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"Canada Takes Pro-Israel Stance at UN"
CanWest News Service ^ | November 16, 2006 | Steven Edwards
Posted on 11/16/2006 6:45:35 PM PST by NorthOf45
Canada takes pro-Israel stance at UN
By Steven Edwards
CanWest News Service
November 16, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "UNITED NATIONS — Canada voted on the side of Israel at the United Nations Thursday, demonstrating a marked shift in Middle East policy.
Canada registered its third change in a row on more than 20 Arab- and Muslim-sponsored resolutions that are annually critical of Israeli policy, but light on Arab responsibilities.
That’s a marked switch from the way former Liberal governments voted.
The trend is expected to continue when Canadian diplomats join those of other UN member states to consider 10 more of the annual resolutions next Tuesday."
OFF TOPIC:
I'm listening to Dr. Laurie Roth here:
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If the jihadists were in the mainstream of Islam and Islamic thought, and if they represented they way most Muslims thought about the west, don't you think we'd see more (and I mean a lot more) acts of terrorism against the west?
The problem is too many people take those bloodthristy zenophobic verses (and they are there make no mistake) and say this is the mainstream of Isalm. In other words the Wahhabist/Salafist are themainstream of Islamic thought. In this they are wrong.
That's not to say Islam doesn't have problems..serious problems in adjusting to the modern world. The Wahhabist/Salafist are one way of trying to do this, and they are doomed to fail.
The radical loser (Long Read)
Der Spiegel ^ | 1/12/05 | Hans Magnus Enzensberger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694568/posts
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Contrary to what the West appears to believe, the destructive energy of Islamist actions is directed mainly against Muslims. This is not a tactical error, not a case of "collateral damage". In Algeria alone, Islamist terror has cost the lives of at least 50,000 fellow Algerians. Other sources speak of as many as 150,000 murders, although the military and the secret services were also involved. In Iraq and Afghanistan, too, the number of Muslim victims far outstrips the death toll among foreigners. Furthermore, terrorism has been highly detrimental not only to the image of Islam but also to the living conditions of Muslims around the world.
The Islamists are as unconcerned about this as the Nazis were about the downfall of Germany. As the avant-garde of death, they have no regard for the lives of their fellow believers. In the eyes of the Islamists, the fact that most Muslims have no desire to blow themselves and others sky high only goes to show that they deserve no better than to be liquidated themselves. After all, the aim of the radical loser is to make as many other people into losers as possible. As the Islamists see it, the fact that they are in the minority can only be because they are the chosen few.
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True Grit To Counter Terror, We Must Conquer Our Own Fear
Rand Corp. ^ | Summer 06 | Brian Michael Jenkins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739562/posts
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In Yemen, Islamic scholars challenged a group of defiant al Qaeda prisoners to a theological debate. “If you convince us that your ideas are justified by the Quran, then we will join you in the struggle,” the scholars told the terrorists. “But if we succeed in convincing you of our ideas, then you must agree to renounce violence.” The scholars won the debate, and a number of the prisoners renounced violence, were released, and were given help in finding jobs. Some have since offered advice to Yemeni security services. A tip from one led to the death of al Qaeda’s top leader in the country.
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Thank you for the trivia.
It's interesting too, to go back and read about those older cells.
That's quite a bit of flying.
Good thing to keep that eye on the suspicious ones.
I posted an article yesterday about the flight attendants at O'Hare complaining that the don't feel safe.
When there are bomb threats, the "cleaning crew" gets sent in to check out the plane.
Oh, but they've had one day of training.
Yep.
Search goes on for writer of threats
Letters made reference to Amish school tragedy
Several police departments in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the FBI continue to hunt for the person who sent recent letters to school districts, town courts and newspapers, threatening school massacres similar to the October Amish school rampage that killed five girls in Lancaster County, Pa.
A letter to parents sent Wednesday by one of the school districts, East Windsor Regional Schools, and East Windsor police said the investigation is ongoing but no suspects have been identified. (snip)
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1163740192174070.xml&coll=5
Thanks for the ping!
This is not good.
I know they can't release info, but it's hard to look for clues with no info except for one -- "made reference to Amish tragedy" (per your post).
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Another one bites the dust...in Cuba.
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Ex-Black panther, hijacker dies at 75
Inside Bay Area ^ | November 16, 2006 | Staff
Posted on 11/16/2006 10:35:39 PM PST by Zakeet
William Lee Brent, former bodyguard to Black Panther Party leader Eldridge Cleaver, died last week in Havana, Cuba. He would have been 76 last Friday.
The cause was bronchial pneumonia, said Steve Wasserman, a close friend and editor of Mr. Brent's 1996 autobiography, "Long Time Gone."
Mr. Brent was still a fugitive when he died, sought by U.S.
law enforcement officials for his June 1969 hijacking of TWA flight No. 154 to Cuba. The plane, with 76 passengers aboard, was bound for New York from San Francisco. No one was hurt.
He arrived in Havana expecting to be hailed as a hero, but was surprised to be promptly taken into custody by Cuban authorities, Wasserman said.
Mr. Brent spent the next 22 months in prison, an experience he found far worse than the eight years of incarceration he had endured in San Quentin and Tehachapi for a variety of crimes, including armed robbery, Wasserman said. When asked by a New York Times reporter in 1996 to compare the two prison systems, Mr. Brent said that in Cuba, "They don't allow you to do anything but hard time."
Eventually, Mr. Brent was released and held a variety of jobs: working construction, raising pigs, cutting sugar cane, laboring in a soap factory.
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I hear you (and understand).
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November 7, 2006 No.1347
"Sunni Islamists Websites in Iraq Claim Iranian Top-Secret Document Reveals Iran/Al-Qaeda Contacts Months Before 9/11"
We MUST be proactive about our own safety because TSA and Homeland Security only attempt to screen items and not PEOPLE. When airlines are graffitied in their parked state and access to them is unguarded, are we (or those whose employment is within them) to believe those airliners are guaranteed safe? Profiling is a necessity IMHO and those who refuse to do it are gambling with passenger and crew lives on a daily basis.
We already know who is trying to kill us and why - that we cannot protect ourselves from those who fit that pattern is nothing short of ignorant in this day and age. It's akin to knowing lions kill people, but we'll walk among them and see if they attack (because not all of them may be hungry).
"It's akin to knowing lions kill people, but we'll walk among them and see if they attack (because not all of them may be hungry)."
Ditto that.
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"Air France sued over 'caustic' coffee"
The Scotsman ^ | November 17, 2006 | SUSAN BELL
Posted on 11/16/2006 11:35:52 PM PST by MadIvan
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A PASSENGER on an Air France flight from Bordeaux to Paris is suing the airline after allegedly being poisoned by a cup of coffee containing drain cleaner.
Marc Fredaine Niazaire, 30, a Congolese businessman who lives in Paris, has been in hospital since 15 October after taking only two sips of the coffee, which doctors believe contained a high concentration of a caustic chemical compound similar to that used to unblock drains.
Doctors say Mr Niazaire will suffer a 40 per cent incapacitation for the rest of his life as a result. In two months, surgeons will remove part of his stomach to reconstruct his oesophagus, an operation which carries a 5-8 per cent risk of death.
Mr Niazaire is to launch a legal suit against the airline and the chief steward next week for "poisoning and non-assistance to a person in danger" in relation to the flight on 15 October.
The businessman, who runs a clothing company, said: "After taking two sips, I felt a strong sensation of heat, my lips felt like they were going to explode, steam was rising to my ears and my eyes, I started drooling, my tongue swelled up.""
Bid to buy chemical weapons is alleged
Snip: Islamic extremists, including members of Al Qaeda, have tried to acquire chemical or radiological weapons to use in attacks against Britain and other Western targets, a senior British diplomat said yesterday.
Thank you MamaDearest.
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Tonga requests Aussie, NZ troops
news.com.au ^ | 17th November 2006
Posted on 11/17/2006 12:42:10 AM PST by naturalman1975
Australia and New Zealand are expected to send 150 troops and police to Tonga after the kingdom agreed to seek foreign help to prevent a repeat of deadly pro-democracy riots.
Armed soldiers and police were patrolling Nuku'alofa under expanded emergency powers today, awaiting the arrival of foreign forces to ensure the security of the airport and other critical infrastructure.
Authorities spent the day searching dozens of trashed and torched buildings for more victims after six charred bodies were found inside the shell of the nation's Shoreline power company.
Australia's High Commission has estimated that yesterday's rampage destroyed up to 80 per cent of the CBD.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Fred Sevele tonight said the Government had approved a request for 150 troops and police from Australia and New Zealand.
Ninety Australian troops and 40 federal police would arrive in Tonga soon, spokesman Lopeti Senituli said, along with 20 New Zealand troops "tasked with securing the airport".
The request for help from Australia and New Zealand, considered regional powers in the South Pacific, would "ensure peace and security" and was "an acknowledgment our security apparatus is ... short of manpower," Senituli said.
Both Australia and New Zealand have offered to help Tonga, if they are asked to do so. They were still awaiting a formal request for help from the South Pacific nation tonight.
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Updated: November 16th, 2006 11:33 AM EDT
Home > Airline and Airport Security News
"Court in France Reinstates Badges of 2 Airport Workers"
The Associated Press
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A court on Wednesday reinstated the security clearance of two workers at Paris' largest airport who were among 72 employees - mostly Muslim - stripped of their badges in a bid to improve safety at Charles de Gaulle."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "In Wednesday's decision, the administrative court cleared two more, concluding that nothing in the files shows that "access to the reserved zones constitutes a threat." The court also said the case raised "serious doubts about the legality" of the decision to deny them badges."
UPDATE...
http://www.airportbusiness.com/article/article.jsp?id=8867&siteSection=5
Updated: November 15th, 2006 10:07 AM PDT
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"Man Fined $6,000 for Bomb Joke"
The Associated Press
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Paulin was looking for space for his hand luggage aboard SilkAir - a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines Ltd. - on a flight to Indonesia Saturday when, the newspaper reported, he asked a flight attendant, "Where do you keep the bomb?""
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