http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rop/ en-us Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:47:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075312/posts U.S. Open Employee Accused Of Making Bomb Threat September 4, 2008 A teenage employee at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, Queens, has been charged with making a series of phone calls to the venue Wednesday – while at work – claiming that a bomb had been planted at the Arthur Ashe Stadium there. The threats turned out to be a hoax. Mahmet M. Kadayifci, 19, of 34-24 77th St. in the Elmhurst section of Queens. Kadayifci, who is a contracted employee with the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) assigned to the fire watch area at the U.S. Open,... nationalterroralert. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075312/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2073559/posts 09/02/2008 17:26IRAQFresh violence in Mosul, two Christians kidnapped and killedThe kidnapping of two Christians has ended in tragedy, after the family of one paid a ransom of 20,000 dollars. The community of Mosul hopes that the Muslims will strongly condemn the murders. Mosul (AsiaNews) - The Iraqi Christian community is again in the sights of Islamic fundamentalists in Mosul: today news came of the death of a 65-year-old doctor, Tariq Qattan, kidnapped recently by a terrorist group. AsiaNews sources say that his family had paid a ransom of 20,000 U.S. dollars. But it was not enough money to free Tariq... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2073559/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:41:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073144/posts CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian lawmaker and business tycoon was arrested Tuesday in the death of a Lebanese pop singer, Egypt's chief prosecutor said, accusing the man of paying a former police officer $2 million to kill her. Hisham Talaat, a lawmaker from the ruling party of President Hosni Mubarak, is accused of ordering the death of 30-year-old Suzanne Tamim, who was found decapitated in her Dubai apartment in July, chief prosecutor Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud told The Associated Press. The death made waves in Egyptian media in early August and prompted a media ban in Egypt last month, following reports that... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073144/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2073004/posts A picture of Ilan Halimi, who was kidnapped and murdered by a gang in Paris. (Archives) The incident of brutal abuse began at 10 A.M. on February 22. Mathieu Roumi, 19, whose father is Jewish, was strolling through his neighborhood in the Paris suburb of Bagneux, which has been the site of violent riots by immigrants in the past two years. The suburb became notorious as the scene of Ilan Halimi's 2006 murder, which horrified France. ...after which they beat him and, with the help of a third friend, dragged him to a dark basement. The three assailants were joined... haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2073004/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:14:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072888/posts Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Caroline Glick: Israel's Enemies Calling Israel's bluff Our World: Calling Israel's bluff Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 1, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1220186502793&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas and its international collaborators have a new plan. To forcibly end Israel's embargo of Gaza's seacoast, they intend to operate a "ferry" service that will sail from Cyprus to Gaza every couple of weeks. The plan was announced on Friday by American Hamas collaborator Paul Larudee. Larudee and 32 other Hamas collaborators from North America and Europe disguised themselves as "peace activists" last week as they ran the gauntlet of Israel's naval... imra http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072888/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2072840/posts Israel's extraordinary help for the Arab "Palestinians" should overshadow any consequences in it's war on terror stemming out of "Palestinian" initiated violence      Let alone current contributions and aid, even in the years that the "Palestinians" love to refer to as "occupation", just How "bad" was it really for them?   1967 - 1993   * Economic prosperity, Israeli investment in "Palestinian" business, industry and infrastructure helped the PA GNP grow 13% annually between 1967 and 1980, per capita income grew tenfold, unemployment dropped from 40% to below 5%.   * Standard of living soared, Health gains: Israel built 166... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2072840/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:23:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072692/posts Suspected insurgents shot dead three villagers as the Ramadan fast began in the restive southern border provinces of Yala and Pattani on Monday. A 61-year-old Thai-Muslim village headman was killed by the gunmen while he was driving... a 51-year-old female rubber farmer ... Bangkok Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072692/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:05:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2071712/posts REMEMBERING THE 'SEPTEMBER BLOOD TRAIL' ANOTHER ISLAMIC PALESTINIAN "CONTRIBUTION" TO (against) HUMANITY In September three jetliners-- one American, one British and one Swiss-- were hijacked by Palestinian Arabs to Jordan. The passengers were held hostage. This action further undermined the sovereignty of King Hussein's government. The King decided to take action and fighting broke out between the Jordanian Army and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Syrians attempted to intervene on the side of the P.L.O. but Israel warned that they, too, would then intervene. The Jordanian army defeated the P.L.O. whose forces fled to Lebanon. http://www.historycentral.com/Mideast/BlkSept.html Black September, The PLO's... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2071712/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:54:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068365/posts ISLAMABAD: Three teenage girls along with their two close elderly relatives were shot at before being buried alive in a desert of Balochistan by their tribesmen in the name of honour. The shocking reports of this horrible incident reaching the capital from different quarters revealed that the girls studying in classes 10 to 12 intended to marry men of their choice through a civil court by defying the centuries-old tribal traditions. When the fuming elders of Umrani tribe came to know about the intentions of these girls to appear before a local court, they picked them up from their homes... Pak Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068365/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:11:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1114994/posts Each day that dawns in Iraq, as well as Afghanistan, brings more of the same — mayhem, murderous attacks, bombings, killings, destruction, and many other covert actions — all of which are performed with one end in mind, to rid the country of America's presence, to eradicate her loyal and brave fighting men, the guardians of law and order, peace and stability the world over. For Muslim despots and zealots alike quake in their boots at having to deal with the reality that America and her coalition forces have conquered two Islamic nations and, at the same time, dethroned infamous... Albany (Georgia) Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1114994/posts#comment Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067227/posts If any evil forces were lurking Friday night along the Bangor waterfront, Hassan Hakmoun drove them away and called down healing spirits that blanketed the American Folk Festival crowd at the Railroad Stage. “Feel the spirit,” he told the crowd, “and pray for the world to become one.” Bangor Bolshevik Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067227/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2067107/posts Arab Muslim Palestinians' Persecution of Christians DHIMMITUDE, ISLAMIC APARTHEIDArab "Palestinian" Christians have been suffering and STILL suffer from Arab "Palestinian" Muslim majority.Just like the Arab Christian Lebanese in "Damour" (Yasir Arafat´s Planned Christian Genocide http://www.chretiens-et-juifs.org/article.php?voir%5B%5D=594&voir%5B%5D=3532 , Hobeika - Damour http://www.free-lebanon.com/LFPNews/hobeika_damour/hobeika_damour.html), where "Palestinian" Muslims massacred Christians senselessly, which brought the reprisal by Arab Christians upon Arab "Palestinian" Muslims in Sabra & shatila. The Islamization of Bethlehem that has started by Yasser Arafat has forced Christians out.The "Palestinian" Christians are forced to join the senseless criminal violence against Israeli victims, otherwise they are threatened. Some Arab "Palestinians" that might be Christian won't... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2067107/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:27:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2066618/posts If Saleman Abdirahman Dirie intended to do harm with the sodium cyanide found in his Denver hotel room, he could have done a lot of it. Firefighters said Wednesday that Dirie, whose body was found Monday, had a pound of the substance in Room 408 at the Burnsley All Suite Hotel in Capitol Hill, and an expert said that if it were mixed with acid, that would be plenty enough to function as a weapon. Denver police verified that the substance found in Dirie's hotel suite was sodium cyanide, which converts to a gas if mixed with acid and could... Dever Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2066618/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066195/posts JAKARTA, Indonesia — Hundreds of Christian theology students have been living in tents since a mob of angry Muslim neighbors stormed their campus last month wielding bamboo spears and hurling Molotov cocktails. AP via FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066195/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:26:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2065953/posts The Genocidal Islamic monster Al-Bashir warns to harm peacekeepers if 'arrest is issued'     Sudanese president is defiant in Darfur visitThe Associated Press - Jul 23, 2008... one day after a presidential adviser warned that aid workers and peacekeepers might not be safe in Darfur if an arrest warrant is issued for al-Bashir. ...http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5inqUzmH0M_JwO_wre74Z0-3h3-2gD923KSIG0   Warlord frequented local bar in disguiseThe Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - Jul 24, 2008A senior Sudanese official is warning that aid workers and peacekeepers might not be safe in Darfur if an arrest warrant is issued for the country's ...http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127571   They Said ItWednesday, July... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2065953/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065811/posts Nigeria's Islamic authority has told the man who has 86 wives to choose only four and repent within three days or else he will be sentenced to death. The Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI) passed their verdict on Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, according to Sharia law. This comes two weeks after the Nigerian press and the BBC reported on the case. Talking to the media then, Mr Abubakar challenged Muslim scholars, saying there is no punishment stated in the Koran for having more than four wives. However, Mr Abubakar advised other men not to follow his example and marry 86 women.... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065811/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:01:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065565/posts August 21, 2008 Suicide bombers kill 70 outside main Pakistan military complex Two suicide bombers struck outside Pakistan’s main defence complex today, killing more than 70 people in the latest surge of militant violence facing the country's post-Musharraf ruling coalition. The bombers struck simultaneously at two gates when hundreds of workers were leaving the facility in Wah garrison town, about 20 miles from capital Islamabad. It was one of the biggest terrorist attacks targeting military installations as Pakistan forces stepped up their campaign against Islamic militants in northern border areas. Tehrek-e-Taleban Pakistan, an outlawed militant group claimed responsibility for the... times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065565/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:59:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065336/posts Canadian MP: Mahmoud Abbas Purveys Anti-Jewish Incitement ArutzSheva Israel ...He also met with PA officials and told them that "hate breeds hate." Saying that Hamas, with "their charter with its genocidal objective, anti-Semitic ... http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127280 inn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065336/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:26:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065330/posts Islamic Terror Breeds in IranBy Amil Imani The Islamic Republic terror machine once again has taken off at the speed of light in Iran and exemplifies a depraved, clerical system of government, which legitimizes its depravity through terror, fear and intimidation of Iranian people. With the additional handpicking of the newly selected members of the Islamic "Majles," the clergy have intensified their terror against the people of Iran and their insatiable appetite for another holocaust against the Jewish State, at all cost. The leaders of the Islamic Republic have gone completely mad. The Islamic Republic has stationed revolutionary and militia... amricanthinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065330/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064321/posts U.S. gives flak jackets to terrorist-saturated forces Part of multimillion dollar taxpayer-funded training program -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 18, 2008 10:52 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2008 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – U.S.-provided bullet-proof vests have reached Palestinian security forces in the West Bank, including units in which known terrorists serve, WND has learned. The U.S. last week received a green light from the Israeli government to provide standard-issue police flak jackets to security forces from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization, which has had many members undergo advance U.S. training in recent months. WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064321/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:09:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064307/posts Suicide Attack in Algeria Kills Dozens By Ricci Shryock Dakar 19 August 2008 Shryock report - Download (MP3) Shryock report - Listen (MP3) Algeria's Interior Ministry says a suicide car bombing in front of a police school near Algiers has killed more than 40 people and injured dozens more. Ricci Shryock has more from our West Africa regional bureau in Dakar. Gendarmes stand at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Issers, 60 kms east of Algiers, 19 Aug 2008 Young Algerians were waiting in line to register at the local police academy when a suicide car bomb exploded... voa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064307/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064082/posts LAHORE, Pakistan; Saira Liaqat squints through her one good eye as she brushes a woman's hair. Her face, most of which the acid melted years ago, occasionally lights up with a smile. Her hands, largely undamaged, deftly handle the dark brown locks. A few steps away in this popular beauty salon, Urooj Akbar diligently trims, cleans and paints clients' fingernails. Her face, severely scarred from the blaze that burned some 70 percent of her body, is somber. It's hard to tell if she's sad or if it's just the way she now looks. Liaqat and Akbar are among Pakistan's many... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064082/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:36:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064084/posts A US publisher has cancelled the publication of a novel about the youngest wife of the Muslim prophet Mohammed amid a growing controversy over the book. The Jewel of Medina, a debut novel by journalist Sherry Jones about Mohammed's child bride A'isha had been due for release in the US last week. But publisher Random House released her from the contract amid the controversy and her agent said Jones was now looking for a publisher in another country to pick up the rights. "Random House made the decision to cancel its US publication of the novel The Jewel of Medina... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064084/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:39:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063881/posts Islamic separatists kill 28 in Philippines rampage International Herald Tribune, France By Carlos H. Conde MANILA: Islamic separatists attacked several towns and villages Monday in the troubled southern Philippine region of Mindanao, ...http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/asia/phils.php IHT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063881/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:31:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063876/posts Muslim rebel attacks kill 16 in Philippines Kyrgyzstan News, Kyrgyzstan - August 18, 2008 Muslim separatist rebels went on a rampage in the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 16 people as they seized towns, burned homes and looted ... kyrgyzstannews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063876/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:22:17 GMT