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Ping to January 08 TM (slightly delayed).
Here!
Thank you very much nw and a blessed New Year to you.
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Wishing all TMers a safe, happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
ty for the ping....I still read, just don’t have as much time to comment or research.
Blessings on all for a wonderful, safe new year.
A safe and peaceful new year to all.
http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=672.0
http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=1296.0
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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Note: The following text is a quote:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_920.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Wed Jan 02 2008 22:25:39 GMT-0800 (PST).
IRAN
January 03, 2008
The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Iran issued May 31, 2007.
Some elements of the Iranian regime and the population remain hostile to the United States. As a result, American citizens may be subject to harassment or arrest while traveling or residing in Iran. Recently, Iranian authorities prevented a number of Iranian-American citizen academics, journalists, and others who traveled to Iran for personal reasons from leaving for several months, and in some cases detained and imprisoned them on various charges, including espionage and posing a threat to national security. Americans of Iranian origin should consider the risk of being targeted by authorities before planning travel to Iran. Iranian authorities may deny dual nationals access to the United States Interests Section in Tehran, because they are considered to be solely Iranian citizens.
The Iranian regime continues to repress its minority religious and ethnic groups, including Bahai, Arabs, Kurds, Azeris, and others. Consequently, some areas within the country where these minorities reside, including the Baluchistan border area near Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Kurdish northwest of the country, and areas near the Iraqi border, remain unsafe. Armed attacks on the road between Bam and Kerman in May 2007 also render this area unsafe.
Large-scale demonstrations have taken place in various regions throughout Iran over the past several years as a result of a sometimes volatile political climate. U.S. citizens who travel to Iran despite this Travel Warning should exercise caution.
The U.S. government does not have diplomatic or consular relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and therefore cannot provide protection or routine consular services to American citizens in Iran. The Swiss government, acting through its Embassy in Tehran, serves as protecting power for U.S. interests in Iran. Neither U.S. passports nor visas to the United States are issued in Tehran. The Iranian Government does not recognize dual citizenship and generally does not permit the Swiss to provide protective services for U.S. citizens who are also Iranian nationals. U.S. citizens of Iranian origin who are considered by Iran to be Iranian citizens have been detained and harassed by Iranian authorities. Former Muslims who have converted to other religions, as well as persons who encourage Muslims to convert, are subject to arrest and prosecution.
Americans who travel or reside in Iran despite this Travel Warning are strongly encouraged to register through the State Department’s travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov. If they are in Tehran, American citizens may also register in person at the U.S. Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy at Africa Avenue, West Farzan Street, no. 59, Tehran. The local telephone numbers are 021-8878-2964 and 021-8879-2364, fax 021-8877-3265, e-mail: tie.vertretung@eda.admin.ch.
U.S. citizens should also consult the Department of State’s Consular Information Sheet for Iran, and the current Worldwide Caution and Middle East and North Africa Public Announcements, which are located on the Department’s Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov. American citizens may also obtain updated information on travel and security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States or Canada, or, from overseas, 1-202-501-4444.
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=77748
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Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3489800,00.html
Qassam rocket lands in Ashkelon; no injuries reported
Published: 01.03.08, 08:22 / Israel News
A Qassam rocket fired from northern Gaza landed in the town of Ashkelon Thursday morning.
No injuries or damage were reported. (Shmulik Hadad)
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517278654&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Jan 2, 2008 23:24 | Updated Jan 3, 2008 3:19
“J’lem to stress to Bush PA’s terror ties”
By HERB KEINON
FBI.gov: “Weapons of Mass Destruction”
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/nsb/wmd/wmd_home.htm
Happy New Year to you and everyone on this thread.
Wow! I didn’t realize the “Threat Matrix” has been going on for over 4 years.
I think THIS is another major obstacle in the War on Terror, trying to hamstring the CIA again, as they were before 9-11, keeping them from efficiently fighting against the terrorists. The CIA agents will have to focus more on being “PC”, than on obtaining information from terrorists, that may keep us safe.
Justice Dept. Sets Criminal Inquiry Into C.I.A. Tapes
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/washington/03intel.html?hp
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said Wednesday that the Justice Department had elevated its inquiry into the destruction of Central Intelligence Agency interrogation videotapes to a formal criminal investigation headed by a career federal prosecutor.
The announcement is the first indication that investigators have concluded on a preliminary basis that C.I.A. officers, possibly along with other government officials, may have committed criminal acts in their handling of the tapes, which recorded the interrogations in 2002 of two operatives with Al Qaeda and were destroyed in 2005.
C.I.A. officials have for years feared becoming entangled in a criminal investigation involving alleged improprieties in secret counterterrorism programs. Now, the investigation and a probable grand jury inquiry will scrutinize the actions of some of the highest-ranking current and former officials at the agency.
OPINION:
The Democrat-led Congress (with assistance from certain RINOs) have demonstrated admirably that they do not understand and/or do not want to
understand who are enemies are.
Our enemies are enjoying this and find great propaganda value in the
anti-American talking points spewed forth on an almost daily basis
via anti-Americans in various media formats.
I thank God everyday for our troops who do understand who are enemies
are.
A blessed New Year to you FocusNexus.
You are absolutely right, especially the part I bolded, because I consider that the key characterization of the Democrats -- nobody can be that naive, the do NOT want to understand the magnitude of the danger and who our real enemies are, which emboldens our enemies.
Yes.
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/4363.htm
(”Source: Al-Hayat, London, January 1, 2008”)
“’Awakening’ Forces In Iraq: We Will Fight Al-Qaeda Until It Is Expelled From The Country”
Posted at: 2008-01-02
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Previously...
http://memriiwmp.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=336
“New Osama bin Laden Audio Message”
SNIPPET: “On December 29, 2007, Al-Qaeda’s media production company Al-Sahab posted an audio message by Osama bin Laden on various Islamist websites, among them Al-Ikhlaas (http://ek-ls.org ).”
Posted at : 2007-12-30
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48561
“Iraq Bombing Underscores Need to Pressure Al Qaeda”
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2008
Thanks for the new thread!
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Recap:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/01/syrias_assassination_goal_targ.php
“Syria’s Assassination Goal: Target March 14th Christians To Divide & Conquer”
By Andrew Cochran
January 1, 2008 12:00 AM
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=syria&ID=SP179607
Special Dispatch Series - No. 1796
December 30, 2007 No.1796
“Senior Leader of Muslim Brotherhood in Syria”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947565/posts
“Shopper pulls gun, stops robbery cold”
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Jan. 2, 2008 | staff
Posted on 01/02/2008 11:59:49 PM PST by Reagan is King
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“Petraeus Credits Syria for Cutting Flow of Terrorists to Iraq”
By Terence P. Jeffrey
CNSNews.com Editor in Chief
January 02, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) - General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, is crediting efforts by the Syrian government, along with stepped-up counter-terrorism activities in other Arab states, with cutting the flow of al Qaeda terrorists entering Iraq.
This change in Syrian behavior has occurred at a time when the Iraqi government and the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have been increasing their diplomatic and economic engagement, and when relations between Jordan and Syria also have been warming.
In November, King Abdullah of Jordan visited Syria for the first time in four years. Shortly after that, Syria made a surprise decision to participate in the Middle East peace meeting convened by President Bush at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Assad’s regime has been designated by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism. In the recent past, it has been a frequent source of problems for the United States and its allies in the Middle East.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/FOREIGN/153290141/1003
“Embassies of U.S., Britain, Israel hit by hoax in Australia”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The U.S., British and Israeli embassies each received packages containing a suspicious powder yesterday, creating a security scare in which some staff members were evacuated and police cordoned off nearby streets, police said.
The powder proved to be harmless in each case, an Australian Federal Police spokesman said on the condition of anonymity, citing police policy.
Police would not detail their security response.”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3488901,00.html
“2007: Shin Bet sees drop in terror attacks but more use of rockets”
SNIPPET: “Security forces say that while terror groups were only successful in carrying out one suicide bombing in 2007, they were able to fire over 1,200 Qassam rockets at Israeli targets. Gaza become the focal point of Palestinian terror this year, but organizations there are working tirelessly to aid their counterparts in the West Bank”
Efrat Weiss
Published: 01.01.08, 01:36 / Israel News
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/FOREIGN/348873531/1003
“Terrorist killings plunged in ‘07”
by Joshua Mitnick
January 3, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “TEL AVIV — Israelis had their safest year in 2007 from terrorist attacks since the start of the Palestinian uprising, with 13 killed and one suicide bombing, according to the Israeli Shin Bet security agency.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Israeli fatality numbers — almost negligible relative to the 426 persons who died at the peak of the attacks in 2002 — suggest that the seven-year militant uprising has lost considerable steam and that the Israeli barrier sealing off parts of the West Bank is working as planned.”
http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B4361A61-B95C-460D-BA8C-BF72CC502059
“UN Condemns Counterterrorism”
By Robert Spencer
FrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, January 03, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Organization of the Islamic Conference, the largest voting bloc at the United Nations, has succeeded in pushing through the UN a resolution condemning the “defamation of religions.” That’s “religions,” not “religion” – yet according to Cybercast News Service, “although the resolution refers to defamation of ‘religions,’ Islam is the only religion named in the text, which also takes a swipe at counter-terrorism security measures.” The OIC has been pushing hard for such a measure ever since cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten late in 2005.”
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Previously...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200712/INT20071220a.html
“Islamic Bloc Scores ‘Defamation of Religions’ Resolution at UN”
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
December 20, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) - Alongside a resolution adopted by the U.N. General Assembly this week calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, the world body passed a raft of other human rights-related motions. One of them, introduced by Islamic nations, focuses on combating the “defamation of religions.”
Resolutions on the human rights situation in North Korea and Iran also passed, although dozens of countries — including human rights violators Cuba, Sudan, Syria and Zimbabwe — voted against the motions.
An annual resolution on “the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination” also passed by an overwhelming margin, with only the United States, Israel, and three small Pacific island nations voting “no.” There were four abstentions.
The motion on defamation of religions has been a priority for the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) since 9/11. It took on new impetus following a Danish newspaper’s publication in 2005 of cartoons satirizing Mohammed.”
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Previously...
http://www.cnsnews.com/ForeignBureaus/Archive/200602/FOR20060221b.html
“Muslim Leaders Want UN to Outlaw ‘Defamation’”
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
February 21, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) - Disturbed by Muslim leaders’ attempts to criminalize any criticism of Islam, human rights campaigners are urging the United Nations to resist pressure to outlaw religious defamation in a resolution creating the U.N.’s new human rights council.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a Saudi-based grouping of the world’s 57 Muslim states, wants the resolution’s draft text to include a reference to “actions against religions, prophets and beliefs” and to state that “defamation of religions and prophets is inconsistent with the right to freedom of expression.”
OIC ambassadors discussed the plan with Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday.
The demand is just one of five steps the OIC says are necessary to defuse the crisis over the publication in European and other newspapers of cartoons satirizing Mohammed, and to prevent recurrences.
The controversy continues to roil the Islamic world, and more than 35 people have been killed in rioting by Muslims offended by what they regard as blasphemy.
The other four steps proposed by the OIC are the adoption of a U.N. General Assembly resolution prohibiting the “defamation of all prophets and faiths”; the passage of legislation in the European Parliament “against Islamophobia”; the adoption of a “code of ethics” for European media; and the implementation of a U.N. media standard “ which should cover a definition of freedom of speech in case of religious symbols.””
blog:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/12/lighting-jihad-fuse.html
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2007
“Lighting the Jihad Fuse”
by Baron Bodissey
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/24/advertising?gusrc=rss&feed=media
“’Terrorist’ firework ads spark row”
Mark Sweney
Guardian Unlimited, Monday December 24 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Dutch government firework safety ads featuring a spoof Islamist terrorist group have been criticised as insensitive and depicting a negative stereotype of the Muslim community.”
blog:
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/4308.htm
(”Sources: http://www.aafaq.org/english/aafaq_today.aspx?id_news=112 , December 27, 2007; http://www.hrinfo.net/ , December 24, 2007; http://www.alfarhan.org “)
“Arrested Saudi Reformist Blogger Being Held Without Bond, At Unknown Location”
(December 28, 2007)
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UPDATE:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/02/saudi.blogger.jailed/index.html
updated 11:01 p.m. EST, Wed January 2, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNN) — A Saudi blogger arrested in December could be freed soon, a spokesman for the kingdom’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
No details about any charges or a release date have been announced. However, a friend and fellow Saudi blogger told CNN that Fouad al-Farhan was arrested because he wrote about political issues.
Al-Farhan, operator of the Web site alfarhan.org, was arrested December 10. In an e-mail posted on the site since his arrest, he told friends that he faced arrest for his support of 10 reform advocates the Saudi government accuses of supporting terrorism.
The 32-year-old blogger is one of the few Saudi Web commentators who uses his own name, according to the U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists. He was was arrested at his Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, office by government agents who also seized his laptop from his home, the organization said in a statement issued in late December.”
UPDATING post no. 12:
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3489907,00.html
Popular Front claims responsibility for rocket attack on Ashkelon
Published: 01.03.08, 11:51 / Israel News
The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the rocket att
