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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18609
"Death Threats and Tolerance"
By Robert Spencer
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 30, 2005
The helicopter’s rotor was broken in half, the tail was
severed, and the cockpit was crushed.
A spokesman for the helicopter company said that the
Federal Aviation Administration and the National
Transportation Safety Board have instructed employees
not to comment outside the company.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/06/006883print.html
June 30, 2005
"Pakistan: 17 ex-Guantanamo prisoners released"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1434482/posts
"Turk Police Shoot Dead Suspected Suicide Bomber"
Yahoo! News ^ | 7/01/2005 | Reuters
Posted on 07/01/2005 1:27:53 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police shot dead a suspected suicide bomber near Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office in Ankara on Friday.
Turkish television showed live footage of police shooting at the man, said to be around 35 years old, in a street in the leafy central district of the capital. A Reuters correspondent saw the man lying dead in a pool of blood.
Witnesses said the suspected bomber had been unable to detonate his explosives."
I would say that I prefer a President that talks to dogs and rides bikes to let off steam, over the last one who kept a woman under his desk to release it.
I have had dogs and cats that I am sure if I had asked a serious question, would have given me a better answer than most of the politicians in Washington.
Yes, I know some folks have not lived with animals who talk, but I have.
I know there is no perfect answer and I am not making light of your suggestions, as I don't have a better one to offer.
Sending you a warm smile.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1434488/posts
"Happy Canada Day"
Faithmouse.com ^ | 7/1/05 | Dan Lacey
Posted on 07/01/2005 1:48:32 AM PDT by Dan Lacey
http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=86e304fd-e47b-4dfc-b711-729280d75956
"Beijing interferes with Canadian Chinese community, defector warns"
Jim Bronskill
Canadian Press
June 30, 2005
1 | 2 | NEXT >>
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "OTTAWA (CP) - Beijing cultivates informants in the Canadian Chinese community and gathers intelligence on key economic sectors, including the biopharmaceutical industry, says a security official who defected from China.
Guangsheng Han told The Canadian Press his former country also closely monitors Ottawa's views on the United States.
Han made it clear China's preoccupation with the world's only true superpower means the growing Asian nation is interested in the information it can glean concerning Canada's main ally."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1434489/posts
"China, Russia Leaders Seek to Boost Ties"
Guardian Unlimited ^ | 1JUL05 | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Posted on 07/01/2005 1:58:04 AM PDT by familyop
MOSCOW (AP)
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4375
"Terrorist Group Profile: ISLAMIC ARMY IN IRAQ"
Profile Snippet: "Mothertongue Name: al-Jaish al-Islami fi al-Iraq
Base of Operation: Iraq"
http://www.whiotv.com/news/4669376/detail.html
"Authorities Investigate Discovery Of Military Weapons"
POSTED: 7:46 am EDT June 30, 2005
UPDATED: 12:23 pm EDT June 30, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- It is a day three for authorities in Miami Township as they continue to deal with military ammunition inside a burned-out home.
Now, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearm agents arrived and they are investigating whether there was anything illegal inside the home on Mohawk Trial.
Investigators started looking for the cause of a fire at the home on Wednesday when they discovered a huge supply of mortar shells, bazooka rounds and live ammunition. Now, authorities are finding guns inside the charred home."
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s05060131.htm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 2126, Garden Grove, CA 92842-2126 USA
Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net -- E-mail: danjuma1@aol.com
Thursday, June 30, 2005
AUSTRALIA: VICTIMS OF VICTORIA'S RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE LAW
By Elizabeth Kendal
World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)
Special to ASSIST News Service
AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance (R&RT) Act has already produced many victims. The first victim has been the religious harmony that was pervasive throughout Victoria (a south eastern state of Australia) before the Act's implementation. The R&RT Act was not needed, and now that it has stirred tensions and produced a queue of litigants at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), the Victorian state Labor government believes the R&RT Act will fix the problems the Act created in the first place. (Link 1)
The R&RT Act has given rise to several complaints but the case that has caught the world's attention is that of The Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) vs Catch the Fire Ministries and pastors Danny Nalliah and Daniel Scot. Using the Victorian R&RT Act, the ICV took Catch the Fire Ministries and pastors Nalliah and Scot to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) on charges of vilification of Muslims. After a lengthy and expensive court case, they were found guilty and convicted on 17 December 2004.
The charges arose when three Western Muslim "reverts" attended an "Insights into Islam" seminar run by Catch the Fire Ministries in March 2002, where Daniel Scot, an expert on Islam, was the speaker. As Mr Scot told TIME magazine (4 July issue), the aim of the seminar was to help Christians "understand Islamic beliefs and culture and, after the September 11 attacks, why some Muslims engage in terrorism".
The three "reverts" attended the seminar on the advice of May Helou, a member of the ICV who was at the time employed by Victoria's Equal Opportunity Commission to assist in education about the R&RT Act.
This case has set a precedent that vilification (saying or writing things that incite hatred, contempt or ridicule) of a religious belief or practice may be regarded as equivalent to vilification of the people who believe or follow that religion.
The case has also demonstrated just how fragile justice can be when religious disputes are decided in secular courts. Daniel Scot was deemed to be "not credible" simply because the judge did not believe (and in some cases, understand) his teaching. Amongst other issues, the judge deemed Scot "not credible" and guilty of vilification on the grounds that he was frequently referring to Wahhabi, literal interpretations of the Koran, which are not, in the judge's personal opinion, relevant to the 21st Century. As noted by one observer, "This development represents a dangerous limitation on freedom of speech and the capacity of Christians to take up the cause of the persecuted church."
UPDATE: REMEDY – PASTORS ORDERED TO APOLOGISE
On Wednesday 22 June 2005, Judge Higgins of the VCAT handed down his "remedies" (penalties) to Catch the Fire Ministries and pastors Nalliah and Scot.
The religion editor of The AGE (Melbourne), Barney Zwartz, reports, "Judge Michael Higgins, of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, yesterday [22 June] ordered Christian group Catch the Fire Ministries, Mr Scot and Mr Nalliah to publish apologies for comments made at a Melbourne seminar in March 2002, and in a newsletter and website article.
"Judge Higgins said the pastors were otherwise of good character, but their passionate religious beliefs caused them to transgress the law. He ordered them to publish apologies on their website, in their newsletter and in four advertisements in Melbourne newspapers and to promise not to repeat the vilification anywhere in Australia. But this order could be defied as early as Monday [27 June], when Mr Scot begins a two-week seminar on Islam in Brisbane."
Daniel Scot points out that it was primarily his quotes from Koran that had been deemed to vilify Muslims, therefore it would very difficult to obey the judge's order not to repeat the vilification without a Koran that has been suitably edited. "I told the judge earlier," Scot informed The AGE, "you haven't provided me with a new Koran with the illegal verses removed, so I have to use the same Koran. He doesn't say which parts I quoted are illegal, he is asking a very vague thing."
Scot told TIME magazine's Elizabeth Keenan that he believes his real offence was "talking about the parts of the Koran that Muslims want to hide from people".
Nalliah and Scot have vowed to go to jail rather than publish newspaper apologies, the wording and size of which have been ordained by the tribunal and will cost AUD$68,690 (USD$52,740). Scot will not suspend his teaching seminars. "You don't compromise truth for fear of jail," Scot told The AGE. Likewise Nalliah told The AGE that he would not surrender "freedom of speech to a law which is sharia law by stealth".
The AGE reports, "The pastors' lawyers have already appealed against the verdict to the Supreme Court, claiming that the act is unconstitutional and that Judge Higgins made errors and showed 'irredeemable bias'. The case will be heard next month [July]."
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2005/20050630_1911.html
Terror Suspects Captured in Iraq; Operation Sword Continues
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2005 – Iraqi security forces detained eight suspected terrorists June 29 in eastern Baghdad during combined operations, military officials in Iraq reported.
Seven of the suspects were found with material used for the production and emplacement of roadside bombs. One had false Palestinian documents.
Elsewhere, an Iraqi army unit captured five suspected terrorists June 28 after an Iraqi citizen told the soldiers about a terrorist safe house in northern Baghdad's Rabi district. The Iraqi soldiers found two rocket-propelled grenade launchers and two RPG rounds in addition to the five suspects. The five terror suspects were taken into custody for questioning.
"The Iraqi people are tiring of the insurgency. Both hotline and in-person tips have increased greatly," said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a Task Force Baghdad spokesman. "A big reason for the increase in tips is because of the Iraqi soldiers taking the lead during raids and operations. The Iraqis will talk to their own soldiers much more readily than to coalition forces."
In other combat operations June 28, a Task Force Baghdad patrol in south Baghdad struck a roadside bomb at around 10:55 a.m. No one was injured in the attack, and no equipment was damaged. After securing the area, the soldiers noticed detonation cord leading from the bomb and followed the cord to a house about 200 yards away. When the unit arrived at the house, they found seven people acting suspiciously. The soldiers took them into custody for questioning.
Earlier in the day, a task force patrol working in northeastern Baghdad's Thawra district also struck a roadside bomb. No one was injured in the attack, and another coalition unit operating nearby helped secure the area and search for the attacker. The soldiers caught a man near the blast site with $1,000 in sequential U.S. bills and took him into custody for questioning.
In other news from Iraq, Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team 2, composed of elements of 2nd Marine Regiment and 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Marine Division, continue conducting security operations along with Iraq security forces along the Euphrates River between the cities of Haditha and Hit.
Operation Sword, known as "Saif" in Arabic, began early June 28 and focuses on clearing insurgents and foreign fighters from the city of Hit. Thirteen men suspected of having insurgent ties have been detained.
Several hundred mortar and artillery rounds have been discovered, as well as explosives, rifles, a machine gun and various bomb-making materials. Troops also found two hidden and operable roadside bombs in Hit.
No major battles or air strikes have occurred. Basic utilities have not been disrupted, nor has access to medical treatment for Hit's citizens, officials said.
In other developments, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers worked together to secure the area around an oil pipeline that caught fire in southwestern Baghdad June 28 until Iraqi police and firefighters arrived to fight the blaze.
The fire occurred after Task Force Baghdad soldiers manning an observation point nearby heard three loud explosions.
No one was injured in the fire. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has shut down the pipeline and is working to assess the damage. The incident is under investigation to determine the cause of the fire.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Task Force Baghdad news releases.)
Related Site:
Multinational Force Iraq
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1434480/posts
"Daily Terrorist Round-Up 7/1/05 (Supersized Edition)"
7/1/05
Posted on 07/01/2005 1:23:15 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1434231/posts
"Militants warn 28 tribal elders against spying for US"
The News International, Pakistan ^ | 6/28/05 | Behroz Khan
Posted on 06/30/2005 3:55:02 PM PDT by Valin
PESHAWAR
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161281,00.html
"Pakistan Nabs Three Alleged Terrorists"
Friday, July 01, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Three men suspected of ties to Usama bin Laden's (search) terror network have been arrested in Pakistan (search), a major newspaper reported Friday.
The suspects were traveling in a vehicle when they were caught Thursday in Mardan, a deeply conservative town in northwestern Pakistan, according to The Jang, Pakistan's largest circulation newspaper.
That is the same region where Pakistani intelligence agents on May 2 caught Abu Farraj al-Libbi, reputedly No. 3 in the Al Qaeda (search) terror network."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1413058/posts
"THE OLD GLORY"
Posted on 05/30/2005 12:56:46 AM PDT by Cee-gar Man US Marine
Me too. I had a cat that could say meowlk (milk)
More than 8,000 Iraqis killed in insurgent attacks
Spokesman: Reliance on car bombs a 'distinctive shift'
Thursday, June 30, 2005; Posted: 4:09 p.m. EDT (20:09 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.main/index.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Insurgent attacks in the last six months have
killed more than 8,000 Iraqi civilians, police and troops, according to
Iraq's interior minister.
Meanwhile Thursday, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said the
insurgency's reliance on car bombs is due to their "high payoffs."
In an interview with CNN, Iraqi Interior Minister Baqir Jabbur said
"terrorists" had killed 8,175 people and wounded another 12,000 since
January 2005.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, there have been 307 U.S.
fatalities in combat during the same period.
Jabbur said he was optimistic about the recent strides made by Iraqi
security forces and predicted victory in the war against insurgents.
"We have a plan, and I think we need some months and we can get results
... We are surrounding the insurgency," he said.
Unofficial estimates of Iraqi civilian deaths during the Iraq war range
from about 22,000 -- according to the Web site iraqbodycount.net -- to
about 100,000 -- from an independent survey reported in The Washington
Post. The Pentagon does not give numbers for civilian deaths in Iraq.
Jabbur said he believed the United States has enough troops deployed in
Iraq. He said Wednesday the focus needed to remain on the training of
more Iraqi troops and police.
Jabbur said the Iraqi-led counterinsurgency operation dubbed "Operation
Lightning" has so far yielded 1,500 arrests of suspected insurgents
around Baghdad. Of those, 500 have been released, Interior Ministry
officials said.
He said Iraqi and American troops were poised to start a second phase
of the operation, extending the reach of the campaign to a 60-kilometer
(38-mile) radius around Baghdad.
Jabbur's office is in charge of Iraq's police force, which he said now
numbers about 67,000.
The ministry hopes to recruit a total of 200,000, but financial
restraints are complicating efforts to outfit them with weapons and equipment,
he said.
Political progress
On Thursday, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Alston said he believed
fighters remained a potent, adaptive force and the lethal car bombings
that have plagued Baghdad and other places in recent weeks, "will
continue in Iraq for a period of time."
He estimated the number of insurgents as "between 15,000 and 20,000 at
large, with a lot of that being folks who don't choose to fight every
day." He estimated a core group to number in the hundreds.
Their main targets are Iraqi security forces and civilians, he said.
Alston said that in its first year of sovereignty, Iraq has made
political progress and strides in developing security forces. But he noted
that those forces had to be built "from scratch."
"We found an insurgency that was aggressive in several cities, frankly
culminating in Falluja back in November," he said, referring to the
U.S.-led offensive in November that destroyed the insurgency haven in the
Anbar city.
"At that time, the attack levels were in the 900s per week. There was
some ability of the insurgency and the terrorists to surge for the
elections because of just how much that loss was going to mean to them.
"We have seen nothing like those levels of attacks to date since that
time frame. So I think that the ability of the enemy to sustain
high-volume attacks is just something that we haven't seen them to be able to
reconstitute."
Alston noted the insurgents' reliance on a car bombing strategy lately,
what he calls a "distinctive shift." That began when the new
transitional government was announced at the end of May.
"We have seen this spring a move toward car bombs because of the high
payoffs," said Alston.
Alston also pointed out that the insurgents "don't score every time
they employ" a car bombing or a suicide car bombing, noting efficient
procedures to interdict such strikes, detaining suspected bomb makers, and
poor bomb-production quality.
According to my mail, there are attacks all over the world, it seems July is off to a flying start.
Jun 30 2005 11:17AM
Major terrorist attack prevented in Ingushetia
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11317910
MOSCOW. June 30 (Interfax) - Law enforcement agencies have prevented a
large-scale terrorist attack in Ingushetia, the press center for the
federal forces in the North Caucasus reported on Thursday.
Members of a militant group who were detained earlier in Zyazikkov-
Yurt gave evidence about preparations for a terrorist attack using a car
bomb, the report says.
Police discovered the car in Yuzhny in the Maglobek district, the
report said. Bomb disposal experts found a mine planted in the car's trunk
that was designed to go off when the engine started. The mine has been
defused.
UPI
Indonesia arrests 24 suspected terrorists
Jul. 1, 2005 at 6:52AM
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050701-062740-3364r.htm
Indonesian police have arrested 24 suspects linked to the 2002 Bali
bombing and the 2003 bombing of Jakarta's J.W. Marriott hotel, the Jakarta
Post said Friday.
The suspects, who were arrested over several days this week, are
being held under anti-terrorism laws that permit seven days' detention
without charge, the police said.
The newspaper reported that the detainees were arrested in
central Java, where police were searching for those responsible for bombings
in Poso, central Sulawesi, that killed 22 people in May.
Several of the suspects had been preparing to travel to the
Philippines, the report said.
Police blame the terrorist bombings on the militant Muslim group
Jemaah Islamiyah, which seeks to establish an Islamic state in
Southeast Asia.
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