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“2 of Britain’s most dangerous Islamic terrorists sent to new prison -fellow inmates were ‘too white’”
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | March 21, 2008 | GWYNETH REES
Posted on 03/21/2008 3:43:44 AM PDT by Stoat
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ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA
Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Son of Ariel pastor injured in blast
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
Dalit (“Untouchables”) are the poorest of the poor in Indian society.
ARIEL, ISRAEL (ANS) — The 15-year-old son of a prominent Christian pastor living in the Samarian Jewish town of Ariel was seriously injured on Thursday, March 20, when an explosion rocked his home as he opened a Purim gift basket that was left on the family doorstep.
Police are investigating claims that the explosion was caused either by illegal Purim firecrackers or a malicious Purim* gift basket.
According to a story written by Rebecca Anna Stoil of The Jerusalem Post, Judea and Samaria Police Spokesman Chief Supt. Dani Poleg said that the police have not ruled out the possibility that the explosion was terror related.
“The youth [Ami] was home alone at the time of the blast and suffered shrapnel injures to his neck,” said the story. “He was rushed to Petah Tikva’s Beliinson Medical Center where he was listed in serious condition.
“The boy’s parents, David and Leah Ortiz, were informed of the incident and were on their way to the hospital.
“The Ortiz family is well-known in Ariel, where they have been living for over a decade. An ordained minister, Ortiz works mainly with Palestinians living in the West Bank, encouraging them to embrace Christianity. Ortiz, said one acquaintance, has received death threats in the past from radical Muslims incensed by his missionary efforts. A number of his followers have been beaten up and jailed by Palestinian Authority officials.
“Ortiz has a close relationship with Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman who has actively pursued strengthening the town’s connections with overseas Christian groups. David and his wife Leah, described by a neighbor as a Jewish believer in Jesus, also lead a small congregation of a couple dozen Christians in Ariel.”
A friend of the family said, “Ami has just gotten out of a five hour surgery with severe injuries all over his body. Doctors say his condition is “uncertain.”
“Please pray for Ami’s life and physical restoration. Please pray too for David and Leah for the Lord’s Hand to be upon them in a dramatic way at this time. They need His peace and grace right now! Please pray too that the church will rally around the Ortiz family at this time with prayer and support.”
* Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews.
Dan Wooding, 67, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma of 44 years. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS). He was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. Wooding is the author of some 42 books, the latest of which is his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, go to www.fromtabloidtotruth.com. danjuma1@aol.com.
** You may republish this story with proper attribution.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1205420743532&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Mar 20, 2008 23:50 | Updated Mar 21, 2008 11:01
“Boy hurt in Hebron Hills bomb attack”
By JPOST.COM STAFF
ARTICE SNIPPET: “A 13-year-old boy was seriously wounded on Thursday night when terrorists detonated a bomb next to a car he was traveling in near Pnei Hever, in the southern Hebron Hills.
A group affiliated with the Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack and IDF troops were sweeping the area in search of the perpetrators.
IDF sources said that remnants from an explosive device were found at the scene of the bomb attack.”
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3521905,00.html
2 Qassam rockets land near security fence; no injuries
Published: 03.21.08, 12:25 / Israel News
Two Qassam rockets fired from northern Gaza landed near the security fence between Israel and the Palestinian enclave. No reports of injuries.
A short time ago, another Qassam rocket landed on the Palestinian side of the fence. (Shmulik Hadad)
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Qassam rocket lands near security fence; no injuries
Published: 03.21.08, 12:12 / Israel News
During celebrations in the Sdot Negev Regional Council, Palestinian militants fired a Qassam rocket that landed near the security fence with the Gaza Strip apparently on the Palestinian side.
No reports of injuries. (Shmulik Hadad)
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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125643
14 Adar Bet 5768, March 21, ‘08
Published: 03/20/08, 11:28 PM
“Bin-Laden: ‘Free Palestine’ Via Iraq”
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) Osama Bin-Laden, head of the international jihadist terror organization Al-Qaeda, issued a new call for Palestinian Authority Muslims to fight against the Americans and their allies in Iraq - as a step on the path to the destruction of Israel.
The audio tape of Bin-Laden, broadcast on the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite TV network on Thursday, included
“The nearest field of jihad today to support our people in Palestine is the Iraqi field.”
a call for a renewed “holy war” on Israel. For its part, Bin-Laden declared, Al-Qaeda would increase its efforts to “free Palestine, all of Palestine, from the Jordan [River] to the [Mediterranean] Sea.”
Among what Al-Jazeera newscasters said were excerpts from a new recording, Bin-Laden said: “My speech is about the Gaza siege and the way to retrieve it and the rest of Palestine from the hands of the Zionist enemy. Our enemies did not take it by negotiations and dialog, but with fire and iron. And this is the way to get it back.”
The Saudi-born Islamic fundamentalist linked the jihad against Israel with the Iraqi insurgency: “The nearest field of jihad today to support our people in Palestine is the Iraqi field.”
Bin-Laden added that those of “our brothers in Palestine who could not join the jihad in the land of Al-Quds [Jerusalem]” should “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.”
The latest Bin-Laden audiotape follows on the heels of a recording publicized one day earlier, in which the Al-Qaeda leader threatened European nations with “severe” retaliation for the publication of cartoons mocking Islam’s founder, Mohammad. The Al-Qaeda leader also accused the Pope of launching a “new Crusade” against Islam.”
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
“Worldwide Caution”
January 17, 2008
SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. American citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.”
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
Off Topic.
It is Good Friday today.
It is Resurrection Sunday (Easter)
on Sunday.
Thank You Jesus.
Amen.
(http://www.truthusa.com/RESURRECTION.html )
Amen indeed.
And thanks.
Can't argue with your logic on this. When Iran tells its proxies to push the button the only question is who in Israel has the to reply in kind. The current leadership might reply, but it will soon degenerate into politicians running the military operations - not the military, as was painfully evident against Hezzies in Lebanon.
The idea that the political leadership was the sole cause of failure was leaked and spun by the IDF General Staff and its political allies at the time. People over here ate that up. But it was a half-truth.
Olmert’s handling of the 2006 crisis was indeed supremely incompetent. But the IDF General Staff and the rest of the senior Israel military leadership was the most to blame. The IDF proved itself to be thoroughly riddled with a corruption bred by years of complacency. The problem was not that the Israeli cabinet would not let the IDF “do the job”. The problem was that the Israeli political leadership lacked the will to question, let alone overrule, the incredibly foolish military responses the IDF leadership was demanding and succeeding in getting.
Courage is a two-way street. It is not only “telling truth to (political) power”. It involves exerting a fierce civilian control over the military (eg. Lincoln overruling and even firing his generals and Bush letting Fallon go). “To err is human”. Wearing a uniform and having stars on your shoulders does not suddenly make one immune to that symptom of the human condition. The first 2-3 years of the Iraq War are glaring testimony to that. Hopefully, enough of the senior IDF has been purged and reforms undertaken to ensure they are ready for this coming crisis and not blindly fall into the Iranian trap as they did in 2006.
It is easy to forget that Israel resides in the middle of the third world, not the first. We mirror image too much sometimes and forget that Israel may be like the first world in many respects, but it belongs to the third. Many of the characteristics of its leadership, particularly its military, have far more in common with Pakistan or Egypt than with any western nation.
For better or worse, they are indeed part of the culture of the “Greater Mideast”.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525882134&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Analysis: Unworthy of command? (snipped)
Despite severe criticism of the management of the second Lebanon war, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz had been expected to survive with his career intact. Some generals were expected to pay with their heads for a campaign that ended with 118 soldiers dead and failed to achieve any of its original goals, but not Halutz.
He was an inseparable part of the trio - together with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz - that directed the war, and was effectively untouchable. All three knew that their political survival was linked, and therefore they resolutely backed each other when things weren’t going according to plan.
But now that Halutz’s priorities have been revealed for all the nation to see by the report in Maariv on the liquidation of his stock portfolio hours after the war erupted, there is nothing Olmert and Peretz can do to save him.
Halutz will now become the focus for all the growing public anger over the sacrifice of so many lives and resources for so little gained. His selfish attention to his personal fortune will be seen as a symbol of the incompetence and arrogance that many believe were at the root of this war’s failures. . .
Halutz, senior officers said, tried pinning the blame for the operation’s failure on OC Northern Command Udi Adam. With the appointment of Deputy Chief of General Staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky as his personal representative in the North, Halutz sent a message to the public that he was dissatisfied with Adam’s management of the war. Adam, officers said, was being set up to take the fall for Halutz and the rest of the General Staff.
But Halutz wasn’t only scapegoating his colleagues. Sources close to him have been briefing reporters for weeks about the restrictions placed on him by the government that caused setbacks in the fighting. He also tried to latch on to public dissatisfaction with the media and place part of the blame on critical journalists. . .
The Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces is not the CEO of the army, and neither is he the commander in chief. He is the man ultimately responsible for the lives of each and every one of the soldiers and officers under his command and he is entrusted with ensuring Israel’s physical survival, not only during his tenure but also into the future. In a country still facing existential danger, now and in the foreseeable future, this is a sacred trust. By placing that phone call to his broker, three hours after the capture of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev and the deaths of eight other soldiers, Halutz betrayed that sacred trust. . .
Halutz is not the most corrupt general ever to lead the IDF. There have been worse examples, not least Moshe Dayan, who used IAF helicopters to ferry stolen antiques destined for his personal collection. But Dayan and other chiefs of staff after him were never as removed from the typical fighting-man as Halutz is. . .
Officers in the Northern Command were shocked on Tuesday by the news of what Halutz was doing at the exact moment that they were fueling tanks and APCs and preparing soldiers for the fierce battles to come. To think that the man who was supposed to be busy worrying about the loss of life expected in the war was more concerned about his personal financial loss and gain.
On Tuesday, Halutz praised the public for its quick mobilization for the war. Reservists dropped everything and headed up north to defend Israel. Commanders spoke of 100 percent turnout.
But how can a man like Halutz, who was worrying about his NIS 120,000 while soldiers were dying, relate in any way to reservists who left their businesses and families behind to march into Lebanon, with incomplete and outdated equipment and 40 kilo loads on their backs?
How can he ever look in the eyes of the parents, spouses and children of the fallen?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=12621&R=139C119A93
The Second Lebanon War
It probably won’t be the last.
by Max Boot
09/04/2006, Volume 011, Issue 47 (snipped)
A NUMBER OF SCANDALS have erupted in Israeli politics lately. The president and the justice minister have both made headlines for their involvement in separate sex-related controversies, while Prime Minister Olmert himself has been under investigation for possibly receiving an above-market price for the sale of his house.
But the scandal that best captures the concerns of ordinary Israelis about the future of their country is the one engulfing Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces. At noon on July 12, three hours after a Hezbollah raid that resulted in the deaths of eight Israeli soldiers and the capture of two others and just before the IDF began bombing Lebanon in retaliation, Halutz called his broker and sold off a $28,000 stock portfolio. The story broke a month later, unleashing an ongoing storm of criticism that Halutz was more worried about his personal wealth than the health of the state.
Fair or not, that criticism reflects a broader worry that Israelis are getting so fat and happy that they no longer have what it takes to defeat their numerous enemies. The case that Israel is “slouching toward Gomorrah” is not hard to make. . .
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3303785,00.html
Yaalon: Troops died for political spin
Former chief of staff slams Olmert on Lebanon, says ‘even if he does not have military experience and never acted as defense minister, he knows how you go to war; this is not how it’s done’
Ynet
Former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon continued his attack against the military and political echelons in the aftermath of the war in Lebanon and called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and current Chief of Staff Dan Halutz to resign.
In an interview to “Haaretz” magazine, Yaalon slammed the decision to launch a ground operation, during which 33 soldiers were killed.
“This move was part of a (political) spin; it had no distinct military purpose,” he said. “It was aimed at providing a sense of victory. You cannot act in such a way. You do not send soldiers to carry out a futile mission after the political results have already been determined. To me this is corrupt.”
Asked specifically whether the soldiers died for the sake of a political spin, Yaalon said “Yes, and this is why people must resign. You do not need a commission of inquiry for this; those who made the decisions should take responsibility and step down.”
“Olmert cannot say ‘I didn’t know.’ Even if he does not have military experience and never acted as defense minister, he knows how you go to war; this is not how it’s done.”
‘Failure in management of the war’
Yaalon didn’t spare Halutz either, saying, “He should have resigned as soon as the operation ended. The IDF chief of staff failed in managing the war. He gave the political echelon a feeling it had more ability than it actually did to accomplish a political victory with aggressive military action.”
He added: “Halutz went into the war without defining it as a war, maybe without realizing it was a war. He didn’t understand the significance of the steps he was taking. He didn’t recruit the reserves in time, he didn’t open the military war reserves store unit in time, and he didn’t activate senior command positions. He ran the war from an office.”
Yaalon’s first post-war interview was given to the television network “Al Hora”. In it he said, “There is a failure of the senior political and military echelon in the management of the war, and that’s were the focus should be.”
“There are definitely questions raised, some of which I would expect to be answered by people making a personal decision to resign, without the need of having a commission, in the face of what appears to be a failed war. Those responsible should eventually take responsibility and resign, and if not, a democratic procedure will bring on there replacement.”
You’re very welcome.
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Vegas Cop in Ricin Case Tests Positive for Castor Bean Derivative
fox ^ | March 21, 2008 | AP
Posted on 03/21/2008 7:17:58 AM PDT by RDTF
LAS VEGAS — A police officer who went to a motel room where a large quantity of ricin was later found has tested positive for trace amounts of a substance that can be derived from the poison’s source, authorities said Thursday.
“We did have one sample that had trace detectible levels of ricinine,” said Pat Armour, manager of the Southern Nevada Public Health Laboratory, the local coordinator of sampling in the ricin case.
The male officer has shown no signs of illness or symptoms of ricin poisoning, officials familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the ongoing investigation into the discovery of the vials of ricin and the raw material, castor beans, in the motel room.
KTNV-TV in Las Vegas identified the officer as Jim Mitchell, and aired an interview with his wife, Regina Mitchell. She said she was concerned about the test result.
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/today-in/2008/03/the_taliban_bombed_three_polic.php
The Taliban bombed three police checkposts and a girls’ school in Darra Adamkhel. Security forces seized three illegal FM radio stations and detained 16 Taliban, including a wanted commander in Swat. A curfew has been imposed in Khairpur after ten were wounded during sectarian clashes.
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Iraqi Army, Coalition Forces Detain 10 Suspects
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2008 – Iraqi soldiers and coalition forces detained 10 suspects in separate operations throughout Iraq today.
— A platoon from 2nd Iraqi Army Division, advised by U.S. Special Forces, detained two suspected insurgents in Qayyarah. Both men allegedly are responsible for supporting insurgent activities in northern Iraq by providing al Qaeda with money and supplies, as well as facilitating the movement of foreign fighters toward Mosul.
— Coalition forces captured two alleged terrorists, including an individual suspected of coordinating and conducting improvised explosive device attacks in the Tigris River Valley, during an operation in Sharqat.
— In Mosul, coalition forces detained three suspected terrorists, including an individual allegedly tied to al Qaeda senior leaders.
— In the northwest Iraq town of Biaj, coalition forces detained three suspects during an operation targeting operatives in the area’s al Qaeda in Iraq network.
(From Multinational Corps Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
UPDATE:
http://albany.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/falsethreat031708.htm
March 19, 2008
PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “Glenn T. Suddaby, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, makes the following announcement:
Christopher A. Moultrie, 43, of 23 Lewis Street, Johnson City, New York was sentenced today by Senior United States District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy in United States District Court, Binghamton, to a term of imprisonment of 30 months. Moutrie previously pled guilty to the felony crime of making a false bomb threat against a building used in interstate commerce. In addition to the prison sentence, Moultrie was sentenced to serve a three year term of supervised release following completion of his prison term.
More specifically, at his guilty plea on August 28, 2007, Moultrie admitted that on August 29, 2006, Moultrie telephoned the Short Line/Chenengo Valley Bus Lines terminal located at 105 Chenango Street, Binghamton, New York and threatened that a bomb would blow up the terminal building at 8:00 p.m that evening. Moultrie further admitted that when he made the threat he was on duty as a bus driver for Short Line and used his cellular telephone to make the bomb threat. Moultrie made the call at approximately 4:00 p.m. while in Albany to pick up passengers and travel back to the Binghamton Short Line terminal.
In addition to the Binghamton bomb threat, at the time of his plea Moultrie also admitted making similar threatening calls on September 12, 2006, to a Short Line/Coach USA terminal located in Mahwah, New Jersey. Moultrie was on duty and en route to the Mahwah, New Jersey Short Line/Coach Line terminal when Moultrie used his cellular telephone at approximately six o’clock to make two threatening calls minutes apart to the terminal. Moultrie stated during the calls that there were multiple bombs on multiple buses which would be detonated that evening and further stated that he was with Al Qaeda.
In response to the bomb threats in Binghamton and Mahwah, the Shortline Bus Line company enacted emergencyplans, contacted law enforcement agencies, evacuated the terminal buildings and rerouted more than 100 buses. Significant numbers of law enforcement personnel responded to the threats and conducted emergency search and response procedures. There were no bombs located at the Binghamton or Mahwah locations.
Moultrie was charged under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1038, which was one of several new criminal statutes enacted in 2004 under the National Intelligence Reform Act.”
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“Terrorist Wahhabis arrested in Bosnia”
March 21, 2008
SERBIANNA
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Bosnian anti-terror units of the Interior Ministry of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat Federation arrested 5 people on Friday because of credible evidence that the people were engaged in terrorism and terror related activities. a spokesman for the Ministry confirmed.
Weapons, including mines and other explosive devices, as well as materials for making explosive devices, were found and seized during the operation.
The spokesman did not identify the arrested men because the investigation in the terror link will be ongoing.
However, local media reports that the arrested Bosnian Muslims are from cities of Sarajevo and Bugojno.”
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“Bosnia arrests five Wahhabis for suspected terrorist activity”
BBC Monitoring ^ | March 21 2008 | SRNA
Posted on 03/21/2008 2:31:45 PM PDT by knighthawk
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340413,00.html
Person in Custody After Shots Fired on Florida A&M Campus
Friday, March 21, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A person is in custody at Florida A&M University after shots were fired on campus. Nobody was injured.
FAMU officials sent out text-message alerts to students, staff and faculty early Friday afternoon warning people to stay away from the center of campus because shots had been fired.
FAMU Police officer Sherri Luke told the Tallahassee Democrat there weren’t any injuries and that campus police have one person in custody. The suspect wasn’t identified.
Thank you drymans wife.
Watching for updates.
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