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Threat Matrix: November 2006

Posted on 11/01/2006 8:20:24 PM PST by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
The Price of Victory
-Full Story-

The "bombshell" revelation from last April's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which was leaked to the New York Times in September, was that the war in Iraq had resulted in more terrorism, not less. As reported by United Press International's Claude Salhani, "Did we really need 16 intelligence agencies to tell us that? Ten minutes of watching the newscast of your choice, from Al-Jazeera to Fox News, would be enough to convince most observers." But the key question is why the war has provoked the global Jihad.

One answer has to be the influence in the Arab world of the America-
hating network Al-Jazeera
. The AIM DVD on "Terror Television" shows film footage of captured terrorists saying they came to Iraq to kill Americans because of the words and images on Al-Jazeera.

Al-Qaeda Doctrine for International Political Warfare
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To: backhoe

Yep, same around here.

I haven't heard/seen of any new DnC surge to vote Dems.
Makes me wonder if the Dems are going to win is just a media
ploy.

Time will tell.


201 posted on 11/04/2006 4:11:13 PM PST by Cindy
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Thousands of Iranians warn Washington in embassy protest

TEHRAN (AFP) — Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in Tehran on Saturday to mark the 27th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy by Islamist students, warning Washington against taking action over Iran’s nuclear programme.

The demonstrators, mainly schoolchildren and students, brandished banners proclaiming “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” as they gathered outside the walls of the former embassy, now known locally as the “Den of Spies”.

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http://www.jordantimes.com/sun/news/news5.htm

Iran ready to equip Lebanese military with advanced aerial defence
Beirut, Nov 4,

Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheybani in a meeting with Lebanon military commander General Michele Soleyman on Saturday expressed Iran's readiness to equip Lebanese army with advanced aerial defence.

Excerpted

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611056775013749.htm

Tehran tests more missiles
Tehran, Nov. 4

Iran on Saturday announced it had successfully test-fired new anti-armour weaponry and an anti-helicopter missile system on the third day of its latest war games.

"The new generation of anti-helicopter and anti-armour weapons were successfully tested on day three of the manoeuvres," an announcer on state television said as pictures of the test-firing were broadcast.

In the "Great Prophet II" war games, Iran has so far fired its Shahab-3 longer range missile for the first time in manoeuvres as well as new types of land-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles.

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http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=3&cat2=32&newsid=255794&RF=DefaultMain

202 posted on 11/04/2006 4:12:03 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

From your article snippet: "However, the FT has learnt that security advice circulating in the British airline industry suggests making them much more stringent would be fraught with legal and political pitfalls."

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OPINION: Political correctness is a killer.


203 posted on 11/04/2006 4:12:42 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
I think I'll start referring to it as PCC - pathetic political correctness. Unggg.
204 posted on 11/04/2006 4:14:24 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

Yep, PCC can be fatal.


205 posted on 11/04/2006 4:15:51 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy; fanfan; All
More on Khadr:

Khadr helped al-Qaeda with GPS
Court files detail his role in plot to kill Pakistan's PM
Thursday, November 02, 2006

Abdullah Khadr used a global positioning system to measure the distance between the home of the Pakistani Prime Minister and a graveyard from where a missile attack was to be staged by al-Qaeda operatives, according to newly filed court documents.

Mr. Khadr, the eldest son in a Toronto family that has been friends with Osama bin Laden, detailed his role in a bold assassination plot during a videotaped interview with the RCMP.

"They asked me to measure the distance between some graveyard and a house," he said of a request by friends of his father's in Pakistan, according to the transcript of an interview filed this week in an Ontario court by the Department of Justice.

Excerpted

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=4a83cb67-444f-4348-811f-cd3303b56ded&k=1213

206 posted on 11/04/2006 4:29:13 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

Thank you Oorang.
I've always found the Khadr family to be interesting.

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207 posted on 11/04/2006 4:49:31 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Oorang
~SIGH~ Jeb is a politician and a businessman. He may have his mind on continuing to succeed at both. Can't do that and alienate any future voters or business associates. Both are unforgiving worlds in which to exist. That's just the way it is. Look at the name of the communications director. Islamic influence is everywhere. There are a LOT of muslim who're decent law abiding folks. Loyal Americanswho condemn terrorism. It's not the people with whom I have a problem. It is a religion that cherishes death and destruction instead of tolerance. I have to play the same game at work. It's one reason I refuse to teach world history anymore. Four chapters in the book dedicated to Islam and a small portion of one chapter to Christianity.
208 posted on 11/04/2006 5:02:21 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Cindy
You're welcome, Cindy! Thank you for the additional information on Batti/Hussain.

 

Has info been posted on TM about Piotr Drabik, Polish nanotechnology researcher from University of Alberta?  Following is the latest news article.

Missing Polish scientist may be on Kaua‘i   October 27,  2006

I have additional information about him that I'll be glad to post, if it hasn't already been posted.    My point of reference is this post on missing/dead scientists:

List of scientists 'dead under suspicious circumstances' since 2001:

4,388 posted on 01/26/2005 11:53:27 AM EST by Teri0811

 

209 posted on 11/04/2006 5:07:00 PM PST by windchime (I consider the left one of the fronts on the WOT.)
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To: Cindy

Blackout hits 15 French regions

http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-20/116268717845490.xml&storylist=international


210 posted on 11/04/2006 5:27:56 PM PST by TWhiteBear
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To: windchime

Thanks for the update on the missing scientist.

Go ahead and post whatever you know for this
November thread.


211 posted on 11/04/2006 6:01:58 PM PST by Cindy
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To: TWhiteBear

Updates appreciated on the French power outage TWhiteBear.


212 posted on 11/04/2006 6:02:54 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Piotr Drabik - Nanotechnology Researcher -

His doctorate thesis in exercise physiology was named Poland's best PhD dissertation in 1998. He has also earned four other graduate degrees, in physiotherapy, molecular biology, computational chemistry and astrophysics.

Before coming to Edmonton in 2004, he worked as an academic in New York and Montreal.

NSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Dr. Piotr Drabik - University of Alberta -  Theory and Modeling Group

Theory and Modeling Group - What We Do - Andriy Kovalenko

Theory and Modeling Group Search on University of Alberta site

NINT - National Institute for Nanotechnology

Centre of Excellence in Integrated Nanotools

University of Alberta

Dropped at Airport - September 1, 2006 by friend, Pawel Brzeminski

At about 7 a.m. on Sept. 1, Brzeminski dropped his friend at the Edmonton International Airport

He got on a plane for Salt Lake City, where he was supposed to catch a connecting flight to Honolulu. He was carrying a return ticket dated for Sept. 11.

Though his luggage was checked, Delta Air Lines told police Drabik didn't use his boarding pass to get on the plane to Honolulu.

A witness in Salt Lake City told police Tuesday she remembers sitting next to Drabik on the flight.

Maui County police Det. Ken Prather said the scientist's luggage hasn't turned up in Hawaii, and Drabik didn't use his credit card from Sept. 1 to Sept. 20.

Scheduled return - September 11, 2006

Reported missing by Pawel Brzeminski - September 15, 2006

Besides police in Hawaii and Utah, the FBI is also investigating, he said.

Edmonton police spokesman Dean Parthenis said the role of local detectives has been limited to providing assistance to U.S. authorities.

Alberta scientist missing in Hawaii   October 25, 2006

U of A scientist vanishes on trip   October 25, 2006

Did missing scientist fly to Hawaii?   October 26, 2006

Missing Polish scientist may be on Kaua‘i   October 27,  2006 - latest article

 

213 posted on 11/04/2006 6:11:39 PM PST by windchime (I consider the left one of the fronts on the WOT.)
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To: Oorang

That's the first I've heard of it, Oorang. Thanx. (Maybe Jeb agrees with that commissioner, at least I hope he does, but he has to be PC about it.)


214 posted on 11/04/2006 6:25:40 PM PST by JellyJam (Best headline ever: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: ExSoldier
Thanks for the feedback ExS, I appreciate it.

Four chapters in the book dedicated to Islam and a small portion of one chapter to Christianity
Can't say I'm surprised but I'm always greatly disappointed to hear this sort of thing. I don't recall, were you teaching at a public school?

215 posted on 11/04/2006 7:24:23 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: windchime

Thank you windchime.


216 posted on 11/04/2006 9:08:45 PM PST by Cindy
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To: All

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s06110014.htm

ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA
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Saturday, November 4, 2006

Church Building Demolished Forcefully, Furniture Inside Destroyed, By Chinese Authorities In Jilin Province

By Michael Ireland
Special Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

MIDLAND, TEXAS / JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA (ANS) -- A house church building on the campus of Changchun Agricultural University in the suburb of Changchun city, Jilin province was recently demolished forcibly by the local Chinese government.

China Aid Association (CAA) says it is known that the building served as the gathering place for Nongda house church when religious activities were held there. The place was also used as the Morning Star Supermarket in other times. According to witnesses, the government sent 500 policemen and several hundred peasant workers to the site at 4 o'clock in the morning.

"They drove the people out of the building while they were sleeping. Within an hour, the main part of the building as well as the furniture in it became piles of debris. In the entire process, no explanation was given on the issues," CAA says.

In a report obtained by ANS, CAA says the Nongda house church, which has a history of more than 10 years, serves mainly the brothers and sisters in the nearby countryside. It not only gained reputation in the surrounding areas, its influence reached as far as Heilongjiang and Inmongolia.

"Though being threatened, attacked, and harassed frequently, the church has always stuck by the principle of not being affiliated with 3-Self church, or registering to the government. They hold the orthodoxy Christian belief, and cherish the biblical truth, " CAA said.

The group adds: "Who can imagine that within an hour's time, the main part of their church building was bulldozed under the pretext of "urban appearance rearrangement." Only a two-story building was left.

"Brothers and sisters of Nongda house church ask earnestly that the Lord's body pray for their church in tribulation."

CAA appeals that the Changchun government give an account to Nongda house church concerning the event as soon as possible, and arrange a place for the new building, in order not to bring shame on the ancient city of Changchun.

China Aid Association
Contact: Bob Fu
Phone: (267) 205-5210
Fax: (432) 686-8355
info@ChinaAid.org
www.ChinaAid.org
www.monitorChina.org

** Michael Ireland is an international British freelance journalist. A former reporter with a London newspaper, Michael is a Special Correspondent for ASSIST News Service of Lake Forest, California. Michael immigrated to the United States in 1982 and became a US citizen in September, 1995. He is married with two children. Michael has also been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station.

** You may republish this story with proper attribution.


217 posted on 11/04/2006 9:49:17 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

You're welcome, Cindy.


218 posted on 11/04/2006 10:00:07 PM PST by windchime (I consider the left one of the fronts on the WOT.)
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To: All

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Muslim group sets up panel to investigate sheikh's remarks
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 5 November 2006

Posted on 11/04/2006 9:31:31 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

The Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) says an independent panel is being set up to investigate if comments made by Sydney cleric, Sheikh Taj el-Din Al Hilali, endorse rape.

Sheikh Al Hilali has been at the centre of controversy since comments he made suggested women who dressed immodestly were inviting sexual assault.

He says his comments have been taken out of context and will resign if an independent panel finds him guilty of endorsing rape.

LMA president Tom Zreika says a panel will be established to look at the matter.

"The process has to be conducted and it will be conducted," he said.

He has not confirmed a timeframe for the investigation.

Outside Lakemba Mosque in Sydney yesterday, Sheikh Al Hilali introduced Cindy Taylor, who said she travelled from Victoria to defend him because he has been misunderstood.

"People really need to have more of an open mind," she said.

Ms Taylor said she has been sexually assaulted twice and she understands what Sheikh Al Hilali tried to say in his sermon about women and rape.

She says he believes sexual assault is one of the worst crimes.

"His analogy certainly did not justify the act of rape," she said.


219 posted on 11/04/2006 10:24:15 PM PST by Cindy
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To: nwctwx; copguy; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; All
RECAP:

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1346: "ISLAMIST WEBSITES MONITOR NO. 18 Jihad Video Encourages Suicide Bombings" (NOVEMBER 3, 2006)

220 posted on 11/04/2006 11:46:44 PM PST by Cindy
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