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Agree again. I think there is a lot of panic that this might work.
I do believe that the libs are planning their contingencies should thing start to look too good for the US over there. We'll know they are getting desperate when they bring up Abu Grhaib and other supposed arocities again. If it gets to the level of "the war in Iraq melts polar ice cap" rhetoric, we'll know we are winning for sure.
Former sailor arrested on terror charge
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago
A former Navy sailor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly releasing classified information that ended up in the hands of a suspected terrorism financier.
Hassan Abujihaad, 31, of Phoenix, is accused in a case that began in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the country and into Europe and the Middle East.
He was arrested in Phoenix on charges of supporting terrorism with an intent to kill U.S. citizens and transmitting classified information to unauthorized people.
Abujihaad, who is also known as Paul R. Hall, is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad, a British computer specialist arrested in 2004 and accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. Ahmad is scheduled to be extradited to the U.S. to face trial.
During a search of Ahmad's computers, investigators discovered files containing classified information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and discussing their susceptibility to attack.
Abujihaad, a former enlisted man, exchanged e-mails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, in 2000 and 2001, according to an affidavit released Wednesday. He allegedly purchased videos promoting violent jihad, or holy war.
In those e-mails, Abujihaad discussed naval military briefings and praised those who attacked the USS Cole in 2000, according to the affidavit by FBI Agent David Dillon.
The documents retrieved from Ahmad show drawings of Navy battle groups and discuss upcoming missions. They also say the battle group could be attacked using small weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades. The ships were never attacked.
Abujihaad had a secret security clearance that would have allowed him access to that material, according to the affidavit.
The investigation was run out of Connecticut because Ahmad allegedly used an Internet service provider there to host one of his fundraising Web sites.
Ahmad was arrested in 2004 but the case against Abujihaad apparently received a boost in December following the arrest of Derrick Shareef, 22, of Genoa, Ill., near Chicago, who was accused of planning to use hand grenades to attack holiday shoppers at a mall.
According to the affidavit, Shareef and Abujihaad lived together in 2004 when Ahmad was arrested. After reading news reports of the case, Abujihaad became upset and said, "I think this is about me," Shareef told investigators.
Authorities then taped a phone conversation between Abujihaad and an informant in which Abujihaad appeared nervous. Though Abujihaad didn't say outright that he was involved in the leak of classified information, the affidavit provided enough evidence for an arrest warrant.
Abujihaad received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 2002, according to the affidavit.
I do believe that the libs are planning their contingencies should thing start to look too good for the US over there. We'll know they are getting desperate when they bring up Abu Grhaib and other supposed arocities again. If it gets to the level of "the war in Iraq melts polar ice cap" rhetoric, we'll know we are winning for sure.
House Democrats to unveil Iraq war plan
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent1 hour, 1 minute ago
In a direct challenge to President Bush, House Democrats are advancing legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year.
Democratic officials who described the measure said the timetable would be accelerated to the end of 2007 if the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki does not meet goals for providing Iraq's security.
The conditions, described as tentative until presented to the Democratic rank and file Thursday, would be added to legislation providing nearly $100 billion the Bush administration has requested for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The officials who described the measure did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to speak until after it was presented to the Democratic caucus. They also stressed the provisions were tentative until then.
Underscoring the debate among Democrats, several opponents of the war issued a statement late Wednesday saying they "have had a constructive dialogue with members of our party's leadership. ... However, at this time, we have not reached any final agreement."
The statement was issued in the name of Reps. Lynn Woolsey (news, bio, voting record), Barbara Lee (news, bio, voting record) and Diane Watson (news, bio, voting record) of California; Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York; Rep. Lloyd Doggett (news, bio, voting record) of Texas and Rep. Keith Ellison (news, bio, voting record) of Minnesota.
Even so, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record)'s office announced plans for a Thursday news conference to unveil the measure, providing no details. The announcement said she would be joined by Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., and other key lawmakers. Murtha is chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Pentagon's budget and is among the House's most outspoken opponents of the war.
Pelosi and the leadership have struggled in recent days to come up with an approach on the war that would satisfy liberals reluctant to vote for continued funding without driving away more moderate Democrats unwilling to be seen as tying the hands of military commanders....
Well they are not waiting too long, plan 3 about to be unveiled:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_go_co/democrats_iraq
GIs, Iraqis capture suspected insurgents
By LAUREN FRAYER, Associated Press Writer 53 minutes ago
U.S. and Iraqi troops captured eight suspected insurgents Thursday in raids north of Baghdad as part of a campaign to prevent insurgents from regrouping outside the city during the ongoing security crackdown.
The operation took place in Duluiyah and the Jabouri peninsula a bend in the Tigris River about 55 miles north of Baghdad part of the Sunni areas around Baghdad where insurgents have fled since the crackdown in the capital began last month.
The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said the security operation would be extended beyond the city limits to target these areas, which he referred to as "the Baghdad belt."
"The priority clearly is Baghdad, (but) anyone who knows about security in Baghdad knows you must also secure the `Baghdad belts' in other words the areas that surround Baghdad," Petraeus told reporters at his first news conference since taking command last month.
Petraeus declined to specify how long the security operation would last but said it would continue as long as necessary "to achieve its desired effect."
"We are still in the early days of this endeavor an endeavor that will take months, not weeks, to fully implement," Petraeus said.
He also said he had not decided whether to ask for additional troops beyond the 21,500 combat forces already earmarked for Baghdad. The last of the reinforcements are due in early June, he said.
The New York Times reported that the operational commander, Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, recommended that the extra troops remain here until February 2008. Odierno said the extra troops are needed to allow time to win over the Iraqi populace.
"We're some months from saying, `OK, let's continue at this level' or determine what else we might do," Petraeus said. He said he had asked Odierno "to lay out options because it's something we want to consider early before it's staring us in the face."
"We've done that, but I certainly have not reached a conclusion," he added. "It needs to be sustained well beyond the summer, but we'll have to see."
Despite the general's cautious tone, Baghdad was relatively quiet Thursday. Police reported finding 10 bodies with signs of torture presumably victims of Sunni-Shiite reprisal killings. That figure was well down from the 40 to 50 bodies found each day before the operation began....
