[Cindy]

ADDING 1 LINKS:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=russian+bombers&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZnc42XeC-4PKplrnx74ylj3JSLAD8UOC9TO0

“Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers”
By LOLITA C. BALDOR – 43 minutes ago

ARITLC SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers flying unusually close to an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend, The Associated Press has learned.
A U.S. military official says that one Russian Tupolev 95 buzzed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz twice, at a low altitude of about 2,000 feet, while another bomber circled about 50 nautical miles out. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because the reports on the flights were classified as secret.

The Saturday incident, which never escalated beyond the flyover, comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Russia over U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Such Russian bomber flights were common during the Cold War, but have been rare since.”

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RECAP:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48916

“Gates Discusses Missile Issues With Russian Official”

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 9, 2008

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7236241.stm

“Japan accuses Russia of incursion”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Japan has accused Russia of violating its airspace over the Pacific Izu islands and demanded an explanation.
A Russian Tupolev 95 bomber flew for about three minutes over the isle of Sofugan, 650km (400 miles) south of Tokyo, Japanese officials said.

Japan responded by scrambling 22 jets and lodging an official protest with the Russian embassy.”

[Cindy]

RECAP AND UPDATED:

WorldNetDaily.com: "EMBATTLED MUSLIM AIDE TO LEAVE PENTAGON JOB Hesham Islam's 'resume didn't add up,' official says" (February 11, 2008)

ANDREW BOSTOM.org - blog: "MAJOR COUGHLIN WILL NOW BE RETAINED BY THE DOD, and the rest of Congresswoman Sue Myrick's Statement on the Coughlin Affair, 2/5/08"

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "PENTAGON AIDE'S INVITATIONS CONTRADICTED U.S. POLICY" by Steven Emerson (February 4, 2008)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "INSIDE THE RING Islam Probed" by Bill Gertz (February 1, 2008)

FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum - (FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS): "MAJ. STEVE COUGHLIN FOR BEGINNERS" by Jeffrey Breinholt (January 30, 2008)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSELESS" by Joe Kaufman (January 28, 2008)

NATIONAL REVIEW.com: "QUESTIONS FOR THE PENTAGON Who is Hesham Islam?" by Claudia Rosett (January 25, 2008)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com - INSIDE THE RING by Bill Gertz - Page 2: "CENTCOM and Islam" (January 25, 2008)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "VALIDATING MAJOR COUGHLIN" by Andrew G. Bostom (January 24, 2008)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "FRONT-GATE" -Commentary by Frank J. Gaffney Jr. (January 22, 2008)

IBD EDITORIALS.com: "GULLIBLE GORDON'S PENTAGON PC" by Investor's Business Daily (January 18, 2008)

CNS NEWS.com: "CONGRESSMEN SEEK ANSWERS ABOUT TERROR EXPERT'S FIRING" by Fred Lucas (January 16, 2008)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "ISLAMISM AND CHALLENGES TO RESOURCES FOR U.S. STRATEGIC PLANNING AGAINST JIHAD" by Jeffrey Imm (January 12, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISMISSAL OF STEPHEN COUGHLIN, JOINT STAFF, PENTAGON" (January 12, 2008)

Off-Topic.Internet-Haganah.com: "ELEMENTS IN THE US MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FIND THE KOOL-AID* LESS-THAN-PALATABLE..." (January 11, 2008)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "INSIDE THE RING Coughlin Backed" by Bill Gertz (January 11, 2008)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "FIRED FOR THE TRUTH" by Andrew G. Bostom (January 10, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "'The termination of Stephen Coughlin on the Joint Staff is an act of intellectual cowardice'" (January 5, 2008)

NADREW BOSTOM.org - blog: "EATON AGONISTES, REDUX?" (January 5, 2008)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "INSIDE THE RING Coughlin Sacked" by Bill Gertz (January 4, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (WASHINGTON TIMES.com, "Inside the Ring" by Bill Gertz, Page 2): "PRO-MUSLIM PENTAGON OFFICIALS PRESSURING ONE OF THE U.S. MILITARY'S MOST IMPORTANT SPECIALISTS ON JIHAD" (December 28, 2007)

STRATEGY CENTER.net/docLib: "'TO OUR GREAT DETRIMENT': IGNORING WHAT EXTREMISTS SAY ABOUT JIHAD (with appendices)" by Stephen Collins Coughlin, Major, Military Intelligence, USAR, NDIC Class 2007 (July 2007) (pdf)

[Cindy]

ADDING STARWISE’s post no. 66 as a link to my post no. 497:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968752/posts?page=66#66

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963607/posts?page=497#497