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Posted on 01/02/2007 7:23:18 PM PST by nwctwx
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"21.7.05. Failed London Bombers C.C.T.V."
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"Failed London Bomber Video Released"
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20876,21109680-17281,00.html
Transcript of the threat
January 24, 2007
Below is the transcript of a threat to an Arabic Australian newspaper from a man claiming to represent Al-Qa'ida :
"You are low infidels and scum. You Shiites are dogs. You are scum, to be trodden underfoot. From Moqtada Sadr to Hassan Nasrallah, all your leaders are dogs and scum. Do not think that the death of Saddam will save you. We will deter you with terrorism here inside Australia.
"We will destroy the newspaper’s headquarters in Sydney very soon, God willing. We will destroy the newspaper’s headquarters in Melbourne. You will be butchered. Every Iraqi Kurd and Shiite in Australia will be butchered. I promise you in the name of Al-Qaida. You will be trodden on with shoes, you dogs.
"Has the death of the President, the martyr, the living leader and hero who will never die, Saddam Hussein, a lesson for you? Do you want to savage the Sunnis, you dogs? I say to you, and repeat and reiterate, do not forget that one day we will take revenge, God willing, by liquidating the dog, Moqtada Sadr, who visited America and gave up Saddam.
"You are dogs, you are scum, you are filthy, you are the lowest people on the face of earth. Your writers and correspondents are scum. I have all their names. I will uncover their addressees my own way, through our well-structured organisation in Melbourne and Sydney."
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"Beirut burns as national strike explodes into sectarian violence"
the times ^ | January 24, 2007 | the times
Posted on 01/23/2007 7:04:08 PM PST by Flavius
Group Plans 'Terror Free' Gas Station in Omaha
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
OMAHA, Neb. — The Terror-Free Oil Initiative is planning to open the nation's first "terror free" gas station in Omaha. The Florida-based group claims U.S. dollars used to purchase gas made from Middle East oil funds terrorism. It urges Americans to only buy oil products that originate from countries that do not support terrorism.
The Terror-Free Oil station in west Omaha will sell gas from oil companies that do not do business in the Middle East. Signs calling for the use of non-Middle Eastern oil were up at the station today. Spokesman Joe Kaufman says the station will open Feb. 1, with a grand opening scheduled for Feb. 12. Other Terror-Free Oil stations are planned.
Police To Investigate Graffiti Sprayed On Mosque
January 23, 2007
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Dearborn police are investigating what they called hate graffiti spray-painted on the wall of an Islamic Center in Dearborn. According to police, vandals spray-painted "You idol worship" and "Go home 911 murderers," across an entire wall of the building. Six businesses were also damaged with broken windows over the weekend.
Islamic leaders are urging mosques and businesses to step up security. Earlier this month, two nearby mosques and a number of Muslim-owned businesses were targeted by similar acts of vandalism. There have been no arrests in any of the incidents. Anyone with information about the vandalism should call Dearborn police.
I don't see the connection DC, but if there is documentation to connect those dots; the documentation is welcome.
Updates on the arrests of suspects welcome.
I'll keep an eye out for news of any arrests. It's too bad that people are reacting that way.
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"Iranian President says "wise" Americans will bar any attack (Barf Alert)"
Yahoo News ^
Posted on 01/23/2007 8:38:55 PM PST by Soothesayer
TEHRAN (Reuters)
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he did not expect a U.S. attack on Iran because there were plenty of 'wise people'..."
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OPINION: You know Ahmadinejad, you have a good point. There are a lot of wise people IN IRAN. I think they see right through you. I think they have sized you up. I think they see a person that they don't like.
What are these "wise people" going to do with you?
I don't know, but I think the good and "wise people" of Iran have a plan -- for you.
Time will tell.
14 posted on 01/23/2007 9:14:34 PM PST by Cindy
OPINION: I think it will be easier to size up the situation when we see who actually is arrested for this inicdent.
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Thank you Mr. Silverback for posting this thread.
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"Remebering Pearl Harbor (Freeper written article)"
Freeport Ink (Illinois) | 11 Jan 07 | Me
Posted on 01/23/2007 9:38:22 PM PST by Mr. Silverback
Thanks for the mention in this thread, Cindy. I was glad to write this one...heck, I was ecstatic.
stepping back in time...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5016274.stm
Last Updated: Thursday, 25 May 2006, 16:17 GMT 17:17 UK
"London club 'bombing plan' taped"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The prosecution claimed the recording was made at Akbar's then home in Uxbridge, west London, on 22 February, 2004.
On the tape Jawad Akbar: "What about easy stuff where you don't need no experience and nothing and you could get a job, yeah, like for example the biggest nightclub in central London where no-one can even turn round and say "oh they were innocent" those slags dancing around?
Omar Khyam: "If you get a job in a bar, yeah, or a club, say the Ministry of Sound, what are you planning to do there then?"
Jawad Akbar: "Blow the whole thing up."
Omar Khyam: "That's what I'm saying."
Jawad Akbar: "I think the club thing you could do, but the gas would be much harder. There's people who even get in with their searching stuff but it's only bouncers that search you."
Omar Khyam said: "The explosion in the clubs, yeah, that's fine, bro, that's not a problem. The training for that is available. To get them into the Ministry of Sound really isn't difficult."
Mr Akbar asked Mr Khyam if he thought the place was bugged to which he replied he did not think so."
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014948.php
January 23, 2007
British bomb plot suspects planned to continue jihad in Pakistan, Afghanistan after attacks in UK
An update on this jihadist cell. "British bomb plot suspects 'planned jihad'," from Reuters:
LONDON (Reuters) - Seven Britons accused of plotting to bomb clubs, trains and synagogues in England planned to take their fight to Pakistan and Afghanistan if they had succeeded, prosecutors told a court on Tuesday.
"The overall desire was to further the (cause) of jihad (Holy War) wherever and however it could be achieved," prosecution lawyer David Waters said in what police have described as Britain's biggest terrorism trial since September 11 attacks on the United States.
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The seven are accused of conspiring to bomb high profile targets, possibly including London's Ministry of Sound nightclub and the huge Bluewater shopping center in Kent using bombs made from fertilizer.
The defendants -- Anthony Garcia, Jawad Akbar, Omar Khyam, his brother Shujah Mahmood, Waheed Mahmood, Nabeel Hussain, and Salahuddin Amin -- deny conspiring to cause an explosion "likely to endanger life."
Garcia, Khyam and Hussain deny possessing an article for terrorism -- the fertilizer. Khyam and Mahmood deny having aluminum powder, an ingredient in explosives.
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Meanwhile, the prosecution is somewhat on trial itself for Islamophobia:
The prosecution said the trial was not a witch-hunt against the defendants' religious beliefs.
"Of course it would be ludicrous to approach the allegations in a vacuum and pretend the backdrop or religious or political motivations does not exist," Waters said.
"But having acknowledged that it is only a backdrop, what we are concerned about are allegations of crime."
Posted by Marisol at January 23, 2007 01:01 PM
You did real fine.
ON THE NET...
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"About Security Update 2007-001"
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"President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address"
United States Capitol
Washington, D.C.
President's Remarks
State of the Union 2007
State of the Union 2007 Policy Initiatives
9:13 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:
SPEECH SNIPPET: "The rite of custom brings us together at a defining hour -- when decisions are hard and courage is needed. We enter the year 2007 with large endeavors underway, and others that are ours to begin. In all of this, much is asked of us. We must have the will to face difficult challenges and determined enemies -- and the wisdom to face them together."
SPEECH SNIPPET: "When laws and borders are routinely violated, this harms the interests of our country. To secure our border, we're doubling the size of the Border Patrol, and funding new infrastructure and technology."
SPEECH SNIPPET: "For all of us in this room, there is no higher responsibility than to protect the people of this country from danger. Five years have come and gone since we saw the scenes and felt the sorrow that the terrorists can cause. We've had time to take stock of our situation. We've added many critical protections to guard the homeland. We know with certainty that the horrors of that September morning were just a glimpse of what the terrorists intend for us -- unless we stop them.
With the distance of time, we find ourselves debating the causes of conflict and the course we have followed. Such debates are essential when a great democracy faces great questions. Yet one question has surely been settled: that to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the enemy. (Applause.)
From the start, America and our allies have protected our people by staying on the offense. The enemy knows that the days of comfortable sanctuary, easy movement, steady financing, and free flowing communications are long over. For the terrorists, life since 9/11 has never been the same.
Our success in this war is often measured by the things that did not happen. We cannot know the full extent of the attacks that we and our allies have prevented, but here is some of what we do know: We stopped an al Qaeda plot to fly a hijacked airplane into the tallest building on the West Coast. We broke up a Southeast Asian terror cell grooming operatives for attacks inside the United States. We uncovered an al Qaeda cell developing anthrax to be used in attacks against America. And just last August, British authorities uncovered a plot to blow up passenger planes bound for America over the Atlantic Ocean. For each life saved, we owe a debt of gratitude to the brave public servants who devote their lives to finding the terrorists and stopping them. (Applause.)
Every success against the terrorists is a reminder of the shoreless ambitions of this enemy. The evil that inspired and rejoiced in 9/11 is still at work in the world. And so long as that's the case, America is still a nation at war.
In the mind of the terrorist, this war began well before September the 11th, and will not end until their radical vision is fulfilled. And these past five years have given us a much clearer view of the nature of this enemy. Al Qaeda and its followers are Sunni extremists, possessed by hatred and commanded by a harsh and narrow ideology. Take almost any principle of civilization, and their goal is the opposite. They preach with threats, instruct with bullets and bombs, and promise paradise for the murder of the innocent.
Our enemies are quite explicit about their intentions. They want to overthrow moderate governments, and establish safe havens from which to plan and carry out new attacks on our country. By killing and terrorizing Americans, they want to force our country to retreat from the world and abandon the cause of liberty. They would then be free to impose their will and spread their totalitarian ideology. Listen to this warning from the late terrorist Zarqawi: "We will sacrifice our blood and bodies to put an end to your dreams, and what is coming is even worse." Osama bin Laden declared: "Death is better than living on this Earth with the unbelievers among us."
These men are not given to idle words, and they are just one camp in the Islamist radical movement. In recent times, it has also become clear that we face an escalating danger from Shia extremists who are just as hostile to America, and are also determined to dominate the Middle East. Many are known to take direction from the regime in Iran, which is funding and arming terrorists like Hezbollah -- a group second only to al Qaeda in the American lives it has taken.
The Shia and Sunni extremists are different faces of the same totalitarian threat. Whatever slogans they chant, when they slaughter the innocent they have the same wicked purposes. They want to kill Americans, kill democracy in the Middle East, and gain the weapons to kill on an even more horrific scale.
In the sixth year since our nation was attacked, I wish I could report to you that the dangers had ended. They have not. And so it remains the policy of this government to use every lawful and proper tool of intelligence, diplomacy, law enforcement, and military action to do our duty, to find these enemies, and to protect the American people. (Applause.)
This war is more than a clash of arms -- it is a decisive ideological struggle, and the security of our nation is in the balance. To prevail, we must remove the conditions that inspire blind hatred, and drove 19 men to get onto airplanes and to come and kill us. What every terrorist fears most is human freedom
-- societies where men and women make their own choices, answer to their own conscience, and live by their hopes instead of their resentments. Free people are not drawn to violent and malignant ideologies -- and most will choose a better way when they're given a chance. So we advance our own security interests by helping moderates and reformers and brave voices for democracy. The great question of our day is whether America will help men and women in the Middle East to build free societies and share in the rights of all humanity. And I say, for the sake of our own security, we must. (Applause.)
In the last two years, we've seen the desire for liberty in the broader Middle East -- and we have been sobered by the enemy's fierce reaction. In 2005, the world watched as the citizens of Lebanon raised the banner of the Cedar Revolution, they drove out the Syrian occupiers and chose new leaders in free elections. In 2005, the people of Afghanistan defied the terrorists and elected a democratic legislature. And in 2005, the Iraqi people held three national elections, choosing a transitional government, adopting the most progressive, democratic constitution in the Arab world, and then electing a government under that constitution. Despite endless threats from the killers in their midst, nearly 12 million Iraqi citizens came out to vote in a show of hope and solidarity that we should never forget. (Applause.)
A thinking enemy watched all of these scenes, adjusted their tactics, and in 2006 they struck back. In Lebanon, assassins took the life of Pierre Gemayel, a prominent participant in the Cedar Revolution. Hezbollah terrorists, with support from Syria and Iran, sowed conflict in the region and are seeking to undermine Lebanon's legitimately elected government. In Afghanistan, Taliban and al Qaeda fighters tried to regain power by regrouping and engaging Afghan and NATO forces. In Iraq, al Qaeda and other Sunni extremists blew up one of the most sacred places in Shia Islam -- the Golden Mosque of Samarra. This atrocity, directed at a Muslim house of prayer, was designed to provoke retaliation from Iraqi Shia -- and it succeeded. Radical Shia elements, some of whom receive support from Iran, formed death squads. The result was a tragic escalation of sectarian rage and reprisal that continues to this day.
This is not the fight we entered in Iraq, but it is the fight we're in. Every one of us wishes this war were over and won. Yet it would not be like us to leave our promises unkept, our friends abandoned, and our own security at risk. (Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen: On this day, at this hour, it is still within our power to shape the outcome of this battle. Let us find our resolve, and turn events toward victory. (Applause.)
We're carrying out a new strategy in Iraq -- a plan that demands more from Iraq's elected government, and gives our forces in Iraq the reinforcements they need to complete their mission. Our goal is a democratic Iraq that upholds the rule of law, respects the rights of its people, provides them security, and is an ally in the war on terror.
In order to make progress toward this goal, the Iraqi government must stop the sectarian violence in its capital. But the Iraqis are not yet ready to do this on their own. So we're deploying reinforcements of more than 20,000 additional soldiers and Marines to Iraq. The vast majority will go to Baghdad, where they will help Iraqi forces to clear and secure neighborhoods, and serve as advisers embedded in Iraqi Army units. With Iraqis in the lead, our forces will help secure the city by chasing down the terrorists, insurgents, and the roaming death squads. And in Anbar Province, where al Qaeda terrorists have gathered and local forces have begun showing a willingness to fight them, we're sending an additional 4,000 United States Marines, with orders to find the terrorists and clear them out. (Applause.) We didn't drive al Qaeda out of their safe haven in Afghanistan only to let them set up a new safe haven in a free Iraq.
The people of Iraq want to live in peace, and now it's time for their government to act. Iraq's leaders know that our commitment is not open-ended. They have promised to deploy more of their own troops to secure Baghdad -- and they must do so. They pledged that they will confront violent radicals of any faction or political party -- and they need to follow through, and lift needless restrictions on Iraqi and coalition forces, so these troops can achieve their mission of bringing security to all of the people of Baghdad. Iraq's leaders have committed themselves to a series of benchmarks -- to achieve reconciliation, to share oil revenues among all of Iraq's citizens, to put the wealth of Iraq into the rebuilding of Iraq, to allow more Iraqis to re-enter their nation's civic life, to hold local elections, and to take responsibility for security in every Iraqi province. But for all of this to happen, Baghdad must be secure. And our plan will help the Iraqi government take back its capital and make good on its commitments.
My fellow citizens, our military commanders and I have carefully weighed the options. We discussed every possible approach. In the end, I chose this course of action because it provides the best chance for success. Many in this chamber understand that America must not fail in Iraq, because you understand that the consequences of failure would be grievous and far-reaching.
If American forces step back before Baghdad is secure, the Iraqi government would be overrun by extremists on all sides. We could expect an epic battle between Shia extremists backed by Iran, and Sunni extremists aided by al Qaeda and supporters of the old regime. A contagion of violence could spill out across the country -- and in time, the entire region could be drawn into the conflict.
For America, this is a nightmare scenario. For the enemy, this is the objective. Chaos is the greatest ally -- their greatest ally in this struggle. And out of chaos in Iraq would emerge an emboldened enemy with new safe havens, new recruits, new resources, and an even greater determination to harm America. To allow this to happen would be to ignore the lessons of September the 11th and invite tragedy. Ladies and gentlemen, nothing is more important at this moment in our history than for America to succeed in the Middle East, to succeed in Iraq and to spare the American people from this danger. (Applause.)
This is where matters stand tonight, in the here and now. I have spoken with many of you in person. I respect you and the arguments you've made. We went into this largely united, in our assumptions and in our convictions. And whatever you voted for, you did not vote for failure. Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq, and I ask you to give it a chance to work. And I ask you to support our troops in the field, and those on their way. (Applause.)
The war on terror we fight today is a generational struggle that will continue long after you and I have turned our duties over to others. And that's why it's important to work together so our nation can see this great effort through. Both parties and both branches should work in close consultation. It's why I propose to establish a special advisory council on the war on terror, made up of leaders in Congress from both political parties. We will share ideas for how to position America to meet every challenge that confronts us. We'll show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of victory.
And one of the first steps we can take together is to add to the ranks of our military so that the American Armed Forces are ready for all the challenges ahead. (Applause.) Tonight I ask the Congress to authorize an increase in the size of our active Army and Marine Corps by 92,000 in the next five years.
(Applause.) A second task we can take on together is to design and establish a volunteer Civilian Reserve Corps. Such a corps would function much like our military reserve. It would ease the burden on the Armed Forces by allowing us to hire civilians with critical skills to serve on missions abroad when America needs them. It would give people across America who do not wear the uniform a chance to serve in the defining struggle of our time.
Americans can have confidence in the outcome of this struggle because we're not in this struggle alone. We have a diplomatic strategy that is rallying the world to join in the fight against extremism. In Iraq, multinational forces are operating under a mandate from the United Nations. We're working with Jordan and Saudi Arabia and Egypt and the Gulf States to increase support for Iraq's government.
The United Nations has imposed sanctions on Iran, and made it clear that the world will not allow the regime in Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons. (Applause.) With the other members of the Quartet -- the U.N., the European Union, and Russia -- we're pursuing diplomacy to help bring peace to the Holy Land, and pursuing the establishment of a democratic Palestinian state living side-by-side with Israel in peace and security. (Applause.) In Afghanistan, NATO has taken the lead in turning back the Taliban and al Qaeda offensive -- the first time the Alliance has deployed forces outside the North Atlantic area. Together with our partners in China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, we're pursuing intensive diplomacy to achieve a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons. (Applause.)
We will continue to speak out for the cause of freedom in places like Cuba, Belarus, and Burma -- and continue to awaken the conscience of the world to save the people of Darfur. (Applause.)
American foreign policy is more than a matter of war and diplomacy. Our work in the world is also based on a timeless truth: To whom much is given, much is required."
SPEECH SNIPPET: "See you next year. Thank you for your prayers."
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Hijacker arrested
24 January, 2007
GABORONE - A Cameroonian, Amos Oko, who was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after trying to hijack an Air Botswana plane, was being deported from Botswana.
Oko has been in prison in Botswana pending deportation. Sir Seretse Khama Airport Police Station Commander Supt King Tshebo said Oko tried to hijack Air Botswana flight BP 201 from Gaborone to Johannesburg late Monday afternoon.
We are still trying to contact the South African Police and the plane crew about what happened, he said.
Supt Tshebo said after police complete the investigations, they would ask their South Africa counterparts to hand him over.
The Acting Director of Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Mompoloki Kgolagano, confirmed that Oko was being deported to his home country, Cameroon after staying in Botswana for three years seeking political asylum.
Mr Kgolagano said since Oko is the one who voluntarily asked to be sent back home after his application for political asylum was turned down by the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees, they did consider him a threat.
He said it was not the first time an illegal immigrant was sent home without an escort. Prior to Okos deportation, he said, immigration officers communicated with their South African counterparts at Johannesburgs OR Tambo International Airport to aid his transfer to Cameroon.
Mr Kgolagano said Oko was not agitated before his departure, thus he said he was surprised when he heard that Oko had caused trouble on the way to South Africa.
Acting Director of the Department of Civil Aviation, Mr Sekgele Kolo, said metal and explosive detecting machines were working normally at the SSK Airport.
Oko is alleged to have said he had some devices which could cause havoc. On another development, Mr Kolo said plans were at an advanced stage to install surveillance cameras which would cover the whole airport. BOPA
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"Bomb Threat Delays Continental Connection Flight"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "HOUSTON (AFX) - A Continental Airlines Inc. commuter flight was delayed without incident for about an hour Monday after its scheduled landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport because of a bomb threat, authorities said.
The flight from Tyler, about 200 miles north of Houston, landed about 10:50 a.m. and was diverted to a taxiway, where local, state and federal authorities took about an hour to determine the plane and its passengers were safe, said Marlene McClinton, spokeswoman for the Houston Airport System."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap described the incident as a 'nonspecified bomb threat' that apparently started in Tyler."
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"Sudanese passenger plane hijacked by gunman"
24 Jan 2007 08:19:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KHARTOUM, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A Sudanese passenger plane has been hijacked in Khartoum by an unknown gunman who diverted the plane to the Chadian capital N'Djamena, an airline official said on Wednesday.
"There are 103 people on board," said Ahmed Salih, commercial manager of the Air West airline which operates the Boeing 737 plane.'
"It was hijacked at 09:00 a.m. (0600 GMT) and will arrive in N'Djamena at 11:00 a.m.," he said.
"So far there is one hijacker with an AK-47 machine gun," he said. He added there were no other demands made by the hijacker, whose identity is unknown."
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