http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ali/ en-us Sun, 6 Dec 2009 08:42:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401404/posts Two Taliban ‘commanders’ among 20 killed SNIPPET: "MINGORA/KOHAT: Two Taliban ‘commanders’ were among 20 militants killed in clashes and air strikes in Swat and Orakzai Agency on Thursday. In Swat, 13 insurgents were killed in clashes with security forces on Thursday. According to Swat media centre, security personnel came under fire when they raided a Taliban hideout in Sigram area of Koza Bandai. During an exchange of fire, 10 militants and one soldier were killed. Detained militant commander Mohammad Naseem alias Abu Faraj was with the troops and he was also killed in the clash. Abu Faraj, a close aide... DAWN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401404/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 08:42:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395260/posts Layton Ehmke/MEDILL Al Gore signs a copy of his new book at the Borders book store in the Loop on Tuesday. Hundreds of fans showed up but protesters took advantage of the event to tell the former vice president that his science was “bunk.” Protester from the We Are Change group shout after chasing Al Gore’s SUV down State Street in the Chicago Loop on Tuesday. TRUTH IS CONTAGIOUS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395260/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392928/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Terror Charges Unsealed in Minnesota Against Eight Defendants, Justice Department Announces The Justice Department announced that terrorism charges have been unsealed today in the District of Minnesota against eight defendants. According to the charging documents, the offenses include providing financial support to those who traveled to Somalia to fight on behalf of al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization; attending terrorist training camps operated by al-Shabaab; and fighting on behalf of al-Shabaab. Thus far, 14 defendants have been charged in the District of Minnesota in indictments or criminal complaints that have been unsealed and... Minneapolis.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392928/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:17:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385422/posts Source: 9/11 Terror Detainees Face Trial in N.Y. Friday, November 13, 2009 WASHINGTON — Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday. The official said Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce the decision later in the morning. The official is not authorized to discuss the decision before the announcement, so spoke on condition of anonymity. (AP) via FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385422/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374223/posts SNIPPET: ""Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state in our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That's why the United States government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab and to punish those who would deny it." -- Barack Obama, Cairo, June 4, 2009 But what about the rights of women like this one -- the right not to wear the hijab? Who is standing up for them? "BREAKING NEWS: Somalia Militants Kill... (BosNewsLife) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374223/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:16:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373345/posts The reminder that yet another anniversary is here had George Foreman thinking that maybe it's time to visit an old friend. They once had their differences, once came to blows. Time, though, is a great healer. "Maybe I should go and see him," Foreman said. "He's like a brother. We're that close." They weren't 35 years ago, on an early morning in Africa when all Foreman had in mind was dealing some serious hurt to Muhammad Ali. He had been in Zaire way too long as it was, and the big, brooding heavyweight champion was in no mood to take... LA Times/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373345/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:16:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358193/posts "Muslim in Washington, DC: "I'm not scared to die! I will kill you! I will blow people up and the Metro!"" SNIPPET: ""Three blocks of Wisconsin Avenue Northwest were cleared of cars and pedestrians. Adjacent buildings and restaurants were evacuated..." "DC Security Scare Becomes Federal Case," by Bob Barnard for MyFoxDC, October 8 (thanks to Heidi): WASHINGTON, D.C. - A man who was arrested in a security scare in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday night threatened to blow up the Friendship Heights Metro station, according to a criminal complaint in the case. It was a chaotic scene Tuesday night in Friendship... (MyFoxDC) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358193/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334030/posts September 7, 2009 Mass murder at 30,000 feet: Islamic extremists guilty of airline bomb plot Philippe Naughton Three British Muslims were found guilty today of conspiracy to murder thousands of passengers and crew in an unprecedented airline bomb plot that could have proved as deadly as the 9/11 attacks. After a retrial at Woolwich Crown Court, jurors found the ringleader, Abdulla Ahmed, and two other men, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain, guilty of plotting to use liquid bombs to blow up airliners en route from Heathrow to the United States. Another defendant, Umar Islam, was found guilty of a more... London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334030/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:23:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329906/posts DUBLIN -- Muhammad Ali made a sentimental journey Tuesday to discover his Irish roots, and met distant relatives during celebrations at the local town hall and a nearby castle. Thousands lined the streets of Ennis, western Ireland, to cheer his motorcade as the three-time heavyweight champion visited the home of his great-grandfather Abe Grady. Fans adorned streets with red, white and blue bunting and flags, while shop windows competed to display the most impressive posters honoring Ali -- including one tongue-in-cheek portrait of him appearing ready to knock out an unpopular Irish politician. Ali, who is 67 and battling Parkinson's... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329906/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:46:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302484/posts Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a Falls Church man and a member of al Qaeda who admitted he was planning to assassinate then-President George W. Bush, was sentenced to life in prison Monday at federal court in Alexandria. Abu Ali was originally sentenced in 2005 to 30 years in prison. U.S. Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the U.S. District Court for eastern Virginia ruled Monday that Abu Ali should spend life in prison partially because he never renounced his al Qaeda ties. After the initial sentencing, both sides filed appeals. Abu Ali completed some of his sentence in solitary confinement at... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302484/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:54:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287697/posts SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reversed the 2001 murder conviction of a man serving a life prison term for killing the daughter of former Oakland Raiders Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff. In a 43-page ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that San Mateo County prosecutors improperly excluded two African-American jurors for racially motivated reasons, tainting the trial of Mohammed Ali. Ali was convicted of first-degree murder in the February 1999 slaying of his girlfriend, Tracey Biletnikoff, in the office of a San Mateo drug treatment center. Ali always admitted killing Biletnikoff at the... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287697/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:12:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254506/posts At least 13 militants were killed in a clash with security forces following arrest of five burqa-clad Arabs, one Afghan national and a local man in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday. Four of the five Arabs are Saudi nationals — Ahmed, Ali, Mohammad and Obaidullah — and one Libyan national, Abdullah. The Afghan national has been identified as Habibullah and the local man as Shad Ali. They were detained at the Khapakh checkpost. The Afghan was living in Chakdara area of Lower Dir. When troops were taking the detained men to Ghalanai, about 60 militants attacked them in an area between... Dawn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254506/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 07:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240259/posts Note: Photo included. Trio not guilty of helping 7/7 London bombers Jury clears men of conspiring with four bombers over London 2005 explosions that killed 52 Rachel Williams guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 28 April 2009 17.01 BST Three British Muslims were today cleared of helping the 7 July bombers choose their targets by carrying out a reconnaissance mission in London seven months before the attacks that killed 52 people and injured almost 1,000. A jury at Kingston crown court unanimously found Waheed Ali, 25, Sadeer Saleem, 28, and Mohammed Shakil, 32, all from Beeston, Leeds, not guilty of conspiring with the four... GUARDIAN.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240259/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:22:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226610/posts NEW YORK — Muhammad Ali described his third and final fight with Joe Frazier as "death, closest thing to dyin' that I know of." Frazier recalls their brutal matchup outside Manila as something much less grandiose. "We just did our job," he said. The two great heavyweights always have been the ying and yang of boxing. Why should things change nearly 35 years later? AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226610/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:14:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651194/posts Exclusive Book Excerpt: How an Al-Qaeda Cell Planned a Poison-gas Attack on the N.Y. Subway The plot was called off by Bin Laden's No. 2 only 45 days from zero hour, according to a new book by Ron Suskind SUBSCRIBE TO TIMEPRINTE-MAILMORE BY AUTHORRelated Blogs: Click here for blog postings from around the web that are related to the topic of this article. Posted Saturday, Jun. 17, 2006 Al-Qaeda terrorists came within 45 days of attacking the New York subway system with a lethal gas similar to that used in Nazi death camps. They were stopped not by any intelligence... Time .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651194/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:35:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187647/posts A former FBI special agent told law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel that a network of Islamic organizations are working to incrementally implement Islamic law in the United States. During a presentation at the Bedford County Emergency Management Agency, former FBI agent John Guandolo briefed members about groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which he claims is working with other Islamic groups to slowly implement Shariah, also known as Islamic law, which encompasses all areas of life. Guandolo worked in the FBI since 1996, including nine years as a member of its SWAT team. After 9/11, he worked in the... The Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187647/posts#comment Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099235/posts FBI Warns of Potential Terror Attacks The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical "note" to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives. Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have "no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States." The FBI and DHS analysts said they were releasing the note because "it is important for local authorities and building owners and... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099235/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 02:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100843/posts Terrorist sympathiser Waris Ali is said to have angered teachers and fellow pupils with his radical views. And he even allegedly asked librarians and a policeman how much potentially lethal fertiliser he could keep at home before it was illegal under anti-terror laws. Ali, now 18, denies three charges of possessing articles for terrorist purposes, namely a copy of the Anarchists' Cookbook, 3.5kg of potassium nitrate and a quantity of calcium chloride. His co-accused Dabeer Hussain, also 18, denies one count of possessing the cookbook, which lists how to make lethal bombs. The schoolboys attended Westborough High School, in Dewsbury,... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100843/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:23:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085095/posts No doubt about it, racism still exists in America. The question is how big of a factor it will be when deciding the outcome of this election. The interesting occurrence that is happening is that the party who is making the biggest deal about race is the one with the minority candidate. Today on the local Hallerin Hilton Hill show, Fatima Ali was interviewed after saying in an article she wrote that a John McCain victory would inspire an all out "race war." I'll admit it has entered my mind. After watching the looting in the wake of the Rodney... CommonsensicalCat.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085095/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts How The West Was Won The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police. Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit. From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:13:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073078/posts Fatimah Ali: We need Obama, not 4 more years of George Bush By Fatimah Ali Philadelphia Daily News AMERICA is on the brink of a long, harsh and bitterly cold winter, with a looming recession that the GOP won't even admit to. The policies of the current White House have brutalized our economy, yet the wealthiest think that everything is fine. Rich Republicans just don't understand that millions are suffering. But many of their working class do, and they're beginning to abandon their own party. When lifelong Republican Barney Smith told the Democratic convention that he'd vote for Barack Obama... Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073078/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056474/posts WASHINGTON, Aug 3: Five years after her mysterious disappearance in Karachi, the FBI has finally conceded that an MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist is alive and is in US custody in Afghanistan. Aafia Siddiqui, 36, disappeared with her three children while visiting her parents’ home in Karachi in March 2003, around the same time the FBI announced that it wanted to question her over her alleged links to Al Qaeda. Her family’s lawyer Elaine Whitfield Sharp said she believed recent media reports about Mrs Siddiqui’s incarceration increased pressure on the US and Pakistani authorities to divulge more information. “I don’t believe that... Dawn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056474/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 22:28:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037235/posts “Just as Muslims have the right to exercise Da’wa - an invitation to Islam - so Christians must have the freedom to invite people to follow Jesus Christ,” explained the bishop at a press conference in Jerusalem on June 24. “Dialogue proceeds on the understanding that each is a missionary faith. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037235/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:31:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029837/posts A Northwest Side man was charged with a hate crime and his three adult sons were charged with felony aggravated battery in an alleged attack on a motorist in which racial epithets were shouted, prosecutors said. Mahmoud Alkhazaleh, 53, of the 5500 block of North Mango Avenue also was charged with aggravated battery and vehicle invasion in a June 9 attack on a man who allegedly had honked his horn to prod Alkhazaleh to step out of the path of his truck, according to court documents. Alkhazaleh called the victim a "blue-eyed devil" and an " 'American [expletive]' during a... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029837/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:03:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997078/posts Attacks on nuclear power stations, oil and gas terminals, Canary Wharf and Heathrow’s control tower were being considered by leaders of the plot to blow up seven transatlantic airliners in mid-flight, a court was told yesterday. Documents found on computer memory sticks at the home of an alleged terrorist ringleader contained a list of targets across Britain – including the gas pipeline between Britain and Belgium. The man, Assad Sarwar, was said to be in contact with terrorist leaders overseas and visited Pakistan a month before his arrest as preparations for the airline attacks were being finalised. Peter Wright, QC,... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997078/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 07:18:40 GMT