News From the Long War, Thread 3

Various | 3/19/07 | Knitting a Conundrum and Others

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Thread 3



Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, our nation has fought a global war against violent extremists who use terrorism as their weapon of choice, and who seek to destroy our free way of life. Our enemies seek weapons of mass destruction and, if they are successful, will likely attempt to use them in their conflict with free people everywhere. Currently, the struggle is centered in Iraq and Afghanistan, but we will need to be prepared and arranged to successfully defend our nation and its interests around the globe for years to come. DOD

Our enemies include all the Muslims who dream of knocking Western Civilization off its perch atop humanity’s dung heap. Islam is fractured into any number of sects, tribes and ethnic groups, but the dream of destroying us cuts across all the fault lines. Islamic terrorists are merely the tip of a very large spear.

J. Peter Mulhern, the American Thinker, September 18

The determination behind that fight is real, the hatred is real, and the excuses for doing this are very real in the minds of those who have decided to walk that path. We can respond in two ways: Try to ignore or negotiate with people who do not want to negotiate in good faith, because what they want is our destruction, or to stand up against the darkness of those who see all of us, our way of life, our culture and our aspirations as something worth eliminating.

Either: "And God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Or: "With vigilance, determination, courage, we will defeat the enemies of freedom, and we will leave behind a more peaceful world for our children and our grandchildren." GW Bush.

Here's where I will post news and info about the Long War. Let me know if you're interested.

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[pinz-n-needlez]

Thank you, both. I did. :-)

[pinz-n-needlez]

Happy Day Off, Ike.

And it's a Tuesday, too. ;-)

[pinz-n-needlez]

Good morning. Hope it's Spring-like where you're freeping. :-)

[Uncle Ike]

" Happy Day Off, Ike. "

As the 'jumper' was heard to exclaim as he passed the 35th floor: "I'm enjoying it so far!"

Good morning, Pinz!!!

[Bahbah]

It's going to be a lovely day, pinz.

On another note:

U.S. Seeks Palestinian Views on Israel

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The United States wants Palestinian leaders to be more clear on a new coalition government's stance on violence against Israel.

Islamic Hamas militants and a Western-backed Palestinian president have formed a new shared government coalition in hopes of ending an international aid boycott.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens as German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, not pictured, speaks , Monday, March 19, 2007, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) But the coalition's political platform announced Saturday stops short of meeting the terms of international donors and would-be peacemakers that Palestinian leaders renounce violence, accept Israel's right to exist and abide by previous agreements the Palestinians made with Israel and others.

The platform makes some rhetorical bows toward satisfying the demands, but also refers to resistance "in all forms" to Israeli occupation. Israeli officials read that as a coded endorsement of suicide bombings or other violence.

"I'm not going to try to interpret what the right of resistance means," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday after a meeting with European diplomats. "But I'll tell you it doesn't sound very good to me when one talks about 'all forms' of resistance."

More at the link: http://townhall.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ContentGuid=e14fec6a-46e5-407d-9e5d-0fa4235e5ec2

[pinz-n-needlez]

LOL Check in about dinner time, just so we will know not to worry. ;-)

[pinz-n-needlez]

BBL. Will check in at lunch time....

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

I'd always heard: Falling doesn't hurt a thing, it's that deceleration at the bottom that really gets rough.

Always made me happy that my only contact with ejection seats was ridin' around on the things, and that all my really bad flights (where I'd either have to eject or do a booboo into something) were in simulators.



Yes, it's a VERY good morning, and thanks for the ping, y'all.

[Bahbah]

4th LD) Six-party nuclear talks stalled due to N. Korean boycott(not wired to NK account yet)
Yonhap News ^ | 03/20/07


(4th LD) Six-party nuclear talks stalled due to N. Korean boycott

(ATTN: UPDATES with six-party talks stalled, minor changes; CHANGES headline)

By Byun Duk-kun

BEIJING, March 20 (Yonhap) -- Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program stalled again Tuesday after the North refused to participate until its frozen funds at a Macau bank are released.

An afternoon session of the six-nation nuclear disarmament talks was cancelled due to the North Korean boycott, according to Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's chief nuclear envoy.


Show Me the Money Link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803745/posts

[LilyBean]

Whew, I'm sure glad it is your day off. I wasn't sure I would have time to get out the vacuum and suck up those bread crumbs before Knitting got here. LOL

Enjoy your day off

LilyBean

[Bahbah]

Hi, LilyBean. You can put up that vacuum :)

Germany, China urge rapid action on Iran resolution
ap ^ | 3/20/09 | By Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and China urged rapid approval of a U.N. draft resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program after South Africa surprised major powers by proposing a softening of the document's wording.

he proposed resolution, designed to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment work, would put in place an embargo on Iranian arms exports and freeze financial assets abroad of 28 individuals, groups and companies.

It is a follow-up to a previous resolution adopted by the Security Council in December and was expected to be voted on this week after Germany and permanent council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States agreed on the text.

But South Africa, the current chair of the Security Council, has called for all key sanctions proposed by major powers, including an arms embargo and financial bans on an Iranian state bank and the Revolutionary Guard, to be dropped.

Although the original draft could probably be adopted by the Security Council without South Africa's backing, the major powers had wanted it to be passed unanimously.

The German government said Chancellor Angela Merkel had spoken with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday and that both supported quick approval of the new resolution.

More at FR thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803741/posts

[Bahbah]

I wish I understood what is actually going on here.


Russia reportedly exits Iran nuke site
Associated Press via Yahoo! News ^ | 2007 Mar 21 | George Jahn

VIENNA, Austria - Russia is pulling out its experts from the Iranian nuclear reactor site they were helping build, U.S. and European officials said Tuesday. The move reflected a growing rift between Iran and Russia that could lead to harsher U.N. sanctions on the Islamic republic for its refusal to stop uranium enrichment.

The representatives — a European diplomat and a U.S. official — said a large number of Russian technicians, engineers and other specialists have returned to Moscow in the past week, at about the same time senior Russian and Iranian officials tried unsuccessfully to resolve financial differences over the Bushehr nuclear reactor. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because their information was confidential.

"A good number of them have left recently," said the U.S. official, of the approximately 2,000 Russian workers on site of the nearly completed reactor outside the southern city of Bushehr. The European diplomat, who is accredited to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, said a large number had left as recently as last week.


More at the FR link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803828/posts

[Bahbah]

46 die in militant clash in Pakistan (Update on Jihadi feud)
yahoo ^ | 03/20/2007 | milwguy

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Local and foreign militants fought a gunbattle in northwestern Pakistan, leaving at least 46 dead, officials said Tuesday, the second clash this month in an area where the government is urging tribesmen to move against al-Qaida-linked fighters.

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At least two children were also reported killed and about 20 wounded when a stray mortar round from the fighting in South Waziristan hit their school bus.

The clash between Uzbek militants and tribesmen broke out near the town of Wana on Monday and continued Tuesday, a senior military official and a senior government official said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were unauthorized to make media comments.

At least 46 people died in the fighting between militants and tribesmen on Monday and Tuesday, the military official said without elaborating.

The two officials, speaking in Islamabad, said the clash was between pro-government tribesmen and foreign militants. However, a local intelligence official said the fighting was part of a feud among rival militant groups.

More at the FR link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803856/posts

[Bahbah]

One of the largest Christian schools in Indonesia was attacked by Islamic militants this weekend for the second time in one week:


One of the largest evangelical theology schools in Indonesia was harassed for the second time this month by a mob of more than 200 Islamic militants past weekend.

Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA), located in east Jakarta, had just suffered from an attack on Mar. 8 when a mob of some 200 militants besieged the school for three hours starting at 9:30 a.m. (local time) on Saturday demanding the closure of the school, reported Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

The school, which claims some 1,500 students, said it has a good relationship with local Muslims and that the mob was from another area.

More at the link: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/