Posted on 08/07/2006 3:43:15 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
Tehran & Damascus Move to Lebanon Lebanon-born Walid Phares is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Author of the recent book Future Jihad, he was also one of the architects of 2004’s United Nations resolution 1559, which called for the disarming of Hezbollah. NRO editor Kathryn Lopez recently talked to Phares about what’s going on in the Mideast, what happened to the Cedar Revolution, and this war we’re all in.
Kathryn Jean Lopez: What is “Future Jihad”? Are we seeing it in the Mideast now?
Walid Phares: “Future Jihad,” which has already begun, refers to a new and potent form of Islamic terrorism, characterized by a Khumeinist-Baathist axis. These are the two trees of jihadism, so to speak — the Salafism and Wahabism embodied in al Qaeda and the sort of jihadism led by Iran and also including Syria, Hezbollah, and their allies in Lebanon.
The alliance has not been in entire agreement as to strategy. The al Qaeda branch began its “Future Jihad” in the 1990s; its efforts culminated on 9/11 and have continued explosively since then. The international “Salafists” aimed at the U.S. in the past decade in order to strengthen their jihads on various battlefields (Chechnya, India, Sudan, Algeria, Indonesia, Palestine, etc.). “Weaken the resolve of America,” their ideologues said, “and the jihadists would overwhelm all the regional battlefields.”
As I argue in Future Jihad, bin Laden and his colleagues miscalculated on the timing of the massive attack against the U.S. in 2001. While they wounded America, they didn’t kill its will to fight (as was the case, for instance, in the Madrid 3/11 attacks). I have heard many jihadi cadres online, and have seen al Jazeera commentators on television, offering hints of criticism about the timing. They were blaming al Qaeda for shooting its imagined “silver bullet” before insuring a strategic follow up. But bin Laden and Zawahiri believe 9/11 served them well, and has put a global mobilization into motion. Perhaps it has, but the U.S. counter strategy in the Middle East, chaotic as the region currently appears, has unleashed counter jihadi forces. The jury is still out as to the time factor: when these forces will begin to weaken the jihadists depends on our perseverance and the public understanding of the whole conflict.
The other “tree” of jihadism, with its roots in Iran, withheld fire after 9/11. They were content to watch the Salafists fight it out with the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq, not to mention within the West, as terror cells were hunted down. Ahmedinejad, Assad, and Nasrallah were analyzing how far the US would go, and how far the Sunnis and Salafis would go as well.
The fall of the Taliban and of the Baath in Iraq, however, changed Iran and Syria’s patient plans. The political changes in the neighborhood, regardless of their immediate instability, were strongly felt in Tehran and Damascus (but unfortunately not in the U.S., judging from the political debate here), and pushed the Khumeinists and the Syrian Baathists to enter the dance, but carefully. Assad opened his borders to the jihadists in an attempt to crumble the U.S. role in Iraq, while Iran articulated al Sadr’s ideology for Iraq’s Shiia majority.
A U.S.-led response came swiftly in 2004 with the voting of UNSCR 1559, smashing Syria’s role in Lebanon and forcing Assad to withdraw his troops by April 2005. In response, the “axis” prepared for a counter attack on the Lebanese battlefield by assassinating a number of the Cedar Revolution leaders, including MP Jebran Tueni. In short, the attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah and the kidnappings of soldiers were the tip of an offensive aimed at drawing attention away from Iran’s nuclear weapons programs and Syria’s assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri. Hezbollah was awaiting its moment for revenge against the Cedar Revolution too.
What we see now is 1) a Syro-Iranian sponsored offensive aimed at all democracies in the region and fought in Lebanon; 2) Israel’s counter offensive (which it seems to have prepared earlier); and 3) an attempt by Hezbollah to take over or crumble the Lebanese government.
Lopez: So…did the Cedar Revolution fail?
Phares: Actually, it would be more accurate to say that the Cedar Revolution was failed. The masses in Lebanon responded courageously in March 2005 by putting 1.5 million people on the streets of Beirut. They did it without “no-fly-zones,” expeditionary forces, or any weapons at all, for that matter, and against the power of three regimes, Iran, Syria, and pro-Syrian Lebanon, in addition to Hezbollah terror. The “revolution” was for a time astoundingly successful; since then it has been horribly failed, and first of all by Lebanon’s politicians themselves. One of their leaders, General Michel Aoun, shifted his allegiances to Syria and signed a document with Hezbollah. Other politicians from the “March 14 Movement” then stopped the demonstrations, leaving them with the support of God knows what. They failed in removing the pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud and brought back a pro-Syrian politician to serve as a speaker of the house, Nabih Berri. Meanwhile, even as they were elected by the faithful Cedar Revolution masses, they engaged in a round table dialogue with Hezbollah, a clear trap set by Hassan Nasrallah: “Let’s talk about the future,” he said — with the implication, of course, that they forget about the Cedar Revolution and the militia’s disarming. While political leaders sat for months, enjoying the photo ops with Hassan Nasrallah, he was preparing his counter offensive, which he unleashed just a few days before the Security Council would discuss the future of Iran’s nuclear programs.
The Lebanese government of Prime Minister Seniora also abandoned the Cedar Revolution. His cabinet neither disarmed Hezbollah nor called on the U.N. to help in implementing UNSCR 1559. This omission is baffling. The government was given so much support by the international community and, more importantly, overwhelming popular support inside Lebanon: 80 percent of the people were hoping the Cedar Revolution-backed government would be the one to resume the liberation of the country. Now Hezbollah has an upper hand and the government is on the defensive.
The U.S. and its allies can be accused of certain shortcomings as well. While the speeches by the U.S. president, congressional leaders from both parties, Tony Blair, and Jacques Chirac were right on target regarding Lebanon, and while the U.S. and its counterparts on the Security Council were diligent in their follow up on the Hariri assassination and on implementing UNSCR 1559, there was no policy or plan to support the popular movement in Lebanon. Incredibly, while billions were spent on the war of ideas in the region, Lebanese NGOs that wanted to resume the struggle of the Cedar Revolution and fighting alone for this purpose were not taken seriously at various levels. Policy planners thought they were dealing with the “Cedar Revolution” when they were meeting Lebanon’s government and Lebanese politicians. The difference between the high level speeches on Lebanon and the laissez-faire approach from lower levels is amazing. Simply put, there was no policy on supporting the Cedar Revolution against the three regimes opposing it and the $400 million received by Hezbollah from Iran.
The Cedar Revolution was basically betrayed by its own politicians and is now essentially without a head. Nevertheless, as long as the international support remains, the Revolution will find its way and will face the dangers. The one and a half million ordinary citizens who braved all the dangers didn’t change their minds about Hezbollah’s terror. The resistance and counter-attack was to be expected. Unfortunately, thus far Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah have outmaneuvered the West and are at the throats of the Cedar Revolution. The international community must revise its plans, and, if it is strongly backed by the U.S. and its allies, including France, the situation can be salvaged. The good seeds are still inside the country.
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Will watch for your post, that one was a test, you passed.
It jumped at me also.
If I had written a book and used that report, they would have told me my imigination was too large.
The one great book that I wanted to write 30 years ago, got me told it was too unblievable to be written...
And today, there is actual fear that one could blow /cause to blow up a volcano, with a bomb.............
This man is the ultimate evil.
It is not surprising that the mothers would be led to him, why not, as I doubt that they can take the shock of what has happened to the people in that school.
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=com.netscape%3Aen-US&q=changed+the+dates+on+baby+formula&btnG=Search
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The terrorists are here, Virginnia noted:
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And here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.netscape:en-US&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=black+market+baby+formula&spell=1
http://www.google.com/search?q=dangers+of+illegal+baby+formula&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&rls=com.netscape%3Aen-US
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more terror:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704280/posts
NASA Tracks Mystery Object Near Atlantis Shuttle
Space,com ^ | September 19, 2006
Posted on 09/19/2006 8:53:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704185/posts
Charities For Terror (Debbie Schlussel Looks At Detroit Area Islamofascist Front Alert)
New York Post ^ | 09/19/06 | Debbie Schlussel
Posted on 09/19/2006 6:42:37 AM PDT by goldstategop
FBI agents yesterday raided the suburban Detroit headquarters of LIFE for Relief and Development (LRD), the largest Islamic charity in the country.
I first wrote about the group for The Post in 2003. Back then, FBI Director Robert Mueller was set to give an award to Imad Hamad, who heads the Midwest chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). But, after my Post article pointed out that Hamad was a subject in over a dozen terrorism-related investigations, the FBI revoked the award.
One of those investigations concerned Hamad's close ties to LRD. Both the FBI and the then-U.S. Customs Service (now ICE) had been probing the charity for possibly laundering money for Hamas.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704130/posts
Suspicious package grounds flight at Toronto airport
CP via Canoe News ^ | September 19, 2006 | CP
Posted on 09/19/2006 5:27:45 AM PDT by fanfan
TORONTO (CP) — A suspicious package on board an Air India jet has forced it to return to Toronto’s Pearson Airport.
Peel region police say Flight 188 was one hour into a flight to India, with a stop in Birmingham, England, when an alert was sounded and the pilot returned to Toronto.
Police say the passengers were evacuated from the plane at around 11 p.m. Eastern.
A package was located on the aircraft, according to the Toronto Star, but police have not yet revealed the contents.
The plane, which remains at an isolated area of the airport, reportedly carried 140 to 150 passengers.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704400/posts
Failed assassin warns pope of danger
Wash Times / UPI ^ | Sept 19, 2006
Posted on 09/19/2006 12:45:27 PM PDT by jdm
The man who shot Pope John Paul II has written Pope Benedict XVI from a Turkish jail cell to warn him he risks assassination if he visits Turkey.
Vatican officials consider Mehmet Ai Agca's letter to be a warning, not a threat, The Times of London reported Tuesday. The pope is scheduled to visit Turkey in November.
"I write as one who knows about these matters very well," Agca said. "Your life is in danger. Don't come to Turkey -- absolutely not!"
Benedict caused an uproar in the Muslim world when he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor who said Islam had produced nothing but evil.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704399/posts
Gazan Muslims Form Group to Attack Christian Targets-Pope responsible for Muslim violence
Arutz Sheva ^ | 9-19-06 | Ezra HaLevi
Posted on 09/19/2006 12:45:17 PM PDT by SJackson
Muslims in Hamas-controlled Gaza have formed an ad hoc terrorist group promising to attack Christian targets to avenge the Pope’s use of quote insinuating that Islam is prone to violence.
The group, which calls itself the “Army of guidance,” sent an announcement to news agencies based in Gaza saying that “every place relevant to Christian will be a target until the cursed infidel – the Vatican – apologizes to Muslims.”
Hardline Islamic groups were offended by the Pope’s citing of a Byzantine emperor who criticized Islam’s founder Mohammad’s command to spread Islamic faith by the sword.
Last Friday, the 1,400 year old St. Perfidious Greek Orthodox church in Gaza was among seven Christian targets burned or vandalized Friday throughout PA-controlled areas.
Pope Benedict XVI has refused to apologize for merely citing quotations, but said he was “deeply sorry” for the Muslim reaction to his words – which he stressed do not constitute his own opinion.
Though touted as an apology by the Vatican’s own PR team, Islamic leaders continue to demand submission from the leader of Catholicism.
The chief Islamic Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammed Hussein called the Pope’s statements, insufficient and demanded a “clear apology” Tuesday. He condemned attacks on churches but insisted the Pope himself is responsible for the Muslim violence.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704392/posts
LA immigration officer arrested on suspicion of issuing false visa to illegal immigrant
The Associated Press ^ | September 19, 2006
Posted on 09/19/2006 12:31:17 PM PDT by Boston Blackie
A federal immigration officer was arrested for allegedly issuing a visa to an illegal immigrant and forging a visa admission stamp for use on other official documents, authorities said.
Maria Barillas, who is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration officer in Los Angeles, was taken into custody last week on state fraud and forgery charges. She was released on $25,000 bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 4.
Prosecutors said Barillas is accused of forging and counterfeiting a U.S. government immigration visa admission stamp and issuing a false visa to an illegal immigrant from Nicaragua. She also is believed to have stolen and defaced federal documents, accessed government computers without authorization and identity theft, authorities said.
(Excerpt) Read more at pe.com ...
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Doctor Accused Of Stealing Cadaver Hand
Townhall ^ | 09/19/06 | Unknown
Posted on 09/19/2006 12:39:43 PM PDT by Froufrou
A doctor has pleaded not guilty to stealing a hand from a New Jersey medical school cadaver and giving it to an exotic dancer, authorities said.
Ahmed Rashed, a 2005 graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, was charged Monday after voluntarily returning from Los Angeles, where he is in a residency program, said his lawyer, Hassen Abdellah.
Rashed, 26, is free on $1,000 bail.
The dancer, Linda Kay, kept the hand in a jar of formaldehyde in her bedroom. Friends have said she called the hand "Freddy."
Police discovered the hand, along with six human skulls, at Kay's home in July, after being called there on a report that a roommate was suicidal. The roommate was not home, but Kay was.
Kay, 31, has pleaded not guilty to unlawful disposal of human remains. Her mother has said she believed the skulls were bought from a mail order catalog.
The left hand was taken in May or June 2002, according to an investigation by the school and South Plainfield police, said Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Judson Hamlin.
Medical school spokeswoman Anna Farneski said in a statement that the investigation is ongoing.
The charge against Rashed carries up to 10 years in prison.
Yemen arrests 'terrorist' over US plot
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20437003-1702,00.html
Police seize huge cache of explosives
From correspondents in Zamboanga, Philippines
September 18, 2006 11:16pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse
PHILIPPINE police today intercepted a 1000kg (one ton) shipment of
chemicals
believed to be intended for bomb attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked Abu
Sayyaf
militants.
The shipment of ammonium nitrate was divided into 20 sacks and hidden
in the
hold of a ferry that docked in the southern port city of Zamboanga from
the
nearby island of Jolo, an Abu Sayyaf stronghold, police said.
Ammonium nitrate is a highly volatile chemical compound largely used in
making fertilizer and is the main ingredient used by the Abu Sayyaf to
produce powerful bombs, official said.
"We had received information that the chemicals will be used by the Abu
Sayyaf for their terroristic attacks," said port police chief Major
Frank
Clavencillas.
The seizure came as five Marine soldiers were wounded in a fresh clash
with
Abu Sayyaf gunmen near the town of Patikul on Jolo, where they are on
the
run from a massive military operation that began last month.
September 16-18, 2006 Anti-Terrorism News
White House Selects Cybersecurity Chief
http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2006/09/18/ap3025790.html
White House to revise terror proposal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_go_pr_wh/detainee_legislation
(Alaska) Bomb threat found on napkin in airplane
http://www.ktva.com/alaska/ci_4357221
Why FBI Raided Largest U.S. Islamic Charity Today
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/09/breakingexclusi.html
Deported terror suspect faces no charges in France
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=195537290&p=y95537996
Iraqi armed group threatens attacks in Italy: Internet - Jaish Al
Mujahedeen: “We swear that we will destroy their cross in the heart of
Rome ... and that their Vatican will be hit and wept over by the pope"
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/September/middleeast_September367.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
Iraq violence kills at least 41 people - Suicide bomber killed at least
20 and wounded 17 in Tal Afar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Iraqi tribes to fight insurgents - 25 tribes in Anbar joining forces to
fight Al Qaeda and foreign terrorists
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/17/news/iraq.php
Iraq oil city shudders as bombing campaign kills 27 - Seven blasts in
Kirkuk targeted security forces
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060917/ts_afp/iraq_060917141555
Inside Baghdad: last battle of a stricken city - British reporter's
story after 2 weeks in Baghdad
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1874375,00.html
US casualties cut by half as Baghdad tears itself apart - Sunni
insurgent leader: "We made an agreement with the American army four months ago
to stop the fight"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/17/wirq17.xml
Iraqi forces stand by while youths harass U.S. patrol - U.S. ops around
Sadr City met with increased resistance
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=40100
Iraq stumbling in bid to purge its rogue police
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/16/frontpage/web.0916iraq.php
Bodies found as U.S. vows to secure Baghdad - 47 more death squad
victims in Baghdad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060916/wl_nm/iraq_dc
Security Ring for Baghdad Underway
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/15/AR2006091501232.html?sub=AR
Troops in Afghan District Find Anger at Lax Government - "Please bring
security and stability"
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/world/asia/18afghan.html?ref=world
Thirteen Taliban dead in Afghanistan battle
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060918/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_060918082110
Four Canadians among 19 killed in Afghan blasts - 4 Canadian soldiers
kiiled while 15 Afghans killed in 2 other blasts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/ts_nm/afghan_violence_dc
NATO forces claim success as two suicide blasts hit Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060917/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_060917183229
17 insurgents, coalition soldier killed Afghanistan
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/17/eng20060917_303572.html
Key strike puts Taliban to flight - NATO, led by Canadians, have driven
Taliban out of important Panjwayi district between Maiwand and Kandahar
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2361459,00.html
US arrests top al-Qaeda militant - "Extremely active weapons
facilitator" arrested in Mosul
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20427248-1702,00.html
Coalition begins anti-Taliban operation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060916/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghan_mountain_fury
Bomb blast kills three near Kabul
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Afghanistan/10067924.html
American al Qaeda Spotted in Pakistan
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/american_al_qae_1.html
Explosions in Somali town kill 11 - 2 bombs in assassination attempt on
President
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_re_af/somalia_explosions
Yemen says oil site attacks linked to al Qaeda
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060916/wl_nm/security_yemen_attack_dc
Yemen authorities arrest four militants
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060916/ap_on_re_mi_ea/yemen_militants_arrested
Somalia's Islamists say they're not like the Taliban
http://www.garoweonline.com/stories/publish/article_5015.shtml
(UK) Airline bomb suspects appear in UK court - 13 among the 25
arrested in airline bombing plot
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/wl_nm/security_britain_dc_1
Israel files criminal charges against Hizbollah men
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/wl_nm/mideast_lebanon_guerrillas_dc
Freed Palestinian "Militants" behind 14 attacks - 132 civilians killed
and many injured by those released between 1993 and 1999
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/763671.html
UNIFIL commander: troops won't disarm Hizbullah
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913653942&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) 10 Arrests in Counter-Terror Operations - IDF in Judea and
Samaria arrested ten suspects
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=112220
Al Qaeda says it killed senior security official in Gaza - Al Qaeda
claims murder of senior Palestinian intel official and 4 associates
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/September/middleeast_September403.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
Sheikh Salah: J'lem will be Muslim - Islamic Movement head: Jerusalem
will be capital of new Muslim caliphate
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913638192&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hamas denies prisoner swap to start Sunday
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/16/content_5099372.htm
Turkey flouts UN sanctions on Kadi
http://jcb.blogs.com/jcb_blog/2006/09/turkey_flouts_u.html
Hizb conning India with peace call
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/the-hidden-terror-agenda-behind-hizbs-peace-call/21659-3.html
Top Kashmir militant killed by Indian forces - Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s
Abu Saad was commander, administrator and financial controller for 2
districts
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=subcontinent&xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/September/subcontinent_September580.xml
Southeast Asia emerges as key link in US terror fight - Al Qaeda WMD
experts, Yazid Sufaat, in prison in Malaysia
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/September/theworld_September531.xml§ion=theworld
(Thailand) Extremists spread war into Hat Yai - More on major southern
city wracked by terrorist bombings
http://www.bangkokpost.net/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=112959
(Thailand) Bombers, arsonists, strike again
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20431599-38197,00.html
Six bombs explode in Thailand city, killing 4
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/thai.bombs/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Philippines says seizes bomb material in south
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/September/theworld_September565.xml§ion=theworld&col
(Philippines) MILF bombers fall in Central Mindanao - Two suspected
bombers arrested in Central Mindanao
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/sept/18/yehey/prov/20060918pro1.html
Abu Sayyaf leader nabbed in Basilan
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/sept/18/yehey/prov/20060918pro4.html
Vatican: Al Qaeda in Iraq Threatens Rome - New MSC web statement
follows others by Jaish al-Mujahedeen (the Mujahedeen's Army) and Asaeb
al-Iraq al-Jihadiya (League of Jihadists in Iraq)
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=
Italian nun shot dead by Somali gunmen
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_re_af/somalia_nun_killed
Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks - Pope Benedict XVI: "At this
time I wish also to add that I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some
countries to a few passages of my address at the University of
Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_re_eu/pope_muslims
Pope statement not enough: Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2006/September/middleeast_September371.xml
Full text of Vatican statement on pope's speech - "The Holy Father thus
sincerely regrets that certain passages of his address could have
sounded offensive"
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/September/theworld_September522.xml§ion=theworld
Five Palestinian Area Churches Attacked - Pope's comments cited as
excuse for attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060916/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_churches_5
Saudi Arabia's grand mufti: Pope's comments lies - Saudi Arabia's
highest religious authority: "Everybody should know by now that all claims
about religions' reconciliation have just been proven to be lies in
reality"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913640650&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Russian Interior Ministry says 2 suspected militants killed in Chechnya
- "Top warlord" in several regions of Chechnya killed
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/18/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Restive_South.php
Innocent Man Was Deported to Syria, Inquiry Finds - Canadian police
wrongly identified Maher Arar as Islamic extremist, prompting U.S. to
deport him
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/news-security-canada-arar.html?hp&ex=1158638400&en=d1983127f6d506a4&ei=5094&partner=homep
As-Sahab Releases "Jihad Poems of Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi"
http://www.globalcrisiswatch.com/060917.php
'Dirty' bomb fears over world's most insecure nuclear facility - UN
says over 2 tons of radioactive material in Serbia is easy target for
terrorists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/17/wbomb17.xml
U.S. Asks Finance Chiefs to Limit Iran's Access to Banks - At least 30
Iranian front companies involved in illicit activities
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/world/middleeast/17paulson.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
Syria: U.S. Policy Options - Council on Foreign Relations analysis -
David Schenker quoted
http://www.cfr.org/publication/8551/
Kosovo: Police Minister's Automobile Bombed
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.340698332&par=0
September 19, 2006 Anti-Terrorism News
(Congress/White House) More wrangling over interrogation bill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_go_pr_wh/congress_terrorism
Angry gunman finally tackled in U.S. Capitol - Carlos Greene
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20060919-120550-3866r.htm
Eleven Taliban dead in Afghanistan clashes: police
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/September/subcontinent_September700.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
Death toll from Afghan blasts rises to 21
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/September/subcontinent_September703.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
4 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan - suicide bomber kills Canadian
troops handing out candy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_re_as/afghan_nato_attacked
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/19/wafghan19.xml
Taliban: 500 Suicide Bombers Ready to Attack
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/taliban_500_sui.html
US outraged as Pakistan frees Taliban fighters
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/15/wpak15.xml
Al-Qaeda Claims Gaza Murder of Palestinian Authority Security Official
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.341896764&par=0
(Iraq) Bombing Kills 2; Bodies Found in Baghdad
http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME
(Iraq) Zarqawi had foes within al Qaeda
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20060918-104345-1283r.htm
Report: Iraq journalist killed in Ramadi
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_journalist_killed
Iraq violence kills at least 41 people on Monday - Western Baghdad car
bomb kills 2, wounds 25; Iraq journalist killed in Ramadi,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060919095510
(UK Trial) 'Bomb plot' man's silence blamed on spies - suspect Omar
Khyam claims Pakistan ISI threatens family - planned terror attacks in
Kashmir
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/19/nterrorist19.xml
(UK) 13 terror suspects to face court
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20431156-1702,00.html
(UK) Air terror 'plot': Three face court
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6089811,00.html
(India) Two (LeT) Pakistani terrorists arrested in Gujarat
http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2520
Indian court convicts man of planting car bomb in 1993 Mumbai attacks
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/September/subcontinent_September705.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
Iranian leader urges more papal protests
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_re_mi_ea/muslims_pope_22
Muslims want further apology from pope
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_re_mi_ea/muslims_pope_23
Angry Turk workers urge Pope's arrest during visit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/ts_nm/pope_turkey_dc
(UK) The Pope must die, says Muslim - Muslim extremist Anjem Choudary
said those who insulted Islam "subject to capital punishment"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405622&in_page_id=1770
Calls for calm as militants threaten to kill the Pope: "ay God enable
us to slit their throats"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C3-2363760%2C00.html
Police patrols at churches stepped up in Pope row
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/19/wpope19.xml
Muslim anger spreads to South Asia over Pope's remarks
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060919-120633-1744r.htm
Pope's comments on Islam hit 'civilization clash' fault line
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060919/wl_csm/orancor_1
(Iraq) Al-Qaeda threatens jihad over Pope's remarks
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2363459,00.html
Nun shot dead as Pope fails to calm militant Muslims
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2362945,00.html
Commentary: Enough Apologies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091800992.html
Commentary: Why the Pope was right on asking questions
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1052-2362630,00.html
Yemen arrests 'terrorist' over US plot
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20441071-1702,00.html
Philippine marine killed in clash with al-Qaida linked militants
http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=195833810&p=y958345y6&n=195834570
(Philippines) Police seize huge cache of explosives - believed to be
intended for bomb attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20437003-1702,00.html
Al-Qaeda accused in bid to kill Somali politician
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060919.WORLDREPORT19-1/TPStory/TPInternational/Africa/
Somali president escapes car bomb suicide attack
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1875628,00.html
(Israel) 2 Kassam rockets land in w. Negev
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913660735&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Palestinian Territories) White House warning to Abbas
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2364287,00.html
Study: Prisons can't combat terror recruiting - U.S. jails lack funds
to prevent or track Islamic radicalization, report sayst
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14902394/
Al-Qaida warns Muslims: Time to get out of U.S. -- Afghan terror
commander hints at big attack on N.Y., Washington
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52018
(Michigan) Federal agents raid Muslim charity in Southfield - Life for
Relief and Development
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060918/NEWS99/60918019
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/09/breakingexclusi.html
Probe: Canada gave U.S. misleading data
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_re_ca/canada_torture_case
(Lebanon) Hezbollah leader calls massive rally - To mark 'victory' over
Israel
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=d907f488-cea5-45c6-9e66-9019cb99c639&k=52917
Netherlands launches anti-terrorism campaign
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=33143
Tourists Cancel Due To Thai Bomb Scares
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004904999
Information Department, Israel Foreign Ministry - Jerusalem
Website: http://www.mfa.gov.il
E-mail: feedback@mfa.gov.il
[Odd, that the military containing planes keep crashing]
Nigerian Army Transport Down
Army General Staff Is Nearly Wiped Out
The sad aviation record of Nigeria, where planes go down with alarming
frequency, has gotten worse with news that a crash on Sunday has
virtually
decapitated the Nigerian Army.
Eighteen people were aboard the Nigerian Army Dornier 228, a small
German-made twin turboprop, when it went down after departing the
capital
city of Abuja. It crashed for unknown reasons about 18 miles from the
city
of Obudu in the Southeast area of Nigeria.
The Army officers were on their way to a high level conference to
discuss
the challenges facing the country, including the volatile, but oil-rich
Niger delta region and the army's role in upcoming elections next year.
Eight major generals, two brigadier generals and at least two other
officers
died in the crash. It is known that at least four others survived.
The BBC reports that President Olusegun Obasanjo called the crash a
"monumental tragedy" and is flying home early from the World Bank
conference
in Singapore. He ordered an immediate investigation and called for
three
days of national mourning.
Reuters reports Nigeria has had multiple major plane crashes over the
decades. In 1993, an army transport plane went down with the loss of
193
young military officers, wiping out a generation of military leadership
in
Nigeria. Last year, two civilian passenger aircraft crashed within
weeks of
each other claiming 223 lives.
FMI: http://www.nigerianarmy.net/
aero-news.net
[unknown url, from newsletter]
Jet lands safely after smoke fills cabin
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.(AP) -- Smoke filled the cabin of a commuter jet
carrying
passengers from Cincinnati to Little Rock, but the aircraft landed
safely
and no one was injured.
A flight attendant on Delta Flight 6241, which was carrying 35
passengers
and three crew members, reported smelling smoke in the plane's bathroom
Sunday when the plane was about 20 minutes from Little Rock. Smoke then
filled the cabin, airport spokesman T.J. Williams said.
The pilot said an oil temperature reading was higher than usual and he
believed there might have been a fire in the plane's No. 1 engine,
which he
shut down.
Williams said the Embraer jet, owned by Chautauqua Airlines, was having
a
new engine put in Sunday night as a precaution. Chautauqua Airlines
operates
the flight for Delta.
Hello granny,
Do you have a date for this one? Sounds familiar and may have been posted...not sure though.
What happened on this date:
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/37197
News:
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/index3.html
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