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I'm trying to find a reference. This 'multi-jet' conspiracy was alluded to not long after 911. As a matter of fact I do believe there was information found in Afghanistan by the CIA after the invasion with plans to do exactly this.
This is an interesting site:
An overview of how Al Qaeda's rise and international reach gradually came into focus for U.S. intelligence.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/etc/cron.html
YEAH, MR. BUSH, you are as much the problem as bin Laden. I sincerely don't believe Bush cares about this country so much as it's potential for making money with it.
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Chris Amanpour - Home grown terror. Yes. And. No. The influence of the 'underground' in London isn't so pervasive that you can call it home grown terror. This isn't like the conflict with the IRA. Or a movement that would be appaulding someone like Timothy McVeigh. I think of 'home grown' terrorists as people banded together to overthrow the government. I know what people are trying to call 'home grown' terrorists. But, it more 'domestic terrorists' I consider an unknown threat. This is different. The fact of the matter is 'terrorists' planning this type of violence seems far easier to follow than someone 'domestic' such as McVeigh.
This is an example and then there are the students that never showed up for school.
Two laundered money for Hizbollah -Ohio prosecutor
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10312660.htm
CHICAGO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Two 20-year-old men arrested in Ohio were being held on Thursday on charges of money laundering on behalf of Hizbollah, authorities said.
The two men, Ali Houssaiky and Osama Abulhassan, of Dearborn, Michigan, were apprehended on Tuesday in Marietta, Ohio, during a traffic stop and found carrying $11,000 in cash, 12 cell phones, airline passenger lists and information on airport security, a spokesman for the Washington County prosecutor's office said.
Authorities said the men admitted to buying hundreds of telephones and reselling them in Dearborn.
A map marking Wal-Mart stores from Ohio to South Carolina was also found in their sedan, a spokesman said.
Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit with a large Arab-American population, has been a locus of U.S. investigations into money-raising on behalf of Hizbollah and Hamas, both groups that are on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations.
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The Airport Scene
As a matter of fact the 911 attacks were a known potential from 1995.
The Bojinka Plot
December 12, 1994: Operation Bojinka Trial Run Fails, but Kills One
One of Ramzi Yousef's timers seized by Philippines police in January 1995.
[Source: Peter Lance]
Ramzi Yousef attempts a trial run of Operation Bojinka, planting a small bomb on a Philippine Airlines flight to Tokyo, and disembarking on a stopover before the bomb is detonated. The bomb explodes, killing one man and injuring several others. It would have successfully caused the plane to crash if not for the heroic efforts of the pilot.
[Los Angeles Times, 9/1/2002; US Congress, 9/18/2002]
Entity Tags: Ramzi Yousef, Operation Bojinka
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Trash at airports due to the immediate threat that has yet been realized.
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Liquids and their homogenicity in creating explosives.
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Have you hear about the Gates Foundation? I really think Gates should have the USA Natioanal Budget to oversee. What do you say? Huh? No Iraq War, only benevolent spending to cure all the worlds ills and creating friends instead of enemies. It's a thought.
Gates Foundation Giving $500 Million to Fight Disease
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080901709.html
By David BrownWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, August 10, 2006; Page A15
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation yesterday said it will give $500 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria over the next five years.
The contribution is by far the largest from a nongovernment source since the Global Fund was created in 2002.
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Drew Griffin is going to show us how to make bombs now. Go for it Drew.
McVeigh had the corner on it. Fertilizer.
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Russia Touts Mideast Cease-Fire Draft
By NICK WADHAMSThe Associated PressThursday, August 10, 2006; 9:11 PM
UNITED NATIONS -- Russia circulated a draft U.N. Security Council resolution Thursday that calls for a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Lebanon, saying the crisis was reaching "catastrophic" proportions and was too urgent to wait for passage of a separate U.S.-French measure.
The move came as the United States and France appeared close to breaking a deadlock on their long-awaited resolution and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said there could be a vote on their proposal Friday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001604.html
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Peter Bergen - Talking about ducks. I guess.
Vietnam kills ducks, tightens bird flu checks
http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=HAN249059
HANOI, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Vietnam has slaughtered 54 ducks in a southern province after tests showed they had a strain of avian influenza, the third such finding this year, but there have been no outbreaks of the disease, an official said on Thursday."We found the ducks at two farms infected with H5 so we killed them all," said Mai Van Hiep, director of the Animal Health Department in Ben Tre province, 85 km (50 miles) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City."But this is not an outbreak as all the ducks were healthy," he told Reuters by telephone.
YOU KNOW I'LL tell you something guys. This is all old news.
I don't 'get' the purpose to continue to rehash all this mess when it more or less looks like nothing more than diverting the attention from the incompetency that causes the repeated issue over and over.
Example: Peter Bergen obviously has vast knowledge of al Qaeda, names, dates, acts of violence; but; he doesn't speak to the issue of the longevity of this terror issue. This country has spent itself into huge debt without questioning once as to the necessity until it became obvious that Iraq was a fraudulent issue to National Security. By exploiting the intellect of Bergen, and placing him in a position to reiterate the history of al Qaeda and terrorism it serves several purposes. It brings up issues of past terrorist successes to raise the 'culture of fear' component in society. It also brings multiple words of 'al Qaeda' and 'bin Laden' and all the 'fear' components with those words over and over again. It's linquistic manipulation of the 'course' of the thought processes this news network is trying to steer into.
There is no doubt Peter Bergen knows his stuff, it's just that it doesn't really apply here as London intelligence has been successful. And I am sorry if this sounds ungrateful but I don't believe this was much of a reach for Interpol. I am confident the techniques that were to be employed were very much on the minds and in the records of British intelligence. It was just a matter of finding people who really wanted to carry this out. The SHAME of it all is that this type of 'terror alert' should never have been an issue today. It should have been in place long ago. Finding people who want to do society harm is always necessary, but, the measures to protect society from them should not be an after thought.
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Israel and the John Roberts report. I guess we are all hoping for a productive peace arrangement. I would love for the violence of war to stop. I would love for the hostage soldiers to come home. I would love for all the missiles to be disarmed away from Hezbollah.
Let's hope it happens. I don't see Israel returning to insecurity at it's borders either. Israel has sacrificed a great deal to remove Hezbollah from an area that can be patrolled by a neutral peacekeeper force. That has to be respected. I don't see any alternatives. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, they aren't interested in peace in the Middle East or otherwise. They need to be dissolved with concerted efforts internationally.
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I congratulate the British for their incredible successes both domestically and in Afghanistan. I admire their commitment to National Security. They are leading the world in awareness. At least someone is. Thank you, Mr. Blair.
THE 'what if' is an exercise in futility and part of the Culture of Fear.
I have had....
... enough.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
It's called a civil war. The American presence is making it worse.
Iraqis on Wednesday inspect the damage at Baghdad's Husseiniya Mosque, which was targeted Tuesday by a powerful mortar shell
The USA Military under Bush has stated they will assist the new Central Government. That is primarily Shi'ite. The other ethnicities fight out of fear of being overtaken by a new government. They'll do this for a long time because they don't trust democracy. They don't completely understand it and put their allegiance with their religious leaders. The focus on Israel to some extent clouds the issues in Iraq. Bush and Tony Snow simply love the war Israel is waging, it gives them a chance to recreate a momentum, or so they think.
Body count highlights Iraq bloodshed (click on)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Almost 2,000 bodies were taken to Baghdad's morgue in July, the highest tally in five months of rising sectarian bloodshed which has forced the United States to boost troop levels in the capital to head off a civil war.
Morgue assistant manager Doctor Abdul Razzaq Obaidi said on Wednesday that about 90 per cent had died violently. "Most of the cases have gunshot wounds to the head. Some of them were strangled and others were beaten to death with clubs," he told Reuters.
The grim statistics came as a new poll showed the Iraq war had become more unpopular with Americans.
Other news...the Palestinians have destroyed their own country.
2 killed in Gaza; Haniyeh says future of PA in doubt
Jordan to treat Palestinians affected by suspect powder
AN ISRAELI AIR strike in Gaza City on Wednesday killed three people, including a five-year-old girl, and wounded two others, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.
The Israeli army said its forces attacked a “terrorist training camp” in Gaza, but gave no further details.
Witnesses said the air strike was directed at a small grove of citrus trees in the Tufah area of Gaza.
Men wept over bodies at Shifa Hospital, where they were taken. The girl was brought to the hospital with the two men, but it was unclear how she was hit, police said. A spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committee, Abu Mijhad, said the two men belonged to his group. The PRC is a small group affiliated with Hamas.
One of those killed, Ramadan Majdalawi, was a senior field commander, the group said.
Haniyeh Calls for Debate on the Future of Palestinian Authority
Hisham Abu Taha
Arab News
GAZA CITY, 10 August 2006 — Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh yesterday called for a debate on the future of the Palestinian Authority, in remarks following earlier comments from a Palestinian official asking for the authority to be “dissolved.”
Haniyeh also raised the possibility of dissolving the Palestinian Authority, which was created under peace deals with Israel in 1994, for the first time since taking office. Haniyeh, a senior member of the Hamas party, was speaking during an urgent session of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) to discuss recent developments in the Palestinian territories including the continued detention by Israel of dozens of Palestinian ministers and lawmakers, among them PLC Speaker Aziz Dweik. “All political elites, the presidency, the factions and the government are invited to discuss the future of the Palestinian Authority following this (Israeli) attack,” Haniyeh said.
... more about Lebanon
Gov’t to facilitate entry of Lebanese
AMMAN (Petra) — Minister of Interior Eid Fayez underlined the need on Wednesday to facilitate the entry of Lebanese citizens into the country through border crossings.
Touring the Jaber crossing, the minister said his visit is meant to follow up on the implementation of His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives to facilitate procedures for the entry of foreigners into Jordan, especially those fleeing conflict in Lebanon.
In statements to the press, Fayez stressed the importance of offering all facilities to the Lebanese citizens, investors and businesspeople, especially tax exemptions to encourage them implement investment projects in the country.
Jordan to treat Palestinians affected by suspect powder
AN ISRAELI AIR strike in Gaza City on Wednesday killed three people, including a five-year-old girl, and wounded two others, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.
The Israeli army said its forces attacked a “terrorist training camp” in Gaza, but gave no further details.
Witnesses said the air strike was directed at a small grove of citrus trees in the Tufah area of Gaza.
Men wept over bodies at Shifa Hospital, where they were taken. The girl was brought to the hospital with the two men, but it was unclear how she was hit, police said. A spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committee, Abu Mijhad, said the two men belonged to his group. The PRC is a small group affiliated with Hamas.
One of those killed, Ramadan Majdalawi, was a senior field commander, the group said.
Haniyeh Calls for Debate on the Future of Palestinian Authority
Hisham Abu Taha
Arab News
GAZA CITY, 10 August 2006 — Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh yesterday called for a debate on the future of the Palestinian Authority, in remarks following earlier comments from a Palestinian official asking for the authority to be “dissolved.”
Haniyeh also raised the possibility of dissolving the Palestinian Authority, which was created under peace deals with Israel in 1994, for the first time since taking office. Haniyeh, a senior member of the Hamas party, was speaking during an urgent session of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) to discuss recent developments in the Palestinian territories including the continued detention by Israel of dozens of Palestinian ministers and lawmakers, among them PLC Speaker Aziz Dweik. “All political elites, the presidency, the factions and the government are invited to discuss the future of the Palestinian Authority following this (Israeli) attack,” Haniyeh said.
... more about Lebanon
Gov’t to facilitate entry of Lebanese
AMMAN (Petra) — Minister of Interior Eid Fayez underlined the need on Wednesday to facilitate the entry of Lebanese citizens into the country through border crossings.
Touring the Jaber crossing, the minister said his visit is meant to follow up on the implementation of His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives to facilitate procedures for the entry of foreigners into Jordan, especially those fleeing conflict in Lebanon.
In statements to the press, Fayez stressed the importance of offering all facilities to the Lebanese citizens, investors and businesspeople, especially tax exemptions to encourage them implement investment projects in the country.
Who do you all think you are to pass judgement on Israel?
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What is CNN doing there as imbeds if they are seeking nothing but points to exploit for demoralizing the sincere efforts by Israel? This is nothing more than an exploitive attempt to 'sell Andy and Johnny Roberts' as heroes .
First they used their best, namely Nic Robertson and Christiane Amanpour to stage a 'real news program' where Cooper didn't have the ability to do same.
Then.
CNN started this mess the last weekend of July when they put forth a 24 hour marathon of Andy Cooper and his taped appearances here, there and everywhere.
Now, all of a sudden, Nic Robertson is out of the picture and supposedly Cooper is transposed over that image of him. They did the same type of ego trip to secure the 10 o'clock hour from Aaron Brown.
I don't believe a thing John Roberts reports and his opinion is not at all welcome. If he is miffed at the Israeli campaign against Hezbollah I suggest he go across to the other side and report for Al Jazeera.
Cooper and the weather man, Roberts just can't cut it. They can risk it all but that doesn't change the fact they don't have the right context of their news broadcast. They seek to undermine Israel's solid stance and legitimate effort to destroy a terrorist network that holds the entire Middle East as a host at their whims. This news team, doesn't get it. Hezbollah has murdered a Lebanon Prime Minister. They did it in a pre-mediated fashion. They did it in cold blood.
The seemingly slow progress of Israel is actually a well placed attack. They have proven to be brilliant battle field strategists. Yes, there are casualities in Israel. The citizens are upset. The IDF and IAF are a great fighting force.
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John Kings report was better but at the end of it he just had to diss the Israeli efforts. Go to hell ! If Lebanon wants to include people in the politics of the country they need to provide a venue for a non-violent party to form while they abandon completely the tactics of infiltration. Hezbollah can never be considered a valuable political party for Lebanon. They murdered a Prime Minister. Syria may have been a conspiring party.
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What is CNN doing there as imbeds if they are seeking nothing but points to exploit for demoralizing the sincere efforts by Israel? This is nothing more than an exploitive attempt to 'sell Andy and Johnny Roberts' as heroes .
First they used their best, namely Nic Robertson and Christiane Amanpour to stage a 'real news program' where Cooper didn't have the ability to do same.
Then.
CNN started this mess the last weekend of July when they put forth a 24 hour marathon of Andy Cooper and his taped appearances here, there and everywhere.
Now, all of a sudden, Nic Robertson is out of the picture and supposedly Cooper is transposed over that image of him. They did the same type of ego trip to secure the 10 o'clock hour from Aaron Brown.
I don't believe a thing John Roberts reports and his opinion is not at all welcome. If he is miffed at the Israeli campaign against Hezbollah I suggest he go across to the other side and report for Al Jazeera.
Cooper and the weather man, Roberts just can't cut it. They can risk it all but that doesn't change the fact they don't have the right context of their news broadcast. They seek to undermine Israel's solid stance and legitimate effort to destroy a terrorist network that holds the entire Middle East as a host at their whims. This news team, doesn't get it. Hezbollah has murdered a Lebanon Prime Minister. They did it in a pre-mediated fashion. They did it in cold blood.
The seemingly slow progress of Israel is actually a well placed attack. They have proven to be brilliant battle field strategists. Yes, there are casualities in Israel. The citizens are upset. The IDF and IAF are a great fighting force.
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John Kings report was better but at the end of it he just had to diss the Israeli efforts. Go to hell ! If Lebanon wants to include people in the politics of the country they need to provide a venue for a non-violent party to form while they abandon completely the tactics of infiltration. Hezbollah can never be considered a valuable political party for Lebanon. They murdered a Prime Minister. Syria may have been a conspiring party.
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Saudis Mobilize Support for the LebaneseK.S. Ramkumar, Arab News
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=77596&d=9&m=8&y=2006
JEDDAH, 9 August 2006 — Even as Saudi Arabia has been officially rushing aid to the Lebanese families affected by ongoing Israeli attacks, its citizens have also been mobilizing their effort.
Institutions, men and women have been individually or collectively campaigning with the knowledge of the Lebanese diplomatic mission to canvass support for the war-ravaged people.
Some of them have been interacting with the Lebanese Consulate General here to know the country’s needs on a day-to-day basis and then impressing on established business houses, donors and philanthropic organizations to route their donations through the consulate.
One of the institutions playing an effective role in this direction is Jeddah-based European Business Center, which has its branches in Beirut and Cairo.
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The news secretary
Abdullah, Sezer Call for ME TruceM. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=77591&d=9&m=8&y=2006
King Abdullah is greeted by Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their meeting in Ankara on Tuesday. (Reuters)
ANKARA, 9 August 2006 — The volatile situation in the Middle East caused by Israel’s massive military campaign against Lebanon and Palestine figured prominently in talks between Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Turkish President Ahmed Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan here yesterday. King Abdullah and President Sezer witnessed the signing of six landmark agreements to promote cooperation in political, economic, investment, transport and other areas. The signing ceremony took place at the Presidential Palace.
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This is no mystery. Lieberman is out. He should put his support behind the candidate of his party. A party that has stood behind him for many, many years. Joe surely isn't a sore loser.
UPDATE 3-Sen. Lieberman trails in early returns
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
HARTFORD, Conn., Aug 8 (Reuters) - Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman trailed in early returns on Tuesday in a Democratic Party showdown that focused on the former vice presidential candidate's support for the Iraq war and President George W. Bush.
Lieberman, a three-term senator, scrambled to avoid a humiliating Democratic primary defeat at the hands of Ned Lamont, a relative unknown who had called the senator a cheerleader for Bush and urged voters to send an anti-war message to the country.
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Russia proposes interim ceasefire resolution on Mideast
http://en.rian.ru/world/20060808/52402787.html
MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia proposes that the UN Security Council adopt an interim resolution to demand a ceasefire in Lebanon in the event member-states fail to come to terms on the French-American draft, a deputy foreign minister said Tuesday.
"Under the circumstances, a short resolution on a humanitarian ceasefire needs to be adopted as a provisional step by the Security Council if differences over the proposed [by the U.S. and France] draft persist," Andrei Denisov said.
The conflict between Lebanon-based radical Islamic movement Hizbollah and Israel has been continuing for three weeks in southern Lebanon and has claimed almost 1,000 lives and forced about a quarter of the country's population to flee their homes. Hizbollah has killed more than 90 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
Russia's ambassador at the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said early Tuesday ahead of new discussions on the resolution drafted by the United States and France that the document stipulated no immediate ceasefire or Israel's pullout from Lebanon.
"The draft resolution envisions a political process that is supposed to lead out Israeli troops but this is something that you can only discover after thorough analysis of the text," Churkin said, adding that the document stipulated no 100% guarantees that this would happen soon.
Islamic countries, including Lebanon, have slammed the document for what they called legitimizing Israel's aggression.
The diplomat also said that his country favored a resolution that would satisfy Lebanon as otherwise the conflict would only escalate further.
Denisov said the French-American draft was "a step forward," but added that Lebanon's remarks should be taken into account to prevent an "unworkable" resolution from being passed.
The Security Council was to convene an open session Tuesday to discuss a resolution on Lebanon with all interested parties, including a delegation from the Arab League and, in particular, diplomats from Qatar, the only Muslim country on the UN Security Council. The session was expected to focus on a resolution drafted by the United States and France.
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I'll let you know if I find anything else interesting about this broadcast. Boy, oh boy block after block after block of destroyed Hezbollah's stronghold. Look, no one is fussing much about Hezbollah killing a Prime Minister while destroying buildings and killing innocent people. Memories are so short these days.
Hm?
Blah, blah, blah. Go support the Arabs. I really believe CNN intends to hurt the efforts of Israel. I wish they would not allow any imbeds. Roberts has no sense of what is security to Israeli efforts from any of the reports I witnessed on this news cast. Israel needs to reconsider it's generosity toward CNN journalists.
Looks like Andy needs a new car. Bombed out, huh, Anderson?
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I think there is a language barrier to some degree. When the journalists were inbeds in Iraq it was with English speaking commanders to the units they accompanied. I really do believe any sincere effort to promote the Israel cause is lost in the exploitive nature of this news agency.
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I've had enough of The Andy Show. Long about now are the promotions of the oil companies along with the West Coast enlistment program.
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sincerely, enongh
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
The Syrian Border was closed by Israel as far back as the end of July
I find the 'use' of Frankenstein as insulting as ever. It's stupid.
Do you actually think Israel takes chances? Not if they can help it. They've had the battlefield outlined a long time ago. Stop being afraid of your own shadow. Israel isn't afraid of the shadow it casts !
Israel cuts Lebanon's last major tie to Syria as militants fire more rockets
http://www.news1130.com/news/international/article.jsp?content=w080483A
4, 2006 - 0:12 pm By: SAM F. GHATTAS
BEIRUT (AP) - Israel's pounding of Hezbollah positions across Lebanon expanded Friday with missiles targeting bridges in the Christian heartland north of Beirut for the first time. A top UN aid official said air strikes on the main north-south highway risked cutting off Lebanon's "umbilical cord" to the world.
Four civilians were killed and 10 wounded in the air raid, the Lebanese Red Cross said. A Lebanese soldier and four civilians were also killed in air raids near Beirut's airport and southern suburbs, security officials and witnesses said.
Four Israeli missiles also slammed into a warehouse where farm workers were loading vegetables near the Lebanon-Syria border, killing at least 28, according to officials at the Syrian hospitals where the dead and wounded were taken.
The Lebanese and Kurdish farm labourers were in a field in a strip of no-man's land along Lebanon's eastern border with Syria, foreman Rabei al-Jabali said.
Israeli strike shuts key Lebanon-Syria border point
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/30/worldupdates/2006-07-30T040046Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-261620-2&sec=Worldupdates
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike closed Lebanon's main crossing point to Syria on Saturday for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Hizbollah, security sources said.
Three air strikes hit the road between Lebanese and Syrian immigration offices at Masnaa area in the eastern Bekaa Valley, but on the Lebanese side of the border, they said. There were no casualties.
Traffic on the border had been interrupted by Israeli attacks nearby, but it was the first time it had been declared closed in the 18-day Israeli onslaught in Lebanon.
AND ISRAEL knows one does not 'take' a stronghold easily or take it without maintaining that position.
Two IDF soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah
IAF jets raid bridges near Tripoli; IDF and Hezbollah trade heavy fire in Ayta a-Shab
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/746648.html
By Jonathan Lis, Amiram Barkat, Yoav Stern and Agencies
Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed this weekend in fighting in southern Lebanon. IDF ground forces continued their advance into Lebanon over the weekend and in some areas exceeded the borders of the security zone Israel pulled out from in May 2000. Brigadier General Shuki Shahrur said Friday that the number of Hezbollah fighters killed in the fighting since 12 July had exceeded 400, and eight had been taken prisoner in recent days. A reservist soldier was killed and four other troops were injured when an anti-tank missile hit a home in which they took up position in the southern Lebanese village of Ayta a-Shab. Corporal Kyril Kashdan, 26, of Haifa, is the first reservist killed in the IDF ground operation in Lebanon.
HEZBOLLAH can never be a political entity. They are intent on destroying entire nations starting with Israel.
Tape shows Hezbollah 'confession'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5254742.stm
The Israeli army has released a video apparently showing a Hezbollah fighter admitting to taking part in a raid on Israel and undergoing training in Iran.
On the tape, the fighter describes his role in the raid in which two Israeli soldiers were seized on 12 July, triggering the current conflict.
The man identifies himself as Hussein Ali Suleiman, 22, and says he flew from Syria to Iran for training in 2003.
The videoed interrogation appears to have been heavily edited.
The Israeli army announced his capture on Sunday, but did not say when he had been seized, according to the Associated Press.
'Special flight'
In the video, released on Monday, he said he was tasked with cutting certain access routes during the cross-border raid in which Hezbollah captured two Israeli troops and another eight died in clashes.
Mr Suleiman said he had undergone several training sessions and courses since joining the militant group as a teenager.
During one of these in 2003, he said, he was driven from Beirut to Damascus in Hezbollah cars and then took a special flight to Iran without passing through passport control.
He then took part in military exercises in Iran along with 40 or 50 other Hezbollah members, he said.
Mr Suleiman also said he had attended an 18-month night school course for soldiers, which included classes in Islamic law and jurisprudence.
After Israel withdrew from south Lebanon in 2000, ending its 18-year occupation of the area, he said he attended a 45-day "fighter" course covering weapons training, sabotage and communications.
In the footage, Mr Suleiman appeared to have light bruises or wounds on his cheeks and lips, and the tape was edited with some of his answers cut off in mid-sentence, AP reported.
On Friday, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) released footage of what it said were Hezbollah fighters blindfolded and captured during an operation in south Lebanon.
WHEN are terrorists going to be sent packing when it comes to finding illegal incomes in the USA?
Hezbollah Fundraising on U.S. Soil (Listen to the broadcast)
http://www.here-now.org/shows/2006/08/20060804_2.asp
To some, Hezbollah is the "Party of God." To others, "the A-team of terrorism," a disciplined army of militant Shiite Islamists, raising tens of millions of dollars right here in the US. Barbara Newman, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and former host of NPR's "All Things Considered," is co-author of "Lightening Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil." Here & Now speaks with Newman about Hezbollah's activities in the U.S. and Lebanon.
WHATEVER happened to Nic Robertson and Christiana Amanpour? I have been waiting for the 'real news team' to arrive. They have the insight. Anderson doesn't. He has sensationalism and nothing else. He hasn't got what the best journalists have. Experience and connections and the respect of the people that speak to them. Chris says it as it is and not the way CNN wants to spin it. That isn't the case with Andy and crew.
Arabs to Send Delegation Backing Lebanon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/07/AR2006080700373.html
By ZEINA KARAMThe Associated PressMonday, August 7, 2006; 10:42 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Arab foreign ministers decided Monday to send a delegation to the United Nations to represent Lebanon's interests at the Security Council, an aide to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said.
The three-man delegation will include the foreign ministers of Qatar, the only Arab member on the Security Council, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa.
THE ARABS need to watch 'whom' they state they are backing. Backing Lebanon is very different than backing Hezbollah. If Lebanon backs Hezbollah then it's all the same thing.
Do you actually think Israel takes chances? Not if they can help it. They've had the battlefield outlined a long time ago. Stop being afraid of your own shadow. Israel isn't afraid of the shadow it casts !
Israel cuts Lebanon's last major tie to Syria as militants fire more rockets
http://www.news1130.com/news/international/article.jsp?content=w080483A
4, 2006 - 0:12 pm By: SAM F. GHATTAS
BEIRUT (AP) - Israel's pounding of Hezbollah positions across Lebanon expanded Friday with missiles targeting bridges in the Christian heartland north of Beirut for the first time. A top UN aid official said air strikes on the main north-south highway risked cutting off Lebanon's "umbilical cord" to the world.
Four civilians were killed and 10 wounded in the air raid, the Lebanese Red Cross said. A Lebanese soldier and four civilians were also killed in air raids near Beirut's airport and southern suburbs, security officials and witnesses said.
Four Israeli missiles also slammed into a warehouse where farm workers were loading vegetables near the Lebanon-Syria border, killing at least 28, according to officials at the Syrian hospitals where the dead and wounded were taken.
The Lebanese and Kurdish farm labourers were in a field in a strip of no-man's land along Lebanon's eastern border with Syria, foreman Rabei al-Jabali said.
Israeli strike shuts key Lebanon-Syria border point
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/30/worldupdates/2006-07-30T040046Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-261620-2&sec=Worldupdates
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike closed Lebanon's main crossing point to Syria on Saturday for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Hizbollah, security sources said.
Three air strikes hit the road between Lebanese and Syrian immigration offices at Masnaa area in the eastern Bekaa Valley, but on the Lebanese side of the border, they said. There were no casualties.
Traffic on the border had been interrupted by Israeli attacks nearby, but it was the first time it had been declared closed in the 18-day Israeli onslaught in Lebanon.
AND ISRAEL knows one does not 'take' a stronghold easily or take it without maintaining that position.
Two IDF soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah
IAF jets raid bridges near Tripoli; IDF and Hezbollah trade heavy fire in Ayta a-Shab
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/746648.html
By Jonathan Lis, Amiram Barkat, Yoav Stern and Agencies
Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed this weekend in fighting in southern Lebanon. IDF ground forces continued their advance into Lebanon over the weekend and in some areas exceeded the borders of the security zone Israel pulled out from in May 2000. Brigadier General Shuki Shahrur said Friday that the number of Hezbollah fighters killed in the fighting since 12 July had exceeded 400, and eight had been taken prisoner in recent days. A reservist soldier was killed and four other troops were injured when an anti-tank missile hit a home in which they took up position in the southern Lebanese village of Ayta a-Shab. Corporal Kyril Kashdan, 26, of Haifa, is the first reservist killed in the IDF ground operation in Lebanon.
HEZBOLLAH can never be a political entity. They are intent on destroying entire nations starting with Israel.
Tape shows Hezbollah 'confession'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5254742.stm
The Israeli army has released a video apparently showing a Hezbollah fighter admitting to taking part in a raid on Israel and undergoing training in Iran.
On the tape, the fighter describes his role in the raid in which two Israeli soldiers were seized on 12 July, triggering the current conflict.
The man identifies himself as Hussein Ali Suleiman, 22, and says he flew from Syria to Iran for training in 2003.
The videoed interrogation appears to have been heavily edited.
The Israeli army announced his capture on Sunday, but did not say when he had been seized, according to the Associated Press.
'Special flight'
In the video, released on Monday, he said he was tasked with cutting certain access routes during the cross-border raid in which Hezbollah captured two Israeli troops and another eight died in clashes.
Mr Suleiman said he had undergone several training sessions and courses since joining the militant group as a teenager.
During one of these in 2003, he said, he was driven from Beirut to Damascus in Hezbollah cars and then took a special flight to Iran without passing through passport control.
He then took part in military exercises in Iran along with 40 or 50 other Hezbollah members, he said.
Mr Suleiman also said he had attended an 18-month night school course for soldiers, which included classes in Islamic law and jurisprudence.
After Israel withdrew from south Lebanon in 2000, ending its 18-year occupation of the area, he said he attended a 45-day "fighter" course covering weapons training, sabotage and communications.
In the footage, Mr Suleiman appeared to have light bruises or wounds on his cheeks and lips, and the tape was edited with some of his answers cut off in mid-sentence, AP reported.
On Friday, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) released footage of what it said were Hezbollah fighters blindfolded and captured during an operation in south Lebanon.
WHEN are terrorists going to be sent packing when it comes to finding illegal incomes in the USA?
Hezbollah Fundraising on U.S. Soil (Listen to the broadcast)
http://www.here-now.org/shows/2006/08/20060804_2.asp
To some, Hezbollah is the "Party of God." To others, "the A-team of terrorism," a disciplined army of militant Shiite Islamists, raising tens of millions of dollars right here in the US. Barbara Newman, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and former host of NPR's "All Things Considered," is co-author of "Lightening Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil." Here & Now speaks with Newman about Hezbollah's activities in the U.S. and Lebanon.
WHATEVER happened to Nic Robertson and Christiana Amanpour? I have been waiting for the 'real news team' to arrive. They have the insight. Anderson doesn't. He has sensationalism and nothing else. He hasn't got what the best journalists have. Experience and connections and the respect of the people that speak to them. Chris says it as it is and not the way CNN wants to spin it. That isn't the case with Andy and crew.
Arabs to Send Delegation Backing Lebanon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/07/AR2006080700373.html
By ZEINA KARAMThe Associated PressMonday, August 7, 2006; 10:42 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Arab foreign ministers decided Monday to send a delegation to the United Nations to represent Lebanon's interests at the Security Council, an aide to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said.
The three-man delegation will include the foreign ministers of Qatar, the only Arab member on the Security Council, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa.
THE ARABS need to watch 'whom' they state they are backing. Backing Lebanon is very different than backing Hezbollah. If Lebanon backs Hezbollah then it's all the same thing.
British Petroleum and it's lies
British Petroleum
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/06/beyond-the-pale/
BP: Beyond the Pale
In 2000, British Petroleum adopted a new “green” public relations strategy, changing their slogan to “Beyond Petroleum” and their logo to an environmentally friendly flower image. The BBC called it “part of a rebranding exercise […] which the company hopes will boost profits.” Six years later, BP’s profits are surging (up 25 percent last year to $22 billion), but its self-created image as a “force for good” is taking a beating - and deservedly so.
The Wall Street Journal today reports that BP is facing criminal investigations into both its environmental and labor practices:
On the environment:
Gas prices headed up as BP pipeline closes down (Listen to broadcast)
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/08/07/PM200608071.html
RYSSDAL: Somebody's gotta fix the leaks and repair the corrosion, right? Oil services company Halliburton picked up 1.6 percent today. Schlumberger rose a percent and a half.
A little more casual reading if one wants it.
British Petroleum / Amoco / ARCO (BP Amoco)
http://www.corporations.org/bp-amoco/
Anderson seeks assistance for the war effort
You've got to be joking. There are people dying in the fight to defeat terrorists and Cooper is taking contributions for the support of the people that can't get out of their own way?
Providing supplies to Lebanon is as good as supplying opportunity to the terrorists.
I don't believe this. I tell you what Anderson, it's time you start a collection for the insurgents of Iraq.
They call themselves patriots. Smucks. That's all they are.
I think that's it for me. I hear Cooper is starting his own illegal tobacco newsstand called "Andy's Cause for Sympathy that brings me ratings." You go, Andy. A few Marlboros without tax stamps should go a long way for you.
WHERE
IS
AARON !?!?!?!?!?!?????????????????????
Providing supplies to Lebanon is as good as supplying opportunity to the terrorists.
I don't believe this. I tell you what Anderson, it's time you start a collection for the insurgents of Iraq.
They call themselves patriots. Smucks. That's all they are.
I think that's it for me. I hear Cooper is starting his own illegal tobacco newsstand called "Andy's Cause for Sympathy that brings me ratings." You go, Andy. A few Marlboros without tax stamps should go a long way for you.
WHERE
IS
AARON !?!?!?!?!?!?????????????????????
Friday, July 28, 2006
I could listen to Nic Robertson all night. He and Chris.
1016
Good content. Nic did a great job. He knows his subject. He is trusted among those he dedicates his journalism skill to. He really is a unique 'entitiy' in Islam. Invisible to most 'power' leaders. But, he is very thorough and correct.
1019
It's not time for the UN yet. They should not go far. If Bush is able to form a Peacekeeper Force there may be a real need for them to return, however, until there is a vaible peace along the borders of Israel, the IDF and the IAF has a sincere purpose to protect the citizen's of Israel. I don't see any of the Peacekeeper Force coming together. Israel needs it's missiles now blockaded in Britain.
1024
Mr. King is working too hard 'too sell' the progress on a ceasefire. I don't really care what the public says, thinks or otherwise. They have no real solutions while Prime Minister Olmert does. The public also thought Bush would settle the issue with al Qaeda in Afghanistan, too. He didn't. He's playing the popularity game with Israel regardless of his failed Road Map that lead to this crisis.
Bush is a failure. Prime Minister is not. Bush is trying to 'come off' as a man that can handle Israel. Yeah, right. Bush is nobody.
1027
Nasrallah is defeated. He is in Syria. The rest of his followers LITERALLY need to follow him there. Israel is the victor. From here on it's simply cleaning up the rest of the munitions and decide what to do about the mine fields. Hezbollah has 'precense' in Southern Lebanon for now but it has a low survival rate in Southern Lebanon now. It's more 'over' than anyone wants to admit.
1035
Memos May Link Cheney to No-Bid Iraq Contract
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=31818&format=html
Commentary by Willy E. Gutman
Friday July 28, 2006
I recently examined some 100 pages of documents that detail the multi-billion-dollar, no-bid contract awarded in 2003 by the U.S. Army to Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), a subsidiary of Halliburton Co.
Heavily redacted and often written in maddeningly abstruse government legalese, the documents were released by the Department of the Army on orders of U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina to Judicial Watch, the public interest watchdog that flags and prosecutes government corruption.
Several documents suggest that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may have lied publicly about the involvement of the vice president's office in awarding the contract. It will be remembered that Vice President Dick Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton from 1995-2000.
In an e-mail dated April 22, 2003, Carol Sanders of the Army Corps writes, "Mr. Robert Andersen, Chief Counsel, USACE, participated in a (CBS) 60 Minutes interview today in New York regarding the sole source award of the oil response contract to Kellogg, Brown and Root. ... Mr. Andersen ... was able to make many of the points we had planned."
Sanders subsequently provided sound bites from the interview, including, "There was no contact whatsoever (with the vice president's office)."
This directly contradicts another e-mail uncovered by Judicial Watch in 2004. The e-mail, dated March 5, 2003, sent by an official of the Army Corps whose name was redacted, stated, "We anticipate no issue (with the KBR deal) since the action has been coordinated with the V.P.'s office."
The newly released documents also prove the Department of the Army abused the Freedom of Information Act process by improperly invoking exemptions. One document, for example, includes a frank admission by an Army Corps official:
"I am copying you on this crap since I honestly believe the competitive procurement will never happen."
The Army attempted to withhold this embarrassing document even though no appropriate exemption applied. It took the intervention of a federal district judge to force the Army to release the document.
"These new documents raise questions about the involvement of the vice president's office in the controversial KBR deal. One has to wonder whether the Army was being forthright about the issue," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Noting Cheney's prior (and perhaps ongoing but oblique) relationship with Halliburton, Judicial Watch filed its FOIA request to obtain documents pertaining to the lucrative no-bid contract. The vice president's associations with Halliburton "raise concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest or favoritism," Judicial Watch argued, "particularly since the contract was awarded to KBR without a bidding process and because the contract was not announced to the public until after it was approved."
In a carefully worded letter dated May 14, 2003, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers:
"Earlier this year, the Department of Defense awarded a sole-source contract to KBR ... for the reconstruction of the Iraqi oil industry. I understand that this contract was awarded as a short-term 'bridge' contract, with the expectation that a follow-up contract will be awarded later this year on the basis of full and open competition.
"I would appreciate additional information on the 'bridge' contract awarded to KBR. In particular, I would like copies of both the contract itself and each of the work orders issued under the contract to date. I understand this information is classified."
A record of a response to Levin's request could not be obtained.
Another caustic memo in which the dates and sender's and recipient's names are blanked out reads:
"Why don't you Army people understand we administer our own contracts? Your bunch mentions DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) administration of the contract everytime (sic) we meet/talk. Is there a hidden agenda that we should be made aware of? If not, please explain your ASAALT (Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) reluctance for us to administer our own contracts? Wasn't cradle-to-grave the latest 'fad' you all were pushing last time I read your webpage (sic)?"
This is yet another example of the arrogance and self-granted dictatorial powers wielded by the Bush administration.
Police and other law enforcement agents no longer have to knock before barging in someone's home. Radio and TV stations can now be fined absurd amounts for airing what the White House-governed FCC deems indecent language. The communications of private citizens can be intercepted and scrutinized. People dubbed "enemy combatants" can be arrested without charge, secretly relocated abroad and detained indefinitely without trial. Banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States are being covertly mined.
With Judicial Watch's findings and revelations, we now learn that the very underpinning of American labor law - open, competitive bidding on government contracts - can be flouted and violated with shameless impunity.
Aldous Huxley and George Orwell must be smiling in their sleep.
1039
Rob Marciano has a poor vocabulary. He hasn't learned to say , Human Induced Globally Warming is killing people all over this country in a record heat wave. Jerk ! What do you think you are hiding Mr. Cherry Marcinano? Huh? What do you think you are doing? COVERING UP the truth to benefit what remains of the Bush Lies? Coward.
1052'
enough
Good content. Nic did a great job. He knows his subject. He is trusted among those he dedicates his journalism skill to. He really is a unique 'entitiy' in Islam. Invisible to most 'power' leaders. But, he is very thorough and correct.
1019
It's not time for the UN yet. They should not go far. If Bush is able to form a Peacekeeper Force there may be a real need for them to return, however, until there is a vaible peace along the borders of Israel, the IDF and the IAF has a sincere purpose to protect the citizen's of Israel. I don't see any of the Peacekeeper Force coming together. Israel needs it's missiles now blockaded in Britain.
1024
Mr. King is working too hard 'too sell' the progress on a ceasefire. I don't really care what the public says, thinks or otherwise. They have no real solutions while Prime Minister Olmert does. The public also thought Bush would settle the issue with al Qaeda in Afghanistan, too. He didn't. He's playing the popularity game with Israel regardless of his failed Road Map that lead to this crisis.
Bush is a failure. Prime Minister is not. Bush is trying to 'come off' as a man that can handle Israel. Yeah, right. Bush is nobody.
1027
Nasrallah is defeated. He is in Syria. The rest of his followers LITERALLY need to follow him there. Israel is the victor. From here on it's simply cleaning up the rest of the munitions and decide what to do about the mine fields. Hezbollah has 'precense' in Southern Lebanon for now but it has a low survival rate in Southern Lebanon now. It's more 'over' than anyone wants to admit.
1035
Memos May Link Cheney to No-Bid Iraq Contract
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=31818&format=html
Commentary by Willy E. Gutman
Friday July 28, 2006
I recently examined some 100 pages of documents that detail the multi-billion-dollar, no-bid contract awarded in 2003 by the U.S. Army to Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), a subsidiary of Halliburton Co.
Heavily redacted and often written in maddeningly abstruse government legalese, the documents were released by the Department of the Army on orders of U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina to Judicial Watch, the public interest watchdog that flags and prosecutes government corruption.
Several documents suggest that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may have lied publicly about the involvement of the vice president's office in awarding the contract. It will be remembered that Vice President Dick Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton from 1995-2000.
In an e-mail dated April 22, 2003, Carol Sanders of the Army Corps writes, "Mr. Robert Andersen, Chief Counsel, USACE, participated in a (CBS) 60 Minutes interview today in New York regarding the sole source award of the oil response contract to Kellogg, Brown and Root. ... Mr. Andersen ... was able to make many of the points we had planned."
Sanders subsequently provided sound bites from the interview, including, "There was no contact whatsoever (with the vice president's office)."
This directly contradicts another e-mail uncovered by Judicial Watch in 2004. The e-mail, dated March 5, 2003, sent by an official of the Army Corps whose name was redacted, stated, "We anticipate no issue (with the KBR deal) since the action has been coordinated with the V.P.'s office."
The newly released documents also prove the Department of the Army abused the Freedom of Information Act process by improperly invoking exemptions. One document, for example, includes a frank admission by an Army Corps official:
"I am copying you on this crap since I honestly believe the competitive procurement will never happen."
The Army attempted to withhold this embarrassing document even though no appropriate exemption applied. It took the intervention of a federal district judge to force the Army to release the document.
"These new documents raise questions about the involvement of the vice president's office in the controversial KBR deal. One has to wonder whether the Army was being forthright about the issue," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Noting Cheney's prior (and perhaps ongoing but oblique) relationship with Halliburton, Judicial Watch filed its FOIA request to obtain documents pertaining to the lucrative no-bid contract. The vice president's associations with Halliburton "raise concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest or favoritism," Judicial Watch argued, "particularly since the contract was awarded to KBR without a bidding process and because the contract was not announced to the public until after it was approved."
In a carefully worded letter dated May 14, 2003, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers:
"Earlier this year, the Department of Defense awarded a sole-source contract to KBR ... for the reconstruction of the Iraqi oil industry. I understand that this contract was awarded as a short-term 'bridge' contract, with the expectation that a follow-up contract will be awarded later this year on the basis of full and open competition.
"I would appreciate additional information on the 'bridge' contract awarded to KBR. In particular, I would like copies of both the contract itself and each of the work orders issued under the contract to date. I understand this information is classified."
A record of a response to Levin's request could not be obtained.
Another caustic memo in which the dates and sender's and recipient's names are blanked out reads:
"Why don't you Army people understand we administer our own contracts? Your bunch mentions DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) administration of the contract everytime (sic) we meet/talk. Is there a hidden agenda that we should be made aware of? If not, please explain your ASAALT (Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) reluctance for us to administer our own contracts? Wasn't cradle-to-grave the latest 'fad' you all were pushing last time I read your webpage (sic)?"
This is yet another example of the arrogance and self-granted dictatorial powers wielded by the Bush administration.
Police and other law enforcement agents no longer have to knock before barging in someone's home. Radio and TV stations can now be fined absurd amounts for airing what the White House-governed FCC deems indecent language. The communications of private citizens can be intercepted and scrutinized. People dubbed "enemy combatants" can be arrested without charge, secretly relocated abroad and detained indefinitely without trial. Banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States are being covertly mined.
With Judicial Watch's findings and revelations, we now learn that the very underpinning of American labor law - open, competitive bidding on government contracts - can be flouted and violated with shameless impunity.
Aldous Huxley and George Orwell must be smiling in their sleep.
1039
Rob Marciano has a poor vocabulary. He hasn't learned to say , Human Induced Globally Warming is killing people all over this country in a record heat wave. Jerk ! What do you think you are hiding Mr. Cherry Marcinano? Huh? What do you think you are doing? COVERING UP the truth to benefit what remains of the Bush Lies? Coward.
1052'
enough
So Hezbollah was a model for al Qaeda. And someone actually believes Israel gives a hoot about bin Laden? No.
1000
Although the Hezbollah rockets don't kill they are hoping it will and they still damage infrastructure. I am impressed at the quick response of the fire squads.
Leave it to the Jewish to see the infrastructure as nothing compared to their lives. They don't even see the fires as a loss so much as a 'grace from God' in sparing lives for a misguided target. Amazing people.
1012
I appreciate the insight about 'bin's admiration of Hezbollah, however, al Qaeda doesn't really bother Israel. Isreal has been fighting Hezbollah for decades. There isn't anything al Qaeda can do to Israel that Hezbollah hasn't already done. Al Qaeda is not backed by a nation. Hezbollah has the sympathies of Syria and primarily Iran. Hezbollah purports to be a 'party' in Lebanon while the President of Lebanon actually stands by and let's them carry on a war with Israel. What is that? How can a 'political party' wage a war against a sovereign nation while it's President looks the other way while being sympathetic to the terrorist network/party of that country? The circumstances are completely hideous, ludicrous and and every synonym thereof. ??????????????
1020
Nic Robertson is very, very correct. Thank you, Nic. There is no relationship with al Qaeda and Hezbollah and this is nothing but a PR stunt for recruitment of al Qaeda.
When is Israel going to stop being a target? Maybe when 'The West' stops picking on them and turns on the real enemy. Terrorist networks. Israel has been 'the jazz' for Jihadists for decades now. Israel has never denied there should be a Palestine nation, yet there is hatred everywhere against them. It is the most 'askewed' reality a sovereign nation could have. The image Islam ALLOWS to exist and upholds about Israel fuels these idiot terrorists that have them held hostage. It has to stop.
1024
commericals
1027
I'm not getting into the Turkish aggression. The Kurds are a completely different issue from Hezbollah. They are not Hezbollah and the conflict with Turkey has a history. I don't agree with deaths of any people, but, Turkey is posturing to justify their long standing agression against the Kurds. Bush is attempting to 'steam roll' a moment against any and all area nations of the Middle East by defining 'terrorism' as it's purpose when in fact these are completely different. Turkey and the Kurds are somewhat similar in 'etiology' as Kashmir. They want their own nation for their safety. As a result there is chronic issues of violence against them although the Kurds actually have 'squatter's rights' to the region they live. Kurds have to live somewhere.
The problem with Bush seeking to 'identify' with all troubled areas of the world as if they are simply 'terrorists' it serves no purpose to actually see the circumstances for what they are. We are right back to the attempt by this administration to ride the 'coat tails' of September 11th into lumping ALL world conflicts into legitimate issues of sovereignty when in fact there are no vehicles stating that.
This is from an address tothe legislature from Clinton referring to the efforts of the USA State Department under his administration to negotiate with Kurdish groups to bring about a good outcome. However, all these efforts were abandoned when Bush took office and when he illegally invaded Iraq.
The United States, together with international and humanitarian relief organizations, continues to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of northern Iraq. Security conditions in northern Iraq remain tenuous at best, with Iranian and PKK activity adding to the ever-present threat from Baghdad. We continue to facilitate talks between the two major Kurdish groups in an effort to help them resolve their differences and increase stability in northern Iraq.
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/offdocs/w960708.htm
1051
Hadley is again tyring to cloud the truth with a Neocon Agenda.
1052
You're an egotistical jerk, Anderson. No anchor dedicates so much time to their image so much as reporting and esteeming the subjects and not themselves.
1054
Although the Hezbollah rockets don't kill they are hoping it will and they still damage infrastructure. I am impressed at the quick response of the fire squads.
Leave it to the Jewish to see the infrastructure as nothing compared to their lives. They don't even see the fires as a loss so much as a 'grace from God' in sparing lives for a misguided target. Amazing people.
1012
I appreciate the insight about 'bin's admiration of Hezbollah, however, al Qaeda doesn't really bother Israel. Isreal has been fighting Hezbollah for decades. There isn't anything al Qaeda can do to Israel that Hezbollah hasn't already done. Al Qaeda is not backed by a nation. Hezbollah has the sympathies of Syria and primarily Iran. Hezbollah purports to be a 'party' in Lebanon while the President of Lebanon actually stands by and let's them carry on a war with Israel. What is that? How can a 'political party' wage a war against a sovereign nation while it's President looks the other way while being sympathetic to the terrorist network/party of that country? The circumstances are completely hideous, ludicrous and and every synonym thereof. ??????????????
1020
Nic Robertson is very, very correct. Thank you, Nic. There is no relationship with al Qaeda and Hezbollah and this is nothing but a PR stunt for recruitment of al Qaeda.
When is Israel going to stop being a target? Maybe when 'The West' stops picking on them and turns on the real enemy. Terrorist networks. Israel has been 'the jazz' for Jihadists for decades now. Israel has never denied there should be a Palestine nation, yet there is hatred everywhere against them. It is the most 'askewed' reality a sovereign nation could have. The image Islam ALLOWS to exist and upholds about Israel fuels these idiot terrorists that have them held hostage. It has to stop.
1024
commericals
1027
I'm not getting into the Turkish aggression. The Kurds are a completely different issue from Hezbollah. They are not Hezbollah and the conflict with Turkey has a history. I don't agree with deaths of any people, but, Turkey is posturing to justify their long standing agression against the Kurds. Bush is attempting to 'steam roll' a moment against any and all area nations of the Middle East by defining 'terrorism' as it's purpose when in fact these are completely different. Turkey and the Kurds are somewhat similar in 'etiology' as Kashmir. They want their own nation for their safety. As a result there is chronic issues of violence against them although the Kurds actually have 'squatter's rights' to the region they live. Kurds have to live somewhere.
The problem with Bush seeking to 'identify' with all troubled areas of the world as if they are simply 'terrorists' it serves no purpose to actually see the circumstances for what they are. We are right back to the attempt by this administration to ride the 'coat tails' of September 11th into lumping ALL world conflicts into legitimate issues of sovereignty when in fact there are no vehicles stating that.
This is from an address tothe legislature from Clinton referring to the efforts of the USA State Department under his administration to negotiate with Kurdish groups to bring about a good outcome. However, all these efforts were abandoned when Bush took office and when he illegally invaded Iraq.
The United States, together with international and humanitarian relief organizations, continues to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of northern Iraq. Security conditions in northern Iraq remain tenuous at best, with Iranian and PKK activity adding to the ever-present threat from Baghdad. We continue to facilitate talks between the two major Kurdish groups in an effort to help them resolve their differences and increase stability in northern Iraq.
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/offdocs/w960708.htm
1051
Hadley is again tyring to cloud the truth with a Neocon Agenda.
1052
You're an egotistical jerk, Anderson. No anchor dedicates so much time to their image so much as reporting and esteeming the subjects and not themselves.
1054
As a matter of fact the USA knows of the UN resolution about PKK and the 'type' of issues presented in this 'context of human reality.' Bush doesn't have a leg to stand on and I can't think of a better reason to get a real USA Ambassador rather than Bolton. What Bush is trying to do is USE the border incursions of every incident globally to say it is a threat by terrorists.
Firstly, Kurds must never give up the right of legitimate liberation struggle with the accessory right of the use of force, rights which always exist because they are inherent, according to UN General Assembly Resolution 2708 (XXV), 12 Oct. 1979:
In session XXV in 1970, the UN General Assembly for the first time spoke of "the inherent right of all colonised peoples... to use all the necessary means at their disposal to struggle against the colonial power which oppresses their striving for freedom and independence".Three years later, an explicit recognition of the right to wage armed struggle was passed by the UN. A series of resolutions passed by the UN General Assembly legitimized the use of force in armed struggle. The most signicant of those resolutions was passed in December 1973, despite resistance from 13 Western states. Entitled "The fundamental Principles of the Legal Status of Combatants who Struggle Against Colonial or Foreign Rule as well as Against Racist Regimes", the resolution stated:
1. The struggle of the people under colonial or foreign rule or under a racist regime to gain their rights to self-determination and independence is legitimate and in full agreement with the principles of the Rights of Peoples.
2. All attempts to suppress the struggle against colonial or foreign rule or against a racist regime are incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Principles of the Rights of Peoples, the Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation Among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and such attempts pose a threat to international peace and security."The fact is that no Western power has ever intervened militarily to defend the Kurdish people from Turkish aggression, an aggression which goes back to the founding of the Turkish state, a fact which has been "gracefully passed over in silence or deliberately misrepresented by most historians, foreign as well as Turkish," as Dr. Martin Van Bruinessen correctly observes, therefore it would be the height of foolhardiness for the Kurdish people to lay down the weapons of their defense and rely instead solely on mere words and empty promises.
Kurds must Take Erdogan's Opportunity
...Ocalan is not the right man for the job in the Kurds' struggle for their cultural rights, Lagendijk thinks; it would be a dream to think Ocalan was capable of leading this battle for cultural rights. "Ocalan will stay in prison. Different leaders with a clear attitude against armed struggle are needed." Lagendijk said he got many reactions from the Kurds after the things he said about Ocalan and added: "I am in favor of the Kurds' cultural rights. But this cannot be realized by weapons. The PKK is making a mistake."
1059
Larry King Live is being used as vehicle of propaganda regarding Bush's Neocon Ambitions. Larry promoted Turkey's case. He never took up the history of the conflict and is askewing the reason why this group cannot be treated the same. Bush wants to set the world on fire and watch it burn while he calls it the beginnings of Democracy.
Bush is endangering Israel's sovereign right to war under a legitimate United Nations resolution.
He's attempting to make every 'border incursion' an attack of terrorists.
The circumstances of Turkey and the Kurds are completely different as noted above. Hadley doesn't care about Israel so much as 'the spin' he and Bush can get out of it. This is grossly inappropriate use of power. I'll get to the 'faux agenda' below. I know it sounds like beating a dead horse, but, it's about Oil and there is published material by the Heritage Foundation to the trend.. Israel is not about oil. It is about a sincere purpose to defeat a very powerful terrorist network. Israel's circumstances is only unique to Israel. This 'thing' Hadley and Bush are pulling is due to the fact they are Cheney's whipping boys. See below this article.
U.S. wants to deal "aggressively" with Kurdish PKK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush told Turkish Prime Minster Tayyip Erdogan that the United States wants to deal more aggressively with cross-border attacks by Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, the White House said on Tuesday.
"We have talked about establishing a trilateral framework between the United States, Iraq and Turkey to address this issue," national security adviser Stephen Hadley said after Bush met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
"We have already identified some steps that can be taken and that the Iraqis are going to take," he told reporters.
Several thousand members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, are believed to be hiding in the mountains of mainly Kurdish northern Iraq, from where they slip across the border to attack Turkish police, troops and other targets.
Many of the Neocon agendas seen in this White House can be directly linked to The Heritage Foundation. Even the Robert's nomination had conflicting interests with this group, which probably profits nicely from inheritance tax evasion.
It's the Caspian Sea, just about the richests oil reserve left in the world that isn't tired out and chronically without procurement problems. War does not affect this area either primarily because Russia has a pipeline there.
Iran's Claim Over Caspian Sea Resources Threaten Energy Securityby Dr. Ariel CohenBackgrounder #1582
September 5, 2002 Executive Summary
The need for Washington to focus its attention on energy security and diversification became clear as the war on terrorism began. The U.S. should strongly oppose Iran's threatening military actions to claim a larger portion of the energy-rich Caspian Sea. The Caspian basin, a land-locked body of salt water bordered by Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan, harbors billions of barrels of proven oil reserves and over 200 billion barrels of potential reserves.2 (See Table 1.) The market value of that oil could exceed $5 trillion, according to some estimates. The sea also may hold up to 325 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Combined with Russia's resources, by 2010 the region could supply up to one half of the energy resources now provided by the Middle East.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/bg1582.cfm
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The Pipelines
Table 4. Oil Export Routes and Options in the Caspian Sea Region
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/caspgrph.html
The Capacity
The Caspian Sea region contains roughly 17-44 billion barrels of oil. Oil production growth from the region will come largely from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan in the next decade
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Caspian/Oil.html
With Halliburton moving out of Iraq, it has to find new and more fertile ground for it's stockholders.
What has this got to do with Turkey and the Kurds? Are you for real?
Take a look at this map.
http://encarta.msn.com/map_701511561/Caspian_Sea.html
Now. Imagine having the control, not necessarily peaceful control either, of Turkey, all the countries between Turkey and the Caspian Sea, Iraq and Iran. Who now controls the largest oil glut in the world ?
Page 12 of Chapter 8 of Cheney's Secret Energy Committee.
Page 12 - scroll down. Not that the rest isn't interesting either.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/energy/Chapter8.pdf
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If Turkey wants a United Nation's Resolution to act on, I suggest they pursue those avenues.
Israel's border incursions are about stopping violence by two terrorist networks supplanted in the government structures of soverign nations. It is Israel's right to defend itself.
Bush has no right to comment about Israel at all if his intent is to USE Israel's sovereign right to war as an "oil barron ball.'
I hate the son of a bitch. His filthy corruption spills over into everything right and correct about this country.
I suppose I'll get into the Kurds PLIGHT later. It has huge merit and they really weren't doing badly under the 'No Fly Zone.'
enough
Thursday, July 27, 2006
...into the danger zone
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I suppose knowing something about the enemy from the stand point of the rockets is important. They kill. Hezobollah launches them. I don't need to know anything else.
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Condi Rice is not an Israeli ambassador. She doesn't speak for Israel. She can attempt to put together an agreement. Israel never has to agree.
I am not hearing anything here I value over what I already know or assesed.
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Hey Anderson, I bet some terror cells are watching this to learn how to build a missle one you jerk ! Show the fires Anderson. Not the rockets. Jeeze ! This this news team think for a living? I had the same problem wtih the Aaron team in Afghanistan. I forget who it was, walking along the roadway into the mountains of Afghanistan taking all these pictureque photos of the landscape, givnig away their position the entire time. Not only their position but the soldiers as well. Knock it off. You gotta tell these guys everything.
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enough
I suppose knowing something about the enemy from the stand point of the rockets is important. They kill. Hezobollah launches them. I don't need to know anything else.
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Condi Rice is not an Israeli ambassador. She doesn't speak for Israel. She can attempt to put together an agreement. Israel never has to agree.
I am not hearing anything here I value over what I already know or assesed.
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Hey Anderson, I bet some terror cells are watching this to learn how to build a missle one you jerk ! Show the fires Anderson. Not the rockets. Jeeze ! This this news team think for a living? I had the same problem wtih the Aaron team in Afghanistan. I forget who it was, walking along the roadway into the mountains of Afghanistan taking all these pictureque photos of the landscape, givnig away their position the entire time. Not only their position but the soldiers as well. Knock it off. You gotta tell these guys everything.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Where's Aaron?
I am not alone in looking for leadership when emergencies erupt in the world.
The readership of Dave Inman want his qualities in journalism as well.
Aaron's style was self recriminating. It's a quality of people whom feel secure in themselves seeking to completely understand without pretense a subject. It was not unusual for him to openly invite criticism of his understanding of a subject by someone he was interviewing. He did it in order to bring out 'the truth' or the 'understanding of the truth' by the person being interviewed. It was to reach beyond 'mind speak' and 'cliches' to add depth to the subject. It didn't always leave the interviewed in a good light, but, it never diminished Aaron's dignity.
It was his openess and willingness to understand. No one can replicate Aaron Brown Style. It was him and not a persona of him we watched and listened to every night. His knowledge, commitment and experience rounded out a television anchor with unique style with or without grace, but always dignity.
It also served to limit the impact 'falsehoods' played in the public discourse. It was a "parent/child to parent" approach. That, "I got it, sorta" lead in to a question that left Aaron wide open for being 'put in his place' or 'educated.' It was brilliant. Either one appreciated Aaron Brown Style or not. He was never afraid of being a 'jerk' so we weren't. He was our 'champion' of knowledge and misconception. It is why he was so engaged with interactive methods of reaching his audience. He was the defender of the 'misunderstood' or the Wise Man in seeking 'The Truth.' If a viewer appreciated Aaron Brown Style there was nothing else like it.
If the 'ego' of the interviewed revealed him/her to be distasteful a viewer was welcome to come to that conclusion or not. Sometimes it mattered what side of the street you walked when listening to information in how it was processed/filtered as a product of that news cast. Aaron Brown never sought to control so much as deliver the opportunity for the viewer to make decisions. He was a mature anchor with a mature audience that didn't want 'fluff.' We didn't want to be 'shined on' so to speak, just to keep coming back. Like Aaron frequently said, not everyone tunes in to hear what they want to hear, so much as what there is to hear. We never felt cheated. We never felt 'steered.' We were in charge of our own opinions and they were invited. When I say I miss Aaron Brown, I sincerely miss Aaron Brown.
Where's Aaron?
Mr. Inman: I was wondering if you could find out what happened to Aaron Brown, who was a news commentator on CNN. -- A.M., Roscoe, Pa.
Dear A.M.: Brown left CNN late last year, and he now holds the John J. Rhodes Chair in Public Policy and American Institutions at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Until Rhodes shows up and wants his chair back.
Freelance writer David Inman's column appears daily. Write to him at The Courier-Journal, 525 W. Broadway, P.O. Box 740031, Louisville, KY 40201-7431; or e-mail him at http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060724/FEATURES07/607240317/1011/SCENE. Questions of general interest will be answered; personal replies are not possible.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Blogger's Night Off. Everything is upsetting but also very routine at the same time. But, remember...
...Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires
29 Tammuz 5766
It just ain't Aaron
IDF preparing for ground operation in Tyre area
In spite of blows suffered by army in north, it does not plan to stop in Bint Jbeil; plans already prepared for Tyre area, where 'medium rocket unit' operates against Haifa Hanan Greenberg
Some 20 to 25 terrorists were killed Monday in battles in the Bint Jbeil area, reports received from the field by the Northern Command reveal.
An officer and a soldier were killed after two tanks were severely hit in the area, but the Israel Defense Forces does not plan to stop and is already preparing plans for a ground operation in the Tyre area as well.
"It may require a different deployment of forces, but we are definitely prepared for that," a senior IDF officer told Ynet.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3280905,00.html
In spite of blows suffered by army in north, it does not plan to stop in Bint Jbeil; plans already prepared for Tyre area, where 'medium rocket unit' operates against Haifa Hanan Greenberg
Some 20 to 25 terrorists were killed Monday in battles in the Bint Jbeil area, reports received from the field by the Northern Command reveal.
An officer and a soldier were killed after two tanks were severely hit in the area, but the Israel Defense Forces does not plan to stop and is already preparing plans for a ground operation in the Tyre area as well.
"It may require a different deployment of forces, but we are definitely prepared for that," a senior IDF officer told Ynet.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3280905,00.html
SLA: War price for leaving Lebanon
Former Southern Lebanese Army fighters living in Israel, who have experienced combat against Hizbullah first-hand, say it is clear what caused current crisis and when it should end: 'War is price of IDF’s six-year absence from Lebanon. Combat can only end when Nasrallah is no longer relevant' Hagai Einav
Former members of the Southern Lebanese Army residing in Israel are not surprised. From their perspective, the unfolding of events could have been foretold.
A former SLA officer, who fought alongside Israel, told Ynet: “The fighting in Lebanon will be long, but it is part of the price of a six-year absence of the Israeli army from Lebanon.”
The man, who refused to reveal his identity, partook in many battles against Hizbullah. “The combat can only end when Hassan Nasrallah is no longer relevant. Hizbullah must be disarmed and driven towards the Litani River.
To the former officer, who now lives in Nahariya and whose home is in the line of Katyusha fire, it is entirely clear what Israel must do.
“The IDF was in Lebanon for many years and knows how Hizbullah operates. We cannot repeat the mistake of the United States in Iraq in the 90s, when it surrendered to international pressure and called off the fighting before Saddam Hussein was captured or assassinated, which led to another escalation before he was toppled 14 years later,” he said.
Some 350 families from south Lebanon took refuge in Israel when the IDF withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000 and are currently scattered throughout Nahariya, Maalot, Kiryat Shmona and Tiberias in the north.
Most of the adults opened private businesses, and their children were absorbed into the public school system. They too, like the rest of Israel’s citizens, are experiencing the war in the north.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3280894,00.html
Diaspora solidarity missions say 'Israel is safe'By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER
American Jews seem to be more united in their backing for Israel than at any time since the Six Day War, according to Jewish leader Malcolm Hoenlein.
Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, was speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem Sunday at the start of a three-day solidarity tour. But even as he and other Jewish groups come on solidarity missions, donate funds and rally in support of Israel, North American Jews are cancelling plans to visit Israel.
"You always have people who postpone trips because of a [violent] situation. It's not just true in Israel. It's true anywhere where a conflict situation arises. It's understandable, but it's containable and I hope that we can reverse the current trend," he said. "The goal of solidarity missions [is to] get others to follow and understand that it's safe to come to Israel."
He has brought 50 people, including conference chairman Harold Tanner, along with him on one of several missions of international Jewish leadership coming to bolster Israel while it's under attack from Hizbullah.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153291981045&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
US Conservative rabbis visit IsraelBy MATTHEW WAGNER
A group of lay leaders and rabbis from the Conservative movement in the US arrived Monday on a solidarity mission, made poignant by the movement's connection with three IDF victims of the violence in Gaza and Lebanon.
Cpl. Gilad Shalit, the soldier kidnapped by Hamas near Gaza on June 25, and two soldiers killed in action on July 12, Sgt.-Maj. Eyal Benin from Omer and St.-Sgt. Yaniv Bar-On of Modi'in, all had ties with the Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel.
The high representation of soldiers with ties to the Conservative Movement "shows the extent to which the movement has made serious inroads in Israeli society. It's unfortunate that this is the way we discover how much impact we are having," said Rabbi Neil Zuckerman of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York, who is leading the group.
The delegation - from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Connecticut, Illinois and Michigan - will visit the Bar-On family in Modi'in on Wednesday. Asher and Carlene Bar-On, Yaniv's parents, are among the founders of the Masorti Shalhevet-Hamaccabim congregation, said David Ginsberg, a fellow congregant and friend.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153291988091&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
THIS movement continues there will not be enough room in Israel for all it's children.
Iran: Israel doomed to 'destruction'By ASSOCIATED PRESSTEHERAN
Talkbacks for this article: 200
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, declared Sunday that Israel had "pushed the button of its own destruction" by launching its military campaign against the Iranian-backed Hizbullah in Lebanon.
Ahmadinejad didn't elaborate, but suggested Islamic nations and others could somehow isolate Israel and its main backers led by the United States. On Saturday, the chairman of Iran's armed forced joint chiefs, Maj.-Gen. Sayyed Hassan Firuzabadi, said Iran would never join the current Middle East fighting.
THE IRANIAN THREAT
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Ahmadinejad's latest salvo against Israel came as the 12-day-old hostilities in Lebanon continued. The hard-line president drew international condemnation last year after publicly calling for Israel to be wiped out and calling the Holocaust a "myth."
Iran helped create the anti-Israel Hizbullah movement in the early 1980s and is among its main supplier of arms and funds. But Teheran has denied Israeli claims it is sent Hizbullah long-range missiles that have reached Haifa and other points in northern Israel since the battles broke out nearly two weeks ago following a cross-border Hizbullah raid that captured two Israeli soldiers.
"Britain and the United States are accomplices of the Zionist regime in its crimes in Lebanon and Palestine," said Ahmadinejad.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153291976348&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Iranian Cowardess - "Bind the time until ... "
Iran backs cease-fire, prisoner swapBy ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran said Monday that a cease-fire and a prisoner exchange would be possible in Hizbullah's conflict with Israel, while the United Nations signaled readiness to send peacekeeping troops to the region.
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said a cease-fire and an exchange of prisoners would be possible.
"We believe that we should think of an acceptable and fair [deal] to resolve this," he said after talks with Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa in Damascus. "In fact, there can be a cease-fire followed by a prisoner swap."
Iran and Syria are the principal sponsors of Hizbullah, and the two countries have applauded Hizbullah's capture of two Israeli soldiers, which triggered the Israeli offensive in Lebanon that has killed nearly 200 Lebanese and wounded more than 400.
The Israelis continued to publicly insist their goal was to dismantle Hizbullah.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150886029314&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Blame the terrorists, not Israel
By Alan M. Dershowitz July 24, 2006
THE HEZBOLLAH and Hamas provocations against Israel once again demonstrate how terrorists can exploit human rights and the media in their attacks on democracies. By hiding behind their own civilians, the Islamic radicals issue a challenge to democracies: Either violate your own morality by coming after us and inevitably killing some innocent civilians, or maintain your morality and leave us with a free hand to target your innocent civilians. This challenge presents democracies such as Israel with a lose-lose option and terrorists with a win-win option.
There is one variable that could change this dynamic and present democracies with a viable option that could make terrorism less attractive as a tactic: The international community, the anti-Israel segment of the media, and human rights organizations should stop falling for this gambit and acknowledge that they are being used to promote the terrorist agenda. Whenever a democracy is presented with the lose-lose option and chooses to defend its citizens by going after the terrorists who are hiding among civilians, this trio of predictable condemners can be counted on by the terrorists to accuse the democracy of ``overreaction," ``disproportionality," and ``violations of human rights." In doing so, they play into the hands of the terrorists and cause more terrorism and more civilian casualties on both sides.
If instead this trio could, for once, be counted on to blame the terrorists for the civilian deaths on both sides, this tactic would no longer be a win-win situation for the terrorists.
It should be obvious by now that Hezbollah and Hamas actually want the Israeli military to kill as many Lebanese and Palestinian civilians as possible. That is why they store their rockets underneath the beds of civilians. That is why they launch their missiles from crowded civilian neighborhoods and hide among civilians. They are seeking to induce Israel to defend its civilians by going after them among their civilian ``shields." They know that every civilian they induce Israel to kill hurts Israel in the media and the international and human rights communities. They regard these human shields as ``Shahids," or martyrs, even if they did not volunteer for the lethal jobs. Under the law, criminals who use human shields are responsible for the deaths of their shields, even if the bullets that kill them come from policemen's guns.
Israel has every self-interest in minimizing civilian casualties, whereas the terrorists have every self-interest in maximizing them -- on both sides. Israel should not be condemned for doing what every democracy would and should do: taking every reasonable military step to stop the killing of their own civilians. Now that some of those who are launching rockets at Israeli cities have announced that they have new surprises in store for Israel that may include chemical and biological weapons, the stakes are even higher. What would Israeli critics regard as ``proportioned" to a chemical or biological attack? What would they say if Israel tried to preempt such an attack and, in the process, killed some civilians? Must a democracy absorb a first strike from a weapon of mass destruction before it fights back?
enough
Sunday, July 23, 2006
The Amazing Israelis
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Thank you, Chris. What never stops amazing me is how 'correct' the Israel Defense Forces are. They made strikes 'first' against supply lines. That is not usually the first plan of attack UNLESS the enemy and it's habits are well known. I hate the killing, no matter the dead, but, I applaud the right of Israel to defend itself and it's vast knowledge of the enemy and the 'application' of that knowledge to defeat the forces while seeking potent oppression.
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Regardless, any perspective that is reported in the media, Israel has sought 'a plan' with immediate deployment to defend the nation. It is impressive while containment is working against Hezbollah. The only munitions being used are those that were stockpiled in southern Lebanon. No flights in. No flights out. Unless they are military rescue missions by the USA. No movement into the area without ally clout while escape routes guarantee limits on the ability of Hezbollah to spread it's war to places like Cyprus.
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Hezbollah is trapped. Their definition is now better known by the world than ever before. Israel has complete moral authority in every venue of containment and advance. The nations of Arabia are mostly thwarted in their advocacy for a citizenry confused to their loyality and identity.
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Hezbollah is defeatable more than ever and damn the PR, the safety of the world and Earth are at stake.
1021
From what is being reported, the Former Prime Minister Sharon is suffering from heart and renal failure causing system breakdown and 'anasarca.' I am assuming he is receiving 'the best' of vigilance and care. It is not unusal for people caught in extensive coma while on a ventilator to have adverse severe system failures after six months of non-recovery. His care should be once more given a review by doctors familiar with him from the early days of his condition. He should be given every chance to fight for his life, even as his nation fights for theirs.
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Hezbollah will come to an end. Israel will see to it. No more fear of terrorists, no more wars between sovereign nations. A sustainable peace with containment of hate. No more war on a planet that holds life as it's purpose. It's time it happened.
enough
Thank you, Chris. What never stops amazing me is how 'correct' the Israel Defense Forces are. They made strikes 'first' against supply lines. That is not usually the first plan of attack UNLESS the enemy and it's habits are well known. I hate the killing, no matter the dead, but, I applaud the right of Israel to defend itself and it's vast knowledge of the enemy and the 'application' of that knowledge to defeat the forces while seeking potent oppression.
1009
Regardless, any perspective that is reported in the media, Israel has sought 'a plan' with immediate deployment to defend the nation. It is impressive while containment is working against Hezbollah. The only munitions being used are those that were stockpiled in southern Lebanon. No flights in. No flights out. Unless they are military rescue missions by the USA. No movement into the area without ally clout while escape routes guarantee limits on the ability of Hezbollah to spread it's war to places like Cyprus.
1017
Hezbollah is trapped. Their definition is now better known by the world than ever before. Israel has complete moral authority in every venue of containment and advance. The nations of Arabia are mostly thwarted in their advocacy for a citizenry confused to their loyality and identity.
1020
Hezbollah is defeatable more than ever and damn the PR, the safety of the world and Earth are at stake.
1021
From what is being reported, the Former Prime Minister Sharon is suffering from heart and renal failure causing system breakdown and 'anasarca.' I am assuming he is receiving 'the best' of vigilance and care. It is not unusal for people caught in extensive coma while on a ventilator to have adverse severe system failures after six months of non-recovery. His care should be once more given a review by doctors familiar with him from the early days of his condition. He should be given every chance to fight for his life, even as his nation fights for theirs.
1025
Hezbollah will come to an end. Israel will see to it. No more fear of terrorists, no more wars between sovereign nations. A sustainable peace with containment of hate. No more war on a planet that holds life as it's purpose. It's time it happened.
enough
"There is a lot of explosions today."
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Israel strikes TV, phone towersFrom correspondents in Beirut
July 22, 2006
THE Israeli military hit transmission towers for television stations and mobile telephone networks in at least two locations in Lebanon Saturday, police said.
The strikes targeted transmission towers for the leading LBCI satellite television and a number of private radios in Fatqa, in the Kesrwan mountains northeast of Beirut.
Television footage showed a cloud of thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the towers which were engulfed in flames. A truck was also seen burning.
Transmission towers for televisions, including Hezbollah's Al-Manar and the privately run New TV, as well as mobile telephone networks were also destroyed in Terbol in northern Lebanon, police added.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19879213-1702,00.html
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There may be bombings but a very interesting follow up is a plane dropping anti-burn agents. Interesting.
Israel is securing it's borders. Something the Lebanese could never do OR ever tried.
1007
Hezbollah have dense populous along the entire Lebanese shoreline. Ever wonder why? Why would a terrorist organization find it advantageous to control the shoreline of Lebanon?
Does Syria have a shoreline?
What is more tenacious a moving water surface fleet or terrain units.
What if Iran had missiles that needed deployment against opposition navy in the Mediterranian? Does Iran have a shoreline?
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Yeah, let's hear from Spiderman.
Let's see if he can guess what the brilliant commnaders and generals from Israel have in mind.
Hezbollah is scattered throughout the entire nation of Lebanon.
1016
Spiderman Marks states :
They attaced to the north about 1.4 miles from the border. The city under attack is 'key terrain.' Hm. The River. Got ya. 12 mile reach of Hezbollah missiles.
Don't you that seems a little simplistic Spiderman?
Hezbollah is a very smart force. They melt into the landscape like classic guerillas. Hm. Sorta like your belief in Osama melting into the land of Afghanistan. Hm. I am beginning to understand why all the US invasions failed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Marks lead the Iraqi offensive for a while and then it turned in to the Iraq defensive.
I think Israel has plans to succeed and not fail. What do you think Spiderman?
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And the IDF actually sent one of their billiant military guys to speak to us. Very nice.
1027
Blah, blah, blah. Everyone's got their complaints. Take 'em someplace else.
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commercials
Let's see Andy put a lot of oil commercials on afterI turned the television off. They did it to create that'feel good feeling' for their Arab investors that are dependant on oil sales to sustain societies that demand the oppression of Israel over the rise of terrorist networks.
(7/19/2006) BP shuts in 12 Alaska North Slope wells said leaking
(7/14/2006) XTO rig worker falls to death from Fort Worth rig
(7/9/2006) Fatal platform fire on ATP-ExxonMobil US Gulf facility
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Israel strikes TV, phone towersFrom correspondents in Beirut
July 22, 2006
THE Israeli military hit transmission towers for television stations and mobile telephone networks in at least two locations in Lebanon Saturday, police said.
The strikes targeted transmission towers for the leading LBCI satellite television and a number of private radios in Fatqa, in the Kesrwan mountains northeast of Beirut.
Television footage showed a cloud of thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the towers which were engulfed in flames. A truck was also seen burning.
Transmission towers for televisions, including Hezbollah's Al-Manar and the privately run New TV, as well as mobile telephone networks were also destroyed in Terbol in northern Lebanon, police added.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19879213-1702,00.html
1004
There may be bombings but a very interesting follow up is a plane dropping anti-burn agents. Interesting.
Israel is securing it's borders. Something the Lebanese could never do OR ever tried.
1007
Hezbollah have dense populous along the entire Lebanese shoreline. Ever wonder why? Why would a terrorist organization find it advantageous to control the shoreline of Lebanon?
Does Syria have a shoreline?
What is more tenacious a moving water surface fleet or terrain units.
What if Iran had missiles that needed deployment against opposition navy in the Mediterranian? Does Iran have a shoreline?
1012
Yeah, let's hear from Spiderman.
Let's see if he can guess what the brilliant commnaders and generals from Israel have in mind.
Hezbollah is scattered throughout the entire nation of Lebanon.
1016
Spiderman Marks states :
They attaced to the north about 1.4 miles from the border. The city under attack is 'key terrain.' Hm. The River. Got ya. 12 mile reach of Hezbollah missiles.
Don't you that seems a little simplistic Spiderman?
Hezbollah is a very smart force. They melt into the landscape like classic guerillas. Hm. Sorta like your belief in Osama melting into the land of Afghanistan. Hm. I am beginning to understand why all the US invasions failed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Marks lead the Iraqi offensive for a while and then it turned in to the Iraq defensive.
I think Israel has plans to succeed and not fail. What do you think Spiderman?
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And the IDF actually sent one of their billiant military guys to speak to us. Very nice.
1027
Blah, blah, blah. Everyone's got their complaints. Take 'em someplace else.
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commercials
Let's see Andy put a lot of oil commercials on afterI turned the television off. They did it to create that'feel good feeling' for their Arab investors that are dependant on oil sales to sustain societies that demand the oppression of Israel over the rise of terrorist networks.
(7/19/2006) BP shuts in 12 Alaska North Slope wells said leaking
(7/14/2006) XTO rig worker falls to death from Fort Worth rig
(7/9/2006) Fatal platform fire on ATP-ExxonMobil US Gulf facility
1038
You know I'll tell you something. This segment about mental health and military invasions doesn't really hold water wtih me. Many religions, not just Islamic religions view the mentally ill as 'souless.'
Ludicous. I wish I could count the number of Schizophrenics I'verun across AFTER military service. They have interesting art work with intricate use of Jesus and God. The Schizophrenic relationship with God beliefs of one kind or another is well know.
Can Muslim mental health professionals and academics provide a culturally, and religiously, relevant approach to mental illness? Can Islam as a tradition develop a distinct position on human behavior, psyche, and mental health which can accommodate different cultures in different periods? These are questions that must be addressed by researchers in the field who are familiar with the principles of Islamic law, theology, and philosophy and are actively participating in research on mental health. There are only a few contemporary works that attempt to reconcile current theories of behavior and psychopathology with Muslim cultures. The Journal of Muslim Mental Health will serve as a vehicle for critical engagements with the academic discourse, integrating different modes of research and analysis, exploring the culturally constructed dimension of mental illness and exploring the spectrum of Muslim perspectives on mental health.
http://www.muslimmentalhealth.com/Association_Docs/contribute.asp
I just can't wait to see the outcome of Paula Zahn's "Armageddon. Ohhhhhhh......Noooooooo......The End of the World !!!!!!!!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/trailers-screenplay-E19789-10-2
Hurry, where is the thorazine !
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The news secretary
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Oh, the Andy Show in stills.
commericals
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The bloggers from Lebanon sound like Newark during the riots. Oh, shit. Oh, The mother fuckers are going to kill us.
Maybe, huh?
1056
enough
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Promoting Lebanon
1000
There won't be any diplomacy, yet alone a ceasefire, if the President of Lebanon doesn't even recognize the UN Resolution of Hezbollah. He should jumping for joy for the help. The guy is a jerk.
1012
I have no sympathy for any nation leaders if they can't discern the difference between citizens and terrorists. What the Lebanonese president literally has said it that he defies the UN Resolution in the removal of terrorist networks from his country. He's a foolish man.
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I am astounded by the blantant disregard for a UN Resolution. In doing so the President of Lebanon is harboring terrorists. I doubt seriously the Late Prime Minister Hariri would concur, but, I guess that is why he is dead.
1016
There won't be any diplomacy, yet alone a ceasefire, if the President of Lebanon doesn't even recognize the UN Resolution of Hezbollah. He should jumping for joy for the help. The guy is a jerk.
1012
I have no sympathy for any nation leaders if they can't discern the difference between citizens and terrorists. What the Lebanonese president literally has said it that he defies the UN Resolution in the removal of terrorist networks from his country. He's a foolish man.
1014
I am astounded by the blantant disregard for a UN Resolution. In doing so the President of Lebanon is harboring terrorists. I doubt seriously the Late Prime Minister Hariri would concur, but, I guess that is why he is dead.
1016
They are recording a data base of journalists for kidnappings and more.
1021
The News Secretary
1022
Commercails
1024
This is getting boring. The Israel government told the Lebanese in very humanitarian wasy to move back from the borders. 25 miles from their borders.
1027
Perhaps the Lebanese President needs to leave his palace and help find effective measures to provide for his people. Israel cannot do it for him. All this dysfunction of the Lebanese infrastructure is thefault of the Lebanese leadership. There is no other way of putting it. None of this would be happening if he was actively seeking measures to rid Lebanon of Hezbollah. This is all the doing of the Lebanonese president. Perhaps he needs to realize the terrorists he allowed to flourish in Southern Lebanon were killing and bombing Israel, rather than pointing out where the Israeli bombs are dropping. Those would not be dropping and blighting his view from the palace IF he had done the right thing two years ago. A man that should be wishing the country to be cleared of the very element that has undermined his infrastructure, infiltrated his country's government and murdered a Prime Minister is 'complaining' about the view from his palace. The only analogy that comes to mind is 'Amela Marcos.'
1035
I don't think I need to hear or see anymore. I have no sympathy for the lack of function of the Lebanon government. The Palace probably has very adaptable quaters for a safe hospital.
1036
Thanks for the interview, Nic.
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