http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terrorism/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:08:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286277/posts 35 Years After by Ari Bussel While in Israel, I was invited to visit the old cemetery of Tsfat. Major restoration work is taking place there, alongside a hillside spread with stones. Underneath are hundreds of graves. Over the centuries, their tombstones became rubble, washed away by rain, exposing some of the graves underneath. This was my opportunity to learn that all tombstones in a Jewish cemetery face East, thus all headrests are aligned, row after row, toward Jerusalem. A separate section of the cemetery is the final resting place of a group of school children murdered 35 years ago... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286277/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284528/posts > The Desert Eagle pistol can "blow a hole the size of a Mack truck through a person," said Leigh Winchester, regional chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. > Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284528/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284637/posts On July 4th 1976 shortly after midnight Israeli Planes landed at Entebbe and began their now famous rescue. The entire assault lasted less than 30 minutes and all six of the hijackers were killed. Yonatan Netanyahu (Bibi's older brother) was the only Israeli commando who died during the operation. He was killed near the airport entrance, apparently by a Ugandan sniper who fired at the Israeli commandos from the nearby control tower. At least five other Israeli commandos were wounded. Out of the 103 hostages, three were killed and approximately 10 were wounded. A total of 45 Ugandan soldiers were... JPOST/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284637/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:21:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284209/posts CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (CN) - A 23-year-old illegal alien faces charges and deportation after he allegedly threatened to blow up a police station and a federal courthouse. Pedro Quino-Teodoro is charged with two counts of making a terrorist threat and one count of attempted obstruction of a governmental function. Police say Quino-Teodoro threatened to kill an officer and his family if immigration authorities were contacted during an assault investigation. Immigration officials confirmed his illegal status. Upon arrest, Quino-Teodoro allegedly said he would destroy the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau and police headquarters. He is being held on a $100,000 cash-only... Court House News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284209/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283453/posts Man charged in GI killing declines to change name BY JOHN LYNCH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE The Muslim convert who is charged with killing one U.S. Army soldier and wounding a second outside a Little Rock recruiting station made a brief appearance in Pulaski County Circuit court on Tuesday to resolve his request to change his name. Prosecutors have yet to file a criminal case against Abdul-Hakim Mujahid Muhammad over the June 1 shooting that killed Pvt. William Long, 23, of Conway and wounded Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville. Little Rock police have charged the 23-year-old Tennessee native with capital murder... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription may be needed) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283453/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:35:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282940/posts There is only one difference between Hamas the terrorist group that control's Gaza and Fatah, the terrorist group that controls Judea and Samaria. Hamas is open about it terrorist goals, Fatah (controlled by Palestinian President Abbas) tries to maintain a shroud of "moderation" Of course their moderation belies the truth. Take for example this little skit (video above) that Palestinian Media Watch found on PA Television where Fatah brags about its terrorist abilities. The broadcast event was attended by senior PA/Fatah leaders, including Muhammad Dahlan, former head of PA security; Kadura Faras, head of the PA Prisoners’ Association; Nasser Al-Qidwa,... PMW/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282940/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 01:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282487/posts The top U.S. military commander in Iraq says that Iran still supports and trains militants who carry out attacks _ mostly with mortars and sophisticated roadside bombs _ inside Iraq. Gen. Ray Odierno says the attacks have been reduced but are still a problem. He spoke on Tuesday at his base outside of Baghdad, as Iraqi forces took control of security in the Iraqi capital and other urban areas. June 30 was the deadline for American troops to pull out of Iraqi cities under a U.S.-Iraqi security pact. The pullout was completed on Monday. Odiero says Tehran is "still supporting,... Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282487/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:51:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282420/posts The Obama administration has made it a point to refrain from using the term terrorism when discussing those who wish to kill Americans in large numbers. Acts of terrorism are now described by the White House as “man-caused disasters” in order to move away from the politics of fear, according to Obama’s Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. Apparently, the politics of fear are being held in reserve for use against the conservative movement. First, Napolitano’s office released its assessment of “right-wing extremism.” Now, the Speaker of the California Assembly, Karen Bass, rolls out the T-word to describe talk radio.... The Constitutional Alamo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282420/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:32:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281600/posts California State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, a Democrat, did an interview with the LA Times. Thought you may enjoy her response to the following question: How do you think conservative talk radio has affected the Legislature's work? Bass' response: The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: "You vote for revenue and your career is over." I don't know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it's about free speech, but it's extremely unfair. Now that's a first. I know that politicians... NEALZ NUZE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281600/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282078/posts Christiane Amanpour, the Chief international correspondent of Cable News Network grew up in Tehran where her father was a shill for the Shah's government. Since that the overthrow of the of the Shah, Christiane, a Roman Catholic, has been making up for her father's support of the Shah by supporting Islamic Terrorism every chance she has. Christiane cut her teeth on her her one-sided coverage of the conflict in Bosnia. Since then she has continued to support the Islamofacist cause every chance she can; be it her admiration for Yassir Arafat (a pedophile and baby killer) right down the line... CAMERA/MRC/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282078/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281987/posts BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for U.S. combat troops to finish their pullback to bases outside cities. "The withdrawal of American troops is completed now from all cities after everything they sacrificed for the sake of security," said Sadiq al-Rikabi, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. "We are now celebrating the restoration of... Yahoo /AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281987/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:46:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281272/posts The ringleader of the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro ship will be expelled from Italy to Syria, the Associated Press reports. Youssef Magied al-Molqui has served only 23 years of his 30-year jail sentence for his role in the hijacking and murder of wheelchair-bound Jewish passenger Leon Klinghoffer. Italy’s Attorney General Gianfranco Pagano said that Molqui was to be flown on Saturday from his holding cell in Sicily to Rome and then onto Damascus. Molqui's claim that he should not be expelled due to his marriage to an Italian citizen was rejected by an Italian court. Nor did his... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281272/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:12:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280706/posts But Islam is. The real root of the conflict stems from Islamic teaching concerning as they put it: The House of Islam/ The House of War: "The Koran sees the world as divided into two - one part which has come under Islamic rule and one part which is supposed to come under Islamic rule in the future. There is a division of the world which is very clear. Every single person who starts studying Islam knows it. The world is described as Dar al-Islam (the house of Islam) - that's the place where Islam rules - and the other... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280706/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:44:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280267/posts Tell us, where is everyone? Where did all the people who demonstrated against Israel's brutality in Operation Cast Lead, in the Second Lebanon War, in Operation Defensive Shield, or even in The Hague, when we were dragged there unwillingly after daring to build a separation barrier between us and the suicide bombers, disappear to? We see demonstrations here and there, but these are mainly Iranian exiles. Europe, in principle, is peaceful and calm. So is the United States. Here and there a few dozens, here and there a few hundreds. Have they evaporated because it is Tehran and not here?... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280267/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:51:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280259/posts (IsraelNN.com) Members of Fatah put on a show recently boasting that Fatah leads other organizations, particularly Hamas, in anti-Israel terrorism. The event was attended by former Palestinian Authority leaders. The performance was videotaped and shown on Fatah TV -- the television station cpntrolled by Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority, with which the U.S., U.N. and EU expect Israel to conduct negotiations. It was later translated by Palestinian Media Watch. Among those present at the event were former head of PA security Mahmoud Dahlan and former head of PA foreign affairs Nasser al-Qidwa. The audience sang the PA anthem prior to the... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280259/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:42:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280199/posts Terrorists Keep U.S. Aviation Licenses Last Updated: Fri, 06/26/2009 - 3:28pm At least half a dozen men suspected or convicted of terrorism have been allowed by the U.S. government to keep their federal aviation licenses, including two who appear on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List and a Libyan sentenced to nearly three decades in prison by a Scottish court for the 1980s bombing of an American airliner.Reported by a major newspaper this week, the appalling story illustrates the government’s never ending incompetence when it comes to national security. This, despite strict antiterrorism measures enacted after the September 2001... JudicialWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280199/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280140/posts Good news/bad news. The Good part, because the FBI has concluded that CAIR is a terrorist funding organization, the administration has stopped doing its outreach to Muslims through this group. The bad news is that Obama is now doing its Muslim outreach through a different organization with terrorist connections, ISNA. The ISNA is an umbrella organization of Mosques and other Muslim groups. It was established by the Muslim Students Association with the help of one of' Palestinian Islamic Jihad's founding students, Sami Al-Arian. Around the same time, Al-Arian was involved in the creation (with future Hamas leader, Mousa Abu Marzook)... Islamist Watch/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280140/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:14:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280138/posts BAGHDAD (AP) — A booby-trapped motorcycle loaded with nails and ball-bearings exploded in a crowded bazaar Friday in Baghdad, killing at least 15 people, Iraqi officials said. The attack struck just four days before the deadline for U.S. combat troops to withdraw from cities. The wave of violence that has killed more than 200 people this week has raised fresh doubts about the ability of Iraqi forces to provide security as their American partners become less visible. AP/Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280138/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:11:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279969/posts In December 1989, I stopped in Moscow, on my way to Estonia as part of the first group from the West to hold a conference on free markets in the Soviet Union. A colleague and I met with scholars and others who we thought would be sympathetic to our mission. Not infrequently we were told that they had heard and, we gathered, been inspired by the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher about the nature of their regime, an evil empire, and what should be done: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” The commitment of those leaders in words... The Atlas Society - The Center for Objectivism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279969/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:35:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279745/posts Iran's growing influence in Latin America is a "potential risk" to the region, the newly-appointed head of the US Southern Command, General Douglas Fraser has warned. Fraser, who on Thursday takes charge of US military operations in 31 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, expressed "real concern" about the Islamic Republic's links with "extremist organizations" in the region. "The real concern is not a nation-to-nation interaction, it is the connection that Iran has with extremist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah and the potential risk that that could bring to this region," Fraser told journalists ahead of taking up the... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279745/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:48:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279677/posts Mystery continues to surround Hezbollah’s alleged links to the seventeen suspects arrested on drug trafficking charges on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao on April 28. According to Curacaon authorities, approximately 250 law enforcement officials took down a major drug trafficking and money laundering ring led by a criminal network that shipped and sold cocaine and other contraband from Latin America and the Caribbean to Europe and the Middle East. In a significant twist, Curacaon authorities announced that the suspects had ties to international organized crime networks linked to Hezbollah in Lebanon; the suspects are accused of, among other things,... Jamestown Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279677/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:32:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279668/posts Syria-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Thursday said he welcomes US President Barack Obama's new approach to the Middle East, but is waiting to see action. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279668/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:18:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279391/posts The bodies of Captain DuBois and a steward of Air France AF447 have been identified according to Air France-KLM Group in a statement on their Web site. So the question still remains – Was Captain DuBois in the cockpit and who made the “forte turbulence” radio call? BEA is not scheduled to provide an update until July 2, 2009, which will be after the estimated 30 days that the “block boxes” batteries’ transmit a signal? The French government still has not discounted terrorism, the Brazilian Press seems to think there was an explosion, and now, the Brazilian Intelligence Agency Director... LuckyBogey's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279391/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:23:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279346/posts Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch reports this info from a well placed source : "Today, FBI Executive Assistant Director Tom Harrington is meeting at FBIHQ with Imam Majid of the ADAMS Center in Sterling,VA. Imam Majid is also the Vice-President of the Islamic Society of North America - a known Muslim Brotherhood entity and un-indicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Trial in Dallas in which all defendants were found guilty of leading the Hamas front group. This was the largest terrorism financing trial in the history of the United States." This comes on the heels of reports that former... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279346/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:14:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279306/posts I don't think there's a Palestinian nation. There's an Arab nation. I don't think there's a Palestinian nation. That's a colonial invention. Since when were there Palestinians? I think there's only an Arab nation. Until the end of the 19th century, Palestine was the southern part of Greater Syria." If I had said this, I would undoubtedly be called a Jewish nationalist, a racist, and worst of all - detached from reality. Yet, note well, these words were spoken by former MK Dr. Azmi Bishara in an interview with Yaron London several years ago. Bishara is a leader of Israeli... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279306/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:27:14 GMT