Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta
Obama amputates our nuclear arms
By: Charles Krauthammer
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Under President Obama’s new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is “in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” explained Gates, then “the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.”
Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. The president immediately calls in the lawyers to determine whether the attacking state is in compliance with the NPT. If it turns out that the attacker is up-to-date with its latest IAEA inspections, well, it gets immunity from nuclear retaliation. (Our response is then restricted to bullets, bombs and other conventional munitions.)
However, if the lawyers tell the president that the attacking state is NPT noncompliant, we are free to blow the bastards to nuclear kingdom come.
This is quite insane. It’s like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets hanged or 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections.
Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?
The naivete is stunning.
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ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - ARUTZ SHEVA: "HIZBULLAH SCUD MISSILES ARE 'JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG'" by Gil Ronen (SNIPPET: "“Syria has a very prominent role in enlarging the arsenal of rockets in Hizbullah's hands," he said. "Weapons transfers to Hizbullah from Syria are carried out in a regular manner and are arranged by the Syrian and Iranian regimes. Therefore this should not be termed 'weapons smuggling to Lebanon' -- it is an organized, officially sanctioned process." Even without the recent Scud transfers, Baidatz said, "Hizbullah possesses an arsenal of thousands of rockets of all types and ranges including solid-fuel missiles with a longer range and more accuracy [than the Scuds].") (Published May 4, 2010, 11:17 pm; Last update: May 4, 2010, 11:18 pm)
ADDING to post no. 290:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/05/times_square_bomber_met_with_q.php
“Qari Hussain met with Times Square bomber: Report”
By BILL ROGGIO
May 5, 2010 12:30 PM
SNIPPET: “According to AKI, Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American in custody who admitted to carrying out the failed Times Square bomb plot, had met with Qari Hussain Mehsud, the Taliban’s top trainer of suicide bombers:”
SNIPPET: “I have heard a similar report from a US intelligence official but have not been able to confirm this, so the AKI report is very interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a video of Shahzad flanked by Qari Hussain or Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud.
Qari Hussain took credit for the planned Times Square attack in an audiotape that appeared on a YouTube site created by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan News Channel on April 30, just one day before the attack. Qari Hussain’s audiotape was uploaded on April 30, the same day the Taliban news channel was created.”
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http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.345307194
“Pakistan: NY bomb suspect ‘met Taliban explosives expert’”
Islamabad, 5 May (AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad -
SNIPPET: “Pakistani investigators believe the man accused of the failed bomb attack in Times Square, Faisal Shahzad, learned about explosives from a senior Taliban expert at a training camp in Pakistan. Mohammad Rehan, one of eight people arrested in Pakistan late Tuesday, is accused of introducing Shahzad to militants gave him lessons in handling explosives.
According to security sources Rehan was arrested in the Pakistani southern port city of Karachi.
He is suspected of taking Shahzad, a son of retired senior air force officer, to the northern city of Peshawar and then to North Waziristan, which is now a Taliban stronghold.
Officials believe 30-year-old Shahzad, a Karachi-born Pushtun, had no relationship with any militant organisation, until Rehan put him in contact with Qari Hussain Mehsud, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban’s suicide squad and explosives expert.
Hussain is believed to have provided training to Shahzad on improvised explosives on a recent visit to Pakistan.”
May 5, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
NYC Times Square Terror Attempt News:
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect Waives Rapid Court Hearing - not in court on Wednesday
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/nyregion/06bomb.html
(U.S.) NYC: Bomber went on Times Square dry run
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/bomber_went_on_times_square_dry_2sR0J6vcfHD0MKeFjPjWlO
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square bomb: US tightens no-fly controls
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7683133/US-tightens-terrorism-no-fly-controls-after-Times-Square-bomb-lapses.html
— Incident raises questions about no-fly list
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/05/no.fly.list.questions/
(U.S.) NYC: FBI chasing leads on confessed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad’s potential terrorist ties
http://bit.ly/aUmHOq
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect May Have Received Online Education in Jihad
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/05/times-square-bomber-faisal-shahzad/
(U.S.) NYC: Feds probing suspect’s terror training claim
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36968032/ns/us_news-security/
(U.S.) NYC: Authorities started tracking down Faisal Shahzad using email address he had given the seller of SUV
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/804705—how-nyc-bomb-suspect-was-caught
— Times Square bombing: trail that led to Faisal Shahzad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/05/times-square-bombing-faisal-shahzad
(U.S.) NYC: Lapses in security let accused board plane
— NYT: “an FBI surveillance team that had found Shahzad in Connecticut lost track of him — it is not clear for how long — before he drove to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the officials said. As a result, investigators did not know he was planning to fly abroad until a final passenger list was sent to officials at the federal Customs and Border Protection agency minutes before takeoff.”
— “Emirates Airline failed to act on an electronic message at midday Monday notifying all airlines to check the no-fly list for an important added name, the officials said.”
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/05/05/accused_goes_from_anonymity_to_notoriety/
— Authorities Lost Shahzad in Traffic Monday
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/05/national/main6463571.shtml
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomber Left Trail From Keys to Calls
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-05/times-square-bomber-left-trail-from-keys-to-calls-update2-.html
(U.S.) NYC: Suspect’s Gun Proved Easy to Obtain
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/nyregion/06gun.html
(U.S.) NYC: Pa. fireworks store has video of suspected Times Square bomber
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/pa_fireworks_store_has_video_of_4NzBLKadfTh4JzIENPc7cM
(U.S.) Times Square bomb plot spotlights larger U.S. fear
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0414636120100505
(U.S.) NYC: NYC mayor spares police jobs after failed bomb attack
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6446HO20100505
(U.S.) NYC: “Media Ignore The Fact That Man Who Alerted Police To Failed Times Square Bombing Is A Muslim Immigrant”
-— Aliou Niasse
http://bit.ly/a0gJlF
— May 3 listing we had was — Lance Norton, Duane Jackson, and Mohamate Niasse
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64209V20100503
(U.S.) Connecticut: Faisal Shahzad: accused Times Square bomber ‘gave up American dream for jihad’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7682794/Faisal-Shahzad-accused-Times-Square-bomber-gave-up-American-dream-for-jihad.html
— Suspected NY bomber a married financial analyst
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6436G920100504
— Mystery surrounds suburban dad, accused terrorist
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/05/new.york.bomb.suspect/
(U.S.) Connecticut: Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad ‘was just a normal dude’ before making neighbors suspicious
http://bit.ly/c5OrUH
(U.S.) Connecticut: Suspect in bombing stranger to Connecticut mosques
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Suspect-in-bombing-stranger-to-Conn-mosques/8o5-Y395c06HY8ovId6mgw.cspx
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan Army denies Times Square bomb arrests
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.346008263
(U.S./Pakistan) Times Square Bomb Suspect Met With Key Taliban Leader, Pakistani Officials Say
— FOX News: “Pakistani officials confirmed to Fox News that Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was introduced to Qari Hussain, the No.3 in the top tier leadership of the Pakistani Taliban on his last trip to Pakistan.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/05/times-square-bomb-suspect-met-pakistani-taliban-leader/
— “Plausible” link between bomb suspect, Taliban - U.S.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6446DY20100505
(U.S./Pakistan) Link emerges between Times Square bomb attempt and Pakistani militant group
— Jaish-e-Muhammad
— LA Times: “A member of the Al Qaeda-allied Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad is being held by authorities in Pakistan. That man spent time with Faisal Shahzad, the person charged in the failed bomb plot, although sources say that does not mean Jaish-e-Muhammad engineered the plot.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-pakistan-shahzad-20100506,0,4293192.story
— Pakistani Group Jaish May Offer Clue in Shahzad Case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703322204575226443266852562.html
(U.S./Pakistan) NY bomb suspect being probed for links abroad
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_1
— Faisal bought one-way ticket to Pakistan: airline
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_4
— Three suspects arrested in Lahore
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_2
— Faisal’s parents, relatives ‘go underground’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_3
(U.S./Pakistan) Car bomb suspect who slipped under radar is son of air force chief
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7117533.ece
(U.S./Pakistan) Probe in failed Times Square attack focusing on Pakistani Taliban
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/05/AR2010050501536.html
US, Pakistan hold high-level talks about bomb plot: US
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104243
(U.S./Pakistan) “Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told CBS News he believed the failed attack was a retaliation for the United States targeting Taliban followers.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64100G20100505
— NY bomb plot linked to drone strikes: FM
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_7
— Qureshi sought U.S. to negotiate with Taliban in February 2009
— “Pakistan advises Holbrooke talk to Taliban moderates” — Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSISL24406020090210
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan frontier a haven for militants
— State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says does not want to damage “our relationship with Pakistan”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/pakistan.lawless.province/
Newslinks:
Pakistan is ‘epicenter of Islamic terrorism’
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/05/zakaria.pakistan.terror/index.html
— NOTE: this is why you have seen so many newslinks on Pakistan from me over the years...
(Pakistan/U.S.) Letter of satisfaction on minority rights from US Senators to President of Pakistan is very surprising
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1611
Pakistan receives $468 million from US security fund
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-pak-receives-468-mn-csf-qs-04
Pakistan Daily Times: Editorial: A stunning arrest
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg3_1
Pakistan: Taliban cut off hands of three tribesmen
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/06-taliban-cut-off-hands-of-three-tribesmen-rs-04
Pakistan: Military spokesman denies any arrests after NW bomb plot
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2081035&Language=en
Iraq: Thousands Protest Bus Bomb Against Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/iraq-thousands-protest-bus-bomb-against-christians/
— May 2, 2010 - Iraq: Christians Targeted in Multiple Bus Bomb Attack
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/iraq-christians-targeted/
-— NOTE: Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Attacks on Iraqi Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-praises-attack-on-iraq-christians/
“Kuwaiti Sheikh: Scholars and Preachers Entice Naive Youth to Join Illegitimate Jihad”
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4134.htm
(Afghanistan) Taliban suicide squad targets Afghan council
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/06/taliban-suicide-squad-targets-afghan-council/
— Afghanistan: Suicide bomber ‘kills’ provincial official
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.345657228
(Afghanistan) Militants launch deadly suicide attack on Afghan city
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-afghanistan-militant-attack-qs-08
Afghan President to Visit Washington Amid Efforts to Reconcile with Taliban
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Afghan-President-to-Visit-Washington-Amid-Efforts-to-Reconcile-with-Taliban-92896744.html
— Taliban reconciliation talks to take place in Washington
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/631540/cs/1/
(Afghanistan) Taliban leaders to be offered exile under Afghanistan peace plan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/05/afghanistan-taliban-leaders-offered-exile-peace-plan
(Afghanistan) “Captured Leader Offers Insight Into the Taliban”
— Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/world/asia/06baradar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
(Iran) Ahmadinejad vows Iran will continue nuclear program
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3885402,00.html
— Ahmadinejad Defiant in Face of U.N. Sanctions, Israeli Military
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/iran-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-defiant-face-sanctions-israeli/story?id=10556122
(Iran) Icelandic Documentary: “Osama bin Laden ‘living in luxury in Iran’”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7680557/Osama-bin-Laden-living-in-luxury-in-Iran.html
(Israel) Cabinet to discuss incitement-monitoring
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=174705
Somali Islamists planning wave of attacks: AU
— Plotting Iraq-style suicide attacks on Mogadishu
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/05/107804.html
(Somalia) Warship ordered to chase Somali pirates after Russian tanker is hijacked
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7117502.ece
(Sweden) Al-Qaida group recruiting Sweden’s youth
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/05/05/Al-Qaida-group-recruiting-Swedens-youth/UPI-75351273100446/
Greece on brink of abyss as three bank workers killed in riots
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7117546.ece
(Canada) Accused terrorism-financer expected to plead guilty in Vancouver court
— Tamil Tigers Prapaharan Thambithurai
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Accused+terrorism+financer+expected+plead+guilty+Vancouver+court/2989907/story.html
War on Women:
(Iraq) Human trafficking female victims jailed in Iraq
http://bit.ly/cLIj6P
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/05/04/jamjoom.iraq.girls.prison.cnn
(UK) Iranian civil rights protester is spared deportation — for NOW
— “Bita Ghaedi, who feared her life was at risk if returned to Iran, wins interim reprieve”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/05/iranian-civil-rights-protester-deportation
Other News:
(U.S.) “Taking a stand” by M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/05/taking-a-stand/
(U.S.) “Defeat the Ideology — the root cause of Political Islam” by M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://bit.ly/bh9WaF
(U.S.) Reported bomb at Houston’s Bush International Airport a false alarm
http://www.helium.com/items/1823882-reported-bomb-at-houstons-bush-international-airport-a-false-alarm
(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Attacks on Iraqi Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-praises-attack-on-iraq-christians/
(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Shooting of Detroit Police Officer
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-detroit-police/
(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Mosque Bombing
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-mosque-bombing/
(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Floods and Tragic Deaths
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-praises-floods-and-tragic-deaths/
(UK) The British public are demonizing Israel, ambassador says
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7117347.ece
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist China to force internet users to register real names
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7681709/China-to-force-internet-users-to-register-real-names.html
Against Racial Supremacism News:
(U.S.) “Tea party groups battling perceptions of racism”
— “’We don’t want the worst elements to take this over,’ said Brendan Steinhauser, campaign director for FreedomWorks, a national group that helps coordinate tea party activists”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050405168.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36955637/ns/politics-washington_post/
-— White Nationalists Claim Infiltration of April 15 Event in Washington DC by Using Gadsden Flag
http://bit.ly/gadsdenflag
— St. Louis: White Separatist Chased From Tea Party Political Event
http://bit.ly/stlouiscofcc
— Florida: Racist “Hate Group” Seeks Own “Tea Party” Event – Rejected by Tea Party Leaders
http://bit.ly/floridatea
— “White Nationalists” Seek to Infiltrate “Tea Party” Groups — Finding Mixed Response
http://bit.ly/whiteteaproblems
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Thanks for the tip, the thread for the refinery fire is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2507276/posts
Tonight’s Headline news is up.
Stay well and be careful, all of you.
ADDNG to post no. 302:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/us_sees_pakistani_ta.php
“US sees Pakistani Taliban involvement in Times Square attack after downplaying links”
By BILL ROGGIO
May 6, 2010 12:59 AM
Thanks to Milford421 for this report:
Redstone Explosion - UPDATE
Posted: May 5, 2010 09:29 AM CDT
Two people are being treated after being critically burned after an explosion at Redstone Arsenal. We’re told that the incident happened at Building 7352 around 8:45am.
Officials with Redstone Arsenal briefed the media on the situation Wednesday morning. The victims names were not released but officials say both men had years of experience. Arsenal officials say no one at the Arsenal is at risk because of the explosion and that the building was made to contain these types of blasts.
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Officials with the Madison County EMA say the building was demolished in the blast. The explosion was described as a “chemical type explosion”. Initial reports of a fatality on the scene are not accurate, according to EMA and HEMSI .
WAAY 31 has several crews on this story.
http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12429475
Thanks to Milford421 for this report:
RFK Bridge Closed After Suspicious U-Haul Truck Abandoned On Triborough Bridge
at UK Today News
snipped.
“The first thing they did was conduct X-rays to give them an idea of what was inside the box if anything. They saw nothing. At that point, they cut a hole in side of the truck — on the left side of the truck — so they could visually inspect inside to make sure the X-rays hadn’t missed anything. The X-ray was confirmed, there was nothing inside. They had also inspected the engine, the undercarriage and the cab; all negative for anything dangerous.”
A Bridge and Tunnel Authority officer reportedly saw the driver jump out of the truck and then run toward the Queens side of the bridge.
Police are searching for the driver who left the truck.
Thanks to Milford421 for making a list of these recent incidents:
Thanks to Ruthr, justsaynomore and Mark Taylor. Just a summary of these incidents...dont forget cyanide student in the subway system in NY.
May - 18-wheeler explodes at San Antonio refinery
April - Second drilling rig overturns, LA
April - Firefighters battle flames at oil refinery in Memphis, 1 critically injured -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2503735/posts
April - Deep Rig Fires Up, Explodes, Sinks - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498776/posts
April - Officials: 2 coal miners dead in Kentucky accident - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2503359/posts
April - 25 killed in West Virginia mine blast - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2487460/posts
April - 5 die in Anacortes, Wash. refinery blast, fire - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2485880/posts
Then you have the attempts at NYC, Philadelphia, and the exploding bag just this week...
Yahoo! Groups Links
To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/under-investigation/
I’m short on time but there’s been a big explosion at a jet fuel refinery AGE south of San Antonio.
Not many details yet happened about 1 1/2 hours ago. From what I’ve heard a tanker truck exploded there and caused the rest of the terminal to do same.
sorry that should have posted yesterday - using a different computer for a few days :(
Rumors are going strong around here, too. Most everyone I’ve met in the last few days seems nervous.
There was some panic over a man with an antique rifle at Fort Sanders hospital; there was no problem at all and no arrest, but this is the kind of thing for which we seem to be collectively waiting.
Somethin’ ain’t right.
OPINION:
It’s our weak leadership that makes people nervous.
No confidence in dear leader.
HS & Cindy:
My opinion here! LOL —
For what it’s worth I believe you two are correct. I had to walk somewhere today, and I can tell you that I myself made a mental note of EVERYONE I passed on the sidewalk. Of course, I always make eye contact, smile and say “hello”. But, it was more than that this time (and I’m in a SMALL “city” - rural all around). I guess you could say I’m wide awake right now...
Cindy, I do believe that a LOT of the nervousness - as you said - is due to a loss of faith in the ability (or willingness) of our government to keep us safe. I still have complete faith in the individual members of our military, but I’m aware that their hands have been tied by the CIC, and his new ROEs.
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2508333/posts
STANDOFF IN NH CITY AFTER BUS BOMB THREAT
(AP) via Google ^ | May 6, 2010 | n/a
Posted on May 6, 2010 4:29:02 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET - quote: Standoff in NH city after bus bomb threat By KATHY McCORMACK (AP) – 45 minutes ago
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Authorities remained in a standoff with a man on a Maine-to-New York Greyhound bus Thursday, hours after a passenger called 911 to report an explosive device on board. The other 16 passengers and the driver safely got off the bus, which was parked in downtown Portsmouth, surrounded by a bomb squad and sharpshooters, including one in an armored vehicle.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2508376/posts
ICE DEPORTS IRAQI NATIONAL WITH TIES TO AL QAEDA OPERATIVES
ICE.gov - News Release ^ | May 6, 2010 | n/a
Posted on May 6, 2010 5:18:58 PM PDT by Cindy
Note: The following text is a quote:
May 6, 2010
ICE deports Iraqi national with ties to Al Qaeda operatives
SEATTLE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced that an Iraqi citizen, who had ties to an Al Qaeda leader and was deemed a national security risk by a federal immigration judge, an administrative appeals court and a federal appeals court, was recently removed to his native country.
Sam Malkandi, 51, was living in Kirkland, Wash., in 1999 when he attempted to fraudulently obtain a U.S. visa for Tawfiq bin Attash to travel here and purportedly receive medical treatment. Bin Attash, also known as “Khallad,” was a trusted lieutenant and former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden, and is suspected of planning the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000.
During Malkandi’s hearings before a federal immigration judge, ICE attorneys introduced evidence that Malkandi committed fraud against the U.S. government in order to obtain immigration benefits for himself and his family. ICE attorneys also presented evidence linking Malkandi to Khallad and argued that there are reasonable grounds for regarding Malkandi as a danger to the security of the United States. In February 2006, the immigration judge ordered Malkandi removed to Iraq.
The Board of Immigration Appeals considered his case and, three months later, upheld the immigration court’s order of removal. Malkandi appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In August 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued a published decision upholding the immigration judge’s opinion and ruling that nothing prevented ICE from deporting Malkandi.
“We are gratified that justice has prevailed in this case,” said Dorothy Stefan, chief counsel for ICE in Seattle. “Our laws prohibit aliens who are living here as our guests to use this country as a base to advocate terrorism or support terrorists. ICE will use every tool at its disposal to restore integrity to the nation’s immigration system and protect the community from those who might attempt to do us harm.”
Evidence linking Malkandi to Al Qaeda surfaced in 2003 after bin Attash was captured in Karachi, Pakistan, and turned over to U.S. authorities. According to a footnote on page 492 of The 9/11 Commission Report, bin Attash told U.S. officials in August 2003 that an individual living in Bothell, Wash., whose name sounded like “Barzan,” had tried to help him obtain a U.S. visa to enter the United States.
U.S. officials concluded that “Barzan” was very likely Sarbarz Mohammad who was living in Bothell at the time. Sarbarz Mohammad changed his name to Sam Malkandi in 2001.
A subsequent investigation by ICE and FBI agents on the Seattle Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) determined that “Barzan” and Sam Malkandi were the same individual.
Among other things, federal agents were able to obtain documents indicating that Malkandi had made arrangements with a clinic in Bellevue, Wash., for bin Attash, under an alias, to obtain a new prosthetic foot in 1999. Bin Attash was never able to come to the United States as his visa application was denied.
ICE agents arrested Malkandi in August 2005 on grounds that he had committed fraud against the U.S. government in order to obtain immigration benefits for himself and his family. Specifically, he was accused of falsely claiming to have been incarcerated in Iran for possession of prohibited materials. At the time of the arrest, JTTF agents executed a search warrant at Malkandi’s home.
— ICE —
May 6, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
Events:
May 12 - Washington DC White House Protest - No to Taliban!
— Lafayette Park and White House Sidewalk 12 Noon-2 PM, Wednesday May 12
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/no-to-taliban/
Newslinks:
(U.S./Afghanistan) Obama-Karzai Meeting Scheduled for May 12 in Washington DC
— “A top advisor to United States President Barack Obama has said that the scheduled meeting between the President with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai will take place on May 12.”
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/04/10/nomodification-to-obama-karzai-meeting-whitehouse.html
(U.S./Afghanistan) U.S., Karzai seek common view on Taliban talks
— Reuters: “’Does talking to the Taliban or other extremist groups lead to peace?’ is the topic on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul’s Facebook discussion page this week.”
— “U.S. officials said they wanted to make sure Karzai was on the same page as Washington before the assembly, with one senior official saying reconciliation was ‘in the mix’ of issues being discussed during Karzai’s May 10-14 visit.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6444DJ20100505
(U.S./Afghanistan) Afghan President to Visit Washington Amid Efforts to Reconcile with Taliban
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Afghan-President-to-Visit-Washington-Amid-Efforts-to-Reconcile-with-Taliban-92896744.html
— Karzai to discuss proposal that also offers reinsertion and jobs to former militants with Obama on US visit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/05/afghanistan-taliban-leaders-offered-exile-peace-plan
— Amnesty for Taliban, Afghan plan states
-— “A more controversial plan, the Guardian notes, is a plan to put some fighters into training programs for the national police force.”
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/05/06/Amnesty-for-Taliban-Afghan-plan-states/UPI-76301273159870/
— Karzai and Obama due for talks on Taliban reconciliation
http://www.australiannews.net/story/631540
— Analysts: Karzai Needs to Rebuild US Ties on Washington Trip
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Analysts—Karzai-Needs-to-Rebuild-US-Ties-on-Washington-Trip-92901994.html
— Karzai to seek Obama’s approval for peace deals with insurgents
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/02/AR2010050203230.html?wprss=rss_world
(U.S./Afghanistan) Karzai may face hostile audience in U.S. Congress
— President Obama has asked for “$4.5 billion for related foreign aid and civilian operations directed by the State Department.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6452LB20100506
(U.S./Pakistan) NY bomb suspect had links with Pak Taliban, Kashmir terror group: Pak
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/NY-bomb-suspect-had-links-with-Pak-Taliban-Kashmir-terror-group-Pak/articleshow/5899003.cms
— Official: Times Square suspect had Taliban ties
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/06/times.square.probe/index.html?hpt=T2
— Sources: Shahzad Had Contact With Awlaki, Taliban Chief, and Mumbai Massacre Mastermind
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/faisal-shahzad-contact-awlaki-taliban-mumbai-massacre-mastermind/story?id=10575061
— Faisal Shahzad: evidence of car bomb link to terror network
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7686975/Faisal-Shahzad-evidence-of-car-bomb-link-to-terror-network.html
(U.S./Pakistan) US faces new terror threats, tactics out of Pakistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPxu8rmajnpCQxEpxTkPksqmmBxA
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistani Taliban: NY bomb attempt a ‘brave’ act
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_15029172?nclick_check=1
— Taleban disown Times Square ‘Idiot Bomber’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7118996.ece
(U.S./Pakistan) Karachi mosque draws investigators into botched New York bombing
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_32
(U.S.) NYC: Faisal Shahzad on Homeland Security List Since 1999
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20004263-10391695.html
— CBS News Exclusive: New Image of Faisal Shahzad in Times Square
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20004220-10391695.html
— Faisal Shahzad Led Spartan Life, Video of Apartment Shows
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20004322-503543.html
(U.S.) NYC: Peter King Calls for Investigation Into Shahzad Leak
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20004355-503544.html
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square suspect recently more religious, friend reportedly says
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/06/times.square.friend/
(U.S.) NYC: Praise to Heroes Alerting Police to Car Bomb – including Muslim
— Duane Jackson, Lance Orton, Muslim vendor Aliou Niasse and his brother Mohamate Niasse
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/nyc-heroes/
(U.S.) Obama security team to meet on Pakistan, Afghanistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5itZhC8iv3BRutokxvNhj-gB_Qi4g
(U.S.) Report on ex-Guantanamo Bay Detainees
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/05/jd-gordon-times-square-bomb-gitmo-detainees-terror-pakistani-taliban/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pentagon says safe havens have to be fully, aggressively targeted in
Pentagon says safe havens have to be fully, aggressively targeted in
Pakistan: Father of bomber ‘questioned’ over attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.353301713
(Pakistan) Acid attacks on girls dominated the debate during the Balochistan Assembly
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_30
(Pakistan) Militant groups in Pakistan
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-48280820100506
Pakistan: Politicians sheltering militants in Punjab?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_15
Pakistan: Militant camps turn out hardened warriors
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_16
Pakistan-despite failed NY attack, change will be slow in coming
http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2010/05/06/pakistan-despite-failed-ny-attack-change-will-be-slow-in-coming/
Pakistan: Would-be suicide bomber among 2 held in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_12
Pakistan: Four Marriott bombing accused put under house arrest
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_9
Pakistan Daily Times editorial: “Silence means consent. And conditional condemnation is psychobabble.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg3_3
Pakistan Dawn: “Why is it that all terrorist routes seem to lead to Pakistan?”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/new-york-plot-650
— Pakistan Dawn: “It’s been nearly 10 years since 9/11 and still the infrastructure of jihad in urban Pakistan, which is likely the first port of call for those travelling from foreign lands in search of jihad, has not been uprooted. The spread of literature and audio and video paraphernalia glorifying jihad and calling for violence against the West, India, Israel, etc continues unchecked.”
http://news.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/new-york-plot-650
— Soul searching in Pak: Why do we breed militants?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Soul-searching-in-Pak-Why-do-we-breed-militants/articleshow/5900324.cms
(Pakistan) 40 days on, militants free Col Imam, UK scribe in Pak
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/40-days-on-militants-free-Col-Imam-UK-scribe-in-Pak/articleshow/5900319.cms
(Pakistan) Malik says NY suspect probably didn’t act alone
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_23
(Pakistan) Troops kill 27 Taliban in Orakzai
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_28
Pakistan: Afghan Taliban ‘behind release of two hostages’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.351793256
(Pakistan/India) US wants remaining 26/11 perpetrators punished
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\07\story_7-5-2010_pg7_6
India: Convicted Mumbai Terrorist Attacker from Pakistan Ajmal Kasab Sentenced to Death
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ajmal-Kasab-gets-what-he-gave-Death/articleshow/5900437.cms
— Mumbai area reaction
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mumbai/Judgment-day-in-court-jubilation-on-the-streets/articleshow/5900569.cms
— Mercy plea can be put on fast track
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mercy-plea-can-be-put-on-fast-track/articleshow/5900444.cms
— Pakistan distances itself from condemned Mumbai gunman
http://news.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-pakistan-reaction-kasab-sentence-qs-11
Afghanistan: UN envoy condemns attacks
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.352960844
Afghanistan-France: French Interior Minister in Kabul ahead of Karzai-Obama meet
http://www.heralddeparis.com/afghanistan-france-french-interior-minister-in-kabul-ahead-of-karzai-obama-meet-2/86893
Iraq: Roadside bomb kills 2 in N. Baghdad
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2081286&Language=en
Somalia: Al-Qaeda ‘planning 10 suicide attacks on capital’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.350784136
(Niger) Al Qaeda claims kidnap of French man in Niger: TV
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6450ZU20100506
Yemen court questions U.S. al Qaeda suspect
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7880139&subject=companies&action=article
Other News:
(U.S.) Some 9/11 families protest as mosque planned near ground zero wins key endorsement
— key issue is ASMA group involvement
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-ap-us-ground-zero-mosque,0,7351837.story
(Egypt) Ban for indecency is new twist in tale of One Thousand and One Nights
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7118782.ece
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Not many details yet happened about 1 1/2 hours ago. From what I’ve heard a tanker truck exploded there and caused the rest of the terminal to do same.<<<
What are the locals saying about this incident?
We got the normal “no terrorism involved”.
All Clear at Seattle Airport After Bomb Scare - KTVN Channel 2 ...
All Clear at Seattle Airport After Bomb Scare. Posted: Thursday, May 6,
2010 10: 36 AM EST. Updated: ...
a snippet....
A bomb squad has detonated a piece of suspicious luggage that was smoking at the Seattle-Tacoma airport.
Port of Seattle spokeswoman Terri-Ann Betancourt says the luggage contained only a battery charger and electronics.;
http://www.ktvn.com/global/story.asp?s=12438430
[Didn’t the exploding bag happen in Texas? and now a smoking one in Seattle....right, ok, no tinfoil hat needed.
granny]
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