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On Wednesday, I reported on the outrageous indictment of American Patriot Richard Convertino. I also linked to a longer version of my previous New York Post column about what's really going on here (Justice Dept. and U.S. Attorney's Office pandering to Muslim Extremists). Now, Rick Convertino's wife, the lovely Valerie Convertino, has an excellent op-ed piece in today's Detroit Free Press. (I disagree with her about Joe Wilson and his wife, but the rest I know to be true.) This is Val's second, well-said Free Press column on the topic. (Her first Free Press Op-Ed, regarding the events behind this...

Charity charged with funneling funds to Iraq Columbia Islamic group, now defunct, is accused of sending $1.4 million during Hussein’s reign. By MARK MORRIS The Kansas City Star A defunct Columbia charity and five officers and associates have been charged with illegally sending more than $1.4 million to Iraq while Saddam Hussein was in power. The 33-count federal indictment, unsealed Wednesday in Kansas City, is the latest assault on a charity that in 2004 was designated a supporter of global terrorists, including Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida and Hamas. At its core, the indictment alleges the Islamic American Relief Agency-USA solicited...

Briton 'shot dead' in Amman Monday September 4, 2006 A gunman has killed a British man and injured five western tourists and a local guide, at a Roman amphitheatre in Amman, according to the Jordanian government. Reuters is reporting that the gunman chanted as he fired at the tourists visiting the popular site, which is in the centre of the Jordanian capital. Nasser Joudeh, from the Jordanian government, said the wounded were three Britons, one Dutch, one New Zealander and the Jordanian guide Jordanian police have cordoned off the site. "I was walking when I saw someone pull out a...

The following are excerpts from interviews with Al-Zarqawi sympathizers in Jordan following his assassination. The interviews aired on New TV on June 12, 2006; on Al-Arabiya TV on June 14, 2006; on Al-Jazeera TV on June 12, 2006; and on Al-Jazeera TV on June 8, 2006. TO VIEW THIS CLIP: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1169 "I Believe Your Son is a Martyr and a Mujahid"Banner: "The Wedding of the Heroic Martyr Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi" Reporter: "The condolence visit paid by members of parliament, from the Islamic Action Front and from the Muslim Brotherhood movement, to the Al-Zarqawi [family] was denounced officially, as well as...

Jordan: "State Security To Begin Trial of Terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi on Monday" Al-Dustur (Internet Version-WWW) Tuesday,April 18, 2006 The State Security Court will begin on Monday (24 April) the trial of the 35-year old Iraqi terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi who took part in the Amman hotel bombings, in which seven other terrorists headed by the leader of Al-Qa'idah in the Land of the Two Rivers, Ahmad Fadil Nazzal al-Khalayilah (Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi) took part, and three Iraqi dead, including Ali Husayn and Ali al-Shammari, Sajidah's husband. The members of the terrorist group, which managed last November to carry out three terrorist operations...

The driver of the embassy of Jordan in Iraq removed in Baghdad AMMAN - the driver of the ambassador of Jordan in Iraq, itself Jordanian, was removed Tuesday morning in Baghdad, indicated to AFP a Jordanian official source. "the driver of the ambassador, a Jordanian bench in Iraq for several years, has been removed one hour ago (towards 05H30 GMT)", indicated this official source, under cover of anonymity. "the Jordanian government started contacts to know the persons in charge for this removal", added the source.

WASHINGTON — The United States has again warned of plans by Al Qaida to attack Americans in the Middle East. The State Department has issued a so-called Worldwide Caution that warned of an Al Qaida attack in such regions as Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The department said its warning was based on information that Al Qaida and aligned groups could be planning assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and bombings. The announcement, released on Dec. 13, superseded a similar warning issued on Aug. 2. The worldwide caution was meant to expire on June 12, 2006, Middle East Newsline reported. "The...

While the killing of innocent people is to be condemned without question, there is something rather repugnant about some of those who rush to renounce acts of terrorism. They rather remind me of trembling slaves all scuttling forth for the approval of the boss class in the hope of receiving a few crumbs from the big man's table ... oh, if only they knew how pathetic they really are. I was reminded of such a vision just the other day when family members of Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi renounced the terrorist leader after he claimed responsibility for the November 9...

22 November 2005 In the wake of Al-Qaida’s November 9 terrorist attacks at hotels in Amman , Jordan , the family and tribe of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have justifiably disowned him. Zarqawi, born Ahmed Fadheel Nazzal al-Khalayleh, is a Jordanian citizen who currently serves as the leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq . His terrorist organization has claimed credit for the three bombings in Amman which murdered citizens of many nations, primarily Jordanian hotel employees. In an advertisement which ran in Jordanian newspapers on November 20, Zarqawi’s family said, "We denounce in the clearest terms all the terrorist actions...

I've gotten a LOT of positive feedback on my poster idea -- THANKS! Now, I'd like to ask for your help in taking it to the next level. I'm hoping to counter some of the emotional propaganda that's being spewed by the left. As such, a poster that uses emotional imagery to help put things into better perspective could help us tip the scales back toward sanity. If you feel that this poster is worthwhile, please copy it and send it to your friends, as well as anyone in the armed services who might like to know that there are...

THE four-person team of Iraqis who committed last week's co-ordinated hotel bombings crossed the border days earlier with ready-made suicide belts, a Jordanian official has said. A senior Jordanian security officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that a woman was among the bombers in Wednesday's attacks, which left 57 people dead in three Amman hotels. He said the attacks were ordered by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born militant who leads al-Qaeda in Iraq. The new information matches that of an internet statement posted in Zarqawi's name on Friday, which described the bombers as four Iraqis, including a husband and...

Finally another voice has joined that of President Bush, PM Blair, and PM Howard in calling for a Global War on Terror! After confirming that Al-Qaeda in Iraq used three foreign suicide bombers to attack Amman hotels, killing 57 others, King Abdullah II stepped out and called for a global fight against terrorism. Although the circumstances that led to this decision are tragic, it is reassuring that another nation understands the stakes and that islamo-fascist terror must be eradicated on a global scale. King Abdullah ads Jordan to the list of nations that understand what a Global War on Terror...

Even while the letters from Al Zaqhawri,(sp?) the self-proclaimed mastermind and creator of the deadly massacre in Jordan are being read on the air, the CNN news show on television has their announcers saying something like; "It is going to be extremely hard for Jordan to find and punish the insurgents who did this because during recent times there have been hundreds of thousands of Iraqis fleeing the violence of the war in their own country...." While on another station, Fox News, it is reported that nearly 75% population of people living in Jordan are Palestinians... So by their account...

The night the attack took place was a completely normal evening at the Days Inn, according to Khalid Abu Ghoush, the general manager of the hotel. Most guests had already had their dinner in the restaurant on the ground floor and had gone on to enjoy the rest of their night. A large “get-together” had been moved to another hall in the building, but still there were ten or 12 people sitting in the comfortable lounge chairs between the bar at one end of the lobby, and the piano at the other. Close to nine o'clock, a slim young man...

Amman, Jordan — Jordanian police said Friday they had rounded up 120 people, mainly Iraqis and Jordanians, in a nationwide hunt for those behind the triple Amman hotel bombings. The toll rose to at least 60 on Friday with the death of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustapha Akkad, whose 34-year-old daughter was also killed in the bombings. Mr. Akkad, who was 75 and lived in Los Angeles, had suffered serious injuries and a heart attack in the attack. He was the producer of the Halloween horror movies. The death toll included the three suicide bombers. Al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born Abu...

THEY came from all over. From the swanky suburbs of Amman, from ancient Jerusalem, Kuwait City and the United States to celebrate the union of their families. A day later, the wedding guests found themselves gathered together in mourning, around freshly dug graves in the sprawling cemetery where, one after another, 17 of those who had come in celebration were laid to rest. The bride and groom, Ashraf Da’as, 32, and Nadia al-Alami, 24, had been married less than half an hour when tragedy struck. Married in front of 200 guests, many of who had flown in days before for...

AMMAN, Jordan - Thousands of Jordanians rallied in the capital and other cities shouting "Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!" a day after three deadly hotel bombings that killed at least 59 people. Officials suspected Iraqi involvement in the attacks, which were claimed by al-Qaida's Iraq branch. As protesters in Jordan and elsewhere in the Arab world denounced the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, security forces snared a group of Iraqis for questioning and officials said one of the bombers spoke Iraqi-accented Arabic before he exploded his suicide belt in the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The main demonstration in Amman...

"Oh my God, oh my God. Is it possible that Arabs are killing Arabs, Muslims killing Muslims? For what did they do that?" screamed 35-year-old Najah Akhras, who lost two nieces in the attack.

Is Islam a religion of peace or terror? Is it only the Islamic fundamentalists causing the problem or is the root problem in Islam itself? Here are some facts to consider: 1. Nearly all the conflicts and terror currently occuring around the world involve Muslims. 2. More people are killed by Islamists each year than in all 350 years of the Spanish Inquisition combined. 3. Islamic terrorists murder more people every day than the Ku Klux Klan has in the last 50 years. 4. 19 Muslim hijackers killed more innocents in two hours on September 11th than the number of...

Many commentators have attributed a significance to the date of yesterday's attacks on Amman. November 9, in the Middle East and Europe, they say, is written as 9-11, with the day preceeding the month. Thus, a link between the Amman attacks and the attacks on the United States is suggested. However, while the date is significant, that significance has less to do with any linkage to America's 9-11 and more to do with the first anniversary of the Amman Message. In their "Zarqawi's Jordanian Agenda," Matthew Levitt and Julie Sawyer note a November 9, 2004 sermon delivered by Chief Justice...

At least one American was among the 56 people killed in the Amman hotel bombings, a U.S. Embassy official said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with embassy rules, said Wednesday's triple bombings also wounded at least two Americans. Hundreds of angry Jordanians rallied outside one of the three U.S.-based hotels that were attacked in succession by suicide bombers Wednesday night. The group al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the bombings. In an Internet statement, al-Qaida in Iraq linked the blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the...

Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat Thread Thirty-Two (Index) Yahoo News : Yahoo Images : News Hotlinks The Threat Matrix The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger. "Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix." We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 1/30/05 - Al Alamara, Amman, Az Zubaya, Baghdad, Basra, Kurdish Suleimaniya, Najaf, Sadr City, Tehran BREAKING: Iraqi Elections End - Elections Secondary to American Liberation of Iraq BREAKING: Al Alamara - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom. BREAKING: Al Alamara - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom. BREAKING: Az Zubaya - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom BREAKING: Baghdad, Iraq - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom BREAKING: Basra, Iraq - Iraqis liberated by America and...

MP's wife introduced him to Saddam sympathiser, writes CAMERON SIMPSON and AARON HICKLIN GEORGE Galloway first met the shadowy figure of Fawaz Zureikat through his Palestinian wife. The fateful meeting was to propel the man who goes under the soubriquets of "Gorgeous George" and the "MP for Baghdad Central" into one of the biggest crises of his colourful career. Dr Amineh Abu-Zayyad, 36, a Jerusalem-born scientist who married Mr Galloway in a secret ceremony in London in February 2000, had gone to the same university in Jordan as Mr Zureikat. Mr Zureikat's name first surfaced in a letter from Mr...

A Jordanian business man, Fawaz Zureikat, whose name was revealed yesterday as an allegedly business intermediary between Labour member of Parliament George Galloway and Saddam Hussain's regime, has been detained in Amman. George Galloway MP, a familiar face to Arab public, is at the top of the news once again, but this time as having been, allegedly, on the pay-roll of Saddam Hussain's regime, at least since 2000. The allegations, claimed to have been uncovered in "secret documents" found by a reporter in two charred boxes at the first floor of the looted foreign ministry in Baghdad are many and...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordan charged 16 Islamic militants on Sunday with plotting terror attacks, including strikes against the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Amman. The suspected cell members were detained between August and September, but details about the allegations against them, surfaced only after they were charged at the office of Jordan's military prosecutor. One of the suspects remains at large. The men, led by 50-year-old Jordanian Abed al-Tahawi, were charged with conspiring to carry out the attacks and illegal possession of automatic weapons, a court official said. A military prosecutor accused the defendants of plotting attacks against the U.S....

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AMMAN (AFP) - Two Jordanians were charged here with planning to carry out attacks on diplomats in the country, according to their charge sheet. In a separate case, another man was accused of having links with fellow Jordanian Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, considered to be the leader in Iraqof Osama bin Laden 's Al-Qaeda terror network. Student Khaled Abdelrahman Jibran, 20, and shop employee Abdelhamid Ezzat Mahmoud Yassin, 31, were charged by the state security court prosecutor with "conspiracy to carry out terrorist acts." They were also charged with planning "military operations against foreign diplomats as revenge on their countries for...

AMMAN (AFP) - A Jordanian border policeman opened fire at the King Hussein bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank, causing no injuries, Jordanian government spokeswoman Asma Khodr said. "A bullet was fired by a Jordanian policeman but no one was injured and an investigation is underway to determine what happened exactly," Khodr told AFP. Khodr said she was unable to give further details pending the results of the investigation. Her remarks came after Israel's Channel Two television reported that a Jordanian policeman opened fire towards an Israeli delegation waiting at the King Hussein bridge, otherwise known as Allenby....

Jordan's King Abdullah revealed on Saturday that vehicles reportedly containing chemical weapons and poison gas that were part of a deadly al Qaeda bomb plot came from Syria, the country named by U.S. weapons inspector David Kay last year as a likely repository for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. "It was a major, major operation. It would have decapitated the government," King Abdullah told the San Francisco Chronicle. Jordanian officials estimated that the death count could have been as high as 20,000 - seven times greater than the Sept. 11 attacks. Abdullah said that trucks containing 17.5 tons of explosives...

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's military prosecutor has charged three Iraqis with plotting terror attacks against American and Israeli targets in the kingdom with rockets and hand grenades, government officials said Friday. The Iraqis — two in Jordanian police custody and one at large — will be tried in the military State Security Court soon, the officials said in announcing that the alleged plot was uncovered and foiled in October. The indictment against the men did not say what exactly the men intended to target. The men were arrested Oct. 12, when their vehicle — with the weapons concealed in it...

Oct. 13, 2003 Ministers steer clear of 'Geneva' deal By GRACE B. MCMILLAN Not a single minister in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet is expected to support the Geneva Initiative hammered out over the weekend by a team of Israeli leftists and Palestinians in Amman. Former Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, who initiated the plan, had expressed hope of attracting support from Shinui and Likud MKs. The two sides in Amman agreed to bring the deal to their governments for approval. But Shinui leader Yosef (Tommy) Lapid released a statement criticizing the initiative and National Infrastructure Minister Yosef Partitzky, who considers...

A US official at the American embassy in Amman told Albawaba Wednesday that a ‘temporary’ American diplomat was involved in shooting attack Tuesday night in one of the Jordanian capital’s streets. The embassy’s press attaché, Justin H. Siberrel, said the incident took place around 11 PM Tuesday night near the third circle at Jabal Amman. He confirmed the diplomat was unharmed and in good health. Siberrel, however, declined to reveal the diplomat’s identity. The US attaché avoided speculations about the motives behind the attack, indicating that investigations by the Jordanian security services are underway.

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 4/3/03 - Rescues, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Arbil, Umm Qasr BREAKING: Freed behind Enemy Lines - POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch BREAKING: Freed in Az Zubaya - Black Watch BREAKING: Baghdad - Republican Guard palace + BREAKING: Najaf - cache of Iraqi weapons from Saddam's military school BREAKING: Nasiriyah - Battle lines BREAKING: Nasiriyah - captured Iraqi military base BREAKING: Nasiriyah - WMD-suits, masks and ammunition which were found at military installation BREAKING: Nasiriyah - freed Iraqi bedouins BREAKING: Arbil - Atropine injectors left by retreating Iraqis BREAKING: Halabja - New sheriff in town...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/31/03 - Strike Videos, Baghdad, Basra, Umm Qasr, Dohuk, Qushtapa UNDERREPORTED COALITION GAINS Baghdad - shock and awe incrementally applied South Iraq - Russian antitank 'technology' used against American heroes Basra - Exodus at Basra- fleeing Iraqis slaughtered by Saddam's forces Basra - Checkpoint of Freedom at Basra Az Zubaya - British Light Infantry distributes aid Najaf - homocidal bomber in a taxi kills four American heroes Umm Qasr, RFA Sir Galahad arrives Umm Qasr, Royal Marines rock Chamchamal - chemical protection kit found in bunker after Iraqis abandoned their position Dohuk...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/19/03 Part 2 - GR7s over Iraq, Iraq Parliament, Amman, Aziz, Iran Prisoners, Kuwait, Desert Rats, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Theodore Roosevelt BREAKING: Royal Harrier GR7s over Iraq BREAKING: USS Harry S. Truman BREAKING: the USS Theodore Roosevelt BREAKING: Kuwait, Desert Rats BREAKING: Iraq Parliament - Almost Free at Last BREAKING: Amman - watches BREAKING: Tariq Aziz - With the Fishes or Defects? BREAKING: Iran - Prisoners and ?WMD exchange ========= Iraq ========= Views from a Royal Air Force Harrier jet over the oil fields of southern Iraq early in the...

<p>WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda is not just in northern parts of Iraq outside of Saddam Hussein's control, but is actually operating in Baghdad, the deputy secretary of state told a Senate panel Thursday.</p> <p>Offering a startling and cryptic preview of some of the intelligence information the Bush administration is expected to provide to the U.N. Security Council next week, Richard Armitage cited a specific case of Al Qaeda's recent activities originating from the Iraqi capital.</p>

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 01/29/03 - Jarf el-Nadaf, Gaza, Sulaymanyah, Paris, Porto Alegre BREAKING: Jarf el-Nadaf - Hopeless, lost UN Weapons Inspectors BREAKING: Gaza - Terrorist explosions at home BREAKING: Sulaymanyah - No more Halabjas BREAKING: Beit Hanoun, Gaza - Ballistic missiles launched at Israel from bridges (US media silent) USS Nassau, Amman, Beirut, Berlin, Khan Younis, Rafah, Sidon, Paris, Porto Alegre =========== Baghdad =========== UN weapons inspectors beg for help and directions from Saddam's "Monitoring Directorate" after they got lost on their "inspection" visit to Jarf el-Nadaf, south of Baghdad. Joint "inspection" by the Iraqi...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 01/10/03 - al-Qaim, Baghdad, Beji, Diala, Jurf al-Sakhr, Ramadi, Saddam Graphite Factory, Camp New York, Diala, Amman, London BREAKING: Inspection @ al-Qaim phosphate plant BREAKING: Inspection @ Al-Motaseem factory BREAKING: Inspection @ Natural Gas Establishment BREAKING: Inspection @ al Daje, at the al Fikar missile factory BREAKING: Inspection @ Jurf al-Sakhr BREAKING: Inspection @ Ramadi, Saddam Graphite Factory BREAKING: Camp New York, Kuwait BREAKING: London, ricin Diala, Amman ========= al-Qaim phosphate plant, Iraq ========= At al-Qaim phosphate plant, ~250 miles east of Baghdad, inspection by chopper. ========= Baghdad ========= In Baghdad, Iraq,...

AMMAN, November 27 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - U.S. Consul Les Hickman has been "relieved of his responsibilities" amid an investigation into embezzlement involving a visa scam at the U.S. embassy in Amman, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, November 27. The probe - the first of its kind in Jordan - is focusing on "large sums of money" paid by individuals for visas to the United States, which has restricted the entry of foreigners following last year's attacks, the sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Hickman, consular chief and first secretary at the U.S. embassy in Amman since July 2000, will be...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 10/29/02 - Amman, Ariel, Beit Zarzir, Ossuary, Irbil, Bagram, Kabul, Kandahar BREAKING: Amman, Jordan - Islamic terrorism and murder, BREAKING: Ariel, Israel - Islamic terrorism and murder, BREAKING: Beit Zarzir, Israel, el-Heib clan and Hezbollah, BREAKING: Israel - Ossuary found, Gaza, Irbil, Bagram, Kabul, Kandahar =========== Amman =========== BREAKING: new Islamic terror attack In Amman, Jordan, murdered by a terrorist(s), US diplomat Lawrence Foley, brutally shot in front of his Amman home In Amman, Jordan, prisoners were three days earlier returned from Iraq. Were any terrorists or criminals, and not just political...

Witnesses say a Jordanian woman in Zarqa ripped off her enveloping black cloak and veil, to reveal a traditional long dress that was nearly as enveloping, and punched and kicked into submission three young men who had been verbally harassing her. The official Petra News Agency reported Sunday that shopkeepers and passers-by believe the unidentified woman must have had martial arts training. In Friday's incident on the main street in Zarqa 22 kilometers (13 miles) north Amman, the three men were too shocked to react at first and ended up knocked to the ground, screaming in pain. They then scrambled...