Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta
Obama amputates our nuclear arms
By: Charles Krauthammer
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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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Per FOX News, a bomb squad is now on site.<<<
Did they have a real bomb?
From what I hear on the San Diego Police scanner, they are getting a bunch of ‘test’ calls tonight.
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/21567?c=border_security
Small boat operators can enter U.S. from Canada without an inspection
[68,000 cross each year]
Tue, 2010-10-05 09:52 AM
By: Jacob Goodwin
Sep. 17, 2010
Shadow War: Hunting Iranian Arms Brokers
From Yardley, U.S. agents crafted an intricate, high-stakes pursuit of weapons dealers. It took five years and spanned the globe.
By John Shiffman / Inquirer Staff Writer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/7/iranian-nukes-worry-neighbori
ng-bahrain/print/
Iranian nukes worry neighboring Bahrain
Ambassador cites Tehran’s claims on ‘province’
http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/14994/149/
Terror Infiltration Addressed in Army Reg
[about time...granny]
Gunman opens fire at Carlsbad elementary school
A seemingly deranged gunman carrying a can of gasoline, a propane tank and numerous rounds of ammunition opened fire into a crowd of students at a Carlsbad primary school Friday, leaving two children with apparently minor injuries before being tackled by witnesses.
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/category.asp?C=158428&;
Watch NOW: Carlsbad School Shooting Press Conference
Watch now as authorities address the media with the latest information on the
school shooting in Carlsbad. Watch Now
http://www.10News.com/tu/5TkY0LUYc.html
MORE DETAILS:
http://www.10News.com/tu/5TkY0LUYc.html
I dread the day we see a “Beslan” in this country.
Small Plane Crashes On Vegas Street
A small plane crashed on a street in southwest Las Vegas Friday morning,
according to a McCarran Airport spokesman.
MORE DETAILS:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/tu/5TkGzZs2I.html
[Another engine lost power...]
October 8 News
News Week of October 8
Afghanistan: Blast at mosque kills provincial governor in northern Afghanistan
— among 20 killed
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/afghanistan.killings/?hpt=T2
— Outspoken anti-Taliban figure killed in Afghanistan explosion
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2116377&Language=en
Afghanistan: U.S. Contractors Employed Taliban
— WSJ: “The inquiry singles out two security firms—ArmorGroup, a subsidiary of U.K.-based G4S PLC, and EOD Technology Inc., or EODT, of Lenoir City, Tenn.—for relying on dubious local power brokers, including individuals described in U.S. military reports as Taliban affiliates and criminals”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704011904575538423731306064.html
— Guards Guarding US Afghan Bases Turn Out To Be Taliban, Warlords And Criminals
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/08/130421743/guards-guarding-us-afghan-bases-turn-out-to-be-taliban-warlords-and-criminals
— Statement of EOD Technology Regarding the Senate Armed Services Committee Report Dated Sept. 28, 2010
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statement-of-eod-technology-regarding-the-senate-armed-services-committee-report-dated-sept-28-2010-104530639.html
— State Department Awarding Private Contractors Up to $10 Billion to Safeguard Embassies
-— “EOD Technologies was awarded a contract worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars to provide security for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20018795-503544.html
— EODT
http://www.eodt.com/AboutUs/Locations/
— PDF Link to Senate Report
http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/supporting/2010/SASC.PSCReport.100710.pdf
Afghanistan: Mullah Omar backs Taliban talks with Karzai: report
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iNGdATijoGXE0WFpGd-wxuqTfxQA
Afghanistan: White House voices support for talks with Taliban
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jyNQ20PsZtS2hebwvdAh3dpJzmYQD9IM9M200
— U.S. ‘Supportive’ of Peace Talks as Afghans Meet Former Taliban in Kabul
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/u-s-supportive-of-talks-between-taliban-afghan-government-gibbs-says.html
— US says time will come to sit down and negotiate
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-says-time-will-come-to-sit-down-and-negotiate-20101006-167xi.html
Afghanistan: US and Afghan governments make contact with Haqqani insurgents
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/06/us-afghan-government-contact-haqqani
Afghanistan: UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2116430&Language=en
Afghan soldier “executed” prisoner on British base
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2115047&Language=en
“Afghan women need seat at the table” - By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43218.html
Afghan Female Bloggers Wince and Then Upload
http://www.womensenews.org/story/media-stories/101005/afghan-female-bloggers-wince-and-then-upload
Afghanistan: Taliban refresh their stamp on Afghan justice
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/10/08/talibanrefresh-their-stamp-on-afghanjustice.html
Pakistan News:
Pakistan: Blast damages mosque in Barra Tehsil
— in Barra Tehsil in Khyber Agency
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-blast-damages-mosque-in-barra-tehsil-ss-02
Pakistan: One of the bombers in Karachi shrine attack identified: Malik
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-malik-bomber-identified-karachi-shah-ghazi-qs-05
— Protests in Sindh against bombings at Shrine
http://geo.tv/10-8-2010/72589.htm
— Karachi blasts attackers hail from tribal areas: Rehman
http://geo.tv/10-8-2010/72584.htm
Pakistan: Moving scenes as victims brought to hospitals
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/moving-scenes-as-victims-brought-to-hospitals-800
Pakistan: Eight killed as landmark Karachi Sufi shrine attacked
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/44-two-explosions-abdullah-shah-ghazi-karachi-fa-01
— Another shrine attacked
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/media-gallery/17-another-shrine-attacked-ek-01
— Suicide bombers kill seven and wound 65 in Pakistan as tensions mount between Washington and Islamabad
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318611/Pakistan-bombing-Seven-killed-65-wounded-Karachi.html
Pakistan Soldiers Appear To Execute Civilians On New Tape (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/01/pakistan-soldiers-appear-_n_746792.html
— Pakistan to investigate execution video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/08/pakistan-investigate-execution-video
Pakistan Dawn’s Nadeem F. Paracha: “Understanding political Islam”
http://blog.dawn.com/2010/09/30/understanding-political-islam/
Pakistan: Hate on the Internet
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/35-Hate-on-the-internet-ak-03
Pakistan Taliban claims responsibility for Nato convoy attack
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8040726/Pakistan-Taliban-claims-responsibility-for-Nato-convoy-attack.html
Pakistan: Militant gunmen attack Nato convoy of tankers in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8045261/Militant-gunmen-attack-Nato-convoy-of-tankers-in-Pakistan.html
Pakistan: U.S. Apologizes as Attacks in Pakistan Continue
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/world/asia/07pstan.html?_r=1&src=me
Pakistan: US drone targets suspected militant hideout in Pakistan - October 8
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1590123.php/US-drone-targets-suspected-militant-hideout-in-Pakistan
Pakistan: Wall Street Journal: “Pakistan Urges On Taliban” - reports “Members of Pakistan’s spy agency are pressing Taliban field commanders to fight the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan, some U.S. officials and Afghan militants say”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704689804575536241251361592.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/ISI-pressing-Taliban-to-fight-US-troops-in-Afghanistan-Report/articleshow/6706812.cms
Pakistan: Terrorist on FBI most wanted list ‘killed by drone’
— Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso
— Telegraph: “A Briton, named as Abdul Jabber, who had joined al-Qaeda with his brother, was also reported killed in the attack on September 8.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8047215/Terrorist-on-FBI-most-wanted-list-killed-by-drone.html
— Britons training in Pakistan for UK terror attacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8033204/Britons-training-in-Pakistan-for-UK-terror-attacks.html
Pakistan: British terror suspect ‘was head of The Islamic Army of Great Britain’
— Abdul Jabber
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8045196/British-terror-suspect-was-head-of-The-Islamic-Army-of-Great-Britain.html
Pakistan: US drone strike kills five ‘German militants’ in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8042774/US-drone-strike-kills-five-German-militants-in-Pakistan.html
Pakistan: Additional reports on US drone strikes
http://bit.ly/c6tkXA
Pakistan: USS Cole attacker may have been killed
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.1070592703
Pakistan: US publicly criticizes Pakistani efforts against terror
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8046987/US-publicly-criticises-Pakistani-efforts-against-terror.html
Pakistan: Osama Bin Laden concerned by climate, Pakistan floods
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\10\02\story_2-10-2010_pg7_6
— Osama involved in plot to attack European cities: report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\10\02\story_2-10-2010_pg7_9
Pakistan: Christian family murdered in Pakhtunkhwa province
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1665
Pakistan - ABC: Taliban Stone Woman to Death in Pakistan
Rare Video Shows Taliban Allegedly Stoning Woman to Death in Pakistan
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/rare-video-shows-taliban-allegedly-stoning-woman-death/story?id=11717682
— Video
http://bit.ly/aj0We4
— Disturbing pictures show Taliban militants allegedly stoning woman to death in Pakistan
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1315408/Taliban-militants-allegedly-stoning-woman-death-Pakistan.html
— Alleged Stoning of Woman in Pakistan Condemned by US
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=12660
India Mumbai Attacks: Interpol issues Pakistan army arrest warrants over Mumbai attacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8050866/Interpol-issues-Pakistan-army-arrest-warrants-over-Mumbai-attacks.html
Pakistan/Germany: Key German targets survive US drone hit
http://www.thenews.com.pk/08-10-2010/Top-Story/1167.htm
General Terrorism News:
(U.S.) Times Square bomber says US should ‘brace themselves’ for war as he receives life sentence
— Faisal Shahzad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8044240/Times-Square-bomber-says-US-should-brace-themselves-for-war-as-he-receives-life-sentence.html
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/proud_to_be_terrorist_DBtc5U2eAYhWzacVpxK24K
— New breed of terrorists are from cities: Pakistani daily
http://sify.com/news/new-breed-of-terrorists-are-from-cities-pakistani-daily-news-international-kkil4dbbbfa.html
(U.S.) Al-Qaeda “unwavering” in its intent to hit US — Mueller
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2116078&Language=en
(U.S.) Embassy-Bombing Witness Is Barred by U.S. Judge in Trial of Ahmed Ghailani
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/witness-in-ghailani-embassy-bombing-trial-barred-by-u-s-judge-in-new-york.html
— Additional reports on Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Ahmed+Khalfan+Ghailani+
(U.S.) Illinois: Man accused of threatening Obama indicted for mosque bomb attempt — Roman O. Conaway
http://wireupdate.com/wires/10980/man-accused-of-threatening-obama-indicted-for-mosque-bomb-attempt/
US official: terror alert on Europe kept as long as needed
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isVrwHYielnHBYr4EvvWIzuJ8I0gD9IMS0KG4
German Terror Connection Grows; 45 More Suspects Being Tracked
— ABC: “The captured German, Ahmed Siddiqui, told American interrogators at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan that Osama bin Laden had personally blessed the plan, officials said”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ahmed-siddiqui-german-terror-connection/story?id=11760048
Germany: 9/11 link to militant in Europe terror alert
— AP: Ahmad Wali Siddiqui “is believed to have been part of the Hamburg militant scene that also included key 9/11 plotters.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isVrwHYielnHBYr4EvvWIzuJ8I0gD9INIJ180?docId=D9INIJ180
Germany: Terrorist attacks might hit Germany: officials warn
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2115555&Language=en
Pakistan/Germany: Key German targets survive US drone hit
http://www.thenews.com.pk/08-10-2010/Top-Story/1167.htm
France warns of high terror risk in Britain
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isVrwHYielnHBYr4EvvWIzuJ8I0gD9IME8PG2
EU anti-terrorism chief says terror threat to Europe more complex than before
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2116200&Language=en
Europe/Afghanistan: How a Bagram Detainee Foiled the Euro Terror Plot
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536502486233766.html
Japan joins Britain and US in warning citizens of high terror threat in Europe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/8029869/Japan-joins-Britain-and-US-in-warning-citizens-of-high-terror-threat-in-Europe.html
UK: Mumbai-style attack cells ‘already in Britain’ al-Qaeda chief claimed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8042340/Mumbai-style-attack-cells-already-in-Britain-al-Qaeda-chief-claimed.html
UK: Foreign Office warns of high terror threat in France and Germany
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8039839/Foreign-Office-warns-of-high-terror-threat-in-France-and-Germany.html
UK: Osama bin Laden ‘plotted Mumbai-style attacks on Europe’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8037852/Osama-bin-Laden-plotted-Mumbai-style-attacks-on-Europe.html
UK: Attack by Irish terrorists ‘a strong possibility’ warns Theresa May
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8023249/Attack-by-Irish-terrorists-a-strong-possibility-warns-Theresa-May.html
UK: Daily Telegraph: “Radical Islam has outmanoeuvred West, says Blair”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8047445/Radical-Islam-has-outmanoeuvred-West-says-Blair.html
BBC: “Is the role of women in al-Qaeda increasing?”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11484672
UK: Detroit bomber’s university should vet speakers better
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8049496/Detroit-bombers-university-should-vet-speakers-better.html
— UK university says it didn’t radicalize alleged Christmas Day bomber
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/08/michigan.terror.suspect.university/?hpt=T2
UK: North-East computer expert in court on terrorism charges
— Bangladesh-born Rajib Karim employee of British Airways
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8441202.North_East_computer_expert_in_court_on_terrorism_charges/
UK: Pakistani man held in UK ordered to remain in custody over NYC subway plot
— Abid Naseer
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/pakistani_man_held_over_nyc_ordered_dEYfMuPw5icSfCOxdMQMFO
UK blast suspect Tiger Hanif ‘wanted revenge’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11496591
US, EU must cooperate to stop homegrown terror
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\10\02\story_2-10-2010_pg7_8
West Bank mosque ‘set alight by Jewish settlers’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11464621
— Officials fear mosque arson will spark more violence
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=190201
West Bank Settlers torch farmlands near Nablus
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=321776
Jerusalem Post: “The dangers of tolerating Jewish terrorism” - Roi Maor
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=190329
PA “Fayyad slams IDF’s killing of two Hamas terrorists”
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=190679
Hamas calls for revenge after IDF kills 2 in Hebron
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=190666
Middle East: Nazareth imam arrested for ‘supporting terrorism’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.1067494065
Syria: Hezbollah militants training in Syria missile base, satellite images show
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/hezbollah-militants-training-in-syria-missile-base-satellite-images-show-1.317784
Egypt detains Australian on terrorism charges: reports
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/08/3032640.htm?section=justin
Nigeria secret service to hold 4 over bomb attacks
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6970I720101008
Yemen: Al-Qaeda has killed ‘50 security agents’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.1070816317
Yemen: Britain’s deputy ambassador to Yemen survives mortar attack
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/8045407/Britains-deputy-ambassador-to-Yemen-survives-mortar-attack.html
Yemen: Al-Qaida in Yemen claims failed attempt to shoot down Saudi plane in Sanaa airport
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/06/c_13543908.htm
Yemen attacks show al-Qaeda shift
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LJ09Ak02.html
Yemen: Extremism in Yemen worrisome, say experts
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/44fc0ad4-4295-4b3d-a31c-bda16be3323e.aspx
Yemen attack underlines growing al-Qaeda influence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/8047007/Yemen-attack-underlines-growing-al-Qaeda-influence.html
Yemen judge threatened in court by Al-Qaeda suspects
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hyiD40LeYnKEMHUdJ8Yz0R9JkNyw
Yemen: Al-Qirbi: Yemen will not extradite al-Awlaqi to the United States
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news225439.htm
Yemen: Counterterrorism chief says Yemen is open to help fighting al Qaeda
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/10/04/yemen.us.involvement/
Yemeni forces thwart prison-escape operation by Al-Qaeda
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2114990&Language=en
Algeria: Al-Qadea suspects arrested in round-up
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.1060315488
Niger: France confirms TV photo is of hostages kidnapped in Niger
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2114655&Language=en
Somali militant group could split — Al-Shabab
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/10/08/feud-somali-militant-group-al-shabab-split/
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Spreads Its Message In Kenya
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130353001
Canadian suspect to be released from U.S. prison - Mohammed Abdullah Warsame
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101008/Terror_suspect_100810/
Georgia: Reports: One Dies in Abkhaz Mosque Attack
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22735
Thailand: Six deaths, five attacks in far South
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/200031/six-killed-in-five-incidents-in-far-south
Thailand: Nonthaburi blast - Police name pair sought after blast
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/10/09/national/Police-name-pair-sought-after-blast-30139715.html
— Police identify woman in headscarf
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/10/08/national/Police-identify-woman-in-headscarf-30139682.html
Thailand: Suspected Islamic militants kill four in southern Thailand
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1589443.php/Suspected-Islamic-militants-kill-four-in-southern-Thailand
— Suspected Muslim separatists kill 3 Thai soldiers
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69212Y20101003
Thailand: State of emergency extended in Bangkok
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2115565&Language=en
Thailand: Seh Daeng’s aide arrested, detained - on terrorism charges
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/200378/detention-of-seh-daeng-aide-approved
Thailand: Bout files appeal to delay extradition further
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/10/09/national/Bout-files-appeal-to-delay-extradition-further-30139716.html
Other General News:
(U.S.) Obama gets new national security adviser — Jones out, Tom Donilon in
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/10/obama-gets-new-national-security-adviser——jones-out-donilon-in/1
— General James Jones Stepping Down as Obama’s National Security Adviser
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/08/jones-stepping-obamas-national-security-adviser/
(U.S.) Muslim Student Find FBI’s GPS Device On His Car - Yasir Afifi
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/70175/20101008/student-finds-fbi-tracking-device.htm
(U.S.) Man charged in botched spying attempt for foreign country
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/u-s-jew-charged-in-wake-of-botched-israel-spying-attempt-1.317798
(U.S.) Oklahoma: Mary Fallin says she supports SQ banning Shariah law
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=262&articleid=20101008_16_A16_OKLAHO697825
Netherlands: Dutch deliver banned nuclear equipment to Iranian group
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=190646
France: Officials rule France burqa ban legal
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/07/officials-france-burqa-ban-legal-law-goes-into-effect-immediately/
Italy: Burka ban a step closer in Italy
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/10/08/burka-ban-a-step-closer-in-italy-115875-22617390/
Lebanon - Group: Ahmadinejad not welcome
http://www.news24.com/World/News/Group-Ahmadinejad-not-welcome-20101007
Israel: Victory for Israel’s right as ‘Jewish state’ loyalty oath nears vote
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/victory-for-israel-s-right-as-jewish-state-loyalty-oath-nears-vote-1.317565
— Israeli academics critical of proposed loyalty pledge
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=190635
Israel: Settler leader runs over rock throwing youths in e. J’lem
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=190680
— related report
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318881/Pictured-Moment-Israeli-motorist-runs-Palestinian-boy-East-Jerusalem.html
Women’s News:
Pakistan - ABC: Taliban Stone Woman to Death in Pakistan
Rare Video Shows Taliban Allegedly Stoning Woman to Death in Pakistan
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/rare-video-shows-taliban-allegedly-stoning-woman-death/story?id=11717682
— Video
http://bit.ly/aj0We4
— Disturbing pictures show Taliban militants allegedly stoning woman to death in Pakistan
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1315408/Taliban-militants-allegedly-stoning-woman-death-Pakistan.html
— Alleged Stoning of Woman in Pakistan Condemned by US
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=12660
Italy: Pakistani woman killed in Italy over arranged marriage
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8042167/Pakistani-woman-killed-in-Italy-over-arranged-marriage.html
Iran: Sakineh’s children ask Italy for asylum
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.1.1060315104
“Afghan women need seat at the table” - By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43218.html
Canada: Montreal Alleged ‘honour killing’ pretrial starts
— Shafia family
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Alleged+honour+killing+pretrial+starts/3623959/story.html
Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s children accused of anti-Iran activity
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.1067072377
Saudi human rights groups against the marriage between a child bride and a 50-year-old man
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Saudi-human-rights-groups-against-the-marriage-between-a-child-bride-and-a-50-year-old-man-19659.html
Chechnya: Imams condemn bride-snatching
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-10-06/chechen-condemn-bride-snatching.html
Anti-Islam Extremism and Debate News:
(U.S.) Tennessee: Mosque Controversy Heats Up In New Court Motions
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=13287729
(U.S.) - ABC News: “’This Week’ Transcript: Holy War: Should Americans Fear Islam?”
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-holy-war-americans-fear-islam/story?id=11786745
(U.S.) Brooklyn Mosque Rally Turns Ugly
http://thebrooklynink.com/2010/10/01/14771-brooklyn-mosque-rally-turns-ugly/
— Another mosque controversy in NY: Residents, Muslims hold rallies
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/10/09/news0612.htm
(U.S.) NYC: New group appears to denounce Park51
http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_389/newgroup.html
- Randall Terry group tears up Qur’an passages
http://realhumanrights.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/dc-nyc-quran-tearing/
Boston: ADL leader criticized over N.Y. mosque
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/08/adl_leader_criticized_over_ny_mosque/
Nevada: Sharon Angle Remarks In Mesquite Causing National Stir
http://www.mesquitelocalnews.com/viewnews.php?newsid=6374&id=2
— Washington Post Report
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/10/audio_of_sharron_angle_claimin.html
— Nevada Senate hopeful Sharron Angle: Muslim law takes hold in Dearborn, other U.S. cities
http://www.freep.com/article/20101008/NEWS07/101008018/1318/Senate-hopeful-Muslim-law-is-taking-over-Dearborn-other-cities
Austria: “Freedom Party” Strache promises more anti-mosque action as Vienna set to vote
http://austrianindependent.com/news/Politics/2010-10-08/4836/Strache_promises_more_anti-mosque_action_as_Vienna_set_to_vote
Netherlands: Wilders’s anti-Islam film screened in Dutch court
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6951SV20101006
UK: Huge police operation for Leicester EDL protest
— English Defence League event on October 8
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-11499038
-— September 23, 2010: UK: Anti-Islam EDL Group Viewed as “New Face of Europe”
http://realhumanrights.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/uk-anti-islam-edl-group/
USA Religious Freedom:
Tennessee: U.S. Department of Justice visitors tell Muslims they have their back in the Murfreesboro mosque dispute
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/us-department-of-justice-visitors-tell-muslims-they-have-their-back-in-the-murfreesboro-mosque-dispute/Content?oid=1858119
— Justice Department Issues Report on 10th Anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/September/10-crt-1058.html
— Full Report
http://www.justice.gov/crt/rluipa_report_092210.pdf
Tennessee: MTSU forum set on religious freedom
http://www.dnj.com/article/20101008/NEWS01/10080318/1002/MTSU+forum+set+on+religious+freedom
Tennessee: Southern Baptist Convention ethics czar supports Murfreesboro mosque
http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/5751/53/
Tennessee: Jewish Alliance board condemns hate crimes
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/oct/06/letters-jewish-alliance-board-condemns-hate-crimes/
New York City: Elie Wiesel: Ground Zero mosque should be used to bring Jews, Christians and Muslims together
— Wiesel: “What worries me is, is there is a new political fanaticism that is unworthy of the American political tradition”
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/07/2010-10-07_elie_wiesel_open_mosque_to_all_religions.html
Other World Religious Freedom:
Ethiopia: Christian Jailed in Ethiopia Accused of Desecrating Quran
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/ethiopia/26788/
Somali Family Laments Kidnapping of Christian Girl
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/26696/
Maldives: Christian Expat Christian Teacher Forced to Flee
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/23845/26545/
Indonesia: Church under Attack Agrees to Change Venue
— CDN: “Batak Christian Protestant Church (Huria Kristen Batak Protestan, or HKBP) in Ciketing village, Bekasi, decided in a congregational meeting”
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/indonesia/26147/
(Indonesia) AsiaNews.it: “Religious intolerance rising among Indonesian Muslims”
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Religious-intolerance-rising-among-Indonesian-Muslims-19635.html
Pakistan: Militants burn Holy Bibles and vandalize Church in Pakistan
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1662
Communist China: Changchunli Church Members Targeted
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1552&month=10&year=2010&_nc=8a140936c0941b3ec09696db76f65070
Sudan News:
UN members confront Sudan over Darfur violence
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ik20q67crWbthOdch1Pl8nZLkK1AD9INF4580
UN envoys press Sudan on security after kidnapping
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h0zK_KLijgtWfoiFY69yHbrmA1tA
Sudan launches manhunt for kidnapped UN staffer
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gROLIBtpLqfirAdyCkikSA3kIA6A
Simon Deng Arrives in Washington DC
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-robinson/the-original-darfur_b_755000.html
South Sudan may conduct its own referendum vote, SPLA accused of violations
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article36522
— Sudan referendum scheduled for January 11, 2011
Islam News:
Claire Berlinski: “Moderate Moslem Watch: Mona Eltahawy”
http://ricochet.com/conversations/Moderate-Moslem-Watch-Mona-Eltahawy/%28source%29/picks
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist China: Obama leads calls for Liu Xiaobo’s release
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/October/international_October353.xml§ion=international
Communist China blanks Nobel Peace prize searches
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/china.internet/
Communist China: Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6964LP20101008
— Despite China Threats, Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Dissident Liu Xiaobo
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2024405,00.html
— Chinese Nobel winner a ceaseless campaigner
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6971BL20101008
— Norway seeks to pre-empt Chinese anger over Nobel
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6971NT20101008
— China calls Nobel Peace Prize award an “obscenity”
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6971P920101008
— Tibetan Government-in-Exile congratulates Liu Xiabo
http://bit.ly/bsNKpA
Communist China: Grandmother Detained for Six Months With No Legal Process
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/43912/
Communist China: Parents Lose Children, Then Lose the Right to Look for Them (Video)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/43793/
China Support Network: While U.S. “gets tough” with China, it’s not enough - John Kusumi
http://www.chinademocracy.blogspot.com/
Communist North Korea: NKorean official confirms Kim Jong Un as leader
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hikK9x0PcRa4fyH32zVylFwL_KZgD9INFS000?docId=D9INFS000
Communist North Korea: N. Koreas provocation, aggression won’t be tolerated - Gates
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2116447&Language=en
Anti-Nazi News:
Russia: 3 Russian neo-Nazis sentenced for hate killings
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjeFXSbcckfNS807NCzDqmxXSL0QD9IMCNLO2
Norway to expel Russian neo-Nazi: police
http://www.bhcourier.com/article/World_News/World_News/Norway_to_expel_Russian_neoNazi_police/71861
Italy: Outrage in Italy as ex-Nazi officer free to shop
— Erich Priebke was convicted in 1996 for his role in the massacre of 335 Italian civilians
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/outrage-in-italy-as-ex-nazi-officer-free-to-shop-1.317541
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I dread the day we see a “Beslan” in this country.<<<
Yes, so do I.
We know that they have it planned and are enjoying watching us worry.
I posted the Imm headlines, he had been hacked and it has taken all this time to get back to normal for him.
[Off Topic]
Cutting Corners Around the Constitution - Scoundrel Soros’ Massive Campaign
to Tranform the Courts
This makes every damn, argument against Citizens United irrelevant.
Here’s the gist of it. Soros is bankrolling a massive campaign to usurp and
replaceevery voter’s right to elect judges with a “merit” system where
judges are selected by legal (read: lefty) elitist groups such as the
American Bar Association and the American Trail Lawyers Association.
http://www.americanjusticepartnership.org/hijacked.php
American Justice
Partnership (AJP)’s 29-page study,
http://www.americanjusticepartnership.org/pdf/Justice_Hijacked_Report.pdf
Justice Hijacked: Your Right to Vote at Stake, highlights the depth Soros’
efforts to corrupt our courts. An excerpt from the beginning of the study
(p5):
An analysis of hundreds of documents and websites, foundation and nonprofit
IRS Form 990s, reveals that OSI [Soros’ Open Society Institute] has funneled
at least $45.4 million into a highly-coordinated campaign to reshape the
judiciary and fundamentally change the way judges are chosen in many
American states. This figure is almost surely a conservative estimate, for
these same organizations have received an additional $52.4 million from OSI
to finance a range of activities, some of which, such as “general support”
contributions, may be supporting OSI’s judiciary campaign. As Investor’s
Business Daily noted, “Soros’ ‘shaping public policies,’ as OSI calls it, is
not illegal. But it is a problem for democracy ‘because it drives issues
with cash and then only lets the public know about it after it is old news.
That means the public makes decisions about issues without understanding the
special agenda of groups behind them. Without more transparency, it amounts
to political manipulation.”
OSI has also earmarked tens of millions of dollars to promote softer
sentencing guidelines, the legalization of drugs and other radical changes
to the judicial system. This report will focus on one aspect of OSI’s
activities: the campaign to alter the composition of our judiciary by ending
citizen participation in judicial elections. This campaign encompasses
efforts to rewrite state constitutions, abolish judicial elections and
impose a judicial selection system that takes power away from ordinary
citizens and gives it to a handful of legal elites. No wonder the
http://www.abajournal.com/
ABA [American Bar Association] Journal gushed
that Mr. Soros could have the greatest impact on our legal system since the
founding fathers.
The study’s a short read that will outrage you. For additional background,
check out:
http://www.americanjusticepartnership.org/hijacked.php American Justice Partnership
. AJP President Dan Pero - WaTimes
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/10/george-soros-vs-judicial-el
ections/?page=1
George Soros vs. judicial elections: Stripping people of
power, giving lawyers control of courts
. CBN News:
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2010/September/Could-Movement-Stop-Voters-From-Electing-Judges/
Could Movement Stop Voters From Electing Judges?
. Anti- Merit NYT Letter:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/opinion/lweb17judges.html?_r=3
Selecting
Judges: Re “
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/opinion/10fri2.html?scp=1&sq=fair%20courts%20at%20risk&st=cse
Fair Courts at Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/opinion/lweb17judges.html?_r=3
(editorial, Sept. 10)
. Soros surrogate NYT advocating merit-based system -
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/opinion/10fri2.html?scp=1&sq=fair%20courts%20at%20risk&st=cse
Fair Courts at Risk Editorial
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2010/10_13/do.asp
Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb using sheer fear for control in Algeria
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/images/2010/bouteflika1.jpg
Bouteflika and his aides have repeatedly assured Algerians that AQIM was
declining rapidly and no longer represented a major threat.
_____
. Task: President of Algeria
. Age: 73
CAIRO - Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has sought to consolidate control
over designated areas of Algeria.
Algerian security sources said the Al Qaida Organization has sought to
dominate several areas of eastern and central Algeria. They said AQIM has
intimidated farmers and businessmen to pay protection money to finance the
insurgency campaign against the government in Algiers.
“They are very cruel and bold and do not fear anybody,” a security source
said. “When they send a warning to people, it is obeyed.”
The AQIM extortion campaign was said to have helped finance insurgency
attacks.
snip
AQIM leader Abu Musab Abdul Wadud.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo/100926/photos_wl_africa_afp/8de6d87dec629cd397fbf7c21dbceb83/
_____
A key Al Qaida stronghold was identified as Baghlia. Over the last few
months, AQIM has targeted prominent residents of Baghlia, with a population
19,000, including the assassination of its mayor in August.
From Baghlia, the sources said, AQIM has sought to dominate the entire
province of Boumerdes. They said mayors in the province threatened by AQIM
have fled their municipalities for refuge in the city of Boumerdes, which
contains a major military and police presence.
snip
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2010/10_13/ba.asp?
Drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan disrupted Euro-terror plots
U.S. intelligence officials said Al Qaida’s No. 3 official was involved in
planning for a major terrorist attack in Europe but the planning was
disrupted by stepped-up drone strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
More than 10 drone strikes were carried out over the past week in remote
regions of Pakistan based on intelligence reports of meetings between Al
Qaida leaders and foot soldiers being prepared for the European attacks.
snip
The officials said Illyas Kashmiri, a former Pakistan special forces
commando, was behind the latest terrorist attack plot and the stepped up
drone strikes were aimed at killing him, although it is not clear they were
successful in that objective.
snip
“Sometimes they’ll make a mistake and we can pick up on it,” the source
said. “They’ll worry that they have a security leak, even if they don’t, and
they’ll communicate in some way they’ve not before or they will validate
some link we’ve watched but couldn’t confirm.”
Meanwhile, NATO announced last week that one bombing raid killed Al Qaida
commander Abdullah Umar Qureshi, a key facilitator of equipping and bringing
foreign fighters to Afghanistan. He was killed in an air raid by special
forces in the Korangal Dara Pass area of Kunar Province.
Soldier indicted for stealing top secret Iran files
Jerusalem Post
... which reportedly contained around 600 documents, 45 of which were
marked top secret, and driving to her home in the South with the
information. ...
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=190845
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx%3Fid%3D190845&hl=en&geo=us
Pakistan sparks US anger after secretly accelerating nuclear programme
Daily Mail
‘There is really mounting concern that we are extremely vulnerable to an
attack from a group in Pakistan that could occur,’ a US official said, ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319484/Pakistan-sparks-U-S-anger-secretly-accelerating-nuclear-programme.html
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319484/Pakistan-sparks-U-S-anger-secretly-accelerating-nuclear-programme.html&hl=en&geo=us
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_al_qaida_magazine
Yemeni al-Qaida publishes second English magazine
By KIMBERLY DOZIER, Associated Press Writer Kimberly Dozier, Associated
Press Writer - 39 mins ago
WASHINGTON - Yemen’s al-Qaida of the Arabian Peninsula is offering chilling
magazine tips to would-be militants on how to kill Americans.
“A random hit at a crowded restaurant in Washington, D.C. at lunch . . .
might end up knocking out a few government employees,” writes one of the
authors in the second edition of the group’s English language magazine,
according to the private SITE Intelligence Group.
snip
This new edition includes “The Ultimate Mowing Machine,” which describes how
to use a pickup truck “as a mowing machine, not to mow grass, but mow down
the enemies of Allah.” It says “to achieve maximum carnage, you need to pick
up as much speed as you can while still retaining good control . . . to
strike as many people as possible in your first run.”
snip
Al-Qaeda renews attacks in Yemen
Zawya
SANAA: A security official who featured on an Al-Qaeda hit list of
policemen to be killed was gunned down by two attackers on a motorbike in a
south Yemen ...
http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20101012031334
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20101012031334&hl=en&geo=us
One suspect in custody. 3 other Hispanic males being sought. Looks like
maybe Gov. Brewer was right - Mexicans are decapitating their victims deep
inside Arizona. Local Phoenix radio is reporting the suspect in custody is
an illegal alien.
IslamOnline Founders Launch New Website
Posted By GlobalMB On October 10, 2010 @ 12:28 pm In Breaking News | No
http://globalmbreport.org/?p=3538&print=1#comments_controls
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The founders of IslamOnlne, an Islamic news portal strongly associated with
Global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, have announced the launch
of their new website called OnIslam. According to the announcement
http://www.onislam.net/english/news/3342/449313.html
[1]:
After a several-month battle against Qatari financers over editorial
independence, the editorial team that founded IslamOnline.net ten years ago
launched on Saturday, October 9, their alternative OnIslam website. “Our
main concern and objective was to launch a website where editorial work is
independent from funding,” stressed Hisham Gaafar, the chairman of the board
of trustees of MDA, a non-profit civil institution for media development
under which OnIslam is launched.
SNIP
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