and that I have so many FReepers to teach me, as I type through my tears.
Nukes are the ultimate in asymmetrical warfare.
SAAG.org - SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS GROUP Paper No. 554: "AL QAEDA EMPIRE IN PAKISTAN & SPURT IN TERRORISM IN KASHMIR" by B. Ramon (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "16. Al Qaeda and the other components of the IIF generally step up their acts of terrorism and pro-jihad propaganda during the holy fasting period of Ramadan and in the days preceding it. Many of their terrorist acts such as the Mumbai (Bombay) blasts of March,1993, the New York World Trade Centre explosion of February,1993 etc took place during the fasting period. The last but one and the last Fridays of the fasting period are particularly important occasions for them to draw the attention of the world to their continuing jihad. The recently -stepped up propaganda offensive, either by bin Laden himself or someone on his behalf, has also coincided with the fasting period. November 29 is the last Friday of the fasting period and there would be need for extra vigilance on and around that day.") (112602)
BBC NEWS: "HIJACK DRAMA ON ITALIAN PLANE" (NOTE: The man said he was "a member of Al-Qaeda." According to an AP report, the suspect is identified as Stefano Savorani, age 29.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The plane was hijacked while flying over Swiss airspace, say police. Italian authorities say they have identified the man as a former policeman, thought to be aged around 30. They say that three years ago he attempted unsuccessfully to hijack a Moroccan airliner flying from Marseille to Paris and on another occasion he tried to hijack a high-speed train in Italy, breaking into the driver's compartment, the BBC's Rome correspondent David Willey reports.") (112702)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "LARGE HOLES DETECTED IN VISA WATCH PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "By April 2002, when the terror task force assumed control of the system, the FBI had a backlog of some 8,000 unchecked names from the State Department. Of the 38, 000 "Condor" applications subsequently processed through Aug. 1, 2002, about 280 names turned up on the anti-terrorism lists. The State Department was given a refusal recommendation for 200 visa applicants, but that came after the 30-day hold had expired — meaning the visas had already been issued. Because of mispelled or duplicate names, officials believe the visas were actually issued to 105 men whose names appear on the anti-terror lists.") (112602)
USA TODAY.com: "SHODDY RECORDS SLOW INQUIRY REPORT: FEDS CAN'T FIND 4,300 ALIENS" by Kevin Johnson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In one of the most troubling findings made public Thursday by the General Accounting Office, shoddy INS databases were blamed for the FBI's inability to find 4,334 of 5,046 illegal immigrants identified earlier this year as having ties to countries where al-Qaeda has had a significant presence. Among those countries: Yemen, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Malaysia.") (112202)
FREE CONGRESS.org - THE FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION - Notable News: "ONE WHO DARES CALL IT 'TREASON'" -Commentary by Paul M. Weyrich (COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "So how does Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) justify holding a reception for the Mujahedin-e Kalq? The U.S. State Department, since 1994, has listed this group as one of the most dangerous terrorist groups in the world. The State Department says that this Marxist-Muslim group has killed many Americans and had blown up a number of U.S. facilities in Iran. This group participated in the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. This group had a falling out with the Ayatollah Khomeni, according to The Washington Times, so the group fled to Iraq and now is funded by Saddam Hussein. The group helped Hussein fight the Kurds in the North of Iraq when chemical weapons were used.") (112502)
Dubai GULF NEWS.com: "SMUGGLING THRIVES IN THE SHADOW OF SANCTIONS" by Bob Drogin - London (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "Hidden inside the trucks was a bonanza of banned military materiel - including night vision devices, global positioning systems, communications gear and other highly specialised electronic equipment from South Korea"..."In all, the engineer said, he helped sneak at least 25 loads of contraband cargo into Iraq for hefty commissions. Among them: 2,500 tyres for armoured personnel carriers from Ukraine, two trucks of high-tech laboratory equipment from Germany and mainframe South Korean computers inside empty refrigerator boxes. Saddam, anything he wants, he can get," said the Iraqi, who recently moved to Britain.") (112502)
BBC NEWS: "IRAQ OPENS BORDER WITH SAUDI" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Saudi goods imported by Iraq under the UN's oil for food programme have had to be transported via Jordan. The reopening of the Ar'ra crossing will mean they can be trucked straight across the border.") (103102)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): "IRAQ TAKES DELIVERY OF POWDER USED IN CHEMICAL ARMS" (ARTICLES SNIPPETS: "Iraqi scientists know how to make chemical weapons that can penetrate military protective clothing, and Iraq imported up to 25 metric tons last month of a powder that is a crucial ingredient to such "dusty" weapons. Iraq told the United Nations the powder was destined for a pharmaceutical company."..."The powder, sold under the brand name Aerosil...") (111802)
TIMES ONLINE.co.uk: "SADDAM PAYS GADDAFI $3 BILLION TO GIVE HIS FAMILY SAFE HAVEN IN LIBYA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Word of Saddam's deal with the Libyan leader has emerged from diplomatic sources in Tripoli following a visit to the Libyan capital on September 8 by General Ali Hasan al-Majid, a cousin and trusted member of Saddam's clan. General al-Majid is known by the Kurds of northern Iraq as "Chemical Ali" because he was in charge of the Iraqi forces which launched a chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988. He was also initially the "Governor" of Kuwait after Iraq's invasion of the Gulf state in August 1990, and is now one of the Baath Party regional command leaders. He is believed to have travelled to Tripoli to deliver a personal missive from Saddam to the Libyan leader, confirming the arrangements for his family.") (111602)
FOX NEWS.com: "IRAQ STOCKPILING GAS ANTIDOTE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The fate of 31,600 chemical munitions, 550 mustard gas bombs and 4,000 tons of chemical precursors remain unknown, according to Congressional Research Services. In fact, the primary remaining chemical weapons questions center on the VX nerve agent, which atropine can be used to counter. By 1995, UNSCOM uncovered enough evidence to force Iraq to admit to producing about 4 tons of VX, but UNSCOM thought the country had imported enough material to actually produce 200 tons of VX, according to CRS.") (111202)
WorldNetDaily.com: "NO LONGER AN ACCIDENT" -Commentary by Jack Cashill (COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "A fourth point of interest is the behavior of President Bill Clinton. Although she served as an adviser to Clinton during his 1992 campaign, Mylroie finds his reaction to Iraqi-backed terrorism "inexplicable." In fact, throughout the book, Mylroie quietly condemns the seeming "policy disarray" that leads time and again to inaction. The administration, she notes, suffered from the inability to tell the truth about Iraq even to itself.") (111902)
FOX NEWS.com: "SENATORS URGE PROBE OF ALLEGED LINK OF SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY TO 9-11" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The FBI is investigating financial records indicating that Princess Haifa al-Faisal, wife of the Saudi ambassador, wrote monthly checks that ultimately went into the accounts of Omar al-Bayoumi and Osama Basnan. Two hijackers of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon may have gotten money from those men while the terrorists were living in the United States.") (112402)
stepping back in time...PCPAFG.org: "'SLEEPER AGENTS' NOT JUST ARABS, BUT ALSO EUROPEANS; MANUALS INSTRUCT RECRUITS HOW TO ASSASSINATE, KIDNAP, OBTAIN FALSE DOCUMENTS, ALIASES" ("Source: NEWSWEEK", "Article from: http://www.afghan-web.com"): (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Some operatives aid the cause by offering money. Federal investigators know that Omar al-Bayoumi helped pay the rent on the San Diego apartment for two of the American Airlines Flight 77 hijackers. They also know that al-Bayoumi is well educated and ambitious. In completing an application for admission to a doctoral program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, he listed himself as ``assistant to the director of finance'' at Dallah AVCO, an aviation services company in Saudi Arabia. The FBI is investigating possible ties between Dallah AVCO and the Al Qaeda network. Asked about these ties by Newsweek, Dallah AVCO's owner, Saudi Billionaire Saleh Abdullah Kamel, responded, ``This is not true at all.'' U.S. intelligence suspects that wealthy Saudis are funding Islamic extremist groups.") (October 22, 2001)
USA TODAY.com (AP): Sidon, Lebanon. "AMERICAN MISSIONARY KILLED IN SOUTH LEBANON" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...The clinic provides medical care and help to local people and Palestinian refugees in camp nearby. "Bonnie died because she loved the people of Sidon," he told reporters outside the center. "May God forgive them," Dagher said of the attackers. Muslim clerics have criticized the Unity Center in the past, accusing it of preaching Christianity and trying to indoctrinate Sidon's youth...") (ARTICLE NOTE: The victim is identified as Bonnie Penner, age 31, wife of Gary Whitherall.) (112102)
CHANNEL NEWS ASIA.com: "CLERIC WARNS OF MAJOR AL-QAEDA ATTACKS ON US AND UK" (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: ""If Britain and the United States attack Iraq they will suffer heavy casualties back home," said Syrian-born Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, leader of the radical al-Muhajiroun group"...he also cautioned Muslims to be careful in London."..."He also warned them to avoid places like Britain, especially during Friday's anniversary of a 7th century Muslim battlefield victory. The first Badr conquest - a seventh century battlefield victory for the early Muslims - took place on the 17th day of Ramadan, which falls this year on November 22." (112202)
COMPUTER WORLD - Security Topics: "EXCLUSIVE: BIN LADEN ASSOCIATE WARNS OF CYBERATTACKS" by Dan Verton (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A London-based fundamentalist Islamic cleric with known ties to Osama bin Laden said al-Qaeda and various other fundamentalist Muslim groups around the world are actively planning to use the Internet as a weapon in their "defensive" jihad, or holy war, against the West. In an exclusive interview today with Computerworld, Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, founder of the London-based group Jama'at Al-Muhajirun and the spokesman for Osama bin Laden's International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, said all types of technology, including the Internet, are being studied for use in the global jihad against the West...") (111802)
CANADA.com: "FBI TOLD RCMP MAN HAD TERROR LINK Embarrassed Officials Admit U.S. Sent Evidence About Maher Arar" by Mike Trickey, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Mr. Al-Maati's older brother, Amr Badr Abou Elmoati, also a Canadian citizen, is wanted by the FBI in connection with new al-Qaeda threats made against the U.S. Documents found in a house in Kabul a year ago contained a July 1996 letter from Immigration Canada to an Amro Abouelmaati in Toronto, informing him that his Canadian citizenship certificate was enclosed. A patient card from Toronto General Hospital with Mr. Abouelmaati's name on it was also found at the site.") (111802)
FBI.gov: MOST WANTED TERRORISTS: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (WANTED POSTER SNIPPETS: "Mugniyah is the alleged head of the security apparatus for the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah."..."The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension and/or conviction of Imad Fayez Mugniyah.")
FOX NEWS.com:"STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO AL QAEDA WARNS OF MORE ATTACKS ON NEW YORK, WASHINGTON" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A statement attributed to Al Qaeda threatened more attacks in New York and Washington unless America stops supporting Israel and converts to Islam, an Arab TV reporter who received the unsigned document said Saturday.")(111602)
That was some bomb at the hotel, I'm amazed at the damage. We've got to hunt these beasts down and exterminate them.
The Islamonazi movement isn't going to go away by itself, but it is going to go away.
Hizzbullah fired 2 anti-aircraft missiles at IAF jets from South Lebanon....no hits for Hamdi.
IDF ,GSS and police apprehended terrorists:
6 in Jenin
5 in Bethlehem
3 in Tubas
A bus with school children was fired upon in Gush Katif.... no one injured....Thankyou Ha'Shem!
In a way, however, it was appropriate we in America learned of these attacks on Thanksgiving because the news makes real the precious things for which we give thanks: life, family, our faiths, freedom, safety, warmth, food, and in this hour heroes, public servants and warriors who are resolved to defeat the forces attacking us and our civilization.