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Terror suspect: MI5 asks for deportation BRIAN BRADY AND EDDIE BARNES THE hunt for the London bombers dramatically switched to France last night after MI5 and Scotland Yard demanded the extradition of a "North African" terrorist suspected of involvement in the murderous attacks. Detectives have made the formal request to French colleagues for the extradition of an Islamic radical who is believed to have fled across the Channel after the bomb attacks. The name of the individual is not yet known, but sources say he is of North African descent, and is high on a list of potential terrorist masterminds...

Massive global manhunt builds picture of killers World's police meet to share information Sunday July 10, 2005 The Observer Gradually a picture is starting to build up. There was no lone suicide bomber. There was no one terrorist acting on his own. The probability is that the worst terrorist attack in Britain was carried out by at least a four-person cell using synchronised explosive devices attached to timers. And Britain might not have been the only target. There is evidence that atrocities were also being planned in Italy and possibly in Denmark. Article continues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Such knowledge will not...

Liberty Beat by Nat Hentoff The Unknown Kerry Could he sink all his swift boat enemies if he released all his Vietnam records? September 13th, 2004 5:35 PM What is he hiding? (photo: Holly Northrop/hnorthrop.com) I am absolutely telling you the God's honest truth about what happened and what took place over there [in Vietnam]. — John Kerry The New York Sun, August 27–29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In an August editorial, The New York Times declared, "No one has offered evidence to contradict the record" of Kerry's war service. In the September 6 New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg advises us that "the plausibility...

Judge hears final pleas on 'partial-birth' abortion BY ROBYNN TYSVER WORLD-HERALD BUREAU RELATED STORY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- » Federal judge in California rejects abortion ban LINCOLN - Decrying attacks on "activist judges," U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf defended the right of courts to review the "partial-birth" abortion ban passed by Congress. Kopf said Wednesday the judiciary is one of the three branches of government and a legitimate part of the system's checks and balances. Dr. LeRoy Carhart with his legal counsel, Priscilla Smith, outside the federal courthouse in Lincoln after closing arguments before U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf. He also called arguments...

karen hughes is simply stunning on charlie rose tonight. she is hitting on all cylinders. God bless President Bush and God bless karen hughes.

Iraq War Vet Lt. Col. Rutter to Speak April 5 home/news & events Dateline: 3/22/2004 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE Dale Goodwin, Director Peter Tormey, Associate Director Iraq War Vet Lt. Col. Rutter to Speak 'The Liberation of Iraq – A Soldier's Story' April 5 Lt. Col. Scott Rutter, a commander in the Iraq War, will speak on "The Liberation of Iraq – A Soldier's Story" at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 5 in Cataldo Hall at Gonzaga University. The event, sponsored by GU College Republicans and the Young Americas Foundation, is free and open to the public. Lt. Col. Rutter in...

<p>There comes a time in every stand-up comedian's life when she has to take the plunge into acting class if she hopes to rise to comedy's highest heights, something that usually can be achieved only through roles in film and TV. For a politically conservative comic who doubles as a columnist for newspapers and Web sites, the decision to enter the flighty world of acting comes with that much more trepidation. Once I made the decision, though, I took the recommendation of other comedians and chose a two-year course with Ray Romano's former teacher.</p>

Ddid you see scarborough tonight? finally, someone from the "mainstream media" told the truth about the french. their missiles were, as i'm sure you know, used in the hotel attack. i suspect we won't see this, ever, in the NY times, the LA times, the wash. post, or the "major" networks.

How is YOUR church responding to the war? i just returned from saturday evening mass, a normal serive in the Catholic church. our deacon mentioned a special memorial for the relatives of parishioners, to utilize photos and names of our members' relatives and friends on a special memorial to be placed at the entry to services. our priest, fr. salanitro, had a special homily, based on war movies. it focused primarily on "Saving Private Ryan", the nature of sacrifice, tying in the sacrifices our servicemen and women make to the ultimate sacrifice that Christ made for us all. the mass...

To: redalert@stratfor.com Subject: Stratfor Weekly: The Region After Iraq Here is your complimentary Stratfor Weekly, written by our Chairman and Founder, Dr. George Friedman. Please feel free to email this analysis to a friend. The Region After Iraq Summary Desert Storm was about restoring the status quo ante. The 2003 war with Iraq will be about redefining the status quo in the region. Geopolitically, it will leave countries like Syria and Saudi Arabia completely surrounded by U.S. military forces and Iran partially surrounded. It is therefore no surprise that the regional powers, regardless of their hostility to Saddam Hussein, oppose...

<p>NEW YORK — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations rebuked its secretary-general, Kofi Annan, yesterday in a spat over who would get to photocopy the Iraqi weapons declaration that arrived in New York on Sunday.</p> <p>The Americans did the work — no small job for a declaration that came as a pile of paper about 4 feet thick. But Iraq immediately accused the United States of using the opportunity to distort the report, and Mr. Annan joined in criticizing the handling of the document.</p>

Multicultural groups focus on derogatory Halloween costumes By Beth Skopp Halloween is stereotypically seen as a day of fun when people can dress as something they aren't. However, it is stereotypes that are problematic for many students. "Halloween itself isn't offensive. It's when people portray an ethnicity in an incorrect way that people become offended," said Carl Camacho, a member of the executive team for the Multicultural Student Coalition and a UW-Madison senior. For the past three years, the MCSC has used videotape to document offensive Halloween costumes. Members of the group approach students dressed in ethnic costumes and ask...

Special Forces The least-understood branch of our military was born 60 years ago but today is coming into prominence as never before by D. M. Giangreco “But, Dad, those don’t look like American soldiers.” My son was right. The bearded young men leaping from a white pickup truck in a TV news clip were dressed in an curious assortment of Western and Afghan garb. Yet even in the few seconds of broadcast images, one could see by their quick, purposeful movements that the newsman’s call was correct: The men securing a forlorn Al Qaeda safe house were U.S. Army Special...

Now we know how the US feels October 15 2002 Perhaps some lefties - al Qaeda apologists and critics of American policy alike - will now take terror at face value, writes Gerard Henderson. Who will be on Michael Leunig's Christmas-card list this time around? Last year, in the aftermath of the terrorist murders in the United States, the Age cartoonist declared that it was time to extend "mercy, forgiveness, compassion" to, wait for it, the leader of al Qaeda. Writing on this page on Christmas Eve, the intellectual guru of Down Under's leftist luvvies declared: "Might we, can we,...

Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway I Hear America Sinking Bush Pulls a Grieving Nation Into War September 11 - 17, 2002 Europeans say this man is the third greatest threat to world peace. (photo from whitehouse.gov) behind the memorial candles and commercial remembrances lies one of the most astute marketing campaigns in American political history. This week, as the nation marks the first anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, the Bush administration will twist voters' outpouring of raw emotion and patriotic fervor into a launching pad for the inevitable invasion of Iraq. In a September 12 speech to the United Nations,...

The Longest War The fight we’re in didn’t begin on September 11; it started thousands of years ago. It’s the struggle between East and West, and history can both encourage and help us—if we read it properly. by Victor Davis Hanson About as many americans were killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11 as at Lexington and Concord, at the Alamo, at Fort Sumter, on the Lusitania, and at Pearl Harbor combined, all of which precipitated Americans’ entry into major wars. Where else can we turn but to history to make sense of such carnage? Yet many facile comparisons ...

what a great day in America. today at Mass, our associate priest made no plea for peace. instead, after asking for our prayers for the victims and their loved ones, he asked for prayers for our leaders and our armed forces, while they do their jobs, and do justice. he ended by asking us all to pray for God's blessings on America, and requesting the assistance of America's patron saint, Mary. later, at a prayer serice for our 8th graders seeking confirmation, our head Priest told of how America has been turning away from God for the last 10 years, ...

Midlands Voices: End terror with anger By the Rev. Val J. Peter The author, executive director of Girls and Boys Town, wrote this as an "open letter to the American people." We are in the midst of a great national tragedy. It is a tragedy senselessly inflicted by a few human beings upon many others. It is most harmful. 1. These terrorists are attacking freedom. They hate it. Why spread terror in America? Because America symbolizes freedom. These religious fanatics hate freedom because they want to impose their ideas, their views, their religious convictions by force on others. And ...

haven't you noticed? when you talk to people. it is only the under 30s that are freaking out. i have two children, both girls, one almost 17, and one 13. the older one says students at her school are really not handling this well, while she is in total control. my younger daughter is much more worried. in talking to older Americans, however, i see the following patterns: 1) older Americans, those of 65 +, are the least worried. my father-in-law, 100 % lebanese descent, and a navy combat veteran of WWII, is sure we will find our enemies and ...

Nanoengineering may alter face of combat 'Smart' uniforms use treated fibers By Associated Press,, 9/10/2001 NEW YORK - To help soldiers survive, the US Army is developing a new generation of combat uniforms using tiny, doctored fibers that let air through while blocking toxins from chemical and biological weapons. The ''chemical protective overgarment,'' expected to ship in as little as two years, is one of the early uses of nanotechnology: the science of manipulating single atoms and molecules to create new products. While nanotechnology won't be ready to build tiny machines or computer processors for at least 10 years, researchers ...