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MAF Presents: The Daily Blog
Here at the Move America Forward Daily Blog we chronicle the good news on the War on Terrorism you might
not have heard about on the evening news. We also shine the spotlight on those whose conduct against our
country and our military is unbecoming.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Miss Universe Had a Great Time in Gitmo - Praises Army there
Count Miss Universe as the latest dignitary to defend Guantanamo Bay and its prisons. She has joined Move America Forward, Barack Obama’s own report, and scores of other groups, including a cadre of 9/11 families, and lawmakers across the fruited plains.
Move America Forward went to Gitmo in December and we checked out the conditions at the terrorist prison, which is climate-controlled and state-of-the-art. We have urged Barack Obama to change his position and keep the prison open and the inmates far away from the United States.
Caracas-born Dayana Mendoza, 22, who visited the facility March 20-25 along with Miss USA Crystle Stewart, 27, enthused about her Guantanamo trip as an “incredible experience” in a blog entry posted on the Miss Universe website dated March 27, 2009 (http://www.missuniverse.com/missuniverse/blog.php).
“It was a loooot of fun!,” Mendoza wrote, describing how she and Stewart met U.S. military personnel and took rides around the camp, which is encircled by a barbed-wire fenced, minefields and watchtowers. She said they also visited a bar on the base and the “unbelievable” beach there.
“We visited the Detainees camps and we saw the jails, where they shower, how the(y) recreate themselves with movies, classes of art, books. It was very interesting,” she wrote.
“I didn’t want to leave, it was such a relaxing place, so calm and beautiful,” she added.
Never mind that Obama’s own report shows Gitmo abides by all Geneva Conventions.He is too dang happy to appease his European and third-world buddies. Mr. President: Please meet with me and members of MAF to discuss, with no preconditions, the situation at Gitmo.
Maybe we could even bring along Miss Universe:
Recounting her “memorable” trip, Mendoza, who was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam, said: “We also met the Military dogs, and they did a very nice demonstration of their skills. All the guys from the Army were amazing with us.”
Iran Unhappy with Obama’s Plans in Afghanistan
Iran, as usual, is whining about America’s tactics to defend herself from radical Islam. this is because Iran is run by, well, radical Islamists.
Iran’s blood-thirsty government is awaiting the hand-over of Iranian dissidens who live inside Iraq at Camp Ashraf. These dissidents will surely face a brutal government punishment, and perhaps murder, as many of their colleagues have died at the hands of the Iranian government.
But Iran whines about the United States moving more troops into Afghanistan. Hah.
Here’s the story from the Times Online:
Iran criticised the American troop surge in Afghanistan today, saying that it would increase radicalisation of Afghans, but offered to participate fully in efforts to rebuild the country and combat drug trafficking across its borders.
Iran could not resist criticising the United States as it took a first step back into the international fold by attending a 72-nation summit on the future of Afghanistan.
Tehran sent its Deputy Foreign Minister to the meeting, which was instigated by Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, following the announcement last week of a new American strategy based on regional cooperation, 17,000 extra US troops and a massive increase in police recruitment and training.
Iran snubbed a similar conference on Afghanistan in Paris in December and its mere presence in The Hague was seen as a response to President Obama’s offer to extend a hand to hostile states that unclench their fists.
But Mohammad Mehdi Akhundzadeh, the Deputy Foreign Minister, showed that any thaw in relations with Washington would be a slow process.
Speaking on his way into the summit, Mr Akhundzadeh said: “The presence of foreign troops cannot bring peace and stability for Afghanistan. It encourages radicalism.
“This policy [that the Western countries] decide for the Afghan nation and for the Afghan officials does not work out any more.”
Inside the summit room, he added: “Iran has always believed that Afghanistan’s foundations need to be based on localisation of the affairs of the country.
“The presence of foreign forces has not improved things in the country and it seems that an increase in the number of foreign forces will prove ineffective too.
We’ve heard it all before. In fact, we heard it from then-Sen. Barack Obama, who adamantly opposed the surge in Iraq, which led to America essentially winning that war.
I wonder: Where are the ties between Obama and these countries? where is the diplomacy he touted? Tea for two???
Monday, March 30, 2009
Reading, Writing and Terrorism? Schools breeding Ground for Terrorists
Britons are finding that keeping terrorism out of country is getting tougher and tougher. Now the Brits have identified scores of children who are vulnerable to the murderous ways of radical Islamists, according to the Independent:
Two hundred schoolchildren in Britain, some as young as 13, have been identified as potential terrorists by a police scheme that aims to spot youngsters who are “vulnerable” to Islamic radicalisation.
The number was revealed to The Independent by Sir Norman Bettison, the chief constable of West Yorkshire Police and Britain’s most senior officer in charge of terror prevention.
He said the “Channel project” had intervened in the cases of at least 200 children who were thought to be at risk of extremism, since it began 18 months ago. The number has leapt from 10 children identified by June 2008.
The programme, run by the Association of Chief Police Officers, asks teachers, parents and other community figures to be vigilant for signs that may indicate an attraction to extreme views or susceptibility to being “groomed” by radicalisers. Sir Norman, whose force covers the area in which all four 7 July 2005 bombers grew up, said: “What will often manifest itself is what might be regarded as racism and the adoption of bad attitudes towards ‘the West’.
“One of the four bombers of 7 July was, on the face of it, a model student. He had never been in trouble with the police, was the son of a well-established family and was employed and integrated into society.
“But when we went back to his teachers they remarked on the things he used to write. In his exercise books he had written comments praising al-Qa’ida. That was not seen at the time as being substantive. Now we would hope that teachers might intervene, speak to the child’s family or perhaps the local imam who could then speak to the young man.”
The Channel project was originally piloted in Lancashire and the Metropolitan Police borough of Lambeth in 2007, but in February last year it was extended to West Yorkshire, the Midlands, Bedfordshire and South Wales. Due to its success there are now plans to roll it out to the rest of London, Thames Valley, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and West Sussex.
The scheme, funded by the Home Office, involves officers working alongside Muslim communities to identify impressionable children who are at risk of radicalisation or who have shown an interest in extremist material – on the internet or in books.
Once identified the children are subject to a “programme of intervention tailored to the needs of the individual”. Sir Norman said this could involve discussions with family, outreach workers or the local imam, but he added that “a handful have had intervention directly by the police”.
He stressed that the system was not being used to target the Muslim community. “The whole ethos is to build a relationship, on the basis of trust and confidence, with those communities,” said Sir Norman.
“With the help of these communities we can identify the kids who are vulnerable to the message and influenced by the message. The challenge is to intervene and offer guidance, not necessarily to prosecute them, but to address their grievance, their growing sense of hate and potential to do something violent in the name of some misinterpretation of a faith.
“We are targeting criminals and would-be terrorists who happen to be cloaking themselves in Islamic rhetoric. That is not the same as targeting the Muslim community.”
If it’s happening there, you can bet your buttons it’s happening here. I think of my friend’s son, Chris, who was forced to read the Koran and learn details about Islam as a middle schooler here in California. Yes, it’s part of the state-mandated curriculum. But say a Christian prayer in class, and whew: here comes the ACLU.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Obama Adminstration: We May Release Terrorist Inmates into U.S. and Give them welfare
The Twilight zone. That’s where I am. I keep hoping that I’m going to wake up from the nightmare. Then I get the news that the Obama Adminstration wants to release some Gitmo inmates into the United States and even give them social assistance. What???
I traveled with a contingent from Move America Forward to Guantanamo Bay to thank our troops who have been slandered and libeled by the mass media and liberal politicians. I saw the terrorist prisons and the terror suspects. MAF and I have warned Obama and his adminstration about closing Gitmo, which is a state-of-the-art facility run by professional troops. They detainees are given better health care than many Americans and most of our troops; they have meal plans; prayer times; English and art lessons.
So now we are at the point of offering welfare to terrorist suspects inside America’s borders?
Here’s the story from Breitbart.com:
“If we are to release them in the United States, we need some sort of assistance for them to start a new life,” said National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair at his first press conference.
“You can’t just put them on the street,” he added. “All that is work in progress.”
Obama has vowed to close the controversial prison camp by next January and has ordered individual reviews for cases against each of the over 240 remaining prisoners.
Blair told reporters that the review of Guantanamo cases was still underway, and that the government was “building dossiers on each of the detainees.”
The Obama administration is currently evaluating what could be done with the prisoners, he said, but pledged that if they are sent to another country, “we have to be sure that that country will treat them in a humane fashion.”
Twenty men detained at the remote US naval base at Guantanamo Bay in southern Cuba have been cleared of terrorism charges, including 17 Chinese Uighurs ordered released by a US court in June, seven years after their arrest. But the US says they may face persecution if returned to China, according to a story at Breitbart.com
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Obama: Even more Troops to Afghanistan
President Obama is prepared to lay out an entire strategy on Friday to fight al Qaida in Afghanistan and strengthen allies in Pakistan. In addition to the 17,000 new troops he’s already ordered, Obama is adding another 4,000 troops.
Here’s the story from the Associated Press:
By ANNE GEARAN and PAMELA HESS
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to dispatch additional U.S. troops plus hundreds of civilian advisers in hopes of turning around a faltering war in Afghanistan and will recommend increasing aid to neighboring Pakistan so long as leaders there confront militancy, people familiar with the forthcoming plan said Thursday.
Obama plans to lay out his revamped strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday. Several sources told The Associated Press it includes 20 recommendations for countering a persistent insurgency that spans the two countries’ border.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs would not discuss specifics of the plan, but said Obama is beginning to discuss its findings with members of Congress and others. Obama’s top military advisers briefed key lawmakers Thursday.
In broad terms, Obama will define U.S. objectives as eliminating the threat from al-Qaida to undermine or topple U.S.-backed elected governments or to launch attacks on the United States, its interests and allies, the sources said.
Sources described the recommendations on condition of anonymity because the final wording was not complete. The new plan identified al-Qaida as the target in a larger network of insurgents who threaten U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, often from sanctuaries across the border in Pakistan.
The additional 4,000 troops will be devoted to training and advising the Afghan armed forces, defense officials said. The latest additions would head to Afghanistan this spring and summer. They come on top of about 17,000 combat and support troops Obama wants in place by the end of the summer.
The forthcoming White House review also says the U.S. will add hundreds of civilian advisers to those already in Afghanistan. The so-called civilian surge would concentrate on improving life for ordinary Afghans, and would include experts in agriculture in a country where subsistence farming is the norm. The civilians are also meant to help extend government services and the administration of justice.
The plan notes that the top U.S. general in Afghanistan still wants some 10,000 or 11,000 additional U.S. forces next year, but does not say whether Obama intends to fulfill that request now, sources said. That decision would come by the end of this year.
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