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Posted on 10/01/2006 5:29:13 PM PDT by nwctwx
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I couldn't agree more.
WASHINGTON TIMES.som (UPI): "SOMALIS MAY BE JOINING MILITIAS" by Shaun Waterman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Concern is growing among U.S. and Canadian counterterrorism specialists that Somali-Canadians are joining Islamist militias in their homeland linked to al Qaeda. Former senior Canadian intelligence official David Harris said there was concern that returning militia veterans with "the kind of skills that ... could make them very dangerous" might try to stage terror attacks. "We're seeing the possibility of a tragic future unfold," he said.") (October 18, 2006)
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
"More 9/11 Victims Discovered"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "More than five years after the World Trade Center towers were destroyed by Islamic terrorists, more human remains from the massacre have been discovered. (Hat tip: Michael.)
Rest in peace, whoever you are. We’re not forgetting you; at least, not here."
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I know, I was just playing with the word "infiltration!"
That word is probably not the word they would have chosen had they been aware of all it conotes.
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Islamic Army in Iraq
Mothertongue Name:
al-Jaish al-Islami fi al-Iraq
Base of Operation: Iraq"
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Iraqi Government Fights Back Against Insurgent Violence
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2006 – Iraq’s governmental leaders are rising to confront “an array of complicated issues” amid a spike in insurgent violence, a senior U.S. military officer said today.
“The U.S. and coalition leadership commends this perseverance, while the Multinational Force Iraq continues to assess and revise our strategy and tactics to support this government” in an ever-changing, dynamic environment, Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, told reporters at a Baghdad news conference.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki recently announced the formation of a special committee to address the country’s illegal militia issue, Caldwell said.
The Iraqi government, he added, is also seeking to reform its security ministries. In fact, the Iraqi government reassigned a number of leaders of the national police on Oct. 16, Caldwell said.
“Although the leadership at the division level has changed, the National Police continued to prove itself as a capable, and viable civil force,” Caldwell said.
Caldwell commended the Iraqi military and police efforts in combating the insurgency. In fact, he said, Iraqi security forces are finding “a good number” of weapons caches being discovered throughout Iraq. That’s because the Iraqi forces are knowledgeable about their areas of operation, Caldwell said, and are growing in size and professionalism.
Caldwell cited a recent joint Iraqi and U.S. Marine operation in Anbar province that resulted in the detention of more than 35 suspected insurgents and the discovery of thousands of hidden weapons.
That operation, he said, collected more than 11,000 pieces of weapons and ordnance between Oct. 7 and Oct. 13, including much material suitable for making improvised explosive devices.
Discovery of weapons caches in Iraq has increased over the past few months, Caldwell said, noting 170 caches were found in July, 190 in August, and 220 in September.
“Already this month, 144 caches have been found,” Caldwell said.
And Iraqi security forces are continuing to grow in numbers, as well as in capability, Caldwell said. More than 312,000 Iraqi soldiers and police, he said, have been trained and equipped by coalition forces.
Caldwell pointed to the Iraqi government’s recruiting plan to bring more than 30,000 new Iraqi troops to serve in troublesome Anbar province by May. And more than 600 Iraqi police recruits, the general noted, are slated to graduate this week and begin work in the troubled province.
In February, 3,800 Iraqi police were working out of 14 active Iraqi police stations in three of the nine districts in Anbar province, Caldwell said. Today, there are 33 police stations operating in eight districts, he noted, with more than 8,000 trained Iraqi police.
Caldwell acknowledged there’s been an increase in insurgent violence since the start of Ramadan in late September. That’s consistent, he said, with similar spikes in enemy activity that have occurred during the month-long Muslim observance in the past two years.
“The violence is indeed disheartening,” Caldwell said, noting there’s been a 22-percent increase in insurgent attacks in Baghdad during the first few weeks of this year’s Ramadan observance. But Operation Together Forward has made a difference, and has helped to reduce the amount of sectarian violence in the specific Baghdad neighborhoods it has operated in, Caldwell said. Still, he acknowledged, it hasn’t caused a reduction of the overall level of violence in the city.
Meanwhile, “we are working very closely with the government of Iraq to determine how to best to re-focus our efforts,” Caldwell said.
It’s no coincidence that insurgents in Iraq have chosen to escalate their attacks and target U.S. forces just before a major American election, Caldwell said. Just a year ago, he noted, extremists did their best to interfere as Iraqis successfully conducted their own nationwide election that established their democratic government.
“The enemy knows that killing innocent people and Americans will garner headlines and create a sense of frustration,” Caldwell said. “However, the coalition will not be deterred from establishing an Iraq that can provide for its own security and can govern itself.”
That goal “is achievable,” Caldwell emphasized, “with a combination of both tough security measures by coalition and Iraqi security forces and a political process that recognizes that 11 to 12 million Iraqis voted for a unity government.”
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"Smugglers seen getting 'sophisticated, organized'"
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 18, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Law-enforcement authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border are outgunned and outmanned by drug smugglers armed with automatic weapons, grenade launchers, bazookas, improvised explosive devices and state-of-the-art communications and tracking systems, a congressional report said yesterday."
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China Tells Kim Not To Carry Out Second Nuclear test
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-20-2006 | Richard Spencer
Posted on 10/19/2006 6:33:24 PM PDT by blam
"China tells Kim not to carry out second nuclear test"
By Richard Spencer in Beijing
Last Updated: 1:54am BST 20/10/2006
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"The Danger of Homegrown Terrorism to Scandinavia"
By Lorenzo Vidino
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"While organized terrorist groups do operate in Scandinavia, as proved by the recent arrest in Italy of GSPC members with strong links to Norway, homegrown groups represent the most immediate threat. Radicalization is a phenomenon that worries authorities in all three countries. It takes place not only on the internet, but also in some mosques and as a result of the activities of groups such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which is active throughout the region. Given these facts, Scandinavia seems to be no longer immune from a terrorist attack, a development that would have appeared very unlikely only five years ago. Danish authorities are particularly concerned due to the active presence of Danish troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan and as a result of the controversy over the publication of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons in September 2005. Yet, security services in the other Scandinavian countries also consider the possibility of an attack on their territory. "It's only a matter of time before we have a terrorist attack in Scandinavia; in Norway, Denmark or Sweden," stated the head of PST, Norway's domestic intelligence service, less than a year ago (Aftenposten, December 14, 2005). Considering current trends, if such an attack is indeed to take place, its most likely perpetrators seem to be homegrown Scandinavian networks."
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Israel Cannot Survive: Ahmadinejad
Breitbart.com ^ | 10/19/06 | Staff
Posted on 10/19/2006 6:43:59 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called Israel a "countefeit and illegitimate regime that cannot survive", in a live broadcast on state television.
"The Zionist regime is counterfeit and illegitimate and cannot survive," he said in a speech to a crowd in the town of Islamshahr in southwestern Tehran.
"The big powers have created this fraud regime and allowed it to commit all kinds of crimes to guarantee their interests," he added.
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"A Database for Disease"
TechnologyReview ^ | October 13, 2006 | Corinna Wu
Posted on 10/18/2006 7:10:17 PM PDT by annie laurie
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A genetic "roadmap" will help to find treatments for diseases, by looking at the signatures that drugs leave behind."
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"Turkey to welcome Pope only as a 'foreign leader of state'"
Asia News ^ | October 19, 2006
Posted on 10/19/2006 7:00:54 PM PDT by NYer
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Turkey to welcome Pope only as a “foreign leader of state”
This was announced by Turkey’s most popular daily that referred to a “diplomatic crisis” between Turkey and the Holy See.
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U.S. tracking N. Korean ship with banned military equipment: CBS News
Kyodo ^ | Oct 19
Posted on 10/19/2006 4:57:04 PM PDT by maquiladora
U.S. intelligence has detected the departure from a North Korean port of a North Korean ship suspected of carrying military equipment banned under a U.N. sanctions resolution against Pyongyang's Oct. 9 nuclear test, CBS News reported Thursday.
The United States is tracking the ship, CBS said, noting that it remains uncertain exactly what the ship is carrying and where it is headed.
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That's unbelievable. Thanks for the ping
I'd sure like to know what the ship has for cargo and where it's going myself.
THANKS nw.
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House Intel Chair Suspends Staff Member
AP ^ | By KATHERINE SHRADER
Posted on 10/19/2006 7:35:29 PM PDT by Jewels1091
WASHINGTON -- House Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra has suspended a Democratic staff member because of concerns he may have leaked a high-level intelligence assessment to The New York Times last month.
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press Thursday night, Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., a committee member, said that an unidentified staffer requested the document from National Intelligence Director John Negroponte three days before the Sept. 23 story about its conclusions
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Wow. This Shukrijumah guy looks like my hubbie! It must be the Arab/Hispanic combination. How old is Shukrijumah supposed to be?
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