Captain Cook once said:
I had the ambition to not only go farther than man had gone before, but to go as far as it was possible to go.
His ship was the Endeavor.
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To all my children, all in different branches of the USA Military, I think of your adventures, and achievements always, and that of all Our Military, and their families.
Your efforts pay off in big ways, and in great examples.
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Thu, Jan 01, 2004 Search News StoriesNews World - AP Latin America
Israelis, Palestinians to Climb Mountain
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Israelis, Palestinians to Climb Mountain
45 minutes ago
By EDUARDO GALLARDO, Associated Press Writer
SANTIAGO, Chile - Eight Israelis and Palestinians left Thursday on an expedition to climb an unnamed, unconquered mountain in Antarctica, vowing to show they can work together under difficult, dangerous conditions.
The two yachts carrying the six men and two women of the "Breaking the Ice" expedition sailed from Puerto Williams, a Chilean navy base 2,050 miles south of Santiago.
"I think we are setting a very good example on how different people can live and cooperate together," expedition leader Heskel Nathanial said as the expedition sailed off in good weather.
"We are determined to support and help each other," Nathaniel, an Israeli working in Germany for a real estate company, told The Associated Press by telephone.
Minutes before their departure, he received phone calls from former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres (news - web sites) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), Nathaniel said. He said Arafat invited the group to visit him after their adventure.
The four Arabs and four Jews plan to climb a mountain near the Bruce Plateau in Antarctica after sailing for 600 miles in some of the world's most treacherous waters.
The yachts are expected to take four days to sail from Puerto Williams to Antarctica, via the Drake Passage. Then, they will sail for another five days along the Antarctic coast to the area selected for the climbing.
Two of the Palestinians on the expedition spent time in Israeli prisons — one for attacking Israeli soldiers and another who was accused of terrorism. Two of the Israelis are former members of an elite commando unit.
The nonprofit group Extreme Peace Missions said it organized the 35-day expedition "out of a belief that overcoming physical obstacles by working together as a team toward shared goals can unite the Israelis and Palestinians."
The expedition is also sponsored by Israel's Peres Center for Peace and according to organizers has received support from Arafat, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites), the Dalai Lama and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&ncid=721&e=8&u=/ap/20040101/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/antarctica_mideasthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050007/posts "Germany - secret service fears attack against Biblis nuclear power plant"
Der Spiegel ^ | 2003/12/31
Posted on 01/01/2004 1:24:48 PM PST by Truth666
"Security measures increased - Ansar-e Islam plans attack against one nuclear power plant in Germany"
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,280157,00.html "TERRORALARM"
"Geheimdienste befürchten Attacken gegen Atomkraftwerke"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Nach der Terrorwarnung des Bundeskriminalamtes haben heute mehrere Bundesländer ihre Sicherheitsvorkehrungen erhöht. Neben Hamburg sprechen auch Hessen, Bayern und Rheinland-Pfalz von einer neuen Lage, die schärfere Maßnahmen erfordere. Amerikanische und deutsche Geheimdienstleute fürchten Attacken auf deutsche Atomkraftwerke.
DPA
Atomkraftwerk Biblis: mögliches Terrorziel?
Berlin/Washington - "Wir befürchten nach den Terrordrohungen gegen das Krankenhaus der Bundeswehr in Hamburg und gegen die US-Airbase Rhein-Main bei Frankfurt jetzt mögliche Attacken islamistischer Extremisten gegen deutsche Atommeiler" - diese Einschätzung gaben am Mittwoch amerikanische und deutsche Geheimdienstler der Nachrichtenagentur ddp in Berlin und Washington.
Die Gefahr ergebe sich aus den jüngsten geheimdienstlichen Erkenntnissen über eine enge Verbindung der äußerst gefährlichen Terrorgruppe Ansar-e Islam (Unterstützer des Islam) mit den Al-Qaida-Terroristen von Osama Bin Laden, erläuterte ein CIA-Vertreter in Washington. Die Terrordrohungen in Hamburg und im Rhein-Main-Gebiet werden Ansar-e Islam zugerechnet.
Die Islamisten würden nicht nur in den USA, sondern nach den Hinweisen auch in Europa einschließlich Deutschland nach spektakulären Anschlagszielen suchen, heißt es. Die Terrorverdächtigen von Hamburg haben nach Polizeiangaben die Bundesrepublik schnellstens verlassen. Nach ihnen werde hauptsächlich in Italien und Frankreich gesucht."
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Captain Cook once said:
I had the ambition to not only go farther than man had gone before, but to go as far as it was possible to go.
His ship was the Endeavor.
________________________________________________________
To all my children, all in different branches of the USA Military, I think of your adventures, and achievements always, and that of all Our Military, and their families.
Your efforts pay off in big ways, and in great examples.
________________________________________________________
Thu, Jan 01, 2004
Israelis, Palestinians to Climb Mountain
45 minutes ago
Thu, Jan 01, 2004 Search News StoriesNews
Israelis, Palestinians to Climb Mountain
45 minutes ago
By EDUARDO GALLARDO, Associated Press Writer
SANTIAGO, Chile - Eight Israelis and Palestinians left Thursday on an expedition to climb an unnamed, unconquered mountain in Antarctica, vowing to show they can work together under difficult, dangerous conditions.
The two yachts carrying the six men and two women of the "Breaking the Ice" expedition sailed from Puerto Williams, a Chilean navy base 2,050 miles south of Santiago.
"I think we are setting a very good example on how different people can live and cooperate together," expedition leader Heskel Nathanial said as the expedition sailed off in good weather.
"We are determined to support and help each other," Nathaniel, an Israeli working in Germany for a real estate company, told The Associated Press by telephone.
Minutes before their departure, he received phone calls from former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres (news - web sites) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), Nathaniel said. He said Arafat invited the group to visit him after their adventure.
The four Arabs and four Jews plan to climb a mountain near the Bruce Plateau in Antarctica after sailing for 600 miles in some of the world's most treacherous waters.
The yachts are expected to take four days to sail from Puerto Williams to Antarctica, via the Drake Passage. Then, they will sail for another five days along the Antarctic coast to the area selected for the climbing.
Two of the Palestinians on the expedition spent time in Israeli prisons — one for attacking Israeli soldiers and another who was accused of terrorism. Two of the Israelis are former members of an elite commando unit.
The nonprofit group Extreme Peace Missions said it organized the 35-day expedition "out of a belief that overcoming physical obstacles by working together as a team toward shared goals can unite the Israelis and Palestinians."
The expedition is also sponsored by Israel's Peres Center for Peace and according to organizers has received support from Arafat, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites), the Dalai Lama and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&ncid=721&e=8&u=/ap/20040101/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/antarctica_mideast Peace Trek
Palestinians, Israelis team up in mission of hope
January 22, 2004
Ahandful of former enemies working in harmony won't end a virtual war between two peoples, but it can serve as a hopeful example.
One such point of light came from a remote, unnamed peak in Antarctica last week, where eight Palestinians and Israelis -- four Jews and four Arabs -- roped themselves together and climbed the 2,770-foot mountain. They showed that Palestinians and Israelis can work together in friendship and trust.
These eight were not particularly predisposed toward peace before the expedition, either. Two of the Palestinians spent time in Israeli prisons. One had attacked Israeli soldiers and another was accused of terrorist activities. Two of the Israelis are former members of an elite commando unit.
But what divided the eight faded as they sailed through 600 miles of some of the world's most dangerous waters and then trekked over the frozen terrain. During the climb, the six men and two women entrusted their lives to each other. They named the peak the "Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship" and issued a statement rejecting violence.
That won't stop the killing or tear down the West Bank wall that has itself become a symbol of lost hope. Nor will the climb change the fact that peace in the Middle East won't come without a just political settlement both sides can live with, or without more of the region's most scarce commodity: trust.
Still, four Jews and four Arabs, making their own uphill climb together, showed the world that peace is possible -- and very much worth fighting for.
http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/emid22_20040122.htm again I say:
Captain Cook once said:
I had the ambition to not only go farther than man had gone before, but to go as far as it was possible to go.
His ship was the Endeavor.
________________________________________________________
To all my children, all in different branches of the USA Military, I think of your adventures, and achievements always, and that of all Our Military, and their families.
Your efforts pay off in big ways, and in great examples.