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A Soldier from the 549th Military Police Company takes a rest with his sniffer dog during Operation Medusa in Mosul, Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Michael Bailey-McGuire, 1st Platoon, A Company, 3rd Brigade Support Troop Battalion, 25th Infantry Division combat engineers wears the ‘IED Hunter’ tab, along with two X marks to display the number of IEDs he has found. Many of the Soldiers in the platoon wear the tab.

KIRKUK, Iraq — Wiping the remaining traces of sleep from their eyes, the last few combat engineers emerge from their tents early Saturday morning and begin the walk to their vehicles. Still yawning, they start putting on their equipment.
For the 1st Platoon, A Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 25th Infantry Division combat engineers this was their second route reconnaissance in less than 12 hours. Not taking anything for granted, they readied themselves, knowing their mission was to find improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and clear the routes for their fellow Soldiers to use later.
After checking their vehicles and equipment, the engineers receive their patrol brief. Ten minutes later they mount up, listening to “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns ‘n’ Roses, readying themselves for the days work.
“I actually get more scared during hoaxes,” said Pfc. Chris Bateman, vehicle driver. “Just every little crack in the road can get your nerves going. When you do actually find a possible IED, you just get that hyped-up feeling.”
Staff Sgt. Michael Bailey-McGuire, team leader, echoed Bateman’s apprehension, “I couldn’t even tell you what is going through my mind when I find an IED. You just do what you have to.”
“STOP! STOP! STOP!,” blares over the radio handset. Someone thinks he has found an IED. The convoy waits several tension-filled minutes. Over the radio, someone announces it was just a false alarm.
“Just about everyone in the platoon wears a patch saying ‘IED Hunters,’” said Bailey-McGuire, a native of Mcloud, Okla. “So far I have found two, so I wear these X marks on my gear. My gunner found the first one in the entire battalion.”
Whether fortunate or unfortunate, the day is a boring one for the combat engineers. The guarded Soldiers discovered the one false alarm, but otherwise found only burning oil fields while driving down the roads of Kirkuk.
“I like (my job),” said Bateman, a native of North Salt Lake City, Utah. “People ask me all the time how I do my job. I don’t mind it. I do know that I couldn’t sit behind a desk. I would get stir crazy. Doing this job, I am going out of the wire every single day and it is making the deployment go that much faster.”
After several hours the platoon turns around, headed back home.
Since these Soldiers began scanning the roads of Kirkuk two months ago, they have found 19 IEDs.
“It comes and goes,” said Bailey-McGuire. “There will be a stretch of days that we don’t find a single IED and then there will be stretches when we find them every day. The most we have found in one mission is six.”
The combat engineers jump down from their vehicles. It’s early afternoon and their mission is over. For now, the only thing on their mind is lunch and sleep. Its time to recharge their batteries, because tomorrow they know they’ll be back out clearing more roads.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — For the first time, the International Committee of the Red Cross met this week with 14 suspected al Qaeda operatives held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the reputed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, said sources with direct knowledge of the visit.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of planning the 2001 attacks and former No. 3 leader of al Qaeda, and Ramzi Binalshibh, an alleged would-be September 11 hijacker, were among the 14 prisoners to meet with Red Cross officials.
The detainees were transferred to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay from secret CIA prisons around the world. President Bush acknowledged the use of CIA prisons outside U.S. borders for the first time September 6.
Bush said then that the 14 detainees would be transferred to Guantanamo and a military tribunal would hear their cases.
International Committee of the Red Cross members had planned to meet with each of the suspects privately and relay messages to their families, Red Cross spokesman Simon Schorno said last month. The military censors all messages to and from the prisoners.
The visit is a way for detainees to share concerns about their detentions and conditions and any claims of ill treatment, Schorno said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross will use the visits to become better informed about Guantanamo’s conditions and will share that information with authorities if necessary, he added.
Human rights groups and other critics repeatedly have called for the United States to close the prison at Guantanamo, alleging such violations as torture and religious discrimination.
In addition, a report last month by Amnesty International alleged that Pakistan abducted hundreds of people for the purpose of fetching “rewards” and transferring them to Guantanamo Bay or detention centers elsewhere. (Full story)
On Thursday, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett called detentions of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo “unacceptable” and “ineffective” as she released Britain’s annual report on human rights around the world, according to The Associated Press. (Full story)
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday it transferred 16 detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan and one detainee to Morocco. The transfers were recommended after several review processes, the agency said.
About 335 detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo into the custody of other countries, leaving some 440 prisoners in Cuba.
About 110 detainees who are eligible for transfer or release remain at Guantanamo, according to defense officials.

Wild Thing’s comment……
A-hem…. “suspects” ??????…..what???? “relay messages to their families“…….. shaking my head, eyes rolling, blood boiling here.
The International Red Cross is just another anti-US, terrorist loving organization.
The first to show up on 9-11 was the Salvation Army NOT the Red Cross. The first to show has always been the Salvation Army!! Go jump in the lake International Red Cross.

Nancy Pelosi: ‘If We’re in Charge’ Bush Has to Listen
Nancy Pelosi stands to make life much tougher for President Bush if the Nov. 7 elections net her a powerful job that puts her just two steps behind him.
The 66-year-old California liberal stands to become the first woman to lead the House of Representatives if she and fellow Democrats win control of the chamber from Bush’s Republicans.
She vows to ensure Congress acts as an equal to the most powerful man in the world.

Often ignored or even mocked by Bush during his six years as president, Pelosi, now the House Democratic minority leader, told Reuters in an interview: “If we are in charge, he’ll have to listen.”

As speaker of the House, the chamber’s top job, Pelosi would be second in succession to the presidency after the vice president under U.S. law. She is a shoo-in for the job if Democrats prevail.

“The only way to deal with Bush is as a co-equal branch of government,” she said. “The Republican Congress has been a rubber stamp for his failed policies” on such basics as fiscal and national security.

Already the only woman ever to lead a political party in Congress, Pelosi would become the first woman speaker in the chamber’s 217 years. She is thrilled at the prospect.

Bush took a swipe at Pelosi at a White House news conference. He quoted her as saying, “I love tax cuts” while nonetheless voting against many of them.

Wild Thing’s comment……
If the ‘Rats win control, EVERY day will seem like Friday the 13th. Can you imagine what kind of mother she was? NO WIRE HANGERS…EVER!!!
Pelosi is in full meltdown mode. She just keeps mouthing off, one statement after the other. Stupidity doesn’t understand that it condemns itself every time it opens its mouth.

An AP investigation shows that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid
made a million dollar profit on land he had sold three years earlier.
They had this video without the commercial at YouTube. But YouTube has pulled it.
So HERE is the actual video at AP where it orginiated from. I apologize for having to wait for the commercial to end. But once it is done the video on Harry Reid begins.
Reid’s avoidance of disclosure hid two aspects of his business relationships. The first was his association with Jay Brown, who has a history of being involved in scandal. The NY Times describes him as “a prominent Las Vegas lawyer,” but they never get around to mentioning his involvement in a federal bribery case in Las Vegas. Nor do they mention Brown’s work as a lobbyist, as the AP did, nor do they follow up on the AP’s report of connections between Brown and organized crime.
The other part Reid wanted to keep secret was the financial ties between himself and Harvey Whittemore. The AP story reported that Reid bought the parcel from “a developer who was benefiting from a government land swap that Reid supported,” a perfect description of Whittemore in 1998 when Reid purchased the land. For the next seven years, Reid would work to ease Whittemore’s difficulties in developing the Coyote Springs project by forcing the government to swap its right-of-way for less valuable land owned by Whittemore; he tried to get the government to literally give away more of its land to Whittemore, although he would not succeed; and in the end, he pressed federal regulators to lift a endangered-species restriction on Whittemore’s Coyote Springs real estate. All of this helped give Whittemore an opportunity to make tens of millions on residential and commercial development in the former test range site.
Disclosures now are pointless. The Ethics panel needs to order a full investigation not just into the $700,000 profit, but all of Reid’s business partners and any legislation or intervention with federal regulators Reid pushed on their behalf.
October 12, 2006
Reid Offers To Disclose His Land Deal … Five Years Late
Harry Reid, stung by the AP’s exposure of his complicated land deals with a lobbyist he helped make rich through his personal interventions in Congress, has told the Senate Ethics Committee that he will file amended disclosure statements that would reveal his business relationships for the first time. Reid claims the amendment would be “technical”:
The Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said his office contacted the Senate ethics committee on Wednesday and offered to correct his financial disclosure statements if they misrepresented his ties to a land deal in his home state in which his family made a profit of about $700,000.
In a statement, Mr. Reid did not acknowledge errors in the disclosure forms but said he was ready to make a “technical correction” if the ethics committee determined that adjustments were needed.
Reid’s son is on the Zoning Board

Wild Thing’s comment…….
When it comes to Harry Reid we just have to follow the dots. He has been corrupt for a long time. When Reid hangs up on the AP reporter it is hilarious that he did this. Hahahaha
He behaves like a spoiled brat that has to have his way or else. He has spent so much time hating Bush and bashing Bush he should have made sure his act is clean before pointing fingers.
Oh but wait, he is a typical DemocRAT!

North Korea might now have The Bomb, but it doesn’t have much electricity
As the world grapples with how to rein in the “axis of evil” state which this week conducted a nuclear test, this spectacular satellite photo unveiled yesterday by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shows in stark detail the haves and have-nots of the Korean peninsula.
The regime in the north is so short of electricity that the whole country is switched off at 9 p.m. – apart from the capital of Pyongyang where dictator Kim Jong-il and his cohorts live in relative luxury. But even there, lighting is drastically reduced.
The result, as shown in this picture taken one night earlier this week, is a startling contrast between the blacked-out north and the south, which is ablaze with light, particularly around major cities and the capital, Seoul, in the north-west of the country.
Mr Rumsfeld showed the picture to illustrate how backward the northern regime really is – and how oppressed its people are. Without electricity there can be none of the appliances that make life easy and that we take for granted, he said.

“Except for my wife and family, that is my favourite photo,” said Mr Rumsfeld.

“It says it all. There’s the south, the same people as the north, the same resources north and south, and the big difference is in the south it’s a free political system and a free economic system.”

“The people in the north are starving, their growth is stunted. It’s a shame, a tragedy.”

An aide added: “This oppressive regime is too busy trying to make war to make life comfortable for its people.”

Wild Thing’s comment……..
Dictatorship for Dummies
#1 Keep the people poor and starving
#2 See rule #1

U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with a retired Marine during the Columbus Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City, N.Y., Oct. 9, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen

Bagpipers and band members prepared for hours at the annual Columbus Day Parade. At least 500,000 people filed out to watch 35,000 marchers along 5th Avenue.

Wild Thing’s comment……
I love seeing things like this happen. A big thank you to the Retired Marine Veteran and to General Peter Pace. And I have always loved bagpipes. I hope America never stop having these parades and never stops thanking our Veterans and our troops today.

USS Cole

(DDG 67)

“Determined Warrior”

On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole (DDG 67) was attacked/bombed in the Port of Aden in Yemen by terrorists.
Think about the USS Cole, think about that ship and what those sailors were going through at that moment with that impact. In the dark, there was twisted steel, they had gaseous fumes, toxic fumes. They were operating under all kinds of adverse conditions, and then the power generation went out and they had to bail the water out by hand. And they were doing it all while they were saving other members who had been injured, and trying to recover those who had been killed.
Let us never forget our Heroes and never forget those that gave their all on the USS Cole.
– Wild Thing

A pilot’s reflections
This was written by one of the helicopter pilots assigned to USS Hawes that was there to help when the attack on the USS Cole happened……… the letter speaks for itself.
It wasn’t until a few days ago though, that we started doing something that I feel may be the first thing I’ve seen in my short Naval career that has truly made a difference. Right now we’re supporting the USS COLE and her crew in Aden.
When the attack occurred we were a day away. Just by luck we happened to be on our way out of the Gulf and headed towards the Suez and could get here in a relatively short amount of time. I know what you all have seen on CNN, because we have seen it too. I just want you all to know that what you see doesn’t even scratch the surface.
I’m not going to get into it for obvious reasons. But I will tell you that right now there are 250+ sailors just a few miles away living in hell on Earth. I’m sitting in a nice air conditioned state room, they’re sleeping out on the decks at night. You can’t even imagine the conditions they’re living in, and yet they are still fighting 24 hours a day to save their ship and free the bodies of those still trapped and send them home.
As bad as it is, they’re doing an incredible job. The very fact that these people are still functioning is beyond my comprehension. Whatever you imagine as the worst, multiply it by ten and you might get there. Today I was tasked to photo rig the ship and surrounding area. It looked so much worse than I had imagined, unbelievable really, with debris and disarray everywhere, the ship listing, the hole in her side.
I wish I had the power to relay to you all what I have seen, but words just won’t do it. I do want to tell you the first thing that jumped out at me – the Stars and Stripes flying. I can’t tell you how that made me feel…even in this God forsaken hell hole our flag was more beautiful than words can describe.
Then I started to notice the mass of activity going on below, scores of people working non-stop in 90 plus degree weather to save this ship. They’re doing it with almost no electrical power and they’re sleeping (when they can sleep) outside on the decks because they can’t stand the smell or the heat or the darkness inside. They only want to eat what we bring them because they’re all scared of eating something brought by the local vendors.
Even with all that, the USS COLE and her crew is sending a message guys, and it’s that even acts of cowardice and hate can do nothing to the spirit and pride of the United States. I have never been so proud of what I do, or of the men and women that I serve with as I was today.
There are sixteen confirmed dead sailors who put it on the line for all of us, and some of them are still trapped here. Please take a minute to pray for their families and say a word of thanks for their sacrifice – one made so that we can live the lives that we do. All of you that serve with me, thank you. All of you that have loved ones that serve, thank you.

A tribute to the men and women of the U.S.S. COLE
My cargo, so precious, I carried with pride;
Brave men and women who stood side by side.
The stars and stripes, waving so high up above;
My country, my mission, any vessel would love.
My sailors all knew their assignment, full well.
They performed at top merit, their Captains would tell.
As a unit, they stood all together as one;
So deserving of honor, America’s daughters and sons.
This wasn’t a war, just a bright sunny day.
A sudden shudder tore my hull away;
A gaping hole, letting water inside.
With that thunderous blast, some had died.
My sirens were screaming, flames reaching high.
Sailors were moaning and so was I!
Work hard men and women! We must not fail!
Seal off the compartments! It’s too much to bail!
All the medics were working, at a feverish pace;
Scenes of pure heroism all over the place!
The strongest were praying, while their muscles of steel
Assisted in any way they could see or feel.
When darkness fell we scarcely noticed at all,
Aching to hear every voice at roll call.
Finally, the moving memorial came,
Only because of those heroes so brave.
My stars and stripes, (lower), still flew just the same;
All our beautiful children accounted for by name.
Now I stood naked, before the whole world;
Men working feverishly where bombs had been hurled.
My heroes are living and healing and dead
And I will come home, just the way I am led.
You’ll welcome me home, as you always do.
The cheers will be heard by all of my crew.
We’re still wounded, still healing, but proud just the same
And the U.S.S. Cole will serve you again.
For you’ll build back my hull, with a star and a story,
To the tip of the flagpole raise high Old Glory.
We’ll always remember FREEDOM’S NOT FREE!!!
And we’ll never forget HEROES LIKE THESE!

On February 3, 2006, 23 suspected or convicted Al-Qaeda members escaped from jail in Yemen. This number included 13 who were convicted of the USS Cole bombings and the bombing of the French tanker Limburg in 2002. Among those who reportedly escaped was Al-Badawi. For more on this, please read this article on the escape by Jane Novak, of Armies of Liberation.
Other Tributes to the USS Cole are at Linda’s, Something…and Half of Something. Linda has an awesome tribute and the photos of the brave men and women we lost but never forgotten that horrible day.

Adam Gadahn is seen in these undated pictures released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

WASHINGTON
A California-born convert to Islam could become the first American accused of treason since World War Two after he appeared in al Qaeda videos, sources familiar with the man’s case said on Wednesday.
They said U.S. prosecutors were strongly considering bringing the charges, which carry a maximum punishment of death, against Adam Gadahn, 28, who is believed to be overseas and is not in U.S. custody.
The charges could come as early as Wednesday.
The U.S. Justice Department last brought treason charges, during the World War Two era, the sources said.
Gadahn, who is also known on the videos as Azzam the American, has been involved in a propaganda campaign of the Islamic militant group, the sources said. Some of the videos have threatened attacks against the United States.
He converted to Islam from a Judeo-Christian family when he was 17 and a few years later moved to Pakistan. He previously was known as Adam Pearlman and grew up on a goat ranch outside Los Angeles.
The FBI has sought to question him since May 2004.
Besides treason, prosecutors have prepared other criminal charges against Gadahn, the sources said. They declined to give specific details.
AL QAEDA
The sources denied the case was timed to deflect attention from the fallout over lewd computer messages sent by a former Republican congressman to young male aides, a scandal that may help Democrats seize control of Congress in November 7 election.
The FBI has said that Gadahn attended al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan, that he has been associated with al Qaeda’s leaders and that he has done translations for al Qaeda.
His last video was posted on a Web site on September 2.

“If the Zionist crusader missionaries of hate and counter-Islam consultants like … the crusader and chief George W. Bush were to abandon their unbelief and repent and enter into the light of Islam and turn their swords against the enemies of God, it would be accepted of them and they would be our brothers in Islam,” Gadahn said in English.

Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, made a brief statement at the start of the tape urging viewers to listen carefully to the message.
U.S. officials believe Gadahn appeared in another video last year, right before the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, threatening al Qaeda attacks on Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia.
They also believe Gadahn threatened attacks in a video released in October 2004, just before the U.S. presidential election.

Wild Thing’s comment…….
May I please add a few other candidates and they would be a lot easier to find since they are usually in Washington and one that does not work out of Washington???? The only difference between this guy and Hanoi Jane is is he doesn’t appear to have a line of exercise videos.
So I guess now we just wait and see what names start to show up that say no way José can this man be charged with treason. Tick tock tick tock, when will Harry Reid, Pelosi etc. run up the clock. Oh and of course terrorist’s lover CAIR will be burning a candle in their window to welcome Adam Gadahn to some safe place to hide and then he can do videos of his whine of being picked on.
Hahaha The enemy is just ever so predictable.

Two high-profile lawyers join Islamic charity case
WORCESTER— A pair of nationally recognized lawyers have been retained to argue First Amendment issues in a criminal case involving an Islamic charity and two of its officers who are charged with misrepresenting the charity’s work.
Susan R. Estrich, a lawyer, author and media pundit, who managed Michael S. Dukakis’ 1988 presidential campaign, and Harvey A. Silverglate, a noted Cambridge criminal defense lawyer, entered appearances Thursday as counsel for Emadeddin Z. Muntasser of Brookline. He is accused of misleading the government about the nature of Care International Inc., a charity the government claims supported jihadist and mujahedin organizations.
Muhammed Mubayyid of Shrewsbury is also charged in the case, which is being heard in U.S. District Court in Worcester.
Mr. Silverglate said he and Ms. Estrich were drawn to the case because of several First Amendment issues, including freedom of religion and freedom of speech. He said criminal cases rarely involve First Amendment issues.

“This is a case involving free speech,” Mr. Silverglate said. “All of the conduct outlined in the indictment is protected by the Constitution…. You don’t get that many criminal cases that are directly in violation of the First Amendment.”

Ms. Estrich, a frequent guest on CNN and Fox News, is on a book tour and was unavailable for comment last night, according to an assistant at her Los Angeles office.
Her latest book, “Soulless: Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate,” is scheduled to be released today. She has represented many high-profile clients including Leona Helmsley, Claus von Bulow and Michael Milken.
Mr. Silverglate, former president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, has also represented high-profile clients, including Louise Woodward, the British nanny who was convicted of manslaughter. There are several other defense lawyers on the case.
Asked whether he was being paid for his work, Mr. Silverglate replied that he never discusses financial arrangements that he has made with his clients.
Mr. Muntasser continues also to be represented by Malick W. Ghachem, Norman S. Zalkind and Elizabeth A. Lunt. Mubayyid is represented by Michael C. Andrews.
Mr. Silverglate said that he could not represent both defendants because that would pose a potential conflict of interest.
In recent court filings, the defense lawyers called the case a prime example of the government trying to “rewrite history” to suit its purposes after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
They contended that it also shows the government prefers other religions, including Christianity and Judaism, over Islam, and that the alleged criminal activity was actually the exercise of a religious right.
Last Thursday, Mr. Muntasser and Mr. Mubayyid’s lawyers submitted a motion to dismiss the indictment against them.
The lawyers made several arguments for a dismissal, including that the U.S. government supported and organized charities that also supported jihadist and mujahedin organizations in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation there, and, that it is a constitutionally-protected right to solicit or promote such religious efforts.
“Religion permeates this entire case,” the memorandum in support of the motion said. “Care was set up to advance religious goals; jihad is a religious concept; zakat (giving to charity) is a religious obligation; support for the mujahedin is, according to certain interpretations of the Koran, a religious command. It is absolutely clear that the government is not free to prefer one religion over another: If Jews and Catholics are free to raise money and support their chosen causes domestically and internationally, no different rules may be applied …

“At the heart of this case is the right of an established religious charity to collect funds and distribute literature. That right has been repeatedly reaffirmed by the Supreme Court, even where municipalities and other local governments found the message of the charities offensive and their fundraising downright reprehensible. That speech protection is at its greatest when the underlying cause is religious in nature; and it does not matter that solicitation of funds is involved.”

Both men were indicted in May 2005. Mr. Mubayyid, a Lebanese national, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, aiding and abetting a scheme to conceal material facts from the Internal Revenue Service, and to three counts of filing false tax returns. Mr. Muntasser, a Libyan national, pleaded not guilty to charges of engaging in a scheme to conceal material facts from the government, conspiring to defraud the government and making false statements. Both men are free on bond while awaiting trial.
The men are not charged with providing material support to terrorist organizations. Rather, they are charged with scheming to conceal the fact that Care was an “outgrowth of and successor to the Al-Kifah Refugee Center,” an organization that was implicated in the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Feb. 26, 1993. The government contends that had the IRS known that Care’s activities were listed as distributing information about jihad and raising money for various jihadi groups, it would not have been granted 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.
The memorandum raised many controversial issues, including the U.S. government’s role in establishing charities in the 1980s to support mujahedin and the jihad against Soviet occupation in Afghanistan. The memorandum cites several charities given 501 c(3) status by the IRS for promoting and aiding the Afghan jihad, including, the National Endowment for Democracy, The American Friends of Afghanistan, and, The Free Afghanistan Alliance, among others.
“Activities that were considered charitable in 1985, 1989, 1991, or 1992 do not become non-charitable in 1993 because the identity of the donor changes, or because the United States’ strategic interest in jihad has lessened,” according to the memorandum.
The court filing also takes issue with the government’s classification of “zakat” which is a Muslim obligation to donate a portion of their earnings to charitable causes. According to the memorandum, the teachings of the Quran says Muslims have an obligation to give “zakat” and that “the mujahedin are widely interpreted to be one of the eight categories of recipients entitled to zakat.”
The government raided a Northboro storage facility and confiscated records kept by Care. More than 18,000 pages of material were taken, in addition to 40 videotapes, four computer hard drives and 100 computer diskettes, among other evidence.
The FBI claims that Care International raised about $1.7 million from 1993 to 2003, when it ceased to operate. Care International claimed it raised money for widows and orphans, but it also raised money for terror groups, according to the FBI. Court records in the Worcester case say checks deposited into Care International accounts had phrases such as “for jihad only” and “Bosnia Jihad fund” and “Chechen Muslim Fighters” handwritten on the memo lines of donors’ personal checks.
Mr. Muntasser told a member of the agency’s Joint Terrorism Task Force that he visited Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1994 for humanitarian purposes. He later told a federal immigration officer that he traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan seven times between March 1993 and November 1997, including one 30-day trip to the two countries from December 1994 to January 1995.

Wild Thing’s comment……
No surprise to me that she would do such a thing. Just more proof of how left the left is in our country. If the left keeps going further left will they fall off the face of the earth? hahaha Just a nice thought!

Autumn, Mount Desert Island, Maine

Earth Tone Treasures
Orange tints fade to yellow rust
and cold fall rains pull them down
and the ground carpeted with summer past
its just the same here all over town
summer fled warm times now bust
Crisp crackling leaf piles to jump in,
and wade through in happy moments
in our inner childlike joy long as they last
a vivid gift of the passing season sent
missed until they finally come again
wild thing

I love the seasons and Fall has such a clean crisp feel to it. I thought I would share this with all of you.