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Posted on 05/30/2004 12:05:02 AM PDT by JustPiper
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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - Tens of American, European and other hostages were released Sunday and a gunman believed to be the lead Islamic militant holding them was arrested, a Saudi security official said, adding that two other gunmen were "in the process of being arrested."
We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm
Islam and Judaism are indeed quite similar. Many historians seem to believe that Muhammad 'stole' most of the ideas for Islam from Judaism and Christianity, during his days as a travelling merchant where he came in contact with many Jews and Christians. The Qur'an is *supposedly* the perfected form of the two religions from the mouth of God as interpreted by Muhammad.
I must say, I know less about Judaism than Islam... I will have to look into your ideas. ;)
Thanks for the detailed explanation... sounds like you know your weather patterns.
And therein lies the rub/threat. I am hoping that this piece is addressing their overall jihadi campaign ("when the picture is adjusted...") rather than a specific upcoming attack somewhere in the world. I can still hope...
Bin Laden was "within reach" of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan several times, top French general says
The Associated Press
6/2/04 11:54 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan had Osama bin Laden "within reach" on at least two occasions, but were unable to prevent him slipping away, France's top general said Wednesday.
French chief of staff Gen. Henri Bentegeat, said the al-Qaida leader had evaded capture several times since 2002, but not recently. He didn't say where bin Laden had been tracked down, and refused to comment on whether French special forces operating in southern Afghanistan were involved.
"Several times the coalition has had Osama bin Laden directly within reach," Bentegeat told reporters during a visit to the Afghan capital. "But between locating a person and arresting them there is a gap tied to all the uncertainties of all operations of this kind."
A spokeswoman for the U.S. military in Kabul had no immediate comment on the general's remarks.
Bentegeat said several of bin Laden's top lieutenants also evaded capture. "At least two times they managed to escape," he said. "That's absolutely inevitable, normal in the conditions in which these kind of operations are carried out.
"I'm not saying there was an incident of this kind recently," he added. "To my knowledge, that's not the case."
Bentegeat made similar comments in an interview in March to France's Europe-1 radio station, saying bin Laden narrowly escaped capture by French troops in Afghanistan, perhaps several times. He did not specify when or where the escapes took place.
Some 200 French troops work with the 20,000-strong U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan in the drive to track holdouts of the former ruling Taliban regime and bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist group.
http://www.nj.com/breakingnews/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0577_BC_Afghan-France-BinLade&&news&tradecentercrash
Has anyone here read Executive Orders by Tom Clancy? If you haven't read it I don't want to give away the plot, but alliances that seem to be emerging look an awful lot like what Clancy presented in that book.
By the way, the book is well written and realistic.
Yes, since they haven't gotten him over there they would love nothing more than doing it here! On the 4th would be an extra virgin for them I'm sure.
Yes, I';ve seen that as well as several other similar ones.
They are frightening.
I don't know if it's the "official" excuse .. but I remember hearing about it
I'll order it used, but not new. I won't be buying any of his new stuff anymore. Shame, I like him as a writer, but he's on my boycott list now because of how he treated Hannity, and his anti-war book with Zinni.
Can I wish for virgin swine?
Two Brooklyn Residents Under Arrest For ID Theft
By Michelle Charlesworth
(Yaphank-WABC, June 2, 2004) — Two Brooklyn residents are under arrest for identity theft. Police say they were stealing social security and credit card numbers. But there is much more to this story.
Investigators believe the suspects were stealing untold amounts of money using stolen ID's and then funneling the money to terrorist organizations here and abroad. Although they would not elaborate on that.
The investigation started when a Farmingdale man called police and said that $7,000 dollars had come out of one of his credit card accounts. Police followed the trail, which led them to those two suspects in Brooklyn and an apartment full of other people's money, social security cards and credit cards.
With three or four key pieces of information per victim, the two people were emptying the bank accounts and ruining the credit of hard-working people and getting away with it according to investigators until now.
Tom Spota, Suffolk County: "We are also investigating a very strong possibility that the money's that were derived from identity thefts were possibly supporting terrorist activities. It certainly does appear that there is some link here."
The two suspects are being held without bail because of the possible connection to unnamed terrorists group. One suspect is a man named Yunus Unlu from Turkey and the woman is named Sai Jang. They are both about 30-years-old.
When asked if they were connected to Al-Qaeda, the answer was that they would not comment on that at this time. However, the victim in this crime got all of his money back.
Relax, Philadelphia.
The mysterious motion detector found buried along a SEPTA rail line earlier this month was planted not by a terrorist, but by a sleepy electrician trying to get a little shut-eye on the graveyard shift.
The suspicious event turned out to be more Homer Simpson than Osama bin Laden.
"It was in a perfect place if you wanted to get some sleep and be alerted if your boss is coming," SEPTA security chief James B. Jordan said of the sensor at a news conference yesterday. "He knew the route his supervisor would be walking across the yard."
Powered by a nine-volt battery, the Optex 1000 series sensor uses radio waves to transmit an alarm at motion up to 50 feet away. A similar device and a handheld alarm together were offered for sale on the Internet yesterday for about $125.
The longtime union electrician - his name was not disclosed - was apparently chagrined to learn that the device he stowed in gravel near rails in West Philadelphia had set off an FBI investigation, sparked a flurry of media coverage late last week, and jarred SEPTA riders edgy since the Madrid train bombings in March.
So, he turned himself in to the FBI, Jordan said.
"It appears to be a case of employee misconduct rather than a threat of terrorist activity," Jordan said, adding that the worker remained on the job pending an inquiry. "I think he is about to begin taking vacation time immediately."
The electrician had worked the 11 p.m.-to-7 a.m. shift, and part of his job was to inspect the trains before the morning commute. But, Jordan said, he also moonlighted part-time for a security firm.
SEPTA is looking into whether the employee had gained required permission to work a second job.
FBI spokeswoman Jerri Williams said the agency is investigating whether the SEPTA employee violated the law.
The news came as SEPTA continued to examine how its police department handled the sensor, which was found by a Regional Rail conductor May 5. Far from where the public rides trains, the device was discovered near train storage tracks in the Powelton yard, near 30th Street Station.
The SEPTA police officer who confiscated the device on May 5 inexplicably stowed it in his locker for a week, smearing any possible fingerprints, before turning it over to a SEPTA police special-operations unit on May 12, Jordan said in an interview. SEPTA then immediately alerted the Philadelphia police bomb squad and the FBI.
"The officer did not perceive the device as a threat," SEPTA Police Chief Richard Evans said, adding that the agency was looking into whether to discipline the officer.
On Thursday, the federal Transportation Security Administration issued a set of safety guidelines to passenger-rail agencies nationwide. SEPTA greeted that announcement with assurances that the agency already complied with most of the security practices recommended.
No package or device found in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks has proved to be a terrorist threat to riders, Jordan said. Nonetheless, two incidents yesterday disrupted SEPTA service.
The discovery of what turned out to be someone's lunch on a Regional Rail platform resulted in the evacuation of Suburban Station for an hour shortly after the morning commute, Jordan said. Beginning at 2:30 p.m., an abandoned duffel bag at the 11th Street station of the Market-Frankford Line prompted the shutdown of the heavily traveled rail line for about an hour.
"Those incidents show how seriously we respond," Jordan said.
The employee's indiscretion, he added, "is important because incidents like this frighten people. They add to a sense that it is an unsafe world out there."
Would be a "good thing" to throw a little piggy into the mix. Who gets the last laugh when they get there (hell), no virgins only pigs. lol
The opening chapter particularly . . .
I'd put a $20 bill on a similar target . . .
True on the political dates. I put much more credence into that for symbollic reasons, rather than playing around with numbers to no end.
They sure have a lot of tired rail workers in Philly
LOL!
Okay... placemark. Be back later.
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