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Anushka Gandhi

American General Assesses Foe in Iraq, And Friend - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • American and Iraqi successes targeting the leadership and financing of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia and other terrorist networks.
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      "Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia" (also called "Al-Qaeda in Iraq) is a decentralized collection of terrorist groups that have taken responsibility for the number of suicide attacks and car bombings throughout Iraq since the organization's formation.
  • He noted a series of bank robberies and attacks in recent months targeting gold markets — as well as a series of bloody attacks, especially in Baghdad.
  • General Austin, a veteran of two previous tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, took over command from Gen. Ray Odierno on Sept. 1, coinciding with the declared end of the American combat mission here.
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      General Ray Odierno is the Commander of United States Military Forces in Iraq
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  • and is to participate in talks with the Iraqi government about what, if any, American force might beyond that deadline.
  • the American military mission was to help the Iraqis build “an internal defense capability and a foundation for an external defense capability.”
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      Iraqis need some support for protecting their country from any further suicice attacks or car bombings, etc. Therefore US is their ally, but it seems that US is not only wanting to protect this country completely for the country's benefit, they need the Iraqis to support them against any more Al-Qaeda attacks or other terrorist networks' attacks.
  • He praised the capabilities of Iraq’s security forces, particularly in the aftermath of the country’s inconclusive election in March.
  • The focus of American assistance to Iraqi forces between now and the planned 2011 withdrawal was on their ability to sustain troops in the field and build “an intelligence architecture” able to collect, share and exploit information about threats.
  • Ultimately, General Austin said, defeating Al Qaeda and other terrorist networks in Iraq would not be solely a military solution, but rather the establishment of the rule of law and the maturation of the country’s government and its ability to oversee even mundane things like issuing license plates and identity cards, which would narrow the space in which terrorists operate.
Aditi Buti

How Mumbai's attackers were brainwashed - Rediff.com India News - 0 views

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  • Abdur Rehman Makki, the second-in-command at the now banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah, had spelt out the fundamentals of a fidayeen attack to the terrorists.
  • Attack the enemy and inflict heavy loss Force your way inside enemy territory, risking your life Attack a strong enemy in a way that he faces sure death Continue fighting until you attain martyrdom. This deed will earn you a place in paradise Backing out from jihad will attract the wrath of Allah.
Anushka Gandhi

Osama bin Laden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Osama bin Laden

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  • Bin Laden and fellow al-Qaeda leaders are believed to be hiding near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      One of those many possiblities of Osama's whereabouts
  • Beliefs and ideology
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      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      His strong beliefs urged him to help form the Islamist movement Al-Qaeda and a number of activites, bombings, etc including the most important event- 9/11 attacks in the US.
  • "Allah knows it did not cross our minds to attack the towers but after the situation became unbearable and we witnessed the injustice and tyranny of the American-Israeli alliance against our people in Palestine and Lebanon, I thought about it. And the events that affected me directly were that of 1982 and the events that followed – when America allowed the Israelis to invade Lebanon, helped by the U.S. Sixth Fleet. As I watched the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it occurred to me punish the unjust the same way (and) to destroy towers in America so it could taste some of what we are tasting and to stop killing our children and women." – Osama bin Laden, 2004[
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      What urged Osama to take this deadly step of the 9/11 attacks on the US....
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  • Claims as to the location of Osama bin Laden have been made since December 2001, although none have been definitively proven and some have placed Osama in different locations during overlapping time periods.
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      True statement. This can be used in research paper while including reports of Osama's hiding locations
  • On October 18th 2010, Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living comfortably in a house in the north-west of Pakistan protected by local people and elements of the country's intelligence services, according to a senior Nato official
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      Most recent update of Osama's 'whereabouts' reported by a Nato official.
Anushka Gandhi

September 11 attacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Attacks 11 september 9_11

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  • humiliation resulting from the Islamic world falling behind the Western world - this discrepancy made especially visible due to recent globalisation.
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      Basically analyzing on Al Qaeda's motives which includes these two motives that are highlighted. How their strong beliefs and causes provoke the US, how the Islamic world is not as superior as the Western world, How they desire allies to support their movement by having the US holding a larger grudge against the Islamic world...
  • Top Muslim organizations in the United States were swift to condemn the attacks on 9/11 and called "upon Muslim Americans to come forward with their skills and resources to help alleviate the sufferings of the affected people and their families".
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      Muslim Americans were affected by the 9/11 event and formed organizations that would use their resources and help the affected citizens and their families.
  • The second-biggest operation of the U.S. Global War on Terrorism outside of the United States, and the largest directly connected to terrorism, was the overthrow of the Taliban rule of Afghanistan by a U.S.-led coalition.
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      US avenged the 9/11 event by seriously dealing with the root cause, the Taliban of Afghanistan.
Vikram Mohan

New York City voters oppose mosque near Ground Zero - New York Political Buzz | Examine... - 0 views

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  • The planned Staten Island mosque would be partly built on a street named in honor of a firefighter that was killed as a result of the 9/11 terror attacks. Visit here for a breakdown of the Quinnipiac poll results and questions. The Muslim initiative that intends to build a mega mosque and center near Ground Zero is named the Cordoba Initiative. The president of that Initiative is Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and has the support and backing of the Malaysian government, which desires Sharia law.
Bhavya Puri

Shark fin soup alters an ecosystem - Page 2 - CNN - 0 views

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  • Shark finning is not illegal. Taiwan has no law against fins taken from international waters coming into its ports. However, Taiwan does have what it calls a "plan of action" that requires the bodies of the sharks the fins came from to be accounted for and not dumped into the sea.
  • but identifying them and monitoring them and having a regulated fishery is virtually impossible."
  • Taiwan is not alone. Shark finning thrives off weak regulations around the world and only a few countries demand that sharks arrive in port with fins attached.
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  • The fin is one of the most expensive pound-for-pound item from the sea. And the beauty about the fin is that it's very compact ... it doesn't take up your hull and you can make a lot of money from it,"
  • ins can sell for $500 per pound, according to WildAid, which is campaigning for a global ban on shark finning.In recent years, Cocos Island has become another battleground in the fight to save the shark. Ads by GoogleShark Breaching and DivesGreat White Shark Breaching and Cage Diving Trips Gansbaai www.sharkdivingunlimited.com<<<123>>> We recommend You might like: Push begins to halt Pacific shark finning - CNN CNN.comSharks endangered by a bowl of soup CNN OpinionShark researchers study oil impact CNN USMan saves Australian woman during shark attack CNN World onmousedo
Aditi Buti

Is Poverty Linked to Terrorism? | Global Envision - 0 views

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  • starting with the fact that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by middle-to-upper-class men. (A 2003 paper suggests that terrorist groups may recruit well-educated, well-off members because they can blend into their Western targets.)
  • Poverty can surely lead to a sense of societal alienation, which could make people more likely to join a terrorist group
  • A prime example is American Greg Mortenson's efforts to build dozens of schools in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are documented in the book Three Cups of Tea. According to Mortenson, "Education in general is a powerful tool to provide alternatives to the illiterate, impoverished areas that are the recruiting grounds for terror."
Aditi Buti

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  • Jihad
  • Jihad has been classified either as al-jihād al-akbar (the greater jihad), the struggle against one's soul (nafs), or al-jihād al-asghar (the lesser jihad), the external, physical effort, often implying fighting (this is similar to the shiite view of jihad as well).
  • Jihad by the sword (jihad bis saif) refers to qital fi sabilillah (armed fighting in the way of God for defensive purposes, or holy war to prevent a greater loss of lives), the most common usage by Salafi Muslims and offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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  • Islamic terrorism is inspired by the sources of Islam: the Qur'an verses, ahadith sira and sharia that justify or encourage attacks on non-Muslims or those who may not be regarded as pious.
  • Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly
  • Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain. [Qur'an 47:4] And fight them until there’s no fitnah (polytheism) and religion is wholly for Allah.[Qur'an 8:39] Lo! Those who disbelieve Our revelations, We shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment. Lo!
  • Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them." [Qur'an 8:12]
  • Allah is ever Mighty, Wise. [Qur'an 4:56] They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till they forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose no friend nor helper from among them, [Qur'an 4:89] Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan. [Qur'an 4:76]
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    "Jihad"
Aditi Buti

Poverty Does Not Cause Terrorism - Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami - 0 views

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  • Al Qaeda’s terrorists cannot be connected based on their family or personal income. The one commonality they all share is an adherence to radical Islam.
  • a country’s level of political freedom better explains the presence of terrorism
  • There is a clear link between political freedom and terrorism.
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  • But most of the 9/11 hijackers and other al Qaeda terrorists who have tried to attack the United States cannot be classified as poor.
krpa savlani

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  • Arthur Leigh Allen, known as "Leigh" to his aquaintances, was a convicted child molester from Vallejo, California.
  • Allen owned a watch made by the Zodiac company
  • his own suspicions about his friend to the Manhattan Beach police in July of 1971.
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  • Allen stated that bloody knives found in his car the night of the Lake Berryessa attacks had been used to kill chickens. He volunteered this informationeven though the investigators had not even asked him about the knives at that point.
  • Allen's fingerprints, DNA, and handwriting did not match to any evidence recovered from the Zodiac crimes.
Dominick Wong

Concorde Aircraft Facts, Dates and History - 0 views

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  • delta wing configuration and an evolution of the afterburner equipped engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber. It is the first civil airliner to be equipped with an analogue fly-by-wire flight control system.
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      Dominick Wong on 14 Nov 10
       
      Pros &Cons
  • For speed optimization: double-delta (ogive) shaped wings afterburning Roll-Royce/Snecma Olympus turbojets with supercruise capability thrust-by-wire engines, ancestor of today's FADEC controlled engines droop-nose section for good landing visibility
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  • Mach 2.04 'sweet spot' for optimum fuel consumption (supersonic drag minimum, while jet engines are more efficient at high speed) mostly aluminium construction for low weight and relatively conventional build full-regime autopilot and autothrottle allowing "hands off" control of the aircraft from climb out to landing fully electrically-controlled, analog fly-by-wire flight controls systems multifunction flight control surfaces high-pressure hydraulic system of 28 MPa (4,000 lbf/in) for lighter hydraulic systems components fully electrically controlled analog brake-by-wire system pitch trim by shifting fuel around the fuselage for center-of-gravity control parts milled from single alloy billet reducing the part number count.
  • unique experience of passing through the sound barrier was less dramatic than would be expected. The moment would be announced by one of the pilots, and could be seen on the cabin display, otherwise the slight surge in acceleration could easily be missed. At twice the normal cruising altitude, turbulence was rare and the view from t he windows clearly showed the curvature of the Earth. During the supersonic cruise, although the outside air temperature was typically -60 C, air friction would heat the external skin at the front of the plane to around +120 C making the windows warm to the touch and producing a noticeable temperature gradient along the length of the cabin. Most remarkably Concorde was the only passenger airliner able to overtake the terminator. On certain early evening transatlantic flights departing from Heathrow or Paris, it was possible to take off at night and catch up with the sun from the cockpit you could see the sun rise in the west.
  • aris crash The Concorde was the safest airliner in the world according to passenger deaths per distance travelled until the 25 July 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 in Gonesse, France, although it should be noted that the Boeing 737 fleet acquires more passenger miles and service hours in one week than the Concorde fleet acquired in the course of its entire service career. In any case, all of the people on board the flight perished, as well as four people on the ground. As the plane was on its take-off run, a metal piece punctured the tires which then burst, puncturing the fuel tanks and leading to the loss of the aircraft. The report of the investigation was published on 14 December 2004, attributing the crash to foreign object damage from a titanium strip that fell from another aircraft, a Continental Airlines DC-10 which had taken off four minutes before; the piece had not been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
  • Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST)
  • commercial servic
  • cruise speed of mach 2.04 and a cruise altitude of 60,000 feet
  • In the late 1950s the
  • British, Fr
  • ench, American
  • Soviets
  • developing a supersonic transport
  • ere lar
  • espective governments as a way of gaining some foothold in the aircraft market that was
  • designs called the Type 233 and Super-Caravelle
  • dominated by the United States.
  • prototype construction in the early 1960s, but the cost was so great that the companies (and governments) decided to join forces
  • egotiated as an international treaty between Britain and France
  • draft treaty was signed on November 28, 1962.
  • both companies had been merged into new ones and the Concorde project was thus a part of the British Aircraft Corporation and Aerospatiale.
  • Only 20 Concordes were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service. These were: two prototypes two pre-production aircraft 16 production aircraft
  • Critically, many of the victims of the 9/11 attacks were business executives based within the World Trade Center buildings who were either regular Concorde customers themselves, or authorised others to travel on the aircraft.
Anushka Gandhi

The World; Why America Still Can't Find Osama bin Laden - New York Times - 0 views

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September 9_11 attacks

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  • Osama bin Laden flickered across the world's television screens casually strolling down a boulder-strewn hillside. He looked calm, peaceful and, worst of all, safe.
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      This informs us that the US weren't as alert as they should have been.
  • He said the reason the Arabs have not been caught is simple: the local populace reveres them.
  • ''Everybody knows them,'' the official said. ''Everybody supports them.''
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  • Simply put, people are eagerly helping him because they still accept his view of the world.
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      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      Supporters of bin Laden and his world view might be helping him hide.
  • ''They don't see anything wrong with it.''
    • Anushka Gandhi
      Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10
       
      Supporters seem to believe in violence and also very strongly support the ideas, world views and cause of bin Laden
  • ''They don't see that as a crime or a sin''
  • Jews, they often insist, control America.
  • Those beliefs come from what continues to be one of Islamic militancy's most effective weapons: sophisticated propaganda.
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