TERRORISM and COUNTERTERRORISM: News, INFORMATION & Analysis #2

Free Republic | 4/11/2010 | FReeper Collaboration

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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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The “All” in that address box on the thread doesn’t send anything anywhere-<<<

Sure it does, sent it to this thread....LOL

Most folks do not enjoy my ping lists, as I get carried away on posting and jam their ping file, so I post and you can bookmark and come to read ...

Now, my hands will not allow the extra typing of names, so I work mostly with ‘all’.

On our survival list, link in my sig line, Cottonball sends the pings for me.

What ever you do don’t get old, but do come and check what we find and post.

Thanks for reading it.

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Imm’s “Tea Party and Mosques in America” is very interesting, granny (link in #902).<<<

I will read it later.

Thanks for picking up on it.

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Thanks for the link in #928, IBD Article on Caribou Coffee in Washington DC. The article “Tea With Terrorists” is a good one.<<<

Agree....

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.Chicago - Hizb ut-Tahrir: “Oak Brook hotel backs out on Muslim group’s conference”<<<

As I recall it, he got out the protesters and also the petitions and letters, I know a lot of folks protested it and finally it was pulled.

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NOTE Date: On the anniversary of the 7/11 Mumbai attacks.<<<

Now that is interesting.

Practice for 9-11?

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200,000 Russian/Chinese along US Border
June 30th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Canada’s spy agency CSIS has issues an extreme danger alert regarding the penetration of Chinese and also Russian agents performing covert operations along the US Border. While most the Chinese economic espionage in Canada has been deemed not too dangerous, the events of the past week have set off alarm bells behind closed doors. Foreign Affairs Canada is trying to locate some 860 ex-soviet citizens who hold Canadian Passports and are presumably in the US. There may be as many as 87,000 Chinese Immigrants to Canada that have crossed into the US legally and triple that amount illegally. In a recent report by CSIS (that the Canadian Government tried to hide from the media), CSIS reported that 1/3 Chinese Immigrants are low level information gatherers. Their main task is to settle into society over several years and slowly gain entry into Government, Business and Education infrastructures

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http://scarletwhore.com/?p=24

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Hizb ut-Tahrir Event Canceled — R.E.A.L Challenges HT at Lincoln Memorial

July 12, 2010
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/ht-canceled-and-real-challenge/

On the night of July 10, 2010, the anti-democracy organization Hizb ut-Tahrir America canceled its event scheduled for the month of July in suburban Chicago. The next day, on July 11, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, Muslim and non-Muslim supporters of the volunteer human rights group Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) stood together on a hot July afternoon to publicly challenge Hizb ut-Tahrir America on its views, with R.E.A.L. promoting democracy and human rights and rejecting Hizb ut-Tahrir’s intolerance to religious freedom, rejecting Hizb ut-Tahrir’s anti-democracy views, and rejecting Hizb ut-Tahrir’s promotion of the barbaric act of stoning. Human rights volunteers against stoning challenged Hizb ut-Tahrir’s previous demonstrations where the anti-democracy Hizb ut-Tahrir group promoted stoning on June 22 and on World AIDS Day.

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I am always surprised at how young Jeffrey is, for he has an elder’s wisdom, in his writing and in his personal posts.

Latest on the protests, photos and up dates.
granny

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July 12, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

R.E.A.L. and Hizb ut-Tahrir News Reports:

Hizb ut-Tahrir Event Canceled — R.E.A.L Challenges HT at Lincoln Memorial
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/ht-canceled-and-real-challenge/

News reports on R.E.A.L. and Hizb ut-Tahrir
— Illinois hotel scrubs Muslim group meeting
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/07/11/Illinois-hotel-scrubs-Muslim-group-meeting/UPI-94881278871807/
— Islamic Group Booted From Meeting Spot
http://mystateline.com/fulltext-news/?nxd_id=178265
— Muslim Group Claims Hotel Violated Contract
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=43144
— Muslim group cancels meeting after hotel cancels them
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/07/muslim-group-cancels-meeting-after-hotel-cancels-them.html
— Illinois hotel backs out of hosting Muslim group
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-muslimpoliticalgr,0,3571446.story
— Muslim group drops conference after host backs out
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2010/07/muslim_group_drops_conference.html
— Other News reports on R.E.A.L. and Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&cf=all&ncl=dcA8k6p26YM2pEMd3guSxFPvv72AM

Main Newslinks:

(UK/U.S.) Transatlantic Jet Bombers: Would-be suicide bombers jailed for life
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10600084.stm
— Daily Star reports each get at least 20 years
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/144125/Islamist-terror-cell-get-20-years-for-plotting-Brit-9-11/

(U.S.) Chicago/Ohio: Cousins sentenced in terrorism case
— LA Times: “Zubair Ahmed and Khaleel Ahmed of the Chicago area had planned to travel overseas and kill U.S. soldiers, although they never got beyond an initial trip to Egypt. They were arrested in 2007.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ohio-terror-20100713,0,6242140.story

(U.S.) Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki puts ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed’ cartoonist Molly Norris on execution hitlist
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/11/2010-07-11_cleric_anwar_alawlaki_puts_everybody_draw_mohammed_cartoonist_molly_norris_on_ex.html
— ‘Draw Muhammad’ artist placed on execution hit list; her online sites disappear
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/07/draw_muhammad_artist_placed_on.html

(U.S.) Prosecutor: Ark. doctor masterminded bomb attack
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcsTEIqb0SllC5SbeaAk2cya5oyQD9GTPTEG0

Pakistan: Sufi shrine attack makes Pakistan go after Jaish, others
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Sufi-shrine-attack-makes-Pakistan-go-after-Jaish-others-/articleshow/6160807.cms

Pakistan: Hundreds of suspected militants arrested
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.671950695

(Pakistan) FBI probe of 26/11 terror attack led to Pakistan
http://sify.com/news/fbi-probe-of-26-11-terror-attack-led-to-pakistan-news-international-khmtuecbice.html

Pakistan’s Islamist shock jocks face ban on glamorizing terrorism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7885606/Pakistans-Islamist-shock-jocks-face-ban-on-glamorising-terrorism.html

Pakistan Daily Times: “US should better define, counter Islamic extremism”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_12

Pakistan: School blown up in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_11

Pakistan must take on Haqqani network: US senator
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan-must-take-on-Haqqani-network-US-senator/articleshow/6156443.cms

Pakistan indispensable in war on terror: Petraeus
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/44-pakistans-support-indispensable-in-war-against-terror-petraeus-fa-02

Pakistan: Suicide bomber killed in a failed attempt on a tribal elder in Pakistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2100209&Language=en

(Bangladesh) 13 Shibir men held with arms, books on jihad
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=146524

Afghanistan: Bazaar bombing wounds 21 civilians
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.673824934

Afghanistan frees more suspected Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_2

(Afghanistan) ‘Removal of Taliban leaders from terror list sought’
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqECDM4L49QqetU3ZaZZEIUGxfSA

(Afghanistan) NATO soldier, 11 police killed in Afghan attacks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gEpKlQ5vnRYkQqHXUiDx6GfuLKjA

(Afghanistan) More Afghan Civilians Dying From Taliban Attacks
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/12/world/main6670941.shtml

(Afghanistan) Plan to persuade 36,000 Taliban to lay down their arms - by 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7886021/Plan-to-persuade-36000-Taliban-to-lay-down-their-arms.html

India: Minister critically injured in northern blast
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.672506417

Gaza flotilla raid: mistakes made at ‘relatively senior’ level
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7885696/Gaza-flotilla-raid-mistakes-made-at-relatively-senior-level.html

Iran claims to have produced 20kg of 20 per cent enriched uranium
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7884437/Iran-claims-to-have-produced-20kg-of-20-per-cent-enriched-uranium.html

(Uganda) Blasts hit World Cup watchers in Uganda, kill 64
— AP: “Police feared an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group was behind the attacks, as Uganda’s president declared Monday “we shall get them wherever they are.’”
— “The blasts came two days after a commander with the Somali group, al-Shabab, called for militants to attack sites in Uganda and Burundi, two nations that contribute troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hzHMeIMsFmUA1bDTDUdeL_hCMbjAD9GTF1H03
— Al-Qaida-linked Somali group claims Uganda blasts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38194835/ns/world_news-africa/
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Somali-Group-Claims-Responsibility-for-Uganda-Blasts-98254389.html
— US: Uganda Bombings ‘Backfired’
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/-US—Uganda-Bombings-Backfired-98270279.html
— Uganda Attack May Have Been ‘Plan B’ for Terror Strike on World Cup, Expert Says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/obama-administration-offers-join-forces-uganda-cowardly-attack/
— Bomb outrage in Uganda
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/7886285/Bomb-outrage-in-Uganda.html

AU: Kampala Bombs Will Not Affect Somalia Peacekeeping
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/AU-Kampala-Bombs-Will-Not-Affect-Somalia-Peacekeeping-98263194.html

(Somalia) Al-Shabaab: Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/7885065/Al-Shabaab-Somalias-al-Qaeda-linked-Islamist-militants.html

Mali: Al Qaeda threatens to kill French hostage in 15 days
http://af.reuters.com/article/nigerNews/idAFLDE66A0HR20100712

Tunisia sentences eight to jail on terror charges
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpHYKkv175gpoGc3z1NqmPdBbGig
— Tunisia: Two Europeans sentenced for terrorism charges
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/tunisia-two-europeans-sentenced-for.html

(Iran) Medvedev: Iran Nearer to Nuclear Weapons Potential
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Medvedev-Iran-Nearer-to-Nuclear-Weapons-Potential-98239489.html

Russian Suicide Bomb Ring Foiled, Government Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/world/europe/13russia.html?_r=1

Germany: Aid group banned for ‘Hamas ties’
— AKI: “German authorities believe the Frankfurt-based Internationale Humanitaere Hilfsorganisation (IHH) has been funnelling money to Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip and is considered a terrorist organisation by the European Union, the United States and Israel.”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.673190756
— Hamas Fundraising in Germany and the United Kingdom
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/12/hamas-fundraising-in-germany-and-the-united-kingdom/

War on Women News:

IRAN: Judiciary official says woman to be stoned for husband’s murder, not just adultery
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/07/iran-stoning-sakineh-ashtiani.html
— Iran stoning halted, but family in danger
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/iran-stoning-halted-but-family-in-danger/story-e6frg6so-1225890918498
— Iran’s stoning death sentence under review
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/07/12/stoning-sentence012.html
— IRAN: Hard-line official insists stoning penalty for adultery stands, but is under a required review
http://bit.ly/avpGjD
— Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will not be stoned to death - for the time being
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/12/iran-sakineh-mohammadi-ashtiani-stoned-death

Bangladesh: Acid attack on housewife
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=146526

India: ‘Honour killings will continue’
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/07/12/honour-killing-old-khap-tradition-will-continue.html

Other News:

Jordan: Banned Hizb ut-Tahrir members arrested in northern Jordan
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=8871

Palestinian Authority: Hizb Ut-Tahrir: PA security detained 17 supporters
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=298860

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir charged with three counts of genocide in Darfur
— Daily Telegraph: “The International Criminal Court on Monday charged Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir with three counts of genocide in Darfur, piling further diplomatic pressure on his isolated regime.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/7886123/Sudans-President-Omar-al-Bashir-charged-with-three-counts-of-genocide-in-Darfur.html

Sudan Army drives JEM fighters out of Adola mountains
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2100357&Language=en

India: T.J. Joseph case - Family of Indian professor ‘forgives’ attackers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10557819.stm

India: Sharjah Sharia court gives capital punishment to Indian labourer
— ANI: “However, according to the court papers, the 35-year-old man, S.S., has denied of the murder charges and claimed that he didn’t even know the victim’s identity.”
http://sify.com/news/sharjah-sharia-court-gives-capital-punishment-to-indian-labourer-news-international-khmrEhfcecf.html

Pakistan: Hindus in Sindh attacked after boy drinks from mosque cooler
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Hindus-in-Sindh-attacked-after-boy-drinks-from-mosque-cooler-/articleshow/6160792.cms

Pakistan: Lahore : interfaith solidarity towards Sufis targeted by terrorism
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Lahore-:-interfaith-solidarity-towards-Sufis-targeted-by-terrorism-18913.html

Egyptian Reformist Thinker Tarek Heggy: ‘Egyptian Copts are Oppressed, Oppressed, Oppressed’
http://www.freecopts.net/forum/showthread.php?13482-Egyptian-Reformist-Thinker-Tarek-Heggy-Egyptian-Copts-are-Oppressed&p=69816&viewfull=1

Turkey: Christians in Danger
http://www.aina.org/news/20100708120749.htm

Indonesia: Moluccas clashes between Christians and Muslims three dead and five injured
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Moluccas-clashes-between-Christians-and-Muslims-three-dead-and-five-injured-18902.html

Saudi Arabia: Judge refuses to see woman without ‘mahram’
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article83130.ece

Mona Eltahawy on first Muslim Miss America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1qJDLo2XUw&feature=player_embedded

Mona Elthawy on burqa ban
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/07/12/yes_to_the_burqa_ban/

“Veiled Threats?” - by Martha Nussbaum
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/veiled-threats/?ref=global

“Burqa Barbie: News Anchor” - Video by Mona Eltahawy
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,60482518001_1964931,00.html

French parliament set to vote on veil ban
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBLvcjYl38M5uHzhqlF2IV8WWOywD9GTERQ80
— France: Businessman to pay burka fines
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/france-businessman-to-pay-burka-fines.html

France: Muslim denied citizenship for refusing to shake hands
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/france-muslim-denied-citizenship-for.html

Indonesia: Blonde meets sharia law: when the tourist becomes the attraction
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/blonde-meets-sharia-law-when-the-tourist-becomes-the-attraction-20100708-101s8.html

(UK) British schools advised to cancel swimming during Ramzan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_8

(UK) English Defence League is urged to scrap plans for a “costly” demonstration in Dudley on July 17
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/07/12/english-defence-league-is-urged-to-scrap-plans-for-a-costly-demonstration-in-dudley-on-july-17-97319-26830775/

(U.S.) Muslim Outreach Not the Job of NASA, White House Says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/white-house-muslim-outreach-task-nasa/

(U.S.) “Islamic Schools in US Raise Hopes, Fears”
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Islamic-Schools-in-US-Raises-Hopes-and-Fears-98247319.html

(U.S.) NYC: During Staten Island visit, Archbishop Dolan mum on mosque
http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2010/07/during_staten_island_visit_arc.html

(U.S.) NYC: Bloomberg: Critics of Ground Zero mosque ‘un-American’
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/bloomberg-critics-of-ground-zero-mosque-un-american-1.2099749
— NYC mayor: Investigating mosque is un-American
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5islOfKiLRIzex9wNazeryzLJorcgD9GTMCJ00

(U.S.) NYC: King raises questions about ground zero mosque
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gRNQZGtBNzPPPovBXRP6z8t6yrbgD9GTRSNO0

(U.S.) California: Proposed mosque in Temecula faces opposition
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15500767

(U.S.) Michigan: “Lawmaker calls for probe of arrests of pamphleters at Arab International Fest”
http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2010/07/10/news/doc4c38959d8b8b0289188561.txt

(U.S.) NAACP considers resolution decrying racist elements in tea-party movement
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/11/2076909/naacp-takes-critical-look-at-tea.html

Against Nazi/Racial Supremacism News:

Virginia: Alleged skinhead has court date today — Corey J. Miller
— Virginian-Pilot: “Norfolk police have charged a man believed to be associated with a white supremacist group connected to vandalism at two local synagogues last year.”
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/alleged-skinhead-arrested-norfolk-has-court-date-today

Neo-nazism is Europe’s hidden terrorist menace
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/11/islam-white-racist-terror-attack

Germany: World Cup fans’ swastikas sadden German envoy
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=116935#axzz0tWQkXXKz

Polish Neo-Nazi Art Features X-Rated Mickey Mouse
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138522

Against Totalitarianism:

North Korean soldiers defect to China fueling fears of imminent military clash
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7885642/North-Korean-soldiers-defect-to-China-fuelling-fears-of-imminent-military-clash.html

North Korea Delays Talks Over Sinking of South Korean Ship
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/12/north-korea-delays-talks-sinking-south-korean-ship/

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ANTHRAX, HUMAN - UNITED KINGDOM (21): (SCOTLAND)
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Date: 12 Jul 2010
From: Ramsay Colin colin.ramsay@nhs.net [edited]

RE: Anthrax, human - UK (20): (Scotland)

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Sadly, in the latest case, the evidence points to it being a “new”
case in that exposure to contaminated heroin must have occurred
shortly before the onset of illness in very late June [2010]. It,
therefore, seems that we still have contaminated heroin circulating
in at least one part of Scotland. However, this was the 1st “newly
exposed” case for some time.

If the theory that there was some sort of common contaminated “batch”
initially is correct, this may indicate a (very) gradual petering out
of the “contaminated” stock.

Alternatively, very low level anthrax spore contamination of heroin
supplies may have become a chronic issue, with newly imported
supplies carrying spores. The evidence for the alternative
explanation is scant however, in that we have not seen any further
geographic spread beyond the initial affected areas in Scotland; the
latest case lives in the area originally affected. The lack of
reports from elsewhere in the UK or Europe, apart from the 3 cases in
England and the 2 in Germany in the very early stages of the
outbreak, might be taken to support the original hypothesis of a
contaminated “batch.” Investigations continue.

—
Colin Ramsay, MD
Consultant Epidemiologist
Health Protection Scotland
Clifton House, Clifton Place
Glasgow, G3 7LN
Scotland
colin.ramsay@nhs.net

[The reference to “new” is that latterly, some of the Scots cases
were based on revisiting some cases that didn’t culture during the
clinical phase.

In epidemics that fail to stop but keep on giving, there is always
the concern that the agent might have switched sources. A good guide
in these days would also be whether the genotype had changed. But if
the newly imported contaminated heroin was coming from the same
valley in Afghanistan, one wouldn’t expect to see a new genotype,
even when it came in a different goatskin.

Our thanks to Colin for this update. - Mod MHJ]

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http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2010/07_14/3.asp

U.S. armed Gulf states, failed to organize a regional defense

WASHINGTON - The United States was said to have fallen short in efforts to
coordinate the militaries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The Bipartisan Policy Center has asserted that despite huge weapons sales,
the United States has failed to organize a regional Gulf Arab defense
network that could capitalize on the advanced platforms procured by such
countries as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. As a result,
the Washington-based center said, the six GCC states were regarded as
incapable of countering an Iranian strike.

SNIP...

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http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2010/07_14/3.asp

In first, Saudis detail Al Qaida use of Iran as launching pad for attacks

ABU DHABI - For the first time, Saudi Arabia has detailed allegations that
Iran was serving as a base for Al Qaida.

Saudi authorities have released information that accused Iran of hosting the
Al Qaida leadership for nearly a decade. Officials said Iran has been used
to plan and finance Al Qaida attacks on the Saudi kingdom and other Gulf
Cooperation Council states.

SNIP...

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http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4441.htm
MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis|624| July 12, 2010
Lebanon

Internal Conflict in Lebanon Over Control of Oil and Gas Resources
By: H. Varulkar*

Introduction
The recent discovery of a large natural gas field off the Israeli coast,
near Haifa, sparked an intense conflict in Lebanon between the camps of
Prime Minster Sa’d Al-Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri – an ally of
Hizbullah – over the control of Lebanon’s potential oil and natural gas
resources, which could generate enormous profits for the country.
At the same time, accusations began to be heard, especially from Hizbullah
and its political allies, that Israel is stealing Lebanon’s natural
resources and that the gas reservoir it has discovered extends into
Lebanon’s exclusive economic zone.[1] Senior officials from Hizbullah and
the opposition warned that the organization would not hesitate to use every
means, including its weapons, to defend Lebanon’s natural riches. Figures in
the March 14 Forces stated in response that Hizbullah was simply looking for
another excuse to hold on to its arms.
It should be mentioned that, following the Israeli gas discovery, Lebanon
expedited the process of appealing to the U.N. to officially demarcate its
exclusive economic zone and to delineate its maritime borders with
neighboring countries, except for Israel.[2] The presidents of Syria and
Lebanon decided on June 15, 2010 that the two countries would begin
demarking the maritime border between them even before completing the
demarcation of the land border, in order to settle the question of their
respective rights to offshore oil and gas.[3]
Who Will Lead the Legislation of Lebanon’s Natural Resources Bill?
A few days after Israel announced the discovery of an enormous gas reservoir
at the Leviathan drilling site off the Haifa coast, Lebanese Parliament
Speaker Nabih Berri launched an attack on Israel, accusing it of stealing
Lebanon’s gas and oil deposits, and of ignoring the fact that the gas
reservoir extends into Lebanese waters. Berri stressed that “the discovery
of [this] gas reservoir obligates Lebanon to act quickly in defense of its
rights,” and called on the Lebanese parliament and government to declare a
campaign of “economic resistance” in defense of the country’s natural
resources.[4]

SNIP...

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2010/07_14/2.asp

Hizbullah signing up Israeli Arab officers as spies, drug-smugglers

TEL AVIV - Israel’s military has acknowledged that Hizbullah was recruiting
officers through enticements of drugs and cash.

The military said Hizbullah has recruited soldiers and officers to spy on
Israel as well as to help in drug smuggling from Lebanon. In the latest
development, the military reported the arrest of a warrant officer and
several civilians charged with maintaining links to the Iranian-sponsored
Shi’ite militia.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=36594&tx_ttnews[backPid]=26&cHash=c473dab87f

Salafi-Jihadis and the North Caucasus: Is There a New Phase of the War in the Making?
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 27
July 8, 2010 04:47 PM

Category: Terrorism Monitor, Global Terrorism Analysis, Terrorism, North Caucasus

By: Murad Batal al-Shishani

Jordanian jihadi ideologue Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi

Several Jordanian newspapers and websites published details in early June about 24-year-old Jordanian Anas Khalil Khadir, stating that he was killed in Chechnya after joining the jihad there. Khadir’s family members, who live in Zarqa (a city located east of Jordan’s capital city of Amman), told journalists that Khadir was very attached to the Chechen cause, leading him to abandon his medical engineering studies at Zarqa’s Hashemite University and depart for Chechnya a week before his final exams (Khaberni [Amman], June 7; al-Sabeel [Amman], June 3; Bab al-Arab, June 7).

A few days after the news of Khadir was reported, newspapers announced the death of another Jordanian in Chechnya, Yasser Ammara. Described as “a prominent Jordanian-born warlord,” Ammara was one of nine militants killed during a battle in the mountainous forests of the Vedeno region during the government’s “Operation Vengeance” (Interfax, June 11). The author’s sources confirmed that unlike Khadir, Ammara had been in Chechnya since early 2000.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2010/07_14/do.asp

China, not Russia, supplying Iran tech to defend against Israeli strike

http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/images/2010/misterhu1.jpg

“This is a vast improvement over the old Soviet-era stuff the Syrians have.”

[WestCoastGal]

Do they ever say who the perp was - particularly if an immigrant or terror suspect. Wouldn’t want to call them out of anything ;p

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/world/europe/13russia.html?_r=2

July 12, 2010

Russian Suicide Bomb Ring Foiled, Government Says

By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/clifford_j_levy/index.html?inline=nyt-per

MOSCOW - Russian security services have broken up what they described as a
terrorist cell in a Muslim region of the country that was preparing female
suicide bombers for attacks on major Russian cities, officials announced on
Monday.

They said six women had been arrested who had already written “farewell
letters” as they were being prepared for deployment. But the officials did
not disclose whether attacks were imminent, or any other details about
planning.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7884437/Iran-claims-to-have-produced-20kg-of-20-per-cent-enriched-uranium.html

Iran claims to have produced 20kg of 20 per cent enriched uranium

Iran has said it has produced around 20kg of 20 per cent enriched uranium,
in defiance of the world powers who want them to suspend the controversial
nuclear work.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

Do they ever say who the perp was - particularly if an immigrant or terror suspect. Wouldn’t want to call them out of anything ;p<<<

Not that I heard.

I would think that being a cop today is a job rather like walking a tight rope, for no matter who gets named, someone is going to be upset and want to kill the cop and riot to kill a few others.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Snipped/is end of an interesting training article for the ‘o’.

my opinion....granny

What is really interesting about this “spy swap” is the haste in which
Moscow approached Washington offering a bargain. The Kremlin evidently
wanted to get its agents back before they started talking. What was it
trying to hide? The schemes of money laundering involving top Russian
officials? The names of other “sleepers” still living in the West? This is
something we shall hardly ever find out.

Why did the Obama administration act so quickly in returning the spies? It
evidently was not under pressure and could have huckstered over the price.
There are internationally recognised political prisoners in Russia and the
United States could at least have demanded an exchange of one for one, not
one for two and a half.

This was certainly a bad bargain for America.

Natalya Hmelik is a Russian journalist living in Israel.

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Article printed from FrontPage Magazine: http://frontpagemag.com

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