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To train a dog one rewards behavior one wishes to see repeated and punishes behavior one wishes to discourage. What works for dogs should work for Muslim terrorists (and v.v.)
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Article: This is the sort of rhetoric that has the German Foreign Office worried, because it heats up the debate over the purpose and consequences of German participation in the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom and the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mandate in Afghanistan. It also raises the question of how high the risks of future development projects with German involvement in Afghanistan can be. Blechschmidt says that as he was being released, the kidnappers called out to him that the Germans should "watch out."
The country that lost hundreds of thousands of men at Stalingrad gets one guy kidnapped, and talks about risks. Of course, at Stalingrad, there was the possibility of loot for the German conquerors, whereas none is in sight in Afghanistan.
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From a recent article on a different hostage case:
According to Taliban fighters interviewed by The Sunday Telegraph, the money has also been used to train recruits to carry out terrorist attacks in Britain and America.
South Korea has repeatedly denied claims by Afghan officials that it paid cash to secure the release in August of 21 Christian volunteers who were held for nearly six weeks. But in a recent meeting, three Taliban fighters involved in the conflict with the British in Helmand province said that $10 million cash handed over in two instalments had been used to boost operations in Afghanistan and abroad.
"It was a God-sent opportunity," said Mullah Hezbollah, 30. "It has helped us to multiply our stockpile of weapons and explosives to wage battle for at least a year or so."
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According to Taliban fighters interviewed by The Sunday Telegraph, the money has also been used to train recruits to carry out terrorist attacks in Britain and America.
This might be hyperbole. Prior to 9/11, they used to get big money from Europe, the US and the Mid East (via charities). The spigots are more or less turned off. The way money flows through Islamist organizations isn't exactly a model of efficiency or honesty. A big problem for them is having four wives and hordes of children. What pays for their upkeep? The productive output of relentless anti-American proselytizing? No - it's the money donated to them for terrorist operations. If they're unethical enough to slaughter large numbers of innocent bystanders, they're unethical enough to steal large sums of money from their donors. (A Muslim friend not enamored of the jihadis commented as much).
(SomaliNet) Somalis interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said on Monday that he will hold the office even if his term ends. In interview with the London based Sharqal awsat newspaper, Mr. Gedi, who is at logger heads with president Abdulahi Yusuf, said he was so proud to serve for the nation and have no concern over his cabinet. I know there some ministers who are pushing me to ask vote of confidence from the parliament but it is clear that they are hungry for my post and that will never happen, said Gedi.
His latest comment came as the difference he has with the president Yusuf spread into the cabinet and parliament.
Meanwhile, two grenade bombs exploded overnight near a heavily guarded hotel which houses Prime Minister Ali Gedi in Baidoa city, 250km northwest of the capital. No one was reported hurt in the explosion as the security forces sealed off the site of the blast and began investigations
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TOKYO (AP) - (Kyodo)U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer said Tuesday that none of the fuel provided by Japan to U.S. military vessels in the Indian Ocean in support of antiterrorism activities in and around Afghanistan has been used for the United States' military operations in Iraq.
"We have checked the records and I can say without qualification that all the oil that we received from Japan has gone into Operation Enduring Freedom (in Afghanistan)," Schieffer told reporters in Tokyo.
"We'll be releasing a statement shortly in support of that, but I can say that no oil has gone into Operation Iraqi Freedom," the ambassador said after talks with Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura.
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The Israelis still hope to use the man's imprisonment as leverage in learning about Israeli fighter pilot Ron Arad, who was shot down in Lebanon in 1986.
This is all part of a truly vicious and cruel game being played by Nasrallah. For which he really, really needs to die.
Copenhagen - A former Dutch parliamentarian and Islam critic should be offered a safe haven in Denmark, Danish Culture Minister Brian Mikkelsen said Monday. Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali has had special security protection since 2004 over death threats after she penned the script for the movie Submission that depicts repression of women in Muslim culture. The film's director Theo Van Gogh was killed in November 2004.
A year ago, Hirsi Ali left the Netherlands for the United States, but recently returned to the Netherlands since US authorities allegedly refused to pay for her security.
It was the Dutch authorities that refused to pay.
The Danish government is drafting legislation to offer threatened authors a safe haven in various cities, and Hirsi Ali would fit the criteria, Mikkelsen told public broadcaster DR. "She has experienced persecution, threats to her life, she has struggled for freedom of speech," Mikkelsen said.
The conservative culture minister said Copenhagen would be prepared to cover the costs for Hirsin Ali's security. Several parties in the Danish legislature backed the proposal.
Hirsi Ali was a former lawmaker for the Liberal VVD party but left parliament over a controversy linked to her asylum application in 1992.
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Slice me some Havarti and pour me a Tuborg, please.
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As has so often been the case, the tiny nation of Denmark steps up to the plate and knocks yet another one out of the park. More cartoons, please! I want the entire MME (Muslim Middle East) in a constant paralytic rage until the death toll from aneurysms skyrockets.
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As has so often been the case, the tiny nation of Denmark steps up to the plate and knocks yet another one out of the park.
My mother, who was born and raised a Swede, always preferred Danes to Swedes (but not as much as she preferred Americans, thank goodness). She said Danes are far less uptight and smugly patronizing - more "real" and earthy too.
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If Mikkelsen really wants to help her he can offer to pay the cost of her protection in the USA, because that's the problem. There is no need to offer her a safe haven in Europe because the Dutch government protects her in the Netherlands.
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He knows (or should know) that Hirsi Ali has said more than once she's planning to stay in the USA permenantly. No surprise that Hirsi Ali has turned the offer down.
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I thought the Dutch Parliament had voted to stop paying for Ms. Ali's security?
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Dutch parliament voted to stop paying for her security in the USA. Her employer has set up two funds to collect money. Her lawyer, Britta Böhler, is controling one of the funds.
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In case you had somehow managed to purge her image from your brain, here's a picture of Lynne Stewart for your viewing pleasure:
She defended this handsome P.O.S. named Omar Rahman:
A match made in hell, it appears. I cannot figure out why she assisted that guy's terrorist endeavors other than he was the only one she could find who didn't react violently to the idea of doing her for some reason. Maybe his sight wasn't the only sense he was missing.
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I cannot figure out why she assisted that guy's terrorist endeavors
because she's a disgusting anti-american communist troll.
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Is there something that compels these schools to provide podiums for America's worst enemies? I can only assume that by doing so they seek to maintain their credentials as "open-minded" institutions. I wonder when these cretins will realize that there are certain topics where open-mindedness is not an option. Rape, child sexual abuse, spousal abuse are all items that are non-negotiable. So it is with terrorism yet, somehow, people manage to give it a pass. This, despite terrorism being a far worse crime against humanity. Finally, it is no coincidence that Islam not only breeds up terrorism but also rape, child sexual abuse and spousal abuse. How people cannotand just as often simply refuse tomake the elementary connection between Islam and it's perversion of reality is something for the psychoalanysts to ponder. Meanwhile, people like Lynne Stewartwho knowingly abet terrorism on American soilneed to be locked away or executed. Anyone who can be open-minded about terrorism has made the idological leap into a moral vacuum entirely uncluttered by conscience or ethics.
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Reading the article, it says something about attorneys doing the lecture, yet she was disbarred. is she still an attorney?
and as tu says, let her start serving her time, there has to have been some conditions tied to her being allowed to remain free while appeals are pending; check her driving record and look for parking tickets. maybe she broke anoter law that would be grounds for jail time.
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"because she's a disgusting anti-american communist troll"
But what about those who invited her? Are they lovers of free speech seeking balance in law school intellectual environment or are they disgusting anti-american communist trolls too?
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Yes. Depending on who answers the question of course, High Brow.
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IIUC she's claimed her "medical conditions" prevent her from serving her time - the Judge should be shown the video of this POS at the conference and order her jailed forthwith
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daily beatings and swirlies (shouldn't bother her?) to follow
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Pakistan ratcheted up pressure on Benazir Bhutto yesterday to delay her planned homecoming this week, as the former premier said she feared retired army officers may be plotting to kill her.
She might be right, but it's awfully convenient timing ...
Benazir is set to return from eight years of self-imposed exile on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf gave her amnesty against corruption charges, in an apparent step toward a US-backed power-sharing deal. But the government has backpedaled and says Benazir should wait until the Supreme Court has ruled on the legality of the amnesty and on the validity of Musharrafs landslide win in an Oct. 6 presidential vote.
Musharraf says he has sent personal messages to Benazir asking her to stay away for now.
Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azeem said Benazir could be arrested if the Supreme Court upholds legal challenges that were lodged last week against the amnesty. It is because of this reason that we are asking her to wait until the legal battle is over, Azeem told AFP. But at the moment it is highly unlikely the government will arrest her.
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Retired army officers, ISI, jihadis...what's the difference?
Istanbul (AKI) - Iraqi vice-president Tareq al-Hashemi has travelled to Istanbul for urgent talks to stop a Turkish ground assault against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Al-Hashemi arrived a day after the Turkish cabinet asked parliament for permission to launch major military action after cross border bombing raids and artillery fire at the weekend. Tens of thousands of Turkish troops are reported to be massing at the border of northern Iraq.
Turkey claims it was targeting militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which it blames for the deaths of at least 15 Turkish soldiers attacked in the past two weeks.
The Iraqi vice-president was due to meet president Abdullah Gul and prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday while Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki also announced that he would hold urgent meetings with Turkish officials.
On Wednesday, the Turkish parliament is expected to approve the motion which would give the army permission to enter Iraq on multiple occasions up to a year. Government spokesman Cemil Cicek said that the motion was not targeting the Iraqi people - only PKK militants. He said Turkey still hoped that military action against PKK bases would not be needed. However, the reality of terror is the most painful reality of our country and region, said Cicek.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al Dabbagh stressed the need for dialogue between the two countries. The Iraqi government calls on the Turkish government to pursue a diplomatic solution and not a military solution, he said.
The US also urged Turkey to not to resort to military action. We would like to co-operate with Turkey in solving the problems which occur as the result of attacks from northern Iraq into Turkey, said US state department spokesman, Tom Casey.
Casey warned Turkey that unilateral action would not resolve problems with the PKK.
However, US influence in Turkey has been undermined after the House of Representatives' foreign affairs committee approved a resolution which brands the killing of Armenians in 1915 a genocide. Turkey responded to the move by immediately recalling its ambassador to the US, Nabi Sensoy.
The resolution will proceed to the full House of Representatives next month. Erdogan said that Turkey would reconsider its relationship with the US relations if the resolution was approved.
Nancy Pelosi and the Dhimmicrats have what they wanted.
Erdogan has also criticised US efforts to stop Turkey from launching an operation in northern Iraq. "Nobody asked our permission before launching an attack on Iraq from tens of thousands of kilometres away Turkey has no need of advice from anyone on the subject of an operation against Iraq, Erdogan said.
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The Kurds need to control their terrorists. The Turks are not our friends. Red-on-red.
The more important question is why the Dhems. are doing this now. Who had the idea? Do the Dhems. really care about the Armenians? My read is that they are driving defeat at any cost.
The surge is working. So how do you find a way to force defeat from the tight jaws of victory. You have Turkey get mad as hell at their age old adversary (and Iran's, Syria's and Iraq's) the Kurds as well as the USA. A twofer in the eyes of the calculating Dhimmicrats. In politics, like war and comedy, timing is everything. Unfortunately, this is no laughing matter. There will be blood on their hands (the Dhimmis) and they should pay the ultimate political price if we had any balls and guts as a whole country but we don't.
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Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr came out fiercely against federalism yesterday a day after a leading Shiite politician said Iraq should be split into semi-autonomous regions based on sect and ethnicity. To demand federalism is to flirt with a non-binding US Senate resolution calling for a devolution of power to three self-governing regions for Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, Sadrs office said here.
To small a playpen for him?
On Saturday Ammar Hakim, son of Abdel Aziz Al Hakim, leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), called dividing the country an Iraqi interest, wish and decision. I call on this holy day for the people of my country to form (self-governing) regions, starting with the region south of Baghdad, Ammar Hakim said.
Responding to his comments, Sadrs office said that the movements opposition to federalism is firm and has not been changed. After the US Congress voted to divide Iraq, it is clear that insisting on applying federalism in the current tragic Iraqi situation is a flirtation with the US Congress resolution, Sadrs spokesman Sheikh Saleh Al Obeidi said.
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The Turkish government drafted a motion today seeking parliamentary authority for the military to cross into Iraq to fight Kurdish separatist rebels who have been taking refuge in the mountainous border region. The motion, which allow cross-border military action for a year, is aimed solely at the Kurdistan Workers Party, or P.K.K., according to a government spokesman, Cemil Cicek, speaking a televised news conference. It appears likely to pass on Wednesday. Less clear is when the approval would be translated into military action.
Turkey and Iraq signed an accord last month pledging cooperation in combating the group but the accords specifically denied Turkey the right to cross into Iraq, even in hot pursuit of rebels. The Kurdish administration in northern Iraq strongly opposes any incursion by the Turkish Army and has not supported previous agreements to cooperate between the Iraqi government and Turkey.
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government spokesman, Cemil Cicek
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In a major reconciliatory gesture, a leader from Iraqs largest Shiite party has paid a rare visit to the Sunni Anbar province, delivering a message of unity to tribal sheikhs who have staged a US-backed revolt against Al-Qaeda militants.
Smart move.
The leader of Parliaments largest Sunni Arab bloc, Adnan Al-Dulaimi, welcomed Ammar Al-Hakims visit to Anbar on Sunday as a good initiative, saying Shiite-Sunni reconciliation was a goal cherished by his once-dominant Sunni Arab minority. This is what we hope, and we pray to Allah for, Al-Dulaimi, whose three-party alliance has 44 of parliaments 275 seats, told The Associated Press yesterday. We pray to God to make our Shiite brothers ... give us our due rights and not monopolize power.
Hakims visit to Anbar was the latest sign that key Iraqi politicians may be working toward reconciliation independently of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Malikis government, which has faced criticism for doing little to bring together Iraqs Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis.
Sunni Arab Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi visited Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, Iraqs top Shiite cleric, last month at the holy city of Najaf south of Baghdad. The visit amounted to an unprecedented Sunni Arab endorsement of Sistanis role as the nations guardian.
Another smart move.
Hashemis Iraqi Islamic Party also has been distancing itself from militant Sunni Arab groups and has in recent months forged closer ties with Hakims Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, the countrys largest Shiite party, and the two major Kurdish parties.
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Well, it's only because of the Democratic-imposed benchmarks that those heathens move at all, right? I mean, they're no smarter than the rest of us, who need the Dems to chart our every move. What would we do without Nancy and Harry?
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The time has come for establishing a Palestinian state and its in the interest of the US to do so, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday in one of her most forceful statements yet on the issue.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams are drafting a joint declaration of principles that may offer solutions to some of the core issues of the final status agreement, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Rice.
Abbas and Rice met in Ramallah to discuss issues ahead of the US-sponsored Mideast peace conference and held a joint press conference following the meeting.
The comments from Rice suggested that the Bush administration is determined to try to bridge the wide gaps between Israel and the Palestinians. The gathering is expected to take place next month, though a date hasnt been announced. Amid such uncertainty, moderate Arab countries, whose participation is widely viewed as critical, have not committed to attending.
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Pray tell exactly what it is the Palestinians have done to deserve this signal honor? Does no one seem to recall that the Palestinians have acted in bad faith regarding every single promise and resolution they've ever made? Rewarding them for their incessant perfidy is nothing but an invitation for lots more of the same. Israel has made enough concessions to arrive at peace with a dozen different civilized nations. Where is that peace, save at the fence's edge?
The Palestinians deserve nothing more than suffering the continued defeat, agony and humiliation that they bring upon themselves in such vast measure. Their adoption and continued employment of terrorism must be regarded as nothing less than a mandate for condemnation by all rational people. Such a self-avowed lust for genocide against Israel must certainly disqualify them from all participation in the global community. They must be held up to this world as an object lesson of the fate awaiting those who dissemble, lie, cheat and steal at every single last twist and turn. They have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity and neither should they miss the chance at attaining a wholly undeserved and unearned statehood. Pandering to their insufferable Arab sense of entitlement is worse than a fatal error. It is a blunder of monumental and everlasting proportions. Only a complete and total idiot could possibly think otherwise.
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Compare YNETNEWS Op-Ed > CONQUER OR CAPITULATE article. DETERRENCE is slowly losing its effectiveness and becoming unviable for Israel - author believes that in order to stop seemingly incessant rocket attacks + guerilla incursions Israel must de facto stop the ability of ist enemies to do so, ergo means Israel must take back = take over any and all Paleo areas.
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sure, it's the size of the cistern a Khan Younis, crowd on in , ya bunny-breeding splodey-dopes! The sheer concentration of Paleos along with thin-skinned offences at every turn should prove Darwin correct.
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The Saudi national incarcerated in Israel for over two years without a trial ended his hunger strike on Saturday. Abdul Rahman al Atwi, ended his hunger strike on the day a district Tel Aviv judge granted the government a twenty day period to find a country willing to host Al Atwi. Last year, Finland, Sweden, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey all rejected hosting the imprisoned Saudi, while five other countries refused to even allow Al Atwi to fly over their air space.
"Him? Ickkk! He's got cooties!"
A lawyer for the Mandela Institute confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that a Tel Aviv court has granted the government a twenty-day period to find a country willing to host Al Atwi through the United Nations.
How about Ice Station Zebra?
Buthayna Duqmaq of the Mandela Institute also stated that if no host county is found after the twenty-day period, then the matter will revert back to the Tel Aviv courts, where a ruling will be issued. "If the court ruling is unfavorable towards al Atwi, an appeal will be made to the higher courts in order to reevaluate the ruling." the Human rights lawyer added.
Because you never know, another twenty days might find a country willing to take him ...
According to press reports, Al Atwi, 36, was detained by Israel after he crossed the Jordanian border in 2005, allegedly to take part in an armed attack against an Israeli target. He is being held Israels Ramleh prison.
Notice how there's one obvious country that doesn't want him ... even though he's a citizen ...
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Manila (AKI) - The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), has rejected the government's claims that the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) has a tunnel complex near the MILFs former base on the southern island of Mindanao.
The former base is located at Mt. Cararao, in Lanao del Sur, Mindanao.
In an interview published on Luwaran, the MILF website, a junior officer of the MILF armed wing, the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), described the accusation as another last-ditch attempt [of the government] to revive the issue of terrorism in Mindanao.
The media in the Philippines recently reported the claims of the JI tunnel complex in MILF territory.
The allegation was attributed to an unnamed military intelligence source that likened the JIs new base at Mt. Manggaturing, near the MILF former base at Mt. Cararao, to the al-Qaedas Tora-Bora hideout in Afghanistan.
Tora-Bora is a mountain complex of tunnels and caves in Afghanistan where al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, is believed to have taken refuge in the past.
The BIAF officer said that Mt. Cararao is volcanic and cannot allow for safe tunnels, while Tora-Bora is rocky and strenuous.
Obviously the military agent has not gone into Cararao and the story is a mere fantasy, he said.
The BIAF officer asked for the establishment of an independent team to travel to Cararao and Magaturingen to verify the existence of the tunnels.
The MILF has been fighting for an independent Islamic state in Mindanao for the past 30 years.
The group used to have close links with JI, an Indonesia-based terror organization that struggles to unite most of Southeast Asia into an Islamic caliphate.
The MILF-JI link was 'officially' broken when the late MILF chairman, Salamat Hashim, asked US President George W. Bush to mediate with Manila. Washington's commitment was partially based on the MILF's pledge to renounce terrorism, which was made public by Hashim in a policy statement released on June 20, 2003.
However, experts still believe that individual MILF commanders coddle members of JI and the Abu Sayyaf.
The Abu Sayyaf is a Filipino homegrown terror group based in the Sulu Archipelago.
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The paper says that Israel's refusal to release Samir Kuntar is what is keeping the two soldiers in captivity. Kuntar murdered a Jewish father and his baby daughter, and caused the death of a second daughter, in Nahariya in the late 1970's. Hizbullah chieftain Sheikh Nasrallah has made it his goal to force Israel to free Kuntar.
One more excellent reason for Nasrallah to die. The above description of Kuntar's crimes is sorely lacking in some truly significant details. In memory of Danny, Einat and Yael Haran. Some things should not be forgotten or forgiven.
Kuntar was one of a four-man group that crossed into Israel by sea, sent on the mission by the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), an affiliate of Yasser Arafat's PLO. In the coastal town of Nahariya, the terrorists shot dead a policeman and forced their way into an apartment building, where they captured Danny Haran and his daughter, Einat, 4.
While the terrorists rampaged through the apartment, firing weapons and detonating grenades, Haran's wife Smadar hid in a crawlspace above the couple's bedroom together with their other daughter, two-year-old Yael, and a neighbor. In an effort to prevent Yael from crying out and alerting the terrorists to their whereabouts, Smadar kept her hand over the child's mouth, and accidentally smothered her to death.
Meanwhile Kuntar and his group took Danny and Einat Haran to the beach. "There, according to eyewitnesses, one of them shot Danny in front of Einat so that his death would be the last sight she would ever see," Smadar wrote later. "Then he smashed my little girl's skull in against a rock with his rifle butt. That terrorist was Samir Kuntar."
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Samir Kuntar is a vicious child-killer with no right to anything save a bullet in the brain. He should never walk as a free man in his remaining life. Smadar's accidental killing of her own child is a horrendous burden she must carry and one that few of us can possibly imagine. Nasrallah's insistence upon Kuntar's release is but another way for him to twist the blade in this festering wound. The sooner Nasrallah dies the better off our world will be. Like Kuntar, he is a remorseless and brutal murderer. His withholding of Ron Arad's papers is just another cruel twist of the blade.
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PUTIN > has warned the West that no Caspian nation should allow any other to use its territory to attack another Caspian nation. DOES RUSSIA WANT A TURKEY + ISRAEL OF ITS OWN [CENTO?]???
Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Monday to negotiate with Iran on behalf of the international community in their nuclear standoff, although he didn't come to Tehran as scheduled amid warnings of a possible assassination plot.
Putin's planned trip, the first here by a Kremlin leader since World War II, raised hopes that personal diplomacy could find a solution to the impasse over the Iranian nuclear program, but he delayed his arrival, which had been set for Monday evening.
The Russian leader insisted to reporters in Germany that he was going ahead with the trip, but the Kremlin declined to discuss details. The official Iranian news agency said late Monday that Putin had only put off his trip by several hours and would be in Tehran early Tuesday in time for a Caspian region summit.
"Putin will arrive in Tehran at the head of a delegation tomorrow morning," the Islamic Republic News Agency said, quoting Iran's presidential press service.
Iran gave no further details, and Kremlin officials wouldn't comment on reasons for the delay or say exactly when Putin would arrive. Officials in Germany, where Putin wrapped up a two-day visit, said they could not say where the Russian leader was. I guess he didn't want to miss his favorite episode of "The Simpsons".
Putin's trip was first thrown into doubt when the Kremlin said Sunday that he had been informed by Russian special services that suicide attackers might try to kill him in Tehran, but he shrugged off the warning Monday.
"Of course I am going to Iran," he said after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "If I always listened to all the various threats and the recommendations of the special services I would never leave home."
The remark played into the carefully crafted image of a fearless leader that Putin has cultivated, and also appeared aimed at emphasizing that he is in control not under undue influence from security officials as he maneuvers to maintain influence after his presidential term ends next year.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini dismissed reports about the purported assassination plot as disinformation spread by adversaries hoping to spoil good relations between Russia and Iran.
Putin has warned the U.S. and other nations against trying to coerce Iran into reining in its nuclear program and insists peaceful dialogue is the only way to deal with Tehran's defiance of a U.N. Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment.
"Threatening someone, in this case the Iranian leadership and Iranian people, will lead nowhere," Putin said in Germany. "They are not afraid, believe me." So they must be extremist fools.
Iran's rejection of the council's demand and its previous clandestine atomic work has fed suspicions in the U.S. and other countries that Tehran is working to enrich uranium to a purity usable in nuclear weapons. Iran insists it is only wants lesser-enriched uranium to fuel nuclear reactors that would generate electricity.
Putin's visit to Tehran, the first such trip by a Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin attended a 1943 wartime summit with Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, is being closely watched for any possible shifts in Russia's carefully hedged stance in the nuclear standoff.
The Russian president underlined his disagreements with Washington last week, saying he saw no "objective data" to prove Western claims that Iran is trying to construct nuclear weapons. Just like there's no objective evidence that Pootie will be the target of an assasination attempt?
Russia, which is building Iran's first nuclear power plant, has resisted the push by the U.S. and its allies for stronger U.N. sanctions against Tehran and strongly warned Washington against using force. All I can imagine is that Russia is secretly hoping that the US destroys Iran's nuclear infrastructure while they whistle all the way to the bank. Notice they don't let Iran get too far in arrears for a reason. Apparently they learned to do this after they got bit by having to forgive Iraq's debt.
"Putin's trip to Tehran is a show of Russia's independence in global affairs. Putin, who approaches the end of his term, wants to demonstrate that he wouldn't cave in to the U.S. pressure," said Alexander Pikayev, an expert on Iran with Russia's Institute for World Economy and International Relations. I guess that's one way to look at it.
Putin emphasized Monday that he would negotiate in Tehran on behalf of the five permanent U.N. Security Council members United States, Russia, China, Britain and France and Germany, a group that has led efforts to resolve the stalemate with Tehran.
He said the group "can and must be patient" in dealing with the Iranian leadership. Sure. Let's wait another couple of years and look at how things are going then.
"If we have a chance to maintain such direct contact, we will do it expecting a positive and, I will stress, joint result," Putin said. "Because Russia has worked and intends to continue to work with partners in Europe and the United States to achieve a common goal." What's Russia's part of the common goal?
In Washington, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said the U.S. government expected Putin to "convey the concerns shared by all of us about the failure of Iran to comply with the international community's requirements concerning its nuclear program." What's so tough? I know what's going to happen. No need to send Pootie.
Putin's schedule called for meetings with hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the country's Grand Poobah supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. He also was to participate in a meeting Tuesday of the leaders of nations bordering the Caspian Sea, which are arguing over division of its oil.
While the Kremlin has shielded Tehran from a U.S. push for a third round of U.N. sanctions, Iran has voiced annoyance about Moscow's foot-dragging in building a nuclear power plant in the southern port of Bushehr under a $1 billion contract. $1B for a nuke plant? Cheap. Must not have much in the way of environmental impact studies to contend with. Or local opposition.
Russia warned early this year that the plant wouldn't be launched this fall as planned because Iran was slow in making payments. Iranian officials have angrily denied any payment arrears and accused the Kremlin of caving in to Western pressure. Something fishy here it seems, I just don't know what.
Moscow also has ignored Iranian demands to ship fuel for the plant, saying it would be delivered only six months before the Bushehr plant goes on line. The launch date has been delayed indefinitely amid the payment dispute.
Any sign by Putin that Russia could quickly complete the power plant would embolden Iran and further cloud Russia's relations with the West.
But Putin's trip would be important for Iran even if it yielded no agreements. "It's a break in international isolation, a chance to show that Iran is an important country," Pikayev, the analyst, told the AP.
Iranian media also emphasized the importance of Putin's trip. "Iran can use the visit to lobby for getting our nuclear dossier out of the U.N. Security Council and Russia can strengthen its opposition to the U.S. through boosting ties with Tehran," the hard-line newspaper Resalat said in an editorial. Yeah, Tehran. A hub of international trade in . . . walnuts, dates, flying carpets and camel dung. And terror.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog did not know about any undeclared atomic plant in Syria and has asked Damascus about information that such a site was targeted by an Israeli air strike, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
You'd feel just a little better if they could tell us with a straight face that they knew about it ...
Citing unidentified U.S. and foreign officials with access to intelligence reports, the New York Times said on Sunday the nuclear reactor was partially built and apparently modeled on one in North Korea used for stockpiling atomic bomb fuel.
Israel confirmed earlier this month that it had carried out a September 6 air strike on Syria, a major foe, but has not described the target. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the target was an unused military building. "The International Atomic Energy Agency has no information about any undeclared nuclear facility in Syria and no information about recent reports," spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said in a statement issued from the IAEA's Vienna headquarters. "The IAEA is in contact with the Syrian authorities to verify the authenticity of these reports," she said.
"Oh, yeah. That plant. We wuz just about to call you about it..."
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Watchdog? That's a sick joke, right?
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Apparently they were the only ones who didn't know about it.
Not really, it's more a truthful description, they WATCH. (No they don't do anything, just watch.)
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PUTIN'S VISIT TO IRAN > KOMMERSANT - Putin has reportedly claimed that any Caspian Sea nation, including IRAN, only has an unrestricted/
unlimited right to nuclear energy + technology. IFF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK = NUKE BOMB, WALKS LIKE A DUCK, TASTES LIKE DUCK, AND QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, ETC LIKE A DUCK, D *** NG IT CLEARLY OBVIOUSLY ITS NOT A DUCK!
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The clip makes a special point of showing an American child being indoctrinated with jihad. His passport is featured quite prominently. I can only interpret this video as working towards recruiting highly mobile American Arabs to assist in terrorism due to them being less suspect. A final point is made with respect to using the Internet for broadcasting about the Palestinian cause. All in all a slickly packaged production.
I wonder when our nation is going to catch on and begin countering this sort of pro-Arab filth. We really need to produce a highly realistic MME (Muslim Middle East) version of "The Day After Tomorrow" showing what nuclear retaliation against Muslim terror centers will look like. The MME needs to be put on notice that continued terrorism means that they will not be long for this world.
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Sometimes, after wallowing in Democratic filth, (like the recent genocide declaration to shut down supply routes via Turkey), I find myself disgustingly tainted and vile. It's times like this when I come up with truly hideous thoughts. Like about this article:
At least child martyrs won't breed.
As to those enrolling children to do their terror - Just how far down is it to the bottom of the pit of Hades?
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Just how far down is it to the bottom of the pit of Hades?
Far enough down to where only nuclear fires rage. Islam devours its young.
Letters between members of Al Qaeda intercepted by the US Army and published on a website affiliated to the US Department of Defense shows a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the terrorist organization.
Among these was a letter written by Abu Hafs al Masri (Mohamed Atef) addressed to Abu Abdullah (Osama Bin Laden). This letter, predating back to the late nineties, has proven to be an invaluable source of information for US intelligence. Abu Hafs was one of the organizations top military commanders before being killed in the Kandahar operations at the end of 2001.
In the aforementioned letter, Abu Hafs refers to what may possibly be correspondence between training camps in Somalia and Sudan. Included in the letter is correspondence between two Al Qaeda members whose codenames are Saqr and Badr, in addition to a transcription of radio transceiver exchanges that took place in the mornings and evenings. The content of these exchanges varies in accordance with whether the date of the day was odd or even.
Abu Hafss letter also referred to his visit to Luuq Camp, which is located in southwestern Somalia and lies between 52 degrees longitude and 26 degrees latitude. The former commander also indicated that from a topographical perspective, the terrain is ideal for guerilla wars [literally supported guerilla platoons in the original letter], as well as a launch pad zone. He added that it would be difficult for any regulatory forces to seize control of the area while extensively elaborating on the areas landscape citing mountains, thorny trees and roads, in addition to a number of water springs that could be used as a water supply for Al Qaeda members.
According to the information gleaned from the letter, the area is inhabited by the Amrihan tribe, which is a breakaway faction of Siad Barres al Daroot tribe. Mohamed Farrah Aidid had tried to seize control of this region but he failed and lost many of his supporters. No secular parties remain in the region, only individuals who had formerly been Siad Barre supporters who, moreover, back the concept of an Islamic Union.
In terms of securing the area, Abu Hafs reassures that the region has optimum security conditions and is situated in a prime location that can easily receive supplies from various parties who can deliver them via Kenya or Somalia.
Following the word conclusion, Abu Hafs wrote, The area is suitable and can be considered an ideal launch pad for guerrilla bases. Relating to military capabilities, he said, There is a quantity of light- and medium-class weapons and RPJs, in addition to reasonable quantities of ammunition. But, means of transportation are limited to only one truck.
Regarding the financial situation, Abu Hafs had said, We have agreed on a fixed budget for the camp, which is attached to this report. It ranges between US $5,000-$6,000 a month. He also pointed out that earlier expenses have been sent in a previous report. Furthermore, Abu Hafs wrote of the trained brothers needs; those residing in Luuq Camp and cited the names: Abu Nour, Abu Haitham, Abu al Fateh, Abu Ammar al Yamani and Abu Humam al Saeedy. He also mentioned the need for a set of large-scale communication equipment and 15 smaller ones.
Among the stated objectives of the brothers in Luuq Camp: the formation of guerilla gangs, reconnaissance, an intermittent flow of information about the enemy and a good knowledge of the topography so that, we may always be prepared for action at any time, he said.
As for the situation on Ogaden, Abu Hafs said, We have liaised with the brother Seif using Hamds [transceiver] device, and thank God the situation is reassuring. The news reporting that they were trapped was not entirely accurate. We have sent a letter via Sheikh Saleh that includes all the necessary warnings.
He also added that the brothers in Ogaden are in dire need of funds because they had only received US $21,000 and that they were equally in need of communication devices. Concerning the situation in Nairobi, Abu Hafs said, Our office in Nairobi is receiving brothers before dispatching them to camps. Two houses were leased for the two brothers Tawfiq and Salem at a cost of US $500. The fixed budget for the house in Nairobi used as the administrative headquarters has been set at US $1,200. There is tight security in Kenya and all Arabs are under heavy surveillance. Relief workers have been arrested on charges of backing Muslim extremists.
Abu Hafs reported that Kenya was not a suitable place for families to live in since it had a high standard of living and was corrupt to a large extent, adding that the political situation is unstable and a mutiny is expected. He revealed that brother Salem only had US $7,900 left, also pointing out that transporting the brothers from Nairobi to Luuq would be expensive and that the terrestrial road was not suitable for travel.
Attached to the letter was a financial report for the situation in Djibouti, Abu Hafs maintained that the state is vital for their operations and demanded the presence of a brother in the area to coordinate with. However, he specifies that the aforesaid member must be married, moreover requesting the replacement of brother Khaled by Abu Ahmed al Raji (Abdul Salam) along with his Somali wife to fulfill the task.
Concerning the financial situation, he reveals that brother Khaleds debts had reached US $4,000, while the remaining funds in Nairobi amounted to US $7,000 and that the camp in Luuq had only one months budget remaining, adding that the brothers in Ogadem were in desperate need of funds. He also revealed that the salaries of Abu Youssef, Abu Khadija and Abu Ahmed were US $150 each.
Abu Hafs urged Bin Laden to quickly settle the issue of salaries of the trained members of al Qaeda because the majority of them were thinking about marriage and it is their central preoccupation, he said. He added that they had raised the issue with him and that he had promised them special treatment.
But it was not only that letter that was published on the website; there were also other documents that included Abu Hafss passport on which his wife Maimouna and his son were added, in addition to an airline ticket on Kenyan Airways dated November 4, 1997. The return journey was planned as: Nairobi-Khartoum-Dubai-Karachi.
This article starring:
ABDUL SALAM
al-Qaeda
ABU ABDULLAH
al-Qaeda
ABU AHMED
al-Qaeda
ABU AHMED AL RAJI
al-Qaeda
ABU AL FATEH
al-Qaeda
ABU AMAR AL YAMANI
al-Qaeda
ABU HAFS AL MASRI
al-Qaeda
ABU HAITHAM
al-Qaeda
ABU HUMAM AL SAIDY
al-Qaeda
ABU KHADIJA
al-Qaeda
ABU NUR
al-Qaeda
ABU YUSEF
al-Qaeda
al Daroot tribe
Amrihan tribe
MOHAMED ATEF
al-Qaeda
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
SHEIKH SALEH
al-Qaeda
Siad Barre
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
(SomaliNet) Somalis interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said on Monday that he will hold the office even if his term ends. In interview with the London based Sharqal awsat newspaper, Mr. Gedi, who is at logger heads with president Abdulahi Yusuf, said he was so proud to serve for the nation and have no concern over his cabinet. I know there some ministers who are pushing me to ask vote of confidence from the parliament but it is clear that they are hungry for my post and that will never happen, said Gedi. 
Copenhagen - A former Dutch parliamentarian and Islam critic should be offered a safe haven in Denmark, Danish Culture Minister Brian Mikkelsen said Monday. Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali has had special security protection since 2004 over death threats after she penned the script for the movie Submission that depicts repression of women in Muslim culture. The film's director Theo Van Gogh was killed in November 2004. 
Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr came out fiercely against federalism yesterday a day after a leading Shiite politician said Iraq should be split into semi-autonomous regions based on sect and ethnicity. To demand federalism is to flirt with a non-binding US Senate resolution calling for a devolution of power to three self-governing regions for Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, Sadrs office said here. 
The Saudi national incarcerated in Israel for over two years without a trial ended his hunger strike on Saturday. Abdul Rahman al Atwi, ended his hunger strike on the day a district Tel Aviv judge granted the government a twenty day period to find a country willing to host Al Atwi. Last year, Finland, Sweden, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey all rejected hosting the imprisoned Saudi, while five other countries refused to even allow Al Atwi to fly over their air space.
Manila (AKI) - The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), has rejected the government's claims that the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) has a tunnel complex near the MILFs former base on the southern island of Mindanao. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Monday to negotiate with Iran on behalf of the international community in their nuclear standoff, although he didn't come to Tehran as scheduled amid warnings of a possible assassination plot.
