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HERSH/NEW YORKER: RUMMY'S TERROR HUNT Sun Dec 15 2002 11:01:20 ET The November 3rd killing of Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, an Al Qaeda leader, in Yemen, by a Hellfire missile, 'marked a dramatic escalation of the American war on terrorism,' Seymour Hersh claims in 'Manhunt,' in the December 23 & 30, 2002, issue of the NEW YORKER. On July 22nd, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld 'issued a secret directive ordering Air Force General Charles Holland, the four-star commander of Special Operations, 'to develop a plan to find and deal with members of terrorist organizations,' Hersh reveals, stating in his order...

JERUSALEM: On a day of remembrance for Israel's fallen soldiers yesterday, Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon warned the army would continue to assassinate leaders of radical Palestinian movements. "Pre-emptive strikes will continue because they undeniably weaken terrorist organisations," General Yaalon told public radio in an interview marking Israel's Remembrance Day. But he admitted the killing of militant Palestinian leaders did "not immediately dent the motivation" of radical organisations and risked fanning the flames of violence through retaliatory attacks. The speech came as Palestinian fighters fired on a military vehicle in the southern West Bank near Hebron yesterday, killing an...

<p>I have been staring with great anticipation out the window of my flat here in the heart of San Francisco, sighing heavily, waiting for the riots and the plagues and the screaming monkeys and the blistering rain of inescapable hellfire. I have my camera all ready and everything.</p>

Hamas vows revenge after senior activist assassinated by Israel in Gaza Strip An Israeli helicopter gunship fired two missiles at a car in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least one person, Palestinian police sources and witnesses said. Two of the missiles struck the car and a third landed nearby in the street, witnesses said. Israel Radio reported that the strike killed a senior official in Hamas. The man killed in the strike was later identified as Iyad El-Bek, 27. Palestinian police at the scene said the strike was an "assassination." "A response is coming. The crime will not pass...

Al-Khalil, April 29, IRNA -- The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday murdered two Palestinian resistance fighters in two separate attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In the first incident, two Israeli helicopters fired hell-fire air-to-ground missiles at the car of Nidal Salameh, an activist affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, killing him immediately. The missiles reduced the car into charred, twisted metals. Another person who was traveling with Salameh was badly in injured in the attack. In the village of Khadr, west of Bethlehem, the Israeli army assassinated Mahmoud Salah, a local head of...

As a recipient of various Arab real-time satellite TV channels, such as al-Jazeera, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, Egypt Satellite, etc., I have been watching these programs perhaps more than CNN and the others recently, only if for the sole reason I want to find items that are provocative and are not making it into the Western media.If I was looking for 'provocative', I certainly found it by viewing, yesterday morning US time, a live satellite broadcast from LBC which was relaying the IRAQ TV broadcast of frightened US POWs from Texas, and humiliated/disrepected bodies of American heroes that had been shot...

American Said Died in Yemen Strike 2 hours, 13 minutes ago By AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writer SAN`A, Yemen (AP) - An American was believed to be among the six militants killed in a CIA (news - web sites) missile strike this weekend, a security source said Thursday. The six men, including Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, al-Qaida's top man in Yemen, were killed Sunday when a Hellfire missile fired from a pilotless CIA spy plane destroyed the car they were riding in. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the other five were known by their aliases — Saleh...

Many commentators have noted that the war on terrorism will require a battle for the "hearts and minds" of the world's Muslim radicals. We agree. But it's also true that, when all else fails, some of the more incorrigible hearts and minds need to be atomized. That's where the U.S. Predator unmanned drone comes in. In northwest Yemen on Sunday, a certain Qaed Salim Sunian al-Harethi was travelling by car with five other notables when a Hellfire missile, released by a Predator soundlessly lurking at high altitude, hit his vehicle. Car and occupants were destroyed. But Mr. al-Harethi will not...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — The lethal missile strike that killed a suspected leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen was carried out under broad authority that President Bush has given the C.I.A. over the past year to pursue the terror network well beyond the borders of Afghanistan, senior government officials said today. The president was not asked to authorize the specific decision to fire the missile that killed the suspected Qaeda leader, Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, the officials said. But Mr. Bush had been advised that the C.I.A was pursuing Mr. Harethi. Under the rules that Mr. Bush had approved, his...

Death of Terror Chief Deals Severe Blow to al-Qaeda By Elaine Monaghan in Washington and Daniel McGrory (U.K. Times, London) THE man killed by an unmanned CIA aircraft in Yemen yesterday was the mastermind behind the suicide attack on the USS Cole in which 17 sailors died, according to the United States. Ali Qaed Sunian al-Harthi was a key ally of Osama bin Laden and was on the FBI’s most-wanted list. He died with five other al-Qaeda suspects when their car was struck by a Hellfire missile launched by a CIA drone. Last night Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 10/26/02 - Bagram, Bamiyan, Gholghola, Hamburg, Dahuk, Aziz taken BREAKING: Dr. Germ taken, Lahore, Pakistan, Dr Amir Aziz, Bagram, live-fire exercise, Apache Hellfire, heroes return from a sortie, Harrier jets, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Gholghola School, Kabul cricket game, 772nd MP Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard, Kandahar, 82nd Airborne, Gaza,Akram al-Zatma, Hamburg, Germany, Terrorist Mounir el Motassadeq at trial, Arad, Israel, at the funerals caused by Palestinian terrorists, Khan Younis, terrorists practice, Dahuk, Turkey =========== Bagram =========== In Bagram, live-fire exercise with Apache Hellfire missile. In Bagram, heroes return from a sortie. In Bagram,...

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The U.S. army carried out live-fire exercises using Apache attack helicopters in Afghanistan Tuesday and said the aircraft could have an important role in any war on Iraq.The Apache, the U.S. military's primary attack helicopter, was widely used against Iraqi air defenses at the start of the 1991 Gulf War.The test-firing of its Hellfire missile system was carried out near Bagram air base, the U.S. military headquarters north of Kabul. Apaches fired three of the laser-guided missiles, worth around $45,000 each, at targets in hills around the base. The U.S. military spokesman at Bagram, Lieutenant-Colonel Roger...

Dr. Abdul Aziz Ranteesi, one of the prominent Hamas Movement leaders in the Gaza Strip, has urged military wings of all resistance factions to strike the Zionist enemy anywhere and at any time without inhibition. Ranteesi, speaking at an urgent rally held by the Islamic bloc in the Islamic University in Gaza yesterday to protest the Zionist massacre in Shuja'iah and Zaitun suburbs, advocated the severest retaliation as punishment to the bloodbath that left nine Palestinians killed and 50 others wounded four of whom in serious condition. The Hamas leader said, "We must strike in Tel Aviv, Yaffa, Haifa ......

What's the smokey backroom? Smokey Backroom ^ Posted on 08/18/2002 8:33 PM Central by Itsfreewill Jim posted a message to the moderators, Mods: The Smokey Backroom is here. This forum is setup for those who want a little more heated debate. I'm recommending that we allow a little more rule bending here. We don't want the racist stuff or the propaganda, but we can allow the people to let their hair down a bit. Spitting, biting, hair pulling and cursing allowed as long as they don't go to extremes. I'm thinking we can also move out of control flamewar threads...