Wars and Rumors
Tonight, around 11 p.m., a group of at least 60-70 African American youth marched down one of the side streets (W. Thrush) to the 4 lane main drag (Sheridan). They were yelling threats to white residents. Things such as we need to kill alll the white people around here. They were physically intimidating anyone calling for help from the police. They were surrounding cars. Cars on the main drag had to slam on their brakes to either avoid the youth blocking not only all four lanes, but a large section of the side street as well. fights were breaking out among them. They were rushing residents who looked out their doors, going on to porches, yelling threats to people calling the police for help.
It looks like the rest of America is starting to get a taste of the type of racism that I witnessed for decades and even was a victim of, although nobody would do a damned thing to stop it or even acknowledge that it existed because calling it what it is would be considered "racist". I am talking about hateful, vicious and violent black racism.
A "National State of Emergency" is national martial law plain and simple, other than in name. We were in a national state of emergency from 1939 to 1945 for World War II and from 1950 to 1978 for the Cold War. We are now in a national state of emergency and have been since September 2001. It's administered discreetly and with softened edges, but martial law it is. It's been made largely unobtrusive but forbearance is always at their pleasure, not ours. When the federal government declares a national state of emergency the lead agency is the Department of Homeland Security, under the direction of the Commander In Chief. It's why the TSA can grope you and your kids with impunity, it's why local police have been equipped with combat gear and armored vehicles and fill-in-the-blank search warrants, it's why the armed forces train for urban warfare and nation-building rather than to defeat other armies or repel invasion. ... Here is what to expect under "worst case scenario" martial law ....
A Marine Corps Reserve lance corporal who was carrying suspected bomb making materials and pro-al Qaeda literature was arrested in Arlington National Cemetery early this morning, triggering a bomb scare that snarled Washington's morning rush hour. The FBI, however, determined that the material in the man's backpack was harmless. ... a naturalized citizen and lance corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve, 4th engineer batallion out of the Baltimore, Md.... Melaku allegedly told police in Arlington when he was captured that there were other "devices" in the area and also the location of his vehicle. But the FBI said there was no reason to believe other individuals were involved and they believe the suspect acted alone....
The report, which was ordered by Newark's former TSA director in the wake of complaints from BDOs, said passengers found to have lapsed visas or expired passports would be referred for additional screening or turned over to immigration officials. It was an easy way, the report said, for the behavior detection unit to boost its referrals and appear productive.
SHADY GROVE, Md. - Trains are running again on the Red Line in Montgomery County, after a woman "threatened to blow up the train." Train service between Shady Grove and Grosvenor was shut down for about two hours during a police investigation. Shuttle bus service was established for those two hours. ... According to Metro officials, the woman got down on her knees and "threatened to blow up the train." She reportedly said, "You killed my family."... The woman is of Indian origin. She is a permanent resident of McLean, Va., but carries an Indian passport.
Congress has received a letter ostensibly from Moammar Gadhafi that calls for a cease-fire and urges the U.S. to take the lead in negotiating a deal for peace in Libya.
The Al Qaeda operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania has been killed, U.S. officials tell Fox News. Somali officials have determined that a man killed by security forces on Tuesday was Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
Texas authorities said suspected drug runners in Mexico began shooting at U.S. law enforcement agents from across the Rio Grande on Thursday, forcing the U.S. officers to return fire and injuring at least three of the suspects on the other side of the border.
The Obama administration has intensified the American covert war in Yemen, exploiting a growing power vacuum in the country to strike at militant suspects with armed drones and fighter jets.... The acceleration of the American campaign in recent weeks comes amid a violent conflict in Yemen that has left the government in Sana, a United States ally, struggling to cling to power....
according to RAND Corporation researcher Gregory S. Jones. ... At its current rate of uranium enrichment, Tehran could have enough for its first bomb within eight weeks.... says, there is nothing the US can do to stop Tehran, short of military occupation.....
Two Iraqis living in Kentucky have been arrested on charges that they tried to send sniper rifles, stinger missiles and money to Al Qaeda operatives in their home country
the man supplied a Texas driver's license to police called to investigate a suspicious person report. But police say the man, who arrived on a flight from Dulles International Airport and was carrying a black duffel bag, couldn't get his birth date right on the first try. Investigators say he fled, tossing away a wallet containing counterfeit ID cards from states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Florida. The man was captured outside the airport
The Afghan intelligence agency said Monday that the reclusive leader of the Taliban has disappeared from a suspected hideout in Pakistan and has been out of contact with his commanders for days — adding further questions about Mullah Mohammad Omar after a media report said he was killed. The Taliban denied the claim on the Afghan news channel Tolo that Omar was shot dead while being moved inside Pakistan with the help of a former Pakistani intelligence official. The Taliban spokesman countered that Omar was alive and was somewhere inside Afghanistan.
The brazen attack on a Pakistani naval air base has sent shockwaves through the nuclear-armed country, raising concerns about the military's ability to protect sophisticated weaponry . The ease with which six Taliban militants stormed the PNS Mehran base in Karachi, close to the city's busy commercial airport, and destroyed two newly US-supplied P-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft has unnerved Pakistan's military establishment. The militants held off security forces for more than 16 hours, killed 12 naval personnel and injured 14. Their primary objective appeared to be some of the military's most sophisticated electronic warfare equipment, as they wiped out Pakistan's anti-submarine warfare capability in a single stroke.
DAVID Cameron yesterday announced the start of Britain's withdrawal from Afghanistan. The PM revealed the first 450 troops will be brought home this year. But the move is bitterly opposed by military chiefs, who claim it risks throwing away the gains made by British forces.
Iran is building intermediate- range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from a construction firm — Khatam al-Anbia — owned by the Revolutionary Guards visited Paraguaná in February. Amir al-Hadschisadeh, the head of the Guard's Air Force, participated in the visit, according to the report. Die Welt cited information from "Western security insiders." The rocket bases are to include measures to prevent air attacks on Venezuela as well as commando and control stations.
agents arrested Hafiz Muhammad Sher Ali Khan, the 76-year-old imam of the Miami Mosque, more commonly known as Flagler Mosque. They charged that he and his family had funneled more than $50,000 to Pakistani terrorists over the past three years.
A blast on a passenger bus killed at least seven persons in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Saturday evening... Around 20 passengers were also injured... three women and a child were among the dead... police did not confirm the suicide attack... Motives... unclear... No group has claimed responsibility....
DEADLY suicide bomb attacks in north-west Pakistan avenging the death of Osama Bin Laden have killed 80 people. The twin blasts ripped apart the paramilitary force's training centre for the Frontier Constabulary in Shabqadar, Charsadda district. Police say both blasts were caused by suicide attacks
The west must state clearly that it will not abandon Afghanistan after the handover of security to local forces in 2014 or risk further fighting in the region from an emboldened Taliban, the commander of British forces in the country has warned.
Iran is conducting final tests at its first nuclear power plant and it is expected to start generating electricity in the next two months
U.S. officials in Kabul said on Monday the movements of staff in parts of Afghanistan's volatile south were being restricted, warning of more attacks after a two-day siege came to a bloody end and insurgents killed at least 11 people in other attacks.
Police detonated charges near the SUV at 149th St. and Morris Ave. before declaring it a false alarm. Still, the sight of cops, firefighters and bomb-sniffing dogs flooding the streets of Melrose left neighbors jittery.
Intense fighting is taking place in Afghanistan's second city of Kandahar amid co-ordinated militant attacks, including at least six suicide bombs. The Taliban says it is behind the triple assault on the provincial governor's office, the Afghan spy agency and a police station. About 23 people including three police have been injured in the fighting, which spread panic on the streets. US helicopter gunships are reported to have been involved.
Intelligence analysts are sifting through phone numbers and email addresses found at Osama bin Laden's compound to determine potential links to Pakistani government and military officials while U.S. officials and analysts raise concerns about the safety of Pakistan's nuclear materials.
Minor delays on BART trains in Oakland Friday morning ... unruly passenger talking loudly about weapons of mass destruction ... someone named Michelle King posted on Twitter, "on the train to sf; Of the many crazy people, there's one right now clapping loudly and talking about WOMD...." About five minutes later, King posted, "update — bart police came and got him...."
GOLDEN, Colo. --The man suspected of trying to bomb Southwest Plaza Mall is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court Wednesday.
Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi's forces in Libya, according to a leading charity. Aid workers described horrific stories of widespread sexual abuse, including one incident in which a group of girls was abducted and held hostage for four days. When they were finally released, they were too traumatised to speak. Other children have described being forced to watch as their fathers were murdered and their mothers raped.
An off-duty Atlanta police officer got into a scuffle with a woman and punched her in the face, and the early morning incident at an IHOP was captured on video....
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