ping to February!
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I do appreciate it.
TGIF!
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BTTT!
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Thank you, Ian. For some reason I think this may be an eventful month.
Thank you. Lurking but still here.
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Two fiber-optic underwater cables that were damaged yesterday in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt have resulted in Internet traffic delays for some U.S. users trying to link to India and the Middle East.
Feb. 2:
Third undersea internet cable cut in Middle East
Link
A third undersea cable has been cut after breaks near Egypt earlier this week disrupted internet access in parts of the Middle East and Asia, Indian-owned cable network operator FLAG Telecom said.
FLAG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's number two mobile operator Reliance Communications, said in a statement on its website its FALCON cable had been reported cut 56 kilometres from Dubai on a segment between the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
I find this very curious.
Hi all. Checking in...
Thank you for the new thread.
Nuclear physicist/Muslim cleric fights to get back job, security clearance
Another imam in legal limbo
Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni is not the only imam to have served as a chaplain inside a state prison. But he may be the only one who is also a nuclear physicist working on classified U.S. military projects that require a security clearance.
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It all began with a book, “The Miracle in the Ant,” one of numerous volumes published by Harun Yahya, an Islamic creationist from Turkey. The book details ant anatomy and behavior, and argues that these characteristics disprove the theory of evolution.
Dr. El-Ganayni had ordered the book for the Forest prison library and was passing out photocopied chapters for the Muslim inmates housed in segregation to read in their cells. Eventually, he came to the chapter called “Defence and War Tactics,” about ants that produce acid, use camouflage or enslave other ants.
Then there’s this passage, under the heading “Walking Bombs”:
“The ultimate in public service is to destroy enemies by committing suicide in defense of the colony. Many kinds of ants are prepared to assume this kamikaze role in one way or another, but none more dramatically than a species of Camponotus of the saundersi group living in the rain forests of Malaysia.”
A quick Internet search shows that this passage and others (minus the creationism) were lifted almost verbatim from “Journey to the Ants,” by Pulitzer Prize winning biologists Edward O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler. “Journey” was published by Harvard University Press in 1994, six years before the Harun Yahya version.
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08034/854427-85.stm
One of those must read it all articles
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=79224
YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
“Warden Message: Caution Following Colombo Attacks”
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
South / Central Asia - Sri Lanka
3 Feb 2008
Fyi Only.
http://www.krem.com/topstories/stories/krem2_021308_kfcfire.bdb42ed0.htm
“Fire damages KFC Restaurant on North Division”
11:48 PM PST on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
By LINDSAY CHAMBERLAIN / KREM.com
SPOKANE —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The fire was reported around 10:20 p.m., after the KFC had closed for the night.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “No official cause has been released yet.”
...and now let’s leave the global jihad and check in on the “entertainment” news.
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A little Friday RECAP:
blog:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191253.php
February 15, 2008
“Omar, Son of Osama bin Laden on Egypt TV”
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http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyemonday/feature_110208.html
“MR. & MRS. BIN LADEN”
Monday February 11, 2008 at 10pm ET/PT & Sunday February 10, 2008 at 8pm ET on CBC Newsworld
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