(HINT: they are not in Saudi Arabia or Iraq---They are in DC!)
http://www.sabiqun.net/imam_musa.html
Showing posts with label terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terrorism. Show all posts
Monday, November 12, 2007
The establishment of the Islamic States of America
If this doesn't scare you, nothing will...
(HINT: they are not in Saudi Arabia or Iraq---They are in DC!)
http://www.sabiqun.net/imam_musa.html
(HINT: they are not in Saudi Arabia or Iraq---They are in DC!)
http://www.sabiqun.net/imam_musa.html
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Must Stop Funding Saudi Arabia Now!
Funding an Enemy
By Janet Levy
FrontPageMagazine.com
Last Friday, President Bush certified Saudi Arabia as a cooperative anti-terrorism ally and released U.S. financial aid to Riyadh. This occurred despite charges leveled against the “Kingdom” by Stuart Levey, the U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, who one day after the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, declared that Saudi Arabia had failed to prosecute terrorism financiers.
Levey voiced frustration that not a single terrorist supporter identified by Washington had been prosecuted by the Saudis.
“If I could snap my fingers and cut off the funding from one country, it would be Saudi Arabia,” a frustrated Levey told the press. “When the evidence is clear that these individuals have funded terror organizations . . . then that should be prosecuted and treated as real terrorism because it is.”
Levey leads an office which marshals the Treasury Department's policy, enforcement, regulatory and intelligence functions to sever the lines of financial support to international terrorists, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, narcotics traffickers, and other threats to our national security. Yet, the United States blithely ignored the very person with the best information whose job is to help stop terrorism and safeguard our country.
Instead, we are providing U.S. aid to the world’s top oil-producing country which is also coincidentally the main financial and ideological sponsor of Wahhabism or Islamic extremism. This austere form of Islam insists on a literal interpretation of the Koran and spreads the belief that all those who don't practice their form of Islam are heathens and enemies. In effect, we are funding our enemies. Even more outrageous, we are funding wealthy enemies: a resource-rich country that is the largest source of financing for Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorists who have murdered hundreds of Americans and Israelis.
The extent of Saudia Arabia’s wealth frequently makes headlines. Recently, Prince Al-Walid bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family, sold a 5% share of the Kingdom Holding Company, one of the largest investment companies in the world, for more than two and a half times its initial public offering valuation. As a member of the Saudi royal family, Al-Walid holds assets estimated at $20.3 billion and is deemed by Forbes Magazine as the 13th wealthiest person in the world. The prince’s major holdings include Citibank, AOL, Apple, Inc., Worldcom, Motorola, News Corp, Planet Hollywood, and numerous other companies. He alone is the largest foreign investor in New York and his extensive real estate holdings including upscale hotel chains and resorts. In July of 2005, Talal donated $20 million to the Louvre in Paris, the largest donation ever received by the museum, for the construction of a wing to house Islamic art.
In recent years, Talal has used his financial clout to influence American foreign policy, shape media portrayals and promote Islamist ideology. Following the 9/11 attacks, in which 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals, Al-Walid offered a $10 million donation to New York City toward relief efforts and suggested that the U.S. should reexamine its allegedly pro-Israel policies in the Middle East as the root cause of the attacks. The donation was turned down.
Prince Talal gave $500,000 to the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an un-indicted co-conspirator in the funding of Hamas, for distribution to American public libraries of books that sanitize Islam and terrorist organization activities. One book declares that terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah were placed on the U.S. government’s terrorist list, not because of their well-documented terrorist operations, but because of the pro-Israel bias of American leaders.
During the 2005 Muslim riots in France, Prince Talal, the fifth largest shareholder of the parent company of Fox News, called network chief Rupert Murdoch and demanded that a screen banner identifying the unrest as “Muslim riots” be changed to “civil riots.” The Prince maintained that the U.S. media is too pro-Israel and he encouraged the Arab world and media to do more to counter this tendency.
Further, Prince Talal has tried to influence U.S. Middle East policy by donating $20 million each to Harvard University and Georgetown University, among the largest university donations in history, to finance Islamic studies and create a pro-Islamic environment among future and current policy leaders. From a country that ironically routinely punishes practitioners of Christianity, he declared that his primary reason for bestowing the gifts was the promotion of “Muslim-Christian” understanding.
Of grave concern is another donation by the Prince to the Saudi Committee for the Support of the al-Quds Intifada for $27 million given in 2002. Although committee leadership attempted to portray the gift as assistance for Arab-Palestinian families resisting the “occupation,” documents captured by the Israel Defense Forces indicated that the funds were payoffs for suicide bombings used as enticements to murder by Hamas. A Saudi-government cleric, Sheikh Saad al-Buraik, stated to television audiences viewing the 2002 fundraising telethon, “I am against America until this life ends…She is the root of all evils and wickedness on Earth…” He further urged listeners to pillage the Jews, enslave their women and wage all-out jihad.
The travesty of U.S. funding for a wealthy terrorist-sponsoring nation is further demonstrated by a 2005 study, “Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology Invade American Mosques” by Freedom House, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to advance the worldwide expansion of political and economic freedom. Freedom House researchers found that over 80% of U.S. mosques had been radicalized by Saudi-appointed, Wahhabist imams and ideology. These Saudi-trained clerics, the ideological arm of the royal family, advocate the rejection of Christianity and Judaism, the full application of the Sharia or Islamic law in America, hatred of non-believers, renunciation of allegiance to America and the waging of jihad by all Muslims against infidels.
It is indeed troubling that U.S. leaders overlook the role that the Saudi government plays in supporting terrorism worldwide and the spreading of extremist ideology within America. It is the height of irony that while Saudia Arabia bans churches and arrests Christians praying in private homes, it is also freely funding a fifth column inside America in the form of “religious” instruction. For President Bush to praise Saudi Arabia as an “anti-terrorism” ally while Saudi-funded efforts within our borders are undermining and threatening our very existence as a free nation, nullifies American counter-terrorism measures and ignores the warnings of those charged with protecting us. Such a decision dangerously ignores reality and courts our own destruction.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Palestinian Militant Use of Google Earth
Palestinian Militant Use of Google Earth
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
The Guardian reports that Palestinian militants have relied on Google Earth for their attacks against Israeli military and civilian targets:
Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group aligned with the Fatah political party, say they use the popular internet mapping tool to help determine their targets for rocket strikes. "We obtain the details from Google Earth and check them against our maps of the city centre and sensitive areas," Khaled Jaabari, the group's commander in Gaza who is known as Abu Walid, told the Guardian. Abu Walid showed the Guardian an aerial image of the Israeli town of Sderot on his computer to demonstrate how his group searches for targets. The Guardian filmed an al-Aqsa test rocket launch, fired into an uninhabited area of the Negev desert, last month. Despite the crudeness of the weapons, many have landed in Sderot, killing around a dozen people in the last three years and wounding scores more.
Google's response to this revelation was predictable. In a statement, the company said: "We have paid close attention to concerns that Google Earth creates new security risks. The imagery visible on Google Earth and Google Maps is not unique: commercial high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery of every country in the world is widely available from numerous sources. Indeed, anyone who flies above or drives by a piece of property can obtain similar information."
This is not the first time that militant use of Google Earth has been alleged. Back in January, the Telegraph reported that in raids of insurgent homes in Iraq, British soldiers found printouts and photographs taken from Google Earth. From these finds, the soldiers concluded that insurgents were using Google Earth "to pinpoint their attacks." It is quite obvious how terrorists could find Google Earth a useful tool, as it contains an enormous amount of information about such appealing targets as nuclear reactors, military bases, government installations, and much more. Other countries have voiced their concerns about the possible security implications. DMEurope.com reported in late 2005 that Dutch politicians were "concerned that certain locations in the Netherlands, such as the port of Rotterdam, the royal palace in the Hague and Amsterdam Airport, already potential terrorist targets, could be made more vulnerable to terrorists thanks to the detailed images created from satellites and aircraft within the last three years available via Google Earth." The operators of Australia's nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights were so concerned that they asked Google to censor images of the reactor.
As has often been the case with Google, the company's defense of the images is fatuous. Google's statement that "anyone who flies above or drives by a piece of property can obtain similar information" is true enough, but most people can't just hop in a plane and fly over a nuclear reactor. Those who stop to scope out likely targets will often attract authorities' attention. In the Guardian's latest story, Palestinian militants themselves speak of Google Earth's utility to them.
This highlights one of the tensions of the information age, between freedom of information and security. Google Earth is a useful tool for many people, terrorists among them. Terrorists have been adept at exploiting the West's liberties and technology in their war against us, and Google Earth is no exception. There aren't easy answers to the conflict between freedom of information and security, but to pretend that no problems exist -- as Google does -- is not helpful.
October 26, 2007 07:58 AM
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
The Guardian reports that Palestinian militants have relied on Google Earth for their attacks against Israeli military and civilian targets:
Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group aligned with the Fatah political party, say they use the popular internet mapping tool to help determine their targets for rocket strikes. "We obtain the details from Google Earth and check them against our maps of the city centre and sensitive areas," Khaled Jaabari, the group's commander in Gaza who is known as Abu Walid, told the Guardian. Abu Walid showed the Guardian an aerial image of the Israeli town of Sderot on his computer to demonstrate how his group searches for targets. The Guardian filmed an al-Aqsa test rocket launch, fired into an uninhabited area of the Negev desert, last month. Despite the crudeness of the weapons, many have landed in Sderot, killing around a dozen people in the last three years and wounding scores more.
Google's response to this revelation was predictable. In a statement, the company said: "We have paid close attention to concerns that Google Earth creates new security risks. The imagery visible on Google Earth and Google Maps is not unique: commercial high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery of every country in the world is widely available from numerous sources. Indeed, anyone who flies above or drives by a piece of property can obtain similar information."
This is not the first time that militant use of Google Earth has been alleged. Back in January, the Telegraph reported that in raids of insurgent homes in Iraq, British soldiers found printouts and photographs taken from Google Earth. From these finds, the soldiers concluded that insurgents were using Google Earth "to pinpoint their attacks." It is quite obvious how terrorists could find Google Earth a useful tool, as it contains an enormous amount of information about such appealing targets as nuclear reactors, military bases, government installations, and much more. Other countries have voiced their concerns about the possible security implications. DMEurope.com reported in late 2005 that Dutch politicians were "concerned that certain locations in the Netherlands, such as the port of Rotterdam, the royal palace in the Hague and Amsterdam Airport, already potential terrorist targets, could be made more vulnerable to terrorists thanks to the detailed images created from satellites and aircraft within the last three years available via Google Earth." The operators of Australia's nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights were so concerned that they asked Google to censor images of the reactor.
As has often been the case with Google, the company's defense of the images is fatuous. Google's statement that "anyone who flies above or drives by a piece of property can obtain similar information" is true enough, but most people can't just hop in a plane and fly over a nuclear reactor. Those who stop to scope out likely targets will often attract authorities' attention. In the Guardian's latest story, Palestinian militants themselves speak of Google Earth's utility to them.
This highlights one of the tensions of the information age, between freedom of information and security. Google Earth is a useful tool for many people, terrorists among them. Terrorists have been adept at exploiting the West's liberties and technology in their war against us, and Google Earth is no exception. There aren't easy answers to the conflict between freedom of information and security, but to pretend that no problems exist -- as Google does -- is not helpful.
October 26, 2007 07:58 AM
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Her Taste in Art? Scary, Police Say - New York Times
Her Taste in Art? Scary, Police Say - New York Times
and I thought students in MIT were smart...
Reminds me of this:
www.terrortshirt.com
My brother in law (a cop) and I agree that we would shoot first (to the head) and ask questions later.
REMEMBER: Don't walk into an airport with a bomb looking device strapped to you!
and I thought students in MIT were smart...
Reminds me of this:
www.terrortshirt.com
My brother in law (a cop) and I agree that we would shoot first (to the head) and ask questions later.
REMEMBER: Don't walk into an airport with a bomb looking device strapped to you!
Monday, September 3, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
If You Were a Terrorist, How Would You Attack? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
If You Were a Terrorist, How Would You Attack? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
My opinion: Great idea, wrong forum. This should be conducted on a secure network with professionals.
PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
My opinion: Great idea, wrong forum. This should be conducted on a secure network with professionals.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Sinai Tops List of Terror Hot Spots
Sinai Tops List of Terror Hot Spots
(IsraelNN.com) In anticipation of the upcoming holidays, the Anti-terror Division of the Prime Minister’s Office issued its annual listing of worldwide destinations where terror attacks against Israelis and Jews were likely.
Topping the list was the Sinai desert, a popular vacation destination for many Israeli’s. The Anti-terror Division urged all Israeli’s to refrain from visiting the Sinai, and encouraged any Israeli’s presently in the Sinai to leave immediately, citing very high terror threats in the area.
In addition to the Sinai desert, Kenya, Bangladesh, Nigeria and other locations throughout Asia appeared on the list.
The Anti-terror Division of the Prime Minister’s Office urged Israelis around the world to be vigilant against kidnapping attempts by Hezbollah.
(IsraelNN.com) In anticipation of the upcoming holidays, the Anti-terror Division of the Prime Minister’s Office issued its annual listing of worldwide destinations where terror attacks against Israelis and Jews were likely.
Topping the list was the Sinai desert, a popular vacation destination for many Israeli’s. The Anti-terror Division urged all Israeli’s to refrain from visiting the Sinai, and encouraged any Israeli’s presently in the Sinai to leave immediately, citing very high terror threats in the area.
In addition to the Sinai desert, Kenya, Bangladesh, Nigeria and other locations throughout Asia appeared on the list.
The Anti-terror Division of the Prime Minister’s Office urged Israelis around the world to be vigilant against kidnapping attempts by Hezbollah.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Giuliani cites Glasgow attack in call for immigration policy
July 1, 2007
Giuliani cites Glasgow attack in call for immigration policy
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The car bomb scare in London and the attack Saturday at the Glasgow airport underscore the need for a strong immigration policy in the United States, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Saturday.
Border security is critical to knowing who is entering the United States and who is at the borders, said Giuliani, who was mayor of New York at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror
attacks.
Giuliani, who toured work to repair one of the canals where floodwalls broke during Hurricane Katrina, said government at all levels failed after that storm. He said he is accustomed to making government run more efficiently and believes he could do that as
president.
Giuliani was on his first trip to New Orleans as a presidential contender. He was last here in April 2006, for a tour of areas like the hard-hit Lower 9th Ward and a briefing on levee protection and coastal wetland restoration, campaign spokesman Elliott Bundy said.
Virtually no major Republican candidates have visited New Orleans, or Louisiana, in recent months. Sen. John McCain did, in August, before announcing his run for president. His was a
fundraising appearance in Baton Rouge for GOP state candidates.
Several major Democratic candidates, including Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards, have visited– in some cases, repeatedly. Edwards announced his candidacy in a still-devastated New Orleans neighborhood in December.
After Saturday’s briefing, Giuliani planned to attend a private fundraiser in suburban Metairie, Bundy said.
Giuliani cites Glasgow attack in call for immigration policy
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The car bomb scare in London and the attack Saturday at the Glasgow airport underscore the need for a strong immigration policy in the United States, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Saturday.
Border security is critical to knowing who is entering the United States and who is at the borders, said Giuliani, who was mayor of New York at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror
attacks.
Giuliani, who toured work to repair one of the canals where floodwalls broke during Hurricane Katrina, said government at all levels failed after that storm. He said he is accustomed to making government run more efficiently and believes he could do that as
president.
Giuliani was on his first trip to New Orleans as a presidential contender. He was last here in April 2006, for a tour of areas like the hard-hit Lower 9th Ward and a briefing on levee protection and coastal wetland restoration, campaign spokesman Elliott Bundy said.
Virtually no major Republican candidates have visited New Orleans, or Louisiana, in recent months. Sen. John McCain did, in August, before announcing his run for president. His was a
fundraising appearance in Baton Rouge for GOP state candidates.
Several major Democratic candidates, including Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards, have visited– in some cases, repeatedly. Edwards announced his candidacy in a still-devastated New Orleans neighborhood in December.
After Saturday’s briefing, Giuliani planned to attend a private fundraiser in suburban Metairie, Bundy said.
Anatomy of a Terrorist Attack: An in-Depth Investigation into the London and Madrid Subway Bombings of 2005 and 2004
Here is a link to my capstone seminar (joint dissertation PDF file) from last year on the subject the London bombings. I also have many hours of footage from the trip I made there to do the research:
http://www.ridgway.pitt.edu/docs/working_papers/Capstone-FinalProduct-PH12-7-06.pdf
or at:
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=27221
Here is the story from the Pitt News covering our trip:
London trip full of stories
By: MEREDITH MISHKIN
Staff Writer
Posted: 3/23/06
Every victim of the London terrorist attacks seems to have a unique story, said one of two graduate students who did research over spring break on last summer's bombings in London.
"Because of my experience with terrorist attacks in the Mideast, it seemed very unusual to me," said Josh Wander, who used to work for the Jerusalem Post in Israel.
Wander mentioned a man who said that it was so crowded on the train that he had to keep picking up his briefcase from the floor, to his lap, to his chest, to eventually in front of his face. It was in front of his face when the bomb went off.
The briefcase offered some protection from the explosion. After the attack, his face was saved and the briefcase was full of shrapnel.
"Everyone in London had an unusual story about not usually taking that train, or something strange that saved them," he added.
There was also an Israeli woman killed that day who was debating whether or not to go back to Israel because of the suicide bombings. She died in a bus bombing in London.
Wander explained that those most willing to speak about the occasion were members of a terrorist attack support group he found through the Internet. The class' other goals were to meet with representatives of security establishments, representatives of first responders like the Red Cross, and prominent members of the London Muslim community.
All meetings that were not directly with victims were cancelled by the organizations.
"We met with a few random Muslims about how they felt about the situation, but no representatives of the community," Wander explained.
The class, "the anatomy of the terrorist attack" led by Professor William Keller, director of the Ridgeway Center for Security Studies, focuses this year on the London and Madrid subway and bus bombings. Some students from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs went to London to try to gain further understanding of the attacks.
Keller wants the students to understand all aspects of terrorist attacks, not just when, where and why, but the ideology behind each attack. He has done the program for three years. The goal is for the two teams of students to find out everything they can about how those involved planned the attacks, who carried them out, how the authorities reacted and how such attacks might be prevented in the future.
The Center gave a small grant to help the students travel and follow the contacts through to the end.
"I think it will really add to the education of the students and the group that they're working with," said Keller.
The class plans to use this information to produce a case study report as the capstone paper for master's degrees. Half the class researches the underground bombings in London while the other half researches the bombings in Madrid. The groups will combine to learn the mechanics of writing about an incident like this by producing a briefing report to be presented the Ridgeway center on April 18.
"After we complete that," Wander said, "we're going to do a comparison between the two."
Wander initiated the trip during spring break because it would be more interesting, beneficial and creative for the paper. There is not a lot of printed material on the subject, he said, so a lot of the unique material had to be obtained firsthand.
"We hope that when the class is finished, we'll publish this on the Ridgeway Web site. This, we hope, will be the best resource out there on the Madrid and London subway bombings," Keller added. "I want my students to not just leave with a master's degree, but with a set of professional credentials."
© Copyright 2007 Pitt News
http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2006/03/23/News/London.Trip.Full.Of.Stories-1784722.shtml
http://www.ridgway.pitt.edu/docs/working_papers/Capstone-FinalProduct-PH12-7-06.pdf
or at:
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=27221
Here is the story from the Pitt News covering our trip:
London trip full of stories
By: MEREDITH MISHKIN
Staff Writer
Posted: 3/23/06
Every victim of the London terrorist attacks seems to have a unique story, said one of two graduate students who did research over spring break on last summer's bombings in London.
"Because of my experience with terrorist attacks in the Mideast, it seemed very unusual to me," said Josh Wander, who used to work for the Jerusalem Post in Israel.
Wander mentioned a man who said that it was so crowded on the train that he had to keep picking up his briefcase from the floor, to his lap, to his chest, to eventually in front of his face. It was in front of his face when the bomb went off.
The briefcase offered some protection from the explosion. After the attack, his face was saved and the briefcase was full of shrapnel.
"Everyone in London had an unusual story about not usually taking that train, or something strange that saved them," he added.
There was also an Israeli woman killed that day who was debating whether or not to go back to Israel because of the suicide bombings. She died in a bus bombing in London.
Wander explained that those most willing to speak about the occasion were members of a terrorist attack support group he found through the Internet. The class' other goals were to meet with representatives of security establishments, representatives of first responders like the Red Cross, and prominent members of the London Muslim community.
All meetings that were not directly with victims were cancelled by the organizations.
"We met with a few random Muslims about how they felt about the situation, but no representatives of the community," Wander explained.
The class, "the anatomy of the terrorist attack" led by Professor William Keller, director of the Ridgeway Center for Security Studies, focuses this year on the London and Madrid subway and bus bombings. Some students from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs went to London to try to gain further understanding of the attacks.
Keller wants the students to understand all aspects of terrorist attacks, not just when, where and why, but the ideology behind each attack. He has done the program for three years. The goal is for the two teams of students to find out everything they can about how those involved planned the attacks, who carried them out, how the authorities reacted and how such attacks might be prevented in the future.
The Center gave a small grant to help the students travel and follow the contacts through to the end.
"I think it will really add to the education of the students and the group that they're working with," said Keller.
The class plans to use this information to produce a case study report as the capstone paper for master's degrees. Half the class researches the underground bombings in London while the other half researches the bombings in Madrid. The groups will combine to learn the mechanics of writing about an incident like this by producing a briefing report to be presented the Ridgeway center on April 18.
"After we complete that," Wander said, "we're going to do a comparison between the two."
Wander initiated the trip during spring break because it would be more interesting, beneficial and creative for the paper. There is not a lot of printed material on the subject, he said, so a lot of the unique material had to be obtained firsthand.
"We hope that when the class is finished, we'll publish this on the Ridgeway Web site. This, we hope, will be the best resource out there on the Madrid and London subway bombings," Keller added. "I want my students to not just leave with a master's degree, but with a set of professional credentials."
© Copyright 2007 Pitt News
http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2006/03/23/News/London.Trip.Full.Of.Stories-1784722.shtml
Friday, June 8, 2007
There goes the neighborhood...Scary!
Terror in America
Preparations for "Homegrown Jihad" in the U.S.?
By Douglas Hagmann NE Intelligence Network
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
CATSKILLS SITE EYED
5 June 2005: An article published by John Mazor and and Murray Weiss in the New York Post yesterday provided more media coverage into the Islamic encampment in New York state that this agency has been reporting on for the last 18 months - Islamberg. According to the report in the New York Post, "reports of gunfire and military-style physical training at the camp have led some investigators to believe that the group's members are preparing for homegrown jihad." An admission by one members of the enclave was interesting, considering the background of many of the residents: "We got guns up here just like everyone else got guns."
Image by New York Fox Channel 5
In addition to the guns, this investigator verified that they also have a school bus on the property - a bus like our children ride to school, except this bus appears to hold distinctions few other school buses have... windows that appear to have been "blown out" from the inside, and holes that resemble and appear to be bullet holes into its exterior shell. The bus sits idle on the property and does not appear to be operable. The fact that this bus is present on the property at all is curious, as this commune of Muslim followers of Pakistani terrorist Sheikh SyeSyed Mubarik Ali Gilani boasts of its own school program for its members.
Terrorist Sheikh SyeSyed Mubarik Ali Gilani
Questions posed to the members of the compound are unwelcome, and an investigative report published by this agency in conjunction with another Internet researcher was met with the ire of Sheikh Gilani himself on his web site in a scathing statement of disapproval and accusations.
Nearly six years after the worst terrorist attacks against the U.S. in our history, it is disturbing that disrupted Muslim terror plots merit less space and placement in the print media than matters related to Paris Hilton and and other "soft news." It is refreshing, however, to see the New York Post taking the lead in asking questions about what is taking place at Gilani-run compounds in the U.S. such as Islamberg. Considering that recent federal indictments have exposed that paramilitary training of Muslim men is taking place in the U.S. - such as those involved in the plot to attack Fort Dix - we would expect more coverage on this issue.
U.S. publications have much catching up to do, however, to our Canadian partners. To date, Judi McLeod, the founder and executive editor of Canada Free Press and her aggressive and super-competent staff of investigative reporters have blazed the trail in exposing such compounds here in the U.S. Canada Free Press has provided extensive and excellent coverage of Jamaat ul fuqra, the terrorist organization behind these compounds. Author and investigative reporter Paul Williams, the author of the new book The Day of Islam and whose reports have appeared on Canada Free Press and other Internet news sites, has also been working overtime to identify potential threats posed by encampments such as Islamberg and Jamaat ul Fuqra compounds that have become more active in the wake of the attacks on America.
With more than 35 such compounds spread over the U.S., many located in strategic areas close to locations of critical U.S. infrastructures, we need to be paying close attention to what is taking place inside America and our own back yards. And our attention span to such matters must be maintained until the threat against us - against our children and future generations, is terminated. Failure to do so could result in a school bus with blasted windows and bullet holes on a city street in America's heartland.
With special thanks to Mr. John Mazor and Mr. Murray Weiss of the New York Post, Judi McLeod and her staff at Canada Free Press, author Dr. Paul Williams, and Fox News5.
Preparations for "Homegrown Jihad" in the U.S.?
By Douglas Hagmann NE Intelligence Network
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
CATSKILLS SITE EYED
5 June 2005: An article published by John Mazor and and Murray Weiss in the New York Post yesterday provided more media coverage into the Islamic encampment in New York state that this agency has been reporting on for the last 18 months - Islamberg. According to the report in the New York Post, "reports of gunfire and military-style physical training at the camp have led some investigators to believe that the group's members are preparing for homegrown jihad." An admission by one members of the enclave was interesting, considering the background of many of the residents: "We got guns up here just like everyone else got guns."
Image by New York Fox Channel 5
In addition to the guns, this investigator verified that they also have a school bus on the property - a bus like our children ride to school, except this bus appears to hold distinctions few other school buses have... windows that appear to have been "blown out" from the inside, and holes that resemble and appear to be bullet holes into its exterior shell. The bus sits idle on the property and does not appear to be operable. The fact that this bus is present on the property at all is curious, as this commune of Muslim followers of Pakistani terrorist Sheikh SyeSyed Mubarik Ali Gilani boasts of its own school program for its members.
Terrorist Sheikh SyeSyed Mubarik Ali Gilani
Questions posed to the members of the compound are unwelcome, and an investigative report published by this agency in conjunction with another Internet researcher was met with the ire of Sheikh Gilani himself on his web site in a scathing statement of disapproval and accusations.
Nearly six years after the worst terrorist attacks against the U.S. in our history, it is disturbing that disrupted Muslim terror plots merit less space and placement in the print media than matters related to Paris Hilton and and other "soft news." It is refreshing, however, to see the New York Post taking the lead in asking questions about what is taking place at Gilani-run compounds in the U.S. such as Islamberg. Considering that recent federal indictments have exposed that paramilitary training of Muslim men is taking place in the U.S. - such as those involved in the plot to attack Fort Dix - we would expect more coverage on this issue.
U.S. publications have much catching up to do, however, to our Canadian partners. To date, Judi McLeod, the founder and executive editor of Canada Free Press and her aggressive and super-competent staff of investigative reporters have blazed the trail in exposing such compounds here in the U.S. Canada Free Press has provided extensive and excellent coverage of Jamaat ul fuqra, the terrorist organization behind these compounds. Author and investigative reporter Paul Williams, the author of the new book The Day of Islam and whose reports have appeared on Canada Free Press and other Internet news sites, has also been working overtime to identify potential threats posed by encampments such as Islamberg and Jamaat ul Fuqra compounds that have become more active in the wake of the attacks on America.
With more than 35 such compounds spread over the U.S., many located in strategic areas close to locations of critical U.S. infrastructures, we need to be paying close attention to what is taking place inside America and our own back yards. And our attention span to such matters must be maintained until the threat against us - against our children and future generations, is terminated. Failure to do so could result in a school bus with blasted windows and bullet holes on a city street in America's heartland.
With special thanks to Mr. John Mazor and Mr. Murray Weiss of the New York Post, Judi McLeod and her staff at Canada Free Press, author Dr. Paul Williams, and Fox News5.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Sci-fi writers join war on terror
Sci-fi writers join war on terror
'CRAZY IDEAS'
By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
From laser weapons to test-tube babies, science-fiction writers have imagined hundreds of futuristic technologies that were or are being developed and used by the government or produced for the public. Among them:
From author Robert Heinlein: cellphones, remote-controlled robot arms, microwave ovens, water beds.
From author H.G. Wells: atomic bombs, airplanes, television, joystick controls.
From author Arlan Andrews: tourist spaceships, downloadable pocket-sized books.
Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described "deviant" thinkers: science-fiction writers.
"We spend our entire careers living in the future," says author Arlan Andrews, one of a handful of writers the government brought to Washington this month to attend a Homeland Security conference on science and technology.
Those responsible for keeping the nation safe from devastating attacks realize that in addition to border agents, police and airport screeners, they "need people to think of crazy ideas," Andrews says.
The writers make up a group called Sigma, which Andrews put together 15 years ago to advise government officials. The last time the group gathered was in the late 1990s, when members met with government scientists to discuss what a post-nuclear age might look like, says group member Greg Bear. He has written 30 sci-fi books, including the best seller Darwin's Radio.
Now, the Homeland Security Department is calling on the group to help with the government's latest top mission of combating terrorism.
Although some sci-fi writers' futuristic ideas might sound crazy now, scientists know that they often have what seems to be an uncanny ability to see into the future.
"Fifty years ago, science-fiction writers told us about flying cars and a wireless handheld communicator," says Christopher Kelly, spokesman for Homeland Security's Science and Technology division. "Although flying cars haven't evolved, cellphones today are a way of life. We need to look everywhere for ideas, and science-fiction writers clearly inform the debate."
Bear says the writers offer powerful imaginations that can conjure up not only possible methods of attack, but also ideas about how governments and individuals will respond and what kinds of high-tech tools could prevent attacks.
The group's motto is "Science Fiction in the National Interest." To join the group, Andrews says, you have to have at least one technical doctorate degree.
"We're well-qualified nuts," says Jerry Pournelle, co-author of the best sellers Footfall and Lucifer's Hammer and dozens of other books.
Pournelle and others say that science-fiction writers have spent their lives studying the kinds of technologies and scenarios Homeland Security officials have been tackling since the department began operating in 2003.
"We talk to a lot of strange people and read a lot of weird things," Bear says.
At the Washington conference, Bear offered to put biometrics researchers in touch with movie special-effects experts. The experts might be able to help the government determine how to match the face of someone walking through an airport to a grainy photo of a known terrorist.
Bear's latest book, Quantico, is a sci-fi thriller that has FBI agents and a bioterrorism expert racing to hunt down a homegrown terrorist.
"We'll play 'What if?' with anything," says Sage Walker, an emergency medicine physician turned sci-fi writer and the only woman in the group. She says the discussions with government officials "tend to be very intense and far-ranging."
So are discussions between the writers. During a coffee break at the conference, Walker, Bear and Andrews started talking about the government's bomb-sniffing dogs. Within minutes, they had conjured up a doggie brain-scanning skullcap that could tell agents what kind of explosive material a dog had picked up.
The 9/11 Commission called the 2001 terrorist attacks a result of the government's "failure of imagination." For this group, Walker says, there's no such thing as an "unthinkable scenario."
Why offer their ideas to the government instead of private companies that pay big bucks?
"To save civilization," Ringworld author Larry Niven says. "We do it in fiction. Why wouldn't we want to do it in fact?"
'CRAZY IDEAS'
By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
From laser weapons to test-tube babies, science-fiction writers have imagined hundreds of futuristic technologies that were or are being developed and used by the government or produced for the public. Among them:
From author Robert Heinlein: cellphones, remote-controlled robot arms, microwave ovens, water beds.
From author H.G. Wells: atomic bombs, airplanes, television, joystick controls.
From author Arlan Andrews: tourist spaceships, downloadable pocket-sized books.
Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described "deviant" thinkers: science-fiction writers.
"We spend our entire careers living in the future," says author Arlan Andrews, one of a handful of writers the government brought to Washington this month to attend a Homeland Security conference on science and technology.
Those responsible for keeping the nation safe from devastating attacks realize that in addition to border agents, police and airport screeners, they "need people to think of crazy ideas," Andrews says.
The writers make up a group called Sigma, which Andrews put together 15 years ago to advise government officials. The last time the group gathered was in the late 1990s, when members met with government scientists to discuss what a post-nuclear age might look like, says group member Greg Bear. He has written 30 sci-fi books, including the best seller Darwin's Radio.
Now, the Homeland Security Department is calling on the group to help with the government's latest top mission of combating terrorism.
Although some sci-fi writers' futuristic ideas might sound crazy now, scientists know that they often have what seems to be an uncanny ability to see into the future.
"Fifty years ago, science-fiction writers told us about flying cars and a wireless handheld communicator," says Christopher Kelly, spokesman for Homeland Security's Science and Technology division. "Although flying cars haven't evolved, cellphones today are a way of life. We need to look everywhere for ideas, and science-fiction writers clearly inform the debate."
Bear says the writers offer powerful imaginations that can conjure up not only possible methods of attack, but also ideas about how governments and individuals will respond and what kinds of high-tech tools could prevent attacks.
The group's motto is "Science Fiction in the National Interest." To join the group, Andrews says, you have to have at least one technical doctorate degree.
"We're well-qualified nuts," says Jerry Pournelle, co-author of the best sellers Footfall and Lucifer's Hammer and dozens of other books.
Pournelle and others say that science-fiction writers have spent their lives studying the kinds of technologies and scenarios Homeland Security officials have been tackling since the department began operating in 2003.
"We talk to a lot of strange people and read a lot of weird things," Bear says.
At the Washington conference, Bear offered to put biometrics researchers in touch with movie special-effects experts. The experts might be able to help the government determine how to match the face of someone walking through an airport to a grainy photo of a known terrorist.
Bear's latest book, Quantico, is a sci-fi thriller that has FBI agents and a bioterrorism expert racing to hunt down a homegrown terrorist.
"We'll play 'What if?' with anything," says Sage Walker, an emergency medicine physician turned sci-fi writer and the only woman in the group. She says the discussions with government officials "tend to be very intense and far-ranging."
So are discussions between the writers. During a coffee break at the conference, Walker, Bear and Andrews started talking about the government's bomb-sniffing dogs. Within minutes, they had conjured up a doggie brain-scanning skullcap that could tell agents what kind of explosive material a dog had picked up.
The 9/11 Commission called the 2001 terrorist attacks a result of the government's "failure of imagination." For this group, Walker says, there's no such thing as an "unthinkable scenario."
Why offer their ideas to the government instead of private companies that pay big bucks?
"To save civilization," Ringworld author Larry Niven says. "We do it in fiction. Why wouldn't we want to do it in fact?"
Friday, May 18, 2007
Harvard and the Zayed Center
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/19/eveningnews/main554591.shtml
I know this is old news that Harvard Divinity School returned a $2.5 million donation because it was determined that the source was also funding terrorist and hate groups, but I need to make a comment for the record.
I understand that the integrity of the school demands that they not be connected with people and organizations that support bad things. That having been said, WHY WOULD YOU RETURN $2.5 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE FUNNELED TO OTHER HATE AND TERRORIST GROUPS???
Correct me if my logic is faulty, but it seems to me that they would have been better off using the money to combat terrorism rather than sending it back so it could be used for dubious purposes!
Just a thought...
I know this is old news that Harvard Divinity School returned a $2.5 million donation because it was determined that the source was also funding terrorist and hate groups, but I need to make a comment for the record.
I understand that the integrity of the school demands that they not be connected with people and organizations that support bad things. That having been said, WHY WOULD YOU RETURN $2.5 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE FUNNELED TO OTHER HATE AND TERRORIST GROUPS???
Correct me if my logic is faulty, but it seems to me that they would have been better off using the money to combat terrorism rather than sending it back so it could be used for dubious purposes!
Just a thought...
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