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Posted on 05/30/2004 12:05:02 AM PDT by JustPiper
Picture credit: TheCabal
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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
I don't really know why AQ would wait. My impression is that they followed that procedure laid out months ago. The warnings, the 8 demands, etc. etc. Then supposedly a final message will serve as the "go" signal.
I know it sounds like I am taking them too literally, but they tend to be very obsessive-compulsive.
I apologize for being alarming. All of my information was not based on those sites- but those sites have much food for thought. You have to sift through, as with all sites.
It is not clear what caused the derailment.
Bump and thanks for the FYI Oxen!
Disaster movies sure have changed, haven't they DC?-g-
Amen!
Thanks JG, as of today I am changing my tag line.
PETA joining the groups of protestors
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Savannah welcomes, dreads and puzzles over the G-8
This week many Savannahians will welcome the world. Others will bolt their doors.
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Those visitors, a sizeable number of protesters among them, will find Savannah at least partially closed.
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Kate Randel, a driver for Plantation Carriage Co. will spend the week of the summit handling little more than a TV remote control.
"We never have good times when a whole bunch of people come to town," she says. "It gets crazy and people bother the horses."
Word that the national animal-rights group PETA was coming to town was the last straw for the tour company.
"They're not good. They don't like us," she says.
http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/060504/2215510.shtml
Jan Skutch, Dana Clark Felty, Mary Landers, Larry Peterson, Lanie Peterson, Alison Zielenbach, and Doug Wyatt contributed to this story
Well said!
This was posted on the Final Phase:
Tue 6/8/04 Venus transit of Sun, visible at sunrise in E. US
"On June 8th, 2004 a celestial event of historical scientific importance will occur when the silhouette of the planet Venus once again crosses the face of the Sun as seen from the Earth. This event or transit of Venus last occurred in 1882, so no one alive today has ever witnessed the transit of Venus."
www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/ec...2004-1.GIF
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/ec...2012-1.GIF
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/ec...s0412.html
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/su...vthome.htm
www.transitofvenus.org/
Channelnewsasia.com
Posted: 06 June 2004 1156 hrs
TOKYO : Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi heads to the G8 summit this week seeking to strike a balance between oil-rich Arab nations and Washington whose plans to promote reform in Arab countries have stirred criticism, officials said.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/88665/1/.html
I'll be glad when the G8 is over. I live way too close to that part of the country for comfort.
placemark to #2556.
or public education wrapped as entertainment?
This is a snippet of an article that was posted here some time ago. I am hoping that White & Mohamed were just trying to sell the book.
www.prweb.com/releases/20...114788.php
Personal Interview by Warren White with Ahmed Mohamed, Islamic expert and author of "An Islamic Conspiracy for World Conquest."
"In a recent interview with Ahmed Mohamed, author of "An Islamic Conspiracy"
I learned of his vast knowledge of the Mid-East, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and an in-depth understanding of Islam itself."
(snipped)
White: “What do you see in the future?”
Mohamed:
"Muslims will strike the US very hard repeatedly where portable nuclear, chemical and biological weapons will be used in massive suicide attacks carried out by sleeper cells in the US.
Whether these attacks will begin before the presidential election depends on various factors.
The outcome of Mubarak's upcoming visit to Washington in April and that of the G8 summit in June will determine whether America will be struck before the election.
If the West is not dissuaded from implementing the Greater Middle-East Reform Initiative (GME) which would result in removing the existing Arab regimes, then America will be hit before the election, possibly in September and October.
The immediate aim of the strike is to intimidate Bush causing a failure at the poll and to set Kerry up to win.
Mubarak, on behalf of Arab rulers who resist GME, visited Italy, France and the UK in the beginning of March to try to dissuade them from joining the US in the GME and in the war against terror.
Before he went, the authorities in France and the UK were directed to several decoy bombs and threat notes placed in remote spots along their railway tracks.
The French and British were not impressed enough and Mubarak went back home empty-handed on March 9. A couple of days later, however, Madrid train bombings took place, Aznar was wasted and the new government is pulling out of Iraq and deserting the war against terror. Europe is now so impressed and intimidated that it is reconsidering its position regarding GME."
White: “That is an ominous prediction. Would you care to expand?”
Mohamed: “Certainly. What you saw happen on the Madrid trains is a preview to what is to come in the US after the elections are over. Everyone feels the Americans will not be able to handle what is coming when the bomb blast are a weekly event and become a common occurrence with no one's neighborhood being exempt from attacks.
When it gets as bad as it can get over there the speculation will be wide ranging from nothing to total capitulation. With a liberal government seated in power what are they going to do? There will never be a clear cut enemy to place a finger on.
The terrorist cells are there, in the U.S., waiting for the signal to begin, not only Al-Qaeda and Hamas but also Islamic Jihad and a wide assortment of sub-groups.
The rest of the world will be mired down deep in this Jihad; Paris and Berlin are not going to be exempt from this coming terror.
They have only been spared from the holocaust because of their lack of participation in the Coalition. Once the Coalition is defeated and out of Iraq it will be their turn. Think about it; France has one of the highest Muslim populations of any nation in Europe.”
White: “How does the world stop this impending doom?”
Mohamed: By going for the head of the Islamic terrorist snake, instead of the tail. It is futile and counterproductive to go after Al-Qaeda fighters (the tail) and leave its founders and sponsors (the head).
Osmama Ben Ladin who has not left Saudi Arabia since 9/11 maybe dead now. Al-Qaeda is very much alive because the the actual head is alive."
White: "Could we have prevented 9/11 with the knowledge and intelligence now available?"
Mohamed: “There is no way to stop all the impending attacks. Just like there was no way to stop 9/11. I don’t care what Bush or his predecessor did or didn’t do, 9/11 was inevitable.
If the Arab radicals concluded today that the Coalition was going to remain steadfast and not disintegrate in six months the attacks would start tomorrow. All evidence is that the Coalition is going to fall apart. Once it becomes a clear victory for the Islamic Forces the Jihad will begin that will change human history forever."
White: "How do you see the upcoming US election?"
Mohammed: "Even if America rallies behind Bush there are going to be numerous incidences for many committees to discuss in the future. The one on 9/11 that has concluded didn’t do anything but to spur fundamentalist attitude that they have already won.
I see American politics as a kaleidoscope; adjust the ring a little and it intermittently takes on a whole new picture. The greatest change will come in November, 2005 after the U.S. has cleared out of Iraq but by then the world will see the mistakes and will be unsure of how to change it."
White: “You have any last thoughts to pass on?”
Mohamed: “The Mid-East is the focal point of human history as well as its future. The future for the world is indeed bleak and we may be facing Armageddon or Judgment Day should we not stop the Islamic Jihad."
White: “Thank you for the interview and the opportunity to forewarn the world."
RE: Venezuela
I saw the data you sent me. Yes, there are huge leaps from 2003 to 2004, but remember this does not take into account that reporting of data has taken a huge leap since the arrival of the Cubans. Another factor that can't be minimized is that Venezuela was the site of the greatest natural disaster known to mankind on the western hemisphere-- I am referring to the 30,000 deaths from the mudslides in December several years ago. The country is still struggling with relocating survivors, and stemming diseases from this upheval.
I am still curious about the Russian connection that JG referred to. Nothing surprises me about Venezuela though.
Here's more.
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Bush doesn't like meetings like G-8
The president will spend more time one-on-one than in session, seeking consensus on the Mideast.
(by) Larry Peterson
He ( President Bush ) might yield on some of the economic issues, but not on what he considers core political issues."
If there is an impasse, "Bush Brain" author Miller speculates, "some of the G-8 leaders might speak openly to the media about what they want from the United States. It could be embarrassing for Bush."
For his part, McCormack said ( President ) Bush won't retreat on basic principles but added that methods can be found to accommodate countries that are willing to cooperate.
http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/060504/2215511.shtml
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