Somalia's newly-powerful Islamists have opened a new Shariah court some 600km north of the capital, local officials said yesterday, extending their influence in the anarchic nation. The Islamists, who control Mogadishu and a large swathe of southern Somalia. have been expanding into more remote areas of in an effort to consolidate control over Horn of African nation after ousting US-backed warlords from the capital in June.
"If the residents of every area in Somalia ask us to... we should go and install Islamic courts," said Mohamed Qoryarey, leader of Islamic Courts' militia in Adaado district, located 120km from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. The Islamic movement initially put on a moderate face, but the rise of Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys as its leader has fuelled fears they want to establish a Taleban-like state. Aweys, who is on US and UN terrorism lists, arrived in the district on Monday to meet with elders, local media reported.
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(SomaliNet) Somali's interim government based in the provincial town of Baidoa southwest of Somalia has asked on Tuesday to postpone the talks scheduled to happen in the Sudanese capital Khartoum tomorrow in a bid to solve the political crisis within the government as ministers continue to abandon the cabinet. Prime Minister Ali Gedi who has held today a news conference in Biadoa said his government asked the Arab League to put off the peace talks in Khartoum to have chance to tackle the current political turmoil that over shadowed the government since last week. Mr. Gedi said he had talked the Arab League ambassador to Somalia Abdalla Mubarak about the issues of the meeting to submit the government's request to the organization expressing that the Somali's interim government is not ready to attend the talks right now.
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Twenty-five U.S. Marines and one Navy corpsman recently completed a 10-day desert training course conducted by a French Marine regiment from a neighboring camp.
Marines from the 4th Provisional Security Company here were invited by the 5th French Marine Regiment at Briere de LIsle Barracks to participate in the course.
The goal of the course is to learn basic survival and combat skills in a desert environment. For this type of exercise Djibouti makes a superb training ground, said French Marine Capt. Michel Ladan, chief of the Desert Training School. The training teaches simple things like eating, drinking, orienting with GPS, medical evacuation, and fighting in the desert environment, he said...
Britain launched a new security alert system on Tuesday, ranking the terrorist threat to the country as "severe" and saying an attack was highly likely.
It was the first time the government had published such information. Until now, it has argued that doing so would cause unnecessary alarm.
But faced with growing criticism that it was failing to spell out the threat from groups like al Qaeda, the government has decided to follow the lead of other countries and introduce a graded alert system.
It has five levels ranging from "low" (attack unlikely) to "critical" (attack expected imminently), and is similar to the one used in the United States for the past four years, although, unlike the U.S. model, it is not colour-coded.
"Severe" is the second highest level.
The threat level was posted on a new Web site -- www.intelligence.gov.uk -- and on the Home Office (interior ministry) and security service sites.
Analysts say the decision to publish is part of a concerted effort -- not only by the government but also by the two security services MI5 and MI6 -- to be seen as more accountable.
"I don't think it'll have a massive impact on the public but I do think it might help government, the security services and the police have a clearer idea of where they all stand in their assessment of the threat faced," said Chris Pope, intelligence analyst at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
"It might also mean the authorities are less likely to be criticised when things go wrong."
Until now, Britain operated a more complex 7-level system and never told the public what the level was.
The government was heavily criticised for having downgraded the threat level in May 2005, just two months before suicide bombers killed 52 people in London.
However, a parliamentary committee later concluded the downgrade had not meant Britain was any less able to deal with the bombings when they happened.
For decades, Britain's intelligence services have enjoyed -- many would say actively nurtured -- a reputation for extreme secrecy. Countless James Bond movies and spy novels have helped cement that reputation in the popular imagination.
But in recent years, both services have started to emerge from the shadows, launching their own Web sites and even advertising in national newspapers for new recruits.
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"It might also mean the authorities are less likely to be criticized when things go wrong."
Normally this could be discounted as the obligatory cynical assessment statement. Unfortunately, given the UKs current political climate, theres probably much truth to that theory.
The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Beijing has developed and deployed a series of missiles that would give China second-strike nuclear capability in any confrontation with the United States. The determination of a sea-based deterrent is said to have significantly increased Beijing's threat to the United States.
"It is clear to me that China is now embarking on a significant investment in a second-strike capability to ensure the survival and, thus, viability of its nuclear forces," said Richard Fisher, a researcher at the International Assessment and Strategy Center and a leading U.S. expert on China.
In a presentation to the American Enterprise Institute on July 11, Mr. Fisher said China has launched or tested a series of nuclear missiles and platforms.
He said the first Type 94 submarine ballistic nuclear missile has been equipped and launched.
The Type 94, which began construction in 1999, is designed to contain the JL-2 submarine-launched nuclear missiles. Each submarine is meant to contain 16 JL-2s, or DF-31s, with a range of 8,000 kilometers, which would allow Chinese submarines to target portions of the United States from areas near the Chinese coast.
The disclosure of the completion of the Type 94 submarine appeared to mark a significant acceleration in China's nuclear submarine program. As late as May 2004, the Pentagon asserted that the new Chinese missile submarine would not be operational until around 2010.
"The JL-2 SLBM has undergone a series of tests," Mr. Fisher said. "The potential for this to be armed with multiple warheads is there."
U.S. intelligence sources agree with Mr. Fisher's assessment. They said Beijing has made the production of nuclear warheads and launchers a priority, with emphasis on mobility and decoys.
The Pentagon has determined that China plans to deploy the DF-31A, an extended-range variant of the mobile long-range DF-31, in 2007. The sources said the new three-stage, solid-fuel, mobile missile, with a range of 12,000 kilometers, could carry up to three payloads that would separate and overcome existing U.S. missile defenses.
"For China, nuclear weapons largely have four purposes: one, strategic deterrence; two, retaliation; three, counter-coercion; and four, great-power status," Rand Corp. senior analyst Evan Medeiros said.
Another Chinese missile, the DF-5 Mod 2, with a range of 13,000 kilometers, is said to have completed deployment in 2005. The sources said China has developed the two-stage, liquid-fuel missile to carry between five and 10 warheads.
Beijing has also sought to overcome the vulnerability of its fleet by building a huge naval base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. The sources said the base would contain an underground facility to shelter platforms, such as nuclear submarines, against any potential U.S. attack.
Intelligence sources said Beijing has been developing an anti-ship ballistic missile. They said the weapon could be a sea-based version of the DF-11 Mod 1 land-based missile.
"One could easily imagine that there is a plan to drop, in a surprise manner, 10 to 12 warheads on either side of the continental United States in conjunction with a build-up to rescue Taiwan from whatever kind of attack China seems to be contemplating," Mr. Fisher said. "I can easily imagine, I do not know, President Hillary Clinton sitting in the White House wondering, 'Gee, we could not do anything to stop those 12 warheads that did not explode but landed off of all our major cities on both coasts.' And do we really want to be sending our single carrier that might be deployed with the Seventh Fleet into this maelstrom? That is the kind of coercion potential
that is out there."
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Someone needs to produce a Chinese verion of "The Day After" and beam it into China on a weekly basis until outraged mobs descend on the Politburo demanding their money be spent more productively.
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Beijing has also sought to overcome the vulnerability of its fleet by building a huge naval base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. The sources said the base would contain an underground facility to shelter platforms, such as nuclear submarines, against any potential U.S. attack.
Considering the amount of time that Chinese subs spend at sea and the problems they've had in the past with their diesel boats, it's problematic as to whether or not any Chinese subs would make it out of this deathtrap in the actual case of war.
And then there'd be some US hunter-killer boats sitting off outside the inlets aways doing nothing but sitting there, silently, waiting...
"Cap'n, sonar reports definite Chinese contact bearing three zero five coming out of the inlet at 5 knots."
"Sonar, pass firing solution to torpedo room. Ready on two."
"Ready on two, aye."
"Fire two."
"Two away."
"Cap'n, sonar reports definite kill on the lead boat."
"Well, that pretty much bottles them up now doesn;t it. Pass the word to CINCPAC."
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Close enuff to TAIWAN, PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, and VIETNAM, etc. for Motherly Commie Gummermint work and hyper-correctness, aka cutting off the Main Line(s) of Reinforcement/Logistics/Commo to WESTPAC-JAPAN. Make sure to order flowers and candies for Mother's day at your local Gulag-Death Camp, you Male brute you.
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We have Bill Clinton to thank for this. When the Chinese missle engineers were struggling, he gave them the tools and technology, in exchange for donations to his Presidential campaign.
The Muslim Community Reference Group is considering writing to Prime Minister John Howard asking the Government to reconsider its listing of the militant arm of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. The group is meeting tomorrow and will decide whether to put the demand to Mr Howard.
But any call for the government to change its position on Hezbollah, which has been engaged in open warfare with Israel for the past three weeks, would appear to be futile. Mr Howard made it clear today the government had no intention of removing the militant arm of Hezbollah from its official list of terrorist organisations. "No chance, full stop. No chance at all (of removing Hezbollah from the list)," Mr Howard said.
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the decision to ban Hezbollah, which was first listed in 2003, had not been made lightly. "They're not decisions which are political," he said.
However, the Government would be willing to consider new information which may cause it to reassess the listing. "Obviously we look at these issues from time to time to see whether circumstances change," Mr Ruddock said. "I'm not aware of any information that would suggest we should reconsider proscription of the military wing of Hezbollah."
But Ameer Ali, chairman of the Muslim advisory group set up last year in the wake of the London terrorist bombings, says Hezbollah should not be lumped in with groups like al-Qaeda. "They should not condemn Hezbollah as a terrorist group," he said. "I don't think they should judge that they are simply a terrorist organisation like al-Qaeda.
"It is part of Lebanese politics."
On its national security website, the Government says that Australian Security Intelligence Organisation believes Hezbollah's military wing is continuing to prepare, plan and foster the commission of acts involving threats to human life and serious damage to property. "Such acts include those made with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and with the intention of coercing or influencing by intimidation, US, Israeli and other Western governments."
Dr Ali believes the government's assessment of Hezbollah is clouded by the US and Israel. "We are of the opinion that the Australian government does not have an independent foreign policy with regard to the Middle East," he said to ABC Radio. "We go along with whatever the Americans say and the Americans go along with whatever the Israeli lobby says."
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People in hell want Ice Water. Terrorist are terrorists.
If 'muslims' don't like it they are free to join them in the countries terrorts orgs are not considered terrorist in. Those are mostly third world cesspits or first world nations which are soon to become cesspits themselves.
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maybe when they are all dead, but until such a time I don't think so. Adding to the list seems apropo I'd start with the membership of cair as the newest arrival.
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#1 Unni Wikan, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, in 2001 said that Norwegian women must take their share of responsibility for these rapes because Muslim men found their manner of dress provocative. The professors conclusion was not that Muslim men living in the West needed to adjust to Western norms, but the exact opposite: Norwegian women must realize that we live in a Multicultural society and adapt themselves to it.
I suspect she should revert to the study of prosimaians. She has obviously lost focus.
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What is the practical "adaptation" to self-protection that Ms. Wikan suggests-donning a burkha? Or would a simple head veil suffice for convincing "Muslim men living in the West" that I determine what happens with my sex?
Norway-get a clue. If I am covered in a burkha or nude makes no difference-I am not responsible for another's sexual pathologies. There is NEVER a justification for rape.
Sanctioned rape, sanctioned execution for apostasy, and sanctioned martyrdom bombings provide us with the three best reasons why Western ideals must vanquish "Islamic" ideals.
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Google her. She's one of the Norwegian women who've 'gone native' to some degree in studying Arab women - not in her actions, but in the fact that (lacking any other value system she really believes in) she is deeply impressed by the "spirituality" and "family values" and "feminine humor" she discovered when writing "Behind the Veil" and serving with the UN in "Palestine".
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The cure is to expel all the Muzzie shitbags from your country. Short of that, allow women to be fully armed and well trained in the fine art of a shootist. A few dead dogs will begin the reformation quickly. This is a mental problem the soft Morwegians must correct. They have faced this before when the Nazis took Norway. The underground was fairly effective. Look back and remember.
A Marine Corps staff sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington claiming that Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) defamed him when the congressman made public comments about the incident earlier this year.
Attorneys for Frank D. Wuterich, 26, argue in court papers that Murtha tarnished the Marine's reputation by telling news organizations in May that the Marine unit cracked after a roadside bomb killed one of its members and that the troops "killed innocent civilians in cold blood." Murtha also said repeatedly that the incident was covered up.
Murtha argued that the questionable deaths of 24 civilians were indicative of the difficulties and overpowering stress that U.S. troops are facing. The congressman, a former Marine, has been a leading advocate for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq
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Good! Nail this bastid. Cut off his cajones, ship them to me. I will wrap them in puff pastry, bake em, and serve em as Escargot en Croute to my LLL coworkers. With a side of au jus of course.
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The move by Wuterich is rare, as statements made by members of Congress generally are protected under the "speech or debate" clause in Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution. But legal experts said the clause grants immunity only for what lawmakers say in legislative proceedings and does not apply to news releases, speeches and other public comments.
Now that's interesting.....
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I hope they tak this FOCKER to cleaners!!!!
Also behine this story they're trying to find out who gave SH&*HEAD the information that he based his LIES on!!
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At least Murtha will have to deal with the legal system. Maybe he won't have as much time for global warming, i.e. putting out hot air. He is a dangerous fool because his rantings affect the mission in Iraq--possibly having indirectly resulted in the deaths of soldiers.
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A non-starter. Don't get me wrong..,I'm glad someone is suing him. But nearly every single dem in Washington defames either the troops, the Republican Party, the American people or the President on a DAILY basis.
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It's time to hold these moonbats accountable for their actions. People who make wild accusations that destroy honorable men, their families, their careers and imbarass our nation should be held accountable. This Staff Sergeant was in direct combat for our country, he lost team mates in that fight. He paid a price most cant even imagine. Only to come home to some demented Congressman calling him a baby killer and revenge killer. The Marines family suffered, his parents disgraced and his career is over, no matter what the outcome is. This congressman is a man of power and used that power wrongly and for personal political gain. The Marine may not win this but moonbats in congress beware, you are being held accountable for your retoric.
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I hate to give lawyers any kind of credit, but this is might change my mind about some of them. (Golf Clap)
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There is a difference mcsgeek. Unlike the president, this Marine is not a public figure. And Murtha is not a private citizen. Murtha's job is to protect the Marine's rights, not violate them.
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Mumra Murtha is a public figure who stated AS A FACT that the marines killed civilians in cold blood on national TV. This was not on the floor (where they have protection) but a news release and public speaking forum.
He should have been censored (and kicked out on his ass) long before this for making such a statement against soldiers of the military who are in harms way.
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It will be interesting to see if the Donks rally round him claiming free speech or if the send him to the wolves. My guess is the lower courts will not touch this and it will work it's way as a 1st ammendment issue through the higher courts. Oh its gonna be a fun year.
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Well, I don't live in PA, eLarson, but I checked out her site nonetheless. I particularly liked the section which says "See how John Murtha has lost touch after 32 years in D.C." ;)
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I'm no lawyer, but its seems to me that there might be a case to be made that by such an influential public figure prejudging guilt in this case, it might be impossible for the marines to get a fair court-martial. It's at least worth a try.
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Murtha's accusation goes beyond slandering real Marines. It's an insult to all of Americans who depend on our armed services for security.
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I hope SSgt Wuterich wins his case. Then I think it's high time the rest of us sue John Kerry for being equally as defamatory toward all Vietam veterans. The statute of limitations may have expired, but it would be fun to just pound him constantly for the next four or five years until he runs and hides behind Tayrayza's skirts - again.
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Undercover investigators entered the United States using fake documents repeatedly this year – including some cases in which Homeland Security Department agents didn't ask for identification.
At nine border crossings on the Mexico and Canadian borders, agents "never questioned the authenticity of the counterfeit documents," according to Government Accountability Office testimony to be released Wednesday. "This vulnerability potentially allows terrorists or others involved in criminal activity to pass freely into the United States from Canada or Mexico with little or no chance of being detected," concluded the GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, in testimony obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
The findings, to be presented to the Senate Finance Committee, come as Congress considers delaying a 2007 deadline requiring passports or a small number of previously approved tamperproof ID cards from all who enter the United States.
Homeland Security spokesman Jarrod Agen said agents are trained to identify false birth certificates, driver's licenses and other documents. But he conceded that agents sometimes cannot verify more than 8,000 different kinds of currently acceptable IDs without significantly slowing border traffic. "This creates a security vulnerability we were hoping to close" with the deadline at the end of next year, Agen said.
The GAO probe follows a similar inquiry in 2003 and 2004 when undercover investigators crossed unhindered into the United States at least 14 times using counterfeit drivers' licenses and, in one case, an expired, altered U.S. diplomatic passport. During that investigation, however, border agents in New York and Florida stopped three undercover officials who were using expired and forged passports, drivers' licenses or birth certificates. By comparison, between February and June 2006, 18 GAO investigators breezed by border agents at checkpoints in California, Texas, Michigan, Idaho, Washington state, and twice each in Arizona and New York. In two cases – in Arizona and California – border agents did not ask the undercover investigators for any identification. Hear that, terrorists? In a third case, in Texas, investigators offered to show identification – a counterfeit Virginia drivers' license. The border agent replied, "OK, that would be good," but released the investigators before inspecting it, according to the prepared testimony by GAO investigator Gregory D. Kutz.
Two of the 9/11 hijackers used fake Virginia residency certificates to get valid state ID cards needed to board the planes that flew into the World Trade Center. The 9/11 Commission called for tougher ID card rules at borders to help prevent terrorists from entering the country. Responding, Congress in 2004 approved requirements for all travelers including Americans to show passports or a small number of other approved secure documents before entering the U.S. Those requirements are supposed to take effect Dec. 31, 2007. But lawmakers from states that border Canada have since rebelled, contending the rules could hamper commercial and tourist travel. And forcing hotels in Florida along the shipping lanes to turn out their lights in 1942 would have ruined the tourist season.
They are pushing to delay the rules by 17 months to ensure Homeland Security has proper technology to speed legitimate travel though border checkpoints.
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Homeland Security spokesman Jarrod Agen said agents are trained to identify false birth certificates, driver's licenses and other documents. But he conceded that agents sometimes cannot verify more than 8,000 different kinds of currently acceptable IDs without significantly slowing border traffic. "This creates a security vulnerability we were hoping to close" with the deadline at the end of next year, Agen said.
Typical gummit response. "Slowing border traffic".... and THAT'S a bad thing? You have a promising future in "Homeland Security" and gummit service Agent Agen.
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No mention that a blonde-haired, blue eyed white family who speak American English with no accent and claim to be from Peoria, probably *are* from Peoria, not Ciudad Obregon.
DHS Moves to Reduce the Risk of a Dirty Bomb Entering the U.S. Through Seaports
By Guest Contributor, Jay Fraser
The Department of Homeland Security, under a program called the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Initiative, recently announced the award of contracts to three companies (Raytheon Company Integrated Defense Systems, Thermo Electron Corporation, and Canberra Industries, Inc.) to install advanced radiation detector systems in some of our countrys ports. The first test installation is slated to be in the Port of Staten Island. These contracts come after months of debate and argument over the issue of this countrys previously (and very publicized) limited ability to inspect more than 5% (some say the percentage is actually closer to 1%) of all cargo containers entering the country. The fear is that dangerous contraband such as a radiological dirty bomb or a chemical-biological weapon might enter through the ports undetected.
Perhaps no one ever thought about this before September 11th, but today, nearly five years following those attacks, port security remains a topic of debate. If you go to any sea port or inland cargo storage facility, you will likely see hundreds if not thousands of cargo containers stacked one on top of the next, lined up for what might seem like football fields on end. Offshore you may see container ships bringing cargo into the port. Entering New York Harbor through the Verrazano Narrows, you might easily see a Hanjin container ship heavily laden with the huge boxes. What is in them? That is the concern of Homeland Security officials and local security professionals.
According to an article appearing in Fleet Owner, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expects these new radiological detectors to improve the level of inspection up to 90% of all containers by the end of the year, and to nearly 100% by next year. Additionally, the plan is to deploy these detectors at the entry points to major cities to inspect commercial vehicles, regardless of whether the cargo originated domestically or internationally. One of the questions this raises is whether the number of inspected containers can jump from less than 5% to over 90% simply by upgrading the equipment.
The new detection portals will replace the more than 840 radiation detection devices at borders, seaports, and international mail centers purchased by the U.S. since September 11th at a cost of $340 million. Unfortunately, these radiological detectors set off an alarm without identifying the exact isotopic source of the radiation and therefore have been plagued by high levels of false positives (even kitty litter set these devices off), causing major delays and disruptions at ports. Each of these new radiological detectors will cost about $500,000, approximately the price of seven of the old detection machines. DHS plans call for purchasing 1,400 of the new machines by 2011.
In a recent article by the Associated Press, GAO assistant director Jim Shafer noted that the Governmental Accountability Office continues to analyze a Homeland Security cost-benefits plan justifying the expense.
While the new scanners may cut down on false positive rates, these things are marginal gains against extremely high costs, Shafer said in an interview Friday.
Penrose Albright, who led Homeland Securitys border nuclear detection program before leaving the agency a year ago, said the new scanners will dramatically complicate the lives of people who want to smuggle materials.
But Albright noted that the detectors still wont be alerted to uranium or plutonium shielded by thick cases of lead. And installing them above speeding traffic on highways or bridges - as Homeland Security is considering in metropolitan New York - raises questions about how vehicles would then be stopped, he said.
Is it worth the billions of dollars for these new and improved radiation detectors? Yes, for two reasons: 1) there is enough unaccounted for radiological material, especially from the old Soviet Union, to produce a dirty bomb; and 2) while most if not all cargo containers originating overseas are inspected and sealed, there is a possibility that in transit a container could be opened, and a weapon introduced. Perhaps the likelihood of this happening is low. Is it worth taking the risk? Probably not, but clearly, others see this program as problematic.
For more details on the DHS program: Specifications of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) in this January 2005 DHS-ARPA report; see also the Web sites of Canberra Regional and Canberra - Homeland Security; Thermo Electron Corporation; and Raytheon.
A woman was sentenced to two months in jail Tuesday for effectively stealing the services of an Indonesian woman who prosecutors said was held as a virtual slave for four years. Sarah Khonaizan, 35, a Saudi citizen who lives in suburban Denver, also was ordered on the theft charge to pay $90,000 in restitution and was ordered not to have any contact with the 24-year-old woman. Last week, a federal judge sentenced Khonaizan to five years' probation and ordered her to pay $26,275 in restitution after pleading guilty to harboring an illegal immigrant. Her attorney, Forrest Lewis, has said she wants to return to Saudi Arabia and will not fight deportation.
Prosecutors and FBI agents accused Khonaizan and her husband, Homaidan Al-Turki, 37, of hiding the woman's passport and forcing her to care for the family for four years. She slept on a mattress on the basement floor and was paid less than $2 a day, according to testimony. Al-Turki was convicted in June of sexually abusing and imprisoning the woman. He faces a federal trial in October on other charges in the case.
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More religious discrimination. Can't we just understand the diversity and show tolerance towards others who don't follow our (horrible Western) customs?
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Last week, a federal judge sentenced Khonaizan to five years' probation and ordered her to pay $26,275 in restitution after pleading guilty to harboring an illegal immigrant.
And can we establish that a start for each instance of harboring and abetting an illegal for every employer or government official, local-state-federal who do the same. Youre damn right, this is one job an American wouldnt do. Ill repeat again coyotes=slavers.
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WOW! Getting nailed on illegal immigration charges of your maid slave, as well as enslaving her to boot? Go get 'em judiciary.
I, for one, would like to see her deported (and her lil dog husband, too!), but first seize all assets to pay the monetary penalties. Living in Saudi is torture enough for her.
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Since folks like these are so enamoured of their 7th century "religion" and culture, I say we should use 7th century technology to deport them. How long would it take to row / sail a dhow to SA from San Fran?
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Sounds like we need to use her to find oasises (plural of oasis, whatever that is) in the middle of the AZ desert. Ya know, to help out the illegals and give AI/HRW a poster child.
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"Saudi woman jailed in Denver slavery case"
Where are the protests by Jackson, Sharpton, and the other usual suspects?
Oh, wait - the slaveholder isn't white.
Nevermind.
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The slave isn't black either.
on a related note:
I never could understand how the 'Nation of Islam' can follow a religion which still practices slavery of blacks. Am I missing something here?
Chittagong Anchorage Account: Twenty five incidents have been reported since January 28 2006.
Recently reported incidents
July 28 2006 between 2100-2200 LT at Chittagong anchorage 'b', Bangladesh. Three robbers boarded a tanker using long poles with hooks. Alert crew activated fire hoses and repelled boarders. Master reported this was the third attack that night.
July 26 2006 at 0200 LT at Belawan anchorage, Indonesia. Three robbers armed with long knives boarded a tanker at forecastle and stole ship's stores. All crew chased robbers who jumped into water and escaped in a boat waiting with five accomplices.
July 30 2006 at 2115 LT at Chittagong outer anchorage 'b', Bangladesh. Three robbers armed with knives boarded a container ship at poop deck and stole ship's stores. Alert crew raised alarm and robbers jumped overboard and escaped.
July 27 2006, 67 nm from Langkawi, Malacca straits. Five armed pirates attacked two fishing boats and kidnapped four crew members. They are demanding a ransom from the owners for the release of the crew.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said an emergency meeting of key Muslim countries this week will call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and discuss a formal United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
Like the one they've had for the past 30 years or so.
Malaysia is currently the chair of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), whose executive committee will meet in the country's administrative centre of Putrajaya on Thursday. "We want a UN peacekeeping force," Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar was quoted as saying by the state Bernama news agency. "We will also urge that such a force include the participation of Islamic nations," he said. Syed Hamid said the meeting would condemn the Israeli offensive in Lebanon and that 10 to 12 countries, mostly represented by their leaders, were expected to attend. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Brunei, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey would be among them, he said. "Israel is equally bound by international norms and values. The right of self-defence is not carte blanche for you to do anything you like and to commit mass killings," Syed Hamid said.
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Like the one they've had for the past 30 years or so.
The emergency meeting, the peacekeeping force, or all of the above?
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Not like the one they've had for thirty years; this one will be bigger to provide more hiding places for Hizb and additional photogenic casualties when Israel returns fire.
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We need an all muslim force, so any counter battery fire won't hit anyone useful.
Iraqi forces will take over the security of the entire country from US-led forces by the end of the year, President Jalal Talabani says.
"Iraqi security forces will gradually take security responsibility by the end of this year for all the provinces of Iraq," he told a news conference. "We are highly optimistic that we will terminate terrorism in this year," Mr Talabani added.
The pledge comes a day after dozens died in attacks across Iraq.
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Baghdad, 2 August (AKI) - For the first time since the May 2003 fall of Iraq's former dictator, Saddam Hussein, one of the country's main insurance firms, National Life Insurance Company, is offering Iraqis cover against the risks of terrorist attacks. "We offer total cover for all classes of insurance," said an unnamed senior company official, adding that the firm guarantees to fully reimburse all claims covered by its policies, without recourse to any foreign insurance company.
Things must be improving, I've never seen an insurance company offer to give away money
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This is really good news. It bodes very well for the future of Iraq.
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The latest cycle of Iraqi troops graduated from the Iraqi Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy here, about 45 miles south of Mosul on July 25.
The class was the last of a series taught by U.S. instructors from the 11th Field Artillery Regiment.
The latest Iraqi NCOs will now return to their units as trained leaders, while Iraqi cadre at the academy prepare to take full responsibility for future training here.
The (Iraqi) cadre are charged with training Iraqi NCOs in the new millennium and beyond, said Staff Sgt. Edwin R. Sanchez, who has taught at the Academy with his fellow Soldiers for the past year.
The instructors, including four Iraqi cadre members, taught a three-week leadership development course which included traffic control point procedures, clearing buildings, drill and ceremony, physical fitness training, hand-to-hand combat, ethics and other skills similar to what American Soldiers learn in their courses.
Sgt. Maj. Walter Murrell, a member of the U.S. training team, gave his last graduation remarks as commandant of the NCO Academy.
Teamwork is fundamental to what this country is trying hard to achieve, he told the graduates.
Murrell asked the Iraqi Soldiers to remember and apply what they learned, especially when leading a team of Iraqi Soldiers into a dangerous area.
You are the lifeblood of your nation, and you must never forget that, said Murrell.
It was an honor to serve side by side with you. When the history books are written, you will be the heroes of the
republic.
Sgt. Maj. Farhan, the new Iraqi commandant with the 2nd Iraqi Army Division, said the graduates will be the foundation from which to protect Iraq's democracy and freedom. He also thanked the academy's instructors for their work.
The role of the instructors is clear as sunshine By doing a great job to train these Soldiers, the instructors deserve to be known as the heroes of the academy, said Farhan.
He told the graduates that their sacrifices will wipe the martyrs mothers tears.
Asharq Al-Awsat: Iraqi Member of Parliament Hadi Al-Amiri, is warning of a possible military coup against the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Asharq Al-Awsat can reveal. Al-Amiri, who heads the Badr Organization, the military wing of the High Council of the Islamic Revolution said during a speech in the city of Najaf, "There are some who talk about toppling Al-Maliki's government and replacing it with a national rescue government, which we call a military coup government." Such an act, added Al-'Amiri, would mean "the invalidation of the constitution and the results of the elections, as well as returning to the starting point."
So far Al-Maliki's plan to fight terror has not succeeded in bringing down the daily number of casualties in Iraq. Rough estimates indicate that during May and June 2006, more than 6,000 Iraqi were killed in insurgent and sectarian violence. As a result of the increasing violence in Iraq, the U.S. command decided on Saturday to send another 3,700 troops to Baghdad.
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Such a coup would destroy any remaining US credibility and put the troops in a very uncomfortable situation. It would be difficult politically for the US to support such a coup. Without US support it would be virtually impossible for the coup to stand - in fact I suspect the result would be wide-open civil war. With the Kurds standing on the sidelines picking up whatever goodies fell on the ground.
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This from the morons who are so eager to expunge any archaeological trace of early Hebrew artifacts from underlying strata that they are structurally destabilizing the Dome of the Rock.
Either Jerusalem needs to be run by a multi-national consortium (like post-war Berlin) or the Israelis should take possession of it. No other solution will ever allow for peace.
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"The Supreme Court isn't worthy of deciding on matters pertaining to the Al Aqsa Mosque, because Israel does not have sovereignty over it."
This is a problem for Israel. The only place in their entire country that should be the sovereign domain of another country or religion should be embassies.
All religious sites should be nationalized, and only rented to the religions that want to use them, contingent on their good behavior. And no religion could claim sole use of any facility.
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All religious sites should be nationalized, and only rented to the religions that want to use them, contingent on their good behavior. And no religion could claim sole use of any facility.
So, 'moose, yer saying, like, the Pope's gotta kick down some rent on the Vatican?
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The VAtican is Soveriegn terrirory, but I am prettyt sure that people are allowed to WALK ON THE SIDEWALK outside , unlike Al Aqsa.
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Screw it. Tear down al'Aqsa.
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If al-aqsa falls, look out. It's foretold (many believe) in Revelation as one of the signs of the coming "new Jerusalem." Not to get into a religious spat over this, but I for one say "Bring it on!"
The Paleos have gotta feel some pain for their stupidity and pay a price for their constant Joooo-hatred. Look out for the 3rd temple, I say! Of course, it brings to mind my favorite bumper sticker: "Jesus is coming back, and this time He's gonna be p!ssed"
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Put the Thugee cult in charge of Al'Aqsa.
Their love of Islam or anybody not of their particular Hindu cult is well known.
A good behind the scenes look at all the rock throwing and supposed injuries of the poor, innocent Paleos by the Joos. Eighteen minutes of raw footage of what goes on in Palewood, and how most of the MSM footage is staged. Unbelievable how stupid they look when you see the raw footage, as well as truly how restrained the IDF is! Propaganda to the utmost.
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I too can be an actor someday. This has re-kindled my Hollywood dreams.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has rejected as "unjust" a government statement condemning Israeli military actions in Lebanon and Gaza.
What might you expect, coming from a communist regime.
"The SAJBD regards this statement as unjust, highly partisan and wholly unreflective of the realities of the current conflict in the Middle East," said national chairperson Michael Bagraim.
He said the South African government's recent statements on the Middle East had seriously undermined its credentials as a credible international player in the quest to achieve a lasting peace in the region.
Credentials? What credentials? We don't need no stinkin credentials, this is Afrika.
Bagraim said Hamas and Hezbollah were the parties guilty of breaking international law and of war crimes. He said they used their own civilians as human shields from which to launch their attacks and that unlike Israel, they deliberately sought to target civilians.
"The fact that both Palestinian and Lebanese civilians have lost their lives is a direct result of Hamas and Hezbollah basing themselves in civilian areas.
"For this reason, the responsibility for every civilian death, whether on the Israeli or Arab side, should be laid squarely at the door of these two rogue terrorist organisations," Bagraim said.
He said the SAJBD deeply regretted the continued loss of life on both sides in the current conflict and called on South Africa and the international community to condemn Hamas and Hezbollah for initiating it.
"The accusations that have been levelled at Israel, including collective punishment, war crimes and breaches of international law are completely at odds with the reality of a sovereign state conducting a legitimate defensive war against overt acts of aggression against its neighbours," he said. - Sapa
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This post makes me remember a guy I used to work with: He's an Israeli originally from SA, and when he'd get tired his Hebrew would take on a SA accent. It was almost surreal to listen to.
Interesting perspective on how the Israeli Left has come to support the Lebanon war. Some major lightbulbs going on here for those who appeased in the past.
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Lefties anywhere will gener support anything, Right or Left or Center or Independent, that promotes more Government control and Welfarism, but while also minimizing or diverting blame from themselves. Iff one accepts that the War against Islam-based Fascism, or Islamofascism, is also a WAR AGAINST FASCISM/RIGHTIST SOCIALISM in general, then the WOT is also a WAR FOR ANTI-FASCISM ANDOR THE ANTHESIS OF FASCISM = WAR FOR COMMUNISM, amongst others. Thus CLINTONISM > FASCISM > both Hated Nazi + Well-meaning Misguided Limited Communists-Stalinist-Leftist-Marxist, etal. CLINTONIAN SOCIALIST AMERICA = AMERIKA > the choice is between IN-YOUR-FACE, GO-TO-HELL, RAMPAGING HAPPY BARBARIAN, LOWLY MERE AUTHORITARIAN, ANGRY MALE BRUTES GLOBAL SOCIALISTS, versus SHADOW WARRIOR/NINJA, BEHIND-YOUR-BACK, ALL SIDES = NO SIDE, PATRIOTISM = TREASON EVERY TIME AND NO TIME, DIALECTIC PRAGMATIC "JUST I BECUZ I STABBED/POISONED YOU DOESN'T MEAN I'M TRYING TO KILL YOU", HYPER-CORRECT GLOBAL LEFTIST-SOCIALISTS. Progress = Regression, don't ya know. Between those SOCIALISTS whom are loudly angrily yelling they wanna kill you, and kill you NOW, D *** IT, before the world and their pet dog = camel; versus those other SOCIALISTS whom want Peace + YOUR $$$ while silently feeding you Arsenic.
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Actually, it sounds like the same "good cop-bad cop" ping pong that has been going on the entire operation...
One day - no ground war, next day IDF in Lebanon, third day Condi to broker peace, next day not, day after that Cabinet may call it all off, no, lets call up 30000 reservists, and so on.
Every day another straw for the Hezzies to grab at, that they may only have to hold out one more day....
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I prefer the good-cop, bad-cop routine myself Cap'n A. I don't like the idea of Dr Rice and the Prez disagreeing about anything.
And the idea of Hizbollocks being strung along and strung along, all the while being bled white and looking for anything to save them is sweet sweet music!
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I agree Tony. Hizbollocks thought the UN, France and the rest would haul their testicles out of the fire by now. A ceasefire looks farther away than ever.
We are getting to the point where Syria or Iran does something rash to stop the pounding Hez is getting.
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A ceasefire is definitely moving further away. France now refuses to take part in a UNSC meeting to discuss the new UN peacekeeping force, even thought apparently they still plan to command it.
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And Olmert is saying a cease fire is contingent on an effective peacekeepping force is in place. Who wants to be in that peacekeepping force? I didn't think so.
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France now refuses to take part in a UNSC meeting to discuss the new UN peacekeeping force, even thought apparently they still plan to command it.
Ok, seems like my faith in Dr Rice (I'd like to call her Condi, but it seems somewhat disrespectful at the moment - what with those vile posters and cartoons that have been going around) has been confirmed ;)
There is a terrific speculation (prediction? - it was written on 30th July) over at Power and Control, summary;
* The Isrealis have been feigning incompetence and dissent within the cabinet (those sneeeeeky Joooos!)
* They've been rotating ground units into what is effectively a live fire exercise.
* They've got time on their side this time "Condi is making painfully slow progress...
* And my favourite part;
What about American leadership? Bush is telling what is going on:
Bush said Thursday[27 July '06] that Iran is connected to Hizbullah, and now was the "time for the world to confront this danger."
Fortunately he is so stupid no one will believe him.
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The really interesting thing is that the hizzies, Syria, and Iran are so enmeshed in the Israeli plan that no matter what move they make now it will only give them bad and worse options. At this point you could lay the plan out in front of them and it wouldn't make any difference. They are defeated.
What about the hizzies? The primere rule of guerilla warfare is no fixed positions. Mobility. The typical mistake guerillas make is transitioning to normal military formations before the field is appropriately developed. i.e. the opposition weakened and sufficient recruiting and training is possible. Hizbollah hoped to beat this problem by taking over the Lebanese Army. The Israelis beat them to it and forced them into a war for which they were not prepared. That is called a spoiling attack. The number one mistake that Hizbollah made at the start of all this was that they were a guerilla movement that didn't know where its sanctuary was. They thought it was in Lebanon on the border with Israel. That thinking forced it to fight toe to toe with a regular army that had tanks and an airforce. Almost always the death of guerilla movements. Get out the old vegematic. Slice and dice time.
What has been truly enlightening to me is watching the real story unfold on the Internet; we have the images from the MSM, designed to pull at heart-strings, and then bloggers outed 'Mr Green Helmet'. We have the continual calls for a 'ceasefire' (hudna) from anyone who thinks they're anyone, and then we have Dr Rice dutifully doing her 'best' to get one started (master stroke on her part to get France involved!) I can watch a YouTube video of Hizbollocks firing from behind a residential building, or watch an ice-cool ex-Colonel from the IDF walk to a shelter when he hears the rockets coming in (this was at the train depot where 8 people were killed previously). We have the indepth analysis from people who are in Israel who really do know what a 'low-level' War is like, and outline what the Israelis are doing and finally, I don't have to put up with some smarmy shithead on the BBC telling me how it's all 'Israels fault' that this blew up.
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Wasn't the peace keeping force supposed to be from France, Indonesia and Turkey? If I'm right, none of those places consider Hizbollocks to be a terrorist organisation, do they?
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Good post Tony and it will take them weeksmonths years to get their multinational force together and on the ground - Masterful.
BTW, thanks for Hizbollocks, I'll continue using it.
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"A ceasefire is definitely moving further away. France now refuses to take part in a UNSC meeting to discuss the new UN peacekeeping force, even thought apparently they still plan to command it."
which, oddly enough, gives Tzahal more time to work on Hezbollah.
Now it couldnt be that our Gallic friends are actually interested in taking down Hezbollah (with which they have a long and bitter history - see the Weekly Standard) while LOOKING like theyre taking the anti-Israel stance, so popular in the muslim world? I mean the French are too direct, to above board, to fundamentally honest to be doing that, right?
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The entire notion of a ceasefire is laughable.
Who is going to represent the Hezbo's? Hezbo's run Lebanon with a gun, they took Lebanon to war.
Lebanon's PM, president, foreign minister, etc. are all in the Hezbo-Syrian-Iranian pocket.
Moreover, a ceasefire assumes both sides will end hostilities. Does anyone seriously believe the Hezbos will stop firing missiles at Israel from Lebanon?
As for a robust, forceful army to govern southern Lebanon and keep the peace -- a wet dream.
Only solution for a "sustainable" peace is for Israel to overtake the entire Lebanon country. The whole country needs an enema.
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Right about now having "backed by Iran" on your resume may not be the smartest thing for Hezbollah. Being seen as an arm of one of the biggest international pariahs is about the worst press you can get.
One can only assume that "appeasement fatigue" (boy howdy that has a nice ring to it!) is finally setting in for the majority of this world as they watch Hezbollah constantly entangle civilians in their web of death and destruction. Israel needs to keep Hezbollah's feet in the fire until their testicles are well done.
You'd think that the casualty ratios would deter further recruitment. In the Palestinian conflict it has been a near-constant 6:1 in favor of Israel. With nearly 500 Hezbollah dead and seven Israeli fatalities, this recent crisis is nothing more than excellent live-fire training for the Israelis and dirt nap time for their foes.
This is also another fine lesson for populations that tolerate or abet terrorists in their midst. I have zer-effing-oh sympathy for these people. All of the bilious hatred they have spewed for decades finally has a price tag attached and the currency is their skin. Tough sh!t.
Australia Donates Thousands of Dollars to MDA
(IsraelNN.com)The Australian government announced on Tuesday that it would donate some $300,000 USD to Israels Magen David Adom rescue organization. Australia stood together with the United States and Britain to block a resolution in the United Nations Security Council last week condemning Israeli operations in southern Lebanon.
The head of the 56-member Organization of the Islamic Conference on Tuesday called for large-scale aid to help Lebanon and the Palestinians. OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu made the call in Istanbul at the start of a meeting of Muslim countries' humanitarian aid organizations. "There is a need for a large-scale humanitarian aid campaign which would help respond to our Lebanese and Palestinian brothers' unbearable anguish and pain," Ihsanoglu said.
The OIC, the world's largest Muslim political grouping, will hold an emergency meeting in Malaysia later this week to discuss measures to end the war in Lebanon.
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I trust that they are looking for "large scale humanitarian aid" for their "Lebanese and Palestinian brothers" from Islamic countries rather than the West. At this point in time, the only thing that I would contribute to their Palestinian brothers would be tubs of lard.
More than 2,000 Palestinians denounced moderate Arab leaders in a march through Ramallah in support of Hizbullah on Tuesday. "Mubarak is a pig," protesters chanted, a reference to the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who criticized Hizbullah in the first days of battles between the group and the Israeli army.
'Mubarak is a pig,' protesters chanted...
The protesters also accused Jordan's King Abdullah of being a "collaborator of the Zionists and the Americans." "These days are days of Arab resurrection and days of humiliation for the Israeli military, the military that couldn't proceed (move ahead) into Lebanese land," said Hani Hassan, a leading member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party.
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A whole lotta hatin goin on
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Find where the protest is and re-direct artillary!!
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Why wasn't this 'demonstration' targeted with a few dozen Mark-82s? That is the only thing that would really do some good. Abbas and the 'palestinians' need to be thoroughly crushed - taken down so badly they couldn't even get enough folks together to play solitaire.
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Anti-American sentiment has been running high in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israel-Hizbullah war three weeks ago. Aside from burning US flags and praising the insurgency in Iraq, demonstrators have also been directing much of their criticism toward US Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice, who visited Israel and Ramallah recently in a bid to resolve the crisis in Lebanon.
Rice's visit to Ramallah, where she met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, was accompanied by calls for a general strike in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as articles and cartoons depicting her as a "black raven" and "child murderer." Shortly before Rice's heavily-guarded motorcade entered Ramallah, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the center of the city, calling on Abbas to boycott her and strongly denouncing the US for its bias toward Israel. PA policemen used force to disperse the protesters, some of whom carried placards featuring Rice as a raven preying on the corpse of children.
Fatah officials openly expressed their backing for Hizbullah and urged the Arab countries to join the battle against Israel...
On Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah in one of the biggest shows of solidarity with Hizbullah. The rally was organized by Fatah and other factions. During the rally, Fatah officials openly expressed their backing for Hizbullah and urged the Arab countries to join the battle against Israel. Hani al-Hassan, a top Fatah leader closely associated with Abbas, declared that his party had instructed all its armed men to be prepared to fight against Israel. Calling on Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah to bomb Tel Aviv, many protesters also chanted slogans against Rice and the US. "O Condaleezza, you are a condara [shoe]," shouted a group of Fatah activists. An elderly woman yelled: "Shame on you, Condaleezza, your parents were slaves for the whites!"
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"...many Palestinians are angry with her because they think that all black people should be on their side."
You got your work cut out for you there, shar. I'm sure blacks will prefer your deeply-ingrained notions of dark-skinned people's inferiority rather than modern Western indifference to skin color and commitment to human equality.
After all, Muslims are pulling blacks in by the millions with their PR campaign in Darfur, right?
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especially since the Arab slang for "Black person" = Slave.
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Hardline Muslims brandishing toy guns and fake explosive belts rallied outside the US Embassy in Indonesia yesterday to protest Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Some protesters said they wanted to travel to the Middle East to fight the Jewish state. "We ask the government to (transport us to Lebanon) so we can help our brothers and sisters there who are being killed and ravaged by Israel and America, the enemies of Islam," said Allawi Usman, one of the leaders of the protest. Police confiscated toys guns and fake explosive belts from several of the protesters.
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What a pity our embassy couldn't issue them plane tickets.
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That's a relief, with all those toy guns and fake explosive belts, they could really have tipped the balance of power in favor of the hizballah. That was a close one for Israel.
STOCKHOLM: Sweden said on Tuesday that it would recall its ceasefire monitors from Sri Lanka, while fearing the move could increase fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson said he regretted the decision, which comes days after similar moves by Finland and Denmark, prompted by a Tamil Tiger demand to remove European Union nationals from the monitoring group. "We regret that we are forced to do this, but the Tamil Tigers stand by their position that they don't want EU nationals represented in the monitoring mission," Eliasson told Swedish radio from Brussels. Eliasson said he hoped that the impact of the pullout would be limited, "but I can't rule out that this could lead to increased fighting". The Swedish observers are to leave Sri Lanka before September 1.
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Syria would defend itself if "dragged" into a war with Israel, Syrian member of parliament Suleiman Haddad said Tuesday. "We hope not to be dragged by Israel into a position where we have to defend ourselves against any aggression. If we are obliged, we will defend ourselves," Haddad told the Associated Press. "We aim for calm, but if Israel wants escalation, we will not be silent."
Haddad denied Israel's accusation that Syria was supplying Hezbollah with weapons. Haddad's comments came a day after President Bashar Assad called on his army to increase readiness to cope with "regional challenges."
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Yeah, they won't be silent. Exploding tanks and fleeing troops make all kinds of noise.
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If I were you President Assad, I'd put a few slow moving armored divisions on the road to Beriut early tomorrow morning, just as a deterrent, a sign of resolve, a precaution. Space between vehicles? Oh, lets just say a meter or two max.
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Bring it on, Syrian pussies. You have no Air Force. Try your tank battle crap without air cover. I fart in your general direction! Your Mother was a hamster, and your Father smelt of Elderberries!
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Somalia's newly-powerful Islamists have opened a new Shariah court some 600km north of the capital, local officials said yesterday, extending their influence in the anarchic nation. The Islamists, who control Mogadishu and a large swathe of southern Somalia. have been expanding into more remote areas of in an effort to consolidate control over Horn of African nation after ousting US-backed warlords from the capital in June. 
(SomaliNet) Somali's interim government based in the provincial town of Baidoa southwest of Somalia has asked on Tuesday to postpone the talks scheduled to happen in the Sudanese capital Khartoum tomorrow in a bid to solve the political crisis within the government as ministers continue to abandon the cabinet. Prime Minister Ali Gedi who has held today a news conference in Biadoa said his government asked the Arab League to put off the peace talks in Khartoum to have chance to tackle the current political turmoil that over shadowed the government since last week. Mr. Gedi said he had talked the Arab League ambassador to Somalia Abdalla Mubarak about the issues of the meeting to submit the government's request to the organization expressing that the Somali's interim government is not ready to attend the talks right now.
Chittagong Anchorage Account: Twenty five incidents have been reported since January 28 2006.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said an emergency meeting of key Muslim countries this week will call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and discuss a formal United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. 
Rice's visit to Ramallah, where she met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, was accompanied by calls for a general strike in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as articles and cartoons depicting her as a "black raven" and "child murderer." Shortly before Rice's heavily-guarded motorcade entered Ramallah, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the center of the city, calling on Abbas to boycott her and strongly denouncing the US for its bias toward Israel. PA policemen used force to disperse the protesters, some of whom carried placards featuring Rice as a raven preying on the corpse of children. 
Syria would defend itself if "dragged" into a war with Israel, Syrian member of parliament Suleiman Haddad said Tuesday. "We hope not to be dragged by Israel into a position where we have to defend ourselves against any aggression. If we are obliged, we will defend ourselves," Haddad told the Associated Press. "We aim for calm, but if Israel wants escalation, we will not be silent." 
