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Hillary’s October Syrprise? MUST READ
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/06/is-this-hillarys-october-surprise.html
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BLOG:
Note: Photos included.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/192942.php
une 09, 2008
“Yemeni Journalist al-Khaiwani Imprisoned for Photos of Government War Crimes Like These”
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BLOG:
http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2008/06/09/al-khaiwani-verdict-six-years-with-hard-labor/
“al-Khaiwani verdict: Six years with hard labor”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Filed under: Yemen — by Jane Novak at 6:17 am on Monday, June 9, 2008
He’s in jail now. This from the same court that finds it legal and even admirable when Yemenis murder Iraqis in Iraq. But writing about the Yemeni civilians suffering during Ali Mohsen’s personal jihad in Sa’ada is punishable by six years in jail. Every journalist in Yemen is much less free now. And so is the world.”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50145
“U.S. Admiral Addresses Pakistan Navy War College”
American Forces Press Service
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 9, 2008
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50146
“Soldiers in Afghanistan Test New Off-Road Prototypes”
By Army Sgt. Jessica L. Sheldon
Special to American Forces Press Service
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, June 9, 2008
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50151
“Defense Agency Solicits Proposals for ‘Fracture Putty’”
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50148
Five Attackers Killed, Seven Detained in Iraq Operations
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2008 – Coalition forces killed five enemy fighters, destroyed a foreign terrorist hideout, and detained seven terrorism suspects in operations across Iraq today.
A tip from a detainee led coalition forces to a foreign terrorist hideout site in a remote area of northwestern Iraq. When forces arrived, enemy fighters attacked. Coalition forces returned fire and called in air support. Five terrorists were killed. Forces found several suicide vests and heavy machine guns at the site. The site was destroyed.
Also today, coalition forces targeted members of a terrorist bombing network in Beiji, south of Mosul, and detained five terrorism suspects.
In Mosul, coalition forces captured an alleged al-Qaida in Iraq bomber and another suspect.
In operations north of Baghdad yesterday, coalition forces caught a man believed to be the al-Qaida in Iraq emir of Tikrit. The man was caught with three other suspects.
Yesterday in Baghdad, coalition forces detained two terrorism suspects while targeting a man who allegedly operateed multiple bombing cells in the city.
In other Iraq news yesterday, five Iraqis were killed and 30 were wounded in two separate attacks in Baghdad. Two Iraqis were killed and 20 were wounded in a bombing in Baghdad’s western district of Mansour. Three Iraqis were killed, and 10 were wounded when an enemy fighter threw a grenade from a vehicle outside the northeastern end of Baghdad’s International Zone.
Also yesterday, several weapons caches were recovered by U.S. and Iraqi forces:
— U.S. soldiers recovered a weapons cache in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. The cache held three 60 mm mortar tubes, two 82 mm mortar tubes, a 120 mm mortar tube, 16 82 mm mortar rounds, 15 60 mm mortar rounds, pounds of plastic explosives and a bag of ammunition.
— Iraqi soldiers found eight 81 mm artillery rounds, fuses, a silencer and a bag of gunpowder in Baghdad’s Sadr City district.
— In the Shulla area of Kadhamiyah, Iraqi soldiers seized a cache on the grounds of a mosque. The cache included an improvised explosive device, a 60 mm mortar round, a 127 mm artillery round, 19 sets of body armor, two vehicles, fuses, a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher, and dynamite.
— In the Shurta area of Rashid, U.S. soldiers recovered 15 60 mm mortar rounds, two 82 mm mortar rounds, an RPG launcher and an RPG round.
— Iraqi national police and U.S. soldiers seized a weapons cache during a combined operation in the New Baghdad security district of eastern Baghdad. The cache held an explosively formed projectile, a 60 mm mortar system, a 155 mm artillery round, four RPGs, three grenades, five rifles, a set of body armor, blasting caps, and detonation wire.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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BLOG:
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http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/004047.html
June 9, 2008
“Indonesia - A Civil War Between Islamists And Moderates?”
Part One (of Two)
This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appears today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028407/posts
Muslim sect told to return to mainstream Islam
Yahoo News ^ | 6/9/08 | NINIEK KARMINI
Posted on June 9, 2008 11:23:47 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
Members of a moderate Muslim sect were ordered by the government Monday to return to mainstream Islam or face possible imprisonment for insulting the country’s predominant religion.
Critics may see the step as a failure by the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to uphold the young democracy’s secular values as it struggles to define its Muslim identity after decades of dictatorship.
The vast majority of Indonesia’s Muslims are moderate, but in recent years an extremist fringe has grown louder. The government, which relies on the support of Islamic parties in Parliament, has been accused of caving in to their demands.
The document signed Monday by two Cabinet ministers and the attorney general “orders all Ahmadiyah followers to stop their activities” or face up to five years in prison.
Indonesia’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but many in the nation of 235 million consider it offensive that the sect does not recognize Muhammad as the last prophet.
“Is it still safe for us in this country?” Ahmadiyah spokesman Syamsir Ali said in an interview with national broadcaster tvOne. “Our houses are being targeted and those who don’t like us feel it is acceptable to spill our blood.”
Ali said he hopes Indonesia doesn’t “turn out to be like governments in the Middle East” where the movement is prohibited.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
http://www.youtube.com/user/Verity4All
“This account is suspended.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://sandiego.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/sd060508.htm
AFO Enforcer and Mexican Mafia Member Faces New Drug Charges
NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - June 5, 2008
San Diego, CA - United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced today the unsealing of five criminal complaints charging a total of twelve individuals with federal drug trafficking and firearm violations. The charges stem from an undercover investigation conducted by the San Diego Violent Crimes Task Force - Gang Group into the illegal activities of the Mexican Mafia prison gang and associated Latino street gangs in the San Diego area.
Four of the five complaints charge eleven defendants, including Mexican Mafia member Jose Alberto “Bat” Marquez, with Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Marquez, who is currently in federal custody, was indicted in the Southern District of California in 2002 for conspiracies to import and distribute marijuana and cocaine as part of the Arellano-Felix drug trafficking organization; as noted in the 2002 indictment, Marquez acted as an enforcer, bodyguard, and caretaker of stash houses for the Arellano-Felix organization. Marquez was extradited from Mexico to the United States in January 2007. The complaint alleges that, in April 2007, Marquez orchestrated a methamphetamine deal involving at least two other Mexican Mafia associates, despite being in federal custody.
All four drug trafficking complaints charge that the defendants knowingly and intentionally conspired with each other and others to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine. The complaints also allege that, in addition to ties to the Mexican Mafia, several of the defendants have ties to various San Diego street gangs, including: South Side Mob, Logan Heights Red Steps, Shelltown, and Del Sol. Also charged in the complaints are Julia Morones, Maria Madriaga, Brian Mark Smith, Juan Manuel Velarde, Marco Corrado, Ruben Santos, Roland Montemayor, and Jorge Lopez-Herrera.
The fifth criminal complaint charges Mario Bejar, a member of the Old Town National City street gang, with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) and 924. The complaint alleges that Bejar, an individual with felony convictions in San Diego County for attempted robbery and robbery, did unlawfully possess and sell a Mauser 98K 8 mm rifle.
The defendants are expected to be arraigned in federal court on Friday, June 6, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. before Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas.
Case Number: 08MJ1756
Jose Alberto Marquez, a.k.a. Bat Age: 48
Julia Morones Age: 38
Maria Madriaga, a.k.a. Kika Age: 45
Case Number: 08MJ1754
Brian Mark Smith, a.k.a. Dusty Age: 32
Juan Manuel Velarde, a.k.a. Manny Age: 48
Case Number: 08MJ1755
Marco Corrado, a.k.a. Marcos Age: 39
Ruben Santos Age: 37
Case Number: 08MJ1757
Roland Montemayor, a.k.a. Rolo Age: 28
Jorge Lopez-Herrera, a.k.a. Pedro Bombas Age: 22
SUMMARY OF CHARGES
Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846 and 841(a)(1) - Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine;
Title 18, United States Code, Section 2 - Aiding and Abetting
Maximum Penalties: Life in Prison
$4,000,000 Fine
DEFENDANT
Case Number: 08MJ1753
Mario Bejar, a.k.a. Scorpion Age: 41
SUMMARY OF CHARGES
Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924 - Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Maximum Penalties: 10 Years in Prison
$250,000 Fine
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration-Narcotics Task Force Team 2, San Diego Police Department, San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, San Diego County Probation, Federal Bureau of Prisons, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Special Services Unit
A complaint is not evidence that the defendants committed the crimes charged. The defendants are presumed innocent until the Government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
June 6, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/June/08-crt-510.html
Muncie, Indiana, Man Sentenced to 121 Months in Cross Burning Case
WASHINGTON - Kyle Milbourn of Muncie, Ind., was sentenced by a federal judge today for a hate crime stemming from a cross burning last year that was directed at a woman and her three biracial children, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Timothy Morrison.
Milbourn was convicted by a jury in March 2008, of one count of interfering with the housing rights of another person; one count of conspiring to interfere with civil rights; one count of using fire during the commission of a felony; and one count of tampering with a witness. He was sentenced to 121 months on all four counts combined.
According to testimony at trial, on or about March 6, 2006, Milbourn and another individual, who previously pleaded guilty, built an eight-foot wooden cross, erected it in front of the victims’ home, doused it with gasoline and set it on fire. Milbourn did this with the intent to interfere with the victims’ rights under the Fair Housing Act. In an attempt to thwart the FBI’s investigation into the cross burning, Milbourn, in November 2007, tried to prevent a witness from speaking to FBI agents.
“It is deeply disturbing that, in this day and age, circumstances still require us to prosecute cases that involve burning an eight-foot wooden cross in front of the home of a bi-racial family,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Becker. “The Justice Department will vigorously prosecute anyone who engages in cross-burning.”
“No one should have to suffer the terror and intimidation of a cross-burning,” said U.S. Attorney Morrison. “Civil rights enforcement remains a top priority of the Department of Justice.”
The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Betsy Biffl from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and resulted from an investigation conducted by FBI Special Agent Charlie Rownd of the Muncie Field Office.
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021339.php
(AP)
June 9, 2008
“Stop the presses! Pakistan helped the Taliban!”
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BLOG:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/pakistans_swat_peace.php
“Pakistan’s Swat peace agreement in the crossfire”
By BILL ROGGIO
June 9, 2008 2:42 PM
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028525/posts
Pakistani girls are traded to settle feuds
Miami Herald ^ | 6/9/08 | SAEED SHAH
Posted on June 9, 2008 3:45:07 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
It began with an errant dog, and it’s now culminated with the forced betrothal of 15 little girls, some of them as young as 3, as compensation in a case of tribal feuding in a remote part of Pakistan.
It’s thought that around 20 people have died in the bitter quarrel, and the marriage offer of the girls is meant to end the bloodletting.
Under a brutal custom, called Vani, the girls are being traded as settlement of a long-running dispute between two tribes. This case occurred on the border between the southern provinces of Sindh and Baluchistan, but the practice, known as Swara in some areas, isn’t uncommon in rural parts of Pakistan.
‘’The murderer gets away. It is his daughter, his sister, his niece, that pays the price,’’ said Samar Minallah, a human rights activist based in Islamabad. ``The girl has to pay the price for the rest of her life.’’
Vani usually involves the daughters of illiterate and poor people, who don’t have money or other assets to give as compensation. Minallah said that a disturbing feature of such settlements is that they’re often ordered by the rich local landowners who adjudicate the cases. Typically, they’re educated people and even include members of parliament. A law bans the practice, but police and local officials rarely intervene.
In this instance, Noor Ali, whose three daughters are to be given away, said in an interview that he accepted the verdict. His girls, however, had no choice.
‘’I think it is right,’’ said Ali, speaking by telephone from his village in the Jaffarabad area. ``This is our culture.’’
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“North Korea reiterates anti-terror policy in apparent bid for removal from US blacklist”
AP ^ | 06/10/08
Posted on June 10, 2008 1:54:29 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028726/posts
U.S. Official Travels to North Korea for Nuclear Talks
Fox News ^ | Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Associated Press
Posted on June 10, 2008 2:04:12 AM PDT by BloodOrFreedom
Sung Kim, the U.S. State Department’s top Korea expert, crossed into North Korea via the heavily fortified land border with South Korea, the U.S. Embassy in Seoul said.
Kim was to stay in North Korea for two days to discuss how it can finish several remaining steps in disabling its Yongbyong reactor as well the possibility of blowing up a cooling tower there, according to the State Department and the embassy.
North Korea has promised to provide a complete declaration of its nuclear programs in return for aid and political concessions, but has not yet done so. It handed 18,500 pages of nuclear records to the U.S. in May.
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Energy-starved North Korea was promised aid equivalent to 1 million tons of heavy fuel oil for taking initial steps toward disarmament. It has requested that half of the aid be provided in heavy fuel oil and the other half in energy-related equipment — mostly steel products for renovating its outdated power plants.
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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200806/NAT20080609c.html
“Bush to Congress: Get Going on Domestic Oil Drilling”
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
June 09, 2008
Note: The following “Piracy Alert” is a quote:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/main/all_piracy_al.php
Piracy Alert
9 Jun 2008
South China Sea
More...
South China Sea
9 June 2008
SOUTH CHINA SEA
A total of five attacks has been reported for the Area around Anambas Island, South China Sea since 24.03.2008 in the following positions : 02:52.5N-105:11.0E, 03:13.0N-105:26.0E, 03:16.18N-105:26.68E, 03:24.6N-105:31.5E, 02:36.8N-105:9.9E. Pirates in speedboats armed with Guns and long knives are attacking vessels and targeting vessel’s cash and properties. All vessels are advised to maintain a vigilant, 24 hrs, anti - piracy watch both visually and on radar while transiting these waters. Report all sightings of suspicious boats.
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ICC-CCS.ORG - THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
Weekly Piracy Report
3-9 June 2008
The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 3 to 9 June 2008.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a high risk area and mariners are advised to be cautious especially while approaching the anchorage and while at anchor at Chittagong
Nigeria
Violent attacks carried out by pirates on board vessels at anchor and vessel carrying out STS operations. Mariners are advised to exercise extreme caution in these waters.
Suspicious crafts
04.06.2008: 2220 LT: 03:05.3N - 104:31.3E, Malaysia.
A small boat approached a container ship underway from astern at a distance of 1.7 nm. Master raised alarm, increased speed took evasive manoeuvres and enhanced anti piracy watchers on the poop deck. Suspicious boat increased speed up to 25 knots and maintained a parallel course for some time. At 2243 LT, suspicious boat alerted course and distance increased to 3 nm. The ship continued at the same speed for another hour to clear the area.
Recently reported incidents
07.06.2008: Lagos tanker berth, Nigeria.
Robbers boarded a chemical tanker at berth from the outboard side. They attempted to open an inerted cargo tank. Duty AB spotted him and the robber immediately jumped overboard and escaped. At the time of the incident, there were no shore guards as there were no cargo operations in progress.
05.06.2008: 0415 LT: Pointe Noire Anchorage, Congo.
Two robbers, in a canoe approached a refrigerated cargo ship at anchor. One robber attempted to board the ship with a long pole attached with a hook. As the robber reached the main deck level, the duty AB hit him and he fell overboard. Port control responded after nearly two hours, but was not interested in the incident.
07.06.2008: 1000 LT: 03:18.5N-125:05.8E, Vicinity of Kepulauan Sangir, Indonesia.
Pirates in a speedboat chased and opened fire on a livestock carrier in ballast enroute to Australia. Master took evasive manoeuvres to prevent boarding and reduce casualties to crew and ship. Master informed managers who in turn contacted the Piracy Reporting Centre for assistance. The centre contacted authorities for assistance. The Authorities instructed their local units to assist and respond accordingly. After two hours of continuous firing and chasing, the pirate boat aborted the attempt. Master fearing further attack from pirate boat, discontinued passage to next port and returned to last port, Gen Santos port, Philippines with ETA – am - 08.06.2008. Ship sustained serious damages to bridge, communication equipment and hull. Further reports are awaited.
04.06.2008: 1230 UTC: 02:36.85N - 105:09.9E, Indonesia.
Pirates, in a wooden speedboat, armed with long knives and bars boarded a chemical tanker underway. They stole ship’s cash and crew property and escaped. No injuries to crew.
03.06.2008: 0705 UTC: Posn: 12:43.8N – 049:51.5E, Gulf of Aden.
Two pirate boats opened fire on a container vessel underway. Two coalition warships, in the vicinity came to assist the vessel. The pirates aborted the attack. All crew safe.
03.06.2008: 2000 UTC: 03:24N – 105:31E: Off Anambas, Indonesia.
Eight pirates, armed with long knives and bars, boarded a container ship underway. Pirates stole ship’s cash and crew properties and escaped. No injuries to crew.
27.05.2008: 0315 LT: Posn 01:06.5 N – 103: 45.58 E: Singapore Straits
Four pirates, armed with long knives boarded a tug towing a barge. The pirates stole cash and personal belongings of the crew. No injuries to crew members.
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UPDATE:
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=131024
“Pro-Islam principal removed”
Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow - 6/9/2008 10:45:00 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Pastors in the Houston area who objected to a pro-Islam assembly at an area junior high school are applauding the removal of the principal who arranged the presentation.
As OneNewsNow previously reported, nearly 900 seventh- and eighth-grade students at Friendswood Junior High were required to attend a pro-Islam presentation by two representatives of the Council on American-Islamic relations. The program stated Islamic opinion on religious issues as fact, and contained instruction on how to practice Muslim religious rituals.”
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http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=129040
“Islamic infiltration in Texas school
Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow - 6/3/2008 10:05:00 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Parents and Christian pastors in the Houston area are angry after a local junior high school forced students to attend what they describe as an indoctrination to Islam.
Pastor Dave Welch, executive director of the Houston Area Pastor Council, is just one of those angry over a presentation by two female representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations that students at the Friendswood Junior High School were forced to attend two weeks ago.
“The specific details, as we were given by the students, included teachings that Adam, Noah, and Jesus were all prophets like Mohammed; the basic tenets of Islam; the process of how to pray five times a day; again, the pillars of Islam. These were specific, religious instructions,” Welch explains.
Welch says Principal Robin Lowe explained to parents, who initially complained, that the assembly was held to deal with comments some students had made that were insensitive to Arab students. “This was not just cultural issues of the manners and ways of Arab culture. This was Islamic teaching,” says the Houston pastor. “That was the issue that, obviously, raised great concern. This was forced religious instruction and [what we call] Islamic ... ‘indoctrination.’”
Even more egregious, Welch says, is the fact that the principal was allegedly ordered by the superintendent of the school district not to allow the pro-Islam assembly, but did so anyway.”
Propaganda ON THE INTERNET:
www.youtube.com/user/WarriorsOfIslam
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080605-8.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 5, 2008
“National Security Presidential Directive and Homeland Security Presidential Directive”
Fyi Only.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080609-2.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 9, 2008
“Executive Order: Amending Executive Order 12989, as Amended”
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/10/us-contractors-must-verify-staff/
“U.S. contractors must verify staff”
Audrey Hudson
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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