Posted on 05/01/2008 3:06:29 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban and the commander in South Waziristan, spends more money on yearly operations than al Qaeda spent year prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province. "He is spending between Rs 2.5 - 3 billion [about $45 million] yearly on procuring weapons, equipment, vehicles, treating wounded militants and keeping families of killed militants fed," Governor Owais Ahmed Ghan told Daily Times. Ghan said the money could not have come from donations alone; the opium trade in Afghanistan is filling Baitullah's coffers.
Most of the money is spent on "the means of communication — vehicles, fuel and equipment — and then on treatment of wounded fighters, and lastly on keeping the killed comrades’ families fed," Zulfiqar Mehsud, an aide to Baitullah, told Daily Times last March. "We have to change vehicles after we use them for a year. Every vehicle at our disposal must be in top condition because we have very rough and tough roads and hilly areas and cannot afford to keep vehicles that are not as fit as our job requires."
Baitullah is thought to operate a force of more than 20,000 fighters, some of whom are professionally trained. His forces beat back Pakistani Army assaults in 2007 and 2008, and overran two military outposts in South Waziristan. His fighters also captured an entire Pakistani Army company without firing a shot.
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/pakistani_taliban_co_1.php
ANACORTES, Wash. – A threatening message was posted on the Shell refinery's Web site Friday evening. The company did not reveal the contents of the threat, but authorities didn't take any chances and they were searching the premises for any sign of a bomb.
The U.S. Coast Guard set up a marine safety zone 200 yards from the facility. U.S. Coast Guard boats were patrolling the area Friday night, and the Skagit County Sheriff's Department also was searching the premises, but so far there has been no sign of anything suspicious. No evacuations have been ordered.
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Thanks for the ping. In America we’re buried right now by immediate concerns. Otherwise we’d, I’m sure, be much more involved in what’s happening in the Balkans. If we lose here, nothing we do will help over there.
Feel free to hand out my STUCK ON STUPID award, Oorang.
The terror suspect award winner wins the grand prize tonight.
Hope the tile, wallpaper, etc. is going well.
Wellll....it’s going.
Smiling at you.
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“Scotland: Muslims whine about police ‘spy tactics’”
WASHINGTON POST.com (REUTERS): "MISSILE-RELATED SHIPMENT TO SYRIA STOPPED, U.S. SAYS" by Arshad Mohammed (ARICLE SNIPPET: "Four countries last year prevented Syria from receiving equipment that could be used to test ballistic missile components, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. U.S. national security adviser Stephen Hadley described the previously undisclosed incident in a speech to members of the Proliferation Security Initiative, a network of countries that seeks to stop illicit weapons of mass destruction shipments.") (May 29, 2008, 12:01 AM)
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“S Asia ‘focus for al-Qaeda fight’”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Michael Chertoff, the US secretary for homeland security, told the BBC that successes against al-Qaeda should not lead to a weakening of resolve.
He warned that militants in Pakistan were training recruits who could mix inconspicuously in Western society.”
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“Dozens arrested in DC khat raid”
May 31, 2008 - 3:33pm
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Khat is a flowering evergreen shrub native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, where it’s widely used as a stimulant.”
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“Four Copts killed in Cairo gangland style”
“Two men on motorbike enter jewellery shop in Egyptian capital’s Zeitoun district, shoot dead owner, staff.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “CAIRO - Two men in wigs and sunglasses shot dead four Coptic Christians jewellery shop workers in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday in an apparent gangland-style killing, a security official and witnesses said.
The shooting happened at around 12:30 pm (0930 GMT) in the mixed Christian-Muslim district of Zeitoun in northeast Cairo, the official said, adding that the attackers escaped without stealing anything from the shop.”
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“Worldwide Caution”
January 17, 2008
SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. American citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.”
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