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Teheran, 16 March (AKI) - The former reformist president of Iran, Mohammed Khatami, believes the option of a military strike by Washington is being seriously considered by the Pentagon.
The daily Rooz on Line, close to the reformists, on Thursday reported that in a recent meeting in Tehran, Khatami revealed to a selected group some details of a message from the White House. According to the online daily, in the message relayed by an emissary of the White House to Khatami on a recent visit to Berlin, the American warned him of their intention to bomb Iran's nuclear installations if the government continued enriching uranium.
Rooz on Line goes on to quote Khatami, as saying that in the American message there was reference to an approximate date of an attack. "One month after the first meeting of the UN Security Council on the Iranian dossier," which is scheduled for Friday.
The Internet daily adds that on his return from Germany, Khatami immediately informed the authorities of the contents of the message.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=
Erbil, 16 March (AKI) - A Kurdish source in Baghdad has told a Kurdish national daily that the Mahdi Army, the militia of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, " has set up a shadow government in Sadr City in the centre of Baghdad". The source told the Aso daily: "this group was tasked with carrying out the affairs of the city in the place of the Iraqi government and institutions."
The source explained that the Mahdi Army, accused of kidnappings and sectarian killings, has transformed the rundown Sadr city into an independent district with its security forces and its own courts which do not only judge local residents but also Shiites from other areas of the capital.
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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.276937479&par=0
Two Bosnian Muslim Commanders Convicted
3/16/06
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Two Bosnian Muslim army commanders were convicted of war crimes Wednesday for failing to rein in foreign Muslim volunteers who murdered and tortured Bosnian Croats and Serbs in a 1990s "holy war."
The U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague sentenced former Bosnian army chief of staff Enver Hadzihasanovic to five years in prison and his deputy, Amir Kubura, to 2 1/2 years.
It was the first time the Yugoslav tribunal dealt with the so-called mujahedeen, or holy warriors, who came mainly from North Africa and the Middle East to fight on the Muslim side in the 1992-95 Bosnian war that killed an estimated 200,000 people.
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http://www.serbianna.com/news/2006/01455.html
Ummm, only about 15 years too late?
US trains Balkan states on terrorist attacks
3/16/06
TIRANA, Albania-U.S. Department of Defense launched Tuesday a training conference with Southeastern European countries on how to respond emergency situations and terrorist attacks, said Albanian Interior Ministry.
Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria were taking part at the three-day conference organized by the Defense Department and the Albanian Interior Ministry in Tirana. Serbia-Montenegro, Armenia and Denmark were also participating as observers.
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Officials say Wyoming ranchers need to be aware of terror threat
Wyoming farmers and ranchers need to stay vigilant against the possibility of terrorism aimed at disrupting the state's agriculture industry, state and federal officials said Thursday at a state homeland security conference.
"Is agriculture a target? Is agriculture in Wyoming a target? Yes," said Rick Riesland, area emergency coordinator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The federal government has found documents from the al-Qaida terrorist network that it has planned biological attacks on the United States, Riesland stated in a slide presentation.
Disease agents, such as the virus that causes foot and mouth disease, are readily available worldwide and could easily be spread among food animals in the United States, said Riesland, a veterinarian. And he warned that agriculture is a soft target.
"Our animals have not been exposed to that virus, foot and mouth, since 1929," Riesland said. He said the possibility of transmission if the disease ever got re-established in the United States is tremendous.
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http://www.tkb.org/NewsStory.jsp?storyID=111432
Hi all, just checking in.
I started work at Brookings today... it went pretty well.
My first task was to add this article to their site, I thought some here might be interested:
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Seeing Hamas Through Different Lenses
http://brookings.edu/views/op-ed/telhami/20060315.htm
A CNN headline last week left an unmistakable impression: "Al-Qaida's Ayman Zawahiri congratulates Hamas on its victory." Al-Jazeera's take on the same story left an altogether different impression: "Zawahiri attacks Hamas" for embracing the "traitor secularists."
A careful reading of the Arabic text of the statement by Mr. al-Zawahiri, No. 2 to Osama bin Laden, shows that al-Jazeera was more accurate in its emphasis. But the contrast served to underscore that Middle Easterners and Americans are judging Hamas through different lenses, and the degree to which that contrast could change.
Many in the Arab world, including liberals who were hoping to see Hamas defeated in the Palestinian elections, now see possibilities in Hamas' victory and seem fully prepared to accept that the organization will change. They are viewing it through the prism of hope.
I'm having a bit of a moral quandary about this.
If worse comes to worst, knowing I have a three month supply of food, medicine, etc.(self-sufficient for me and my family) do I ignore my neighbors' pleas for help? (even though they might have laughed at my attempts to talk them into "stocking up") or do I risk my family's well-being by sharing?
The Christian part of me leads me in one direction, and my survival instinct leads me in another.
Guess I will worry about it when the time comes.
Looks great, starting off on the right foot.
Thanks, Vel.
I lived in Wyo. for 30 years. Our best friend there has a huge cow/calf ranch. I will pass this on to him. Although, he is also a FR lurker and will probably know already.
If the Avian flu kills off our poultry supply, and hoof and mouth gets to our beef, what is left? I am not fond of trout.
Congratulations, you sure are off to a good start.
I guess, to me, it's a choice someone makes. To be prepared or not. To put your head in the sand or see reality. To hold your hand out and expect Uncle Sam (i.e. the taxpayers) to fill it, or get a job. Mind you, I'm talking about able-bodied adults. We all know it's not that difficult, or expensive, to gradually build up supplies. I doubt I could turn a stranger away hungry. But I would tell them "just this once".
We can hope we get something from this
Everyone should be required to view that once a month.
BTTT!
Possible Iran-US talks reveal Iraq Shi'ite rivalry
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060316/ts_nm/iran_usa_iraq_dc_5;_ylt=AhjnnJy7Ps2jzDXEzOdcI.JSw60A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
stepping back in time...
http://www.dcwatch.com/police/050713.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=527474&page=1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1183060/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1239194/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201533/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189209/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189194/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/802643/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/706626/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/684887/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/634028/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/625056/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/573404/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/563140/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/527802/posts
Thanks SlowBoat407.
Well, wonder wonder what this is all about?
Thank you JP.
Thank you for the links Oorang.
LOL at your first sentence...teeeeeheeeee. I know what you mean. The Midwest had a big ice storm during Christmas 2004 and we didn't have electric, gas, phone, nor heat for six days (with zero degree temps). The first few days everyone was ok, but by day 3 you couldn't find a candle, lamp oil, propane tank, generators, or any heating device within a 30 mile radius. My family was ok because we had a nice supply of essentials and enough in stock that we took care of several others.
For me, one of the most shocking revelations was the way the neighbors handled the entire experience. They really weren't prepared at all. A younger girlfriend that lives beside me came over Christmas Eve crying her eyes out. They did have a generator but decided to let the in-laws use it and stay at their house. That lasted 3 nights and 2 days before she lost it. She spent Christmas Eve at my house along with an elderly neighbor and a single mom with a 1 year old. (Not one emergency agency, law enforcement officer nor anyone else showed up to check on anyone.)
However, I did just read in the SD paper this morning that the county is mailing a disaster plan to every household. So maybe more people will pay attention when they get something in the mail. Who knows.
What a great idea. I remember in the 80's every household got a brochure about AIDS. That was the first mailing of its kind to every single household in America. I think DHS should do the same. (btw, I kept mine...think I can sell it on e-bay? lol)
Well now, more Taliban arrests.
That's a good thing.
Closer and closer and closer....
the enemy must be sweating bullets,
pardon the pun.
ON THE NET...
STATE.gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: "INTERVIEW WITH BOB SCHIEFFER OF CBS's FACE THE NATION" (SNIPPET: "On Hamas, yes, the Russians make the point that they, unlike us, have not listed Hamas as a terrorist organization. Let me be very clear. Hamas is a terrorist organization for us and for the European Union. But Russia is signed on to a Quartet statement, the Quartet being the UN, the United States, the EU and Russia, that is the sort of guardian of the roadmap process in the Middle East; that the Quartet has signed on to the statement that says a Palestinian government must recognize Israel's right to exist, must give up violence, must accept the two-state solution and so on.") (February 12, 2006)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1087: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL AT A DAMASCUS MOSQUE: THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL SIT AT THE THONE OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST WILL BE FULL OF REMORSE - WHEN IT'S TOO LATE" (February 7, 2006)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1081: "Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Presents Hamas Plan on Al-Jazeera TV: 'We are Committed to the Resistance and Adhere to its Weapons...As for Recognizing [Israel] and Amending Our Charter - Hamas is Not the Kind of Movement That Succumbs to Pressure...We Will Not Recognize it, No Matter how Much Time Passes...We Believe in Acting According to Stages...'" (January 31, 2006)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series -No. 1051: "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi on Hamas Jerusalem Day Online: 'We are a Nation of Jihad and Martyrdom'; 'The Resistance in Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon Must Go On'; 'We Stand Alongside Our Brothers in Hamas and Islamic Jihad'" (December 18, 2005)
FreeRepublic.com (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3159944,00.html): "ARAB EMIRATES: HAMAS FOUNDER DIES" (SNIPPET: "Halil Quka, one of the founders of Hamas, died at the age of 58 in the United Arab Emirates. In the 1980s Quka was considered one of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Gaza, second only to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He was banished from Gaza in the mid-1980s.") (October 26, 2005)
WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS 'CAPABLE OF U.S. ATTACKS' Terrorism experts warning nation potentially at risk from militants" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JERUSALEM - Hamas has cells inside the United States that are technically capable of attacking the country, terrorism experts and senior security officials told WorldNetDaily.") (October 16, 2005)
ADNK.com (AKI): Tel Aviv - "MIDDLE EAST: FIRST HAMAS FEMALE BOMB MAKER CAUGHT, SAYS ISRAEL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Israeli military has detained a Gaza Strip woman suspected of being the first female bomb-maker employed by the militant Palestinian group Hamas, an Israeli newspaper has reported. Samar Sabih, 22, was sent by Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to train new explosive experts, Tel Aviv daily Haaretz said on Tuesday. Sabih was among a number of suspected militants in recent Israeli military raids, the report said.") (October 11, 2005)
INTELLIGENCE.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.): "'HAMASTAN' - A PALESTINIAN RADICAL ISLAMIST STATE, RULED BY HAMAS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The socio-political makeup of “Hamastan” (a Palestinian radical Islamist state, ruled by Hamas), as described in interviews granted by Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas figure in the Gaza Strip. An alternative to the Palestinian Authority, the agenda presented by Mahmoud al-Zahar is based on strict enforcement of radical Islamic codes in politics, society, and culture. “Hamastan”, according to Al-Zahar, will become an inseparable part of the global radical Islamic effort spearheaded by the Muslim Brotherhood.") (October 9, 2005)
JIHAD WATCH.org (HAARETZ): "ASSAD SAID TO HAVE GIVEN HAMAS, JIHAD GREEN LIGHT FOR TERRORISM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier this month gave Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives in Damascus a green light to carry out terror attacks and escalate fighting against Israel, Israel Radio said Wednesday, quoting a high-level Palestinian Authority intelligence dispatch, which was reportedly passed on to Egypt and Israel. Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim said Wednesday that Israel was aquainted with the dispatch.") (September 28, 2005)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 983: "COMMANDER OF HAMAS MILITARY WING WOMEN'S UNIT: 'Our Members Yearn for Martyrdom'" (September 9, 2005) (Read More...)
JNEWSWIRE.com: "HAMAS: CHRISTIAN ZIONISM IS OUR ENEMY" by Jerusalem Newswire Editiorial Staff (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Hamas terrorist organization has singled out Christian supporters of Israel, putting them on notice that it views their actions as "criminal," making them enemies of the Palestinian Arabs.") (August 22, 2005)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 964: "AN INTERVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER DR. MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar that appeared in Asharq Al-Awsat on August 18, 2005.") (August 19, 2005)
MEMRITV.org - Transcript - Clip No. 731: "HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON OSAMA HAMDAN: THERE IS A BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS ARMED RESISTANCE" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on June 24, 2005") (June 27, 2005)
ARUTZ SHEVA.com: "HAMAS BOMB-MAKER STAR OF SYRIAN PRODUCED TV SERIES A 12-part series on the life of the “father of suicide bombings,” Hamas bomb-maker Yihye Ayyash is set to be aired on the Lebanese-based Hizbullah satellite television station al-Manar." (April 18, 2005)
JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET): "PALESTINIAN GIRL HIDES GUN IN UNDIES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The soldiers in the Balata refugee camp, a terrorist hotbed, found the gunman inside his house and ordered him to surrender his weapon. He refused, saying he didn't have it. After questioning, they found the man's sister had hidden it her underwear. Troops then arrested the Hamas terrorist. They also found a gun holster and bullets inside the building.") (April 16, 2005) (Read More...)
WorldNetDaily.com: "DOCUMENTS SHOW ARAFAT PAID FOR DISCO BOMBING Sent Thank-You Note to Family of Terrorist Who Killed 21, Injured 120" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The attack on the Dolphinarium was one of the most brutal massacres of the Palestinian intifadah, killing 21 people, mostly teens, on a Friday night in June 2001. More than 120 people were injured in the powerful blast carried out by Hamas terrorist Hassan Khutari.") (September 15, 2004)
IACSP.com: "ABDULLAH ASSAM: THE MAN BEFORE BIN LADEN" by Steve Emerson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Those who met Azzam were dazzled by his spellbinding oratorical skills, his capabilities as a military strategist, his religious leadership, and his interminable energy. Azzam helped bring about the mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood movement more than any other leader. Today, the military wing of Hamas in the West Bank is called the Abdellah Azzam Brigades.")
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