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Explosions rock restive Chinese region

By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

URUMQI, China - Several explosions rocked a county in a restive region of western China early Sunday, killing at least two people and seriously injuring several others, hospital and state media said.

The explosions occurred amid tightened security after an attack here last week left 16 border police dead and 15 others wounded in the Muslim region of Xinjiang.

The early morning blasts occurred in Kuqa county in Xinjiang's south, said a woman who was on duty at Kuqa People's Hospital's emergency unit.

"There were several explosions in several places in the county seat of Kuqa this morning and we heard them from the hospital," said the woman, who would only give her last name, Tian.

One man was confirmed dead upon arrival at the hospital while several other people were in critical condition, she said.

The official Xinhua News Agency said at least two people were killed, and cited witnesses as saying they saw flashes of fire and heard gun shots after the blasts. Xinhua said police have sealed off the area where the explosions occurred and troops have been deployed.

A man who answered the phone at the county's public security bureau hung up when asked about the explosions. Repeated calls to the bureau later rang unanswered.

The latest violence comes after two Americans closely linked to the U.S. Olympic volleyball team were stabbed, one fatally, in a bizarre attack Saturday in the Chinese capital on the first day of the Beijing games.

Normally tight security in Xinjiang was increased in the past week after the fatal attack on border police in the city of Kashgar Monday. The assailants rammed a stolen truck into the group before tossing homemade bombs and stabbing them.

On Thursday, a videotape was released threatening attacks during the Olympics. The videotape was purportedly made by the Turkistan Islamic Party, a Muslim group believed to be based across the border in Pakistan, where security experts say core members have received training from al-Qaida.

Xinjiang is a large, rugged territory — one-sixth of China's land mass — that is home to the Uighurs, a Muslim minority with a long history of tense relations with the Chinese. The Uighurs, with a population of about 8 million, have complained that the Communist government has been restricting their religion and Turkic culture.

Beijing has accused Uighur groups of using terrorism in a violent campaign to split Xinjiang from the rest of the country. China's state-run media have reported sporadic bombings, shootings and riots in the territory over the years, but the dispatches are often sketchy and difficult to verify.

Xinhua said the pre-dawn explosions Sunday rocked the downtown area of Kuqa, 460 miles from Urumqi, the regional capital. Kuqa, a county of 400,000 people, is a popular tourist destination in Xinjiang and is rich in oil and gas resources.

No other details were immediately known.

Explosions rock restive Chinese region

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The latest violence comes after two Americans closely linked to the U.S. Olympic volleyball team were stabbed, one fatally, in a bizarre attack Saturday in the Chinese capital on the first day of the Beijing games.

What's this?  I must've missed it.

You know there was talk of the muslims causing trouble and maybe some terrorists acts during the Olympic games.  I was just thinking that what a ripe time it would be right now for terrorist distruction all over the world.  Our president is in China.  The Olympic games where so many are gathered.  Georgia/Russia war.  Some kind of coup in Africa.  Our elections so close at hand.  And I was thinking also, if the Antichrist is going to rebuild the Jewish Temple that means that we won't be around.  Rapture could happen at any ol' time now.

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You know there was talk of the muslims causing trouble and maybe some terrorists acts during the Olympic games.  I was just thinking that what a ripe time it would be right now for terrorist distruction all over the world.  Our president is in China.  The Olympic games where so many are gathered.  Georgia/Russia war.  Some kind of coup in Africa.  Our elections so close at hand.  And I was thinking also, if the Antichrist is going to rebuild the Jewish Temple that means that we won't be around.  Rapture could happen at any ol' time now.

Sister, I have a feeling we haven't seen much yet, there's more to come.

[HisDaughter]

Sister, I have a feeling we haven't seen much yet, there's more to come.

and I believe you're right...

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Iran, Algeria call for closer ties among Islamic states
Tehran Times Political Desk
August 12, 2008

TEHRAN – Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on Monday held talks with visiting Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika on ways to expand relations among Islamic states.

“Cooperation among Islamic nations for resolving regional and international problems will deepen relations among regional countries,” Ahmadinejad stated.

The president said Iran and Algeria have a common stance on most regional and international issues. The Islamic Republic is prepared to improve its relations with the African state, he added.

Tehran and Algiers play a key role in the Islamic world and should develop closer cooperation to help defuse crises in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, and Somalia, he noted.

He accused the “United Nations and other international organizations” of serving the interests of major powers instead of taking measures required to end violence throughout the world.

Ahmadinejad expressed appreciation for Algeria’s support for Iran’s efforts to access peaceful nuclear technology and stressed that negotiation is the only way out of the West’s nuclear standoff with the Islamic Republic.

He hailed the attendance of U.S. top diplomat in the latest nuclear talks between Iran and the European Union. “During these negotiations they deeply understood that Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities will never stop.”

On July 19, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili held talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Geneva over Iran’s nuclear dispute.

U.S. Undersecretary of State William Burns also participated in the negotiations. It was the highest level of diplomatic contact between Iran and the United States in 30 years.

Russia, China, the United States, Britain, France, and Germany last month offered Iran an updated package of incentives in return for a halt to Tehran’s uranium enrichment program.

The package, which is a follow-up of an original proposal in 2006, offers nuclear cooperation and wider trade in aircraft, energy, high technology, and agriculture.

However, Iran has repeatedly ruled out suspending uranium enrichment as a precondition for talks with the major powers, insisting that, as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has the right to utilize civilian nuclear technology.

Turning to the security crisis in Iraq, the president said the occupying troops should pull out of Iraq as soon as possible and allow the Iraqi government to take control of the country’s issues.

Bouteflika, for his part, said Algeria is determined to bolster relations with the Islamic Republic.

“The Islamic states should make every effort to resolve regional and global problems and establish peace and stability in the Islamic world.”

Iran, Algeria call for closer ties among Islamic states
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Yes this is to be expected, things are moving quickly in Biblical Prophecy. Biblical Prophecies WILL be fulfilled, God doesn't make false promises.

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Tyson restores Labor Day holiday following din

An English-language advocate says a recent decision by Tyson Foods to reinstate Labor Day at its processing plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee, shows that ordinary Americans are fed up with multiculturalism and Islamic pandering.

Tyson Foods created an uproar when it announced recently that its Shelbyville plant would no longer have Labor Day as a paid holiday, but instead that the 1,000 affected union employees would have October 1 off, which corresponds to the end of the Muslim festival of Ramadan. The move reportedly was aimed at accommodating the 250 Somali Muslim employees who work at the Shelbyville plant. (See earlier article)
 
But in a news release, Tyson has now announced they have reached a new agreement with the union, adding the controversial Muslim holiday as a paid day off this year only; but in the future, Muslim workers will have to give up their personal holiday -- usually their birthday -- to have that day off.

Jim Boulet of English First says it is a great victory for the people. "The American people rose up and said, 'Look, in the United States its time for the immigrants to adapt to our ways -- not the other way around.'"
 
Boulet suggests there would be no mutual respect given if the tables were turned. "[E]specially given that an immigrant to an Islamic country had darn well better adopt Islam -- and try to build a church in Saudi Arabia and see how far you get," he adds. "But the Islamicists come to this country and they use and abuse our legal system in order to impose their religion on the rest of us. Well, for once the people have risen up and said not here, not today. It's a big victory."
 
At the time of the original announcement, the union negotiating team argued that naming October 1 a paid holiday was "extremely crucial, since this holiday is as important to Muslims as Christmas is to Christians." But within days, residents of Shelbyville expressed their outrage over the decision, calling for -- among other things -- a boycott of Tyson Foods.

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Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence
Aafia Siddique Had a List of Targets in New York & Chem-Bio Weapons Information in her Possession


When she was arrested in Afghanistan last month, Aafia Siddique allegedly had in her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system and the animal disease center on Plum Island, detailed chemical, biological and radiological weapon information that has been seen only in a handful of terrorist cases, as well as a thumb drive packed with emails, ABC News has learned.

That haul of information has led multiple government sources to describe Siddique, a 36 year-old MIT graduate, as a potential "treasure trove" of information on terrorist supporters, sympathizers or 'sleepers' in the United States and overseas.

"She is the most significant capture in five years," said former CIA officer John Kiriakou, who said she lives up to her reputation as an alleged terrorist 'Mata Hari.'

And there is an eagerness to see what, if anything, she can add to the thin trickle of fresh information on the activities of terrorists and terrorist supporters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as what if any risk she might pose to national security.

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Christian councillor accuses 'mega-mosque' group of broken promises
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 9:56 (BST)

Newham councillor Alan Craig last night accused Tablighi Jamaat, the controversial Islamic sect behind plans for a giant mosque near the site of the 2012 Olympics, of breaking its promises about keeping local people informed.

He called on them to "immediately come clean with their plans".

Tablighi Jamaat says that the mosque will include a 12,000-capacity prayer hall, a conference centre and an Islamic school as well as a library, an Islamic garden and living quarters.

Cllr Craig criticised the group for not being more transparent with the details of its proposals for the mosque, saying that enquiries to its public relations advisers, Indigo Public Affairs, had "regularly drawn a blank".

He also criticised the group for failing to meet their promise of a "Work in Progress" open day this summer.

"Tablighi Jamaat pledged an Open Day event during the summer at which we would view the work, see an exhibition and meet their architects and consultants," said Cllr Craig who is leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance group on Newham Council. "It is now almost the end of summer with the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan just two weeks away, yet there is still no sign of the event."

He continued: "In March they indicated to local residents and media their serious intent to press ahead with their mosque but refused to answer questions or give details," said Alan Craig. "So five months later worried locals are left with the threat of this huge mosque hanging over their heads yet still are given no information."

Tablighi Jamaat has also come under fire from moderate Muslims. Dr Taj Hargey, of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford, accused the group of espousing a virulent intolerant form of Islam that will "generate social friction rather than community cohesion", whilst Dr Irfan al-Alawi, of the Centre for Islamic Pluralism, accused the group of being linked to terrorist activities in Pakistan and Britain.

"Tablighi Jamaat is a secretive global missionary sect from South Asia that wants to build its international headquarters mosque here in London," said Cllr Craig. "Yet they will not enter into discussions or explanation of their plans.

"This silence is not golden. It represents yet another false claim and broken promise by Tablighi Jamaat."

Christian councillor accuses 'mega-mosque' group of broken promises

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Of course islamic faith is going to lie. The circumstances by which Muhammad allowed a believer to lie are limited to those that either advance the cause of Islam or enable a Muslim to fool a non-believer. Islam is the only religion that implies in its scriptures that it is ever permissible to lie.

Excuse me for using the quotes, I'm going to post but, it fits islam to a "T"!!

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State." - Joseph Goebbels

"By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed." - Adolph Hitler

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20 Muslim nations ban U.S. religious workers
Yet State Department allows entry to 100s of Muslim clerics each year

A new congressional study has found that more than 20 Muslim nations deny entry to American and other foreign religious workers, WND has learned, even as the U.S. State Department grants entry to hundreds of clerics from their countries each year.

The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and most other Middle Eastern countries still refuse to offer religious visas, and deny entry to U.S. clergy as official policy, according to a report by the Law Library of Congress, the foreign legal research arm of the U.S. Congress. In a shocker, U.S. allies Afghanistan and Iraq also made the list of religious refuseniks.

"Of this group, the vast majority constitute Arab or Muslim states," said Wendy Zeldin, senior legal research analyst for the Library of Congress.

"Since Islam prohibits proselytism by other religions, foreign religious workers will in effect be denied entry to conduct religious work," Zeldin wrote in the three-page report, a copy of which was obtained by WND.

At the same time, Washington routinely issues R-1 religious visas to clerics from the Middle East, including jihadi hotbeds Saudi Arabia and Egypt, even though an alarming number of foreign imams have been suspects in terrorism investigations since 9/11.

The Department of Homeland Security, in fact, considers visiting imams as nonthreatening as Buddhist monks. Screening procedures call for both visitors to be treated as the same level of security risk at the border.

Also, R-2 visas are routinely granted to relatives of foreign imams.

By comparison, Saudi religious police recently accused more than a dozen foreign Christians living in the kingdom of worshipping in their homes and ordered them deported.

The deportation conflicts with the message stated just weeks earlier by Saudi King Abdullah, who called for interfaith dialogue and held a summit in Spain with a representatives from several major religions.

"Deporting Christians for worshipping in their private homes shows that King Abdullah's speech is mere rhetoric and his country is deceiving the international community about their desire for change and reconciliation," International Christian Concern President Jeff King said.

King Abdullah's meetings – which drew about 200 representatives of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism and other religions – had to be held outside of Saudi Arabia, because, as one journalist observed, "the mere fact that rabbis would be openly invited to the kingdom, a country where in principle Jews are not permitted to visit, would have constituted a turning point."

Some U.S. lawmakers say the long list of Muslim nations denying non-Muslim religious workers is eye-opening.

"This gives us a better picture of what countries discriminate against us based on religion," said Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., who instructed the Congressional Research Service to compile the list (see below).

Myrick, who co-chairs of the House Anti-Terrorism/Jihad Caucus, said she is troubled by the one-sided exchange of religious visitors, and plans to introduce a bill to restrict R-1/R-2 religious visas for imams who come from countries that do not allow reciprocal visits by non-Muslim clergy.

Nations not offering religious visas & denying or restricting entry to religious workers:

I. No religious visas, entry denied to foreign religious workers:

    Afghanistan
    Algeria
    Bahrain
    Bhutan
    Brunei
    Egypt
    Iran
    Iraq
    Jordan
    Kuwait
    Libya
    Maldives
    Morocco
    North Korea
    Oman
    Palestine
    Qatar
    Saudi Arabia
    Syria
    Turkmenistan
    United Arab Emirates
    Uzbekistan
    Yemen

II. No religious visas, entry allowed, but with restrictions:

    Armenia
    Azerbaijan
    Belarus
    Burma
    Cambodia
    China
    Georgia
    Indonesia
    Kazakhstan
    Kyrgyzstan
    Russia
    Serbia
    Solomon Islands
    Tajikistan
    Tuvalu
    Vietnam

Source: Library of Congress

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Coca-Cola celebrates Ramadan
Company observes Muslim holiday with star, crescent design on cans

Coca-Cola plans to celebrate Ramadan this year by decorating cans with a crescent moon and star – a widely recognized Islamic symbol.

The moon and star can be found on at least 11 flags of Muslim countries, and now it will be featured on packaging in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia and other Islamic countries during the Sept. 1-30 Muslim holiday, blogger Bob McCartney reported.

Coca-Cola has hired a company named ATTIK to handle packaging, Brand Republic reports. Its Christmas cans are usually decorated with secular-themed images of Santa Claus, but McCartney asked the company whether it planned to introduce Christian symbols as well.

"When I learned the symbol of the Islamic faith will appear on Coca-Cola packaging during Ramadan 2008, I found myself wondering whether or not the Atlanta-based soft drink maker will soon include the Christian cross and Jewish star of David in future holiday packaging designs targeting people of those faiths," he wrote.

In 2006, Coca-Cola released a statement about its recognition of Ramadan.

"In a globalizing world, Ramadan presents an opportunity to showcase the true values of Islam and what it stands for," it said. "Because no other brand is as inclusive as and no other company is as diverse as Coca-Cola, we have a unique opportunity to play a valued role as an international bridge-builder and facilitator of dialogue during Ramadan."

The company's statement also revealed its policy of supporting Muslim employees in their faith.

"In addition to the focus on Ramadan and Eid, the Coca-Cola system has also implemented policies and programs to meet the needs of Muslim employees, such as providing halal food in cafeterias and organizing special prayer rooms at company facilities," it said. "Several bottlers have also funded employee pilgrimage initiatives."

Coca-Cola has not responded to WND's request for comment.

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"In a globalizing world, Ramadan presents an opportunity to showcase the true values of Islam and what it stands for," it said. "Because no other brand is as inclusive as and no other company is as diverse as Coca-Cola, we have a unique opportunity to play a valued role as an international bridge-builder and facilitator of dialogue during Ramadan."

Islam plans on world domination, good grief why are some so stupid?

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Bomb blast in Pakistan hospital kills 23

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A bombing outside the emergency gate of a hospital crowded with Shiite Muslim mourners in Pakistan's volatile northwest killed at least 23 people and wounded 15 Tuesday, officials said.

The motive for the blast in Dera Ismail Khan District appeared to be sectarian, with the Shiites the apparent targets, said Mohsin Shah, a top district official.

The attack occurred a day after Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's president, adding to uncertainty about how the country's new government will deal with growing extremist violence.

It also came as more killings were reported in a northwest tribal region where military clashes with insurgents have reportedly left hundreds dead and spurred promises of militant revenge.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion at Dera Ismail Khan District Hospital, but it came amid ongoing tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the area that have spawned several targeted killings in recent weeks, according to Shah.

He said a Shiite man shot earlier Tuesday in the center of the city was taken to the hospital where he died from the wound. "Dozens of people from the Shiite community had gathered at the hospital where the bomb went off," Shah said.

Naveed Malik, the provincial police chief in North West Frontier Province, told the Geo news channel that the attack may have been launched by a suicide bomber.

He said 23 people died and between 15 and 20 more were wounded.

"As you know, there has been sectarian tension here, and this wave keeps decreasing and increasing, so now we are having this sectarian wave a bit more and this is the result," Malik said.

Pakistan's northwest has been plagued for years with militant and sectarian violence.

The country is majority Sunni, but has a sizable Shiite population. Most people from both sects live together peacefully, though extremists from both sides target each others' activists and leaders. The Sunni-Shiite schism over the true heir to Islam's Prophet Muhammad dates back to the seventh century.

Pakistan's northwest tribal regions along the Afghan border, meanwhile, are considered havens for Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, many of whom are believed involved in attacks on U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

In recent weeks, the military has battled insurgents in Bajur tribal region.

On Tuesday, police said security forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery pounded targeted insurgents in the area, killing 11 suspected militants and five civilians over a 24-hour period.

Security forces stepped up the shelling after militants attacked a paramilitary post at Mamad Gatt near the Afghan border, said Fazal Rabbi, a police commander in Bajur. He said he did not know if any of the paramilitary troops were killed.

Separately, government official Jamil Khan said 13 militants and five paramilitary troops died Tuesday in a clash at a fort in the Nawagai area of Bajur.

Officials say the Bajur operation has killed nearly 500 people and displaced more than 200,000. There has been no independent confirmation of the casualties in the remote area, where the government has limited control and few journalists venture because of its security.

A week ago, a bombing in Peshawar destroyed an air force truck and killed up to 14 people. Pakistani Taliban claimed they staged it in response to recent military offensives.

Police: Bomb blast in Pakistan hospital kills 23

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Pro-Al Qaeda signs at lawyers’ rally
August 22, 2008
By Rana Tanveer

LAHORE: Protesting lawyers on Thursday were seen holding placards bearing pro-Al Qaeda slogans for the first time since their protests for an independent judiciary began.

The lawyers’ National Co-ordination Council called the weekly protest rally, demanding the reinstatement of the sacked judges. Lawyers from the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) and the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) held their general house meetings and emerged from the High Court building and Aiwan-e-Adl to merge at GPO Chowk, where they were joined by activists from various political parties. Members from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, who claim to be staunch supporters of the lawyers’ movement, were however, absent from the rally.

Anti-PPP: During the rally, an activist from the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Tariq Dar, was seen holding a placard stating ‘United States of Al Qaeda God willing very soon’. Dar told Daily Times that he was hopeful that the US would be converted to an Al Qaeda state soon. He said that anti Muslim elements were wrongly branding it as a terrorist organisation. LBA Secritary General Latif Sarra said that Al Qaeda was a phenomenon, which was gaining momentum and support due to the anti-peace policies favoured by the US. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) activists chanted slogans against the Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, however, the usual chant of “Go Musharraf Go” was missing from the rally. The protesters reached Charing Cross where their leaders gave speeches and the procession dispersed peacefully.

Support: Earlier that day, while addressing the general house meeting of the LHCBA, advocate Masood Ranjha said that lawyers should support the coalition government because they were sincere in their aim of reinstating the judges. Also addressing the meeting, Pakistan Bar Council member Abdul Rehman Insari and Advocates Raja Zulqarnain, Wali Muhammad Khan, Nisar Safdar, Shaista Qaisar and Ahmed Awais pleged that lawyers would fight until all the judges were reinstated. They said that because of the lawyers’ movement, exiled leaders of both mainstream political parties were able to return to Pakistan and free and fair elections were held. They added that politicians no longer had any excuses to prolong the issue.

Pro-Al Qaeda signs at lawyers’ rally

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During the rally, an activist from the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Tariq Dar, was seen holding a placard stating ‘United States of Al Qaeda God willing very soon’.

Only after God, has called His home can I see this happen. Before that, it will be over my dead body. I will pick up my rifle to defend my country, from invaders, internal, and external.

Dar told Daily Times that he was hopeful that the US would be converted to an Al Qaeda state soon. He said that anti Muslim elements were wrongly branding it as a terrorist organisation.

Have they been told about all the people that have died in Pakistan due to al qaeda just in the last few days??