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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - September 2006

Posted on 09/01/2006 8:57:29 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Five Years Later, We're Still Not Safe
-Full Story-

In the five years since terrorists flew hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Americans have accepted inconvenience, sacrificed personal liberties and paid billions of dollars for a security clampdown that touches virtually every aspect of their lives.

And we're still not safe.

A close examination of the federal government's homeland security effort shows that there have been major accomplishments since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. But it also reveals how vulnerable the nation remains to catastrophe.

Hunt for bin Laden Is Chasing Shadows and Raising Tensions
Homegrown Terror Suspects Raise Concern

New Video Coming from al Zawahri and American al Qa'ida

> Adam Yahiye Gadahn
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: nwctwx; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; All
RECAP and UPDATE:


INTELLIGENCE-BLOGSPOT.com (ABC NEWS): "AMERICAN AL QAEDA SPOTTED IN PAKISTAN" (September 18, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1281: "Al-Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn, aka 'Azzam the American': 'The Truth of Islam is Sweeping Across America and Constitutes a Fearsome Challenge to the Security, Identity, and Survival of the Crusader State [America]'; Time is Running Out to convert to Islam Before You Meet the Dismal Fate of Thousands Before You" (September 6, 2006)
"www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1257" (September 2, 2006)

HOTAIR.com - HOT AIR TV (Video - Blog): "SPENCER PWNS GADAHN" (September 13, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "'To Americans and the rest of Christendom we say, either repent...or...suffer the consequences in this world and the next...'" (September 3, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "Al-Qaeda Invites Me to Join Its Ranks" (September 2, 2006)

NOTE: "Adam Gadahn and al-Zawahiri are hateful, liars, and the scum of the earth. I'm sorry if this is too subtle, but I hope you all understand -- these people are degenerate propagandists." -Cindy (September 2, 2006)

Video.GOOGLE.com - Propaganda Video (AS-SAHAB): "INVITATION TO ISLAM - Adam Gadahn" (Note: Includes English subtitles when al-Zawahiri speaks) (September 2, 2006)

HOT AIR.com: "VIDEO: AL QAEDA TELLS US TO CONVERT OR DIE" (September 2, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "CONVERT OR DIE" (September 2, 2006)

YouTube.com: "Azzam the American & Ayman al-Zawahiri Part 1" (Posted September 4, 2006)

YouTube.com: "Azzam the American & Ayman al-Zawahiri Part 2" (Posted September 5, 2006)

YouTube.com: "Azzam the American & Ayman al-Zawahiri Part 3" (Posted September 6, 2006)

YouTube.com: "Azzam the American & Ayman al-Zawahiri Part 4" (Posted September 6, 2006)

YouTube.com: "Azzam the American & Ayman al-Zawahiri Part 5" (Posted September 7, 2006) (Posted on YouTube.com: "This is part 5 of the video released on September 3, 2006.")

YouTube.com: "Azzam the American & Ayman al-Zawahiri Part 6" (Posted September 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "NEW VIDEOTAPE FROM AL-ZAWAHIRI, GADAHN" (September 2, 2006)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "THE 'AZZAM' THREAT: A PRELUDE TO FUTURE JIHAD IN AMERICA" by Walid Phares (September 2, 2006)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEW AL QAEDA VIDEO SEEKS AMERICANS TO CONVERT TO ISLAM" by Jeffrey Imm (September 2, 2006)

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COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEW VIDEO COMING FROM AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI AND AMERICAN AL QAEDA (Updated) (August 31, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "INTERESTING SHRUBBERY...from a 'coming attractions' type post found the other day at al-Ekhlaas." (September 3, 2006)

"www.ekhlaas.info"

"www.ekhlaas.info/mas/invitationqareb.gif"

"www.ekhlaas.info/forum"

PROPAGANDA - VIDEO (AS-SAHAB MEDIA): "THE MARTYR OF THE ENCOUNTERS" (Posted to Video.Google.com on May 1, 2006)

PROPAGANDA - "video.google.com/videosearch?q=label:azzam"

stepping back in time...FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "THE NEW FACE OF AL-QAEDA" (June 1, 2004)

1,181 posted on 09/18/2006 8:02:20 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Correction - Top Link: "INTELLIGENCE-SUMMIT.blogspot.com


1,182 posted on 09/18/2006 8:06:50 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy; All

I have seen this story in few places:

TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 09/17/2006 # 1

TW Editor Urgent Special Request - We would very much like to hear from any USBP, ICE, JTF6, "Jump Start" participants, Minuteman members, or anyone otherwise involved in border law enforcement regarding any recent incidents where illegal border crossers (OTM or otherwise) have been found to be in posession of Potassium Iodide or similar 'radiation pills' - please email any data to News@TerroristWarning.com , anonymity guaranteed.


http://www.terroristwarning.com/


1,183 posted on 09/18/2006 8:24:36 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

Thank you Revel.

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Potassium+Iodide%22&btnG=Google+Search


1,184 posted on 09/18/2006 8:27:54 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Jet Jaguar; JohnathanRGalt; ganeshpuri89; yonif; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; All

ON THE NET...

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

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

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703979/posts

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913657427&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Sep. 19, 2006 2:51 | Updated Sep. 19, 2006 5:47
"IDF developing measures to counter Iran's WMD threat"
By YAAKOV KATZ

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "With Iran racing to obtain nuclear weapons, the IDF Home Front Command (HFC) has shifted its focus since the war in Lebanon and is now investing most of its efforts in confronting the threat of non-conventional weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a high-ranking officer revealed Monday.

The officer said the HFC was in the process of developing new technological means to deal with chemical and biological threats. The Jerusalem Post has learned that the HFC was in the process of developing mobile air-purification containers that could be brought to areas infected by chemical or biological weapons and purify the air.

According to an officer involved in the development, the containers would minimize the number of dead and wounded during a chemical attack since they would quickly purify air infected by deadly chemical agents."


1,185 posted on 09/18/2006 8:34:36 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; nwctwx; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1694213/posts?page=1153#1153
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1694213/posts?page=1158#1158

http://www.lifeusa.org


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UPDATE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703981/posts

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=72655
"LIFE Continues Its Humanitarian Work Despite Surprise"
9/18/2006 11:10:00 PM


1,186 posted on 09/18/2006 8:53:45 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: backhoe; piasa; All

ON THE NET...

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

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http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005941.htm
Associated Press and the Bilal Hussein case;
"Update Pentagon: "strong" insurgent ties"
By Michelle Malkin · September 18, 2006 07:20 PM

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214281,00.html

"U.S. Military in Iraq Holds Associated Press Photographer for Five Months as Security Threat"
Monday, September 18, 2006


1,187 posted on 09/18/2006 9:54:39 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: WestCoastGal
They are going to have to get a handle on it otherwise the produce farmers are going to go broke. I certainly will not buy bagged lettuce etc.......We may have to start our victory gardens again.

I've seen some of the lettuce in the stores and it's pretty decrepit looking at its sales point in the stores. People come along and handle each head looking for "just the right one." By the time we get it home, it's hard to tell exactly what could be lurking on or in it. Ditto much of the other available produce.

Some fruits and veggies are shipped from South American countries that use sprays outlawed here and which have "iffy" sanitation practices compared to our own. A few years back raw alfalfa and clover sprouts were touted to carry e-coli and salmonella

1,188 posted on 09/18/2006 10:19:29 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: TheLion
Question is whether or not they would tell us if they've noted a sizable increase in Muslims getting out via the airlines. Think they would?"

It's the old 3 monkeys at work: (they'll) see no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil (the ACLU, CAIR and liberals would be grievously offended and we'd hear no end to it).

1,189 posted on 09/18/2006 10:24:50 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: Donna Lee Nardo
Good thing they are not all active extremists.

I agree. It concerns me however when the supposedly moderate ones use the word "but" when moderators ask them about their opinion of "jihad." They turn the questioning back to the reading of the Koran.....which "infidels" shouldn't have to read to interpret their idea of right and wrong.

Islam - waging war against the world (my note: FR is noted here)

1,190 posted on 09/18/2006 10:37:55 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: nwctwx; backhoe; piasa; JellyJam; All

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/september06/crimeintheus091806.htm
"CRIME IN THE U.S.
The Latest Stats Now Online"

09/18/06

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http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/


1,191 posted on 09/18/2006 10:57:38 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Smartass
What a cool picture. What cool people who are defending our country in the Middle East and elsewhere. May God bless them, watch over them and bring them home to us safely.

Adam Gadahn spotted in Pakistan

Snip: The American al Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, was spotted last month in a remote area of Pakistan but moved before he could be captured, Pakistani intelligence officials tell ABC News. The officials say Gadahn, a native of Orange County, Calif., was seen in South Waziristan, where he is believed to be involved in the production of al Qaeda propaganda tapes. He has appeared several times in the last year on video tapes, predicting the streets of America will "run red with blood" and expressing his glee that the 9/ll attacks took place on "enemy soil."

AQ posts promise of jihad until West won over

Snip: In a statement posted on the Internet, the Iraq Al-Qaeda said it will engage in jihad (holy war) 'til the West is won over. It was made in response to the statements made by Pope Benedict XVI connecting Islam with violence. "We say to the servant of the cross (the pope): wait for defeat... We say to infidels and tyrants: wait for what will afflict you. We continue our jihad. We will not stop until the banner of unicity flies throughout the world," said the statement said by the Mujahedeen consultative council.

The statement adds, "We will smash the cross... (you will have no choice but) Islam or death."

Web video game - jihadis play kill Bush characters

Snip: video game that prompts players to kill characters that look like President Bush has been posted on a number of Islamist Web sites. The game is called "Quest for Bush," or "The Night of Bush Capturing." Players are prompted to advance through six missions against soldiers who look like Bush, followed by a seventh mission against a character that looks like the president that takes place in a desert-like region. During the game, jihadist songs are played in the background.

Another Mexico border tunnel found

Snip: A 400-foot tunnel was discovered Monday in Southern California along the U.S.-Mexico border that authorities believe was used to funnel drugs between the two countries. Federal officials said the secret passage connected a home in Calexico, Calif., to another house, 400 feet away, in Mexicali, Mexico. Officials said the tunnel is about 20 feet underground and is equipped with lighting and supported by wooden beams.

1,192 posted on 09/18/2006 11:06:32 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest

OPINION: I wonder which "friend" Gadahn is living with?

WAZIRISTAN -- not shocked or amazed here.

Thank you Mama Dearest for that link.


1,193 posted on 09/19/2006 12:07:54 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Paul Williams, the American Hiroshima author, was on both Michael Savage and Coast to Coast tonight, echoing last year's warning about nuc detonations inside the US.


1,194 posted on 09/19/2006 12:12:46 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl; All
Thanks BurbankKarl. I'm glad more people got to hear him.


Various Links ON THE NET...


ICE.gov - Public Information: "MOST WANTED" (View Posters. Read More...)

FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS" (View Posters. Read More...)

FBI.gov - War On Terrorism: "SEEKING INFORMATION" (View Posters. Read More...)


ADNKI.com (AKI): Dubai - "TERRORISM: 'AL-QAEDA'S MR. NUCLEAR TO HEAD FRESH ATTACK ON U.S.'" (September 12, 2006) (Read More...)

REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net: "WANTED Adnan G. El Shukrijumah Up to $5 Million Reward" (Click Here.)

FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "ADNAN G. EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (ALIASES: "Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah; Abu Arif; Ja'far Al-Tayar; Jaffar Al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar Al-Tayyar") (VIEW POSTER. Click Here.)
ACE.MU.NU - ACE OF SPADES - blog: "ACE OF SPADES READER SPOTTED WANTED TERRORIST? (Updated: Limited Confirmation from FBI)" (September 15, 2006) Read More...)

ADNKI.com (AKI): Dubai - "TERRORISM: 'AL-QAEDA'S MR. NUCLEAR TO HEAD FRESH ATTACK ON U.S.'" (September 12, 2006) (Read More...)

IanLivingston.com - Focus: "ADAN GULSHAIR EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (Read More...)

"amw.com/fugitives/video_photos.cfm?id=27869" (View Photos.)

"images.ibsys.com/2003/0327/2069865_200X150.jpg" (View Photos.)


JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Monitor: "IRAN'S TERRORIST ASSET: A HISTORY OF IMAD MUGNIYAH" by Carl Anthony Wege (September 8, 2006) (Read More...)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "MIND OF MUGNIYEH" by Dan Darling (July 25, 2006 (Read More...)

FBI.gov - MOST WANTED TERRORISTS - WANTED POSTER: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (VIEW POSTER; Read More.)

"www.waronline.org/terror/bin%20laden/mugniyah-2.jpg" (VIEW PHOTO. Click Here.)


FOX NEWS.com: "TERRORIST ALI HAMADI REJOINS HEZBOLLAH FOLLOWING RELEASE FROM PRISON" by James Rosen (September 12, 2006) (Read More...)


FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "NOORDIN MOHAMMAD TOP"

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "JI's MONEYMAN AND TOP RECRUITER: A PROFILE OF NOORDIN MOHAMMAD TOP" by Zachary Abuza (July 25, 2006) (Read More...)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "DULMATIN, JI's TOP TECHNICIAN, TRAINS A NEW GENERATION OF FIGHTERS" by Zachary Abuza (July 5, 2006) (Read More...)

"www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=dulmatin" (Read More...)

"www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Patek" (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "WHITES BEING LURED INTO ISLAMIC TERROR" (July 3, 2006) (Read More...)

Google Search Term: "WHITE AL-QAEDA" (Read More...)

Google Search Term: "WHITE AL-QAIDA" (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "U.S. MUSLIMS WARN OF THREAT WITHIN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "This is the sort of thing we need to see on a much larger scale -- if and when it is sincere.") (September 1, 2006) (Read More...)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1105: "EDITOR OF U.S. ARABIC NEWSPAPER: RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IS SPREADING AMONG MUSLIM YOUTH IN THE U.S." (March 3, 2006) (Read More...)

1,195 posted on 09/19/2006 1:33:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

ON THE NET...

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200609/INT20060919a.html

"Violent Muslim Reaction Justifies Pope's Stated Concerns, Cardinal Says"
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
September 19, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - As the Vatican continues trying to placate Muslims angered by Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks, a senior Catholic leader has said the violent response justified the concern the pope had been expressing in the first place.

Citing threats of violence against the pope in Somalia and Iraq, Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell said "the violent reactions ... showed the link for many Islamists between religion and violence, their refusal to respond to criticism with rational arguments, but only with demonstrations, threats and actual violence."

In a statement, Australia's top Catholic leader expressed gratitude that no "organized violence" had occurred in Australia in response to the pope's words, and he called the reactions of some Australian Muslim leaders "unfortunately typical and unhelpful."

"It is always someone else's fault, and issues touching on the nature of Islam are ignored," he said.

"Our major priority must be to maintain peace and harmony within the Australian community, but no lasting achievements can be grounded in fantasies and evasions."

Pell said genuine questions about Islam needed to be addressed, not regularly avoided."


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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060919/D8K7O1980.html
AP

"Iranian Leader Urges More Papal Protests"
Sep 19, 1:31 AM (ET)
By LEE KEATH



ARTICLE SNIPPET: "CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam.

Protests broke out in South Asia and Indonesia, with angry Muslims saying Benedict's statement of regret a day earlier did not go far enough. In southern Iraq, demonstrators carrying black flags burned an effigy of the pope."

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24433
"The Pope Disrupts Religious Harmony"
By Julia Gorin
FrontPageMagazine.com | September 19, 2006

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24446
"The Pope, Jihad and 'Dialogue'"
By Andrew G. Bostom
The American Thinker | September 19, 2006

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/19/wpope19.xml

"Police patrols at churches stepped up in Pope row"
By John Steele and Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent

(Filed: 19/09/2006)

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police patrols have been increased around hundreds of churches and mosques because of fears that the Pope's comments about Islam could provoke violence.

Clergy in the London area have been visited by officers or have been asked to contact their local stations urgently to discuss security. They have been given numbers to call if their churches are attacked."


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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704049/posts

"Gaza’s Christians fear for safety"
Indian Express ^ | 19-09-2006 | AP

Posted on 09/19/2006 1:24:01 AM PDT by Traianus

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http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/18/video-daniel-pipes-on-popemania/
"Video: Daniel Pipes on Popemania"
POSTED AT 5:34 PM ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 BY ALLAHPUNDIT

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http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/09/18/the-present-war-on-christianity/
The Present War on Christianity
Posted by Rob on September 18, 2006 at 22:30
(And why non-Christians should care

By Robert Farrow


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http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/184679.php

September 18, 2006

"Exiled Muslim Cleric Behind London Protest Calling for Pope's Death"

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http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A2D5F059-EB04-43E3-9ADF-1ED7F5AD6345.htm
(September 17, 2006)


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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/pope.islam.ap/index.html
"Al Qaeda threat over pope speech"

POSTED: 1:42 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2006


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- An al Qaeda-linked extremist group warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were "doomed," as protesters raged across the Muslim world to demand more of an apology from the pontiff for his remarks about Islam and violence.

The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al Qaeda in Iraq, issued a statement on a Web forum vowing to continue its holy war against the West. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified.

The group said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross" saying "you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. ... We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose head tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (killed by) the sword."

Islam forbids drinking alcohol and requires non-Muslims to pay a head tax to safeguard their lives if conquered by Muslims. They are exempt if they convert to Islam."


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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s06090074.htm

Sunday, September 17, 2006

"Pope Benedict XVI apologizes for speech offending Muslims
The Pope said he wanted to clarify the true meaning of his address amid unrest caused by his remarks"
By Michael Ireland
Special Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
THE VATICAN


1,196 posted on 09/19/2006 3:03:38 AM PDT by Cindy
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Christians face death for Muslim attacks
Herald Sun ^ | 19 September 2006 | Arvin Fikriansyah

Posted on 09/19/2006 3:10:58 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher

THREE death row prisoners convicted of leading a Christian militia in bloody violence against Muslims in Indonesia will be executed on Thursday, police said today, announcing beefed-up security to head off any unrest.

International rights groups, including Amnesty International, have argued that the trials were unfair and called for further investigations, while Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for clemency, but police said it would go ahead.

"The execution process will take place Thursday," national police spokesman Paulus Purwoko said, declining to reveal the precise time or location the firing squad would implement the punishment.

Indonesia usually carries out executions in secret.

Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marianus Riwu were convicted in 2001 of leading a Christian militia against Muslims in religiously-divided Central Sulawesi.

The men's lawyer said they had been notified of their impending executions.

Islamic groups in the world's most populous Muslim country have urged the government to proceed with the executions, but Indonesia's Christian minority and other activists have protested.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


1,197 posted on 09/19/2006 3:22:35 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Yemen arrests 'terrorist' over US plot

From correspondents in Sanaa
September 19, 2006

YEMENI President Ali Abdallah Saleh announced Tuesday the arrest of a "terrorist" - allegedly linked to his main election rival and to Osama bin Laden - accused of plotting attacks against US interests.

"We have arrested a major terrorist who was planning operations against American installations and the Movenpick hotel," Mr Saleh said at a press conference on the eve of the presidential poll.

He said the suspect was a bodygard for Faisal bin Shamlan, his main challenger in Wednesday's presidential race.

Mr Saleh's private secretary Abdo Burji said the suspect, Hussein al-Jerdani, was arrested on Sunday and had close links with the al-Qaeda terror chief.

"He was a companion of Osama bin Laden and is the owner of a house rented to a cell which recently tried to launch attacks against oil installations in Yemen," Mr Burji said.

Four bombers and a security guard were killed Friday when Yemeni security forces foiled twin suicide bombings against an oil refinery in Maarib, in the desert east of the capital Sanaa, and a Canadian-run terminal in the port of Dhabba on the Gulf of Aden.

The Government announced Saturday the arrest of four Yemeni "terrorists" linked to Al-Qaeda who it said was planning attacks on Sanaa.

Friday's attacks came after bin Laden's right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahiri warned that the Gulf and Israel would be the next targets of Al-Qaeda, in a video message coinciding with the fifth anniversary Monday of the September 11 attacks on the US.

Yemen is the ancestral homeland of bin Laden, and in October 2000, 17 US sailors were killed when suicide bombers aboard a small boat attacked the destroyer USS Cole off the southern port of Aden in an attack claimed by the militant network.

Since September 11, Sanaa has worked with Washington to clamp down on suspected al-Qaeda sympathisers.

Yemen's veteran head of state is virtually certain to win the presidential poll in which he faces four challengers, with Mr bin Shamlan his greatest rival.

The 64-year-old field marshal has been at the helm since 1978, first as president of the then North Yemen and later as leader of the unified state after north and south merged in May 1990.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20441071-1702,00.html


1,198 posted on 09/19/2006 3:50:59 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: MamaDearest

Exactly, MD.

When I wrote that I was honestly waiting for someone to jump on it! Whatever a Muslim's true beliefs or interpretations of the Koran, the fact remains that they are not all actively out there adorned with suicide belts.

However we know some do show their support silently -- with a turned eye following acts of terrorism -- and others more explicitly continue to funnel money to the terror cause via business or charity fronts.

The bottom line remains that it is simply not terrorism in their eyes. And that's a hurdle that I doubt will ever be overcome, although this realization has been achieved by individual Muslims in anecdotal cases over the years.


1,199 posted on 09/19/2006 3:53:01 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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BTW, that is a thought-provoking article you linked. The extremists certainly do have their allies in the world and even here stateside.


1,200 posted on 09/19/2006 3:57:25 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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