Posted on 11/23/2002 3:48:01 PM PST by Diogenesis
Maybe I'm misunderstanding this statement but, if he's saying they're not on the military's side, just who's side are they on?
USA TODAY.com: "SHODDY RECORDS SLOW INQUIRY REPORT: FEDS CAN'T FIND 4,300 ALIENS" by Kevin Johnson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In one of the most troubling findings made public Thursday by the General Accounting Office, shoddy INS databases were blamed for the FBI's inability to find 4,334 of 5,046 illegal immigrants identified earlier this year as having ties to countries where al-Qaeda has had a significant presence. Among those countries: Yemen, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Malaysia.") (112202)
ALBAWABA.com (WAM): "REPORT: POLICE FOIL ATTACK ON AMERICAN MILITARY HELICOPTER AT AL-FUJAIRAH AIRPORT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A security official told AP the customs officer Mohammed Abdullah al-Abdouli, in his twenties, entered a restricted area of the airport and was challenged by police. He opened fire and police responded, wounding him in the neck, WAM said. According to the London-based Asharq al Awsat newspaper, al-Abdouli entered the area and tried to fire on an American military helicopter that landed in the airport.") (112302)
FOX NEWS.com: "TWO GIs SHOT BY KUWAITI POLICEMAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KUWAIT CITY - Two U.S. Army soldiers were shot and seriously wounded on Thursday, when a Kuwaiti policeman opened fire after a highway traffic stop, the Kuwaiti government said. The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry said the policeman, identified as a junior officer, fled to Saudi Arabia shortly after the shooting.") (112102)
SAC BEE.com - THE SACRAMENTO BEE: "RED BLUFF GETS HELP IN HUNTING OFFICER'S KILLER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An autopsy was under way Wednesday and Petitt declined to give any more details about the shooting. He did say that authorities believe the shooter is not searching for random targets. "It appears to be a situation where officers were the target," he said. "I think the community at large is safe. It's law enforcement that isn't." The Red Bluff Secret Witness Program offered a reward of nearly $30,000 for information leading to the capture and conviction of a suspect or suspects.") (112102)
USA TODAY.com (AP): Sidon, Lebanon. "AMERICAN MISSIONARY KILLED IN SOUTH LEBANON" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...The clinic provides medical care and help to local people and Palestinian refugees in camp nearby. "Bonnie died because she loved the people of Sidon," he told reporters outside the center. "May God forgive them," Dagher said of the attackers. Muslim clerics have criticized the Unity Center in the past, accusing it of preaching Christianity and trying to indoctrinate Sidon's youth...") (ARTICLE NOTE: The victim is identified as Bonnie Penner, age 31, wife of Gary Whitherall.) (112102)
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)
THE STAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR (AP, CP): "FRENCH SAY AIRLINER BOMB THREAT 'A BAD JOKE' Moroccan Passenger Detained in Paris; Second Man Held in Montreal" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...Several apparent attempts to hijack international flights have been avoided in recent weeks. On Nov. 18, an Arab Israeli man was stopped from breaking into the cockpit of an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul. On Oct. 15, a man carrying a pistol was overtaken when he tried to take over a flight from Sudan to Saudi Arabia.") (112202)
DFW.com - STAR-TELEGRAM.com: "90 ARRESTED IN NORTH TEXAS IMMIGRATION RAID" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "D/FW AIRPORT - Federal authorities arrested 60 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport workers and 30 additional people Wednesday on suspicion of violating immigration laws. They are accused of obtaining false Social Security numbers to gain jobs that involve having access to secure areas of the airport. The arrests are part of a national effort to make sure that airport employees with access to secure areas are properly documented.") (112002)
WTOP.com News (AP): "MAN DETAINED IN MICHIGAN PROBE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An alleged member of a terrorist sleeper cell in Michigan believed to be an expert in airport security was ordered detained Wednesday. Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi, 36, pleaded innocent to charges of acting with "a covert underground support unit" and an "operational combat cell" for a radical Islamic movement allied with al-Qaida. Elmardoudi, Karim Koubriti, 24, Ahmed Hannan, 34, and Farouk Ali-Haimoud, 22, were charged in August with conspiracy to provide material support or resources to terrorists. The others also have pleaded innocent.") (112002)
THIS IS LONDON.com: "MAJOR AIRPORT SECURITY ALERT" by Mark Wilkinson, Evening Standard (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Moroccan born Josef Monti, age 18, a man who resides in Paris, France.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Moroccan-born Josef Monti arrived on the Eurostar train on false papers and within 48 hours walked unchallenged into a highly-restricted area at the airport. He climbed into the cockpit of an unlocked European Aviation Boeing 737, which was empty and unguarded, and smashed instrument panels and equipment. He was about to attack another aircraft when he was detained by airport security. The 18-year-old later admitted to officials that he was a supporter of Saddam Hussein. Although he asked to be directed to the notorious Finsbury Park mosque after arriving in Britain...) (111902)
WKMG.com - LOCAL 6.com: "POLICE: AIRPORT SCREENER STOPS MAN WITH MEAT CLEAVER" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Joseph Jarvens Almeida, age 39, a Sri Lankan citizen.) (111802)
JERUSALEM POST.com: "TURKISH SECURITY: EL AL HIJACKER PLANNED 9/11-LIKE ATTACK IN TEL AVIV" by Matthew Gutman (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Tawfik Fukara, age 23. The weapon was a pocketknife.) (111902)
TIMES ONLINE.co.uk: "'AL-QAEDA MAN' HELD FOR HOTEL CAR BOMB PLOT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The CIA is questioning a leading al-Qaeda fundraiser arrested in Kuwait, whom they accuse of plotting a car bomb at a hotel in Yemen used by American military personnel. Intelligence sources say that Mohsen al-Fadhli, who has been moved to a secret location, has also confessed to funding last month's attack on a French oil tanker off the Yemeni coast.") (111802)
CNS NEWS.com: "MAN WHO POSED THREAT TO U.S. BASE IN BOSNIA STILL IN CUSTODY" by Beth Kampschror (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Vanier did not elaborate on a statement released Monday, which said that Sabahudin Fijuljanin would be held until further notice for "surveilling" the base in northwestern Bosnia where most of the 3,000 U.S. peacekeepers are located. Fijuljanin, believed to be a Muslim, is also accused of possessing an anti-tank weapon at his home, and was also found to have numerous passports from Bosnia and Yugoslavia. He was initially detained for questioning on Oct. 26."He's admitted to have surveilled SFOR personnel, and was caught with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher," Vanier said.") (111902)
CNN.com (AP): "MISS WORLD PROTESTERS KILL AT LEAST 50" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Angry mobs stabbed and set fire to bystanders Thursday in rioting that erupted after a newspaper suggested Islam's founding prophet would have approved of the Miss World beauty pageant. At least 50 people were killed and 200 injured. The violent demonstrators in the northern city of Kaduna burned churches and rampaged through the streets until hundreds of soldiers were deployed to restore calm and enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew.") (UPDATE: 105 people dead, over 500 people injured) (112202)***UPDATE: The Miss World Contest is Being Moved Out of Nigeria.
JERUSALEM POST.com: "TERRORIST'S FAMILY: WE ARE PROUD OF HIM" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suicide-homicide bomber is identified as Na'el Abu Hilayel.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Abu Hilayel said he was unaware his son was a member of Hamas. "He never spoke of his political affiliations and I didn't know that he had joined the armed wing of Hamas," he said. "But the truth is that there is no difference between one Palestinian group and the other. We are all one people fighting against the common enemy the Jews." He added: "There is no difference between Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The war of all the Palestinian factions against the Zionist enemy is a holy war. May God bless him and all the other heroic martyrs who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of God, Islam, and the homeland.") (112102)
ALBAWABA.com: "ISLAMIC JIHAD CHIEF: SHARON PLAN TO KILL ME DOES NOT SCARE ME, SYRIA NOT TO CLOSE OUR OFFICES" (ARTICLE NOTE: The Secretary General of Islamic Jihad is identified as Ramadan Shalah.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He added, "from the first day on which we chose Jihad against the Zionist occupation we recognized the costs and sacrifices we are willing to offer. We consider ourselves living martyrs and ready to die as martyrs."") (112002)
BBC NEWS: "SYRIA SNUBS U.S. REQUEST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Syria has rejected a United States demand to close down an office of the militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. The request came after the group said it had carried out last Friday's ambush in the West Bank city of Hebron, which killed 12 Israelis.") (111902)
GOOGLE Search Term: "ISLAMIC JIHAD"
THE MOSCOW TIMES Hot News (INTERFAX): "TWO BLASTS OCCUR AT VLADIKAVAZ STADIUM" (ARTICLE BRIEF: "VLADIKAVKAZ. Nov 17 (Interfax) - Two explosions occurred within a couple of seconds at the Spartak central stadium in Vladikavkaz at 7:20 p.m. Moscow time, or about an hour after a soccer match between the host team of Alania and Rotor from Volgograd was wrapped up, a source with the North Ossetian Interior Ministry told Interfax. First information indicates that the blasts did not injure anyone.") (111702)
ANANOVA.com: "POLICE ARREST ALLEGED MASTERMIND IN BALI BLASTS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Imam Samudra, an Afghan-trained militant with alleged links to the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, allegedly planned the October 12 attack. He also allegedly helped to build the bombs that blew up outside the Sari Club and Paddy's bar. He was arrested in the port town of Merak said AM Hendropriyono, the chief of national intelligence agency.) (112102)
GOOGLE - Search Term: "IMAM SAMUDRA"
THE AUSTRALIAN.com.au: "AUSSIE JI BOMB 'PLOTTER' ARRESTED" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as English born Jack Roche, a convert to Islam.) (111902)
GOOGLE Search Term: "RIDUAN ISAMUDDIN" (Note: Riduan Isamuddin is also known as "Hambali.")
GOOGLE Search Term: "HAMBALI"
ANANOVA.com: "POLICE RELEASE PICTURES OF SIX BALI BOMBERS" (NOTE: Click here to view pictures.) (111702)
YAHOO! News - Photo Gallery: "Suicide Bomber" (NOTE: Click on any of the numerous thumbnail photos to get THE BIG PICTURE.)
GOOGLE - Search Term: "HOMICIDE BOMBERS"
FREEREPUBLIC.com - Discussion Forum - Topic: "Jihad in America" FREEREPUBLIC.com - Search on news discussion topic: "JIHAD" GOOGLE Search Term: "JIHAD" GOOGLE Search Term: "GIHAD" GOOGLE Search Term: "HIRABAH" GOOGLE Search Term: "Qa`idat al-Jihad" GOOGLE Search Term: "Qaeda al-Jihad" GOOGLE Search Term: "E-JEHAD"
FREEREPUBLIC.com - Discussion Forum - Topic: "THE WEB OF TERROR: AN OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM"
SIMOKYFED.com: "HAGANAH"
FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS"
The photos that show the results of the latest Islamic atrocities in Nigeria were sobering. Once again, the media just doesn't get it: It is about Islam!
Thanks again for another excellent post!
p.s. The shuttle launch tonight was spectacular into the night sky! Visible here for almost ten minutes. Another U.S. success!
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