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"Assad's Smoke and Mirrors"
By Micah Halpern
MicahHalpern.com | March 21, 2007
From the Good News file...
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"Boeing JDAM Scores Direct Hit in Extended Range Tests"
boeing ^ | March 19, 2007
Posted on 03/21/2007 2:43:46 AM PDT by Dundee
ST. LOUIS, March 19, 2007
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"Indonesian militants get jail terms for beheadings"
21 Mar 2007 08:54:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JAKARTA, March 21 (Reuters) - An Indonesian court jailed three Muslim militants on Wednesday for the beheadings of three Christian schoolgirls from religiously divided Central Sulawesi province.
Judges found the main defendant, Hasanuddin, guilty of masterminding the beheadings of the Christian girls in 2005 in Central Sulawesi's Poso region and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
A separate bench sentenced Hasanuddin's accomplices, Lilik Purnomo and Irwanto Irano, to 14 years in prison.
Chief judge Binsar Siregar said Hasanuddin asked his accomplices to put the severed heads in plastic bags and place them outside Christian houses."
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 08:31 GMT
"Woolmer death termed 'suspicious'"
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=65204
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Consular Affairs Bulletins
Middle East / N. Africa - Syria
20 Mar 2007
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3379330,00.html
Palestinians shoot at Israeli bus near Ramallah
Published: 03.21.07, 11:22 / Israel News
Palestinians opened fire toward an Israeli bus north of Ramallah. No one was injured, but damage was caused to the bus.
IDF forces have begun scanning the area. (Efrat Weiss)
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"National Mall Crime Ringleader Sentenced"
Mar 17th - 3:02pm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON - A 17-year-old boy who terrorized the National Mall last summer has been sentenced to 41 years in prison.
On Friday, a D.C. Superior Court judged sentenced Ryan Newman for his role as the ringleader of a string of armed robberies and violent attacks in poorly-lit areas of the Mall.
Newman and four other young men attacked a total of 12 people on three evenings in May and July 2006.
All pleaded guilty to some of the attacks.
Newman was responsible for threatening his victims with a BB gun and for raping a 17-year-old girl."
Anti-terror feds to patrol LIRR and Metro-North
BY PETE DONOHUE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 4:00 AM
Federal security officers will board MTA commuter trains in a major anti-terror plan to safeguard more than 500,000 daily Metro-North and LIRR riders, sources said yesterday.
The Transportation Security Administration and the NYPD - as well as state and local police departments - will supplement the patrols of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's own police force, law enforcement and government sources said.
The beefed-up security plan does not appear to be in response to any new or specific threat.
The MTA Police Department, which has one of the largest bomb-sniffing squads in the country, has quietly boosted its visibility onboard trains and in stations with more officers in the past few days.
It has the primary policing responsibility for Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road, the nation's two busiest commuter railroads with a combined 244 stations, and lines stretching to the Hudson Valley, southern Connecticut and eastern Long Island.
Gov. Spitzer's homeland security chief, Michael Balboni, TSA Deputy Administrator Robert Jamison and MTA CEO Elliot Sander are among the officials expected to announce the strategy, which also encompasses the Staten Island Railway, at a news conference in the Bronx today.
Sander recently said he wanted a more visible police presence on the rails and in stations. MTA cops have done limited inspections of passengers' backpacks and briefcases for explosives using various emerging technologies, but the reinforcements will not be used for passenger screening, sources said.
Commuter lines pose a different set of challenges for law enforcement than subways, where trains depart every few minutes and riders can be checked entering stations.
Metro-North and LIRR trains come far less frequently, and most passengers arrive at platforms just in time to board.
The revised and bolstered patrol strategy has been in the works for weeks, one source said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/03/21/2007-03-21_antiterror_feds_to_patrol_lirr_and_metro.html
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School Will Remain Closed Due To Rash Outbreak.
Tue Mar 20, 5:04 PM ET
The West Branch schools superintendent said officials still do not know what caused students at Beloit Elementary School to break out in a rash.
The school, along with West Branch Middle School, was closed Tuesday because the mysterious rash is still showing up on students.
In a news conference Tuesday, superintendent Dr. Scott Weingart said air and surface testing at the school is clear and health officials have not been able to pinpoint the source of the rash.
Students returned to school Monday after custodians spent the entire weekend sanitizing all four of the district's building.
Thirty-five students and two adults were treated at nearby hospitals with symptoms of a red, itchy rash. Health officials categorized the rash as non-infectious dermatitis that responds well to normal treatment.
Weingart said classes will resume on Wednesday for West Branch Middle School students, but classes will take place at the high school.
He said Beloit Elementary students will not have classes on Wednesday as health officials continue to inspect and do testing at the building.
Weingart said there was never a real concern at the middle school but was closed as a precaution at the recommendation of health officials because the two schools share common areas.
He said state health officials will arrive at the building on Wednesday for further testing.
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21.03.2007: "Al-Qaida Drohung stammt aus Deutschland"
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"GIMF Releases New Doctrinal Lessons for Mujahideen"
By Chris Heffelfinger
(March 20, 2007)
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16 March 2007
"al-Firdaws forum makes news"
SNIPPET: "It's on our Top Ten list for a reason."
944 posted on 03/16/2007 2:48:38 PM PDT by Cindy
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"Palestinians swear allegiance to Bin Laden
'We pledge loyalty to Sheikh Osama Bin Laden and we will carry out jihad,' online statement says"
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 03.15.07, 18:28 / Israel News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A group of Palestinians have sworn allegiance to Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, according to statement posted on a major internet jihad forum last month.
The message appeared on the al-Firdaws forum – a meeting point of jihadis from around the world – and declared: "We believe that God will walk on the path of Sheikh Osama, may God preserve him, and the path of the martyr Abu Musab al-Zarqawi…. We in the jihad in the land of Rabat (Islamic term for Israel – Y.L.) do not belong to any faction, and we declare loyalty to Sheikh Osama, may God preserve him. We pledge to go down the path of the martyrs and fighters in Mesopotamia (Iraq), Chechnya, Afghanistan, and all parts of the world."
Earlier this week, al-Qaeda number two leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, accused Hamas of falling into "the swamp of surrender," following the formation of the Hamas- Fatah unity government."
882 posted on 03/15/2007 5:16:06 PM PDT by Cindy
THANKS for the update cgk.
It's too bad that they still don't know the source of the rash.
Too bad, and for parents - WAY creepy. I'd be more than nervous.
GOOD.
Extra-patrol is always good.
Thanks freeperfromnj for that post.
I understand.
Thanks to jer33 3 for the ping/prayer request to this thread:
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"Politically Correct Death Threats at Georgia Tech"
FrontPage Magazine ^ | March 21, 2007 | Peter Collier
Posted on 03/21/2007 11:05:15 AM PDT by Tatze
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32526
"Pace Thanks Japanese for Stand in War on Terror"
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
TOKYO, March 21, 2007
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32527
raqi, Coalition Forces Kill, Capture Terrorists
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2007 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed 17 terrorists, detained about 90 suspected insurgents, and found several weapons caches in operations throughout Iraq in the past three days, military officials reported.
Coalition forces killed five terrorists, destroyed a bomb-making factory and detained three suspected terrorists during an operation today near Taji. As ground forces entered the target buildings, they encountered several armed men. Coalition forces used self-defense measures, killing five terrorists and detaining three suspected terrorists.
During the raid, coalition forces discovered an adjacent building was being used as an explosives factory. Inside the building, coalition forces found large-caliber ammunition and explosive manufacturing materials including numerous 50-gallon barrels of explosive material. Coalition forces conducted an air strike to destroy the explosives factory, associated vehicles, ammunition and weapons.
Elsewhere, Amiriyah police and Marines from Regimental Combat Team 6 engaged armed groups of al Qaeda for more than five hours today, killing eight insurgents and wounding five, south of Fallujah, near the town of Amiriyah.
Iraqi police posts observed sporadic enemy mortar fire for about one hour this morning. Marine artillery units assigned to RCT6 identified the location of the mortar team and counter-fired, forcing the al Qaeda in Iraq attackers to flee the scene. Amiriyah police then received sporadic enemy fire from an unknown number of insurgents. The police positively identified the enemy gunfire and returned fire, killing two insurgents and wounding five. Five policemen were wounded during the engagement.
Enemy fire continued sporadically throughout midday, when supporting fixed-wing aircraft engaged about 20 insurgents with guided munitions and strafing fire. Six insurgents were killed and their vehicles were destroyed as a result. The five wounded policemen were transported to a local hospital and treated.
In other operations, coalition forces destroyed a weapons cache and detained 23 suspected terrorists today during raids targeting foreign fighter facilitators and al Qaeda in Iraq networks.
During a raid near Balad, coalition forces detained 10 suspected terrorists and found a large amount of weapons in two targeted buildings. The weapons found included numerous machine guns, assault rifles, AK-47s, grenades, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a DShK anti-aircraft heavy machine gun. Due to the large amount of weapons found, coalition forces destroyed the two buildings and the weapons inside to prevent further use by terrorists.
West of Taji, coalition forces captured three suspects with alleged ties to car bomb operations and foreign fighter facilitation.
Six suspected terrorists believed to be involved in foreign fighter facilitation were detained in Mosul.
Coalition forces also conducted a raid west of Abu Ghraib targeting foreign fighter facilitators. During the raid, ground forces detained four suspected terrorists at the targeted building.
In other developments, the western Ramadi district police conducted a massive police operation targeting insurgents yesterday in Ramadi. Coordinating between several stations within his district, Brig. Gen. Khalil Ibrahim Hamadi, chief of the Ramadi district police, personally led more than 500 policemen as they conducted house-to-house searches in the capital city of Anbar province.
"The sons of Ramadi work tirelessly to eradicate criminals and bring them to justice," Khalil said. "Today we achieved a noble goal in providing security and stability to our families and the people of Ramadi."
During the 10-hour operation, named “Operation Lions of Ramadi,” police detained more than 45 suspected insurgents, confiscated propaganda material and discovered several caches containing assault rifles, machine guns, and mortar and artillery shells used to produce improvised explosive devices. Insurgents using an IED during the operation killed one civilian and injured five. The wounded were transported by local citizens to a nearby joint security station, then evacuated to a coalition medical facility for further treatment.
Elsewhere, at least four Iraqis were killed and 14 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb yesterday in an eastern segment of the Iraqi capital. The attack occurred around 11:20 a.m. when a taxi packed with mortar rounds plowed into a crowd in the al-Sheik Omar area.
An Iraqi army element from 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, and soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, responded to the blast and sealed off the area to prevent residents from approaching any unexploded ordnance. The injured were treated on the spot before being transported for further medical care.
In another operation, coalition forces detained nine suspected terrorists yesterday during raids targeting the al Qaeda in Iraq network.
In Mosul, seven suspected terrorists were detained with alleged ties to al Qaeda in Iraq and attacks against coalition forces and the Iraqi police. One of the detainees reportedly procures chemicals for the production of IEDs.
In another raid southwest of Abu Ghraib, coalition forces netted two suspected terrorists allegedly involved in moving foreign terrorists into Iraq.
A contraband-search-turned-firefight yielded two caches for Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers March 19 in Falahat, Iraq. Soldiers from Troop C, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, raided three buildings in Falahat, where they detained three suspected insurgents and confiscated two AK-47s, one shotgun and five magazines.
Troop C was preparing to enter a fourth building when a vehicle with four men drove by and fired weapons at the soldiers, who reciprocated with shots of their own. Three of the men fled the scene on foot but were captured by the soldiers. Follow-on searches yielded the day's second cache: one 122 mm artillery shell, four fuses, one grenade, four rocket sleds, four ammunition vests, one AK-47 and more than seven magazines.
In Ramadi, Iraqi police captured a suspected insurgent, reportedly linked to an IED cell, during operations with coalition advisors March 19. The suspect is allegedly involved in multiple bombing attacks targeting coalition forces and Iraqi security forces in the area. Iraqi forces detained three additional individuals for questioning.
Separately, Iraqi army soldiers took three terrorists into custody during an operation March 19 near Taqa. Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, detained the three men, who were found on a road that skirts the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, with materials for making IEDs.
In another operation, Iraqi and coalition forces conducted a raid in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Kadamiyah on March 19. The raid was targeting suspected insurgents implicated in the placement of roadside bombs in the area. During the raid, elements of the 3rd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, entered the Abass Mosque. No contraband was found in the mosque and about 50 people were held in the area until the search was complete. All 50 from within the mosque were released.
After the search, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers came under rocket-propelled-grenade and small-arms attack at about 9 p.m. from a separate group of 20 armed men in the same area. Coalition forces returned fire, killing three insurgents. Three men from the armed group were detained. U.S. military aircraft participated in the operation but did not expend any ordnance.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
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