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“BREAKING: Shooting reported on NIU campus”
Chicago Tribune ^ | 2/14/08 | Chicago Tribune
Posted on 02/14/2008 1:38:07 PM PST by JennysCool
Thanks for that update bd476.
More details:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970469/posts
“The Terrorist Group Renaming Program”
Captain’s Quarters ^ | Feb. 14, 2008 | Ed Morrissey
Posted on 02/14/2008 1:13:29 PM PST by jdm
www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/jihad16chap7.html
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019951.php
(DAILY MAIL.co.uk)
February 14, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The analysts soon established that the sweet treat was covered in faeces and legal proceedings against the shop owners were started.
Shop owners Saeed Hasmi, 25, and Jan Yadgari, 23, were fined £1,500 for selling food unfit for human consumption.
The pair - who ran the Italiano Pizzeria in Roath, Cardiff - admitted the charge but did not say how the chocolate cake was contaminated.
The takeaway is a favourite with late-night revellers and students living around the takeaway close to Cardiff University. [...]
Hasmi and Yadgari at first denied the charge but pleaded guilty at Cardiff magistrates court before the trial.
Hasmi, of Roath, Cardiff, and Yadgari, of Adamsdown, Cardiff, were each fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £200 costs.”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019952.php
February 14, 2008
“Jihadists rage against Cupid”
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blog:
http://www.snappedshot.com/archives/1651-Happy-Valentines-Day.html
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“happy valentine’s day”
Brian C. Ledbetter · Thursday, February 14. 2008 10:27
blog:
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003981.html
February 14, 2008
“Saudi Arabia: Muslim Courts Sentence ‘Witch’ To Death”
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To: All
EVERYONE PLEASE READ THIS. Thank you. -Cindy
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202742154446&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Feb 14, 2008 9:54 | Updated Feb 15, 2008 0:53
“Jews worldwide urged to be on their guard after assassination”
By YAAKOV KATZ AND MARK WEISS
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “More than 50 Hizbullah terror cells believed to be spread across the globe could be activated and used to strike at Israeli or Jewish targets in retaliation for Tuesday’s assassination of Hizbullah arch-terrorist and operations officer Imad Mughniyeh in Syria, a senior defense official said Thursday.
As Hassan Nasrallah vowed “open war” to avenge Mughniyeh’s death, the Israeli Counterterrorism Bureau issued a travel advisory on Thursday that made plain the seriousness with which it is taking the Hizbullah leader’s threats. But Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said “Israel is a strong country” and that there was no need to panic.
FBI anti-terror units raised their alerts for fear of attacks on synagogues and other Jewish targets.
Sources in the US administration reiterated that there were no specific warnings of a terrorist attack; nonetheless, an FBI source said that the raised alertness of the Anti-Terrorism Unit, which operates in about 100 cities around the US, is not a routine step.”
307 posted on 02/14/2008 4:12:25 PM PST by Cindy
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_922.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Thu Feb 14 2008 16:15:43 GMT-0800 (PST).
ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA
July 13, 2007
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080214-1.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 14, 2008
President Bush Discusses Protect America Act
South Lawn
Fact Sheet: Congress Must Act Now To Ensure That We Have The Tools To Keep America Safe
In Focus: Defense
1:00 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. This Saturday at midnight, legislation authorizing intelligence professionals to quickly and effectively monitor terrorist communications will expire. If Congress does not act by that time, our ability to find out who the terrorists are talking to, what they are saying, and what they are planning will be compromised. It would be a mistake if the Congress were to allow this to happen.
Members of Congress knew all along that this deadline was approaching. They said it themselves. They’ve had more than six months to discuss and deliberate. And now they must act, and pass legislation that will ensure our intelligence professionals have the tools they need to keep us safe.
Earlier this week the Senate did act, and passed a strong bill, and did so with a bipartisan majority. The Senate bill will ensure that we can effectively monitor those seeking to harm our people. The Senate bill will provide fair and just liability protection for companies that assisted in the efforts to protect America after the attacks of September the 11th. Without this protection, without this liability shield, we may not be able to secure the private sector’s cooperation with our intelligence efforts. And that, of course, would put the American people at risk.
Now it’s the House’s turn to act. It is clear that the Senate bill would pass the House with bipartisan support. Republicans and Democrats in the Senate can put partisanship aside, and pass a good bill. There’s no reason why the House cannot do the same, and pass the Senate bill immediately.
Our government has no greater responsibility than getting this work done, and there really is no excuse for letting this critical legislation expire. I urge congressional leaders to let the will of the House and the American people prevail, and vote on the Senate bill before adjourning for their recess. Failure to act would harm our ability to monitor new terrorist activities, and could reopen dangerous gaps in our intelligence. Failure to act would also make the private sector less willing to help us protect the country, and this is unacceptable. The House should not leave Washington without passing the Senate bill.
I am scheduled to leave tomorrow for a long-planned trip to five African nations. Moments ago, my staff informed the House leadership that I’m prepared to delay my departure, and stay in Washington with them, if it will help them complete their work on this critical bill.
The lives of countless Americans depend on our ability to monitor terrorist communications. Our intelligence professionals are working day and night to keep us safe, and they’re waiting to see whether Congress will give them the tools they need to succeed or tie their hands by failing to act. The American people are watching this debate, as well. They expect Congress to meet its responsibilities before they leave town on a recess.
I’ll answer a few questions. Ben, if you’ve got a question, I’ll be prepared to answer.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. It appears with that deadline approaching, that the House and the White House might be seen as being engaged in a game of chicken here, playing politics with an important intelligence law. If the law expires, and something happens, wouldn’t you be at least partly to blame? And on your Africa trip, if you have to delay, do you think that you would be shortening your trip at all?
THE PRESIDENT: As to the latter, the delay depends on whether the House acts, of course, and they got plenty of time to get this done. But if we have to delay, we’ll delay. But I’m going to go to the countries that I said I’d go to.
And to the first case, whether or not this is politics, I certainly hope not. I can assure you al Qaeda in their planning isn’t thinking about politics. They’re thinking about hurting the American people again.
Who’s to blame? Look, these folks in Congress passed a good bill last — late last summer. In other words, they analyzed the situation, they said there’s a threat, and they agreed to give our professionals the tools they needed to do the job. The problem is they let the bill expire.
My attitude is, if the bill was good enough then, why not pass the bill again? I mean, the threat hasn’t gone away. Secondly, they’ve had plenty of time to think about how to address the issue. Thirdly, the Senate led the way; the Senate showed how to pass a good bill, with a bipartisan majority. And the truth of the matter is, if there was a willingness to get this problem solved, all the leadership would have to do is submit the Senate bill for a vote.
So we’ll see what happens. My attitude is, now is the time to get the job done. There’s been plenty of time to think about it, plenty of time to debate it, and there’s a good way forward. And hopefully the House leadership will put this bill for a vote and let the members vote as they so desire.
Mike.
Q Mr. President, I realize this is a sensitive matter, but I’m wondering if there’s a way you can spell out for the American public what the practical impact may be, if this law expires, on our intelligence professionals, say, next week.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I hope it doesn’t. But clearly, there will be a gap. And of course, we won’t be able to assess that gap until the time. Step one is, I guess you got to come to the conclusion that there’s a threat to America, or not a threat. And evidently some people just don’t feel that sense of urgency. I do. And the reason I do is I firmly believe that there’s still people out there who would do us harm.
Secondly, I know that the tools that I’ve just described are necessary to protect us. Why? Because we need to know what people are saying, what they’re planning and what they’re thinking. And the tool that I have just described has been very effective.
Thirdly, people are wondering why companies need liability protection. Well, if you cooperate with the government and then get sued for billions of dollars because of the cooperation, you’re less likely to cooperate. And obviously we’re going to need people working with us to find out what the enemy is saying and thinking and plotting and planning.
And so it’s a — to me it’s a — I guess one way to look at it is, some may not feel that same sense of urgency I do. I heard somebody say, well, this is just pure politics. No, this is what is necessary to protect the American people from harm. And I recognize there hasn’t been an attack on our country, but that does not mean that there’s not still an enemy that lurks, plans and plots.
And one of the reason we’ve been effective is because we put new tools in place that give our professionals that which is necessary to protect us. This is a different kind of threat than we’ve ever faced before, it’s a different kind of war that we’re fighting, and it requires a different approach.
Again, I’ll repeat to you that the Congress took a look at this issue and decided that the tools were necessary to give to our professionals last — late last summer. And if it was necessary late last summer, why is it not necessary today? What has changed? Well, the threat hasn’t gone away. It’s still there, it’s still real, and we better be worried about it as a nation. And the House has now got time to go out and get the deal done.
Yesterday — a couple of days — votes ago in the Senate made it abundantly clear that Republicans and Democrats can come together and put a good piece of legislation together and get it passed. And the House leadership has an opportunity to do that now.
Listen, thank you all very much.
END 1:10 P.M. EST
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=306_1203002896
“UAV Predator Airstrike On IED Insurgent Implacement Team - Iraq”
(Added February 14, 2008)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48966
Coalition Forces Disrupt Taliban Networks
American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2008 – Several armed insurgents were killed and nine armed individuals were detained during two separate coalition forces operations yesterday to disrupt Taliban command and control networks.
Coalition forces conducted an operation in the Tarin Kowt district of Oruzgan province targeting a Taliban leader responsible for conducting anti-government activities in the area, and a group of insurgents on motorcycles associated with him. Aerial-delivered conventional munitions destroyed the motorcycles and killed a number of insurgents.
In a follow-on assessment, coalition forces searched compounds in the district targeting the Oruzgan-based Taliban leader and his associates hiding in the area. A number of armed insurgents were killed with small-arms fire while coalition forces searched the compound. Several AK-47 assault rifles, ammunition vests and grenades were recovered and removed to prevent their use by enemy forces.
Coalition forces found and detained three armed individuals during their search. The detained individuals will be questioned on their involvement in Taliban operations as well as other illegal activities, officials said.
As a precautionary measure, coalition forces temporarily delayed a vehicle headed toward the area to protect the occupants from hostilities. The vehicle and occupants were released without incident after the operation.
Afghan and coalition forces also searched compounds for a Taliban leader with links to foreign-fighter facilitators in the Qalat district of Zabul province.
Afghan and coalition forces found and detained six individuals, including one identified as the targeted Taliban leader, during the operation.
“Coalition forces’ continued degradation of insurgent networks is paving the way for the Afghan people to chart the future course of their country,” said Army Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman, a coalition forces spokeswoman.
(From a Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release.)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48968
Coalition Forces in Iraq Kill 7 Terrorists, Detain 16
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2008 – Coalition forces killed seven terrorists and detained 16 suspects yesterday and today during operations to disrupt al Qaeda networks in central and northern Iraq, military officials said.
During a series of operations south of Sharqat yesterday and early this morning, coalition forces targeted an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq leader for the Salahuddin province. The targeted suspect allegedly is responsible for the equipping, financing and planning of al Qaeda operations in northern Iraq and is associated with senior level al Qaeda members operating inside and outside the country.
As coalition forces arrived at one of the target locations, multiple armed personnel moved into position against them. Two armed terrorists fired at coalition forces, who killedthe terrorists. A supporting aircraft was called to engage the remaining threat, killing an additional four terrorists. During the engagement, one civilian was wounded, treated on site and transported to a military medical facility for further care.
As the ground troops cleared the area, they found various weapons and ammunition in and around the target buildings. Coalition forces detained 15 suspected terrorists during the series of operations.
Yesterday and today in Baghdad, coalition forces captured an alleged associate of the al Qaeda in Iraq network in Karkh, which is responsible for improvised-explosive-device and car-bomb attacks in the area. Reports indicate the suspect also is associated with an al Qaeda media and propaganda network in the city, including a suspect detained Feb. 8 for his involvement in media operations.
In southeastern Mosul yesterday, coalition forces targeted an alleged associate of al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders operating in the area, including a senior-level foreign-terrorist facilitator. As the ground forces cleared the target building, they were engaged by small-arms fire from a terrorist wearing a suicide belt. Coalition forces engaged the armed terrorist, killing him. Once the area was secure, an expert explosives team destroyed the suicide belt to prevent future use.
In other Iraq news, an Iraqi national policeman was killed and one was injured when they came under fire while securing the site of a possible unexploded roadside bomb in Samarra on Feb. 12. Initial reports indicate multiple suspects were detained, but most have been released. In addition, coalition forces detained four individuals who were identified as known roadside-bomb emplacers. The injured policeman was evacuated to the Samarra Hospital for treatment.
In Baghdad on Feb. 11, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, seized munitions in the Karada security district after acting on an Iraqi citizen’s tip.
Iraqi soldiers reported to 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery, officials that the patrol seized 53 Russian-made 37 mm anti-aircraft rounds. The munitions were secured and successfully transported to a safe location without incident.
Also Feb. 11, Iraqi special operations forces with U.S. Special Forces soldiers advising detained two suspected extremists in separate operations.
In Baghdad, an Iraqi special operations team advised by U.S. Special Forces soldiers detained an extremist cell leader. The suspect and his extremist group are believed to be responsible for rocket and mortar attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces. They also are believed to be responsible for IED and armor-piercing explosively formed projectile attacks, as well as weapons trafficking.
In Baqouba, an Iraqi special operations team advised by U.S. Special Forces soldiers detained a member of an extremist cell suspected of supplying explosive vests for use in suicide-bombing attacks. According to intelligence reports, the cell also is involved in smuggling explosives.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
That’s sounds like a excellent idea. Thanks for the info Cindy.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48974
“Navy to Shoot Down Malfunctioning Satellite”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2008
You’re welcome Oorang.
MADRID, Spain -- Police arrested three Algerian men early Thursday in the northern Basque city of Vitoria on suspicion of promoting radical ideology among the Muslim community, the Basque regional government said in a statement.
The three were not immediately identified but police said they were each around 30 years old and had prior police records for petty crimes. Police in this case suspect them of distributing CDs and MP3 files obtained from the Internet, with calls for an Islamic "jihad," the statement said.
Basque regional police began the investigation last December and located two sites where the alleged distribution of material took place: an apartment and a telephone store, where people without fixed telephone phones often go to make calls or use the Internet, the statement said.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/14/soain.terror/
Bush expands sanctions on Syria
Thursday, 14 February 2008
US President George W Bush has ordered expanded economic sanctions against senior Syrian officials and their associates, the White House has said. The US assets will be frozen of those responsible for actions that "undermine efforts to stabilise Iraq" or to have benefited from public corruption.
Mr Bush also reasserted US allegations that Syria was seeking to undermine democracy in neighbouring Lebanon. Damascus has repeatedly denied the claims by Washington. Mr Bush announced his decision in an executive order and a message to the US Congress. He did not state which officials would be affected.
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