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'Mother' of Female Suicide Bombing Network In Iraq Is Arrested - Her Confession Is Beyond Belief

Cross posted by Holger Awakens

You know, I've never been an advocate of capital punishment for women - no matter what they may have done, but in this case, this pig of a human being needs to be drawn slooowwwly until quartered and then hanged for good measure. Read the story and tell me if I'm out of line. The woman in charge of the recruiting network of female suicide bombers in Iraq has been captured and is sitting in a cell in Baghdad and she's also flapping her gums about how she pulled it off. And you will not believe what she and her al Qaeda in Iraq "brothers" did to recruit the female bombers. Here's some of the story from the article at Breitbart:

A woman accused of helping recruit dozens of female suicide bombers looked into the camera and described the process: trolling society for likely candidates and then patiently converting the women from troubled souls into deadly attackers.The accounts, in a video released Tuesday by Iraq police, offer a rare glimpse into the networks used to find and train the women bombers who have become one of the insurgents' most effective weapons as they struggle under increasing crackdowns.In a separate prison interview with The Associated Press, with interrogators nearby, the woman said she was part of a plot in which young women were raped and then sent to her for matronly advice. She said she would try to persuade the victims to become suicide bombers as their only escape from the shame and to reclaim their honor.

In the video played for reporters, Jassim described how she was approached by insurgents to urge women to carry out suicide attacks. She said her first assignment was Um Hoda, a nickname meaning mother of Hoda."I talked to her a number of times," said Jassim, who has four daughters and two sons. "I went back to them and gave them the details on her. And they told me, bring her to us. ... And I took her to the police station, and that's where she blew herself up."

I'm telling you...this is one of the most disgusting things I have ever come across - these women in Iraq were targeted, raped and then introduced to this monster of a woman for consoling and her job was to convince them to blow themselves up so they could be rid of the shame and guilt of the rape. We saw time and time again the lengths to which al Qaeda in Iraq would stoop in the Iraq War but nothing, nothing in my mind equals this deprivity. This is evil, folks. Pure. Unadultered. Straight from Hell. Evil.

`Mother' of Iraqi women bomber network arrested

BAGHDAD (AP) - A woman accused of helping recruit dozens of female suicide bombers looked into the camera and described the process: trolling society for likely candidates and then patiently converting the women from troubled souls into deadly attackers.
The accounts, in a video released Tuesday by Iraq police, offer a rare glimpse into the networks used to find and train the women bombers who have become one of the insurgents' most effective weapons as they struggle under increasing crackdowns.In a separate prison interview with The Associated Press, with interrogators nearby, the woman said she was part of a plot in which young women were raped and then sent to her for matronly advice. She said she would try to persuade the victims to become suicide bombers as their only escape from the shame and to reclaim their honor.The AP was allowed access on condition the information would not be released until the formal announcement of the arrest.
The U.S. and Iraqi militaries have made past claims without providing much evidence about efforts by insurgents to recruit vulnerable women as well as children as attackers. Those included statements by the Iraqis that two women who blew themselves up last year in Baghdad had Down's Syndrome, accounts that were not supported by subsequent investigations.It also was not possible independently to verify the claim that insurgents sent out people to rape women who could then be recruited as bombers in the volatile Diyala province northeast of Baghdad.But the suspect, 50-year-old Samira Ahmed Jassim—who said her code name was "The Mother of Believers"—has given unusual firsthand descriptions of the possible workings behind last year's spike in attacks by women bombers.
The Iraqi military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, said the suspect had recruited more than 80 women willing to carry out attacks and admitted masterminding 28 bombings in different areas.Female suicide bombers attempted or successfully carried out 32 attacks last year, compared with eight in 2007, according to U.S. military figures. Most recently, a woman detonated an explosive under her robes that killed at least 36 people during a Shiite religious gathering last month.The attacks reflected a shift in insurgent tactics: trying to exploit cultural standards that restrict male security forces from searching women and use the traditional flowing robes of women to hide bomb-rigged belts or vests.In response, Iraqi security forces have tried to recruit more women.
In last week's provincial elections, women teachers and civic workers helped search voters.Al-Moussawi, the military spokesman, alleged Jassim was in contact with top leaders of Ansar al-Sunnah in Diyala, the last foothold of major Sunni insurgent strength near Baghdad. The group is one of the factions with suspected ties to al-Qaida in Iraq.Al-Moussawi said Jassim "confessed to recruiting 28 female suicide bombers who carried out terrorist operations in different areas." He gave no other details on the locations or dates of the attacks.In the video played for reporters, Jassim described how she was approached by insurgents to urge women to carry out suicide attacks. She said her first assignment was Um Hoda, a nickname meaning mother of Hoda."I talked to her a number of times," said Jassim, who has four daughters and two sons. "I went back to them and gave them the details on her. And they told me, bring her to us. ... And I took her to the police station, and that's where she blew herself up."Another woman, whom she called Amal, was involved in long conversations, Jassim said."I talked to her many times, sat with her, and she was very depressed," she said on the video. "I took her to them, and then went back for her and she blew herself up."Jassim gave no further information on the attacks or her role in the video.In speaking with the AP—a week after her Jan. 21 arrest—Jassim repeated statements she had allegedly made to interrogators that insurgents organized rapes of women and that she would then try to coax the victims to become suicide bombers.
She said she was "able to persuade women to become suicide bombers ... broken women, especially those who were raped."In many parts of Iraq, including conservative Diyala, a rape victim may be shunned by her family and become an outcast in society.Police interrogators were not in the room during Jassim's interview with the AP, but they were in an adjoining chamber.Jassim did not offer additional details on her alleged role in the attacks, but suggested she was pressured into working with the insurgency.She claimed that Ansar al-Sunnah provided her a house in Diyala, where she operated a shop selling the traditional robes for women called abaya. She added, however, that Ansar al-Sunnah once threatened to bomb her house if she did not cooperate."I worked with (Ansar al-Sunnah) for a year and a half," she told the AP.Women suicide bombers are uncommon, but not unknown, outside Iraq.Among Palestinians, several woman have carried out suicide bombings for militant groups including Hamas and Islamic Jihad.There also have been cases of women in the West Bank attacking Israeli soldiers so they can be imprisoned after being accused of breaking traditional rules on sexual conduct. In the Palestinian territories, relatives can seek harsh punishments, including death, on women seen as dishonoring the family.

Bring Out Your Dead

It is said that whatever you do will eventually catch up to you. Some call this Karma, others fate. What ever you call it, for good or evil, it will bite you on the butt. Just as it has done to members of AQLIM (al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb).

At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages.

The killer bug, also known as the plague, swept through insurgents training at a forest camp in Algeria, North Africa. It came to light when security forces found a body by a roadside.

The victim was a terrorist in AQLIM (al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb), the largest and most powerful al-Qaeda group outside the Middle East.

It trains Muslim fighters to kill British and US troops.

Now al-Qaeda chiefs fear the plague has been passed to other terror cells — or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

One security source said: “This is the deadliest weapon yet in the war against terror. Most of the terrorists do not have the basic medical supplies needed to treat the disease.

“It spreads quickly and kills within hours. This will be really worrying al-Qaeda.”

Black Death comes in various forms.

Bubonic Plague is spread by bites from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include boils in the groin, neck and armpits. In Pneumonic Plague, airborn bacteria spread like flu.

It can be in the body for more than a week — highly contagious but not revealing tell-tale symptoms.

The al-Qaeda epidemic began in the cave hideouts of AQLIM in Tizi Ouzou province, 150km east of the capital Algiers. The group, led by wanted terror boss Abdelmalek Droudkal, was forced to turn its shelters in the Yakouren forest into mass graves and flee.

The extremists supporting madman Osama bin Laden went to Bejaia and Jijel provinces — hoping the plague did not go with them.

A source said: “The emirs (leaders) fear surviving terrorists will surrender to escape a horrible death.”

Read the full story here.

The bubonic plague is an infection of the lymphatic system, usually resulting from the bite of an infected flea. The fleas are often found on rodents, such as rats, and seek out other prey when their rodent hosts die. Once established, bacteria rapidly spread to the lymph nodes and multiply. Yersinia pestis can resist phagocytosis and even reproduce inside phagocytes and kill them. As the disease progresses, the lymph nodes can hemorrhage and become necrotic. Bubonic plague can progress to lethal septicemic plague in some cases.

The most famous symptom of bubonic plague is swollen lymph nodes, called buboes. These are commonly found in the armpits, groin or neck. The bubonic plague was the first step of the ongoing plague. Two other forms of the plague, pneumonic and septicemic, resulted after a patient with the bubonic plague developed pneumonia or blood poisoning.

Other symptoms include spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black, heavy breathing, continuous blood vomiting, aching limbs and terrible pain. The pain is usually caused by the actual decaying, or decomposing of the skin while the infected person is still alive, when death begins the person will get spasms.

According to the World Health Organization, there are 1,000 to 3,000 cases of bubonic plague worldwide each year. There are no known cases in Australia or Europe. Areas where cases occur are in Russia, the Middle East, China, Southwest and Southeast Asia, Madagascar, southern and eastern Africa, the Andes mountains and Brazil.

Treatment is usually given as soon as symptoms appear. Streptomycin or tetracycline are the standard antibiotics given. A vaccination is available to prevent this disease.

The Taliban and al Queda both shun vaccinations as being from Satan and therefore anti-Islamic.

I expect that the Taliban and/or al Queda will be issuing statements condemning the US and claiming that the Americans are using biological weapons.

But what can you expect when you live in a cave and never bathe?

View at YouTube

Sorry I just couldn't resist. And the set does look like an average Taliban town.

Rampage in Mumbai

Warning Graphic Pictures!

Hostages were rescued from the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, after attacks in the Indian financial capital left at least 78 dead and hundreds wounded.

Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial capital of India. With an estimated population of thirteen million, it is one of the most populated cities in the world. Along with the neighboring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it forms, at nineteen million, the world's fifth most populous metropolitan area. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. Mumbai's port handles over half of India's maritime cargo. The commercial and entertainment centre of India, Mumbai generates 5% of India's GDP and accounts for 25% of industrial output, 40% of maritime trade, and 70% of capital transactions to India's economy.

Evidence of Mumbai's history dates back to 250 BCE and has been continually inhabited since then, although its founding can be considered at a much earlier date.

A very lovely and lively city.

But not today. Today it is the scene of carnage, mayhem and death caused by the Religion of Peace aka Islam.

Full Story

Several sites in Mumbai, India's financial capital, were hit Wednesday night by a wave of terror attacks, reportedly aimed at Americans and Britons, that left dozens dead and hundreds injured as Indian forces battled with terrorist gunmen to free hostages from two luxury hotels.

There were varying reports of at least 50 and as many as 100 people rescued from the Taj Mahal where a fire had broken out, and India's NDTV reported Thursday morning that authorities had the scene under control. Meanwhile, police continued to evacuate people through the Oberoi hotel's basement, and gunmen reportedly had taken hostages elsewhere in the city.

Casualty figures varied, with most media reporting at least 80 dead and 200 injured. Of the gunmen, four were dead and nine arrested.

It isn't clear yet what motivated the attacks, which also targeted a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station, though eyewitnesses said gunmen were heard shouting questions about who American and British passports.

Mumbai has frequently been targeted in terrorist attacks blamed on Islamic extremists, including a series of bombings in July 2007 that killed 187 people.

A little-known organization calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen claimed it was behind attacks.

A man injured in a gun battle is carried to a hospital in Mumbai, India.

"The terrorists have used automatic weapons and in some places grenades have been lobbed," Maharashtra Police Commissioner A.N Roy said.

A British citizen who was dining at the Oberoi hotel told Sky News television that the gunmen who struck there singled out Britons and Americans.

Alex Chamberlain said a gunman, a young man of 22 or 23, ushered 30 or 40 people from the restaurant into a stairway and ordered everyone to put up their hands. He said the gunman spoke in Hindi or Urdu.

"They were talking about British and Americans specifically. There was an Italian guy, who, you know, they said: 'Where are you from?" and he said he's from Italy and they said 'fine' and they left him alone. And I thought: 'Fine, they're going to shoot me if they ask me anything — and thank God they didn't," he said.

Chamberlain said he managed to slip away as the patrons were forced to walk up stairs, but he thought much of the group was being held hostage.

Early Thursday, several European lawmakers were among people who barricaded themselves inside the Taj, a century-old seaside hotel complex and one of the city's best-known destinations.

"I was in the main lobby and there was all of a sudden a lot of firing outside," said Sajjad Karim, part of a delegation of European lawmakers visiting Mumbai ahead of a European Union-India summit.

The scene in the train station after the attack.

As he turned to get away, "all of a sudden another gunmen appeared in front of us, carrying machine gun-type weapons. And he just started firing at us ... I just turned and ran in the opposite direction," he told The Associated Press over his mobile phone.

Hours later, Karim remained holed up in a hotel restaurant, unsure if it was safe to come out.

The British Foreign Office said it was advising all British citizens in Mumbai to stay indoors.

Britain's foreign secretary, David Miliband, strongly condemned the attacks. "Today's attacks in Mumbai which have claimed many innocent victims remind us, yet again, of the threat we face from violent extremists," Miliband said in a statement.

India has been wracked by bomb attacks the past three years, which police blame on Muslim militants intent on destabilizing this largely Hindu country. Nearly 700 people have died.

Since May a militant group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen has taken credit for a string of blasts that killed more than 130 people. The most recent was in September, when a series of explosions struck a park and crowded shopping areas in the capital, New Delhi, killing 21 people and wounding about 100.

This story is still on going with more deaths to be expected. That the terrorist were using automatic weapons and grenades, the scale of the attack, and the number of attackers, leads me to the conclusion that this wasn't the work of some splinter group, but the work of a major terrorist group. It is just too large of a scale to be done with such precision and timing by a small splinter group.

Deccan Mujahideen may have taken credit for this, but I do believe that the real forces behind these attacks are Indian Mujahideen and Al Qaeda. Only they have the means, money and power to plan and execute such an attack.

Goodbye Gitmo, Hello Overcrowded Legal System

As if our legal system isn't already overcrowded and understaffed, now they will get a boost of new inmates as the residents of Gitmo get transferred to the United States after Jan. 20th.

President-elect Barack Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.
During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a "sad chapter in American history" and has said generally that the U.S. legal system is equipped to handle the detainees. But he has offered few details on what he planned to do once the facility is closed.

Under plans being put together in Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts.

Obama has said the civilian and military court-martial systems provide "a framework for dealing with the terrorists," and Tribe said the administration would look to those venues before creating a new legal system. But discussions of what a new system would look like have already started.

"It would have to be some sort of hybrid that involves military commissions that actually administer justice rather than just serve as kangaroo courts," Tribe said. "It will have to both be and appear to be fundamentally fair in light of the circumstances. I think people are going to give an Obama administration the benefit of the doubt in that regard."

Though a hybrid court may be unpopular, other advisers and Democrats involved in the Guantanamo Bay discussions say Obama has few other options.

Prosecuting all detainees in federal courts raises a host of problems. Evidence gathered through military interrogation or from intelligence sources might be thrown out. Defendants would have the right to confront witnesses, meaning undercover CIA officers or terrorist turncoats might have to take the stand, jeopardizing their cover and revealing classified intelligence tactics.

A third group of detainees -- the ones whose cases are most entangled in highly classified information -- might have to go before a new court designed especially to handle sensitive national security cases, according to advisers and Democrats involved in the talks. Advisers participating directly in the planning spoke on condition of anonymity because the plans are not final.

A new court? These aren't criminals in the sense of legalities, but criminal POW's. They have to be treated under the Geneva Conventions of War. Something that was happening at Gitmo.

Obama has said the civilian and military court-martial systems provide "a framework for dealing with the terrorists," and Tribe said the administration would look to those venues before creating a new legal system. But discussions of what a new system would look like have already started.

"It would have to be some sort of hybrid that involves military commissions that actually administer justice rather than just serve as kangaroo courts," Tribe said. "It will have to both be and appear to be fundamentally fair in light of the circumstances. I think people are going to give an Obama administration the benefit of the doubt in that regard."

Though a hybrid court may be unpopular, other advisers and Democrats involved in the Guantanamo Bay discussions say Obama has few other options.

Prosecuting all detainees in federal courts raises a host of problems. Evidence gathered through military interrogation or from intelligence sources might be thrown out. Defendants would have the right to confront witnesses, meaning undercover CIA officers or terrorist turncoats might have to take the stand, jeopardizing their cover and revealing classified intelligence tactics.

Now we will have hundreds of hardened terrorists in our prisons and on our soil. And if they are found innocent (knowing the liberal bleeding hearts they will be), then we will have hundreds of terrorist on US soil and staying here. But that is ok. After all, what harm can they do?

Warning of new bin Laden attack

OSAMA bin Laden is planning an attack against the United States that will "outdo by far" September 11, an Arab newspaper in London has reported.

- bin Laden 'planning US attack'
- Goal to 'outdo' September 11
- al-Qaeda reinforces training camps

And according to a former senior Yemeni al-Qaeda operative, the terrorist organisation has entered a "positive phase", reinforcing specific training camps around the world that will lead the next "wave of action" against the West.

This new influx of prisoners, many of whom are members of al-Qaeda, would just be the group needed for such an attack. And guess who is falling right into their hands?

Lest We Forget!

The World Trade Center was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, mostly designed by Detroit-based architect Minoru Yamasaki and engineer Leslie Robertson and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It was initiated in 1960 by a Lower Manhattan Association created and chaired by David Rockefeller, who had the original idea of building the center, with strong backing from the then-New York governor, his brother Nelson Rockefeller.

On September 11, 2001 at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Time, Al Qaeda suicide hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the northern facade of the North Tower.

Seventeen minutes later, at 9:03 a.m., a second team of hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower, which collapsed and disintegrated at 9:59 a.m. At 10:28 a.m., the North Tower collapsed and disintegrated. At 5:20 p.m., 7 World Trade Center collapsed due to uncontrolled fires causing structural failure. 3 World Trade Center, a Mariott hotel, was destroyed during the collapse of the two towers. The three remaining buildings in the WTC plaza sustained heavy damage from debris, and were ultimately demolished.

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.

Designed by the Swedish American architect George Bergstrom (1876 – 1955), and built by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, general contractor John McShain, the building was dedicated on January 15, 1943 after ground was broken for construction on September 11, 1941. General Brehon Somervell provided the major motive power behind the project
Colonel Leslie Groves (whose administrative ability, drive and forcefulness led to his nomination to head the Manhattan Project in 1942) and Major Clarence Renshaw were responsible for overseeing the project for the Army.

Exactly 60 years to the day after the groundbreaking ceremony, the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the west side of the Pentagon after being hijacked, killing all aboard as well as over a hundred people within the Pentagon. The flight penetrated three of the five rings of the Pentagon. Because the affected area was under renovation at the time, several offices were unoccupied, sparing many lives. The aircraft struck on the edge between two sections—one of which had just finished being upgraded.

United Airlines Flight 93 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport. It was hijacked by four men as part of the September 11 attacks. Over 40 minutes into the flight the hijackers breached the cockpit, overpowered the pilots and took over control of the aircraft, diverting it toward Washington, D.C. Several passengers and crew members made telephone calls aboard the flight and learned about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As a result, the passengers decided to mount an assault against the hijackers and wrest control of the aircraft.

The plane crashed in a field just outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., killing all 44 people aboard, including the hijackers. Many witnessed the impact from the ground and news agencies began reporting on the event within an hour. The plane fragmented upon impact, leaving a crater, and some debris was blown miles from the crash site. The remains of everyone on board the aircraft were later identified. Subsequent analysis of the flight recorders revealed how the actions taken by the passengers prevented the aircraft from reaching either the White House or United States Capitol. A permanent memorial is planned for construction on the crash site. The chosen design has been the source of criticism and is scheduled to be dedicated in 2011.

Four planes, 3 buildings attacked, thousands of lives lost.

In Memory of those who died.

CONFIRMED DEAD: World Trade Center

— Godwin Ajala, 33

— Gary Albero, 39, Emerson, N.J., Aon Corp.

— Eric Allen, 41, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Telmo Alvear, 25

— James Amato, 43, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Joseph Angelini Sr., 63, Lindenhurst, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Louis Arena, 32, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Adam Arias, 37

— Michael Asciak, 47, Ridgefield, N.J.

— Ezra Aviles, Commack, N.Y., Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

— Evan Baron, 38

— Alvin Bergsohn, 48, Baldwin Harbor, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— David S. Berry, 43, New York, N.Y., chief of research, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

— William Biggart, 54

— John P. Bocchi, 38, New Vernon, N.J., managing director of interest rate options, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Gennady Boyarsky, 45

— Pamela Boyce, 43, New York, N.Y., assistant vice president of accounting, Carr Futures

— Alfred Braca, 54, Leonardo, N.J., bond broker for eSpeed, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Capt. Daniel Brethel, 40, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Jonathan Briley, 43

— Keith Broomfield, 49

— Andrew Brunn, 28, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Dennis Buckley, 38, Chatham, N.J., bond broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Stephen Bunin, 45

— Milton Bustillo, 37, Colombian

— Vincent Cangelosi, 30

— Michael Canty, 40

— Peter Carroll, 35, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Paul Cascio, 23, Manhasset, N.Y.

— Swede Joseph Chevalier, 26, Middletown, N.J., equities trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Wai Chung, 36

— Stephen J. Colaio, 32, Montauk, N.Y., senior managing director, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Thomas Collins, 36, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Denease Conley, 43

— Kevin M. Cosgrove, 46, West Islip, N.Y., claims vice president, Aon Corp.

— Martin Coughlan, 54

— Timothy John Coughlin, 42, New York, N.Y., senior managing director, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Christopher S. Cramer, 34, Manahawkin, N.J., assistant vice president of tax department, Fiduciary Trust International

— John Crisci, 48

— Dennis Cross, 60, Islip Terrace, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Robert Cruikshank, 64, executive vice president, Carr Futures

— Joyce Cummings, 65

— Robert Curatolo, 31, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Jack L. D'Ambrosi Jr., 45, Woodcliff Lake, N.J., vice president of operations, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Clinton Davis, 38

— Lt. Andrew Desperito, 44, Patchogue, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Capt. Martin Egan Jr., 36, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— William F. Fallon Jr., 53, Rocky Hill, N.J., general manager of strategic analysis and industry relations, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

— William Feehan, 72, first deputy commissioner, New York Fire Department

— George Ferguson, 54, Teaneck, N.J.

— Henry Fernandez

— Julio Fernandez, 52

— Louis V. Fersini Jr., 39, Basking Ridge, N.J., bond trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Stephen J. Fiorelli, 43, Aberdeen, N.J., civil engineer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

— John Fiorito, 40, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Carl Flickinger, 38

— David Fodor, 38, Garrison, N.Y., accountant and volunteer fire marshal, Fiduciary Trust International

— Thomas Foley, 32, West Nyack, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Jeffrey L. Fox, 40, Cranbury, N.J.

— Pauline Francis

— Peter J. Ganci Jr., 55, North Massapequa, N.Y., chief of department, New York Fire Department

— Robert J. Gerlich, 56, Monroe, Conn.

— Evan Gillette, 40, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Steven Lawrence Glick, 42, Greenwich, Conn., Credit Suisse First Boston

— Rosa J. Gonzalez, 32, Jersey City, N.J.

— Jose Guadalupe, 37, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Geoffrey E. Guja, 54, Lindenhurst, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— David Halderman, 40, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Sean Hanley, 35, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Thomas Hannafin, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Melissa Harrington, 31

— Timothy Haskell, 34, Seaford, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Brian Hennessey, 35, Ringoes, N.J.

— William Henry, 49, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Nuberto Hernandez, 42

— Neal Hinds, 28

— Patrick Aloysius Hoey, 53, Middletown, N.J., executive manager of tunnels, bridges and terminals, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

— Joseph Hoffman, 43

— John Holland, 30

— Joseph Francis Holland III, 32, Glen Rock, N.J., trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Thomas Holohan, 36, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Uhuru Houston, 32

— George Howard, 45, Hicksville, N.Y., police officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

— Thomas Hughes, 46

— Robert Hussa, 51

— Capt. Walter Hynes, 46, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— William Iselepis Jr., 33

— John Iskyan, 41, Wilton, Conn., financial analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Aaron Jacobs, 27, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Hweidar Jian, 42, East Brunswick, N.J.

— The Rev. Mychal Judge, 68, New York, N.Y., fire chaplain, New York Fire Department

— Andrew Kates, 37, New York, N.Y., senior managing director, Cantor Fitzgerald

— John Keohane, 41, Jersey City, N.J.

— Victor Kwarkye, 35

— Eugene Lazar, 27

— Neil Leavy, 34, New York City, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Richard Y.C. Lee, 34, Great Neck, N.Y., managing director of equities, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Joseph Livera, 67

— Michael Lynch, 30

— Joseph Maggitti, 47

— Joseph Maloney, 46, Farmingville, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Edward Martinez, 60

— Joseph Mathai, 49, Arlington, Mass., managing partner, Cambridge Technology Partners

— Walter Matuza, 39, New York, N.Y., analyst, Carr Futures

— Kaaria Mbaya, 39, Nairobi, Kenya, senior computer analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Brendan McCabe, 40

— Michael McCabe, 42, Rumson, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Michael Desmond McCarthy, 33, Huntington, N.Y., trader, Carr Futures

— Robert Garvin McCarthy, 33, Stony Point, N.Y., trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Michael McDonnell, 34, Red Bank, N.J., accounting manager, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

— John F. McDowell Jr., 33, New York, N.Y., vice president in equities, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— William J. McGovern, 49, Smithtown, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Patrick J. McGuire, 40, Madison, N.J., Euro Brokers Inc.

— Keith McHeffey, 31, Monmouth Beach, N.J., equities trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Robert G. McIlvaine, 26, New York, N.Y., assistant vice president of media relations, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

— Daniel McNeal, 29, analyst, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Martin McWilliams, 35, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Yamel Merino, 24, Yonkers, N.Y., emergency medical technician

— Domenick Mircovich, 40, Closter, N.J.

— Lt. Dennis Mojica, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Manuel Mojica, 37, Bellmore, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Justin Molisani, 42

— Brian Patrick Monaghan, 21, New York, N.Y.

— Carlos Mario Munoz, 43, Windows on the World, Colombian

— Patrick O'Keefe, 44, Oakdale, N.Y., New York Fire Department

— Capt. William O'Keefe, 49, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Gerald O'Leary, 34

— John P. O'Neill, 50, director of security, World Trade Center

— Kevin O'Rourke, 44, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Timothy O'Sullivan, 68, Albrightsville, Pa., financial consultant, Cultural Institution of Retirement Systems

— Emmett Parks, 47

— Robert E. Parks Jr., 47, Middletown, N.J., bond broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Michael Pascuma, 50

— Manuel Patrocino, 34, Windows on the World

— Mark Petrocelli, 29, New York, N.Y., commodities broker, Carr Futures

— Dominick Pezzulo, 36, New York, N.Y., police officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

— Matthew Picerno, 44

— Anthony Portillo, Washington Group International

— Richard Prunty, 57, Sayville, N.Y., battalion chief, New York Fire Department

— John Puckett, 47

— Maria Isabel Ramirez, 25, New York, N.Y., executive secretary, Lanagan Engineering and Environmental Services

— David Rice, 31, New York, N.Y., investment banker, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Michael Richards, 38

— Paul Rizza, 34, Park Ridge, N.J., investors services officer, Fiduciary Trust International

— Antonio Augusto Rocha, 34, East Hanover, N.J., bond broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— John M. Rodak, 39, Sewell, N.J., Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Scott Rohner, 22, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Daniel Rossetti, 32, Bloomfield, N.J., carpenter, Certified Installation Services

— Nick Rowe, 29, Hoboken, N.J., UME Voice

— Gilbert Ruiz, 45

— Scott Saber, 38

— Hernando Salas, Colombian

— Eric Sand, 36, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Herman Sandler, 57, chief executive, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— John Santore, 49, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Jackie Sayegh, 34

— Gerard Schrang, 45

— Mark Schwartz, 50

— Hagay Shefi, 34, Israel

— David Silver, 35, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Frank J. Spinelli, 44, Short Hills, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Capt. Timothy Stackpole, 42, New York, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Corina Stan, 31, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Andrew Stern, 45, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Daniel Suhr, 37, Neponsit, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Joann Tabeek, 41

— Michael Taddonio, 39, Huntington, N.Y., bond broker, Euro Brokers Inc.

— John J. Tobin, 47, Kenilworth, N.J., senior vice president, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

— Doris Torres, 32

— Luis Torres, 31, Colombian

— Jon C. Vandevander, 44, Ridgewood, N.J.

— Christopher Vialonga, 30, Demerest, N.J., foreign currency trader, Carr Futures

— Melissa Vincent, 28, N.J.

— Lawrence Virgilio, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Gabriela Waisman, 33

— Weibin Wang, 41

— Lt. Michael Warchola, 51, Middle Village, N.Y., firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Michael Weinberg, 34, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Simon Weiser, 65

— William J. Wik, 44, Crestwood, N.Y., Aon Corp.

— Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, 46, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Lt. John Williamson, 46, battalion commander, New York Fire Department

— Martin P. Wohlforth, 47, Greenwich, Conn., managing director, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Patrick Woods, 36

— Jupiter Yambem, 41, Beacon, N.Y., banquet manager, Windows on the World

— Raymond York, 45, firefighter, New York Fire Department

— Elkin Yuen, 32

— Joseph Zaccoli, 39, Valley Stream, N.Y., broker, Cantor Fitzgerald
CONFIRMED DEAD: Pentagon

— Spc. Craig Amundson, 28, Kan., U.S. Army

— Melissa Rose Barnes, 27, Redlands, Calif., yeoman second class, U.S. Navy

— Kris Romeo Bishundat, 23, Waldorf, Md., information systems technician second class, U.S. Navy

— Lt. Col. Canfield D. Boone, 54, Ind., U.S. Army

— Christopher Lee Burford, 23, Hubert, N.C., electronics technician third class, U.S. Navy

— Sharon Carver, 38, Md., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Rosa Maria (Rosemary) Chapa, Springfield, Va.

— Lt. Cmdr. Eric Allen Cranford, 32, Drexel, N.C., U.S. Navy

— Capt. Gerald Francis Deconto, 44, Sandwich, Mass., U.S. Navy

— Lt. Col. Jerry D. Dickerson, 41, Miss., U.S. Army

— Capt. Robert Edward Dolan, 43, Florham Park, N.J., head of strategy and concepts branch, U.S. Navy

— Cmdr. William Howard Donovan Jr., 37, Nunda, N.Y., U.S. Navy

— Cmdr. Patrick Dunn, 39, Fords, N.J., U.S. Navy

— Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, Salt Lick, Ky., aerographer's mate first class, U.S. Navy

— Lt. Cmdr. Robert Randolph Elseth, 37, Vestal, N.Y., U.S. Navy

— Jamie Lynn Fallon, 23, Woodbridge, Va., storekeeper third class, U.S. Navy

— Amelia V. Fields, 36, Dumfries, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Matthew Michael Flocco, 21, Newark, Del., aerographer's mate second class, U.S. Navy

— Sandra N. Foster, 41, Clinton, Md.

— Cortz Ghee, 54, Reisterstown, Md., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Diane M. Hale-McKinzy, 38, Alexandria, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Maj. Wallace Cole Hogan Jr., 40, Fla., U.S. Army

— Angela Houtz, 27, La Plata, Md., civilian employee, U.S. Navy

— Brady Howell, 26, Arlington, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Navy

— Peggie Hurt, 36, Crewe, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Lt. Col. Stephen Neil Hyland Jr., 45, Calif., U.S. Army

— Robert J. Hymel, Woodbridge, Va.

— Sgt. Maj. Lacey B. Ivory, 43, Woodbridge, Va., U.S. Army

— Lt. Col. Dennis M. Johnson, 48, Wis., U.S. Army

— Judith Jones, 53, Woodbridge, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Navy

— Lt. Michael Scott Lamana, 31, Baton Rouge, La., U.S. Navy

— David W. Laychak, 40, Manassas, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Maj. Steve Long, 39, Ga., U.S. Army

— Nehamon Lyons IV, 30, Mobile, Ala., operations specialist second class, U.S. Navy

— Shelley A. Marshall, 37, Marbury, Md., budget analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency

— Teresa Martin, 45, Stafford, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Ada L. Mason, 50, Springfield, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Lt. Col. Dean E. Mattson, 57, Calif., U.S. Army

— Lt. Gen. Timothy Maude, 53, Fort Myer, Va., deputy chief of staff for personnel, U.S. Army

— Robert J. Maxwell, 53, Manassas, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Patricia E. (Patti) Mickley, Springfield, Va.

— Maj. Ronald D. Milam, 33, Md., assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Army

— Odessa V. Morris, 54, Upper Marlboro, Md., budget analyst, U.S. Army

— Brian Anthony Moss, 34, Sperry, Okla., electronics technician second class, U.S. Navy

— Ted Moy, 48, Silver Spring, Md., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Jude Murphy, 38, Flossmoor, Ill., U.S. Navy

— Michael Allen Noeth, 30, New York, N.Y., illustrator/draftsman second class, U.S. Navy

— Diana B. Padro, 55, Woodbridge, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Lt. Jonas Martin Panik, 26, Mingoville, Pa., U.S. Navy

— Maj. Clifford L. Patterson Jr., 33, Alexandria, Va., U.S. Army

— Lt. J.G. Darin Howard Pontell, 26, Columbia, Md., U.S. Navy

— Scott Powell, 35, Silver Spring, Md., BTG Inc.

— (Retired) Capt. Jack Punches, 51, Clifton, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Navy

— Joseph John Pycior Jr., 39, Carlstadt, N.J., aviation warfare systems operator first class, U.S. Navy

— Deborah Ramsaur, 45, Annandale, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Edward V. Rowenhorst, 32, Fredericksburg, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Robert E. Russell, 52, Oxon Hill, Md., civilian budgetary supervisor, U.S. Army

— William R. Ruth, 57, Md., Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class, U.S. Army

— Charles E. Sabin, Burke, Va.

— Marjorie C. Salamone, 53, Springfield, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Lt. Col. David M. Scales, 45, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Army

— Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel, 38, Gray, Maine, U.S. Navy

— Cmdr. Dan Frederic Shanower, 40, Naperville, Ill., U.S. Navy

— Antoinette Sherman, 35, Forest Heights, Md.

— Gregg Harold Smallwood, 44, Overland Park, Kan., chief information systems technician, U.S. Navy

— (Retired) Lt. Col. Gary F. Smith, 55, Alexandria, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Edna L. Stephens, 53, Washington, D.C., budget analyst, U.S. Army

— Maj. Kip P. Taylor, 38, McLean, Va., U.S. Army

— Karl W. Teepe, Centreville, Va.

— Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert, 38, Lemoore, Calif., U.S. Navy

— Lt. Cmdr. Ronald James Vauk, 37, Nampa, Idaho, U.S. Navy

— Lt. Col. Karen Wagner, 40, Texas, U.S. Army

— Staff Sgt. Maudlyn A. White, 38, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, U.S. Army

— Sandra L. White, 44, Dumfries, Va., civilian employee, U.S. Army

— Lt. Cmdr. David Lucian Williams, 32, Newport, Ore., U.S. Navy

— Maj. Dwayne Williams, 40, Jacksonville, Ala., U.S. Army

— Kevin Wayne Yokum, 27, Lake Charles, La., information systems technician second class, U.S. Navy

— Donald McArthur Young, 41, Roanoke, Va., chief information systems technician, U.S. Navy

— Edmond Young, 22, Owings, Md., BTG Inc.

CONFIRMED DEAD: United Airlines Flight 175, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center PASSENGER:

— Herbert Homer, 48, Milford, Mass., corporate executive, Raytheon Co.
REPORTED DEAD: World Trade Center

— Gordon McCannel Aamoth Jr., 32, New York, N.Y., investment banker, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Paul Andrew Acquaviva, 29, Glen Rock, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Donald L. Adams, 28, Chatham, N.J., vice president of sales of eSpeed division, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Lee Adler, 48, Springfield, N.J., computer designer, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Gertrude Alagero, 37, New York, N.Y., senior vice president and practice leader, Marsh Inc.

— Andrew Alameno, 37, Westfield, N.J., trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Joseph Ryan Allen, 38, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Michael Andrews, Belle Harbor, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Frank Aquilino, New York, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Michael J. Armstrong, 34, New York, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— David Bauer, 45, Rumson, N.J., head of global sales for eSpeed, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Paul Beatini, 40, Park Ridge, N.J., Allendale Insurance

— Maria Behr, 41, Milford, N.J., securities trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Bryan C. Bennett, 25, New York, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Joseph Berry, Saddle River, N.J., chairman and CEO, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

— Gary Bird, 51, Tempe, Ariz., senior vice president, Marsh USA Insurance Co.

— George John Bishop, 52, Granite Springs, N.Y., vice president, AON Corp.

— Mary Boffa, 45, New York, N.Y., vice president of purchasing, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

— Thomas H. Bowden, 36, Wyckoff, N.J., equities trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— David Brady, Summit, N.J.

— Edward A. Brennan III, 37, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Frank Brennan, 50, Oak Beach, N.Y., senior vice president and limited partner, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Timothy Byrne, 36

— Scott Cahill, 30, West Caldwell, N.J., municipal bond broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— David Campbell, 51, Basking Ridge, N.J., senior vice president of equity sales, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

— Christopher Newton Carter, 52, Middletown, N.J.

— Kathleen Hunt Casey, 43, Middletown, N.J., employee on equity trading desk, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Juan Cevallos, 44, mail carrier

— Douglas MacMillan Cherry, 38, Maplewood, N.J., vice president of professional services group, Aon Corp.

— Stephen P. Cherry, 41, Stamford, Conn., partner, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Kirsten L. Christophe, 39, Maplewood, N.J., vice president of risk services, Aon Corp.

— Alex Ciccone, 38, New Rochelle, N.Y., assistant vice president, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

— Daniel Michael Coffey, 54, Newburgh, N.Y., senior vice president, Guy Carpenter

— Jason Matthew Coffey, 25, Newburgh, N.Y., accountant, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

— Christopher Colasanti, 33, Hoboken, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Robert Coll, 35, Glen Ridge, N.J., senior vice president of financial markets, Euro Brokers Inc.

— J.C. Connors, 65, New York, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Joseph Coppo, 47, New Canaan, Conn., municipal bond trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Kevin R. Crotty, 43, Summit, N.J., managing director, Sandler O'Neill & Partners

— Thomas G. Crotty, Rockville Centre, N.Y.

— Richard Joseph Cudina, 46, Glen Gardner, N.J., bond broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Joan McConnell Cullinan, 47, Scarsdale, N.Y., assistant to the president, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Vincent D'Amadeo, 36, East Patchouge, N.Y.

— Anthony Demas, New York, N.Y., Aon Corp.

— Francis X. Deming, 47, Franklin Lakes, N.J., practice director, Oracle Corp.

— Thomas Dennis, 37, Franklin Lakes, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Dennis Devlin, 51, Washingtonville, N.Y., battalion commander, New York Fire Department

— Michael DiAgostino, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Lourdes Galleti Diaz, 32, secretary

— Joseph D. Dickey, 50, Manhasset, N.Y., managing director, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Stephen P. Dimino, 48, Basking Ridge, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Douglas F. DiStefano, 24, Hoboken, N.J.

— John J. Doherty, Hartsdale, N.Y., Aon Corp.

— Brendan Dolan, 37, Glen Rock, N.J., broker, Carr Futures

— Ray Downey, chief of special operations command, New York Fire Department

— Randy Drake, 37, Lee's Summit, Mo., network integration manager, Siemens

— Christopher Michael Duffy, 23, New York, N.Y., assistant trader, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

— Michael Joseph Duffy, 29, New York, N.Y.

— Dennis M. Edwards, Huntington, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Christopher Faughnan, 37, South Orange, N.J., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Edward Fergus, 40, Wilton, Conn., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Brad Fetchet, 24, New York, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Michael Bradley Finnegan, 37, Basking Ridge, N.J., currency broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Timothy J. Finnerty, 33, Glen Rock, N.J., broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Thomas J. Fisher, 36, Union, N.J.

— Steven Fogel, Westfield, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Claudia Foster, New York, N.Y., broker assistant, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Morty Frank, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Peter Christopher Frank, 29, Great Neck, N.Y., financial analyst, Fred Alger & Co.

— Richard K. Fraser, 32, New York, N.Y.

— Brett O. Freiman, 29

— Arlene Fried, Roslyn Heights, N.Y., Cantor Fitzgerald

— Andrew Friedman, Woodbury, N.Y.

— Paul James Furmato, 37, Colts Neck, N.J., vice president and institutional sales trader, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Anthony E. Gallagher, 41, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Thomas Edward Galvin, 32, New York, N.Y., senior vice president and corporate bond broker, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Giovanna (Genni) Gambale, 27, New York, N.Y., vice president in communications and media events, Cantor Fitzgerald

— Michael Gann, 41, Roswell, Ga., Algorithmics

Never Again!!

Moles in Our Midst

From ACT for America!

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Homeland Security: In a sign background checks are far too lax, an alarming number of Arabs and Muslims have landed sensitive government jobs only to be caught later spying for the enemy.

Guarding against penetration by terrorist agents and sympathizers should be a top concern of public agencies, but it's not. Guarding against charges of job discrimination is.

Multiculturalism and political correctness have made it easier for the terrorists to use Arabs and Muslims to infiltrate the government and steal security secrets.

In the latest example, a former city 911 operator faces multiple felony counts for allegedly searching the names of friends and relatives on the FBI's terrorist watch list.

Nadire P. Zenelaj, an ethnic Albanian, says she's being singled out because she is Muslim. "I feel they targeted me because of my religion," she said.

No, she was investigated for looking up classified information on her confederates. At least one of the 227 names she checked was on the terrorist watch list, according to Rochester, N.Y., police.

A D.C.-area cop recently was convicted of doing the same thing.

Federal prosecutors say Fairfax County Police Sgt. Weiss Rasool, an Afghan immigrant, tipped off a fellow mosque member that he was under FBI investigation. When agents went to arrest the terrorist target early one morning they found him and his family already dressed and destroying evidence. They knew they had a mole and worked back through the system to find Rasool.

Thanks to post-9/11 data-sharing, local police like Rasool — as well as first responders like Zenelaj — now have access to classified FBI files on terror suspects maintained with the NCIC, or National Crime Information Center system.

Prosecutors said Rasool's actions "damaged the integrity of the NCIC system and jeopardized at least one federal investigation."

That's not all. In May, the Energy Department had to revoke the security clearance of an Egyptian-born nuclear physicist because of "conflicting allegiances." The FBI questioned Moniem El-Ganayni, also a Muslim prison chaplain, for allegedly inciting inmates to carry out jihad against the U.S., charges he denies.

Still, such questioning should've taken place before El-Ganayni got access to nuclear secrets. It's likely his extracurricular activities would have been enough of a red flag to bar his employment.

Same goes for an EPA toxicologist who turned out to be an al-Qaida fundraiser.

Waheeda Tehseen would never have been hired at all if the feds hadn't cut corners on her background check. Not only did Tehseen's husband work for Pakistani intelligence, but she lied about her U.S. citizenship on her government application. EPA missed it.

Then there's the case of Hezbollah spy Nadia Prouty. The Lebanese immigrant also lied about her citizenship and was hired anyway by both the FBI and CIA.

The good news is, these moles were caught. But they should have been screened out before they could ever get in and do damage.

A note from Monkey in the Middle

When I was in the Air Force over 30 years ago I held a top secret security clearance. A fact that I am proud of. To receive this clearance my background was gone over with a fine tooth comb. Every aspect of my life was checked out from teachers, to friends, to relatives, to even the organizations I had belonged to. Then a full background check was conducted on my parents. My parents friends and co-workers were questioned. The organizations they had belonged to were checked out (Dad was a member of the American Legion and a fanatical anti-Communist).

It took months for my clearance to be approved.

This is what needs to be done now. A full background check on all, not just Muslim, applicants to sensitive jobs. Moles are not just Muslims, but members of criminal gangs trying to either infiltrate law enforcement or receive military training. The old rules must be reinstated and strictly enforced.

The security of the nation is at stake!

Sheikh Maher Hamoud: I Admire Bin Laden, But Would Not Have Sanctioned 9/11 Attacks – Except for Those on Pentagon, CIA HQ, and White House

Following are excerpts from an interview with Lebanese Sunni cleric Sheikh Maher Hamoud, which aired on NBN, a TV channel affiliated with the head of the Amal movement, Nabih Berri, on July 7, 2008. Sheikh Hamoud, imam of Al-Quds mosque in Sidon, Lebanon, has given interviews to Western journalists, [1] and has received financial support from former Australian mufti Taj Din al-Hilali. [2]

Sheikh Hamoud is the scion of a prominent Sidon family and grandson of a former mufti of the city. According to media reports, he is an ally of Hizbullah, and in the early 1980s was one of the first Sunni clerics in Lebanon to embrace the revolutionary message of the founder of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. [3]

Video

"The Jurisprudent Constitutes a Source of Authority For The State and Its Politics - Not The Other Way Around, Like Things Are Today"

Sheikh Hamoud: "What does the concept of 'the Rule of the Jurisprudent' mean? I am talking about its general philosophy. The jurisprudent constitutes a source of authority for the state and its politics - not the other way around, like things are today. Today, most of the so-called 'ulama are merely employees who receive their orders from the politicians."

Interviewer: "Who are you referring to?"

Sheikh Hamoud: "The official 'ulama in general, who are employees working for the political authority. They say whatever is dictated to them, and none of them has the courage to cross the line delineated for him. Historically, it was the 'ulama who dictated to the politicians what is permitted and what is prohibited, and what they can or cannot do.

"It was [Osama bin Laden] who carried out [9/11]. Whether Al-Qaeda was infiltrated and whether someone persuaded him to do it - this is another matter, and history will tell. But he carried it out, and he revealed the names of the '19 knights.' Asking again and again whether or not he did it is an insult to intelligence.

"Do I admire his personality and loyalty? Yes, I do, but as I have said more than once, that if I had been with him and he had asked for my advice or my fatwa, I would not have sanctioned any of the things he did, except for attacking the Pentagon, the CIA headquarters, and the White House."

Bin Laden "Is Undoubtedly a Mujahid, Not a Terrorist in the Negative Sense of the Word"

Sheikh Hamoud: "I wish I could meet with [Osama bin Laden] and discuss things. I am not saying this out of disregard for other people. I am convinced that I could persuade him of many things and channel his extraordinary energy to the right direction."

Interviewer: "So you do not consider Osama bin Laden a terrorist?"

Sheikh Hamoud: "No, he is a mujahid who has made some wrong judgment calls. He is undoubtedly a mujahid and not a terrorist in the negative sense of the word. He has a national and a popular goal..."

Interviewer: "What about his position regarding the Christians?"

Sheikh Hamoud: "Undoubtedly, this position is not right... I wrote this in [the Lebanese daily] Al-Nahar and elsewhere. He is very wrong to talk about a Zionist-Crusader enemy. This is a strategic mistake. Like I've said, there is no such thing as a crusader enemy. There is no global institute or Christian country fighting Islam. This is an illusion."

"Who Can Possibly Claim That Bush Is A Christian? He Is A Zionist"

Sheikh Hamoud: "Who can possibly claim that Bush is a Christian? He is a Zionist. He is a Zionist in his ideology, his thoughts, and his commitments. The 50 million members of the new Protestant Church in America are Zionist, rather than Christian, in their ideology, priorities, and perspectives.

"It is a strategic mistake on the part of Osama to talk about Crusaders and Zionists in the same breath. This is wrong, and it is harmful to his strategy and long-term perspective. Even if, for the sake of argument, we said this was true, the Prophet Muhammad taught us to operate in stages. When he fought the polytheists, he ignored the Jews, and when he fought the Jews, he ignored the polytheists.

"If I launch a war against the entire world... If we assume that there are six million Jews in the world, and that there are 50 million people in America supporting them - those are all the Zionists in the world. But in the Christian world, there are three billion people. What reasonable man would start a war against the Christian world, most of which is not interested [in the Jews]?"

Endnotes:
(1) Rosen, Nir. "Hizb Allah, Party of God" New America Foundation, October 3, 2006, http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2006/hizb_allah_party_of_god.
(2) Kerbaj, Richard. "How mufti gave charity to jihad radio," The Australian, April 9, 2007, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,21524914-2702,00.html.
(3) Blanford, Nicholas. "Sunnis in Lebanon could back Al-Qa'eda," The National, May 15, 2008,
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080515/FOREIGN/108615888/1011/NEWS&Profile=1011.

A note from Monkey in the Middle

Zionism the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, advocated, from its inception, tangible as well as spiritual aims. Jews of all persuasions, left and right, religious and and secular, joined to form the Zionist movement and worked together toward these goals. Disagreements led to rifts, but ultimately, the common goal of a Jewish State in its ancient homeland was attained. The term “Zionism” was coined in 1890 by Nathan Birnbaum.

Zionism is not a religion, nor are Zionists just Jews. There are Zionists of many faiths. Christians, Baha'i, Druze, even Pagans. All a Zionist believes is that there should be a State of Israel.

So a hardy welcome to all the 50 million Christians that have now been turned into Jews by Sheikh Maher Hamoud.

And I can assure Sheikh Maher Hamoud that President Bush is not Jewish, and you do not have to be Jewish to be a Zionist.

I AM A PROUD ZIONIST!

Operation Smackdown

Hat tip to Radarsite

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Joe Lieberman is urging Google Inc. to take down YouTube videos that he says al Qaeda and “other terrorist organizations” use to encourage violence and disseminate propaganda.

In a Monday letter addressed to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, Lieberman — who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee — asked that YouTube “implement its own policy against this offensive material,” by removing the videos and preventing them from reappearing. The letter follows his committee’s staff report on terrorists’ Internet use.

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google Inc.

“Many of the videos produced by one of the production arms of al-Qaeda show attacks on U.S. forces in which American soldiers are injured and, in some cases, killed,” Lieberman, an Independent from Connecticut, wrote in the letter.

As a proponent of Free Speech, I accept the concept that even the most hateful speech is protected. But what is shown on YouTube is not acceptable Free Speech. YouTube allows anyone to post anything and doesn't take it down unless someone objects, at which point they might take it down.

Might take it down? On YouTube you can easily find videos calling for the extermination of all Jews, attacks on US Troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the poison that Palestinians show their children.

Quoth the Raven:

Well, we object. We object to YouTube making a profit hosting videos celebrating the death of Coalition Soldiers (and pretty much everyone else) while washing their own hands of any responsibility. We're out to smack those videos down, and maybe shake a little sense into YouTube in the process.

Jihad wins when men and women of good conscience do nothing. Here we can fight back.

Support Operation Smackdown and add this as a link to your blog.

Then start smacking down. It's easy to do. Some of the videos I have smackdown were so horrific that I couldn't watch the whole video. Like this one of a 14 year old killing 4 US Soldiers. It has to stop and we can make it happen.

MONKEY IN THE MIDDLE SUPPORTS OPERATION SMACKDOWN!

Shouldn't you?