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Posted on 04/01/2006 5:00:12 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT
Iran Reaches Key Step in Nuclear Process
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060411/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_9;_ylt=AkYZpMddyIXZ60Xo4vWU_wVSw60A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Iran has successfully enriched uranium for the first time per former
President Hashemi Rafsanjani
Suicide bomber kills over 60 in Pakistan, 300 wounded
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=850454
A bomb exploded during evening prayers at a park in this southern
Pakistani city Tuesday
U.S. citizen gets five years in drugs-for-missiles plot
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060410-1846-ca-drugs-missiles.html
Indian-born Ilyas Ali sentenced to five years in prison for his role in
a plot to obtain and sell Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Taliban
and al-Qaeda
Kuwaiti Reformist: The Muslims – Not bin Laden – are Responsible
for the Hatred Towards Them in the West
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD113706
Pakistan president seeks backing of scholars in anti-terror war
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/April/subcontinent_April424.xml§ion=subcontinent
Could Al Qaeda Infiltrate Somali Pirates?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12213087/site/newsweek/
U.S.: Author Says Al-Qaeda Still A Force
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/04/c785a8c0-d135-4681-98c8-db196d4f8ab3.html
(India) Kandahar issue: Advani had opposed release of terrorists
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1672302,0008.htm
(Israel) Molotov cocktails thrown at car; none wounded
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498843594&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
U.S. dubs terror fight the 'Long War'
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060411-120548-8400r
The U.S. military's Central Command has named the global fight against
terrorists "The Long War," and expects it to last at least 20 years.
U.N. limits political contact with Hamas
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060411-024015-1516r
The United Nations is limiting political contact with the Palestinians
until Hamas' threats are renounced and Israel recognized.
Laura has written a report for us, on Iran and nuclear.
That sounds weak, to talk about one of Laura's best articles, but how to talk about Iran and not be depressed is beyond me.
granny
LauraMansfield] April 11, 2006: Dancing with Uranium
April 11, 2006: Dancing with Uranium
By Laura Mansfield with assistance from analyst JBean
Birthdays are a milestone - a day to recognize the symbolic passage
from one age to the next.
It is especially notable that today, the day which Muslims throughout
the world celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed, is the date
when Iran's President has selected to announce the entry of Iran into the
"International Nuclear Power Club'.
Coming on the heels of the "Blessed Prophet" war games, where Iran
showed off its new weapons, including a missile capable of carrying nuclear
warheads, it is obvious that the selection of the date is intentional.
Iran has announced that it has crossed the threshold into the nuclear
zone because it is now able to enrich its own uranium. True, enriched
uranium can be used for peaceful purposes. But despite verbal claims from
Iran's leaders that its intent is to not develop nuclear weapons, their
actions and their words in Farsi indicate otherwise.
Iran has a long and rich history; western civilization owes much to
early Persian history.
But Iran has not demonstrated to the world community that it has the
maturity to handle such a power. Allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons
makes about as much since as giving a 15 year old boy a Ferrari as his
first car. Sure, he wants it. But there's a very high probability that he
will wreck the car, and with a car that powerful, it's likely that
someone is going to die.
During the ceremony when Iran's President announced that the enrichment
milestone had been met, there were dancers on stage celebrating the
announcement. The dancers performed beautifully, but according to
state-run news agency IRNA in their hands they held vials of low grade uranium
in their hands.
While the radiation danger was almost certainly negligible, the
symbolism was clear.
Nuclear power is not a toy. Radiation is nothing to play with.
A nuclear Iran is frightening. Almost certainly today, in the capitals
of Europe and the United States, a frantic discussion was getting
underway about what to do in the wake of this latest announcement. Certainly
there will be hawks calling for an attack on Iran, to defang its
nuclear capability.
I can think of one very good reason for the US and Israel not to attack
Iran at this time.
Iran wants us to attack them.
The last people who should be dictating the actions of the US
government are the rulers of Iran.
No, I do not forget your son, ever.
I hope all of us have him protected with our prayers.
Latest from your google link at post #600:
Youths Riot a Day After Pakistan Bombing
By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer
KARACHI, Pakistan — Mobs of youths rioted in this southern city for a second straight day Wednesday to protest a suicide bombing that killed at least 57 people, which a top Pakistani official said was aimed at "eliminating" the leadership of a moderate Sunni Muslim group.
Police on Wednesday confirmed that a lone unidentified suicide bomber detonated an 11-pound bomb near Sunni dignitaries seated in a downtown Karachi park Tuesday at a religious service with 10,000 other worshippers.(snip)
http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&persist=1&hl=en&client=google&ncl=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3788369.html
Looks like we have to add the word "youths" to the google alert as "youths" now = muslim terrorists.
[a post for study and research, unknown url]
Colombian investigators find at least 30 bodies in mass graves
BOGOTA, Colombia
Colombian investigators have found two mass graves containing at least
30
bodies close to the border with Venezuela.
Authorities said on Tuesday that further analysis is required to
identify
the bodies and when they were killed. It was unclear when the graves
were
discovered.
The province of Northern Santander has been one of Colombia's most
violent,
home to drug traffickers, far-right paramilitaries and leftist
guerrillas.
"In this zone, before the presence of paramilitaries at the end of the
1990s, illegal armed groups of the guerrillas were here," Manuel Luna,
the
province's secretary of interior, told RCN television.
A spokesman for the investigative arm of the attorney general's office
said
that most mass graves were found after tips from local residents. He
requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the press.
Colombia's four-decade civil war is one of the world's longest, and it
kills
thousands each year. The International Committee for the Red Cross says
3,600 people are recorded as disappeared.
Paramilitaries are in a peace process with the government that has seen
more
than 20,000 demobilize. Families of those disappeared are hoping that
the
demobilized fighters will inform authorities of more such mass graves.
060411 184914
Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
>>>>Plane flies too low into airport [UK airport, Iranian
plane]
I read your plane links, Granny.
The Iranian plane flying too low is the kicker.
It doesn't matter if the plane doesn't hit a building.
Imagine if the plane carried a nuke and was shot down...
On second thought, don't imagine it as we'll never sleep.
(Iraq) Car bomb kills six at checkpoint
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18799846-23109,00.html
Car bomb killed at least six people at an army checkpoint near the
northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar today, police and witnesses said.
Afghan bomb blast kills policeman, wounds two
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/April/subcontinent_April449.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
A roadside bomb ripped through a police vehicle in volatile southern
Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing a policeman and wounding two others
Pakistan troops on alert in Karachi after blast
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-04-12T095342Z_01_SP289100_RTRUKOC_0_US-PAKISTAN-EXPLOSION.xml
Death Toll in Pakistan Bombing Rises to 56
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060412/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_park_bombing
Iran to Move Toward Large-Scale Enrichment
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060412/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear
Iran intends to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment involving
54,000 centrifuges
Iran 1 step from atomic bomb
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49698
With 3 developments this year, Tehran's pace startling analysts
(California) Defense Rests in Lodi Terror Trial
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-lodi12apr12,1,6373402.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
Most graduates of schools like one Hamid Hayat attended aren't
jihadists, an expert says.
(Moussaoui Trial) Flight 93's last moments to be played publicly
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/12/moussaoui.trial/index.html
(Moussaoui Trial) Jury sees harrowing images of 9/11 terrorism
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/11/moussaoui.trial/index.html
Giuliani: World economy can survive another Sept. 11-like attack
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NY_GIULIANI_TERRORISM_BAOL-?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
(NYC) Hands off 9/11 cross
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/408249p-345464c.html
Outcry forces Port Authority to ax beams plan
(Indonesia) Bali bomber to face firing squad
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18794684-23109,00.html
When Imam Samudra murdered 202 people by bombing Bali's Sari Club and
nearby Paddy's Bar, he prayed he would to become a martyr for Islam
First UK terror suspect under control order in court challenge
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2130811,00.html
A judge will decide today whether the first control order issued
against a UK terror suspect is a breach of his human rights
Court rejects UK appeal against Hicks citizenship ruling
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1615197.htm
The High Court in London has dismissed a British Government appeal
against a ruling awarding British citizenship to Australian Guantanamo Bay
detainee David Hicks.
(Israel) Islamist Terror Chasing Out 1,000 Christian Arabs a Year
http://www.arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=101940
(Israel) Islamic Jihad Bomb Factory Uncovered in Jenin District
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=101924
Hamas Seeks to Take Over PLO
http://www.arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=101868
After having taken over the Palestinian Authority, Hamas now seeks to
anchor its power via elections in all the refugee camps throughout the
Arab world.
(Egypt) Islamists Post Hit List of 'Apostates'
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/169819.php
Egyptian group "al-Jama'ah Consultative Council" warned that those
people on the list who had left the Islamic faith would have three days (as
of yesterday) to repent or they would be killed.
Terrorists running wild on Internet
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\04\11\story_11-4-2006_pg7_13
There has been a dramatic explosion in the number of Web sites operated
by terrorist organisations, jumping from just 12 in 1998 to more than
4,800 today, according to a new book.
Haiti and al Qaeda
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20060412.aspx
American intelligence has picked up indications that the ongoing chaos
in Haiti may be providing Islamist terrorist groups with a safe haven,
and an opportunity to plan, organize, and train
(Philippines) Rebel blown to death by own bomb
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/04/12/rebel.blown.to.death.by.own.bomb.general.(1.40.p.m.).html
A suspected Abu Sayyaf rebel was accidentally killed by a bomb he
intended to use to attack government troops in the southern island of Jolo
(Philippines) Graduates at Terror Zone
Young aspirants in clandestine terrorist camps throughout the
Philippines, who are jointly trained on the varied subjects of Terroristic
Warfare by Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah terror cell instructors, are
graduating one-after-the-other from their training courses
(Turkey) Military gears up for major anti-terror ops in southeast
http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-4587.html
(Russia) Airport security high following bomb alert in Far East
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060412/45598105.html
Terror on the High Seas
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12213087/site/newsweek/
Most troubling is prospect of terrorists hijacking supertanker
transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blowing it up close to shore
Taliban Setup Office in South Waziristan
http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369958
Taliban in South Waziristan beginnng to cooperate with local government
- those in North Waziristan fighting government
Indonesia: Muslim protesters stone Playboy office
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498846146&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Sri Lanka) 9 dead, 50 wounded in blast
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18800253-1702,00.html
Bomb on bicycle leave nine people killed and at least 50 injured in a
bomb blast at a vegetable market in Sri Lanka's restive northeastern
port town of Trincomalee today
Philippines says 67 communist rebels surrender
http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=7992
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/April/theworld_April457.xml§ion=theworld
Anti-terror grant to probe bingo halls criticized
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060411-115930-6028r.htm
(Florida) Three teens arrested after teacher learns of bomb plot
http://www.tampabaylive.com/stories/2006/04/060411bombs.shtml
The bingo hall link was particularly interesting, especially this part:
>>The state is home to more than 7,000 Arabs who worship at nearly 20 mosques across the state, including one mosque in the far reaches of the Eastern Highlands, where bingo halls abound, and where one intelligence report says a man questioned by police for taking photographs of the Ashland Oil refinery later turned out to be on the terrorist watch list.<<
My heart stopped beating when I saw the Iran plane article,
I recall having read it before, but to find it only minutes after posting the link to the possible Iran attack with a plane it was too much.
Couple others in those FR searches that should have been brought over, but I got tired.
I was looking for stolen 737 (and 727) plane in the FR searcher.
I don't forget the big refinery fire in England, the first reports on that had a plane hitting the refinery, several witnesses, I heard a couple on the radio, tell how it came in low, over their place and then there was a 'boomb'.
Wouldn't a nuke in a refinery fire, burn hot enough to melt the plane into nothing?
No, I have no desire to sleep, haven't since I read the iran plans to use a plane.
And yes, I am drinking the gatorade...ugh.
Looks like we have to add the word "youths" to the google alert as
"youths" now = muslim terrorists.<<<
You are correct, I made a note of it.
It was used in Paris to hide the fact that it was a muslim,
and they got away with it.
The terrorists will soon use it in messages........
See, you broke a code, and bet you did it without looking at the keyboard.........LOL
I am proud of you........LOL
Thanks for the report on the Bingo halls.
The jihadi's have left nothing sacred to us, they soil everything.
LOL, no, I am not a bingo player, by the time my eyes focus on the little squares, it is too late and I get bored with sitting there.
But for several years, I worked the Elks Lodge, Bingo games as a waitress and it was good money, with nice people to wait on,.......so I support Bingo........LOL
We may need to pull you of the Iran articles.
It's not a good thing if your heart stops beating.
All kidding aside, I'm worried that it's too stressful.
OK, you're not going to listen to me so check the FR googles this way:
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=stolen+angola+plane&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=freerepublic.com&as_rights=&safe=images
It's an easier search than the FR search.
~Chuckling~
Have spent so much of my typing days practicing NOT looking at the keyboard.
[a post for study and research, unknown url]
Iraqi: Death Squads Not Linked to Gov't
Associated Press
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Death squads responsible for sectarian killings in Iraq are not linked
to the government but to private security forces, Iraq's interior
minister said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
"There are some forces out of order, not under our control, and not
under the control of the Ministry of Defense," Bayan Jabr told the British
Broadcasting Corp. in an interview conducted on Tuesday in Baghdad.
Jabr said security agencies protecting ministries and private companies
employ about 180,000 people. Many of them, "are uniformed like the
police, their cars like the police," he said.
"Terrorists or someone who support the terrorists ... are using the
clothes of the police or the military," he said.
Jabr cited the Facility Protection Service, an armed force set up in
2003 to guard official buildings. He said the 150,000-strong FPS was "not
under our control."
Private security companies employ about 30,000 civilians, he said.
Sectarian violence between Shiite and Sunni Muslims has spiked since
the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra, threatening to push
Iraq into all-out civil war.
Many reprisal attacks against Sunni mosques and clerics following the
bombing were believed to have been carried out by Shiite militias or
death squads operating inside the Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry.
Hundreds of Shiites have also been killed in attacks since the shrine
bombing.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
LOL, I support Bingo too!
The girls and I help run Bingo games at a nearby nursing home. There's no money in it as they play for trinkets that we pick up at the dollar store.
[a post for research and study, unknown url. I think that we do not give the Iraqi people the credit that they deserve for bravery, imagine, it is a death sentence, if you sign up to serve your country...granny]
cting Speaker to Convene Iraq Parliament
Associated Press
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer
The acting parliament speaker said Wednesday he will convene the Iraqi
legislature next week to push forward the formation of a new government
stalled over the issue of who will serve as prime minister. Meanwhile,
a series of car bombs in three Iraqi cities left at least eight people
dead and dozens wounded.
Adnan Pachachi, a Sunni Arab, told a news conference he decided to
convene the assembly Monday because "it's my duty to the Iraqi people in
order to preserve the credibility of the democratic process."
Pachachi added that Shiite politicians told him they hope to have the
deadlock over the nomination of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
resolved in time for the session.
Parliament was elected Dec. 15 but has held only one session because of
the dispute over the prime minister.
As the biggest bloc in parliament, the Shiites have the right to
nominate the head of government. But Sunni and Kurdish parties oppose the
Shiite choice of al-Jaafari for another term and the Shiites have not
agreed whether to replace him.
That has stalled formation of a unity government which the United
States believes is necessary to halt the country's slide toward anarchy.
But Pachachi, a former foreign minister, said he was hopeful for a
breakthrough on the issue.
"There are indications that cause us to be optimistic that an agreement
will be reached on all the sticking points regarding forming a national
unity government," he said.
Under the constitution, parliament must elect a national president, who
in turn designates the nominee of the biggest bloc to form a new
government. The prime minister-designate then has 30 days to name a Cabinet,
which must be approved by parliament.
The Shiites hold 130 of the 275 seats, not enough to govern or win
approval for their nominee without the support of other parties, including
the Sunnis and Kurds. Shiite politicians conferred again Wednesday over
the al-Jaafari issue.
"The consultations have come a long way and there are reasons for us to
believe that from now until April 17, some of the problems could be
resolved," Pachachi said. "The important thing is that the Iraqi people
want to see the parliament and the democratic political institutions
start their work."
Rising sectarian tensions have emerged as a significant threat to U.S.
efforts to form a stable society in Iraq. Those tensions escalated
dramatically after the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra.
That triggered a wave of reprisal attacks against Sunni mosques and
clerics - many of them believed carried out by Shiite militias or death
squads operating inside the Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry - and
drove the country to the brink of civil war. Hundreds of Shiites have also
been killed in attacks since the shrine bombing.
In an interview with the BBC, Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said the
death squads operating in the country were not linked to the government
but to private security forces. Jabr said security agencies protecting
ministries and private companies employ about 180,000 people in Iraq.
Many of them, "are uniformed like the police, their cars like the
police," he said.
In the latest violence, a suicide attacker drove up to a busy vegetable
market in the ancient city of Tel Afar and detonated his explosives,
killing at least three shoppers and wounding seven, police Brig.
Abdul-Hamid Khalaf said.
Tal Afar, about 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, has been singled out by
President Bush as a success story for American and Iraqi forces in the
drive to quell the insurgency.
A parked car bomb exploded near a medical facility in the city of
Khalis north of Baghdad, killing two bystanders and wounding at least 23,
police said.
A third car bomb exploded in Baghdad, targeting a police patrol in the
northern district of Wazziriyah. The blast killed one policeman and two
civilians, and wounded four others, police said.
Two U.S. soldiers were also killed when their vehicle hit a roadside
bomb south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. No details on the location
were provided, and names were being held pending notification of kin.
With the latest deaths Wednesday, at least 33 American troops have died
in Iraq so far this month - exceeding the 31 killed in all of March,
according to an Associated Press count.
At least 2,361 members of the U.S. military have died since the
beginning of the war in 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The
figure includes seven military civilians.
Also in Baghdad, gunmen hunted down three different government
employees and shot them dead on their way to work.
An internal affairs officer at the Interior Ministry was killed by men
in two cars while leaving his house in western Baghdad, and a Housing
Ministry employee was killed as he drove to work in the same
neighborhood, police said. In northern Baghdad, gunmen shot down an Oil Ministry
worker at a bus stop, police said.
The motives of the targeted attacks were not known, police said.
___
Associated Press Writer Bushra Juhi contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
I am smiling now, have been biting nails, listening to the morning commie talk show host........and getting the commie talking points for today, both of them.
Bush lied about the WMD, so he could go to war in Iraq.
Could that be related to the paper just translated that says there are WMD?
But the prime rant of the day is "NO to war in Iran".
He slipped and said that if President Bush goes to war in Iran, his points will have a major increase of about 50%.
I find it amazing, that the liberals will run the risk of being hit with a nuclear bomb, his chances are large, as at this moment, he is in downtown Las Vegas, broadcasting from the studio on the strip.......LOL
Anything to not have Bush gain in the polls..........even death, now that is the ultimate in mental illness.
Wonderful, thank you for furthering the cause of Bingo.
You are a fine Mother, to have raised children who would be willing to take part in these bingo games........
Now teach them to be a waitress and they will always be able to get a job, no matter how well educated they are.
LOL, I can see it now on the job application:
I can call a mean bingo game.
Thank you, I knew you would find them, what do you think?
LOL, we can think, if we want.
Now, on your page was the below, it is the train derailers that I think have been used in some of these accidents of the trains with chemicals on them.
Captured Al-Qa'eda Man Was FBI Spy (US truck driver)
MAY 8, 2003 : (TRAIN DERAILERS STOLEN) WASHINGTON, May 8 Devices that could
be
... Authorities in Angola say the plane took off illegally on Sunday, May 25. ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/933837/posts?page=30 - 72k -
Cached - Similar pages
I hope everyone sees this.
I listened to several programs last night and 3 of the guests said to expect gas to go up 18 to 35 cents, before this weekend, so filling up today would be a good idea.
All the talkers, were serious, not nonsense guests.
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