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Posted on 03/01/2007 8:28:33 PM PST by nwctwx

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Senior Taliban leader held in Pakistan
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Pakistani security forces have captured a high-ranking Taliban leader in the southwestern city of Quetta, a senior security official and Taliban sources said late Thursday

The capture of Mullah Obaidullah Akhund marked the first Pakistan arrest of a senior leader of the Islamist militia since it was driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001 when thousands of its fighters fled into Pakistan.

The security official and Taliban sources said Akhund, the third most senior member of the Taliban's 10-member leadership council, was arrested late on Monday, hours after a surprise visit to Pakistan by U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney.

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To: freeperfromnj

From the article:

The Ahmed's cousins were allegedly in a plot to wage "violent jihad" against Americans. Plot leaders are charged with locating training sites, and providing instruction in firearms, explosives and hand-to-hand combat.


221 posted on 03/05/2007 2:10:55 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj

hmmmm...Marwan el-Hindi, Kahleel Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmed.

I see those Illinois Amish are acting up again.


222 posted on 03/05/2007 2:15:44 PM PST by Palladin (You cannot glorify God better than by a calm and joyous life.--Spurgeon)
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To: HipShot; ExSoldier

Thank you, Lord!


223 posted on 03/05/2007 2:18:48 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: freeperfromnj

It must have been a humdinger of a meeting. ;-)
I'd love to see a picture of a medic checking UBL for lice as they did Saddam.


224 posted on 03/05/2007 2:21:04 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

LOL. That would be a sight to see.


225 posted on 03/05/2007 2:25:58 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: HipShot; crabbie; freeperfromnj; appalachian_dweller; Cindy; Velveeta; Rushmore Rocks; Godzilla; ...
Thank God

.Crabbie is doing okay - so very good to hear that; Crabbie is a fighter and one of our most loyal here on FR IMHO.

.ExSoldier is home free - the best news of the day! Jim, we need you here and we need you healthy.

May God watch closely over both of you!

226 posted on 03/05/2007 3:32:58 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: All

Middle Eastern men released (TX)

Thoughts of a terror bust subsided in Andrews, as two men of Middle Eastern background were released after being held for several hours.
The men were taken into custody Thursday after attempting to purchase a number of prepaid cell phones from an Andrews Dollar General store, Chief Bud Jones of the Andrews Police Department said. The men were held for between four and five hours.
FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Services officials from Midland were brought in while the men were questioned, Jones said.
The two men, who said they were brothers from Palestine, were determined to be in the country legally, Jones said.
“One did have a lengthy criminal history,” he said.

(snip)

The incident came a day after a man and woman, also reported to be Middle Eastern, had a disagreement in the same Dollar General, Jones said. The couple, driving a rental vehicle out of Houston, left the area before police could question them.
A regional notice was placed in case the couple turns up in another town, Jones said.(snip)
http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw030307c.htm


227 posted on 03/05/2007 3:45:53 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: MamaDearest

Amen!


228 posted on 03/05/2007 3:46:25 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta
Terrorists take recruitment efforts online

Snip: The number of Internet sites has exploded since 9/11. It’s estimated there are 5,000 today. Custer says anyone watching them could actually believe the U.S. is on the run.

Nuclear Jihad

Snip: Private terrorism like Al Qaeda, or other groups, they are private, they don’t belong to any country, they don’t have passports, they don’t have nationalities …for nuclear technology you go to a private companies. This is globalisation. This is the new world.

The first nuclear age was about great powers facing off against each other. It was terrifying, but at least everybody knew the rules. In the second nuclear age, in the world of A.Q. Khan, there is no return address, there is no deterrence. The bomb could come in a backpack, in a briefcase, in an oxcart. In the second nuclear age, we’re seeing the privatisation of the atomic bomb, the outsourcing of the bomb. It’s a much more frightening world.....

JI rebounds more dangerous than ever

Snip: "Each day the number of people performing jihad is growing - Praise be to God!" the handbook boasts. It describes a six-month process for forming a cell. It instructs that recruits must be screened during the "character forming ages" of 12 to 18 and pass a "due diligence test", which includes proselytising, intelligence gathering, using the internet and identifying security systems. Those who have studied engineering can apply for lessons in bomb-making.

The Salt Lake City murders, a Jihad?

Snip: The FBI and mainstream media have all but ruled out the murders had any link to terrorism. My research has revealed the FBI set the investigation to reach this conclusion from the beginning. It is no national secret that the FBI inserts itself into any criminal act that looks as though it will gain national attention. My sources suggest that the Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) relied on the FBI at the outset to provide them with guidance on how to conduct an investigation that may have ties to terrorism. From that point, things have not proceeded in a professional manner.

The first mistake the FBI made was not insisting the computer of Sulejman Talovic be seized. This, despite the fact that there is ample evidence Talovic was savvy with computers. To take the computer days later simply means the evidence could have been tampered with and lost forever. (Update: Now we're told by the SLCPD that the 18-year-old had no computer. Are we to believe he had no access to one anywhere?) The FBI’s second mistake was to pre-judge the results of the investigation and to quickly inform the mainstream media that terrorism did not appear to be the motivating factor in Talovic’s killing spree. This in spite of the fact that this young man who apparently had few friends and no computer got his hands on weapons prohibited to an 18-year-old without his family's knowledge.

229 posted on 03/05/2007 3:54:46 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: Oorang
Islamic State of Iraq leader not captured - or is he?

Snip: They surrounded a house where they thought al-Masri was hiding, captured a guy whom they thought was him and who had singed off his own fingerprints to obscure his identity — and yet it wasn’t him?

230 posted on 03/05/2007 4:23:26 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: freeperfromnj

THANK YOU for that update freeperfromnj.
I do appreciate it.


231 posted on 03/05/2007 4:41:08 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Velveeta

Ditto.


232 posted on 03/05/2007 4:42:29 PM PST by Cindy
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To: HipShot; ExSoldier

That is great news HipShot.
Thanks for the update.

Rest and take care of yourself, exSoldier.


233 posted on 03/05/2007 4:44:45 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Velveeta

THANK YOU for that cell phone-related post, Velveeta.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1682087/posts


234 posted on 03/05/2007 4:51:19 PM PST by Cindy
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To: backhoe; piasa; All

http://www.casperstartribune.net/content/articles/2007/03/05/ap/sports/college/d8nmarb01.jpg

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/03/05/ap/sports/college/d8nmarb01.txt

"Illini Football Players Kicked Off Team"
By DAVID MERCER Monday, March 05, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "URBANA, Ill. - Illinois football players Jody Ellis and Derrick McPhearson _ accused of stealing wallets, cell phones and laptop computers _ were kicked off the team Monday just hours after pleading not guilty to felony burglary and theft charges.

"This kind of behavior will not be tolerated. It is not only disrespectful to this football team, but to the University of Illinois, as well," coach Ron Zook said.

"We will act right and we will obey the law. Period."

The two wide receivers were arrested Friday night after police found suspected stolen wallets, cell phones, electronic devices and at least six laptop computers inside Ellis' car, Champaign police Chief R. T. Finney said Monday.

Ellis and McPhearson, both 20, pleaded not guilty to four counts each of residential burglary and two counts each of theft of property and requested jury trials. After hearing the players' pleas, Champaign County Circuit Court Judge John R. Kennedy set a pretrial hearing for April 10."


235 posted on 03/05/2007 5:18:06 PM PST by Cindy
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To: appalachian_dweller
This time of year I keep extra warm clothing in the truck as well.

A_D, we bought a couple of blankets that plug into the cigarette lighter. I "tested" the blankets on a long road trip recenty and they work beautifully. Wanted to spread the word these blankets are available and could be a lifesaver in frigid winter weather conditions alone.....

236 posted on 03/05/2007 5:18:34 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: Cindy
Hi Cindy! Spring is on its way (I keep telling myself)! Now to deal with "reality."

Syria ready with bio-terror if US hits Iran

Snip: An American biodefense analyst living in Europe says if the U.S. invades Iran to halt its nuclear ambitions, Syria is ready to respond with weapons of mass destruction – specifically biological weapons.

"Syria is positioned to launch a biological attack on Israel or Europe should the U.S. attack Iran," Jill Bellamy-Dekker told WND. "The Syrians are embedding their biological weapons program into their commercial pharmaceuticals business and their veterinary vaccine-research facilities. The intelligence service oversees Syria's 'bio-farm' program and the Ministry of Defense is well interfaced into the effort."

237 posted on 03/05/2007 5:37:47 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: All; backhoe; piasa; JohnathanRGalt

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070306/asp/calcutta/story_7472706.asp

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |

Front Page > Calcutta > Story

"Mobile thief in cop net"
A STAFF REPORTER

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He had masterminded several mobile thefts in the past eight months. But luck ran out for 24-year-old Rabi Singh, a mobile snatcher, on Sunday night, when he was caught red-handed by a team from New Market police station.

On Sunday night, Rabi escaped after snatching a mobile phone from a businessman, Tarun Ghoshal, on SN Banerjee Road."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Chatterjee said: “Rabi was arrested and Ghoshal’s mobile phone was seized from him. He was the kingpin of a five-member gang that used to target cellphone-owners at night. He was involved in a number of recent cellphone thefts.”

He added that Rabi and his gang members operated mainly in the New Market, Park Street and Sudder Street areas.

“Three gangs are active in this zone. For the past six months, we have been getting reports of some youths, even women, involved in a number of mobile theft cases. After a theft, they return to their hideouts on the fringes and surface after a fortnight or so. Raids are on to nab other gang members,” an officer of the thana said."


238 posted on 03/05/2007 5:44:11 PM PST by Cindy
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To: MamaDearest

"Spring is on the way"

Yep, I was out spraying rose bushes today.

Tomorrow is spraying fruit trees.

I AM READY FOR SPRING.

Smiling at you MamaDearest and thanks for the articles.


239 posted on 03/05/2007 5:47:15 PM PST by Cindy
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To: All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795811/posts

"Privacy Board Clears U.S. Spy Programs"
WKRN TV ^ | 3/5/2007 | HOPE YEN

Posted on 03/05/2007 5:38:36 PM PST by markomalley


240 posted on 03/05/2007 5:49:13 PM PST by Cindy
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