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Two terrorists were mauled to death and another seriously wounded after a bear attacked their hideout in a forest area in south Kashmir [ Images ], a senior police officer said. He said the bear as per the intercepts of militants attacked a hideout of the Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit in the forest area near Damhal Hanjipora in south Kashmir Shopian district.

An al-Qaida-linked extremist group warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were "doomed," as protesters raged across the Muslim world to demand more of an apology from the pontiff for his remarks about Islam and violence. The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a Web forum vowing to continue its holy war against the West. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified. The group said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross"...

Just in. I am looking at a picture of the WTC with smoke pouring out of the western tower. Looks like a huge amount of damage. Debris raining down on people in the street.

Here are some links from the FR archives in observance of the fifth anniversary of 9/11/2001 - Threads list of several breaking news items - Latest Articles The first post reporting the attacks by OldEconomyBuyer - World Trade Center Posted on the first anniversary - Associated Press newswire - September 11, 2001 - Chronology of news alerts, bulletins and flashes

Please take the time to watch this video, we must remember those on September 11, 2001. We can never forget, and we can not let those who wish us to forget to let us forget. Please, take 15 minutes from freeping, this is bookmarked on my home page, Thank you FReepers. Indy.Never Forget. If you let it run past the video, there are many good quotes after.

NEW DELHI - While all attention is focused on Osama bin Laden and his cohorts allegedly cornered in western Pakistan, in India there is an equal amount of interest in the one man who is wanted just as desperately - Dawood Ibrahim. Reports quoting intelligence sources and independently confirmed by home ministry officials say that India's most wanted criminal - thought to be hiding in Pakistan - is facing the heat at the instance of none less than Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf. The reports say that Dawood's personal security guards, derived from the cream of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)...

KARACHI - A massive land and air military operation on either side of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is now under way, with the main goals of catching leading commanders of the Afghan resistance, as well as Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar. The focal point of the operation at this point is the tribal areas of North and South Waziristan on the Pakistani side, and Paktia and Paktika in Afghanistan. On Sunday, Pakistani Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat confirmed that Pakistani paramilitary troops had been deployed in these tribal areas. In the coming weeks, the operation...

Fox subtite just announces that the "Shock and Awe" has begun!

Should the US go to war with Iraq? [ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Undecided Link to poll HERE.

BREMERTON — Many in a small crowd that gathered at a waterfront park in this Navy town yesterday wore red, white and blue and carried signs proclaiming "United We Stand" and "Peace Through Strength." They assembled to show their support for President Bush, for the troops and, if necessary, for military action against Iraq. While those at the rally stopped short of saying they wanted war, they made it clear that if diplomatic efforts fail to gain concessions from Saddam Hussein, they will readily support any action Bush proposes. "Saddam Hussein is a street thug and there's no question...

PATRIOTS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR PRESIDENT IN SUPPORT OF OUR SAFETY WHEN: 10:00 AM, SATURDAY 10/19 WHERE: The rally will be held in Evergreen Park in Bremerton. It's at the end of 14th St., near the Warren Avenue Bridge. If you reach the Warren Ave Bridge going to East Bremerton you've gone to far. WHY: With the recent votes against the President's Iraq Resolition by Washington Congressmen such as Jim McDermott and Jay Inslee, we feel that it's important to join one in solidarity and support for our military at home and abroad. SPEAKERS: The rally will have several...

U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott broadened his attack on George W. Bush's war plans yesterday, saying the president is threatening military action in Iraq as part of a plot to crown himself emperor of America. Criticized for saying on a trip to Iraq early last week that Bush would mislead the American public, McDermott, a Seattle Democrat, was back in his district yesterday telling cheering supporters that Bush is planning a war to distract voters' attention from domestic problems. He said Bush is trying to "submarine" efforts to restart weapons inspections in Iraq to give him a pretext for starting...

NEW YORK, Oct 7 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people, led by some top Hollywood stars, demonstrated on the streets of the United States' largest cities to protest President George W. Bush's US plans to invade Iraq. In New York on Sunday, at least 15,000 people gathered in Central Park to denounce Washington's stance towards Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, including Oscar-winning movie star Susan Sarandon and her actor husband Tim Robbins. Sarandon, star of hit films such as "Thelma and Louise" slammed the Bush administration's alleged bellicose policy as "madness ... a war that would kill hundreds of...

MANILA, Oct 3 (AFP) - The Abu Sayyaf Muslim kidnap gang is flexing its muscles in the southern Philippines, staging bombings and abductions two months after US troops ended an anti-terror campaign. A daring bomb attack that shook the relatively peaceful southern port city of Zamboanga late Wednesday and killed three people, including a US soldier involved in relief work, has been blamed on the notorious group. The blast occurred just as a motorcyclist carrying the bomb drove in front of a karaoke bar where the victims were gathered, officials said. National police chief Director General Hermogenes Ebdane said...

Curse of T.E. Lawrence's Promise: The Phony Nation of IraqJack WheelerWednesday, Oct. 2, 2002 The most legendary American journalist of the 20th century was Lowell Thomas. I had the opportunity to meet him in 1978 when we were guests on the Merv Griffin show. Off camera, I asked him, "Do you feel you contributed, however inadvertently, to the political mess that is the Middle East today?” He looked at me sharply and asked me what I meant. "Well, after all,” I answered, "it was you who gave Lawrence’s promise to the Hashemites so much power.” His eyes narrowed, and...

"O God, save Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem from the Zionists" Yemeni Sermon 20 September 2002 20 September 2002FBIS (US Government service) Report] Sanaa Republic of Yemen Television in Arabic, official televisionstation of the Republic of Yemen, on 20 September 2002 at 0903 GMT carries a22-minute live sermon from the Grand Mosque in Sanaa. Shaykh Akram Abd-al-Razzaq al-Ruqayhi delivers the sermon.... Concluding, the imam prays to God: "O God, strengthen Islam andMuslims, disappoint infidels and unbelievers. O God, strengthen yourfollowers and Your religion." He goes on: "O God, give us victory overthe infidels and suppress the Zionists, their supporters, the Christians,and...

A lie has always a certain amount of weight with those who wish to believe it.E.W. RiceWestern Elitist Intellectuals, and their liberal dupes in the press, refuse to acknowledge the hostility between Islam (note I do not use the qualifier "militant") and Christianity. Thus the red herring of Israel as the root cause of the friction between the Muslim world and the west. Israel provides the Muslim propagandist with the cover to launch a covert terror war against largely Christian democratic free societies.This Muslim lead propaganda assault against the west is meant to obscure the threat Islam presents. Any attempt...

KARACHI, Sept 25 (AFP) - Seven Pakistani Christians were killed and another person wounded by unknown gunmen who entered their office and shot each in the head with a single bullet Wednesday in the volatile southern city of Karachi, police said. The attack is the latest in a series of deadly strikes on Christian targets since Pakistan signed up a year ago to help the United States crush Afghanistan's Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime and the al-Qaeda network. Police say two assailants armed with pistols entered the office of the Institute for Peace and Justice at around 9:00 am (0300...

Just announced, more to follow....no one else has reported.

I believe America weeps, because it has been made to deny natural character traits of citizenship, duty, and retribution, while sensing betrayal, defeat, and denial orchestrated by the hand-in glove government-media complex in their duel failure to clarify and attack America's enemies. No Pound Of Flesh We are all consciously aware that there has been no satisfaction, no pound of flesh taken, for the brutal and horrific sneak attack on our Citizens.We are a country gripped not in a righteous offensive mode, but rather a defensive mode, which will ultimately cripple our economic growth. Customs agents are incapable of detecting...