World and US News Links – August 30 to September 5, 2006

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[Dear Readers, as it seems I keep falling further behind the following list is a collection spanning several days. I have attempted to whittle the list down to things that are "new" or seem to be important developments, or are just plain interesting. I hope in doing this that it will allow me to "catch up" to the rest of the world, and bring you the links on a more timely basis again. Thanks for reading the Wausau Word! - Michelle K. -- PS This is getting posted a few days after I completed it here at Wausau Word due to problems with either my computer or the posting program not liking my long lists! )o:]

August 30 – September 5, 2006
WORLD NEWS:

TOP STORIES:

AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIONIST, ENVIRONMENTALIST, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR, TV PERSONALITY, “CROCODILE HUNTER” STEVE IRWIN HAS PASSED AWAY:
[Picture at right: Steve Irwin poses a few years ago with wife Terri and daughter Bindi who is now 8 years old. Steve and Terri also have a 3-year-old, Bob, who is not pictured. Picture below from news.com.au; a more recent picture of Steve, with daughter Bindi.]

• “IN-DEPTH: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF STEVE IRWIN” – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
  [NOTES: This page from News.com.au features links to all the latest news articles and features about Steve Irwin's passing...]
  
• “SUDDEN DEATH: CROC HUNTER STEVE IRWIN KILLED BY STINGRAY – Legendary Animal Wrangler Best Known for His ‘Crikey!’ Catchphrase” – WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – Medfor, Oregon, US – 4 September 2006
• “AUDIO SLIDESHOW: STEVE IRWIN, 1962-2006” – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “IN PICTURES: A PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIBUTE” – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• “VIDEO OF CROC HUNTER’S ATTACK CALLED ‘SHOCKING’, ‘TERRIBLE’ – ‘IT’S A VERY HARD THING TO WATCH BECAUSE YOU’RE WATCHING SOMEBODY DIE’” – WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – 4 September 2006
• “OBITUARY: IRWIN SHAPED BY HIS EARLY LIFE” – by Lucy Bennett – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “MATE TELLS OF IRWIN’S LAST MOMENTS” – News.com.au, Australian Associated Press (AAP) & The Australian – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “EXPERTS SHOCKED BY CROC HUNTER DEATH” – by Michael Givens – The Boston Herald – Herald Media Inc. – Boston, Massachusetts, US – 5 September 2006
• “IRWIN’S LAST MOMENTS CAUGHT ON VIDEOTAPE – Manager says Irwin pulled stingray barb from his chest – Rescuers attempted to resuscitate Irwin for 30 minutes – Irwin will be honored “in whatever way his family wants”” – CNN News – Cable News Network LP LLLP – Atlanta, Georgia, US – 5 September 2006
• “BINDI’S TOUCHING TRIBUTE” – by Fiona Connolly, The Daily Telegraph – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “IRWIN’S ZOO BECOMES A SHRINE” – by Jade Bilowol, Australian Associated Press (AAP) – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “FATEFUL DECISION LED TO TRAGEDY” – by Ian Gerard, The Australian – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “STARS, FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO STEVE” – by Chris Barrett, The Daily Telegraph – News.com.au - News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “DEATH AS PERPLEXING AS FAME” – by Peter Lalor and Michael Bodey, The Australian – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “DEALING WITH TRAGEDY – Parents should be open with their children about Steve Irwin’s death and reassure them of their safety, child psychologists have advised.” – by Kate Sikora, The Daily Telegraph – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “STEVE IRWIN QUOTES” – Brainy Quote - BrainyMedia.com – Accessed 5 September 2006
• “IRWIN DAD HAS LOST ‘BEST MATE’” – Staff Reports & Wires – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 6 September 2006

From Michelle K. & Family:
Thank you Steve, for your dedication to teaching millions about the animals we share our world with. Thank you also for many hours of enjoyable and educational time spent with my children watching your show. You are already missed by so many around the world. May God comfort your wife, Terri, and give her strength, may He also watch over her and your children and ease their grief. May He also comfort your family, friends, and all of your fans as well who are grieving over your passing.
May you Rest in Peace…
- Michelle K. and Family

NEW AL-QAEDA VIDEOTAPE:
[NOTES: For much more coverage about the new tape released be sure not to miss the links in the National Blogs & Magazines Section...]

• “AMERICAN APPEARS IN AL-QAIDA VIDEOTAPE – American Thought to be in al-Qaida Appears in Video, Calls on Countrymen to Convert to Islam” – by Lee Keath, Associated Press (AP) – ABC News – American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. – New York, New York, US – 2 September 2006
• “AL-QAIDA RELEASES NEW VIDEO: AMERICANS INVITED TO CONVERT – California terror-group member, al-Zawahiri issue call to Islam” – WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – Medford, Oregon, US – 2 September 2006
• “FBI: AMERICAN ON AL-QAIDA VIDEO NOT HIGH-RANKING” – Associated Press (AP) - NBC17.com Ch. 17 WNCN-TV (NBC) – NBC Universal – Raleigh, North Carolina, US – 3 September 2006
• “AL QAEDA NO. 2 RELEASES TAPE INVITING AMERICANS TO CONVERT TO ISLAM” – Associated Press (AP) – FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – 3 September 2006
• “AL-QAIDA TERRORIST HAS JEWISH ROOTS” – JPost.com – The Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem, Israel – 4 September 2006

IRAN NUCLEAR CRISIS:

• “AHMADINEJAD QUESTIONS VETO RIGHT OF UNSC P-5 – Enrichment: Challenges Bush to debate, White House rejects it” – Agencies – The Indian Express – Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd. – Mumbai, India – 30 August 2006
• “INDIA, IRAN TALK ABOUT NUCLEAR, ENERGY ISSUES” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “IRAN ENRICHING MORE URANIUM – U.S. Officials View the Act as Defiant As Deadline to Suspend Program Nears” – by Dafna Linzer, Staff Writer – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 30 August 2006
• “IRAN HOPES RUSSIA WILL BUILD 2 NEW [NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS]” – MosNews – MosNews.com – Moscow, Russia – 30 August 2006
• “U.S. MILITARY SEES IRAN’S NUKE BOMB 5 YEARS AWAY” – by Rowan Scarborough – The Washington Times – The Washington Times LLC – Washington D.C., US – 31 August 2006
• “ANNAN URGES INT’L COMMUNITY NOT TO ISOLATE IRAN” – Associated Press (AP) – JPost.com – The Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem, Israel – 5 September 2006

TERRORIST SHOOTS TOURISTS IN AMMAN, JORDAN

• “JORDAN GUNMAN WAS FROM ZARQAWI’S HOMETOWN” – Ireland On-Line – BT Communications Ireland Limited – Dublin, Ireland – 4 September 2006
• “‘TERRORIST’ OPENS FIRE ON TOURISTS” – The Age – Fairfax Digital – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 5 September 2006
• “Q&A: JORDAN GUN ATTACK – A gunman has opened fire on foreign tourists sightseeing in the Jordanian capital Amman, killing a British man and injuring at least five others before being arrested. – The BBC’s Amman Correspondent, Jon Leyne, examines the possible motives and repercussions of the attack.” – BBC News – British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006
• “MILITANT GROUP HAILS AMMAN SHOOTING -WEB” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006
• “NO EVIDENCE LINKS AMMAN ATTACK TO AL-QAIDA” – United Press International (UPI) – United Press International Inc. – Washington, D.C., US – 5 September 2006
• “JORDAN SAYS TOURIST ATTACKER ACTED ALONE” – by Hala Boncompagni, Agence France-Presse (AFP) – The Middle East Times – The (M.E.T.) Middle East Times Limited – Nicosia, Cyprus – 5 September 2006

THE LATEST BRITISH ANTI-TERRORISM ROUND-UP:

• “POLICE SUSPECT THOUSANDS OF TERRORISM LINKS” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 2 September 2006
• “ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATION NABS 16” – ABC News Online – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 2 September 2006
• “UK POLICE RAID ISLAMIC SCHOOL IN ANTI-TERROR OPERATION” – ABC Radio Australia – Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 3 September 2006
• “ANTI-TERRORIST POLICE CONTINUE SCHOOL SEARCH” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006
• “POLICE SWOOP ON BRITAIN’S FIRST ‘JIHAD TRAINING CAMP’” - thisislondon.co.uk (Part of The Daily Mail) – Associated Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK- 3 September 2006
• “TERROR RAIDS HIT RADICAL PREACHER” – by Dipesh Gadher & David Leppard – The Australian - News Limited – Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia – 4 September 2006
• “POLICE USED ISLAMIC SITE FOR TRAINING” – by Alan Cowell, The New York Times – The International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 4 September 2006

QUOTE:

In a strange twist to Britain’s newest terrorism scare, a regional police force admitted Monday that it had sent officers for diversity training at an Islamic school in the British countryside that is at the center of a search for facilities nurturing Islamic radicals.

In a statement, the Sussex police said the Jameah Islameah school south of London “has been used by officers and staff undergoing advanced training for their role as diversity trainers to the rest of the work force, ” adding, “This has involved a series of one-day visits to the schools by groups of two or three trainers on up to 15 occasions over more than a year.”

- “Police Used Islamic Site for Training” – The International Herald Tribune

• “ABU HAMZA TRIED TO BUY SCHOOL ‘FOR USE AS JIHAD SCHOOL’” – by Daniel McGrory and Sean O’Neill – The Times Online – Times Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006
• “CHARITY REGULATOR PROBES MUSLIM SCHOOL AT CENTER OF ALLEGED TERROR RECRUITMENT” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 5 September 2006

HEATHROW ( TRANSATLANTIC ) TERROR PLOT INFORMATION:

• “BRITS LAY MORE TERRORISM CHARGES” – Free Press News Services – The London Free Press – Quebecor Media Inc. – London, Ontario, Canada – 30 August 2006

ISRAELI HOSTAGES:

• “ARAB TERRORIST: ‘IDF HOSTAGE SHALIT IN GOOD HEALTH’” – Arutz Sheva (Israel National News) – Arutz Sheva Israel Broadcasting Company – Israel – 30 August 2006

DENMARK TERRORISM ARRESTS:

• “DENMARK ARRESTS NINE MEN FOR SUSPECTED TERRORISM” – Reuters – Daily News & Analysis (DNA) – Diligent Media Corporation Limited – Mumbai, India – 5 September 2006
• “7 CHARGED IN TERRORISM PLOT IN DENMARK” – by Jasmina Nielsen, Associated Press (AP) – The Houston Chronicle – The Hearst Corporation – Houston, Texas, US – 5 September 2006
• “MUSLIM DANES ARRESTED IN TERROR PLOT” – by Sher Zieve – TCV News – The Conservative Voice (TCV) – Kernersville, North Carolina, US – 5 September 2006

VENEZUELA’S CHAVEZ JOINS “THE DARK SIDE”:

• “WARM WELCOME TO VENEZUELA PRESIDENT IN SYRIA” – Al Awaba – Amman, Jordan – 30 August 2006
• “SYRIA, VENEZUELA AGAINST ‘IMPERIALISM’” – by Albert Aji, Associated Press (AP) – The Houston Chronicle – The Hearst Corporation – Houston, Texas, US – 30 August 2006
• “VENEZUELAN CHAVEZ PARTNERS WITH SYRIA FOR NEW WORLD” – by Sher Zieve – TCV News – The Conservative Voice (TCV) – Kernersville, North Carolina, US – 30 August 2006
• “CHAVEZ: SYRIA AND I WILL ‘BUILD A NEW WORLD’ – During a visit to Syria, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the two nations were united against U.S. policies in the Middle East.” – by Albert Aji, Associated Press (AP) – The Miami Herald – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – Miami, Florida, US – 31 August 2006
• “VENEZUELA AND SYRIA SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENTS” – Digital Granma Internacional – Granma International/Online Edition – Havana, Cuba – 31 August 2006

QUOTE:

DAMASCUS. — The governments of Venezuela and Syria signed 12 juridical cooperation instruments as part of President Hugo Chávez’ official visit to this Arab country.

- “Venezuela and Syria Sign Cooperation Agreements” – Granma International Online

2004 BESLAN SCHOOL MASSACRE:

• “RUSSIAN LAWMAKER MAKES BESLAN CLAIMS” – by Maria Danilova, Associated Press (AP) – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 30 August 2006

2005 BALI BOMBINGS:

• “INDONESIAN MILITANT GETS 8 YEARS FOR 2005 BALI BOMBINGS” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – Monsters & Critics News – WOTR Ltd. – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – 5 September 2006

2002 BALI BOMBINGS:

• “AUSTRALIANS IRKED BY MILITANT CLERIC BA’ASYIR’S BALI CLAIMS” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – The Raw Story – Raw Story Media, Inc. – Washington D.C., US – 29 August 2006
• “CIA BOMB USED IN BALI: BASHIR” – The Sydney Morning Herald – Fairfax Digital – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 30 August 2006
• “BOMB VICTIMS ALL FOR SURVEILLANCE” – by Tracy Ong – The Australian – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 30 August 2006
• “BALI BOMBER RUNS OUT OF HIDING PLACES” – by Natalie O’Brien – The Australian – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 1 September 2006
• “MORE MEN SENT TO TRAP EXTREMISTS” – Agence France-Presse with Arlie Calalo – The Manila Standard Today - Kamahalan Publishing Corporation – Manila, Philippines – 1 September 2006
• “TEACHER FACES SENTENCE FOR BALI BOMB LINKS” – by Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta Correspondent – The Australian – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006

WAR, TERRORISM, & POLITICS AROUND THE WORLD:

AFGHANISTAN:

• “I WAS NAIVE, SAYS THOMAS” – ABC News Online – Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 30 August 2006
• “OBSCURE NEO-TALIBAN GROUP CLAIMS TO JOIN AFGHAN INSURGENCY” – Radio Free Afghanistan – RFE/RL, Inc. – Kabul, Afghanistan – 30 August 2006
• “JIHAD JACK’S JI LINK: SIX WORDS IN A HOTEL” – by Ian Munro, Mark Forbes, and Nick McKenzie – The Sydney Morning Herald – Fairfax Digital – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 31 August 2006
• “AFGHAN FORCES KILL TALIBAN COMMANDER, ARREST 3 OTHERS” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 31 August 2006
• “TALIBAN ATTACK TOWN IN SOUTH AFGHANISTAN – Taliban militants attack a southern Afghan town; 2 killed in ensuing gunbattle with troops” – by Amir Shah, Associated Press (AP) – CBS News – CBS Corporation – New York, New York, US – 31 August 2006
• “EXTREMISTS DAMAGE AFGHAN SCHOOL; MULTIPLE BOMBS DISCOVERED” – American Forces Press Service – TCV Military News – The Conservative Voice (TCV) – 1 September 2006
• “SUSPECTED TALIBAN ASSASSINATE AFGHAN DISTRICT CHIEF IN CENTRAL PROVINCE” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1 September 2006
• “UK MUSLIMS JOIN TALIBAN TO FIGHT AGAINST BRITISH TROOPS” – by Michael Smith and Ghulam Hasnaim – The Sunday Times – Times Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006
• “200 TALIBAN KILLED IN AFGHAN OFFENSIVE” – The Irish Examiner – Thomas Crosbie Media – Cork, Ireland – 3 September 2006
• “AFGHAN MORAL GUARDIANS: RETURN OF TALIBAN THROUGH BACK DOOR?” – by Can Merey – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – Monsters & Critics News – WOTR Ltd. – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – 4 September 2060
• “700 TALIBAN TRAPPED BY NATO OFFENSIVE” – Ireland On-Line – BT Communications Ireland Limited – Dublin, Ireland – 5 September 2006

AL QAEDA:

• “INDIA LINKS KASHMIRI TERRORISM TO AL-QAIDA” – United Press International (UPI) – The Washington Times – The Washington Times LLC – Washington D.C., US – 28 August 2006
• “TERRORISM: LOCAL MANPOWER KEY TO NEW AL-QAEDA STRATEGY, EXPERT” – ADN Kronos International – Rome, Italy – 30 August 2006
• “EXPERTS FEAR AFRICA NEXT BIG STAGE FOR AL QAEDA” – by Christopher Thompson, Reuters – The Scotsman – The Scotsman Publications Ltd. – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – 31 August 2006
• “AL-QAIDA-AFFILIATED GROUP CALLS IRAQ RECONCILIATION “BETRAYAL”” – Associated Press – The International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 31 August 2006
• “TERRORISM: AL-QAEDA LAUNCHES SITE IN GERMAN” – AKI – ADN Kronos International (AKI) – Rome, Italy – 1 September 2006
• “AL-QAIDA BELIEVED TO BE PLOTTING ATTACKS IN EGYPT’S SINAI RESORTS” – Associated Press (AP) – 9News Ch. 9 KUSA-TV (NBC) – Gannett Co. Inc. – Denver, Colorado, US – 1 September 2006
• “IRAQ SAYS DETAINS NO. 2 IN IRAQI AL QAEDA” – Reuters Canada – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 3 August 2006
• “IRAQ: AL-QAEDA DENIES CAPTURE OF ITS NO. 2” – ADN Kronos International (AKI) – Rome, Italy – 4 September 2006
• “AL-QAIDA’S LIST OF FAVORITE, LEAST FAVORITE WESTERNERS – Latest warning video from terror group names enemies, friends in U.S., Britain” – WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – Medford, Oregon, US – 4 September 2006

ALBANIA:

• “ALBANIA HIRES EX-U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF TOM RIDGE AS CONSULTANT” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 4 September 2006

ARGENTINA:

• “PROTESTERS DEMAND ARGENTINA GOVT. STOP VIOLENT CRIME, RADICAL ISLAMIST ACTIVITY” – by Jim Kouri – AXcessNews.com – NetAct America, Inc. – US – 1 September 2006

AUSTRALIA:

• “HOW MARRIAGE LINKED ‘JIHAD’ JACK TO JI” – by Natalie O’Brien and Natasha Robinson – The Australian – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 30 August 2006
• “BASHIR UNLIKELY TO TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA, DOWNER SAYS” – ABC News Online – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) – Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia – 29 August 2006
• “TERRORISM THREAT ‘REAL IN AUSTRALIA” – United Press International (UPI) – United Press International, Inc. – Washington D.C., US – 30 August 2006
• “HARDCORE ISLAMISTS INVITED TO MUSLIM CONFERENCE” – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 31 August 2006
• “HOWARD WARNS OF LIKELY ‘LIFETIME’ WAR AGAINST TERRORISM” – Australian Associated Press (AAP) – The Age – Fairfax Digital – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 1 September 2006
• “MUSLIMS NOT SINGLED OUT: PM – Prime Minister John Howard has denied he was singling Muslims out for criticism over the way some immigrants fail to integrate into Australian society.” – by Staff Writers & Wires – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 1 September 2006
• “COURT ORDERS 11 AUSTRALIANS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM-RELATED OFFENSES ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1 September 2006
• “MUSLIM ANGER ERUPTS AT COSTELLO CALL TO RENOUNCE TERRORISM” – by Michelle Grattan – The Age – Fairfax Digital – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 4 September 2006
• “JIHAD JACK’S FAMILY RAIDED” – by Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta Correspondent – The Australian – News Limited – Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia – 4 September 2006
• “DON’T ALLOW 9/11 HERE, COSTELLO TELLS MUSLIMS” – Source: The Daily Telegraph – News.com.au – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 4 September 2006
• “MILITANT JAILED FOR SHELTERING TERROR KINGPIN” – Australian Associated Press (AAP) & Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – The Sydney Morning Herald – Fairfax Digital – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 5 September 2006

BANGLADESH:

• “COURT CONFIRMS BANGLADESH MILITANT KINGPINS’ DEATH SENTENCES” – Bureau Reports with ANI – ZeeNews.com – Noida, India – 31 August 2006
• “SIX MILITANTS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS FOR BOMBING IN BANGLADESH” – by Siddique Islam, AHN Foreign Correspondent – All Headline News (AHN) - All Headline News Corp. – West Palm Beach, Florida, US – 31 August 2006

BOSNIA:

• “BOSNIA: 50 AL-QAEDA SYMPATHISERS LOSE CITIZENSHIP” – ADN Kronos International – Rome, Italy – 5 September 2006

BRAZIL:

• “CHINA’S TOP LEGISLATOR ARRIVES IN BRAZIL FOR OFFICIAL VISIT” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – 30 August 2006

BRITAIN:

• “IRAQ SOLDIER REMANDED OVER MURDER – A Devon soldier has appeared in court charged with murder just days after returning from serving in Iraq.” – BBC News – British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) – 30 August 2006
• “MUSLIM COUNCIL ‘NOT DOING ENOUGHT TO STAMP OUT EXTREMISM’” – by James Chapman – The Daily Mail – Associated Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – 31 August 2006
• “STEREOTYPING IS LEADING TO TERROR, SAYS FIRST MUSLIM MISS ENGLAND” – The Evening Standard – thisislondon.co.uk (Part of The Daily Mail) - Associated Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – 31 August 2006
• “MUSLIM BECOMES NAVY REAR ADMIRAL – A 48-year-old senior officer who joined the Royal Navy in 1977 has been appointed rear admiral and becomes the highest ranking Muslim in the service.” – BBC News – British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) – London, England, UK – 31 August 2006
• “HOMEGROWN TERRORISM ON THE RISE IN U.K.” – by David Stringer, Associated Press (AP) – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 1 September 2006
• “BRITAIN’S JEWS FACING TROUBLE AFTER 350 YEARS” – by Michael Holden – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 4 September 2006
• “PEACE ACTIVISTS ‘TRIED TO STOP IRAQ-BOUND BOMBERS‘” – The Daily Telegraph Online – Telgraph Group Limited – London, England, UK – 4 September 2006
• “BLAIR CALLS FOR FIRM STANCE AGAINST TERRORISM” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 4 September 2006
• “WHITE EXTREMISTS USE TERROR VIDEOS TO THREATEN MUSLIMS” – by Daniel Foggo, The Sunday Times (UK) – The Peninsula On-Line – The Peninsula – Doha, Qatar – 5 September 2006
• “FINAL MOMENTS OF BRITAIN’S FIRST SUICIDE BOMBER” – by Daniel McGrory – The Times Online – Times Newspapers Limited – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

BULGARIA:

• “TEST OR TERRORISM” – FOCUS News – FOCUS Information Agency – Sofia, Bulgaria – 1 September 2006

QUOTE:

Sofia Police arrested Thursday Angel Zafirov, 26, a journalist from the Novinar daily who attempted to put a box containing bottles with the sign TNT on top, in Sofia subway. The man was arrested in 5 minutes. Six police teams reacted immediately after receiving the signal.

[. . .]

“What happened in Sofia subway is just a journalistic investigation aiming to show the level of security in the subway considering everything that happened in the big European capitals”, the Novinar daily’s editor-in-chief Miroslav Borshosh said. The newspaper’s leadership sent a declaration to the Prime Minister and Interior Minister insisting that Zafirov be released

“Test or Terrorism” – FOCUS News

CANADA:

• “MP RESIGNS POST OVER HEZBOLLAH REMARKS” – by Paul Lungen, Staff Reporter – The Canadian Jewish News – New York, Ontario, Canada – 31 August 2006
• “NO PASSPORT FOR SON OF AL-QAEDA MILITANT” – Agence France-Presse (AFP) – Daily News & Analysis (DNA) – Diligent Media Corporation Limited – Mumbai, India – 31 August 2006
• “SALUTES TO TAMIL TIGERS OCCUR AT SEVERAL CANADIAN SCHOOLS” – by Adrian Humphreys, CanWest News Service – The National Post – CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. – Don Mills, Ontario, Canada – 31 August 2006

CHECHNYA:

• “CHECHNYA STAGES REPRESENTATIVE SURRENDER” – The Kommersant – The Kommersant Publishing House – Moscow, Russia – 30 August 2006
  [NOTES: Full Article is available in Russian on this page at The Kommersant site.]
  
• “HUNDREDS RALLY IN CHECHNYA ON WORLD DISSAPEARED DAY” – Mos News – MosNews.com – Moscow, Russia – 30 August 2006
• “BRUTALITY IN CHECHNYA RAISES DOUBTS ABOUT KADYROV’S RULE” – by C.J. Chivers, New York Times Service – The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1200(66) - St. Petersburg, Russia – 1 September 2006
• “POWERFUL EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN CHECHNYA – SOURCE” – Interfax News - The Interfax Group – Moscow, Russia – 2 September 2006

CHINA:

• “KIM JONG-IL MAY BE IN CHINA” – Associated Press (AP) – The Times of India – Times Internet Limited – Gurgaon, Haryana, India – 30 August 2006
• “CHINA FOILS OILFIELD AND POWER PLANT BOMBINGS [by Muslim Separatists]” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “CHINA TO DELIVER VERDICT ON JOURNALIST ‘SPY’ ON THURSDAY” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – Monsters & Critics News - WOTR Ltd. – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – 30 August 2006

COTE D’IVOIRE:

• “IVORY COAST FOES MEET TO DISCUSS ELECTION HURDLES” – by Ange Aboa – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

EGYPT:

• “EGYPT BRACED FOR AL-QAEDA ATTACKS” – Associated Press (AP) – AlJazeera.net – The Al Jazeera Network – Doha, Qatar – 1 September 2006
• “EGYPTIAN POLICE SEARCHING SINAI FOR AL-QAIDA MILITANTS” – VOA News – Voice of America – Washington, D.C., US – 1 September
• “EGYPT TALKS TO SYRIA TO DISCUSS SOLDIERS’ RELEASE” – JPost.com – The Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem, Israel – 2 September 2006
• “EGYPT ARRESTS 95 OVER SUSPECTED MILITANT LINKS” – Reuters – The Scotsman – The Scotsman Publications Ltd. – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – 5 September 2006
• “PRAYERS HELD FOR EGYPTIAN WRITER MAHFOUZ” – by Nadia Abou El-Magd, Associated Press (AP) – NewsFlash @ PennLive.com - PennLive LLC – 31 August 2006

QUOTE:

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The country’s leading Muslim clerics led mourners in special prayers Thursday for Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, some of whose work was condemned by Islamic extremists as sacrilegious.

- “Prayers held for Egyptian writer Mahfouz” – NewsFlash @ PennLive.com

ETHIOPIA:

• “ETHIOPIA HOLDING 250 MEMBERS OF OROMO ETHNIC GROUP WITHOUT CHARGE, OFFICIALS SAY” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 4 September 2006
• “ETHIOPIAN GOVT. BLAMES SOMALI EXTREMISTS FOR BOMB BLAST IN JIGJIGA TOWN” – Shabelle.net – Shabelle Media Network – Mogadishu, Somalia – 5 September 2006

GERMANY:

• “GERMAN FEARS OF TERRORIST ATTACK SURGE” – Reuters – The Scotsman – The Scotsman Publications Ltd. – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – 1 September 2006
• “GERMAN GOVERNING PARTY TO SEND DELEGATION TO SYRIA” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – The Raw Story – Raw Story Media, Inc. – Washington, D.C., US – 2 September 2006
• “GERMAN OFFICIALS TO WORK OUT NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS” – Associated Press (AP) – The Hindustan Times – HT Media Limited – New Delhi, India – 4 September 2006
• “HEZBOLLAH ‘RESERVATIONS’ OVER GERMAN ROLE IN UN FORCE” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – Monsters & Critics News – WOTR Ltd. – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – 5 September 2006
• “HEZBOLLAH: WE’RE KEEPING OUR ROCKETS” – United Press International (UPI) – United Press International, Inc. – Washington D.C., US – 5 September 2006

GEORGIA:

• “POLICE INVESTIGATE BOMB THREAT AT GEORGIA STADIUM” – Reuters – The Guardian Unlimited – Guardian Newspapers Limited – Manchester, England, UK – 28 August 2006
• “SOUTH OSSETIA REBELS DOWN GEORGIA HELICOPTER – AGENCY” – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006
• “MISSILE FIRED AT MCCAIN ESCORT HELICOPTER DURING EUROPEAN VISIT” – by Kevin Curran, 12 News KPNX-TV – AZCentral.com – Gannett Co. Inc. – 3 September 2006
• “GEORGIA SAYS RUSSIAN FORCES BEHIND COPTER INCIDENT” – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006
• “GEORGIA LABELS ATTACK ON HELICOPTER “TERRORIST ACT”” – Civil Georgia Online Magazine – UNA Georgia – Tbilisi, Georgia – 4 September 2006
• “FBI, TBILISI CONFIRM THAT SOUTH OSSETIANS DON’T SHOOT AT SENATORS” – ITAR-TASS News Agency – Moscow, Russia – 5 September 2006

GREECE:

• “EXPLOSION AT GREEK UNDERWEAR FACTORY” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – The Raw Story - Raw Story Media Inc. – Washington D.C., US – 28 August 2006

HAMAS:

• “HAMAS CHIEF ATTACKS ‘STUPID ANARCHY’ OF PALESTINIANS” – by Tim Butcher – The Telegraph – Telegraph Group Limited – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “HAMAS LEADER BLAMES PALESTINIANS” – United Press International (UPI) – The Middle East Times – The (M.E.T.) Middle East Times Ltd. – Nicosia, Cyprus – 30 August 2006
• “RUSSIAN EXPERT SAYS HAMAS NOT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION” – RIA Novosti – Russian News & Information Agency – Moscow, Russia – 31 August 2006
• “FINLAND: ‘EU MUST CONDUCT TALKS WITH HAMAS’” – Staff – JPost.com – The Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem, Israel – 1 September 2006
• “REFILE – HAMAS MUST CHANGE BEFORE ANY EU TALKS-EU PRESIDENCY” – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – Lodon, England, UK – 1 September 2006
• “$500 MILLION IN AID PLEDGED – But little going through UN – Hamas officials to get funds directly” – by Mattias Karen, Associated Press (AP) - The Toronto Star – Toronto Star Newspapers Limited – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 2 September 2006

HEZBOLLAH / HIZBULLAH:

• “HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS ‘NOT THE SAME AS AL-QAEDA’” – South African Press Association (SAPA) & Associated Press (AP) – Business Day – BDFM Publishers (Pty) Limited – Rosebank, South Africa – 30 August 2006
• “HIZBOLLAH INSISTS ON PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH ISRAEL” – Reuters – The Scotsman – The Scotsman Publications Ltd. – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – 30 August 2006
• “OFFICIALS UNDERESTIMATED HEZBOLLAH’S ARSENAL SIZE” – by Los Angeles Times & Associated Press (AP) – The Seattle Times – The Seattle Times Company – Seattle, Washington, US – 31 August 2006
• “SYRIA, IRAN STILL TRY TO SMUGGLE ARMS TO HEZBOLLAH (UPDATE 3)” – by Gwen Ackerman – Bloomberg News – Bloomberg L.P. – New York, New York, US – 31 August 2006
• “HEZBOLLAH EMBARKS ON ANTI-AMERICAN PR PLAN” – by Mohamad Bazzi, Middle East Correspondent – NewsDay.com – Melville, New York, US – 2 September 2006
• “HEZBOLLAH WANTS TO SWAP SOLDIERS FOR CHILD KILLER” – by Uzi Mahnaimi – The Sunday Times – Times Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006
• “REPORT: HEZBOLLAH ESTABLISHES CHILD ARMY” – by Ryan R. Jones, Middle East Correspondent – All Headline News (AHN) – All Headline News Corp. – West Palm Beach, Florida, US – 3 September 2006
• “JACKSON TO ASK HIZBOLLAH FOR EVIDENCE ON ISRAELIS” – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006
• “JACKSON ASKS HEZBOLLAH FOR PROOF OF LIFE” – by Todd Pitman, Associated Press (AP) – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 4 September 2006
• “HEZBOLLAH’S UNMANNED DRONES HAVE ISRAEL AND US WORRIED” – by Ryan R. Jones, Middle East Correspondent – All Headline News (AHN) – All Headline News Corp. – West Palm Beach, Florida, US – 4 September 2006
• “LEBANESE TROOPS MOVE INTO HEZBOLLAH BASTION” – by Alistair Lyon – The Mail & Guardian Online – Trevor Ncube – Johannesburg, South Africa – 5 September 2006
• “HEZBOLLAH LEADER SAYS LOVES DEATH” – by Sher Zieve – TCV News – The Conservative Voice (TCV) – Kernersville, North Carolina, US – 5 September 2006

INDIA:

• “CLERICS SAY INSURANCE IS ANTI-ISLAMIC” – by Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press (AP) – The Houston Chronicle – The Hearst Corporation – Houston, Texas, US – 30 August 2006
• “PAKISTANI TERRORIST MAKES CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT IN BENGAL COURT” – Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) – Telugu Portal – TeluguPortal.net – India – 31 August 2006
• “JeM PLANNED SUICIDE STRIKE IN MUMBAI, SAYS ANTI-TERRORISM SQUAD” – by Anupam Dasgupta – Daily News & Analysis (DNA) – Diligent Media Corporation Limited – Mumbai, India – 4 September 2006
• “INDIAN PM WARNS OF POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS” – by Y.P. Rajesh – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006
• “‘HUMAN BOMB’ LOOTS BANK IN HARYANA” – Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) – Monsters & Critics News – WOTR Ltd. – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – 5 September 2006

INDONESIA:

• “MUSLIMS DEMAND DEATH OF CONVICTED INDONESIAN CHRISTIANS” – Catholic World News (CWNews.com) - Trinity Communications – Bristow, Virginia, US – 5 September 2006

IRAN:

• “IRAN TO HELP REBUILD LEBANON: IRANIAN VP” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “PRESIDENT, MINISTERS HONOR LATE IMAM KHOMEINI WITH VISIT TO HIS MAUSOLEUM” – Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) – Ministry of National Guidance (Iranian Government) – Tehran, Iran – 30 August 2006
• “IRAN PREPARED TO EXPAND ALL-OUT COOPERATION WITH AFRICA” – FARS News Agency – Tehran, Iran – 3 September 2006
• “IRAN TRYING TO ‘CONQUER’ PA: ISRAELI MINISTER” – Agence France-Presse (AFP) – The Peninsula Online - The Peninsula – Doha, Qatar – 4 September 2006
• “IRAN’S FORMER PRESIDENT: IF HAMAS RECOGNIZES ISRAEL, IRAN WILL FOLLOW SUIT” – FOCUS News – FOCUS Information Agency – Sofia, Bulgaria – 5 September 2006
• “AHMADINEJAD CALLS FOR PURGE OF LIBERAL TEACHERS” – by Nasser Karimi, Associated Press (AP) - CNews – Canoe Inc. – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 5 September 2006
• “MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN VOLATILE IRAN PROVINCE” – Iran Focus News - IranFocus.com – 5 September 2006

IRAQ:

• “DOZENS WOUNDED BY CAR BOMB IN IRAQ” – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “BRITISH TROOPS HUNTING IRAQ MILITANT DETAIN FIVE” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “U.S. SEES IRAQ ARMY FIT IN 18 MONTHS” – by Alastair Macdonald – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ PROMPTS CALLS FOR CHANGE IN US STRATEGY” – by Bill Rodgers – VOA News – Voice of America (VOA) – Washington D.C., US – 31 August 2006
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• “U.S. FORCE IN IRAQ AT 140,000” – by Will Dunham, Reuters – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 31 August 2006
• “IRAQ HEALTH OFFICIAL REPORTS DECLINE IN VIOLENT DEATHS” – Associated Press (AP) – USA Today – Gannett Co. Inc. – McLean, Virginia, US – 31 August 2006
• “ANGER BOILS IN IRAQ’S “TOWN OF MARTYRS”” – by Ibon Villelabeitia, Reuters – The Scotsman – The Scotsman Publications Ltd. – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – 1 September 2006
• “[FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES] BAKER MEETS SUNNI LEADERS IN IRAQ” – Reuters – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 1 September 2006
• “IRAQ SUNNIG GROUP CLAIMS DEADLY ATTACKS ON SHI’ITES” – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006
• “KURDISH LEADER THREATENS IRAQ SECESSION” – by Yahya Barzanji – The San Jose Mercury News – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Corporation) – San Jose, California, US – 3 September 2006
• “IRAQI SECURITY FORCES CLASH WITH TERRORIST, GOV’T SAYS” – Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) – Ministry of National Guidance (Iranian Government) – Tehran, Iran – 4 September 2006
• “IRAQ GOVT MULLS NEW FLAG AFTER KURDISH THREATS” – by Alastair Macdonald – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 4 September 2006
• “U.S. REBUKES IRAQ’S KURDS OVER FLAG BAN” – by Ibon Villelabeitia – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006
• “MASS KURDISH GRAVES FOUND IN NORTHERN IRAQ” – by Mustafa Mahmoud – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

IRELAND:

• “IRISH ‘IN DENIAL’ OVER THREAT BY AL-QAEDA” – by Henry McDonald, Ireland Editor, The Observer – Guardian Unlimited – Guardian Newspapers Limited – London, England, UK – 3 September 2006

ISRAEL:

• “GAZA: IDF FINDS TUNNEL TO BE USED IN TERROR ATTACK” – by Yaakov Katz – JPost.com – The Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem, Israel – 30 August 2006
• “TERRORIST ARRESTED NORTH OF JERUSALEM – Pursuant to information received Tuesday, which led to heightened alert in north of capital, Border Guard police forces arrest Palestinian operative Wednesday afternoon” – by Efrat Weiss – YNet News – Yedioth Ahronoth Group – Tel Aviv, Israel – 30 August 2006
• “ISRAEL WARNS ITS CITIZEN TO LEAVE SINAI PENINSULA” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “ANNAN: ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST TRUCE VIOLATIONS” – Haaretz Service & News Agencies – Ha’aretz – Ha’aretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. – Tel Aviv, Israel – 30 August 2006
• “CONDITION OF ISRAEL’S SHARON RELATIVELY IMPROVES” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “ISRAEL REJECTS U.N. BLOCKADE APPEAL” – by Luke Baker – Reuters – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “ISLAMIC JIHAD VOWS TO AVENGE LEADER’S DEATH – Terror group vows attacks against Israeli targets to avenge death of leader who died of serious wounds sustained in Israeli assassination attempt” – by Ali Waked – YNet News – Yedioth Ahronoth Group – Tel Aviv, Israel – 30 August 2006
• “TRIAL OF HAMAS OFFICIALS ADJOURNED” – AlJazeera.net – The Al Jazeera Network – Doha, Qatar – 30 August 2006
• “ARMED MAN INFILTRATES UK EMBASSY COMPOUND IN [TEL AVIV]” – Associated Press (AP) – JPost.com – The Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem, Israel – 31 August 2006
• “ISRAELI CHILDREN HEAD BACK TO WAR-BATTERED SCHOOLS” – by Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 1 September 2006
• “ISRAELIS SEE HEZBOLLAH CHIEF MORE CREDIBLE THAN OWN IN WAR: STUDY” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 4 September 2006
• “OLMERT SAYS ISRAEL HAS TOLD SYRIA IT IS NOT A PARTNER FOR NEGOTIATIONS” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 4 September 2006
• “ISRAEL WILL USE ‘FULL FORCE’ AGAINST SYRIA” – Agencies – GulfNews.com – Al Nisr Publishing LLC – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 4 September 2006
• “AMERICA PRESSURING ISRAEL TO FREE SENIRO TERRORIST – State Department, NSA Demanding Release of Militant Responsible for Scores of Deaths” – by Aaron Klein – WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – Medford, Oregon, US – 5 September 2006

ITALY:

• “HEZBOLLAH MUST BE DISARMED, SAYS PERES” – Agence France-Presse (AFP) – Daily News & Analysis (DNA) – Diligent Media Corporation Inc. – Mumbai, India – 31 August 2006
• “ITALIAN MINISTER: HIZBULLAH, HAMAS ‘SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS’” – Arutz Sheva (Israel National News) – Arutz Sheva Israel Broadcasting Network – Israel – 31 August 2006

JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH:

• “AUSTRALIAN SPY CHIEF: SOUTH-EAST ASIAN TERRORIST GROUP JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH STILL DANGEROUS” – Associated Press (AP) – The Hindu News Update Service – The Hindu Group – Gurgaon, Haryana, India – 30 August 2006

JORDAN:

• “JORDANIAN COURT APPOINTS LAWYER FOR SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA LEADER” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – Monsters & Critics News – WOTR Ltd. – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – 31 August 2006
• “ALLEGED IRAQI AL-QAIDA MILITANT REJECTS JORDANIAN COURT OFFER TO APPOINT HIM STATE LAWYER” – Associated Press (AP) – International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Nuilly-sur-Seine, France – 31 August 2006
• “JORDAN’S TOP JUDICIAL BODY DISQUALIFIES TWO ISLAMIST MPs” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – Monsters & Critics News – WOTR Ltd. – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – 3 September 2006

KAZAKHSTAN:

• “KAZAKHSTAN DEPORTS KYRGYZ CITIZEN TO UZBEKISTAN – Kazahstan has deported a Kyrgyz citizen to Uzbekistan to face terror-related charges” – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – RFE/RL Inc. – Prague, Czech Republic – 31 August 2006

KUWAIT:

• “KUWAIT SEEKS EXPLANATION FROM MOSCOW FOR LISTING ISLAMIC CHARITIES AS TERROR ORGANIZATIONS” – Associated Press (AP) – International Herald-Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine – 2 September 2006

KYRGYZSTAN:

• “BANNED ISLAMIC MOVEMENT RAISES KYRGYZ POLICE” – RIA Novosti – Russian News & Information Agency – Moscow, Russia – 30 August 2006
• “KYRGYZ SECURITY SERVICE: ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIC LEADER KILLED IN OPERATION IN SOUTH” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) - The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 4 September 2006

LEBANON:

• “LEBANESE MINISTER HAILS SYRIA SUPPORT TO LEBANON DURING ISRAELI AGGRESSION” – Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) – Damascus, Syria – 31 August 2006
• “SYRIA BLAMED FOR ATTEMPT ON LEBANESE OFFICIAL’S LIFE” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – Monsters & Critics News – WOTR Ltd. – 5 September 2006
• “REMOTE [CONTROLLED] BOMB STRIKES SOUTHERN LEBANON” – by Zeina Karam, Associated Press – The Globe & Mail - Bell GlobeMedia Publishing – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 5 September 2006

MOROCCO:

• “TOTAL OF ARRESTS IN DISMANTLED MOROCCAN TERRORIST NETWORK RISES TO 56” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1 September 2006

NEPAL:

• “IRAQ KILLINGS: NEPAL OBSERVES ‘BLACK DAY’” – The Times of India – Times Internet Limited – Gurgaon, Haryana, India – 1 September 2006

QUOTE:

Nepal’s overseas job industry, the mainstay of the economy, came to a standstill on Friday, as it observed a ‘Black Day’ in memory of the brutal killing of 12 workers by Islamist militants in Iraq two years ago.

- “Iraq Killings: Nepal Observes ‘Black Day’” – The Times of India

NORTH KOREA:

• “U.S., CHINA MULL WARNING N.KOREA AGAINST NUCLEAR TEST” -Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

PAKISTAN:

• “SUSPECTED REBELS BLOW UP TRAIN LINE IN PAKISTAN” – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “MILITANTS SAY BEHEAD TWO MEN FOR BEING US “SPIES”” – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “PAKISTANI MILITANTS ALLEGEDLY BEHEAD ISLAMIC CLERIC, AFGHAN REFUGEE” – Associated Press (AP) – USA Today – Gannett Co. Inc. – McLean, Virginia, US – 30 August 2006
• “PAKISTANI COURT CONVICTS SHIITE MILITANT” – Associated Press (AP) – The Seattle Post-Intelligencer – The Hearst Corporation – Seattle, Washington, US – 1 September 2006
• “PAKISTAN COULD ‘SHUT DOWN’ KASHMIRI TERRORIST GROUPS: NYT” – India eNews.com – India eNews Pvt. Ltd. – Gurgaon, Haryana, India – 4 September 2006

PALESTINE:

• “HEZBOLLAH’S PERFORMANCE ‘EMBOLDENS’ PALESTINIANS” – Reuters – KuwaitTimes.net – The Kuwait Times – Safat, Kuwait – 30 August 2006
• “PALESTINIAN GROUP VOWS TO TARGET ALL NON-MUSLIMS” – Reuters – The Arab Times Online - The Arab Times – Safat, Kuwait – 2 September 2006
• “PALESTINIAN STRIKE OVER WAGES WINS STRONG SUPPORT” – by Wafa Amr and Nidal al-Mughrabi – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 2 September 2006
• “FOX NEWS KIDNAPPERS VOW TO TARGET ‘INFIDELS’” – Associated Press (AP) – JPost.com – The Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem, Israel – 2 September 2006
• “NEW PALESTINIAN TERRORIST GROUP THREATENS TO ABDUCT AND KILL NON-MUSLIMS” – by Jim Kouri – TCV News – The Conservative Voice (TCV) – Kernersville, North Carolina, US – 4 September 2006
• “ABBAS MAY SACK HAMAS CABINET THIS MONTH, SAYS AIDE” – Reuters – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 4 September 2006

PHILIPPINES:

• “PHILIPPINES FOILS TERROR PLOT IN MANILA: POLICE” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “FILIPINO SOLDIERS FIND MASS GRAVE OF SUSPECTED SPIES” – The Indianapolis Star – Gannett Co. Inc. – Indianapolis, Indiana, US – 1 September 2006
• “FORMER PHILIPPINE MUSLIM REBEL LEADER ALLOWED TO LEAVE DETENTION FOR PEACE ANNIVERSARY” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1 September 2006
• “FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINE SOUTH, 14 DEAD, 77 WOUNDED” – SABC News Online - South African Broadcasting Corporation – Auckland Park, South Africa – 4 September 2006

RUSSIA:

• “RUSSIA: A TIMELINE OF TERRORISM SINCE 1995” – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - RFE/RL Inc. – Prague, Czech Republic – 30 August 2006
• “A NEW PARTY IS CREATED IN RUSSIA; THIS FOE MAY BE A KREMLIN FRIEND” – by Peter Finn, Washington Post – The Boston Globe – The New York Times Company – Boston, Massachusetts, US – 30 August 2006
• “RUSSIA GETS A NEW POLITICAL PARTY” – by Lisa McAdams – VOA News – The Voice of America – Washington, D.C., US – 30 August 2006
• “RUSSIA RELEASES 2 JAPANESE FISHERMEN, KEEPS DETAINING CAPTAIN” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – 30 August 2006
• “PUTIN AIDE CALLS MILITANT SURRENDER IN N. CAUCASUS SUCCESSFUL” – Interfax News - The Interfax Group – Moscow, Russia – 31 August 2006
• “MILITANTS TRYING TO USE AMNESTY TO “LEGALIZE” THEMSELVES – OFFICIAL” – Interfax News – The Interfax Group – Moscow, Russia – 31 August 2006
• “1 KILLED WHEN EXPLOSIVES DETONATE DURING TRAFFIC STOP IN TROUBLED RUSSIAN REGION” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 2 September 2006
• “100 HELD IN RUSSIAN RACE RIOTS” – Associated Press (AP) – The Toronto Star – Toronto Star Newspapers Limited – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 3 September 2006
• “RUSSIA INDICTS THE CAPTAIN OF SEIZED CRAB FISHING BOAT” – Kyodo & Associated Press (AP) – The Japan Times Online – The Japan Times Ltd. – Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan – 5 September 2006
• “RUSSIA CALLS OFF JOINT U.S. EXERCISES SCHEDULED FOR END OF SEPT.” – RIA Novosti – Russian News & Information Agency – Moscow, Russia – 5 September 2006

SOMALIA:

• “KENYA, ETHIOPIA CALL FOR PEACE OPERATION IN SOMALIA” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – 30 August 2006
• “SOMALIA’S GOVERNMENT WILLING TO OFFER ISLAMIC RIVALS CABINET POSTS IN SUDAN TALKS” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1 September 2006
• “SOMALIAN GOVT PROPOSES JOINT FORCES WITH ISLAMIC MILITIA” – The Gulf Times – Gulf Publishing and Printing Co. – Doha, Qatar – 4 September 2006
• “SOMALIA AND ISLAMIC MILITIA AGREE TO FORM ARMY” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) - The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 5 September 2006

SOUTH AFRICA:

• “RUSSIA TO SELL NUCLEAR FUEL TO SOUTH AFRICA – PUTIN” – Reuters South Africa – The Reuters Foundation – Johannesburg, South Africa – 5 September 2006

SRI LANKA:

• “FBI ARRESTS IN US AND CANADA SIGNAL WASHINGTON’S BACKING FOR WAR AGAINST LTTE” – by Nanda Wickremasinghe, World Socialist Web Site – The Asian Tribune – World Institute for Asian Studies – Bangkok, Thailand – 30 August 2006
• “TIGER TERRORIST ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE [BY CYANIDE CAPSULE] ON ARREST” – The Media Centre for National Security – Sri Lanka Government, Ministry of Defence – 2 September 2006

SYRIA:

• “SYRIAN GROUP THREATENS ABDUCTIONS – An obscure Syrian terrorist group threatened to abduct Israeli soldiers” – JTA Breaking News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York, New York, US – 30 August 2006
• “UN CHIEF IN SYRIA, BLASTS ISRAEL OVER CLUSTER BOMBS” – by Jocelyne Zablit, Agence France-Presse (AFP) – The Middle East Times – The (M.E.T.) Middle East Times Ltd. – Nicosia, Cyprus – 31 August 2006
• “BAATH OFFICIALS INSTRUCTED TO BUY PROPERTY IN GOLAN – Directive says Syria sure strategic territory will be returned by Israel ‘very soon’” – by Aaron Klein – WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – Medford, Oregon, US – 1 September 2006
• “SYRIA BACKS U.N. LEBANON RESOLUTION” – by Khaled Yacoub Oweis – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 1 September 2006
• “SYRIA TO STOP WEAPONS TO HEZBOLLAH: ANNAN” – by Sam F. Ghattas, Associated Press (AP) – The Toronto Star – Toronto Star Newspapers Limited – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 1 September 2006
• “SYRIA IS DETERMINED TO RESTORE SYRIAN OCCUPIED GOLAN, BILAL SAYS” – Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) – Damascus, Syria – 2 September 2006
• “RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SEE SYRIA AS MAIN REGIONAL PLAYER IN MIDDLE EAST” – Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) – Damascus, Syria – 5 September 2006
• “SYRIA FREES 75 SYRIAN KURDS” – Agence France-Presse (AFP) – The Middle East Times - The (M.E.T.) Middle East Times Ltd. – Nicosia, Cyprus - 5 September 2006

THAILAND:

• “22 BOMBS EXPLODE IN THAILAND KILLING 2, INJURING 28” – Pravda.ru – Russia – 31 August 2006
• “BOMBS HIT THAI MUSLIM SOUTH” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 31 August 2006

TURKEY:

• “PETROLEUM FLOW RESUMES THROUGH KERKUK-CEYHAN PIPELINE” – Cihan News Agency – Zaman Daily Online – Feza Newspaper Publishing Company – Istanbul, Turkey – 29 August 2006
• “FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM TO CONTINUE: TURKISH GENERAL – Ross Wilson, the US ambassador who was also at the reception, said that Washington wanted to see PKK eliminated” – NTV/MSNBC – Ankara, Turkey – 31 August 2006
• “ISTANBUL POLICE FOIL BOMB PLOT, CAPTURE 3 SUSPECTS” – Cihan News Agency – Zaman Daily Online – Feza Newspaper Publishing Co. – Istanbul, Turkey – 2 September 2006
• “ERDOGAN: IF TURKISH TROOPS GET REQUIRED TO DISARM HEZBOLLAH, WE WILL WITHDRAW OUR FORCES” – TurkishPress.com – Anadolu Agency – Ankara, Turkey – 4 September 2006
• “TURKISH FORCES IN UNIFIL NOT EMPOWERED TO DISARM HEZBOLLAH, TURKEY’S ERDOGAN REITERATES” – Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) – Damascus, Syria – 5 September 2006
• “BOMB EXPLODES BY TURK RULING PARTY OFFICE” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

UNITED NATIONS:

• “UN SEEKS COORDINATED WORLD SUPPORT FOR PEACE DIALOGUES IN SOMALIA” – Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “AHMADINEJAD TO ATTEND UN ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK“ – Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) – The New Karala – NewKarala.com – 3 September 2006
• “ANNAN TAKES LEBANON PEACE DRIVE TO JORDAN, SYRIA” – by Suleiman al-Khalidi – Reuters South Africa – The Reuters Foundation – Johannesburg, South Africa – 31 August 2006
• “ANNAN TO PRESS IRAN TO HELP SHORE UP LEBANON TRUCE” – by Edmund Blair – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 1 September 2006
• “CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: U.N. WILL MEDIATE PRISONER RELEASE TALKS – But Israel Still Insists It Will Never Negotiate Directly with Hezbollah” – by Warren Hoge, New York Times – The Houston Chronicle – The Hearst Corporation – Houston, Texas, US – 5 September 2006

UZBEKISTAN:

• “WEST WANTS TO REOPEN DIALOGUE WITH UZBEKISTAN: DIPLOMATS” – by Maria Golovnina, Reuters – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 31 August 2006
• “UZBEK PRESIDENT: WESTERN NATIONS, ISLAMIC TERRORISTS UNDERMINING NATION’S SOVEREIGNTY” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1 September 2006

VATICAN CITY:

• “HITLER AND STALIN WERE POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL, SAYS VATICAN EXORCIST” – by Nick Pisa – The Daily Mail – Associated Newspapers Ltd. – 28 August 2006
• “RELIGION CANNOT JUSTIFY TERRORISM, SAYS THE POPE” – SABC News Online - South African Broadcasting Corporation – Auckland Park, South Africa – 4 September 2006

VENEZUELA:

• “PRO-CHAVEZ CARACAS MAYOR ORDERS GOLF COURSE GRAB” – Reuters UK – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006
• “CHAVEZ PROMISES SUPPORTERS “ELECTED” PRESIDENT FOR LIFE – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez promised that if he wins the coming December election he will call a referendum in 2010 on his administration, and if positive will propose a constitutional review to end the two consecutive periods’ reelection limit” – MercoPress – Montevideo, Uruguay – 3 September 2006
• “HUGO CHAVEZ INTENDS TO MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD STAND FIRMLY AGAINST USA” – Translated by Dmitry Sudakov – Pravda.ru - Moscow, Russia – 4 September 2006
• “CHAVEZ DENIES REPORTED U.S. ALLEGATIONS OF ISLAMIC TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN VENEZUELA” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 5 September 2006

VIETNAM:

• “VIETNAM HOLDING US ACTIVIST ACCUSED OF “TERRORISM,” FAMILY SAYS” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) – The Raw Story – Raw Story Media, Inc. – Washington, D.C., US – 4 September 2006

YEMEN:

• “YEMEN MAY BUY 32 MIG FIGHTERS” – Trade Arabia – Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group – Manama, Bahrain – 30 August 2006
• “TWO AL-QAEDA ESCAPEES SURRENDER” – by Staff – Yemen Times Vol. 14 Issue 977 - Sana’a, Yemen – 30 August 2006
• “RUSSIA TO SELL 32 MIG FIGHTERS TO YEMEN FOR $1.3 BLN” – Mos News – MosNews.com – Moscow, Russia – 31 August 2006
• “[IRAN'S] BAKARI AND [YEMEN'S] AL-QIRBI DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS” – Staff – The Yemen Times – Sana’a, Yemen – 2 September 2006
• “CONTESTING AGAINST SALEH IS UNISLAMIC, SAYS CLERIC” – by Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent – GulfNews.com – Al Nisr Publishing LLC – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 5 September 2006

AROUND THE WORLD:

AUSTRIA:

• “KIDNAPPER’S RETRO COMPUTER OFFERS SCANT CLUES” – by Mark Oliver & Agencies – The Guardian Unlimited – Guardian Newspapers Limited – Manchester, England, UK – 5 September 2006

QUOTE:

The investigation into the kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch has been complicated by the discovery of an obsolete computer in the house where she was held, Austrian police said today.

Officers have been surprised to find that the kidnapper, Wolfgang Priklopil, a communications technician, appeared to have relied exclusively on a Commodore 64.

- “Kidnapper’s Retro Computer Offers Scant Clues” – The Guardian Unlimited

CHINA:

• “CHINA LEAD SMELTER POISONS THOUSANDS: PAPER” – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

IRAN:

• “AT LEAST 29 DEAD IN IRAN’S LATEST AIR DISASTER” – by Robert Tait – The Guardian – Guardian Newspapers Limited – London, England, UK – 2 September 2006

JAPAN:

• “JAPAN PRINCESS GIVES BIRTH TO BOY” – BBC News – British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

HISTORY & SOCIETY:

• “POLISH SOLDIER’S ‘FISHY’ SABOTAGE TALE” – by Liam Allen – BBC News – British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) – London, England, UK – 4 September 2006

QUOTE:

After the German invasion of Poland, which led to the outbreak of World War II, General Wladyslaw Sikorski became prime minister of the Polish government in exile. Working from London, he commanded troops and ran a fomidable military intelligence.

Secret Service papers released for the first time by the National Archives in Kew, London – reveal claims of an attempt on his life in 1942.

- “Polish Soldier’s ‘Fishy’ Sabotage Tale” – BBC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

• “GENE-ALTERED RICE FROM CHINA FOUND IN EU: GREENS” – by Jeremy Smith – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:

• “BROOKS & DUNN AND BRAD PAISLEY LEAD NOMINEES WITH SIX NOMINATIONS EACH FOR “THE 40TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS,” COUNTRY MUSIC’S BIGGEST NIGHT – Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and Newcomer Carrie Underwood Receive Four Nominations; Rascal Flatts and Dolly Parton Score Three Nominations Each” - Press Release – Country Music Association (CMA) – CMAAwards.com – Nashville, Tennessee, US – 30 August 2006
  [NOTES: This press release contains a complete list of all finalists for the 40th Annual Country Music Awards. Categories include; Entertainer of the Year, Single of the Year (Awarded to artist & producer), Album of the Year (Awarded to artist & producer), Song of the Year (Awarded to songwriter & primary publisher), Female Vocalist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Vocal Duo of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, Musician of the Year, Music Video of the Year, & the Horizon Award. The 40th Annual CMA Awards Show will be held on November 6, 2006 and will be broadcast on the ABC Television Network.]
  
• “CMA ANNOUNCES NEWEST MEMBERS OF COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME” – Press Release – Country Music Association (CMA) – CMAAwards.com – Nashville, Tennessee, US – 30 August 2006
  [NOTES: This year's inductees are Harold Bradley, Sonny James, and George Strait. They will be inducted in to the Hall of Fame during the 40th Annual CMA Awards show on November 6, 2006. The Awards show will be broadcast on the ABC Television Network and will also be simulcast on radio stations. The News Releases contains short biographies for each musician. Also included are the names of previous inductees from 1961 - Present.]
  
• “CMA ANNOUNCES 2006 BROADCAST AWARDS FINALISTS” - Press Release – Country Music Association (CMA) – CMAAwards.com - Nashville, Tennessee, US – 30 August 2006
  [NOTES: This Press Release contains a complete list of all 40th Annual CMA Awards Finalists for "Broadcast Personality of the Year" & "Station of the Year" in all market-size groups.]
• “MUSLIM ANGER OVER PLANS FOR FREDDIE MERCURY PARTY” – Associated Press – The Guardian – Guardian Newspapers Limited – London, England, UK – 1 September 2006

UNITED STATES NEWS:

TOP STORIES:
[NOTE: For information on the San Francisco Hit-and-Run Rampage,
please see this LibertyRocks Focus Page.]

WORLD WAR II HERO “THE PIED PIPER OF SAIPAN”, GUY GABALDON PASSED AWAY:

• “WWII HERO GABALDON DIES” – by Matt Sedensky, Associated Press (AP) – The Houston Chronicle – The Hearst Corporation – 4 September 2006

QUOTE:

MIAMI – Guy Gabaldon, who as an 18-year-old Marine private single-handedly persuaded more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers to surrender in the World War II battle for Saipan, has died. He was 80 years old.

Gabaldon died of a heart attack Thursday at his home in Old Town, his son, Tech Sgt. Jeffrey Hunter Gabaldon, said Monday. [. . .]

- “WWII Hero Gabaldon Dies” – The Houston Chronicle

• “GUY GABALDON, THE PIED PIPER OF SAIPAN, DIES AT 80” – CNN News – Cable News Network LP LLLP – Atlanta, Georgia, US – 4 September 2006
• “FULL TEXT CITATIONS FOR AWARD OF THE NAVY CROSS TO U.S. MARINES – World War II (1,033 Awards)” – Doug & Pam Sterner – Home of Heroes (http://www.homeofheroes.com) – Accessed on 4 September 2006

QUOTE:

GABALDON, GUY L.
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve)
Headquarters & Service Company, 2d Marines, 2d Marine Division
Date of Action: June 15 – August 1, 1944
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Guy L. Gabaldon, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism while serving with Headquarters and Service Company, Second Marines, Second Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan and Tinian, Marianas Islands, South Pacific Area, from 15 June to 1 August 1944. Acting as a Japanese Interpretor for the Second Marines, Private First Class Gabaldon displayed extreme courage and initiative in single-handedly capturing enemy civilian and military personnel during the Saipan and Tinian operations. Working alone in front of the lines, he daringly entered enemy caves, pillboxes, buildings, and jungle brush, frequently in the face of hostile fire, and succeeded in not only obtaining vital military information, but in capturing well over one thousand enemy civilians and troops. Through his valiant and distinguished exploits, Private First Class Gabaldon made an important contribution to the successful prosecution of the campaign and, through his efforts, a definite humane treatment of civilian prisoners was assured. His courageous and inspiring devotion to duty throughout reflects the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.

Approved by the Secretary of the Navy on November 23, 1960 (Upgraded from Silver Star)
Born: 3/22/1926 at Los Angeles, California
Home Town: Los Angeles, California

“Full Text Citations for Award of the Navy Cross to U.S. Marines – World War II (1,033 Awards)” – Home of Heroes (Photo is from the same citation.)

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL SHOOTING:

• “SLAYING UNCOVERED AFTER SCHOOL SHOOTING” – by Estes Thompson, Associated Press – The San Jose Mercury News – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – San Jose, California, US – 30 August 2006
• “SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT CHARGED WITH KILLING FATHER” – CNN & Associated Press (AP) – CNN News – Cable News Network LP LLLP – Atlanta, Georgia, US – 31 August 2006

TERRORIST FUNDING CASES & INVESTIGATIONS:

• “U.S. BLOCKS ASSETS OF ISLAMIC GROUP ACCUSED OF FINANCING HEZBOLLAH“ - Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – 30 August 2006
• “ISRAELIS OK TO WEAR DISGUISES AT TRIAL” – by Mike Robinson – The Chicago Sun-Times – Hollinger International – Chicago, Illinois, US – 30 August 2006
• “D.C. LOBBYIST IS KEY IN STOPPING HEZBOLLAH BROADCASTS” – by Joseph Goldstein – Staff Reporter – The New York Sun – ONE SL LLC – New York, New York, US – 31 August 2006
• “ACCUSED HAMAS FUNDER’S LAWYERS REQUEST A PROBE“ – by Josh Gerstein, Staff Reporter – The New York Sun – ONE SL LLC – 1 September 2006
• “POTENTIAL JURORS FOR U.S. TERROR TRIAL TO GET CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1 September 2006

TERRORISM CASE VS. SYED AHMED & EHSANUL ISLAM SADEQUEE:

• “CLOSED HEARING SCHEDULED IN TERRORISM CASE” – by Harry R. Weber, Associated Press (AP) – The Telegraph (Macon.com) – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – Macon, Georgia, US – 1 September 2006

BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS CASE OF WVU STUDENT ELI TYO:

• “‘MY SON IS NOT A TERRORIST,’ MOM SAYS” – by Kris Wise, Capitol Reporter – The Charleston Daily Mail – Charleston, West Virginia, US – 1 September 2006

3 TEXAS MEN ARRESTED IN MICHIGAN ORIGINALLY ACCUSED OF TERRORISM PLANNING:

• “CHARGES THROWN OUT AGAINST MEN SUSPECTED OF PLANNING TERRORISM” – Associated Press (AP) – The Duluth News Tribune – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – Duluth, Minnesota, US – 5 September 2006

VENEZUELA & U.S. AID CONTROVERSY:

• “US ACCUSED OF BID TO OUST CHAVEZ WITH SECRET FUNDS – Millions of dollars given to opposition, claim critics – Venezuelan groups’ details hidden from list“ – by Duncan Campbell, The Guardian – The Guardian Unlimited – Guardian Newspapers Limited – Manchester, England, UK – 30 August 2006

HAMDANIA, IRAQ MURDER CASE:

• “LAWYERS CITE CONCERNS IN IRAQ MURDER CASE” – by Adam Tanner – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 30 August 2006

SOLDIERS FACING DEATH PENALTY FOR IRAQ KILLINGS ON MAY 9:

• “PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR U.S. SOLDIERS” – Associated Press (AP) – CNN News – Cable News Network LP LLLP – Atlanta, Georgia, US – 2 September 2006

LYNN STEWART TERRORISM CASE (LAWYER CHARGED WITH SUPPLYING INFO.):

• “US PROSECUTORS SEEK LONG TERM PRISON TERM FOR LAWYER IN TERRORISM CASE” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune (IHT) – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 4 September 2006

BORDER SECURITY:

• “TEAMS VIE FOR U.S. BORDER SECURITY CONTRACT“ - by Andrea Shalal-Esa – Reuters – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 29 August 2006
• “UPDATE: BORDER PATROL CAPTURES MS-13 MEMBER” – by Sara Inés Calderón – The Brownsville Herald – Brownsville, Texas, US – 30 August 2006

ON THE HOMEFRONT:

• “SANTORUM EQUATES WWII, WAR ON TERROR“ – Associated Press (AP) – The Albequerque Tribune – Albequerque Publishing Company (E.W. Scripps Company) – Albequerque, New Mexico, US – 29 August 2006
• “MEMORIAL STADIUM BULKS UP SECURITY FOR SATURDAYS GAME” -by Jenna Johnson & Amanda Soukup – News Net Nebraska – College of Journalism & Mass Communications @ University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Lincoln, Nebraska, US – 30 August 2006
• “[St. Louis, MO:] FORMER PLO TERRORIST WILL SPEAK IN AREA“ - by Todd C. Frankel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – STLtoday.com – Suburban Journals – St. Louis, Missouri, US – 30 August 2006
• “RUMSFELD SPEECH ON TERRORISM GENERATES CONTROVERSY” – by Al Pessin – VOA News – Voice of America (VOA) – Washington D.C., US – 30 August 2006
  [NOTES: An audio version of this article is available see below. Special Thanks to Free Market News Network (FMNN) for this link.]
  
• “BUSH FIGHTS BACK AGAINST IRAQ CRITICS” – by Tabassum Zakaria – Reuters AlertNet – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 31 August 2006
• “BUSH COMPARES ISLAMIC RADICALS TO NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS” – by Nedra Pickler – Associated Press (AP) – Duluth News Tribune – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – Duluth, Minnesota, US – 31 August 2006
• “US UNPREPARED FOR FALLOUT OF NUCLEAR TERRORIST ATTACK, GROUP SAYS” – Deutsche Press-Agentur (DPA) -The Raw Story – Raw Story Media Inc. – Washington D.C., US – 31 August 2006
• “FBI, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICE REVIEW STUDENT RECORDS IN TERRORISM PLOT” – Associated Press (AP) – The International Herald Tribune – The New York Times Company – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 31 August 2006
• “TWO GUAGES CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL STOLEN” – Associated Press (AP) – The Centre Daily Times - Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – State College, Pennsylvania, US – 31 August 2006
• “MUSLIM LEADERS SPLIT ON HANDLING EXTREMISTS – Some Begin To Warn of Threat From Within” – by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (AP) – The Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio.com) – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – Akron, Ohio, US – 2 September 2006
• “AIRLINE-SECURITY INCIDENTS SEEN AS TERRORIST FEINTS” – by Audrey Hudson – The Washington Times – The Washington Times, LLC – Washington, D.C., US – 4 September 2006
• “EX-IRANIAN LEADER BLAMES BUSH POLICIES FOR TERRORISM” – CNN News – Cable News Network LP LLLP – Atlanta, Georgia, US – 4 September 2006
• “FOR CONSERVATIVE MUSLIMS, GOAL OF ISOLATION A CHALLENGE – 9/11 Put Strict Adherents on the Defensive” – by Caryle Murphy, Staff Writer – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – 5 September 2006

MILITARY NEWS:

• “WEST POINT SEES BOOST IN APPLICANTS” – by Michael Hill, Associated Press (AP) – The Houston Chronicle – The Hearst Corporation – Houston, Texas – 30 August 2006
• “U.S. MILITARY WANTS TO CRACK DOWN ON PAYDAY LENDERS” – by Thomas Watkins – Associated Press (AP) – The San Jose Mercury News – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – San Jose, California, US – 31 August 2006
• “802,000 JOIN NATIONWIDE DISASTER DRILLS AS U.S. MILITARY PARTICIPATES FOR FIRST TIME” – The Mainichi Daily News (& MSN News) - The Mainichi Newspapers – Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan – 1 September 2006

FOREIGN RELATIONS:

• “RUSSIA, U.S. DEFENSE TALKS HELP PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: IVANOV” - Xinhua News Agency – People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “US BENEFITS FROM CHINA GROWTH: [US TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN] SCHWAB” – by Jiang Wei – China Daily – China Daily Information Company (CDIC) – Beijing, China – 30 August 2006
• “MOSCOW EXPRESSES SURPRISE AT U.S. SENATOR LUGAR’S STATEMENTS” – RIA Novosti – Russian News & Information Agency – Moscow, Russia – 31 August 2006
• “U.S. CITES IRAN & SYRIA AS ‘WORRISOM’ THREATS” – Agence France-Presse (AFP) – Daily News & Analysis (DNA) – Diligent Media Corporation Limited – Mumbai, India – 5 September 2006
• “BUSH, QUOTING BIN LADEN, WARNS OF IRAQI CALIPHATE” – by Steve Holland – Reuters Today – The Reuters Foundation – London, England, UK – 5 September 2006

LAWS, CRIMES & JUSTICE:

• “ANALYSIS: MUSLIM-AMERICANS TURN TO LAW” – by William Fisher – The Middle East Times – The (M.E.T.) Middle East Times Ltd. – Nicosia, Cyprus – 31 August 2006
• “MEMBER OF MS-13 PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES” – Ch. 7 WJLA-TV (ABC) – Allbritton Communications Company – Washington, D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “FEDS TO SEEK DEATH PENALTY IN CASE OF BODY DUMPS NEAR YOSEMITE” – by Greg Risling, Associated Press (AP) – The San Jose Mercury News - Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – San Jose, California, US – 4 September 2006
• “IMMIGRATION ‘COMPROMISE’ BILL UNLIKELY TO PASS HOUSE” – by Kevin Mooney, Staff Writer – CNS News – Cybercast News Service (CNS) – Alexandria, Virginia, US – 5 September 2006

AROUND THE NATION:

ALABAMA:

• “FIRE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE ARSON, ‘SUSPICIOUS’ FIRE” – by Nadia M. Taylor, Staff Reporter, The Press-Regiater – al.com – Alabama Live LLC – 31 August 2006

CALIFORNIA:

• “SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE FOUND ON FERRY” – by Heather Knight, The San Francisco Chronicle – SFGate.com – Hearst Communications, Inc. – San Francisco, California, US – 31 August 2006
• “SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE ABOARD FERRY FOUND TO BE AUTO EMERGENCY KIT” – by Jim Staats – Marinij.com – The Marin Indepedent Journal – San Rafael, California, US – 2 September 2006

COLORADO:

• “BOMB SQUAD BLOWS UP SUSPICIOUS ITEM FOUND ON SIDE OF ROAD” – Ch. 7 KMGH-TV (ABC) – TheDenverChannel.com – McGraw-Hill – Denver, Colorado, US – 27 August 2006

CONNECTICUT:

• “WHITE POWDER FOUND IN STRATFORD MAILBOX” – by John Burgeson – The Connecticut Post – MediaNews Group, Inc. – Bridgeport, Connecticut, US – 27 August 2006

FLORIDA:

• “POLICE SEARCHING FOR SEMI POSSIBLY PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES” – Local 6, Ch. 6 WKMG-TV (CBS) – The Washington Post Company – Orlando, Florida, US – 2 September 2006
• “EARLY MORNING FIRE DAMAGES CHURCH IN PASCO COUNTY” – Ch. 10 WTSP-TV (CBS) - Gannett Co. Inc. – Tampa, Florida, US – 3 September 2006

GEORGIA:

• “3,000 GALLONS OF SULFURIC ACID SPILL” – by Amanda Casciaro – MDJonline.com – The Marietta Daily Journal – Marietta, Georgia, US – 30 August 2006 [Special Thanks to the Under-Investigation Yahoo! Group Mailing List]

ILLINOIS:

• “BOMB THREAT CLOSES SUBURBAN [CHICAGO] SCHOOL” – Staff Report – The Chicago Tribune – The Tribune Company – Chicago, Illinois, US – 5 September 2006

MAINE:

• “MAINE YANKEE SECURED AFTER BOMB SCARE” – by Greg Foster – The Lincoln County News Vol. 131 No. 35 – Damariscotta, Maine, US – 31 August 2006 (Issue Date: 5 September 2006)
• “BUSINESSES EVACUATED DUE TO FALSE BOMB SCARE” – by Charlie Smith, Reporter – KeepMEcurrent.com – Current Publishing, LLC – Westbrook, Maine, US – 31 August 2006

MARYLAND:

• “MAN, WOMAN CHARGED IN BOMB THREAT” – Associated Press (AP) – Ch. 7 WJLA-TV (ABC) – Allbritton Communications Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 5 September 2006
  [NOTE: Video report available at site.]

MASSACHUSETTS:

• “GRENADE FOUND IN STREET IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN BOSTON” – Associated Press (AP) – The Daily Item of Lynn – The Boston Herald & Herald Interactive Advertising Systems, Inc. – Massachusetts, US – 31 August 2006

NEVADA:

• “GLIDER AND JET CRASH IN MID-AIR OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY” – Ch. 4 KRNV-TV (NBC) – Sierra Broadcasting – Reno, Nevada, US – 31 August 2006 [Special Thanks to the Under-Investigation Yahoo! Group Mailing List & Ruth R. for the link.]

NEW MEXICO:

• “WIRED PACKAGE CLEARS COURTHOUSE” – Reported by Jen Jackson – Ch. 13 KRQE-TV (CBS) – LIN TV – Albequerque, New Mexico, US – 31 August 2006
  [NOTES: A Video version of this report is available; Watch Jen Jackson's report. ]

OREGON:

• “GUNS FOUND NEAR SCHOOL – Three Hallinan kids discover three guns Monday” – by Cori Bolger – The Lake Oswego Review – Pamplin Media Group – Lake Oswego, Oregon – 31 August 2006

SOUTH CAROLINA:

• “BOMB SQUAD BLOWS UP SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE FOUND UNDER PIER” – Staff Reports – The Sun News (MyrtleBeachOnline.com) – Knight Ridder (The McClatchy Company) – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US – 1 September 2006

TENNESSEE:

• “BURNED BODY SUSPECTS GO TO COURT” – Ch. 3 WRCB-TV (NBC) – Sarkes Tarzian Inc. – Chattanooga, Tennessee, US – August 30, 2006

VIRGINIA:

• “EL SALVADORAN FUGITIVE CAUGHT IN LOUDOUN” – by Jana Renn – The Loudoun Times-Mirror – Times Community Newspapers – Leesburg, Virginia, US – 29 August 2006

COLUMNS, OPINION PIECES & EDITORIALS:

• “Times2: THERE’S NO SUCH PERSON AS A TYPICAL TERRORIST” – by Michael Grove – The Times Online – Times Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – 29 August 2006
• “LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A POLITICALLY CORRECT TALIBAN FOAMS AT THE MOUTH OVER ‘MACACA’” – by James Andrews, Reader, The Free Lance-Star – Fredericksburg.com – 30 August 2006
• “EDITORIAL: TERROR SUSPECTS MUST BE WATCHED – Jack Thomas makes the case for his continued surveillance” – The Australian – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 30 August 2006
• “HOMELAND SECURITY ON QUEST FOR MORE DATA ON AIR TRAVELERS” – by Michael Chertoff, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security – The Washington Post – The Washington Post Company – Arlington, Virginia, US – 30 August 2006
• “TERROR-RELATED . . . . OR GREED?” – by J.G. Wallace – The Bluffton News-Banner – News Banner Publications, Inc. – Bluffton, Indiana, US – 30 August 2006
  [NOTES: Regarding the recent cell-phone bulk purchase arrest cases.]
  
• “NO MORE AMBULANCES FOR TERROR” – by Michelle Malkin – Townhall.com – Salem Web Network – Arlington, Virginia, US – 30 August 2006
• “BEYOND TOLERANCE – For a society based on mutual acceptance, we need to find common ground amid the diversity.” – by Shahid Malik – Comment is Free @ The Guardian Unlimited – Guardian Newspapers Limited – Manchester, England, UK – 31 August 2006
• “PLAIN LIES, WAR LIES AND PARTISANSHIP” – by David Limbaugh – WND Commentary @ WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – Medford, Oregon, US – 31 August 2006
• “LABOR LEADER TREADS CAREFULLY ON CONTROL ORDER – Kim Beazley knows the public expects governments to take terrorist threats seriously…” – by Dennis Shanahan, Political Editor – The Australian – News Limited – Surry Hilss, New South Wales, Australia – 1 September 2006
• “‘SOMEONE’ PULLED THE STRINGS” – by Josy Joseph – Daily News & Analysis (DNA) – Diligent Media Corporation Limited – Mumbai, India – 1 September 2006
• “WE SHOULD BE WARY OF A NUCLEAR REACTION” – by Andrew Davies – The Sydney Morning Herald – News Limited – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – 1 September 2006
• “THE FORCE OF REASON AGAINST JIHAD IDEOLOGY” – by Robert Spencer – Human Events Online – Eagle Publishing – Washington D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “THE WAITING GAME – Do we really need further convincing of the threat we face?” – by Victor Davis Hanson – National Review Online (NRO) – New York, New York, US – 1 September 2006
• “U.S. AID TO HEZBOLLAH?” – The Washington Times – The Washington Times LLC – Washington D.C., US – 2 September 2006
• “THE ISLAMIC COURTS AND THE MOGADISHU MIRACLE” – by Nur Kafi, Editor, Horn of Afrika News (HAN) – HAN-Geeska Afrika Online – Mogadishu, Somalia – 3 September 2006
• “‘TERRORIST’ ARRESTS DON’T TELL THE STORY” – Editorial Staff – The Boston Herald – Herald Media Inc. – Boston, Massachusetts, US – 4 September 2006

QUOTE:

Something very odd is going on in the FBI, other federal law enforcement agencies, the Justice Department and perhaps the federal courts, too. Most people arrested on charges related to suspected terrorist activities aren’t being prosecuted.

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, a watchdog group that often concentrates on the Justice Department, examined the records of 6,472 terrorism-connected federal cases started since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Some 64 percent of the 4,910 “disposed of” were not prosecuted; another 9 percent were acquitted or saw charges dropped. [. . .]

- “‘Terrorist’ Arrests Don’t Tell the Story” – The Boston Herald

• “TERRORISM NOT DUE TO POLICY” – by Jordan Michael Smith – The Ottawa Sun – Sun Media Corporation (A Quebecor Media Company) – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – 4 September 2006
• “AMERICA MUST CONFRONT EXTREMISTS” by Donal H. Rumsfeld, United States Secretary of Defense – The Los Angeles Times – The Tribune Company – Los Angeles, California, US – 4 September 2006
• “NOT A LIVE AND LET LIVE MOVEMENT ANY MORE” – by Jennifer Roback Morse – Townhall.com – Salem Web Network – Arlington, Virginia, US – 4 September 2006

OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS:

• “MOST AL-QAIDA MEMBERS ARE MARRIED, EDUCATED, EXPERT SAYS – Increasing job prospects one way for governments to fight back” – by Carolee Walker, Washington File Staff Writer – US Government – Bureau of International Information Programs, US Department of State – USINFO.STATE.GOV – Washington D.C., US – 30 August 2006
• “HOMELAND SECURITY AND COALITION OF MORE THAN 1,150 LAUNCH NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH 2006 – Hundreds of Events and Activities across the Country Promote Emergency Preparedness” – Press Release – U.S. Government, Department of Homeland Security – PR Newswire – Yahoo! Finance News – Yahoo! Inc. – Sunnyvale, California, US – 31 August 2006
• “KOREAN, U.S. MILITARY MEMBERS EXCHANGE IDEAS, LEARN EACH OTHER’S WAYS DURING EXERCISE” – by Lance Cpl. Travis V. Easter – U.S. Marine Corps Bases Japan – United States Marine Corps – Okinawa-ken, Okinawa, Japan – 1 September 2006
• “STATEMENT BY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MARTA BRITO PEREZ AS THE DEPARTMENT’S CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICER” – Press Release – U.S. Department of Homeland Security – U.S. Government, Office of the Press Secretary – www.DHS.gov – Washington, D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “FACT SHEET: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS SINCE SEPT. 11, 2001” – Press Release – U.S. Government, Department of Justice (DOJ) – U.S. Newswire - Washington, D.C., US – 5 September 2006
• “IN THEIR OWN WORDS: WHAT THE TERRORISTS BELIEVE, WHAT THEY HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH, AND HOW THEY INTEND TO ACCOMPLISH IT” – Press Release – United States Government – WhiteHouse.gov - Washington, D.C., US – 5 September 2006
• “PRESIDENT DISCUSSES GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR [TEXT OF SPEECH]” – Press Release – United States Government, Office of the Press Secretary – WhiteHouse.gov – Washington D.C., US – 5 September 2006
  [NOTES: Extra Information offered on page; 1.) National Strategy for Combating Terrorism 2.) FACT SHEET: The President's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, 3.) IN FOCUS: National Security ]

PRESS RELEASES, STATEMENTS,
RESEARCH REPORTS & TRANSCRIPTS:

• ““EXPORTING” THE RADICAL IDEOLOGY OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN IRAN: Analysis of a booklet entitled “Al-Jihad” (holy war) found in the possession of Hezbollah operatives during the Second Lebanon War. The booklet, presents the Islamic teachings of Khamenei, and ideology based on jihad and shahada (martyrdom for the sake of Allah.)” – Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center – The Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.) – Israel – 27 August 2006
  [Special Thanks to Cindy @ FreeRepublic.com for this link.]
• “A MESSAGE TO ALL JIHAD BRIGADES FROM SHEIKH HAMED AL-ALI” – by SITE Institute – SITE Publications – SITE Institute (The Search for International Terrorist Entities) – Washington D.C., US – 29 August 2006
• “HUDSON’S CENTER ON ISLAM PUBLISHES STUDY ON JIHAD IDEOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY FATWAS” – Press Release – Grace Terzian, The Hudson Institute – U.S. Newswire – Washington D.C., US – 30 August 2006
• “IRANIAN STATEMENTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE ARAK HEAVY WATER PLANT” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1271 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – 30 August 2006
• “JANUARY 2006 PREDICTION BY ARAB JOURNALIST RAGHIDA DERGHAM: IRAN AND SYRIA WILL TRY TO USE HIZBULLAH TO DRAW ISRAEL INTO A WAR” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1272 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 30 August 2006
• “POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES AFTER SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE LEFT IN STREET (FISHPONDS)” – Avon and Somerset Constabulary – Portishead, Bristol, England, UK – 31 August 2006
• “‘PLEASURE MARRIAGES’ IN SUNNI AND SHI’ITE ISLAM” – by Aluma Dankowitz – Inquiry and Analysis Series No. 291 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 31 August 2006
• “IRAQI MP IYAD JAMAL AL-DIN ADVOCATES SECULARISM IN IRAQ AND DECLARES: THE STATE SHOULD BE AN INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO ITS CITIZENS” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1273 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 31 August 2006
• “SAUDI HISTORIAN: MUSLIM STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS IN U.K. ARE RIFE WITH EXTREMISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1274 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 31 August 2006
• “CAPEZZONE AND D’ALEMA. AHMADINEJAD PROBLEM AND NOT SOLUTION” – Official Statement – Italian Prime Minister’s Office – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI Online) – Rome, Italy – 31 August 2006
• “THE ISLAMIC TERROR THREAT” – Partial Transcript – The O’Reilly Factor, Aug. 30 Air Date – FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – 31 August 2006
• “IRANIAN NUCLEAR CHIEF MOHAMMED SA’IDI EXPLAINS WHY IRAN PRODUCES HEAVY WATER: DRINKING IT HELPS FIGHT CANCER AND AIDS” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1275 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Wasington D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “EGYPTIAN WEEKLY ON HIZBULLAH’S ARMED CHILDREN’S MILITIAS” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1276 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “ARAB ASSESSMENTS OF THE WAR IN LEBANON” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1277 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD AWARDS MEDALS TO IRANIAN NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1278 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “FROM THE MEMRI TV ARCHIVES – FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI: ‘DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH & BIN LADEN’; AMERICA IS THE ROOT OF WORLDWIDE TERROR; ‘THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN & US’; ‘WE WILL NOT RELINQUISH OUR RIGHT TO ENRICH URANIUM’; & DEBATING TEHRAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1279 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “FORMER SYRIAN VP KHADDAM: THE SYRIAN REGIME ‘AIMS TO DRAG LEBANON INTO CIVIL WAR’” – Special Dispatch Series No. 1280 – The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – Washington D.C., US – 1 September 2006
• “HOMESCHOOL MAGAZINE RESPONDS TO EBAY’S BAN ON SELLING TEACHER’S EDITIONS” – Press Release – Nancy Carter, Public Relations Manager @ The Old Schoolhouse Magazine – PRLeap.com – 3 September 2006
• “8,796 EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN VENEZUELA SINCE 1999” -Report – VCrisis.com – 5 September 2006

NATIONAL BLOGS, NEWSLETTERS & MAGAZINE WATCH:

HOT TOPICS ON THE ‘NET:

“REUTERSGATE”, “FAUXTOGRAPHY” & FAKING THE NEWS:

• “THE REUTERS PHOTO SCANDAL: A TAXONOMY OF FRAUD” – ZombieTime.com – 8 August 2006

THE LASTES AL-QAEDA PROPOGANDA VIDEO:
[See Audio & Video Links section below for a direct link to the video at Google. Also, Special Thanks to Cindy @ FreeRepublic.com for the following links.]

• ““TO AMERICANS AND THE REST OF CHRISTENDOM WE SAY, EITHER REPENT…OR…SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT…”” – JihadWatch.org – 3 September 2006
• “AL-QAEDA INVITES ME TO JOIN ITS RANKS” – by Daniel Pipes – DanielPipes.org – US – 2 September 2006
• “VIDEO: AL QAEDA TELL U.S. TO CONVERT OR DIE” – by Allahpundit – Hot Air – Hot Air Network, LLC – US – 2 September 2006
• “CONVERT OR DIE” – by Michelle Malkin – MichelleMalkin.com – US – 2 September 2006
• “NEW VIDEOTAPE FROM AL-ZAWAHIRI, GADAHN” – JihadWatch.org – 2 September 2006
• “THE “AZZAM” THREAT: A PRELUDE TO FUTURE JIHAD IN AMERICA” – by Walid Phares – Counterterrorism Blog – US – 2 September 2006
• “NEW AL QAEDA VIDEO SEEKS AMERICANS TO CONVERT TO ISLAM” – by Jeffrey Imm – Counterterrorism Blog – US – 2 September 2006
• “NEW VIDEO COMING FROM AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI AND AMERICAN AL-QAEDA (UPDATED)” – by Andrew Cochran – Counterterrorism Blog – US – 31 August 2006
• “JIHADIST WEBSITE DISCONTINUES PRIVATE MESSAGE, E-MAIL SERVICES” – by Laura Mansfield – Blog @ LauraMansfield.com - US – 31 August 2006
• “NEW AS SAHAB TAPE FROM AL QAEDA INVITATION TO ISLAM RELEASED” – by Laura Mansfield – Blog @ LauraMansfield.com – US – 31 August 2006

OTHER NEWS & VIEWS:

• “THE ACLU V. NATIONAL SECURITY” – by David Yerushalmi – The Intellectual Conservative – IntellectualConservative.com – US – 28 August 2006
• “WHY JIHAD U?” – by Joe Kaufman – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 29 August 2006
• “ON THE AXIS OF JIHADISM” – by Behrooz Bahbudi and Walid Phares – Counterterrorism Blog – 30 August 2006
• “AL QAEDA ACCUSES MEDIA OF ANTI-TERRORIST BIAS” – by Infidel Rusty – The Jawa Report - US – 30 August 2006
• “SAUDIS RELEASE 700 “REFORMED” AL QAEDA” – by Dr. Rusty Shackleford – The Jawa Report – US – 30 August 2006
• “THE FIFTH COLUMN’S RETURN TO IRAQ” – by Ben Johnson – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 30 August 2006
• “IS WAR WITH MEXICO INEVITABLE?” – by William H. Calhoun – ChronWatch.com – ChronWatch – California, US – 30 August 2006
• “HIZBALLAH’S ROCKET CAMPAIGN AGAINST NORTHERN ISRAEL: A PRELIMINARY REPORT” – by Uzi Rubin, Institute for Contemporary Affairs – Internet Haganah – 31 August 2006
• “TOP 10 REASONS ISLAM MIGHT NOT BE A RELIGION OF PEACE” – by Don Feder – ChronWatch.com – ChronWatch – California, US – 31 August 2006
• “AL JAZEERA IS AN ISRAELI CONSPIRACY” – Strategy Page – StrategyWorld.com – US – 31 August 2006

QUOTE:

Al Jazeera, the first Arab language satellite news station to achieve wide acceptance, often gets labeled ‘pro-terrorist.’ In fact, Al Jazeera is considered, by many Islamic radicals, as a front for some Israeli Information War operation. [. . .]

- “Al Jazeera is an Israeli Conspiracy” – Strategy Page

• “SYRIA’S ANSWER – Bashar Assad has set his country firmly against the interests of peace and civility.” – by David Schenker – Blogs & National Review Online (NRO) – National Review – New York, New York, US – 31 August 2006
• “THE TERRORIST NEXT DOOR” – by Paul Sperry – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 31 August 2006
• “PROFILING THE DEAD” – by Joe Kaufman and Jeffrey Epstein – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 1 September 2006
• “OUT OF TIME” – The Editors – The New Republic Online – The New Republic Magazaine – Washington D.C., US – 1 September 2006 [NOTES: Editorial may require free registration.]
• “WAITING FOR MIRACLES” – Strategy Page – StrategyWorld.com – US – 1 September 2006
• “THE NAME GAME, THE SPELLING GAME: GAPING HOLES IN NATIONAL SECURITY” – by Laura Mansfield – Blog @ LauraMansfield.com – US – 1 September 2006
• “THE INTERNET AND GLOBAL TERRORISM” – by James Forest – Family Security Matters – 1 September 2006

QUOTE:

Terrorists do not only learn their trade at isolated camps and underground bombmaking faciilities, but also learn the ideas and methods that guide their work over the Internet. So FSM Contributing Editor James Forest, Ph.D., argues that we need to confront them where they’re active – online and with the vigor of the entire American population, not only that of the government.

- “The Internet and Global Terrorism” – Family Security Matters

• “ARAB MODERATES CRITICIZE THE NOTION OF A “HEZBOLLAH VICTORY”: “WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT” IN THE ARAB WORLD?” – by Russell Berman – News & Notes @ The Telos Press – New York, New York, US – 3 September 2006
• “STOOGEMANIA: KOFI TWICE EMBARRASSED IN TEHRAN” – by Allahpundit – Hot Air – Hot Air Network, LLC – 3 September 2006
• “SYMPOSIUM: AHMADINEJAD’S ARMAGEDDON” – by Jamie Glazov – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 4 September 2006
• “THE FOUNDING FATHERS’ HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY” – by William R. Hawkins, Washington Times – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 4 September 2006
• “MORMONS FINANCING TERRORISM?” – by Debbie Schlussel – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 4 September 2006
• “A FATWA IN SPAIN” – by Aaron Hanscom – FrontPage Magazine – Los Angeles, California, US – 4 September 2006
  [NOTES: Questions and Answers with Gustavo de Aristegui, author and Foreign Affairs Spokesman for Spain's conservative Partido Popular who has been denouncing terrorism for a large part of his career over the last 25 years.]
  
• “JIHAD THROUGH FORCED CONVERSION: FOX JOURNALISTS CENTANNI & WIIG – HOSTAGES FOR LIFE” – by Beila Rabinowitz – PipelineNews.org – 4 September 2006

QUOTE:

The Islamist jihad against the West took a chilling turn a little more than a week ago, when two FOX News journalists, Steve Centanni and his photographer Olaf Wiig – who had been kidnapped in gaza a few weeks earlier and held at gunpoint – were forced to convert to Islam as a precondition for their release, their captors telling them that they had to “convert to Islam or die”.

[. . .]

The central fact of this case is that although both Olaf Wiig and Steve Centanni have been released, they remain hostages in perpetuity – forced to live under a potential death sentence. Though their “conversion” saved them from immediate execution, any public repudiation of it would mark them as targets for murder as apostates.

According to international law forced conversion under threat of death is considere invalid and the same opinion could also be issued by an Islamic court. However, the jihadi interpretation is clear – once a convert to Islam any attempt to renounce it is punishable by death. In short, both FOX journalists are now hostages of Allah.[. . .]

- “Jihad Through Forced Conversion: FOX Journalists Centanni & Wiig – Hostages for Life” – PipelineNews.org

• “DID LIBERALS LIE ABOUT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?” – by John W. Lillpop – Bomb Squad @ Wizbang – US – 4 September 2006
• “HIZBOLLAH IN VENEZUELA THREATEN U.S.” – by “Dr. Rusty Shackleford” – The Jawa Report – US – 5 September 2006
• “EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT THE RECENT MIDEAST WAR IS WRONG – Debunking War Myths.” – by Emanuele Ottolenghi – Blogs @ National Review Online (NRO) – New York, New York, US – 5 September 2006
• “ANOTHER SCOOP FROM ‘HUBRIS’: PLAME WAS WORKING ON WMD” – E&P Staff – Editor & Publisher Journal – VNU eMedia, Inc. – New York, New York, US – 5 September 2006
• “THUMPING THE “BUSH LIED” MOONBATS” – by Good Lt. – The Jawa Report – US – 5 September 2006

MULTIMEDIA LINKS (AUDIO & VIDEO):

• “VIDEO: “FARENHEIT 9/11″ IN “THE CODE OF SILENCE”” – by Allahpundit – Hot Air – Hot Air Network, LLC – US – 2 September 2006 [CAUTION: Please be advised that the video from the Rashedeen Army featured on this page contains disturbing images, and some live footage of our brave and courageous heroes, our U.S. soldiers, hurt, maimed and killed in Iraq. It also contains some profanity within a sound bite. May God bless our troops and keep them safe.... (Also contained in the video is praise for Michael Moore, which is obviously not as heart-wrenching, but disturbing none-the-less.)
  NOTES: Allahpundit credits Rusty Shackleford at the Jawa Report for the video clip. A related link from MichelleMalkin.com; "IRAQI GROUP USES MICHAEL MOORE FILM TO MOCK BUSH" - by Alister Bull, Reuters - ABC News - New York, New York, US - 18 August 2006]
  
• “MTV WORKERS GET NASTY: ‘I Hope Your Wife Gets Raped and Can’t Get an Abortion” – Video by the State of California College Republicans of protest outside of MTV Building back in 2000 regarding a fake draft card on the MTV Rocks the Vote Website. – TruthCaucus.com – August 30, 2006
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  “RUMSFELD SPEECH ON TERRORISM GENERATES CONTROVERSY” – by Al Pessin – VOA News – Voice of America – 30 August 2006
  [NOTES: To read the text version of this news report please see: "Rumsfeld Speech on Terrorism Generates Controversy"]
  
• “INVITATION TO ISLAM – ADAM GADHAN” – Al Qaeda Propoganda Video featuring al-Zawahiri, and the “American Jihdaist” Adam Gadhan – Google Video – 2 September 2006
  [NOTES: Special Thanks to Cindy @ FreeRepublic.com for this important link. Please recall that throughout history those fighting in the name of Mohammed are known to offer 2 (sometimes 3) options... Convert or Die (or pay heavy taxes for your right to be non-muslim)..." The third option is rare, and is not currently on the table in this most recent "offer" from Al-Qaeda. - Michelle K.]
  
• “HEZBOLLAH IN VENEZUELA, PART I” – Video – Hot Air – Hot Air Network, LLC – US – 5 September 2006

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