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Posted on 01/02/2008 8:53:38 PM PST by nwctwx
Thank you for the heads up on the email, MamaDearest.
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48612
Coalition Forces Detain 6 in Northern Iraq
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2008 – Coalition forces detained six suspects today during operations targeting al Qaeda networks in northern Iraq, officials reported.
During an operation in Mosul, coalition forces captured a wanted individual believed to be involved in the al Qaeda network operating in northwestern Iraq. The wanted individual reportedly is associated with a senior leader involved in foreign-terrorist facilitation and connected to a group of terrorists responsible for roadside-bomb attacks. Three other suspected terrorists were detained during the operation.
Coalition forces detained another two suspected terrorists during an operation in Hawija targeting an al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader believed to be operating in the area.
“Iraqi and coalition forces are degrading al Qaeda networks across Iraq,” said Army Maj. Winfield Danielson, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “As these terrorists attempt to move their operations to new areas, we will find them, drive them out of their hiding places and bring them to justice.”
Also today, Multinational Division North soldiers began Operation Iron Harvest to pursue al Qaeda in Iraq and extremist elements from the region. The operation, which looks to expand on the successes of Operation Iron Reaper, also focuses on disrupting funding sources and car-bomb networks and denying enemy safe havens in northern Iraq.
“We are pressuring al Qaeda wherever they go,” said Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, commander of coalition forces in the north. “Working together, Iraqi and coalition forces will rid the north of extremist violence and will pave the way for a secure and safe northern Iraq.”
Operation Iron Harvest is a part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, an overarching operation to defeat extremism throughout Iraq.
Iron Harvest operations began with the 2nd Infantry Division’s 4th Stryker Brigade and 5th Iraqi Army Division clearing Diyala province of enemy fighters to end insurgent attacks. Operations now are concentrated in Muqdadiyah, officials said.
In other Iraq news, Iraqi special operations forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces soldiers, detained a known extremist cell leader and three additional suspected extremists Jan. 7 in the Zafaraniyah and Diyala areas of Baghdad.
The known extremist is said to lead a cell believed to be behind numerous roadside-bomb and indirect-fire attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces, as well as a wide range of criminal activities including kidnapping and murder, officials said. The extremists also are reported to have threatened government and political figures.
On Jan. 6, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets dropped two 500-pound bombs, destroying an al Qaeda in Iraq safe house used to make and store improvised explosive devices near Busayefi.
After the structure was destroyed, Multinational Division Center soldiers conducting a site survey found IED-making materials. The remnants of the IED-making materials found in the rubble included a 122 mm projectile, a 120 mm mortar round, three 57 mm projectile rounds primed with detonation cord, 50 large-caliber machine-gun rounds, three spools of copper wire, two crush wire strips, 30 meters of command wire, three bundles of detonation cord and a video camera.
Elsewhere, coalition force events in support of Operation Marne Thunderbolt continued to reduce the ability of al Qaeda in Iraq operating in areas south of Baghdad on Jan. 5 and 6.
On the morning of Jan. 6, a structure rigged with explosives was reported to soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division’s 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, currently attached to the division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team. A U.S. Air Force F-16 air strike destroyed the structure with a 500-pound GBU-38 bomb.
Later the same day, an air weapons team from 3rd Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade saw a group of haystacks with an opening leading to an underground tunnel used by extremists. The helicopter crews destroyed the tunnel, making the tunnel system inoperable.
During operations Jan. 5, coalition forces and concerned local citizens found multiple weapons caches and IEDs.
In other developments, a terrorist killed during an operation in Mosul on Dec. 25 has been positively identified as Haydar al-Afri. Also known as Imad Abd al-Karim, he was a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader for the western region of Mosul, and a close associate of several terrorist senior leaders in northern Iraq. Officials said he was involved in facilitating resources and planning attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces.
“This was a dangerous terrorist who is no longer part of the al Qaeda in Iraq network,” Danielson said. “We will continue to relentlessly pursue terrorist leaders who try to deny the Iraqi people a future of their choice.”
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48613
“New U.S. Offensive Targets al Qaeda in Northern Iraq”
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2008
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By Jay Fraser on January 8, 2008 at 7:53 AM | Permalink
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http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp759.htm
January 9, 2008
HP-759
Treasury Designates Individuals, Entity Fueling Iraqi Insurgency
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four individuals and one entity under Executive Order 13438 for threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and the Government of Iraq. The individuals and entity designated today commit, direct, support, or pose a significant risk of committing acts of violence against Iraqi citizens, Iraqi government officials, and Coalition Forces.
“Iran and Syria are fueling violence and destruction in Iraq. Iran trains, funds, and provides weapons to violent Shia extremist groups, while Syria provides safe-haven to Sunni insurgents and financiers,” said Stuart Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. “Today’s action brings to light the lethal actions of these individuals, and we call on the international community to stand with us in isolating them from the global economy.”
By committing, directing, and supporting violent attacks in Iraq, these extremists threaten peace and stability and undermine efforts to promote economic reconstruction in Iraq.
Today’s action follows President Bush’s issuance of E.O. 13438 on July 17, 2007, which targets insurgent and militia groups and their support. Designations under E.O. 13438 are administered by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and prohibit all transactions between the designees and any U.S. person and freeze any assets the designees may have under U.S. jurisdiction.
Identifying Information
AHMED FORUZANDEH
AKAs: Ahmad Foruzandeh
Ahmad Fruzandah
Ahmad Fayruzi
Jafari
Ahmad Foroozandeh
Abu Shahab
Abu Ahmad Ishab
Title: Brigadier General, Commanding Officer of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) Ramazan Corps
Former Title: Deputy Commander of the Ramazan Headquarters and Chief of Staff of the Iraq Crisis Staff
POB: Kermanshah, Iran
DOB: Circa 1958-1963
Alt. DOB: 1957
Alt. DOB: Circa 1955
Education: Husayni Political University
Location: Qods Force Central Headquarters in the former U.S. Embassy Compound in Tehran, Iran
Iran-based Ahmed Foruzandeh, a Brigadier General in the IRGC-QF, leads terrorist operations against Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces, and directs assassinations of Iraqi figures. The Qods Force, designated under E.O. 13224 for providing material support to terrorists, is the regime’s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists and Islamic militants to advance Iranian national interests. The Qods Force provides training, weapons, and financial support to surrogate groups and terrorist organizations including: Lebanese Hizballah; Palestinian terrorists; Iraqi Shia militant groups; the Taliban and Islamic militants in Afghanistan, the Balkans and elsewhere. The Qods Force plays a central – yet often hidden – role in security interests, including Iraq and Afghanistan. Qods Force officers often use various cover mechanisms – including diplomatic, non-governmental organization, humanitarian, and media – for conducting operational activity, belying their military affiliation.
As of mid-February 2007, Foruzandeh ordered his Iranian intelligence officers to continue targeting Shia and Sunnis to further sectarian violence within Iraq. Foruzandeh is also responsible for planning training courses in Iran for Iraqi militias, including Sayyid al-Shuhada and Iraqi Hizballah, to increase their ability to combat Coalition Forces. The training includes courses in guerilla warfare, light arms, marksmanship, planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and firing anti-aircraft missiles.
Foruzandeh and his subordinates provide financial and material support for acts of violence against Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces. In early-April 2007, Foruzandeh provided $25,000 USD to help fund military operations against Coalition Forces in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq. Foruzandeh provided the funds to two men claiming to be members of a Sunni terrorist organization in Iraq, promising the men additional funds if they would deliver videos of attacks against Coalition Forces. Foruzandeh also offered to deliver weapons to the border, if the two men could transport the weapons into Iraq in order to fight Coalition Forces. Previously, in August 2004, Foruzandeh drove explosives and associated materials into Iraq from Iran for use in suicide bombings.
In addition to providing financial and material support for attacks against Coalition Forces, Foruzandeh supplied a certain Shia militia group with a target for execution. On July 25, 2005, Foruzandeh held a meeting with representatives of Iraqi Hizballah and other Shia militia groups, calling upon them to continue liquidating all enemies of the Islamic revolution, including security and intelligence personnel, tribal chiefs, and religious clerics.
ABU MUSTAFA AL-SHEIBANI
AKAs: Hameid Thajeil Wareij Al-Attabi
Hamid Al-Shaybani
Abu Mustafa Al-Shebani
Abu Mustafa Al-Shaybani
Mustafa Al-Sheibani
Hamid Thajil
Hamid Thajeel Al-Sheibani
DOB: Circa 1960
Alt. DOB: 1959
POB: Nasiriyah, Iraq
Citizenship: Iranian
All Citizenship: Iraqi
Location: Tehran, Iran
Iran-based Abu Mustafa Al-Sheibani leads a network of Shia extremists that commit and provide logistical and material support for acts of violence that threaten the peace and stability of Iraq and the Government of Iraq. Al-Sheibani’s Iran-sponsored network was created to affect the Iraqi political process in Iran’s favor. The network’s first objective is to fight U.S. forces, attacking convoys and killing soldiers. Its second objective is to eliminate Iraqi politicians opposed to Iran’s influence. Elements of the IRGC were also sending funds and weapons to Al-Sheibani’s network.
Al-Sheibani’s network – consisting of several hundred members – conducted IED attacks against Americans in the Baghdad region. As of March 2007, Al-Sheibani, known to transport Katyusha rockets to be used for attacks against Coalition Forces, launched rockets against Americans and made videos of the attacks to get money from Iran. As of April 2007, a member of Al-Sheibani’s network supervised the transport of money and explosives from Iran for eventual arrival in Baghdad. In early-May 2007, Al-Sheibani’s network assisted members of a Shia militia group by transporting them to Iran for training and providing them with weapons for their activities in Iraq.
Additionally, Al-Sheibani commands several pro-Iranian insurgent groups in southern Iraq that work to destabilize Iraq and sabotage Coalition efforts. These groups use a variety of weapons, to include mortars, Katyusha rockets, and anti-tank landmines. Ordered by IRGC headquarters to create disorder, the task of these groups is to attack bases of Coalition Forces in southern Iraq, particularly British forces.
In an effort to cause instability in Iraq, Al-Sheibani and his network targeted Iraqi government officials. Al-Sheibani conducted attacks against the Iraqi Police Chief of Najaf, Iraq, and the Iraqi Deputy Governor in Jajaf, Iraq. Al-Sheibani’s network also killed Muhammad al-Friji, a colonel in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior.
ISMA’IL HAFIZ AL LAMI (ABU DURA)
AKAs: Abu Dura
Abu Diri
Abu Dar’a
Abu Haydar
Ismail Hafeth Izajawi
Ismail al-Lami
Isma’il Hafith Abid `Ali al-Lami
Ismai’il Hafuz al-Zargawi
DOB: Circa 1957
POB: Baghdad, Iraq
Citizenship: Iraq
Location 1: Iran
Location 2: Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq
As of 2007, Iran-based Shia extremist Abu Dura and his group were actively targeting Iraqi government officials, Sunni community leaders, and anyone who cooperated with Coalition Forces. In a brazen daylight attack, Abu Dura and his group kidnapped employees from the Ministry of Higher Education in November 2006. Sunni hostages were then singled out, tortured, and killed by men under Abu Dura’s control. Abu Dura was also responsible for the July 2006, kidnapping of Taysir Najih Awad al-Mashadani, a Sunni member of the Iraqi Parliament. He also planned to kidnap Sunni Iraqi politician Adnan al-Dulaymi and planned a mortar attack against the residence of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi.
Abu Dura also directs acts of violence against Iraqi civilians. Abu Dura uses members of a Baghdad-based Shia militia to gather information on potential targets. Abu Dura then uses this information to plan and coordinate potential kidnapping and assassination operations. In July 2006, men under Abu Dura’s control routinely executed Iraqi citizens in Sadr City, Baghdad.
In addition to directing acts of violence against Iraqi government officials and citizens, Abu Dura supported acts of violence against U.S. and Coalition Forces. In July 2006, men under Abu Dura’s control attacked a U.S. forces patrol in Sadr City, Baghdad. The purpose of the attack was to kidnap U.S. soldiers and use them as a tool to make U.S. forces leave Iraq. After fleeing to Iran to avoid capture by Coalition Forces, Abu Dura continued to direct attacks in Iraq against Coalition Forces and Sunnis in Iraq during early-2007. Abu Dura maintained contact with proxies in Iraq who carried out those attacks.
MISH’AN RAKIN THAMIN AL-JABURI
AKAs Mushan al-Jaburi
Meshaan al-Juburi
Mishan Jibouri
Mishan al-Jabouri
Mashaan Aljabouri
Mashaan Jabouri
Mash’an el-Jburi
Mish’an al-Juburi
Mush’an al-Jiburi
Mashan Juburi
Mishan al-Jabburi
Meshan Thamin al Jabouri
Mishan Riqardh Damin al Jabouri
Mishaan al-Jubouri
Mashaan Rakadh Dhamin Al Jabbury
Misham Al Jaburi
Mish’an Rakkad Damin al-Jabburi
Nationality: Iraq
Citizenship: Syrian
DOB: 1 August 1957
POB: Ninwa, Iraq
Passport number: 01374026
Location 1: Latakia, Syria
Location 2: Damascus, Syria
Syria-based Mish’an Al-Jaburi provides financial, material, and technical support for acts of violence that threaten the peace and stability of Iraq. In February 2006, Al-Jaburi was expelled from the New Iraqi Parliament and fled Iraq to Syria for embezzling government funds and supporting Iraq-based insurgents. Al-Jaburi also owns Syria-based Al-Zawra, a television station that considers itself to be part of the fight against the U.S. In one instance, Al-Jaburi agreed to broadcast open-coded messages through patriotic songs to the Sunni terrorist group Islamic Army of Iraq. Additionally, Al-Jaburi utilized his nephew, Hasib Ismail Dandan, to provide storage sites for weapons, funds, and footage transiting in and out of Iraq.
Despite being publicly critical of al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI), Al-Jaburi is reported to have provided financial support and services to AQI. Al-Jaburi worked with an AQI jihadist umbrella organization, the Mujahadin Shura Council, to fund Sunni extremist operations. Additionally, Al-Jaburi’s television station broadcast recruitment videos for AQI’s Abu Bakr Al-Sadiq Al Salafi Battalion.
AL-ZAWRA TELEVISION STATION
AKAs Alzawraa TV
Al-Zawraa TV
El-Zawra satellite station
Zorah Channel
Al Zoura TV station
Al-Zawara satellite television station
Al Zawrah Television
Zawrah TV station
Al Zaoura network
Location: Syria
Syria-based Al-Zawra television station is owned and controlled by Mish’an Al-Jaburi. Publicly stating that he owns Al-Zawra and that “no one” outside his family controlled its content, Al-Jaburi privately agreed to broadcast open-coded messages through patriotic songs to the Sunni terrorist group the Islamic Army of Iraq. Al-Zawra, which has received financing from Al-Qa’ida, is also used as a venue to broadcast graphic videos of attacks against U.S. forces. Additionally, Al-Zawra broadcast recruitment videos for AQI’s Abu Bakr Al-Sadiq Al-Salafi Battalion. In November 2006, Al-Zawra’s Iraq office was closed by the Government of Iraq for airing programs inciting violence.
In addition to the reasons for which Al-Zawra is being designated, it is a pro-insurgency station that broadcasts graphic videos of insurgent attacks against U.S. forces, advocates violence against Shia, and calls upon Iraqis to unite and take up arms against Coalition Forces.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/mideast/trip2008/index.html
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080109-1.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 9, 2008
“President Bush Arrives in Jerusalem”
Ben Gurion International Airport
Tel Aviv, Israel
White House News
Photos
Middle East Trip
12:23 P.M. (Local)
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019507.php
(INDIAN MUSLIMS.info)
January 9, 2008
“Islamic Jihad says it fired missiles in retaliation for Bush’s tour”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951108/posts
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US-CERT.GOV
http://www.us-cert.gov
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QUOTE:
http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#new_iphone_trojan_spreading
New iPhone Trojan Spreading
added January 9, 2008 at 10:10 am
US-CERT has received reports of a new Trojan horse program that affects the Apple iPhone. This Trojan claims to be a tool used to prepare the device for an upgrade to firmware version 1.1.3. When a user installs the Trojan, other application components are altered. If the Trojan is uninstalled, the affected applications may also be removed.
US-CERT strongly encourages users to install updates and application software only from trusted sources.
Ohio man leads chase - makes threat
An Ohio man led police on a 20-mile chase in two states who, when police finally caught up to him in a cornfield, claimed to have a bomb strapped to his body, authorities said.
Yousef Abdel Adhami, 38, of Youngstown, was arraigned today on charges of fleeing and eluding police and threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction. Authorities said they found no explosives on him or in his car.
Police in Hubbard Township, Ohio, began chasing Adhami Monday night after they said he was driving 69 mph in a 35 mph zone. Pennsylvania State Police joined the chase and followed Adhami for about eight miles before he drove into a cornfield.
As police were preparing to arrest him, Adhami claimed to have a bomb on his body that he would detonate, said state police Cpl. Douglas Maxwell.
Thank you for this post, MamaDearest.
Thanks for the flight school info.
I am sitting in LAX right now and security is unusually tight. There was a checkpoint outside with random vehicle inspections and TSA took extra time looking at the bags. Haven’t seen security like this since the day they banned liquids. Luckily I pulled a 1st class upgrade and didn’t get stuck in a very long line. Got to use the “special” security line for once.
Heading back to O’Hare but won’t arrive until nearly midnight so I won’t be able to see if things are tight there too. Not much goes on at that hour.
Some of the harshest persecution endured by Christians is likely to take place this year in states where Christianity is illegal - North Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Exploding some myths about Clintons' rule
Snippets:
......This may be why Hillary has received more donations from arms companies than any other. Because at last she might bring the change that’s needed, and be a president prepared to take care of the impoverished arms companies.
But her main experience as “First Lady” involved her plan to provide health care. After eight years in the job there was no plan, because the health companies objected it would dent their profits, and less people had health care than before.
Under their rule, the poor became poorer while the rich became super-rich. Hope for America lies not with Hillary, or Obama.........
I’m glad security is upd and I wish you a peaceful flight, Right Handed Writer.
Thank you MamaDearest.
The persecution of Christians seems to have jumped up globally this past year without hardly a whimper by the main stream media.
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PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
Glad you’re back jer33 3.
I guess you don’t want me to send you some of our snow.
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OPINION:
It is hard to be a missionary and/or in a care ministry in Russia today.
I suppose the Nashis’ prefer it that way.
If the Nashis like it; I guess Putin likes it that way.
And as we all know, Putin, like the Saudis, are our friends.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951163/posts
“Earthquake off the Oregon Coast”
National Earthquake Center ^
Posted on 01/09/2008 5:54:42 PM PST by silentknight
6.4 Earthquake off the Oregon Coast. West/Southwest of Portland.
As is Ahmadinejab according to certain university personnel.
Turkey - Judge releases minor who threatened Pastor
ISTANBUL, January 8 (Compass Direct News) – A Turkish judge in the Black Sea coastal city of Samsun on Sunday (January 6) set free a minor who confessed to making telephone death threats against a pastor and his church, a day after authorities arrested the youth.
Judge Sinan Sonmez of Samsun’s First Minor Petty Offenses Court ruled that 17-year-old Semih Seymen be set free “because of his youth.” The teenager had been detained the previous night in his hometown of Ordu, 90 miles from Samsun.
Thanks Mama Dearest for that post.
I sent that article around.
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