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Posted on 05/01/2008 3:06:29 PM PDT by nwctwx

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U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism

As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways.

According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success."

While the United States has so far been spared this type of strike in its own waters, terrorists have used small boats to attack in other countries. Read More


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50066

“Mullen Visits U.S. Forces Helping Philippine Military Defeat Insurgents”

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, June 1, 2008


1,281 posted on 06/01/2008 12:40:12 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://israel.internet-haganah.com/archives/001390.html

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http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169967

News Code : TTime- 169967 Print Date : Sunday, June 1, 2008

“Michel Aoun praises Iran’s constructive role in Lebanon”
Tehran Times Political Desk

ARTICLE SNIPPPET: “TEHRAN – Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun has praised Iran for its “positive and constructive role” in helping resolve the Lebanon crisis.

“Iran surely had a positive and constructive role in helping Lebanese to achieve an accord and we thanked this country for this positive role,” Aoun told.

He made the remarks in an interview with the Mehr News Agency reporter in Beirut concurrent with the election of Michel Suleiman as Lebanon’s president last week.

Aoun said, “I have a message of friendship and brotherhood for Iranians and I see them as Lebanon lovers.””


1,282 posted on 06/01/2008 12:45:30 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy; Kolokotronis; Bokababe; kronos77

Michel Aoun, a Lebanese Maronite Christian and would-be President of Lebanon, has sold out to Hamas and Iran. Most other Lebanese Christian leaders have written him off.

He is just like the muslim shills in this country, including the three still running for our President!!!!


1,283 posted on 06/01/2008 3:00:45 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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UPDATE:

Note: Photo included.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/200805/20080601aslocganayni3_500.jpg

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08153/886567-85.stm

“Nuclear physicist loses U.S. clearance, job and right to fight back”
Sunday, June 01, 2008
By Sally Kalson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Dr. El-Ganayni came to the United States in 1980 to study physics and earned two advanced degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He helped found the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, married Jean Louise Dell’Aquila, then a recent convert to Islam, and went to work at Bettis (then part of Westinghouse Corp.), an advanced naval nuclear propulsion technology lab. He stayed there for 18 years, becoming a senior scientist doing classified research.

On the side, and with Bettis’ knowledge, he ministered to Muslim prison inmates in Ohio and Pennsylvania. His clearance was never at issue until last year, when he suddenly fell under suspicion.

Security agents from the DOE and the FBI began questioning his allegiance, asking if he advocated suicide bombing of Americans and Islamic jihad against the United States, charges he denied.

Dr. El-Ganayni said the agents brought up a passage from a book on ant behavior that he distributed to inmates at SCI-Forest in Marienville. The passage, about a species that blows itself up in defense of the colony, was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University. He said they also grilled him about prayers he led and his criticism of what he saw as the FBI’s intrusion into local mosques, creating a climate of fear in the post-9/11 Muslim community.”


1,284 posted on 06/01/2008 4:14:29 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Honorary Serb

Thanks for your feedback Honorary Serb.

OPINION: “I found the kind words and what one might view as an endorsement of Iran’s policy unusual and disturbing.”


1,285 posted on 06/01/2008 4:16:21 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Forget the quotes on that, that was my opinion.

Sorry, working on a link set and about everything is in quotes.


1,286 posted on 06/01/2008 4:22:27 PM PDT by Cindy
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CORRECTED link set (RECAP and UPDATED for archival purposes):

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "NUCLEAR JIHAD?" (SNIPPET: Some thoughts on the subject of nuclear jihad:") (June 1, 2008)

FOX NEWS.com: "WATCHDOG MISTAKENLY REPORTS VIDEO GAME IMAGE IS TERRORISTS' NUCLEAR SIMULATION" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The image appeared on the al-Ekhlass and al-Hesbah Web sites in video titled "Nuclear Jihad: The Ultimate Terror." The groups are believed to have ties to Al Qaeda. It did not take long realize the image actually is from a scene in "Fallout 3," dubbed by its U.S. makers as "America's first choice in post-nuclear simulation."") (May 30, 2008)
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COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MEDIA AND INTEL COMMUNITY CAUGHT BY APPARENT AL-QAIDA NUKE MESSAGE "PRANK"" by Evan Kohlmann (SNIPPET: "While it is perhaps true that the video offered subtle encouragement for nuclear attacks on the United States, it featured no original content and could have been clumsily strung together with little more than two VCRs.") (May 27, 2008, 9:22 pm)

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ADNKRONOS.com (AKI): Dubai - "VIDEO AL-QAEDA INCITA AL 'JIHAD NUCLEARE'" (May 27, 2008)

ADNKRONOS.com (AKI): Dubai - "TERRORISM: NEW AL-QAEDA VIDEO CALLS FOR NUCLEAR STRIKE" (May 27, 2008)

THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "VIDEO URGES NUCLEAR JIHAD AGAINST US [UPDATE: "CODE" THREATENS SEPTEMBER 2008 ATTACK?]" (BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: "The video ends with this odd series of numbers. Any clue what they could mean? 2B-68-aP-7m-(9)") (May 27, 2008)


1,288 posted on 06/01/2008 5:43:39 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

On the Fox News link in post no. 1288:

Correction - It should read “to realize”


1,289 posted on 06/01/2008 6:43:03 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy; Kolokotronis; Bokababe; kronos77

I’m glad that you appreciate my post, Cindy. However, it contains an error. It is Hizbullah, not Hamas, that Aoun has sold out to. Hamas operates in the Holy Land, not Lebanon. Hizbullah is backed byt Iran, and held out against the Israeli army in the 2006 Lebanon war. It has increased its power in Lebanon since then, and is very dangerous.

The rest of my post—unfortunately—is not in error. Aoun, as well as McCain, Obama, and Rodham-clinton, are Muhammadan shills.


1,290 posted on 06/01/2008 6:56:24 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Cindy
Some interesting posts, by Casey, regarding the "Nuclear Jihad" over on IH. The posts go from the bottom of page one through page two:

http://www.wincoast.com/forum/showthread.php?s=f23d879f0380c36a61076fe0e215984f&t=76416

1,291 posted on 06/01/2008 6:57:18 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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ON THE INTERNET:

forum.mpacuk.org/showthread.php?p=512367#post512367

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BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET - QUOTE:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30145_UK_Muslim_Public_Affairs_Council_Making_Lists

UK Muslim Public Affairs Council Making Lists
Sat, May 31, 2008 at 2:24:17 pm PST

If you ever find yourself spending valuable time to compile lists of your Zionist enemies and their secret motivations, it’s a sign that you may need a shrink: Categorizing American Islamophobes - MPACUK :: Muslim Discussion Forum.


1,292 posted on 06/01/2008 7:00:57 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Oorang

Thanks Oorang.


1,293 posted on 06/01/2008 7:04:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.youtube.com/profile_subscriptions?user=IEdNews
“This account is suspended.”

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http://www.youtube.com/profile_subscriptions?user=battlenews666
“This account is suspended.”


1,294 posted on 06/01/2008 7:55:23 PM PDT by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50067

Coalition Forces In Iraq Detain Dozens of Suspects, Seize Weapons Caches

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2008 – Coalition forces in Iraq captured dozens of terrorism suspects and continued to uncover enemy weapons stockpiles in operations over the past few days, military officials reported.

In operations today:

— Coalition troops captured four men believed to be members of Iranian-backed “special groups” in Baghdad’s Kadhamiyah district. Intelligence sources led coalition forces to the residence of a suspect wanted for of smuggling Iranian weapons and coordinating special groups training in Iran. The man also is suspected of training others in sniper tactics and acting as a key conduit among special groups leaders in western Baghdad. Forces detained the man and three others without incident.

— Coalition forces caught four men wanted for ties to al-Qaida in Iraq and detained 10 others during operations around Mosul and Baghdad. Forces captured two wanted men in Mosul thought to be associated with al-Qaida in Iraq senior leaders in the city. Seven others were detained there. West of Balad, coalition forces detained four terrorism suspects, including a man wanted for ties to al-Qaida in Iraq senior leaders in Iraq’s Salahuddin province. In operations in Abu Ghraib, forces netted a man wanted for attacks in the area.

In operations yesterday:

— Soldiers in Baghdad caught six suspected enemy fighters. Coalition troops in the Iraqi capital’s West Rashid district caught a man suspected of being a weapons smuggler and facilitator and a roadside bomb maker. Iraqi soldiers arrested two men suspected of criminal activity in the Mansour district. Coalition forces detained two alleged al-Qaida in Iraq members northwest of Baghdad and another suspect was detained in the Adamiyah district.

— Coalition forces uncovered a cache during a weapons search in the East Rashid district of Baghdad. The cache contained four anti-tank grenades, three rocket-propelled grenades, 200 7.62 mm rounds, two 107 mm rockets, a claymore mine, 13 86 mm mortars, five 60 mm mortars and two 57 mm surface-to-air rockets.

— Forces captured a key suspect in a special groups criminal ring in Baghdad’s Rusafa district. The suspect is believed to be an assistant to a senior Iranian-trained special groups leader. The man is suspected of kidnapping and managing funds for special groups in Sadr City. Forces also recovered several weapons at the suspect’s residence.

— Two enemy fighters were detained by coalition forces in Ghazni province. Forces searched compounds in the province’s Andar district looking for a militant leader wanted for aiding foreign fighters and bomb attacks.

— Soldiers caught a suspect in the Jazair neighborhood. The man allegedly is connected with several murders, weapons smuggling and other criminal activities.

— Iraqi special operations forces captured a man in Baghdad suspected of several indirect-fire attacks on a coalition forces base in Abu Tshir. He also allegedly is a sniper for a special groups cell. Another suspect was detained in the operation.

— In Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, coalition forces targeted an alleged terrorist administrator thought to aid the movement of explosives for al-Qaida in Iraq.

— Iraqi soldiers and national policemen recovered weapons caches in the Sadr City district of Baghdad. Police recovered an explosively formed projectile – a roadside bomb designed to pierce armored vehicles — and Iraqi soldiers seized one EFP, two light machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

— In other operations, Iraqi soldiers seized several EFPs, RPGs and rifles. Iraqi soldiers recovered a weapons cache that held 17 AK-47 assault rifles, three rifles, an anti-tank mine, two 155 mm rounds and three machine guns. Iraqi soldiers seized another weapons cache that held six 81 mm and 82 mm mortar tubes, and more than 100 81 mm and 82 mm mortar rounds.

In earlier operations:

— Coalition forces captured a man May 30 near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, believed to spearhead al-Qaida in Iraq propaganda and suspected of conspiring with terrorist leaders.

— Iraqi forces captured two suspected terrorists in an operation in Nasser Wa Salaam, west of Baghdad, May 30. The men are believed to be al-Qaida in Iraq weapons traffickers.

— Iraqi forces caught two special groups cell suspects May 30 in Baghdad. The men are believed to be responsible for the kidnapping, torture and murder of two Iraqi special operations soldiers. One of the men also is suspected of other kidnappings and murders in Baghdad. Seven other suspects were detained during the operation.

— Iraqi and coalition forces seized several munitions May 30 across Baghdad. In the Shurta area of Rashid, forces seized four mortar rounds and several rifle rounds. On the outskirts of Sadr City, forces seized 12 60 mm high-explosive mortar rounds, two 60 mm mortars, two 82 mm high-explosive rounds, two rocket mortar rounds, a 57 mm rocket and a 40 mm mortar round. Northwest of Baghdad, soldiers found five 81 mm mortar rounds, a 60 mm mortar round and a grenade.

— Iraqi police discovered two weapons caches in the Tikrit area of the Salahuddin province May 29. More than 250 rounds were buried in the farmlands. The ordnance ranged from 57 mm to 155 mm rounds, and the cache included rocket-propelled grenades, a propane tank and nearly 150 fuses.

— Iraqi national police uncovered a weapons cache during a May 29 operation in eastern Baghdad. The police found 82 rifles, three pistols, four roadside bombs including one armor-piercing device, seven rocket-propelled grenades and C-4 explosives.

— Iraqi forces captured a suspected terrorist May 29 in Mosul. The suspect allegedly is responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Iraqi policemen and bomb attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces. Two additional suspects were detained.

— Iraqi special operations forces caught two suspected terrorists May 29 in Mosul. The two men are wanted for kidnapping and murder. Twenty-one other suspects were detained in the operation.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)


1,295 posted on 06/01/2008 7:57:36 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50068

Marines Launch New Attack in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2008 – Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C., and British forces of Task Force Helmand launched a new operation in the southern portion of Afghanistan’s Helmand province today.

British forces pushed south from one of their forward operating bases to secure routes west of the Marine positions. Marines then used the newly secured British position to push into new areas of the province’s Garmsir district previously held by insurgents.

In the weeks since Marines started operations in southern Helmand, officials said, they have encountered disorganized resistance in more than 100 engagements with insurgents.

The 2,400-strong Marine unit is securing routes through the district to enable the expansion of the Afghanistan government.
In other Afghanistan operations, Afghan forces attacked several enemy extremists May 29 in Helmand’s Nahre-e Saraj district. Extremists attacked the force’s patrol with small-arms fire, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades from fortified positions. Forces called in air strikes to eliminate the enemy. Forces later found and destroyed a cache of weapons and ammunition at the site. No Afghans or U.S. forces were killed in the attacks.

Two militants were detained yesterday by coalition forces in Ghazni province. Forces searched compounds in the Andar district, targeting a militant leader who allegedly has been a facilitator for foreign fighters and has conducted bomb attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.

(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)


1,296 posted on 06/01/2008 7:59:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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BLOG:

More Details UPDATE:

http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/004043.html

May 30, 2008
“Pakistan: Islamic Teacher ‘Tortured And Killed Blind Boy’”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A seven-year old blind boy has apparently been killed by his madrassa teacher.

The boy has been named as Muhammad Atif, the son of Fayyaz Ahmad. He attended the madrassa school in Vehari district in Punjab province which was owned by Qari Abdul Latif. 20 boys lived at this seminary. The teacher who is said to have killed seven-year old Muhammad is one Qari Ziauddin.

Maulvani Ziauddin allegedly tortured the boy for not learning his Koran verses. He suspended the sightless child upside down, hanging by his feet from the hook underneath a ceiling fan. Ziauddin then proceeded to beat Muhammad with sticks.

Only when the boy fainted was he taken down. Instead of taking the child for medical treatment, the madrassa teacher had locked Muhammad Atif in a room. This is the story given by the child’s mother and grandmother.

The incident happened on Wednesday this week. When his cousin did not see Muhammad Atif in the evening, or on Thursday morning, he went to the family. They found the body in the teacher’s room. Maulvani ZIauddin himself had run off. He was captured later on Thursday in Luddan, a nearby village. The seminary tutor was apparently trying to flee justice.

A 14 day custody order has been imposed upon Ziauddin. An autopsy was made on the body of the blind child. According to Muhammad Akram Niazi of Vehari police, the autopsy revealed that the child had been tortured to death.”


1,297 posted on 06/01/2008 10:21:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20018&Itemid=21

Press Release A080601a-058
June 1, 2008

Four Special Groups members captured in Kadhamiyah

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces captured four suspected Special Groups members in an operation in the Kadhamiyah district of Baghdad Sunday.

Intelligence sources led Coalition forces to the presumed residence of an individual suspected of smuggling Iranian weapons and coordinating Special Groups training in Iran. The individual is also suspected of training others in sniper tactics and acting as a key conduit between Special Groups leaders in the western Baghdad area.

Coalition forces detained the targeted individual and three other persons without incident.

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1,298 posted on 06/01/2008 11:23:26 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=20021&Itemid=21

Press Release A080601b-199
June 1, 2008

Four wanted men captured, ten other al-Qaeda suspects detained

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces captured four men wanted for their ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq and detained ten additional suspects during operations around Mosul and Baghdad Sunday.

Coalition forces captured two wanted men in Mosul who are believed to associate with al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders in the city. The force also detained three additional suspected associates and four individuals allegedly tied to an AQI leader who conducts bombing attacks.

West of Balad, about 80 kilometers north of Baghdad, Coalition forces detained four suspected terrorists, including a man wanted for his ties to AQI senior leaders in Salah ad-Din province.

In a precision operation in Abu Ghraib, Coalition forces netted a wanted man who allegedly conducts attacks for AQI cells in the area.

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1,299 posted on 06/01/2008 11:24:47 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20027&Itemid=21

APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080602-03
Jun 2, 2008

MND-B Soldiers capture key criminal (Tarmiyah)

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers captured the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team’s number two key criminal in Tarmiyah, northwest of Baghdad, May 31.

The Soldiers from 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B,captured the criminal during operations in the Tarmiyah area.

The criminal is the suspected head of an improvised explosive device manufacturing and emplacing cell that operated near Taji and is responsible for the deaths of numerous Iraqi civilians and members of the Iraqi Security Force.

He is also linked to the bombing destruction of the Taji Bridge over the Grand Canal that killed several and wounded more Iraqi civilians.

“The Golden Dragon Soldiers went after and captured this [criminal], whose murderous past has finally caught up with him,” said Maj. Al Hing, spokesperson for 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, “Warrior.” “We are continuing to bring those criminals to justice to face the Iraqi people for their atrocities they inflicted on the people of Iraq. His past actions have deliberately tried to hurt leaders and prevent Iraq from moving toward success. The continuing efforts to remove [these criminals] are crucial to provide a safe, secure Tarmiyah and Iraq. “

The captured criminal is currently being held for questioning.

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1,300 posted on 06/01/2008 11:25:59 PM PDT by Cindy
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