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Posted on 01/02/2008 8:53:38 PM PST by nwctwx
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I understand.
ABC NEWS: "URGENT MANHUNT ACROSS EUROPE FOR TERROR PLOTTERS Spanish AG: 3 Cell Members May Be on a Mission to Attack Outside of Spain" by Richard Esposito and Paco Medina (ARTICLE SNIPPET - Page 2: "Spanish authorities believe the intended target was the Barcelona subway system and that the plot would have used two to four suicide bombers wearing explosive vests that were to be detonated simultaneously while another plotter detonated three to four more devices placed in the subway, investigative sources told ABC News.") (January 25, 2008)
www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=CyberDIGIHADi
“This account is suspended.”
Ansar al Tawhid is a name also used by Zarqawi’s followers, IIRC.
Zarqawi's group was called Tawhid al Jihad, some sources refer to it as Tawheed wal-Jihad.
Abu Qatada, thought to be head of the Algerian org. known as GIA was spiritual leader to a palestinian group called "al Tawhid". GIA's morphed into GSPC, as I recall.
Yes and GSPC is now AQIM.
Thank you piasa for those posts.
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373928
TERRORISM MONITOR
“Back with a Vengeance: Turkish Hezbollah”
By Gareth Jenkins
UPDATE:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080129/METRO/329624189/1004
“Inmate gets life, plus 301 years”
By David Dishneau
January 29, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — A state prison inmate who shot a correctional officer in the head while the officer pleaded for his life was sentenced to life without parole yesterday, to the displeasure of the victim’s family and co-workers who had hoped for a death sentence.”
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
Snippets:
Four of Ottawa's key emergency managers appearing before the committee yesterday said the relationship between the federal government and Ottawa officials is not defined and the ground rules are not set, which could spell trouble in a serious emergency.
Mr. Ash said he spent two years trying to find out who he should be talking to in the federal government about emergency preparedness.
Air Canada flight diverted after co-pilot falls ill
toronto.ctv.ca
An Air Canada flight from Toronto was diverted and landed in Ireland Monday after a co-pilot became ill in the cockpit, the airline has confirmed.
Flight 848 landed in Shannon, Ireland at 8 a.m. local time Monday after several crew members and a passenger, who is reportedly a member of the Canadian military, restrained the co-pilot.
The crew became concerned when the co-pilot began to act in a peculiar way and began talking to himself loudly, according to an unnamed source who spoke to the Irish Independent newspaper.
Police in Ireland are not investigating the incident, according to Pat Flynn, a reporter with the Irish Independent, who spoke to CTV’s Canada AM from Ennis, Ireland.
Flynn said there was no apparent incident aboard the flight that led to the co-pilot becoming ill.
The co-pilot was assessed and brought to the psychiatric ward of a local hospital while nearly 150 passengers on board the flight were flown to Heathrow Airport in London, Flynn said.
Air Canada released a written statement Monday night saying passenger safety was never at risk.
“The captain and crew of AC 848 followed standard operating procedures in light of the co-pilot falling ill,” the statement said. “The captain elected to divert to Shannon and landed without incident. At no time was safety compromised.”
But Air Canada would not confirm a report in the Irish Independent newspaper that the co-pilot suffered a nervous breakdown or that he is undergoing psychiatric care.
A spokesperson for Air Canada told The Canadian Press the airline does not offer comment on personnel issues.
Shannon Airport officials said they were notified that they should be expecting a diversion.
“It wasn’t an emergency landing. It was a normal landing. In other words we didn’t have the fire engines out. That wasn’t requested,’’ Eugene Pratt, spokesman for the Shannon Airport, told the Canadian Press in an interview.
“There was a medical representative there. The cause of the diversion... was notified as being a crew member unwell,’’ said Pratt.
Capt. Georges Plourde, a former Air Canada pilot, told Canada AM the airline has a “failsafe policy” that allows one pilot to fly the aircraft in the event that the other becomes ill or unable to continue.
Plourdes commended the captain for his decision to touch down earlier than planned in order to get medical attention for the co-pilot even though it inconvenienced the passengers.
“So he did the right thing, I believe, and the aircraft...was never in any jeopardy and the flight was handled professionally and I commend the captain for that.”
Transport Canada officials told CP they would be interviewing the flight crew.
Commercial pilots are obligated to undergo biannual medical checkups under the conditions of their licence.
Another piece of the United States' regional jigsaw is in place with the completion of a military base in Afghanistan's Kunar province, just three kilometers from Bajaur Agency in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Pakistani intelligence quarters have confirmed to Asia Times Online that the base, on a mountain top in Ghakhi Pass overlooking Pakistan, is now operational. (This correspondent visited the area last July and could clearly see construction underway.
Taliban find fertile new ground
Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Omar. Khalid has made his objective very clear: implementation of sharia in Pakistan, no matter the cost.
Legal loopholes keep next Mohammed Atta at large
“The Justice Department has placed a $5 million reward for any information leading to Adnan’s apprehension, and the same bounty for each of his alleged accomplices: Amer el-Maati, Jaber A. Elbaneh, Anas al-Liby and Abderraouf Jdey,” says Williams. “But if you assemble a team of bounty hunters and manage to collar Adnan el-Shukrijumah and his terrorist cronies, you will be hard-pressed to turn them over to law enforcement officials, let alone collect the aggregate $25 million,” says Williams.
“The U.S. Department of Justice, even after posting rewards, setting up hotlines, and issuing BOLOs (“Be-on-the-Lookout” alerts) has failed to issue criminal warrants for their arrest. This means that the bounty hunters would have to leave Adnan and his friends strapped to lawn chairs, since members of state and local police departments remain without authorization to detain or question them, let alone take them into custody.”
Ping to Mama Dearest’s post no. 1156, 1157
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947527/posts?page=1156#1156
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947527/posts?page=1157#1157
Thank you fanfan.
Updates appreciated on the pilot.
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