Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day: More Than Just a Vacation Day - ... And thus began the international war against Islamo-fascism
The News & Advance
Published: May 25, 2008
Say the phrase “Memorial Day,” and more people than you’d imagine will think of city pools opening, the first three-day weekend of the year, cookouts, the unofficial start of summer, big sales at the mall. Fewer and fewer people today would first think it’s the day to honor America’s war dead.
How sad it is that the nation’s most somber holiday has turned into a day for pool parties, grilling up some burgers and dogs and snagging some bargains on markdown.
Over the course of the nation’s 228-year history, millions of men and women have answered their country’s call to service to defend freedom and liberty, not just for ourselves but often for the world. Tens of thousands of them gave the ultimate sacrifice, the last full measure of devotion, their very lives to the nation they love.
That’s the sole purpose of this day: honoring those men and women and remembering their sacrifices.
America is now in the sixth year of the war in Iraq, a conflict in which more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers have died. As a nation, for at least this one day, let’s put aside the endless arguments over whether we should have invaded Iraq … let’s not debate whether it’s possible to create democracy in the Arab world … let’s stop fighting over the planning, or lack thereof, for the post-war period … and please, let’s stop babbling on that the war was just about oil.
Let’s just focus on the men and women who’ve put themselves in harm’s way for their country.
It was almost seven years ago, that 19 Islamo-fascist terrorists launched attacks on Washington, D.C., and New York City, killing close to 3,000 people in a matter of minutes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa.
In the dark days following the attacks, Americans of all stripes realized there is indeed evil in this world, people whose entire purpose in life is to bring down the exemplar of Western culture: the United States of America.
And thus began the international war against Islamo-fascism. In fundamentalist Afghanistan (the lair of the Taliban and al-Qaida) and the dictatorship of Iraq (the well of simmering Arab frustration that had to be drained to make the region fertile ground for democracy, the argument went), hundreds of thousands of American soldiers hit the ground, to protect both their own nation and to liberate the people living under the thumbs of brutal leaders.
Their country called, and they responded, without reservation and knowing full well the dangers they faced.
Has the government of this nation had their backs at all times? Hardly. Just recall the horrible stories The Washington Post broke last year about the rancid conditions wounded veterans faced in Walter Reed Army Medical Center and replicated in military hospitals around the country. Then there’ve been the stories about faulty equipment and lack of proper resources that troops have had to face. This nation’s civilian and military leaders, from President Bush on down, ought to hang their heads in shame for the way they’ve treated the men and women of the armed services.
But still, America’s sons and daughters are answering the nation’s call to service, and will continue to do so. Not because they’re Republicans or Democrats, not because they’re nationalistic chest-thumpers, not because they’re capitalism’s storm troopers.
No, rather because they are willing to sacrifice and possibly die for a simple concept: the dignity of mankind and the value of a single life.
That’s what Memorial Day is all about.
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/opinion/editorials/article/memorial_day_more_than_just_a_vacation_day/5183/
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
McCain addresses Islamo-fascist threat
McCain addresses Islamo-fascist threat
By Emily Goodell,
Published on Tuesday, January 08, 2008
John McCain discusses Islamo-fascism and environmental concerns at the Top of the Hop on Monday.
"McCain addresses Islamo-fascist threat"
http://thedartmouth.com/2008/01/08/news/mccain/
Lauding himself as the most truthful of the Republican presidential candidates, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., worked to rally support in a final effort to win over New Hampshire voters before the upcoming primary in a speech given at the Top of the Hop Monday afternoon.
"We've come a long way back and that's because we told the people of New Hampshire the truth," McCain said. "You can't buy an election in the state of New Hampshire. I hope that I have earned your respect."
Lauding himself as the most truthful of the Republican presidential candidates, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., worked to rally support in a final effort to win over New Hampshire voters before the upcoming primary in a speech given at the Top of the Hop Monday afternoon.
“We’ve come a long way back and that’s because we told the people of New Hampshire the truth,” McCain said. “You can’t buy an election in the state of New Hampshire. I hope that I have earned your respect.”
McCain encouraged voters to do as much as they could to support him in the final hours before the first-in-nation primaries.
“I’m asking you to call your friends; I’m asking you to do the things that win elections,” he said.
The presidential hopeful spoke at length about the threat of ‘Islamo-fascist extremism,’ identifying it as one of the most grave issues facing the United States today.
“[Islamo-fascist extremists] are the greatest force of evil perhaps we have ever confronted,” he said.
The senator added that the U.S. has made progress fighting these extremists in Iraq and criticized Democrats who had favored setting a timeline for withdrawing troops.
McCain said that had the government decided to pull American troops out of Iraq, “Al-Qaeda would be saying they defeated the United States of America and they didn’t then and they never will.”
In addition, McCain underscored his positions on climate change and political corruption, as well as his foreign policy record, claiming 20 years of experience in dealing with national security issues.
He spoke optimistically about America’s ability to prevent climate change, discussing the possibility of expanding the use of nuclear power in the U.S.
“We can unleash American technology,” he said. “There’s a whole range of things we can do, and one of them is nuclear power.”
McCain acknowledged that there is controversy surrounding the energy source, but cited the existence of American naval ships that contain nuclear power plants and the fact that 80 percent of French electricity is generated by nuclear power as proof of its safety.
“I’m going to give you a cleaner planet — I promise you that,” McCain said.
The senator continued by protesting corrupt congressional spending.
“We have mortgaged your futures” he said, addressing the young people in the audience. “If we don’t fix things, you’re not going to have social security, you’re not going to have Medicare when you retire.”
McCain pointed to the $255 million that Congress has approved for a “bridge to an island with 50 people living on it” in Alaska as an example of the types of government spending he would like to prevent.
“I’m going to veto every pork barrel spending bill,” he said.
McCain kept his speech short, light and routine. In one aside, he quoted Ronald Reagan as saying, “Congress spends money like a drunken sailor, except that I never knew any sailor, drunk or sober, with the imagination of congress.”
McCain added that once, after he mentioned that quote, he received an angry e-mail from a drunken sailer who felt insulted to be compared to Congress, an anecdote McCain has used often while on the campaign trail.
McCain was accompanied by his wife and daughters, as well as by Gov. Jim Douglas, R-Vt., who introduced and endorsed McCain’s run for the presidency.
http://thedartmouth.com/2008/01/08/news/mccain/
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
As Muslims prepare for their Hajj - A Special Bloody Islamic Terror Week
As Muslims prepare for their Hajj - A Special Bloody Islamic Terror Week
Children Hurt in Pakistan Bombing
New York Times, United States - Dec 10, 2007
By DAVID ROHDE ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 10 — A suicide bomb attack on a military truck carrying schoolchildren outside a Pakistani Air Force base in ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/world/asia/11pakistan.html?ref=world
Islamists regroup in Somalia; at least 17 killed
MSNBC - Dec 13, 2007
Dec 11, 2007 Islamic Boimbing in Algeria
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22245198/
Toll in Algeria blast rises to 37
Los Angeles Times
The discovery brings the total killed in Tuesday's terrorist attacks to 37, according to Algeria's Interior Ministry. A group called Al Qaeda in the Islamic ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-algiers15dec15,1,1419073.story?coll=la-headlines-world
Los Angeles Times UN toll in Algiers bombing rises
BBC News, UK
More than 30 people died in the attack on UN refugee agency office and a court building in Algeria's capital. Al-Qaeda's North African wing said it carried ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7145120.stm
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Dec. 13, 2007
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A radical Islamic group that was driven from power one year ago by a Western-supported offensive is making a significant comeback in ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22245198/
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Islamists Targeting Christians in Lebanon
Dec 13, 2007
Bomb Kills Lebanese General Who Battled Militants
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/world/middleeast/13lebanon.html?em&ex=1197781200&en=909aa62aad2e544b&ei=5087%0A
Lebanon bids farewell to army general slain in car bombing
The leader of Fatah Islam escaped the siege.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/14/africa/ME-GEN-Lebanon-Violence.php
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Five killed in Indian train bombing
Radio Netherlands - Dec 12, 2007
New Delhi (13 December) - At least five people have been killed in a bomb attack on a train in the Indian state of Assam. The bomb was placed on the rails ...
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5556931/Five-killed-in-Indian-train-bombing
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Dec 13, 2007
Iraqis mourning the victims of triple bombing in Amarah..
The provincial Health Department lowered the death toll from 41 to 28, citing confusion in the immediate aftermath of the first major bombing to hit the southern city during the Iraq war. At the same time, the estimate of the number of injured grew to at least 180, said Dr. Zamil Shiya, who heads the department...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/iraq/bal-te.iraq14dec14,0,2915879.story
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The Threat and siege of missiles attack from "Palestinians" on Israeli civilians
Power of repression
Soon, 250,000 Israelis will be in rocket range, but residents choose to ignore looming threat...
More than 100,000 people live in Ashkelon today. Should the Palestinian Grad missile do to this town what the Qassam rocket did to Sderot, soon there would be only 90,000 people living here. Hamas would grow the more Ashkelon shrinks. But here, for the time being, repression (of Israelis) is the name of the game...
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3482867,00.html
"Pamlestinian" masses behind genocidal Hamas rally
GAZA — About 200,000 Gazans rallied in support of Hamas on Saturday, the 20th anniversary of its founding.
New York Times, United States - Dec. 15, 2007
The Hamas rally was well-organized and not disrupted, and also featured speeches from Hamas founders and the leader of Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Muhammad al-Hindi. Osama al-Mzeini, a Hamas leader, addressed the Qassam brigades, which are the armed wing of Hamas, saying: “The only language the enemy can understand is the language of power, of force. So speak to them in that language.”
Thousands, including women, sang along with a popular Hamas song, which starts: “A Hamas is not afraid of death.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/world/middleeast/15cnd-mideast.html?hp
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Fatah official kidnapped in Gaza
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Dec 14, 2007
On Thursday there was another attempt to kidnap a Fatah official, which failed. After its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June, Hamas militants ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2227616,00.html
Hamas detains adviser to Palestinian PM
Media earlier reported that the high-ranking Fatah official...
http://en.rian.ru/world/20071214/92547600.html
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At least five dead in Pakistan suicide bombing: army
Dec. 15 2007
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — At least five people were killed and several wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an army facility in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, the military and police said...
Around 800 people have been killed in attacks this year, more than half of those in suicide attacks carried out since July -- when the army killed about 100 people in a raid on a radical, pro-Taliban mosque in Islamabad.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g32hNuT6PnK-6Eh0xnEuWD7hTgGA
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Bombings, unrest kill 14 in Afghanistan
Dec 15 2007
KABUL (AFP) — Two bombs struck the Afghan capital Saturday, one of them killing five civilians, while nine people died in new attacks in a Taliban insurgency that is in its bloodiest year so far, officials said.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jC0oCNOiy5TZCDYdz6rryKIkxeFA
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Italian police arrest 20 Muslims across Europe in suspected suicide bomb plots in Iraq, Afghanistan
Italian police arrest 20 across Europe in suspected suicide bomb plots in Iraq, AfghanistanBy COLLEEN BARRY
The Associated Press
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003997253_webitalyterror06.html
MILAN, Italy — A Europe-wide sweep disrupted an Islamic cell that was recruiting potential suicide bombers for attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, Italian police said Tuesday, announcing the arrests of 20 terror suspects.
Police said the suspects, mostly Tunisians, were arrested across Europe as part of the sweep against a cell based in the northern Italian region of Lombardy.
Executing the arrest warrants, police said they found al-Qaida manuals for making explosives, detonation devices and poisons, and instructions on guerrilla techniques.
"The investigation has revealed recruitment, training and passage to aspiring terrorists to Iraq and Afghanistan," lead investigator Gen. Giampaolo Ganzer, of Italy's paramilitary Carabinieri police, told a news conference.
The suspects were wanted on charges ranging from association with the aim of committing international terrorism to falsifying documents to aid illegal immigrants.
"Once more, the central role of Milan and Lombardy in the panorama of Islamic militants has been confirmed," the Carabinieri said in a statement.
The group's members had been indoctrinated in militancy in mosques since at least 1998, according to police transcripts, and appeared to take serious precautions.
In one intercepted call, a suspected cell member said that "things are being done with extreme calm, haste does not bring the desired results."
Eleven were arrested in the northern Italian cities of Milan, Reggio Emilia, Imperia and Bergamo. Nine others were arrested on warrants issued in France, Britain and Portugal, Italian news agencies reported.
Authorities in Britain, France and Portugal confirmed arrestC.
The Lombardy cell had ties with a group in neighboring Emilia Romagna whose aim is to establish an Islamic state extending from Morocco to China, Italian investigators said. Intercepted phone calls made clear the aim of sending jihadist fighters to Iraq via Syria, including specific instructions on shaving off beards before departure to give the impression of making a "peaceful trip."
Ganzer said that while the main aim of the group were attacks aimed at western targets in Iraq and Afghanistan, they also had ties to groups that planned attacks in Italy. Police said the Milan-based cell helped a Tunisian involved in planning a failed attack in Bologna flee to France in 2006. The attack was meant to be carried out around Italy's national elections in April 2006, police said.
Giuliano Amato, Italy's interior minister, said the suspects are mostly Tunisian. He praised the sting as an example of strong cooperation among European countries.
In Britain, authorities said two suspects were arrested in London and Manchester and face extradition to Italy. The men, identified as Ali Chehidi, 34, and Mohamed Khermiri, 53, were accused of forging documents to help volunteers enter Italy illegally.
Portuguese police said they arrested a North African in the northern Portuguese city of Porto on suspicion of international terrorism, illegal immigration and smuggling. He had been in Portugal for three years and had a Portuguese residence permit allowing travel within Europe's Schengen area.
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Associated Press writers Barry Hatton contributed from Lisbon, Portugal and John Leicester in Paris contributed to this report.
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Is Iran meddling in Afghanistan?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0808/p06s01-wosc.html
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Aug 7, 2007 Islam Qala, Afghanistan - Iran's broadening influence beyond its border with Iraq, ...
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