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Posted on 09/01/2006 8:57:29 PM PDT by nwctwx
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"Granny bar owner chases off armed robber with her own gun"
Beaver County (PA) Times ^ | 09/28/2006 | Bill Vidonic - Times Staff
Posted on 09/29/2006 2:11:31 PM PDT by Glenn
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Imam guilty of selling guns & ammo
philly.com ^
Posted on 09/29/2006 2:09:59 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Imam guilty of selling guns & ammo By GLORIA CAMPISI campisg@phillynews.com 215-854-5935
A man identified by authorities as a West Philadelphia imam has been convicted of selling numerous handguns and assault rifles from a clothing stand he operated at 52nd and Chestnut streets.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office here said a federal jury yesterday convicted Wayne Hogue, 47, also known as "Imam Wadir" and Shahdeed Bay, of selling the weapons and ammunition, including hollow-point bullets, between May 9, 2003, and March 23, 2004.
Authorities identified Hogue as "an imam of the 52nd Street Mosque," for which an exact address was not provided, as well as a convicted felon, which prohibits him from possessing firearms.
The nature of Hogue's previous conviction was not disclosed.
Hogue could not immediately be reached.
"Evidence at trial included numerous audiotapes of Hogue selling firearms to a confidential informant," according to Richard Manieri, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office. Sentencing is set for December.
The weapons included two Norinko 7.62 mm assault rifles - one loaded with 30 rounds; three Berettas; a disassembled 12- gauge shotgun with a 28-inch barrel; a Colt .45-caliber semi-automatic
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Not quite sure. Attacking ports? Attacking from ports?
Yeah, feels like it's time to pray that the good guys can thwart whatever is in the works.
THANKS to Liberty Rocks for pointing to this link here regarding an update on the latest school shooting:
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Here is a transcription of the Press Conference held earlier today. It is available for download here:
http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/news/story_4555.asp
(Along with several other audio reports and statements)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1335
Al Qaeda in Iraq Severely Disrupted, General Says
By Steven Donald Smith
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – The killing of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June severely disrupted the terrorist organization’s capability, but foreign fighters entering Iraq continue to cause problems, a senior Multinational Force Iraq spokesman told reporters in Baghdad yesterday.
“What the al Qaeda in Iraq could do in May and what they can do today has been seriously degraded,” Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said. “They are not as effective or as organized today as they were back in May. But they're still an organization out there.”
The general said about 50 to 70 foreign fighters enter Iraq every month. “We know that most of them come from Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt and Syria,” he said.
Iraqi and coalition forces are capturing or killing between 30 and 50 of these foreign fighters per month, he said. “Today in Iraq there are currently 381 foreign fighters in detention,” he said.
Most of the suicide bombers in Iraq are foreigners, he said. “And therefore, the importance of securing the borders of this country becomes more paramount when you see that kind of infiltration occurring,” he said.
Caldwell said about 27,000 trained and equipped Iraqi border forces are operating on the country’s borders. “That is having a positive impact, but these are brand new forces that have just been trained,” he said. “They're just starting to operate out there, and it's going to take some time before we see the real benefit of their presence.”
The border forces are not just there to stop the infiltration of terrorists, but also to prevent any kind of smuggling or illegal transportation of anything across the borders, he said. Coalition forces continue to support the Iraqi border forces by providing aerial and ground assets. “There is a very close relationship between the coalition forces and the border security forces that are out there operating predominantly along the Syrian border and the Iranian border, since those seem to be the two places where we see the foreign fighters come from,” Caldwell said.
Coalition forces and the Iraqi government are striving to achieve three main goals. “Unity, security and prosperity are the ultimate three goals,” he said. Achieving these goals, however, will depend largely on Iraqi people and their elected government, the general added.
“Our ultimate goal for the coalition forces here in Iraq is to see an Iraq that is at peace with its neighbors, that has a country here that has a representative government that respects the rights of all Iraqi citizens, with security forces that are sufficient to maintain the security for the Iraqi citizens, and then to deny this country as safe haven for terrorists,” Caldwell said.
The general acknowledged that major challenges lay ahead for the Iraqi government. “They have to reestablish basic services for the citizens of Iraq. And when we say basic services, we're talking about electricity, water and sewage,” he said.
Caldwell also mentioned a letter from the president of the Islamic community of Kosovo that was recently published in an Iraqi paper. The letter explained the difficulties Kosovo had to overcome when transitioning from war-torn region to stability.
The letter talks about security, democracy, constitutional and privatization issues, Caldwell said. “The biggest challenge of all (in Kosovo), though, was reconciliation,” he said.
“He tells you to keep hope, to keep your faith, to not lose the fact that it's going to be hard and challenging, but in the end you will prevail and you will find the peace that they have found in Kosovo and what they have discovered there for their people,” Caldwell said describing the letter’s content.
“It's a very moving letter in that it's a very recent example,” the general said.
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Iraqi Police Capture Terrorists; Bodies Found in Vehicle
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – Iraqi national police detained eight suspected terrorists and seized a weapons cache in western Baghdad Sept. 26, U.S. military officials reported.
Policemen from 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, were attacked by terrorists using small-arms fire from the Al Kur Mosque and requested assistance from Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers from 5th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, and 8th Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The soldiers set up a cordon while the Iraqi police entered the mosque.
Inside the mosque, the police discovered two hostages and detained eight suspected terrorists. They also found assault rifles, a hand grenade and ammunition.
The suspects were detained for questioning, and the munitions were destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team. Iraqi citizen was killed and four police vehicles were destroyed in the attack, officials said.
In other news from Iraq, soldiers from 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, found nine bodies inside a vehicle loaded with explosives in Baghdad’s Mansour district on Sept. 26. Cause of death was not reported.
The Iraqi soldiers removed the bodies, and an explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the vehicle.
In a separate incident, Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained two suspected terrorists trying to place a makeshift bomb on the side of a road in Najaf on Sept. 26. The suspects were handed over to Iraqi police for further questioning.
In addition, elements of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, attached to Multinational Division Baghdad, discovered a large cache of mortar rounds while performing combat operations in northwestern Baghdad this week. The munitions were destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1352
"U.S., Kazakhstan Reaffirm Cooperation in Terror War"
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060929-5.html
September 29, 2006
"President Bush Welcomes President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan to the White House"
The Oval Office
11:51 A.M. EDT
>>>The nature of Hogue's previous conviction was not disclosed.
I can't find anything on a previous conviction.
The 52 street mosque, now that I've heard of before.
Following is a chronology of major statements attributed to Osama bin Laden, Zawahri or their allies this year. At least 36 messages have been broadcast since Al Jazeera aired the first statement by bin Laden in 2001.
Jan. 6, 2006 - Zawahri says in a video that U.S. President George W. Bush's plans to withdraw troops from Iraq means Washington has been defeated by the Muslims.
-- Jan. 19 - Bin Laden warns that al Qaeda is preparing new attacks inside the United States but says the group is open to a conditional truce with Americans, according to an audiotape.
-- Jan. 30 - Zawahri says he survived a U.S. air strike in Pakistan. The attack struck a village stronghold of pro-Taliban Islamists in Pakistan on Jan. 13.
-- April 23 - Bin Laden says Western efforts to isolate the Palestinian Hamas government and the Darfur crisis in Sudan are examples of the West's "crusader war" against Islam.
-- April 25 - A video of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, is posted on the Internet, the first known tape to show an unmasked Zarqawi delivering an extended rallying address. Zarqawi was killed on June 7 in a U.S. air strike.
-- April 29 - Zawahri says in a video that hundreds of suicide bombers have "broken America's back" in Iraq.
-- May 23 - Bin Laden says in an audiotape that Zacarias Moussaoui had nothing to do with the 9/11 operations. The speaker says he personally assigned tasks to the 19 hijackers who staged the attacks.
-- June 1 - Zarqawi calls on fellow Sunnis to reject any reconciliation with "infidel" Shi'ites, in an audiotape.
June 9 - Zawahri urges Palestinians, in a video, to reject a referendum on a statehood proposal that implicitly recognises Israel.
June 22 - Zawahri vows vengeance against the United States for the death of Zarqawi in a U.S. air strike.
June 30 - Bin Laden praises Zarqawi as a "lion of jihad", and vows al Qaeda will continue to fight U.S. forces and their allies "everywhere", according to an Internet audiotape.
July 1 - Bin Laden warns Iraq's Shi'ite majority of retaliation for attacks on Sunni Arabs and says his group will fight the United States anywhere in the world.
July 7 - A year on from the London bombings, al Qaeda issues a video with comments from Zawahri, bin Laden and one bomber. Zawahri says bombers Shehzad Tanweer and Mohammad Sidique Khan had been trained in al Qaeda camps.
July 27 - Zawahri, in video statement titled "The Zionist-crusader war on Lebanon and the Palestinians", calls on Muslims to fight attacks on their countries.
Sept 29 - Zawahri calls U.S. President George W. Bush a "lying failure" for saying progress had been made in the war on terrorism. He also calls the Pope a charlatan because of his remarks on Islam.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L27469213&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-2
On a radio talk show it was discussed how a certain diva attaches herself to a crucifix to create controversy for her present live show. The commentator said if she wanted to be really controversial, she'd use certain cartoon images as her backdrop.....instead she pushes the buttons that won't get her or her family killed.
It would be interesting to know what the previous conviction is.
Oh well, time marches on...
Shaking my head in agreement.
IMHO political correctness is hazardous to the survival of the world as we know it, especially when it comes to the "homeland" security of free nations.
Pigs head dumped at London mosque at start of Ramadan
Snip: The head was found outside the Jamia Mosque in Newport, southeast Wales, on Saturday. The Koran strictly forbids Muslims to eat pork.
"We treat all incidents of hate crime seriously and are pursuing a number of lines of inquiry to identify the offender," said Gwent Police Superintendent Simon Prince on Friday.
Nobody at the mosque was available for comment but Sheikh Mohammad Thair Ullah, the chairman of the nearby Shah Poran Bangladeshi Jame Mosque, branded the incident "disgusting" and provocative.
"There is a good and bad in every community and I believe we have some young fanatics who could take this the wrong way," he said.
Gonzales cautions judges on interfering
Snip: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is defending President Bush's anti-terrorism tactics in multiple court battles, said Friday that federal judges should not substitute their personal views for the president's judgments in wartime.
He said the Constitution makes the president commander in chief and the Supreme Court has long recognized the president's pre-eminent role in foreign affairs. "The Constitution, by contrast, provides the courts with relatively few tools to superintend military and foreign policy decisions, especially during wartime," the attorney general told a conference on the judiciary at Georgetown University Law Center.
"Judges must resist the temptation to supplement those tools based on their own personal views about the wisdom of the policies under review," Gonzales said.
Madonna insults her name.
O'Reilly featured a slot about Paris Hilton last night and her new video wherein she is a "teacher seducing a young boy..." NO amount of money can cure the lack of class in people.
I was just visiting with my 82 year old mother. She was terribly upset over the recent school shootings. Just couldn't understand what is happening with our "young people".
I told her it wasn't just the "young people". I cited Madonna, Congressman Foley; etc., etc.
There seems to be complete moral and ethical breakdown among so many. I don't understand it. I don't even want to understand it.
There's no Golden Rule anymore, no Religion allowed (except for the one that wants to eliminate the others), current music for the mostpart is disrespectful and vulgar, clothing for children borders on the hooker-pimp look and no need to marry (why bother - divorce is easy and frequent). Children are increasingly undisciplined and their parents seem more interested in their personal pleasures (why else all the fingernail and cellphone shops) then spending quality time with family and teaching the children the Golden Rule and introducing them to religion (full circle).
I could nearly write a dissertation on this topic. But I won't. In short..........I agree.
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