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19 Mar 2008
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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08030112.htm
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Possible Terror Attacks on Indonesian Christians this Easter?
By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
COVENTRY, ENGLAND (ANS) — A charity providing assistance for the persecuted church has received what it calls “credible reports” that the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah has threatened to target Christians in Indonesia this Easter.
In a news release, the Barnabas Fund reported that Jemaah Islamiyah (www.cfr.org/publication/8948) has been responsible for many attacks in the past. The group is believed to have organized the Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005, and bomb attacks at churches on Christmas Eve in 2000.
Jemaah Islamiyah is dedicated to creating a single Islamic state throughout South-East Asia under Islamic (Shariah) law. It considers non-Muslims as legitimate targets and is active throughout the region.
The Barnabas Fund reported that threats to Christians on major celebrations such as Easter and Christmas are frequent in Indonesia, and security guards are often posted outside churches.
Some churches in Jakarta keep metal detectors near their entrances to try to thwart bomb attacks.
The Barnabas Fund said that Easter will therefore be a time of great anxiety for Indonesia`s Christians. With that in mind, the Barnabas Fund asked for prayer that Indonesian Christians will be able to worship in safety this Easter.
In addition, the group asked for prayer that Indonesian authorities will be proactive in protecting Christians from terrorist attacks, and that they will catch those who threaten to attack Christians.
For more information go to www.barnabasfund.org
Jeremy Reynalds is a freelance writer and the founder and director of Joy Junction, New Mexico’s largest emergency homeless shelter, http://www.joyjunction.org or http://www.christianity.com/joyjunction. He has a master’s degree in communication from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in intercultural education from Biola University in Los Angeles. His newest book is “Homeless in the City: A Call to Service.” Additional details about “Homeless” are available at http://www.HomelessBook.com He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information contact: Jeremy Reynalds at jeremyreynalds@comcast.net. Tel: (505) 877-6967 or (505) 400-7145. Note: A higher resolution JPEG picture of Jeremy Reynalds is available on request from Dan Wooding at danjuma1@aol.com.
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“UK: Rapist Protected By Mosque Members”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “At first Khalisadar said to police that there had been no rape and that the woman had consented to sex. Then he changed his story and said that he had been at East London Mosque. He said that he had been preaching there during Ramadan, giving a talk on the subject of repentance.
He managed to get seven men from the mosque to give him a fake alibi, backing up his story that he had been at the mosque when he had been raping the woman.
Last month, Belal Ahmed, 24, Tanbir Ahmed, 24, Mohammed Tahar Hussain, 25, Iqbal Hussain-Ali, 25, Tony Autier, 30, Thouhid Ahmed, 24, and Shaherul Islam Khan, 24 admitted lying to the police in their statements. They were sentenced on Monday to 12 months’ jail for perverting the course of justice.
It appears that the reason which had brought Khalisadar to the attention of the police was his apparent involvement with former Al Muhajiroun member Kazi Nurur Rahman. Rahman was linked to the terrorists of Operation Crevice, and had been studied by police since July 2005. Rahman was sent to trial on December 19, 2005. In May 2006, Rahman pleaded guilty to charges under section 17 of the Terrorism Act 2000, of attempting to procure weaponry for a terrorist attack. He was jailed for nine years.
While Khalisadar was under police investigation, he was arrested for downloading images of child abuse from the internet. As a result of this arrest, he was given a DNA test, which matched the sample from the woman’s rape.”
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another tape coming it seems...
Al-Jazeera to air new Bin Laden tape
Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera said Thursday it will shortly air a new audiotape of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in which he talks about the “seige of Gaza”.
Bin Laden resurfaced on Wednesday in an audiotape warning Europe of a “reckoning” over the publication by several newspapers of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=080320180203.9bb57432.php
reaction to yesterday’s tape . . .
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=966223
Last update - 16:45 20/03/2008
Italy calls Al-Qaida accusation of ‘new crusade’ a serious threat
By The Associated Press (snipped)
Italian security officials are treating Osama bin Laden’s new accusations against Pope Benedict’s involvement in a campaign against Islam as a serious threat, Ansa news agency said on Thursday, quoting a source at the interior ministry’s anti-terrorism unit.
An interior ministry spokesman said security officials will meet on Friday to examine the Al-Qaida leader’s taped message, in which he said offending cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad were part of a “new crusade” against Islam involving Pope Benedict.
Bin Laden addressed the “wise men” of the European Union in a new audio message posted on extremist Web sites late Wednesday slamming the publication of drawings insulting to the Prophet Mohammed and vowed a strong reaction.
The message, which appeared on a militant Web site that has carried Al-Qaida statements in the past and bore the logo of the extremist group’s media wing al-Sahab, showed a still image of bin Laden aiming with a AK-47. . .
http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=080320182611.mb2pzipr.php
20/03/2008 18:26 DUBAI, March 20 (AFP)
Bin Laden urges support for Iraq insurgency
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged Muslims on Thursday to support the insurgency in Iraq as the best way to support the Palestinians, and accused Arab leaders of backing Israeli attacks on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
“The nearest Jihad (holy war) battlefield to support our people in Palestine is the battlefield of Iraq ... It should be taken care of and supported,” said an audiotape attributed to him aired on Al-Jazeera television.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/bin-laden-relea.html
Bin Laden releases new audio recording
One day after he lashed out at Europeans over controversial cartoons, Osama bin Laden says in a new recording that Muslims need to focus on the “struggle” in Iraq and wage war to liberate the Palestinians, according to a report on Al-Jazeera that is being cited by multiple news agencies.
“Palestine cannot be retaken by negotiations and dialogue, but with fire and iron,” the fugitive leader of al-Qaeda reportedly says in the recording.
Thanks for the ping.
2 in as many days. Today is the prophet Mohammad’s birthday.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339913,00.html
‘Stale’ bin Laden Tape Have Some Experts Questioning Strategy Behind the Message
Thursday, March 20, 2008
A newly released Usama bin Laden audiotape labeled ‘stale’ by some terror experts has raised questions about whether his seemingly outdated message is really a strategy.
On the tape, released late Wednesday, bin Laden accuses Pope Benedict XVI of helping wage a “new Crusade” against Islam and warns of a “severe” reaction from Muslims to the publication of cartoons in Europe depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Some analysts on Thursday were focusing less on what was said in the message than what wasn’t. They said the apparent lack of references to events after 2006, such as the reprinting of controversial cartoons, which caused widespread rioting when they were first published by a Danish newspaper in 2005, and the absence of talk about the Iraq war indicate that bin Laden’s message could have been recorded months, even years, ago. Bin Laden also made no mention of a soon-to-be released anti-Islam film, “Fitna,” by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340016,00.html
New Usama bin Laden Tape Slams Palestinian Negotiations, Urges Holy War for Liberation
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Usama bin Laden
CAIRO, Egypt — Pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV on Thursday broadcast what it described as excerpts from a new audio tape by Usama bin Laden in which the Al Qaeda leader slammed Palestinian negotiations with Israel and urged holy war for the liberation of Palestine.
In the audio excerpts broadcast by the Doha, Qatar-based television, bin Laden said that “Palestine cannot be retaken by negotiations and dialogue, but with fire and iron.”
Bin Laden also called on Palestinians who are unable to fight in the “land of Al-Quds” — a Muslim reference to Jerusalem — to join the Al Qaeda fight and the holy war, or jihad, in Iraq.
“The nearest field of jihad today to support our people in Palestine is the Iraqi field,” bin Laden said.
“We tell our brothers in Palestine who could not join the jihad in the land of Al-Quds, to get rid of illusions of political parties and groups which are mired in trickery of the blasphemous democracy and to take their positions among the ranks of the mujahideen in Iraq,” he said.
Such a Palestinian fight in Iraq should be “concentrated on and supported by all Muslims, specially from neighboring countries,” bin Laden added and also called on people of Syria, Lebanon Jordan and Saudi Arabia to “help in support of their mujahedeen brothers in Iraq, which is the greatest opportunity and the biggest task.”
snip..
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340010,00.html
Minneapolis Secret Service Probes Alleged Bush Assassination Plot
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Secret Service agents in Minnesota are investigating an imprisoned felon from Fargo, N.D., who they say brought a gun to a 2005 rally featuring President Bush and later made threats against the president.
David Cvijanovich began serving 19 months in jail in 2006 after a conviction for damaging government property and threatening a federal officer in 2001, reports KMSP FOX 9 in Minneapolis.
The possible assassination plot was uncovered by fellow inmates, who informed authorities. During a search of Cvijanovich’s property, agents found a gun and several disguises, KMSP reports.
Cvijanovich denies the assassination attempt, saying lying convicts are just looking to get time off their sentences. He has not been charged for any activities at the rally, but is facing charges for the threats.
Thank you nw.
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“Bin Laden condemns Gaza siege”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Osama bin Laden has said that the best way for Muslims to help Palestinians is to support Iraqis fighting against the government and US forces.
In the audiotape, which was the second to be released by the al-Qaeda leader in 24 hours, he also accused Arab leaders of backing the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
“The nearest jihad battlefield to support our people in Palestine is the battlefield of Iraq … It should be taken care of and supported,” he said the audiotape released on Thursday.
“Palestine cannot be retaken by negotiations and dialogue, but with fire and iron”.
“The suffocating siege imposed upon the Gaza Strip came into existence after the support offered by the Arab governments to the US and Zionist entity in Annapolis at the expense of the resistance in Palestine,” the voice said.”
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49324
“Security Forces Cooperate Along Afghanistan-Pakistan Border”
By Sgt. Nathan Bowen, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service
NANGAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, March 20, 2008
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49328
Coalition Troops in Iraq Capture 15 Suspected Insurgents
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2008 – Coalition troops in Iraq today captured 15 suspected insurgents during operations in central and northern Iraq, military officials said.
— In Baghdad, coalition forces detained an alleged member of a bombing network that supplies suicide vests for attacks against Iraqis.
— In Sharquat, coalition forces captured an alleged al Qaeda roadside-bomb attack coordinator and another suspect.
— In the northwest Iraq town of Biaj, coalition forces captured an alleged operative in the foreign terrorist facilitation network.
— In Mosul, coalition forces detained a suspected terrorist allegedly linked to senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders.
— In Baqouba, coalition forces captured six suspected terrorists during an operation targeting suicide bomber networks.
— Southwest of Tikrit, coalition forces detained five suspected al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists and found a small weapons cache and bomb-making materials.
“Iraqi and coalition operations are degrading the terrorist networks, but al Qaeda in Iraq is still a deadly enemy and a tough fight remains ahead,” said Army Maj. Winfield Danielson, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq. “The Iraqi people are rejecting al Qaeda’s extremist ideology and indiscriminate violence, and we are committed to helping them achieve a secure future.”
In operations yesterday:
— In Baqouba, coalition forces captured a wanted individual and detained two suspected terrorists in operations targeting a suicide bomber network.
— Southwest of Samarra, coalition forces targeted several improvised explosive device emplacement cells. Coalition forces engaged and killed two terrorists observed planting a roadside bomb. The coalition force also engaged a vehicle believed to be associated with the group. Coalition forces were engaged by small-arms fire by one of the occupants. Coalition forces returned fire, killing four terrorists. The vehicle, which contained rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, land mines, homemade explosives and other bomb-making materials, was destroyed by a fixed-wing aircraft to prevent further use for terrorist activity. Coalition forces stopped another vehicle nearby with two men inside. One man exited the vehicle and drew his weapon. Coalition forces killed him. The other man surrendered and was detained.
In March 18 operations:
— The Iraqi National Police seized a substantial weapons cache in eastern Baghdad. The police had received a tip from a local concerned citizen about a large amount of weapons being stockpiled. The Iraqi police found: 34 107 mm rockets, 44 60 mm mortar rounds, 18 81 mm mortar rounds, 10 rocket-propelled grenades, 38 107 mm rocket fuses, 10 completed rocket sleds and another four partially constructed sleds, three RPG launchers, an 82 mm mortar tube, a 60 mm mortar tube, two RPK machine guns, a sniper rifle, numerous 7.62 rounds, four washing machine timers, four electronic boxes, a large bag of wire and various types of batteries. An explosive ordnance disposal team secured the cache.
— Following a tip, U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldiers rescued a kidnapped man in the northwestern part of Baghdad’s Rashid district. The 4th Brigade Combat Team troops found the battered man locked in a room at a house in Bayaa. The man was taken to a coalition medical facility for treatment.
In other news, U.S. soldiers from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team captured a wanted criminal suspect during a March 16 operation in Narhwan. The detained individual was wanted by Iraqi security forces and coalition forces for his alleged role in several improvised explosive device attacks. He is suspected of smuggling weapons and explosives for several criminal groups throughout Iraq. Soldiers uncovered a small cache in the suspect’s home containing an AK-47 rifle, two shotguns, a bayonet and a small quantity of small-arms ammunition.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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“Inside the Bridge: Behind the scenes of a strike into Pakistan”
By MATT DUPEE
March 20, 2008 9:53 AM
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/03/important_taliban_co.php
“Important Taliban commander for northwestern Afghanistan arrested”
By MATT DUPEE
March 19, 2008 6:23 AM
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