Posted on 01/01/2006 6:41:58 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT
Weapons of Disruption
C 2006 Frederick J. Cowie, Ph.D.
Whereas we have no masses, it certainly would be seriously challenging to deliver a "weapon of mass destruction" in the vast majority of geographical areas in the American West, as well as in many areas in the East and South. For instance, Montana is approximately the size of Germany, yet the population hovers only around a million (we have one representative in the House). There is no "metropolitan" area anywhere around, though Spokane is about three hundred miles away. Wyoming has more sheep than people. Utah has Salt Lake City and a few nearby populous areas. Nevada has two populated regional areas, Las Vegas and Reno. North and South Dakota have, well, a few folks here and there. Idaho folks are few and far between. I swear you can drive from San Antonio to El Paso without seeing a city policeman, because I've done it several times. Then there are Arizona, New Mexico, eastern California, inter alia. The point is we have a few population points, while the rest of the states are empty excepted for isolated small communities.Thus, out West we probably need to talk more about "weapons of disruption." (Some folks say "weapons of mass disruption," but we have no masses!)
You must ask yourself: What would I do if I were a terrorist (or a terrorism preparedness instructor) looking into the ramifications of launching a rural terrorism attack? Personally, I would concentrate on considering the consequences of disruption rather than mass destruction. Here are a few scenarios you might want consider when your local rural emergency management/response group gathers to discuss terrorism exercises.
1) Wildland Fire Incidents: Incendiary (mostly wildland) warfare has been used by military strategists for at least 2500 years, over a thousand years before the use of gunpowder. The western U.S. is disrupted, seriously disrupted, every year by wildland fires. Quite a few are started by humans, accidentally and purposefully. Starting dozens of major fires in a dozen western states could be a brilliant line of attack if militants wished to disrupt America. Thousands of security personnel could do nothing and the perpetrator/s would probably never be implicated, much less captured. Are you prepared?
2) Railroad Chemical Incidents: Many railroad main lines go through tunnels. A few strategically placed armor-piercing shells in a series of chlorine cars, along with appropriately staged derailments leaving the leaking cars in the tunnels, could shut down many main line routes in the West. Spin-off scenarios are numerous. Ready?
3) Flammable Liquid Incidents: Bridges are not easily brought down from below and approaches to bridge support structures are often highly visible and randomly monitored. However, on CNN we all have seen many tanker truck accidents involving burning hydrocarbons which have made bridge structures unusable. How hard would it be to have a few terrorists steal trucks and drive them (as opposed to hijacking planes and flying them) to strategic bridges over wide rivers or narrow gorges, ignite the gasoline (or diesel or crude), block the approaches with other incendiary or chemical releases, and make the structures extremely dangerous and impassible to highway traffic? Gotcha!
There are many variations of these themes. You probably have or can make up many more plausible, novel, and easily implemented rural-specific attack scenarios. Design exercises around them. If you want to stop terrorist events you must think like a terrorist and quit fighting last year's war!
Peace, thanks, Fred
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You are correct, we are a part of the UN, and the communist party.
Remember our communist senators, he has removed that page, but they can still be found at a google search for:
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=DSA%20members%20in%20Congress%20of%20USA
Your thread is a good one, But searching for "brainwashing" will drive most around the bend, to have to face the facts of what they have been absorbing will shock them.
Sorry that I don't feel up to the readin of it all at once,
will try to go back and finish reading it.
“Ships from CTF 150 are monitoring international waters along the
coast of Yemen in an attempt to either block possible maritime escape
routes or capture the suspected terrorists if they make this attempt,”
the statement said. <<<<<<
Right........
A neat way to remind the terrorists that the U.S. Navy is on the job.
Now how would the Navy expect to catch them?
Reminds me of the al Qaeda navy......
Very interesting links......
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&q=al+Qaeda+Navy+near+Yemen&spell=1
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=al%20Qaida%20Navy%20near%20Yeman
Odd and interesting.......
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&q=OLD+Navy+Yemen&spell=1
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=OBL%20Navy%20Yeman
News and groups have NOT been searched........
This has reports on this weeks Olympics.....and the threats.
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Jihadi%20Olympics%20
One in every U.S. town........
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Muslim%20American%20Society
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Youth%20Division%20Head%20of%20MAS
Very good search........
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=propagation%20of%20radical%20Islamist%20beliefs
Interesting, has a report that Bush's would be assassin was a jihadi......
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=American%20arm%20to%20the%20violent%20Muslim%20Brotherhood
This is full of good stories/links.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&q=group+is+operating+within+America%27s+borders&spell=1
This is different, more of the world.
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=group%20is%20operating%20within%20America%92s%20borders
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=amount%20of%20unrestrained%20violence%0D%0A%20and%20hatred%20contained%20on%20the%20site%20
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=MAS%20e-library
Here, you will find the jihadii's talking.......
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Regularly%20make%20the%20intention%20to%20go%20on%20jihad%20
Mixed:
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=die%20as%20a%20martyr
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet&q=death+as+a+martyr&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=i%20die%20as%20a%20martyr%20allahu%20akbar
LOL........
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=will%20you%20go%20to%20a%20jihadii%27s%20death%20as%20a%20martyr
This could go any place....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&q=will+you+go+to+a+jihadi+death+as+a+martyr&spell=1
Only 144 links:
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=liberate%20the%20Muslim%20land%20from%20usurpers%20and%20aggressors
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Priorities%20of%20the%20Islamic%20Movement%92
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Riyad-us-Saliheen
Not for ladies:
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=cut%20off%20the%20Jew%92s%20head
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&q=cut+off+the+Jews+head&spell=1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575157/posts
GEORGE SOROS' INFILTRATION OF CPAC
Congressman Mark E. Souder (IN-03) Congressional Record | 2-8-2006 | Congressman Mark E. Souder (IN-03)
Posted on 02/09/2006 9:18:05 AM MST by Thanatos
GEORGE SOROS’ INFILTRATION OF CPAC
STATEMENT FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CONGRESSMAN MARK E. SOUDER (IN-03) FEBRUARY 8, 2006
Continued and see the comments.......
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575560/posts
'New populists' vs. the West - Iran and Venezuela forge a political counterweight to US power
Christian Science Monitor ^ | Howard LaFranchi
Posted on 02/09/2006 6:44:21 PM MST by Tailgunner Joe
WASHINGTON – Some might call it the axle of anti-American populism.
With linchpins in Tehran on one end and Caracas on the other, a new brand of international populism is rising by fanning flames of division between Western powers and the "powerless" of the developing world.
Leaders, from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, are winning points at home by striking a nationalist and anti-American pose. Their method: Use the international stage to rail against what they see as a disconnect between the values espoused by the world's sole superpower and its actions.
• Mr. Ahmadinejad consolidates his domestic political power and wins support among several countries caught in America's cross hairs by pointing out that Washington accepts the nuclear status of Pakistan - which it needs on its side in the war on terror - while opposing Iran's program, which Iran insists is for power-generation only.
• Mr. Chávez, espousing a philosophy of "democratic socialism" in any international forum that will listen, accuses the United States of trying to overthrow his own democratically elected government. He fires up sympathetic crowds by branding "US imperialism [as] our real enemy."
Yet for all their heated rhetoric, the two leaders have a vision for the world, one that seeks to end the "sole superpower" reality. Beyond simply opposing America's robust exercise of power - a sentiment increasingly found in the developing world, especially - their aim is to join political forces to provide a significant counterweight in the international arena.
"There is no great level of love between Venezuela and Iran, but they both are seeking a multipolar world, and that's where the two of them find a point of intersection," says Miguel Tinker-Salas, a Latin America and US foreign-policy expert at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
The two leaders, though, are impelled by different motives. Chávez is motivated by an antiglobalization stance that vilifies Washington as the epicenter of market- oriented economics, says Thomas Carothers, an expert on democracy and rule of law at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ahmadinejad's wrath, he says, is more focused on the Bush administration's agenda for secular democracy in the Middle East.
Russia's Vladimir Putin also belongs on the list, says Mr. Carothers, for his challenge to the West over its promotion of democracy in Russia and in the former Soviet neighboring countries.
"We're seeing on different fronts different leaders who are pushing back," he says, "with the idea of resisting the West." It is "no coincidence" that all three countries are "flush with oil money" that allows their leaders the luxury of promoting their causes, he adds.
A risk of overreaction by the West
The West's response to the populists' challenge need not - indeed, should not - be uniform, some analysts say. Each presents a different challenge.
"The Latin American populists like Chávez have a very limited capacity to do anything that threatens substantial harm to our interests, so it's key in those cases not to overreact," says Andrew Bacevich, director of the Center for International Relations at Boston University.
Iran, on the other hand, is different because of the "nuclear question" and "the importance we assign to stability in that region," he says. Iran plays a key role in events in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
In some current international controversies, it's the West, not simply America, that is in the line of fire - as with the Muslim world's fury over cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. But Chávez and Ahmadinejad, in particular, "are finding it pays politically to focus on the US," adds Mr. Tinker-Salas.
Iran lost no time this week announcing an end to cooperation on its nuclear program with the International Atomic Energy Agency, after the IAEA on Saturday approved a US-supported resolution that reports Iran to the United Nations Security Council.
Landing Iran in the Security Council was a goal of the Bush administration for at least two years. But the vote also revealed cracks in the international community and support for Iran - albeit from some at the top of Washington's blacklist. Syria, Venezuela, and Cuba all voted "no" on the IAEA resolution.
Iran's foreign minister will travel to Cuba and Venezuela this month in a bid to further cement support for Iran's battle against the "world oppressor" - the US. Ahmadinejad has established contact, too, with Evo Morales, the recently elected populist president of Bolivia.
Rumsfeld takes a jab
The US is also caught in what State Department officials describe as a "tit-for-tat" imbroglio with Chávez. After Caracas expelled a military attaché assigned to the US Embassy on charges of spying, the US responded last Friday by expelling a Venezuelan diplomat.
The US action followed comments by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in which he likened Chávez to Adolf Hitler, saying both were "elected legally." The election of "populist" leaders like Chávez and Bolivia's new president, he added, "are worrisome."
Some experts caution against such riffs, saying they only play into the hands of the new populists, coming at a time when US standing in the world is low and more people seem to sympathize with challenges to American power.
"People see a certain hypocrisy in US actions, and what we're seeing from people like Chávez and Iran's president are attempts to exploit that," says Tinker-Salas.
"The US has a pretty good record of falling into this trap," adds Mr. Bacevich of Boston University. "The Bush administration has so overused the Hitler analogy that it's almost demeaning to history."
Iran's depiction of an "arrogant West" has "some echo" in parts of the developing world, he adds, but that doesn't mean Damascus, Havana, and Caracas are poised to lead a new anti-West movement.
Still, anti-Western sentiment shows signs of spreading, fed by economics, nationalism, or culture, says Carothers. That should give the US pause from "sparring" with the new populists, he says, "as tempting as that might be."
The current circumstances should also encourage the US to reduce its use of all foreign oil, he adds.
"It takes ready cash to fiddle with politics outside your borders," he says, "and thanks to oil prices that's something that all of these leaders have."
Continued.............
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575570/posts
U.S. hits corruption in Russian gas deals
Washington Times ^ | February 9, 2006 | Nicholas Kralev
Posted on 02/09/2006 6:57:55 PM MST by Tailgunner Joe
U.S. officials say Russia has been using its control of Soviet-era pipelines to squeeze Central Asian sellers of natural gas while setting up corrupt trading intermediaries whose only apparent purpose is to milk huge profits.
Alarmed by a recent price dispute between Russia and Ukraine that disrupted vital gas supplies to Europe, the Bush administration raised doubts about Russia's fitness to chair the Group of Eight leading industrialized countries, beginning with a finance ministers' meeting in Moscow this week. ...
U.S. officials noted a huge gap between what Russia pays to import gas from Central Asia and what it charges for the gas in Europe, while middlemen rake off vast profits.
"It's a fascinating story, because it combines corruption with economic reform and Russia's ambition to dominate its neighbors," said a senior State Department official who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. "It's a great story, but it's an ugly one, too." ...
"These mysterious shady trading firms have no purpose," the senior official said. "They have been a source of corruption for years. They are instruments for arrangements by which some people buy cheap and sell expensive."
The official singled out RosUkrEnergo, established in 2004 as an intermediary between Gazprom and the Ukrainian state gas company Naftohaz. RosUkrEnergo was at the center of an agreement between Russia and Ukraine last month that ended their bitter price dispute.
"It's said to be run by people with organized criminal ties, as well as good Kremlin connections," the official said of RosUkrEnergo, which is co-owned by Gazprom and an Austrian-registered company, Centragas.
Ukrainian intelligence thinks that Semyon Mogilevich, an official in the administration of former President Leonid Kuchma who is wanted by the FBI and Interpol for money laundering, has a stake in RosUkrEnergo.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575558/posts
Welcome bear hug
Ha a r e t z ^ | 2/10/2006 | Arnon Regular
Posted on 02/09/2006 6:42:52 PM MST by Sabramerican
Welcome bear hug By Arnon Regular
Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement that he would be willing to meet with Hamas leaders did not come as a complete surprise to Hamas, which is currently on a drive to obtain international legitimacy for its future government. Within 24 hours after Hamas won the Palestinian elections, its leaders had identified the Russian-Chinese axis, as well as a few European countries, as the place to concentrate its efforts to soften the stringent conditions for acceptance by the international community that are currently being set by the United States, Israel, Egypt and Jordan.
Nevertheless, even Hamas was surprised to receive a direct invitation to its leaders from Putin. After all, Russia is a member of the Quartet, and the ink is not yet dry on the Quartet's proclamation that "there is a fundamental contradiction between armed group and militia activities and the building of a democratic state. A two-state solution to the conflict requires all participants in the democratic process to renounce violence and terror, accept Israel's right to exist, and disarm, as outlined in the road map."
Putin's invitation is evidence of the split in the international community, and Hamas is trying to exploit this split to soften the demands that it recognize Israel and accept existing agreements between Israel and the Palestinians.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Thanks for the ping, NW_Arizona_Granny!!
Sorors appears to have his stinking hands into almost everything these days. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Soros paid for the islamic, cartoon terrorism, tour too. The thread you linked has gotten lots of attention. It should be an interesting read. Thanks again.
Appears that they are indeed looking for the OBL Navy.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575660/posts
CTF 150 Assisting Yemenis in Hunt For Escaped Terrorists
Navy NewsStand ^ | Feb 9, 2006 | Commander U.S. Naval Forces Public Affairs
Posted on 02/09/2006 9:40:36 PM MST by SandRat
MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- The Dutch-led coalition of maritime Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 is supporting the efforts of the government of Yemen to recapture suspected terrorists who escaped from a Yemeni prison Feb 5.
Escapees include Jamal Ahmed Badawi, mastermind of the bomb attack on USS Cole (DDG 67) in 2000, and Fawaz Al-Rabeei, one of those responsible for attacking the French tanker Limburg in 2002.
Ships from CTF 150 are monitoring international waters along the coast of Yemen in an attempt to either block possible maritime escape routes or capture the suspected terrorists if they make this attempt.
CTF 150 routinely patrols the international waters of the Gulf of Oman, North Arabian Sea, parts of the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment and complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. MSO deny international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material.
CTF 150 is one of three coalition maritime task forces that conduct MSO under the direction of U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Patrick Walsh, Combined Maritime Forces Component Commander, based in Bahrain. Walsh also commands CTF 58 in the northern Arabian Gulf and CTF 152, which is responsible for patrolling the central and southern Arabian Gulf.
For related news, visit the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/cusnc/.
You are welcome.
I sometimes think that Soros has doubles, as Saddam did.
Or do they use Soros as a catch word, if you mean evil, call it Soros.
Oh, well, one of these days the truth will come out and then we will not believe it.........LOL
The fake pictures not only outnumbered the real ones, they were much nastier
Cal that is the most ( pardon the pun) insane thing I have ever read. If you have a ping list on this please add me.
Of course it would get rid of hubby's ex-wife. LOL
February 6-8, 2006 Anti-Terrorism News
2 Britons funded JMB to carry out bomb attacks (Bangladesh)
http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/02/09/d6020901044.htm
"Two British citizens in June last gave £10,000 to Jama'atul
Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Abdur Rahman to carry out bomb attacks in
Bangladesh"
Palestinian Terrorism in 2005
http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/eng_n/pdf/palestinian_terror_e.pdf
Excellent analysis by Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information
Center (Acrobat), with comparative data and names of victims
U.S. govt wants Iraqi court to try U.S. terror suspect
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/09/content_4154252.htm
Update: Justice Department said that it wants Iraqi court to try Shawqi
Omar, accused of assisting Al Zarqawi
Spanish judge files new indictment against member of ETA
http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/politics-presumed-member-of-eta-spanish-judge-files-new-indictmen?itemId=D11221&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fpolitica&idioma=en
Spanish judge filed new indictment against Unai Parot, convicted member
who could have been released as early as 2009, for membership and
incitement to commit attacks
Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi on Cartoon Controversy: "The Nation Must Rage in
Anger"
http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD108906
MEMRI transcript of February 3 sermon by Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi,
head of European Council for Fatwa and Research, president of
International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS), exhorting worshippers "show
our rage to the world"
Treasury Designates UK-Based Individuals & Entities Financing Al
Qaida-Affiliated LIFG
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js4016.htm
Treasury Department designates 5 individuals and 4 entities for
financing Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), al Qaida affiliate known for
terrorist activity in Libya and cooperating with al Qaida worldwide
Foreign Nationals Attempted to Smuggle Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles From
U.S. to FARC (my title)
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=60684
Ten foreign nationals attempted to smuggle as many as fifty .50-caliber
anti-armor sniper rifles from U.S. to FARC, according to recent federal
indictment in Miami
Iran Revolutionary Guards say Merkel thinks she is Hitler
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5691
IRG Corps: “From individuals who have a Zionist background nothing
less is expectedâ€
Militants blow up Pakistan gas pipelines
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060208/world.htm#2
Baluch militants blew up gas pipelines and cut off supplies to US &
British-owned power plant for 4th time in a month
U.S. citizen accused of aiding al-Zarqawi
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11225752/
American citizen Shawqi Omar, held in Iraq since 2004, allegedly worked
with al-Zarqawi and helped plan insurgent attacks on foreigners in Iraq
Editor: Imams used other images to stir anger
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wopig084617877feb08,0,2704319.story?coll=ny-worldnews-print
Use of cartoons by Islamists which were never in Danish paper: "The
original cartoons were offensive, but these were worse."
Top Afghan Islamic Group Calls for End of Riots
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184184,00.html
Call comes as police killed 4 protesters to stop crowd from marching on
U.S. military base
Islamic Jihad says no to truce with Israel or cooperation with Hamas
http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Palestine/194462
Hamas demands control over 3 PA security force branches
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/680056.html
Int'l monitors quit Hebron after attack on mission
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/680404.html
\Palestinians attacked office in protest at European cartoons of
Mohammad
Sept. 11 suspect to be deported even if acquitted in German trial
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=3714
Udo Nagel, Berlin's top security official, on Mounir el Motassadeq:
"The law is the same for all, even terror suspects. But I emphasize: the
deportation order is untouched by the latest decision. He is an Islamist
and dangerous for our democracy."
Alliance between pro- and anti-Syrian leaders seen as "coup" in
Lebanon's politics
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=3711
Meeting between Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Christian leader
Michael Aoun leads to speculation about political realignment
Indonesian Police Prepared to Send More Suspects to Singapore
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aypfj9_mmVSk
(Lebanon) Franjieh slams Al-Qaeda training charges
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=22056
Former Interior Minister dismisses allegations by another group that he
is sponsoring military training camps for Al-Qaeda
(UK) Abu Hamza and the 7/7 bombers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2030129,00.html
Hamza preached to 3 of July 7 London bombers - listen to his sermons at
that site - also see Victor Comras' post
(UK) US eager to start extradition process
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2030043,00.html
FBI claims that Abu Hamza much greater threat than acknowledged.
Raymond Kelly, NYPD Commissioner: “Think of him as a freelance consultant
to terrorism worldwide.â€
(UK) Police found weapons at Finsbury Park mosque
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2029050,00.html
Cache at Hamza's mosque included chemical warfare protection suits,
other equipment - detectives believe equipment used in terror training
camps somewhere in UK
Turkey detains student over killing of priest
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07462990.htm
Turkish security forces arrest student for killing Italian Catholic
priest - teenager apparently influenced by cartoons lampooning Mohammad
Turkish and Indian nationals among 17 killed in new Afghan attacks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060207/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanattacks_060207184344;_ylt=AhsM9O5S5YiGvYl0H0mwRR2FOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Updated story
Gunmen Kill Sunni Community Leader
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AuE4UbM6PnUGrpl6gopinh6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-
Sunni leader in Fallujah killed, and bombs and bullets killed at least
11 other people, including 4 U.S. Marines
Operations in Iraq Net 26 Suspects, Weapons Caches
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2006/20060207_4133.html
Iraqi special forces led nighttime raid near Salman Pak and captured
suspects
EU diplomats meeting with Hamas
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0602078675191307.htm
Iranian news agency: "Several European and Western diplomats have
secretly been meeting with leaders of the Islamic Resistance Group, Hamas
lately, Palestinian Islamic sources said. The sources intimated that
American, British, French and Scandinavian diplomats met lately with Hamas
leaders, including newly-elected lawmakers, in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip."
New Zealand magazine editor on cartoon controversy (my title)
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=14285&cid=39&cname=NBR%20Comment
Steven Emerson: "The conflict now erupting throughout the world is
going to dictate whether we respond to intimidation. Otherwise, those who
carry out the threats will carry the day."
Muslim hackers blast Denmark in Net assault
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/news/83314/muslim-hackers-blast-denmark-in-net-assault.html
"Gangs of pro-Muslim computer hackers have unleashed a withering cyber
attack on Danish and Western websites in the past week"
(UK) Muslims react to Hamza conviction
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4690132.stm
(UK) Abu Hamza guilty of inciting murder and racial hatred
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2028671,00.html
Muhammad cartoon unrest had been simmering
Lorenzo Vidino: "But by adding the others, it was just a sign of the
malice that this guy's going around the Middle East and stirring up
trouble against the country where he lives."
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/13808143.htm
Colombia rebels kill seven coca eradication police
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06160567.htm
Is CIA Leak Probe a 'Witch Hunt'?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Investigation/story?id=1587307&page=1
ABC News: CIA Director Goss launching major probe into media leaks
about covert operations
World's only Sept 11 convict released in Germany
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060207/ts_afp/usattacksgermany_060207184445;_ylt=AugjXAaNJgJWwVzRVCJ.fPes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
Updated: Mounir El Motassadeq, convicted in August and sentenced to 7
years in prison, released early by German court
Afghan police kill four in cartoon bloodshed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060207/ts_nm/religion_cartoons_dc;_ylt=AhThJCB44nusRVXRidJgna.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
Can al-Qaeda’s Lebanese Expansion Be Stopped?
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2440
Terror risk from WMD exaggerated, experts say
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060207/ts_nm/security_australia_wmd_dc_1
Germany Charges Iraqi With Aiding Ansar al-Islam Terror Group
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aWbAH1s4zjlk
Iran's Khameini says Israel behind Danish cartoons of Muhammad
http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/194418
Israel kills 2 Gaza militants, Olmert talks peace
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-06T201149Z_01_L0459754_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml&archived=False
Three killed in Pakistan blast
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18074842-23109,00.html
Islamic militant commanders arrested in Bangladesh
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/February/subcontinent_February289.xml§ion=subcontinent&col
Terror threat: Tirumala security beefed up (India)
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=swaminarayantemple&slug=Terror+threat%3A+Tirumala+security+beefed+up&id=84524&callid=1
50,000 pilgrims visit Tirumala temple complex daily - intelligence
reports indicate certain groups scouting area for operational details
Chief of CIA's Counter-Terror Center Ousted
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cia7feb07,0,6112370.story
Head of CIA's Counterterrorism Center forced to step down - concerns
that he was not aggressive enough in pursuit of Al Qaeda and other
terrorists organizations
National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism
http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/docs/2005-01-25-Strategic-Plan.pdf
Link to Acrobat file released by Pentagon which defines national
strategy for war on terrorism for U.S. armed forces
Money Laundering : Financial Institutions Mobilised (Cameroon)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602060600.html
African government teaching financial institutions to fight against
corruption, money laundering, and terrorism.
Creating Outrage: Meet the imam behind the cartoon overreaction
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/vidino200602060735.asp
Lorenzo Vidino in "National Review" with expanded version of his
February 4 and February 2 posts
Bush budget boosts anti-terror spending
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11203069/
PNP on guard for possible terror attacks (Philippines)
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=29237
Philippine National Police alert for possible attack after discovery
that explosives can easily be developed
Terror boosted Algeria-U.S. rapprochement
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060206-100517-9280r
Moussaoui: 'I am al Qaeda'
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/06/moussaoui.trial/
Proclaiming "I am al Qaeda," Moussaoui removed from courtroom as jury
selection in penalty phase begins
Snow.......wow.
So the house is full of plants.........
My mind is laughing, it sees you with those giant squash plants, attempting to wade through them, all over the living room......
6 foot tomato plants, forming an indoor forrest.
LOL
White House lists 10 foiled attacks
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Manage Alerts | What Is This? WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush said Thursday that the U.S.-led global war on terror had "weakened" al Qaeda and cited as proof international efforts that he said had thwarted a terrorist plot to attack Los Angeles.
Members of an al Qaeda affiliate in Asia had planned to crash a commercial airplane into the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles in 2002, Bush said.
In a speech at the National Guard Memorial Building, Bush gave more details on the purported plot.
It was one of a list of 10 terrorist plots that U.S. authorities first released in October 2005.
The list and details from the White House:
1. West Coast airliner plot:
In 2002 the United States disrupted a plot to use shoe bombs to hijack a commercial airliner to attack the tallest building in Los Angeles. The plot was "set in motion" by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
"Rather than use Arab hijackers, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sought out young men from Southeast Asia whom he believed would not arouse as much suspicion," Bush said.
2. East Coast airliner plot:
In mid-2003 the United States and a partner disrupted a plot to use hijacked commercial airplanes to attack targets on the East Coast of the United States.
3. The Jose Padilla plot:
In May 2002 the United States disrupted a plot that involved blowing up apartment buildings in the United States. One of the alleged plotters, Jose Padilla, allegedly discussed the possibility of using a "dirty bomb" inside the United States. Bush has designated him an "enemy combatant."
4. 2004 British urban targets plot:
In mid-2004 the United States and partners disrupted a plot to bomb urban targets in Britain.
5. 2003 Karachi plot:
In spring 2003 the United States and a partner disrupted a plot to attack westerners at several targets in Karachi, Pakistan.
6. Heathrow Airport plot:
In 2003 the United States and several partners disrupted a plot to attack London's Heathrow Airport using hijacked commercial airliners. The planning for this alleged attack was undertaken by a major operational figure in the September 11, 2001, attacks.
7. 2004 Britain plot:
In the spring of 2004 the United States and partners, using a combination of law enforcement and intelligence resources, disrupted a plot to conduct large-scale bombings in Britain.
8. 2002 Arabian Gulf shipping plot:
In late 2002 and 2003 the United States and a partner nation disrupted a plot by al Qaeda operatives to attack ships in the Arabian Gulf.
9. 2002 Strait of Hormuz plot:
In 2002 the United States and partners disrupted a plot to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the Persian Gulf from the Indian Ocean.
10. 2003 tourist site plot:
In 2003 the United States and a partner nation disrupted a plot to attack a tourist site outside the United States. The White House did not list what site that was.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/whitehouse.plots/
Dounreay 'loses' bomb-grade uranium
JAMES KIRKUP
Key points
• Dounreay nuclear plant has lost 283g of highly enriched uranium (HEU)
• HEU can be used to make nuclear weapons
• The discovery was made during a Department of Trade and Industry audit
Key quote
"The fact is that they can't tell whether the material within these 'unaccounted for' margins is missing or has been stolen - there is no certainty at all about where this material is." - Frank Barnaby, a former government nuclear scientist
Story in full THE Dounreay nuclear plant has lost more than half a pound of highly enriched uranium (HEU), the material used to make nuclear weapons.
Official government figures show that during an internal audit of UK nuclear sites over the last year, technicians at the Caithness site could not account for some 283g of HEU.
Another nuclear plant, Winfrith in Dorset, has also mislaid some HEU, the audit found.
The material is at the heart of the crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Intense diplomatic efforts by western nations and the United Nations are focused on stopping the Iranian government producing HEU in its nuclear power programme.
The discrepancies in stores of radioactive material were revealed in the Department of Trade and Industry's annual Nuclear Materials Balance survey.
The audit has previously shown even larger gaps in the nuclear balance-sheet. Last year, the Sellafield plant in Cumbria could not account for more than 30kg of plutonium.
The government insists that the missing material is not a cause for concern, trying to depict it as "paper losses".
"Whenever nuclear material is measured there is an uncertainty associated with the measurement," the DTI said. The losses at Dounreay and other plans "conform to the pattern over previous years and give no rise to concern over either the safety or the security of the operation of the plants".
However, as the DTI admits in a briefing document on the findings, the audit process leaves open the possibility that the "lost" material is physically missing. "Theft of small amounts of material cannot be detected by nuclear materials accountancy alone," the document says.
Frank Barnaby, a former government nuclear scientist who now works at the Oxford Research Group, a think-tank, said that the uncertainty "should worry us very much".
He said: "The fact is that they can't tell whether the material within these 'unaccounted for' margins is missing or has been stolen - there is no certainty at all about where this material is."
While the amount of missing uranium would not be enough for a conventional nuclear device, it could be used in a "dirty bomb", in which a conventional explosive blast is used to scatter radioactive particles.
Security experts also fear that uncertainties within the nuclear system can complicate intelligence efforts against terrorist groups. Because the government cannot say precisely how much material is in UK plants, intelligence analysts cannot discount claims that some could have fallen into the wrong hands.
The latest confirmation of the inherent uncertainty in nuclear power generation comes as ministers consider authorising the building of a new generation of nuclear plants.
Yesterday, Nirex, the body in charge of finding a solution for the safe storage of Britain's nuclear waste, said it could take until 2040 before a permanent solution is pushed through.
Chris Murray, the chief executive of Nirex, told a committee of Lords that 2025 would be the earliest that the waste could be buried in deep storage depositories and then only if communities volunteered to take it.
The Scottish Executive is refusing to back a new generation of reactors until the waste problem is resolved.
http://news.scotsman.com/inverness.cfm?id=203702006
No Good Options
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Tehran-sponsored Hizbullah terrorists could simply steal radioactive material from a hospital and make a dirty bomb within hours. Even a small radioactive bomb would have devastating psychological effects across the world. That would change international politics forever. So we cannot isolate the Iran-Israel fight. Nuclear weapons are unavoidably strategic.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5233
I got this as an email joke from my family
A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. Nothing is moving.
>>>Suddenly a man knocks on the window. The driver rolls down his window
>>>and asks, "What's going on?"
>>>"Terrorists have kidnapped Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry,
>>>Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. They're asking for a $10 million
>>>ransom. Otherwise they're going to douse them with gasoline and set
>>>them on fire. We're going from car to car, taking up a collection."
>>>The driver asks, "How much is everyone giving, on average?"
>>>"About a gallon."
>>
>>
Lost men carrying explosives enter U.S.
Thursday, February 09, 2006 - Bangor Daily News << Back
FORT FAIRFIELD - It's always good to know where you're going, especially when you end up carrying a load of explosives over a border crossing.
Two Canadian construction workers must have come to that conclusion Tuesday after they crossed the border without stopping at the border crossing. They were apprehended, but were later released and returned to Canada.
No charges were brought, nor are any pending, according to a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
"It was an innocent mistake," Brian Lundquist said Wednesday. "The men and the explosives have been returned to Canada."
Sometime Tuesday morning the two unnamed Canadians were supposed to deliver a load of explosives to a construction project on the Trans Canada Highway in northwest New Brunswick.
Lundquist said the two men, who were looking for the remote site to deliver the explosives got lost and somehow ended up at the border crossing. They reportedly didn't know where they were, and failed to stop at the U.S. Custom and Border Protection station at Fort Fairfield.
The Border Patrol was alerted. Lundquist said the pair was tracked down and arrested.
After an investigation, which included the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, the Maine State Police and the Maine Fire Marshal, the pair was sent back to Canada.
The explosives were delivered to their construction project on the TCH, Lundquist said.
Lundquist said there will be no federal charges.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=128748
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