Posted on 05/01/2008 3:06:29 PM PDT by nwctwx
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19223&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080509-08
May 9, 2008
ISF detain criminal cell leader, three al-Qaeda in Iraq
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces detained a Special Groups cell leader and three al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists in two separate operations, May 8.
Iraqi Special Operations Forces conducted an operation in Baghdad and detained an al-Bayaa district Special Groups cell leader believed to be responsible for kidnapping operations and indirect fire attacks on Iraqi and Coalition forces. Two additional suspects were detained.
In Ramadi, an Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics team detained three al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists known to be involved with coordinating improvised explosive device attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces and the facilitation of foreign fighters.
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=831DC5A0-66BE-4A16-8BA8-E14C9472BB2F
“Fatwa on a Book”
By Jamie Glazov
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, May 09, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Howard Rotberg, the author of The Second Catastrophe: A Novel about a Book and its Author (Mantua Books). The novel explores the problems faced by a pro-Israel historian after he wrote a book comparing Islamists to Nazis, and the situation for Israeli Jews today with that of Jews in 1939. Rotberg is a Canadian author who has faced the manufactured wrath of Islamists after they made up allegations against him.
FP: Howard Rotberg, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
Rotberg: Thank you.
FP: Let’s begin with the trouble you began having after the release of your novel.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/FOREIGN/798278846/1001
“N. Korea gives U.S. nuclear papers”
By Nicholas Kralev
May 9, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “North Korea yesterday gave the United Sates eight boxes of documents from its nuclear weapons program dating back to 1990 — a move that U.S. officials said clears the way for the North to be removed from the blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism.
More than 18,000 pages of records, whose pending transfer was first reported by The Washington Times last week, were given to Sung Kim, director of the State Department’s Korea desk, who visited Pyongyang for the second time in two weeks.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2013478/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2013478/posts?page=27#27
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3541255,00.html
Lebanese minister: Iran behind attack on Beirut
Published: 05.09.08, 12:54 / Israel News
Lebanese coalition member Ahmad Fatfat said Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had “taken advantage of the government’s decision to outlaw the (Shiite) group’s communications system to declare war.”
“It was actually Iran that raided Beirut,” Fatfat told Al-Arabiya, “this is an Iranian attack.” (Roee Nahmias)
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3541249,00.html
Lebanese minister: Attack on Beirut Iranian-backed
Published: 05.09.08, 12:29 / Israel News
Ahmad Patpat, a member of the Lebanese government, said that Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah “utilized the government’s decision to outlaw his communications in order to declare war.
“Iran has broken into Beirut,” he concluded in an interview to Al Arabiya network. “What is happening here is an Iranian attack.” (Roee Nahmias)
27 posted on May 9, 2008 3:18:12 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080507-11.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 7, 2008
Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria
On May 11, 2004, pursuant to my authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-175), I issued Executive Order 13338, in which I declared a national emergency with respect to the actions of the Government of Syria. To deal with this national emergency, Executive Order 13338 authorized the blocking of property of certain persons and prohibited the exportation or re-exportation of certain goods to Syria. On April 25, 2006, and February 13, 2008, I issued Executive Order 13399 and Executive Order 13460, respectively, to take additional steps with respect to this national emergency.
I took these actions to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, maintaining its then-existing occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile programs including the recent revelation of illicit nuclear cooperation with North Korea, and undermining U.S. and international efforts with respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq.
Because the actions and policies of the Government of Syria continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the national emergency declared on May 11, 2004, and the measures adopted on that date and on April 25, 2006, in Executive Order 13399, and on February 13, 2008, in Executive Order 13460, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond May 11, 2008. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency authorizing the blocking of property of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation or re-exportation of certain goods to Syria.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 7, 2008.
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Well, poop.
I had about the same reaction, until I cynically thought that a captured top dog in AlQ would draw so many ACLU lawyers and MSM reporters, he’d wind up holding press conferences until the troops got tired of dealing with the interference and released him.
Just kill the bas****s, and let the bugs eat ‘em.
placemark
September 2001 remarks by the President
Snippets:
I also want to assure my fellow Americans that when you pledge allegiance to the flag, with your hand on your heart, you pledge just as hard to the flag as I do; that the outpouring of support for our country has come from all corners of the country, including many members of the Muslim faith. And for that I am grateful.
.....And I want to thank you very much for the gift you gave me, Imam, the Koran. It's a very thoughtful gift. I said thank you very much for the gift. He said, it's the best gift I could give you, Mr. President. I appreciate that very much.
Celebration is delayed, but inevitable one day soon.
A man who stole a container with radioactive material in it from a company here and apparently dumped the substance in a river in Yokohama has been arrested, police said.
77 new cases of hepatitis are identified in Las Vegas
Nevada health officials said Thursday that they had identified 77 new cases of hepatitis C among patients treated at a Las Vegas endoscopy practice, in one of the country’s largest outbreaks of the liver disease.
The officials had previously identified seven cases of the disease linked to the gastroenterology practice, one of the largest in southern Nevada, and a single case in one of the practice’s sister clinics. The infections were caused, they said, by the reuse of anesthesia syringes among multiple patients.
Syed Ahmed of Dawsonville and Ehsanul Sadequee are charged with providing material support to terrorists and related conspiracy counts. No trial date has been set. Ahmed had asked that evidence obtained from searching his backpack and a suitcase he had at an airport be thrown out.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn Brill recommended Tuesday that the motion to suppress be denied. The U.S. District Court judge overseeing the case has the final say. Brill earlier recommended denial of Ahmed's request to suppress statements he made to agents during the airport search.
Ahmed, born in Pakistan, was a Georgia Tech student at the time of his arrest. Sadequee, born in Virginia of Bangladeshi descent, has relatives in the Atlanta area.
State Department RECOVERS 400 anti-terrorism computers
Snippets:
For several months, according to an Inspector General's report discovered by a group of former State Department employees, the Dept. did not know the whereabouts of some 400 laptops. And now, somehow, they've all been found.
Among the missing property were those laptop computers, presumably with high-level information on them, if not classified. "We're not talking about a missing laptop or two," read the blog post. "A Department-wide audit found hundreds of laptops unaccounted for and identified DS, now rushing to close the barn door before the scandal really breaks, as having the laxest control of any bureau in the agency."
Britain's intelligence service MI5 has launched a high priority search for more than 1,000 pieces of missing radioactive medical equipment used in the treatment of cancers and other illnesses in British hospitals, says a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin
The loss was discovered after Britain's understaffed National Health Service hospitals made their quarterly inventory returns to the government Environmental Agency -- responsible for the safety of all medical radioactive materials.
Yep, but not a surprise.
Ummm...thanks for stepping down memory lane, MamaDearest.
Thanks for the Chiba update, MamaDearest.
Thanks to Clive for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013916/posts
“900 tortured and assaulted in Zimbabwe”
National Post ^ | 2008-05-09 | Peter Goodspeed
Posted on May 9, 2008 10:03:58 PM PDT by Clive
http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2008/nk050808.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2008
“23 Reputed Crime Family Members and Associates
Charged in Racketeering, Gambling, Extortion Indictment
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10 Rounded Up Early This Morning”
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/index.html
NEWARK –
Thanks to Jet Jaguar for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013930/posts
“’Lifesaver’ Bottle Purifies Water in Seconds”
FoxNews.com ^ | May 09, 2008 | Allison Barrie
Posted on May 9, 2008 11:05:03 PM PDT by Squidpup
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49826
Coalition Soldiers Kill Six Enemy Fighters, Capture Weapons Caches
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad killed six enemy fighters, fended off an attack, and captured and destroyed several weapons caches yesterday.
Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers killed six criminals, who attacked coalition forces with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms during multiple engagements in the Sadr City district of Baghdad yesterday.
— At about 1:30 p.m., soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were attacked by criminals with RPGs and small arms. Soldiers returned fire and killed one criminal.
— At about 2 p.m., soldiers from 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, identified one Iranian trained “special groups” fighter on a rooftop with a weapon. Soldiers engaged the individual and killed him.
— At about 4:30 p.m., soldiers from 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and 1138th Engineer Battalion were attacked with RPGs and small arms while they were emplacing barriers to provide security for the residents of Sadr City. Soldiers fired one tank round and machine guns, killing three enemy fighters.
— Soldiers from 1138th Engineer Battalion were later struck by an improvised explosive device while conducting a route-clearing mission at about 5 p.m. Soldiers were then attacked with RPGs and returned fire, killing one enemy fighter. No soldiers were injured in the IED attack.
“Special group criminals continue to disrupt the security of local Iraqi communities,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a spokesman for Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division. “These barriers will improve security, life will get better for Sadr City residents, and together with the Iraqi security forces, we will bring the criminals to justice.”
In other operations yesterday, Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers engaged two enemy rocket teams and fended off an attack during night operations.
— At about 6:30 p.m., soldiers monitoring an aerial surveillance system witnessed two special groups members gathering around a rocket rail that had been used for an indirect-fire attack earlier in Sadr City. The enemy fighters then loaded two carts and pushed them down a street. An aerial weapons team was called in, engaged the individuals with one Hellfire missile, killing both.
— Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were attacked by fighters using small-arms fire at about 8:35 p.m. in Sadr City. Acting in self-defense, the soldiers fired one M1A2 Abrams tank round and machine gun fire, killing two of the attackers.
— At about 10:45 p.m., soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, operating an unmanned aerial vehicle witnessed four special groups members load a rocket rail into a vehicle and drive away in New Baghdad. The UAV followed the vehicle until it stopped and parked inside a garage in Sadr City. The UAV engaged the garage with a Hellfire missile. Two enemy fighters were killed, and the rocket rail, garage and vehicle were destroyed.
Iraq security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers destroyed several weapons caches across Baghdad yesterday.
— At about 6 a.m., soldiers with Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered a weapons cache containing eight 120 mm mortar rounds in West Rashid.
— At about 8 a.m., Iraqi army soldiers found three weapons caches during a combat patrol in Sadr City. The weapons caches contained five 155 mm artillery rounds, four 120 mm mortar rounds and assorted ammunition and equipment.
— At about 11:30 a.m., Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers patrolling the Mansour district of Baghdad discovered an improvised explosive device made up of a paint can filled with ammonium nitrate, wrapped in detonation cord. In addition, a 40 pound bag of ammonium nitrate and a 60 pound bag of an unknown chemical were found at the site.
— At about 2:30 p.m., Iraqi army soldiers discovered a weapons cache northwest of Baghdad containing three 30 pound bags of homemade explosive and four rocket-propelled-grenade initiators.
— At about 4:45 p.m., Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers discovered a weapons cache west of Baghdad containing a 155 mm artillery round, 130 mm mortar round, two rocket-propelled-grenade warheads, a rifle grenade and other assorted ammunition.
“The Iraqi Security Forces are visibly out on the streets securing and protecting the people of Baghdad,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and 4th Infantry Division. “They sacrifice daily and are conducting independent operations.”
A Multinational Division Baghdad air weapons team killed two enemy fighters and wounded four, all of whom were involved in launching a rocket attack on Sadr City citizens. The individuals were hiding in a building in the Sadr City district of Baghdad at approximately 2 p.m. May 8 after launching the rocket. The criminals launched the rocket attack at about 1:30 p.m. that killed two Iraqi citizens, injured eight more and damaged a house in central Baghdad. An unmanned aerial vehicle, conducting a surveillance mission in the area, observed the individuals moving rocket rails from the rocket site to an alley near a building. It then maintained positive identification as they entered a building and were observed on the rooftop.
An aerial weapons team was dispatched to the area and engaged the enemy fighters. The team fired three Hellfire missiles into the building, one at the first floor, one at the second floor and one at a shack on the roof, and killed and wounded the enemy fighters. Bomb damage was limited to the multi-story building involved in the attack.
“These criminals are responsible for the murder of innocent Iraqi civilians, who died as a result of their heinous, indiscriminate attack,” said Army Col. Allen Batschelet, Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division chief of staff.
Also yesterday, Iraqi security forces detained a special groups cell leader and three al-Qaida in Iraq terrorists in two separate operations. Iraqi special operations forces conducted an operation in Baghdad and detained a Bayaa district special groups cell leader believed to be responsible for kidnapping operations and indirect-fire attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces. Two additional suspects were detained. In Ramadi, an Iraqi special weapons and tactics team detained three al-Qaida in Iraq terrorists known to be involved with coordinating improvised-explosive-device attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces and facilitating foreign fighters.
Earlier, Iraqi security forces, “Sons of Iraq” citizen security group members, and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers seized caches and recovered weapons across Baghdad on May 7.
— At about 9:20 a.m., Sons of Iraq members in Adhamiyah discovered a possible improvised explosive device that had been inadvertently picked up by a sanitation truck. The Sons of Iraq found two 81 mm projectiles, a 120 mm Hera Mark I mortar, a projectile booster and detonation cord.
— At about 10:45 a.m., Iraqi National Police, along with soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, seized munitions found in an abandoned mosque while conducting a patrol in eastern Rashid. Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers secured the area as the Iraqi police obtained permission to enter the mosque. The Iraqi police entered the abandoned mosque and seized two containers of homemade explosive, a rocket-propelled grenade with launcher, a smoke grenade, and an Iraqi army uniform.
— At about 6:50 a.m., soldiers with Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered a weapons cache containing three 107 mm rockets, five RPGs, a 60 mm mortar, and 200 rounds of PKC light machine gun ammunition during a combat patrol in western Rashid.
— At about 4 p.m., soldiers with Company B, 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, discovered a weapons cache consisting of eight 155 mm projectiles and five 60 mm mortar rounds while on patrol in western Rashid.
“Along with our Iraqi security forces partners, we are taking these dangerous weapons off the streets,” Batschelet said. “Reducing the number of weapons available to criminal elements contributes directly to the safety of Iraqi citizens.”
In other earlier operations in Iraq:
— Multinational Division Center soldiers recovered nearly 200 weapons rounds near Shubayshen, about 30 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, May 7. Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), acted on a tip that there was a weapons cache in the area. The cache contained 82 57 mm rockets, 95 82 mm mortars, and 23 120 mm rounds, all of which could have been used as improvised explosive devices. Explosive ordnance disposal personnel will dispose of the ordnance at a later date, officials said.
— Iraqi army soldiers and Iraqi policemen prevented potential improvised-explosive-device attacks in the East Mansour district of Baghdad when they stopped a vehicle that was being used to transport IEDs in the area at about 1 p.m. May 7. Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 54th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, along with Jamia Iraqi policemen, conducted a traffic stop after noticing a suspicious individual driving down a road. After stopping the vehicle, the soldiers and policemen discovered the deadly weapons in the vehicle. The forces fired at the man and wounded him. Inside the vehicle, the forces seized three tanks of oxygen that were set up as IEDs. An explosive ordnance detachment detonated the device. “The Iraqi security forces continue to demonstrate their professionalism every day as the combat the terrorist forces,” Batschelet said. “Their attention to detail prevented what could have been a deadly attack on the innocent people of Iraq.”
— Soldiers from 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), unearthed a cache during air assault operations in the Said Abdullah corridor, about 30 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, May 6. Soldiers from 320th Field Artillery, found a buried cache that contained 18 86 mm projectiles, three 82 mm rounds, three 130 mm rounds prepared as improvised explosive devices, one 75 mm rocket, one 60 mm mortar base plate, one rocket-propelled-grenade round, and one packing tube with 2,500 7.62 mm rounds. The unit destroyed the cache.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
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