http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/usscole/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:30:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417446/posts Bleeding Hearts and Jihadi Revolving Doors Michelle Malkin Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Sen. Joe Lieberman was right to sound the alarm about Yemen in the wake of the Undy-Bomber's Christmas Day terror attack over American skies. But he was wrong to call it "tomorrow's war." The Yemen-based jihadist network has been at war with us for years -- since before the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, since before Sept. 11 and well before our current commander in chief had begun his vaunted work as a community organizer. The bleeding-heart ostriches of the left are blaming (who else?) cowboy George W. Bush... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417446/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417308/posts Security: Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the attempted destruction of Flight 253 were released from Guantanamo two years ago. The case for indefinite detention has been made once again, and not in Illinois. Sometimes America's chickens do come home to roost. In a statement released Monday, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which counts among its leadership two former Guantanamo detainees, claimed responsibility for the attempted destruction of Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the crotch bomber, told FBI agents he was trained for his Christmas Day mission in Yemen by top leaders of the group who provided... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417308/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417028/posts Sailor Who Survived USS Cole Attack Dies At 31 Family believes he died from a panic attack while he slept HOMESTEAD, Fla. - A survivor of the suicide bombing on the USS Cole in Yemen 10 years ago has died at his Florida home. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Johann Gokool was found dead in his bed last Wednesday, a week after his 31st birthday. His sister, Natala Gokool, says her brother suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and had frequent, violent panic attacks. Natala Gokool said her brother never recovered from the attack. "He didn't like to be in... MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417028/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400411/posts In early November, retired Senior Chief Jeffrey Sparenberg was the guest of honor at military heritage day in Delaware. Sparenberg spent 23 years in the Navy, including time on the destroyer Cole, and he was at Fort DuPont State Park that day to donate a flag that he said flew over the Cole shortly after it was attacked nine years ago. The flag, he hoped, would be put on view at the planned Delaware Military Museum. A photograph from the ceremony shows Sparenberg on the steps of a shuttered brick building. The left side of his chest is covered with... The Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400411/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:33:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398192/posts There is evidence that officials at high levels in Syria, Germany and even inside the Central Intelligence Agency had information about the 9/11 terror hijackers' hatred for Americans and their desire to attack the U.S. before the mass murders were carried out, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. Evidence suggests that authorities may not have known the specific plans to hijack passenger jets and turn them into flying torpedoes but they knew something was developing. And some of the information, heretofore not even provided to the 9/11 commission, known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398192/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 04:27:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392756/posts Today, prosecutors in the Office of Military Commissions announced they intend to ask the convening authority to refer new charges under the recently-enacted Military Commissions Act of 2009 against Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu al-Nashiri, in connection with the bombing of the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen, in October 2000. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors and injuries to many more. This announcement follows the attorney general's determination on Nov. 13, 2009, that a military commission was the proper forum for prosecution of al-Nashiri. The prosecutors are reviewing this and other cases identified by... DefenseLink http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392756/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1087491/posts SAN`A, Yemen (AP) - A Yemeni politician and religious figure - designated a suspected terrorist by the United States - declared his innocence Saturday and called on Washington to substantiate its allegations. On Tuesday, Sheik Abdulmajid al-Zindani, an Afghan war veteran and the spiritual leader of the Islamic-oriented Islah Party, was added to a U.S. Treasury Department list of those suspected of supporting terrorist activities. The allegation claimed al-Zindani, who is in his 60s, had "a long history of working with Osama bin Laden, notably serving as one of his spiritual leaders." The Treasury Department said al-Zindani had actively recruited... Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1087491/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:00:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391839/posts Note: The following text is a quote: IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 917-09 November 20, 2009 DOD Announces Military Commissions Actions Today, prosecutors in the Office of Military Commissions announced they intend to ask the convening authority to refer new charges under the recently-enacted Military Commissions Act of 2009 against Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu al-Nashiri, in connection with the bombing of the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen, in October 2000. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors and injuries to many more. This announcement follows the attorney general's determination on Nov. 13, 2009, that a military... DEFENSElink.mil - Release No. 917-09 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391839/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:48:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335850/posts This week on "Take AIM," Accuracy in Media's Thursday morning show on BlogTalkRadio, Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) discusses health care reform. Commander Kirk Lippold, senior military fellow with Military Families United, discusses the Obama administration's release of Guantanamo Bay detainees, as well as his experiences as commanding officer of the USS Cole when it was attacked. AIM chairman Don Irvine and media analyst Roger Aronoff host. Listen live on Thursday, September 10, at 11:00 am Eastern here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Accuracy-In-Media/2009/09/10/Take-AIM For more information about our guests, see www.mikerogers.house.gov and www.militaryfamiliesunited.org. Take AIM airs every Thursday at 11:00 am Eastern on BlogTalkRadio. Can't... BlogTalkRadio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335850/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:52:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324312/posts (CNSNews.com) - A terror suspect charged with the attempted murder of two U.S. soldiers -- before a judge ruled that his confession was coerced and inadmissible -- returned home to Afghanistan on Monday, the same day news broke of a policy change in interrogations. After many Democrats and some Republican lawmakers called the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation techniques such as playing loud music and waterboarding “torture,” President Barack Obama reassigned interrogation responsibilities from the CIA to the National Security Council – which is run out of the White House, the Washington Post first reported. CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324312/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:56:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321811/posts WASHINGTON -- The CIA's internal investigator found that interrogators conducted mock executions of terror suspects and in one case threatened a detainee suspected in the USS Cole bombing with a gun and power drill, congressional officials said late Friday. The disclosure is contained in a 2004 report by the CIA's inspector general, which has keep secret and is to be released next week, two officials told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not yet been cleared for release. The report's findings were first reported by Newsweek on its Web site Friday night. In... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321811/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:35:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321711/posts A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency's post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects, NEWSWEEK has learned. According to two sources—one who has read a draft of the paper and one who was briefed on it—the report describes how one detainee, suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA interrogation. According to the sources, who like others quoted in this article asked not to be named... msnbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321711/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:09:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186995/posts Investigators are trying to determine whether a San Diego sailor passed Navy secrets about security weaknesses and warship movements to a British man accused of having terrorist links, according to court documents unsealed yesterday. E-mail messages from the unnamed sailor, sent in late 2000 and 2001 before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, were found in December in computer files belonging to Babar Ahmad, who was detained Wednesday in London, according to the 31-page arrest affidavit. The computer files contained details about security arrangements and movements of the San Diego-based Constellation carrier battle group, which included the destroyer Benfold, on which... San Diego Union Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186995/posts#comment Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:14:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186738/posts San Diego – A former sailor aboard a San Diego-based ship allegedly praised a deadly terror attack on a U.S. destroyer and communicated with a British man arrested on suspicion of having terrorist ties, according to a court document unsealed Friday. The sailor on the USS Benfold, whose name has not been released, allegedly sympathized with the jihad cause and sent e-mails to anti-Western Web sites run by Babar Ahmad. British police arrested Ahmad, 30, earlier this week on a U.S. extradition warrant charging that he used the Internet to help Taliban fighters recruit and raise money. The USS Benfold... The San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186738/posts#comment Sat, 7 Aug 2004 02:57:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180020/posts The sister of Seaman James McDaniels, a sailor killed in the terror attack on the U.S.S. Cole wants President Barack Hussein Obama impeached over his decision to withdraw charges against the al Qaeda mastermind of the attack.Diane McDaniels, the mother of the slain sailor, related her daughter's outrage over the President's decision during an interview on the Fox News Channel show Your World with Neil Cavuto this afternoon.Ms. McDaniels also expressed her own regret for having voted for Obama last November. She declined an invitation to meet Obama with other Cole family and crew members and 9/11 families at the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180020/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277018/posts [L]ast week, after more delays in the process, the administration called victims of the Cole, Bali and Sept. 11 attacks together again to receive an update about the work of the Detainee Review Task Force. The meeting was emotional and heart-wrenching. Each person was given the opportunity to speak about the impact the president's decisions were having on him or her and loved ones. The brave families of our heroes showed true courage in that room. Once again, they had traveled to Washington to express their frustration at seeing justice delayed. If they were truly involved, and the administration were... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277018/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273029/posts In Washington today and tomorrow, the DOJ's Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (OVT) is briefing American family members of those murdered by terrorists, as well as those injured during terrorist attacks. The stated purpose of the briefing is to: ...[offer] those interested the opportunity to meet task force members, hear an overview of task force work, and express views about the policy questions the Detention Policy Task Force is studying. Please click on the link for the Detention Policy Task Force to see some of the questions that the task force is considering. ... For those unable... 911FamiliesForAmerica.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273029/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246775/posts News reports described the meeting as a touching and powerful coming together of the president and these long-suffering families. Mr. Obama had won over even those who opposed his decision to close Gitmo by assuaging their fears that the review of some 245 current detainees would result in dangerous jihadists being set free. “I did not vote for the man, but the way he talks to you, you can’t help but believe in him,” said John Clodfelter to the New York Times. His son, Kenneth, was killed in the Cole bombing. “[Mr. Obama] left me with a very positive feeling... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246775/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 10:45:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/784556/posts Original Article: Accused Terrorist on Trial in Jordan Attended Classes at Sac State; Initiation to Terrorism May Have Started in Sacramento, According to Published Reports. Layla Bohm State Hornet (Student Newspaper) November 27, 2001 Former Sacramento State student Raed Hijazi at his trial in Jordan Nov. 26. Hijazi pleaded innocent to nine charges stemming from a plot to execute terrorist attacks on America and Israel during Millenium celebrations in December 1999. Courtesy Photo/A He was a typical California student. Born in San Jose Dec. 3, 1968, Raed Hijazi eventually attended Sacramento City College, took a Sacramento State extension course... State Hornet Student Newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/784556/posts#comment Thu, 7 Nov 2002 18:54:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2216646/posts EC interviews USS Cold dad Gary Swenchonis, and US Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) about the betrayal of our troops, and islamophilia in the White House at 11:30 on BTR Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2216646/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:23:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210752/posts Militants who have had terrorist training or are affiliated with terrorist organizations are supposed to be excluded from entering our country — even when we are not in a state of war against them — under U.S. statutory law. As NR's editors observed in October: In the 2005 REAL ID Act, Congress explicitly provided for the exclusion from the U.S. of any alien who has received terrorist training or has belonged to an organization that promotes terrorism — against anyone. The Uighurs are ineligible on both grounds: Even if one accepts, for argument’s sake, the contention that their dispute is... NRO Corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210752/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:21:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2194462/posts EC interviews the father of fallen hero Petty Officer Gary Swenchonis. The mastermind of the attack on the USS Cole is in US custody, but Obama dropped the charges against him. Other admitted conspirators are walking free. What's going on here? Learn the truth about how US policy hasn't done squat to avenge the lives lost to Al Qaeda on that day. A must listen for any American who has ever worn a uniform, or who loves someone who does. Let's turn up the heat on our pols to do the right thing by those who gave their lives in... Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2194462/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:44:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2193356/posts Evil Conservative Radio at 7PM on Wednesday, 25 February: 1. Before 9/11, Al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen. 17 American heroes were murdered, including 26 year old Navy Fireman, Petty Officer Gary Swenchonis. On Feb 5, Obama dropped the charges against mastermind Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. EC is honored to interview Petty Officer Swenchonis' father about this betrayal, and his subsequent refusal to meet with Obama. Every American who ever wore a uniform should support Gary Swenchonis, Sr. and be irate at this abomination. 2. EC will interview US Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA), about Obama's Trillion-Dollar... Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2193356/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192652/posts "Swenchonises seek justice in son’s death Killed in terrorists’ 2000 bombing of USS Cole" SNIPPET: "For more than eight years Gary and Debbie Swenchonis have mourned the loss of their son, Gary Graham Swenchonis Jr., who was killed Oct. 12, 2000, along with 16 other sailors, when terrorists attacked the USS Cole in Port Aden, Yemen." SNIPPET: "So how do the Swenchonises feel about Obama’s plans? “We think Obama should be impeached if the terrorists are freed because of his intervention on their behalf,” said Swenchonis. Should the local family give up its fight against the big government machine? Would... ROCKPORT PILOT.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192652/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:23:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191731/posts President Barack Obama has told relatives of victims of the bombing of the USS Cole and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that his most important responsibility is keeping the U.S. safe. Obama met with about 40 family members on Friday to explain why he believes closing the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will make the country safer and ensure justice for the terror suspects being held there. Obama is concerned that terror suspects have been held for years without trial. He has signed an executive order to close the facility within a year. One woman who attended said... caller times. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191731/posts#comment Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:46:25 GMT