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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10079)	10/4/2005 3:45:22 PM
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The solution for Britain is to make George Galloway Prime Minister for life.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10079)	10/6/2005 1:18:15 PM
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Propaganda crap from Reuters ............................................................................................................................ Palestinians try to wean Gaza children from war Wed 5 Oct 2005 By Jui Chakravorty GAZA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - "Freedom for Palestine!" chants 9-year-old Ahmad Abu Sharia in a Gaza Strip refugee camp, as he listens to a small radio bringing news of Israeli air strikes. "I want to become a commander in al-Aqsa," he says, referring to one of the main Palestinian militant groups, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Abu Sharia's dream of fighting Israel and perhaps achieving fame as a "martyr" is one shared by many of his friends and other youngsters in the Gaza Strip, a militant stronghold in an uprising against Israel since 2000. But Israeli troops left the territory last month to end 38 years of military rule, under what the Jewish state billed a "disengagement" from conflict and militant branded a victory. Palestinians trying to rebuild the Gaza Strip must now deal with the legacy of a culture of martyrdom and militancy that appears better suited to years of violence than to making the territory a model for statehood. "Cutting poverty and unemployment, and creating a conducive atmosphere to reduce militant tendencies among children is the top priority," said Ghassan al-Khatib, Palestinian Planning Minister. "We are looking to develop the right kinds of programmes that will absorb their energy, and channel it in the right direction," he told Reuters. The government is focusing on improving school curricula and fostering an environment to help children focus on education, civic duties and eventually finding jobs, Khatib said. Meanwhile, authorities have slapped whitewash on Gaza Strip walls to cover up the murals of "martyrs", mostly young men, brandishing assault rifles or showing off suicide bomb belts. ROLE MODELS "We don't have athletes, or movie stars, or other celebrities that the children can look up to," said Eyad Sarraj, a prominent Gaza psychiatrist and human rights activist. "Anyone who fights Israel is a role model. Militant and martyrs are the only role models here." In rundown cities and refugee camps, battered by Israeli raids and air strikes during the years of Intifada or uprising, many youngsters saw few better opportunities than joining one of the armed factions. Those who died fighting could expect thousands to attend their funerals -- ceremonies of billowing flags and shots in the air where cries of revenge mingled with tears of mourning. "I want to have three stripes on my shoulder," said 12-year-old Nidal Dahman, placing three fingers on his shoulder, indicating senior ranks in the al-Aqsa brigades. But the future of Gaza's militants is more in question now that Israel has withdrawn troops from the strip it captured in the 1967 war, although it still holds the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Palestinians also seek for a state. Militants reject suggestions they should be disarmed by the Palestinian Authority -- which is meant to begin the process under a U.S.-backed peace "road map" for a state alongside Israel. Although President Mahmoud Abbas has shied from using force to rein in the plethora of factions, their opportunities for striking at Israel from Gaza are also much reduced now that the soldiers and settlers have gone. Meanwhile, clashes in Gaza between police and militants have added to the mayhem and fuelled fears of a civil war. STILL FIGHTING Many militants say they will not give up their weapons before Israel leaves the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Islamic militant group Hamas and kindred Islamic Jihad have sworn to destroy the Jewish state. Khatib said Palestinian children should still fight to win other territories. "They just need to do it through political activism rather than militancy," he said. A recent poll showed roughly 60 percent of Palestinians want a halt to attacks on Israel from Gaza. A similar number want militants in the Gaza Strip to put down their weapons, though only a minority want those in the West Bank disarmed. Before the Israeli pullout, a survey done by Sarraj's Gaza Community Mental Health Programme showed 37 percent of 12-year-olds in Gaza wanted not only to fight Israel, but to "become martyrs". Any shift in feelings appears gradual among youths on the dusty streets of Gaza City. "The change in their attitude depends on the pace of change in the environment. The pullout created a change in the surroundings, and that affected the children in a positive way. Further changes will influence them more," Sarraj said. More than half the Palestinian population of 3.8 million is under 18. "I want to join Hamas because they try to make me less afraid and I want to make others feel less afraid," said 12-year-old schoolgirl Abir Jarradah, wearing a blue uniform with a white headscarf. "But I also want to become a doctor." © Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10079)	10/6/2005 3:12:13 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 32591

University of Oklahoma Bomber -- mcculloughsite.net^ \| Stingray: October 6, 2005 \| Michael McCullough The mainstream media has been largely silent on the Joel H. Hinrichs III, the University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up outide the stadium hosting a football game with Kansas State University on Saturday, October 2nd. We now know that Hinrichs tried several times to enter the stadium during the first half of the game: One OU senior, Adam Smith, of Oklahoma City, however, said a stadium guard Saturday night told him "a guy had springed off" outside Gate 6 after refusing to let his backpack be searched. The Enid News writes today: There still seem to be more questions than answers regarding last Saturday's explosion outside the University of Oklahoma's Memorial Stadium. According to law enforcement, Joel Henry Hinrichs III acted alone and was depressed when he strapped an explosive to himself, sat down 100 yards away from a stadium filled with 84,000 people and blew himself up. ... Yet, this week we have learned Hinrichs attempted to buy a large quantity of ammonium nitrate at a local feed store. We have learned he had other explosive materials in his apartment, and we have learned his Muslim roommate and associates were held briefly by law enforcement immediately after the explosion. The Oklahoma Daily is reporting that area Muslims did not see Hinrichs visiting a particular local mosque, as some earlier reported. However, news reports have Boren attending a mosque somewhere. Sources confirmed Tuesday that triacetone triperoxide (TATP) was one of the critical ingredients in the bomb. It's called the "Mother of Satan" by Muslim extremists. The ingredient is not common in the United States but has been used in the past by Muslim extremists, including the case of Richard Reid, the infamous shoe-bomber, who was unable to detonate the material. The material was also used in the July mass transit bombings in London. Other explosives were found at Hinrichs' apartment. Blogger Mark Tapscott is reporting that authorities found 13 plastic bottles in Hinrichs' car trunk and small, round holes in a tree near the bomb site: A Lincoln Town Car registered in the name of OU Suicide Bomber Joel Henry Hinrichs III remained as of 4:00 p.m. EST today in the parking lot of the apartment where he lived and a U.S. Department of Justice inventory of the contents found by law enforcement officials was visible on the seat, Tapscott's Copy Desk has learned. Among the items listed on the inventory are "13 plastic bottles" in the trunk. The inventory did not note if there was anything in the bottles, their size or coloration. The blue Lincoln was registered in Oklahoma under Hinrichs' name in June of this year, according to state tag records. The expiration date on the tag was February 2006. ... Tapscott's Copy Desk has also learned that a tree near where Hinrichs' bomb detonated displays a number of small round holes and some areas of a metallic substance. The holes and substance are only on the side facing the bench on which Hinrichs was seated when the bomb detonated. The holes appear to be about the size of the head of 16 penny nail. Gateway Pundit confirms the Oklahoma City Channel 5 News report and Oklahoma City's News 9 that Hinrichs had inquired about purchasing large quantities of ammonium nitrate, which can be used to form an explosive. Hinrichs was apparently wearing vest with what appeared to be wires sticking out of it. Dustin Ellison, the general manager of Ellison Feed & Seed on Porter Avenue, said that a man matching Hinrichs' description had come into the store days before he blew himself up on OU's campus. Ellison said the man asked about ammonium nitrate, but couldn't offer a reason why he needed it. After the bombing, Ellison said he thought nothing of it. However, when he saw Hinrichs' photo, it triggered his memory. Finally, Channel 5 news reports that Hinrichs' Pakistani Muslim roommate was detained briefly after the bombing: NORMAN, Okla. -- The Pakistani roommate of a man authorities said died when he detonated an explosive device outside a crowded football stadium was led in handcuffs from a party shortly after Saturday's explosion, the head of an Islamic student group said. Fazal M. Cheema, a finance major, shared a university-owned apartment with Joel Hinrichs III, 21, who died Saturday when a device attached to his body exploded as he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall. Cheema and three other Muslim students were led in handcuffs from a party by police after the blast, Ashraf Hussein, president of the Muslim Student Association, said Tuesday. They later were released. It's time to put some pressure on the mainstream media to begin reporting these things. The more we learn about Hinrichs, the more questions we have about his beliefs and his behavior.