[nw_arizona_granny]

I am not figuring this site out, but in the past have caught important posts on it for history, such as clinton history.

A speed read of this proves interesting:

http://pnews.org/news/index.php/AnimalConsciousness

Consciousness in Animals and People with Autism

Temple Grandin, PH.D. - October 1998
Department of Animal Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA

http://pnews.org/news/index.php/RecentChanges

I couldn’t make this one work for Cuba:

http://pnews.org/news/index.php/CategoryCuba

http://pnews.org/news/index.php/HomePage

Yes, this is a lefty site.

[Quix]

Thanks much.

[nw_arizona_granny]

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TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 04/05/2007

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National:

[San Francisco Chronicle] CALIFORNIA - Bomb found underneath Santa Cruz police car

“unidentified officer found the explosive device about 8 a.m. underneath the black-and-white Santa Cruz patrol car parked in the officer’s driveway”

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/31/BAGTTOVK1I25.DTL

[AP] OKLAHOMA - FBI Offers Reward In Bomb Scare

“FBI on Friday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who placed an explosive device outside a Jewish temple last week in Muskogee”

http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=123922

[News-Gazette] ILLINOIS - Russians arrested at Tilton DMV

“the incident remains under investigation by the secretary of state police and the FBI”

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2007/03/30/russians_arrested_at_tilton_dmv

[City news] CANADA - OPP investigate man portraying himself as police officer [At several hospitals]

“He’s been to seven ERs within 24 hours and the real cops have no idea what his motive may be or where he got his hands on what looks to be a real uniform”

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_9298.aspx

See also http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20070330/fake_officer_070330/20070330?hub=TorontoHome

http://www.680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20070330_171048_5068

[Ynet] IRAN - IDF intelligence: Iran, Hizbullah preparing for possible US strike

“Head of military intelligence says Iran, Syria and Hizbullah preparing for possible confrontation with US this summer”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3383787,00.html

[UPI] USA - Military intelligence pulled from NCTC ops center

“Three representatives of the Defense Intelligence Agency were withdrawn from the operations center last November”

http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20070329-060337-4271r

[AJC] GEORGIA - Suspicious chemicals found in Cobb

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.04.01.149227.html

[Evening Sun] PENNSYLVANIA - Pipe bomb found at area reservoir

http://www.eveningsun.com/localnews/ci_5575844

[Grand Rapids Press] MICHIGAN - Fire station evacuated after bomb scare

http://www.mlive.com/newslogs/grpress/index.ssf?/mtlogs/mlive_grandrapids/archives/2007_04.html#246856

[KVUE] TEXAS - Suspicious letter found at Austin IRS building

“after several IRS employees began experiencing respiratory problems after opening an envelope”

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/040207kvueIRSbuilding-cb.25b4a5f2.html

[St. Louis Post Dispatch] MISSOURI - Pipe bomb disarmed in Franklin County [Under bridge]

“Authorities in Franklin County today disarmed a pipe bomb found under a bridge on Highway O in Catawissa”

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/6CE7E7D4D6FFA4A8862572B1006D1788?OpenDocument

[Fayetteville Observer] NORTH CAROLINA - Report of suspicious man leads to store evacuation

“someone reported seeing a man run away from a van parked outside the store”

“caller said the man who ran from the van appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent”

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=258835

[AP] VIRGINIA - Students complain of irritant, hospitalized as precaution

“Some folks experienced some type of signs or symptoms associated with a possible irritant in the air”

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va-brf—sickstudents0403apr03,0,4315309.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

[KOB TV] NEW MEXICO - Emergency preparedness trailer stolen in Albuquerque

“The trailer contained training materials, including decontamination showers, personal protective equipment, training mannequins and a secure box of quarter-sized samples of plutonium, cesium and strontium”

http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=31440&cat=NMTOPSTORIES

[Michelle Malkin] USA - Whitewashing Jihad In The Schools

http://www.vdare.com/malkin/070403_jihad.htm

[CBC News ] CANADA - Crude bomb targets Montreal Jewish community centre

“Montreal police are investigating a small bomb that exploded in front of the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre on Tuesday night”

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/04/04/qc-benweider20070404.html

[WGAL] PENNSYLVANIA - School Evacuated; 21 People Hospitalized [Cause unknown]

“Officials said 21 people were hospitalized as a precaution. Of those, 19 were students. Those affected were treated for minor throat irritation, hyperventilating and anxiety”

http://www.wgal.com/news/11520194/detail.html

[WBZ] MASS - 2 Boys Hurt Making Bomb From YouTube Video

http://wbztv.com/local/local_story_094105254.html

[Reuters] VENEZUELA - British, German embassies evacuated in Venezuela

“The British and German embassies in Venezuela were evacuated Monday from the building housing them both in Caracas after a bomb threat to the British embassy”

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN02432957.html

[Daily Star] BANGLADESH - Countrywide security alert

“Security measures were stepped up and members of the law enforcement agencies have been asked to remain alert on suspicion of reprisal attacks from militant outfits”

“An official of Parbatipur Railway Junction said law enforcers have been frisking passengers and checking their luggage at the station as well as in the carriages to pre-empt any subversive acts”

http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/03/31/d7033101085.htm

[Kashmir Observer] INDIA - Grenade Attack on PDP Workers in Kishtwar

“At least four persons, including two police personnel, were injured when suspected militants lobbed a hand grenade near Police Station Kishtwar”

http://www.kashmirobserver.com/index.php?id=2163

[Los Angeles Times] IRAQ - Car bomb in Iraq kills five hospital visitors

“As people flocked Saturday to a hospital in a Shiite Muslim district of the capital to visit loved ones injured in recent attacks, a car bomb tore through the crowd of well-wishers, killing five people and wounding two dozen others”

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4678362.html

[Reuters ] IRAQ - Tal Afar bomb killed 152, deadliest of war

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=141232&version=1&template_id=42&parent_id=18

[Reuters] IRAN - Explosives rock British Embassy in Tehran

“Iranian protestors shout “Death to Britain”, hurl stones and home-made explosive devices at embassy; no one hurt “

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3383823,00.html

[Zee News] PAKISTAN - Militants pound Pak security forces with rockets

“Earlier on Wednesday, the police recovered a rocket after an intelligence tip-off that was set to be fired at the Turbat Airport in the province”

“The rocket was about to fire at the runway of the airport,” police said, adding that experts of the bomb disposal squad defused the rocket.”

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=363339&archisec=SAS&archisubsec=

[Sri Lanka Army] SRI LANKA - LTTE Suspect With Micro Pistol, Hand Grenade & Cyanide Arrested

http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=4891

[AP] AFGHANISTAN - Suicide car bomb kills 5 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

“A suicide car bomber blew himself up Sunday near an Afghan army convoy in eastern Afghanistan, killing five civilians and wounding six people, including five soldiers”

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/01/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Suicide-Blast.php

[RIA Novosti] RUSSIA - Two persons injured in roadside bomb explosion in North Caucasus

“Two persons have been injured after a self-made roadside bomb went off in Ingushetia in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region”

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070401/62906816.html

[The Peninsula] PAKISTAN / UZBEKISTAN - Pak tribesmen battle Uzbek Qaeda fighters

“Al Qaeda-linked militants and Pakistani tribesmen fired rockets, mortar shells and automatic weapons yesterday in a region where officials say up to 177 people have been killed since last week”

“Two children were killed overnight when a mortar bomb hit their home in Ghawakhawa, a village a few kilometres (miles) west of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan”

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World%5FNews&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub%2DContinent&month=April2007&file=World_News20070401114156.xml

[Cyprus Mail] CYPRUS - Explosives find

“A 45-Year-Old from Syria was arrested yesterday after he was found in possession of a bag full of explosives”

“The explosives, described by police as “powerful enough to blow up a whole block”, were found well hidden in the house of the 45-year old’s wife. Half the explosive material found was TNT. A number of fire crackers and other illegal material were found”

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=31631&cat_id=1

[Reuters] SOMALIA - Mogadishu under barrage of attacks

“Mortar bombs crashed into central Mogadishu yesterday and Uganda said it had lost its first peacekeeper there as battles pitting Ethiopian and Somali troops against Islamist insurgents raged for a fourth day”

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Somalia/10115327.html

[Xinhua] SPAIN - Spain police arrest two more Basque militants

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/02/content_5922769.htm

[Rediff] INDIA - Militants kill Congress leader

“Late on Saturday night, militants shot and killed a senior ruling Congress party leader in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district”

http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/01jk.htm

[AFP] THAILAND - Four Buddhists shot dead in southern Thailand

“Suspected Islamic rebels shot dead four Buddhists while three others were injured in separate attacks in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south”

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/267688/1/.html

[AFP] AMSTERDAM - Explosion vor Gerichtsgebäude in Amsterdam kurz vor Prozessbeginn [Several explosions near Amsterdam courts]

http://de.news.yahoo.com/02042007/286/kurzberichte-explosion-gerichtsgeb-ude-amsterdam-kurz-prozessbeginn.html

[Asiantribune.com] FRANCE - LTTE establishments in Paris raided: 17 LTTE members including Parithy - Head of LTTE in France, arrested

http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/5176

[Focus] SOMALIA - Car Bomb explodes in front of hotel in Mogadishu

“There are casualties, but their exact number was not announced. Official government representatives were accommodated in the hotel”

http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n109245

[Washington Post] IRAN - Former FBI Agent on Private Business in Iran Missing

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040200653.html?nav=rss_world

[Reuters] IRAQ - Truck bomb in Iraq’s Kirkuk kills 12

“A suicide truck bomb killed 12 people and wounded around 150 others in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday in the latest attack by insurgents using explosives-laden trucks”

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-04-02T152548Z_01_PAR340730_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAQ-COL.XML&archived=False

[Daily Star] BANGLADESH - 9 more JMB militants held

http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/04/03/d70403013120.htm

[Xinhua] THAILAND - Bomb attack maims policewoman in Thai South

“A timing bomb planted under a policewoman’s car by Thai southern insurgents exploded before a police school in Thai southern province of Yala on Tuesday morning”

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/03/content_5929088.htm

[AP] SERBIA - Trouble brewing as radicals rise up in Serbia’s Muslim-populated south

“The discovery of a mountain cave packed with plastic explosives, masks and machine guns – and the recent arrests of men devoted to radical Islam – have fueled fears that extremists are trying to carve out a stronghold in this remote corner of Europe”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070403-1020-serbia-riseoftheradicals.html

[Dawn] PAKISTAN - Another music shop blown up in Kohat

http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/03/nat22.htm

[AP] AFGHANISTAN - 13 Taliban militants, 1 police killed in violence in southern Afghanistan

“and U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 10 militants and captured two others during a search Tuesday of a suspected Taliban compound in volatile southern Afghanistan”

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/03/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php

[AP] THAILAND - 5 killed by suspected Muslim militants in southern Thailand

“Three policemen died in a gunbattle with suspected Muslim militants in southern Thailand on Tuesday “

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/03/asia/AS-GEN-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php

[Radio Australia] INDONESIA - Suspected JI militants arrested in Indonesia

“A group of suspected Muslim militants linked to Jemaah Islamiah have been arrested in a joint operation between Australian and Indonesian Police.

One of the eight suspects arrested is believed to have been involved with the bombing of the Australian Embassy.

The Australian Federal Police say the group had access to improvised bombs, explosives and high-powered weapons”

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1888998.htm

[KUNA] PAKISTAN - Pakistani tribesmen kill six foreign militants near Afghan border

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1721301&Language=en

[AP] PHILIPPINES - Rebels Attack Philippine Mining Company

“In an early morning raid on Filminera Resources Corp. in Masbate province’s Aroroy town, 220 miles southeast of Manila, about 60 New People’s Army rebels disarmed guards and razed five buildings and heavy equipment. They left improvised land mines and grenades as they retreated”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17931449/for/cnbc/

[Channel4.com] UNITED KINGDOM / IRAN - Blair: next 48 hours ‘critical’

“Tony Blair says the next 48 hours are fairly critical as the Foreign Secretary warns there wouldn’t be a swift resolution to securing the release of 15 British sailors seized by Iran”

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/blair+next+48+hours+critical/390247

[AP] INDIA - Suspected rebels explode grenade in India’s remote northeast, wounding 12

“A suspected rebel exploded a grenade in a crowded market in India’s troubled northeast on Tuesday, wounding 12 people

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/03/asia/AS-GEN-India-Rebel-Bombing.php

[KUNA] IRAQ - Iraqi civilian, policeman killed, Qaeda leaders captured

“At least one Iraqi policeman and a civilian were killed in two separate incidents in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, whereas police arrested two Qaeda leaders in Tal Afar western Al-Mosul and arrested four others”

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1721219&Language=en

[Vcrisis.com] VENEZUELA - 31 US citizens arrested in Venezuela

‘31 American citizens are kept incommunicado awaiting presidential orders, reported the source. It is believed that charges of spying or to be part of the CIA will be levied against them”

http://vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200704031210

[Xinhua] COLOMBIA - Two police officers killed in Colombia bomb attack

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5931971.htm

[New York Times] ISRAEL - Israel Kills Palestinian Who Was Planting a Bomb

“Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man today who was attempting to plant explosives in the northern Gaza Strip”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/world/middleeast/04cnd-gaza.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Kyodo News] THAILAND - Bomb attack on mosque in Thailand injures 14

“At least 14 people were injured after unidentified assailants threw a small bomb into a mosque in Thailand’s southern province of Yala on Thursday morning”

http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/402915

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[Keep in mind that the added opinion, is that of a Chechen, who wants to be free of Russia.........as do many of the natice Chechens.............
granny]

AP: Kremlin installs “Chechen president”

Kremlin installs Chechen president

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

By MUSA SADULAYEV — Associated Press Writer

GUDERMES, Russia (AP) The widely feared strongman Ramzan Kadyrov was
inaugurated Thursday as the new president of Chechnya on a blessing
from
the Kremlin, which has relied on him to stabilize the region after more
than a decade of separatist fighting.

Human rights groups allege that security forces under Kadyrov’s control
abduct and torture civilians suspected of ties to Chechnya’s separatist
rebels. Some suggest he was tied to last year’s murder of Anna
Politkovskaya, a journalist who had reported extensively on Chechnya’s
wars and sufferings. Kadyrov has denied involvement.

Kadyrov, however, is credited with a reconstruction boom that he
administered as the region’s prime minister, under which the capital,
Grozny, is being transformed from a moonscape of rubble and shattered
buildings. (*)

“My main goal is to make Chechnya prosperous and peaceful,” Kadyrov
said
at the inauguration ceremony.

Kadyrov, 30, is the son of Chechnya’s first pro-Moscow president,
Akhmad
Kadyrov, who was assassinated in 2004. The elder Kadyrov became
president in 2003 in a Kremlin-conducted vote aimed at undermining
rebels by creating the image of Chechens being allowed a high degree of
self-determination. (**)

Kadyrov became acting president in February when Russia’s President
Vladimir Putin dismissed his predecessor Alu Alkhanov. The regional
parliament quickly sealed the nomination with a near-unanimous vote.
Alkhanov was elected, but changes in Russian law called for all
regional
leaders to be appointed.

The reconstruction program has been at the heart of a Kremlin strategy
to crush rebels, but critics say the alleged abuses by Kadyrov’s
paramilitary forces and by Russian and Chechen police and soldiers
severely undermine attempts to bring order to Chechnya.

Analysts say Putin has entrusted Kadyrov with power in part because he
is seen as the only person who can keep large numbers of former rebels
under control. Many former rebels now serve in the police and security
forces.

But his growing clout is also seen as a risk for the Kremlin,
particularly after Putin steps down at the end of his second term next
year, because some see his loyalty to Russia as being closely tied to
his relationship with Putin.

Two wars over the past dozen years between Russian forces and
separatist
rebels who increasingly voiced militant Islamic ideology left much of
the republic in ruins and its people gripped by fear and resentment.
Major offensives died down early this decade, but small clashes
continue
and rebels attack Russian forces with booby-traps and remote-detonated
explosives.

---

* They have reconstructed one Grozny neighbourhood where the quisling
nomenklatura lives in a heavily guarded zoo (for the short periods when
they aren’t under guard in their Moscow apartments), constructed some
street facades in front of the ruins and erected a huge statue of
Kadyrov Sr. Since the Russian propaganda is hammering the word
“reconstruction” at machine-gun speed and has given a couple of Western
journalists the usual KGB sightseeing tour, the “reconstruction” of
Chechnya is now an established fact. In the virtual world of the
mainstream media, that is.
** That was no “Kremlin-conducted vote”. It was no vote at all. It was
the imitation of a vote, since less than 10% of the voters
participated,
and the “candidate” “won” with Soviet-style voter numbers anyway.
Actually, the Russian occupation power doesn’t have the right to hold
“elections” and “referenda” or to install its own administration in the
occupied territory. The Geneva Conventions prohibit that. Everything
the
Russian fascists have installed in Chechnya is null and void. N

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chechnya-sl/

[nw_arizona_granny]

kdwn.com on the radio news for Las Vegas.

The Ferris Wheel stopped in the middle of a go round, with people at the top of it.

The Fire Department is now there with a ladder truck and is still removing people.

It may be at the Sahara Casino, he is slurring the name, or my ears are.

[nw_arizona_granny]

05 April 2007
Hostage crisis invites repetition

Though 15 British sailors have been freed by Iran, with tensions high and no clear path in sight to end the nuclear crisis, the dangers of a repetition of the hostage crisis are very real.

Commentary by Dominic Moran in Tel Aviv for ISN Security Watch (05/04/07)

Fifteen British sailors and marines held captive in Iran since 23 March arrived at London’s Heathrow airport on Thursday, bringing a surprise end to a crisis that has drawn media attention away from the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

In a televised press conference announcing the release, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented medals to senior officers in the Revolutionary Guard Navy, “who courageously defended and captured those who violated their territorial waters.”

“We are sorry that British troops remain in Iraq and their sailors are being arrested in Iran,” he said, adding that the release was a unilateral gesture made to mark the birthday of Islam’s prophet Mohammad, and Easter.

The British sailors were filmed thanking Ahmadinejad for their release and reiterating their earlier apologies for entering Iranian waters.

The arrest of the British service personnel drew media attention from major developments on the Iranian nuclear program, including the opening of a new section of the Bushehr nuclear reactor this week; a developing Russo-Iranian crisis over payment scheduling for the plant; and the expansion of international sanctions.

Iran also has announced that it would be limiting cooperation with inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Through the crisis, Iran also succeeded in highlighting its opposition to the continued international naval presence in Gulf waters and the disputed Shaat al-Arab waterway, which Iran sees a primary strategic threat to future oil exports.

The arrests also appeared to play a role in ongoing domestic political wrangling.

Rumors of high-level discontent over Ahmadinejad’s hard-line foreign policy positions appeared to be confirmed by recent criticism in Iranian newspapers known to be close to the president’s purported rivals, and the poor showing of hard-line presidential allies in December’s local government elections.

Zvi Barel, an analyst for the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, postulates that Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani, and Hashemi Rafsanjani - defeated by Ahmadinejad in the June 2005 presidential race - both fear the rising power of Revolutionary Guards leader Rahim Safavi, who he said ordered the arrest of the British sailors.

Ultimately it is difficult to unravel the complicated domestic considerations informing the decision to arrest the British sailors, though it is clear that the crisis was a major coup for hardliners who forced the UK to reverse its rhetorical and diplomatic escalation of 28-29 March.

In an interesting twist, Syrian officials sought to claim responsibility for the sailor’s release on Wednesday.

In comments carried by the Associated Press, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said that “Syria exercised a sort of quiet diplomacy to solve this problem and encourage dialogue” between Britain and Iran.

Syria is currently seeking to rebuild diplomatic ties with the US and Europe severed over allegations of high-level Syrian complicity in the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri in February 2005.

It is unlikely that Iran supports Syrian efforts at rapprochement with the West, which could adversely affect its own fast growing bilateral ties with the Baathist state.

However, the Islamic Republic is interested in protecting its primary Lebanese ally, Hizbollah, from the potential political backlash of implication, by extension, in the al-Hariri murder and a series of assassinations targeting anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians and journalists.

Lebanese approval for the establishment of a UN tribunal to try those held responsible for the killings has been held up by the opposition of Syria’s Lebanese allies, parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri and President Emile Lahoud.

The decision to release the sailor’s came on the same day that 70 lawmakers from Lebanon’s anti-Syrian March 14 coalition sent a letter imploring UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to “take alternative measures according to the UN Charter to establish the tribunal.”

The arrest of the British sailors is a salient reminder of the vulnerability of international forces patrolling the Iran-Iraq land and sea border.

With both Iran and the US holding large-scale naval exercises during the course of the crisis, the dangers of a military escalation were very real.

Such an outbreak would have seriously undermined Iranian moderates and ended EU and UN efforts to force Iran to enter meaningful discussions on its nuclear program.

Recent speculation in the Russian media concerning purported US plans to attack Iranian atomic facilities this Friday may have played some role in the playing out of the hostage crisis.

However, the primary instigating factor for the arrests was undoubtedly the UN Security Council’s 24 March expansion of sanctions on Iran.

With tensions high and no clear path in sight to end the nuclear crisis, the dangers of a repetition of the hostage crisis are very real.

Dr Dominic Moran is ISN Security Watch’s senior correspondent in the Middle East

The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author only, not the International Relations and Security Network (ISN).

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05 April 2007
Kirchner’s perfect timing

The anniversary of the Falklands War gives Argentine President Nestor Kirchner an opportunity to stoke popular support ahead of elections, but it’s unlikely he will have such perfect timing again.

Commentary by Sam Logan for ISN Security Watch (05/04/07)

Leading up to the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War between the UK and Argentina, President Nestor Kirchner has stoked nationalist sentiments by canceling an agreement with Britain to explore for oil and gas in the South Atlantic Islands. Kirchner followed up this move by proclaiming that the islands would always be Argentine.

It is more a well-timed effort to maintain high levels of popularity ahead of October presidential elections than any real geopolitical maneuver to install Argentine sovereignty over the islands.

This populist tactic aims to redirect national and media attention away from growing unease with inflation and wages, two specters from Argentina’s past that Kirchner would prefer to deal with after he has been re-elected.

Since the end of the 74-day conflict in 1984, during which Argentina lost 1,000 troops, the UK has given citizenship to the islands’ inhabitants, known as “kelpers,” and has installed a significant military presence on the Falklands.

But Argentina does not recognize the Falklands as UK territory, preferring to call the South Atlantic islands the “Malvinas.” Kirchner, understanding the nationalist sentiment stirred by taking issue with the UK’s control of the islands, has maintained constant diplomatic pressure on London since his inauguration.

During his inaugural speech in May 2003, Kirchner proclaimed he was a “presidente malvino,” meaning his would push to bring the Falkland Islands back under Argentine control.

By December 2003, the issue captured Argentine national attention when Kirchner demanded an apology from London for using naval vessels armed with nuclear warheads during the Falklands War. Some weeks later, a Russian official proclaimed support for Argentina’s claim to the Falklands while on a diplomatic trip in Buenos Aires.

During a 15 June 2006 speech to the UN decolonization committee, Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said the UK should return to sovereignty talks with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.

Such statements and posturing are designed to boost popular support for Kirchner but mean little in terms of Argentina’s actual intentions to exercise sovereignty over the Falklands.

Kirchner’s government has employed some annoying tactics, however. Flights from Chile to the Falklands that fly through Argentine airspace have been limited to one a week, a limitation that is more annoying to the Chileans that work in the South Atlantic islands than the islanders themselves, or the British.

Many in Chile believe that Chilean shipping and air traffic between their country and the Falklands is closely monitored by Argentine intelligence. It is unclear why.

Kirchner has reportedly urged Argentine fishermen to focus their efforts on the boundary waters Argentina shares with the Falklands, a practice leaders there claim depletes the stock for commercial fishing vessels from Russia, Korea and Spain. These boats pay licensing fees that make up two-thirds of Falklands government revenue, according a 1 April article in the New York Times.

In May 2005, London boosted its military presence on the Falklands by 5,000 troops in a response to alleged Argentine night flight operations into no-fly security zones around the Falklands.

But Argentina’s military remains weakened and under pressure from the Kirchner government to come to terms with those Argentines “disappeared” during the country’s Dirty War in the late 1970s and early 1980s. For now, Kirchner’s overtures remain limited to diplomatic pressure and taking advantage of memorable dates, such as the Falklands anniversary, to stir national sentiment.

The Argentine economy has grown by some 8 percent during the past three years. Yet more and more Argentines are feeling the creeping pressure inflation has had on prices, especially those who live on wages.

Labor strikes in Buenos Aires to demand higher wages have been a constant thorn in Kirchner’s side since his inauguration. On 27 March, the government office of Statistics and Census announced it would organize a 24-hour strike in April. The Argentine fuel-trade union arranged a 48-hour strike at gas stations on 28 March to protest price-fixing. On the same day, farm trade organizations threatened to organize protests against the government price “suggestions.”

Rather than rein in spending to control inflation, Kirchner’s administration has chosen to bully certain sectors into controlling prices at the retail level, squeezing earnings for producers. These tactics work in the short-term, but over time do very little to combat inflation.

Even with his postulating over the Falklands, Kirchner decided not to attend a commemoration ceremony on 2 April, the day of the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War. The president was scheduled to deliver a rousing nationalist speech claiming the “Malvinas” as Argentine sovereign territory. His decision not to attend and to instead send his vice president perhaps signaled Kirchner’s unwillingness to push Britain too far. But the speech itself was enough to deliver his message to Argentina.

“The Malvinas are and always will be Argentine,” Vice President Daniel Scioli said during the ceremony, also attended by the defense minister, the interior minister and the foreign minister.

Six months ahead of the presidential elections, it would appear as if Kirchner has an excellent chance of winning a second mandate. Yet it remains unclear if his troubles with inflation will be taken under control before October, given the recent rise in civil unrest.

The passing of a significant date in Argentine history together with London’s preoccupation with matters in the Middle East created an ideal opportunity to maximize on popular support with limited international repercussion. Such perfect timing, however, is unlikely to happen again.

Sam Logan is a Senior Political and Security Analyst at Riskline who has reported on security, energy, politics, economics, organized crime, terrorism and black markets in Latin America since 1999.

The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author only, not the International Relations and Security Network (ISN).

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Deaths at LA Veterans Facility Probed
Apr 4 02:36 PM US/Eastern

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal and local officials are investigating the recent deaths of five men who were being cared for in residential rehabilitation programs or emergency housing by the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.

The men, who died between November and February, had substance abuse problems as well as other medical issues, said Dr. Dean Norman, chief of staff for the Greater Los Angeles VA system. All but one were believed to have died of drug overdoses, and in one case the drugs apparently involved had been prescribed by VA staff.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the hospital itself and the Los Angeles County coroner’s office are reviewing the deaths, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.

The hospital already has stepped up security and included more random urine tests, increased staffing on weekend nights and room checks for drugs.

Three of those who died, including one believed to have overdosed on heroin, were among about 200 veterans living at the hospital’s residential treatment facility.

The other two, both believed to have overdosed on illegal drugs, died at the Haven, an emergency housing program run by the Salvation Army. A VA program takes homeless veterans to such shelters as a step toward getting them into recovery programs, Norman said.

One of the five served in Iraq: Marine Corps veteran Justin Bailey, 27, who checked himself into the VA hospital after Thanksgiving because of his addiction to prescription and street drugs.

Bailey, who had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and a groin injury, was found dead in his room Jan. 26, a day after he got prescriptions filled for methadone and other drugs. Despite his drug history, he had been allowed to administer the drugs himself.

“My son had made a decision to get help, and they didn’t help him. They gave him the bullet,” Gulf War veteran Tony Bailey, 47, of Las Vegas told the Times.

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Suicide Bomber Slaughters Eight Iraqi Schoolgirls and a Baby (back)

April 4, 2007

Suicide bomber slaughters eight Iraqi schoolgirls and a baby Another glorious victory for the courageous mujahedin in Iraq . Doubtless the girls and the baby were Zionist Crusaders. ‘Suicide bomber slaughters nine Iraqi schoolgirls,’ from the Daily Star, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:

A truck bomber carrying food supplies killed eight Iraqi schoolgirls and a baby in the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Monday as suspected militants executed 21 Shiite workers north of Baghdad . Politically, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq ‘s most senior Shiite cleric, opposes a new draft law that would allow thousands of former Baath Party members to return to public life, one of his aides said on Monday. Monday’s bomber blew up his truck full of flour and explosives near a primary school for girls and a police station in a Kurdish area of Kirkuk , killing 12 people, including the nine children, a hospital doctor said.

Another 178 people were wounded in the blast, which took the facade off the police station and smashed through cement blocks while US troops were visiting, district police commander Major General Torhan Youssef Abdel-Rahman said.

Source: http://jihadwatch.org/

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Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty (back)

April 4, 2007

A former Navy sailor pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he supported terrorism by disclosing secret information about the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them.

Hassan Abujihaad, 31, of Phoenix , was arraigned in U.S. District Court in New Haven . He has been held without bail since his arrest last month in Phoenix .

His attorney, Dan LaBelle, filed a motion Tuesday asking that Abujihaad be released from prison based on conditions determined at a hearing. LaBelle has said his client has a job and two small children.

A hearing is scheduled April 11 on LaBelle’s request.

Abujihaad, who worked in a UPS warehouse in Phoenix , is accused in a case that began in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the country and into Europe and the Middle East .

Investigators say he provided secrets, in the form of classified documents, to a suspected terrorism financier.

Abujihaad was charged with providing material support to terrorists with intent to kill U.S. citizens and disclosing classified information relating to the national defense.

The Internet service provider where the investigation started was based in Connecticut .

Abujihaad is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad, a British computer specialist arrested in 2004 and accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. Ahmad is to be extradited to the U.S.

Prosecutors said Wednesday that Ahmad might be extradited in a matter of months, and that the defendants might be tried together if the timing makes that possible.

During a search of Ahmad’s computers, investigators discovered files containing classified information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and discussing their susceptibility to attack, officials said.

Abujihaad exchanged e-mails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, in 2000 and 2001, according to an FBI affidavit. In those e-mails, Abujihaad discussed naval briefings and praised Osama bin Laden and those who attacked the USS Cole in 2000, according to the affidavit.

Abujihaad, who received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 2002, faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors said Wednesday the case involves a massive amount of data from various locations including search warrants, subpoenas for records, hard drives, computer discs seized from the United Kingdom and the results of searches of e-mail servers.

Source: http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-abujihaad 0404,0,5663684.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

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‘Sleeper Cell’ Agent Trial Under Way (back)April 3, 2007

CHICAGO - The trial of an alleged ‘sleeper agent’ for Saddam Hussein’s intelligence service began Tuesday with a federal prosecutor accusing him of spying on Iraqi dissidents in the United States.

Sami Latchin, a 59-year-old Iraqi-born U.S. citizen, is accused of spying on U.S.-based critics of the deposed Iraqi dictator, who was hanged Dec. 30.

‘There is a spy in this room,’ Assistant U.S. Attorney James M. Conway told jurors in the courtroom of U.S. District.

Latchin is not accused of espionage _ an offense that involves obtaining U.S. military secrets. Prosecutors say his spying was aimed only at Iraqi civilians in the United States .

The former airline employee was arrested in August 2004, when prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging him with making false statements to immigration authorities on a U.S. citizenship application.

Authorities claim he failed to disclose that he had been a member of the Baath Party and had served in Iraq ‘s intelligence service. If convicted on all counts, Latchin could face a maximum of 25 years in prison.

Three former Iraqi intelligence officers are expected to testify against him. Defense attorney Mary Higgins Judge called them ‘professional, career, trained liars.’

‘By definition their job involves trickery, deceit and pretending,’ she said. ‘It is what they have done all their lives.’

Two of the three former Iraqi intelligence officers are planning to testify under pseudonyms _ ‘Mr. Khalil and Mr. Ali’ _ and in disguise out of concern about reprisals.

The third, Muhammad Al-Dani, used his real name during testimony later Tuesday but appeared in disguise. He wore thick glasses, a mustache and a mop of black hair that looked suspiciously like a toupee.

Al-Dani testified that he was once the Washington station chief of the intelligence service.

Conway led Al-Dani through a series of letters in which an Athens-based Iraqi agent named Sami Khoshaba recruited ‘collaborators’ who would go from there to the United States and Canada and become informants.

Prosecutors claim that after his stint in Greece , Latchin moved to the United States , where he continued his work as an intelligence operative.

Khoshaba is Latchin’s middle name and he once lived in Athens . Prosecutors say he is the person named in the letters. Defense attorneys admit the name similarity without agreeing to the rest of the allegation.

Latchin’s attorney said Al-Dani had been paid ‘close to a million dollars’ as a government witness and suggested he had to come up with testimony to justify the money. She called it his ‘million-dollar story.’ Conway said the amount was closer to $700,000 or $800,000.

Al-Dani testified that he was not required by his deal with the government when he defected from Iraq to testify at a criminal trial.

Source: http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat= DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/04/03/627352.html

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Ex-FBI Still Missing in Iran (back)

April 3, 2007

The State Department and the FBI seem to be spinning the story of Bob Levinson’s disappearance in Iran .

A story by Robin Wright in today’s Washington Post characterizes Levinson’s background this way:

The ex-agent, whose name is not being disclosed by the State Department for privacy reasons, had a long career in investigating organized crime in the United States . A middle-aged man who retired from the FBI more than a decade ago, the American worked in private investigations for corporate clients, according to FBI spokesman John Miller. As an FBI agent, he was not assigned to terrorism or Middle East issues, officials said.

Here’s a press release about him that appeared in 2006 on the website of SafirRosetti LLC:

Seasoned Investigator Robert Levinson to Head New Office

Robert A. Levinson, formerly the CEO of his own investigative firm, will head the division, which is located at 4530 Conference Way South , Boca Raton . The new office will significantly enhance SafirRosetti’s accessibility to industries in Latin America and enable the firm, with a strong presence already in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to help companies secure their facilities, fight counterfeiting, conduct due diligence and other investigations on a global scale.

Mr. Safir said, ‘The addition of Bob Levinson to our team gives us the ability to build a successful Latin American operation able to reach new markets, offering the skill and experience of an extremely seasoned professional.’

Mr. Levinson said, ‘I am proud to join the SafirRosetti team and be part of what is becoming the most important sector of modern business - physical and intellectual security and protection.’

Prior to joining SafirRosetti, Mr. Levinson was both the principal of R.A. Levinson & Associates, an investigative security firm, and also the Managing Director in charge of the Miami Office of Decision Strategies. In each of these capacities, Mr. Levinson directed worldwide investigations involving litigation support, the collection of business intelligence, due-diligence, product piracy, and threats to legitimate businesses.

Mr. Levinson was employed by the U.S. Department of Justice for 28 years, serving for six years as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in its New York and Denver field offices and also at DEA Headquarters. Subsequently, Mr. Levinson transferred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and served that agency as a Special Agent in Los Angeles , New York and Miami .

While with the government, Mr. Levinson specialized in the investigation of international organized crime, international fraud, and money laundering activities. He served as a representative of the U.S. on a number of international organized crime task forces attacking such problems as the Colombian drug cartels and the criminal groups operating in the former Soviet Union .

During his government service, Mr. Levinson taught as a guest lecturer at the FBI Academy in Quantico , Virginia , the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Academy in Ottawa , Canada , the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington , Virginia and the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Budapest , Hungary .

Here’s another bio of Levinson from the website of Business Integrity International LLC, for whom he seems to have been working at the time of his disappearance:

Bob Levinson is a twenty-eight year veteran of both the DEA & FBI. He offers extensive international experience and has focused on criminal activities, business intelligence projects, asset location and recoveries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Russia and Europe . He has represented the USA while serving on international Task Forces dealing with organized criminal and money laundering activities in Europe , Russia/Eastern Block countries.

Previously he was the Managing Director for an international investigative firm and was responsible for consulting and directing investigations in the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Russia and the former Soviet republics. Bob is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of CCNY, and a member of numerous organizations. Bob is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Russian.

Levinson also has his own private security business, R. A. Levinson & Associates. (His email account at BII still seems to be functioning, however.) Levinson’s emphasis in recent years has been money laundering cases, especially ones connected to Russia . (He was a witness in the trial of Russian mob boss Sergei Mikhailov.)

Here are some Levinson quotes from a 2003 article published on moneylaundering.com:

As of late 2003, Western law enforcement and security/intelligence agencies have been directed by their governments to afford the highest priority to counter-terrorism matters,” says Robert Levinson, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent with extensive experience combating Russian organized crime. “This has left a large gap in the detection of traditional money laundering organizations which service organized crime groups, drug trafficking networks, arms dealers and other international criminals, particularly from the former Soviet Union, ‘

Levinson, now with the investigative firm SafirRosetti, warns, “It has now become incumbent on financial institutions, multinationals, and other business organizations dealing on an international scale to insure that an adequate defense is mounted against those criminal groups seeking to exploit the fact that law enforcement is focused elsewhere. Russian organized crime and corrupt financial operatives are continuing efforts, begun in the 1990s, to penetrate Western business. The Bank of New York scandal was, for all intents and purposes, just a beginning.”

Levinson is extensively quoted as a source (p. 274: ‘the ex-FBI agent based in Miami who specialized in the Russian mafia’) in Robert Friedman’s 2000 book, Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America.

He was also interviewed extensively for the PBS Frontline documentary, Mafia Power Play: An investigation into the connections between Russian NHL players and Russian organized crime.

The production was directed by Neil Docherty of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, who has done a number of other Frontline documentaries for PBS, including Canada: The Cell Next Door (2007) Al Qaeda’s New Front (2005) and, interestingly, Terror and Teheran (2002).

According to the Washington Post article:

The State Department said the missing man was going to meet someone to set up an interview or interviews for a project involving a book and a documentary by an independent producer and author believed to be from Canada , U.S. officials said.

Anyone want to wager that the ‘independent producer and author’ was Neil Docherty?

And does anyone still believe Levinson’s disappearance had nothing to do with Iran’s ties to terrorism and international money laundering—or that it’s just a another missing person case?

Source: http://writingcompany.blogs.com/this_isnt_writing_its_typ/ 2007/04/mo re_on_robert_.html

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A Former Islamic Terrorist Criticizes Western Progressives (back)

April 4, 2007

Tawfik Hamid, a onetime member of Jemaah Islamiya, an Islamist terrorist group, is now a medical doctor and Muslim reformer living in the West. In today’s OpinionJournal he writes that “the non-Muslim priests of enlightenment in the West have come, actively and passively, to the Islamists’ defense”:

These “progressives” frequently cite the need to examine “root causes.” In this they are correct: Terrorism is only the manifestation of a disease and not the disease itself. But the root-causes are quite different from what they think. As a former member of Jemaah Islamiya, a group led by al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, I know firsthand that the inhumane teaching in Islamist ideology can transform a young, benevolent mind into that of a terrorist . . . While there are many ideological “rootlets” of Islamism, the main tap root has a name–Salafism, or Salafi Islam, a violent, ultra-conservative version of the religion.

The grave predicament we face in the Islamic world is the virtual lack of approved, theologically rigorous interpretations of Islam that clearly challenge the abusive aspects of Shariah. Unlike Salafism, more liberal branches of Islam, such as Sufism, typically do not provide the essential theological base to nullify the cruel proclamations of their Salafist counterparts . . . . it is ironic and discouraging that many non-Muslim, Western intellectuals–who unceasingly claim to support human rights–have become obstacles to reforming Islam. Political correctness among Westerners obstructs unambiguous criticism of Shariah’s inhumanity. They find socioeconomic or political excuses for Islamist terrorism such as poverty, colonialism, discrimination or the existence of Israel . What incentive is there for Muslims to demand reform when Western “progressives” pave the way for Islamist barbarity? Indeed, if the problem is not one of religious beliefs, it leaves one to wonder why Christians who live among Muslims under identical circumstances refrain from contributing to wide-scale, systematic campaigns of terror [emphasis added].

The tendency of many Westerners to restrict themselves to self-criticism further obstructs reformation in Islam. Americans demonstrate against the war in Iraq , yet decline to demonstrate against the terrorists who kidnap innocent people and behead them. Similarly, after the Madrid train bombings, millions of Spanish citizens demonstrated against their separatist organization, ETA. But once the demonstrators realized that Muslims were behind the terror attacks they suspended the demonstrations. This example sent a message to radical Islamists to continue their violent methods.

Western appeasement of their Muslim communities has exacerbated the problem. During the four-month period after the publication of the Muhammad cartoons in a Danish magazine, there were comparatively few violent demonstrations by Muslims. Within a few days of the Danish magazine’s formal apology, riots erupted throughout the world. The apology had been perceived by Islamists as weakness and concession.

Worst of all, perhaps, is the anti-Americanism among many Westerners. It is a resentment so strong, so deep-seated, so rooted in personal identity, that it has led many, consciously or unconsciously, to morally support America ’s enemies.

Progressives need to realize that radical Islam is based on an antiliberal system. They need to awaken to the inhumane policies and practices of Islamists around the world. They need to realize that Islamism spells the death of liberal values. And they must not take for granted the respect for human rights and dignity that we experience in America , and indeed, the West, today.

Well-meaning interfaith dialogues with Muslims have largely been fruitless. Participants must demand–but so far haven’t–that Muslim organizations and scholars specifically and unambiguously denounce violent Salafi components in their mosques and in the media. Muslims who do not vocally oppose brutal Shariah decrees should not be considered “moderates.”

All of this makes the efforts of Muslim reformers more difficult. When Westerners make politically-correct excuses for Islamism, it actually endangers the lives of reformers and in many cases has the effect of suppressing their voices.

Tolerance does not mean toleration of atrocities under the umbrella of relativism. It is time for all of us in the free world to face the reality of Salafi Islam or the reality of radical Islam will continue to face us.

Source: http://themoderatevoice.com:80/ religion/islam/11957/a-former-islamic- terrorist-criticizes-western-progressives/

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Muslim Reformer on Radical Salafism (back)

April 3, 2007

Not many years ago the brilliant Orientalist, Bernard Lewis, published a short history of the Islamic world’s decline, entitled “What Went Wrong?” Astonishingly, there was, among many Western “progressives,” a vocal dislike for the title. It is a false premise, these critics protested. They ignored Mr. Lewis’s implicit statement that things have been, or could be, right.

But indeed, there is much that is clearly wrong with the Islamic world. Women are stoned to death and undergo clitorectomies. Gays hang from the gallows under the approving eyes of the proponents of Shariah, the legal code of Islam. Sunni and Shia massacre each other daily in Iraq . Palestinian mothers teach 3-year-old boys and girls the ideal of martyrdom. One would expect the orthodox Islamic establishment to evade or dismiss these complaints, but less happily, the non-Muslim priests of enlightenment in the West have come, actively and passively, to the Islamists’ defense.

These “progressives” frequently cite the need to examine “root causes.” In this they are correct: Terrorism is only the manifestation of a disease and not the disease itself. But the root-causes are quite different from what they think. As a former member of Jemaah Islamiya, a group led by al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, I know firsthand that the inhumane teaching in Islamist ideology can transform a young, benevolent mind into that of a terrorist. Without confronting the ideological roots of radical Islam it will be impossible to combat it. While there are many ideological “rootlets” of Islamism, the main tap root has a name–Salafism, or Salafi Islam, a violent, ultra-conservative version of the religion.

It is vital to grasp that traditional and even mainstream Islamic teaching accepts and promotes violence. Shariah, for example, allows apostates to be killed, permits beating women to discipline them, seeks to subjugate non-Muslims to Islam as dhimmis and justifies declaring war to do so. It exhorts good Muslims to exterminate the Jews before the “end of days.” The near deafening silence of the Muslim majority against these barbaric practices is evidence enough that there is something fundamentally wrong.

The grave predicament we face in the Islamic world is the virtual lack of approved, theologically rigorous interpretations of Islam that clearly challenge the abusive aspects of Shariah. Unlike Salafism, more liberal branches of Islam, such as Sufism, typically do not provide the essential theological base to nullify the cruel proclamations of their Salafist counterparts. And so, for more than 20 years I have been developing and working to establish a theologically-rigorous Islam that teaches peace.

Yet it is ironic and discouraging that many non-Muslim, Western intellectuals–who unceasingly claim to support human rights–have become obstacles to reforming Islam. Political correctness among Westerners obstructs unambiguous criticism of Shariah’s inhumanity. They find socioeconomic or political excuses for Islamist terrorism such as poverty, colonialism, discrimination or the existence of Israel. What incentive is there for Muslims to demand reform when Western “progressives” pave the way for Islamist barbarity? Indeed, if the problem is not one of religious beliefs, it leaves one to wonder why Christians who live among Muslims under identical circumstances refrain from contributing to wide-scale, systematic campaigns of terror.

Politicians and scholars in the West have taken up the chant that Islamic extremism is caused by the Arab-Israeli conflict. This analysis cannot convince any rational person that the Islamist murder of over 150,000 innocent people in Algeria–which happened in the last few decades–or their slaying of hundreds of Buddhists in Thailand, or the brutal violence between Sunni and Shia in Iraq could have anything to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Western feminists duly fight in their home countries for equal pay and opportunity, but seemingly ignore, under a façade of cultural relativism, that large numbers of women in the Islamic world live under threat of beating, execution and genital mutilation, or cannot vote, drive cars and dress as they please.

The tendency of many Westerners to restrict themselves to self-criticism further obstructs reformation in Islam. Americans demonstrate against the war in Iraq, yet decline to demonstrate against the terrorists who kidnap innocent people and behead them. Similarly, after the Madrid train bombings, millions of Spanish citizens demonstrated against their separatist organization, ETA. But once the demonstrators realized that Muslims were behind the terror attacks they suspended the demonstrations. This example sent a message to radical Islamists to continue their violent methods.

Western appeasement of their Muslim communities has exacerbated the problem. During the four-month period after the publication of the Muhammad cartoons in a Danish magazine, there were comparatively few violent demonstrations by Muslims. Within a few days of the Danish magazine’s formal apology, riots erupted throughout the world. The apology had been perceived by Islamists as weakness and concession.

Worst of all, perhaps, is the anti-Americanism among many Westerners. It is a resentment so strong, so deep-seated, so rooted in personal identity, that it has led many, consciously or unconsciously, to morally support America’s enemies.

Progressives need to realize that radical Islam is based on an antiliberal system. They need to awaken to the inhumane policies and practices of Islamists around the world. They need to realize that Islamism spells the death of liberal values. And they must not take for granted the respect for human rights and dignity that we experience in America, and indeed, the West, today.

Well-meaning interfaith dialogues with Muslims have largely been fruitless. Participants must demand–but so far haven’t–that Muslim organizations and scholars specifically and unambiguously denounce violent Salafi components in their mosques and in the media. Muslims who do not vocally oppose brutal Shariah decrees should not be considered “moderates.”

All of this makes the efforts of Muslim reformers more difficult. When Westerners make politically-correct excuses for Islamism, it actually endangers the lives of reformers and in many cases has the effect of suppressing their voices.

Tolerance does not mean toleration of atrocities under the umbrella of relativism. It is time for all of us in the free world to face the reality of Salafi Islam or the reality of radical Islam will continue to face us.

Dr. Hamid, a onetime member of Jemaah Islamiya, an Islamist terrorist group, is a medical doctor and Muslim reformer living in the West.

You know what - the whole article deserves to be in Bold.

Source: http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=2469

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Thanks to Milford421 for this report, it has lots of leads in it, if you have not read the ‘rest of the story’....granny

Illegal Immigrant Kills Univ. of Washington Employee - Interpol Trying to Find

Killer eluded police with fake names
By CHRISTINE FREY AND CASEY MCNERTHNEY
P-I REPORTERS

The man who killed a 26-year-old University of Washington employee
Monday remained as hard to pin down in death as he was in life.

Rowan
Police are still trying to determine who Jonathan Rowan — a man who
eluded police looking to serve him with a restraining order for
harassing his ex-girlfriend Rebecca Griego and who failed to show up
for an earlier drunken-driving sentencing — really was.

The 41-year-old had three aliases and two passports under different
names. Police are trying to confirm his identity with Interpol in
the United Kingdom, where it is believed Rowan was from.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/310226_uwmurder04.html

continued..............

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Syrian Reformists: The Damage from Pelosi’s Visit Will Be Felt for Years

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25014_Syrian_Reformists-_The_Damage_from_Pelosis_Visit_Will_Be_Felt_for_Years&only

Syrian Reformists: The Damage from Pelosi’s Visit Will Be Felt for
Years

A statement from the Reform Party of Syria about House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi’s disgraceful visit to the Baathist regime, and what it means to
women struggling for rights in the Islamic world: Has Pelosi Gone
Bonkers?
(Hat tip: seekeroftruth.)

As a Muslim, I fully understand respect of our religion by visiting US
officials and I applaud that respect. Had Speaker Pelosi worn the Hijab
inside a Mosque, this would have indicated respect but for Pelosi to
wear it
on the streets of Damascus all the while she is sitting with the
self-imposed Baschar al-Assad who has come to symbolize oppression and
one
of the reasons why women are forced to wear the Hijab as they turn to
religion to express their freedom is a statement of submittal not only
to
oppression but also to lack of women’s rights in the Middle East.
Pelosi
just reversed the work of the Syrian civil society and those who aspire
for
women’s freedom in the Muslim countries many years back with her visual
statement. Her lack of experience of the Middle East is showing.

Assad could not have been happier because Syrian women, seeing a US
official
confirming what their husbands, the Imams in the Mosques tell them, and
the
society at large imposes on them through peer pressure will see in her
wearing a Hijab as a confirmation of the societal pressures they are
constantly under. No one will ever know how many women took the Hijab
on
after seeing Pelosi wearing it. The damage Speaker Pelosi is causing
with
her visit to Syria will be felt for many years to come.

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http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/

Taliban Take Two French Aid Workers Hostages (UPDATE: One Hostage a Blogger)

UPDATE: Because one of the hostages is a blogger, his capture by the Taliban has special significance for me and possibly for many others. Please pass the word on to other bloggers about this. Keep them in your prayers and join me in demanding their immediate and unconditional release.

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The hostages are a) French and b) aid workers, but I’m sure that many will find some reason or another to blame America.

The communique only said that the man’s name was “Eric” and the woman was named “Salma”. I am nearly certain that the man is Eric Damfreville, who runs the NGO. The picture on the right comes from their website. Salma?

[UPDATE: Oh my Lord. One of the hostages is a blogger. Here is Eric Damfreville’s photo-blog. Last entry is April 2nd. If you look around the blog you’ll see lots of photos of the kind of great work Eric and his NGO were doing.

I hate to be the one first mentioning Eric Damfreville’s name in public, but my experience with hostage families has been that they would much rather have the news out there and have your prayers and well wishes on their behalf than the normal diplomatic secrecy.]

The group they work for, Terre d’Enfance (A World of Children), runs the Kôdakân e-Zamîn Children’s Center. I’m not sure if this is an “interesting” fact or not, but Zarandj, the city where they work, sits on the border with Iran. Attacks from Taliban positions in Pakistan seem to be way down.

The two French hostages, and the 3 Afghans, were in the region trying to help educate children. Especially, girls.

They say this about the work they do:

By implementing solidarity programs for the development of popular education and by supportting vulnerable children, TERRE D’ENFANCE aims at improving the acknowledge and the respect of the Children’s Rights, and at contributing to the building process of an active, respected and emancipated Youth.

Maybe it was that part about ‘emancipating’ youth that made them the enemies of the Taliban? Especially girls:

providing girls with preferential access to education and culture

Then again, the Taliban may just be looking for leverage in releasing more of their comrades. Last month the Italians pressured the Afghan to release 5 Taliban officials from prison in exchange for the release of reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo. It’s not rocket science. Whenever you exchange prisoners for hostages, more hostages will be taken.

UPDATE: Howie reminds me that the Taliban are holding, at a minimum, 6 other hostages. These five Aghans (a doctor, 3 nurses, and their driver), and Mastrogiacomo’s Afghan driver—looks like the Italian hostage’s driver was murdered. But the translator is still hostage (thanks Vicki). His name is Adjmal Nakshbandi.
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RTE:

Afghanistan’s Taliban rebels claimed responsibility today for the kidnapping of two French aid workers and three Afghans guides in the southwest part of the country.

In an Arabic-language statement posted on the Internet, the militant group said: ‘The mujahideen of the Islamic state detained on Wednesday, April 4, 2007, two French nationals — a man called Eric and a woman called Salma with three Afghans.’...

The French man and woman, who work for the French aid agency Terre d’Enfance, went missing with their local driver and two others in an area of Nimroz province where there has been a rash of Taliban attacks....

Hat tip:Thalja

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Bin Ladens Eurofighter

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,druck-475706,00.html

Bin Ladens Eurofighter

242 Jihadis, 31 acts of terror, 28 networks. Researchers examined
militant
Islamism in Europe. Their results: Bin Ladens Eurofighters recruit
themselves - and there is not such a thing as a standard-terrorist.

The researchers formulated their goal: “We must know who are the
Jihadis,
from where they come and how they look.” They were not able to fullfill
this
claim completely. But still their study “Jihadi terror in Europe”
nevertheless delivers exciting results.

242 individuals have been investigated, who were between 2001 to 2006
organized in 28 networks, which either planned or carried out 31 acts
of
terror. Some are regarded as suspected terrorists only, since their
court
cases are not yet closed. The list includes little known plots like an
2004
attempt to attack the Spanish supreme court, but also prominent plots
like
for example the assassination of Theo van Gogh in
2004 or bombing the London subway 2005.

One of the most important results: There is no such thing as a
standard-Jihadi. The 28 identified networks show huge differences.
Sometimes, the authorities had to deal with lone operators, in the case
of
the Madrid suburb-train bombings more then 30 people were involved.
Also regarding age: the youngest was 16yrs, the eldest 59 - therefore
it’s
of little significance that the average is about 27,3 years.

In the inside, however, the cells are surprisingly homogeneous:
Pakistanis find to Pakistanis mostly, Moroccans to Moroccans and, in
the
case of the trunk-bombers in Germany, Lebanese to Lebanese. Most
Jihadis are
men. Only five women appear amongst the 242.

Goals and methods don’t differ that much. Mostly traffic-systems were
tageted, mostly some kind of explosives were used. Choice of targets
was
rather perfidious: only civilians and civilian infrastructur was
targeted.
11 suicide bombers were amongst the 242 - causing most damage.

The UK and The Netherlands were most endangered: 12 networks in the UK,
7 in NL, 4 in France and each 3 in Spain and Belgium were spotted.

But most interesting in this paper is the evidence, which was found
leading
to origin and ways of radicalization of the assassins.

Altogether, 29 nationalities are represented - and there are clear
majorities. Almost 25% (55 people) were Algerians, together with others
originating from Northern Africa they make up to 50%. And they become
active
mostly in countries, where their fellow countrymen settled in Europe,
which
is France, Spain and Belgium.

The second accumulation: 24 Pakistanis, planning, accordingly to the
Pakistani population there, acts of terror in the UK.

The data develops significance when compared to a study of the US
researcher
Marc Sageman, who submitted a similar paper dealing with international
terrorists among the al-Qaeda network in 2004. The new paper points out
that
the Euro-Jihadis belong already to another generation as Sageman’s
sample.

Almost all of his fighters were Arabs, above all Saudis and Egyptians.
70% of them radicalized outside the country, in which they had lived
before.
With al-Qaedas Eurofighters, it’s exactly the other way around:
More than 80% of them found Jihad in the European country, in which
they
lived.

In these numbers the evidence is hidden, that the loss of Afghan
training-camps is compensated largely in the meaning for
radicalization.

The paper reads: This group of Jihadis differs “fundamentally from the
global Mujahedeen.” This finding is supported otherwise - for example
through the cognition, that European Jihadis radicalize with little
influence from the outside... in fact often together with friends and
family-members.”

In other words: The Euro-terrorists recruit themselves. The internet
plays a
special role here. Because many of the investigated Jihadis searched
for
al-Qaeda propagand aon the net - remarkable more getting closer to the
attack.

That confirmes, what security-authorities fear: The phase of
radicalization
gets shorter and shorter.

Another difference to Sagemann’s paper gives to think: 58 Jihadis
became
known to police before the offence - almost one quarter and much more
than
in Sagemann’s paper. Small-time criminals find today and in Europe
apparently more frequently their way to al-Qaeda & Co as earlier and
elsewhere.

Comparing to Sagemann also a higher number of converts (14 altogether -
13 ex-Christians and 1 ex-Hindu) were confirmed having found their way
into
Jihad.

Although a lot of interesting details were found, there’s no clear
profiling
possible. The assassins are too diverse. Most usable for profiling
seems to
be the result that many suspects were small-time criminals before
[wasn’t
the shoe-bomer recruited in prison? dm+].

The authors of the study believe that a kind of “Homegrown Terrorism”
can be seen as a new mega-trend amongst Europes Jihadis. However, the
debate
amongst terror-experts moves away again from this concept - since
evidence
from the assassinations in London of July 2005 revealed links to
Pakistan
and al-Qaeda which also thwarts the finding that the Jihadis acted all
by
themselves.

The actual value of the paper can be found elsewhere: in the simple
interpretation of what already happened. Shown trends like in the filed
of
choosing a targed are helpful in planing for preventive measures.
Equally important is the finding that there is a correlation between
propaganda in the internet and quick radicalization.

Above all however it can now be regarded as proved that most European
Jihadis developed in Europe within our society - meanwhile in most
cases
completely without gunsmoke-experience and terror-camp-residence.

The “new generation” of Jihadis in Europe - it’s reality.

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NYPD Scuba Team Takes On Security Role In Wake Of 9/11

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=68378

NYPD Scuba Team Takes On Security Role In Wake Of 9/11

April 05, 2007

Since 9/11 nearly every unit in the NYPD has taken over
counterterrorism
duties, and the NYPD scuba team has taken on more than most. Criminal
Justice Reporter Solana Pyne looks at how their job has changed in the
following report.

It’s about the size of a basketball and weighs less than ten pounds,
but
it’s the latest high-tech addition to the NYPD scuba team’s
counter-terrorism arsenal.

“It enables us to get a virtual image of any devices before we send a
diver
down,” says NYPD Sergeant John Harkins.

It’s called a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV. It takes images with
video
and sonar, particularly important in New York’s murky waterways.
It’s been routinely used by law enforcement to look under ships for
illegal
cargo, particularly drugs.

The NYPD also is using it to look for things that could do more damage.
This
is a fake bomb tied to a pier for training purposes.

“What the ROV would do is, we’d go to an area and we’d go down piling
by
piling looking for anything out of the ordinary, anything big sticking
out,”
says Harkins.

That’s something the divers themselves do daily. During their training,
they
inspect the Brooklyn Bridge piling. They also do systematic searches of
the
bottoms of incoming ships, using a rope as a pattern line.

Before 9/11 the team’s main responsibilities were rescues and recovery
operations, for people or wreckage, as well as underwater searches for
evidence.

“[Police] Commissioner [Ray] Kelly has made our counterterrorism
efforts at
the NYPD department-wide and the harbor unit is no small part of that,”
says
NYPD Deputy Inspector David Driscol.

To join the scuba team, officers must have at least three years on the
force. Then they have to pass a physical exam they say is more rigorous
than
what’s required to join the navy seals.

Members of the scuba team wear 90 pounds worth of equipment, including
a dry
suit that’s resistant to pollution and a mask that allows them to talk
to
each other. They can get into the water from a boat, or even from a
helicopter hovering above.

A team of divers is posted with an NYPD chopper 24 hours a day for air
sea
rescues. They’re trained to jump out in full gear.

“They only have a matter of minutes to get suited up. So the divers
have to
be really familiar with their equipment,” says Harkins.

Easier said than done. The team loaned me gear and let me take a test
swim.
It took at least ten minutes to get suited up, with lots of help. And I
could barely pull myself out of the water.

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AL-ZAWAHIRI SHUNS PHONES AND INTERNET, REPORT SAYS

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.402160135&par=

AL-ZAWAHIRI SHUNS PHONES AND INTERNET, REPORT SAYS

Cairo, 5 April (AKI) - The number two of al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri
according to a report in Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat on Thursday,
has
not used the internet or a telephone of any sort since 2003 for fear of
being traced. The leader of the Egyptian Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya,
Muhammad Khalil Hasan al-Hakayma, told the paper that al-Zawahiri “has
not
used the Internet or a telephone, either mobile or fixed-line, for more
than
four years.”

“He does not use modern means of communications, neither telephones nor
email for fear of being intercepted by Western secret services involved
in
the war against terrorism” said al-Hakayma.

Al-Hakayma had contacted the Arab newspaper to defend the Egyptian
lawyer
Mamdouh Ismayl, arrested by the Egyptian authorities on suspicion of
financing the al-Qaeda terrorist network. The Egyptian judiciary last
week
asked for the arrest of Ismayl on charges he financed al-Qaeda in
Egypt,
Yemen and Algeria, on the indications of al-Zawahiri.

“If al-Qaeda decides to receive funding from someone it does not use
already
known individuals for its contacts with Islamist extremists already
arrested
in the past” explained the Jamaa al-Islamiya.

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April 5, 2007 PM Anti-Terrorism News

New York martial arts expert and musician Tarik Shah pleads guilty to
conspiring to help al-Qaida
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/05/america/NA-GEN-US-Terrorism-Arrests.php

(USA) Padilla Trial: Terror defendant objects to CIA witness’ disguise
http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/64645.html

(Canada) Khawaja to face terror charges - Supreme Court denies
dismissal of 7 charges against Mohammad Momin Khawaja
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/04/05/khawaja-court.html?ref=rss

(Iraq) Bombs, gunmen kill 18 Iraqi and foreign troops and Eye on Iraq:
The side-effects of surge - Insurgents’ strategy has changed,
insecurity remains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070405/wl_nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=Aoh_WPg59IDwq7BXLDbtTzHMWM0F
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20070404-063805-6668r

(Iraq) Radio Free Iraq Reporter Found Dead In Baghdad - Khamail Khalaf
shot in head & wounds on her body
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/4/6AE4594F-A299-4617-AFA0-6B979BB091D0.html

(Iraq) No plans to release Iranians accused of supporting Iraqi
insurgents: US
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21513729-1702,00.html

Pakistan Denounces ABC News Report on Backing Iran Radicals
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/pakistan_denoun.html

(Pakistan) 220 Foreign Militants Killed in South Waziristan, Says
Official
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.402401884&par=0

Iran rejects uranium suspension
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21513722-1702,00.html

(Iran) US accuses Iran of ‘hostage diplomacy’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879258190&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Rice may meeting Iranian counterpart
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21513713-1702,00.html

(UK/Iran) Sailors Were ‘Intelligence Gathering’ - Captain in charge
said they were gathering intel on Iranians
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2855690&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1

France steps up terrorism alert for election
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=38486

(Germany) Third man with Qaeda links said to prompt train plot in
Germany - new details about attempt last year to blow up 2 German trains
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/48306.html

Germans propose Taliban peace talks
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=38464

(India) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) training women militants
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LeT_training_women_militants/articleshow/1862696.cms

(Lebanon) U.N. says Saudis asked to broker Lebanon deal - Lebanon’s
parliament speaker invited Saudis to broker deal over Hariri tribunal
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=528082007

Moroccan Columnist Criticizes Islamists Who Denounce Terrorism Against
Muslims But Not All Terrorist Acts
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD153407

Australian army officer charged over rocket-launcher sales
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070405/wl_asia_afp/australiaattacks_070405142056;_ylt=AiLmyDrn_89IRsNWnoT1CVATv5UB

(USA) Singapore man pleads guilty to plot to arm Tamil Tigers - Sixth
person charged over alleged arms deal for Tamil Tigers - DOJ press
release
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070405/pl_afp/usattackssingapore_070405184222
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070405/pl_usnw/singapore_man_pleads_guilty_to_conspiracy_to_provide_material_support_to_a_foreign_terrorist_organization_and_money_laundering

(Spain) Basque terrorist group’s future remains uncertain - ETA at
crossroads between peaceful path or violence
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/NEWS10/704050348/1016/NEWS

(Ireland) Report: Evidence lost in Ireland blasts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070405/ap_on_re_us/ireland1974_bombings_2;_ylt=Ang6X3x_layj_OxFxHmOS.4Tv5UB

(Detroit) CAIR Attacks Ex-Terrorist Speaking Out Against Jihad
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25028&only&rss

Commentary: Islam’s War Against Buddhism
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27700

Other News:

(Spain) Muslims play part in Easter parade for first time
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=38484

Accused Nazi likely to remain in U.S.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/04/05/accused_nazi_likely_to_remain_in_us/