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IRAQ
August 28, 2006
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Five Insurgents Killed, 12 Suspects Caught in Iraq Operations
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2007 – Five insurgents were killed, 12 terrorism suspects were captured, and hidden weapons were seized in various operations in Iraq over the last few days, military officials reported.
Multinational Division Baghdad troops patrolling along the Euphrates River detained nine suspected terrorists yesterday.
Scouts spotted the suspected terrorists’ vehicles parked on a boat launch site on the river. Nine men were detained and held for questioning. Three others escaped by swimming across the river. The scouts were from the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
In other operations, soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division captured three suspected terrorists during operations yesterday northwest of Tikrit. The Iraqi-led operation targeted a cell responsible for carrying out bomb attacks in the area.
On Feb. 21, Iraqi border police discovered a large weapons cache in Mandali. The cache consisted of more than 190 anti-personnel mines, several mortar rounds, about 50 133 mm rounds and a rocket-propelled grenade.
On Feb. 20, coalition forces destroyed a large car bomb hidden in a fuel tanker trailer west of Sab Al Bor. The troops called in close air support to destroy the vehicle.
Also that day, coalition aircraft killed five insurgents and destroyed their vehicle near Camp Taji. The insurgents had fired weapons from the vehicle toward the base.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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"Border security, immigration, terrorism dominate talks"
Sioux CIty Journal ^ | Feb. 24, 2007 | NA
Posted on 02/24/2007 12:21:01 AM PST by FairOpinion
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Prosecutors: Men Came To Cleveland To Learn How To Kill Troops
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...'we're going to war'..."
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"St. Charles man accused in arms case is indicted"
By Robert Patrick
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02/24/2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ST. LOUIS — A St. Charles man accused of buying automatic weapons and a Claymore mine and bargaining for grenades was indicted this week on four federal machine gun charges."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of Abuelawi's co-workers, Thaed Abde Sumad, met with the men once, according to the indictment, and "stated he wants to buy as many explosives as possible because, 'we're going to war.'" In an interview earlier this month, Sumad said he didn't remember the comment and suggested it may have been a joke."
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"China: High-tech Destroyers in Formation (New Year celebration?)"
Shipborne Weapons ^ | March 2007 (issue date)
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Cheney Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to Asia, Pacific
By John D. Banusiewicz
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2007 – Vice President Richard B. Cheney today in Australia reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to peace, progress and freedom in the Asia-Pacific region.
“In this neighborhood of the globe,” Cheney said in an address to the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue in Sydney, “millions look to our countries to promote security, economic progress, and democratic ideals.”
Cheney noted that President Bush had expressed the same sentiment in a speech before the Australian Parliament in October 2003.
“As President Bush said when he spoke to your Parliament, America will continue a forward presence in Asia and continue our close partnership with Australia. And we'll help to build a better world through our strong and continuing friendship with Japan.”
Along with other nations, the vice president said, the United States and Australia founded the Proliferation Security Initiative to keep nuclear technology out of irresponsible hands.
“To this end, the six-party process has produced agreement on specific actions that will bring us closer to a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons,” he said. “We go into this deal with our eyes open. In light of North Korea's missile tests last July, its nuclear test in October, and its record of proliferation and human rights abuses, the regime in Pyongyang has much to prove. Yet this agreement represents a first hopeful step towards a better future for the North Korean people.”
Aware that a nuclear North Korea would be a threat to Chinese security, China has played an especially important role in the six-party process, Cheney said.
“We hope China will join us in our efforts to prevent the deployment and the proliferation of deadly technologies, whether in Asia or in the Middle East,” he said. “Other actions by the Chinese government send a different message.”
An anti-satellite test in January and China's continued military buildup “are less constructive and are not consistent with China's stated goal of a ‘peaceful rise,’” Cheney said. “For our part, the United States and Australia have the same hopes for the future of China: that its people will enjoy greater freedom and prosperity, that its government will be a force for stability and peace in this region.”
The United States hopes to continue working successfully with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister John Howard on a regional security structure among the three nations.
“Earlier this week in Tokyo, Prime Minister Abe and I reaffirmed the commitment of both our nations to the trilateral security structure with Australia,” he said. “I hope Prime Minister Howard feels the same way and will underscore that commitment on his visit to Japan next month. The growing closeness among our three countries sends an unmistakable message -- that we are united in the cause of peace and freedom across the region.”
Cheney also stressed the importance of economic progress in stopping the spread of violent ideologies.
“Vigorous, growing economies offer upward mobility and give people the hope of a better life for themselves and for their children,” he said. “And everywhere those hopes are realized, men and women will turn their creative gifts to the pursuit of peace, and ideologies of resentment and violence will lose their appeal.”
The U.S.-Australian alliance has never been more important that it is today, Cheney said.
“One of America's great historians, David McCullough, has noted that ‘among the most difficult and important concepts to convey in teaching or writing history is the simple fact that things never had to turn out as they did. Events past were never on a track. Nothing was foreordained any more then than now.’
“Whether in (the) Battle of Hamel in 1918 or 65 years ago in the Coral Sea,” he continued, “Americans and Australians were not mere witnesses to the unfolding of events. They were acting -- bravely, decisively, and together -- to turn events toward victory.”
Just as decisions and actions of the past reflect in today’s world, decisions and actions now will determine what lies ahead, Cheney said.
“Present events are not on a track,” he said. “In the war on terror, one side will win and the other will lose. Civilization will continue its upward course or go in (a) different direction.”
Today’s perilous times should inspire confidence not fear, Cheney said. “Our forbears were not the sort to be intimidated or worn down by adversaries, and neither are we.”
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"Christians and Dalits Mount Legal Challenge to Himachal Pradesh Anti Conversion Law
Dalit Freedom Network partner All India Christian Council to lead fight against unconstitutional law"
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PAKISTAN
"Girls’ school threatened: wear burkas or get blown up"
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February 24, 2007
"Pakistan: Blast That Killed U.S. Diplomat Tied to Al-Qaeda"
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Continuing, in the last 5-6 years the Chinese have built 78 new, modern major combatants and added them to their fleet. As a comparison, in that same time, we have built 46 new major combatants and added them to our fleet. But the kicker is this: In that same time period, we have decommissioned 49 major combatants, many of them with 10-15 years service life remaining (Spruance Class Destroyers, LA Class subs, Tara Class Amphibs, etc.). That means we have a net loss of three major combatants.
The chinese have decomissioned none of their vessels so they have increased their fleet by 78 vessels.
That trend , if continued (and it looks like it will continue), means the PLAN will rapidly catch up with and pass our US Navy in the Western Pacific in the next few years. IMHO, it dare not be discounted, scoffed at, or ignored.
I will have my 2007 update to my site that focuses on this ready within the next week or so. In the mean time, go there and look at the other updates and information. Their build rate and the shear numbers of new, modern classes of vessels if phenominal...and we are the main source of funding.
Not sure if you've seen this, I posted it on Ruth's thread.
Posted on Sat, Feb. 24, 2007
Cantaloupes recalled for salmonella
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A wholesale produce importer on Friday recalled several thousand cartons of cantaloupes from Costa Rica after some tested positive for salmonella.
Castle Produce said the recall covered roughly 2,560 cartons delivered on or after Feb. 16 to wholesalers in Los Angeles and San Francisco for distribution in the Western states.
The cantaloupes were distributed for sale in bulk in cardboard cartons, with nine, 12 or 15 melons to a carton.
There have been no reports of illness due to the contaminated cantaloupes, said Steven Reynolds, the company's chief financial officer. He said he didn't know whether the fruit had reached any stores.
Reynolds said the source of the salmonella was a plastic basket used to hold the cantaloupes after they are harvested and washed.
The Dole Fresh Fruit Co. on Feb. 16 recalled about 6,100 cartons of cantaloupes distributed to wholesalers in the eastern United States and Quebec from Feb. 5 to Feb. 8. The cantaloupes also were imported from Costa Rica and tested positive for salmonella.
Reynolds said Castle Produce's fruit came from the same grower. Dole spokeswoman Marianne Duong said she could not confirm this.
Salmonella, which commonly originates from the feces of birds and animals, can cause diarrhea, fever, dehydration, abdominal pain and vomiting
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