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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Thirty-One (Index)

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"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

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Home grown Islamists may hit US: FBI chief
Full Story

WASHINGTON -- The United States could be attacked by "home grown" Islamist terror groups, the FBI's chief has warned.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told the London Financial Times newspaper in an interview published Thursday that the United States could face attacks from "home-grown terrorism" very similar to the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people and wounded another 700, Mueller said.

When asked if the United States could face such attacks from "home-grown groups", Mueller answered emphatically: "Absolutely, it could," the Financial Times said.

Related:
U.S. Officials Warn on Global Reach of al-Qaida
U.S. seeks more cooperation to fight terrorism
FDNY Chaplain Resigns After 9/11 Remarks
Nuclear option escalates jihad threat

"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat."

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[Cindy]

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"India says Goldman Sachs helped China's CNPC bid for PetroKazakhstan - report"
Forbes via AFX ^ | 10.16.2005, 10:08 PM

Posted on 10/17/2005 1:08:38 AM PDT by Gengis Khan

India says Goldman Sachs helped China's CNPC bid for PetroKazakhstan - report
10.16.2005, 10:08 PM

BEIJING (AFX)

[Cindy]

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"Tropical Storm Wilma Live Thread"
NOAA - NHC ^ | 17 October 2005 | NOAA - NHC

Posted on 10/17/2005 1:39:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse

"The 2005 hurricane season continues to alter the record books. Tropical Storm Wilma has formed in the Caribbean Sea."

NHC Public Advisories
NHC Discussions

Storm Floater IR Loop

[Cindy]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1129113930215&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Oct. 16, 2005 16:18 | Updated Oct. 17, 2005 10:36
"Mofaz orders IDF to reimpose blockades on W. Bank cities"
By MATTHEW GUTMAN, HERB KEINON AND JPOST STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Nearly simultaneous drive-by shootings, one at the Gush Etzion Junction and the other at the settlement of Eli in the northern West Bank, left three Israelis dead and five wounded Sunday and prompted the Defense Ministry to clamp down on the Palestinians and cut contacts with the Palestinian Authority.

Kinneret Mandel, 21, was buried at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem next to her cousin, Matat (Rosenfeld) Eldar, 21, from Carmel in the southern Hebron Hills, who was also killed in the terror attacks. Fifteen-year-old Oz Ben-Meir of Maon was buried at 9:00 a.m. at the regional cemetery in Sussia following a procession that commenced from Maon.

Two others were seriously wounded, Judea and Samaria police reported.

As of Monday morning four of the injured in the shootings were still in hospital, two in critical condition, Israel Radio reported."

[Cindy]

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Paper: Zarqawi has network in Britain
UPI ^ | October 17, 2005

Posted on 10/17/2005 2:04:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

LONDON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- British officials say as many as 70 young Muslim men have left the country for Iraq to fight in the insurgency against the U.S.-led occupation.

The London Sunday Times cited unnamed British counterterrorism officials whom it did not quote directly, except to describe the movement of young fanatics to Iraq in the past two years as "a steady trickle."

The paper said Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had set up a network in Britain "to recruit and train would-be suicide bombers and gunmen."

It said the group was called Ansar al-Fath, or Partisans of Victory. And that it was linked Ansar al-Islam, one of the organizations that the British government wants to ban under proposed anti-terror legislation it published last week.

It said Ansar al-Fath gave "logistical support to foreign fighters in Iraq and uses the internet to find new recruits for Zarqawi."

It added officials were warning that some jihadists had returned to the country "and may be planning attacks."

[jer33 3]

Thank you for Soror airline investment information. We know he has some ownership in JetBlue. I have not researched if he (and/or other investment funds) has other international airline investments.

[jer33 3]

Oops...spelling...haven't had my coffee yet.

[SlowBoat407]

The incredibly busy stretch has finally wound down and I can get back to some quality TM time (what other kind of TM time is there?). Soon as I catch up, I'll try to get back in the game.

[nw_arizona_granny]

In line with the Russia talk last night, take time to read this report, the balance is on site, as it is not willing to be reprinted.
granny
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ice Attempts to Secure U.S. Influence in Central Asia
Drafted By: Erich Marquardt, Adam Wolfe
http://www.pinr.com

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's October 10-13 tour
through Central Asia marked Washington's attempts to secure its
ties with the former Soviet republics. The Bush administration
finds these ties especially important now that it is being evicted
from its military base in Uzbekistan. Relations between the
United States and Uzbekistan have weakened recently; indeed,
while the trip saw Rice visiting Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and
Tajikistan, she did not visit Uzbekistan.

Instead, Rice called Uzbekistan "out of step with what is
happening in [Central Asia] as a whole." Her comments close the
recent chapter of U.S.-Uzbek relations. With the loss of the U.S.
military base in Uzbekistan, the United States has moved quickly
to prevent a further loss of influence in Central Asia. With the
recent announcement by Kyrgyzstan that the U.S. could keep its
airbase at Manas airport, Washington appears to be partly
successful in this aim. However, if conditions in Afghanistan
stabilize, calls for a U.S. withdrawal from Central Asia are
expected to increase.

Washington's Loss of Uzbekistan

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Tashkent offered
Washington the use of the Karshi-Khanabad airbase in
southeastern Uzbekistan. U.S.-Uzbek relations were at a high
point, a development that distressed the Russian Federation
since it saw its former Cold War enemy encroaching on its
traditional sphere of influence. Moreover, not only did the United
States secure military base rights in Uzbekistan, but it also
secured base rights at the Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan, another
former Soviet republic. Russia could do little to prevent U.S.
involvement in these countries.

However, once the invasion of Afghanistan was over and the
country began to stabilize, policymakers in Washington began to
second guess having positive relations with states that could
easily become unstable due to their authoritarian rule and
repression of opposition movements. As stated by PINR analyst
Dr. Michael A. Weinstein in September 2005, consensus was
finally reached in Washington "that Uzbekistan's authoritarian
regime led by President Islam Karimov is not stable in the long
run, that it should be pressured on its human rights violations
and that opposition to it should be nurtured." Therefore, in 2004
the U.S. canceled aid to Uzbekistan ostensibly due to its poor
human rights record. [See: "Intelligence Brief:
Uzbekistan-C.I.S."]

The cancellation of aid combined with the March 2005 revolution
that overthrew Kyrgyzstan's authoritarian government caused
obvious concern in Tashkent since it too faced revolutionary
forces. Tashkent deduced that while there were many benefits to
further cooperation with the United States, there was also the
risk that growing U.S. involvement in Uzbekistan could
destabilize Karimov's authoritarian government.

The catalyst occurred when Karimov suppressed a rebellion in
the city of Andijan on May 13, 2005. The United States joined the
European Union in calling for an independent investigation of the
incident. Moscow, however, stood with Tashkent. A little more
than a month after the protests, Tashkent restricted U.S. flights
out of Karshi-Khanabad. Then, on July 29, Tashkent chose to
evict the United States from the base altogether, giving it a
January 2006 eviction ultimatum. To retaliate, in early October
the U.S. Senate voted to block payment of US$23 million owed to
Uzbekistan for the Pentagon's past use of the base. [See:
"Intelligence Brief: Uzbekistan-C.I.S."]

Now, both the U.S. and Uzbekistan have hardened their
respective positions, and it appears that relations between the
two states will not improve for the foreseeable future. Rice
exempted Uzbekistan from her October visit to the region, and
Uzbekistan just conducted joint war games with Russia. Tashkent
has also been speaking more positively about its relations with
Moscow.

Moscow, of course, is happy to see Uzbekistan back in its court,
and will pursue a policy that keeps Karimov in control of
Uzbekistan and on Russia's side in the struggle for influence in
Central Asia. Indeed, after the recent Russian-Uzbek war games,
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told journalists, "These
should not be the only Russian-Uzbek exercises. These joint
military exercises should be conducted regularly, and made an
integral part of our military cooperation." Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov offered stability assurances of his own,
rebuking the European Union for placing sanctions on
Uzbekistan, saying that they would have little effect, calling the
sanctions a "purely political instrument which has shown its lack
of effectiveness in Iraq and other regions."

U.S. Secures Use of Manas Airbase in Kyrgyzstan

[nw_arizona_granny]

TerroristWarning.com Headlines 10/17/2005 # 1

National:

[AP] USA - Agency Probes Possible Terror Threat Leak

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/13/D8D7EO9G1.html

[AP] LAS VEGAS / FLORIDA - Man Accused of Punching Out Plane Window

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/14/D8D7QS2O4.html

[WNCN TV] NORTH CAROLINA - Water Towers Shot; 500,000 Gallons Spilled

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9682840/

[KTSM] TEXAS - Sheriff's Deputies to Help Border Patrol

http://www.ktsm.com/story_news.sstg?c=1284

[Voices Magazine / Jim Kouri] USA - Invasion USA: Capturing Seafaring Illegal Immigrants

http://voicesmag.com/Archives/kouri/invasion_seafaring_illegal_immigrants_101405.htm

[Washington Times] USA - Frist to take on border bill first

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20051013-114708-6345r.htm

[Iran FOcus] USA / IRAN / Border Security - Iran’s military threatens to hit U.S. with suicide raids

http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3964

[Daily Star] USA / SYRIA - Syria warns 'gates of hell will open' if U.S. attacks

"all the gates of hell will open on the U.S. if it attempts to attack Syria."

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=19252

[AP] GEORGIA - Carroll County Courthouse evacuated, suspicious package found [ Apparent hoax ]

"Courthouse was evacuated Friday morning and blocks of downtown Carrollton sealed off after authorities received a bomb threat and
found three suspicious devices"

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=66317

[American Forces Press Service] USA / CENTRAL AMERICA - Central American Countries, U.S. Need to Cooperate on Security Issues

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051013_3029.html

[WorldNetDaily.com] USA - Big 12 ramps up security after OU 'suicide' blast

"Despite claims incident was isolated with no connection to radical Islam"

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46827

[Jewish Journal] CALIFORNIA - Teacher Class on Mideast Stirs Doubt

http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14753

[NIH News] USA - NIAID Awards $47 Million in New Effort to Develop Medical Countermeasures Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats

http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2005/radnuc.htm

[USINFO.STATE.GOV] USA - President Bush Calls for Firm Resolve Against Terrorism

http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Oct/06-653919.html?chanlid=mena

[NEW YORK POST] NEW YORK - SECURITY FEDS BURN BRAVEST

"latest example of feds shafting the city at the greatest risk of a terror attack in favor of small communities with influential politicians"

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/55076.htm

[KGBT] TEXAS - Local Sheriff Speaks Out

"local sheriff is speaking out saying the U.S. is no longer the back door for possible terrorists, it's become the front door"

http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=3977804&nav=0w0v

[FrontPageMagazine.com] USA - The Open-Borders Conspiracy

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=1880

[Christian Science Monitor] USA - Homeland Security's extreme makeover

"According to a soon-to-be-released survey by New York University, most Americans are unprepared for an actual event, unaware of their
local government's plans for response and recovery, and deeply confused about what to do in the event of a catastrophe."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1012/p09s02-coop.html

[The Daily Express] USA / RUSSIA - Weather War? New evidence suggests US & Russia are embroiled in an illegal race to harness the
power of hurricanes & earthquakes

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=THE20051008&articleId=1061

[Wall Street Journal] USA - Investigators winnow truth from terror hoaxes [ This is why we include hoaxes and false alarms]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05286/588028.stm

[AP] CALIFORNIA - Unattended Backpack Closes Rail Station

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-train-station-evacuation,0,674235.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

[OMahaChannel.com] NEBRASKA - All Clear Given At Offutt [ Fireworks ]

http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/5099593/detail.html

[Montgomery Advertiser (opinion)] USA - Bird flu likely terrorist weapon

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051014/OPINION02/510130367/1006

[WFTV] FLORIDA - School District Pulls Chicken After Razor Blade Found In Sandwich

http://www.wftv.com/news/5088283/detail.html

[CP] CANADA - Mystery illness claims three B.C. seniors

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051014.wvictoria1014/BNStory/National/

[Victoria News] CANADA - Mystery explosion rocks Victoria

http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=23&id=509751&more=

[NBC4.com] WASHINGTON DC - Washington Monument Reopens After Bomb Threat [ 2nd this week ]

http://www.nbc4.com/news/5095360/detail.html

[TheHometownChannel.com. ] ARKANSAS - Bomb Discovered In Fort Smith Home

"homeowners called police after discovering their home was burglarized. During an inspection of the house, a backpack was uncovered --
and they found an explosive device inside it"

http://www.thehometownchannel.com/news/5099519/detail.html

[Auburn Journal] CALIFORNIA - Newcastle trio plead guilty to eco-terrorism charges

"four suspected eco-terrorists were arrested earlier this year in connection with multiple fire-bomb attempts in Placer and Amador
counties and are said to have ties to eco-terrorist group the Earth Liberation Front"

http://www.auburnjournal.com/articles/2005/10/14/news/top_stories/01elfplea.txt

[Free-Lance Star] VIRGINIA - Report cites fertilizer in Orange cattle deaths [Some had wondered if this was agro-terror but it doesnt
appear to be]

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/102005/10132005/137095

[Toledo Blade] OHIO - Mayor Declares State of Emergency After Riots Break Out Over White Supremacists March

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051015/BREAKINGNEWS/51015023

[AP] USA - Officials: Security lacking at small airports

“We know that al-Qaeda has had plans to use small aircraft to spread biological weapons,”

http://www.airportbusiness.com/article/article.jsp?id=3884&siteSection=5

International:

[AP] RUSSIA - Fighting Between Militants, Russian Security Forces in South Kills More Than 100

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBENH2FSEE.html

[AP] NETHERLANDS - Dutch Detain Seven Suspects in National Anti-Terrorism Sweep

"in the process of purchasing automatic weapons and explosives "probably to carry out an attack with others on several politicians and a
government building,"

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBMY5OFSEE.html

See also http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20051014&ID=5191573

[Xinhua] NETHERLANDS - Dutch minister insists on cruise missile procurement

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/13/content_3613721.htm

[AP] SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi King Says Al-Qaida Will Eventually Be Crushed, Women Will Get Right to Drive

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB5H56ISEE.html

[AP] AFGHANISTAN - Bomb Destroys 8 Tankers in Afghanistan

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2005/oct/14/101402920.html

[MichNews.com Jim Kouri] IRAQ / IRAN - Iraqi Referendum: British Accuse Iran of Training Terrorists

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_9877.shtml

[CPIC / BlackAnthem.com] IRAQ - Iraqi and Task Force Freedom Soldiers seize major weapons cache

http://www.blackanthem.com/TheAllies/military_2005101304.html

[Pravda] INDIA - Woman suicide bomber explodes in Indian Kashmir

http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/10/13/65159.html

[AP] NICARAGUA - Nicaragua Says Weapons Cache Is Secure [SAMs]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051013/D8D7165O0.html

[Bangkok Post] THAILAND - US fears full-blown terror threat

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/14Oct2005_news02.php

[Trinidad Express] TRINIDAD / TOBAGO - Terror suspect freed

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=108229098

[KUNA] IRAQ - Americans warned of extremely high potential for violence in Iraq [ We needed a warning? ]

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=778948

[Cener for Special Studies] EGYPT - Al-Qaeda’s Search for new Fronts: Instructions for Jihadi Activity in Egypt and Sinai

http://intelligence.org.il/eng/eng_n/new_front.htm

[Reuters] IRAQ - US cannot explain suspicious Zawahri letter passage

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N1460892.htm

[Vanguard] LAGOS - Mysterious Smoke, Gas-Like Odour Engulf Lagos

http://allafrica.com/stories/200510140358.html
Also http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/october05/13102005/f313102005.html

[Hertfordshire Mercury] UNITED KINGDOM - 60 Hit by Mystery Illness

http://www.hertsessexnews.co.uk/news/mercury/hertfordshire_mercury/2005/10/14/60%20hit%20by%20mystery%20illness.lpf

[Manila Times] PHILIPPINES - Manila seizes bomb parts from communist rebels

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN264129.htm

[BBC] AFGHANISTAN - Mosque bomb kills Afghan cleric

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4342246.stm

[Bangkok Post] THAILAND - Farmer beheaded, 40 troops escape bomb blast

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/15Oct2005_news06.php

[Jakarta Post] SINGAPORE - Terrorist attacks: Preparing for the unimaginable

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20051014.E02&irec=1

[Gulf Times] BANGLADESH - Bangladesh police seize bomb-making material

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=56268&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24

[Northwest Evening Mail] UNITED KINGDOM - Animal Activists Target Glaxo

"In a statement on a US website, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed to have tracked down GlaxoSmithKline employees and
threatened they will “face the consequences”

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=291303

[The Telegraph] INDIA - Rebel squads enter Tripura - Security forces on alert after militant infiltration in state

"on maximum alert following reports that four major groups of militants have infiltrated into the state"

"The rebels are preparing to launch an offensive against civilians and security forces on October 15"

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051014/asp/northeast/story_5350685.asp

[appalachian_dweller]

>> learn the old ways of the 1800's, how
to make soap, bread and shoes <<

Good advice Ganny. Good advice!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Reading throught the links in my post 3089 is enough to give one the chills.

There are of course several that are old news to TM'ers and several new ones.

It is one of the posts that I get in my Yahoo mail and cannot see the print on until I have posted it here, therefore, I get the same shock as you will when you read it.

I had thought to pick a couple to post as stand alones, but decided to send this note instead, as I couldn't settle on the couple that were most important.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503801/posts


U.S. warns Iran over Iraq bomb attacks, Rice
says-(bombings all around)
Reuters ^ | 10/16/05 | na

Posted on 10/17/2005 3:55:50 AM PDT by Flavius

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The United States has issued a stern
warning to Iran over the Islamic republic's possible involvement in
helping insurgent bomb attacks in Iraq, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.

Washington has backed accusations from its closest ally Britain that
there is evidence insurgents laying roadside bombs, or improvised
explosive devices (IEDs), in southern Iraq might be using
sophisticated technology linked to neighbouring Iran.

The United States has no formal diplomatic ties with Iran but
occasionally talks to the government through Swiss diplomats in
Tehran or through the Islamic republic's ambassador to the United
Nations in New York.

"We have -- let me emphasize -- we have had limited contacts with
the Iranians when it is necessary," Rice told reporters in London
ahead of talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on curbing Iran's
nuclear ambitions.
(continued at above link)

[nw_arizona_granny]

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Rift with West widens as Iran accuses Britain in
deadly bombings
Boston.com ^ | October 17, 2005 | Paul Hughes and Saul Hudson

Posted on 10/17/2005 1:06:14 AM PDT by chinditz

TEHRAN -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Britain
yesterday of being behind weekend bombings that killed five people in
Iran.

His comments reflected sharply escalating tension with the West, after
the United States and Britain asserted last week that Iran had been
involved in insurgent attacks in neighboring Iraq.

''We are very suspicious about the role of British forces in perpetrating
such terrorist acts," the student news agency ISNA quoted
Ahmadinejad as saying in reference to the two bombings Saturday in
southwestern Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...

[nw_arizona_granny]

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Explosive Device Set Off Outside Walgreens(Winter
Park, Fla.)
http://www.wesh.com ^ | October 17, 2005 | http://www.wesh.com

Posted on 10/17/2005 5:49:38 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

The local Orlando news is reporting that an explosive device was set
off outside a Walgreens drugstore in Winter Park. The burn mark is
shown on the outside of the building wall. Employees called 911 for
help and to my knowledge, all the employees are safe. No further
information at this time and investigators are on the scene.

[freeperfromnj]

Emergency Preparedness (year's supply of food, 72 hour kit)

Various Sources ^ | 9/15/2001

Posted on 09/15/2001 6:22:38 PM PDT by Utah Girl

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/524484/posts

[freeperfromnj]

Thanks for the info and link.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks to Valin for this report:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503688/posts


Watching al-Jazeera (long article)
Wilson Quarterly ^ | Summer 05 | Marc Lynch

Posted on 10/16/2005 7:52:14 PM PDT by Valin

The Arab satellite television station al-Jazeera is the enemy, or so we
are told: “jihad TV,” “killers with cameras,” “the most powerful ally of
terror in the world.” Shortly after 9/11, Fouad Ajami, distinguished
professor of Near Eastern studies at Johns Hopkins University, luridly
described the station in an influential New York Times Magazine essay
as a cesspool of anti-American hate that “deliberately fans the flames
of Muslim outrage.” In June, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
told attendees at an Asian defense conference that if they were to
watch al-Jazeera day after day, “even if you were an American you
would begin to believe that America was bad.” Even Newsweek
International’s normally temperate Fareed Zakaria loses his
composure when faced with al-Jazeera, which “fills its airwaves with
crude appeals to Arab nationalism, anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism,
and religious fundamentalism.” Denunciation of al-Jazeera is
impressively bipartisan and a starting point for many of the post-9/11
debates over public diplomacy and the war of ideas in the Middle East.

(continued at above link and more info in thread)

[freeperfromnj]

Thanks for the response. I'm thinking my M-I-L may have heard wrong or misunderstood the story. If true, this would have been in the news by now. I'll continue to keep an eye out for any sick bird/dead duck stories coming out of the Caribbean.

[ExSoldier]

A_D take it from an old infantryman, you do need to take your boots off at night and keep them in your fart sack (sleeping bag) so that your body heat will help them to dry. I used to make my living by being cold, wet, tired, hungry and miserable.

This is unless you expect enemy contact. In a civilian camping environment, I'd say go ahead and let your feet rest. If you like and if you're sure there are no PFC NoShoulders (snakes) around, you can unzip your sleeping bag and let Clyde cuddle in for mutual warmth. You'll probably get many licks in thanks. I would also invest in a nylon camoflage poncho liner. Very lightweight but it can keep you extra warm if it suddenly turns real cold in the woods. Use it to line your sleeping bag. OR use it as a real poncho liner in a cold rain. You do change your socks frequently (twice a day at least) right? And use foot powder between changes?

If you have a US Army style poncho and some nylone parachute cord and a couple of straight sticks, it's easy to rig up a field expedient shelter to keep the rain, snow or early morning dew off you and yours.

If you're really worried about some form of hostile contact, rig up some early warning devices with the para-cord. Clyde may be growling at four legged critters, so an early warning system will both alert you to the presence of someone or something near your site and if the intruder is human the noise will likely send him packing because he'll know he's been "made." Either that or he'll open fire. If you've rigged your sleep site with some local camoflage, you'll have the upper hand.

[WestCoastGal]

I guess Roche has the monopoly on flu drugs. With a pandemic looming something needs to be done so other manufacturers can produce generics.

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Health Minister Hou Sheng-mou calls on Roche to start discussion on granting Taiwan permission to manufacture Tamiflu
Content The escalating threat of a bird flu pandemic has prompted Taiwan¡¦s Health Minister, Dr Hou Sheng-mou, to write to the Chairman and CEO of Roche, Dr. Franz B. Humer, in an attempt to initiate discussion with the pharmaceutical company to obtain its permission for manufacturing Tamiflu in Taiwan. In order to protect the health of the Taiwanese people, Dr. Hou hopes to hasten the process of building up Taiwan¡¦s stocks of Tamiflu to the level recommended by WHO.

Taiwan has placed orders with Roche to acquire enough Tamiflu to cover 4 percent of its population by mid 2006. However, it will still be well below the 10 percent coverage recommended by WHO. In order to tackle the problem, Minister Hou took the initiative today through a written invitation to Roche, which called on the company to start discussion on a licensing agreement that would enable Taiwan to produce Tamiflu.

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