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Posted on 01/30/2005 12:09:44 AM PST by nwctwx
That's neat!
That's interesting. Thanks for finding and posting tmp02.
Thanks.
On one of the TV news channels it showed people dancing in the streets - how great is that!
"Instead, Goure believes, the most effective IED countermeasure might
be a pulse of electromagnetic energy that can "fry the circuits of these
bombs." "
Very foolish. The most likely result of this electromagnetic pulse is to short semiconductor components. The most likely result of that is to short(the same as turning on) the device that provides power to the detinator. In other words....Instant BOOM!
Pat Boone is correct. Michael and Osama both have tiny evil minds as they want all others to follow their personal narcissistic desires despite that they are in fact the extreme minority.
8 Vietnamese robbers shot in China sea
8 Chinese students die of meningitis
Arab detentions to protect national security
Arab news suggests UN take over Iraq based on Harvard study
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Thanks to both of you for the articles regarding the Russian spies. This makes me really uneasy. What is up with Russia? Never trusted Putin.
Complete kit for nuclear bomb given to Libya: ElBaradei
WASHINGTON: Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said that before he leaves, he would like to “get to the bottom of the “AQ Khan network” that provided a “complete kit” for a nuclear weapon to Libya.
In an exclusive interview with Lally Weymouth of the Washington Post published on Sunday, the Egypt-born head of the nuclear watchdog agency that he has headed for two terms was repeatedly asked why the United States wants to get rid of him. He is the only candidate for a third term. He replied that it was the US view that no head of an international organisation should serve for more than two terms. He said there was a “security imbalance” in the region. Iran looked at Pakistan, Russia and Iraq and it was clear that more countries were trying to acquire nuclear weapons or nuclear know-how. “So there are going to be 20 or 30 countries with nuclear weapons, or we must move to say nuclear weapons are a recipe for disaster and we need a security system that does not rely on them,” he added. staff report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_31-1-2005_pg7_48
Bin Laden Moves Toward Economic Terror
The shootout almost a week ago in Kuwait between the security forces and an Islamist group in the town of Umm al-Haiman highlighted an apparent new trend in the behavior of Al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in the Arabian Peninsula: the movement of Saudi militants across the border into neighboring countries. Indeed, the cell operating in Umm al-Haiman apparently included Saudi militants on the run from the massive clampdown at home, as well as Kuwaiti militants returning from fighting U.S. forces in Fallujah.
The fact that the Kuwaiti cell was discovered in an oil-producing region of the emirate and that, the Kuwaiti authorities stated on Sunday, the group planned to attack vital installations, allows us to look back on recent Al-Qaeda statements, and what they bode for the future of the Persian Gulf.
As a recent Al-Qaeda-affiliated website put it: "We call on all the mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula to unify their ranks...and target the oil supplies that do not serve the Islamic nation but the enemies of this nation."
In a recent address bin Laden declared: "Targeting America in Iraq economically and through loss of life is a golden and unique opportunity--one of the most important reasons that our enemies control our land is the pilfering of our oil--Prevent them from getting the oil and conduct your operations accordingly, particularly in Iraq and the Persian Gulf."
From an economic standpoint any disruption of Saudi Arabian oil supplies would probably mean an immediate spike in oil prices, easily within the range of $100 a barrel or more. Such an increase would have a devastating effect on the livelihood and economies of all nations, developed and otherwise.
Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure is made of five large oil fields connected by a network of pipelines. The pre-eminent need to protect these is something Saudi security officials have long recognized. According to a report by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Saudi authorities have put together special units comprised of various military and security forces to guard wells and installations. Members of the Special Emergency Forces and the kingdom's National Guard, as well as regular police units, protect the perimeters of the installations.
With this in mind, it is important to assess where Saudi Arabia's branch of Al-Qaeda is today. As 2004 came to a close, Saudi security forces had managed to capture or kill up to 500 militants, including the leaders of five cells. As noted, the Umm al-Haiman cell was a hybrid cell that included Saudi militants on the run. When it comes to border security, according to Reuters, in 2004 the kingdom's border guards were successful in detaining close to a million people trying to gain illegal entry into Saudi Arabia.
However, when addressing the issue of terrorist funding the results are mixed.
Another important facet of the kingdom's war against terrorism will be defeating the sympathy factor. Bin Laden's rhetoric about Western exploitation of the oil of Muslim nations hits a sympathetic nerve with Saudis, particularly those who are unemployed or are hurting financially.
Bin Laden's latest Fatwas no longer call merely for violence. The Al-Qaeda leader has also issued a clearer vision for political and economic terrorism. If such a plan is realized, it could spell disaster for the Middle East and the rest of the world.
DAILYSTAR.COM.LB
http://www.iran-daily.com/1383/2202/html/dotcoms.htm#41058
Good one grizzfan! The photos on all the election threads are so moving. It truly is a great day for the Iraqi people.
Hi Revel!
"Instant BOOM" would still achieve their goal.
Some university professors are said to be among those arrested
Oman has confirmed that it arrested an unspecified number of citizens accused of setting up an organisation aimed at destabilising national security.
"Yes, there have been some arrests but there is no need to exaggerate them and accord them a greater magnitude than in reality," Information Minister Hamad Bin Muhammad al-Rashidi told the state ONA agency on Sunday.
"The reason for the arrests was the setting up of an organisation aimed at harming national security, which is one of the red lines," he said.
It was the first official confirmation of the arrests by Oman, which according to relatives' accounts and media reports has detained at least 100 people, including prominent academics.
Relatives' account
"Several professors from the education and Islamic studies faculties of Sultan Qaboos University are among more than 100 people who were arrested on 9 January," one family member told AFP last week.
His account was corroborated by the testimony of relatives of other detainees.
Family members said those arrested were followers of the Ibadi Muslim sect dominant in the small Gulf sultanate, not Sunni Muslims.
Relatives said the security forces gave no reason for the arrests but added that they came amid rumours of a plot to sabotage the Muscat Festival, a month-long shopping and cultural event that opened last Friday.
Weapons seized
Security forces had intercepted an arms shipment from neighbouring Yemen, Usama bin Ladin's ancestral homeland where US special forces have been operating since the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, family members said.
But they strongly denied any link between their detained relatives and the arms shipment or al-Qaida.
The Saudi-owned daily al-Hayat reported Wednesday that about 300 suspects, including "military officials", had been detained in a wave of arrests this month. It too said the crackdown followed an arms seizure near the Yemeni border.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5CED2F72-4E11-4D31-84E5-39685875B0FA.htm
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Thank you.
Cindy
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said here Sunday that the current defense cooperation between Iran and Lebanon is not against the interests of a third country. Shamkhani made the remarks on the sidelines of the visit of his Lebanese counterpart Abdulrahim Murad to Tehran.
Speaking to reporters, he said the ongoing negotiations between Iran and Lebanon are aimed at fostering friendly ties between the two countries. Lebanese Defense Minister Abdulrahim Murad heading a military delegation arrived here Sunday at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart.
Referring to his negotiations with his Lebanese counterpart, he said the Lebanese delegation also underlined the fact that the US seeks to benefit from the potentials of regional countries to implement its own plan dubbed as "Great Middle East".
This proves that Tehran and Beirut enjoy common views on existing threats in the region, he added.
A memorandum of understating (MoU) is to be signed by the two countries to further broaden defense cooperation and boost trade between Iran and Lebanon, he said.
And here are PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS regarding certain countries as
deemed necessary.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1766.html
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GENERAL NOTE: Some people ask why I post some of the
travel warnings/public announcements in this forum.
Well, the answer is simple. If a country appears to be having a
terrorist and/or general criminal problem; the travel warnings
and public announcements document the problem as noted by
the U.S. State Department.
You're right.
Masonic influences wagging the socialists after the Spanish election...
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