TERRORISM and COUNTERTERRORISM: News, INFORMATION & Analysis #2

Free Republic | 4/11/2010 | FReeper Collaboration

[nw_arizona_granny]

My email a minute ago contained an alert to the Florida cases.

Some think that the West Nile Virus that has hit the U.S. for the past 10 or so years, came from Cuba.

The West Nile Virus has now spread around the world and still shows up in the ProMedMail.org reports from the World Health Organization.
granny

http://www.google.com/search?q=CDC+Officials+Confirm+Cases+of+the+Tropical+Disease+Carried+by+Mosquitos&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

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Dengue Fever Hits Key West - ABC News
May 20, 2010 ... Officials Confirm Cases of the Tropical Disease Carried by Mosquitos ... Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by mosquito bites. ... authored by CDC researchers, public health officials in Florida, ...
abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/dengue-fever-hits-key-west/story?id...

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Dengue Fever In Key West? | Infidels Paradise
May 23, 2010 ... Taking the probe another step, the CDC did blood tests on randomly ... But all the ingredients are there –- abundant mosquitos of the right kind, ... Officials Confirm Cases of the Tropical Disease Carried by Mosquitos ...
www.infidelsparadise.com/?p=27024 - 4 hours ago
Get more results from the past 24 hours

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Dengue fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thus travelers from tropical areas may pass on dengue inadvertently, ... Patients with dengue can pass on the infection only through mosquitoes or blood products ... Cases of DHF also show higher fever, variable hemorrhagic phenomena, ..... Dengue: CDC home page The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever - Cached - Similar

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Locally Acquired Dengue -— Key West, Florida, 2009—2010
May 21, 2010 ... Dengue is the most common vector-borne viral disease in the world, ... CDC confirmed the diagnosis, and a press release was issued to notify the public and .... In response to the three cases of locally acquired dengue, ... and FKMCD and CDC also are testing Ae. aegypti mosquitoes in Key West for ...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5919a1.htm - Cached

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Very interesting:

http://www.google.com/search?q=cuba+bio+weapon+lab&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

It linked this important and new to me 2002 Freeper thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/809354/posts

[Castro had a lab in Cuba]

Chavez bio-weapons lab in Venezuela for Saddam and Castro
Militares Democraticos ^ | 12/19/02 | www.militaresdemocraticos.com

Posted on Thursday, December 19, 2002 11:26:02 AM by shanec

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http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AQx0tZ129zK8J%3Awww.fas.org%2Fnuke%2Fguide%2Fcuba%2Fsfrc060502.pdf+cuba+bio+weapon+lab&hl=en&gl=us

[This is a must read report, it appears that Powell was protecting the information in 2002.]

S. HRG. 107–736
CUBA’S PURSUIT OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS: FACT
OR FICTION?
HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE,
PEACE CORPS AND NARCOTICS AFFAIRS
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JUNE 5, 2002

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The anthrax attacks in these buildings right here last fall under-
scored the dangers of such weapons to our country. We do not
know whether that is external or internal yet, but understand the
impact it could have. Looking back on those events, it shows the
need for us to be vigilant in uncovering and dismantling any facili-
ties that could produce such weapons if mass destruction were the
desire, or mass disruption were the desire of malicious states or
terrorist organizations.
Now, that is why I stand behind Under Secretary Bolton’s re-
marks, which are consistent with Mr. Ford’s, which says that Cuba
‘‘has at least a limited offensive biological research and develop-
ment effort,’’ and furthermore ‘‘that Cuba has provided dual-use
biotechnology to rogue states.’’ So it is certainly a fact, not fiction,
that Cuba has a capability to pursue biological weapons.
Now, Under Secretary Bolton is not the first government official
to have spoken publicly on this issue. On March 19, 2002, in testi-
mony before this very Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing
addressing the threat of chemical and biological weapons, our wit-
ness here, Assistant Secretary Ford, stated the United States be-
lieved that Cuba has at least a limited developmental offensive bio-
logical warfare research and development effort.
In fact, it was Assistant Secretary Ford’s words that Under Sec-
retary Bolton precisely echoed verbatim 2 months later at the Her-
itage Foundation, and these statements are clearly supported by
intelligence reporting that I have personally reviewed.
Now, throughout the past decade we have seen numerous reports
addressing Cuba’s bioweapons capability. It is a well known fact
that Cuba has one of the most advanced biotechnology and phar-
maceutical industries in the world, ranking near the top of the
World Health Organization’s list of countries with the most devel-
oped biological industries, lagging only behind the G–7.
The well-respected former Deputy Director of Biopreparat, Ken
Alibek, the Soviet Union’s biological weapons program, has ac-
knowledged that his institute trained Cubans in developing biologi-
cal weapons and agents. In his 1998 book ‘‘Biohazard,’’ Alibek re-
counts how his boss Major General Yuri Kalinin, head of the Soviet
bioweapons program, made several trips to Cuba to consult on var-
ious biotechnology programs.
That in itself does not prove it, but you see there is a cause for
concern, and that is of public record. Moreover, in the October issue
of ‘‘Nature Biotechnology Journal’’ Jose de la Fuente, the former
Director of Research and Development at Cuba’s premier Center
for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, reported that Cuba
sold technology to Iran that could—could—be used to produce bio-
logical weapons.
Now, Fidel Castro has himself very recently proclaimed, for ex-
ample, that Iran and Cuba, in cooperation with each other, could
bring America to its knees in asserting that we had weak leader-
ship in this country.
I am deeply troubled by the fact that several rogue states have
received technical assistance from Cuba, potentially—again poten-
tially—acquiring the technology and expertise to build biological
weapons. Cuba must adhere to its commitment under the Biologi-
cal Weapons Convention. Moreover, it must halt the transfer of

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May 23, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

American-Yemeni cleric advocates killing of American civilians in al-Qaida video
— Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/23/american-yemeni-cleric-advocates-killing-american-civilians-al-qaida-video/
— Yemeni cleric advocates killing US civilians
— regarding Nidal Hasan’s killing of soldiers at Fort Hood, Anwar al-Awlaki states: “What he did was heroic and great. ... I ask every Muslim serving in the U.S. Army to follow suit.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hmNQ8mg9074QGU6UJazpjgmURdEwD9FSH69G0
— Muslims in US army urged to kill comrades
-— Awlaki: “Nidal Hassan is one of my students and I am honored by that”
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20100523111705339C768824
— U.S. cleric urges Muslims to kill U.S. soldiers
-— Awlaki: “”Nidal was my student ... I’m proud of Nidal Hasan and this was a heroic act... Who can object to what he did? He killed soldiers on their way to Iraq and Afghanistan. These American soldiers on their way to Afghanistan and Iraq, we will kill them.”
-— Reuters: “Born in New Mexico, Awlaki led prayers at U.S. mosques. He returned to Yemen in 2004 where he taught at a university before he was arrested and imprisoned in 2006 for suspected links to al Qaeda and involvement in attacks. He was released in late 2007.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64M0OR20100523

(U.S.) White House Official Says US Actively Seeking American-Born Terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki
— Gibbs: “despite telling the world that he is a cleric, you see on a video tape that he supports al-Qaida’s agenda of murder and violence”
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Yemeni-American-Muslim-Cleric-Urges-Muslims-to-Kill-US-Soldiers-94690119.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Evidence mounts that Pakistani major spoke to Times Square suspect
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-shahzad-20100523,0,2719301.story
— Times Square suspect, Pakistani major phoned on bombing day: source
http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2010/05/times_square_suspect_pakistani.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: N.Y. bomb plot probe shows radicalism might be on the rise among Pakistani elite
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/22/AR2010052203438.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square plot: Pak detains one more for links with Faisal Shahzad
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Times-Square-plot-Pak-detains-one-more-for-links-with-Faisal/articleshow/5966511.cms

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Relatives say three Pakistanis innocent in Times Square case
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-three-pakistanis-innocent-in-times-square-case-rs-10

(Pakistan) Jihadis make their way to Pakistan training areas
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hi-Dln6iM3sc3puY7qMShPVQeLnQD9FSLU3O3

Afghanistan: Insurgents attack NATO’s southern Afghan base
— AP: “The Taliban claimed responsibility Sunday for a nighttime assault on Kandahar Air Base that wounded a number of coalition soldiers and civilian employees at the biggest NATO base in southern Afghanistan.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9FSM5SG1

Afghanistan: U.S. strategy rests on Kandahar offensive
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37297873/ns/world_news-washington_post/

Afghanistan: Taliban win $2300 bounty for each NATO soldier killed
— London Times: “The money is said to come from protection rackets, taxes imposed on opium farmers, donors in the Gulf states who channel money through Dubai and from the senior Taliban leadership in Pakistan.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7133976.ece

Afghanistan: Attack prevents ministers’ visit to NATO base — at Kandahar Airfield
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7134217.ece
— Taliban attack Nato’s biggest base in Afghanistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7756781/Taliban-attack-Natos-biggest-base-in-Afghanistan.html

Afghanistan: U.S. troops, Afghan police sweep through Taliban stronghold
— Kandahar’s District 8
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-kandahar-sweep-20100523,0,1825801.story

Afghan MPs threaten to boycott Hamid Karzai’s Taliban peace talks plan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/23/karzai-taliban-peace-talks-boycott

Afghanistan: UK Government may speed up withdrawal of UK troops
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7133799.ece

(U.S.) NYC: ‘Bureaucratic Hurdles’ Delay Funds for NYC Dirty Bomb Defenses
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/23/bureaucratic-hurdles-delay-funds-nyc-dirty-bomb-defenses/

(U.S.) NYC: Faisal Shahzad’s stupidity bailed us out, but the next terrorist may be smarter
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/20/2010-05-20_find_dough_vs_smarter_foes.html

(Iraq) Al Qaeda militant sentenced to death for killing five Russian citizens
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15154595&PageNum=0

Iran speaker: will ditch fuel plan if new sanctions
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64M11D20100523
— UN sanctions will hurt ordinary Iranians, says Mousavi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7756576/UN-sanctions-will-hurt-ordinary-Iranians-says-Mousavi.html

(Iran) Israel PM: Nations must prevent Iran nukes
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=176238

Iran Demands U.S. Propose Prisoner Swap for Three U.S. Hikers Labeled ‘Spies’
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/23/iran-calls-detained-hikers-spies-demands-propose-prisoner-swap/

Lebanon: “Chomsky: Hezbollah has right to fight aggression”
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/lebanon/chomsky-hezbollah-has-right-to-fight-aggression-1.631245

Gaza: Islamists torch summer camp in Gaza
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=176209
— Militants attack U.N. Gaza summer camp
-— Reuters: “Two days earlier, a previously unknown militant group, ‘The Free of the Homeland,’ issued a statement criticizing the camp’s organizer, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), for, ‘teaching schoolgirls fitness, dancing and immorality.’”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37299544/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
— KUNA: “Israeli troops demolish biggest UNRWA summer camp in Gaza”
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085511&Language=en

Israel mulls bill to toughen terms for Hamas prisoners
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100523/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraelhamasprisonershalit

(Somalia) Islamist attack on Somali presidency kills 14 civilians
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/islamist-attack-somali-presidency-kills-14-civilians-0
— 20 dead in Somalia
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/71165/20-dead-somalia.html

Mauritania: 2007 French tourist killings: Suspects go on trial
http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/2007-french-tourist-killings-suspects-go-on-trial-458826.html

Nigeria: Fresh religious violence hits Nigerian city
— Christian killed by machete attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100523/wl_africa_afp/nigeriaunrest
— 6 die in renewed religious violence in central Nigerian flashpoint between Christians, Muslims
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/23/die-renewed-religious-violence-central-nigerian-flashpoint-christians-muslims/

Other News:

Bangladesh: Islamic group asks Bangladesh to ban Facebook
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103811&Itemid=39

Pakistan: Traders slam blasphemous caricatures on Facebook
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg11_4

Pakistan: Liquor seized from NATO containers
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg12_5

Pakistan: “We;re in village, there’s nothing you can do about it: Last words of ‘honour killing’ father gunned down in wedding day massacre”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1280562/Last-words-honour-killing-father-gunned-wedding-day-massacre.html?ITO=1490
— Honour killing likely motive behind murders
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/honour-killing-likely-motive-behind-murders-1.631191

United Arab Emirates (UAE): 4 new judges sworn in to Federal Sharia Court
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/May/theuae_May659.xml&section=theuae&col=

(U.S.) Times of India reports on bloggers comments on Rima Fakih
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Miss-Hezbollah-US-beauty-queen-not-Right-choice/articleshow/5966500.cms

(U.S.) Congregation worships in aftermath of vandalism to new church building
http://www.topix.com/city/channahon-il/2010/05/congregation-worships-in-aftermath-of-vandalism-to-new-church-building

Saudi Arabia: Ulema Council brands “sinner” those who fund terrorism
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Ulema-Council-brands-sinner-those-who-fund-terrorism-18461.html

Canadian’s online plea for help reunites her with fiance after three years in captivity in Saudi Arabia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/7756158/Canadians-online-plea-for-help-reunites-her-with-fiance-after-three-years-in-captivity-in-Saudi-Arabia.html

(Germany) Kidnapped German sisters speak Arabic to each other
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/7756675/Kidnapped-German-sisters-speak-Arabic-to-each-other.html

Sweden launches inquiry into forced marriage
http://www.thelocal.se/26766/20100521/

Poland: “Anti-Islam movement reaches Poland”
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/poland/100520/islamophobia-europe-immigration

Thailand Civil War:

Thailand extends curfew in capital, provinces
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/thailand.protests.curfew/index.html?hpt=T2

Thais Clean Up Bangkok, Business to Resume Monday
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thais-Clean-Up-Bangkok-Business-to-Resume-Monday—94694139.html

Bangkok races to erase traces of protests
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest-of-World/Bangkok-races-to-erase-traces-of-protests/articleshow/5966505.cms

Detained in my Bangkok hotel — but when people are dying, that’s no big deal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7133440.ece

Who are Thailand’s men in Black?
http://newyorknewsbreak.com/who-are-thailands-men-in-black-091079

Puea Thai silence on the violence is deafening
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/37630/puea-thai-silence-on-the-violence-is-deafening

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Clinton Courts Chinese People; Tough Mission Nears
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/23/clinton-courts-chinese-people-tough-mission-nears/
— U.S., China open talks to help steady economic ties
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE64M02N20100523
— Beijing plans curbs on number of foreigners working in China
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7756638/Beijing-plans-curbs-on-number-of-foreigners-working-in-China.html

South Korea Will Take Case to U.N. Security Council
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/23/south-korea-case-security-council/

‘North Korean spy arrested’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7757463/North-Korean-spy-arrested.html

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May 24, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(U.S.) Houston: Trial opens for man accused of aiding Taliban — Adnan Babar Mirza
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7019151.html

(U.S./Yemen) Full Anwar Al-Awlaki Interview Released on MEMRI
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4202.htm

(U.S.) NYC: Unspent $200M fuels WTC rage
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/unspent_fuels_wtc_rage_KXvFHRCstqXz1hPNG2dTSP

(U.S.) Hutaree: Militia faces deadline to argue for release
http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=12529884

Afghanistan: Roadside blast kills five civilians
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/24/roadside-blast-kills-five-civilians/
— Bomb attack on bus in Afghanistan kills five, wounds eight
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085816&Language=en

Afghanistan: Gunmen kill Afghan tribal elder who had resisted Taliban, planned to attend peace conference
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/24/gunmen-kill-afghan-tribal-elder-resisted-taliban-planned-attend-peace/

Afghanistan: U.S. Tries to Reintegrate Taliban Soldiers
— releases bomber after signs letter saying he won’t rejoin Taliban
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/world/asia/24reconcile.html?=

Afghanistan: UK army’s chief bomb officer resigns over Afghanistan
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/europe/Army-s-chief-bomb-officer-resigns-over-Afghanistan/Article1-547742.aspx

(Pakistan) 3 Taliban commanders among 70 killed in Orakzai airstrikes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\24\story_24-5-2010_pg1_5

(Pakistan) Security forces kill 3 Taliban in Lower Dir
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\24\story_24-5-2010_pg1_6

(Pakistan) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) govt shows no interest in trial of terror suspects
— 3,500 terror suspects waiting for trials to begin
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\24\story_24-5-2010_pg7_1

(India) Key Mumbai attack suspect, Abdul Samad Bhatkal, arrested
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mangalore/Key-Mumbai-attack-suspect-Abdul-Samad-Bhatkal-arrested/articleshow/5968196.cms

Iran: Tehran gives fuel swap offer to IAEA
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j9EVzzCsT-QwKFtWDzgF6ZLue6BgD9FT756G0

Syria defies Western pressure over Hezbollah
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\24\story_24-5-2010_pg7_29

Israel: Sderot teens share rocket life with Knesset
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3889174,00.html

Israel charges 4 with transferring terrorist funds to Palestinian security prisoners
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-charges-4-with-transferring-terrorist-funds-to-palestinian-security-prisoners-1.291951

Yemen Al-Qaida training Gaza groups to attack Israel
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/yemen-al-qaida-training-gaza-groups-to-attack-israel-1.291808

Yemen US tourists feared kidnapped in Yemen
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/24/us-tourists-kidnap-yemen

Congo bishop urges Obama: Stop the Lord’s Resistance Army
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=6415

Somalia NBC video on Mogadishu
— “NBC’s Richard Engel takes viewers inside war-torn Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, where women are stoned to death, people accused of theft have their limbs chopped off and peacekeeping troops are too fearful to leave the main roads.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37313492#37313492

Nigeria: 15 Arrested Over Jos Killings
http://allafrica.com/stories/201005240746.html

Nigeria - Jos: Nigeria: 6 dead in religion-fueled violence in Jos
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iNCU46VYMVf0VzhqkKJUus45PrDAD9FSIF500
— Nigeria - Jos: Three Muslims killed in Nigeria religious violence
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\24\story_24-5-2010_pg7_2
— Jos: One Feared Dead, Others Injured in Reprisal
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=174024

Turkey: “Hamas Ahoy”
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/05/24/hamas-ahoy/

Other News:

Egypt: Killings of Egypt’s Christians Escalate In Ghastly Slaughter Nearly Ignored in the West
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/killings-of-egypts-christians-escalate-in-ghastly/86965/

BBC Documentary Highlights the Challenges Faced by Christian Missionaries in Islamic Countries
http://www.ccfon.org/view.php?id=1087

Malaysia’s bloggers debate ‘Allah’ issue
http://www.ucanews.com/2010/05/24/muslim-bloggers-debate-%E2%80%98allah%E2%80%99-issue

(U.S.) NY: Was Muslim’s Beating A Hate Crime Or Just Regular Brutality?
— Kamal Uddin “beaten to a pulp”
http://gothamist.com/2010/05/24/was_muslims_beating_a_hate_crime_or.php
— victim’s nephew: “”They used the bad word. ‘The mother bleeping Muslim, go back to you country.”
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7457660

(U.S.) UCSD to test anti-terrorism robot
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/24/ucsd-test-anti-terrorism-robot/
— UCSD video - chilling response by MSA member regarding Jews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fSvyv0urTE&feature=player_embedded

European Parliament resolution of 20 May 2010 on religious freedom in Pakistan
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010-0194+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN

(India) Facebook blocks Indian access to group offensive to Muslims
— a spokeswoman for Facebook said “We have not removed the Page from Facebook, but have only restricted access to it from India”
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsId=20397

South Africa: Muslim leaders seek apology over cartoon
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-05-24-muslim-leaders-seek-apology-over-cartoon

Australia: Israeli diplomat expelled to win Arab favor: Bishop
— Australia Broadcasting Corporation: “The Federal Opposition has accused the Government of expelling an Israeli diplomat as a means to win Arab support for an Australian seat on the United Nations Security Council”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/24/2908049.htm

Report: “Israel ‘tried to sell nuclear weapons’” in 1970s to South Africa
— according to Sacha Polokow-Suransky
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/24/2908105.htm
— Israel denies nuclear arms sale offer
-— Peres: “Israel has never negotiated the exchange of nuclear weapons with South Africa. There exists no Israeli document or Israeli signature on a document that such negotiations took place.”
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/israel-denies-nuclear-arms-sale-offer-3566571

(Afghanistan) OTB blogs call for U.S. to withdraw from Afghanistan
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/tag/afghanistan

Against Totalitarianism News:

(U.S./North Korea) Obama Tells Military: Prepare for N. Korea ‘Aggression’
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/24/obama-tells-military-prepare-n-korea-aggression/

Communist China: Suining Christians Arrested, Beaten, and Released - House Churches Increasingly Fight for Rights
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1461&month=05&year=2010&_nc=caf7088603e7c1b03a8c519bd4861a55

Thailand Civil War News:

Thai court to rule on Thaksin terrorism
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/thai-court-to-rule-on-thaksin-terrorism-20100524-w7q6.html
— Decision on Thaksin terrorism warrant Tuesday
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/179008/court-to-announce-warrant-for-thaksin

Editor surrenders
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/24/politics/Editor-surrenders-30130087.html

Bangkok returns to normal
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/thaksin-judgement-update/179020/bangkok-returns-to-normal

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Downtown Streets Blocked After ‘Suspicious Device’ Found

The bomb squad is responding to a suspicious device in a building on Columbia
Street and Broadway. Authorities have set up a command post outside the
building and blocked traffic in the area.

MORE DETAILS:
http://www.10News.com/tu/5PYnulaf7.html

“Luque declined to describe the object that prompted the investigation.”

On the 22nd floor of a hi- rise bldg.

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[Note the town is San Diego, for the suspicious package above.

Below is Eastern San Diego County]

http://www.10news.com/news/23655756/detail.html

Burned Body Found Near Hiking Trail
Body Found In East County -MOUNT LAGUNA, Calif. — An investigation is underway Monday into the death of a person whose burned body was found along a hiking trail in the East County mountains.

snip...

Preliminary evidence suggested the body was burned where it was found, homicide Detective Dennis Brugos said.

snip...

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[Remember this old method of smuggling, the subs then were 5 or was it 10 million each on the underground market...LOL,
I haven’t seen one of there ads in years...this turned up as a video at channel 10 San Diego news, link in last posts.
granny]

http://www.google.com/search?q=Drug+subs+used+to+smuggle+narcotics+into+US&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

#
‘Drug Subs’ Used To Smuggle Narcotics Into US - San Diego News ...
May 23, 2010 ... SAN DIEGO — About one-third of all the cocaine smuggled to the US across the Eastern Pacific makes its way here using a new type of vessel.
www.10news.com/news/23653029/detail.html - 17 hours ago
Get more results from the past 24 hours

#
Semi-Submarines, Stealthily Plying Pacific, Arrive as a Way to ...
Jun 6, 2009 ... MEXICO CITY — When anti-narcotics agents first heard that drug cartels were ... that more than a third of the cocaine smuggled into the United States from ... U.S. officials fear that the rogue vessels could be used by ...
www.washingtonpost.com › World › North America - Similar

And this is of course where my mind went:

Drug Subs Pose Terror Threat To U.S. : Homeland Security News
Aug 17, 2008 ... Counterterrorism officials fear that what drug runners now use to deliver ... Hezbollah Smuggling Drugs, Weapons Into US Aboard Mini Subs? ...
www.nationalterroralert.com/.../drug-subs-drug-smuggling-subs-pose-terror-threat-to-us/ - Cached - Similar

For US, a terror threat lurks in drug smuggling subs
Dec 29, 2008 ... Counterterrorism officials fear that what drug runners now use to ... day use to sneak personnel or massive weapons into the United States. ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155507/posts - Cached

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http://www.fbi.gov/page2/may10/missingkids_052510.html

[Photos at link]

LOOKING FOR OUR CHILDREN
‘National Missing Children’s Day 2010’
05/25/10

These are just a very few of the children who are far away from home tonight.

Please take a minute to look at all the faces on our Kidnapping and Missing Persons webpage and see if you can identify Trenton, Allyson, and Georgina, or any of the other children listed there with their stories.

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Scotland: Find wives in Britain, says Islamic scholar

Muslim men have been told to marry women born in Scotland rather than import wives from Pakistan and India.

Shaykh Amer Jamil, a Glasgow-born Islamic scholar, warned that Asian women who have grown up in Scotland are being left on the shelf in favour of wives from outside the country.

This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog - islamineurope.blogspot.com

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May 25, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Jihadist websites air Al-Qaeda No.2 message
— in ““Eulogy for the Two Commanders,” Ayman al-Zawahiri praises 2 Iraq AQ leaders killed last month “for their character and their actions in jihad”
— Zawahiri: “It was not only the Americans who killed them, but also the Shias”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.443090695

(U.S.) Houston: Pakistani student didn’t want to fight US troops: Attorney
Adnan Babar Mirza never intended to commit ‘battlefield Jihad,” his attorney David Adler said.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-attorney-pakistani-didnt-want-to-fight-us-troops-02-sa

U.S. Orders Covert Military Action in Mideast
— FOX News: “Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, is said to have signed a directive authorizing Special Operations troops to conduct surveillance missions in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/25/report-orders-covert-military-ops-mideast/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7135743.ece

Pakistan: Two killed, 15 injured in Quetta bomb explosion — Shiite minority Muslims targeted
* 7 children, 3 women among those injured
* Shia Ulema Council says main target was Shia scholar Allama Najfi
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\25\story_25-5-2010_pg7_1

Pakistan Daily Times: “Widening jihadist appeal”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\25\story_25-5-2010_pg3_1

(Pakistan - Mumbai Attacks) Pakistan Supreme Court: No proof against Hafiz Saeed in 26/11 case
— Times of India: “Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed appeals filed by authorities challenging the release of JuD chief Hafiz Muhammed Saeed, blamed by India for masterminding the Mumbai attacks, from house arrest.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/No-proof-against-Hafiz-Saeed-in-26/11-case-Pak-SC/articleshow/5972386.cms

Pakistan: Swat ‘Taliban families’ expelled by tribal council
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8702432.stm

(Pakistan) Five terrorists surrender, houses of two destroyed
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\25\story_25-5-2010_pg7_4

(Pakistan) Thirteen militants killed in Orakzai offensive
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-thirteen+militants+killed+in+orakzai+offensive—bi-06

(Pakistan) 3 bombs planted at Balochistan Excise Headquarters defused
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\25\story_25-5-2010_pg7_2

Afghans arrest 7 in NATO deaths
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2010/05/25/afghans-arrest-7-in-nato-deaths.html?sid=101

Afghanistan: “Americans outgunned by Taleban’s AK47s”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7135496.ece

Iraq: Politician assassinated in ambush
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.442521317

Iran: Brother of Sunni ‘Islamist militant’ executed
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.439706281

Iran’s letter to IAEA has ‘deficiencies’, says Hillary Clinton
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Irans-letter-to-IAEA-has-deficiencies-says-Hillary-Clinton/articleshow/5973159.cms
— Iran: ‘Sanctions signal evil intentions’
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=176430

(Gaza) Bomb explodes on Gaza border; none hurt, no damage
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=176431
— Car bomb explodes in northern Gaza
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2086097&Language=en

Yemen tribe hits pipeline to avenge anti-Qaeda raid
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100525/wl_afp/yemenunrestqaeda

Somalia: Rebels Vow to Capture Somali Presidential Palace
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10727729

Australia: ‘Neo-Nazis’ arrested over Perth mosque shooting
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/nazis-shoot-at-suleymaniye-mosque-in-australia/

Awlaki: the New Bin Laden?
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/05/24/awlaki-the-new-bin-laden.aspx

Women’s News:

“Sex and the City 2: First review accuses sequel of being ‘anti-Muslim’”
http://www.metro.co.uk/film/827619-sex-and-the-city-2-first-review-accuses-sequel-of-being-anti-muslim
— Hollywood Reporter: “[Carrie] and her friends run up against the puritanical and misogynistic culture of the Middle East.”
— “The rather scathing portrayal of Muslim society no doubt will stir controversy, especially in a frothy summer entertainment, but there’s something bracing about the film’s saucy political incorrectness. Or is it politically correct?”
— “SATC 2 is at once proudly feminist and blatantly anti-Muslim, which means that it might confound liberal viewers.”
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/sex-and-the-city-2-film-review-1004093261.story
-— May 10, 2010: United Arab Emirates - Briton jailed for kiss in Dubai condemns Emirate’s ‘hypocrisy’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7700437/Briton-jailed-for-kiss-in-Dubai-condemns-Emirates-hypocrisy.html
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/174187/Blonde-jailed-for-a-kiss-slams-Dubai-hypocrisy-
— April 21, 2010: (UAE) British woman goes to jail in Dubai kissing case — Charlotte Adams
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7613229/British-woman-goes-to-jail-in-Dubai-kissing-case.html
— January 2010: “UAE: British Woman Raped, Then Arrested and Put in Jail for ‘Illegal Sex’”
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/uae-rape-victim-arrested/

Saudi Arabia: Women driving issue needs no fatwa: Saudi cleric Sheikh Ahmed bin Baz
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/25/109562.html
— January 25, 2009: Saudi bumper stickers say no to women driving
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/01/25/64986.html

Indonesia: ‘Islamic’ skirts for women
— Strait Times: “Islamic police in Indonesia’s Aceh province have been issued with 20,000 long skirts and ordered to cover up women deemed to have broken Muslim dress codes, an official said on Tuesday.”
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_531136.html

Pakistan: An Honor Killing by Proxy: Another Kind of Tragedy in Pakistan
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/an-honor-killing-by-proxy-another-kind-of-tragedy-in-pakistan/

Pakistan: Gilani urges parliamentarians to work for women’s rights
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\25\story_25-5-2010_pg7_17

India: 5 sentenced to death in honor killing of Indian couple from same clan
— appears to be Hindu-related
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/24/AR2010052404075.html?wprss=rss_world

Other News:

Indonesia - West Java: Islamic authorities shut down church, Christians celebrate in the street
— AsiaNews: “ Bogor authorities (West Java province) ordered the closure of a local church building that belongs to Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI), a Christian group also known as Gereja Kristen Yasmin Bogor.”
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/West-Java:-Islamic-authorities-shut-down-church,-Christians-celebrate-in-the-street-18489.html

Kenya court rules Islamic courts are illegal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10150615.stm

Iran: Maryam & Marzieh: Acquitted and free
— Elam: “Fourteen months after they were arrested for their Christian faith and activities, Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh have been acquitted of all charges by the Iranian judicial authorities. However, they were warned that any future Christian activity in Iran will be seriously dealt with.”
http://www.elam.com/articles/Maryam-and-Marzieh—Acquitted-and-Free/
— ICC reports Maryan and Marzieh are free
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12408&PHPSESSID=9437919b41f25519a4e01d3c2ed177e2
— April 12, 2010: Iran: Two Christian converts from Islam to face trial April 13
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/iran-two-christian-converts-from-islam-to-face-trial-april-13/
-– October 2009: Iran: Judge Charges Christian Converts with “Apostasy and Propagation of Christian Faith”
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/iran-judge-charges-christian-converts-with-apostasy-and-propagation-of-christian-faith/

Iran: Conditional Release of a Christian Couple after posting a $100,000 Bail
http://www.fcnn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1419&Itemid=1500

Lebanon: Calls for Separation of Religion and State at Secular Demonstration in Lebanon
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4204.htm

(U.S.) Many disillusioned Pakistanis look beyond US for work, education
— Pakistanis now seeking jobs in Britain, Australia, Canada and UAE
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\25\story_25-5-2010_pg7_13

US may not oppose Sino-Pak nuclear deal
— Communist China / Pakistan nuclear deal
— TOI: “US officials have avoided pressing China against moving forward with a deal to supply two new nuclear reactors to Pakistan”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-may-not-oppose-Sino-Pak-nuclear-deal/articleshow/5972332.cms
— Lisa Curtis and Nicholas Hamisevicz of the Heritage Foundation: “Given the widespread proliferation that resulted from the Pakistan-based AQ Khan network as well as continued concerns about the existence of terrorist networks in Pakistan that seek access to nuclear weapons technology - a nod from Washington to further Chinese-Pakistani nuclear cooperation is short-sighted”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-may-not-oppose-Sino-Pak-nuclear-deal/articleshow/5972332.cms

Pakistani Christian lawyers Conference in Lahore
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1997

Pakistan: Allegedly Raped Girl, Family in Pakistan Forced to Flee Town
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/20717/

“UN forum seeks to bridge West-Muslim divide”
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39173

(Sudan) UN Emergency Relief Coordinator to visit Sudan on Wednesday
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2086109&Language=en

(U.S.) Alaska soldier ordered to remove Facebook video showing Iraqi children being taunted
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/24/alaska-soldier-ordered-remove-facebook-video-showing-iraqi-children-taunted/

(U.S.) Barack Obama overruled ‘no-spying’ pact with France
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/7760426/Barack-Obama-overruled-no-spying-pact-with-France.html

Thailand Civil War:

Thailand Issues Terrorism Arrest Warrant for Thaksin
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thailand-Issues-Terrorism-Arrest-Warrant-for-Thaksin-94809884.html
— Court issues Thaksin terror warrant
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/179137/court-approves-warrant-for-thaksin

Against Totalitarianism News:

N. Korea leader to Army: Prepare for war
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=176418

North Korea: Kim Jong-il’s troops ‘combat ready’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7762383/North-Korea-troops-combat-ready-as-tensions-with-South-rise.html

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Muslim Terror Cleric in Yemen Cites RAND Report
May 24, 2010

In a fiery interview yesterday, the American-born Yemeni preacher linked to the suspects in the Fort Hood shootings and Christmas Day attempted airliner attack called on Muslim U.S. soldiers to kill their fellow servicemen.

Anwar al-Awlaki also revealed in the interview, made available by the by the Middle East media monitoring organization MEMRI, that he’s not too busy dodging drone attacks in Yemen to do some heavy reading of Washington think tank literature on the issue of moderate vs. radical Islam.

‘Americans do not want an Islam that defends the causes of the Islamic nation ….They want an Islam that is American, liberal, democratic, peaceful and civilized,’ Awlaki rails in the interview.

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Another recent RAND report by terrorism analyst Brian Jenkins notes 46 publicly reported cases involving 125 individuals of domestic radicalization and recruitment to jihadist terrorism in the United States between September 11, 2001 and the end of 2009. But the report notes, 13 of those cases occurred in 2009, indicating ‘a marked increase in radicalization leading to criminal activity, up from an average of about four cases a year from 2002 to 2008. In 2009, there was also a marked increase in the number of individuals involved.’

Still, Jenkins told me in an interview today, the number of those in the United States recruited to jihadist terrorism since 9/11 – about 131 to date – remains fewer than the number of English language Al Qaeda-linked websites, which Jenkins says now numbers about 200.

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‘They are depending heavily on exhortation’ involving English language websites and native-born American spokespeople — al-Awlaki in Yemen with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Adam Gadahn [in Pakistan], Omar Hammami with al-Shahab in Somalia – ‘constantly making the pitch – ‘don’t try to get to us in our training camps, but do whatever you can, wherever you can, wherever you are.’’

Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0510/Islamic_cleric_in _Yemen_cites_RAND_report.html

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Plane crashes into Markham building (Toronto, Canada)
Toronto Sun ^ | May 25, 2010 | Chris Doucette

Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:28:02 AM by Squawk 8888

A small plane has crashed into an office building in Markham and burst into flames.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2520950/posts

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10 flyers on board IX-812 had fake passports? (Mangalore crash)
Times of India ^ | 5-26-10

Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 4:25:10 PM by STARWISE

Last week’s Mangalore air crash in which 158 people were killed has had an unlikely upshot:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2521110/posts

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Pinging time again.

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Olson warns US losing ‘vital secrets’ - NEWSLINE :: News
In his talk, “Spies Among Us: How America Is Losing its Secrets,” the
veteran intelligence professional noted that more than 80 foreign nations
had either ...

https://newsline.llnl.gov/_rev02/articles/2010/may/05.21.10-olson.php

[Excellent article full of facts....]

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http://prince.org/msg/105/336817?jump=26&pg=1

Texas man faked way into Army

U think they need 2 tighten up a bit?

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas man with no military experience tricked the Army into letting him enter a reserve unit as a noncommissioned officer earlier this year, a deception that placed an untrained soldier in a leadership position in a time of war, an Associated Press investigation has found.

This undated photo shows Jesse Bernard Johnston III, 26, wearing a Marine dress uniform with ribbons and medals even though records show he never served in the Marine Corps. An Associated Press investigation has found that, despite not having a military background, Johnston was able to join the Army Reserve in February and was given the rank of sergeant. Records show his only military experience was attending part of a 12-week Marine officer candidate course for college students in 2004. Because he didn’t complete the course, he didn’t become a Marine. The Army is now investigating the circumstances surrounding his enlistment and whether he was able to gain his rank based on a phony Marine record.

. SNIP.

http://www.ajc.com/news/n...32307.html

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http://www.informationdissemination.net/2010/05/from-future-projections-to-present.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InformationDissemination+%28Information+Dissemination%29&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
From Future Projections to Present Reality

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah let fire an interesting threat in his speech to followers today. Given he has more credibility on the use of anti-ship missiles than say - even the United States - it is worth paying attention to.

“If you launch a new war on Lebanon, if you blockade our coastline, all military, civilian or commercial ships heading through the Mediterranean to occupied Palestine will be targetted by the Islamic resistance,” said Nasrallah in a speech transmitted via video link to thousands of supporters massed in Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

“Whether along the northern or southern Israeli shore, we can target ships, bomb them and hit them God willing,” he added, speaking on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after a 22-year occupation.

“When the world sees how these ships are destroyed, no one will dare go there (Israel),” he added. “And I am only speaking about the Mediterranean, I haven’t reached the Red Sea yet.”

If Hezbollah has been resupplied anti-ship missiles from Iran, which is the unspoken implication being made by this threat, then anti-access / area denial is no longer the threat of the future...

It has become the threat of the present.

Posted by Galrahn at 4:30 PM

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Obama signs US law to help Uganda fight LRA rebels
25 May 2010 03:06:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday signed a law aimed at helping Uganda and its neighbors combat the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group that has brutalized Central Africa for decades.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24143729.htm

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Can Jihadis Be Rehabilitated?
Radical Islam

by Katherine Seifert
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2010, pp. 21-30

http://www.meforum.org/2660/can-jihadis-be-rehabilitated

An excellent report, full of details, compares several different programs, worth reading.
granny

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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/25/red-cross-gives-aid-training-afghanistans-taliban/

May 25, 2010

Red Cross Gives First Aid Training to Afghanistan’s Taliban, Report Says

NewsCore

More than 70 members of the “armed opposition” received training in April,
the Red Cross has said.

The Red Cross in Afghanistan has been teaching the Taliban basic first aid
and giving them medical equipment to help fighters wounded in battles with
NATO and Afghani forces, The Guardian claimed Tuesday.

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