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Posted on 10/01/2006 5:29:13 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Thanks Velveeta for that post.
Updates appreciated.
UPDATE...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOCAL_WILDFIRE?SITE=CAVAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Oct 26, 8:12 PM EDT
"Calif. fire started by arsonist kills 4"
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press Writer
AP Photo/RIC FRANCIS
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "POPPET FLAT, Calif. (AP) -- A wind-whipped wildfire started by an arsonist killed four firefighters Thursday and stranded up to 400 people in an RV park when flames burned to the edge of the only road out, officials said.
"Everybody is hunkered down here. They're fighting the fire around us. It's across the street from us," said Charles Van Brunt, a ranger at the station at the entrance to Silent Valley Club, the recreational vehicle park near Palm Springs. The residents were in no immediate danger, he said.
Authorities asked people in the RV park to stay put to leave the roads clear for firefighters. Hundreds of others in the area were forced from their homes.
Fire officials said the fire was deliberately set around 1 a.m. and had blackened 10,000 acres within 12 hours. Fire Chief John Hawkins said the arson "constitutes murder.""
ON THE NET...
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/featured.htm
FBI.gov: "FEATURED FUGITIVES"
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/dt/fug_dt.htm
FBI.gov - Featured Fugitives: "DOMESTIC TERRORISM"
struggling to keep up bookmark
It will all be here waiting for you on your time schedule.
It's almost Friday.
Yep, yep, yep!!!
Cindy's Opinion: Ahmad, you need a 12-step anger management class ASAP. Chill out, Ahmad.
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013733.php
October 26, 2006
"Pakistani jihadists slam Musharraf, US in Eid sermons"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=northkorea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nkorea
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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/25/D8KVM9MO0.html
"N. Korea Warns South Against Sanctions"
Oct 25 9:21 AM US/Eastern
By JAE-SOON CHANG
Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea
UPDATE...
http://news.google.com/nwshp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&q=%22Kam%20Shing%20Chan%22
http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&q=%22Daniel+Chan%22&btnG=Search+News
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http://www.koin.com/Global/story.asp?S=5596896
"Church Arsonist Previously Convicted Of Murder, Kidnapping, Robbery"
SALEM, Ore. -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "It happened around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Peoples Church, in Salem.
We are learning more about the man who walked into a church where hundreds were praying during a Wednesday night service.
In 1989, KOIN covered a different story about , also known as Daniel Chan.
He was convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter, kidnapping a neighbor and robbing a local grocery store. He was found guilty, but insane and released seven years later.
Wednesday night, investigators say Chan walked in the church and started flinging flammable liquid on the church-goers and igniting it along the way."
http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/061025Memphis.htm
October 25, 2006
"Individuals indicted for money laundering, harboring illegal aliens, and enticing women to engage in prostitution"
Memphis, TN
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1845
England: Technological Development Critical to Outpacing Terrorists
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2006 – The same globalization that’s created vast opportunities for economic growth and information sharing among freedom-loving people has become a favorite tool of terrorists trying to destroy their way of life, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England told industry representatives here yesterday.
Speaking at the Military Communications Conference 2006, England called rapid technological change, and particularly the ways it can be abused, “the fundamental technical and operational challenge of our time.”
Terrorists are “technologically very savvy,” he said, and see no conflict in using their technological expertise to close doors it’s helped opened.
“Though they aim to undo centuries’ worth of progress, they are not at all reluctant to take full advantage of that progress,” he told the group, who he described as “today’s rock stars of science and technology.”
Terrorists “use the latest technological innovations to communicate, recruit and transfer money,” the deputy secretary said. “They keep Web sites, and they update them in real time to share their lessons learned.”
As latecomers to these cutting-edge technologies, terrorists didn’t have to go through the long process of developing or studying them, England noted. Instead, they simply download them from the Internet and use them for their own purposes.
“The very technologies that you develop and the technologies that make globalization possible are used by terrorists throughout the world against freedom-loving nations,” England told the group.
Faced with this reality, it’s critical that the United States and its coalition partners and allies continually keep a step ahead, he said. He called on the industry leaders to help lead that charge.
England cited the Defense Department’s ongoing, long-term transformation effort and the 2006 Defense Quadrennial Review and its focus on, among other topics, “netcentricity.”
“Netcentric capabilities are about getting people the information they need, when and where they need it,” he said. “Just as it is in business, information has become a strategic asset for the department, and using it effectively is essential to the success of our mission.”
DoD is examining its system capabilities on the macro level to identify gaps and seams, eliminate unintentional redundancies and ensure interoperability, England told the group. It’s also working to improve its integration with coalition partners and allies, he said.
As these efforts move forward, England acknowledged, “antagonists out there who would be delighted to take down our systems (and) are trying, to the tune of thousands of incidents daily.”
Among them, he said, are recreational hackers who hack into DoD systems for fun, “cyber-vigilantes” out to prove a misguided point, small-interest groups pushing ideological issues, transnational terrorist networks aiming to destroy the system, and hostile nation-states.
“These efforts to degrade our systems are expected to continue,” England said.
England closed by calling on industry leaders to continue protecting the United States and its partners from what he called the greatest long-term threat they face: “falling behind in science and technology.”
“Science and technology are the bedrock of our knowledge-based economy, as well as our military capabilities,” he said.
England urged audience members to build on that bedrock by taking every opportunity to encourage science education, research and application. “America’s future, and the future of our partners, does depend on it,” he said.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1846
Rumsfeld: Terrorists Use Media to Manipulate American People
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2006 – The “center of gravity” in the Iraq war is in America with the American people, not on the battlefield, and the media is a powerful tool that influences the people’s will, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Oct. 24 in various radio interviews.
“This is the first war that's been conducted in the 21st century with all the new media realities of 24-hour talk radio and Sony cams and digital cameras and news constantly on television,” Rumsfeld said in an interview with Inga Barks on KERN News/Talk Radio in Bakersfield, Calif. “But the American people have a pretty good center of gravity. They've got a good inner gyroscope. And it may be disorienting for a time; it may blow us off course somewhat, but we tend to re-center.”
Rumsfeld did several radio interviews as part of White House Radio Day, where various administration officials talked with representatives from radio stations around the country.
America’s wars have always had critics, but the difference in this war is the prevalence of the media, Rumsfeld said in his interviews. Terrorists recognize the influence the media has, so they use their own media committees to determine how best to manipulate the American public through the media, he said.
The terrorists plan their attacks to deliberately dishearten the American people and make them think the cause isn’t right or that America makes terrorism worse, Rumsfeld said.
“I just don't happen to believe that America is what’s wrong with the world. And I know that's a fact,” he said in an interview with Scott Hennen on “Hot Talk” WDAY AM 970 in Fargo, N.D. “And these terrorists have been determined to dishearten the American people, and we simply must not let that happen.”
Despite negative media reports, Iraq is making progress, Rumsfeld noted. An aerial tour over the country will show people going about their daily activities, such as driving, shopping and eating in restaurants, he said. The troops also see the progress made, he said.
“Everywhere I go with the troops around the world -- in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa -- invariably they will ask me, ‘Why is the impression in the United States so notably different from what they see? Why is the general impression of what's taking place so different?’ And it's because of the media. They decide to do that,” he said.
The insurgency in Iraq is tough right now, and as more progress is made, the terrorists become more determined to throw the government off track, Rumsfeld said. However, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a strong person who is committed to the country’s success, and U.S. troops serving on the ground are doing amazing things, the secretary said.
“I never cease to be impressed. If I want to be inspired, I go visit the troops,” Rumsfeld said in the interview with Hennen. “And they are doing just a superb job for the country. They're proud of what they're doing. They're professional. They are highly skilled at what they do.”
The U.S. is constantly changing its tactics to better fight terrorists, who are a smart enemy and adjust their tactics, Rumsfeld said. However tough the fight might be, the coalition and Iraqi government are committed to defeating the terrorists and bringing peace to the country, he said.
“It's serious, and it's important, and our task is to see that our country prevails and that we succeed in this effort,” he said. “The consequences for our country were Iraq to be turned over to the terrorists and terrorist training camp, as Afghanistan was, with their water and their oil and their size and their geographic location -- it would impose an enormous threat to our country and to our friends and allies around the world.”
RECAP:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711848/posts?page=1674#1674
UPDATE...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52637
"Venezuelan IDs help terrorists enter U.S.
Chavez provides support to Middle Easterners
headed north, charges congressional report"
Posted: October 26, 2006
5:00 p.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON – Venezuela, whose leader Hugo Chavez has stood with Iran against the U.S., is providing documents that could help terrorists infiltrate the U.S.-Mexico, charges a new congressional report on homeland security.
"Venezuela is providing support – including identity documents – that could prove useful to radical Islamic groups," says the report of the subcommittee on investigations of the House Homeland Security Committee. "The Venezuelan government has issued thousands of cédulas, the equivalent of Social Security cards, to people from places such as Cuba, Colombia and Middle Eastern nations that host foreign terrorist organizations."
The documents can be used to obtain Venezuelan passports and American visas, which in turn allow the holder to elude immigration checks and enter the United States."
Note: the following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1856
Iraqi Forces Disrupt Kidnapping Cell, Raid Illegal Armed Group
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2006 – Iraqi police forces captured members of a murder and kidnapping cell and the leadership of an illegal armed group in separate operations yesterday, U.S. military officials reported.
Special Iraqi police forces conducted an early-morning raid yesterday in the Hillah area to capture members of a murder and kidnapping cell wanted by the Ministry of the Interior. Iraqi forces, with coalition advisors, arrived at the objective and gained entry to several locations where 11 suspected members of the cell were found and detained.
The cell was targeted for its attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces with improvised explosive devices and mortars and their numerous criminal activities, including extortion, kidnapping, car theft and the murder of Iraqi civilians.
Elsewhere, Iraqi army forces conducted an early-morning raid yesterday in Khalis in eastern Diyala province to capture the leadership of an illegal armed group responsible for attacks against Iraqi forces. Iraqi forces, with coalition advisors, arrived at the objective and gained entry where they were met with small-arms fire from a member of the illegal armed group. Iraqi forces returned fire and killed the group member. Members of the group were being sought for their connection to IED attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces that have left several soldiers dead.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726773/posts
"Who killed Anna Politkovskaya?"
Sanders Research Associates ^ | October 11, 2006 | John Laughland
Posted on 10/26/2006 11:28:24 PM PDT by vargan
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/October/06_crt_729.html
"Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Charges"
WASHINGTON
(October 26, 2006)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726745/posts
"Man shot after breaking into house (MS)"
The Natchez Democrat ^ | October 25, 2006 | Julie Finley
Posted on 10/26/2006 9:26:04 PM PDT by DaveLoneRanger
NATCHEZ
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/10/26/the-price-of-apostasy/
HOT AIR.com (JIHAD WATCH.org): "THE PRICE OF APOSTASY"
by Robert Spencer
October 26, 2006
ON THE NET...
http://www.saag.org/searchb10.asp?search=al-badr&searchtype=all&B1=Submit
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3555
http://www.satp.org
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=al-badr&btnG=Search+News
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6090050.stm
Last Updated: Friday, 27 October 2006, 03:51 GMT 04:51 UK
"Two 'militants' arrested in India"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police in the southern Indian city of Mysore say they have arrested two suspected Pakistan-based militants after a shooting.
Senior police official Praveen Sood told the BBC that the two men were planning to launch attacks on targets in Mysore and Bangalore cities.
Two policemen were injured in the incident, which happened after the two men were stopped by a police patrol.
Guns, a satellite phone and a laptop were seized from the men, police said.
Mr Sood said the incident took place on the outskirts of Mysore, about 145km (90 miles) from Bangalore, which is the hub of India's info-tech industry.
He said the two men were travelling on a motorcycle when a police patrol stopped them."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "He said information found in a laptop seized from the men indicated that they were members of Pakistan-based separatist group al-Badr."
A Look at PROPAGANDA On The Net:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ahmadinejad
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP133706
Special Dispatch Series - No. 1337
October 27, 2006 No.1337
"Iranian President Ahmadinejad: The West Should Pick Up the Zionist Regime ‘By the Arms and Legs’ and Remove It from the Region; U.N. Resolutions Are Illegitimate; America & England are Enemies of the Iranian Nation"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an address delivered by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on Jaam-e Jam 1 TV on October 20, 2006. In the address, Ahmadinejad stated that the U.S. was extorting the entire world using the Holocaust as a pretext and that the West was being held hostage by "the Zionists" by means of the Holocaust, and instructed it to pick up "[the Zionist regime]by the arms and legs, and remove it" from the Middle East. He further claimed that the U.N. Security Council and its resolutions were illegitimate and that "the whole world knows that America and England are the enemies of the Iranian nation."
TO VIEW THIS CLIP: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1301 "
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711848/posts?page=1674#1674
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=152
"Hizbullah"
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=166
"Israel-Hizbullah War 2006"
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=25159
"Hezbollah's Deadly Chess Match"
By James G. Zumwalt
The Washington Times | October 27, 2006
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