In a delicious irony, Foreign Policy magazine editor Mike Boyer reports at the magazine's blog FP Passport that SEC documents reveal that George Soros bought 1.9 million shares of Halliburton stock in the fourth quarter of 2006. To be precise, George Soros' fund, Soros Fund Management LLC, owns the shares.
Soros gave more than $20 million to "527" organizations in the 2004 election, many of which used anti-Halliburton bashing as a rallying cry for the anti-war Left.
Writes Boyer:
Normally, I'm willing to overlook the hypocrisy of the liberal elite. If Al Gore and his Hollywood cronies want to fly around on gas-guzzling, atmosphere-polluting private jets while railing against global climate change, I'm willing to overlook it.
But the latest move by globe trotting, hyper-liberal billionaire George Soros borders on being too much.... Soros, of course, is the dean of Democratic money giving. And Halliburton, of course, is the company that embodies everything the Democrats see as evil. Dick Cheney is its former chief, for goodness' sake.
How can you not laugh at this development? The possibilities for amusement are wonderful...
Irritate your moonbat friends: proclaim "George Soros is a war profiteer!" and wave the SEC filings in their faces.
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Halliburton has a market cap of about $30B and at least a dozen mutual funds own 10 million or more shares. Soros could probably get one seat on the board of directors if he wanted it.
also, my family owns a bit (less than 1000 shares) of stock in Halliburton as well.
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Halliburton's financials state they have just shy of 1 billion shares of stock. Soros is going to have to pony up a lot more $$$ before he gets into that boardroom.
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How many seats on the Halliburton board can be controlled with 1.9 million shares?
With a billion shares issued and outstanding, Soros now owns a whopping 1.9% of the outstanding shares. Unless Halliburton has cumulative voting and a really big board of directors, so that Soros would have a larger multiple of 1.9%, I'll bet he can't get even one seat.
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He can, however, stand outside and wring all the hide off his hands.
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he could just be cashing in on the deflation in the stock caused by his ranting and other propaganda. one could only hope there was an alternative universe where he could be accused of price manipulation through the use of his 527s
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A new study has concluded that the Taliban will continue to employ suicide bombings in the upcoming year as a disruptive shock tactic, with the main victims being the very people the Taliban are trying to win over. The study by Dr Brian Glyn Williams and Cathy Young at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, which is published by the Jamestown Foundations Terrorism Monitor, says as coalition troops continue to use close air support and superior artillery firepower to flush Taliban insurgents out of provinces like Kandahar, the real contest for the hearts and minds of the local population for 2007 may well hinge on the competing sides collateral damage statistics.
The study covers 158 suicide bombings from 2001 to 2007 in Afghanistan, including the one during Vice President Dick Cheneys visit to the Bagram base. It notes that US military and government sources have routinely spoken of the Iraqification of the Afghan conflict. Recent statistics from US and Afghan agencies seem to support this claim. While Afghanistan had 25 suicide bombings in 2005, in 2006 it experienced as many as 139 suicide attacks. It appears that the carnage that has shredded the fabric of Iraqi society has come to the so-called Forgotten War in Afghanistan.
The study takes the view that despite the mounting evidence that the Iraqi invasion has destabilised Afghanistan via the sharing of Iraqi tactics with Afghan insurgents, the suicide bombing campaign in Afghanistan has its own specific dynamics. It is the little noticed local characteristics that distinguish suicide bombing in Afghanistan from that in the Iraqi there. An analysis of the Talibans 2007 suicide campaign makes some of these differences glaringly obvious. This years statistics seem to support the notion that suicide bombers are ramping up their attacks in an effort to cause as much Iraqi-style carnage as possible. While it is only seven weeks into the new year, there already have been 21 suicide bombings or attempts in Afghanistan.
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You just can't find experienced suicide bombers anymore.
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One of America's biggest efforts in Afghanistan should be grassroots economic development. To start with, they have a 40% unemployment rate, and yet their typical wage is tiny.
This is an excellent opportunity.
For the relatively small sum of $1B, the US could create an enormous number of public works projects that would do two things: slash unemployment and build infrastructure for their "new" economy.
This means that the vast amount of manpower would be used to create an economic boom from scratch.
Everything from turning desert into canal irrigated good farmland; to tearing down and rebuilding cities and towns, redesigning them in the process for business, government and growth; improving roads everywhere, preparing them for professional road crews to finish.
The emphasis is on doing it all with as much manual labor as possible, instead of with "labor saving" machines, like we're used to.
We continue to fund all of these minimum wage (by Afghan standards) workers, until the economic stimulus created by their work drains them off for better jobs.
For example, by rebuilding a town to have a well designed casbah marketplace, then creating micro banks to fund new small businesses (which has been a huge success in India), overnight you can make 10 or 20 new businesses, each of which needs 10 new employees right at start up.
Each business also needs other businesses to provide it with horizontal and vertical support, each of which in turn creates more employment. And each successful business grows the micro bank, so it can create more business.
Doing it this way avoids the problem of the Afghan people being beholden to the US for their employment. By stimulating the marketplace, wages are driven up until it is no longer worth it to work in the public works projects. The projects die out from their own success.
And the bottom line is that economic development is the worst thing that can happen to both criminal gangs and fanatical movements. And they know it.
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Infrastructure jobs like those that you plan, 'Moose, may work in the short run, but don't work for the long term. What NATO and the US needs to do is to give the average Afghani a stake in maintaining a stable government. There are three ways to do that: education, employment, and opportunity. Washington SHOULD have commissioned several think tanks to study possible Afghani employment situations as soon as the Taliban were ousted. That should include both short-term work, and the development of local enterprises. The Coaition needs to do more to protect teachers and schools from attack, as an educated populace is more likely to want to preserve its freedoms than one fed nothing but a steady diet of Islam. Small co-ops could do a lot to increase the productivity of the average citizen of Afghanistan, as well as develop a sense of democratic activity.
The US also needs to do a full geological survey of Afghanistan. From the Google Earth imagery I've looked at, there appears to be quite a number of minerals that could be successfully mined and processed in the area. A seismic survey may also find a few small oil and gas deposits - not enough for export, but capable of meeting local demands. We can't make the Afghan people rich, but we COULD do a far better job at creating a more rewarding life for the majority of them.
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Sorry but there is also the military aspect:
1) Jobs will gain you nothing if the peole areen't protected against the bad guys.
2) People who help the Taliban must be punished severely. Otherwise it is: the Taliban will kill me if I don't help and the good guys will not harm me so better help the Ta&liban
3) They must be sure of America's determination. If they think America will falter then they will believe that in order to not be killed once the Taliban return they must do something against the Americans/government. And if America abandons Irak then Afgahns will doubt of her will.
(SomaliNet) The transitional federal government in Somalia said on Wednesday that it would carry out operations for establishing security in the capital Mogadishu and crack down the insurgent groups.
In a news conference held in Hotel Ambassador, south of Mogadishu, Mohamed Mohamud Guled known as Gacmo-dhere, the Somalis interior minister said his government will launch massive security operations in the capital to restore law and order. He said the TFG made little progress in Mogadishu, Somalia capital, noting that the situation in the capital has improved for the few days in accordance with the scale of the violence after the government had separate meetings with the opposition groups in particular with the opposed clans in Mogadishu and members of the ousted Islamic Courts.
Mr. Guled expressed great concern over the constant assassinations targeting on the peace making people and those protect the civil society. We are very sorry about the civilian casualties and my government will contact of children and wives left by the dead beloved ones, he said.
The interior minister blamed the mass media on fueling the conflict and exaggerating the reports on exodus from the capital and he also cast a condemnation on what he called individuals who initially came from abroad for their political interests. Guleds statement came as acts of killings and robbery are growing swiftly in the capital carried out by armed gangs. Five people had been killed yesterday in separate attacks.
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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A court ordered a freeze Wednesday on the assets of 29 known financiers of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition movement.
About 300 Brotherhood members have been arrested since a December protest that prompted government claims that the movement was taking up arms. Fifty young members appeared at the protest in military-style black uniforms and balaclavas.
The court upheld a decision by the state prosecutor from earlier this year that is part of the government's push to undermine the fundamentalist movement financially.
About 300 Brotherhood members have been arrested since a December protest that prompted government claims that the movement was taking up arms. Fifty young members appeared at the protest in military-style black uniforms and balaclavas.
The 29, appearing in an area of the courtroom behind bars, erupted in protest when the decision was announced. About 200 relatives and supporters demonstrated outside. "This is a dictatorial regime, this is an autocratic regime," shouted Khayrat el-Shater, the group's chief strategist and a main financier. Others cried, "Oh history, witness this, they have stolen the Brotherhood's money!"
Might be enough there for Hosni to get a new Bentley!
This article starring:
KHAIRAT EL SHATER
Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood
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A cessation of hostilities in the 20-year civil war between the Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army has expired, with no new deal in sight.
Both sides have warned that they will retaliate if attacked. A fragile truce has been in place for six months but talks were halted when the rebels walked out in December.
The LRA accuses the Uganda government of violating the truce and says it will fight if President Yoweri Museveni will not talk to them. "We are not going to renew the truce because there are no peace talks at the moment. But if we are attacked, we shall retaliate and then continue fighting," LRA Deputy Commander Vincent Otti told AFP news agency by satellite phone., a few hours before the ceasefire expired at midnight (2100GMT Wednesday). "We feel like we want to negotiate peace with the government, but if Museveni refuses to talk, we shall go back to the barrel of the gun and fight a prolonged war."
Leaders of the Acholi people in northern Uganda are making a fresh attempt to reconcile the government and LRA. They are to meet in the next few days across the border in southern Sudan, to try to restart talks between the two sides
In August last year when the LRA and the Ugandan government agreed to stop fighting, hopes were high that one of the most deadly and savage civil wars in Africa might be coming to an end. The two sides agreed to meet and talk in southern Sudan. But negotiations soon stopped because of fundamental disagreement on vital areas like power sharing and reform of the Ugandan army.
International Criminal Court indictments against the LRA leadership for human rights abuses proved another obstacle. Now the LRA claims the Ugandan government has violated the ceasefire. The Ugandan government alleges that LRA fighters have gone back into the bush in the Central African Republic and the eastern Congo.
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President Vladimir Putin nominated a widely feared security chief as the new president of Chechnya on Thursday, while Europes human rights chief denounced torture and other rampant abuses in the war-battered region. the Associated Press news agency reports. Ramzan Kadyrov, who previously had served as Chechnyas prime minister, has run a security force that is accused of abducting and abusing suspected rebels and civilians believed to be connected to them.
Speaking at a rights conference in Chechnya on Thursday, Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europes Commissioner for Human Rights, said he had found widespread evidence of torture and other rights abuses on his trip to the region, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Kadyrov had been widely expected to seek the presidency after turning 30 in October the minimum age for presidents under local law. His nomination follows Putins dismissal of regional President Alu Alkhanov earlier this month and needs to be approved by the local legislature a mere formality given Kadyrovs clout. Kadyrov is the son of the late Akhmad Kadyrov, who became Chechen president in 2003 in a Kremlin-conducted election aimed at undermining the separatist rebel movement. He was assassinated seven months later.
More than a decade of separatist fighting has left much of Chechnya, particularly the capital Grozny, a moonscape of ruins, but Kadyrov has led a largely federally funded campaign to rebuild. During a meeting with Kadyrov on Thursday, Putin hailed the reconstruction efforts, saying Chechnya has seen significant positive developments, according to televised remarks. He expressed hope that Kadyrov would continue efforts to improve social and economic conditions in the region, so that people Chechnya feel a greater security.
International rights groups have accused Kadyrovs security force of abuses against civilians, including abductions, torture and killing. Some have speculated that the October killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who had reported critically on Chechnya, may have been connected with her investigation of Kadyrovs administration. Kadyrov denied any involvement, saying, I dont kill women.
Chechnya has been plagued by fighting with separatist rebels for most the past dozen years. A 20-month war ended in 1996 with the withdrawal of Russian troops after rebels fought them to a standstill, giving the province de-facto independence. Russian forces swept back into the region in September 1999 following an incursion by Chechnya-based fighters into neighboring Dagestan and fatal apartment bombings in other parts of Russia which officials blamed on the separatists. Major fighting in the latter campaign died down by 2001, but skirmishes still break out between rebels and Russian soldiers in the region.
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Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has been poisoned in jail in Turkey, his lawyers said Thursday, demanding the United Nations dispatch a medical team to investigate. Ocalan's defence team showed reporters in the Italian capital the results of tests indicating the presence of what they said were toxic metals in the Kurdish leader's hair.
Long term heavy metal poisoning, how medieval of them
Italian lawyer Giuliano Pisapia said Ocalan was suffering a "progressive poisoning" and ruled out the possibility that the metals had entered his body naturally. "There are only two other possibilities -- poisoning through his food or through his water," he told a press conference. Lawyer Mahmut Sakar called on the United Nations and the Council of Europe to send an "independent medical delegation" to examine the PKK chief.
The defence team said they had sent unidentified hair samples to French toxicologist Pascal Kintz, who found levels of chromium seven times higher than normal, as well as high levels of strontium. His analysis was confirmed by laboratories in Oslo and Rome, the lawyers said.
Chromium poisoning, eh? Better get Erin Brockovich on the case!
Lawyer Irfar Dundar said Ocalan was experiencing breathing and skin problems as well as severe pain which was interrupting his sleep.
Ocalan is the head of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been fighting an armed separatist campaign against Ankara since 1984. He has been in jail in Turkey since 1999. The PKK is blacklisted as a terror group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States, but to many among the large Kurdish minority in Turkey its members are fredom fighters.
The Turkish justice ministry said it had ordered an investigation into the poisoning allegations, even though it played down the claims as an attempt to revive international interest in Ocalan.
The rebel leader has not been found to be in ill health, it said in a statement. He is the only inmate at a prison on the remote northwestern island of Imrali. "Abdullah Ocalan benefits from all rights that people sentenced to life in prison are given in our country," the statement said. "He regularly undergoes medical check-ups. He has suffered from no serious health problem so far."
The European Court of Human Rights, a body of the Council of Europe, ruled in May 2005 that Ocalan's trial was unfair and ordered a retrial. No retrial was held and the Council of Europe last month decided the matter was closed. Ocalan was originally sentenced to death for his separatist campaign but this was commuted to life in 2002. Fighting between the PKK and Turkish security forces has killed more than 37,000 people since 1984.
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French toxicologist Pascal Kintz
prolly worked on the Tour de France doping team that faked both the Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong samples.
The German interior ministry is appealing against a decision by the Berlin authorities to allow an Islamist to name his son Jihad, the Arabic word used for holy war.
Reda Seyam fought for 18 months for permission to give his sixth child the name after the registry in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg initially rejected his application, saying the name was inappropriate because of its association with terrorism, and "may endanger the child". This week a court overturned the ruling, on the grounds that Jihad was "a recognised male forename in the Arab world and loved by Muslims".
Mr Seyam, 47, a self-declared Islamist, was shown on television this week presenting his son. Grinning into the camera, Jihad on his knee, he said: "You had barely come into the world and you were in court. Your fight has already begun." In the same programme he defended the terror attacks on the United States on September 11 2001, and on Bali in 2002.
Germany has strict rules governing the naming of children. Parents have to choose from a list of court-approved names, to prevent a child from becoming a victim of ridicule or confusion. The names Hitler and Stalin are banned, and in 2002 a Turkish couple living in Germany were denied permission to name their child Osama bin Laden.
Berlin's interior minister, Erhart Körting, said a court that allowed "a father who has welcomed al-Qaida attacks to name his child in this way has underestimated in an appallingly naive manner the meaning of this name".
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Parents have to choose from a list of court-approved names, to prevent a child from becoming a victim of ridicule or confusion.
So Germany has only court-approved names!?! Thought they were opposed to that Fascism thingey. Oh, BTW its OK to name your child Ute, Elfi, Udo, or Uwe.
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I've always thought German law was very weird in this regard, but as it was explained to me, names must be clearly identifiable as male or female. I suppose Jihad is a popular, recognizable male name -- but not to German ears.
As for that fascism thingy, it still pervades much of daily European life. In Germany and The Netherlands, citizens are required to register with the town hall anytime they move -- no such thing as existing anonymously. In Belgium, voting is compulsory: there is no freedom to choose not to vote. And don't get me started on taxes -- church tax, TV tax, dog tax, etc etc. The petty fascisms of daily existence are still very much alive and well in Europe.
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I was listening to a Univesity of Cincinnati basketball game last year. They had a senior on the team named: Jihad Mohammed.
Yeah, the punk kid can't be blamed for what his mommy and daddy named him some 20 years ago, but I've lost my sense of humor about certain things that once upon a time I didn't care about. Words (names) matter.
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One must register residency at the town hall in Belgium, too. And one's cars, upon which a tax is paid, based on engine size, I think.
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I know a man whose last name is "Vagina" pronounced like the female part, I asked him "Why didn't he change it?" he said "It's unique, And people never forget it," He's a Better man than I am, I'd have to change it from sheer embarrasment.
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Jihad was "a recognised male forename in the Arab world and loved by Muslims"
Why, yes i have noticed an afinity for Jihad in the Arab world...
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I work with an engineer, named Jihad, and he's a US citizen, nicest guy, beer-drinking sombitch... unfortunate name
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An anti-immigrant politician is making a meteoric rise with his call on the Dutch - once one of the most tolerant nations in the world - to stop Islam taking over Europe.
Geert Wilders, the 43-year-old leader of the Freedom Party, is convinced that governments are being forced to accommodate a 'tsunami of Islamisation' that is fundamentally incompatible with European social values. "Islam itself is the problem. Islam is a violent religion," he told The Daily Telegraph. "The Prophet Mohammed was a violent man. The Koran is mostly a violent book. We should invest in Muslim people but they have to first get rid of half the Koran and half of their beliefs," he said.
The Freedom Party has jumped from six to 10 per cent in opinion polls since November. His passionate campaign for a ban on the Islamic veil, or burqa, in public places is gaining such momentum that the country's new coalition government could be forced to introduce the ban it does not support.
On the burqa, Mr Wilders is adamant: "It is a medieval token of a barbaric time, of how not to treat women, even if they want to wear it themselves," he argues. Allowing Muslims to wear the burqa in the Netherlands, or to have segregated swimming sessions so as not to offend religious sensitivities, amounts to "religious apartheid" he says.
The new government coalition of mainstream centre right and left political parties had planned to ditch a decision by the previous government to ban the burqa in the Netherlands which now has a population of one million Muslims, six per cent of the total population. But, Mr Wilders crows, weekend opinion polls show 66 per cent of Dutch citizens support a ban.
The minority opposition leader who has won two previous votes for a ban on the burqa is convinced that support will be there for new legislation he will table in the spring as the Dutch become increasingly concerned over Muslim separatism.
Wilders is convinced there is growing support for his views across Europe but its political leaders, particularly in Britain, are too obsessed with being politically correct. "There is almost no country more politically correct than the UK. Look at the terrible things that happened in London after Madrid, you have more reason than most to make this debate transparent and public," he said.
Mr Wilders split from the Dutch liberals in September 2004 over their support for EU membership for Turkey. Two months later he was living in fear after police arrested suspected terrorists, armed with grenades, accused of planning to kill him. The Dutch politician says he and his wife have received more than 600 death threats. Mr Wilders, who is always surrounded by plain clothes police guards, said: "I lost my freedom and privacy because of my opposition to Islam."
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I hope he lives in a house, rather than a flat. After all, one of his colleagues was forced from the country because her neighbors resented the threat posed to them by her bodyguards (granted, there were other reasons as well).
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"There is almost no country more politically correct than the UK. Look at the terrible things that happened in London after Madrid, you have more reason than most to make this debate transparent and public," he said.
I agree.I hope whoever repaces Tony Blair stands up more to the Islamic bullies.We need a ban on veils in the UK as they are a sign of seperation/Islamic Identity above being British and proud of it!!!!
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The banning of the burqa is a symbolic act of little meaning. While I'm aware of the importance of symbolism, this is a trivial move.
Europe needs to attack Islam the way the FBI and the US in general attacked the KKK. There needs to be infiltration of the cells and publication of the lunacy.
There needs to be societal ridicule and forced transparency throughout the media and entertainment. Why are their no comedians feasting on the absurdities and making fun of this cult?
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There needs to be societal ridicule and forced transparency throughout the media and entertainment. Why are their no comedians feasting on the absurdities and making fun of this cult?
Oh, that's right it's un-PC.
Or, more likely, they're worried about getting their heads blown off. I'm afraid that, with the possible exception of the South Park guys, Lenny Bruce was our nation's last brave comedian.
They wouldn't have to do it if they had any balls.
AND I think it is easier for the population to engage in mass humiliation of the Muzzies than expect the gov't to do it.
The rub is when a comedian stands up and laughs at the MoHamHead and the sacks of laundry they call women one of two things will happen...
1) he gets shot aka VanGoghed
2) he gets arrested for a "hate" crime.
The latter is more likely and probably even more chilling for free speech. It the gov't won't let you say it; how hard will they try and stop the former. (See Hirsi Ali)
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The good news for the Euros is that RUSSIA = PUTIN will save? them, since by var Russian News medias Russia wants to build a COMMON AIR DEFENSE + AEROSPACE MISSLE SYSTEM [BMD-GMD?], to counter Dubya-US GMD [bases in Poland + Czech]. System is to be based = begin design dev and testing on an S-400 TRIUMF missle base complex.
Washington would refuse any demand by Rome to give up alleged Central Intelligence Agency operatives to face criminal trial on charges that the agency abducted terror suspects, a leading US official said. John Bellinger, legal adviser to the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, said in Brussels: We have not gotten that extradition request from Italy. If we got an extradition request from Italy, we would not extradite US officials to Italy.
We could, however, punish them ourselves. For incompetent trade-craft.
An Italian judge last month ordered 25 alleged CIA operatives and the former head of Italys military intelligence service to go on trial on charges of kidnapping an Egyptian iman in Milan in 2003 and taking him to Egypt for interrogation.
Mr Bellinger, who was in Brussels to meet European legal advisers, is the first senior US official to say publicly that CIA agents would not be sent for trial abroad. Mr Bellinger did not address details of the Italian case. Romano Prodi, Italys prime minister, is unwilling to agree to prosecutors demands to seek extradition of the Americans.
Last month the European parliament accused some European governments of turning a blind eye to the illegal transportation of alleged terrorists through their countries to face possible torture. The Strasbourg chamber said that the UK, Germany, Poland and some other member states allowed CIA flights to stop over without proper controls. Mr Bellinger branded that study kooky unbalanced, inaccurate and unfair, and cautioned that European probes into US officials could be damaging. I do think that these continuing investigations can harm intelligence co-operation, he said.
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Why can't we show Italy the stupidity of this action, Pick 25 of their agents, and demand they turn them over to the USA.
Then listen to the stuck-pig squealing.
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...He said the university is also in the process of overhauling its faculty termination procedures following the controversial firing of CU ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill.
Churchill was fired for scholarly misconduct, but is still being paid pending a full review of his actions.
A faculty committee reviewing Churchills conduct is expected to make a recommendation to Brown in about two weeks, Peterson said. Then, Brown will make a recommendation to the schools Board of Regents. "I dont think hell have to deliberate a terribly long time" over what hell recommend to the board, Peterson said of Brown.
The universitys termination policy is being overhauled to stipulate specific deadlines for each step in the termination process, which can take years, Peterson said.
During the scandal, Peterson said university officials briefly re-examined the need for and the value of the schools ethnic studies department. But voices in favor of the department and diversity at the school prevailed, he said.
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Need for and value of ethnic studies department at UC Boulder: zero, large negative number.
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This is great. A Fake Indian being paid a real salary for a fake department.
Al
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I don't want to believe that he's still getting paid!
for cripes sake.
My daughter had him for a professor and had to buy books that he had written for the class. They didn't come cheap either.
He's making alot of money off of this, not to mention the big waste of her time.
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Jan, you're apparently unfamiliar with an academic tenure system. I know at least one professor who spent several years in jail for fraud---and then went right back to university.
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Damn, it is hard to pass up a Ward Churchill update. Kind of like a moth being drawn to flame. Just when you wonder how nutty it can get radical left you find it can get even nuttier. Thumbs down on Churchill. He should get canned. How much more review needs to be done to avoid paying Churchill off or a further lawsuit?
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no they are cutting their his troop funding is what it sounds like too me. how bout they cut they salaries too save money if they wporried about it that much
WASHINGTON (AP) -- While Democrats try to restrict how President Bush can spend the $100 billion he wants for Iraq, they also hope to load his measure up with $10 billion in PORK add-ons - from aid for avocado growers to help for children lacking health insurance. Lawmakers also hope to add money for drought relief in the Great Plains, better levees in New Orleans and development of military bases that are closing down.
The expected battle with the White House over the PORK add-ons is getting far less attention than debate over Iraq, but it could reveal a lot about how much Democrats will be able to rewrite the Republican president's budget later this year.
Bush has yet to veto a spending bill, and Democrats are gambling he'll sign the Iraq measure despite objections to spending he didn't seek. Republicans, meanwhile, may be reluctant to vote against the package since it contains funds for U.S. troops overseas. Lawmakers from the Great Plains are pressing for about $4 billion in disaster aid for farmers suffering under drought conditions. The California delegation is demanding help for citrus, avocado and other Central Valley farmers facing $1.2 billion in losses from a devastating January freeze. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is a powerful ally in the effort to win the region unemployment, food and housing aid. Gulf Coast lawmakers want $1.3 billion above the $3.4 billion requested by Bush for hurricane relief. Northwest lawmakers are desperate for about $400 million to extend payments to rural counties hurt by cutbacks in federal logging.
And governors are pressing for $745 million to address a shortfall in the State Children's Health Insurance Program that threatens to deny health coverage for about 500,000 children in 14 states. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., promised Tuesday that SCHIP money will be added to the Iraq bill. Obey also has promised to add $3.1 billion for local communities affected by military base closings and for redeployment of 12,000 troops stationed in Germany and South Korea to domestic bases. To free funds for Democratic initiatives, that money was left out of a spending bill approved earlier in February. Earlier this year Democrats were puffing their chests and boasting about "restraint" on the Spending Bill. Does the phrase "Smoke and Mirrors" sound familiar?
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Yeah sure. Gimme a friggin break. You may support the avocado growers and moonbats everywhere but you don't support the troops. Who was it that said they loathe the military? Who testified in front of congressional committee regarding atrocities in Vietnam? If you said Clinton and John Fn Kerry, you are right.
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Support the avocado growers, do they? But then, just to be sure there was no shortage of guacamole during the Super Bowl, they allowed Mexican avocados into the country during the freeze. It wasn't long after that when they found pests, bugs, insects in the imported avos which is exactly what the growers warned would happen. So how much of that aid they voted for will have to be spent on pesticide?
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Yep, DRUDGE > reports the Dems wanna cut US$28Bilyuhn, whilst BREITBART + WORLDNEWS > report the [House]Dems "want MORE FUNDING for war effort/troops" but are unsure as to what restrictions to emplace agz Dubya.
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Avocado is also great wid Wasabi, spicy sour cream, and of course Red Devil hot/pepper sauce. Red Devil makes anything better > ask R. LEE ERMEY on MAIL CALL, vv eating Civil War Hardtack.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wants to change the government's formula for giving states money for homeland security, with the early voting states getting a little extra.
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But even though they have much smaller populations, the leadoff Democratic primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina would not be harmed under Obama's plan. Iowa would get an additional $119,824; Nevada would get $86,222 more; and South Carolina would receive $175,027 extra
what a pandering whore
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I'm curious as to how one justifies reducing the security funding in the nation's capitol.
Given historical events, I would think that DC is a primary target for any terrorist attack.
Then again, as a resident of the District of Columbia, I have a vested interest in making sure it doesn't get attacked again.
WASHINGTON A top Army commander was relieved of his command at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Thursday after senior officials said they lost trust and confidence in his leadership abilities to address injured soldier care at military medical facilities.
Army Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman leaves his post as two-star general of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The change comes on the same day that an independent panel reviewing allegations of poor quality-of-life conditions at two military medical facilities treating soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan plans to meet for the first time.
Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Command, will be acting as Weightman's temporary replacement.
"We'll fix as we go; we'll fix as we find things wrong," said Secretary of the Army Dr. Francis J. Harvey in recent comments in the press release. "Soldiers are the heart of our Army and the quality of their medical care is non-negotiable."
The panel will visit the Pentagon and will receive free and unrestricted access to Walter Reed and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Its report is expected in 45 days.
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...Well, we pretty much knew that was coming. On the other hand, there's two sides to this: first, there was no real maintenance money authorized by Congress to keep WRMC up to speed - the facility is supposed to be CLOSED (by order of the BRAMC)by 2010. Accordingly, a lot of the outbuildings - exactly the ones the WaPo article was in - were in lousy shape, because what money there was was being allocated was going to the main facility. On the other hand, MGen Weightman could have begged, borrowed, reallocated or stolen every dime he could to get those facilities back up to speed, and had he been caught he could have dared the Army to court-martial him. Now, I mean no direspect for MGen Weightman - he probably felt he was doing his job as a doctor and administrator. But had he thought a little outside the box, he'd still have his corner office at WRMC.
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Aren't they moving/merging the facility with the Naval Hospital in Bethesda?
There will have to be a whole lotta construction happening at Bethesda Naval real soon if they plan to move even one patient from WR. Also about eleventy billion dollars worth of infrastructure upgrades, Wisconsin Avenue isn't really adequate for the increased traffic, sewres, water mains, power supply, etc. etc.
The local residents haven't started hollering about their property values yet, so I take that to mean no plans have been submitted to the zoning poobahs.
On the other hand, the WR campus carcass has already been carved up by the city and the developers, and no doubt they will be agitating soon to get all the patients o-u-t.
I'm not fond of this plan as I think it destroys redundancy that is critical in these perilous times. Putting all our wounded at BN makes it more likely that one dirty bomb could take out all of them plus all the doctors, technicians, radiologists and so on, plus all of our critical research facilties and personnel right across the street at NIH.
I don't doubt that WR is outdated, overcrowded, and not adequate for its current task, but I don't think the move to BN is the right choice.
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MGen Weightman could have begged, borrowed, reallocated or stolen every dime he could to get those facilities back up to speed, and had he been caught he could have dared the Army to court-martial him.
At one time that might have been possible. Since the creation of the Installation Management Agency, base commanders do NOT control monies for facilities construction, repair or management.
IMA was created in part because at some installations, commanders were cannibalizing housing funds for training etc. purposes to the point where housing and other facilities were in really crappy shape. IMA also realigned spending to try to make facilities roughly equal in quality across the various posts in a region.
With the expansion at BN, not much was allocated for Walter Reed.
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This could just be considered a snapshot into the entire philosophy of command: In order to advance, you have to be successful; successful as used here = for some short period of time, and leave it to those that follow to pick up the pieces. Whether hospitals, aircraft maintenance, HUMVEE armor, if you, as the top dog, whine, you can bet you will be replaced by somebody that can play the game. but you are only in control to the limits of your checkbook; if you do not have the fiscal authorizations, there is not a lot you can do.
Having said that, I would question the lack of day-to-day cleanliness, or lack thereof as shown by the pictures that have been splashed around. But I will admit that this is a bit of armchair quarterbacking the General, and not knowing all the various parameters he had to contend with, he was probably painted into a pretty tight corner.
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Just my two cents but I think this is all a lot of BS. An example of the Big Lie, a typical Washington Post hatchet job. I've had the opportunity to observe Walter Reed and its operations for a number of years. I've never seen any dirt or mold or shoddy infrastructure or anything of the like. They're as good or better than any hospital around here as far as I know. They have the best Doctors, Nurses, and Equipment, therapy facilities,etc. All together a class operation. I don't know exactly where or what the problem was that they dug up, but if you look hard enough you'll probably find some crack in the works anywhere. Whatever it was it shouldn't detract from the excellent reputation Walter Reed deserves. It's a real shame they're making a scapegoat of the Commander there and degrading the reputation of this hospital and everyone associated with it; but that's what the Washington Post and its minions do best I guess.
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Good point. There may be some truth to the assertion that it's IMA's facility. If so, then fire the garrison commander too, dissolve IMA, and give the posts back to the commanders. It was a novel idea, but poorly executed and underfunded from the start.
As far as the comment "It's a real shame they're making a scapegoat of the Commander there..." I disagree. - when you fire junior officers and unit NCO's that's scapegoating. When you relieve commanders, that's accountability.
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fire the garrison commander too, dissolve IMA, and give the posts back to the commanders.
I know a couple 2- & 3-stars that will give a loud HOOAH to that. LOL
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected a claim by the U.S. intelligence chief that Osama bin Laden and his deputy were hiding in northwestern Pakistan, and that al-Qaida was setting up camps near the Afghan border. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, however, acknowledged that foreign militants were in Pakistan's tribal regions along the Afghan border and warned them to leave, the state-run news agency reported. It was not clear from the report whether Musharraf named any particular militants.
Musharraf spoke a day after new U.S. intelligence chief Mike McConnell told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that al-Qaida is trying to set up training camps and other operations in Pakistan tribal areas near Afghanistan. "It's something we're very worried about and very concerned about," McConnell said. U.S. intelligence officials believe that bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, were trying to establish an al-Qaida base in the region, he said. McConnell noted the camps are in an area that has never been governed by any state or outside power.
"We deny it," Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao told The Associated Press, referring to McConnell's remarks. Sherpao told The Associated Press there were no al-Qaida training camps in his country and U.S. officials had not provided any intelligence suggesting there were.
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The Pakis had better understand (1) CHINA vv Officios have overtly proclaimed their country's need for "living space", including water sources; (2) Many Chinese or pro-Chicom Netters have no qualms iff China takes over both PAKISTAN as well as INDIA, etc.; and (3) by not doing anything agz OBL or effectively controlling its own NW areas, the PAK Gubmint is in effect colluding in the wilful future division of their own country, which will NOT help them in LT agz either CHINA OR INDIA. And (4) Iranian medias have reported that Iran post-US attack may choose to retaliate by using the Afghan mountains to attack US-NATO in Afghanistan, which means Iran = Iranian mil units may get geographically closer to Pakistan than Pakistan wants.
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Whew! Very good points, JosephMendiola. I hadn't thought about the US alliance being protection for Pakistan against rapacious neighbors. Separately, President General Musharraf saw the photos and intelligence information Vice President Cheney brought the other day, and now dares to say Al Qaeda is not in his country and active?!? Is he mad?
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If Iran does use Pakistan to stage attacks against US & NATO forces, it will need supply lines. Wouldn't you need supplies for supply lines to work? It seems like they wouldn't have too many places to bomb to eliminate any factories involved, and the long-distance fighting would be no picnic for the fighters.
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President General Musharraf saw the photos and intelligence information Vice President Cheney brought the other day, and now dares to say Al Qaeda is not in his country and active?!? Is he mad?
No, he's Scared, we need to make him fear us more than he fears Osama, etc.
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gorb, the won't need to worry about supplies. They'll get all they need from Russia and China just like Vietnam did.
President Pervez Musharraf warned foreign terrorists hiding in Pakistans mountainous tribal areas to leave the country or face the consequences. Speaking at a large public gathering on Wednesday, he said, People come to Pakistan from outside they are living in our mountains and spreading terror not just in Pakistan, but the world over.
He said that Pakistanis were living under the constant threat of terrorism, and although things were better in Sindh than the NWFP, the impact of terrorists presence in the country was being felt throughout Pakistan. These people are endangering Pakistans image and its security and should leave, or they will be dealt with, he said. Musharraf said that Islam was a religion of peace and there was not room for extremist and terrorist tendencies. We have to check such tendencies, or the country cannot progress or develop, the president said.
He urged the people to help the government in it fight against extremists and terrorists by cooperating with law enforcement agencies. He urged the people of Sindh to consider the possibility of building large water reservoirs to preserve the provinces water resources. We are striving to provide water to all, he said, adding that in the next two years, 30,000 water courses would be brick-lined to cut down on wasted water. I will work equally for the prosperity of all four provinces, he said.
The president also conducted the ground breaking of the Larkana-Khairpur Bridge, ordered the construction of a 15km road to link the bridge to the Indus Highway, announced Rs 100 million for the Larkana and Khairpur districts, announced the upgradation of the Chandka Medical College and the setting up of departments of cardiology and neurology at the civil hospital. The president said that the governments vision called for the provision of better health facilities to the people.
The president also addressed the concluding ceremony of the Golden Jubilee celebrations at the Cadet College Petaro, near Hyderabad. He emphasised the need for knowledge-based education in the realms of engineering, science and technology so they could play a part in the countrys progress and prosperity.
He said that the government was focussing on knowledge-based higher education and setting up nine universities - in collaboration with European and South East Asian countries in all four provinces of the country. He also said that the government was committed to providing quality primary and secondary education to all and had increased the allocation for education to 4 percent of the countrys gross domestic product (GDP).
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He says the right thing in Public but how does act in Private ie ISI look after Taliban/AQ leadership!!!!
After reports of strong American pressure on Pakistan to do more to crack down on Qaeda and Taliban militants in the tribal areas, Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan told US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker on Tuesday evening that Pakistan does not allow foreign interference in its internal affairs, Daily Times has learnt. Sources privy to the development said that the foreign secretary had summoned Crocker to the Foreign Office on Tuesday evening and given him a strong demarche for interference in Pakistans internal affairs. The secretary conveyed the same to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the telephone, the sources said. Khan said it was wrong to say he had summoned the US ambassador. I often call foreign ambassadors to discuses issues of mutual interests as well as concerns, he said.
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It is dangerous for a little man with delusions of grandeur to summon the minion of the Great Satan.
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I'd cut a billion on the spot and tell Perv this little punk started the reductions, now where does it stop?
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Ok, we will no longer interfere in the internal affairs of Pakistan. With a few carrier task groups and a couple of spare divisions, we'll just eliminate the "pakistan" entity, divide it equally between Afghanistan and India, and go on with our housecleaning in the new, improved, enlarged Afghanistan.
Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. It may also be totally different than what you thought, Mr. Idiot.
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Pakistan on Wednesday said the roots of terrorism were within Afghanistan, where booming drug trade was feeding the terrorists. Pakistan thinks the roots of terrorism are inside Afghanistan. The countrys (Afghanistan) drug money is nourishing terrorists. We have been taking all possible initiatives on our part to deal with terrorist threats, Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani told reporters.
Durrani did not deny the reports that US handed over its intelligence proofs of Al-Qaidas re-grouping in tribal areas during Dick Cheneys meeting with President Musharaf saying I am not particularly talking about this meeting but generally it is an international norm now that whenever there is any development the information is shared at international level.
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Leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) will try to promote the party as a moderate alliance with plans to improve relations with China, not interfere in other countries internal affairs and give special seats to women in the assemblies, according to a draft of its new manifesto, sources told Daily Times on Wednesday.
The alliance was in the process of making a manifesto that would give a modern outlook and would be acceptable to the West. They said that according to the new manifesto, the MMA was also in favour of making English a compulsory subject.
The sources said that the alliance was in the process of making a manifesto that would give a modern outlook and would be acceptable to the West. They said that according to the new manifesto, the MMA was also in favour of making English a compulsory subject.
According to an earlier version of the MMA manifesto, the party vowed to support to all suppressed nations, but the party had now made a U-turn with plans to focus only on Kashmir and Afghanistan, they added.
An MMA committee on the manifesto will discuss all these matters at a meeting on March 5. The sources said that MMA leaders had already agreed on the manifesto, and would approve it formally at the meeting, following which it would be tabled at an MMA Supreme Council meeting.
The draft of the manifesto also proposes civil defence training for people aged between 18 and 45, lowering the prices of utilities, interest-free banking, the cancellation of amendments made by General Pervez Musharraf through the Legal Framework Order, free electricity for tube wells, an increase in the education budget in the manner of the defence budget, a uniform syllabus for all students, a reduction in oil prices and the construction of small and big dams. Professor Sajid Mir said that after the March 5 meeting, the approved draft would be presented to the MMA Supreme Council.
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The number of indictments against Palestinians reached an all time high in 2006, according to data recently presented by the West Bank Military Prosecution. Similarly, there was a steep rise in the number of administrative injunctions presented to Palestinians by the IDF.
The data showed that 3,523 indictments were filed against Palestinians in West Bank military courts. The indictments ranged from charges of stone throwing organized by terror groups, to attempted murder and murder. Sixty-seven indictments were for murder, and 330 for attempted murder.
In 2000, a total of 560 Palestinians were indicted. In 2002, when IDF forces carried out Operation Defensive Shield, 2,135 indictments were filed against Palestinians. The numbers continued to climb, and reached 3,000 by 2004. Although a decline in indictments against Palestinians was seen in 2005, the numbers shot up again in 2006 and broke all records.
The data also showed a rise in administrative injunctions filed against Palestinians, which are considered an alternative to arrests and legal procedures when there is a risk of revealing intelligence sources.
A mere 26 administrative injunctions were filed in 2000, but by 2002, the number had reached to 3,045. The numbers began falling slightly until 2006, when they rose again to 2,983. Over 1,000 Palestinians have been presented with administrative injunctions, as it is common that several injunctions are issued against the same person.
A senior source in the West Bank prosecution said that efforts were being made to issue the lowest number of injunctions possible, although there are many situations that did not allow for any other alternative. The reality in the West Bank doesnt allow for the arrest of a suspect and regular legal proceedings against them in every situation, so this is the alternative, he said.
The source emphasized that five percent of administrative injunctions were cancelled, and over half were altered. Even so, the Supreme Court rejected all 190 appeals filed in 2006. Administrative injunctions are used only when there is a threat posed by the suspect and there is no other way to prevent their actions. Sometimes it seems unthinkable, but not only is it accepted by international law and appears in the Geneva Convention, it is also the only way to prevent a terror attack tomorrow, the source said. I wonder why they are catching more? Better intelligence? Better operations? More Paleo terrorists? Hamas grassing out Fatah? Fatah grassing out Hamas? All of the above?
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Going by vari Israeli News forums postings, many Israelis are in favor of their police and Army being used to catch terrorists. MANY ARE ALSO IN FAVOR OF ISRAEL ANDOR USA MILITARILY ATTACKING IRAN RIGHT NOW.
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You can only drain the swamp into Jordan or Egypt and you guys, so far, haven't shown a willingness to do that. When you start allowing the death penalty for convicted terrorist murderers, I'll start thinking your government is serious about stopping them.
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Keep that though in mind mac the next time you read about your president (R or D) sucking up to Soodies.
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Yeah, Grom. I'll be sure to do that. Just like I'll remember the response to Hezb by Israel last summer--you know, the massive military response that smashed them beyond repair and put southern Leb under Israeli occupation and was just like the American crushing of Saddam. Oh, sorry, that didn't happen, did it? Enjoy Olmert--you elected him, you deserve him. Let's just hope your country remembers how to fight before your Arab "pals" get a chance to build Auschwitz South on the side of Yad Vashem.
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Wrong comparison mac. The current American endeavor in Iraq is comparable in all qualitative details (including the eventual outcome---wait & see) to Lebanon I, when Israel occupied South Lebanon for 20 years and tried to civilize the local "people".
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview that he hoped the United States would give more time before deciding whether to accept or reject the new coalition government he is forming with his rival Hamas.
Abbas told the Egyptian pro-government Al Mussawar weekly magazine in its March 2 editions that Washington has reservations about the power-sharing Palestinian government but it is waiting to make a final judgment until after it is formed. "US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had announced after the meeting in Jerusalem that they (the US) would wait for the new government to be formed first, and on what bases this government is being formed. Thus the US is awaiting judgment and not offering an absolute rejection," the magazine quoted Abbas as saying.
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HOW can the U.S. ever hope to win 'hearts and minds' of peace-loving Middle East, when our own citizenry suffer from this obvious racism?
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Racism, dear Bruce from MS? The Arabs consider themselves to be as white as they think Americans are, and there are Muslims of all three races and most nationalities. On the other hand, a significant percentage of Americans aren't white at all -- for that matter, you've no idea newc's race, or even if he's an American. Or, for another matter, what religion newc subscribes to. Dangerous assumptions, those; a significant percentage of Rantburgers are non-Americans living outside the US, and an intersecting and significant percentage of Rantburgers are not Christian. Some of us are actually Muslims opposed to terrorism in the name of their religion. Logically, newc has a pretty good chance of being a black Muslim from Kenya... in Kenya, who considers everyone north of the Sahara to be white, and who is tired of the Islamist idiots ruining his chances to get a visa to for post-doc studies at Harvard.
Do please work on avoiding stupid assumptions the next time you post, my dear. It makes you appear rather less than clever to the discerning eye. Oh, and we'll work on the peace-loving thingy another time, when you indicate the capability to do more than cram a few slogans into a two-clause sentence.
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as a rascism factoid, in Sharia anyone who says that Mohammud was black might well be executed:
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Ahmad ibn Abi Sulayman, the companion of Sahnun, said, "Anyone who says that the Prophet was black SHOULD BE KILLED." (Muhammad Messenger of Allah (Ash-Shifa of Qadi 'Iyad), Qadi 'Iyad Musa al-Yahsubi, translated by Aisha Abdarrahman Bewley [Madinah Press, Inverness, Scotland, U.K. 1991; third reprint, paperback], p. 375; capital
emphasis ours) from
The Southeast Asia group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which has been blamed for a series of bombings over the past several years, has splintered into factions and may be heading in new directions. VOAs Nancy-Amelia Collins traveled to the heart of JI territory in Central Java, in Indonesia, and has this report.
In this part of Indonesias central Java island, most people quietly eke out meager livings from the land and sea. But this region has become notorious, after three brothers brought shame to their village. They helped carry out the bombings on the resort island of Bali in October 2002 that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists. Here in the sleepy village of Tenggulun, those three brothers lived and thrived. Now Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Gufron are sentenced to death. Their brother Ali Imron is serving a life sentence. All three had significant roles in the hard-line Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah. And while the Central Java district is known as a spiritual home of the terrorist group, not everyone here supports it.
Thirty-two-year-old Malik was born and raised in Tenggulun and says the three brothers do not represent the village. He says he does not know why Amrozi and his brothers carried out the terrorists bombing on Bali, but he says many people in the village hate what they did. The three brothers are representative of a radical faction of JI that is headed by Southeast Asias most wanted terrorist, Malaysian Noordin Top. Under Noordins leadership, the factions goal has been to attack Western targets, and as result, hundreds of people have died.
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir represents another faction. He was released from a Jakarta jail in June after serving 25 months for his alleged role in the 2002 Bali bombings. Indonesias Supreme Court cleared him of the charges in December. The 69-year-old Bashir is accused of being the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah. It is a charge he denies. But he does not deny his belief in radical Islam.
In this Jakarta mosque, and many more like it across Java, Bashir preaches against non-Muslims, or infidels. He calls for the implementation of Sharia, or Islamic law, across the sprawling archipelago of Indonesia, a secular nation with the worlds largest Muslim population. He says infidels will stay in hell forever and live in insecurity because they are the worst creatures living on earth. He says the person who is not ruled by Islam is poor in dignity.
The vast majority of Indonesians practice a moderate, tolerant form of Islam, but Bashir seeks an Islamic state across much of Southeast Asia that leaves little room for non-Muslims. He says according to Islam, infidels must not live freely, but must be monitored under Islamic law because they will cause destruction and kill people. Bashir says while the infidels cannot be forced to become Muslims, they must be forced to bow to Islamic law.
Nasir Abas was once a Jemaah Islamiyah leader, and he is the brother-in-law of Amrozi, one of the Bali bombers now on death row. He was arrested in 2003 and now works with the Indonesian police as an informant. Like many of the groups leaders, he fought against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. He later ran one of the largest JI training camps in the southern Philippines. And, like many others, he split with the organization after the 2002 Bali bombing. What they did is killing the civilians, killing unarmed people, killing a non-military people, he said. So this is something that I can say - that is not war. That is not battle. That is not jihad. But that is a mass kill. A mass killing operation.
Indonesian authorities have arrested and prosecuted more than 300 Islamic militants over the past few years. While that has hampered JIs activities, the organization remains alive. Sidney Jones, the Southeast Asia director of the research organization the International Crisis group, worries about a new, third Jemaah Islamiyah faction. Its members are fighting in the district of Poso, on Indonesias Sulawesi island, where the population is divided between Christians and Muslims.
Until recently, Poso had been fairly calm after about 1,000 people died in sectarian fighting there between 2000 and 2001. But recent violence in Poso following police raids to arrest Muslims militants has claimed the lives of 17 people. I think the danger of what happened in Poso is that theyll be able to attract people from outside the Poso area who dont believe in Noordins targets at all but who also dont want to sit around quietly and do nothing, and who may see the opportunity for a jihad against what they see as anti-Islamic forces as being exactly what they were waiting for, said Jones.
Jemaah Islamiyah is a splintered organization, but it also is fluid and relentless. Experts say it continues to threaten Indonesias secular, democratic society and security in the region.
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BRUSSELS - Lebanons parliamentary majority leader accused Syria on Thursday of blocking efforts to end a dangerous political deadlock in his country, as Saudi Arabia and Iran try to resolve the stalemate. On a visit to Brussels, Saad Hariri, son of the murdered former premier Rafiq Hariri, also urged the European Union to help pressure Syria to stop undermining attempts to set up a tribunal to investigate his fathers killing.
There has been efforts by Saudi Arabia and Iran to get the crisis in Lebanon resolved, he told reporters at the European Parliament. Saudi Arabia knows the politics of Lebanon. Iran has a role because of its involvement with Hezbollah. So hopefully there is a kind of discussion that is ongoing now in finding an end to this crisis, he said.
But Hariri added: I believe that the main problem today is the Syrian regime who is trying to stop this agreement to happen.
Lebanon has been in turmoil since the 2005 murder of the popular prime minister, which has been widely blamed on Syria. After the killing, Damascus was forced to end the 29-year military domination of its small neighbor. But since then Lebanon has been shaken by further attacks, often blamed on Syria, a war between Israel and Hezbollah that left 1,200 dead, mostly civilians, and a Hezbollah-led opposition campaign to oust the Western-backed government.
What we are asking the EU, and others, is to tell those countries to stop interfering in the Middle East conflicts. Lebanon is way too small for them to be interested in it, Hariri said.
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tell me it isnt so!
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Vintage Ahmadinutjob rant, presented here for the humor value. Straight from the Islamic Republic news agency wire.
IRI President said here Wednesday the Zionist regime is offspring of the British, nurtured by the US, and committing crimes in region relying on their support. According to IRNA's reporter to Khartoum, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the comment on the first day of his state visit of Sudan during a meeting with this country's religious Alims.
President Ahmadinejad referring to a number of Zionist regime's endless list of crimes, highlighted the massacre of defenseless Palestinian and Lebanese nations, emphasizing, "The Zionists are the true manifestation of Satan."
Unhealthy fixation or kinky fetish? You decide.
Referring to the strong support of a number of warmonger powers for the racist Zionist regime, Ahmadinejad reiterated, "Many Western governments that claim to be pioneers of democracy and standard bearers of human rights close their eyes over crimes committed by the Zionists and by remaining silent support the Zionists due to their hedonist and materialist tendencies."
Those blasted Zionists keep defending themselves and refuse to die when ordered by the Heroes of Islam!
The President added, "Today the Zionist regime is a symbol of hedonism and the manifestation of the ugly soul of some usurper powers that support it."
Speaking of hedonism, we'd like to take a look at your private accounts ...
President Ahmadinejad whose comments were confirmed by "Allan Snack-bar" "Allah-o-Akbar" shouts of Sudanese Alims, added, "The grave problem with which the mankind is entangled today is that some tyrants have deviated a lot from the prophets' path, that is the Right Path."
He said, "We notice today that some powerful leaders consider the entire world as their own property and interpret all rules and regulations in their own favor."
Whereas we all know the world belongs to the caliph with a bejeweled turban, with an emir to his right for wise counsel.
Ahmadinejad considered return to the Divine Prophets' Path as the only way left for saving the mankind from the quagmire they are caught in due to deficiencies of the man made schools of thought, such as Liberalism and Communism that have failed in meeting the dire needs of the mankind.
The president added, "Today the nations have waken up and they voice their disgust for the usurper powers, denouncing their conduct and this has provided an appropriate path for the expansion of monotheism throughout the world."
Because radical Islamism has been successful at providing for the needs of the people, unlike those heathen westerners ...
He babbled said, "The world nations ask for justice and the restoration of man's dignity and prestige."
Ahmadinejad referred to the prevailing conditions in Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine, and the crimes committed by tyrant powers in those countries, reiterating, "The foot steps of those tyrant powers can be traced in all world crises and disputes."
The IRI President added, "These colonialist powers are opposed to the scientific and technological advancement of the Muslim countries and do not permit the free world nations to move towards development and advancement."
Because the Muslims are so scientifically and technologically advanced. Remind the television viewers of Teheran how the 'Iranian satellite' launch was an old American missile video ...
Ahmadinejad added, "Even in the West, too, the nations are under the reign of some tyrant regimes, their social freedoms are ignored in those countries, and their broad minded intellectuals are imprisoned."
Unlike in Iran, where Nobel Prize winners are threatened, foreign photographers are beaten to death, dissidents are hung from construction cranes, and terrorists the world over find rest and succor.
The president emphasized the unity and solidarity among world Muslims, and the need for their refraining from discord as the secret of Muslims' victory against their enemies, adding, "It is due to significance of Muslims' unity that enemies of Islam feel committed to disturb and uproot Islamic solidarity."
So all the Sunnis had better convert in the name of unity.
Ahmadinejad referred to the enemies' efforts aimed at sowing seeds of discord among Shi'a and Sunni Muslims in different Islamic countries, adding, "The entire world Muslims believe in fundamentals of the need to observe solidarity, which is why the Muslims should unanimously dismantle the enemies plots in that respect."
The president referred to Sudan as "A great stronghold for authentic pure Islam", arguing, "In Islamic country of Sudan, thanks to the presence of great and pious Alims and thinkers the light of the Glorious Qur'an flows in the veins of people's lives, and piety waves in the hearts of this land's people."
So the Sudanese are Shi'a? Or just agreed on common principles of terrorism?
Ahmadinejad added, "Iran and Sudan have rich natural and human resources, and can pave the path towards advancement and development relying on cooperation constantly."
Because when you think of advancement and development, you naturally think of Sudan and Iran.
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Wel-l-l, besides IRAN READY TO ATTACK WEST [short title]ala Radio Israel, also got RED STATE + RIGHTNATION > Dem Carl Levin reportedly is calling for mil offensives/attacks agz Syria and Iran, + admits that Al-Qaeda is [operating?]in Iraq and that US troops need to stay.
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Compare REALCLEARPOLITICS > THIS TIME, BUSH REALLY WANTS TO AVOID A WAR article; versus IPS.com > IRAN: MILITARISTS SEEK MILITARY CONFRONTATION WITH USA.
"Yes, effendi. Of course, effendi. O thank you, effendi."
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 08 A senior official in the Palestinian terrorist militant group Hamas will travel to Iran in the coming days, the official news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday.
Khaled Mashaal, the murderous political chief of the terrorist group Hamas, will travel to Tehran after finishing his trip to Moscow. He will then head off to several other Arab states, the report said.
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well i know i'm shaking. they seem too have the goosestep down allright but as being badasses they think alot more of themselves than they are worth
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What can it be ? Hezbollah is gonna attack us here at home ? Then, we can get on with closing and dozing the mosques, and ending muzzie life when we see it ?
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Various Net blogs/forums argue or imply that the CHENEY incident in BAGRAM marks an escalation, of presently unknown or uncertain, National = Geopol consequences for America. MOST ISRAELI NETTERS/POSTERS WANT AN ATTACK AGZ IRAN NOW, ISRAEL ALONE ANDOR TOGETHER WID THE USA-ALLIES.
The roar of motorcycles will be absent, but the men and women who ride them will be there in force.
Rolling Thunder, the national organization dedicated to supporting veterans and their issues, will be standing guard against anti-war protesters led by Cindy Sheehan and Jane Fonda in Washington, D.C. on March 17. "Our members will be there to protect the Wall, support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and preserve the honor of those whose names are on the Wall and are honored at the other memorials," said Art Foss, Rolling Thunder's contact at the Wall.
Veterans fear the protesters will attempt to damage or deface the Vietnam War Memorial. The same protesters sprayed red paint on the Capital steps during an anti-war demonstration in January. "We won't tolerate any destruction," said retired Air Force Col. Harry Riley. "We believe they will try to damage the wall because of their past history. We're not for a confrontation but we will be there to guard. The National Park Police will take aggressive against any attempt to damage the Wall. Still, we need to be there. It's time to fish or cut bait time. We can't allow an environment to continue that basically destroys our troops' morale."
Foss was stationed at the Pentagon in Washington when Fonda led the now-infamous 1967 anti-Vietnam War march, during which police arrested hundreds of Fonda followers. It was about that time that the Hollywood celebrity earned the name of "Hanoi Jane." Her latest protests against U.S. troops in the Middle East have resulted in a new name: "Jihad Jane."
"This march has the same mentality and philosophy as the one back then," Foss, a decorated Marine veteran, said. "In '67, we didn't have an opposing force down there. We were all in Vietnam, or in the military stationed somewhere, when they came to Washington. They didn't have any resistance. Now, things are difference. Vietnam veterans are not about to sit back and let somebody damage any part or anything on that Wall. It's fine to have an opinion, but you can voice it without dishonoring our dead veterans -- the ones who saved your rights and privileges for what you're doing right now."
Rolling Thunder members won't attempt to prevent visitors from going to the Wall. They will react, however, to anyone carrying a can of spray paint or other item that could be used to deface the memorial.
Space around the Wall is limited and only a small percentage of the defenders will be able to guard it. Foss said police are unlikely to allow five or six organizations to be at the Wall. Protesters plan to walk past the memorial and down Henry Bacon Drive on their way to the Pentagon. "I'm assuming that the mounted police will be up and down Henry Bacon Drive," Foss said. "The media and the camera people will be there. I'm envisioning Henry Bacon Drive being like a demarcation line. It will be interesting, to say the least."
Rolling Thunder members in the Wall's "no politics" zone will face the memorial. Those who can't fit into that area will stand along Henry Bacon Dr. facing the street and the protesters as they march by. Only a small space will physically separate the two groups. That proximity could result in protesters and Rolling Thunder members clashing. "It's going to be sticky," Foss said. "We're not going there looking for trouble. We're going to protect the memorials, and the Wall, from anybody trying to desecrate it. We will keep the honor intact for all those that the memorials stand for."
And while Rolling Thunder members won't be "looking for trouble," that might be exactly what they find if protesters follow their past practices of goading and taunting veterans. Foss is cautioning members to leave knives, guns or other weapons at home. Anyone who ignores his advice could end up spending time in the Washington, D.C. jail, he said.
A large number of buses carrying Rolling Thunder members from across the country will be converging on Washington for the event. Other members will arrive on motorcycles, in cars, vans and planes. A caravan is driving from California. Still, Foss is reluctant to predict how many will attend. "It could be 5,000. It could be 50,000," he said. "A lot of people say they're coming but enthusiasm sometimes wanes when the time gets closer."
Foss is asking for all interested veterans and concerned citizens to meet and organize at the Lincoln Memorial at 8 a.m. on March 17. He hopes the assembly will be similar to the annual Memorial Day gathering when thousands of Rolling Thunder members appear in Washington. "We'll have wall-to-wall people in there," he said. "We need to let our troops know we're right here opposing these idiots opposing them."
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Melaie Morgan's (of SF's KSFO; Move America Forward?) group is also joining this anti-protest protest.
If the moonbats do try to deface any of the war memorials there's going to be some serious hell to pay (especially with regards to Congress and the veterans).
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I wish I could be there, and I'm glad I can't. I'm not sure I'd be able to watch Hanoi Jane and Cindy Shi$can walk past without taking a poke at their ugly mugs. I pray that the Rolling Thunder supporters outnumber the Hanoi Jane group by three or four to one, and make them look ridiculous.
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I'd go, but I attend synagogue on Saturday mornings. G-d bless.
The City and the Parks Department are pretty slow about graffiti scrawlers. About 10 years ago, I did the Cherry Blossom thing and saw swastikas drawn on the stone bridges around the Tidal Basin. I reported it at the Jefferson Memorial; they said that it had been going on for a while. They caught the nut 2 weeks later.
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If I recall correctly from a conversation I had with a nurse who joined Rolling Thunder (retired Army, in Somalia before the trouble), standing orders were to silently interpose their bodies between the funeral party and the hecklers -- never respond verbally or physically, but never back off either. They aren't likely to get in any fights.
Public buildings and public meeting rooms represent the local and regional governments, as such they "must send out a neutral message, free of religious, philosophic or moral symbols". Local authorities have, therefore, been asked to remove all distinctly religious symbols that may upset citizens of different religious sensibilities from public buildings. But minister Courard does not want this directive to be rigid and absolute, and is giving the local authorities the "freedom to judge" which religious signs may upset others and which hold enough particular aesthetic value to justify their presence. Minister Courard also pointed out that he has no intention of imposing rules regarding the wearing of headscarves or other religious items.
Chuck Simmins is too modest to post it himself, but here's the link to his blog and his PayPal button. His wife is not well and his employment situation is not so good either. So look under the couch cushions, recycle a few cans, and pay for your subscription to "Terrorist Death Watch" already.
Thanks, Chuck, for all your contributions and we wish your wife a speedy recovery.
Done, ditto, and best wishes to your wife, Chuck.
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In a delicious irony, Foreign Policy magazine editor 
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