
“Pakistan student dies after Islamic radicals beat him”
— Anan Khan reportedly beaten “by members of a student wing of the hard-line Jamiat-e Islami party” for playing music
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=614464
(Pakistan/U.S.) Kayani, Petraeus reaffirm Pak-US strategic partnership
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\23\story_23-3-2010_pg1_3
— Pakistan: General begins strategic talks with US
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.159813854
(Pakistan/U.S.) US willing to consider nuke cooperation with Pakistan: Hillary Clinton
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-willing-to-consider-nuke-cooperation-with-Pak-Hillary-Clinton/articleshow/5716448.cms
— US to unwrap range of actions for Pakistan: Richard Holbrooke
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-to-unwrap-range-of-actions-for-Pakistan-Richard-Holbrooke/articleshow/5716049.cms
— US lining up billions more to reward Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-lining-up-billions-more-to-reward-Pak/articleshow/5717402.cms
— Pakistan comes with specific wish list for US
— Dawn: “Pakistan is also interested in a civilian nuclear arrangement with Washington”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-pakistan+comes+with+specific+wishlist+for+us—bi-05
— The Nuclear Islamic Republic of Pakistan - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#8
(Pakistan/U.S.) US missile strike kills six in North Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-drone+strike+kills+four+militants+in+north+waziristan-hs-05
Pakistan: Ex-ISI official Khalid Khawaja says he arranged 5 meetings between former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\21\story_21-3-2010_pg1_6
Iraq: Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq Calls for Continued Jihad Against U.S. ‘Occupiers’
— Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/23/al-qaeda-leader-iraq-calls-continued-jihad-occupiers/
(U.S.) TSA nominee wants to move airport screening closer to ‘Israeli model’ - Robert Harding
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/03/23/tsa.nominee.senate/index.html?hpt=T2
(U.S.) Want to Fly Through a Loophole in the No-Fly List? Buy a Plane
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/terrorism-loophole-fly-list/story?id=10149211
(U.S.) IPT News: “Judge Brinkema’s Pocket Veto”
— Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporter Sami Al-Arian case
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1869/judge-brinkemas-pocket-veto
(UK) Reports warn of increased “dirty bomb” risk
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070262&Language=en
(Iran) Reports on Iran training Taliban militants concerning — Pentagon
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070506&Language=en
Lebanon jails 20 linked to Qaeda in attacks plot
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=350664&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17
Nigeria: 41 to be charged with murder, 121 with other offenses in Jos massacre
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/jos-massacre-arrests/
— regarding attacks on Christians on March 7 and March 17
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/nigeria-500-christians-butchered-in-jos/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/new-nigeria-killings-in-jos/
— see also R.E.A.L. postings on Nigeria
http://www.realcourage.org/category/nigeria/
Nigeria: “Persecution Watchdogs Contest Media Reports on Nigeria Violence”
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100320/persecution-watchdogs-contest-media-reports-on-nigeria-violence/
(Yemen) US, Yemen discuss anti-terrorism efforts
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=37991
(Somalia) Al-Shabaab Commander Gunned Down at Close Range in Somalia
http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/11386
Somali pirates hijack ships outside patrol area as they move further east
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/7508479/Somali-pirates-hijack-ships-outside-patrol-area-as-they-move-further-east.html
Libya frees 214 Islamists
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_505822.html
— Libya frees Islamist leaders — Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20100323223334794C595963
Belgium: Prosecutor in Belgium demands jail for al-Qaeda suspect — Malika El Aroud
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070523&Language=en
Russian prosecutors say priest’s killer slain
— regarding November killing of Daniil Sysoyev
— Reuters: “The slain gunman was identified as Beksultan Karybekov, a native of mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan”
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62F46020100316
Spain tries 2 over ‘praising terrorism’ cartoons
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3866875,00.html
Spain raises terrorism alert - after Basque killing of police officer
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iR3KES7vjcV1wBOSPFHZxqzlZDLgD9EK7RQG0
Greece: Leftist Guerrilla Group Claims Athens Bomb Attacks
— “Fire Conspiracy Cells”
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/22/world/international-uk-greece-bomb-claim.html?_r=1
Indonesia - Jawa Report: “The Facebook Jihad Targets President Obama”
— Indonesia Jihad bloggers reportedly praise American terror suspects, plot against President Obama
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/201673.php
Philippine police warn of election attacks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100323/wl_asia_afp/philippinesvoteunrest
War on Women News:
Saudi Woman Criticizes Muslim Clerics in TV Poetry Contest – Gets Death Threats
— Hissal Hilal
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/hissa-hilal/
Pakistan: 647 women killed in the name of ‘honor’ last year
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\23\story_23-3-2010_pg1_7
Turkey: 17 women killed, 26 commit suicide in 2 months
— Report also references “honor killings,” stating “More than one thousand one hundred women were killed in this way during the five-year period 2003-2007”
http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.XAM17362.html
Save Children Now News:
Yemen: Ban on Child Brides Is Imperiled
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/yemen-ban-on-child-brides-is-imperiled/
— AP reports: “Some of Yemen’s most influential Muslim leaders have declared supporters of a ban on child brides to be apostates”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/world/middleeast/23briefs-Yemenbf.html
— Yemen: “Women oppose child marriage ban”
— Straits Times reports: “The protesters held up banners proclaiming ‘don’t ban what Allah made permissible,’ or ‘stop violating Islamic sharia law in the name of rights and freedoms,’ an AFP correspondent said. Answering calls by Muslim clerics who oppose the proposal on grounds it goes against Islamic sharia law, the protesters arrived in organised buses.”
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_504831.html
Other News:
Pakistan - Five Sihks Kidnapped - Oppression of Pakistan Minorities
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-five-sihks-kidnapped-oppression-of-pakistan-minorities/
Pakistan: Christians fear further Islamic violence before Easter
— Arshed Masih dies
http://bit.ly/dq6t3i
— Pakistan Report: Christian Couple Burned, Raped – Protests Denied
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-christian-couple-burned-raped-protests-denied/
Egypt: Trial Delayed to April 14 for Accused of Murdering Copts in Nag Hammadi
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/egypt-trial-delayed-to-april-14/
Egypt: Skype questions Egypt ban on Net calls
http://www.egyptiangazette.net/news-5363-Skype%20questions%20Egypt%20ban%20on%20Net%20calls.html
Sudan: ICC prosecutor: April Sudan vote like ‘Hitler election’
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/sudan-icc-prosecutor-april-sudan-vote-like-hitler-election/
Sudan: VOA - “UN: Clashes on Rise in South Sudan as Polls Near”
— VOA: “A U.N. official says incidents of inter-tribal violence have escalated in South Sudan before key elections, killing 450 and displacing nearly 60,000 since the beginning of this year. The April vote is to be Sudan’s first multi-party polls in 24 years”
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/UN-Clashes-on-Rise-in-South-Sudan-as-Polls-Near-88938697.html
(UK) “Mr Begg’s Guests”
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/03/23/mr-beggs-guests/
(UK) Islamic social worker ‘told Muslim mother to move to Bangladesh or lose children to Christianity’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7504530/Islamic-social-worker-told-Muslim-mother-to-move-to-Bangladesh-or-lose-children-to-Christianity.html
UK: Chaplains answer to Muslim extremism, says minister
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/uk-chaplains-answer-to-muslim-extremism.html
UK: Daily Telegraph Report on Baroness Deech Comments regarding inter-family marriage
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7497906/Baroness-Deech-Risks-of-cousin-marriage-not-discussed-for-fear-of-offending-Muslims.html
Iranians Boost Efforts to Arouse the Palestinian Masses
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4052.htm
Syria: Osama Bin Laden’s Daughter Flees Into Syria: Living With Mom
— Iman Bin Laden
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100323/NEWS01/100323038/1006/news01/Bin-Laden-s-daughter-safely-in-Syria—brother-says
UK: Government names most influential ‘pro-Islamic’ bloggers
— RICU
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/23/government-names-pro-islamic-bloggers
ADL report: “Louis Farrakhan Puts His Anti-Semitism On Full Display; Deepens Conspiracy Theories About Jewish Control”
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/NatIsl_81/5722_81.htm
(Israel/U.S.) London Times: “Israel threatens to block peace talks for year as links with US hit new low”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7073332.ece
(U.S.) Oklahoma: Group plans session on Islam council at at Trinity Baptist Church — opposes CAIR
http://bit.ly/aKCXKW
(U.S.) Malcolm X Killer Gets Parole
— Thomas Hagan aka Talmadge X. Hayer was an “active Nation of Islam member”
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/malcolm-x-killer-gets-parole-03-21-2010
— “decided to kill Malcolm X because he was a ‘hypocrite’ who had ‘gone against the leader of the Nation of Islam’”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/nyregion/20parole.html
(Russia) “F18News: Russia - Lutheran extremists?”
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1425
Indonesia’s BNI sharia unit to contest tax charge
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSJAK34524420100323
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist China thwarts Google’s detour around censorship
— AP reports: “Google’s attempted detour around China’s Internet censorship rules was met with countermeasures Tuesday by the communist government, which blocked people on the mainland from seeing search results dealing with such forbidden topics as the pro-democracy movement.”
— “On Tuesday, a search request from within mainland China about the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests returned a notice that the “page cannot be displayed.” It also caused the Web browser to disconnect for several seconds. Under the old google.cn, a similar query usually returned a list of sanitized sites about Tiananmen Square.”
Against Racial Supremacism News:
Connecticut White Wolves White Supremacist, Nazi Group Members Indicted
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/ct-white-wolves-indicted/
“Michelle McGee, dumped from Angry White Girl for being too white supremacist”
http://bit.ly/9UW35y
Against Nazi News:
Oregon - Eugene: Jewish hate crimes turn violent
http://www.katu.com/news/local/88776302.html
German court convicts former Nazi hitman Heinrich Boere
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/23/germany.nazi.conviction/index.html
German intelligence service reveals spies’ Nazi past
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5378586,00.html
Germany: Dr. Joseph Mengele Documents Found
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978122615
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Yes - just great.
All the while the bums in congress vote our rights away and give themselves raises and have excellent health care.
I detest all of them.
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 2868: "PRESIDENT MUBARAK APPOINTS DR. AHMAD AL-TAYYEB AS THE NEW AL-AZHAR SHEIKH; In a 2002 Interview from MEMRI Archives, Dr. Al-Tayyeb Said: 'We Condemnded the September 11 Attacks -- But Since Then Our Feelings Have Changed'" (March 19, 2010)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2474395/posts?page=76#76
Cindy’s Note: If you see a suspicious package — no matter what country you are in — report it. Don’t touch it. Don’t open it. Report it. Thank you.
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3867237,00.html
“2 explosive devices located at bus stop on Rte. 65”
Published: 03.23.10, 22:48 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “Two explosive devices were discovered in a plastic bag hidden at a bus stop on Route 65 near Umm al-Fahm junction. Police sappers that were dispatched to the site are detonating the devices.”
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The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress
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Central Asia’s Security: Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL30294/
The OECD Initiative on Tax Havens
R40114 - March 11, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40114/
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2011
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41098/
Immigration Visa Issuances and Grounds for Exclusion: Policy and Trends
R41104 - March 10, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R41104/
The FY2011 Federal Budget
R41097 - March 09, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R41097/
FEMA Disaster Cost-Shares: Evolution and Analysis
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41101/
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41084/
Visa Security Policy: Roles of the Departments of State and Homeland Security
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41093/
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R40699 - March 05, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40699/
Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options
R40084 - March 04, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40084/
Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks
RS21968 - March 03, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS21968/
The European Union: Leadership Changes Resulting from the Lisbon Treaty
R41088 - March 03, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R41088/
Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
R40126 - March 02, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40126/
Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization
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War Bonds in the Second World War: A Model for a New Iraq/Afghanistan War Bond?
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Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41084/
Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs
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Violence Against Women Act: History and Federal Funding
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American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
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http://opencrs.com/document/RS22190/
The European Parliament
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http://opencrs.com/document/RS21998/
The European Union: Questions and Answers
RS21372 - February 25, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS21372/
War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations, and Issues for Congress
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http://opencrs.com/document/R40156/
Iraq Casualties: U.S. Military Forces and Iraqi Civilians, Police, and Security Forces
R40824 - February 25, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40824/
Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties
RS21123 - February 24, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS21123/
Zimbabwe: The Power Sharing Agreement and Implications for U.S. Policy
RL34509 - February 24, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34509/
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
RL33436 - February 24, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33436/
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
RL33016 - February 24, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33016/
Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress
RS22907 - February 23, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS22907/
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy
RL33528 - February 23, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33528/
Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
RL31356 - February 23, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL31356/
The Technology Innovation Program
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Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims—Judicial Review of VA Decision Making
RS22561 - February 22, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS22561/
The European Union’s Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty
RS21618 - February 22, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS21618/
Costa Rica: Background and U.S. Relations
R40593 - February 22, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40593/
The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement
RL32540 - February 22, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL32540/
Repairing and Reconstructing Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges: The Role of Federal-Aid Highway Assistance
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Trends in Discretionary Spending
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL34424/
The National Commission on Children and Disasters: Overview and Issues
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41080/
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
RS21922 - February 19, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS21922/
Haiti Earthquake: Crisis and Response
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41023/
Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL34317/
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
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FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program: Overview and Issues
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL34537/
Pipeline Safety and Security: Federal Programs
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL33347/
Argentina’s Defaulted Sovereign Debt: Dealing with the “Holdouts”
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http://opencrs.com/document/R41029/
Federal Grants-In-Aid: An Historical Perspective on Contemporary Issues
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http://opencrs.com/document/R40638/
Chemical Facility Security: Reauthorization, Policy Issues, and Options for Congress
R40695 - February 16, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40695/
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL32048/
Mandatory Spending Since 1962
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Pandemic Flu and Medical Biodefense Countermeasure Liability Limitation
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The U.S. Trade Deficit, the Dollar, and the Price of Oil
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL34686/
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Nigeria
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Foreign Direct Investment: Current Issues
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Foreign Investment and National Security: Economic Considerations
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Venezuela: Issues in the 111th Congress
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http://opencrs.com/document/R40938/
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit
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http://opencrs.com/document/RL33274/
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and Current Developments
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Rwanda: Background and Current Developments
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The Global Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications
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Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States
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Zimbabwe
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SNIPPET: “Two explosive devices were discovered in a plastic bag hidden at a bus stop on Route 65 near Umm al-Fahm junction. Police sappers that were dispatched to the site are detonating the devices.”<<<<
We had the trash bag bombs here about 5 years ago.
They were tested on a lake in Louisiana and found in several areas as floating bombs.
Also used Styrofoam ice chests and there was the fishing boat that was loose in Seattle and a man snagged it and hauled it to the dock, only to find it full of explosives.
Yes, many more examples out there, but you are right, run and expect a second blast to go off, for they will try to kill the rescuers.
I know your memory is far better than mine for these incidents.
Thanks for your feedback granny.
Any package that is unattended and seems suspicious; report it.
Don’t get near it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2167923/posts?page=213#213
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/March/10-ag-297.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
United States Transfers Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Georgia
The Department of Justice today announced that three detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the custody and control of Georgia.
As directed by the President’s January 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of these cases. As a result of that review, which examined a number of factors, including security issues, the detainees were approved for transfer by unanimous consent among all the agencies involved in the Task Force. In accordance with Congressionally-mandated reporting requirements, the Administration informed Congress of its intent to transfer these detainees at least 15 days before their transfer.
Earlier today, three detainees, whose identities are being withheld for security and privacy reasons, were transferred to Georgia. The United States is grateful to Georgia for its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
These transfers were carried out under an arrangement between the United States and Georgia. The United States coordinated with the Georgia to ensure the transfers took place under appropriate security measures and consultations regarding these individuals will continue.
Since 2002, more than 580 detainees have departed Guantanamo Bay for other destinations.
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“Former Gitmo detainee leads top Taliban council”
By BILL ROGGIO
March 23, 2010 11:09 AM
SNIPPET: “Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has named two new leaders to replace the head of its leadership council, who was detained in Pakistan earlier this year. One of the two new leaders was released from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in 2007.
Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir and Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansur have been named by Omar to replace Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a Taliban operative named Abu Zabihullah told Newsweek.”
SNIPPET: “Zakir is a former detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility who was released by the US in December 2007 and sent to Afghanistan, where he was subsequently released by the Afghan government. Zakir, whose real name is Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, quickly rejoined the Taliban and took over operations in the strategic Afghan South.”
Nuclear Terrorism: ‘It’s Not Personal; It’s Just Business (Part Two of Ten)
March 24, 2010
by Peter Huessy
‘It’s not personal; it’s just business.’ So said Michael Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather. It is also what numerous companies, countries, banks and individuals might very well say if confronted with the evidence that they are selling technology to Iran and Iran-front companies that contribute to Tehran’s pursuit of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons. The only tool, which European and American leaders now believe, will help them stall and perhaps reverse Iran’s pursuit of the nuclear bomb is what is often referred to as ‘crippling sanctions.’ To be effective, a host of countries and companies will both have to be either shamed or fined into stopping their deadly traffic. The sanctions clock is thus in a race with the nuclear technology clock – the former has never been seriously pursued while the latter, firmly in the hands of the revolutionary elements in Iran, is proceeding with a seriousness not matched by the will of the free nations of the world to bring it to a stop.
The following story tells us some of what we need to know. On a fog-shrouded evening within the last year, an Ilyushin-76 North Korean cargo plane left Azerbaijan, flew to the UAE, then on to Bangkok, then to Pyongyang, back to Bangkok to refuel, where it had planned to fly to Sri Lanka, then back to the UAE, to Kiev, to Tehran and then to Montenegro. The cargo? What the Thai authorities found after impounding the plane, was 35 tons of weapons including shoulder-fired rockets, surface to air missiles, and parts to the Tae-podong-2 long-range ballistic missile, falsely labeled ‘oil drilling spare parts.’ The various waypoints in the cargo planes itinerary? Well-known trans-shipment points for weapons to terrorists such as Hezbollah and terrorist regimes such as Iran.
The Ilyishin-76 was registered in Georgia, leased to SP Trading Ltd, a shell company registered in New Zealand, which in turn leased the plane to a Honk Kong company, owned by another Hong Kong firm, owned in turn by a third company in the British Virgin Islands. This company, Overseas Cargo FZE, is based in one of the UAE’s emirates, is owned by Svetlana Zykova. Some of the weapons may have been produced in China, sold to North Korea wholesale. The plane traveled over Chinese airspace.
In Venezuela, Moscow is assisting in training nuclear scientists and has discussed helping Caracas with the construction of several nuclear power plants, what former Pentagon official Peter Brooks calls ‘bomb starter kits.’ Iran is also helping Venezuela with ballistic missiles, (the distance between Caracas and Miami is 1400 miles, the range of the Iranian Shahab missiles). In turn, Venezuela says it will supply Iran with 182,000 barrels of refined gasoline a day, or 66 million barrels annually, (this compares to the 140,000 barrels of refined petroleum a day Iran now imports), in case the U.S. Congress passes legislation to cut-off refined gasoline sales to Iran.
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What we have seen recently may be the re-emergence of a network or cartel, led by the ‘triple cactus axis’ – North Korea, Venezuela and Iran – grafted onto traditional weapons suppliers China and Russia – to assist Iran in building nuclear bombs and the ballistic missiles with which to deliver them. Too many companies and countries apparently exist for which business trumps security, and cash trumps common sense. One major Italian company President, when asked why his company was helping Iran build tunnels in which to hide nuclear weapons work, exploded: ‘There is no gas in Switzerland!’ If reports are true that another round of UN endrosed sanctions will not affect Tehran’s energy sector or its banks, the future ‘arrows of Allah’ may indeed be tipped with nuclear weapons.
continues....I know it is a long ‘snip’, go and read what I did not snip, it will scare you.
granny
Source: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5816/pub_detail.asp
Tehran’s Terrible Future - and Maybe America’s Too
March 24, 2010
by James Carafano, PhD
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The lesson for Washington is that the United States, a long-established nuclear power, must act like a responsible one. The Obama administration has started a mad dash down the ‘road to zero’ – with the announced goal of eliminating our nuclear arsenal. It’s a path more likely to end in a nuclear firestorm than in peace.
Why? The danger starts with the administration’s refusal to fully modernize our nuclear weapons. Our aging inventory is increasingly less usable and reliable. The continuing erosion of a credible deterrent force will only invite aggression.
Moreover, slashing U.S. arsenals may well spur a news arms race. It may encourage emerging atomic enemies such as Iran and North Korea to ‘pick up the pace’ to become our nuclear equals. That in turn could spark other nations wary of these rogue regimes to fast-track their own nuclear programs. Instead of easing tensions, our nuclear drawdown could ratchet up worldwide instability.
The administration has compounded its nuclear error by hobbling our missile defense program. War gaming exercises consistently show missile defenses not only deter attacks, they deter others from even building up their arsenals. Why build missiles when they’ll just be shot down?
A world on fire is horrific vision of the future. The Iranian administration views it as glorious, while our administration steadfastly averts its gaze. It should worry peace-loving Iranians and Americans alike.
FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., is a leading expert in defense affaires, intelligence, military operations and strategy, and homeland security at the Heritage Foundation.
Source: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5812/pub_detail.asp
Facebook Jihad Targets Obama
March 22, 2010
Exclusive: The Facebook Jihad Targets President Obama
Update by Stable Hand: via anonymous Zionist Pimp #5
LionessofJihad Mujahidahbonita assalamu’alaikum warrahmatullahi wabarrakatuh... my dear jihadist brothers sisters,i’m going to be gone from fb for period of time. there are some KAFFIR bloggers is trying to get me arrested over the next view days and weeks most likely due to my cyber jihad and the arrested of my big sister FATIMA LAROSE. i got this... message from an american muslim brother,anyone needs me just get me on my yahoo.
Dear ehadi LionessofJihad Mujahidahbonita:
It’s not nice to mess with the force
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Source: http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/201673.php
TSA to Propose Limited General Aviation Security Measures
March 24, 2010
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has opted for relaxing proposed security measure for general aviation (GA); the new plan is likely to exempt all general aviation aircraft smaller than mid-size jets as defined by maximum takeoff weight or fuel capacity; pilots of such mid-size and larger GA aircraft would be required to go through a vetting process and earn ‘trusted pilot’ credentials
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Source: http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/tsa-propose-more-limited-security- measures-general-aviation
Libya Frees al-Qaeda Terrorists
March 24, 2010
TRIPOLI - LIBYA has freed 214 Islamists from prison, including three top figures of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, the son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said on Tuesday.
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‘With the release of these leaders, we have brought to a conclusion our programme of dialogue and reconciliation,’ he added, in reference to a policy of reaching out to Islamists begun in 2007 by the Kadhafi Foundation, which he heads.
‘Since the beginning of this programme, 705 Islamists have been freed, while 409 are still in prison, and 232 of them will be set free soon,’ Mr Islam added.
In 2007, Al-Qaeda announced that the LIFG had joined the jihadist network. But last year, the Kadhafi Foundation announced that Islamists being held in Libyan prisons that had previously had links with Al-Qaeda had renounced those ties.
‘This is an historic event,’ Mr Islam said, adding that the authorities would continue releasing prisoners until all those still in jail are freed.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStor y_505822.html
JPost -
The Jerusalem Post
Politically motivated move, blow to intelligence-sharing
By YAAKOV LAPPIN
24/03/2010 01:50
Britain’s expulsion of an Israeli diplomat over an alleged Mossad
assassination seems certain to damage counterterrorism efforts.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=171670
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If the reports are accurate, the expulsion would result in the removal
of an important channel of communication between the Mossad and
Britain’s security services, one that has provided London with valuable
information on developments in Middle Eastern arenas such as Iraq.
“Al-Qaida views Britain as the head of a Western snake and an immediate
target. It’s not very smart to kick out a representative of a foreign
intelligence agency that is helping you,” former senior Mossad member
Rami Igra told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
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