(CNN) -- Concerned about arab terrorist threats against U.S. forces --
the latest being a bomb warning at the Yemen hotel housing
investigators in the attack on the USS Cole -- Pentagon leaders
Thursday planned to discuss security measures with U.S. military
commanders around the world.
VIDEO
The threat of terrorist attack is highest in Bahrain and Qatar, reports
CNN's David Ensor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
INFORMATION
Information for families of sailors serving on the USS Cole: 1-800-372-
5463 (my poor Christian brother.My heart with you.I=P)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Using a secure video telecommunications link in the Pentagon, Defense
Secretary William Cohen and Army Gen. Henry H. Shelton, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, were to confer with the commanders of all major
regional commands.
That includes the U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for U.S.
forces in the Middle East.
In Yemen, after a bomb threat was phoned into the Aden Hotel, already
tight security was stepped up further, but no bomb was found.
FBI agents, military personnel and other U.S. investigators are using
the hotel as a base for their operations. Barbara Bodine , the U.S.
ambassador to Yemen, is staying there as well.
She was awakened and told of the threat, which came from an unknown
caller around midnight.
Yemeni and U.S. security officials met in the early hours of the
morning and adopted new security precautions, including ringing the
hotel with machine-gun mounted military vehicles and stopping civilian
traffic from approaching any closer than about 500 yards.
Some U.S. investigators head home
The October 12 attack on the Cole in the port of Aden killed 17 U.S.
sailors and wounded 39 others. Officials believe two suicide bombers
maneuvered a small boat next to the destroyer and detonated it.
Although dozens of people have been detained and questioned, no arrests
have been made.
The bomb threat to the investigators came as the FBI technicians
finished gathering evidence from the ship and were heading home. After
some departures the day before, those remaining from around 80
technicians were to leave Thursday, said a U.S. official, speaking on
condition of anonymity.
The technicians had been "steadily sending" evidence to the United
States for analysis, the official said. The Cole is to be carried back
to the United States on a special "heavy-lift" ship that is expected to
reach Aden on Sunday. Other FBI agents with a more investigatory role
remained, the official said.
Yemen's president: One bomber may have been Egyptian
Yemen's president said one of the two suspected bombers was identified
by witnesses as an Egyptian and that a number of Arab veterans of
Afghanistan's war against Soviet troops had been detained in connection
with the blast.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh spoke on MBC television, a Saudi-owned
satellite channel broadcast Wednesday from London. He said the
detainees were senior members of the Muslim militant group Islamic
Jihad, including Yemenis, Egyptians and Algerians.
He did not say whether he meant Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which has ties
to accused terrorist suspect Osama bin Laden, or Palestinian Islamic
Jihad or some other group using that name.
In an interview with CNN last week, Saleh had specifically cited
Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine, seen in Yemen on October 21,
was told in her hotel room that someone phoned in a bomb threat around
midnight
Bin Laden was prominently involved in the Afghan resistance and now
lives in Afghanistan, but in the MBC interview, Saleh declined to say
whether the attackers or detainees had any connection to bin Laden's Al-
Qaida group.
Similarly, in Saleh's prior interview with CNN, the Yemeni president
said "maybe" when asked if bin Laden might be responsible for the
attack.
A representative in the United States of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban
said that "if the U.S. government or any other government provided us
evidence, we are willing to take (bin Laden) to trial, according to
their desire and their demands."
But Abdul Hakim Mujahid -- making a rare public speech at the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts on
Wednesday -- said he doubted there was any evidence tying bin Laden to
the attack.
U.S. forces in Gulf remain on highest alert
U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region -- including sailors on the
crippled Cole and military personnel on nearby support vessels --
remained on their highest state of alert as a precaution against
terrorist attacks.
The alert, known as Threatcon Delta, was issued by the Pentagon last
weekend in response to what it said were specific terrorist threats
against U.S. forces in the region.
It would not describe the nature of the threats and said it had not
determined whether they were credible.
The order, which also covers U.S. forces in Bahrain and Qatar, also
includes keeping all ships in the Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet at
sea "for the foreseeable future."
--
With God in my Christian Zionist heart.
http://www.netvision.net.il/php/tehilah/
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Racism is racism, I may not agree with the PLO and want it wiped out
but that does not mean I hate "Arabs".
Republicans Suck
No, hate arab terrorists that burn American flug and kill American
people. Who is asking you hate "arab"? Not me, at least.
>
> Republicans Suck
We'll see soon.
and, how d u about this?:
U.S. forces in Bahrain, Qatar and Turkey have been placed on the
highest possible state of alert after learning of a "specific threat
that is considered credible" against U.S. "citizens and facilities" in
those countries, Pentagon officials told CNN on Monday.
Officials said the threat is believed at this time to be linked to
associates of alleged terrorist kingpin saudi arab Osama bin Laden.
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Pentagon
planners are again "looking at" the option of a "pre-emptive strike"
against islamic terrorist organizations if a firm link can be
established and it's determined such a strike could be effective
in "disrupting his ability to attack us."
"But we've been looking at that since the strike on the (USS) Cole,"
one official said. "People are thinking about it."
The forces in the area are now at "Threat Condition Delta" -- the
highest state of military alert, or equal to "a war footing," the
official said. "Delta" is normally reserved for situations where an
attack is believed to be imminent.
Separately, a senior administration official involved in national
security issues acknowledged alerts in response to "what our people
believe to be specific and credible threats" and "of what I would call
a discussion rather than a debate" within the administration over pre-
emptive strikes against camps associated with bin Laden. "We are taking
general common sense precautions and some more specific steps as a
result of specific information," this official said.
The official said that the decision to strike bin Laden's terrorist
training camps in Afghanistan and a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant in
August of 1998 was made "in part because there was information at that
time that he was about to strike at (U.S. interests) again," after he
was suspected of responsibility for the bombings of two U.S. embassies
in east Africa.
"Operation Infinite Reach," as it was called by the Pentagon, struck at
bin Laden bases in remote areas of Afghanistan and also leveled a
facility in Sudan that U.S. officials claimed was used to produce or
store chemical weapons.
The United States stands by the decision to strike at the plant, citing
the presence of a chemical weapons "precursor" called "empta."
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
--
With God in my Christian Zionist heart.
http://www.netvision.net.il/php/tehilah/
Good, I am glad we at least agree on this point.
> > Republicans Suck
>
> We'll see soon.
We have already seen... papa sucked and the shrub did not grow far from
the bush. BTW if you think religon is a priority for the shrub you
need professional help. Old oil man, the dollar is his God and your
little god just doesn't stack up for him, unless of course he can
convince you to vote his way...
> and, how d u about this?:
> U.S. forces in Bahrain, Qatar and Turkey have been placed on the
PLO and any other terrorist organizations that attack the US need to be
completely destroyed.
Republicans Suck
--
With God in my Christian Zionist heart.
http://www.netvision.net.il/php/tehilah/
http://orlandosentinel.com/automagic/columnists/2000-10-19/OPEDreese19101900.html
http://orlandosentinel.com/automagic/columnists/2000-10-22/OPEDreese22102200.html
Islam is arab tribe religion that was spread by sword.
I=P
> Gregory Gadow
> Bush/Gore 2000: Partnership for a Democracy-Free America
> Vote for the 3rd Party of your choice
> Email: tech...@serv.net
> Web: http://www.serv.net/~techbear
>
>
--
Hrmn, you must be new arouind here. All this guy ever posts is anyonymous
racism. It hides behind a sheet so ashamed of it's views it will never use
it's real names. Just a another scared little racist boy or girl. Good for
the kill file and the kill file alone.
I have recently returned after a long rest, so I feel new to this. I
think any reasonable post should be answered because it provides a
platform to offer a thought or opinion. That having been said, I tend
to agree with you.
It is funny how the racists tend towards religon. God on our side etc.
etc.
Thanks for the note, I appreciate your input sir.
Be a proud leftist. Knock yourself out.
I'm voting for Bush.
Democrats merely have a different political philosophy with which I
sometimes disagree. (I know it doesn't make for as snappy a soundbite as
yours, but I have this thing for mature discourse that actually communiates
an idea.)
The sentence you put forth is logical, thoughtful and passive yet
offers no stance on anything. This makes you a good candidate as
speech writer for shrub.
As for me, I look back at the interesting political debates we have had
in years past before we had to be polite. Real issues, real passion
and with people who really cared. Now we have vanilla politics which
cannot even excite the wonks. And in this sterilized environment we
will probably elect the idiot who looks the least offensive, forget the
fact he is going to stink as President.
Of all the issues, it is the Supreme Court which is important. A
conservative court means years of crippling decisions and destructive
opinions noted from the bench. Good bye human rights, (Bork - no right
to privacy is gauranteed) hello police powers. Remember the LA police
scandal, in light of this elections tone... please.
I just wonder about that first drink he takes to alleviate the pressures of
keeping the free world safe. It wouldn't be long before you have a rambling
drunk in the White House with white powder on his nose. So who do you
choose?? A president who walks around the WH grounds hugging trees, or the
party animal??
Ah well, Congress can still save us...............
>
>
>
I plead guilty to felony typographical error. Expect more before I die.
> The sentence you put forth is logical, thoughtful and passive yet
> offers no stance on anything. This makes you a good candidate as
> speech writer for shrub.
I disagree. I'd have him tell Gore's campaign manager Donna Brazile (<---
possible spelling crime. Pre-emptive plea bargain here) to go fuck her
racist self on Larry King Live. That might not play well in the mainstream
media, nor with the good people in Peoria.
I'd also junk the references to Jesus and religion, tell the religious right
the GOP doesn't need their support, and dump the anti-choice plank. I'd
also be more realistic about his (Gov.Bush's) emphasis on Education in that
the feds only contribute 6% of local education funds.
> As for me, I look back at the interesting political debates we have had
> in years past before we had to be polite. Real issues, real passion
> and with people who really cared. Now we have vanilla politics which
> cannot even excite the wonks. And in this sterilized environment we
> will probably elect the idiot who looks the least offensive, forget the
> fact he is going to stink as President.
You call 'Republicans Suck' real passion and real issues? I believe we may
have a difference of opinion as to what constitutes a real issue or real
passion.
And for cryin' out loud, Mr. Gore looks about as sterilized as a candidate
can get! He also looks undynamic (read: boring) as can be. He may be a
genuinely decent guy, but during this campaign, I don't believe even he buys
his own bullshit.
> Of all the issues, it is the Supreme Court which is important. A
> conservative court means years of crippling decisions and destructive
> opinions noted from the bench. Good bye human rights, (Bork - no right
> to privacy is gauranteed) hello police powers. Remember the LA police
> scandal, in light of this elections tone... please.
The Constitution is strong enough to deal with the LAPD. Sadly, the police
are too hamstrung in their efforts to maintain the peace and domestic
tranquility.
There IS no guaranteed (or even implied) right to privacy unless they
re-wrote the Constitution when nobody was looking (which is unlikely). As
usual, Judge Bork was correct (not that I agree with all of his views).
There is a prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure, that's all.
Methinks that's why the Democrats feared him (Judge Bork) so much. He was a
strict constructionist and original intent guy, not an arbitrarily created
"rights" jurist. If you want a Right to Privacy (which I would not oppose
at all), you'll have to go through the Ammendment process, not simply
declare it. Such declarations don't pass Constitutional muster.
But I agree with you and would heartily support such a Privacy Ammendment
because I don't want the government spying on my private activities (unless
they want to buy a video for $29.95 like everybody else has to)!
> Republicans Suck
Ah, more of that interesting "real issues" and "real passions" stuff you
were talking about!
> So who do you choose?? A president who walks
> around the WH grounds hugging trees, or the
> party animal??
I'd go for the party animal. I don't trust a man who never got drunk in
college. It's just not natural.
> Ah well, Congress can still save us...............
If it stays barely Republican and not lopsided one way or the other. What
do you think was one of the factors in the current economic boom? Hillary's
national health care plan?
Now THERE is a good reason to vote for Geedubya! Does that mean you don't
trust a man who doesn't have normal sexual urges as well?? < < < < <
[Loaded Question!]
>
> > Ah well, Congress can still save us...............
>
> If it stays barely Republican and not lopsided one way or the other. What
> do you think was one of the factors in the current economic boom?
Hillary's
> national health care plan?
Nope. Polititians promises and a liberal amount of dealing under the table.
A bit of a bribe here, a bit of a backscratch there.....
It's all a case of putting your money where the returns are. I like Corning
Inc (GLW), personally.
(Oh, and this isn't a recommendation for anyone!)
>
>
>
>
>
Not quite. As a Pervert, I don't trust a man who has ONLY normal sexual
urges. Anybody who doesn't have some little streak of perversion in him
(either blatant or latent), is either dull, or is a damned liar. Whether or
not (or how) he acts on those urges is a different question entirely.
That explains the limitless confidence you have
in abnormally rectocentric VCT inmates Jafo and
BajaRat.
.
.
.
Very Good! One of the real issue's is exactly what you touched upon
here. Privacy is a real issue, one which the repubs and dems
disagree. I believe you have a right to privacy, while you do not.
You say we need a constitutional amendment, while I disagree. And here
comes the passion... I do not need a fucking amendment to take a shit,
fuck, piss or any of the multitude of unmentioned rights. The
constitution is a great document but does not spell out each and every
right in detail. The founding fathers believed (mistakenly in the
repubs case) that we would apply common sense! I am sure there is no
sex amendment but I do say it is my right. I would pity the person who
tries to take your right to privacy because I would be there with many
others to destroy them.
Thank God Bork is gone, may he die badly the stupid bastard. The
thought that we have no right to privacy belongs in the old USSR, the
current Cuba and not in the USA.
I am for returning common sense to our judiciary system, You do have a
right to privacy no matter what you say my friend, and you should be
thankful that Borker is not around to take it away.
BTW Love your handle "The Pervert" and will add that your response here
was on of the best I have seen from anyone, left or right.
Lastly, Gore may very well be HUGE bore and the shrub a charming man
but is this the dating game? Welcome to 2000 the game show election,
Survivor election seen here on ABC (All Bullshit Channel). Maybe so
since I think you are probably right, we will be going back 8 years in
November.
God Help Us all.
Seniors rule!!
> Very Good! One of the real issue's is exactly what you touched upon
> here. Privacy is a real issue, one which the repubs and dems
> disagree. I believe you have a right to privacy, while you do not.
Since you felt obliged to point out a spelling error of mine, surely you'll
understand when I point out the plural of the word issue does not have an
apostrophe which denotes the possessive form. One issue, several issues.
Going on,
You're right. We disagree about privacy being a right. While we may agree
that we deserve privacy, I believe said privacy is not elucidated in he
Constitution. Is it an issue? If you want it to be one, that's fine and
not unreasonable. Is it a Constitutional issue? No.
> You say we need a constitutional amendment, while I disagree. And here
> comes the passion... I do not need a fucking amendment to take a shit,
> fuck, piss or any of the multitude of unmentioned rights. The
> constitution is a great document but does not spell out each and every
> right in detail. The founding fathers believed (mistakenly in the
> repubs case) that we would apply common sense! I am sure there is no
> sex amendment but I do say it is my right. I would pity the person who
> tries to take your right to privacy because I would be there with many
> others to destroy them.
How you take care of your bodily functions is up to you. And you can be
passionate all you want. When talking about Constitutional provisions,
however, more rational thinking tends to be the order of the day rather than
raw passion. By the same token, I believe there are those, Democrats and
Republicans alike, who can wax quite passionately about the Constitution and
their regard for it.
The Constitution, as has been wisely pointed out, seems more to determine
the limitations of what rights the government may restrict. And while we
might agree that common sense is a mature way to deal with things, that,
too, is not a Constitutional issue. You can proclaim and declare anything
you want and say it's a right. That doesn't mean that they really exist.
The only real rights are those specified or supported by either statute
(consistent with the Constitution) or the Constitution itself. Be as
passionate as you want, but that's the way it is. Sorry if I'm not
passionate enough about taking a leak, but such ranting would not change
anything.
> Thank God Bork is gone, may he die badly the stupid bastard. The
> thought that we have no right to privacy belongs in the old USSR, the
> current Cuba and not in the USA.
Look at that statement next time you go off about Republicans being "mean
spirited." You have gone on record as wishing a respected jurist to die,
and to "die badly." If that isn't mean spirited! The thought that we have
no inherent right to privacy is not in the Constitution, whether that
omission meets with your approval or not. And conditions in the former
Soviet Union and Cuba are irrelevant to what really *is* in the
Constitution. Whether you like or approve of it or not, Judge Bork is a
respected jurist who achieved prominence on the federal bench and is a
respected Constitutional scholar by liberals and conservatives alike. I
suggest you really look at his views and his writings (or even actually
listen to what he has to say) rather than misinterpretations by political
operatives of either stripe. Or you can remain ignorant of what he really
believes. I listened during his confirmation hearing (which diminished my
estimation of the Senate participants).
> I am for returning common sense to our judiciary system, You do have a
> right to privacy no matter what you say my friend, and you should be
> thankful that Borker is not around to take it away.
No matter what you say, a Right of Privacy is not specified in the
Constitution and, in fact, has been found to not exist in law by the Supreme
Court in a case regarding a homosexual Georgia couple. (I happen to
disagree with the ruling, but I'm not a Supreme Court Justice or even a
shyster lawyer at all.) There is, as I said before, a prohibition against
unlawful search and seizure, but that's as close as the Constitution comes.
Deal with it, or amend the Constitution. Ragging on my calm, rational
approach will not likely change the Constitution, astonishing and
disappointing as that may be.
> BTW Love your handle "The Pervert" and will add that your response here
> was on of the best I have seen from anyone, left or right.
Sincere thanks for that. Some would rather dismiss content because of my
handle, which may be indicative of the superficiality they give to many
things, but that doesn't phase me. You, however, will be formidable.
> Lastly, Gore may very well be HUGE bore and the shrub a charming man
> but is this the dating game? Welcome to 2000 the game show election,
> Survivor election seen here on ABC (All Bullshit Channel). Maybe so
> since I think you are probably right, we will be going back 8 years in
> November.
A dating game? No. A beauty contest? Far too much, sad to say.
Regardless of who is in the top spot, I've lived long enough to believe that
The Republic will likely survive far longer than I will.
> God Help Us all.
> Republicans Suck
I had an old girlfriend who sucked. I assure you she was no Republican.