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Free Republic | 4/11/2010 | FReeper Collaboration

Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta

TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM
      News, INFORMATION & Analysis

Obama amputates our nuclear arms

By: Charles Krauthammer

...snippet...

Under President Obama’s new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is “in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” explained Gates, then “the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.”

Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. The president immediately calls in the lawyers to determine whether the attacking state is in compliance with the NPT. If it turns out that the attacker is up-to-date with its latest IAEA inspections, well, it gets immunity from nuclear retaliation. (Our response is then restricted to bullets, bombs and other conventional munitions.)

However, if the lawyers tell the president that the attacking state is NPT noncompliant, we are free to blow the bastards to nuclear kingdom come.

This is quite insane. It’s like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets hanged or 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections.

Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?

The naivete is stunning.

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“Redistribution”: FBI-Raided Abudayyeh Funded HAMAS While Being Funded BY
Chicago

Posted By Debbie On September 28, 2010 @ 2:06 pm In Blog Posts | 14
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/27276/fbi-raided-chicago-activist-abudayyeh-was-funding-hamas-was-funded-by-chicago/print/#comments_controls

By http://www.debbieschlussel.com/
Debbie Schlussel

Yesterday, I gave you the
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/27226/exclusive-who-is-hatem-abudayyeh-about-the-fbi-raided-palestinian-activist/
exclusive scoop about Chicago-based
Palestinian Muslim “activist” and terrorist-financier Hatem Abudayyeh, who
was raided by the FBI and whose many anti-war activist friends were
subpoenaed for information on money they gave to Abudayyeh and the PFLP, the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as well as its connection to
FARC, the South American terrorist group. In my piece, I noted Abudayyeh’s
many close Islamic terrorist relatives and that Abudayyeh and his
organization (Arab American Action Network) get hundreds of thousands of
dollars (actually, millions, if you add it up) in U. S. taxpayer funding.
Well, now, the mainstream media and some of the mainstream conservative
media have “caught up,” noting without credit to me (of course) that
Abudayyeh gets a ton of tax funding. Chicago media are also reporting that
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7692107
Abudayyeh
was using PFLP to fund HAMAS.

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1,441 posted on 10/04/2010 7:06:15 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/3/world-scoured-for-terror-plotters/print/

World scoured for terror plotters

Europeans raise alert levels; U.S. advises travelers

By Eli Lake, Joseph Weber and Benjamin Birnbaum

U.S.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/united-states-of-america/
and
allied intelligence agencies are on a near-global manhunt - from South Asia
and the Middle East to North Africa and Europe - for teams of al Qaeda
http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/al-qaeda/ -affiliated terrorists
thought to be preparing multiple attacks on major European cities.

snip


1,442 posted on 10/04/2010 7:17:14 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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http://tinyurl.com/3ax3ztz

Armed gang kidnaps 22 visitors in Acapulco

Men were looking for a place to stay when they were abducted, officer says

The Associated Press
http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/sourceAP.gif

updated 10/2/2010 11:57:47 PM ET

. -

MEXICO CITY - Gunmen kidnapped 20 men who were traveling together in
Mexico’s Pacific coast resort city of Acapulco, authorities said Saturday.

A shootout between drug gangs, meanwhile, left 14 people dead in remote town
in the northern state of Durango, Mexican newspapers reported.

The group of men in Acapulco was visiting from the western city of Morelia
and looking for a place to stay when they were abducted Thursday, said
Fernando Monreal, director of state investigative police in Guerrero state,
where the resort city is located.

He said the kidnapping was reported by a man who had been with the group.

The man told police that he and another fellow traveler had left the others
to go a store and when they returned their companions were gone.

Witnesses said the men - who ranged in age from 17 to 47 - were kidnapped by
an armed gang that drove them away in the four cars in which the group had
been traveling. Police later found the cars abandoned near the kidnapping
site.

The motive was unknown.

snipped...


1,443 posted on 10/04/2010 7:27:17 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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To: nw_arizona_granny; Cindy; callmejoe; Godzilla; Rushmore Rocks; WestCoastGal; jersey117; All

‘Forces active to destabilise country through terrorism’

KARACHI – Anti-Pakistan elements have joined hands to destabilise the county through terrorist activities sponsored by foreign agencies to various terrorist organisations by various means.
According to the reports, a collation of terrorists organisations and secrete agencies of different countries has been established to destabilise country though creating unrest or terrorist activities, TheNation learnt on Sunday.

(snip)

The report further pointed out that the said nexus would apply multiple tactics for terrorist activities including displacement of explosive material for instance in some gift packs (like books) for officers of different disciplinary institutions.
The further particular objectives including the assassination of high profile officials, armed forces officers and other high profile personalities while also the blasts at public places can also take place....(continues)

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Karachi/03-Oct-2010/Forces-active-to-destabilise-country-through-terrorism


1,444 posted on 10/04/2010 7:30:56 PM PDT by Velveeta
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The Tajikistan Attacks and Islamist Militancy in Central Asia
September 23, 2010
By Ben West
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100922_tajikistan_attacks_and_islamist_militancy_central_asia?utm_source=SWeekly

Excellent report, history, terrorists and Russia is moving back in to take it over..
granny


1,445 posted on 10/04/2010 7:33:25 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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Strings
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/strings-pulled-to-allow-hamas-operative-to-tour-counterterrorism-center/
pulled to allow Hamas
operative to tour Counterterrorism Center?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by creeping

More from Patrick Poole, FALLOUT:
http://bigpeace.com/pspoole/2010/09/30/fallout-plugs-had-to-be-pulled-on-our-system-to-clear-hamas-operative-to-tour-top-secret-nctc-the-nctc-has-kifah-mustapha-on-the-highest-watch-list-we-have/

‘Plugs Had to Be Pulled on
Our System’ to Clear Hamas Operative to Tour Top-Secret NCTC; ‘The NCTC
has Kifah Mustapha on the Highest Watch List We Have’

The fallout continues in response to my Big Peace article
http://bigpeace.com/pspoole/2010/09/27/fbi-escorts-known-hamas-operative-through-top-secret-national-counterterrorism-center-as-outreach-to-muslim-community/

filed on Monday concerning a known Hamas operative and unindicted
co-conspirator in the largest terrorism finance trial in U.S. history who
was given a VIP tour of the top-secret National Counterterrorism Center
(NCTC) and the FBI training center at Quantico as part of a six-week FBI
Citizen Academy arranged by the FBI Chicago Field Office
http://chicago.fbi.gov/ .

Now a Homeland Security official (requesting anonymity for fear of
retaliation by superiors) has contacted Big Peace saying that “the plugs
had to be pulled on our system” in order to allow Kifah Mustapha to enter
the NCTC and that “the NCTC has Kifah Mustapha on the highest watch list we
have. There’s no way from a systems point-of-view that this could be an
accidental oversight, unless they didn’t bother checking at all as they are
required to do.”

snipped,
many urls and a good history of these ‘persons’.


1,446 posted on 10/04/2010 8:05:55 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/14933/149/

Pirate Attacks at Sea Expanding

http://www.hstoday.us/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=14933
PDF

http://www.hstoday.us/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14933&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=149
Print


1,447 posted on 10/04/2010 8:11:24 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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To: Velveeta

Thank you for the ping Velveeta.


1,448 posted on 10/04/2010 10:04:22 PM PDT by Cindy
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Courtesy of globalincidentmap.com

http://thenewsoftoday.com/bomb-explodes-near-ulster-bank-in-derry-londonderry-ireland/3219/

Derry, often referred to as Londonderry, has been rocked in the early morning hours. At approximately 12:05 AM local time a bomb exploded by the Ulster Bank on Culmore Road in Derry, in the DaVinci centre. Early reports indicate that it was in fact a car bomb. A warning, or bomb threat was received by officials approximately an hour prior to the explosion, so area homes were evacuated. So far no major injuries have been reported.

Reports are just coming in, mainly from people around the area on Twitter and Facebook. Derry is the second largest city in Northern Ireland with a population of approximately 107,000. The city of Derry is located near County Donegal in Ireland. The city has a history that is very important to the region, going back to the late 17th century. Early reports indicate that the bomb may have been planted by a terrorist group.

See also http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-11473586

5 October 2010 Last updated at 06:34 ET


1,449 posted on 10/05/2010 4:41:05 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

I can’t help but worry.<<<

Nor, would I.

I can hear you attempting to reason with them and it does no good, when they do not know what you do.

Scott bristled every time I said “Be Safe” to him and I got so tired of it, who cares if he is 57 years old, he is still the kid that I first met at 11 years old.

After I caught all the top San Diego Police Department saying to the Officers “be Safe” and informed him that it was the normal greeting for a Freeper, he backed off a little.

I join you in praying for the safety of your loved ones.


1,450 posted on 10/05/2010 4:51:40 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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To: Velveeta

Anti-Pakistan elements have joined hands to destabilise the county through terrorist activities sponsored by foreign agencies to various terrorist organisations by various means.<<<

Interesting, how does it tie in with that package of uranium that was captured in India?

If you did not read it, it is back about 10 posts , here.


1,451 posted on 10/05/2010 4:53:45 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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To: All; PGalt; WestCoastGal; Rushmore Rocks; Velveeta; HipShot; ExSoldier

I posted several posts late last night, you will want to read some of them.

Still not too sure about the uranium package captured in India, labeled as being from America. post 1440


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Newburgh 4 trial nearly wrapped up
Times Herald-Record
... David Williams, third from right, and James Cromitie, right, sit with
their attorneys in federal court in White Plains. The four face terrorism
charges. ...
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101005/NEWS/10050323/-1/SITEMAP
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20101005/NEWS/10050323/-1/SITEMAP&hl=en&geo=us

‘Financial terrorist’ Jerome Kerviel sentenced to five years in jail for
£4.1 ...
Daily Mail
Kerviel, dressed in a black suit and tie and white shirt, listened intently
as Dominique Pauthe, president of the bench, read out his sentence of five
years ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317807/Jerome-Kerviel-sentenced-5-years-jail-4-1bn-forgery-scandal.html
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317807/Jerome-Kerviel-sentenced-5-years-jail-4-1bn-forgery-scandal.html&hl=en&geo=us


1,453 posted on 10/05/2010 5:37:51 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/10/04/30761.htm

EL CENTRO, Calif. (CN) - Federal prosecutors charged two 21-year-old
men with trying to buy grenade launchers, 40mm grenades and an M-4 rifle and
export them to Mexico. Yoahjan Lara Flores, of Heber, Calif., and Arturo
Lara, of El Centro, were arrested last week and pleaded not guilty.
Lara Flores also was charged with being a felon in possession of a
firearm. He was convicted in 2009 of importing marijuana and was on
supervised release when he was arrested, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Mexico has complained - to little effect - that many of the guns used
in the country mass murders in Ciudad Juarez and elsewhere are imported from
the United States. Some 30,000 people have died in Mexico since 2007 in a
continuing battle for control of the country’s drug market.
Mexican officials, including the president, have complained that the
vast majority of the drugs are not consumed in Mexico, but that the country
serves as a “trampoline” to send the drugs to the United States.
The smuggling of guns from the United States to Mexico has received far
less press coverage than the smuggling of drugs the other way.


1,454 posted on 10/05/2010 5:43:33 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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Terrorists Threaten Biological War If Demands Not Met

October 4, 2010 by Homeland Security NTARC News

A terror group claiming to be the Indian Mujahideen (Assam) yesterday threatened to launch a biological war in Assam if their supporters are not released from the Guwahati Central Jail within the next 24 hours .

The email from Indian Mujahideen (Assam) was received by News Live, a satellite TV channel in Guwahati, and telecast on 7pm news yesterday.

The email signed by Tohik Khan, claiming to be the marketing chief of the so-called outfit, threatened the Assam government with the launching of a biological war if three of their demands were not met within 24 hours.

Read More

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/india/127969-biological-war-if-demands-not-met-radicals.html

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/10/04/terrorists-threaten-biological-war-if-demands-not-met/

a snippet:

The email signed by Tohik Khan, claiming to be the marketing chief of the so-called outfit, threatened the Assam government with the launching of a biological war if three of their demands were not met within 24 hours.

“Free all our Jihadi brothers who are in Central Jail, Guwahati, stop all activities against Jihad in Assam, stop all project of develop (sic) in Assam,” the email said.

“For your kind information, biological war contain all disease that make death to all and biological weapon too.” Assam Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to trace the email’s origin and its Internet Protocol (IP) address.


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To: nw_arizona_granny

Thank you.


1,456 posted on 10/05/2010 7:02:21 AM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: Velveeta

thanks for the ping.


1,457 posted on 10/05/2010 9:04:36 AM PDT by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: Velveeta
Thanks, Vel. This is some VERY good stuff!
1,458 posted on 10/05/2010 9:47:55 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Zombie Hunters: We make dead things deader.)
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Al-Qaeda: New recruiting video features German Jihadis

Via Telegraph:

A recruiting video produced by German militants and posted on an al-Qaeda website has cast fresh light on how European Islamists are joining insurgents fighting in Pakistan’s mountainous tribal areas.

The 51-minute film shows German-speaking gunmen, armed with AK-47s, light machine guns and mortars, apparently taking on Pakistani troops in South Waziristan and Orakzai, areas close to the border with Afghanistan.

They include a clean-shaven man of Caucasian appearance, who wears a baseball hat pulled low on his face and sunglasses.

(...)

The new video is filmed in the style of a travelogue – offering a running commentary on the beauty of the region’s forested valleys and scenic waterfalls – but includes a chilling call to arms in German, exhorting young Muslims to join them in their fight against Pakistan and its American ally.

“Join the Taliban and the Mujahedeen in the holy war against the infidel government so we can establish sharia law in Pakistan and avenge all the crimes against us,” says a bearded fighter.

(more)

See also: Spain: Attacks planned on Andalucia, Britain, Germany, France, Portugal


Posted By Esther to Islam in Europe at 10/05/2010 09:43:00 AM

__._,_.___

Translated content is property of the Islam in Europe blog.
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com
The premier source for news about the Muslim community in Europe.

Check original post for updates.


1,459 posted on 10/05/2010 11:48:03 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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Times Square Bomber Gets Life In Prison

Faisal Shahzad is sentenced to life in prison for the botched car bombing of
Times Square.

MORE DETAILS:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/tu/5TfQEJJoG.html


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