Posted on 05/01/2008 3:06:29 PM PDT by nwctwx
A blessed Mother’s Day to all FR, FR-TM, and Lurker Moms.
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Hint: Children (young and old); send your Mom a free Mother’s Day e-card.
http://www.dayspring.com/ecards/
Sad UPDATE:
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08050058.htm
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
“Burma’s dictators make propaganda out of suffering”
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
BURMA (MYANMAR)
Interesting...
http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/001384.html
May 10, 2008
“NOT QUITE A VOIGHT-KAMPF TEST...”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080510.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 10, 2008
President’s Radio Address
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today is my daughter Jenna’s wedding day. This is a joyous occasion for our family, as we celebrate the happy life ahead of her and her husband Henry. It’s also a special time for Laura, who this Mother’s Day weekend will watch a young woman we raised together walk down the aisle.
Mother’s Day is a special time for mothers all across America. On this holiday, we pause to celebrate the love and compassion of the women who have raised us, and to thank them for the many years of patience and selflessness. Throughout our lives, mothers are there with an encouraging word, a sympathetic ear, and a tender heart. They set our direction in life, and from time to time they have been known to correct our course.
Like many of you, my life has been blessed by a mother who is a source of unconditional love. Those of us who have been so fortunate are forever in debt to these caring women. So on this holiday weekend, we celebrate all those mothers who help make our country a better place.
On this Mother’s Day weekend, we think of the mothers who are celebrating this holiday for the very first time. Few blessings can compare to starting a new family. And few bonds are stronger than those between a mother and her newborn baby. This is also a special time for new adoptive mothers, who have welcomed their children into their homes with open arms and an open heart. We wish all these new parents many happy Mother’s Days to come.
On this Mother’s Day weekend, we think of the many mothers who raised the brave men and women serving our country in uniform. And to those mothers, I offer the thanks of a grateful Nation. Your sons and daughters are defending our freedom with dignity and honor. And America appreciates the sacrifices that your families make in the name of duty.
On this Mother’s Day weekend, we remember the mothers grieving a son or daughter lost in the service to their country, as well as the children who have lost a mother in uniform. We share their pride in these wonderful Americans who have given everything to protect our people from harm. Nothing we say can ever make up for their loss. But on this special day, we hold them in our hearts and we lift them in our prayers.
I wish every mother listening this morning a blessed Mother’s Day, including my own. And I have a message for every son and daughter listening this morning: Remember to tell mom the first thing tomorrow how much you love her.
Thank you for listening.
UPDATE:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49840
“Marines, Sailors Prepare for Possible Operations in Burma”
By Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan Wicks
Special to American Forces Press Service
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “ABOARD USS ESSEX, At Sea , May 11, 2008 – Marines and sailors with the Essex Amphibious Readiness Group are preparing for possible humanitarian assistance operations to aid cyclone-stricken Burma.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49838
Militants Killed; Operations Disrupted in Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2008 – Several militants were killed and eight were detained during two separate coalition operations to disrupt militant operations in Khowst and Helmand provinces yesterday.
Afghan and coalition forces performed a search of several compounds in Sabari district, in Khowst province, targeting a militant cell conducting IED operations. The targeted individuals are known to have been involved in the Jan. 1 IED attack in Danda Fakiran, in Sabari district, which killed two civilians and the December 2007 kidnapping and murder of another civilian.
During the course of the operation, several armed militants were killed when they attacked the joint force. Afghan and coalition forces detained eight individuals, including the head of the targeted cell.
In addition, several AK-47s, a shotgun, magazines, ammunition vests, and a grenade were discovered on the compounds and removed or destroyed to prevent their future use.
In a separate operation, coalition forces conducted a search of compounds in Garmsir district, in Helmand province. The target of the operation was a Taliban insurgent associated with procuring and smuggling various machine guns and assault rifles.
During their search, militants threatened coalition forces who responded with small-arms fire, killing several.
In earlier operations, several militants were killed and nine were detained May 9 during a coalition operation against militants in Nangarhar province. Coalition forces searched compounds in the Shinwar district, targeting a foreign-fighter network. Militants in the same area recently had engaged coalition forces.
During the operation, several militants were killed when they attacked coalition forces. Nine militants suspected of facilitating foreign fighters were detained. In addition, coalition forces discovered several AK-47 rifles, a bolt-action rifle, ammunition, and grenades on the compounds. These items were destroyed.
Elsewhere May 9, Afghan and coalition forces detained two militants in an operation to degrade their activities in Khowst province. Afghan and coalition forces searched compounds in Nadar Shahkot district targeting a militant network facilitating the use of improvised explosive devices.
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49839
Hellfire Missile Kills Insurgent, Destroys Vehicle in Baghdad
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2008 – A U.S. Hellfire missile killed an insurgent near the site of a roadside-bomb attack in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district today, U.S. military officials said.
A vehicle was destroyed while another insurgent fled the scene.
“Our soldiers, along with the Iraqi security forces, continue to meet with the local populace to identify these criminal elements and eliminate the threat they pose,” said Army Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a Multinational Division Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division spokesman. “We will continue to use precision fire to defend the Iraqi people and ourselves against these criminal elements.”
In yesterday’s operations:
— An American aerial weapons team destroyed an insurgent rocket-launch site in central Baghdad with two Hellfire missiles. One insurgent was killed, and the rocket rail and a shack were destroyed.
— An American aerial weapons team killed five insurgents in eastern Baghdad. The insurgents were heavily armed with a rocket-propelled grenade, two light machine guns, and two AK-47 rifles. The U.S. team fired two Hellfire missiles, which killed all five insurgents.
— Coalition forces south of Mosul responded to a perceived threat and fired on a vehicle, killing two armed men inside. A woman and child in the vehicle also were killed. The coalition forces had fired three warning shots, but the vehicle’s driver refused to stop and another man inside it made threatening movements. ”Coalition forces sincerely regret when innocent civilians are killed during our operations to rid Iraq of terrorists,” said Navy Capt. Gordon Delcambre, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman.
— Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 12 suspected al-Qaida terrorists during operations targeting the terrorist network in central and northern Iraq. Two suspects were detained during an operation in Baghdad. Three suspects were detained in Abu Ghraib, located about 25 miles west of Baghdad. Three suspected terrorists were detained in Kirkuk. Four more suspects were detained in an operation conducted east of Beiji.
— Iraqi commandos detained three suspected Iranian-trained “special groups” insurgents involved in using terror tactics against local security forces in Amarah.
— U.S. soldiers killed four insurgents, seized two weapons caches and destroyed illegal weapons during a series of operations across Baghdad. A cache in Mansour yielded multiple mortar rounds and a mortar bipod. A cache in western Rashid contained a rocket, a machine gun, a spare machine-gun barrel, and more than 350 rounds.
— U.S. soldiers engaged and killed two insurgents in separate actions in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah sector.
— U.S. soldiers killed four criminals after a failed explosively formed penetrator attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City district.
— U.S. troops killed an insurgent observed emplacing a roadside bomb in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district. A second insurgent fled the scene.
During May 9 operations:
— Iraqi and U.S. forces captured three terrorists and seized weapons during operations in the West Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers seized an AK-47 rifle with 152 rounds, an RPK machine gun with 250 rounds, and 60 mortar fuses. U.S. soldiers confiscated a rocket-propelled grenade, a PKC machine gun with 600 rounds, a hand grenade, a 60 mm mortar round and four homemade explosives in a house located in Risalah. U.S. soldiers wounded a suspected terrorist and detained two others after a firefight. The same patrol later discovered an explosively formed projectile, two rocket launchers, and three rockets in the Jihad neighborhood. “Iraqi security forces in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad, along with Raider Brigade soldiers, are keeping the terrorists off balance by uncovering these caches, disrupting the terrorists’ networks and detaining them,” said Army Maj. Dave Olson, a 4th Infantry Division spokesman.
— Also, U.S. Special Operations troops killed 11 special groups criminals in the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The special operations forces were providing security for coalition troops that were making safety infrastructure improvements in Sadr City. During the operation, U.S. commandos killed nine insurgents during a firefight. Two more insurgents were killed by a Hellfire missile.
In a separate series of operations in Baghdad on May 9, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers killed eight insurgents and seized four weapons caches.
— U.S. soldiers discovered an improvised explosive device and a 122 mm rocket thanks to a police-provided tip.
— U.S. soldiers killed three insurgents who attacked their patrol with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
— U.S. soldiers discovered a weapons cache in southern Baghdad. The cache contained: rifles, more than 400 rounds of ammunition, and more than 50 mortar fuses.
— U.S. soldiers killed two insurgents in eastern Baghdad.
— U.S. soldiers discovered pipe bombs, a machine gun, more than 600 machine guns rounds, a 60mm mortar round, and a grenade.
— Iraqi soldiers and police confiscated a rocket-propelled grenade, grenades, a machine gun and ammunition.
— U.S. soldiers were struck by two roadside bombs in northeastern Baghdad. Following the attack, three insurgents attacked the soldiers with small-arms fire. The U.S. soldiers killed the insurgents.
“These criminals attack innocent Iraqi citizens and Iraqi and coalition forces,” said Army Maj. Joey Sullinger, a 10th Mountain Division spokesman. “Along with our Iraqi counterparts and the government of Iraq, we will continue to meet these criminals head on with deadly force. We will protect the people of Iraq and restore safety and security throughout Baghdad.”
During May 8 operations:
— Coalition forces finished destroying five bunkers and 12 weapons caches during a series of operations northeast of Baghdad. The caches contained: an anti-aircraft gun with five boxes of ammunition, more than 2,200 rounds of small-arms ammunition, bomb-making materials, 34 fuses, a pickup truck containing bomb components, and multiple rockets and mortars with two rocket launchers. Coalition forces also found a computer, compact discs and other communications equipment.
— U.S. soldiers rescued a kidnapped Iraqi citizen during an operation near Ibrahim Bin Ali, northwest of Baghdad. The soldiers acted on tips provided by Iraqi soldiers and concerned citizens. The suspected kidnappers were detained and held for questioning.
— Members of a “Sons of Iraq” citizen security group turned over seized weapons caches to Iraqi soldiers during a medical operation in Abu Osage, about 30 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. More than 165 citizens received medical care from Iraqi and U.S. Army care providers. The caches contained: artillery rounds, a 73 mm projectile, more than 100 mortar primers, and a surface-to-air rocket launcher.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
IN THE U.S.A....
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020978.php
May 11, 2008
“Guess who’s speaking at the local mosque”
Mumbling...Oh my gosh, I thought I accidently hit YouTube.
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Note: Photo included.
MEDIA IN THE U.S.A....
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020970.php
May 11, 2008
“New York Times presents Islamic supremacist as moderate non-zealot”
READY.GOV
http://www.ready.gov
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blog:
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/05/health-care-when-disaster-stri/
“Health Care – When Disaster Strikes”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Almost seven years post the attacks of September 11th, one of the serious preparedness issues still facing the country is the state of its health care, especially hospital trauma centers that would not be able to deal with the surge of patients resulting from a mass casualty terrorist attack.”
By Jay Fraser on May 10, 2008 at 11:07 PM
So, where’s our fence? Our border fence? Our security fence?
How many terrorist cells are in the U.S.A.?
How many terrorsts/terrorist cells are enroute to the U.S.A.?
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blog:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/second_thai_counterfeit_passpo.php
“Second Thai Counterfeit Passport Ring Broken Up This Month: Nearly 22,000 Passports Seized”
By Zachary Abuza
May 10, 2008 08:05 AM
memriiwmp.org/content/en/more_islamist_web_status.htm?param=IStatus
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www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/7282.htm
“FROM MEMRI’S Islamist Website Monitor Project: Islamist Forum Member: “Bush To Be Targeted During Visit To Saudi Arabia””
Posted at: 2008-05-11
Off Topic, but timely.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014538/posts
“A Well-deserved Tribute to a Special Mother”
Los Angeles Daily News ^ | May 11, 2008 | Dennis McCarthy, Columnist
Posted on May 11, 2008 2:52:28 PM PDT by Mark
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blog:
“Happy Mother’s Day: Everyday conversations with my 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son”
By Michelle Malkin • May 11, 2008 10:34 AM
Thanks to ExSoldier for the ping pointing to his interesting post regarding “Storm Proof Housing.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2014293/posts?page=37#37
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/duncanhunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mexico
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014591/posts
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10244.html
“Hunter to WH: Pull Mexico aid”
By DAVID ROGERS | 5/9/08 5:44 PM EST Text Size:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3542108,00.html
“2 rockets land in Ashkelon area”
SNIPPET: “Siren sounded in seaside city at around 7 am Monday, followed by explosions. One rocket lands inside city, another in open area; one woman suffers from shock”
Shmulik Hadad
Published: 05.12.08, 07:28 / Israel News
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209627062154&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
May 12, 2008 7:04
“Police to raise level of alert in Jerusalem ahead of President’s Conference”
By JPOST.COM STAFF
SNIPPET: “Police will raise its level of alert to level 3 Monday, Israel Radio reported.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bus
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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=730&sid=1402171
“Tighter security on Prince William County buses”
May 11, 2008 - 6:44pm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON— If you ride the bus in Prince William County, you may notice tighter security Monday.
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, the agency, that operates buses in Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park has been on heightened alert since Saturday night.
Police say they received a call from somebody who made threatening references to the buses and the President of the United States. The caller mentioned something happening on Monday.
“Although the threat was non-specific and the police described the call as kind of rambling it did specifically mention PRTC buses,” says Christine Rodrigo of the agency.”
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