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[Velveeta]

Cheney warns of new attacks

Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.

In an interview Tuesday with Politico, Cheney unyieldingly defended the Bush administration’s support for the Guantanamo Bay prison and coercive interrogation of terrorism suspects.

And he asserted that President Obama will either backtrack on his stated intentions to end those policies or put the country at risk in ways more severe than most Americans — and, he charged, many members of Obama’s own team — understand.

“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.

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"No matter where you live in the world, this is a message that bears repeating: Your assistance is needed to prevent terrorist acts." From TM'er and Freeper ~appalachian_dweller~
Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
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"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

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Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
New Links in Italics

"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

[WestCoastGal]

U.S. Slow to Learn of Mexico Flu
Canadian Officials Knew of Rare Strain Before Americans Did

By David Brown

Sunday, April 26, 2009

U.S. public health officials did not know about a growing outbreak of swine flu in Mexico until nearly a week after that country started invoking protective measures, and didn’t learn that the deaths were caused by a rare strain of the influenza until after Canadian officials did.

Good time line for mexico at link...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/25/AR2009042501335.html

[azishot]

Thanks for the ping, LucyT.

Re: post #592...who can we trust? Our doctors, when they tell us to get a flu shot? Our government, to keep us safe? Our officials, to tell us the truth?

Thank goodness for FR ...where else can we find this kind of information all in one location?

[WestCoastGal]

Government official tells Reuters that Yemeni forces have clashed with Somali pirates at sea and there are reports of casualties.

[katiekins1]

Going global pretty fast

I don't believe this went global fast. I think the USA has intentionally under reported this global pandemic. I noticed as of an hour ago,the Swine Flu story is scheduled to dominate today's news cycle starting at 11 30 am C on Fox. A flurry of news conferences are scheduled today. This urgency about the swine flu in the news doesn't make sense to me when we all knew a few days ago about the significance of this story.

[katiekins1]

DC

I do NOT trust the CDC or any government intervention whatsoever! Its so obvious the recent swine flu out break is a deliberate attempt to further their own evil agendas.

[CharlotteVRWC]

maybe they are trying to put the ‘torture’ scandels lower on the radar since Pelosi is involved.

maybe they are trying to start the ‘scare’ and hoping the ‘tea party’ attendance levels will go down for the planned parties on July 4th, etc.

[katiekins1]

maybe they are trying to start the ?scare? and hoping the ?tea party? attendance levels will go down for the planned parties on July 4th, et

I concur with you. Also realize Napolatono will abuse her DHS authority as well. They will use this flu epidemic to issue or mandate an order to prohibit any public gatherings. Wait and see. The CDC is incompetent as they have been in the past. Remember *Legionnaire's Disease?

[Polarik]

OK this is really weird considering my post 592...I just found this on Twitter.

Baxter International has already announced (yday) they are making swine flu vax.

This sounds like an episode of "24"

[callmejoe]

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/Possible_Swine_Flu_Cases_in_D

Possible Swine Flu Cases in Dallas
Created On: Sunday, 26 Apr 2009, 4:29 PM CDT (snip)

Peter Daut

DALLAS - Local health officials announced Sunday they have discovered three suspected cases of swine flu in Dallas.

Dallas County Health and Human Services says the possible cases include a 24-year-old, a 7-year-old and a 3-month-old. They do not believe the cases are related. . .

[Oorang]

Thanks to LucyT for pointing this out to me.

A Pakistani, among those killed by flu
Sunday, April 26, 2009
The INER reported 15 deaths from the epidemic in National Institute of Respiratory Diseases

A Pakistani was the first foreigner to have died in Mexico, the victim of swine influenza. To his family, a group of about eight people, samples were taken for analysis and were given treatment with the antiviral oseltamivir. Sources from the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of Pakistan, which is part of the 20 deceased persons to whom it was found that the contracted swine influenza.

According to data collected by El Universal, Pakistani, which is not provided the name, joined the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) on April 16.

The Health Department detected its first case of swine influenza and released three days before the April 17 first epidemiological alert for an outbreak of atypical seasonal influenza. The alien died on Sunday April 19. His relatives were summoned to proportional one days after the medication and prevent the spread of the virus. INER in the 15 patients died, one at 11:30 am yesterday by a virus whose name did not clarify the institute's director, Edgar Mondragon Armijo.

Excerpted

http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2009/04/pakistani-among-those-killed-by-flu.html

[WestCoastGal]

Well that’s interesting!!

More infected.

Sky Aust: BREAKING NEWS: Reports that 2 people have been admitted to hospital in Queensland with swine flu symptoms.

Local authorities reporting 6 more fatalities in Mexico

[Velveeta]

Good idea, WCG.
Thanks to all for the pings and updates.

[Velveeta]

The outbreak coincided with the President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico City on April 16.

Now, that's just weird.

BO was ill prior to his trip to Mexico.

[jersey117]

Now that’s interesting.

[Velveeta]

Nice to see you. :-)
Hope all is well.

[Velveeta]

WOW. I’m speechless!

[jersey117]

That story should be getting more exposure — maybe it’s own thread? Maybe get it to Drudge?

[LucyT]

Wonder if he was infected in Pakistan and sent to Mexico on a suicide mission ... Just askin’.

[WestCoastGal]

BreakingNewsBULLETIN — 103 BELIEVED DEAD IN MEXICO BY SWINE FLU, NUMBER OF CASES CLIMBS

[Velveeta]

My thoughts exactly.