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Whose World is the World? By Norma Zager “When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?” Frank Borman Life is an interesting dynamic. Yesterday while standing in a jewelry store I struck up a conversation with two women. Talk of the economy became the focus and while they complained about current circumstances, one suddenly noted that if...

[Finally, the 'Palestinian' Islamists admit their real intention, not Israel's actions are an issue...] Palestinians Hamas: "The Final Goal of the Resistance is to Wipe This Entity Off the Face of the Earth" "We are making the preparations for a confrontation. This is not because we need to be prepared for an Israeli act of aggression - after all, aggression is intrinsic to this entity - but because the final goal of the resistance is to wipe this entity off the face of the Earth. This goal necessitates the development of the capabilities of the resistance, until this entity is...

Lebanese authorities arrest 4 Palestinians planning bombings http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/13/africa/ME-GEN-Lebanon-Violence.php Army commander: Militant group battling Lebanese troops in refugee camp al-Qaida affiliated The Associated PressPublished: August 13, 2007 BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanon's army commander said Monday that the militant group battling troops in a northern Palestinian refugee camp was affiliated with al-Qaida, the first high-ranking official to make such a statement. Some Lebanese government officials had alleged the Fatah Islam group holed up in the Nahr el-Bared camp was created by Syria, a claim denied by Gen. Michel Suleiman. "This organization is not the creation of Syrian intelligence, nor its it supported by...

Johnston family 'distressed' by video http://www.guardian.co.uk/Media/site/story/0,,2110809,00.html Guardian Unlimited - The family of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston say they are "most concerned and distressed" by the latest video released by his captors, in which he said he has been dressed in an explosives belt to deter rescue attempts. BBC journalist in bomb-belt threat video http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=312303New Video Shows Captured BBC Reporter http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3311720 I am sure they are merely "fighting the occupation" don't you think?

Hezbollah Inside America: FOX News Tells All in Documentary Tuesday, January 16, 2007 By David Asman E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION Does any terrorist organization pose a greater threat to Americans than ? The shocking answer to that question unfolds this Saturday, January 20th, at 8 p.p. EST, as FOX News Channel presents a breakthrough documentary, “Smokescreen: Hezbollah Inside America.” While Americans are still largely focused on Al Qaeda and — who’s presumably rotting away in some cave — the terrorist group has been setting up shop right here in America’s heartland. And most Americans don’t know a thing about...

British police arrest Muslims for planning attacks overseas British police arrest Muslims for planning attacks overseas International Herald Tribune, France - May 24, 2006MANCHESTER, England The police arrested 10 people Wednesday in raids across Britain designed to apprehend residents the government suspects of planning or ... The BBC reported that the people detained on Wednesday were possibly suspected of planning attacks in Iraq and said that they were believed to be linked to a group called the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group...

Israel caught a teenage boy, Husam Abu, trying to cross a checkpoint clad in an explosive suit, the Jerusalem Post reports: "He was fully aware of what he was to do and told us he received NIS 100 and was instructed to blow himself up near soldiers," .... "Blowing myself up is the only chance I've got to have sex with 72 virgins in the Garden of Eden," Abdu said his handlers had told him. The boy's age is in some question. Early reports said he was as young as 8, but the Post says he's 14, and Maariv reports...

Suspected Palestinian terror trainer arrested in ZamboMANILA -- Authorities have arrested a Palestinian man who allegedly trained al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf guerrillas in the past and returned to the Philippines for a possible terror mission, government officials said Thursday. Fawas Ajjur, whom security officials suspect may be an al-Qaida operative, was arrested Saturday in Zamboanga City as he arrived after a baffling, circuitous journey that took him to Russia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, the officials said. Ajjur did not have a visa and was taken into custody by immigration agents at the Zamboanga airport, Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. said....