Threat Matrix- Daily Terror Thread (4):

New York Post ^ | February 24, 2004 | By NILES LATHEM

[Revel]

February 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has dispatched the elite commando force that hunted down Saddam Hussein to Afghanistan for a new operation aimed at getting Osama bin Laden, officials said yesterday. Military sources confirmed that members of the shadowy Task Force 121, the unit that conducted the high-tech search for Saddam and his henchmen, have recently begun operating in the remote mountainous region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where bin Laden and key al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives are believed to be hiding. The Task Force is made up of highly trained Delta and SEAL commandos, as well as CIA paramilitary operators. It operates outside normal military channels.

[oceanview]

you would think they would have found a car, now abandoned, someplace along the river bank. or a boat? so it sounds like he was dropped off by someone, he wasn't alone if they didn't find any method of transport that is now unattended.

[oceanview]

which branch, the navy?

[freeperfromnj]

Center for Moderate Moslem (CMM) Jakarta

In my opinion, the face in that sketch looks Indonesian more so than white.

[freeperfromnj]

He could be a prison convert

[knak]

don't know yet, still researching it

[StillProud2BeFree]

This is just what we need :(
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=56534

Saudi Runs for US Congress
Saturday February 28, 2004 (1401 PST)


JEDDAH: Faryal Al-Masri hopes to be the first Saudi-American to enter the US Congress, contesting elections in California to become a member of US House of Representatives.

Al-Masri is running on a Democratic Party ticket in the 37th electoral district in California, which has been a Republican stronghold for over half a century. But Democrats have high hopes for her. “They are optimistic as they see my birth in Makkah as a good omen,” she said.

In an exclusive interview with Arab News’ sister publication Al-Majalla, which hits the stands today, Al-Masri said it is going to be a tough fight but she is ready for it.

“Ours has been a Republican constituency for more than 50 years. So if I win, I’ll be the first Democrat to get elected in five decades, and people are eagerly looking forward to this election,” she said. Standing against her are three other candidates, including the wife of a former Congressman.

She described herself as well prepared to counter any Republican smear tactics.

“I am ready to counter any attack because of my Saudi, Arab and Muslim background. If they say I am getting oil money for the campaign, I’ll tell them that I don’t accept any donations from outside the United States,” she said.

“If they accuse me of having links with terrorism, I’ll tell them they are lying because I am a staunch opponent of terrorism. I don’t have any connection with terrorists, and terrorism is not limited to a particular people.

“If they try to attack me because I am a Muslim, I’ll tell them: ‘I am proud of my religion, which is a religion of peace and urges people to worship God and fear Him.’”

Al-Masri is equally ready to confront probing on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

“There must be a two-state solution,” she said. She also emphasized that the US must pressure both parties as Presidents Carter and Clinton did during their tenure.

Al-Masri is proud to be a Saudi-American woman. “My childhood in Saudi Arabia crucially influenced my life.”

“Saudi women are capable of achieving success in any area if they are given the chance. They have proved their excellence in medicine, education and higher education. Saudi women have more to be proud of than any other Arab women because of their heritage, religion and the country of birth,” she said.

Although Al-Masri opposed the US-led war on Iraq, her son Omar, 24, serves with the US forces there. That has attracted some media attention as Omar is a practicing Muslim, but he has defended his role in the military.

Al-Masri came late to politics. “My interest only started after the first Gulf War and when the US forces were sent to the Gulf,” she said.

She was born in Makkah’s Ajyad neighborhood about 50 years ago. Her father, Mahmoud Ameen Baithulmal, served as a pilgrim guide (mutawwif) until his death. “Since I haven’t visited Saudi Arabia for 30 years, I don’t remember much,” she said.

“But I’ll never forget the Grand Mosque and the Holy Kaaba, where I used to go with my family when I was a little girl,” she told the weekly.

Her mother lives in Jeddah, and she has three brothers — Talal Ameen and Adnan Ameen, both professors at King Abdul Aziz University, and Tareq Ameen, a surgeon — and three sisters — Siham, a doctor, Abla, a school director in Britain; the third is a businesswoman. Faryal met her husband Waleed Al-Masri, a Lebanese engineer, in London while she was studying for a higher degree in journalism there. “We have been married for 28 years,” she said.

Faryal now works as a teacher in American history at a Los Angeles high school. In addition to Omar, she has two daughters:, Laila, 22, and Samer, 21, who are both university students.

The Baithulmal are one of the oldest families in Makkah and had been providing mutawwif service for about 100 years. Their roots go back 300 years when their great-grandfather Abdul Qader was keeper of the baithulmal or treasury in Makkah.

[knak]

Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)
The Order of Military Merit was established to provide a worthy means of recognizing conspicuous merit and exceptional service by members of the Canadian Forces both regular and reserve.
CMM

[knak]

oh geez, wonderful

[knak]

after further research, I highly doubt this diver has a canadian CMM. As it apparently is a very prestigious medal to get.

[oceanview]

we need to get some copies of Peter King's new book into the hands of the voters in that district.

[freeperfromnj]

I heard him discussing his book on WABC radio this morning. Sounds like an excellent read.

[oceanview]

yes, I heard him, he is my congressman. really hit the long island mosque hard, never heard that from any elected official.

[oceanview]

[Revel]

Great is right. You should have to be U.S. born to serve in congress too. Once this door swings open then it will open to all. How are we to know there real intentions ? If congress was not already flooded with members who were killing America it might not be so bad. The other members would cancel out anyone hostile to America. But we are already flooded with members who do us harm...Either intentional, or due to there ignorance.

[judicial meanz]

Just got back in town and 500 posts behind bookmark,,,,,

[Myrddin]

You should have to be U.S. born to serve in congress too.

Only the Office of the President is specified as limited to a native born American.

[knak]

anybody ever seen this page before?

the coming geula

[jerseygirl]

I came across a website of someone called "Spirit of Truth". This person apparently used to post alot on FR and was banned. All I've seen before are references to the stock market, nuclear war, prophetic dreams and such. The New World Order, Illuminati stuff... I wrote it off as being one can short of a sixpack!

From what you posted, it seems now to be a moneymaking scheme. (The world is going to end- so give us your cash and we'll take care of it for you.)

[knak]

totally strange, I thought it was a jewish person worried that the world was coming to an end.

[oceanview]

tanker explodes off VA/NC:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1087642/posts

the divers?