Posted on 12/06/2002 8:49:48 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/7/02 - Endeavour, Soyuz, International Space Station, Kourou, Kabul
BREAKING: From Cape Canaveral, Florida, women and Native American soar BREAKING: Endeavour, International Space Station, heroes everywhere. BREAKING: Kourou, French Guyana
========= International Space Station =========
Space shuttle Endeavour, and tracked from campfire onMerritt Island, Florida, November 23, 2002,
launched with a crew of seven for crew exchange and a construction mission at the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Endeavour over New Zealand on approach to the International Space Station.
The International space station is visble in the cross hairs of space shuttle Endeavour's docking port.
After docking.
At the international space station, the Soyuz capsule silhouetted against the Earth.
With the International Space Station, installing the WETA wireless external transceiver assembly
onto the International Space Station 's Unity module.
With the International Space Station, entering Unity's Qwest airlock at the end of the six-hour work session.
Astronaut heroes attached fluid and electrical lines between the SO and P1 truss of the International Space Station
all while floating 248 statute miles above Earth, on Thanksgiving Day, 2002.
Look for the UHF radio antenna and the 33 repaired quick-disconnect ammonia-coolant fittings
With the International Space Station at the Port One truss.
It took 6 hours, 10 minutes to fix it.
at NASA, at the Quest airlock.
At the press conference on Eneavours' flightdeck.
At the press conference, in the Destiny module of the International space statiom.
With the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Endeavour docked, and after undocking.
LOOKING BACK
========= From the Endeavour =========
In the Endeavour, the cargo bay cam shows the International space station after the pair undocked.
========= Kourou, French Guyana =========
In Kourou, French Guyana, at the European Space Center, an Ariane-5 rocket sits on its launching pad.
The ten ton, two satellite payload system failed at liftoff a problem with its "fueling system".
========= Afghanistan =========
In Kabul and Kandahar, girls and women FREED BY THE USA, are free to laugh and learn.
END OF TRANSMISSION 12/7/02 .......... K
Not to be picky or anything, but those are Mercedes Benz hairs, not "cross" hairs.
Thanks as always for the pictures!
How do you know we don't already have one? Wouldn't surprise me a bit if a few astronauts were clandestine FReepers.
NATIONAL REVIEW.com online - Guest Comment by Evan Kohlmann: "RELEASED! Al-Qaeda Mastermind Not a Criminal in the Kingdom" (COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "If knowledgeable al Qaeda sources are to be believed, the Saudi government seized an al Qaeda terrorist mastermind and placed him in their custody, only to abruptly and illogically release him in mid-1999. Now, that individual, Abu Asim Al-Makki (a.k.a. Muhammad Hamdi Al-Ahdal, Muhammad al-Hamati), is figuring prominently in the investigations of multiple terrorist attacks attributed to al Qaeda, including both the suicide-bombing of the USS COLE and the recent copycat terror attack on the French supertanker Limburg.") (120502)
INSIGHT On The News online: "JIHADISTS CHANGE TERROR STEREOTYPE" by Scott Wheeler (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""It's the Joseph coat of terrorism," one former terrorism investigator tells Insight, referring to the Old Testament account of Joseph's coat of many colors. "The next wave of terrorism could be carried out by people with fair skin, blond hair and blue eyes." More than 10 years ago, Iran and the al-Qaeda terrorist network began recruiting and training Bosnian Muslims for war against Orthodox Christian Serbs and Catholic Croats in order to expand the Muslim base in Eastern Europe. After an international peace agreement left a Muslim leader in a power-sharing role, mujahideen fighters no longer had a cause for martyrdom in the former Yugoslavia. But experts tell Insight that the sponsors of the Muslim campaigns in the Balkans have not decommissioned their jihadist forces in Bosnia, Albania and elsewhere in the region. Efforts by U.S. policymakers to save Muslim lives and autonomy in the Balkans by imposing peace plans that included Muslim power-sharing apparently were unappreciated, and dismantling the jihadists' training camps there was not a priority of the U.S. government.") (December 2, 2002)
THE COURIER MAIL.news.com.au: "TERRORIST-LINKED GROUP TRAINS IN VICTORIAN FOREST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Courier-Mail's Insight team also has been told that senior UK-based Al-Qaeda operative Abu Qatada, accused of being a key influence in the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, attended the camp as a spiritual guest speaker.") (ARTICLE NOTE: Abu Qatada is also known as Omar Mohammed Othman.) (120302)
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE: ***"Al-Qa'ida-Affiliated Web Site Warns of Attack During Id Al-Fitr, December 5-6, and Announces Palestinian Branch of Al-Qa'ida" (ARTICLE SNIPPETS:"A communique in which the Al-Qa''da organization took responsibility for the Mombasa, Kenya terror attacks was first posted on the "News about the Jihad and the Mujahideen" forum of the Islamist website www.mojahedoon.net"...""A Warning to All the Enemies of Allah, the Americans, and Their Jewish, Arab, and Foreign Supporters"")(120402)
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.")
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)
HINDUSTAN TIMES.com: "PLOT TO BOMB TEMPLES, KILL VIPs UNEARTHED IN TAMIL NADU" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police had on Tuesday claimed aborting an attempt by members of a newly-formed fundamentalist group, Muslim Defence Force, to assassinate important political and religious leaders and also bomb temples on December 6, eleventh anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition.") (120502)
YAHOO! News (AP): "PAKISTAN BOMB KILLS 3; AL-QAIDA SUSPECTED" (120502)
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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)
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