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Remembering 9/11 here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1425734/posts
Thanks to Texkat for pointing to this article:
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=861864&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
"EXPLOSION KILLS 2 CHILDREN IN AUSTRIA"
"Explosion Rips Through Pizzeria in Austria, Killing 2 Children and Injuring Seven"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "VIENNA, Austria Jun 19, 2005 — An explosion ripped through a pizzeria in a town in the southeastern province of Styria, killing two children and injuring seven, in a blast that may have been the result of an attack, authorities said.
The explosion Saturday touched off a fire and gutted the building in Wagna bei Leibnitz, a small town in Austria's wine-growing region, Austria Press Agency reported. Several surrounding buildings were damaged.
The two dead children were between ages 4 and 5. The injured, including an 18-month old child, were hospitalized."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1425991/posts
"European terror network sends ‘martyrs’ to Iraq"
The Sunday Times ^ | June 19, 2005 | Nick Fielding
Posted on 06/19/2005 1:55:38 AM PDT by MadIvan
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A SERIES of arrests in Spain, Germany, France and Holland has revealed a European terror network that recruits fighters and suicide bombers and sends them into Iraq.
For two years recruiters have been providing fake documents, training and finance for the fighters, communicating secretly over the internet and liaising with cells based in Syria.
Despite much closer links between intelligence and law enforcement agencies across Europe, experts say that the terrorists are moving between European countries to avoid detection.
“The terrorists are operating internationally, even if the law enforcement agencies are a long way behind them,” said M J Gohel, chief executive of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, which monitors terror organisations. “We are seeing another Al-Qaeda-type organisation in the making.”"
Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050608.txt
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
June 17, 2005
Release Number: 05-06-08
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OPERATION ROMHE (SPEAR) UPDATE
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq – Approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors from Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division and Iraqi Security Force Soldiers are battling terrorists in northwestern Al Anbar Province.
Operation Romhe (Spear) began in the early morning hours to root out anti-Iraqi forces and foreign terrorists, and disrupt their support systems in and around Karabilah.
On June 17, Marines destroyed a vehicle rigged with explosives with one round from an M1A1 Main Battle Tank. Later, another vehicle suspected of being laden with explosives was discovered and destroyed.
Throughout the day Iraqi Soldiers and Marines battled terrorists holed up in buildings within the city. Coalition aircraft using precision-guided munitions destroyed these targets. Only buildings occupied by terrorists firing on Marines and Iraqi Soldiers were bombed. Three buildings were confirmed destroyed.
Marines evacuated four civilian casualties injured in the day’s fighting to a nearby military medical center for treatment. The civilians were wounded after terrorists seized their home and fired at Marines and Soldiers. There are no other reports of civilian casualties.
It is not known how many of the terrorists fighting in Karabilah are foreigners.
Elements from 1st Tank Battalion, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 2nd and 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion are participating in the operation along with Coalition aircraft.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS RELEASE, PLEASE CONTACT CAPT. JEFFREY S. POOL 2ND MARINE DIVISION PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER: POOLJS@GCEMNF-WIRAQ.USMC.MIL
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Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2005/20050618_1765.html
Marines Continue Operation Spear, Begin Operation Dagger in Iraq
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2005 – Operation Spear continues in Iraq's Anbar province. Marines and Iraqi soldiers are making good progress, according to a Marine press release issued today.
About 1,000 U.S. Marines and sailors from Regimental Combat Team 2 of 2nd Marine Division, Iraqi security forces, and Iraqi soldiers from the 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade launched the offensive, called Rohme in Arabic, in the early hours of June 17.
In addition, Marines launched Operation Dagger in the Southern Lake Thar-Thar region of Anbar province.
Operation Spear is centered on the city of Karabilah. The area, near Iraq's border with Syria, has been a hotbed of insurgent activity, Pentagon officials said. Coalition leaders said that foreign fighters are using the area to infiltrate the country. They receive clothing, identity cards, weapons and instructions at safe houses in the area. The foreigners then spread out through Iraq. Pentagon officials said groups in the area are part of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terrorist network.
The operation is aimed at rooting out anti-Iraqi forces and foreign terrorists, and disrupting their support systems. Marines and Iraqi soldiers continued operations through the night securing key objectives in and around the city while conducting "presence patrols," intended to hamper terrorists' movements.
While clearing an objective, Marines and Iraqi soldiers discovered four Iraqi hostages who had been beaten, handcuffed and chained to a wall in a bunker located in central Karabilah. They also found and destroyed several small weapons caches. Weapons found included a complete mortar system and a number of prefabricated improvised explosive devices. Marines have found and destroyed vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in Karabilah.
An Iraqi company and reconnaissance unit, along with Marines came under heavy small-arms fire while conducting operations within the city June 17. Iraqi soldiers, supported by U.S. Marines, routed the terrorists without suffering any casualties.
Coalition aircraft using precision-guided munitions destroyed targets in the city. "Only buildings occupied by terrorists firing on Marines and Iraqi soldiers were bombed," Marine officials said in a release. "Three buildings were confirmed destroyed."
There were some civilian casualties when insurgents seized their homes and fired on coalition forces. Marines evacuated four civilian casualties injured in the day's fighting to a nearby military medical center for treatment.
Marine officials said they do not know how many of the terrorists in the region are foreigners. There are no official estimates of the number of terrorists killed or captured, nor are there any reports if coalition casualties.
Regimental Combat Team 2 contains elements from the 1st Tank Battalion, the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and the 2nd and the 4th Assault Amphibian Battalions.
Operation Dagger is centered around 1,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division. Iraqi security forces are also participating.
The operation is focused on locating hidden weapons caches and denying terrorists sanctuary in an area 85 kilometers northwest of Baghdad that is a suspected logistical hub.
This is the second Marine operation in the area. Marines participating in Operation Pitchfork recently searched the area east of the Lake Thar-Thar region. During that operation Marines located over 50 hidden weapons caches and an underground bunker in the vicinity of a rock quarry.
In March, 42nd Infantry Division soldiers and Iraqi security forces engaged and killed a large number of terrorists at a training camp in the area.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
Related Site:
Multinational Force Iraq
Related Article:
Operation Spear Begins; Iraqi Farmer Turns In Weapons Cache
The article has a bit of a slant to it.
Article snippet:
"He"s been playing with the CIA for years, and the CIA gang he was in always had such a blast! Its name was Operation 40, and it had people in it who would later shoot to the top, becoming almost as famous as him. For example, Papa Bush was personally involved in its formation, and he went on to become Director of the CIA, and even President of the US."
ON THE NET...
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http://www.persecution.org
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1426078/posts
"'I feared I was going to die'"
Herald Sun ^ | 19th June 2005 | Glenn Milne and Lincoln Wright
Posted on 06/19/2005 7:28:07 AM PDT by naturalman1975
FYI...
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=533258
"Six injured in fiery crash on I-66"
Updated: Sunday, Jun. 19, 2005 - 7:58 AM
VIENNA, Va. (AP) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A tanker carrying liquid latex apparently crashed with several other vehicles just before 10 p.m., Schmidt said. The cab of the truck caught fire along with a minivan. The driver of the truck escaped unharmed.
"We don't know what happened," Schmidt said. "The cab is completely destroyed.""
"It looks at the moment like it was probably an attack," Fire inspector Guenter Peterka told state television.
The Egyptian family that operated the restaurant had been involved in a dispute with others in the building over the noise from the restaurant. http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/API/506190562
Police Search Ground For Missing Plane
Pilot Radioed FAA To Report Trouble
POSTED: 11:21 am EDT June 19, 2005
UPDATED: 11:44 am EDT June 19, 2005
SUSSEX, N.J. -- State police were searching Sunday morning for a small plane missing near Sussex Airport.
The pilot lost radio contact with authorities about 7:30 a.m. while returning to the airport after reporting trouble with his plane, said Jim Peters, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
The small single-engine plane, a Cessna 182, was about 4 miles north of the airport at the time, Peters said.
Only the pilot is believed to be aboard. No further information on him was immediately available.
Peters said the plane took off from the single-strip Sussex Airport shortly before it went missing. The pilot radioed the FAA in Westbury, N.Y., to report trouble with the aircraft before losing radio contact.
Weather at the airport was overcast early Sunday morning, but visibility was good below the clouds, said Paul Styger, the airport's manager.
State police, who have jurisdiction in the area north of the airport, were searching for the plane on the ground Sunday morning. An aerial search with planes based at the air strip was also under way, Styger said.
Styger described the terrain north of the airport as hilly, wooded, and mostly rural, with some housing developments.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/4626734/detail.html
The Egyptian family that operated the restaurant had been involved in a dispute with others in the building over the noise from the restaurant.
So much for celebrities and other famous people who move to these countries to avoid "the nutcases" in the USA.
California pizza parlor caught sending illegal money transfers
Lawyer says FBI short on terrorism knowledge
FBI didn't seek to hire terrorism experts
A very HAPPY FATHERS DAY to FReeper Dads, Granddads and about to be Dads (and to Moms who have the task of being both Mom and Dad)! Supporting your families is something awesome and special. Bless you all!
Thanks freeperfromnj.
I see at 5pm EDT the article has been updated
and the plane is still missing.
Yep.
Ditto and Amen.
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