[Maghrebia] Moroccan security services dismantled a cannabis-trafficking network in the Ketama region, arresting six suspects from the town of Issaguen, MAP reported on Sunday (December 13th).
In related news, the Interior Ministry on Friday said that land used for cannabis cultivation in Morocco fell from some 134,000 hectares in 2003 to only 56,000 in 2009, MAP reported. Also on Friday, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) commended Morocco's "strong political will" in the fight against narcotics trafficking. Speaking to the press after meeting with government officials in Rabat, INCB President Sevil Atasoy saluted Moroccan drug control policy-makers for their "honesty, openness and transparency".
Hopefully this resulted from reduced drug use and increased enforcement versus changeover to cheap opium from Afghanistan.
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I think more probably the Dopers went to a more "Prestigious" Drug than grass.
Think like a druggie
"I'se got Bling N cash, ain't doin grass shit no mo, doin better shit now, i'se uptown"
Sounds about right to me.
Fried Brains screw up their thinkin and speakin.
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While the Democrats appease Senator Lieberman, they still have to worry about other recalcitrant Democrats including Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson. Though Lieberman has been out front in the fight against the public option and the Medicare buy-in, Nelson was critical of both. Now that those provisions appear to have been stripped from the bill, Lieberman may get on board, but Nelson's demand that taxpayer money not be used to fund abortion has still not been met. According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall into line.
Offutt Air Force Base employs some 10,000 military and federal employees in Southeastern Nebraska. As our source put it, this is a "naked effort by Rahm Emanuel and the White House to extort Nelson's vote." They are "threatening to close a base vital to national security for what?" asked the Senate staffer.
Indeed, Offutt is the headquarters for US Strategic Command, the successor to Strategic Air Command, and not by accident. STRATCOM was located in the middle of the country for strategic reasons. Its closure would be a massive blow to the economy of the state of Nebraska, but it would also be another example of this administration playing politics with our national security.
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It is a bluff (hopefully). The loss of Offutt would be so detrimental to our national security the closure due to political reasons WOULD be treason.
The establishment of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) in 1987 with the passage of the Nunn-Cohen Amendment to the Defense Reorganization Act of 1987 was designed to fix the problems with Special Operations that were brought to light after the failed Iranian hostage rescue attempt at Desert One in 1980. Congress did what the military establishment would not. This legislation provided unity of command and control for Special Operations Forces and elevated Special Operations to a near peer with the Services giving it "service-like" responsibilities as well as a little used Combatant Command authority.
However, in 2009, perhaps it is time for Congress to review their handiwork. Of course many outside the military establishment are enamored with the myth and romanticism of Special Operations. There are so many "groupies" among staffers and in academia that it is hard to see Special Operations for what it really is and what it has become. And within the military, Special Operations has been "hijacked" by a group of hyper-conventional Ranger types and other supporting elements that Special Operations and most important, its heart and soul -- Special Forces - has lost its way.
There are so many in and out of the military who claim ties to Special Operations that it is unlikely that there will ever be a critical look at USSOCOM and what it has become.
There is no doubt that Special Operations Forces, including from across the spectrum: the hyper-conventional Special Mission Units including the Rangers and Special Operations Aviation, as well the SEALs, the Air Commandos, the MARSOC Marines and the intellectual, indirect approach experts in Special Forces such as Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations, have made tremendous contributions to the United States' fight against terrorists and insurgents. However, it is important to note that they have done this working for the Combatant Commanders (formerly regional Commander in Chiefs) and Ambassadors and not under USSOCOM.
So let's take a broad look at USSOCOM and specifically focus on its headquarters and what it has done for our nation since 9-11 and what it has become. Congress might want to delve into some of these issues and ask some hard questions.
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A lot of sour grapes here. SOCOM has its fair share of warts, no question about it but there is no where else in DOD where these mission profiles exist. And certainly we can not afford as a nation to train every unit and commander to be able to execute these missions or to understand how to command and employ these mission sets.
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"Yes, they did liberate Afghanistan, but what did they do _this week_?"
A prison complex 150 miles from Chicago will house Gitmo detainees, the Obama administration will announce Tuesday.
A senior administration official tells ABC News that on Tuesday the administration will announce that President Obama "has directed that the federal government proceed with the acquisition of the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois to house federal inmates and a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."
Thomson Correctional Center is a maximum security prison that opened in 2001 but has never been fully utilized because of state budget issues.
Information from the state of Illinois indicates that Thomson Correctional Center is a Level 1 adult male maximum-security facility comprised of 1,600 cells and eight housing units, none of which are currently used. The facility is on 146 acres and is currently surrounded by a 12-foot exterior fence and 15-foot interior fence -- which includes a dual sided electric stun fence. The cell houses were constructed with pre-cast, reinforced cement walls. The complex also contains a 200-bed minimum-security unit, which has been operational.
"Closing the detention center at Guantanamo is essential to protecting our national security and helping our troops by removing a deadly recruiting tool from the hands of al Qaeda," the official said. "Tomorrows announcement is an important step forward as we work to achieve our national security objectives."
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin, two leading officials -- both Democrats -- who have supported the move, will be briefed on the decision Tuesday by administration officials.
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And they will be registered as Democrats in time for the February Primary.
Oh, and now that they are in Illinois the 'Speedy Trial' provisions kick in... 120 days unless they waive it. What are the chances of that?
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Why do Illinois Democrats hate Illinois?
They like the money and power, just not the people.
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The governor of Michigan supports it. "Ultimately, I believe the Illinois facility worked out better for them," Granholm said at a Lansing news conference.
A top Pentagon official said Monday that a US missile defense drill will simulate an Iranian attack, a departure from the usual scenario of a North Korean attack, according to Reuters.
"Previously, we have been testing the GMD system against a North Korean-type scenario. This next test ... is more of a head-on shot like you would use defending against an Iranian shot into the United States. So that's the first time that we're now testing in a different scenario," Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, head of the US Missile Defense Agency said at the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit in Washington.
According to O'Reilly, an Iranian attack would be more challenging than a North Korean attack because a missile fired from Iran would reach the US "more head on than from the side," and therefore relatively faster.
During the test, expected to cost about $150 million scheduled for January, the US would fire an interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at a mock-Iranian missile which would be fired from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. So much for the National Security Strategy of Preemption. Appears we'll be taking the first round of bullet. More at the link.
KARACHI - Minister of State for Ports and Shipping Nabeel Gabol said on Monday that Indian spy agency RAW in collusion with Israeli Mossad were sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and that they were using Afghanistan for infiltration into Pakistan.
"Don't blame Pakistani agencies. Indian RAW and Israeli Mossad operate from Afghanistan and they perpetrate terrorism inside Pakistan," he said at a press conference at PPP Sindh Media Cell. PPP Sindh Media cell In-charge Sharjeel Memon and Advisor to Sindh CM Sharmila Farooqui were present on the occasion.
He alleged that a three-star military general of Indian army led the destabilisation operation inside Pakistan from Kabul. He said these enemies knew that Taliban would be blamed for terrorism.
"Pakistan will give the evidence of Indian involvement in terrorism in Pakistan to the international guarantors. We shall not give evidence to India because they themselves are involved in terrorism in Pakistan," he said.
His attention was drawn to the fact that it was the US administration that had brought Indian government to Afghanistan and former President Bush in his March 2006 visit to Islamabad had announced Indian role in Afghanistan and they still endorse Indian role in Afghanistan.
Gabol failed to identify the international guarantors by name and replied that all those who are interested in peace in this region are the guarantors. He added the US and the UK had their own interests in the region.
On the issue of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO-2007), former President General Pervez Musharraf should be held accountable for the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO-2007) "Neither the PPP nor its government defended the NRO. Our opponents should make a genuine demand that the architect of the NRO should be tried for the NRO," Nabeel Gabol said. He said that only 10 persons from the PPP benefited from the NRO, an Ordinance that benefited thousands of persons from other parties.
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Hey, Grom, do any Israelis other than you give a shit about Pakistan one way or the other?
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You mooks have been messin' with India for how many years now? Sending your ISI-backed killers and the like. So if the Indians decide a little pay-back is in order, who am I to say no?
[Iran Press TV Latest] Indian investigators have concluded that the two Kashmiri women whose deaths sparked protests were not raped or murdered. Oh, good. That means the riots didn't take place, right?
"The investigation has revaluated that as per the medical and forensic findings of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, CFSL (Central Forensic Laboratory), Neelofar and Asiya were not subjected to sexual assault and that both of them died due to drowning," Harsh Bhal, spokesperson of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Monday. Heads held under water in the bathtubs?
However, the family of the two women say the Indian court has hushed up the report to protect those guilty in the rape and murder case.
An earlier report submitted in June confirmed that 17-year-old Asiya and her 22-year-old sister-in-law, Neelofar were sexually assaulted in the volatile valley before their death.
The recent report by the CBI accused 13 people, including six doctors, five lawyers and two civilians of fabricating a false case.
The CBI report says the doctors' DNA report was based on tampered slides and thus invalid.
The discovery of the women's bodies in May triggered protests by locals who blamed security forces for their death.
Two protestors were killed and 500 others injured in clashes with police after demonstrations spread to other parts of the Kashmir valley.
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Kafirs: when they don't desecrate our Korans, they rape & murder our womyn!
Pakistani opposition leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said suicide attacks are haram.
Talking to reporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday, the former Jamaat-e-Islami leader said that killing innocent women and children through such heinous acts is not in accordance with the teachings of Islam. "Islam is the religion of peace. Islam prohibits the killing of any innocent men, women, or children ... This is a heinous act and un-Islamic," a Press TV correspondent quoted Qazi Hussain Ahmad as saying.
He went on to say that that the Pakistani government's alliance with the US is also against the tenets of Islam.
"Supporting the US in the so-called war on terror as an ally and carrying out drone attacks are also un-Islamic for an Islamic state," he added.
Hundreds of people -- many of them civilians -- have been killed in the CIA operated drone strikes targeting militants in Pakistan since 2006.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman also condemned suicide attacks on Sunday, saying "Our party not only condemns suicide attacks, but we are against the armed struggle as well."
Pakistan has experienced a wave of violence over the past two years in which more than two thousand civilians have been killed in bomb attacks and other terrorist operations across the country.
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Hundreds of people -- many of them civilians -- have been killed
Define 'many' - is it the old Micronesian 'many' ("one, two, many?")
Of those civilians how many deserved killing anyway? All? All but two?
[Dawn] President Barack Obama has warned that the United States would launch strikes inside Pakistan if it had actionable intelligence about the presence of top Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in a particular area.
His statement -- included in the transcript of an interview released on Monday -- contradicts earlier US media reports that President Obama opposed drone attacks at suspected Taliban targets in and around Quetta.
Mr Obama made the statement when he was reminded that for almost a year officials in his administration had been saying that the Taliban leadership was now somewhere in Quetta and yet he was reluctant to call in drones to target those leaders.
'Well I don't want to comment on certain sensitive aspects to our efforts in this border region. I think it is fair to say, number one, that my principle -- and I articulated this in the campaign -- is if we've got actual war intelligence on high-ranking Al Qaeda leaders, or for that matter high-ranking Taliban leaders who are directing actions against US troops --then we will take action,' Mr Obama told CBS's Steve Kroft.'Now, a lot of this border region is big and complicated. And even a city like Quetta is a big city. And, you know, we have to respect the sovereignty of Pakistan as we engage in potential actions that would involve going into a major metropolitan area with a lot of civilians around it. We expect Pakistan to cooperate more effectively in the future than they have in the past,' he added.
Mr Obama pointed out that the US would like Pakistan to recognise the degree to which the presence of such elements inside its borders threatened its own stability. 'This isn't America's war. This isn't the West's war. This is a situation in which you've got a very dangerous, extremist network that is growing, and right now is killing more Pakistanis than anybody else,' he said.
The Pakistani public and the military were both turning against the militants and it grew with the threat. 'But it takes some time to operationalise, and our hope is that we see progress over the next couple of years,' he added.
'Do you believe the Pakistanis have any appetite for going into Quetta and finding Mullah Omar?' he was asked.
'I think that the Pakistanis recognise that these networks are killing Pakistanis a lot more than they're killing Americans right now, and that it's in their interest to start moving in a new direction. How fast they do that in part is gonna depend on how effectively we can partner with them,' said Mr Obama.
Meanwhile, the Newsweek reported on Monday that President Obama had 'nixed the expansion' of drone strikes to Quetta.
'Five administration officials tell Newsweek that the president has sided with political and diplomatic advisers who argue that widening the scope of the drone attacks would be risky and unwise,' the report said.
'Mr Obama is concerned that firing missiles into urban areas like Quetta, where intelligence reports suggest that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and other high-level militants have sometimes taken shelter, would greatly increase the risk of civilian casualties.'
But the Los Angeles Times reported that the Obama administration was leaning towards expanding the drone war to places like Quetta.
'The concern has created tension among Obama administration officials over whether unmanned aircraft strikes in a city of 850,000 are a realistic option,' the newspaper noted. 'Proponents, including some military leaders, argue that attacking the Taliban in Quetta -- or at least threatening to do so -- is crucial to the success of the revised war strategy President Obama unveiled last week.'
A senior US official involved in the deliberations told LAT that it's all about sending a message to the Taliban. 'What the Pakistanis have to do is tell the Taliban that there is too much pressure from the US,' the officials said. 'We can't allow you to have sanctuary inside Pakistan anymore.'
In his interview to CBS, Mr Obama also said that ever since occupying the White House, his administration had been trying to convince Pakistan that it was terrorism and not India which posed a threat to the country and thus impressing upon Islamabad to shift more troops from its eastern border with India to its western front.
'We have had very detailed and serious conversations with the Pakistan government and the Pakistan military about the fact that their traditional orientation, which has been to compete with India, has now been overtaken by extremists within their own midst that are exploding bombs with impunity throughout Pakistan,' he said.
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Why so Quiet???Someone most be doing something right.
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Meanwhile, the Newsweek reported on Monday that President Obama had 'nixed the expansion' of drone strikes to Quetta...But the Los Angeles Times reported that the Obama administration was leaning towards expanding the drone war to places like Quetta...A senior US official involved in the deliberations told LAT that it's all about sending a message to the Taliban.
"sending a message", a mixed one, and not just to the Taliban.
[The News (Pak) Top Stories] A spokesman for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Azam Tariq on Monday denied involvement in the ongoing spate of terrorist acts in major cities of the country, saying it was an attempt by the state's secret agencies to defame Jihadi organisations.
The TTP spokesman called The News from an undisclosed location and said their organisation had no role in recent terror acts in various cities in which several innocent lives were lost. He instead blamed the state secret agencies for the devastating terror attacks, alleging that they wanted to defame Jihadi organisations.
Azam Tariq warned religious scholars of the country to be careful while issuing Fatwa against "Mujahideen" and their suicide bombings in Pakistan. He said religious scholars before issuing such Fatwa against the "Mujahideen" and suicide bombing should have visited the affected areas like Swat, Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur, Orakzai, Kurram, South and North Waziristan and see for themselves the destruction caused by the excessive bombings by the fighter planes. The TTP spokesman said that even mosques and Madrassas were flattened in the military operation in these areas.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters waving green banners gathered in Gaza City on Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Islamist group that rules the isolated coastal strip.
Black-clad Hamas police had earlier sealed off roads leading to the rally, as thousands of supporters were bused in from around the territory before making their way to Gaza's Al-Kutaiba Square on foot.
Many carried portraits of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the wheelchair-bound cleric who founded and led the group until he was killed in an Israeli air strike in 2004.
"In the 22 years since its founding, Hamas has been able to realize a large part of its goals and to overcome every obstacle it has faced, from prison, exile, assassinations and elections," senior Hamas leader Mahmud Zahar said.
"Our understanding of the resistance is total, and is not limited to armed conflict," he added in an interview with a news website close to the smaller and more radical Islamic Jihad faction.
Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas's armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, which was responsible for scores of deadly attacks and suicide bombings in Israel, praised the group's military evolution.
"We have been able to build an army for resistance and to haunt the Zionist enemy," he said in a statement on a Qassam-linked website.
"(The Qassam Brigades) has manufactured its weapons with its bare hands... including the Qassam rocket, which terrifies the Zionist enemy," he added, referring to the makeshift and rarely lethal rockets the group fired at Israel before declaring a ceasefire after last winter's Gaza war.
The group was founded in 1987 shortly after the beginning of the first intifada, or uprising, against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
It remains pledged to the eventual destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic state on the pre-1948 borders of the British Palestine Mandate.
Hamas won a landslide victory in Palestinian elections in 2006, routing the long-dominant secular Fatah party led by the Western-backed president Mahmud Abbas, and took over Gaza in June 2007 after months of factional unrest.
It has since tightened its grip on the territory despite harsh Israeli sanctions imposed after the takeover and the devastating Gaza war at the turn of the year, in which some 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.
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been a nice time for an airstrike
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[Iran Press TV Latest] Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says unity among Palestinian groups is the only way to solve the problems of Palestine.
The resistance of Hamas led to the defeat of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip, despite the Israelis' barbarity toward the Gazans, Mottaki said in a meeting with Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal in Tehran on Monday.
The Israeli army launched a massive military offensive, known as Operation Cast Lead, against the Gaza Strip from December 2008 to January 2009. More than 1,400 Palestinians were killed during the three-week offensive, which inflicted $1.6 billion in damage on the Gaza economy.
Mottaki says the arrogant powers and Israel were trying to undermine Hamas but failed.
"The Zionist regime invalidated all Arab peace initiatives regarding the issues of refugees, (Jerusalem) Al-Quds, and borders," Mottaki said.
Meshaal said that the so-called peace plans were futile and impracticable.
Resistance against Israel is the only way to restore the rights of the Palestinian people, the Hamas official added.
Meshaal also met with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Monday.
Larijani described Hamas as "the symbol of resistance against the Zionist regime" and its expansionist policies.
He stressed that Iran has always supported the Palestinians since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The Majlis speaker added that there is no more effective weapon than resistance for restoring the Palestinians' rights, adding that the enemies have not been able to eradicate the resistance.
Larijani criticized the US policy toward Palestine and said the United States has not recognized the Palestinians' basic rights despite all the promises made.
Meshaal called Iran a true supporter of the Palestinian nation and stated that Hamas will persist in resistance.
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Meshaal also met with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Laritardi on Monday.
Laritardi described Hamas as "the symbol of resistance against the Zionist regime" and its expansionist policies.
Further, both expressed extreme regret at their "expansionest tummies," and the poor quality of leotards produced in the occupied Palestinian territorities.
Hamas: "but we'll be in charge"
Fatah: "no, we will"
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Sorry, guys, it was a typo in the original press release. It should have said "Palestinians must untie." (Because kicking off your shoes before undoing the laces is so uncool, ya know?)
[Ma'an] The US announced the transfer of 75 million dollars in budget support to the Palestinian Authority on Monday.
Caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, US Consul General Daniel Rubinstein, USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director Howard Sumka and Director General for External Relations at the PA Ministry of Finance Mazen Jadallah made the announcement during a ceremony at the Council of Ministers in Ramallah.
Rubenstein said the donation was part of US support for Fayyad's plan to build the institutions of a state within two years.
"The president and prime minister have our strong support in fulfilling the goals and priorities of this program, which we see as integral to US efforts to help achieve a two-state solution and comprehensive peace in the region," he said, according to a statement.
The donation is a 50% advance on the US overall pledged budget support to the Palestinian Authority over the coming year.
With this transfer, the US will have provided more than 575 million dollars in direct budget support to the PA.
The US claims the moniker of the largest single donor to the PA, although the European Union's 22 states' combined contributions are larger.
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I'll take that worthless money rrather than it go too that shit
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You mean these Palestinians. If you go after military personnel simply carrying out their duties in times of war, then the bureaucrats who fund terrorist organizations should someday face the same tribunals for these type of actions. Just saying when you set a precedent, it can come back and bite you on the a$$.
[Ma'an] Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters gathered in Gaza City's central square on Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the of the movement's founding.
Hamas leader and de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh hailed the gathering a sign of victory over what he said were Israel's attempts to eliminate the group, including last winter's three-week war.
"Those who planned the war and executed it did not expect these crowds to come today waving their flags ... Hamas did not collapse after the war; the enemy leaders collapsed," he said.
He also said Hamas would never give in to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, which includes a ban on construction materials need to rebuild from the war, which left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead. Thirteen Israelis also died.
"After four years of blockade, we say the fortresses will never collapse and the castles will never be penetrated and we will never make political concessions," Haniyeh said, according to Reuters news agency.
"We've overcome the arrests of '96 by the Palestinian Authority, we've overcome the targeted killings, and prior to that we overcame the expulsion to Lebanon, which made us a central body in the region and the world and gave us the regional and depth we have," he was also quoted as saying in news reports.
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AL-ARABIYA.NET > HAMAS {incl. other Islamist groups] WILL JOIN IRAN IFF ISRAEL ATTACKS.
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As most recently illustrated by INDIA's test-firing of a SRBM from a ship, US GMD-TMD planning will undoubtedly have to include lauch offensive launch scenarios such as these.
E.g. CHINA > the CMC + PLAN is looking into dev hybrid MULTI-VLS ARSENAL/FIRE SHIPS to complement their defense of the CHINA SEAS + EAST ASIA from the US NAVY.
Military Intelligence Chief Amos Yadlin said Tuesday that Iran has over the last year accumulated enough materials to create a nuclear bomb and warned: "The technological clock has almost finished winding."
Speaking at The Institute for National Security Studies, Yadlin said that Iran had embarked on a "measured and sophisticated strategy for a solid nuclear infrastructure, by spreading out in facilities both overt and covert, while simultaneously developing a military capability that would allow a breakthrough when it so decides."
According to Yadlin, there are three clocks now ticking with regard to Iran's contentious nuclear program, those of technology, diplomacy, and of the stability of the Islamic regime. Technologically, said Yadlin, time was almost up.
The Times of London reported Monday that Iran is set to test a key component aimed at developing a nuclear weapon. The report cited secret intelligence documents related to Tehran's controversial nuclear program, which foreign intelligence agencies date to early 2007, Tehran had planned to test a neutron initiator, the component which triggers the explosion in a nuclear weapon.
The document revealed in The Times report described the use of a neutron source, uranium deuteride, which experts said had no possible use other than in a nuclear weapon.
Experts also mentioned to the British newspaper that Uranium deuteride is the material used in Pakistan's nuclear weaponry bomb, from where Iran obtained its blueprint.
"Although Iran might claim that this work is for civil purposes, there is no civil application," David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, told The Times, adding that the document was "a very strong indicator of weapons work."
[Al Arabiya Latest] Political and religious Iranian figures slammed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his repeated comments about the Mahdi, or who Muslims's believe is mankind's savior, and warned him about the consequences of rumors that he converses with the holy imam.
Secretary-general of the conservative Islamic Coalition Party, Habibollah Askar-Oladi, met with the president and told him rumors that link Ahmadinejad to the Mahdi were dangerous and especially rumors that he converses with him, the pro-government Jahan News reported.
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AL-ARABIYA.NET > MUSLIMS MUST UNITE [mobilize] FOR ISLAMIC SAVIOR: IRAN. Regional Muslim Govts-States, i.e. TURKEY + IRAQ + LEBANON + AFGHANISTAN, + PAKISTAN, should join Iran in paving the way for the Islamic Savior.
* SAME > SHIITE CLERIC DENIES OBAMA LINK TO MUSLIM SAVIOR.
[Iran Press TV Latest] An official meeting between the five major world powers on Iran's nuclear program has been called off after China cited "genuine problems" for attending the meeting.
The nuclear meeting was scheduled to be held between the US, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany on Friday in Brussels or on the sidelines of the Copenhagen climate change summit. Delegates from three of the five attending countries had sought anonymity, claiming that they were about to present "confidential" information to the board.
According to one official involved in the talks, China made the cancelation request, citing scheduling problems.
AP quoted two nuclear sources as saying that the five major powers have made plans to discuss the matter in a conference call.
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ION WMF > XINJIANG INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT STRONGLY LINKED TO CHINA-TURKEY ENERGY DEAL.
ALso, WAFF > MONGOLIA: ESCALATING STREET VIOLENCE SPARKS FEAR, ANXIETY. Mongolia having trubles wid its 30% KURDISH MINORITY
SAME WMF > MUSTAFA AKYOL: WILL TURKEY END LIKE YUGOSLAVIA? "Turkish Vigilantism" in response to ongoing "Kurdish Intifada".
[Asharq al-Aswat] Al Qaeda's deputy leader on Monday accused President Barack Obama of deceiving the Arab world and failing to advance Middle East peace talks, and said the militants' struggle against the United States and its allies is "a war between Muslims and infidels."
In a new message posted on the Internet, Ayman Al-Zawahri claimed Obama has brought the region nothing but "blockade and siege" despite efforts to reach out to Arabs. "Obama's plan, though wrapped in smiles and calls for respect and understanding, aims only to support Israel," al-Zawahri said in a 26-minute audio message.
Osama bin Laden's deputy has been critical of Obama since his election, even releasing a message that referred to the U.S. president as a "house negro," a slur for a black subservient to whites.
"Obama's policy is nothing but another cycle in the Crusader and Zionist campaign to enslave and humiliate us, and to occupy our land and steal our wealth," al-Zawahri said.
The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified, but it was posted on a Web site commonly used for militant messaging.
He urged Muslims and Palestinians to wage holy war, or jihad, not only in Israel and the Palestinian territories but also beyond those areas, saying there are "ample opportunities elsewhere."
He praised Muslim militants fighting in Pakistan, saying the conflict there was a "war of Muslim dignity and pride" and warned the Palestinians against any negotiations with Israel.
"We should continue jihad to liberate Palestinian land and establish an Islamic state there. We should wage jihad against Jews and all those who support them, whether they are Americans or Westerners," he said.
The terror network's No. 2 said the group "will not forget" its members held in American prisons. He specifically mentioned Ramzi Youssef, convicted and now serving a life sentence for the first World Trade Center attack in 1993, and also Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Al Qaeda's mastermind of the September 11 bombings.
Mohammed and four others, held for years at the military base in Guantanamo Bay, are due to stand trial on charges they plotted the September 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
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They probably already have the NY federal court reconned.
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Nah, twobyfour. He's had s*x change surgery and is working in a club in San Francisco. (One of these days a story like this will get picked up by the MSM - or maybe even the National Enquirer!)
Yeah? If we elected a bowl of Potato Salad would they approve of that? Im thinkin' we need to elect someone Bold who is for "change", someone who will lead in a bi-partisan manner, and heal our wounds..someone who will give us all "hope".
Like a bowl of Potato Salad.
Someone whose mother posed for naked pictures, comes from Chicago, and married a Moslem.
Somebody born in Hawaii, educated in Indonesia, wore a dress to first grade and writes about himself "a lot", and uses the pronoun "I' about 34 times in every speech. A REAL American.
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The terror network's No. 2 said the group "will not forget" its members held in American prisons. He specifically mentioned Ramzi Youssef and also Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Whoaa hold on there bumpy. Havent you heard the One closed down GITMO!
Damn guess theres no pleasun some people.
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See also COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG > PAKISTAN: TALIBAN MASS FATALITY TERROR CONTINUES; + TERROR WIDOUT FRONTIERS: TRANSNATIONAL TERROR PLOTS EXPOSE LASHKAR-e-TAIBA'S GLOBAL REACH.
* SAME > FORMER TALIBAN MINISTER: "TWO MILYUHN MARTYRS" TO DEFEND UBL [Osama Bin Laden, etal.]
A principal in Arlington County announced Monday that she will call off an assignment that asked students to represent the views of the Taliban during a mock United Nations after some parents called it inappropriate. The principal said in an interview that she did not want controversy to get in the way of brainwashing kids at the earliest age possible undermine an opportunity for students to learn critical skills, such as how to build a persuasive argument, support it with solid research and present it in a public forum.
It certainly would have been educational for all involved to see that particular presentation... were it indeed supported with solid research. On the other hand, the trailing daughters had to make a presentation in sixth grade comparing any two of the major world religions after a series of classroom lectures plus their own research, and it was amazing how very wrong their classmates got chronologies and key beliefs. As I recall, they were graded on research techniques rather than the conclusions they drew.
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KARACHI - Minister of State for Ports and Shipping Nabeel Gabol said on Monday that Indian spy agency RAW in collusion with Israeli Mossad were sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and that they were using Afghanistan for infiltration into Pakistan.
Pakistani opposition leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said suicide attacks are haram. 
