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Posted on 06/02/2008 12:04:34 PM PDT by nwctwx
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UPDATE:
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1042.htm
June 19, 2008
HP-1042
“Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Chinese Firm”
Washington
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https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=86404
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Warden Message: Kabul Warns of Threat Against Coalition Officials
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
South / Central Asia - Afghanistan
18 Jun 2008
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SERENA HOTEL ATTACK HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS IN KABUL
U.S. Embassy Kabul released the following Warden Message on June 18:
The U.S. Embassy wishes to inform American citizens in Afghanistan that the Embassy continues to receive credible threat information regarding the intention of insurgents to conduct terrorist activities targeting both Afghan officials and coalition personnel in the greater Kabul area. The possibility of loss of life or injury remains significant. The Embassy is working closely with GOA officials to counter these threats. Travel of Embassy personnel in the greater Kabul area remains restricted.
The U.S. Embassy strongly encourages all personnel to remain vigilant and to closely evaluate their personal security posture, practices and predictability, to include varying times, routes and venues whenever possible. Americans who find themselves in cases of extreme emergency in Afghanistan may contact the Embassy receptionist via 0700-10-8001 or the Consular Section via mobile at 0700-20-1908.
We take this opportunity to remind the community to review their safety precautions. Updated information may be obtained by contacting the American Embassy in Kabul at usconsulkabul@state.gov or by calling the Consular Section at 0700-10-8380.
For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department’s Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov where the Worldwide Caution Public Announcement http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html, the Travel Warning and Consular Information Sheet for Afghanistan can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States, or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50261
U.S., Iraqi Troops Detain 35 in Northern Iraq
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2008 – U.S. and Iraqi troops detained 35 suspected terrorists during recent operations in northern Iraq, military officials said.
Coalition forces captured 21 suspected terrorists in various operations today across northern Iraq:
— Eight were detained in Tarmiyah, about 25 miles north of Baghdad, for their alleged association with a terrorist network responsible for numerous bombings, murders and hijackings, and for transporting terrorists throughout the country, officials said.
— Coalition forces captured six suspected terrorists in Mosul. One man is wanted for his connections with al-Qaida leaders and foreign-terrorist facilitators throughout the country. Five others were detained with him.
— In Beiji, about 100 miles south of Mosul, coalition forces arrested four suspected terrorists connected to a car-bombing network. Two suspected bombing financiers were detained in Balad, just south of Beiji, and another individual was captured in Biaj, about 80 miles southwest of Mosul, for harboring terrorists.
In operations yesterday:
— Troops from 2nd Iraqi Army Division captured three suspected terrorists, including one believed to be a mid-level leader with the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist group in Mosul. The suspected leader is accused of facilitating and distributing homemade bombs and allegedly is responsible for numerous bombing attacks and killings of Iraqi and U.S. troops, officials said.
— Tips from local residents led soldiers from 10th Mountain Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team to capture six suspected terrorists in Baghdad’s New Baghdad district. Three of the men allegedly are associated with weapons caches discovered in a metalworking shop. They also are believed to be linked to three roadside bombs designed to pierce armor-hulled vehicles found May 15 near the area, officials said.
— An Iraqi emergency response unit captured three men allegedly associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and seized a weapons cache in Kedraniyah, about 60 miles southeast of Mosul. The cache consisted of about 100 pounds of explosive materials, land mines, a sniper rifle with homemade silencer, a Katyusha rocket, hand grenades, and several thousand small-arms and artillery rounds, officials said.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20555&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080619-06
June 19, 2008
Iraqi Army captures suspected terrorist leader, detain four others
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Army soldiers with the 2nd Iraqi Army Division captured a suspected mid-level leader for the Islamic State of Iraq, a front organization for the foreign-led al Qaeda in Iraq, in Mosul June 18.
The IA conducted an operation to disrupt terrorist activities and cell operations in western Mosul. They captured a suspected terrorist leader accused of facilitating and distributing improvised explosive devices in the area. The suspected terrorist is allegedly responsible for numerous IED and vehicle-borne IED attacks on Iraqi and Coalition forces.
The suspect is also accused of engaging and killing Coalition forces on numerous occasions over the past three years.
The IA also detained four other suspected terrorists during the operation.
“Iraqi Security Forces continue to garner impressive results in the Mosul area and throughout Iraq. This successful operation should seriously degrade the current terrorist network in western Mosul,” said Lt. Col. Neil Harper, a spokesman for Multi-National Corps - Iraq.
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20577&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080620-05
June 20, 2008
ISOF capture suspected criminal leader in Baghdad
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a suspected Special Groups leader in southern Baghdad June 19.
The ISOF conducted the operation to capture the suspected criminal believed to be an influential advisor in west Baghdad. The suspect allegedly has close ties to the Office of the Sadr in Najaf, and is suspected of having the ability to nominate Special Groups command positions in Baghdad.
“The capture of this suspect will likely lead to information on other key Special Groups criminal leaders operating in the area,” said Lt. Col. Neil Harper, Multi-National Corps – Iraq spokesperson.
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Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20574&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080620-04
June 20, 2008
Iraqi Army soldiers discover multiple weapons caches in
Sadr City
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army soldiers seized several weapons caches in the Sadr City District of Baghdad June 19.
At approximately 6 a.m., soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraq Army Division, seized a cache containing four rocket propelled grenades, an 82 mm round, a mortar aiming device, two RPG-7 propellants, a RPG-7 scope, a rifle, a flare gun and six full AK-47 magazines.
At the same time in a separate find, soldiers with the 34th Bde., 9th IA Div., seized a Katusha rocket and four propellants; an RPG propellant charge, blasting caps, approximately two pounds of shrapnel and a hand grenade.
At approximately 6:30 p.m., soldiers from 3rd Bde., 1st IA Div., discovered a cache consisting of 10 RPG rounds, a block of C4, a bazooka rocket and 50 meters of wire.
Soldiers with the 38th Bde., 10th IA Div., found a weapons cache at approximately 8 a.m. consisting of 10 AK-47 rifles, a day vision scope, a rifle, a hand grenade and three sets of body armor.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., soldiers with the 3rd Bde., 1st IA Div., seized an RPG launcher and an AK-47 rifle.
At the same time, soldiers with the 38th Bde., 10th IA Div., seized a 120 mm mortar round, three grenades and seven RPG propellants.
Iraqi Army soldiers with the same unit uncovered another munitions cache at approximately 9 a.m. containing 12 RPG rockets, a Katusha rocket, four RPG launchers, 42 RPG rounds, eight 82 mm mortar rounds, an anti-tank mine, 100 mortar propellants, four 60 mm mortar rounds, seven grenades, a day sight optic, six propellant charges, a 60 mm bipod, eight 82 mm mortar cap charges, five grenade blasting charges, ten exploder primers, five 120 mm propellant charges and approximately 250 pounds of TNT explosive.
“Our Soldiers, along with their Iraqi Security Forces counterparts, continue to diligently scour the area to remove these weapons from the streets of Baghdad,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman for MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div. “We remain vigilant in protecting the people of Iraq.”
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Yep and you’re welcome Ernest.
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021464.php
June 19, 2008
Plot uncovered to strangle Motoon artist
Proportionate response?
More Motoon Madness. “Tunisians Had Planned To Strangle Prophet Cartoonist -Report,” from AFP, June 19 (thanks to all who sent this in):
COPENHAGEN (AFP)—Two Tunisians detained in Denmark for allegedly plotting to kill a cartoonist who satirized the Prophet Mohammed, had planned to strangle their target, according to intelligence documents cited by media Thursday.
Documents belonging to the Danish PET intelligence agency indicate the two suspects, aged 26 and 36, had carefully planned the foiled attack on Kurt Westergaard earlier this year, free daily Nyhedsavisen wrote on its Web site.
The youngest of the two Tunisians was a martial arts expert who was supposed to strangle Westergaard, Nyhedsavisen wrote....
According to the Nyhedsavisen report, PET had secretly searched the 26-year- old Tunisian’s home in October 2006 and had discovered a document in Arabic that proved the duo had meticulously planned an attack on Westergaard.
Among other things, the document showed they had staked out the cartoonist’s home and had an overview of how many people lived there, his schedule and the fact that he didn’t have a guard dog, the paper wrote.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200806/NAT20080618c.html
“IED-Caused Casualties in Iraq Down 89 Percent Since Surge”
By Kevin Mooney
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
June 18, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) - Deploying more U.S. troops in Iraq has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of U.S. troops being killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in that country.
IED-caused casualties have dropped 89 percent since the surge went full force last June, according to a Cybercast News Service database of Iraq casualties.
IED-caused casualties spiked in the early part of last year as the surge began. In January 2007, the U.S. started deploying an additional 30,000 troops to the country. The surge in forces was completed in mid-June.”
More Details UPDATE:
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/691
“ISNA, NAIT Seek to Edit History”
by IPT
IPT News
June 19, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/10604baa-3e63-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.html
“Anger as Hindu militants call for suicide squads”
By Joe Leahy in Mumbai
Published: June 20 2008 03:00 | Last updated: June 20 2008 03:00
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3558137,00.html
Court upholds extradition order for radical cleric
Published: 06.20.08, 12:48 / Israel News
The radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on Friday lost his legal challenge at London’s High Court against an order to extradite him to the United States to face terrorism charges.
The Egyptian-born former imam of the once-notorious Finsbury Park mosque in north London, who is serving a seven-year jail term for inciting followers to murder non-believers, had appealed against the extradition order on human rights grounds. (AFP)
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021465.php
(DUTCH NEWS.nl)
June 20, 2008
“Jordan group calls for called for international arrest warrant against Geert Wilders”
VIDEO:
HOT AIR TV - NEW JIHAD WATCH: (JIHAD WATCH.ORG): “BOUND AND GAGGED”
(Added June 19, 2008)
ADDING link to post no. 715:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/19/hot-air-tv-new-jihad-watchbound-and-gagged/
VIDEO:
HOT AIR TV - NEW JIHAD WATCH: (JIHAD WATCH.ORG): “BOUND AND GAGGED”
(Added June 19, 2008)
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08060118.htm
Thursday, June 19, 2008
“Christians Beaten Up by Hindu Radicals: One Family Has Money Stolen”
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
CHHATTISGARH, INDIA
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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08060117.htm
Thursday, June 19, 2008
“Christian Meeting Conducted by South Korean Missionary attacked by Hindu Radicals”
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
KARNATAKA, INDIA
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
“Worldwide Caution”
January 17, 2008
SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. American citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.”
See y’all next Tuesday.
Got a hot date with three of the grandkids.
Have a wonderful time Unrepentant VN Vet and hug those grandchildren for me.
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