Posted on 09/11/2004 12:09:10 AM PDT by nwctwx
Laser injures Delta pilot's eye
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040928-111356-3924r.htm
"Numerous documented cases regarding the use of lasers against aircraft, civilians and military personnel exist, as well as does an all-too-lengthy list of the injuries that have resulted from the accidental and intentional misuse of these devices," Cmdr. Daly told a House Armed Services subcommittee.
He noted that incidents of lasers being directed at commercial airliners during takeoff and landings have raised fears that "this in fact may be a new form of terrorism."
"Lasers are easily obtainable and can be self-manufactured weapons in the terrorist arsenal, which essentially can effect a soft-kill solution and leave virtually no detectable evidence," he said.
NY Times reporter may have tipped off islamic charity!
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29392.htm
TIMESMAN TIPPED OFF TERROR CHARITY: FEDS
By CARL CAMPANILE
September 29, 2004 -- The Justice Department has charged that a veteran New
York Times foreign correspondent warned an alleged terror-funding Islamic
charity that the FBI was about to raid its office - potentially endangering
the lives of federal agents.
The stunning accusation was disclosed yesterday in legal papers related to a
lawsuit the Times filed in Manhattan federal court.
The suit seeks to block subpoenas from the Justice Department for phone
records of two of its Middle Eastern reporters - Philip Shenon and Judith
Miller - as part of a probe to track down the leak.
The Times last night flatly denied the allegation.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago charged in court papers that
Shenon blew the cover on the Dec. 14, 2001, raid of the Global Relief
Foundation - the first charges of their kind under broad new investigatory
powers given to the feds under the Patriot Act.
"It has been conclusively established that Global Relief Foundation learned
of the search from reporter Philip Shenon of The New York Times," Fitzgerald
said in an Aug. 7, 2002, letter to the Times' legal department.
He said he understood journalists' concerns about protecting the identities
of their sources, but national security and preventing leaks that thwart
probes into "terrorist fund-raising" trump such confidentiality.
"I would posit that the circumstances here - the decision by the reporter to
provide a tip to the subject of a terrorist fund-raising inquiry which
seriously compromised the integrity of the investigation and potentially
endangered the safety of federal law-enforcement personnel - warrant such
cooperation in full," Fitzgerald said.
Times lawyer George Freeman told The Post that Fitzgerald "wrongly"
suggested that Shenon alerted the Islamic charity to the raid.
"We deny he tipped anyone off," Freeman said.
He added that Global Relief would have anticipated the raid in any case
because the feds had already hit the office of another suspected
terror-funding Islamic charity, the Holy Land Foundation, and the government
had frozen the assets of several other charities.
At issue is the Justice Department's request for 20 days worth of Shenon and
Miller's phone records after the 9/11 terrorists attacks.
But the paper said such a broad request amounted to a "fishing expedition"
that would potentially compromise "dozens of confidential sources."
The Times said both Shenon and Miller are award-winning reporters with more
than 25 years of employment at "The Paper of Record."
Shenon has done extensive reporting on the Middle East, and was sent into
combat with American troops during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for her January 2001 series on Osama bin Laden
and al Qaeda.
An FR link to the article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1230073/posts
Well said!
I do believe that things are in the works for Iran. Bush has made it clear that "Iran will not have a nuclear weapon".
Brave passengers on that flight!
If you have a chance, you might want to take a look at the threads at Mutter's ezboard discussion group- they update world events and are tracking developments with Iran, North Korea, etc. I saw this there:
2004-09-29 14:36 * RUSSIA * IRAN * SECURITY COUNCIL * ATOM * COOPERATION *
RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE COOPERATION WITH IRAN IN NUCLEAR SPHERE - SECRETARY OF THE RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL
MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is developing cooperation with Iran in the nuclear sphere, Igor Ivanov, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, said at a press conference in Moscow.
In particular he reminded those present about the project of building a nuclear power station in Bushehr. This project will be completed provided the spent nuclear fuel will be returned to Russia, he said.
"If we had had some doubts we would not have been so persistent in completing this project despite all the pressure exerted on us," the Security Council Secretary said replying to the question about the apprehensions voiced by some countries about the possibility of creating nuclear weapons by Iran.
Moreover, Ivanov pointed out that if separate countries have apprehensions that Iran can develop nuclear weapons, and Russia does not have any, such apprehensions could be removed through greater openness. The Secretary of the Russian Security Council positively assessed Iran's latest steps in this sphere. In his opinion they "created a favorable situation."
Ivanov cited the following example: "Questions arise what for Iran needs a full cycle for the enrichment of uranium if this is inexpedient economically. If the question is posed - an answer should be given."
"An open dialogue between Iran and representatives of the world community is needed," he stressed.
He pointed out that Iran is right when it declares that it "must enjoy the same right of access to high technologies as other states."
en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm...do_alert=0
It seems Russia is making a statement here. I still think Russia will be aware of the date AQ plans to try to attack the US--beforehand. Russia may already know the date.
2004-09-29 17:07
RUSSIA'S NEW NUCLEAR MACE
MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti military analyst Viktor Litovkin)
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has informed President Vladimir Putin about the tests of a dummy Bulava (Mace) submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that were held in the White Sea last week.
An exact replica of a real Bulava reached a preset altitude after being launched from the submerged world's largest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the Dmitry Donskoi.
This was a significant event for Russia's Navy and military-industrial sector.
Although, a great deal of time and work is still needed to create the Bulava complex and place it on combat duty, one can confidently say that Russia and its strategic nuclear forces already have a new intercontinental SLBM.
Bulava missiles will be installed on Mk 955 Borei-class SSBNs. The keel of the first such vessel, the Yuri Dolgoruky, was laid down at the Severodvinsk Nuclear Shipbuilding Centre in the Archangelsk region in 1996.
The Yuri Dolgoruky should have entered into service in 2001 as the first of six third-generation submarines that were to replace Mk 941 Typhoon-class SSBNs.
However, this did not happen because the development of a solid-fuel ballistic missile, which was to have replaced the obsolete R-39 (RSM-52) SLBM (NATO reporting name, SS-N-20 Sturgeon), was not completed.
The missile's initial three tests were conducted unsuccessfully at a White Sea testing range in the late 1990s. Each time, the missile blew up in mid-air, failing to reach its target.
The Moscow Heat Engineering Institute was ordered to develop a new SLBM, i.e. the Bulava. The Yuri Dolgoruky and the world's largest Typhoon-class SSBN, the Dmitry Donskoi, had to be redesigned accordingly. The missile platform, rather than the missile itself, was the main problem.
Any Russian, US, French or British SSBN uses special propellant charges, cavitators, when it launches missiles from beneath the waves. These cavitators precede the missile, pushing water aside, thereby enabling the missile to move freely.
It is extremely difficult to identify the appropriate clearance between two physical bodies flying out of the water to ensure that the flames of a powder or another charge do not affect the warhead of another.
The point is that several nuclear warheads share one multiple independent re-entry vehicle (MIRV).
At the same time, the speeds of these two bodies must be synchronised to the highest degree of accuracy to ensure the clearance is not too great. Moreover, the cavitator must fly aside on the surface and let the missile continue to its target.
The difficulties did not only lie in the technical and technological aspects. The project also failed to receive regular budget allocations at the planned levels. This naturally affected the commissioning of the new strategic systems and the smooth running of the missile-production chain.
Nonetheless, the new-generation SLBM was developed in record time, despite the problems besetting the Moscow Heat Engineering Institute and the country's military-industrial sector.
Financing began in late 1999, and the first successful underwater launch was conducted in September 2004.
Yuri Solomonov, general designer of the Topol-M ICBM and the Bulava SLBM, told RIA Novosti that even the Soviet Union could not develop new weapons systems at this pace despite mass production and almost limitless funds.
Not much is known about the Bulava SLBM, but Moscow has informed the Pentagon about its main specifications in line with bilateral Russian-US agreements.
However, nothing has been made public. Nevertheless, two things are clear: the missile uses solid fuel and features several MIRVs. The question remains how many.
It is not difficult to estimate the Bulava's range. Its status as an ICBM means that it can hit targets at least 8,000 to 10,000km away.
It also seems that Bulava MIRVs can breach any available or potential ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) system.
This is the Moscow Heat Engineering Institute's trademark.
President Vladimir Putin mentioned these specifications in February 2004, while visiting the Plesetsk testing range near Arkhangelsk.
One can also say that the Yuri Dolgoruky will carry 12 Bulava missiles, as it has this many silos.
Russia's navy is expected to commission the Yuri Dolgoruky in 2005 or 2006 and receive at least two other submarines in this class by 2010. The keel of the second Mk 955 SSBN was laid March 19, 2004 at the Sevmashpredpriyatiye shipyard. It will be named the Alexander Nevsky. And the third SSBN is waiting for its turn.
The successful launch of the submerged Bulava dummy missile shows that the Russian political and military leadership's plans in this field will be successfully implemented.
Russia will sail 10 to 12 SSBNs by 2012, with the number of nuclear warheads corresponding to the parameters of the Russian-US Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.
en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm...do_alert=0
Well, what a relief... that Iran promises to return the spent nuclear fuel to Russia. /sarcasm
Possible Gas Line Explosion Forces Evacuation
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A possible gas line explosion or rupture in Wise County is forcing an evacuation.
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/3769913/detail.html
Flip-flops gives FBI agent impersonator away
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0929fakefedagent-ON.html
FBI, US immigration officials raid Pakistani colony
The Pakistani Newspaper ^ | 09/29/04 | Staff
Posted on 09/29/2004 9:48:39 AM PDT by Perdogg
NEW YORK, :(NN))- The FBI and US immigration officials have conducted a pre-dawn joint raid on several residents of Pakistani immigrants in Jersey City, a town close to New York, several residents said on Tuesday.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1230466/posts?page=1
Anything in your local news on this?
I LOVE this one!
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Terror Suspect Captured Wearing Wife's Underwear
Iraqi security forces captured a suspected terrorist operating on Baghdad’s blood-soaked Haifa street – cornering him today in a cupboard as he was disguising himself with his wife’s underwear.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3560786
Raid supposedly happened early this morning. With the exception of this article, I haven't seen or heard anything on it.
LOL!!!! Maybe our guys really didn't force those prisoners
to wear panties on there head. It is just muslim tradition.
LOL!!!!
Or better yet he thought that's what we do with all our
detanies and he thought he'd save the police the trouble.
I could not find what you posted anywhere on this site for confirmation, can you direct me to the exact place you found this exact notice? The warning is too important not to have an exact url before everyone here begins to panic
Between the Panama Canal and Canada, we'll be surrounded by the Chinese. Their imported 'workers' probably will be thousands of well trained military.
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China announces takeover of Canada's biggest mining company
ABC Radio Australia, by Staff
China's government has announced the takeover of the biggest mining company in Canada.
Chinese firm, Minmetals, which is owned by the Chinese government, is said to be paying about $ US 5.7 billion, for Noranda Mining.
It has also been reported that the Chinese oil company Sinopec, which is controlled by the Chinese government, is in talks to acquire a large lease of oil bearing land.
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_1209339.htm
That one article is so far the only one out there. Weird.
LOL! It made my day. :-)
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