News from the Long War, Thread 4

Various | 4/15/07 | Knitting a Conundrum and Others

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Thread 4



Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, our nation has fought a global war against violent extremists who use terrorism as their weapon of choice, and who seek to destroy our free way of life. Our enemies seek weapons of mass destruction and, if they are successful, will likely attempt to use them in their conflict with free people everywhere. Currently, the struggle is centered in Iraq and Afghanistan, but we will need to be prepared and arranged to successfully defend our nation and its interests around the globe for years to come. DOD

Our enemies include all the Muslims who dream of knocking Western Civilization off its perch atop humanity’s dung heap. Islam is fractured into any number of sects, tribes and ethnic groups, but the dream of destroying us cuts across all the fault lines. Islamic terrorists are merely the tip of a very large spear.

J. Peter Mulhern, the American Thinker, September 18

The determination behind that fight is real, the hatred is real, and the excuses for doing this are very real in the minds of those who have decided to walk that path. We can respond in two ways: Try to ignore or negotiate with people who do not want to negotiate in good faith, because what they want is our destruction, or to stand up against the darkness of those who see all of us, our way of life, our culture and our aspirations as something worth eliminating.

Either: "And God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Or: "With vigilance, determination, courage, we will defeat the enemies of freedom, and we will leave behind a more peaceful world for our children and our grandchildren." GW Bush.

Here's where I will post news and info about the Long War. Let me know if you're interested.

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[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Morning BB. Yup. When he took over, we pretty much painted a target on his forehead.

[Uncle Ike]

” Hoping. “

Me too — just remembering that this guy has been reported “dead” more often than Yassir Arafat was..... ;~)

[Uncle Ike]

Wally-world run...

Back in a bit — don’t let the world blow up in the next half-hour, kay??

;~)

[Bahbah]

LOL. We’ll do all within our power to keep the lid on.

[Bahbah]

Bill Bennett’s program reporting al-Masri as dead.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

I hope it turns out true. Maybe I’ll loose sleep over it - naw.

[Bahbah]

Col. David Hunt (a loose cannon, I know) says they are waiting for fingerprint and DNA analysis on the supposed al-Masri.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Thanx - I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Neat thing was, he was got by sunni tribals going after qaeda...

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

...and the guy was supposedly whacked in an “internal dispute”?

Surge is apparently working, AlQ is forming up a circular firing squad and the bulk sales of antidepressants in DNC/DBM/traitorcrat circles just set new records.

LOL

Cue Harry Reid for another surrender speech; maybe OBL will turn up dead in a Paris cathouse with a briefcase full of Hillary/Obama bumperstickers.

[Bahbah]

maybe OBL will turn up dead in a Paris cathouse with a briefcase full of Hillary/Obama bumperstickers.

LOL. A distinct possibility.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Good morning Knitting. Neat - yup saved our guys the trouble.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It’s not just an internal dispute...it’s that some tribal forces went after Qaeda...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

16:35 High Court rejects outright petition calling for ouster of Olmert (Haaretz)
16:25 European officials meet Palestinian PM Haniyeh despite Hamas ban (Reuters)
16:10 Technion University Student Union in Haifa ends strike, accepts PM offer (Israel Radio)
15:57 Four thousand complaints filed in 2006 against Health Ministry and clinics (Army Radio)
15:51 Knesset to hold special meeting Thursday on Winograd report findings (Army Radio)
15:27 Study: Failures in functioning of sea ports during Second Lebanon War (Army Radio)
15:10 Palestinian finance min.: Sanctions prevent paying all authority employees (Reuters)
15:01 Coalition chairman speaks with Kadima MKs on replacement of PM (Haaretz)
14:36 Iraq`s main Sunni bloc considering quitting Shiite-led government (Reuters)
14:33 Saudi Arabia beheads Pakistani drug smuggler, convicted murder (AP)
14:25 Police request remand extension for 2 suspects in murder of Tel Aviv man (Haaretz)
14:04 Marina Solodkin becomes first Kadima MK to call on Olmert to resign (Haaretz)
14:01 Iranian students demonstrate against publications that `insult Islam` (Reuters)
13:27 Olmert spokeswoman: PM will build program to fix problems found by war probe (AP)
12:58 Protest marches set out for Tel Aviv, call for Olmert to resign (Haaretz)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Kadima will not oust Olmert, says MK
(16:34 , 05.01.07)
Kadima MK calls steps against Olmert from within party 'irresponsible'
(16:28 , 05.01.07)
Canadian communities raise $40 mil for Israel's north
(16:20 , 05.01.07)
European MPs meet Haniyeh despite Hamas ban
(15:57 , 05.01.07)
Iran says ‘evil approach’ by US prevents talks
(15:32 , 05.01.07)
Palestinian workers promised half salaries
(15:07 , 05.01.07)
State prosecution: PM requests plans for evacuation of Migron settlement
(14:57 , 05.01.07)
Technion student union to resume studies Wednesday
(14:29 , 05.01.07)
Police commissioner swearing in ceremony takes place in Jerusalem
(14:09 , 05.01.07)
Knesset to hold special meeting Thursday about Winograd report
(14:03 , 05.01.07)
British commander: 75 suspected insurgents killed in Afghan offensive
(13:31 , 05.01.07)
Abbas working ‘quietly’ to release kidnapped British journalist
(12:55 , 05.01.07)
6 oil workers kidnapped, 1 sailor killed in Nigeria attack
(12:53 , 05.01.07)
Labor source: Barak shouldn’t join gov’t
(12:50 , 05.01.07)
MK Gal-On: All ministers should resign
(12:41 , 05.01.07)
Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq killed - Interior Ministry
(11:57 , 05.01.07)
Beilin calls upon all Labor ministers to quit failing government
(11:50 , 05.01.07)
Minister Eitan Cabel resigns
(11:24 , 05.01.07)
Olmert to discuss Winograd report with heads of coalition factions
(11:19 , 05.01.07)
Golan: 300 Druze women demand to visit family in Syria
(10:29 , 05.01.07)
Apartment building collapses in Spain; 2 dead
(10:09 , 05.01.07)
Peres says government can function
(09:43 , 05.01.07)
Petition filed to high court demanding prime minister's dismissal
(09:21 , 05.01.07)
Bomb blasts rock Bangladesh terminals, none hurt
(08:50 , 05.01.07)
Aides say Ayalon to demand that Labor quit cabinet if elected chairman
(08:34 , 05.01.07)
Colombia announces record cocaine seizure
(07:53 , 05.01.07)
Police arrest 2 Australian men on terrorism charges
(07:18 , 05.01.07)
IDF arrests 25 wanted terror suspects
(06:37 , 05.01.07)
US State Department report finds sharp rise in terror attacks in 2006
(06:27 , 05.01.07)
Former CIA chief says US must do more in Mideast
(05:34 , 05.01.07)
Chavez: Venezuela to pull out of IMF, World Bank
(05:26 , 05.01.07)
9 Muslims ordered to trial in Australia's largest alleged terrorist conspiracy
(04:16 , 05.01.07)
New York Times building sells for $525 million to Israeli developer
(02:52 , 05.01.07)
Police say 47 arrested for throwing rocks, bottles in Berlin
(02:45 , 05.01.07)

Middle East News

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  Iraq probes reports of al-Masri's death AP - 3 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials have received reports that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was killed by Sunni tribesmen, but the chief government spokesman said Tuesday the information has not been confirmed.

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  Gunmen kill 14 travelers on Iraq highway AP - 3 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD - Gunmen ambushed travelers on a highway leading from Baghdad to Shiite areas to the south on Tuesday, killing 14 people, while mortar rounds slammed into an area near the Iraqi prime minister's office in the U.S.-controlled Green Zone in the capital, a government official said.

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  Israeli premier defies calls to resign AP - 34 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced an onslaught of calls for his resignation and the first cracks in his coalition Tuesday following a government commission's harsh criticism of his handling of Israel's war last summer in Lebanon.

• Turkish court meets on election appeal AP - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago

  ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's highest court met Tuesday to try to decide on an appeal by the main opposition party to cancel the disputed presidential vote amid reports that a legal expert has advised the court to reject it.

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  Turkish police, May Day protesters clash AP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

  ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish police charged into crowds of leftist protesters marking the anniversary of a deadly May Day rally in Istanbul on Tuesday, spraying tear gas and kicking and clubbing demonstrators as they fled.

Europe News

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  Cot death ‘still biggest killer’ of babies AFP - 15 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Cot death is still the biggest killer of babies between one month and a year old, one of BritainÂ’s leading baby charities said Tuesday, announcing findings of a study that showed that anxious parents are concerned they may unwittingly be harming their baby every time they put their child to sleep.

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  Japanese hospital tests first "baby hatch" Reuters - 16 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's first "baby hatch", where mothers can drop off babies they can't care for, completed a test-run on Tuesday with a doll, clearing the way for the controversial facility to start operating in about a week.

• British motorists face spy in sky monitoring Reuters - 17 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Spies in the sky may track motorists in Britain within a decade if the government goes ahead with controversial plans to introduce road user charging schemes, scientists said on Tuesday.

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  Chelsea's Shevchenko to miss Liverpool match AFP - 21 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko has been ruled out of Tuesday's Champions League semi-final second leg at Liverpool.

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  Muslim, traditional, but finding love on the Web Reuters - 24 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - When "Sweetgal," a 29-year-old British Muslim from central England, began looking for a new husband last year, at first she didn't know where to turn.

Latin America

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  Venezuela seizes last private oil fields AP - 1 minute ago

  CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's government took over Venezuela's last privately run oil fields on Tuesday, intensifying a struggle with international oil firms over one of the world's most lucrative oil deposits.

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  No Castro appearance at May Day parade AP - 17 minutes ago

  HAVANA - Hundreds of thousands of cheering workers marched through Cuba's Revolution Plaza on Tuesday but Fidel Castro was nowhere to be seen.

• British lab analyzing cricket coach test AP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  LONDON - A British forensic laboratory said Tuesday it is analyzing toxicology tests done on the slain coach of Pakistan's national cricket team, but has not yet reached any conclusions on whether poison was involved.

• China rages at St. Lucia over Taiwan tie AP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  BEIJING - China lashed out at the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia on Tuesday for restoring diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as Chinese territory.

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  Venezuela pulling out of IMF, World Bank AP - Tue May 1, 1:32 AM ET

  CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez announced Monday he would pull Venezuela out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a largely symbolic move because the nation has already paid off its debts to the lending institutions.

Africa News

• Six foreign oil workers kidnapped off Nigeria Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  LAGOS (Reuters) - Armed militants killed a Nigerian and kidnapped six foreign oil workers in an attack on an oil industry vessel off Nigeria's coast on Tuesday, security sources and the Italian government said.

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  6 oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria AP - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago

  LAGOS, Nigeria - Gunmen armed with dynamite seized six foreign workers and killed a Nigerian sailor in an attack on a Chevron Corp. ship in Nigeria's southern oil-producing region, a navy spokesman said.

• Four Italians kidnapped in Nigeria: Italy ministry Reuters - Tue May 1, 5:58 AM ET

  ROME (Reuters) - Four Italian oil workers have been kidnapped in Nigeria, Italy's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

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  Foreign oil workers abducted in southern Nigeria AFP - Tue May 1, 4:58 AM ET

  LAGOS (AFP) - As many as six foreign oil workers were kidnapped Tuesday by unidentified gunmen in an attack on an oil facility off the coast of Nigeria's southern Bayelsa State, a government official said.

• Morocco, Polisario agree to talks AP - Mon Apr 30, 10:55 PM ET

  UNITED NATIONS - The two sides fighting for control of Western Sahara agreed Monday to hold talks for the first time in 30 years on the sparsely populated territory in North Africa, which the U.S. says is critical to preventing the spread of terrorism.

Asia News

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  Turk police detain hundreds, political tension high Reuters - 14 minutes ago

  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police beat and detained hundreds of May Day protesters in Istanbul on Tuesday, adding to tension in a country already rocked by a court challenge to the presidential election, army threats and a million-strong march.

• 
  Indian foreign secretary to discuss nuclear deal in US AFP - 59 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon is to hold talks here Tuesday aimed at kickstarting a landmark nuclear cooperation deal with the US which has languished for almost two years.

• China rages at St. Lucia over Taiwan tie AP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  BEIJING - China lashed out at the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia on Tuesday for restoring diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as Chinese territory.

• 
  Afghans protest eviction of refugees by Iran AFP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - Hundreds of people rallied in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday to protest Iran's expulsion of tens of thousands of Afghan refugees, witnesses said.

• 
  Nepal Maoists threaten mass protests for republic AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  KATHMANDU (AFP) - The leader of Nepal's Maoists on Tuesday threatened to launch massive nationwide protests by the end of the month unless parliament immediately ousts the king and declares a republic.

Canada

• Canada March factory prices jump 1.3 pct Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Higher prices for petroleum, coal and primary metals boosted Canadian producer prices for the fifth straight month in March, beating forecasts by a wide margin with a 1.3 percent gain from February, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.

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  Canada had warnings before 1985 Air India bombing Reuters - Mon Apr 30, 4:44 PM ET

  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada was warned of a plot to bomb an Air India jetliner months before the 1985 attack that killed 329 people, but police failed to act on the information, a hearing was told on Monday.

• Canadian retailer Lululemon files with SEC for IPO Reuters - 38 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lululemon Corp., a retailer of technical athletic apparel in North America, filed with regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $230 million in an initial public offering of common stock.

• Restructuring charges hit Loblaw's profit Reuters - 32 minutes ago

  TORONTO (Reuters) - Loblaw Cos Ltd. reported a sharp drop in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, as Canada's largest supermarket chain was hurt by restructuring charges.

• 
  Tempers up at Black trial as board member grilled Reuters - Mon Apr 30, 3:53 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A lawyer for Conrad Black repeatedly shouted down a former board member of the toppled media magnate's newspaper company on Monday, demanding to know how she could have ignored documented references to executives' disputed payments in the sale of newspaper properties.

Australia/Antarctica News

• 2 Australians face terror charges AP - Tue May 1, 5:42 AM ET

  MELBOURNE, Australia - Police on Tuesday arrested two men accused of raising money for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on the pretext of collecting donations for victims of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

• Two Australians charged with terrorism offences Reuters - Tue May 1, 4:21 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two Australian men were arrested and charged on Tuesday with being members of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers and using 2004 Asian tsunami relief funds for terrorist activities, police said.

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  Two suspected Tamil Tigers arrested in Australia AFP - Tue May 1, 3:44 AM ET

  MELBOURNE (AFP) - Two suspected members of Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebel group were Tuesday arrested in Australia and charged with funnelling money to a terrorist organisation, police said.

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  ETimor's Ramos-Horta 'manipulating' foreign troops AFP - Tue May 1, 2:10 AM ET

  DILI (AFP) - East Timor presidential candidate Jose Ramos-Horta was accused Tuesday of manipulating Australian troops in the troubled nation for political advantage.

• 9 face trial in Australia terror plot AP - Tue May 1, 1:51 AM ET

  SYDNEY, Australia - Nine men accused of stockpiling bomb-making chemicals and vowing to avenge perceived injustices against Muslims have been ordered to stand trial for Australia's largest alleged terrorist conspiracy, a court official said Tuesday.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

"Olmert defiantly declared he would not quit after the panel's report was released Monday, despite the inquiry's conclusion he showed flawed judgment in ordering and directing the attack on Hezbollah guerrillas."

I guess this means he's gunna make a mess on the way out.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It’s lookin’ that way. But he just may need time to be convinced...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

The number of Iraqi civilians killed in April dropped by some 20 percent to 1,501, while the number of detainees decreased by about half, according to figures compiled Tuesday from government ministries.

The death toll for Iraqi soldiers, however, rose sharply in the second full month of a US-Iraqi crackdown in Baghdad, to 63, compared with 44 in March. The number of wounded soldiers more than doubled to 108.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178020744353&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Horatio Bunce

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Don’t quite understand that...