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[Cindy]

THANK YOU nw.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: Before, During and After

http://www.truthusa.com/911news.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911news2.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html



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ON THE NET...

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

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http://www.internet-haganah.com
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/26sep06-salafy_forums.html
http://www.sofir.org

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http://www.jihadwatch.org

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http://www.memri.org/jihad.html
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=9
http://www.memrifilms.org/

[Rembrandt]

I don't believe a newborn American is inherently more intelligent than a newborn Russian, Inuit, Irani or Aussie.

I believe the fact that the U.S. is a free country is the difference. In spite of our public educational system, young people grow up surrounded by freedom and the thirst for sharing freedom with other peoples.

The other factor that can't be ignored is that the U.S. is strong and uses that strength for the benefit of the World in a quest for spreading freedom beyond it's current bounds.

[Cindy]

REPORT - SNIPPET - QUOTE:

http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php

Weekly Piracy Report
2-8 January 2007

The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 2 to 8 January 2007.

ALERT

Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Forty one incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.

The IMB Report on Piracy and Armed Attacks on Ships from January to September 2006 is now published. Please see the end of this page to order.

Suspicious crafts

None reported during the week.
Recently reported incidents


26.12.2006 0200 UTC in position 07:06S-039:41E, 10nm off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Pirates from a 6 metre wooden fishing boat boarded a container ship underway in the forepart. They broke open 8 containers and stole cargo contents. The pirates escaped and were seen heading towards the shore.

26.12.2006 1950 LT in position : 12:01.2S-077:11.0W, Inner Anchorage No.1 , Callao, Peru.
Three robbers armed with guns and knives boarded a bulk carrier and tied up the watchman. Another watchman noticed the robbers and informed the bridge. Master sounded whistle and general alarm. Robbers jumped overboard and escaped with ship's stores.

23.12.2006 early hours, 8.2 nautical miles off Mullaithievu, NE Sri Lanka
A general cargo vessel at anchor, with engine problems was surrounded by six small boats with armed LTTE personnel on board. Shots were fired and the vessel was boarded by the armed group who forced the Master to weigh anchor. Communication and computer equipment from the vessel was said to have been stolen from the vessel. The 25 crew members were taken from the vessel to a rebel camp ashore and finally released to the International Committee for the Red Cross in Colombo. The condition of the vessel and the 14000 tons of rice cargo on board are not known.

19.12.2006 at 1932 LT in position 00-32:6S – 043:57.8E, off Somalia
A bulk carrier underway received a distress call from a ship asking for help. The unidentified ship was at that time at five miles off the starboard bow and there were a group of men on deck. The vessel did not appear to be in distress. Master suspected piracy attempt took evasive manoeuvres and increased speed. The suspect ship followed for two miles before aborting the attack.

[AliVeritas]

Heads up.
What Americans Must Know About the Incoming Senate Intelligence Chairman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1763755/posts?page=1

[texpat72]

Men videotaping airplanes questioned

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767838/posts

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53804

"Quran for courtroom oaths gets green light
Lawsuit by ACLU, Muslim woman seeks use of Muslim holy book"
Posted: January 16, 2007
9:20 p.m. Eastern


© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A ruling from a state appeals court has reopened a case prompted because a Muslim woman wanted to use a Quran – a book that an expert on Islam says allows Muslims to lie under compulsion – on which to swear her oath of honesty in a court hearing.

The lawsuit was filed by Sydiah Mateen with help from the American Civil Liberties Union in 2005 after she was denied permission to use a Quran to take the courtroom oath in a case in North Carolina.

Requirements vary from state to state, but North Carolina requires an oath either with a hand on the "Holy Scriptures" or by swearing by God they are telling the truth."