No doubt with a little help from Iran.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who as Iran's supreme leader is commander in chief of the Iranian military, predicted last week that terrorists would acquire nuclear weapons and "take away security from all the tyrants of the world."
In his speech at the tomb of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Khamenei made it clear that he understood America to be the leader among "the tyrants of the world."
Khamenei gave the speech to mark the 19th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, who died on June 3, 1989, ten years after he sparked a revolution in Iran that overthrew the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a U.S. ally, and instituted a Shiite Islamic theocracy.
Khamenei's speech was presented as a review of the lessons that Ayatollah Khomeini taught in his "last will and testament."
While predicting that terrorists would obtain nuclear weapons, Khamenei claimed Iran was not interested in obtaining nuclear weapons itself, but only wanted to develop nuclear energy.
At one point during Khamenei's speech, according to a translated transcript published by the BBC, the crowd at the mausoleum chanted: "Death to Israel." At other points, it chanted: "Palestine is victorious, Israel is defeated," and "Nuclear energy, our absolute right."
Khamenei's virulent attacks on Israel appeared to echo the rhetoric of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has said that "Israel should be wiped off the map."
At Khomeini's tomb on Tuesday, Khamenei, who holds more power than Ahmadinejad under Iran's Islamic revolutionary constitution, lashed out at both America and "Arabic nations" for allowing Israel to "stand on its feet."
"Other nations, just like the Iranian nation, consider Israel as a false and imposed regime in the region," said Khamenei, according to the BBC translation. "The Zionist regime has no power by itself and cannot stand on its own feet. Today, two factors have helped the Zionist regime stand on its feet. First, the unconditional and despicable support of America for this decadent regime, and second is lack of support of Islamic and Arabic nations for the Palestinian people."
Khamenei claimed Iran was not interested in pursuing nuclear weapons because they are against "Islamic beliefs," but said that terrorists would get nuclear weapons.
"The Iranian nation is against such weapons based on its religious and Islamic beliefs as well as based on logic and wisdom. Nuclear weapons have no benefit but high costs to manufacture and keep them," he said, according to the BBC translation. "Nuclear weapons do not bring power to a nation because they are not applicable. Nuclear weapons cannot be used."
A moment later he added, "Before long, the world's terrorists will have access to nuclear weapons and take away security from all the tyrants of the world and all the nations of the world."
Khamenei told the chanting crowd at the mausoleum that the late Ayatollah Khomeini's advice to them was to resist America, and -- in a probable allusion to the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army in Iraq -- said that some Iranians even now were following Khomeini's advice.
Citing Khomeini's last will and testament, Khamenei also predicted that Iran's Islamic revolution would spread around the world as people elsewhere were inspired by the things it had done for Iran.
"The spread of revolution amongst nations is through presenting a blueprint for an Islamic Republic ... when the nations see this blueprint they become so overjoyed that they would follow it," he said.
Gen. David Petraeus, who has been nominated to head the U.S. Central Command, warned the Senate Armed Services Committee two weeks about Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology and its persistence in fighting "proxy wars" across the Middle East.
"It persists in its non-transparent pursuit of nuclear technology and continues to fund, train and arm dangerous militia organizations," Petraeus told the committee. "Iran's activities have been particularly harmful in Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and Afghanistan. In each location, Tehran has, to varying degrees, fueled proxy wars in an effort to increase its influence and pursue its regional ambitions."
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Duh! He really says: we will give them to them if you dummies insist on letting us live. Allah, watching America's do-nothings is like reading "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." When stupidity prospers, none have the intelligence to call it stupidity. Duh!
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In other words, he's predicting that he will get them.
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Again, MEMRI Militant Group Message > reminds that Post-USSR SOVIET = COMMIE/WARPACT STRATEGIC NUKES + OTHER WEAPS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON THE BLACK MARKETS SINCE THE FALL OF THE USSR [1989-1991]. Also, NET > PRE- AND POST-9-11 > Russia, France, + Israel, etc. have variably indic that Radical Islam = Militants already have CBRN-NBC devices, i.e. SUITCASE/MINI NUKES, BIOWAR, CHEMWAR.
IFF US HIGH SCHOOL + UNIVERSITY STUDENTS-FACULTY CAN DEV WORKING, LIGHTWEIGHT, MAN-PORTABLE NUKE REACTORS AND PROTO-BOMBS, SO CAN RADICAL ISLAM'S WHOSE NUMBERS INCLUDE MANY MIL/UNIVERSITY-LEVEL EDUCATED ENGINEERS + OTHER TECH SPECIALISTS, and exclusive of any ANTI-US/WESTERN INTERNATIONAL TECH TRANSFERS FROM OPPOS WORLD NATIONS-GOVTS.
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OregonGuy: "Any word on President Carter's reaction to this speech?"
YES. Ex-President Carter immediately released detailed plans for a nuclear device, and identified the least secure source of fissionable he personnally knew of. He also identified the location of the Israeli nukes and released the last set of American codes her knew of. He concluded his speech by providing the address and phone number of every covert agent he could remember.
KABUL, Afghanistan -Insurgents attacked a police convoy in central Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 11 police and wounding one, an official said. Militants in the east attacked and killed four men, including a local government official. The convoy attack occurred in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, said the province's deputy governor, Kazim Allayar. He said at least three police vehicles were destroyed. It was not immediately known if any insurgents were killed.
Also in Khost on Sunday, a bomb exploded about 150 yards (meters) from a UN office, wounding two people, officials said. Ayub said a man carrying the explosives intended to put them under a bridge but they detonated early. The attacker survived but most of him was hospitalized in serious condition.
We have no idea why. None whatsoever.
A woman passing by was wounded. Aleem Siddique, a spokesman for the UN mission in Afghanistan, said it was too early to conclude that the UN building in Khost city was deliberately targeted.
Perhaps there was a school, hospital or daycare center that was closer ...
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Officials in Afghanistan say Taliban rebels killed a district governor and at least two others during an ambush in the country's east Sunday. Authorities say the attack took place in eastern Khost province where the man was an official.
In Ghazni province, police say Taliban rebels attacked a police convoy killing at least four officers. Police in the area later killed three Taliban rebels in the ensuing fighting.
In other violence, an Afghan reporter working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was found dead Sunday in the southern province of Helmand. The BBC and local officials say he was abducted on Saturday and later killed.
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(Xinhua) -- A Canadian soldier died Saturday in southern Afghanistan after falling into a well, Canada's Department of National Defense said Sunday.
The accident happened at around 9 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), when the soldier was conducting a security patrol in Zhari District in Kandahar Province, the department said in a press release. His fellow soldiers tried in vain to extract him from the well, which was about 20 meters deep. Medical, engineering and search and rescue personnel were rushed to the scene, and lifted him out of the well. He was evacuated by helicopter to the hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
There are many wells, known locally as karizes, in Zhari District, west of Kandahar. They are usually unmarked and tie into underground irrigation ditches, according to Canadian military officials.
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Inshallah... and no doubt concealing assets from outsiders.
Reporters from the Al Jazeera television network were questioned by Matagorda County Sheriff deputies when they were found filming near the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company plant site Tuesday, June 3.
The reporters were from Al Jazeera Englishs Washington D.C. broadcast center. "English's" ?!?!?!
Yup, English ...
Al Jazeera English is a television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar that purports purposes to be the English-language channel of reference for Middle Eastern events. "Purposes to be?" What sort of English does our intrepid reporterette purpose to be using here?
He doesn't speak the good English ...
According to Captain Stephen Crow, Matagorda County Sheriff Department spokesman, three individuals were spotted filming on the public road right-of-way just outside of the one-mile buffer zone in front of the STP plant site. A mile? That gives a reliable fire zone for .50 rifles. Just saying.
The deputy patrolling the STP perimeter questioned the three reporters who told him they were doing a story on uranium mining and its effects on Kingsville farmers. It is quite a ways from Kingsville to Matagorda and the operating plant has zilch to do with mining.
They told the deputy the reason they were filming at this site is because it was the only one they knew of who had recent hearings with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for plant expansion, said Crow. Opposed by well-paid moonbat lawyers every step of the way.
Other deputies were dispatched to help with questioning and to run background checks on the reporters, said Crow. We ran extensive background checks on each individual and found no criminal history or other problems, said Crow. Two were Canadian nationals and one was based in Washington D.C. The Canucks can stay but the enemy alien needs to be deported back to DC.
According to Crow, there was no breech of security and the reporters never approached the plant. I knew those Blackwater signs would do the trick.
They did a brief filming off of the public roadway and they left, Crow said.
Sheriff deputies notified STP officials with everything they discovered after questioning the reporters. We also learned that they notified the plant on different occasions trying to set up an onsite interview and STP officials declined to meet with them, said Crow.
Matagorda County Sheriff Department will be working with state and federal law enforcement agencies to keep them briefed on the incident, said Crow. Our office is going to continue to monitor this situation, said Crow.
According to Crow, the cooperation between the Matagorda County Sheriff Department and STP security worked well when tested today. We test and we train on instances like this and the speed and cooperation with which our deputies responded to the situation proved how well the coordination efforts work, said Crow.
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It would probably be a very, very bad idea to be an Arab hanging around that plant for say the next six months. Hanging around in a 100 mile radius, that is.
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"because it is the issue burning in the hearts of millions of people across the world."
"Or it will be once we start 'pounding the airways' with it" - Al Jizz
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Agree w/ Recon comment; access, power, terrain, etc. not a good thing. too bad they didn't 'drop' their camers and lose all the info (pass a magnet over the chip / card/ disc, etc)
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This filming served two purposes. The liberals who are working for Al Jazeera are against nuclear energy. But deep down in the basement of Al Jazeera, the jihadists that Al Jazeera indirectly serves, want to see what to target at the nuclear facility.
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Unless I'm missing something, MSM-NET > are gener anticipating BOTH POTUS OBAMA OR POTUS MCCAIN to put the WOT aside and concentrate on mostly domestic + "Other Global" issues, i.e. CLIMATE CHANGE, PEAK OIL-FUEL, PEAK FOOD, etc.
IOW, WOT > 2008-2012 POTUS period = US STALLS OR REDUXES, RADICAL ISLAM STRENGTHENS AND GOES NUCLEAR ala "USA versus RUSSIA,CHIN", etc.geopolitics???
Six men have been charged for a terror plot that was foiled when authorities seized three vehicles carrying more than 2,200 pounds of explosives near Islamabad, police officials said on Sunday.
Thursdays seizure and detention of the suspects came after a blast near the Danish Embassy in Islamabad killed at least six people last Monday. Crime Investigation Agency chief Rana Muhammad Shahid said the suspects had been charged with terrorism and conspiracy, and were taken to an anti-terrorism court after having been formally arrested on Saturday.
Shahid said the arrested men were all Pakistani nationals and their targets included President Pervez Musharrafs Camp Office in Rawalpindi, adding that the authorities were still investigating whether the suspects had intended to target foreign embassies in the Diplomatic Enclave.
Officials said the suspects allegedly planned to attack important installations in Pakistan.
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(VOI)- Unknown gunmen on Sunday shot dead an Iraqi soldier in Kut city, 180 km southeast of Baghdad, a military source said. A solider assigned to Iraqi Army 8th Division, 32th Brigade, was killed today as unknown gunmen opened fire at him in Tumouz square in central Kut, the source told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI). The source added a committee will be set up to investigate the incident.
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BAGHDAD - US soldiers in Baghdad captured an Iraqi arms dealer and assassination squad leader responsible for trafficking Shia extremists in and out of neighboring Iran for training, the military said on Sunday.
U.S. soldiers, acting on intelligence from other Shia militiamen already in custody, captured the Basra-based special groups' leader late Saturday at a hideout in eastern Baghdad, according to a military statement.
The wanted man is alleged to be a commander of an assassination squad in Basra, an arms dealer with connections to Iran and a document counterfeiter,' the statement said.
He also arranges transportation of criminals into Iran for training, and then back into Iraq, it said. One of the leader's aides was also arrested without incident.
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Gorb - that's a bit too much, unless you use it to heat up the branding irons. I much prefer 00 gauge snagging hooks, an old crank telephone or similar device (a cattle prod works nice), raw leather, a rubber mallet, an awl, a few files, a screwdriver or two, a pair of vice-grip pliers, and some resin-filled pine splinters. One of the Koreans that taught me a few things would also be helpful - they've had practice.
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Old Patriot, I have a solid copper soldering tip that fits on the propane torch nozzle, it makes a supreme branding tool.(Picked it up once when it wasn't as cool as I thought)
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(VOI) An Iraqi security force arrested an abduction and robbery gang south of Diwaniya, said the security committee's head in the province. "At the early hours of Sunday morning, a joint army-police force arrested three persons who have formed an abduction and robbery gang in al-Hamza district (30 km south of Diwaniya)," Hussein al-Budairi told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
"Intelligence tips led to the operation's success," al-Budairi said, noting that the arrests were made without resistance. "Those arrested have been tracked down by the police for a year for their involvement in dozens of abduction and robbery cases in Diwaniya," he added.
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(VOI) Unknown gunmen believed to be al-Qaeda members launched an armed attack on a popular market in Diala's Khanaqin district, killing five civilians, an official security source from the local police said on Sunday.
"Five civilians were killed in an attack by unknown gunmen believed to belong to al-Qaeda on a popular market in Khanaqin's Qzaniya area (155 km northeast of Baaquba)," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity. The source did not mention further details, but said that the armed men "had fired randomly at the civilians inside the market before they escaped."
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(VOI) Four wanted persons on Sunday were arrested in a raid by U.S. forces in Falluja city, an official spokesman for the U.S. forces in Anbar province said on Sunday. "The U.S. forces arrested four wanted persons believed to be involved in terrorist activities during a raid in Falluja city," Mahir al-Iraqi told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). "The forces seized eight grenades and different types of arms during the operation," he added. The spokesman did not provide further details, but noted that investigation is currently underway.
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One US soldier was killed and 18 more wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near to a patrol base in northern Iraq today. Two Iraqi contractors were also injured in the blast, which the US military blamed on al-Qaeda in Iraq. It is rare for such a high number of US troops to be injured in a single attack. The bombing took place just after 2pm, south west of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
Another US soldier died when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb as it travelled through eastern Baghdad yesterday. The deaths brought to 4,093 the number of American soldiers killed since the March 2003 invasion.
In other violence, three people were killed and seven wounded in a mortar attack on the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, home to the Iraqi Government as well as the British and US embassies. Rockets fired by Shia militiamen rained down on the Green Zone in late March and early April during offensives in Sadr City. Such attacks have dropped recently as Iraqi forces span out across the Baghdad Shia slum, from where they were launched.
Also in Baghdad today, four police recruits were killed in an attack on the National Police headquarters, authorities said. Another 22 people were wounded near the building's gate where recruits were gathering, they said. Police gave conflicting reports about whether the attackers used mortars or a roadside bomb.
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Car bomb hit the concrete barricades. Must have been when our patrols were coming or going. Lucky or good timing?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Government troops attacked Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's northern front lines Sunday, triggering a battle that killed 20 of the separatist guerrillas and six soldiers, the military said.
Soldiers pushed into rebel-held territory in the northern Welioya area and attacked insurgents, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara. The ensuing battle killed 20 guerrillas and six soldiers, Nanayakkara said. He said 35 rebels and 18 soldiers were wounded.
Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan could not immediately be reached for comment.
Maybe he was high-tailing it into the woods ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan -Insurgents attacked a police convoy in central Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 11 police and wounding one, an official said. Militants in the east attacked and killed four men, including a local government official. The convoy attack occurred in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, said the province's deputy governor, Kazim Allayar. He said at least three police vehicles were destroyed. It was not immediately known if any insurgents were killed.
Officials in Afghanistan say Taliban rebels killed a district governor and at least two others during an ambush in the country's east Sunday. Authorities say the attack took place in eastern Khost province where the man was an official.
Six men have been charged for a terror plot that was foiled when authorities seized three vehicles carrying more than 2,200 pounds of explosives near Islamabad, police officials said on Sunday.
BAGHDAD - US soldiers in Baghdad captured an Iraqi arms dealer and assassination squad leader responsible for trafficking Shia extremists in and out of neighboring Iran for training, the military said on Sunday. 
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Government troops attacked Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's northern front lines Sunday, triggering a battle that killed 20 of the separatist guerrillas and six soldiers, the military said.
