Saudi underwear-bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri believed dead in Yemen strike

CAIRO (AP) (EYE ON THE WORLD) — A Saudi militant believed killed in the U.S. drone strike in Yemen constructed the bombs for the al-Qaida branch's most notorious attempted attacks — including the underwear-borne explosives intended to a down a U.S. aircraft, and a bomb carried by his own brother intended to assassinate a Saudi prince. ...The death of Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri would make the Friday drone strikes on a convoy in the central deserts of Yemen one of the most effective single blows in the U.S. campaign to take out al-Qaida's top figures. ...The strike also killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American cleric who had been key to recruiting for the militant group and a Pakistani-American, Samir Khan, who was a top English-language propagandist. ...But Christopher Boucek, a scholar who studies Yemen and al-Qaida, said al-Asiri's death would "overshadow" that of the two Americans due to his operational importance to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen-based group that is considered the most active branch of the terror network. ...Late Friday, two U.S. officials said intelligence indicated al-Asiri was among those killed in the strike. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because al-Asiri's death has not officially been confirmed. ...The 29-year-old al-Asiri was one of the first Saudis to join the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch and became its key bombmaker, designing the explosives in two attempted attacks against the United States. ...His fingerprint was found on the bomb hidden in the underwear of a Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials. The attack failed because the would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab botched detonating the explosives, ending up only burning himself before being wrestled away by passengers. ...The explosives used in that bomb were chemically identical to those hidden inside two printers that were shipped from Yemen last year, bound for Chicago and Philadelphia in a plot claimed by al-Qaida. The bombs were intercepted in England and Dubai. ...In perhaps his most ruthless operation, al-Asiri turned his younger brother, Abdullah, into a human bomb in a 2009 attempt to kill Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the kingdom's top counterterrorism official and son of its interior minister. ...Abdullah volunteered for the suicide mission, asking to replace another militant named to carry it out, according to an acccount in Sada al-Malahem, an Arabic-language Web magazine issued by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Abdullah pretended he was surrendering to Saudi authorities, and Prince Mohammed agreed to receive him in his home in Jiddah during a gathering to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. ...While talking to the prince, Abdullah blew himself up. The prince, however, escaped with only injuries. (MORE PAIN)

Hugo Chavez in hospital 'for kidney failure'

(Redrawing Cancer)(Telegraph.co.uk) The leftist, staunchly anti-US stalwart Chavez went into the Military Hospital in Caracas on Tuesday morning, the report on the newspaper's website said, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the case. "He was in fairly serious overall condition," a source told the Miami-based Spanish-language daily. "When he arrived, he was in quite serious shape and that is why he was brought in for emergency care." Venezuela's Information Minister Andres Izarra appeared to deny the report in a posting on the micro-blogging website Twitter. "Those who should be admitted are the journalists of the Nuevo Herald, except into a madhouse (instead of a hospital)," Izarra tweeted, without providing further details. On Sunday, Chavez sought to assure Venezuelans he was healthy, telling them that cancer-fighting chemotherapy treatment has not left him with any debilitating side effects.

LightSquared's GPS Request Jeopardizes National Security

...Redraw Frequency...

(Hudson NY/Taylor Dinerman) It appears that members of the current administration have put the reliability and safety of the GPS signal at risk to support an ambitious commercial communications project largely owned by one of the President's major campaign contributors. The LightSquared proposal for a $7- $8 billion mobile broadband system is, according to the Coalition to save GPS who are quoted in the June 20 2011 edition of Space News saying that "all testing done so far shows that LightSquared cannot operate as planned without devastating GPS."
The American government's Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which controls frequency use in the US, has, it seems, come under pressure from the White House to approve LightSquared's application to use frequencies that may interfere with the GPS signal. If the Administration tried to tamper with the testimony of US Air Force Space Command's commander General Shelton to facilitate the LightSquared project, it would show an unimaginable level of recklessness.
Over the last thirty years the US has spent more than $100 billion building and operating the GPS system. To put this investment at risk -- especially to please a campaign contributor -- will have lasting effects on both US national security and America's international position.
Since it came into use in 1990, the US Air Force's GPS system has excited admiration and envy throughout the world. Former President Chirac of France complained that it was making the Europeans into "Technological vassals of the Americans." Keeping the system healthy and safe has been a major policy priority of the George H. W. Bush, Clinton and George W, Bush administrations. The Obama administration's own National Space Policy, published in June 2010, says that "The United States must maintain its leadership in the service, provision and the use of global navigation satellite systems [GPSs].
Although it is not often mentioned, the GPS is also an essential part of out nuclear deterrent. The guidance system on missiles, bombers and submarines all use the GPS, as well as its backup systems, to maintain the capacity for precision targeting of US nuclear warheads. It is no wonder that the opponents of global civilization, and of America in particular, have sought ways to jam, or knock out the system.
The North Koreans recently launched a major jamming attack on the GPS signal that interfered with the system's operation to the extent that a US intelligence-gathering aircraft was forced to land with its mission uncompleted. In 1991, US Air Force officers were happy to explain that Saddam's attempt to transmit a jamming signal against the GP S system failed. The USAF simply destroyed the transmitter using a GPS guided bomb.
In 2004 the US government forced the European Union to agree to change its plans to transmit a radio frequency signal that would have endangered the smooth operation of one of the GPS signals from its Galileo satellite navigation system. The uneven history of the development of the Galileo system, and the failure of the Europeans to find a workable "commercial" model for its development, is a sign of just how expensive and difficult it is to make a system like GPS work reliably and safely.
The frequencies used to transmit the GPS signals are assigned to the US government by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) based in Geneva, Switzerland. The main frequencies, and others nearby on the electromagnetic spectrum whose use can interfere with the GPS signal, are highly coveted by America's rivals, such as the European Union and China. Keeping US control of these frequencies is a constant political struggle. America's diplomats have so far been successful, thanks in large part to the internationally recognized reliability and utility of the GPS system.
As this scandal unfolds, the ITU and those who seek to break America's hold on the GPS signal frequencies will be watching carefully. If they see that the White House was prepared to endanger the integrity and reliability of the GPS signal to satisfy a campaign contributor, the effects could be disastrous. The next time a nation or group of nations try and convince the ITU to allow them to transmit signals that may harm the effectiveness of the GPS signal, the international bureaucrats in Geneva may decide to go along with the request. After all, they might reason, if the US President doesn't care to protect the safety and integrity of the GPS signals, why should they?
The GPS system consists of a constellation of 31 satellites and two ground control stations,with the main one in Colorado and a back-up one in Maryland. Each satellite contains a highly accurate atomic clock and a set of transmitters. The satellites send a set of signals down to Earth where receivers measure the difference in the timing of the reception of each signal, known as the "Time Offset." As the Air Force "Space Primer says, " Based on the time offset, the distance between the satellite and the receiver can be determined. This process is followed for at least four satellites. The cumulative information is entered into the position equations and calculated." The receiver then shows where the receiver is on Earth, helps one to navigate and also gives us access to an amazingly accurate time measuring device.
The GPS has made possible, fror example, an agricultural revolution called "Precision Farming," whereby farmers, by combining their knowledge of their fields' geology and the GPS signal, have been able to reduce radically the amounts of fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides they need to grow their crops. Other uses include banking, and of course the GPS receivers that the public uses for everything from hiking to getting to the grocery store. America's GPS has gone from being considered an expensive military luxury in the 1980s, to being a war-winning technology in the 1991 Gulf War, and now to being an essential part of 21st century civilized life
If someone inside the White House tried to get Shelton to say that "he hoped the necessary testing for LightSquared could be completed within 90 days." This is particularly problematic, as General Shelton obviously knows that the Defense Department cannot order a new screwdriver in less than six months, let alone test and certify as safe a major potential modification to way the US government uses radio frequencies.

American Sharia Street Justice

(MORE PAIN) They pushed his upper body down against the steering wheel, stabbed him and pulled off his shirt to expose his back. Then, with a knife, they carved the Star of David on his back while laughing as they recited his pro-Jewish poem. Mr. Alsaegh believes that the attackers could be Somalis, but he was not sure. After the attackers fled the scene, Mr. Alsaegh was surrounded by witnesses to the crime and was taken to the hospital. The photo representing this story was taken at the hospital. (Nonie Darwish)

[UPDATED] Red Sox Analysis FAIL! Federal Reserve Bank Analysis FAIL! Climate Change Analysis FAIL!

Israeli economy grows at double the expected rate

...better then the Red Sox...

Iron Dome intercepts rocket
fired from Gaza for first time

Opening Day Baseball in Israel:
Iron Dome goes three for four

from the Future of Capitalism!

The following was published (April 9th 2011) during the first week of the baseball season: Major League Baseball plays a long season, and the Red Sox may yet turn it around after losing seven games and winning just one in their first eight. But at the moment. it's not looking so good for the "experts." Sports Illustrated predicted the Red Sox would win 100 games and win the World Series. At ESPN, 33 of its 45 pundits predicted the Red Sox would win the World Series....If it's this hard to predict baseball, imagine how hard it is to forecast developments in other complex systems. The Federal Reserve tries to fine-tune the performance of the nation's economy through monetary policy.

Climatologists try to forecast how warm it will be 50 or 100 years from now and what that will do to sea levels. Predictions in complex systems are hard. That doesn't mean they should never be attempted or acted upon, just that they should be treated with the skepticism they deserve. DOUBLE CHOKE! A Mad World: by Gary Jules:

How the feminists in the media spin Jackie's Racism

Note that the explaination here by Joy Behar for why Jackie did not like MLK was because she was blind to the fact that MLK was acting just like her husband. HERE IS THE SPIN! Jackie was having affairs too! Why not mention it? Because it is too painful to admit that a Democratic party woman's icon like Jackie O was not only a racist... she also was a SLUT! She had one affair “with Hollywood star William Holden and another with Fiat founder Gianni Agnelli”. One other thing comes to mind. MLK was a Republican who apposed abortion. I wonder if Joy is aware of that?

NYC WallStreet Protests and Another Day of Rage

(The “Day of Rage” at Wall Street.) I don't see solutions presented here. This mob isn't aware that they are asking for the problems. I'm unemployed myself, but the solution isn't to take away wealth and leave one person in charge and turn this mob into an elite hierarchy. Sex doesn't pay well enough for these whores.

Palin Accused of really liking black people

Washington Post is making fun of the fact that Sarah Palin does not hate black people. In other words she slept with one before her husband. That is the hypocrisy that makes me proud to not be a feminist. We are not all the same. No man today would be ridiculed for sleeping with a black person before their marriage. The charge the left makes is that sleeping with athletes is against ethical behavior for a reporter... um? Ok... so she is how old? Does it seem like in the video above that she is some kind of Professional who is a mover in the industry? It isn't a moral height, but the abuse she is taking makes me want to vote for her.

According to Tyson, having sex with a black man was something “white girls” had to do to “get that out of their system.

Do you condone this with your silence? @SpeakerBoehner @EricCantor http://t.co/qKn8HPsY #rapist #Palin #cons #teaparty #iamthemob #gop

(Washington Post) In “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,” Joe McGinniss’ soon-to-be-published book for former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate, one tidbit, passed along by the National Enquirer, concerns former NBA player Glen Rice. Palin, according to the book, had a fling thing with Rice in 1987, while he was in college and she was a sports reporter fresh out of college and working at KTUU in Alaska. Rice was a junior at the University of Michigan at the time and their one-night stand occurred while he and the Wolverines were playing in the Great Alaska Shootout. Less than a year afterward, Palin, hockey mom and former basketball player, married her husband Todd. According to the Enquirer, Rice confirmed the relationship to McGinniss. And, because keeping score is important, Michigan lost, 79-64, to Arizona in the semifinals. The Wolverines finished third, beating Alabama-Birmingham. Rice was named to the all-tournament team.

Southwest Airlines Planes May Have Arabic Symbols, Feds Investigating

( Infidel / HuffPo )The writings — which some have interpreted as being either Arabic or Arabic-type symbols — appeared to have been done with a chemical process that reveals the text once an auxiliary power unit is turned on and heats up the outside skin of the aircraft

...Anyone want to wonder why Southwest airlines would be so offensive to Islam? Don't be shocked if it is CodePink behind the Arabic writing

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Koch Endorses Obama in 2012

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me TWICE, shame on ME." said one Jew on an internet facebook group. Yes Ed is ready to be a slave to Socialism once again... he just wanted some attention first... and he wanted to kibbitz with the president about monkeys.

(NYTimes) Former Mayor Edward I. Koch, who recently used the forum of a special Congressional election to broadcast his criticism of President Obama’s Israel policy, announced in an e-mail on Tuesday that Mr. Obama’s United Nations speech opposing the Palestinians’ bid for statehood had satisfied all his concerns, and that he was now prepared to support Mr. Obama’s re-election.

...The shocking thing is the end of the article...

He declined to say what Mr. Obama had said in their interaction, but he did reveal that the president made a remark about one of the Republican presidential candidates, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas. “I won’t say what he said,” Mr. Koch said, “but I said to him: ‘Mr. President, that’s the one guy you won’t have to worry about. Jews will never vote for anyone who doesn’t believe in evolution.’ ”

Miral is in the latest Planet of the Apes film that Ed Koch likes so much...

Koch has no problems with Jew cleansing bigots like Obama (Palestine will not allow Jews to live there), but people who don't believe in the theory that we are monkeys are a problem?As long as Ed gets attention it is all fine.

(OurTownNY) “When I was parks commissioner, I renamed the Fountain of the Planets in Flushing Meadows Corona Park the Fountain of the Planet of the Apes. Later, in an agreement with then-Borough President Claire Shulman, who had reservations about the name change, a smaller fountain was named instead for the Apes film.

The worst thing about Ed the Queen is he makes us look into his little arrogant head all the time.
...I didn't want to go there.

Obama's disapproval climbs to new high of 55%

(Redrawing Obama)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) U.S. President Barack Obama's disapproval rating has hit a new high at 55 percent, a poll found. The CNN/ORC poll found 55 percent of Americans said they disapprove of how Obama is doing in his job as president, while 43 percent said they approve. (MORE)

Turkey Seeks Simultaneous Drilling Halt

(Hudson-NY.ORG) Washington is closely monitoring the recent developments on the issue...

Redrawing the Sea: Erdogan says Israel will not be able to move in the eastern Mediterranean as it wishes.
...oh and don't forget about those Turkish warships that are being built domestically. oh joy! (Hurriyet)...in the mean time Turkey acts like it is being diplomatic with it's other neighbors:

(AA.com) Turkish Cypriot President Derviş Eroğlu on Saturday submitted a four-item proposal to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to resolve the spat with Greek Cyprus over drilling in the eastern Mediterranean.
The proposal starts with a bid for both sides to simultaneously suspend oil and gas exploration, a move that seemed to show Turkey's reluctance to start drilling work in the Mediterranean.
In the first item of the new proposal submitted to Ban, Eroğlu made an offer to the Greek side to "suspend the oil and natural gas exploration simultaneously until a comprehensive solution is found to the Cyprus problem."
If this is not going to happen, Eroğlu offered to "set up an ad-hoc committee shaped by representatives of both peoples" on the divided island.

Disgusting denial of the correlative. Turkey is on the gas pipeline and has no gas shortages like Europe does. It is not generous at all to meet this demand. Hindering exploration would raise the price of the resource... this would make Turkey profit. It sounds like as if they are making nice, but they are not. Erdogan's ploy at diplomacy is hostile and manipulative.

"We shall give some authority to the committee, such as [authority over] explorations, agreements and licenses dependent on written approval of both sides, and we will negotiate the ratio of sharing the riches that will be found," Eroğlu said.
Thirdly, the Turkish Cypriot leader proposed, "We shall use the income to finance the comprehensive talks," adding that "the adoption of the plan shall not harm the positions of either side."

He is playing as if he is generous and ready to negotiate terms... typical Islamic move of demanding conditions for negotiations.

Eroğlu said Ban was pleased with the proposal, in which he repeated Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's earlier call for the two sides to simultaneously renounce the energy explorations. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Turkey supported the new proposal that was presented to the UN chief.

We all know Ban's bias already

"If the two parties renounce natural gas exploration, we will accept it," Erdoğan told Ban late Thursday on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly in New York, asking the UN chief to intervene with the Greek Cypriot government in Nicosia and urge them to stop their offshore explorations.
Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün said Sunday that required coordinates had been set and drilling for oil would soon begin in northern Cyprus. If the Greek Cypriot administration sees Turkish Cypriots as a minority on the island and carries out exploration work unilaterally, Turkish Cypriots can begin exploration in the north of the island, Özgürgün said.
Richard Stone, a leader of Jewish communities in the United States, meanwhile told the daily newspaper Kathimerini on Sunday that Turkey's actions to prevent the gas and oil drilling efforts of Greek Cyprus and Israel in the East Mediterranean is "a reason for war." He said.

Meanwhile Ankara Prepares to Penalize Syria to look good for the international community and sadly the United States. Keep in mind that Assad isn't even a Muslim

(Hurriyet)"If you're going to act against fundamental rights and liberties, and the law, you will lose your position in my heart as my brother and my friend," Erdoğan said, referring to al-Assad. "I was very patient. Patience, patience, patience. And then I cracked."

It is amusing to think anyone would cooperate with Erdogan based on such dishonest intentions.

(Zaman) Opposition Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, leader Devlet Bahçeli has accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of working for the security of other countries while his country has been suffering from terrorist attacks.

Yikes, U.S., Turkey Agree on Delivery Schedule of Predators

(Zaman) "These [Predators] are UAVs with better qualities and features than the Herons," Yılmaz said, adding that the Turkish-made Anka would also be ready for the TSK around the same time as an alternative to Israeli-made Herons.Turkey was disappointed by Israel's failure to return six Herons it had sent to the country for maintenance, as it relies heavily on spy aircraft for surveillance missions that gather data on the activities of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, across the country's borders in the Southeast.... Meanwhile, the domestically made Anka, named after the legendary flying creature of Persian mythology, was brought out of the hangar for the first time in July 2010 and is expected to provide Turkey with a crucial advantage in its fight against the PKK. The Anka is capable of disrupting the electronic ware of enemy aircraft and has made Turkey the third country in the world, after the U.S. and Israel, to engineer UAVs.

This one is hysterically funny! Turkey’s economic lie ...Erdogan Says Turkey is a Role Model in Region?

Turkey no economic powerhouse, Erdogan’s credit bubble will soon explode

(AA.com) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey is a role model in its region and has become a country whose friendship and cooperation is asked for in the whole world. Attending a brunch meeting of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency in New York on Saturday, Erdoğan said that a country needed some qualities to draw investment and make commercial relations with another country, listing the qualities as a democratic milieu, stable economy, strong political state, dynamic real sector, big domestic market and export potential. Stressing the importance of stability and confidence, Erdoğan said that Turkey had these qualities. Turkey gives confidence to investors in the world with its economy, public financing and banking sector, Erdoğan said, adding that Turkish economy grew nine percent in 2010, 11.6 percent in the first quarter of 2011, and 8.8 percent in the second quarter of 2011. He said that Turkey became one of the fastest growing two economies together with China in the first half of the year. Noting that Turkey became an attraction center for investors, Erdoğan said that private sector investments, which were only 43 billion Turkish Lira, or TL, in 2002, rose to 164 billion TL in 2010. Erdogan noted that Turkey created 1.5 million new employment opportunities in June 2011 when compared to June 2010. He added that Turkey's success was not related with conjuncture, noting that it was related with economy management, real sector and the potential of the country. He said that Turkey's export increased from $36 billion in 2002 to $130 billion in 2010, adding that Turkey had free trade agreements with 20 countries, and opened to Middle East, Africa and South Africa countries to make export. Erdogan said that trade volume between Turkey and the United States was $16 billion in 2010.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Says Turkey Appreciated in IMF Meetings?

(Anadoluajansi) "This is the first time in nine years that I have seen such a high-level political will in the United States, aiming to make business with Turkey," Babacan said.

Turkish Opposition Says No to 'Israel Shield' aka that NATO thing Obama wanted so bad ...doesn't sound like the West likes them or vise versa as much as Erdogan's propaganda claims.

(Hurriyet) The Turkish government is doing nothing but ensuring Israel's safety by allowing the establishment of a NATO radar base in Turkey, Republican and People's Party, or CHP, leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said.

Firefighter Porn: LAFD Employees Being Investigated For Adult Videos That Used Fire Trucks as Props

(Digital Spy)(LAWeekly) Los Angeles firefighters have come under attack for allegedly filming pornographic movies while on duty. Emergency workers in Venice Beach are due to be investigated for allowing their vehicles to be used in adult pictures, NBC reports. If the allegations are proven to be true, the guilty firefighters will have violated LAFD policy by failing to "operate apparatus in a way that does not compromise the reputation of the department". "The fire chief is adamant about addressing the issue, finding out what took place," LAFD spokesperson Captain Tina Haro said. "The professional standards division is following all leads, all reasonable leads, leaving no stone unturned. "The fire chief absolutely will not tolerate the type of thing that might have happened in that videotape." However, a department insider claimed that the entire station was aware of the firefighters' actions and considered them to be "good, clean fun".The LAFD are also investigating firefighters from another station in Hollywood over similar allegations. ​One fire official tells the station there is "zero tolerance" for the use of official LAFD apparatuses that way. "Look at this fire truck," actress Charley Chase is quoted as saying: "Isn't that nice."

DSK: the interactive international parlor game of the decade

Don't get Dominique Strauss-Kahn excited!
...HuffPo Dog Execution...

Camille Strauss-Kahn

...Boker Tov July 4th..

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...VS. Tristane Banon

...A slim, fragile French writer, Tristane Banon, has decided to sue DSK for attempted rape. The court might reject the case outright, or enter into an endless investigation. The alleged incident goes back to 2003, when the young lady-- who was a friend of DSK’s daughter Camille (the one he lunched with after cavorting with the chambermaid)—was 23 years old. DSK’s lawyers and his political bedfellows are treating mademoiselle Banon like a pesky mosquito.
Enter... Nafissatou Diallo:
Enough already! The Socialists are fed up. Not only did they lose their front-running candidate, but this “sordid” story is taking up the media space they need to sell their wares. Disgraced 32-year Old-Guinean-Immigrant, Nafissatou Diallo,Faces Potential Deportation Over Immigration Lies, Drug-Trafficking & Duplicity That Alarmed Prosecutors On Collapsed Sex-Assault Case Against Ex-IMF-Chief, DSK–Reports via Docs Talk Boker Tov July 4th

Anne Sinclair, Camille Strauss-Kahn