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Posted on 08/01/2007 10:32:19 PM PDT by nwctwx

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Disaster Looms in Pakistan

Decorum was abandoned as accusations ricocheted between the wood-panelled walls of Pakistan's national assembly on Monday night. "Murderers! Murderers of innocent people!" screamed an MP from a religious party, his yellow turban shaking as he wagged a finger towards the government benches.

Five female parliamentarians, their faces concealed behind black and white burkas, slapped the benches with open palms. Another mullah stood up and started shouting. The speaker strained to maintain order.

Others were less captivated by the debate on last month's siege of the Red Mosque, in which more than 100 people died. One man snoozed at his desk. Across the vast hall others started whispered conversations. And high above them Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a dapper man with a pinched, clean-shaven face, looked on impassively from his giant portrait on the wall. Full story...

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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Clinton+Udet+Pinckert%22&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n

http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/7784

“Arrested for Attempting to Disable Commercial Aircrafts”
Published Fri, 2007-08-17 19:19

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) arrested an individual for attempting to disable commercial aircrafts. Clinton Udet Pinckert, 47, of the 300 block of McKinney, Clint, Texas, was arrested without incident last night at his home.

According to a federal criminal complaint filed today, Pinckert allegedly shined a Class IIIb laser product at a plane flying over his house. If convicted, Pinckert faces up to 20 years in prison.

Pinckert is expected to have his initial appearance at 2:00pm today before United States Magistrate Judge Norbert Garney.”


1,281 posted on 08/17/2007 2:13:33 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: callmejoe

Thank you callmejoe.

The Cold War seems to be getting hotter.


1,282 posted on 08/17/2007 2:15:24 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882508/posts

http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=26392083-C138-418D-82F6-585475261E69

“The Muslim Honor Killing Hollywood Doesn’t Want You to See”
By Debbie Schlussel
FrontPageMagazine.com | 8/17/2007


1,283 posted on 08/17/2007 2:23:24 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47089

Coalition Forces Kill 13 Terrorists While Targeting Cell Leader

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2007 – Coalition forces killed 13 terrorists and detained 12 suspected terrorists east of Tarmiyah, Iraq, during an operation today targeting an al Qaeda cell leader who provides guidance to senior terrorist leaders in Iraq.

Despite coalition forces’ appeals for the terrorists to send out women and children to be taken to safety during the engagement, a boy was killed in a building with an armed terrorist who had engaged the ground forces.

“Terrorists continue to put innocent children in harm’s way when they make bystanders unwitting participants in their illegal activities,” said Army Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “Their disregard for human life is contrary to the values of decent people everywhere.”

In other operations this week, Iraqi forces with U.S. Special Forces advisors detained eight suspected terrorists, including the leader of a sniper cell in western Mosul on Aug. 15. Iraqi security forces detained an alleged sniper cell leader who operates in western Mosul.

Officials said intelligence indicates the targeted individual actively recruits snipers to his cell from other groups and smuggles these snipers back and forth over the western Iraqi border to receive advanced sniper training in Syria. The forces also seized weapons, ammunition and assorted documents at the suspect’s residence.

Elsewhere, 3rd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, forces detained the leader of an al Qaeda terrorist smuggling cell in the Hamrin Ridge region Aug. 15. Five other suspicious individuals also were detained. The forces also found weapons and ammunition at the targeted location.

In addition, Iraqi police and citizen volunteers defeated a coordinated attack by 40 to 60 al Qaeda terrorists in Baqubah on Aug. 15, killing an estimated 21 insurgents. As the terrorists entered the city, police and a group of concerned local citizens called “Baqubah Guardians” engaged the first wave of attackers, killing seven. At least two suicide bombers were killed before they reached their intended targets when their bomb vests detonated prematurely.

The police requested coalition attack-helicopter support after the first engagement. Helicopters then engaged another large group of heavily armed fighters staging near the first attack site, killing or wounding an estimated 14 terrorists. Six citizens were killed and up to 20 more were wounded during this attack.

“Baqubah should be proud of their security forces and their citizen guardians today,” said Army Col. Steve Townsend, commander of 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. “All fought side by side and soundly defeated a complex attack from a determined enemy. This thing could have been much worse had those suicide bombers reached their targets.”


1,284 posted on 08/17/2007 2:48:05 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47092

“Coalition Forces Exert Pressure on al Qaeda, Other Extremists in Iraq”

By Maj. Steven Lamb, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service

BAGHDAD, Aug. 17, 2007


1,285 posted on 08/17/2007 2:49:56 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47091

Afghan, Coalition Forces Nab 11 Suspected Insurgents

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2007 – Afghan troops advised by coalition forces detained 11 suspected insurgents during operations today in Ghazni and Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Afghan and coalition forces detained four suspects in a compound that suspected insurgent leaders had occupied in Ghazni province, military officials reported.

In another operation today, Afghan and coalition forces detained seven suspected insurgents in a compound south of Kandahar City. One of the detainees is suspected of being a major Taliban improvised-explosive-device facilitator.

“Afghan national security forces were again successful in disrupting senior-level collaborators who bring violence and instability to innocent Afghans,” said Army Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokeswoman. “Operations like this morning’s show that insurgent extremist fighters cannot escape the reach of the government.”

(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 82 news releases.)


1,286 posted on 08/17/2007 2:52:21 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13410&Itemid=132

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070817-18
August 17, 2007

Extremists destroy one school, rig a second
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, responding to a tip, were investigating two schools that were rigged to explode in a rural area in northern Baghdad when one exploded Aug. 16.

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, were investigating a tip gathered by Iraqi Army forces operating in the Al Awad area of northern Baghdad and conducting a deliberate clearing operation of one school when a second school nearby exploded.

The unit then started receiving small arms fire from insurgents in a tree line across the road from the school. The Soldiers then called in attack aviation to clear the tree line and the small arms fire ceased.

The Soldiers then proceeded to clear the school damaged by the explosion. There they found containers filled with high explosives planted in several areas around the school, some of which had not exploded. The school was assessed to be a complete loss.

The second school which the soldiers originally were trying to clear was also rigged with multiple containers of high explosives, but none of them exploded. All of the unexploded containers were removed and destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.

Al Qaeda extremists operating in the area are responsible for the emplacement of the explosives, according to Lt. Col. Peter Andrysiak, deputy commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. He said extremists are attempting to disrupt Coalition efforts to facilitate the restoration of services and stop insurgent activities in the area.

This incident marks the fourth and fifth time insurgents have targeted schools in the northern Baghdad area this year.

“This is a testimony of how little the Al-Qeada cares about the citizens of Iraq. They provide nothing of value to the Iraqi people,” Andrysiak said. “Al Qaeda is fearful of the largest reconciliation effort in Baghdad spreading to this area, but they haven’t changed their tactics. They kill and destroy. We secure, rebuild and provide hope.”

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1,287 posted on 08/17/2007 3:20:15 PM PDT by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13407&Itemid=132

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070817-15
August 17, 2007

Gunfight ends with release of hostages, two insurgents dead
By Tech. Sgt. Eric M. Grill
CJSOTF-AP Public Affairs
Multi-National Corps – Iraq

TAJI, Iraq – After returning from a family member’s funeral, four women and six small children were kidnapped by armed men wearing ski masks on a Baghdad street on May 1. The women and children were taken after having to witness the execution of their male family members.

They were held for more than a month’s time, during which the women endured daily rapings and beatings and were constantly threatened with beheading, one of the women later said in a statement given to U.S. Special Forces.

On June 1, their ordeal came to an end as Iraqi Security Forces and a U.S. Special Forces team freed the hostages during an air assault raid that targeted an al Qaeda in Iraq kidnapping cell south of Balad.

The operation, called Operation Falkirk, was a combined operation conducted with U.S. Special Forces Soldiers and Iraqi Army Scouts to locate and detain suspected terrorists in Balad with ties to the kidnapping of two U.S. Soldiers taken captive after their combat patrol was ambushed May 12.

The raid resulted in a sustained firefight that left one U.S. Special Forces Soldier wounded, two insurgents dead, and the primary target of the operation captured and seriously wounded.

“We’re always prepared for a gunfight,” a team sergeant stated. “Operation Falkirk turned out to be much more than we originally planned for, and handed out a challenge.”

During the operation, the Special Forces team and their Iraqi counterparts conducted the late-night air assault against three remote houses reportedly sheltering the terrorist group. Shortly after beginning the assault, the team came under heavy, small-arms fire from terrorists inside one of the houses. One Special Forces Soldier was hit and evacuated. Other members of the team immediately assaulted the house and overwhelmed the terrorists.

When the gunfire ended, two insurgents were dead, one of them in the stairwell leading to the roof where the women and children were discovered, the team sergeant said. At that time, the women and children were believed to be the family members of the insurgents, not victims of mental and physical abuse by their captors.

As the women and children were being escorted down from the roof, the sergeant said he noticed something didn’t seem right.

“(The women and children) had to step over one of the dead insurgents to go down,” he said. “There was no reaction by any of the women or the children as they moved passed. Normally, the wife and children will collectively get hysterical over a dead family member, but not one word was uttered.”

The other insurgent was also in open view as they proceeded through the house. But again, the sergeant said, “the women and children gave no reaction.”

U.S. Special Forces team members began questioning some of the women, but soon received word that the house was wired with explosives. The team immediately evacuated everyone from the house. During the evacuation, the team received word that another terrorist had fled the area on foot during the initial assault. The fleeing insurgent had entered an adjacent canal and was hiding in thick reeds several hundred meters from the original objective.

Members of the Special Forces team, together with Iraqi soldiers, entered the canal in pursuit of the fleeing terrorist.

In chest-deep water, a Special Forces sergeant eventually located the hiding terrorist. The terrorist then lunged at the sergeant and was shot in the chest by an Iraqi Scout providing security for the sergeant. The assault force immediately pulled the individual from the water and rendered first-aid, saving his life.

“As it turned out, the male hiding along the river bank was the main person we were after and the leader of the terrorist cell,” the team sergeant said.

When the assault force returned to the target house, they discovered the women and children had run away, stated the team sergeant. It wasn’t known until the following morning, when local villagers thanked the team for freeing the captives, that the women and children had been held hostage for more than a month.

“Had the team known at the time that they were victims, they would have gone out of their way to do more for them that night,” the sergeant emphasized.

Knowing the status of the victims now, he said, “It was no surprise then that the women fled the objective along with their children at first opportunity.”

Upon removing this specific terrorist cell from the area, the team began to receive numerous reports from local Iraqis that detailed the extent of this group’s activities, the sergeant further relayed. The group was active for more than two years and responsible for the murder of dozens of innocent Iraqis, including women, children, and infants. They were also reportedly responsible for improvised explosive device activities and the murder and beheading of at least 20 Iraqi Police.

“Operation Falkirk was one of those operations that really tested us,” the sergeant stressed. “We fought our way in through heavy enemy gunfire and grenades. We saved the life of an operator in the gunfight, we chased down and captured the (primary target), and ultimately rescued ten hostages.”

Although the original mission of Operation Falkirk had a considerably different objective, the Iraqi forces and the U.S Special Forces team said they are proud of the mission they were a part of.

“We are just happy to know that we did things right that night by allowing families to re-unite with their loved ones, saving the life of a teammate, and executing another well planned operation,” the sergeant stated with pride.

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1,288 posted on 08/17/2007 3:24:02 PM PDT by Cindy
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QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741897/posts?page=346#346

PDATE:

Thanks to ButThreeLeftsDo for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882805/posts

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http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070816/NATION/108160068/1002

“In imams’ suit, status of ‘John Does’ in dispute”
By Audrey Hudson
August 16, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A legal squabble in a lawsuit brought by Muslim imam passengers is escalating among lawyers over the question of who is being sued over their removal from a flight last year.

“John Doe” passengers are named as parties in the litigation for reporting suspicious behavior of the six men, which led to their removal from the flight. Employees of U.S. Airways and a Minneapolis airport are also targets of the lawsuit now proceeding through a federal court.

One of the attorneys representing the six Muslim men says they do not intend to pursue the passengers in litigation, but the Becket Fund, which is aiding the defendants in the case, says “John Doe” passengers remain listed as a party to the lawsuit and are still targets of the litigation.”

346 posted on 08/17/2007 4:15:50 PM PDT by Cindy


1,289 posted on 08/17/2007 4:17:54 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/speeches/sp_1187357854566.shtm

“Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Quarterly Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection”
Release Date: August 16, 2007
Washington, D.C.

REMARKS SNIPPET: “Of all the challenges that we face, of course, in protecting the country from dangerous people and dangerous things, there is no greater challenge than making sure that we continue the flow of trade and commerce on an international basis, even as we continue to take reasonable steps to elevate our level of protection.”


1,290 posted on 08/17/2007 4:22:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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Thanks to fanfanfor the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882755/posts

“Canada looks to Mexico for more workers”
GlobeandMail.com/Canadian Press ^ | August 16, 2007 | JENNIFER DITCHBURN

Posted on 08/17/2007 2:09:31 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

OTTAWA

and this post with link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882755/posts?page=31#31

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f23d8796-95b8-4d78-b90d-dc9d09383071

“Summit leaders to view video feed of protests
Plan complies with court ruling that demonstrators have right ‘to be seen and heard’”

Juliet O’Neill, with files from Richard Foot, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Friday, August 17, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “While protesters will be barred from the grounds of the “three amigos” summit next week, the American and Mexican presidents and their host — Prime Minister Stephen Harper — can watch them on a video feed piped into the resort where they’re meeting.

The audio-video protest plan by summit organizers — not the RCMP — is aimed at compliance with a court ruling that protesters have the right “to be seen and heard,” Mr. Harper’s officials said yesterday.”


1,291 posted on 08/17/2007 4:41:09 PM PDT by Cindy
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That is extremely disturbing. Thanks for posting the link to that thread. One more example of the depravity of islam.
1,292 posted on 08/17/2007 4:56:18 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: callmejoe

Thanks for all the Russian info Joe. Your research is greatly appreciated.


1,293 posted on 08/17/2007 4:57:46 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

Yes, anyone hurting abusing children are truly evil.


1,294 posted on 08/17/2007 5:01:00 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy; Godzilla; MamaDearest; penguino; WestCoastGal; Rushmore Rocks; nwctwx; callmejoe; ...
Guns and ammunition seized at the Roma border crossing (Texas)
Aug 17, 2007

On August 15, 2007 at 1500 hours, CBP officers working outbound enforcement operations at the Roma, Texas International Bridge seized several shoulder weapons, a handgun, an assortment of ammunition and several ammunition magazines. Roma CBP officers were conducting outbound operations when they came in contact with a 1999 Freightliner tractor trailer rig. Prior to the trailer rig exiting the U.S. to enter, the Republic of Mexico, officers conducted a routine examination of the driver, tractor trailer and of export documents/commodities.

While conducting an intensive examination of the trailer contents, officers found hidden within the various commodities, (1), 30-06 Remington rifle, (4), 12- gauge shotguns (3 Remington and 1 Benelli), (1), 30-30 caliber Marlin rifle, (1), MAK 9mm handgun, 8,024 rounds of live ammunition and 10 ammunition magazines. The driver, a 49-year old Mexican citizen and resident of Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico was not arrested but an investigation continues. The shoulder weapons, handgun, ammunition and accessories to include the tractor trailer rig were seized.

Roma Port Director, Cris Cantu said, "Our officers are doing great outbound enforcement work." Cantu further said, "This is an example of the excellent work our officers are doing."

http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=6946325&nav=menu90_3

Philippines teeters on brink of total war
Aug 17, 2007

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have launched a new military campaign against radical Muslim insurgents in its southern regions, an offensive nominally aimed at finishing off the hobbled 300-member Abu Sayyaf terror group, but one that also threatens to widen the conflict with two ceasefire groups, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Manila recently ramped up its military deployment to the restive region, where estimates of soldiers on the ground ranging widely from 5,000-12,000. Army chief General Romeo Tolentino recently announced that he had temporary moved army headquarters from Manila to Zamboanga City on the southern island of Mindanao while the campaign is conducted. Fighting on the southern island of Jolo this month saw 50 people - including 25 army soldiers - killed in armed exchanges, and thousands of civilians have since evacuated the area.

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IH17Ae01.html

Plot to trigger explosions in Bangalore foiled
17 Aug 2007

BANGALORE: A plot to trigger explosions in Bangalore has been foiled with the arrest of a four-member gang, a top police official said on Friday.

A revolver, ten detonators, 20 gelatine sticks and some lethal weapons have been recovered from the gang, city police Commissoner, Neelam Achutha Rao told reporters here. The gang confessed to police that they had plans to trigger explosions in some parts of the city, Rao said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore_bomb_plot_foiled/rssarticleshow/2288015.cms

1,295 posted on 08/17/2007 6:40:54 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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Terrorist gang' busted in Kabul
Friday August 17, 2007

KABUL: Intelligence officials claimed busting a 'terrorist network' and arresting a ringleader during a raid in this capital city.

Addressing a news conference here, spokesman for the National Intelligence Department Saeed Ansari said the lynchpin named Muhammad Talib was resident of Zindan village of Khak-i-Jabar district. The alleged terrorist Muhammad Talib, alias Jamal, was nabbed along with his seven colleagues while smuggling missiles, he said.

Other members of the gang included Sherullah, Saifullah, Muhammad Khan, Azeemullah, Abdul Sattar, Najeebullah and Toti Shah. They were residents of Khak-i-Jabar, Bagrami and Deh Sabz districts of Kabul, he informed. The detainee was a commander of the Hezb-i-Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar during the era of jihad, said the spokesman. Muhammad Talib joined the Taliban and served as deputy chief of Bagrami district and then head of the research branch of the intelligence department, he informed.

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http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?187191

Sudan: 16 students detained in terror cell bust
17 August 2007

Khartoum - Sudanese authorities have arrested 16 students accused of forming a terrorist cell in the capital Khartoum, an Arab newspaper reported Friday.

Sudan's deputy police chief Muhammad Najib, told the daily, al-Quds al-Arabi that the students were arrested on Thursday during a search for an illegal explosives and other weapons. Police have been carrying out searches throughout the week after an apparent accidental explosion in a house in a Khartoum suburb had led them to seize a haul of hidden weapons.

Three Somali citizens and a Palestinian were arrested in connection with the weapons while a dozen more people have been detained since. The 16 students were arrested in Khartoum's southern al-Salma neighbourhood. Police believe the group were plotting an attack.

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1211295721

1,296 posted on 08/17/2007 6:56:19 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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Iran cleric warns U.S. not to pick on Guards
Fri Aug 17, 2007

TEHRAN - A senior Iranian cleric said on Friday that plans by the United States to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist group invited a fight with the Iranian nation which America could not win.

"Americans should know that in this field, as with nuclear energy, they are dealing with the whole nation. And the great nation of Iran will never abandon its revolutionary people," Ahmad Khatami told worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran. "Americans should know that if they act madly in this regard, they would be entering a swamp they won't be able to get out of," the conservative cleric said in a speech that was broadcast live on the radio.

Khatami is a member of the Assembly of Experts, an influential clerical body which has the power to appoint or dismiss Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHOS73913120070817

Missile Came From Russian Airspace
Aug 17, 2007

International military experts say a missile found in the country of Georgia last week was dropped from a plane that flew from and returned to Russian airspace. The missile plummeted to a field near Tsitelubani and broke apart but did not explode or hurt anyone, The New York Times reported Friday.

Experts from the United States, Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania said the missile was a 16-foot-long, Russian-made Kh-58 -- a rocket designed to destroy NATO radar stations. The panel's report, however, stopped short of directly implicating Russia, noting only that an "unidentified" aircraft flew from Russian airspace into Georgia over a ridge of the Caucasus Mountains and back again into Russian airspace on Aug. 6.

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http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21298230.shtml

1,297 posted on 08/17/2007 7:09:09 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

All these links/snippets as a group is a very good small sampler in time of the global jihad/terrorism that is going on right now.

Well done.


1,298 posted on 08/17/2007 7:45:02 PM PDT by Cindy
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Council sets date for Islamic holy month
Scholars announce Sept. 13 as official start to Ramadan in North America
Aug 17, 2007

PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Relying on astronomical calculations, a council of Islamic scholars has established Sept. 13 as the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in North America, according to the Islamic Society of North America.

It’s the second year the Fiqh Council of North America has relied on scientific projections to pin down the start of the most important month on the Islamic calendar. Before last year, the council followed Muslim tradition in using moon sightings to determine the start of Ramadan, a period of fasting, discipline and self-sacrifice. The problem: not everyone agrees on the appearance of the new moon, resulting in a scattershot observance of Ramadan’s start.

Switching to astronomic projections was meant to lessen confusion and promote unity. The council’s decision is not binding — Muslims last year were urged to follow the lead of their respective mosques and imams, or spiritual leaders. The council announced that the new moon will be visible in Australia, South Africa, South and North America on Sept. 12. Thus, Ramadan begins the next day (Ramadan starts the morning after the sighting of the new moon).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19997758/


1,299 posted on 08/17/2007 7:45:42 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Cindy

Thanks Cindy. The virus of jihad does seem to be spreading.


1,300 posted on 08/17/2007 7:47:00 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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