Tuesday - Aug 31st, 2004
9:23 am
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Iraq militants kill 12 Nepalis-website: “BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A militant Iraqi group says it has killed 12 Nepali hostages and has showed pictures of one being beheaded and others being gunned down in the worst violence against captives since a wave of kidnappings erupted in April. (Photo – Al-Jazeera)
The announcement of the killings, made in a statement posted on an Islamist Web site on Tuesday, came as France intensified its efforts to save two French reporters held hostage in Iraq by a separate militant Islamic group.
The Nepalis were kidnapped earlier this month when they entered Iraq to work as cooks and cleaners for a Jordanian firm. The killing of men from a tiny country that had nothing to do with the invasion or occupation of Iraq will send shockwaves through foreign companies doing business here.
‘We have carried out the sentence of God against 12 Nepalis who came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians…believing in Buddha as their God,’ said the statement by the military committee of the Army of Ansar al-Sunna.
The group posted a series of photographs showing the killing as well as a video.
What more evidence does the world need to declare WAR on Islamic extremists?? Just read the statement above. If you don’t believe in Allah you are a dead man ! We are dealing with a ‘holy war’ plain and simple.
Tuesday - Aug 31st, 2004
1:08 am
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While the GOP recreates the emotions on 9/11, the French are trying to figure out what went wrong with their strategy. We wonder how puzzled the average French citizen is now with two of their fellow citizens facing death by the very same people they were giving morale support to! How naive to think France would get a free pass from these lunatics!
BBC NEWS | Middle East | French hostages plead for lives. The BBC’s Angus Roxburgh in Paris reports that a large crowd of people gathered in the city’s Trocadero Square on Monday evening, to show their support for Christian Chesnot of Radio France Internationale and Georges Malbrunot of Le Figaro newspaper…
“He says French people have been appalled by their plight, and are baffled that the country’s citizens should have been targeted by Iraqi militants, given France’s vocal opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq.” – BBC
The French people are baffled ? I guess the policy of European “appeasement” is not very effective is it? — Maybe the French people will now understand the nature of the beast and come to their senses. – zzb
Sunday - Aug 29th, 2004
8:16 pm
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Chirac Sends FM to Mideast to Win Iraq Hostage Release
<-- Dazed and Confused!
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Jacques Chirac sent his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools. One wonders just who will his Foreign Minister be speaking to ? The new gov’t of Iraq presumably. It is amazing how the worm has turned in the land of liberal thinking.
“Today, the whole nation is united because the lives of two Frenchmen are at stake,” Chirac said in a televised address on Sunday evening.
“Backed up by this national unity, I solemnly call for the release of Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot. Everything is being done and everything will be done in the coming hours and days to achieve this.”
Shortly after Chirac laid out France’s position, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier flew to Cairo on a Middle East tour meant to tap regional contacts and win the journalists’ release. – Reuters
The irony of all ironies! Now that two French citizen’s are being held hostage under the threat of murder do we see this panty waste of a Western Leader stand up and make a speech calling for national unity against terrorism. What hypocrites ! This is enough to turn one’s stomach. Chirac appealed to the kidnappers with an implicit reminder that France opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. But he did not directly respond to their reported demand that the ban on head scarves and other religious apparel be overturned within 48 hours. Let’s see if he caves into their demands! Wake Up Europe !! — zzb
Sunday - Aug 29th, 2004
6:40 pm
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No… It’s not Earth Day… It’s NYC welcoming the GOP Convention !
Friday - Aug 27th, 2004
9:52 pm
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NEWS.com.au | Plane crash a terror attack: authorities (August 27, 2004)“According to our initial investigation, at least one of the air crashes, the one in the Rostov region, came as a result of a terror attack,” spokesman Sergei Ignatchenko told ITAR-TASS news agency.
Investigators said they had found traces of explosive material in the wreckage of one of the two planes that crashed in southern Russia, Russian news agencies reported.
“During the investigation of the wreckage of the Tupolev 154, we found traces of explosive material,” a spokesman for the FSB intelligence agency was quoted by ITAR-TASS and Interfax news agencies as saying.
The spokesman, Sergei Ignachenko, identified the material as Hexogen, the same material that Russian authorities claimed was used in a series of apartment bombings in 1999 that killed some 200 people.”
The Russian press issued unusual and harsh criticism of the Government, lashing out at authorities for refusing to admit that the planes were in all likelihood brought down by terrorism or sabotage.
“Ahead of presidential elections in Chechnya, authorities do not want to admit the obvious fact: only Chechen rebels can organize attacks of this scale in Russia,” the business daily Kommersant commented on its front pages.
The centrist paper Izvestia took a similar tone, accusing officials of “failing to see the links” between the plane crash and controversial elections scheduled to take place in war-torn Chechnya on Sunday.
“An inexplicable tragic coincidence – that is how the official special services tried to explain the events,” Izvestia said.
In all likelyhood Russia is expected to “kick it up a notch” with respect to eradicating terrorism in the Balkins. Look for more Russian military presence in the region and don’t be surprised if some of it doesn’t come from the U.S. in the coming months. Most likely in the form of indirect satellite and intel support. – zzb
Monday - Aug 23rd, 2004
6:58 pm
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Iranian injustice. The following news story is an example of the metality the West, indeed the civilized world, is up against. The latest is an article today in Iranian press (Iran Focus) describing the hanging of a 16 yr old girl by a religious judge for having a “sharp tongue” and protesting in “his” court. [Unconfirmed by mainstream media]
On Sunday, August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran, was executed. Ateqeh Sahaleh was hanged in public on Simetry Street off Rah Ahan Street at the city center.
The sentence was issued by the head of Neka’s Justice Department and subsequently upheld by the mullahs’ Supreme Court and carried out with the approval of Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Shahroudi.
In her summary trial, the teenage victim did not have any lawyer and efforts by her family to recruit a lawyer was to no avail. Ateqeh personally defended herself. She told the religious judge, Haji Rezaii, that he should punish the main perpetrators of moral corruption not the victims.
The judge personally pursued Ateqeh’s death sentence, beyond all normal procedures and finally gained the approval of the Supreme Court. After her execution Rezai said her punishment was not execution but he had her executed for her “sharp tongue”. — IranFocus.com
This girl, 16, was alledgedly hanged in public from a construction crane without even the represenation of an attorney in court. Alledgedly the “judge” actually put the noose around her neck. Apparently in protest the girl began to remove her clothing in court not having a lawyer present (details not described). Result? Execution. Another good example of religious “justice”, and gender bias, Middle Eastern style.
Saturday - Aug 21st, 2004
9:53 pm
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Saturday - Aug 21st, 2004
12:33 pm
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USATODAY.com – Shooter’s mentality: Emmons keeps focus on target: “You won’t see him in college basketball’s NCAA Tournament this month, but Matt Emmons knows all about clutch shooting. In 2002, the New Jersey native, then 21 years old, won a world championships in 50-meter prone rifle shooting. He shot 596 of a possible 600 in the first round, two points off the lead. In the 10-shot final, in which 10.9 is the highest possible score per shot, his score of 103.7 pushed him over the top. He spoke with USATODAY.com’s Beau Dure from USA Shooting’s office in Colorado Springs.”
Emmons, who graduated from UAF after the 2003 NCAA championships, has qualified to compete in all three rifle events: men’s three-position shoot, men’s 50-meter prone and air rifle-at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, The games start on Aug. 13 and run through Aug. 27.
He is the first American to qualify in all three men’s rifle events in the same Olympic year.
Randy Pitney, who recruited Emmons to shoot at UAF and coached him for a couple of seasons before becoming the school’s athletic director, said he wouldn’t be surprised if Emmons didn’t win or medal in a couple of his events.
“I’m not saying just because he was at UAF, but because I know Matt as a person and he’s an extremely dedicated individual. If you’re not extremely dedicated you can’t reach the level he has attained,” Pitney said.
Emmons, who is from Browns Mill, N.J., exudes confidence every time he picks up a gun and fully expects to be the best shooter in every competition he enters.” – USA Today.
Matt Emmons — New Jersey and the Delaware Valley are proud of you… !
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