Posted on 07/03/2004 4:26:28 PM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/4/4 - Baghdad, Sadr City, Qandil mountains, Hilla, Qiqihar, Titan
BREAKING: Baghdad - Justice Delivered BREAKING: Sadr City - Shiites demand execution of Saddam BREAKING: Qandil mountains - Kurds announce end of six-year cease-fire BREAKING: Hilla - Polish troops find cyclosarin in 17 Grad rockets BREAKING: Qiqihar- 17 chemical bombs that he unearthed BREAKING: Titan - America's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer
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========= Baghdad =========
AT THE IRAQI TRIBUNAL -JUSTICE, AMERICAN-STYLE IS SERVED TO TYRANTS
In Baghdad, former Baathiist leaders are lead into a courtroom in chains.
They are Sabir Abdul Aziz Al-Douri, Watban Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti,
Taha Yassin Ramadan, Muhammed Hamza al-Zubaydi, Aziz Saleh al-Numan,
Ali Hasan al-Majid, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti.
Former Iraqi tyrant, murderer, and rapist,Saddam Hussein,
lead into a courtroom Thursday, July 1, 2004 from Camp Victory.
In Baghdad, former Iraqi tyrant, murderer, and rapist,
Saddam Hussein is led by guards into the courtroom.
In Baghdad, on the trail of former Iraq deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz.
Ali Hasan al-Majid, who will be known into Eternity as Chemical Ali
in a courtroom at Camp Victory, a former Saddam palace
somewhere on the outskirts of Baghdad.
Kamal Mustafa al-Tikriti, former commander of Iraq's "elite" Republican Guards.
Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti, presidential advisor and half-brother of Saddam Hussein.
Saddam Hussein's half-brother and adviser Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti
before the Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004.
Former Baath party regional commander Aziz Salih Numan
before the Iraqi tribunal.
Former Iraqi defense minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad
appears before the Iraqi tribunal.
Mohammed Hamza al-Zubaidi, a former member of
Iraq's decision-making Revolutionary Command Council
which directed 35 years of Baath party brutality.
In Baghdad, Sabir Abd al-Aziz al-Douri, former military intelligence chief
and former mayor of Baghdad, appears before the Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004.
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan
appears before the Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004.
Saddam'ssecretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti.
A selection of newspapers from the Middle East.
Some welcomed judicial proceedings against Saddam,
as other Arab dailies read from their DNC and al Qaeda "fact" sheets.
========= Sadr City =========
WHY ARE THESE SHIITES CHEERING?
In Baghdad, Iraq, Shiite Muslims demonstrate following Friday noon prayers,
demanding the execution of Saddam
In Sadr City, Baghdad, Shiite Aws al-Khafaji, Muqtada al-Sadr's representative
speaks at Friday prayers calling for the execution of Saddam, July 2, 2004.
========= Abu Ghraib =========
WHY ARE THESE IRAQIS SMILING?
In Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 21 miles northwest of Baghdad,
Iraqi prisoners wave and smile after release from Abu Ghraib prison.
Near Baghdad, Iraqi Civil Defence Corps soldiers
smile as they watch a released prisoner greeted by a relative
following his release.
WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING?
In Baghdad, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi
smiles during the ceremony transfering national sovereignty to Iraq.
In Baghdad, US Administrator Paul Bremer waves as he boards an Air Force plane
at Baghdad International Airport for his flight out of Iraq, June 28, 2004.
In Baghdad, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte presents his credentials.
WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING?
In Baghdad, Iraqi Minister of Defense Hazim Al Shala,
greets U.S. Army liberators while visiting a traffic checkpoin.
========= Qandil mountains =========
In the Qandil mountains, Iraq, the People's Defence Forces,
a Turkish Kurd rebel group, formerly known as the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),
announced the end of its six-year unilateral cease-fire with Turkey on June 1.
========= Hilla =========
In Hilla, Iraq, Polish troops secure the area near their base in Hilla.
A dozen missile warheads found by Polish troops were said
to contain chemical agents.
========= Warsaw =========
WHY ARE THESE MEN SMILING?
In Warsaw, General Marek Dukaczewski (R), the head of Polish army intelligence,
discusses artillery shells found by Polish troops in Iraq which definitely contained
the deadly nerve agent cyclosarin. Polish heroes found 17 Grad rockets
and two mortar shells filled with chemicals in late June
and said U.S. experts had carried out tests on the weapons.
========= Tehran =========
In Tehran, Iran, Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
during Friday prayers, July 2, 2004, said Saddam should be
prosecuted for crimes. Get in line, Next.
========= Istanbul =========
WHY ARE THESE MEN SMILING?
Because Iraq was liberated by America
In Istanbul, Turkey, President George W. Bush smiles
at the state dinner for the NATO summit on June 28, 2004.
Why? The early handover of power in Baghdad.
In Istanbul, Turkey, President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair
smile after hearing the stupid remarks and whining by French Chirac.
WHY ARE THESE MEN SMILING?
Because Aftganistan was liberated by America.
In Istanbul, Turkey, Colin Powell and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
and Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
========= Kabul =========
WHY ARE THESE CHILDREN SMILING?
In Dai Sabz village, 10 klicks northeast of Kabul,
Afghan children liberated by the America
smile as they receive toys frm ISAF troops.
========= Qiqihar =========
WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING?
In Qiqihar, Hailongjiang Province, China, a villager
displays some of the 17 chemical bombs that he unearthed
from his vegetable field.
In Qiqihar, Hailongjiang Province, Japanese and Chinese experts dig for chemical weapons
abandoned by Japanese troops during the World War II.
========= Washington =========
WHY IS THIS WOMAN SMILING?
In Washington, DC, the new Iraqi Ambassador Rend Al-Rahim
smiles after her country's embassy opened June 30, 2004.
President Bush and Paul Bremer wave from the steps of the Old Executive Office Building adjacent to the in the White House.
=========== Titan ===========
Saturn's moon Titan, were taken by the Cassini spacecraft's
visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, Saturday, July 3, 2004,
show its southern hemisphere. The different colors in the images
are due to different wavelengths of light. The left image shows,
in the darker regions possibly relatively pure water ice, while the
brighter regions likely have a much higher amount of non-ice materials
such as simple hydrocarbons. The middle image shows a very dark surface
almost everywhere, as expected for a surface of water ice and
simple hydrocarbons. The image on the right is similar to the left image,
indicating dark icy regions and brighter hydrocarbon-rich materials.
A bright cloud of methane particles is apparent in all three images
near the south pole.
Saturn's moon Titan, the southern hemisphere of the moon
in near-infrared .
Titan, true-color image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on June 10, 2004
and released by NASA on Friday, July 2, 2004. This atmosphere,
rich in organic material, gives the moon a smooth, featureless, orange glow.
END OF TRANSMISSION 7/4/4 .......... K
It's very clear that for nations, as well as for individuals, times of sorrow and danger reveals our enemies -- and our friends!
I wonder if they were thinking about their reversal of fortune, how they would have treated captured foes. Presumably some of the defendants would have participated in executions and made families pay for the bullets, etc. They never seriously thought Saddam would fall, esp. when we didn't finish him off during the first Gulf War. They thought the US was a paper tiger, so naturally, none defected or ran for their lives. Saddam would have murdered their families and friends. They were trapped in a hell of their own making. The world had better get used to a US President who says what he means and doesn't back down. Real politik and a hard-nosed American patriot in the WH. 'Let's roll'.
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I don't know how to post pictures, but the ones at www.bigmixup.com/rockpapersaddam/ are pretty funny, IMHO.
I get so glad to see the pictures you post. Nothing says truth like pictures
Land Of the Free and the Home of the Brave!!
Thanks for posting these.
I hope you had a blessed and joyful Independence Day.
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Independence bump for Iraq. Thanks, Dio....
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Taken as a whole, these guys look worried. Tariq Aziz looks especially worried.
The chains and manacles are nice, but I think a nice orange jumpsuit would have been so much more appropriate than that suit and open collared shirt.
| 2001 Report on Foreign Terrorist Organizations Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism October 5, 2001 Background The Secretary of State designates Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO’s), in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury. These designations are undertaken pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. FTO designations are valid for two years, after which they must be redesignated or they automatically expire. Redesignation after two years is a positive act and represents a determination by the Secretary of State that the organization has continued to engage in terrorist activity and still meets the criteria specified in law.
Current List of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (as of October 5, 2001)
NOTE: For descriptions of these foreign terrorist organizations, please refer to "Patterns of Global Terrorism: 2000." Legal Criteria for Designation
Effects of Designation Legal
Other Effects
The Process Under the statute, designations are subject to judicial review. In the event of a challenge to a group’s FTO designation in federal court, the U.S. government relies upon the administrative record to defend the Secretary’s decision. These administrative records contain intelligence information and are therefore classified. FTO designations expire in two years unless renewed. The law allows groups to be added at any time following a decision by the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary may also revoke designations after determining that there are grounds for doing so and notifying Congress. ** The Immigration and Nationality Act defines terrorist activity to mean: any activity which is unlawful under the laws of the place where it is committed (or which, if committed in the United States, would be unlawful under the laws of the United States or any State) and which involves any of the following: (I) The highjacking or sabotage of any conveyance (including an aircraft, vessel, or vehicle). (II) The seizing or detaining, and threatening to kill, injure, or continue to detain, another individual in order to compel a third person (including a governmental organization) to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the individual seized or detained. (III) A violent attack upon an internationally protected person (as defined in section 1116(b)(4) of title 18, United States Code) or upon the liberty of such a person. (IV) An assassination. (V) The use of any- (a) biological agent, chemical agent, or nuclear weapon or device, or (b) explosive or firearm (other than for mere personal monetary gain), with intent to endanger, directly or indirectly, the safety of one or more individuals or to cause substantial damage to property. (VI) A threat, attempt, or conspiracy to do any of the foregoing. (iii) The term "engage in terrorist activity" means to commit, in an individual capacity or as a member of an organization, an act of terrorist activity or an act which the actor knows, or reasonably should know, affords material support to any individual, organization, or government in conducting a terrorist activity at any time, including any of the following acts: (I) The preparation or planning of a terrorist activity. (II) The gathering of information on potential targets for terrorist activity. (III) The providing of any type of material support, including a safe house, transportation, communications, funds, false documentation or identification, weapons, explosives, or training, to any individual the actor knows or has reason to believe has committed or plans to commit a terrorist activity. (IV) The soliciting of funds or other things of value for terrorist activity or for any terrorist organization. (V) The solicitation of any individual for membership in a terrorist organization, terrorist government, or to engage in a terrorist activity. |
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Keep up the fantastic work Dio - you and your "product" are the best. Thanks for what you do.
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