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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2738535,00.html
East Germany | 14.08.2007
Expert: No Hard Proof for East German Shoot-to-Kill Order”
“A stretch of the former Berlin Wall on the Thuringia-Bavaria border
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An expert on killings along the former German-German border told DW-WORLD.DE that a recently discovered shoot-to-kill order is irrelevant and will not spark new criminal probes that some politicians are calling for.
Berlin state prosecutors have said they’re considering opening a new criminal investigation into deaths at the Berlin Wall after a document resurfaced that contains orders to “stop or liquidate” anyone trying to escape to the West, including women and children.”
>>>The cars were registered in a German town but some local media said the victims were not German.”<<<
That’s a curious line.
OPINION: Yes, which means to me if you’re not German; you’re foreigners.
I’d agree with your opinion.
We’ll see what develops.
You are welcome.
ADDING to Velveeta’s post no. 1136.
Thanks to bd476 for starting thead.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1881375/posts
“Shooting Massacre In German Town”
Sky News ^ | August 15, 2007
Posted on 08/14/2007 11:23:52 PM PDT by bd476
“Shooting Massacre In German Town”
Updated: 07:02, Wednesday August 15, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “”A witness heard the shots and stopped a police patrol car which was incidentally driving nearby,” said another police spokesman, Reinhard Pape.
The bodies were discovered around 2.30am local time and all victims were between 20 and 30 years old, Mr Pape said.
He said one of the cars was a small van registered in Duisburg while the other one was a white Volkswagen from Pforzheim in south west Germany.”
UPDATING the German execution shootings on this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1881375/posts
August 14, 1945: “VJ DAY”
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22August+14,+1945%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&filter=0
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881391/posts
Drafur and Hebron, 78th anniversary of the 1929 on Jews by [racist] Arabs
5tjt.com ^ | August 9, 2007
Posted on 08/15/2007 12:19:02 AM PDT by PRePublic
Hebron And Darfur
Aug 9, 2007
Yesterday, Hebron marked the 78th anniversary of the 1929 riots and massacre during which 67 Jews were slaughtered and more than 70 injured. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at 5tjt.com ...
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2739328,00.html
Bundeswehr | 15.08.2007
“Germans Reported Among Victims in Kabul Explosion”
“Two German military vehicles were involved in the blast, according to initial reports”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Three Germans in Afghanistan have been killed in an explosion Wednesday, according to preliminary Afghan police reports. It was unclear if the blast resulted from a bomb attack or a landmine explosion.
The Germans were part of a convoy outside the Afghan capital Kabul, the city’s deputy police chief Zalmay Khan told reporters.
A spokesperson for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said an explosion occurred near a military base but could not confirm any troops were killed.
Without giving further details, the German Defense Ministry said no Bundeswehr troops were involved in Wednesday’s explosion.
Eyewitnesses told reporters they saw an explosion involving two German military vehicles traveling on a gravel road and that three bodies were later transported from the scene by helicopter.”
Note: The 6 Italians were executed in front of a German restaurant in Germany. See the link in post no. 1147 for updates.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13365&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070815-07
August 15, 2007
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain rogue JAM brigade leader, three cell members
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Special Operations Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisors, detained four suspected members of the rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, including a brigade commander, Aug. 14 in the Baghdad area.
The Shi’a extremist brigade commander directs more than 150 insurgents who conduct improvised explosive device and indirect fire attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces in the area. Reports indicate the brigade commander and his team buy and sell weapons in Sadr City and transport them to Al-Hurriya.
Additionally, the commander allegedly directs the extra-judicial killings of innocent civilians and government employees who oppose their criminal activities. Further intelligence shows the group also sets up illegal checkpoints to stop and hunt down Sunni citizens.
The commander’s rogue JAM cell developed an extensive and complex system to use cell phones and laptops to detonate IEDs in order to ambush and kill Coalition and Iraqi Forces and citizens.
On the way to detain the brigade commander, Iraqi and U.S. team members came under ineffective small arms fire. No U.S. or Iraqi members were harmed in the intelligence-driven operation.
The men are currently being detained for questioning about their alleged actions to attack and kill Iraqi and Coalition Forces, and other various illegal activities.
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13366&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070815-08
August 15, 2007
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain Shi’a extremist leader
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BAGHDAD – Soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, conducted a raid in eastern Najaf Aug. 14 and detained a former battalion commander of the rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi militia who is currently suspected of leading an independent Shi’a extremist group.
The former commander’s Jaysh al-Mahdi cell is suspected of conducting aggressive insurgent attacks using explosively formed penetrators throughout southern Iraq during late 2005 and early 2006. After leaving Jaysh al-Mahdi, he allegedly formed an independent cell of more than 150 Shi’a extremists that is believed to have conducted attacks on Iraqi and Coalition Forces. His cell is also believed to have taken part in the August 2006 battle in Diwaniyah, fighting against Coalition Forces.
No Iraqi or Coalition members were harmed during operation.
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13364&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070815-06
August 15, 2007
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain 3 Al-Qaeda in Iraq high-level leaders
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BAGHDAD – Soldiers from the 1/6th Iraqi Army Scouts, with U.S. Special Forces as advisors, detained three suspected key Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders during an intelligence driven operation Aug. 14 in the Mansour area of Baghdad.
The forces detained an alleged group leader and both his cell leaders. Both cells traffic weapons into the Mansour area and conduct mortar and rocket attacks to harm Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
One cell leader is suspected of coordinating extra-judicial killings against innocent civilians and Iraqi government personnel. Intelligence reports indicates the other cell leader finances al-Qaeda with money supplied to him by foreign associations and has also orchestrated numerous vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks against Iraqi military and political figures.
The forces also seized weapons, ammunition, military uniforms, and computer equipment at the detainees’ locations.
No U.S. or Iraqi members were harmed during the operation.
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http://www.memritv.org
www.memri.org/jihad.html
al-hesbah.org
al-hesbah.org/v/
memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP168007
Special Dispatch Series - No. 1680
August 15, 2007
No.1680
“Online Islamist Forum Hosted in Texas Posts Guide for Kidnapping Americans”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The popular Islamist-jihadist forum www.alhesbah.org , hosted by RealWebHost in Texas, U.S., recently posted an anonymously written document from 2003 titled “The Excellent Summary of the Rules of the Art of Kidnapping Americans.” The 60-page guide describes each stage of the kidnapping, explaining how to select the target and then how to follow him, seize him, transport him to a safe location, and hold him there, as well as how to conduct negotiations. The guide also explains how to execute the hostage should negotiations fail.”
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Wed Aug 15 2007 02:49:59 GMT-0700.
Worldwide Caution
April 10, 2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=china
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B57A52B5-6740-485F-920D-57A79B8E6E0C
“Calling China’s Bluff “
By William R. Hawkins
FrontPageMagazine.com | 8/15/2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In 1999, Senior Colonels Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stirred up an international controversy with their book Unrestricted Warfare. Published by the PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House, it carried the mantle of official doctrine. It argued that in the new world of high-technology and globalization, war will not fade away as liberal Western economists predict. Instead, “war will be reborn in another form and in another arena, becoming an instrument of enormous power in the hands of all those who harbor intentions of controlling other countries or regions. In this sense, there is reason for us to maintain that the financial attack by George Soros on East Asia, the terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy by Usama Bin Laden....in which the degree of destruction is by no means second to that of a war, represent semi-warfare, quasi-warfare, and sub-warfare, that is, the embryonic form of another kind of warfare.” The inclusion of financial attacks with terrorism as part of a conflict in which “there are no rules, with nothing forbidden” has worried American bankers and Treasury officials ever since.
The Chinese officers asked, “Can using financial instruments to destroy a country’s economy be seen as a battle?”
Finding an answer to that question took on renewed importance after London’s Daily Telegraph reported that Beijing had sent an “economic threat” to the United States.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881345/posts
“US Military Sees Looming China Threat To Satellites”
The Times of India ^ | August 15, 2007 | The Times of India
Posted on 08/14/2007 9:02:59 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA) - China may be just three years away from being able to disrupt US military satellites in a regional conflict, a senior US military leader said on Tuesday, citing a recent anti-satellite test and other advances.
The warning came amid calls at a conference in Huntsville, Alabama for intensified efforts to ensure US “space superiority” in the wake of China’s shoot-down January 11 of one of its own satellites with a ballistic missile.
“It is not inconceivable that within about three years we can be challenged at a near peer level in a region,” said Lieutenant General Kevin Campbell, head of the US Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command.
“That means taking out a number of communications capabilities over a theater of war,” he added in a speech to defense contractors.
Campbell later told reporters that while a number of countries have some capabilities to interfere with satellite communications, China is the one he is most worried about.
He said its anti-satellite test in January was a clear demonstration of its ability to destroy an orbiting satellite.
But China also is developing satellite jamming capabilities and has made advances in computer network attack skills that point to a comprehensive approach to denying the US military access to space in a conflict, he said.
“It starts to add up that they’ll have multi-dimensional capabilities to attack various systems that are in orbit today,” he said.
“A lot of countries have pieces of what I’ve described, but I would say I’m more concerned about China than any of them,” he said.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=russia
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881404/posts
“A Russian bare: Putin goes fishin’”
Daily Mail ^ | 14th August 2007 | SIMON CABLE
Posted on 08/15/2007 2:55:47 AM PDT by vertolet
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Putin has been steadily cultivating his tough-guy image in recent months.
He has warned President Bush that he would be prepared to aim Russian missiles at Europe if the U.S. goes ahead with plans to install missile defence systems in the Czech Republic and Poland.
And he sent a submarine out to plant a Russian flag under the ice at the North Pole, staking a claim to the oil and gas deposits beneath the Arctic.”
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Previously:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nashi
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nashi
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880757/posts
Russian, Chinese troops practice for war games
the news ^ | 8/14/07 | the newsx
Posted on 08/13/2007 6:59:41 PM PDT by Flavius
MOSCOW: Russian and Chinese military transport planes dropped more than 200 paratroopers and heavy weapons during a dress rehearsal on Monday for a massive joint military exercise by the two former Cold War rivals, the first on Russia’s territory.
A 1,600-member Chinese military contingent backed by aircraft, tanks and other heavy weapons has travelled to the Chelyabinsk region in Russia’s Ural Mountains for the war games, to be held on Friday and watched by the leaders of Russia, China and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The SCO, which also includes four ex-Soviet nations in Central Asia, was created by Moscow and Beijing to address regional security threats, foster economic integration and counter US influence in the strategically placed, energy-rich Central Asia. The manoeuvres will follow an SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenews.com.pk ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/NATION/108150075/1001
“U.S. agents accused of aiding Islamist scheme”
By Sara Carter
August 15, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A criminal investigations report says several U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees are accused of aiding Islamic extremists with identification fraud and of exploiting the visa system for personal gain.
The confidential 2006 USCIS report said that despite the severity of the potential security breaches, most are not investigated “due to lack of resources” in the agency’s internal affairs department.”
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