And while we read about changes in high places here's another tidbit...
Andrea "Mitchell said that Powell's replacement, Condoleezza Rice, has received a "mandate" from President Bush to "clean house" at the State Department."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281191/posts
Bush doesn't seem to bat an eye at the current threats with all these tidbits in flux.
Curitiba, Brazil, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An explosion killed at least six people on a fuel tanker off the coast of southern Brazil, O Globo T.V. reported Tuesday.
N.H. Police Looking for Stolen Oil Truck (11/16/04 - This is a new story - NOT the NJ stolen tanker)
By Associated Press Tuesday, November 16, 2004 EPPING, N.H. - Police are looking for a missing oil delivery truck.
Investigators believe the bright yellow Buxton Oil truck, carrying 3,000 gallons of home heating oil, was taken sometime on Friday.
Owner Donna Buxton said employees who arrived for work on Monday found a locked gate cut open and one of the company's new tankers missing. Buxton said the company is offering a $3,000 to $5,000 reward for anyone who has information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a suspect.
She said she also is worried the tanker might be used for terrorism. Buxton said she and other fuel oil dealers received a letter from the government after the 9/11 attacks warning that terrorists were looking to steal fuel trucks.
Nuke Plant Offers Free Emergency Radios To Nearby Residents (VT - 11/13/04)
POSTED: 2:32 pm EST November 13, 2004 UPDATED: 2:52 pm EST November 13, 2004 MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is offering tone-alert radios to anyone living or working in its emergency evacuation zone who wants one.
Plant officials are offering four chances during the next 10 days for people to pick up the radios, which would be used to notify people of an emergency.
Al Qaeda uses Internet to Defy Saudi Manhunt (11/16/04)
Tue 16 November, 2004 10:21 By Firouz Sedarat DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants have defied a crackdown and the loss of senior leaders in Saudi Arabia by using the Internet to win over new recruits in Osama bin Laden's birthplace.
Despite the killing of top contributors, including one of its leading Web magazine editors Issa Saad bin Oshan, the group has continued to publish its two widely distributed magazines regularly for the past year.
"It's testament to the strength of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia that they've been able to bring out the magazines twice a month for a whole year despite very heavy losses," said Paul Eedle, a London-based analyst who closely follows Qaeda sites.
Oshan ran Sawt al-Jihad (Voice of Holy War) -- the most important vehicle for disseminating the group's ideas in which he detailed how Saudis could take up the armed struggle. He called on Muslims to evict "crusaders" from the cradle of Islam and praised comrades fighting pro-U.S. rulers.
Another key publication is Muaskar al-Battar (Battar Camp), an al Qaeda guerrilla manual named after a favourite sword of Prophet Mohammad which disseminates knowledge about the use of arms and explosives and how to kill officials.
Boston Mosque: the Rise of Radical Islam? (11/16/04)
By Dale Hurd CBN News Sr. Producer November 16, 2004 CBN.com – BOSTON, Massachusetts - A mosque is rising in the heart of Boston. Not just any mosque, but the largest mosque in the northeastern United States.
At a cost of $22 million, the 60,000-square-foot Islamic Cultural Center will be a prominent symbol of the growth of Islam in America. But the project is under fire, as some say it will also be a symbol of radical Islam.
Former Muslim warns Ridge Baptists about Islam
By Valerie Lum - Staff Writer A former Muslim spoke at the Ridge Southern Baptist Church on Sunday evening to explain the "True Under-standing of Islam."
Pastor Mujahid el-Masih had been Muslim for 14 years before he converted to Christianity in his native country of Pakistan.....
First and foremost, el-Masih refuted any claims that Islam was a peaceful religion. "The main theme of jihad is the murdering of Christians and Jews," el-Masih said. According to el-Masih, Allah, the Muslim God, told Muslims to go forth and spread the religion through out the whole world by any means. Therefore, Muslims justify warfare as a means to spread the religion.
Bush doesn't seem to bat an eye at the current threats with all these tidbits in flux.
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I have been thinking the same thing, maybe he is in hurry to get all in place because of the threats.