Tuesday

VIDEOS: The Kerry Method- Swift Replay

(2) 60 second VIDEOS from War Patriots:
Veteran Robert Elder, and Retired Admiral Hoffman
(Thank God America regained their sight in 2004.)
-Click to order
"There's more integrity in that confetti,
than "honesty" in this man's words.
We watched Kerry bask in the glory of a potential 2004 win... This isn't the first time Kerry has served a "publicly degrading" blow to the backbone of the security of our nation...But then...Make no mistake about it, it has always been about serving "his" own interests, without regard for those in the front lines during war...I'm sure he's made more "terror-friends" today...But has, again, lost the entire support of every branch of the United States Military...

This just in from Michelle:
Michelle Malkin: Attention
GOP; Help support the troops

VIEW The Kerry Method Today VIDEO


-PS: Message from Michelle and Hot Air, etc:
Asking all of you to support: Project Valour-IT campaign to raise $180,000 to buy laptops for wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at home or in military hospitals.
-Please go over, and donate today!

What is everyone saying in behalf of our Military:
Captain Ed:
John Kerry Supports The Troops
As Special-Education Cases

Outsidethebeltway:
John Kerry: Get An Education or Get Stuck in Iraq

Don Surber: Kerry should be smart enough to apologize

Stop the ACLU: John Kerry On America’s Military
Uneducated and Lazy

womanhonorthyself: He said “WhaT”?!
Flopping Aces: The True John Kerry

UN: Good News - Bad News (Res.1559)

MB-06: United "Islamic" States of (Sharia)
Continues full speed, without interruption...
Bolton faults Syria, Iran on Lebanon (AP via Yahoo! News)
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton accused Syria and Iran on Monday of trying to destabilize Lebanon's democratically elected government by violating a U.N. arms embargo.
According to the UN Security Council there's the “good news”...
...and then there’s the “bad news”…
The good news: There has been important progress made toward the implementation of Resolution 1559; particularly through the deployment of the Lebanese army in the south...
The bad news: Disbanding of militias, strict respect for Lebanon's "sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and political independence," and free and fair presidential elections "without any foreign interference and influence”… isn’t happening...
-Oh, and there's a lot of “uncontrollable weaponry
smuggling across the border into Lebanon...
-UN troops have not been asked by the Lebanese army to monitor the border...
Bolton: Syria, Iran arming Hizbullah
-Terje Roed-Larsen, the top UN envoy for Syria-Lebanon called the issue "very complex," saying U.N. cartographers are working "full speed" to analyze what the territory encompasses...
-Inthebullpen explains:
Hezbollah Construction of Defensive Structures Under Way
"UNIFIL is essentially an empty suit,
something I can’t say really shocks me." Read more.

-And this by LGF: Iran Expanding Influence in Syria :
Excerpt:
“Syrians have been observing over the last year a dangerous phenomena mostly witnessed by an alarming number of non-Shia turning to Khomeini-style Shia in return for financial rewards,” the opposition Reform Party of Syria said. “Whole villages and urban areas are adopting the Hizbullah model whereby clinics, schools, and social services are provided by Iran in return for Syrians to convert to Shi’ism.” Read more ,
Jihad watch posts: U.S. tries to cut off terrorists' cash flowExcerpt:
The U.S. military is not only trying to stop terrorists and arms from leaking into Iraq from Syria and Iran but also another just as dangerous commodity -- cash. Read more.
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Monday

Pakistan Bombs al-Qaida Shelter

Pakistan Destroys al-Qaida-linked training facility.
AP: Pakistani paramilitary troops patrol at Mir Ali in Pakistan's
tribal area of North Waziristan (along Afghanistan's border)

-Source: Jang.com; excerpts- Habibullah Khan AP:
Todays attack came two days after 5,000 pro-Taliban tribesmen held an anti-American rally in the Bajur area near Damadola, a village close to the site of an alleged U.S. missile attack that killed several al-Qaida members and civilians in January...
-This statement from Pakistani army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan:
"We received confirmed intelligence reports that 70-80 militants were hiding in a madrassa used as a terrorist-training facility, which was destroyed by an army strike, led by helicopters," Sultan said.
"There were no civilian casualties as there were no other buildings near the madrassa," he claimed.
Helicopters continued to fire four to five missiles into the madrassa, run by Liaquat Hussain, a local Islamic cleric who is believed to have been sheltering al-Qaida militants...

Gen Sultan was unable to provide a preliminary estimate of the casualty count, but said that "many" militants had been killed. read more.

-Same protests were sparked with U.S. Zarqawi bombing...

-As were protests of today's Pakistan bombing:
"The government has launched an attack during the night, which is against Islam and the traditions of the area", says Ul-Haq, who belongs to the powerful Islamic political party...
-Inthebullpen shares his perspective:
Pakistani Raid Kills 70-80 Al Qaida

-Information and archives at:Jihad watch
Read this, and other reports by: memeorandum
NOTE: Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan is the face of Pakistan's current military efforts against armed resistance in the Balochistan region as well operations in Waziristan against Al-Qaeda near Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Basil's blog:
Statement by Abu Musab Zarqawi (by John W. Lillpop)
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Sunday

Dem Campaign Dissuades Defeat of Jihadi

ci-ce: Al Qaeda Attack Regions- 05
In their eyes, they have already lost the war...Now they only want
Islamist-Jihadists to grant them "permission" to have Peace...

The Democrat's campaign to Dissuade those who take an anti-Islamist Jihadist position, instead of continuing our need to stay united against the militants; appears to hold the logic of "numbers above vision of future" to justify and parallel with the apologists for Islamists-Jihadists today...

When you go to the polls, they remind you not to look at the struggle to fight Jihadi-Islamists treachery (either on the battle-field or media) because that would send moments of "FEAR" racing through you...Yet the same political party who fails to make it clear that "this is the enemy"... insists that you buy the Islamists propaganda starting points...

I often wonder the extent of Democracy's strength in Iraq, our ability to support the moderates, the quelling of the advancement of Islamist terror, if the left had not run parallel with apologists which continue to undermine the efforts of a swift defeat of the enemy...

And now, it's not about being (as the Democrats phrase it) "Scared Silly" but rather staying inherently sane and inherently just, to the future of our Independent Nation...
Excellent posts about this:
-Ian at Hotair has the VIDEO:
Video: O’Reilly asks Letterman if he “want[s]
the US to win in Iraq”, no straight answer

Captain Ed posts a Senate interview which reflects the
"revealing clarity of positions on terror:
Isn't This What We Want In The Senate?

Excellent Post by Rick Moran:
Is Defining "Victory" in Iraq
an Exercise in Futility?

Excerpt:
When we exit Iraq, it will not be a peaceful, democratic island in the troubled seas of a despotic Middle East. It may not even have an elected government if things continue the way they have in recent months as the insurgents and terrorists have ratcheted up the violence to unbearable levels in order to give the Democrats ammunition in the upcoming November elections. Nor will it necessarily be a willing partner in our war against Islamism. read the rest!

- Terrorism posts- at The Truth Laid Bear
- Midterm election posts- at The Truth Laid Bear

James Joyner at Outside the Beltway posts:
Prominent Iraq War Critics: Stay the Course
Excerpt:
"The Bush administration’s terrorism policy is getting endorsement from two incredibly unlikely sources."
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Terrorists and the 'Left-Plan'

Amidst much of the International Community's
"high tolerance" for Islamist-jihadists...
This is the WRONG option for Iraq and America!

It is said that a little white flag was fashioned out of anything readily available like a T Shirt, handkerchief, or anything white...But the Liberal Left have a plan made of... well...nothing!... But if they will win votes in mid-term:
Democrats Will Provide Iraq Remedy (yeah, right)

Is it any wonder why the last few years have produced tough times in Iraq?
The threats: Jihadists, suicide bombings, foreign interventions, and defeatist (U.S Leftists') politicking throughout the most crucial part of this war...

-The fact that Leftists are not aware of the intricacies of the current war plan (concerning and amidst jihadists) is in itself, a very disturbing alarm...
Martin-© 06; -Self Inflicted Iraqi Shi'ite devotees!

-Wake-up Dems! Hold esteem for your country and 'front-line' soldiers, who do not sit in the comforts of an arm-chair, as you! This is the cure. The ills continue to be the "sparks of Comfort" you give to the enemy!

But what is the Liberal Left's cure?
No mention, but incentives for the Jihadists continues to be highly suspected.

LGF States: Webb: Dems Have the Miracle Cure...
"How is this not a cut-and-run policy? It’s actually
a non-policy, with a strong odor of cut-and-run."
And...
Mullahs and Democrats Agree

A Most Undeniable Reality...
-In the true face of war, the tides may turn and then quickly turn again; but the real, "no-plan" plan is the notion that "Infidels" (as in you and I) might quell the advancing jihad, by negotiating with terrorists... History shows that this thinking is the beginning to 'endless terrorist appeasements'...
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Others posting:
Allahpundit at Hotair:
Video: Scheuer says Bin Laden will
rejoice at Democratic victory

Rick Moran posts:
DEMS Holding Their Breath down the Stretch
Excerpt:Iraq? No plan to win or get out except “timetables” for troop withdrawals that don’t mean diddly because there are as many timetables floating around as there are Democratic candidates for President.

Headlinke News: Basil's blog reports

Outsidethebeltway:
Beltwaytrafficjam
123 beta:
Halloween scary things

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Jo's Cafe posts:
DOD Fights Back - For the Record

Saturday

Russia: Hezbollah Unlikely to Disarm...

Picasso/Barbay-06 ;) fleurs du Hezbollah

UN peacekeepers unlikely to disarm Hezbollah: Russia
HT: (Jihadwatch)
-Like we ALL didn't already know this... :/
And, as if an 'armed Hezbollah weren't enough...Today, the UN fails to address the Mullah’s death threats against Israel; while supporting ‘Mullahs with nukes!’

Am I to guess that the UN is uniting countries to wipe-out Israel?…Show me different, because we live in a world where the due diligence towards prevention of 1930's genocide of the Jews; is to guard Israel at all costs.

-Friday in: MOSCOW:
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov was quoted by 'state-run' RIA-Novosti News that he does not think the UN Peacekeepers will succeed in disarming Hezbollah...He further states that concern over this aspect of the peacekeepers’ mission was one of the reasons Moscow decided to send a peacekeeping contingent to Lebanon under an accord reached separately with the Lebanese government, instead of under the UN mandate...

Under the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Peacekeepers are instructed to ensure the south Lebanon border area with Israel is ‘free of any armed personnel and weapons other than those of the Lebanese armed forces and UNIFIL (peacekeepers).’ Read more .

-Come to think of it, we haven't heard from Putin in a while...
Artist: Nino Jose Heredia-06
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Haveil Havalim #91!

-More posts on Hezbollah:
inthebullpen:
Hamas TV to Prepare for War

Jihad Watch:
UN peacekeepers unlikely to disarm Hizballah: Russia

LGF:
Olmert: The World Does Nothing

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Friday

Courts Reject Intent: Cartoon Lawsuit

Ruled by Danish court in Aarhus: There was to not enough reason to believe the cartoons were meant to be insulting or harmful. And no proof of intent to cause the heavy Muslim rioting, murders, and deliberate torching of millions of dollars worth of private property...

Muslims sparked violent protests around the world after Jyllands-Posten published them in 2005... But (to me) the most Confusing images were of Muslim rioters, burning the properties of other Muslims in protest.

At one space in time, it looked as though the Danes (though apologetic) would be held hostage against the very one thing they held more valuable than buildings, emblems, or flags...
...Their Press Freedoms...
AFP: Muslims show their distain and …
"Violent Outrage!"- Photo: Karim Jaafar
But directly after the court ruling, spokesman for Jamaat-e-Islami told the Associated Press news agency, "It is not up to the court to decide if Muslims will have hard feelings or not." (We are likely not to have heard the end.)

Remembering our President, who assured Danish Prime Minister (Anders Fogh Rasmussen) of his "support and solidarity" over violence sparked by caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed...Gen Musharraf (Pakistan) was said to have kept a low-profile...while Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Ellahi asked rioters in Lahore:
"Is this the image of ourselves that we want to paint for the outside world?"
REUTERS/Anatolian; Erhan Sevenler
"Thirst for Koranic Revenge, was on!"
Others posting:
Inthebullpen:
Danish Court Throws Out Defamation Suit

Womanhonorthyself:
Danes do the Right Thing

Allahpundit at hotair:
Danish judge dismisses
lawsuit over Mohammed cartoons

RightTruth: Danish court rejects cartoon suit
basilsblog:
Danish Paper Acquitted in Cartoon Libel Trial

Stem Cell: More Effective Alternatives

Alternatives to embryonic stem cells,
may be More Effective!
The research (described in excerpt below) along with HUNDREDS of papers (instrument in scientific advancement) represent an entire body of work which might serve to support man's hope to merge scientific break-through in disease cure and preventions, with the use of MSC (mature stem cells) i.e: 'embryo-friendly'...
Suggested Scientific reading:
-The microgravity method described: Journal Cell Proliferation.
-Fate Decision on Adult Neural Stem Cells: The Stem Cell Niche
-Less less tumorigenic response: Umbilical cord 'stem cell' hope
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Instruct Oligodendrogenic Fate Decision on Adult Neural Stem Cells (In transplantation experiments, MSCs demonstrated neuroprotective and neuroregenerative effects that were associated with functional improvements.
M.B.-06: "Humanity's Tale of Strengths and Weaknesses"
I support Genetics research, and scientific advancement with embryo-friendly" derivation methods which eliminate the critical decision to destroy the vessel by which life is transported. I base my theory that every form of human life is to be sacred, because I have seen a world by which certain strands 'of the DNA of human life' are deemed to be "less valuable", denied protection and safety from wars, famine, and development..(while others aren't) ...I doubt our ability to disearn.-M.B.
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Article excerpt:
"Dr Cheng said the results clearly showed there was no advantage in using adult stem cells over mature fully differentiated cells. In summary: Certain types of mature cells could be much easier to reprogram than expected...

"We can say with near certainty that a fully differentiated
cell such as a granulocyte retains the genetic capacity for
becoming like a seed that can give rise to all cell types
necessary for the development of an entire organism."

Stem cell expert Dr Stephen Minger, from King's College London, said:

"The findings are quite surprising...Up until this [point],
the conventional wisdom was that the less mature a cell,
the more likely it is to be reprogrammed...
This work suggests the contrary."
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Others posting related to the politics of stem-cell research:
Excellent post at Basil's Blog:
Life Before Birth -John W. Lillpop

The Anchoress posts Michael J. Fox on CBS...

michelle malkin shows the latest poll reflecting the use of
stem cell promotion; and two related parodies:
The Rush Limbaugh referendum

Stop the aclu: (Video) Response To Michael J. Fox
Ad On Missouri Amendment Two

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Thursday

Greetings: A Post Card from Paris

Westernresistance post a very accurate account of
the gradual escalation of violence in France...
France: Police Preparing For Replay Of Riots
MB photo-shop-06: "Paris in the Springtime"
This should certainly serve as a lesson, and a
warning from beautiful and cultural France:

The survival of any culture is dependant upon the protection of ones sovereignty... And, although these 'uncontrollable revolts' are the result of years of negligence and failure to address immigration issues head-on; this can happen to ANY Country who maintains an open-border policy.

Dominique de Villepin describes: "The recent unrest is "unacceptable and inexcusable" and the response of the State would be "firm and just." :/
He also calls for a return to Republican values...


-And...Who needs to blame France for being in this perplexing dilemma...
When the "self-blame" of France, is large enough for everyone!

-Lgf posts a startling revelation!
Flying Pig Moment of the Day
-Excerpt: "I have significantly evolved on the matter of the separation fence", said Douste-Blazy on French Jewish television TFJ on Thursday...read more
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-Border fence, Oui... And, this might not fall in line with the co-religionist philosophy of France...But they could really use something like:

This!...
(Republican, too!)

Others posting:
Captain Ed:
The French Intifada Continues
Politics Central:
October 25, 2006 12:54 PM France Prepares
50,000 Riot Police for Muslim Attacks

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Wednesday

CentCom Fact -and- MSM Fiction

-There are (2) Videos below:

-1stView this Military VIDEO -or (click-Iraqi Training image)
-centcom.mil: Interview with a KIRO reporter from Seattle, Wash; Details working with the Iraqi police, progress of our troops, & dangers encountered.
(i.e: The experience of the IED’S; mentioned too, in clip below)...

centcom.mil- Oct 24, 2006;
Iraqi Army assumes responsibility of Northern Ramadi
Multi-National Corps – Iraq Press Release
-We are not actually viewing the full extent of the tremendous efforts our Service men/women provide; as they assist in the shaping and training of Iraqi police and military. While this training requires patience; it is often negated by main stream media...I believe that this negative reporting serves to give the enemy comfort; as it aids in undermining the security of Iraq...
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RAMADI, Iraq – The Iraqi Army assumed responsibility of an area in northern Ramadi Oct. 24, 2006. The 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade of the 7th Iraqi Army Division, commanded by Colonel Kareem, officially assumed battle space at a ceremony on forward operating base Blue Diamond. Read more.
-Excerpt:
"We will serve with honor," Colonel Kareem reminded his
Soldiers, "We have been given the great responsibility
of being in charge of this area."

Jim Joyner at Outside the beltway, makes an excellent point in the question...
Is Iraqi Security an Iraqi Responsibility?
Excerpt:
"Government and security simply have to have a local face
to have any chance of success." read more
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-The VIDEO at the bottom, serves to show how MSM takes the same Military circumstances, and "twists" them to shape a negative world opinion.-When they could report about the progress, they report solely about defeat...
-Many represent the Anti-war groups who
Rally 'active troops' to speak out against the war...


-Now watch what I believe is a negatively portrayed Iraqi training effort:
This MSM Video (below) is seemingly designed to
create a negative outlook towards our troops!

(They even call it, "The Real Story.")


The heart of the resolution of Iraqi efforts, is found in
offering Credit and encouragement...Visit my friends below:

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Where Were Today's Mullahs- in 1979?

Al-Saga-06: "Crabby" Clerics form 'Nuclear Wildcard'
"Nuclear Creeds, Nuclear prayers"... The wealthy Radical Clerics continue to 'step-up the centrifuge'...Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the IAEA, is quoted as saying that "based on our most recent inspections, the second centrifuge cascade is in place and ready to go." Read more...

- Wish they were more like Brazil... who at 5%; will not produce Warheads which need ore that has been enriched to 95 percent uranium-235...

-It's pretty clear what this 'radical clergy'(above) was doing in 1979...
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-But...I wonder where Iran's current President was?...
-Here's a little background from - globalsecurity:

Following the 1979 Islamic revolution he became a member the ultra-conservative faction of the Office for Strengthening Unity [OSU] Between Universities and Theological Seminaries. The OSU was established by Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, one of Khomeini’s key collaborators, to organize Islamist students against the rapidly growing Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK).
I found him!
iranvajahan.net
-Click-image (to compare)
From globalsecurity.org:
"When the idea of storming the American embassy in Tehran was raised by the OSU, Ahmadinejad suggested storming the Soviet embassy at the same time"...

With the start of the Iraq war in 1980, Ahmadinejad rushed to the western fronts to fight against the enemy and voluntarily joined Special Forces of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) in 1986. He served in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps intelligence and security apparatus. Read more

About the image: Barry Rosen, a former press officer at the embassy who now works at Columbia University told Reuters he had no direct memory of Mr. Ahmadinejad but supported another former hostage, former Colonel David Roeder, who said yesterday that Mr Ahmadinejad had assisted interrogations of the hostages.

Roeder said that out of his 51 interrogations, Ahmadinejad personally had conducted one-third of them!
-Newsmax has (archives) Former Hostages ID Ahmadinejad .

Timmerman says :
"For twenty-six years, the government of Iran has not been held accountable for their violation of international law," said Kevin Hermening, who at 21 was a freshly-arrived Marine guard at the Embassy and the youngest hostage. "Despite our political differences as individuals, we all agree as a group that it is time to seek remedy. Ahmadinejad and his government need to be treated as a pariah."
UPDATE:
-Old post, new input:
11.16.06: Allahpundit says, not Ahmadinejad...

Confederate Yankee did some additional research:
Not by the Hair of his Chinny chin-chin

Rainmaker (thinks like me) has this:
We Still Owe You One, Mahmoud

Those posting on Iran, and Nuclear:
Inthebullpen:
Ahmadinejad: Nuke Program Increased Tenfold

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HotAir's Allahpundit posts:
Ahmadinejad : Note to Iranians : D

Tuesday

From the Cell...

-Kidnappings, and increased insurgence...
Shiite-on-Shiite Revenge Killings Rock Iraq
(Iraqi Army Doesn't Interfere As Militiamen Hunt Down Policemen)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Oct. 24) - Militiamen loyal to an anti-American cleric re-emerged in the southern city of Amarah, hunting down and killing four policemen from a rival militia in a brutal Shiite-on-Shiite settling of scores.
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-From Saddam’s 2003 letter: (Full text) which states:
"The day of liberation and victory will come."

-On -Oct 16 11:36 AM; Saddam delivers NEW strategy from his cell:
......The time is now.
AP- J. Halaby; Letter, Jordan-06
Excerpt:
"It was only a few times that I managed to address you through the farcical, so-called trial when the microphones were not switched off," Saddam said, acknowledging that he tries to use the trials for political propaganda...

-Contents of Saddam's letter (translated from Arabic)

"The hour of liberation is at hand, God willing, but remember
that your near-term goal is confined to freeing your country
from the forces of occupation and their followers and not be
preoccupied with settling scores or deviate from your goal."
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-Raid Juhi, a chief investigating judge in the trial linked to the anti-Shiite crackdown, said:
"A verdict against Saddam and (7) co- defendants will be announced Nov. 5."
Sentences for those found guilty...
will be issued the same day.
-VIDEO-

-Of course Ramsey Clark US traitor, member of Saddam Hussein's defense team, and always at odds between 'client-privilege' and 'National Security'... issued an "off-the-cuff":
Hanging Saddam Would Cause Chaos
Excerpt:
At a news conference, Clark said he feared that should Saddam and the others be hanged, "catastrophic violence" would follow that would lead to "the end of civilization as we know it in the birthplace of civilization, Mesopotamia. Total, unmitigated chaos."

Saddam's Sunni Muslim tribe of 1.5 million would be enraged over what they would consider the revenge killing of the former president by the Shiite-controlled and U.S.-sponsored government, Clark said.
read more
To be continued...

Associated Press reporters Jamal Halaby and Shafika Mattar in Amman, Jordan, and Yahiya Ahmed, in Kirkuk, Iraq, contributed to part of this report.
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-Others posting on Iraq:
Wizbang links to more information about the:
U.S. Soldier Kidnapped

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Monday

Islamists in Somalia: Africa and World

There are many concerns re: funding which supports Southeast Asian Islamists' Terrorism: Particularly the pattern of Radicalized groups as have merged in 98...(i.e.: Riots of World Trade globalization meetings with Bill Clinton)
Where do they stem from? And how are they related?
View a flash-interactive map of military branches as relate
to the funding and development from this League...
Watch this, today:
Fears over Nigeria emergency rule
...Extension of Islamic Federal Courts.
IMAGE: # Artist: Amjad Rasmi-06
After the oust of a Dictator, the June 06: Radical Islamists take-over of Somalia, crushed a fragile Democratic Peace Accord, as it continue to set forth a radicalized law imposing Death upon civilian resistance...

As these groups continue to hit the weakest rule, and poorest of all countries; their contributors publish propaganda, telling you that the United States has "destabilized" the Middle East... Take a look at the enormous potential for these 'Islamists-take-over' to trigger a regional war across the Horn of Africa; already one of the world's poorest regions due to conflict & harsh climate!
Right now...
Hundreds of thousands are caught in the conflict...
(without the ability to receive humanitarian aid!)
Islamist fighters are massing around
the central town of Burhakaba

-Is this the new Hezbollah-Hamas type group for Africa?... Yes.
AP: Islamists in Somalia -06
-And, why is it that these militant groups always tell the media how popular they are with the villages; when there are trails of murdered Christians and innocent civilians in their wake?...
Somali govt. condemns Islamist’s invasion in Kismayo port city
Somalia: Anti Islamists protest in Gedo region

-The new Islamists State militant movements:
This time... it's the Jemaah Islamiyah movement
amidst the: Islamists rivalries...

Mission Statement for Violence:
Sura 9:5 of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, says:
“When the sacred months are past, kill those who join other gods wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them with every kind of ambush; but if they convert and observe prayer and pay the obligatory alms, let them go their way.”
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Radicalized law knows no limits... Long before the War against terror began; Islamic Jihadists formed a division and anarchy in the poorest parts of the globe. The Federation of Islamic Courts, funded by Arab businessmen (as they say) prefer 'any semblance of law and order' to complete anarchy; enlisted Radicalized Militants to crush the Nation of Somalia's sovereign government, while recruiting the war-lord soldiers of its opposition.
The goal and order was the eventual posturing of a Universal Law that will govern major bodies of Land, people, eventually cultures, and ways of life, of a majority of the World...(Proselytizing activities in support of an Islamic state.)
We have observed rapid development of these armies around the World...Foreign Diplomats have long said that Somalia was home to training camps for Islamic radicals...(Somali link has been assumed in the four al-Qaeda-linked attacks in East Africa - the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the 2002 attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya.)
The World 'shockingly' watches....
But, when will our World stop them?
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Two posts by Chad at Insidethebullpen:
Indonesia to Free Two Bali Bombing Terrorists

Christians targeted in Iraq, a timetable,
and national reconciliation

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Article: IRAQ- Uniting Against the Jihadis

Amidst numerous media inaccuracies; of which are presently being retracted...The article below is a "must read."
(And no, the Iraqi Government is NOT planning to talk with
any Iraqi group, to facilitate a national reconciliation.)#
Reut-05
Click image: ((VIEW-VIDEO))-Amazing!

This significantly positive excerpt (below) -Ht: Strata-Sphere; shows the greater picture of our commitment towards the Democratic Freedoms of the Iraqi people.. (not represented in the 'negative politics' of the U. S. left.)
-Read the full article:
IRAQ: Uniting Against the Jihadis
(But Worried the Americans Will Split)
From Most Iraqis regard the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the dismantling of his machinery of war and oppression and the introduction of pluralist politics to Iraq as an historic success. The issue is how to consolidate that victory, not to snatch defeat from its jaw. Those challenging this historic victory are enemies of both the Western democracies and the Iraqi people.

Iraq today is the central battlefield in the global war between two mutually exclusive visions of the future. Yet the jihadists now know they can't win on that battlefield. After three years of near-daily killings, often in the most horrible manner imaginable, they've failed to alter Iraq's political agenda. Nor have they won control of any territory or even broadened their constituency.

The jihadists have suffered thousands of casualties, with many more captured by Coalition forces and the new Iraqi army and police. Despite more than 120 suicide operations, and countless attacks on civilian targets, the jihadists have been on the defensive since they lost their chief base at Fallujah last year. Their strategic weakness: They can't translate their killings into political gains inside Iraq.

They kill teachers and children, but schools stay open. They kill doctors and patients, but hospitals still function. They kill civil servants, but the ministries are crawling back into operation. They kidnap and murder foreign businessmen, but more keep coming. They massacre volunteers for the new army and police, but the lines of those wishing to join grow longer.

They blow up pipelines and kill oil workers, but oil still flows. They kill judges and lawyers, but Iraq's new courts keep on working. They machine-gun buses carrying foreign pilgrims, but the pilgrims come back in growing numbers. They kill newspaper boys, but newspapers still get delivered every day.
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Captain Ed: Iraq: Don't Panic
Excerpt: "The only long-term strategy for Iraq has to be victory."

Outsidethebeltway gives A Worst Best Case Scenario in Iraq

-Wizbang posts: "STAYING THE COURSE"
Excerpt: …”in spite of what we have encountered on the ground there, not one aspect of that plan has changed. Those in the military certainly know better.”

-Anchoressonline (posting for Captain Ed) laughs at Liberal media.
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Gatewaypundit Posts :
Islamist TV Channel Pushes
the Democratic Party at Midterms

LGF posts: Lame Excuse of the Month

Friday

Diverting the Media...

Coping with 'Free Speech' amidst 'Media Manipulation' can become "tricky" for the man with the busiest schedule...
...one had hoped NOT to imagine.
Permission: Cagle ©-06
Caption: "You should be wondering where his other hand is."
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Here's the other hand!...
AFP: #Getty-06
Caption: Ahmadinejad (an avid follower of the polls) attempts to tone-down the typical 'Death to Israel' rhetoric:
"Israel cannot survive!.. Israel cannot survive!"

Olmert Warns Iran Over Nuclear Ambitions
Iran Warns Against U.N. Nuke Sanctions
US warns Iran over nuclear plans
Israel warns Abbas about Hamas
Olmert warns the Palestinians against terrorism
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Captain Ed:
Mullahcracy: Fast Internet Connections Threat To Islam

inthebullpen: Israel ‘Cannot Survive’

Colombia: Hostage Talks Discontinue

Ending the tradition of bargaining with kidnappers, won't be easy for Colombia...Nor will the "tradition" of ill-awful entry at our U.S. borders!
These and our neighbor’s issues have deepened with neglect…

10 . 20. 06: (Bogotá) - Colombian leader ends Farc talks
For forty years, kidnappings have become an 'everyday' terror in the lives of the Colombians. Often these kidnappings have resulted in death; as families of the captives were unable to raise funds for their release ...But more often: Young children are recruited or sold as soldiers and drug-traffickers.
Pictured: Colombia's President: Alvaro Uribe Velez-06
Image taken after being re-elected in a landslide. A much respected leader of
whose primary ambition is to root out Militants from the Colombian home-land.
His dedication to root out terror, extends to the
rebel movement, who killed his father 20 years ago .

The militant guerrilla group, Farc, continues to hold more than 3,000 people hostage; including some 60 politicians and foreigners... Today, President Alvaro Uribe reached a difficult decision to terminate negotiations on a prisoner exchange with the left-wing guerrilla group Farc...
Read article...
After Thursday's bombing in the Capital (Bogota) President
Velez knew that the only avenue was military intervention...

"We cannot continue the farce of a humanitarian
exchange (of prisoners) with the Farc," he said.
Montolevio-05; Farc
Richest, most powerful in Colombia
Experts estimate that FARC takes in $200 million to $400 million annually—at least half of its income—from the illegal drug trade. FARC also profits from kidnappings, extortion schemes and an unofficial “tax” it levies in the countryside for “protection” and social services. Ransom or “protection” payments account for most of ELN’s income, but it has also recently entered the drug trade. Source.
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The Future of Muslim Democracy

A few interesting opinions and perspectives shared by those who strive for Democracy (and happen to be Muslims)… Although some opinions are not shared by all; we can encourage this culture to keep strong amidst oppressive regimes who view Democracy as:
"A Western Agenda"…
Endowment for Democracy: Dr. Taha Jabir al-Awani -(IIIT)

Our World is Young in its struggle of Freedoms; with some countries finally achieving Liberation (from beginnings as early as 1957)... Democracy, Justice, and the Freedom to speak out against Tyranny: It is not Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Muslim...
It is a Universal Law...
Foreign Policy Association:
Dr. Taha Jabir al-Awani, Ibrahim founded the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in 1981 and later set up the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Ashburn, Virginia. His criticism of corruption and abuse of power within the Malaysian government and his vocal demand for reform resulted in his arrest and imprisonment in September 1998. Ibrahim, who led a new democratic movement in Malaysia from his prison cell, was released in September 2004.
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Thursday

NK Postulation: Methodology of Mayhem

A quick glance into the methodology of N. Korea...
Although the Committee to Protect Journalists have
assessed North Korea to be a country of which has
the most censored media in the world...
PHOTO: Yoho imishiban -06
Limited access to 'state-controlled' TV;
Radio: Police registry to approved stations.
...Those of whom have analyzed the sociology of the People of this 'rigidly controlled Stalinist state', have said that they appear to be some of the happiest and freest people in the world...Of course, this, despite little knowledge of the world outside their borders; and amidst a continuing Dictatorial propaganda which feeds prejudice that the outside world is hostile...

From Duoism.org:
In sociology, 'fear' societies such as NoKO are noted for their necessity of having an 'enemy,' whether that enemy is external or internal, in order to justify and consolidate their legitimacy with a disaffected population.

Nothing in the SC sanctions does anything to alter the modus operandi of the NOKos: the country is still very much a fear society, and unfortunately, the logical--and historical--progress of fear societies is toward homicidal suicide.

A delay has been achieved, merely a delay. With a homicidal/suicidal ideology (fascism, Stalinism, theofascism), any delay is but a brief preliminary dance with death.
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-Austinbay makes an excellent suggestion:
A second NoKo nuke test in the offing?
-and - North Korea’s nuclear test program.
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According to Tat Yan Kong (a lecturer at London's School of Oriental and African Studies) many North Koreans see developing a nuclear bomb (and the government's claim to be holding the US at bay) as a great source of pride...
N. Koreans find safety in the ignorance of the true impact the regime subjects them to...This must explain their reluctance to expand their vision beyond years of isolation. For now, all they think about is how to live...
PHOTO: Yoho imishiban -06
One of the most toxic effects of this Stalinist state regime is found in its leadership's failure to 'weigh appropriate action against any reasonable degree of effect' for the sake of survival of its Nation... There is a considerable cause for alarm concerning a regime who will meet ANY decision and plan of course of ANY action... Regardless of future impact...

Professor Leonid Petrov, a specialist in North Korean historiography based at the Political Sciences University in Paris, cites an example where a delegation of North Korean diplomats were expected (in Paris) to learn more about democracy and market economy. After the nuclear test, the trip was cancelled.
North Korea Ups the Ante
More talk of N.K around the community:
-Captain Ed explains:
The Non-Confrontational Approach To Sanctions

Outsidethebeltway's excellent post depicts:
The Next Nuclear States

asia.news posts: A song for Jong

Inthebullpen:North Korea Plans More Tests
Ian at Hotair:
Soros, Carter blame Bush for North Korea crisis
Wizbang posts:
Jimmy Carter Blames Bush for NoKo

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Tuesday

Effective Shift for the NK Regime?

There’s a delay, but is an effective shift on its way? Time will tell...
Time for China to Act -Image: Fas.org-05
News around Asia, & US (via net) has been circulating...
(Including statements by Diplomats)
There exists this question: Will China back coup against Kim ?
The Chinese Government has been ultra-cautious in its reaction. However, since Monday, Foreign Ministry officials have started to make a point of distinguishing between the North Korean people and their Government in conversations with diplomats.
What others are saying:
-Don Surber explains more: in this post -Excerpt: "This may be the quickest way to stop Kim Jong-Il from acquiring nuclear weaponry."

-Inthebullpen also makes a valid point in this post :
Red Dragon Rising
-And this, from Captain Ed:
China had a "heavy responsibility" to influence North Korea's behavior”
… Read this post: US Keeping Pressure On China

-And this: Secular Blasphemy posts:
”How bad is the regime of North Korea? ...This bad:
North Korea kills 'racially impure' disabled children
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-Additionally in the News: As relations between North Korea and China appear to be at their worst... (and that includes when the Red Guards were denouncing Kim Il-sung as a rightist during the Cultural Revolution.)
A Chinese official calls Kim Jong-il a ‘two-year-old Hitler’
Image: No © Soviet before January 1, 1923
Kim Jong-il (3) -father, Kim Il-sung, and mother, Kim Jong-suk (R).
Kim Jong Il's father: Kim Il-sung; an anti-Japanese guerrilla fighter with a Christian background (#). In the 1970s, Kim Il-sung was actively maneuvering his son for the succession...
-China & N.K History -
Source
-Recalling History:
Nearly 1500 years ago, North Korea was occupied by thugs who called themselves Koguryo. Militaristic, their army wore helmets with horns like samurai warriors. Ilitaristic; they were just like the North Koreans today...
(with Capital, also in PyongYang)
In the south, was the kingdom of Silla, which excelled in cultural and the arts, just as the South Koreans excel in dramas, movies etc. today..
-How did the Chinese deal with the N. Korean
threat (Koguryo threat) then?
-The Chinese (then under Tang Dynasty) tried many times to attack Koguryo but suffered humiliating defeats....Finally, they formed an alliance with the South Koreans (the Sillas) and together, the Chinese pitted the South Koreans (the Sillas) to fight the North Koreans (Koguryo). The war was a success. After the war, the Tang Dynasty moved its forces into Koguryo and occupied it...
-koreanguy
blog posts on china at The Truth Laid Bear

(Late) Sonny Bono's Project Nears Submit

Finding a resolution to the preservation of the largest lake in California was one of the most crucial projects of the late Sonny Bono. (Rep) ...
-Today, he would have been pleased with the diligent efforts of those who have finished an environmental report providing eight alternatives for saving the Salton Sea (California's largest lake.)
Proposals, soon to be presented to the Legislature.
AFP/Getty Images/David McNew
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge -06
The Salton Sea...a major stop for birds on the Pacific Flyway (near Calipatria.) As brown pelicans (above) take to the skies for their winter migration; we are reminded to follow this project to completion!... Birds from space will be monitoring their movements in order to help scientists fight the spread of H5N1. --(the deadly strain of avian flu virus.)

According to Christina Almeida:
After two years of often intense debate and research, state officials have prepared alternatives at which $2.3 billion to $5.9 billion will be applied to avert a huge public health threat. The 35-mile-long lake is expected to shrink 60 % in the next 20 years (if nothing is done)... Read more.

How many other "Salton Sea's are there in our nation?
How many neglected regions around the Country await resolution?
Get involved in supporting efforts to protect America's future.
Rebalancing the ecosystem of the Salton Sea,
California's largest lake. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The Ramdom Yak: It’s a Rainforest Out There
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"Extreme Division!" -Clinton says.

-In a Sun Oct 15, 2006 Reuters article:
IMAGE: Artist Kruger ©-06
Clinton says Republican "extremists" divided country
Extremely pleased to be in Iowa, Clinton places blame (not on 'ALL' of the "Extreme Republican Dividers")...But rather the percentage by which he claims to have divided; to highlight these differences...

...And out of the same breath, Clinton makes it extremely clear
that only a percentage of these Republicans are “Extremists”…
-Though later we discovered that the percentage (thought to be extremists)
were found to be the entire spectrum of people who disagree...


“Forget about politics, forget about 2008”Chants Clinton.

(Oh but we will... Oh but we will.)

-Excellent post at: gopbloggers:
Clinton Blames Everything On Republicans
-Fire-on-the-mountain:
“Principles” of Liberal wartime leadership.
-Conservative Cat:
Notes from Ferdy - A Possible
Solution to the Earthquake Crisis
Jos cafe: Oh Please … | Conservative Cat
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Underneath the Hawaiian Paradise

Somehow I like this picture of the surfer who maintained his daily ritual, amidst the quake activity of Hawaii...Earthquakes are a part of the earth's search for balance, amidst the true integrity of our earth's surface...So hey:
-Hundreds in Hawaii lined up at grocery markets; while some kept surfing. :)
IMAGE: AP Photo/Carol Cunningham
Surfing fanatics testing the fabulous waves
Maili Beach, Hawaii- Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006

The Big Island (said to be the largest mountain on earth) rises up more than 30,000 feet from the sea floor.... All the way up to the peak of Mauna Kea… Which, incidentally: Since January 2005, scientists have recorded fewer than 10 quakes a week beneath the summit of the (world's largest volcano) 13,677-foot Mauna Loa...

A probable cause for yesterday’s back to back quakes: View Diagram here
"The huge and growing geological mass exerts tremendous pressure on the sea floor. That vertical pressure, which actually depresses the sea floor around the flanks of the island; naturally is released periodically through earthquakes."
While the oceanic Pacific Plate moves west towards Japan, the Philippines Plate moves eastward towards Hawaii. The Pacific Plate is being subducted and gases and molten lava are coming up through the Philippines Plate...
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences-06


-View this incredible Underwater Volcano Video!

-Scientists, with the aid of remotely operated research submarines, are able to catch footage of an underwater flare-up (Volcanic Activity!)
-First remotely operated sub: ROPOS of March 04:
-Second vehicle: Hyper-Dolphin, in 2005…
-Third remotely operated vehicle, the Jason II, in April of 2006…


Note: The video (above) taken by Jason II; shows lava is rising in the vent so fast that a small glimpse of red glow can be seen intermittently before it crusts over or is blown apart. Credit: NOAA Vents Program.
View: Video- Jason II measures the temperature of the sulfur pond
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Other posts below:
Wizbang's: ‘Earthquake Hits Hawaii'
Drudge:
'Jolted' Fish Gave Early Warning Of Hawaii Quake
indiadaily:
underwater volcanoes erupting simultaneously
Alicia Chang:
Hawaii quake blamed on volcanic stress

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Sunday

Video- Rushdie/Profiles in Courage

Salman Rushdie is one of 'those insightful and courageous people'... who has merged beyond his own culture, and then gently looked back... And in a way, if we could all do this, think of how this would open communications (amidst tense relations) while clarifying 'fact from misrepresentation.'

Salman Rushdie gives us hope that (Someday) this may be possible.

-Video: Salman Rushdie Accepts :
"Profiles in Courage" Honor from AJC

Rushdie: "If you cannot reinterpret your culture from 1st principals (upwards) then, in a way, you live in an intellectual tyranny...and that becomes the problem from which all other problems follow."

-LGF posts an excellent interview :
Rushdie on the Religion of Peace
Excerpt:
Rushdie's message in this fight between the democratic-Muslim ideals of his grandfather and the psychotic-Muslim delusions of his assassins. It is a fight between people who want to open the universe a little more, and those who want to shrivel the universe into the stultified vision of one book and one man who lived in a desert more than a millennium ago... Read full article
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-Stay tuned for the Judith Kesher talk at: Basilsblog
And pay a visit to: Joscafe

U.N. Sanctions: Delaying N.K Strategy

-Suppliers stopped (for now)
And so, the threat has been minimized; and a delay set-forth to discourage N.K. Strategy.. I've come to believe that if we had not invaded Iraq, this threat would not only have failed to gain its final approval; sanctions would have been heavily laden in incentives…
Small portions of the immediate community have shown that they find it more offensive to have the United States camped at their borders, than 'full deregulation' of nuclear bomb testing...

Today: "Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 members of Security Council at U.N. Headquarters (unanimously) vote to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test... declaring that its action posed:
"A clear threat to international peace and security."
-Also...
There is no doubt of the fate of this Ambassador; who has failed to thwart sanctions, by threat of Declaration of War against U. S.
(He should have sought his own protection from the regime.)
(AP Photo/David Karp)
-Pictured here:
Pak Gil Yon ( North Korea's Ambassador to the U.N.) as he Listens to the verdict. Pak Gil later walked out of the council chamber, accusing its members of a "gangster-like" action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the U.S.
-Stop the ACLU has the VIDEO
Security Council Unanimously
Approves Sanctions on N. Korea

-But even that distant look... he knows that the destiny of a N. Korea's recoup
meant the continuing (and indiscriminate) sales of arms, bombs, and missiles to terror groups...
-The List of sales to these groups, is too long to post on this website...

Captain Ed posts:
UN Security Council Agrees On Sanctions;
and points to a link about Kerry comments. (haha)

Joining in the discussion:
Wizbang posts:
Breaking: UNSC Votes Unanimously
to Place Sanctions on NoKo
Linked at:
Basilsblog- Articles of Interest

Saturday

Dismissive Media- Jihadists Gain Ground

I'm posting this film again... It appears that those (Liberal MSM) who project bits and pieces of the merging jihadi culture; either fail to connect with the enormity (or) the challenge of 'politics' casts a shadow on their perception...
(Links below, open onto another page during movie.)
Today: Irresponsible journalism (Newsweek) publishes: Caliwho?
-Lgf posts about the Newsweek comments on this crisis:
Newsweek Mocks President Bush, Laughs at "Caliphate"

Evidently, the liberal Media wants you to feel comfortable electing a Liberal Candidate, and are willing to sacrifice the next year of politicking to 'down-play' the most pronounced threat to every individualized culture in the World?!!
...But look what the liberal views of France have
done to their beautiful culture.
-This from Captain Ed: France Facing Intifada:
"Le Intifada should serve as a warning to Europe and the West, and not just in terms of immigration policy. Radical Islamism threatens the basis of the nation-state, and once it gains a toehold, it becomes difficult to roll back. That's why we have to push back against it whenever and wherever it appears and convince moderates and fence-sitters that theocratic rule is not inevitable."

-Today, the same News Media (as above) airs a French White Flag!
Chirac addresses social biases as fuel for rioting

An administration who will apologize, with a mistaken
notion that to Pacify the enemy will quell the violence…
Invites more…And this is what we are seeing...


-Excerpt from Newsweek article above: Oct. 12, 2006 - When President George W. Bush starts using fifty-cent words in press conferences, one has to wonder why [Yes, after all, he’s just a stupid chimp, isn’t he? —ed.], and on Wednesday, during his Rose Garden appearance, he used the word “caliphate” four times. The enemy, he said—by which he clearly meant the Islamic terrorist enemy—wants to “extend the caliphate,” “establish a caliphate,” and “spread their caliphate.” Caliphate? Really? Many people live long, fruitful lives without once using the word caliphate. Almost no one, with the exception of our president and some of his advisers, uses it as a pejorative.

Others posting on Threats of Terror:
(Will open onto another page, during movie.)
In the bullpen: Hamas Might Target U.S. Interests

The Century Foundation:
Defeating the Jihadists: A Blueprint for Action

Cartoon at Right Nation

123beta | Jo's

Dubious Charities: Hitting 'Terror Lifeline'

-UPDATED: 9/28/2006
View the "HUGE" OFAC Blocked List:
Specially Designated Nationals and
other persons whose property is blocked
..A necessary move toward terror prevention, and to assist the public in
complying with the various sanctions programs administered by "OFAC"
(Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control)
Stopping the Funds; Dismantling the Attacks!
IMAGE: Private for E's Website
-In an article by Chancellor Gordon Brown (UK):
"The "cultural" battle against al Qaeda’s ideology had been "undervalued" in recent years" as he pledged to visit the Middle East in a bid to help the peace process.
-He also attacked anti-American sentiment, insisting values on
both sides of the Atlantic were "as one" in confronting extremism...
-Continuing that...
"There will be "no hiding place" for people who fund terrorism."

-Read : Brown targets terror fund charities:
Brown declared as he unveiled new measures to tackle the extremist threat. Secret intelligence will be used for the first time to freeze suspect assets, target "dubious" charities, and tougher rules imposed on bureaux de change, he said.
Mr. Brown announced the Treasury crackdown in a speech to foreign affairs think tank in which he also set out his broader approach to the nation's security.
Still the favorite to become Prime Minister within the year - he again warned that controversial moves to hold suspects for 90 days without charge could be revived...

Until now, only "open" intelligence could be used to justify freezing assets, but the new powers would help speed up the process, Mr. Brown said. "Our aim is simple: just as no safe haven should exist for terrorists, no hiding place should exist for those that finance terrorism," he told the meeting of Chatham House.
He added: "We cannot now risk waiting for someone to commit an act. Indeed it would be a failure of our duty to protect people to do so."
Continue reading
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If you have questions contact:

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
1500 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20220
(24-7)
202/622-2490

Current information on licenses issued with regard to Specially Designated Nationals and other blocked persons may be obtained or verified by calling OFAC Licensing at:
202/622-2480.
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Stop the ACLU | Church and State
blog posts on Terrorist Bank Data
Monitoring Program at The Truth Laid Bear
Terrorist Bank Data Monitoring Program
Inthebullpen lists:
CAIR watch
Right Nation
The world according to Carl

Friday

Tribute: PO2 (SEAL) Michael Monsoor

I've just read: SEAL Falls on Grenade to Save Comrades
According to a comrade:
During a combat engagement, a terrorist was able to toss a grenade into a room occupied by Mike and at least two other SEALs. Recognizing the danger to his fellow SEALs, Mike selflessly placed himself in a position to block the blast of the grenade with his own body and saved the lives of his platoonmates...HT: Bridget
-I know that this solder would be proud of the level of commitment
(shown by a fellow comrade)
-A tribute post by Froggy at blackfive:
Excerpt:
"Michael was a Christian man, raised in the Catholic Church and was often seen attending Mass before leaving the FOB on operations. His parents named him after the Archangel Michael-the great protector whose mission was to protect the world from the satanic forces of evil."
-And another tribute by John Donovan:At Castle Argghhh
UPDATE: Other tributes added:
-SEAL Mike Monsoor Falls on Grenade to Save Comrades
-And a truly inspiring post at: bluestarchronicles
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I'm not a soldier, and my tribute is very small... But I am sending the family of
PO2 Michael Monsoor this image, sent to me by my very talented little friend,
A. Bee this morning... She says it represents:
The Lady of Fatima sightings of Oct. 13th, 1917...

(Our Lady of Fatima)Photo Gallery-

They are saying that sympathy cards to Michael's family are being
collected by the great people at Soldier's Angels. (Richard & Adele)
Family of Michael A. Monsoor
C/O Patriot Support
716 Centre of New England Blvd. #173
Coventry, RI 02816

re: Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor

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