GOTTA SEE THIS-War Endur.Freedom 12/2/02-Ibn Firnas,Balad,Youssefiah,Kikambala, Mawemi

GOOD NEWS FROM AFGHANISTAN

An Afghan boy holds flags of Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Turkey as he watches the graduation ceremony of Afghan soldiers from 1st battalion of the Afghan National Guard at Kabul Olympic Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec.1, 2002. The National Guards, who were trained by Turkish Army personnel for ten weeks, will serve as a backbone to the National Army. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Soldiers of the first battalion of the Afghan National Guard hold their AK-47 weapons December 1, 2002 after they were sworn in at a graduation ceremony at Kabul's stadium. The 379 Afghan battalion was trained by Turkish army personnel from the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (news - web sites). In the background is a poster of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the rebel leader killed by al-Qaida. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Afghan soldiers of the first battalion of the Afghan National Guard check their weapons December 1, 2002 before the graduation ceremony at Kabul's stadium. The 379 Afghan battalion were trained by the Turkish army personnel of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (news - web sites) trained. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Afghan soldiers of the first battalion of Afghan National Guard march with their weapons December 1, 2002 before the graduation ceremony at Kabul's stadium. The 379 Afghan battalion were trained by the Turkish army personnel of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (news - web sites). REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Soldiers of the first battalion of the Afghan National Guard place their hands on their weapons as they are sworn-in December 1, 2002 during the graduation ceremony at Kabul's stadium. The 379 Afghan battalion were trained by the Turkish army personnel of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (news - web sites). In the background is a poster of Ahmad Shah Massod, the rebel leader killed by Al-Quaida assasins. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Soldiers of the first battalion of the Afghan National Guard put their hands on their weapons as they are sworn-in December 1, 2002 during the graduation ceremony at Kabul's stadium. The Turkish army personnel of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (news - web sites) trained the 379 Afghan men battalion. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Members of the first battalion of Afghan National Guard march December 1, 2002 as they arrive for their graduation ceremony at Kabul's stadium. The 379 Afghan battalion were trained by the Turkish army personnel of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (news - web sites). REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Afghan soldiers from 1st battalion of Afghan National Guard take a pledge to serve their country during their graduation ceremony at Kabul Olympic Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Dec.1, 2002. The National Guards, who were trained by Turkish Army personnel for ten weeks, will serve as a backbone to the National Army. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Afghan soldiers from 1st battalion of Afghan National Guard sing Afghan national anthem during their graduation ceremony at Kabul Olympic Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002. The National Guards, who were trained by Turkish Army personnel for ten weeks, will serve as a backbone to the National Army. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Afghan soldiers from 1st battalion of the Afghan National Guard take a pledge during their graduation ceremony at Kabul Olympic Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Dec.1, 2002. The National Guards, who were trained by Turkish Army personnel for ten weeks, will serve as a backbone to the National Army. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An Afghan National Guard officer adjusts a national flag held by a soldier from 1st battalion of the National Guard during their graduation ceremony as foreign soldiers and officers stand in the back in Kabul Olympic Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002. Afghan National Guards, who were trained by Turkish Army personnel for ten weeks, will serve as a backbone to the National Army. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Afghan soldiers from 1st battalion of Afghan National Guard enter Kabul Olympic Stadium for their graduation ceremony through a red smoke artificially created in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Dec.1, 2002. Afghan National Guards, who were trained by Turkish Army personnel for ten weeks, will serve as a backbone to the National Army. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An Afghan presidential guard salutes as Afghan soldiers from 1st battalion of Afghan National Guard parade during their graduation ceremony in Kabul Olympic Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Dec.1, 2002. Afghan National Guards, who were trained by Turkish Army personnel for ten weeks, will serve as a backbone to the National Army. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

About the inspections farce---you're right.

Thanks for posting the photos of the pro-Israel rally in Montreal, plus the photos about a week ago, of a similar rally in Israel, including British and American citizens. I haven't heard a peep from the mainstream media about either of these events.

Keep up the good work!

Hey! Those U.N. weapons "inspectors" must have left their bio/hazmat suits at the hotel. Wonder why? /sarcasm off

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This pretty much says it all...

Unidentified Senior Iraqi Official: We Did Not Hesitate to Use WMD in the Past and Will Not Stand Idly By This Time Either

http://www.memri.org./bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SA402

They openly admit that they have WMD and the inspections farce continues! What a joke...

How funny! I can't get over all the pictures Saddam has of himself plastered all over the place. Saddam loves himself very much.

You're not the only one who has little confidence in them. Even if we were certain they were trying their hardest to find weapons factories, it wouldn't be enough. Hussein and co. have played this game before and will continue to do so, and it looks like too many of the UN bureaucrats are either too stupid or too interested in their own agendas anyway.

TODAY'S LINKS OF INTEREST: SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS: Click on any of the links of your choice and read all about it!

SIGNONSANDIEGO.com - THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE: "AGENT IS SHOT AT IN BORDER ESCAPE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BOULEVARD - Four drug smugglers shot at, but missed, a U.S. Border Patrol agent as they slipped into Mexico yesterday morning, authorities said. The group left behind an estimated 415 pounds of marijuana in large duffel bags as they escaped, Border Patrol spokesman Raul Villarreal said.") (113002)

TUCSON CITIZEN.com: "SMUGGLER CRASHES THROUGH BORDER Man runs into Mexico after he's spotted near Douglas by Federal Agents. He leaves behind 781 pounds of pot." (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect was driving a stolen SUV.) (113002)

BBC News: "FRENCH CLERIC FACES SHOE-BOMB INQUIRY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The move against Kamel Lakhram, the imam or prayer leader of a mosque north of Paris, allows investigators to continue their inquiries and decide if he should be charged. French authorities have been trying to establish what logistical or financial help Reid had before he boarded a Paris to Miami flight in December 2001 and tried to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes. The mosque leader was one of eight suspects police arrested last Tuesday by French police investigating Reid's activities.") (120102)

THIS IS LONDON.com: "BOMB ATTACHED TO SPEED CAMERA" (112902)

***U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: "PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: EAST AFRICA" (113002)

***WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AIRLINES WARNED OF MISSILE THREAT" by Bill Gertz (113002)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "MISSILES SHOT AT JET ARE READILY AVAILABLE" by Jonathan S. Landay, Knight Ridder Newspapers (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In May, the FBI warned U.S. law-enforcement agencies and airlines that intelligence reports indicated that Islamic extremists may have smuggled SA-7s and U.S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles into the United States. The reports were based on monitors of Internet chat rooms that Islamic extremists use.") (113002)

stepping back in time...JEWISH WORLD REVIEW.com: "IRANIAN MULLAHS ARE SPONSORING A COURSE IN LEBANON FOR PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS ON HOW TO OPERATE SAM-7 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES" by Richard Z. Chesnoff (February 20, 2002)

stepping back in time...JEWISH WORLD REVIEW.com: "AL-QAEDA'S IRANIAN ESCAPE HATCH" -Column by Richard Z. Chesnoff (COLUMN SNIPPET: "Senior counterterrorist agents in Europe have told me that, despite emphatic denials by the Iranian government, fugitive troops loyal to Osama Bin Laden continue to slip freely across Afghanistan's 600-mile border with Iran. From there, say the sources, they are being smuggled by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard to a variety of countries in the Middle East, South America and possibly elsewhere.") (March 13, 2002)

JERUSALEM POST.com (The Associated Press, London): "MUSLIM CLERIC SAYS AL-QAIDA PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR KENYA ATTACKS" (ARTICLE NOTE: The "Muslim Cleric" is identified as Abu Hamza Al-Masri. Muslim Cleric Abu Hamza Al-Masri leads prayers at London's Finsbury Park Mosque. (113002)

GOOGLE Search Term: "ABU HAMZA AL-MASRI"

JERUSALEM POST.com (AP, Jerusalem Post): "THREE ISRAELIS AMONG EIGHT KILLED IN TWIN KENYA TERROR ATTACKS" (UPDATE: 13 people Dead, Over 80 Wounded, and 3 "suicide bombers" are dead in the bombing of this Kenya hotel -- Israel suspects that Al-Qaida may be behind the attack.) (112802)

GOOGLE Search Term: "AL-ITTIHAD AL-ISLAMI" (Note: Al-Ittihad al-Islami is also known as the Islamic Union)

stepping back in time...ONLINE.ie - News: "AL-QAIDA SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN KENYA" (February 18, 2002)

JERUSALEM POST.com: "IRAN AIDED ISLAMIC JIHAD ATTACK" (111702)

YAHOO! News - FULL COVERAGE: "IRAN"

GOOGLE Search Term: "ISLAMIC JIHAD"

FREEREPUBLIC.com - News Discussion Threads - Search Term: "ISLAMIC JIHAD"

NewsMax.com - HOT TOPICS: "AL QAEDA"

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)

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CENTER: "What's New"

FIEDOR REPORT ON THE NEWS by Doug Fiedor: "SECURITY BY THE NUMBERS" (120102)

***US. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: "WORLDWIDE CAUTION" (112002)***

INTERPOL.int: "WANTED"

FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS"

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Dubai GULF NEWS.com (Reuters): "INDIA BELIEVES AL-QAIDA NO.2 MAN IS IN BANGLADESH" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Hindustan Times quoted an intelligence report as saying Bangladesh, India's eastern neighbour, has become a haven for Osama bin Laden's Al Qaida network and that Zawahiri had been in Bangladesh since September. New Delhi's information was based on the interrogation of a man belonging to the Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami militant group, who was detained by police in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata last month, the newspaper said.") (112902)

GOOGLE Search Term: "AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI"

FBI.gov - MOST WANTED TERRORISTS: "AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI"

THE TIMES OF INDIA (Times News Network): "LASHKAR USING GULF NRI'S IN NETWORK" (ARTICLE NOTE: Lashkar is also known as Lashkar E-Taliba (LeT) (112902)

ISLAM-ONLINE.net (IOL): "FRESH ROHINGYA MUSLIM INFLUX INTO BANGLADESH" (112902)

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.")

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)

FREEREPUBLIC.com - Discussion Threads - Search Term: "CHATTER"

CNS NEWS.com: "RADICAL PAKISTANI LAWMAKERS VOW TO BLOCK AL-QAEDA HUNT IN TRIBAL AREA" by T.C. Malhotra (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Islamists leading the new parliament in Pakistan's northwest border province have vowed to block the manhunt for al Qaeda in their tribal-dominated region, where the U.S. military believes hundreds of the extremists are hiding.") (112802)

NEWS.com.au: "3,000 TRAINED FOR TERROR" by Martin Chulov (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)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "BUSH TO PUSH FOR AMNESTY" (112302)

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)

FOX NEWS.com: "EDUCATION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS INSPECTED" by Dan Springer (112202)

YAHOO! News (AP): "POWELL WANTS MORE MUSLIMS IN THE U.S." (111902)

IRAQ WATCH.org

CHRISTIANITY TODAY.com: "KEEPING THEIR HEADS DOWN" by Stan Guthrie (111802)

MEMRI.org - THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Alert No.4: "UNIDENTIFIED SENIOR IRAQI OFFICIAL: WE DID NOT HESITATE TO USE WMD IN THE PAST AND WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY THIS TIME EITHER" (112602)

NY POST.com: "CONSTRUCTION SITES MAY BE MOSQUE-ING ARMS DEVELOPMENT" by Niles Lathem (112802)

GLOBAL SECURITY.org: "PUBLIC EYE PICTURE OF THE WEEK - 2002"

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)

GOOGLE Search Term: "MUJAHEDIN-E KHALQ"

GOOGLE Search Term: "MUJAHEDIN-E KHALIQ"

GOOGLE Search Term: "MUJAHEDIN-E KALQ"

An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an opinion-commentary by GEORGE GALLOWAY in THE GUARDIAN (UK): "IN THE HANDS OF THE THREE WITCHES There Will Be Only One Winner of an Iraqi War - Osama Bin Laden" (112702)

MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Dispatch Series No.423: "Syria's Foreign Minister to Egyptian Weekly: The "No-Fly Zones" are Illegitimate; Syria Voted for UN Resolution 1441 to Strengthen the Washington Peace Camp; American Policy is Tyrannical") (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)

TOWNHALL.com: "THE IRAQI INFILTRATION" -Column by Michelle Malkin (112002)

WHITE HOUSE.gov: "SADDAM HUSSEIN'S IRAQ: A DECADE OF DEFIANCE AND DECEPTION"

An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding this article by Philip Sherwell ad David Wastell posted on www.OPINION.TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "SADDAM 'HIDING THE WEAPONS IN MOSQUES'" (111702)

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)

BBC NEWS: "IRAQIS 'INFILTRATED UK GERM LABS'" (111602)

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)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "BAGHDAD INCREASES RANGE OF SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES" by Bill Gertz (111502)

FOX NEWS.com: "RAW DATA: IRAQ'S LETTER TO U.N." (111302)

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)

MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE: "IRAQ PREPARES MISSILE, AIRCRAFT NEAR SAUDI BORDER" (October, 2002)

YAHOO! News Coverage: "IRAQ"

"BLOODY FRIDAY - CHEMICAL MASSACRE OF THE PEOPLE OF HALABJA BY THE IRAQI REGIME MARCH 1988" (ALERT: This BLOODY FRIDAY site should not be viewed by children.)

GOOGLE Search Term: "ISLAMIC CHANGE MOVEMENT"

THE STAR.com: "POLICE SEIZE VAST ARSENAL" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Gary Bon, age 45, of Toronto.) (113002)

CANADA.com - CANADIAN PRESS: "B'NAI BRITH WANTS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FREEZE HEZBOLLAH ASSETS IN CANADA" by Stephen Thorne (112902)

STRAITS TIMES.asia1.com.sg: "TERROR THREAT SHUTS CANADIAN EMBASSY IN MANILA" (112802)

THE STAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR (CP): "HAMAS ADDED TO TERROR LIST; HEZBOLLAH OMITTED" (112702)

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CANADA: BASE FOR TERRORISTS" by Stephen Brown (111902)

FBI.gov: "SEEKING INFORMATION: AMER EL-MAATI" (FBI POSTER NOTE: Amer El-Maati's known aka's are: "Amro Badr Eldin Abou El-Maati, Amro Badr Abouelmaat")

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)

CANADA.com (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH and files from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS): "AL-QAIDA VIDEO PUTS HOTELS ON ALERT English Speaking Terrorists Trained to Execute Guests" (111702)

USEMBASSY.state.gov: "U.S. EMBASSIES AND OTHER DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS"

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.")

NATIONAL POST.com: "LEADING TERROR SUSPECT TIED TO CANADIAN CELL Imad Mugniyah: Academic Fears Operations Could Be Launched 'In and From' Canada" by Stewart Bell (111202)

DAILY STAR.com.lb - Lebanese News: "CNN ACCUSES MUGHNIEH OF PLANNING NEW ATTACK" (110902)

An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a CNN.com article: "SOUTH AMERICA'S 'TRI-BORDER' BACK ON TERRORISM RADAR" (110702)

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)

TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SUMMONSED OVER SEPTEMBER 11" by David Wastell (ARTICLE NOTE: Apparently the new Saudi Ambassador will be Prince Turki al Faisal.) (120102)

GOOGLE Search Term: "Turki al Faisal"

Interesting Discussion Threads on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding news articles with a focus on SPAIN

YAHOO! News - FULL COVERAGE: "IRAN"

Very Interesting Discussion Threads Regarding the "NETHERLANDS" on FreeRepublic.com

FOX NEWS.com - CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE SNIPER SHOOTINGS & FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS (120202)

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Hussein's cult image factory is unreal. That phuckers picture is on everything. Any action against Iraq has the potential of spreading to all four corners of the ME. At least it seems like it needs to. This guy Nasrallah looks like the thug king in waiting. The whole region is militarized to the point that any war has the potential for spreading out and being extremely lethal for one side or the other. High stakes when considering Iran and Lebanon. And Egypt. And Syria. And Saudi Arabia. And .

I hadn't heard or read a thing about this Bonnie Witheral. That is terrible. I wonder how many incidents such as that occur that we never even hear about. That is so sad, trying to help those people and then getting killed for it.

Is it true that the media has taken pains to conceal the number of Iraqi officials who have been hospitalized with humorous bustagutitis since the arrival of "KOFI'S KLOWNS"tm?

Nothing to see here! Bye Bye!! Y'all come back now, ya' heah?

I posted this over on another thread. But It I Believe echoes yours and lot of others(mine included)sentiments about the UN inspections.

Kashmir India.

The cold blooded murder of Bonnie Witheral is terrible, also two questions arise about her death; why was she only covered from the neck down - is that her cloths next to her - and why was she moved after being shot.

I also got a chill viewing the photos of Hamas marching with all the clergy watching the militants go by. It reminded me of the Nazis marching prior to WWII.

Interesting that now the Jihad is expanding there are three flags being shown as under attack by the Hamas, two of them outside of Israel. Palestinian terrorism is indeed a world wide problem now. Too bad we did not stop it before Oslo, but instead gave it a nice place to live inside Israel and fed it lots of money to make a state. The state did not flourish, but terrorism sure did.

Give money to terrorists, and you get more terrorism. Go figure. [/sarcasm]

re post #35.

No words to express my thoughts...

The Prez of course knew the "inspectors" would be a charade. It is going to be interesting to see in what way he exposes their incompetence, which I've no doubt he will do.

The Kenya photos are just devastating.

Thank you,Dio-great posts for the week.
I am really impressed by how far the Kabul markets have advanced since the fall of the Taliban.I am ever so glad that Afganistan now has it's own army,trained by the Turks and prepared to keep Al-Queida out of Afganistan once and for all time!
....Now about Koffi's Klowns.check out my two pics.-All I can say is that what they are looking for is probably right under their noses!

Could it be?The monument looks purpose built for easy acess by large road transport.