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Posted on 01/02/2007 7:23:18 PM PST by nwctwx
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http://www.memri.org/iran.html
http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP143607
Special Dispatch Series - No. 1436
January 25, 2007 No.1436
"Waiting for the Mahdi: Official Iranian Eschatology Outlined in Public Broadcasting Program in Iran"
NOTE: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2798
Combined Operation Nets Insurgents, Weapons in Baghdad
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2007 – Several insurgents were captured and a weapons cache was found during a combined security operation that was kicked off today in the Haifa Street area of Baghdad, officials said.
Seven suspected insurgents have been detained and a weapons cache uncovered as Iraqi army, Iraqi national police and coalition forces continued a combined security operation on Haifa Street.
Operation Tomahawk Strike 11 is a series of targeted raids to disrupt illegal militia activity and help restore Iraqi security force control in the area, officials said. As the operation commenced early this morning, coalition and Iraqi forces were engaged by an enemy mortar team. A single mortar round was launched by coalition forces, and the insurgent mortar team dispersed.
At dawn, troops met enemy resistance, including hand-held grenades, small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades from high-rise buildings in the area. Direct, indirect and air support fire were used in support of troops in contact from high-rise buildings. Combined forces continue to clear objectives despite resistance from insurgent forces, officials said.
Operation Tomahawk 11 has resulted in the seizure of a weapons cache where numerous RPG rounds, anti-tank rounds and 155 mm artillery munitions were uncovered.
Soldiers with the 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, officers from the 5th Iraqi National Police Brigade and elements of the U.S. 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division initiated raids as part of Operation Tomahawk Strike 11 on Haifa Street to disrupt illegal militia activity and help restore Iraq security force control in the area.
The mission is not designed to solely target Sunni insurgents, but rather is aimed at rapidly isolating insurgents and gaining control of this key central Baghdad location, officials said. Reducing sectarian violence is vital in transferring security responsibilities to the Iraqi security forces and provides a safer living environment for Iraqi residents, officials added.
In other news, three suspected terrorists were captured today during a raid conducted north of Baghdad that targeted an individual with ties to a senior al Qaeda leader who has executed Iraqi civilians and conducted extortion operations against the Iraqi people.
During the raid, coalition forces used a small explosives charge to gain entrance into a known terrorist safe house. Once inside, coalition forces detained the targeted individual and two others.
Coalition forces provided immediate medical care to a 12-year old boy who was injured during the operation. Coalition forces evacuated the child to a local medical facility, but he died upon arrival. Coalition officials expressed regret over the child's death and said they strive to mitigate risks to civilians while in pursuit of terrorists.
Also, American soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, treated seriously wounded civilians after an improvised explosive device detonated mid-afternoon in a market in Khalis, Iraq, on Jan. 22. The explosion killed 12 citizens and injured 29 others.
A majority of the injured were taken to Khalis and Baqubah hospitals for treatment. However, 10 other seriously wounded people were transferred to Forward Operating Base Warhorse, where soldiers from 215th Brigade Support Battalion, a medical company from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, provided immediate trauma care to stabilize them. Six other injured civilians were further evacuated to Logistical Support Area Anaconda.
Enemy forces detonated the IED targeting Shiite citizens living in the area, according to a U.S. military official.
"These terrorists continue to target innocent people," Col. David W. Sutherland, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and senior U.S. Army officer in the Diyala province, said. "The local people are outraged at the actions of these terrorists, who are committed to preventing the establishment of a peaceful and prosperous province."
Terrorism has no place in any civilized society, Sutherland said, noting the local populace continues to support Iraqi security forces in the fight against terrorism.
"Only with the support of the people of Diyala, the Iraqi army and Iraqi police, will they be able to establish a secure environment for all Iraqis. Al Qaeda knows this, and continues to target the honorable people in the province," Sutherland said.
Iraqi police are investigating the incident.
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2804
U.S. Working With Countries in Horn of Africa to Go After al Qaeda
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2007 – The United States will track down al Qaeda operatives wherever they try to find safe haven, including in the Horn of Africa, a senior Defense Department official said today.
“We have, for some time, been concerned about al Qaeda operating in that region, and that’s why we’re working with countries throughout that (area of responsibility) to identify track, seek, capture and, if necessary, kill al Qaeda working, taking safe haven, operating in that region,” Bryan Whitman, deputy assistant defense secretary for media relations, told reporters today.
He did not, however, confirm media reports that the United States this week carried out an air strike on an al Qaeda target in Somalia, on Africa’s eastern coast.
“The nature of some of our operations are such that I just won’t be able to provide you much information (on every occasion),” he said.
A strike by a U.S. AC-130 gunship on Jan. 7 targeted a senior terrorist leader in Somalia. Officials have not yet released information on that mission’s success.
A senior defense official, speaking on background, stressed that some operations are better left unpublicized. “There are operations that we conduct that are of the nature that don’t lend themselves to public discourse,” the official said. “But I think we all understand that the success of some of these operations is predicated on our ability to conduct them in the ways in which we have to.”
The official noted that many military operations are never discussed in public. “The very nature of our special operations, for example, when we do special operations, are not something that lend themselves to being able to be discussed in a public kind of way, because their success is predicated on their ability to be carried out in a fashion that is not on the front page of every newspaper,” he said.
The official also stressed that operations in the Horn of Africa are conducted in cooperation with governments in the region. “We are working very closely with countries in the region because of the fact that there are known terrorists that are seeking to try to take harbor, to plan, and to conduct operations in that region,” he said.
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The Project for the Research of Islamist Movements (PRISM) Herzliya, ISRAEL
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THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH OF ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS (PRISM)
Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center
ISLAM IN AFRICA NEWSLETTER
Volume 2 (2007), Number 1 (January 2007)
By Moshe Terdman and Deborah Touboul
Director and editor: Reuven Paz
The Project for the Research of Islamist Movements is part of the Global Research in
International Affairs (GLORIA) Center. Site: www.e-prism.org. Email:
reupaz@netvision.net.il. All material copyright Reuven Paz unless otherwise stated.
Credit if quoting; ask permission to reprint. GLORIA is part of the Interdisciplinary
Center, Herzliya, ISRAEL
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US vs the Mahdi Militia( Video)"
military.com ^
Posted on 01/24/2007 2:07:49 PM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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January 24, 2007
Spain: Moroccan Muslim arrested for links to Islamic terrorism
When Abdellatif Nekkavi entered Spain, no doubt no one asked him a single question designed to determine his views on jihad and Islamic supremacism. Why not? "Man arrested for links to Islamic terrorism," from Expatica, with thanks to Sr. Soph:
BARCELONA — A Moroccan man was arrested on Wednesday for alleged links to an Islamic terrorist organisation.
Abdellatif Nekkavi alleged sent cash to help the 'yihad' in Iraq.
The operation, which is ongoing, has involved raids on a number of addresses in the Badalona area of Barcelona.
It is the latest arrest in an operation against alleged sympathisers who are sending money and false documenation to help the insurgency against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
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"China's Hu vows to "purify" Internet"
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Posted on 01/24/2007 2:27:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge
BEIJING (Reuters)
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Judge: Lawyer Leaked Padilla Transcripts
AP via SFGate ^ | 1/24/7 | CURT ANDERSON
Posted on 01/24/2007 3:04:04 PM PST by SmithL
A lawyer for suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla violated a court order by leaking his wiretapped phone conversations, a judge found Wednesday while not imposing a penalty.
Instead, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ordered all defense lawyers in the case to sign papers indicating they understood and would follow rules barring disclosure of certain evidence.
Cooke also said she might hold in contempt anyone who receives such prohibited material, and she specifically mentioned several reporters attending Wednesday's hearing.
"The lash is about to fall on all," Cooke said. "We're going to have a trial, as much as possible as we can, a trial on the evidence, and not on anything else."
The leaked transcripts documented seven telephone conversations on which Padilla's voice is heard that were intercepted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Defense lawyers have said that Padilla is never overheard discussing any violent acts and that many of the conversations involve family matters, casting doubt on the strength of the government's case.
The transcripts are not classified but were covered under Cooke's order barring disclosure.
Michael Caruso, one of three Miami-based public defenders on Padilla's defense team, acknowledged that one of them was responsible for providing the material to The New York Times, which published the story Jan. 4.
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HAMTRAMCK
"She'll keep veil in new hearing"
January 24, 2007
BY ZACHARY GORCHOW
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Ginnnah Muhammad, the Muslim who lost her small-claims case in Hamtramck's 31st District Court in October because she refused a judge's order to remove her veil while testifying, has been granted a new hearing."
http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/01/inside_the_mtts_in_a.php
"Inside the MTTs in Anbar
A look at the challenges facing a Military Transition Team in Iraq"
KHALIDIYA, IRAQ
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"Panama's Noriega to be Released from US Prison in September"
Voice of America ^ | January 24, 2007 | Lisa Ferdinando
Posted on 01/24/2007 3:54:18 PM PST by HAL9000
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6296789.stm
Last Updated: Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 22:25 GMT
"Police chief calls on communities"
Nasreen Suleaman
BBC News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The police are considering proposals to share intelligence and information with Muslims before launching anti-terror operations.
The plans, announced by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, are part of a wider vision to engage more with British Muslims whose support police need in fighting terrorism.
Community help was vital in combating terrorism, Sir Ian said.
At a conference on Islamophobia, Sir Ian told his largely Muslim audience that combating the threat of extremism and terrorism was something his officers could not do alone.
"It will not be the police and intelligence services that defeat terrorism, it will be communities," he said.
"The most single important component in the domestic defeat of terror in the next decade is the ability of the police to work with communities to do just that."
But how easy is that going to be?
A few months after the 7 July attacks, when four British Muslim men killed 52 people in a series of suicide bombings, a senior police officer told me that in the aftermath of the tragic attack the police could ask for whatever help they wanted and Muslims were quick to respond.
That willingness to assist, he said, had since been eroded.
His comments came before the shooting of a man during an anti-terror raid in east London.
That incident further fractured relations between the police and Muslims with the latter angry - not only with the shooting - but what they saw as heavy-handed police tactics.
Full-time officer
As a measure of their seriousness, the police have just appointed a full-time officer to lead their work on community engagement."
stepping back in time to 1955:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzFbxsKA6uA&mode=related&search=
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THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION:
"24"
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That was very interesting. I would have never thought we were that prepared back then. Thanks for posting.
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