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Ashcroft Terrorist News Conference
5.26.04 | Joe Hadenuf

Posted on 05/26/2004 11:08:22 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf

Anyone watching this. I didn't see it posted.


TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ashcroft; doj; jihadinamerica
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To: Lady Jag

Was on ABC in NY Metro area, but they cut out when the press started asking questions.


201 posted on 05/26/2004 11:39:57 AM PDT by pookie18
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To: Shermy

Adam Pearlman may be his real name.

At least it's one of a number of aliases he uses (the others all being ME-sounding), which Pete Williams on msnbc just read out.


202 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:02 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: texasbluebell
That one on the bottom left, the one named Adam, sounds like he is US-born, from what I managed to hear from the press conf. He converted at a young age

Sounded like Fox News gave his old name as "Adam Perleman". That can't be right, can it???
203 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:13 AM PDT by Republican Red
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To: OXENinFLA
"this guy looks like "rat-boy"

He is a convert and that is a real problem for us. They skew the profile. I've worried about that for a long time especially since we have so many who convert in prison.

204 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:24 AM PDT by Darlin' ("I will not forget this wound to my country." President George W Bush, 20 Sept 2001)
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To: Peach

Wild. Those were Boston network affiliates that carried it, too. Boston! They must have something up their sleeve...planning on slamming it on the 6 o'clock news or something.


205 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:34 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Was sciencediet till I found the solution)
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To: petercooper
and he would drive up with the windows down trying to get the girls attention...

Probably with the macorana blasting on the stereo and his hair greased back like he normally wears it.

206 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:37 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Joe Hadenuf

I watched this press conference right after reading the thread about the Russian scientist and biological weapons. There are some good links on that thread that I just read and I am not in a very good mood right now. Some terrorist could come traipsing over our border with a vial of that stuff in his pocket. Hell, it's probably already happened and they are simply waiting for the right place and time to release it. I am upset they hold press conferences on these guys, wanting us to be on the lookout for them because they could not do their jobs by securing our borders. Yes, some of them are here on visas but not all of them. There's more here than the ones shown at the press conference, they came in quietly and keeping a low profile and are up to God knows what. If anything 'big' does happen, there should be hell to pay on the part of the terrorists and our own government.


207 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:39 AM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangel)
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To: Kerretarded

Hmmmmm.... They all look like filthy mulsims to me....


208 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:50 AM PDT by petercooper (Islam is not a religion of peace. It's a sadistic death cult.)
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To: Shermy
Posting this in the forum in case it is taken down...

From http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/yahiye.html

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In the Name of Allah, most Compassionate, most Merciful

Becoming Muslim

Yahiye Adam Gadahn

My first seventeen years have been a bit different than the youth experienced by most Americans. I grew up on an extremely rural goat ranch in Western Riverside County, California, where my family raises on average 150 to 200 animals for milk, cheese, and meat. My father is a halal butcher [a butcher who slaughters in an Islamic manner -ed.] and supplies to an Islamic Food Mart a few blocks from the Islamic Center in downtown Los Angeles.

My father was raised agnostic or atheist, but he became a believer in One God when he picked up a Bible left on the beach. He once had a number of Muslim friends, but they've all moved out of California now. My mother was raised Catholic, so she leans towards Christianity (although she, like my father, disregards the Trinity). I and my siblings were/are home-schooled, and as you may know, most home-school families are Christian. In the last 8 or so years, we have been involved with some home-schooling support groups, thus acquainting me with fundamentalist Christianity. It was an eye-opening experience. Setting aside the blind dogmatism and charismatic wackiness, it was quite a shock to me when I realized that these people, in their prayers, were actually praying TO JESUS. You see, I had always believed that Jesus (pbuh) was, at the very most, the Son of God (since that is what the Bible mistranslates "Servant of God" as). As I learned that belief in the Trinity, something I find absolutely ridiculous, is considered by most Christians to be a prerequisite for salvation, I gradually realized I could not be a Christian.

In the meantime, I had become obsessed with demonic Heavy Metal music, something the rest of my family (as I now realize, rightfully so) was not happy with. My entire life was focused on expanding my music collection. I eschewed personal cleanliness and let my room reach an unbelievable state of disarray. My relationship with my parents became strained, although only intermittently so. I am sorry even as I write this.

Earlier this year, I began to listen to the apocalyptic ramblings of Christian radio's "prophecy experts." Their paranoid espousal of various conspiracy theories, rabid support of Israel and religious Zionism, and fiery preaching about the "Islamic Threat" held for me a strange fascination. Why? Well, I suppose it was simply the need I was feeling to fill that void I had created for myself. In any case, I soon found that the beliefs these evangelists held, such as Original Sin and the Infallibility of "God's Word", were not in agreement with my theological ideas (not to mention the Bible) and I began to look for something else to hold onto.

The turning point, perhaps, was when I moved in with my grandparents here in Santa Ana, the county seat of Orange, California. My grandmother, a computer whiz, is hooked up to America Online and I have been scooting the information superhighway since January. But when I moved in, with the intent of finding a job (easier said than done), I begin to visit the religion folders on AOL and the Usenet newsgroups, where I found discussions on Islam to be the most intriguing. You see, I discovered that the beliefs and practices of this religion fit my personal theology and intellect as well as basic human logic. Islam presents God not as an anthropomorphic being but as an entity beyond human comprehension, transcendent of man, independant and undivided. Islam has a holy book that is comprehensible to a layman, and there is no papacy or priesthood that is considered infallible in matters of interpretation: all Muslims are free to reflect and interpret the book given a sufficient education. Islam does not believe that all men are doomed to Hell unless they simply accept that God (apparently unable to forgive otherwise) magnanimously allowed Himself to be tortured on a cross to enable Him to forgive all human beings who just believe that He allowed Himself to be tortured on a cross... Islam does not believe in a Chosen Race. And on and on...

As I began reading English translations of the Qur'an, I became more and more convinced of the truth and authenticity of Allah's teachings contained in those 114 chapters. Having been around Muslims in my formative years, I knew well that they were not the bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorists that the news media and the televangelists paint them to be. Perhaps this knowledge led me to continue my personal research further than another person would have. I can't say when I actually decided that Islam was for me. It was really a natural progression. In any case, last week [November 1995 -ed.]I went to the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Grove and told the brother in charge of the library I wanted to be a Muslim. He gave me some excellent reading material, and last Friday I took Shahada [accepted the creed of Islam -ed.]in front of a packed masjid. I have spent this week learning to perform Salat and reflecting on the greatness of Allah. It feels great to be a Muslim! Subhaana rabbiyal 'azeem!


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209 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:56 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Peach
Just happened to have that thread open. I believe this is map you're requesting:


210 posted on 05/26/2004 11:40:56 AM PDT by Quilla (God bless America, President George W. Bush, our brave troops, and Freepers everywhere.)
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To: swarthyguy
While watching their body language and listening to the tone of their voices, we came to the conclusion that either these guys suffer camera fright, or they know a *lot* more than they revealed here. I hate to think that their knowledge of these alleged impending attacks are without any specifics.

If this is legitimate intel, I'd bet there is a hell of a lot more bad guys out there than what was depicted on those posters.

211 posted on 05/26/2004 11:41:16 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: 1Old Pro

This morning, I heard on FoxNews that some dopey WH reporter actually asked McCellan if the reason this warning was being put out now is due to the President's "sinking" poll numbers. The very notion that such a thought could cross the mind of a member of the White House press corp after all that's happened these last three years is beyond disturbing to me.


212 posted on 05/26/2004 11:42:24 AM PDT by Wolfstar (Does anyone know what the meaning of IS, is in Clinton-speak?)
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To: Dane

I agree.


213 posted on 05/26/2004 11:42:41 AM PDT by Darlin' ("I will not forget this wound to my country." President George W Bush, 20 Sept 2001)
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To: pookie18

Boston and NYC both ran a GOP speech? What gives?


214 posted on 05/26/2004 11:42:42 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Was sciencediet till I found the solution)
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To: Darlin'

As I recall, that observation about Mueller is made every time something like this happens - he just has that look.


215 posted on 05/26/2004 11:42:50 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Darlin'
As I wrote earlier on the thread..there ar two clear thoughts that come to mind, and they both may be at play..

If they have knowledge of a serious threat, and it happens, and they didn't tell the public in advance, then they get crucified....also, the Patriot Act is up for re-authorization....this will make it a tad hard for some of the wacko Dems..

216 posted on 05/26/2004 11:43:16 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her genes.....any volunteers?)
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To: Peach; RobFromGa; SheLion

http://www.hostfile.com/home/darlene/tmap.gif

I am image-challenged but I saw this map that SheLion on the thread from this morning.


217 posted on 05/26/2004 11:43:22 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (A penny saved is two pre-tax pennies earned. At least here in Canada, it is.)
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To: Darlin'
He is a convert and that is a real problem for us. They skew the profile. I've worried about that for a long time especially since we have so many who convert in prison.

Yep, between the ones that can pass off as an American and the ones no-one even knows are here, we are in deep s#*%.

218 posted on 05/26/2004 11:43:47 AM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangel)
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To: 1Old Pro

"looks like he's From Arkansas or Tennessee"

Pardon me if I'm jumping to conclusions, but I can't help but think that was another stupid gouge at the south. Knock it off.


219 posted on 05/26/2004 11:43:56 AM PDT by Dixie Pirate (Deo Vindice!)
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To: All

Interesting ... About Jeb Bush's Excuetive order before http://www.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/orders/...1-09-07-01.html Very Very suspicious

.. I hope Fahrenheit 911 explains some of this ... I also hope the Take back the media clip on Bush in the Sarasota Elementary school is also dissected in the movie... http://www.takebackthemedia.com/true911.html


220 posted on 05/26/2004 11:44:15 AM PDT by forwardon
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