Are you tired of the Democrats and Daschle claiming there is no impact
of the War for Enduring Freedom? Just look at the smiles on the Freed girls and women in Afghanistan.
As always, feel free to add your own comments, pictures and correct my errors. Thanks in advance.
Yikes--those boys diving off the car roof are a couple of broken necks and quadriplegia waiting to happen.
Hope they remembered their deodorant.
It's sad to realize she is only smiling because this is the only life she knows.
Cool news about the breakthrough in applying the drag reducing polymers to US ships <G>...and I'm glad the terrorists didn't succeed in destroying the evil, anti-Allah Pizza Hut.
Great post as usual, Dio.
BUMP!!
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Opinion Editorial: "OUT OF THE VIAL" (OPINION EDITORIAL SNIPPET: "Two recent revelations argue that they also appear to be acting appropriately. The first was a CIA intelligence assessment, which adduced that four nations - Russia, North Korea, Iraq and France - almost certainly possess secret stocks of the smallpox virus. A second, unrelated disclosure revealed that Osama bin Laden dedicated money and personnel resources to procuring stocks of numerous biological and chemical agents, including smallpox.") (111402)
FOX NEWS.com: "FBI: HOSPITALS IN FOUR CITIES POSSIBLE TARGETS OF TERROR ATTACKS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Houston FBI spokesman Bob Doguim said Wednesday night the vague threat involved hospitals in Houston, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C., and mentioned a time between December and April.") (111402)
SEATTLE PI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (AP): "EASTERN WASHINGTON CAMPUS EVACUATED AFTER BOMB THREAT" by John K. Wiley (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "School president Stephen Jordan said the caller referred to al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden's organization that is believed responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "It was specifically related to al-Qaida," Jordan said of the threat. Campus spokeswoman Stephanie Pettit said the caller said "people would die in flame."") (111302)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "U.S. SEES TERRORISM THREAT AGAINST COUNTRY'S OIL PORTS" by Bill Gertz (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...U.S. security officials said all U.S. oil refineries and oil-loading port terminals are vulnerable to attack by terrorists, despite efforts to increase security since the September 11 attacks. The threat to oil ports was outlined in a classified intelligence report sent to senior U.S. officials last week. Surveillance of potential targets is one of the only indicators that reveal to intelligence officials that terrorists are planning attacks...") (111302)
FBI.gov: MOST WANTED TERRORISTS: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (WANTED POSTER SNIPPETS: "Mugniyah is the alleged head of the security apparatus for the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah."..."The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension and/or conviction of Imad Fayez Mugniyah.")
MSNBC.com: "DEFENDERS: ADMITTED TERRORIST WALKS FREE" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Fawzi Mustapha Assi.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""This offense is neither a crime of violence nor does it involve a narcotic drug. It is an offense that involves allegations of support for an international terrorist organization. However, the items that were alleged in the offense do not involve weapons or indications of a crime of violence." said the judge. Assi was released on $100,000 bond and his father put up his Dearborn home as collateral, vouching that his son would appear back in court. But Assi never returned to the courthouse, his father lost his home and federal agents lost a man with suspected ties to terror, Local 4 reported.") (111102)
CNS NEWS.com: "TERRORISM HAS 'EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM,' AUTHOR CHARGES" by Marc Morano (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Spencer is not optimistic the U.S. will take the security threat of Islam seriously. "Everyone is so afraid of being called a racist that they are afraid to take measures that are necessary to defend oneself," Spencer said.") (111302)
CHARISMA NEWS.com: PERSECUTION WATCH: "CHINA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the weeks leading to the party congress, which began last Friday, the government has banned books, blocked Internet sites and clamped down on other activists. China allows only government-monitored churches, and has harassed and imprisoned Christians who worship outside the official system.") (111102)
FOX NEWS.com: "IRAQ STOCKPILING GAS ANTIDOTE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The fate of 31,600 chemical munitions, 550 mustard gas bombs and 4,000 tons of chemical precursors remain unknown, according to Congressional Research Services. In fact, the primary remaining chemical weapons questions center on the VX nerve agent, which atropine can be used to counter. By 1995, UNSCOM uncovered enough evidence to force Iraq to admit to producing about 4 tons of VX, but UNSCOM thought the country had imported enough material to actually produce 200 tons of VX, according to CRS.") (111202)
Dubai GULF NEWS.com: Dubai. "MUSLIMS ARE 'SOURCE OF OWN PROBLEMS'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""Muslims may not seek peace while they are weak. They must first be powerful and then go the negotiation table." Sheikh Al Rawi quoted the Holy Quran as saying: "Against them (enemy) make ready Your strength to the utmost Of your power, including Steeds of war, to strike terror Into (the hearts of) the enemies, Of Allah and your enemies, And others besides, whom Ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever Ye shall spend in the Cause Of Allah, shall be repaid Unto you, and ye shall not Be treated unjustly. But if the enemy Incline towards peace, Do thou (also) incline Towards peace, and trust In Allah: for He is the One That heareth and knoweth (All things). "Muslims must protect each others or there will be tumult and oppression. They are not striving to oppress others, but rather to spread justice all over the world," said Sheikh Al Rawi.") (111102)
ALL AFRICA.com: "AL-QAIDA SUSPECTS IN W. AFRICA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Voice of America (VOA) quotes intelligence sources as saying that a man identified as a former Algerian Army Colonel named Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been operating an arms smuggling network in West Africa that has links to al-Qaida. According to the sources who spoke to the VOA on conditions of anonymity, the man whose group is known by the initials 'MBM,' floats between Algeria, Mali and Mauritania. The sources said MBM has conducted arms deals with various radical Islamic organizations, including Algeria's Salafist Group for Preaching Combat. Additionally, U.S. intelligence sources also disclosed that Salafist group, known by the initials GSPC, is headed by Hassan Hattab, who is considered a key al-Qaida associate.") (111202)
WHITE HOUSE.gov: TEXT OF THE RADIO ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE NATION" (RADIO ADDRESS SNIPPET: "...The resolution presents the Iraqi regime with a test, a final test. Iraq must now, without delay or negotiations, give up its weapons of mass destruction, welcome full inspections and fundamentally change the approach it has taken for more than a decade. The regime must allow immediate and unrestricted access to every site, every document and every person identified by inspectors. Iraq can be certain that the old game of cheat-and-retreat, tolerated at other times, will no longer be tolerated. Any act of delay or defiance will be an additional breach of Iraq's international obligations, and a clear signal that the Iraqi regime has once again abandoned the path of voluntary compliance. If Iraq fails to fully comply with the U.N. resolution, the United States, in coalition with other nations, will disarm Saddam Hussein...") (November 9, 2002)
CHARLOTTE.com - THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: "WAS U.S. PROSECUTOR IN DANGER?" by Gary L. Wright (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as age 29, an alleged Hezbollah cell leader in Charlotte.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "FBI agents suspect Mohamad Youssef Hammoud wrote a letter outlining the plot to kill First Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Bell or blow up with explosives the government's evidence, the court documents reveal. A federal jury in Charlotte convicted Hammoud and his brother in June of conspiring to aid a Lebanese terrorist organization.")
PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN POST - Editorial: "JIHADI GROUPS ANNOUNCE FORMATION OF ISLAMIC ARMY IN PAKISTAN" (EDITORIAL SNIPPET: "These groups have not taken responsibility of the bomb attacks against police only but in this announcement they have claimed that now all the Jihadi groups are unite in Pakistan and they have formed the Islamic Army to teach lessons to the police officials involved in the investigations against the arrested militants in police custody. The newly formed Islamic Army has also threatened the religious minorities in general and Christian community in particulars. The Islamic Army has vowed to attack on life and property of Christians in future too as revenge by these Muslim militant groups, now called Islamic Army, on their Christian faith and religious feeling toward the western countries. The Muslim extremist groups have massacred Christians in churches, schools and on attacks on Christian establishments in these recent years killing 40 Christian innocent and peaceful Pakistani citizens after the attacks of Allied Forces to curb terrorisms in Afghanistan but in such an open way have been hesitating to take the responsibility as appeared in these Karachi police bombing incident.") (110502)
How could I ever improve on your sentiments. I share them in spades. Also love the educational text you've added recently. We all owe you big time for these posts my good Diogenesis....