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Syria Tells Troops to Be Ready for Battle
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has placed his military on full alert, citing "regional challenges", and vowed to continue supporting the "Palestinian and Lebanese resistance more than ever".

In a speech to mark the Syrian Army national day, Mr Assad said the volatile situation across the Middle East required "vigilance, preparation and readiness" and ordered all units of the armed forces to be on alert.

The comments were interpreted by Israel as a morale booster to the Syrian armed forces and not a call to battle. Israeli intelligence chiefs have assessed that Syria is not in the mood for an open war and is instead content to resupply Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon.

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Yep, that's correct. And just how our administration will react to it will be interesting to watch. I'll go make the popcorn.

1,521 posted on 08/17/2006 5:34:32 PM PDT by JellyJam (Best headline ever: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")

To: JellyJam; nwctwx; freeperfromnj; Cindy; All

August 17, 2006
Satellite Blackout in Tehran

Blog of the Week Vital Perspective notes that the government of Iran is going from building to building in Tehran, smashing satellite dishes. This can only be construed as an effort to cut Iranians off, as much as possible, from news originating in the outside world. Which strikes me as ominous, especially with August 22 only five days away.
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015038.php

1,522 posted on 08/17/2006 5:41:03 PM PDT by Velveeta

I just hope they arent testing it in LA.

1,523 posted on 08/17/2006 5:48:31 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Thanks for the update Vel! Noting a father's comments: He wouldn't hurt a flea, I know that for a fact and I don't think they should bring it down that hard on them because nobody got hurt. It shouldn't have happened, but nobody got hurt."

Fortunately no one got hurt because the bombs didn't go off, but the intent of the son and the possibility of what could have happened to everyone in that building will never be forgotten by those working alongside the son. May the punishment fit the crime and may the father have equal compassion for the potential victims of the son whose husbands, wives, parents, children and other loved ones have the same protective feelings about the co-workers.

1,524 posted on 08/17/2006 8:07:43 PM PDT by MamaDearest

Either a dry run or go orders for the women...

Definitely bears watching and probably not coincidental.

1,525 posted on 08/17/2006 8:11:38 PM PDT by MamaDearest

...yet was heading to North Carolina on a one-way ticket.

If there were ever a reason for profiling, this is one of them...Pakistani --- female ---- one way ticket.

How it will affect future airline ticket sales for those now filled to the max planes (since they've reduced the numbers of planes and flights) when they allow one of these suicide-intent jihadis to board a future flight? IMHO anyone with a one-way ticket deserves maximum scrutiny by multiple screeners (in case one screener misses something).

1,526 posted on 08/17/2006 8:22:25 PM PDT by MamaDearest

To: freeperfromnj

...are they covering these airline stories on TV or has it been JonBenet all day?

You got that one 100% correct. It's been Jon-Benet news reporting on all MSM and cable news - NOTHING else newsworthy happened today if one would believe them. Prepare for days of this to come (and be prepared to turn off the TV - sadly it's inevitable from past experience with Natalie Hollaway).

1,527 posted on 08/17/2006 8:27:03 PM PDT by MamaDearest

British police find suspicious suitcase

Snip: Police searching woods for clues in an alleged plot to bomb trans-Atlantic passenger jets have found a suitcase containing components for an improvised explosive device, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday.

The BBC quoted an anonymous police source as saying a suitcase holding 'everything you would need to make an improvised device' had been uncovered in a stretch of woodland in High Wycombe, 30 miles northwest of London. The wood is near the home of one of two dozen suspects arrested Aug. 10 in connection with the foiled bomb plot.

The Metropolitan Police refused to comment on the BBC report, saying it could not discuss anything found during the searches, which reportedly have uncovered several firearms and other items of interest.

1,528 posted on 08/17/2006 9:00:49 PM PDT by MamaDearest

Denmark jails Islamic radical for iciting to kill ministers and Jews

Snip: A court in Denmark jailed a radical Islamic party member for three months on Thursday for inciting young Muslims to kill members of the country’s government and Jews, court sources said.

A Copenhagen court handed the sentence to Fadi Abdullatif, spokesman of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir party (Islamic Liberation Party). He was convicted last year for giving out leaflets which urged Muslims to fight in Iraq and told them: "exterminate your rulers if they stand in your way". A judge earlier decided based on a Danish translation of the text that the call to "exterminate rulers" if they opposed people leaving Denmark to fight in Iraq amounted to a threat against the Scandinavian country’s government.

The government of Prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen committed Danish troops to take part in the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Abdullatif was also convicted for publishing a text on the party’s website urging people to kill Jews.

1,529 posted on 08/17/2006 9:16:01 PM PDT by MamaDearest

To: freeperfromnj; JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; piasa; copguy; Miami Vice; Gucho; Jet Jaguar; nwctwx; ...

1,530 posted on 08/17/2006 9:59:27 PM PDT by Cindy

To: backhoe; piasa; All

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676188/posts?page=1530#1530

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=pakistan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=junaid

http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?lnk=hpsfg&hl=en&q=junaid&qt_s=Search+for+a+group

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=junaid&btnG=Search+News

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=junaid&btnG=Search+Blogs

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http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5296119&nav=4QcS

"Vermont Woman in Court Following Air Scare"
Braintree, Vermont - August 17, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPT: "Catherine Mayo's passport showed she was on her way home from Pakistan when she allegedly interfered with the crew of United Airlines flight 923."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Passengers and crew on the London to Washington, D.C. flight said Catherine Mayo appeared agitated and made comments the captain believed were references to Al Qaida. Court documents also showed she urinated on the cabin floor before she was tackled." T

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An FBI spokesperson confirmed Mayo brought banned cigarette lighters and a screwdriver onto the plane. Her son Josh said his mom spent a lot of time in Pakistan, where she had a pen pal she met online. Four years ago, she wrote a letter to the Herald of Randolph about a trip to the Asian nation saying, "I have come here by a long strange road. I met Junaid, a Pakistani man, on line before September 11. He is talking about marriage, so I need to get to know him better before I bring him into the U.S. on a fiancé visa. He was refused a visitor visa to the U.S., so I have come here.""

1,531 posted on 08/17/2006 10:14:37 PM PDT by Cindy

OPINION-SPECULATION: Maybe some of those arrested are being cooperative and helpful.

1,532 posted on 08/17/2006 10:33:55 PM PDT by Cindy

To: PrivateIdaho

THANK YOU PrivateIdaho.

1,533 posted on 08/17/2006 10:35:40 PM PDT by Cindy

MEGA thanks backhoe.
I was hoping someone (YOU) would get those links.
I appreciate it.

1,534 posted on 08/17/2006 10:37:35 PM PDT by Cindy

To: Jim Robinson; Gucho; Jet Jaguar; Old Sarge; Velveeta; copguy; Miami Vice; BurbankKarl; ...

ON TH NET...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Hawaii&btnG=Search+News

http://www.honolulustarbulletin.com
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THANKS Velveeta for this link.

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/31126
"Hawaii UFO looked like a wayward missile"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "HILO, Hawaii, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- No one Thursday was claiming ownership of a tubular flying object that buzzed a Hawaii airport this week and looked a lot like a missile.

Officials at the Pohakuloa Training Area told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin that there were no military exercises involving missiles taking place when the object was spotted Tuesday over the Hilo Airport on the Big Island.

Witnesses told the newspaper the silver object was silver and emitted a vapor trail; however it had no apparent fins or markings on it."

1,535 posted on 08/17/2006 10:57:36 PM PDT by Cindy

To: Gucho; Godzilla; All

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=somalia

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Somalia&btnG=Search+News

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/08/012743print.html
August 17, 2006

"Jihadists advance in Somalia, taking ports, claiming gov't defections at Baidoa"
AFP

1,536 posted on 08/17/2006 11:17:24 PM PDT by Cindy

To: Clive; backhoe; piasa; All

http://www.sofir.org

http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/005696.php

17 August 2006
"ISLAM IN AFRICA NEWSLETTER - Volume 1 (2006), Number 3 (July 2006)
By Moshe Terdman
Director and editor: Reuven Paz
THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH OF ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS (PRISM)
Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center"

1,537 posted on 08/17/2006 11:19:52 PM PDT by Cindy

To: Gucho; Godzilla; backhoe; piasa; nwctwx; All

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=pakistan

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/08/rehman_rauf_suspected_london_a.php

"Rehman, Rauf, suspected London Airline Plotters Captured, and the Pakistani Connection"
By Bill Roggio

Wanted photo of Matiur Rehman. Click photo to view.

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two of the suspected ring leaders of the al-Qaeda London Airline Plot to destroy aircraft en route to the United States have been captured by Pakistani intelligence. Matiur Rehman, who is believed to be a high-ranking leader in al-Qaeda's Pakistan operations, was captured in the Pakistani city of Bahawalpur. Rashid Rauf, who is described as "the planner of the attacks who recruited people to take part in the plot," was also captured in the city of Bahawalpur. His arrest just prior to the announcement of the airline plot is said to have sparked the arrests of al-Qaeda operatives in Britain and Pakistan.

The involvement of Rauf and Rehman highlights the interconnective web of the radical Pakistani terrorist groups. Rehman was a member of Harakat-ul-Jihad-ul-Islami (HUJI) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). As the "keeper of the Jihadi Rolodex," the list of the tens of thousands of jihadis who passed through al-Qaeda's training camps, Rehman is by default affiliated with the hodge-podge of Pakistani terror groups (see my post on Rehman and Pakistani links for more details.)"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TIME reports Rauf is the relative of Maulana Masood Azhar, the leader the Pakistani based Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) which conducts terror attacks in Indian Kashmir."

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http://www.saag.org/searchb10.asp?search=jaish+e+mohammad&searchtype=all&B1=Submit

http://www.saag.org/searchb10.asp?search=jem&searchtype=all&B1=Submit

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=JEM
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=jaishemohammad

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=jaish+e+mohammad&btnG=Search+News

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=jaish+e+mohammad&scoring=d

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QUOTE - GROUP PROFILE - SNIPPET:
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=58

ad (JeM)
Mothertongue Name:
Jaish-e-Mohammad

Aliases: Army of Mohammed, Army of the Prophet, Mohammed , Jaish-e-Mohammad (Muhammed), Jaish-e-Mohammad Mujahideen E-Tanzeem, Jaish-i-Mohammed (Mohammad, Muhammad, Muhammed), Jeish-e-Mahammed, Mohammed's Army, National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty and Army of the Prophet, Tehrik Ul-Furqaan

Base of Operation: Kashmir; Pakistan

Founding Philosophy: Established in 2000 by the former General Secretary of the Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), Maulana Masood Azhar, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is an Islamic fundamentalist terror group that operates out of Pakistan.

While a member of HuA, Maulana Masood Azhar was captured during a 1994 mission in Jammu and Kashmir. He remained in prison for several years, but his release was secured in exchange for 155 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane hijacked in December 1999. During his imprisonment, the HuA had been included in the US list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, leading the outfit to rename itself as the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM). However, when Masood Azhar was freed, he decided to float a new outfit, JeM, rather than rejoin HuA (now HuM).

Mazood Azhar was reported to have received assistance in setting up the JeM from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, and several Sunni sectarian outfits based in Pakistan. The formation of the outfit was endorsed by three religious school chiefs, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai of the Majlis-e-Tawan-e-Islami (MT), Maulana Mufti Rashid Ahmed of the Dar-ul Ifta-e-wal-Irshad, and Maulana Sher Ali of the Sheikh-ul-Hadith Dar-ul Haqqania, and is known to have ties to the Pakistani political party Jamiat-i Ulema-i Islam Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F).

Azhar was reportedly joined in his new JEM venture by three- quarters of his former group's (Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)) members. Soon after his release from jail, Azhar traveled to Afghanistan where he met with bin Laden. Azhar organized recruitment rallies across Pakistan that called for jihadis to fight in Kashmir, and these rallies were screened on the country's state-owned television station. The JeM leader was placed under house arrest in Pakistan in December 2002 after the country's President, Pervez Musharraf, banned the group and froze its assets in January 2002.

Current Goals: The group's aim is to overthrow Indian rule in Kashmir and integrate the province with Pakistan. As a first step, JeM would seeks to force a withdrawal of Indian security forces from Jammu and Kashmir. JeM claims that each of its offices in Pakistan would serve as schools of jihad. Delivering speeches at various cities and towns in Pakistan after his release, Masood Azhar threatened that the outfit would eliminate Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, whom he termed 'Abu Jahl' (Father of Ignorance). In its fight against India, he added that the outfit would not only "liberate" Kashmir, but also take control of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Amritsar and Delhi.

1,538 posted on 08/17/2006 11:50:30 PM PDT by Cindy

To: JellyJam; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; MadIvan; All

UPDATE...

Note: The following post is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685725/posts

'Jihad Jack' convictions quashed
news.com.au ^ | 18th August 2006

Posted on 08/17/2006 11:48:01 PM PDT by naturalman1975

AN appeal court has quashed the convictions of the first man jailed under Australia's new anti-terror laws.

Joseph Terrence Thomas, dubbed Jihad Jack, was arrested in Pakistan in January 2003 and convicted in Australia in February this year of receiving funds from al-Qaeda and holding a false passport.

He was sentenced to five years' jail with a minimum term of two years.

But today, Victorian Court of Appeal Justices Chris Maxwell, Frank Vincent and Peter Buchanan quashed the convictions, saying the evidence used to find Thomas guilty was inadmissable.

More to come...

1,539 posted on 08/17/2006 11:56:09 PM PDT by Cindy

http://off-topic.internet-haganah.com/archives/000536.html
August 17, 2006
"US space commander predicts satellite attacks"
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Reuters):

1,540 posted on 08/18/2006 12:06:30 AM PDT by Cindy

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