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President Requests Spending Bill Without Deployment Restrictions, Deadlines
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2007 – President Bush yesterday urged Congress to send him an emergency war-spending bill that funds overseas troop operations, but contains no deployment restrictions or deadlines for a withdrawal of forces from Iraq.
“One of the most urgent legislative priorities is to fund our troops fighting the war on terror,” Bush said during his weekly national radio address. “I’ve asked Congress to pass an emergency war spending bill that gives our troops what they need, without strings and without delay.”
The Defense Department’s emergency fiscal 2007 supplemental requests includes $93.4 billion to help fund U.S. forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the global war on terror. The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a defense funding bill that includes some domestic spending measures and requires U.S. combat troops to depart Iraq by Aug. 31, 2008.
The House war-spending bill “would cut the number of troops below the level our military commanders say they need to accomplish the mission,” Bush pointed out. “It would set an artificial timetable for withdrawal that would allow the enemy to wait us out.”
And, military deployment restrictions outlined in the House bill “would take an army of lawyers” to sort out, the president said.
The president has been adamant that he would not support such legislation.
“I have made it clear that I will veto any such bill, and it is clear that my veto would be sustained,” Bush said, noting time is running short for Congress to send him a favorable bill.
If the supplemental funding bill is not passed by April 15, the Army will be compelled to consider curtailing and suspending training for Reserve and National Guard units, slow up training of units scheduled to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, and possibly cut funding for the upgrade and renovation of barracks and other facilities, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters during a March 22 news conference at the Pentagon.
“This kind of disruption to key programs will have a genuinely adverse effect on the readiness of the Army and quality of life for soldiers and their families,” Gates said at the news conference.
Bush concurred with Gates’ assessment, noting that implementation of the U.S. House of Representatives’ war spending bill in its present form would hurt the military.
“Our men and women in uniform will face significant disruptions – and so will their families,” the president said.
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"Leader of Lebanon's al-Qaeda cell pledges to strike America again"
The Scotsman ^ | 25 March 2007 | SOUAD MEKHENNET AND MICHAEL MOSS
Posted on 03/24/2007 8:19:42 PM PDT by Stultis
"Leader of Lebanon's al-Qaeda cell pledges to strike America again"
SOUAD MEKHENNET AND MICHAEL MOSS IN TRIPOLI, LEBANON
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"Fatah al-Islam Militants Train 'to Combat Jews in Palestine' [terrorist training in Lebanon]"
Naharnet ^ | 3-25-07
Posted on 03/25/2007 6:39:24 AM PDT by SJackson
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"A New Face of Jihad Vows Attacks on U.S".
NY Times ^ | March 16, 2007 | SOUAD MEKHENNET and MICHAEL MOSS
Posted on 03/15/2007 11:31:14 PM PDT by neverdem
TRIPOLI, Lebanon
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Army, Fatah al-Islam in standoff at Nahr al-Bared
Camp residents appeal for ejection of militants
Monday, March 19, 2007 - BEIRUT: Tensions ran high on Sunday at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, where an estimated 150 to 200 members of the militant off-shoot of Fatah al-Intifada, Fatah al-Islam, were holed up despite pressure from camp residents, security sources said. With a beefed-up Army presence around the Tripoli-based camp, the possibility of an armed confrontation loomed large.
"Any individuals belonging to either Fatah al-Intifada or Fatah al-Islam who are wanted by the judiciary will be detained by the army if they leave the camp," a source at the Defense Ministry told The Daily Star.
The source said that the army did not have a list of wanted individuals.
A separate security source said pressure from inside the camp "will likely force Fatah al-Islam out of the camp."
The senior security adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Jibril Rajoub, in Beirut for an academic conference, told The Daily Star on Sunday that the situation in Nahr al-Bared "needs to be treated carefully by Palestinians in conjunction with the Lebanese government so as not to harm Lebanese-Palestinian relations and threaten coexistence in Lebanon."
Rajoub said that Fatah al-Islam "has nothing to do with the Palestinian cause and does not serve the cause." Rajoub had given a news conference on Saturday, in which he said that "the resistance should only be in Palestine and nowhere else."
A delegation of community leaders and merchants from Nahr al-Bared, objecting to the presence of the militant group in the camp, submitted a formal objection on Saturday to the camp's Popular Committee.
The delegation asked the committee to "find an immediate solution to the Fatah al-Islam group," stressing the deteriorating economic situation inside the camp. The delegation stated doubt, however, as to the group's alleged involvement in twin bus-bombings on February 13 in Ain Alaq that killed three people, and other terrorist plots the faction is accused of planning to carry out.
Four suspects in the Ain Alaq bombings currently in custody have claimed to be members of Fatah al-Islam, placing the whole militant group in the cross-hairs of Lebanese security forces.
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"Iran's KOLCHUGA antenna device passively detects stealth planes 800 Km away"
hi tech ^ | 2/22/07 | hi-tech
Posted on 03/25/2007 3:10:39 PM PDT by Flavius
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2 September 2006
Ukraine sells Kolchuga to Iran
By Robert Karniol JDW Asia-Pacific Bureau Chief
Bangkok
The Kolchuga is intended to detect the take-off and formation of aircraft groups at ranges beyond those of existing radar, as well as determine the course and speed of targets while designating them for air-defence systems. It can identify aerial targets through their emissions and identify the mode of aircraft weapon control systems.
Three Kolchuga stations would normally operate along with a command vehicle to provide accurate triangulation on a target. The system is claimed to have a range of 600 km (narrow beam) or 200 km (wide beam) along a front of 1,000 km.
It is not known how many Kolchuga stations Iran has acquired. However, sources told Jane's that each costs about USD25 million, with deliveries either recent or imminent.
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"A country capable of creating the “Kolchuga” can look into the future with confidence"
Volodymyr HORBULIN
Published in 'Zerkalo Nedeli'
28 August 2004