Posted on 12/09/2002 1:31:53 PM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/10/02 - Bagram, Hayan Garan, Kabul, Kandahar
BREAKING In Afghanistan: FREEDOM courtesy of the USA
========= Hayan Garan=========
EDUCATION OF WOMEN WAS ILLEGAL UNDER THE TALIBAN
American heroes after conquering the Taliban FREED Afghanistan.
Here horoes distribute notebooks, newspapers and school supplies.
========= Bagram =========
In Bagram, American heroes at the bazaar.
========= Kabul =========
KITE FLYING WAS ILLEGAL UNDER THE TALIBAN
Afghan children, freed by the USA, fly kites.
WOMEN ARE FREE, UNLIKE UNDER THE TALIBAN
In Kabul, Afghan children play on a Russian tanks taken out by their parents.
America gave them freedom. Are they smart enough to keep it?
In Kabul, at the bakery.
In Kabul, at the brick factory.
In Kabul, at the bank, new notes for old. Shredded old banknotes are burnt at a rate of ~100-150 million daily.
In Kabul, at the Supreme Court, a lawyer writes a formal petition for the court
for an illiterate man for US 20 cents.
In Kabul, at the zoo.
========= Kandahar =========
In Kandahar, at dusk.
========= Jupiter, Io and shadow =========
Jupiter, Io and shadow
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In Kabul, at the Supreme Court, a lawyer writes a formal petition for the court
for an illiterate man for US 20 cents.
Wow! to the Io moonshadow
CBB, thought you'd get a pic out of the going rate for a petition to the Kabul Supreme Court...
When kites are outlawed, only outlaws will have kites!
You can have my kite when you pry the bobbin from my cold, dead hands.
This post courtesy of the National Kite Association.
Work continues at the World Trade Center site in New York, more than a year after terrorists rammed two passenger aircraft into the twin towers. The Lower Manhattan Development Corp, a city-state agency created after the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to guide downtown redevelopment, plans to unveil seven new designs for the World Trade Center on Dec 18. -- AP
Cool photo of Jupiter and Io.
Thanks for the post.
FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CANADA - TERRORIST HAVEN" by Stephen Brown (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Bali is closer than we think. The Washington Times reported last week that anti-terror agencies are concerned about the presence of Hezbollah in Canada. America's northern neighbor, they believe, is a "stronghold" for the Islamic terrorist group that is responsible for more than 300 American deaths, including the 1983 attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut. Unbelievably, Hezbollah is not banned in Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien refuses to proscribe this murderous organization because it does social work among Lebanon's poor and has representatives in that country's legislative assembly.") (120902)
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.")
NY POST.com: "IRAQ ADMITS IT'S ON THE BRINK OF CREATING NUKES" by Vincent Morris (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A top adviser to Saddam Hussein admitted yesterday that Iraq is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. "We have the complete documentation, from design to all the other things," Lt. Gen. Amir al-Saadi told reporters in Baghdad. "We haven't reached the final assembly of a bomb nor tested it."") (120902)
DAILY STAR.com.lb - Lebanese News: "IRAQI DISSIDENT FOUND MURDERED IN SOUTH" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Iraqi refugee was found dead Wednesday in an apartment belonging to an Iraqi opposition group in Tyre. Walid Ibrahim al-Mayahi, 33, was discovered with a rope around his neck. He appeared to have been strangled. Mayahi was staying in a two-room apartment that doubled as an office for supporters of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq Sadr, a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric who was murdered along with his two sons in the southern Iraqi city of Najjaf in 1999. Unconfirmed reports said that Mayahi had recently gained a visa to travel to the United States to take part in training with Iraqi opposition forces. But a US Embassy spokesperson said that there was "no record of granting a visa" to Mayahi.") (120502)
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)
DefenseLINK.mil: "Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz , Frontiers of Freedom, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, Thursday, October 24, 2002." (SPEECH Question & Answer Session SNIPPET: "DepSec Wolfowitz: I think what it points out, and I think it should be a reminder to people on every side -- I was about to say both sides of this debate, but I find it a multi-sided debate. Whatever position one holds, one I think should recognize the potential for things to develop in ways that we don't anticipate, and the fact that if you stop and think about it, that concern that I mentioned which is a real one -- As I said, we demonstrated it in 1947 and we aren't the only ones who have thought about it, is something that requires thinking about missile defense in yet another difficult way. One could build the best possible defenses against intercontinental ballistic missiles and miss that possibility. I think as long as there are countries out there -- and there are -- who are as clearly determined as they are and they evidence it among other things, I mentioned the amount of resources they devote to being able to attack us. We need to be thinking ahead of them. We need to be thinking out of the box. We need to remember that there was a time when we said, I believe it was March of 1962, that it was inconceivable the Soviet Union would put missiles in Cuba. I believe in the 1980s when Saudi Arabia acquired long-range ballistic missiles from the Peoples Republic of China it took us completely by surprise. We think a relatively harmless surprise, but nonetheless a surprise.")
stepping back in time...NYI.edu - GLOBAL BEAT: "U.S.-CHINA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: ANNOTATED TIMELINE 1980- JANUARY 1998" by Bates Gill (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "1988 March - Reports reveal that China has transferred approximately 36 CSS-2 intermediate-range ballistic missiles to Saudi Arabia. This is first transfer of missiles of this range and capability within the developing world; the missiles were originally part of China's strategic arsenal, but Saudi and Chinese officials assure that the missiles will not be nuclear-armed. July - In Beijing, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz expresses his concern over Chinese missile and weapons exports to Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.") (June 22, 1998)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, CHINA" -Commentary by Edward Timperlake and William C. Triplett III (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Beginning Dec. 9, the Communist Chinese general who threatened to incinerate Los Angeles with nuclear weapons will visit Washington D.C. Gen. Xiong Guangkai, the People's Republic of China's deputy chief of staff for intelligence...") (120802)
THE TIMES HERALD.com: "6 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED IN ALGONAC PARK" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ALGONAC -- Uncovered in the darkness by a motion sensor porch light, seven Chinese nationals smuggled across the St. Clair River were arrested Thursday morning near the state park, U.S. Border Patrol officials said. The illegal immigrants told officials they paid between $60,000 and $65,000 each to smugglers who sneaked them via boat from Canada in the middle of the night.")(112302)
CHARISMA NEWS.com: PERSECUTION WATCH: "CHINA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the weeks leading to the party congress, which began last Friday, the government has banned books, blocked Internet sites and clamped down on other activists. China allows only government-monitored churches, and has harassed and imprisoned Christians who worship outside the official system.") (111102)
BBC NEWS: Casablanca. "MOROCCO 'AL-QAEDA' TRIAL TO RESUME" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The trial of three Saudi nationals accused of belonging to al-Qaeda and of plotting to blow up British and American warships in the Mediterranean resumes in Morocco on Monday. The three are Abdullah Mesfer Ali al-Ghamdi, Zouhair Hilal and Hilal El-Assiri Along with seven Moroccans, including two of the Saudi men's Moroccan wives, they are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted sabotage.") (120902)
TIMES OF INDIA.com (AFP): "EUROPE STEPS UP SECURITY BEFORE CHRISTMAS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PARIS: European countries are quietly stepping up security ahead of one of western Christianity's biggest holidays, as a warning attributed to terror network al-Qaeda threatened attacks on both Christians and Jews. "The strikes of Islam's warriors will continue if God so wills it" said a message attributed to al-Qaeda that appeared Monday on an Islamic web site. "The whole world knows that the war of the Crusaders against Islam and Moslems is doomed to failure. Despite the hopes of Crusaders and Jews, it will never succeed."") (120602)
CNS NEWS.com: "MCDONALDS BLAST WAS CAUSED BY BOMB, POLICE CONFIRM" by Patrick Goodenough (ARTICLE NOTE: "Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Explosions last Thursday at a McDonalds restaurant and car dealership on Indonesia's Sulawesi island were caused by bombs, police there have confirmed, adding that one of three people killed in the restaurant blast is thought to have been the bomber. Police are hunting for three men with links to a radical Islamic faction called Laskar Jundullah, a group campaigning for the establishment of Islamic (shari'a) law in Indonesia, and suspected of being associated in some way to al Qaeda/Jemaah Islamiah terrorists. South Sulawesi Gen. Firman Gani said Monday police had discovered a small cache of explosives, detonators, a bomb-making guide, and maps suggesting the plotters had also planned to attack churches in the area.") (120902)
U.S. Army Specialist Derek Watson (R) leads a squad from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon of the 3/15 Infantry Regiment of Fort Stewart, Georgia during a trench clearing exercise in the northern Kuwaiti desert December 9, 2002. Iraq's parliament urged Arabs to seek martyrdom by attacking U.S. forces in Kuwait, saying the Americans were preparing to occupy Iraq.
Probably a zillion old British Enfield rifles, Mosin Nagants, etc. (not to mention AK-47s up the wazoo) available for a song. Better'n anything I was able to pick up at over here. But what are these? Enfields? Got three rings. All the Enfields I just checked on Google only had one or two.
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