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Posted on 07/01/2007 2:42:24 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Thanks to a Special Emailer for pointing to this article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/03/terror/main3010835.shtml
“Two Men Linked To Both U.K. Plots
Sources Tell CBS News Suspects Recruited By Leader Of Al Qaeda’s Iraq Branch”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CBS/AP) British authorities investigating the fast-moving U.K. terror plot now suspect that Iraqi-born doctor Bilal Abdulla and Lebanese-born Khaled Ahmed, the two men who tried to bomb Glasgow International Airport, also attempted the two London car bombings a day earlier, CBS News has learned.
British intelligence services also believe that the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow bear the fingerprints of al Qaeda in Iraq.
Intelligence sources tell CBS News that the people behind the attempts were directly recruited by Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the present leader of the terror group’s Iraq franchise.
Sources say that al-Muhajir recruited people for the plot between 2004 and 2005, while they were living in the Middle East, upon orders from then-al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Al-Muhajir was told to recruit young men who could easily move into Western countries, assimilate and lay low until the time came to attack. Britain has a fast-track visa program for medical students which makes it easier for them to enter the country.
The belief that this small cell of militants was recruited purposely by a major terror organization for their specific qualifications differentiates the group from the cell of “homegrown” attackers who were behind the bloody July 7, 2005 attack that left 52 people dead on London’s transport network. “
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http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=masri
Wanted
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Up to $1 Million Reward
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, aka Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, is the last remaining original member of the Mujahidin Shura Council in Iraq, and remains a central figure in al-Qa’ida in Iraq. Al-Masri is an Egyptian national who served as Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi’s senior operational coordinator and arranged the first meetings between Ansar-al-Islam commander Umar Baziyani and al-Zarqawi.
Al-Masri has conspired with al-Zarqawi and al-Qa’ida in Iraq to launch terrorist attacks against U.S. personnel and property in Iraq, to include constructing and supplying vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) used in suicide attacks and providing safe houses for insurgents. It is likely al-Masri was involved in the construction of the VBIEDs that were used in the al-Zarqawi network attacks on the U.N. Headquarters, Jordanian Embassy, Ashura and Arba’een commemoration bombings, and the Assassin Gate attack on the Coalition Provisional Authority.
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/09/29/al_qaeda_in_iraq_beckons_nuclear_scientists/
Al Qaeda in Iraq beckons nuclear scientists
Also calls for kidnappings of Westerners
By David Rising, Associated Press | September 29, 2006
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BAGHDAD — Al Qaeda in Iraq’s leader, in an audiotape released yesterday, called for nuclear scientists to join his group’s holy war and urged insurgents to kidnap Westerners so they could be traded for a blind Egyptian sheik who is serving a life sentence in a US prison.
The speaker, who identified himself as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir — also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also said that more than 4,000 foreign militants have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. It was the first known statement from the insurgents about their death toll.
The fugitive terrorist chief said experts in the fields of ``chemistry, physics, electronics, media and all other sciences — especially nuclear scientists and explosives experts” should join his group’s jihad, or holy war, against the West.
“We are in dire need of you,” said the speaker. ``The field of jihad can satisfy your scientific ambitions, and the large American bases [in Iraq] are good places to test your unconventional weapons, whether biological or dirty, as they call them.”
The 20-minute audio was posted to a website that frequently airs Al Qaeda messages. The voice could not be independently identified, but it was thought to be Masri. He is believed to have succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who died in a US airstrike north of Baghdad in June, as head of the Al Qaeda-linked organization. . . .
Yep and thank you callmejoe.
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“FBI.GOV - SEEKING INFORMATION
Aafia Siddiqui”
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blog:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/07/03/the-jihad-doctor-everyones-forgotten/
“The jihad doctor everyone’s forgotten; outbreak of jihadi violence in Pakistan”
By Michelle Malkin • July 3, 2007 08:12 AM
This is for you hip-hop lurkers.
A blessed Independence Day to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-t6tcBji4
“I’m American by Stuck Mojo”
(Added June 29, 2007)
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_brazil.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Wed Jul 04 2007 03:50:48 GMT-0700.
BRAZIL
July 3, 2007
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Earthquake: Iran
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007ejax.php
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Earthquake: Russia
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007ejaj.php
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Wed Jul 04 2007 04:24:42 GMT-0700.
Worldwide Caution
April 10, 2007
This Public Announcement updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests overseas. This supersedes the Worldwide Caution dated October 11, 2006 and expires on October 9, 2007.
The Department of State remains concerned about the continued threat of terrorist attacks, demonstrations and other violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests overseas. Current information suggests that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests in multiple regions, including Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. These attacks may employ a wide variety of tactics to include assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and bombings.
Ongoing events in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East have resulted in demonstrations and associated violence in several countries. Americans are reminded that demonstrations and rioting can occur with little or no warning.
In August 2006, British authorities arrested a significant number of extremists engaged in a plot to destroy multiple passenger aircraft flying from the United Kingdom to the United States. The September 2006 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Syria and the March 2006 bombing near the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan illustrate the continuing desire of extremists to strike American targets.
Extremists may elect to use conventional or non-conventional weapons, and target both official and private interests. The bomb attacks targeting buses carrying foreign workers in March 2007 and December 2006 in Algeria, a series of bombings in Thailand in May and September 2006 that targeted commercial and tourist destinations in the far south, and the bombings in the the Egyptian resort town of Dahab in April 2006 all illustrate how terrorists exploit vulnerabilities associated with soft targets. Additional examples of such targets include high-profile sporting events, residential areas, business offices, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, schools, public areas and locales where Americans gather in large numbers, including during holidays. Financial or economic targets of value may also be considered as possible venues; the vehicle-based suicide attack on an oil facility near Mukalla and Marib in Yemen in September 2006 and the failed attack on the Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia in late February 2006 are such examples.
In the wake of the August 2006 plot against aircraft in London, numerous terrorist attacks on trains in India in 2006, the July 2005 London Underground bombings, and the March 2004 train attacks in Madrid, Americans are reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems. In addition, extremists may also select aviation and maritime services as possible targets.
U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance, be aware of local events, and take the appropriate steps to bolster their personal security. For additional information, please refer to “A Safe Trip Abroad” found at http://travel.state.gov .
U.S. Government facilities worldwide remain at a heightened state of alert. These facilities may temporarily close or periodically suspend public services to assess their security posture. In those instances, U.S. embassies and consulates will make every effort to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens. Americans abroad are urged to monitor the local news and maintain contact with the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.
As the Department continues to develop information on any potential security threats to U.S. citizens overseas, it shares credible threat information through its Consular Information Program documents, available on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov . In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the U.S. or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444.
Thanks to a Special Freepmailer for pointing to this article:
“Qaeda vid of burning Capitol stirs terror fears”
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Thursday, June 14th 2007, 4:00 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Terror expert Evan Kohlmann was skeptical that the imagery of the Capitol in flames means anything more than Al Qaeda boasting that “they can reach us anywhere, any time.””
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“Pledge of Allegiance (analysis by Red Skelton)”
7/4/7 | Red Skelton
Posted on 07/04/2007 4:18:54 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
http://www.truthusa.com/IndependenceDay.html
I’m going to the National’s game shortly—starts at noon. I will be going there on the Metro rail... have to transfer at one of the busier stations. I will report back on any noticeable increases in security.
I had forgotten that the National Anthem was written only a little more than two weeks after the destruction of Washington DC in the War of 1812. The Capitol was burned to the ground on August 25, 1814. Key wrote the Anthem September 13-14, 1814 during the siege of Ft. McHenry down the road in Baltimore Harbor.
Context is everything.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0194015.html
The Star-Spangled Banner
—Francis Scott Key, 1814
O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen thro’ the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation;
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land
Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Thanks, stay safe!!!
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070704/kyodo/d8q5o9b00.html
Wednesday July 4, 7:28 PM
N. Korea agrees to supply 4 mini-submarines to Iran: source
(Kyodo)
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North Korea has agreed to supply four mini-submarines to Iran by mid-July, raising the level of alert in neighboring countries, a diplomatic source said Wednesday.
The agreement was reached when North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Yong Il made a visit to Iran in May, the source familiar with relations between Tehran and Pyongyang told Kyodo News. . .
“During the visit of Kim Yong Il in Iran, it was agreed that North Korea would deliver 4 mini-submarines to Iran within the next two months, not later than July 15 this year,” the source said.
The source raised concerns that Iran may mobilize the North Korean-made submarines near the Strait of Hormuz and may pose threats to naval vessels deployed by the United States. . .
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