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Threat Matrix: August 2008
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Posted on 08/01/2008 12:17:04 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Critical Threats: Blank When None
Pentagon Makes Fighting Extremism Top Priority

Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon on Thursday officially named "the long war" against global extremism as its top priority and pledged to avert any conventional military threat from China or Russia through dialogue.

The Defense Department, in a new national defense strategy, also emphasized the need to subordinate military operations to "soft power" initiatives to undermine Islamist militancy by promoting economic, political and social development in vulnerable corners of the world.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped the change would help establish permanent institutional support for counterinsurgency skills acquired in Iraq and Afghanistan within a defense community heavily skewed in favor of expensive conventional and strategic modernization programs. Read More


Threat Matrix:
August 2008
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: All; nw_arizona_granny

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2055031/posts?page=1051#1051

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Adding to post no. 1051.

Thanks to nw_arizona_granny for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2074036/posts

“Our Hope, Our Children, Our Responsibility in Fighting Jihad”
United States Action.com ^ | September 3, 2008 | Jeffrey Imm
Posted on September 3, 2008 2:26:26 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny


1,061 posted on 09/03/2008 4:05:45 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0809/080903ftmyers.htm

“25 criminal aliens and documented street gang members arrested”
FT. MYERS. Fla
(September 3, 2008)


1,062 posted on 09/03/2008 4:34:21 PM PDT by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 1038:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2055031/posts?page=1038#1038

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http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/758

“Telling Half the Story”

IPT News
September 2, 2008


1,063 posted on 09/03/2008 5:02:54 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Thank you for posting the link.

To me it is an important reminder, of the danger to all schools.


1,064 posted on 09/03/2008 5:35:03 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
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To: nw_arizona_granny

You’re welcome and I agree Granny.


1,065 posted on 09/03/2008 6:07:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kuntar
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/aljazeera

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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP203808

Special Dispatch Series - No. 2038
September 2, 2008 No. 2038

“Condemnation of Al-Jazeera Celebrations of Al-Kuntar’s Release”

SNIPPET: “On July 23, 2008, MEMRI released a video clip of celebrations held by Al-Jazeera in honor of Samir Al-Kuntar, the Lebanese prisoner who spent 30 years in Israeli jail for committing a terrorist act in Israel. The clip can be viewed at http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1818.htm .

The clip prompted harsh criticism and condemnation of Al-Jazeera in Israel and in the Arab world. Al-Jazeera director-general Waddakh Khanfar, apologized, explaining that the celebrations of Al-Kuntar’s release had “violated Al-Jazeera’s ethical code.” [1] However, Al-Jazeera deputy editor-in-chief Ahmad Jadallah denied that the channel had apologized. [2]

Arab columnists argued that these celebrations were indications of a lack of objectivity on the part of Al-Jazeera, and even rejected the hailing of Al-Kuntar as a hero.

Following are excerpts from two main articles on the issue that were published in the Arab press:

Arab Columnist: Kuntar Is Not a Hero But a Terrorist”


1,066 posted on 09/03/2008 6:14:14 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

New thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts


1,067 posted on 09/03/2008 6:15:56 PM PDT by nwctwx
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