http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terror/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:40:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050825/posts 24 July 2008 Pristina _ The Islamic Community of Kosovo says that many Muslim states are to recognise Pristina’s independence from Serbia in the very near future. Naim Ternava, the head of Kosovo’s Islamic Community, said Thursday that this organisation is lobbying for the further recognition of Kosovo’s independence. “We are working hard, together with Kosovo’s institutions, to make sure many Islamic countries recognise Kosovo,” Ternava said. He made the comment after meeting Kosovo’s Parliament speaker Jakup Krasniqi. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on February 17, an act that has been recognised by 43 countries so far. However recognitions have... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050825/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:40:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050501/posts In the wake of this week’s bulldozer terrorist attack on King David Street, the second bulldozer terrorist attack in the capital this month, security officials are acutely aware that the Arab residents of Jerusalem currently pose the greatest terrorist threat to Israel. Already, police have arrested 71 Jerusalem Arabs this year on suspicion of planning or knowing about planned acts of terror. That number is up drastically from the 34 Jerusalem Arabs who were arrested on terror-related charges in all of 2007. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050501/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050326/posts Another Dam Threat July 16, 2008 http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/another_dam_threat By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart At the stroke of midnight July 8, the Denver Water Board closed the road over Dillon Dam in Summit County, Colorado, citing security concerns. The board’s decision, which was implemented without advance notice to local governments and citizens, has not been well-received. It has sparked protests by enraged residents and has even prompted officials from Summit County, three affected towns nearby and the local fire and rescue department to file suit in state district court in a bid to force Denver Water to reopen the road. The... STRATFOR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050326/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:36:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050004/posts A Palestinian in a mechanical digger has rammed traffic in west Jerusalem, injuring at least 10 people before being shot dead. A bus and a number of cars were hit during the incident. Some cars were crushed and one was turned on its roof. Witnesses say an armed civilian first shot at the driver, before he was killed by border police. Three weeks ago a Palestinian man went on a deadly rampage in a heavy vehicle in Jerusalem, killing three Israelis. The BBC's Paul Wood in Jerusalem says it is thought the 2 July attacker was simply a disturbed man... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050004/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:37:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049709/posts To add some facts and historic timeline to the debate going on in the Obama Abandons Commitment to Iraq" thread.Scott responded to the oft repeated statement, taking "our eye off the ball", that is one of Obama's mainstays: However, Sen Obama’s “we took our eye off the ball” schtick is a lie. It’s a deliberate distortion of the truth; a deliberate misleading of Americans… Indeed it is an outright lie. And one that personally makes me break out in laughter everytime Obama parrots his regular speech talking point. We did not take our "eye off the ball". Rather we turned... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049709/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:35:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048662/posts BEIJING - Three separate bus explosions killed at least three people and injured 14 in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on Monday, media said, amid a security clampdown ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics. The causes were not immediately clear, but the blasts came within a matter of hours of each other in the capital of Yunnan province and less than three weeks before the Beijing Games, which China has warned could be a target of terrorist attacks. An explosion on one bus happened at the Panjiawan stop at 7.10 a.m. and the second blast was nearby, the official... MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048662/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048386/posts (IsraelNN.com) A new Islamist jihad group that may become as much of a threat to Hamas as it is to Israel is gaining strength in Gaza. The Gaza-based group of Salafi Muslims, known as the Army of Islam (Jaish al-Islam), first made headlines a year ago when it kidnapped British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reporter Alan Johnston near his Gaza City bureau office. "It was nothing personal," commented their leader, Abu Mustafa, in an interview published over the weekend by the German Der Spiegel. "It was a message to the West that they should release imprisoned Muslims." He added that at... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048386/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:59:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048250/posts (IsraelNN.com) A new Islamist jihad group that may become as much of a threat to Hamas as it is to Israel is gaining strength in Gaza. The Gaza-based group of Salafi Muslims, known as the Army of Islam (Jaish al-Islam), first made headlines a year ago when it kidnapped British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reporter Alan Johnston near his Gaza City bureau office. "It was nothing personal," commented their leader, Abu Mustafa in an interview published over the weekend by the German Der Spiegel. "It was a message to the West that they should release imprisoned Muslims." He added that at... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048250/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:20:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047147/posts 16 July 2008 Gjakova _ The UN authorities in Kosovo have pledged to hold talks with council officials in Gjakova after it emerged a park is being built over the remains of a Serbian Orthodox Church. Local Serb radio KIM found that the construction of the park in Gjakova (known in Serbian as Djakovica), an overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian town in western Kosovo, is now in its final stages. A metre of soil was placed on top of the church’s foundations and trees and flowers planted over it. Some 20 workers from the Bala construction company were finishing work at the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047147/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:25:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047144/posts Last update: 3:22 p.m. EDT July 17, 2008 GRACANICA, Serbia, July 17, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The following statement was issued today by His Grace ARTEMIJE, Bishop of Ras and Prizren, and pastor of Orthodox Christians in the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija: "On July 21, President George W. Bush is scheduled to meet with Hashim Thaci, styled by some 'Prime Minister' of the separatist Albanian Muslim administration in the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija. As pastor of the Orthodox Christian people of Kosovo, I protest to the fullest possible degree the fact that President Bush would... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047144/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:21:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045979/posts S ixty prominent leaders from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Qatar, and Iraq have supported development of closer ties with Kosovo and fast recognition of Kosovo independence by the Arab states. The conclusion came from the conference “Kosova and the Arab world” organized in Amman, Jordan, by the Al Quds Center for Political Studies and Forum 2015 from Prishtina. Speakers at the conference were Kosovo intellectuals like Veton Surroi, Muhamet Mustafa and Qemalj Morina, and influential intellectuals and civil society leaders from the Arab world. “Kosovo topic arose interest among the Arab participants at the conference, who saw it important to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045979/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:34:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045934/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush can order the imprisonment of an al Qaeda suspect in the United States but the detainee must be able to challenge his status as an "enemy combatant," a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The court, based in Richmond, Virginia, was split 5-4 on both issues in a mixed ruling about a Qatari national, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, the only foreign national held in the United States as an "enemy combatant." If the government's allegations about Marri are true, then the U.S. Congress gave Bush the power to detain him as part of... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045934/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045826/posts Israel’s largest daily newspaper on Tuesday published photographs of a synagogue in a former Jewish town in Gaza that has now been transformed into a Hamas training center. Where Jews once worshipped God, Islamic terrorists now rehearse the murder and abduction of Israelis, reported Yediot Ahronot. In the run-up to the 2005 forced evacuation of Gaza’s Jewish population, Israel wrestled over what to do with synagogues and other public buildings in the 21 Jewish communities across the coastal territory. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045826/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045493/posts Former CIA agent: "We do not face a global jihadist 'movement'" Glenn L. Carle "was a member of the CIA's Clandestine Service for 23 years and retired in March 2007 as deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats." In "Overstating Our Fears" in the Washington Post, July 13, he says this: We do not face a global jihadist "movement" but a series of disparate ethnic and religious conflicts involving Muslim populations, each of which remains fundamentally regional in nature and almost all of which long predate the existence of al-Qaeda. In a circulating e-mail, LTC Joseph Myers, who has served... Jihad Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045493/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:46:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045080/posts Three men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic planes have admitted to conspiring to cause explosions. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain also admitted conspiring to cause a public nuisance by making videos threatening bombings. Two other defendants, Ibrahim Savant and Umar Islam, also pleaded guilty to the public nuisance charges. The Woolwich Crown Court jury has yet to rule on conspiracy to murder charges which the five and three others deny. The men deny two charges, which have been amended, of conspiracy to murder between 1 January and 11 August 2006. One specifies the attacks would... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045080/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:39:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045072/posts brucelewis.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045072/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2044729/posts An international interfaith conference taking place in Madrid next week is being hosted by a Saudi charity that is affiliated with organizations blacklisted by the U.S. government for bankrolling al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups. Among those invited to attend the gathering organized by the Muslim World League (MWL) were former Vice President Al Gore and senior figures from the world’s leading religions. Gore's office said Friday it had "declined that invitation some time ago due to a scheduling conflict." The high-profile July 16-18 event will be opened by Saudi King Abdullah, who laid the groundwork with a preparatory meeting -- also organized... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2044729/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043903/posts Imagine that your neighborhood is overrun by a gang. These brutes are wielding crowbars, knives, and pistols in a frenzied spree of home break-ins and mugging and murder. Now suppose the police reveal that their grand strategy for dealing with this gang is to block them from getting submachine guns–as if without such weapons, the gang would no longer bother people. Would you sleep soundly at night? Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043903/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043775/posts DAMASCUS - A new film from Iran, Assassination of a Pharaoh , tells volumes about how strong indoctrination is in Tehran and how much it sometimes overpowers and blinds pragmatism. The movie, which recently aired on Iranian TV, is about former Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat. It labels him a "traitor" for signing the 1978 peace accords with Israel and praises his assassin, Khalid Islambouli, as a "martyr". It comes in the middle of an Iranian effort to win allies in the Arab and Muslim world, both to penetrate the array of pro-American states in the region, and use them to... Asia Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043775/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043445/posts All of us were educated in the Israel Defense Forces to adhere to the code of the purity of arms, part of which means using our weapons in a moral way. The moment a decision is taken and a bullet is shot, the goal is to hit and neutralize enemy actions. The moment we fired, and the enemy or terrorist was hit, and we are under the impression that he was neutralized, there is no room to shoot again – even if this is the most terrible and despicable terrorist. We shall never shoot him in cold blood. Only if... YNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043445/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042698/posts More than four years after a stunning report about America's vulnerability to a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack was released to Congress, the House Armed Services Committee will hear testimony from the scientist who issued the warning and who believes Iran is pursuing such an option. William R. Graham, President Reagan's top science adviser and the chairman of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack, will update the committee Thursday morning. Graham warned in 2005 that Iran was not only covertly developing nuclear weapons, but was already testing ballistic missiles specifically designed to... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042698/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:26:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042675/posts THIS is Osama Bin Laden’s school-age son, who yesterday continued his father’s mission of hate — with a POEM begging for Britain to be destroyed. Baby-faced Hamza Bin Laden — just 16 but already dubbed the Crown Prince of Terror — also ranted in his evil ode that the US and our other allies must be wiped out. The teen declared in his demented ditty to fanatics: “Accelerate the destruction of America, Britain, France and Denmark.” The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042675/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:44:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042601/posts Last Wednesday's terror attack in Jerusalem was unique. Due to the fact that Husam Taysir Dwayat bulldozed his victims outside of Jerusalem Capitol Studios where many of the foreign television networks have their offices, his was one of only two attacks to have been caught live on camera.... On Friday, the BBC published an apology for broadcasting the footage of Wednesday's carnage. The film showed an unarmed, furloughed IDF commando climb onto Dwayat's bulldozer just after Dwayat murdered Batsheva Unterman by crushing her car. It showed the soldier grabbing a gun belonging to a security guard who was unsuccessfully trying... CarolineGlick.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042601/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:43:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042480/posts SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | The Bush administration is accusing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of providing cash and refuge to the militant Islamist group Hezbollah of southern Lebanon. An investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) names Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and Venezuelan-Arab businessman Fawzi Kanan as key links between the two. Treasury made the accusations in a June 18 statement, which summarized an investigation of Venezuelan-registered businesses that are thought to be laundering money for Hezbollah. The department also froze assets of al Din and Kanan and banned them from... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042480/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:43:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042353/posts An obscure Israeli Arab terrorist organization calling itself the “Galilee Liberation Brigades” has threatened to unleash an unprecedented wave of violence against the Jewish state. The Galilee Liberation Brigades (GLB) claimed credit last week for a deadly bulldozer attack perpetrated by an Arab resident of Jerusalem. The group also said it was behind the March shooting spree at a Jerusalem yeshiva that left eight young Jewish Bible students dead. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042353/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:37:01 GMT