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ON THE NET...
VERONICA GUERIN
"VERONICA GUERIN WAS MURDERED JUNE 26, 1996."
http://www.truthusa.com/NewsInternetGuerin.html
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TRIAL UPDATE...
UPDATE...
http://www.emigrant.ie/article.asp?iCategoryID=9&iArticleID=57066
Sunday, July 2
"Murdered journalist remembered"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "By a strange piece of scheduling Brian Meehan's appeal against his conviction for the murder of Ms Guerin opened in the Court of Criminal Appeal on Tuesday. During his trial one of his associates, who had been monitoring the journalist's movements on the day of her murder, gave evidence of phoning Meehan to keep him informed of her whereabouts. Telephone records confirmed that the calls were made as claimed by Russell Warren. In the appeal Patrick Gageby SC, for Meehan, claimed that, while the calls may well have been made, their content was not known and they did not place his client at the scene of the murder. Judgement was reserved."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659408/posts?page=3#3
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Priest stabbed in Turkey in third recent assault against Catholic clergy
AP ^ | July 2, 2006 | Suzan Fraser
Posted on 07/02/2006 2:13:20 PM PDT by NYer
ANKARA, Turkey – A man stabbed a Roman Catholic priest Sunday in the Black Sea port of Samsun, a church official said, in the third attack against a Catholic cleric in Turkey in recent months.
The French priest, Pierre Brunissen, 74, was injured in the hip and leg and rushed to a hospital, Monsignor Luigi Padovese, the apostolic vicar for Anatolia, told The Associated Press by telephone from his church in Iskenderun, southern Turkey.
Brunissen, of Samsun's Mater Dolorosa church, lost a lot of blood but his condition was not life-threatening, Padovese said.
Police immediately detained his 47-year-old attacker, the Anatolia news agency said. The man, who was identified by the initials A.N., was described as being mentally ill and had made complaints against the priest for allegedly making Christian propaganda, the agency said.
It was the third attack against a Catholic priest in predominantly Muslim Turkey since February, when a priest was killed while kneeling in prayer in his church in the nearby city of Trabzon.
Another priest, a Slovenian, was grabbed by the throat, thrown into a garden and threatened with death in the Aegean port city of Izmir.
Also, a man upset by the newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad admitted throwing a fire bomb that caused a small fire on the roof of another church in Izmir.
“I hope this has nothing to with Islamic fundamentalism,” Padovese said of the latest attack. “The climate has changed. ... It is the Catholic priests that are being targeted.”
A 16-year-old youth currently is being tried for the killing of the Rev. Andrea Santoro, 60, who was shot Feb. 5 while praying in his parish in Trabzon. Witnesses said the youth shouted “Allahu Akbar!” – Arabic for “God is great!” – before firing two bullets into Santoro's back.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2006/20060702_5561.html
Coalition in Afghanistan Rejects Reports on Civilian Casualties
American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, July 2, 2006 – News reports published June 30 that claimed coalition forces fired rockets in Afghanistan's Kunar province, allegedly killing a school headmaster and injuring two others, are false, military officials here said today.
A Combined Forces Command Afghanistan statement said the three people noted in news articles are, in fact, Taliban extremists responsible for conducting attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
According to the statement, three extremists attacked a coalition patrol on a road in the province's Pech district June 29, and the soldiers responded with small-arms and mortar fire, all positively observed by coalition forces. The three extremists fled in a blue Hilux truck.
Later, a blue Hilux truck was reported to have delivered three men with gunshot wounds to the Asadabad hospital. One extremist died of his wounds. The other two were taken into custody by coalition forces and are being treated for their wounds in a coalition hospital.
The man who died was identified as Sayeed Alam, the nephew of a known Taliban commander in the Pech valley. Alam is known to be a member of a cell that plants roadside bombs, officials said. The wounded were also identified as known Taliban extremists. Their names are not being released for security reasons, officials said.
"These three men were without a doubt Taliban extremists and not innocent civilians," said Army Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesman. "Coalition forces make every effort to protect Afghan civilians and limit the possibility of civilian casualties. The coalition is improving the lives of Afghan people through reconstruction projects and civil and medical assistance visits to villages. The Taliban's only purpose is to stop progress and instill fear and intimidation."
(From a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news release.)
SCHOOLS
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Rocket Hits Kandahar Airfield; Enemy Continues to Target Civilians
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2006 – An investigation continues today into a June 30 rocket attack on Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan that injured 10 people, military officials reported, while extremists continue to target Afghan civilians.
Three people were treated for their injuries and were released, officials said. Six people were reported to be in stable condition, and one person was in serious condition at the base hospital, officials said.
"Taliban extremists employ rockets in a manner that makes them highly erratic and inaccurate," said Army Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesman. "Unfortunately, this time a rocket caused damage and injury. The injured are receiving the best medical care available. Although (the incident is) tragic, our coalition partners will not be deterred in our joint mission to create a safe and secure environment in Afghanistan."
Meanwhile, extremists continue to target school children and other innocent civilians in attempts to terrorize the people of Afghanistan, officials said.
Six Afghan civilians were injured today when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Mest Village of the Yosef Khel district in Paktika province. A coalition patrol encountered the injured civilians and provided first aid until an ambulance arrived. Afghan police are investigating the incident.
In the Gardez district of Paktya province today, Afghan police discovered a makeshift bomb inside a school. A coalition explosive ordnance disposal team responded to the scene, disabling and removing the weapon.
An improvised explosive device was found yesterday in a village school west of Waza Khwa in the Yosef Khel district of Paktika province. Villagers reported to Afghan police and a coalition patrol that extremists had broken into the school and placed the device. A coalition EOD team disarmed and removed the weapon.
"IEDs are incredibly dangerous, indiscriminate killers," Fitzpatrick said. "The placement of these weapons in civilian areas only increases the chance they will maim, or even worse, kill Afghan citizens who are simply going about their day-to-day lives. Placing such destructive weapons near schools only highlights the desperation of extremists as they try to spread their message though fear."
(Compiled from Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news releases.)
NORAD ON HEIGHTENED ALERT...
I tried to click on it, but it looks like it's on an overloaded server. Know anything about this NORAD biz?!
Lucy T pointed to this thread last night:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659022/posts?page=32#32
And here's the thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659198/posts
Here' a link to the NORAD news site (I got from the other thread):
http://www.norad.mil/newsroom/news_releases/2006/063006_b.htm
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=canada
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
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UPDATE...
July 02, 2006
"Hateful chatter behind the veil"
(TheGlobeAndMail.com)
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/012062.php
Ian, thanks for taking time from your busy schedule to do this for us. You are most kind!
Snip: GROESBECK, Texas — A Central Texas woman was recuperating at a Temple hospital after she reported being run off a rural road, kidnapped and then raped and beaten by her abductors, authorities said. The 18-year-old woman was in stable condition Thursday following surgery. She had walked and crawled a half-mile to find help after her abductors left her for dead along a highway early Wednesday morning, authorities said.
"She spent more than two hours in hell," Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson said. Wilson said Javier Guzman Martinez, 17, and Noel Darwin Hernandez, 22, both of Mexia, had been arrested for the crime and were charged Thursday with aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping.
Snip: Five years ago, only Canadians worked at the Mounted Police headquarters in Ottawa, said Joe Oliver, a Canadian police superintendent. Now, Americans representing four agencies are based there, he said, adding that cooperation is "pervasive."
With his neat moustache and casual clothing, Hafiz Ihsanullah is the new face of the Taliban. The 28-year-old former fighter has eschewed the trademark turban and prayer beads of the ultra-conservative Islamic group since he took on a new and powerful role.
He has switched from being a frontline warrior to front man for Mullah Dadullah Akhund - the one-legged Taliban commander in Afghanistan, renowned for his viciousness and cruelty.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/02/wtalib02.xml
Somalia warlord surrenders arms to Islamists
MOGADISHU - A powerful warlord has surrendered his weapons to Mogadishu’s Islamists rulers as the group continues to assert its authority across the Horn of Africa country, officials said on Saturday.
The warlord and former minister for religious affairs Omar Finnish handed over more than 200 weapons, including machine guns and mortars, as well as members of his militia to the Islamist leadership.
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Pakistan a sanctuary to terrorists: Afrasiab
KABUL, June 29 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Describing Pakistan as a safe haven for terrorists, secretary general of the Awami National Party (ANP) Afrasiab Khattak demanded of the United States (US) and the international community to focus on militants having sanctuaries in that country.
Addressing a function organised by the Regional Study Centre here on Thursday, Khattak said harbouring terrorists was the policy of the military regime in Pakistan.
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Karachi, 30 June (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - Al-Qaeda's number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri is the real spin doctor behind the terrorist network, developing it's ideology and terror strategies against the United States. Videos illustrating current Taliban activities in Afghanistan recently obtained by Adnkronos International (AKI), detail Taliban operations to lure members of the Afghan National Army and the coalition troops out of their bases and target them in the narrow valleys of Afghanistan. Sources say al-Zawahiri is behind this strategy and suggest that he is deep inside the Afghan provinces as US-led forces continue to track him down.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.316007738&par=0
Al-Qaeda threat to Britain 'brutal':
LONDON (AFP) - Al-Qaeda likely poses an increasingly brutal threat and the worsening security situation in Iraq is providing Islamic extremists with a crucial training ground, MPs have warned.
In their report into the "war on terror", the Foreign Affairs Select Committee concluded that it was becoming more difficult to tackle the threat of international terrorism.
The members of parliament also said that any military action against Iran would probably trigger "extremely serious consequences" across the Middle East and beyond.
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Possibly one of three things. 1. N. Korea situation 2. Support to the shuttle mission 3. The close passage of a near earth orbit asteroid. Haven't been able to research further today though.
Thanks Godzilla.
It's interesting times we live in.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/07/012063print.html
July 02, 2006
"'Public service announcements' in a culture of death"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "From Haaretz: "PA television airs clip encouraging children to become shaheeds"
This week, Palestinian television reprised, after a three-year absence, a clip featuring Palestinian child Mohammed a-Dura, calling to other children to join him in a shaheed heaven for children.
The dramatic heart-wrenching footage of a-Dura, shot dead in crossfire in a clash between Israeli and Palestinian forces in the Gaza Strip in the beginning of the intifada in September 2000, was broadcast around the world."
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http://www.pmw.org.il/tv%20part1.html
"TV Archives - Video Library
PA Indoctrination of Children to Seek
Heroic Death for Allah - Shahada"
SNIPPET: "The indoctrination of Palestinian children to seek death for Allah (Shahada) has been PA policy since the start of the war in October 2000, the most prominent means being the indoctrination via music videos."
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/004464.php
December 29, 2004
"The Israeli Crime That Wasn’t"
He's bringing us 20 more dead Taliban? Or 20 more soon to be dead Taliban (go ahead, bring them out into the open and let us "take good care" of them!
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3 Terrorists Shot Dead – Suicide Bombing Attack Prevented
Arutz 7 ^ | July 1, 2006 | Staff
Posted on 07/02/2006 11:01:48 PM PDT by Nachum
(IsraelNN.com) Three Hamas terrorists were shot dead in the Dahaniyeh area of Gaza on Sunday night, thereby preventing a suicide bombing attack against soldiers.
The three were detected moving towards soldiers when troops fired at them, killing all three. It was learned that two of them were carrying bomb belts on their bodies, reportedly intended to blow themselves up near soldiers
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