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  1. IRS center shuts down after hazardous material scare -- By Patrick Crowley The Cincinnati Enquirer COVINGTON - A 3,500-employee IRS office in Covington is under a full lockdown today, and hazardous materials experts are investigating after workers reported a suspicious sticky substance in an envelope that had been handled by several people. Emergency workers brought one woman wearing a blue business suit out of the building and began scrubbing her down in a large black tub. After scrubbing her, they removed her clothes, wrapped her twice plastic and took her to St. Elizabeth's Hospital North for further decontamination and observation. Otherwise, no one was being allowed in or out of the Cincinnati IRS Center on Fourth street, and fire department hazmat teams were seen taking hoses into the building. Officials placed the suspicious letter in a can, which was placed in a police car and driven to a waiting Hamilton County Sheriff's Office helicopter and flown away. Chris Kerns, a spokesman for the IRS said the building, which can have as many as 3,500 workers in offices and 188 children in its childcare facility, is in ''standard procedure lockdown.'' The center, which processed 20 million individual and business tax returns from seven states, has had about 20 similar incidents in past 5 years. But this lockdown, coming as the nation anticipates retribution for the U.S. bombing of Taliban and terrorist targets in Afghanistan comes only a day after six people were hosed down by hazardous materials crews at a doctor's office on Montgomery Road in Sycamore Township , following delivery of a suspicious package Monday. Local and national officials are scrambling to increase stockpiles of medical tools to fight a potential biological attack and one such incident seems to be unfolding in south Florida. Federal officials suspect foul play rather than an environmental source is at the root of two Florida anthrax cases that have left one man dead and hundreds of co-workers lining up for medical tests. The FBI on Monday sealed off the Boca Raton offices of American Media Inc., where both men worked, and agents donned protective gear before going inside. The IRS center can have up to 188 children in its childcare center for employees. About 5,000 people are employed by the IRS in Cincinnati, with about 3,500 working at the center. ------------------ STAND AND FIGHT
  2. Suspicious Incident at Md. Subway The Associated Press Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001; 1:19 p.m. EDT TEMPLE HILLS, Md. –– A Metro subway station just outside Washington was closed Tuesday after an armed man scuffled with a police officer and a jar with an unknown substance fell onto the platform, officials said. Fire department hazardous-material teams in protective rubber suits responded after several people reported being sick. Mark Brady, a Prince George's County Fire Department spokesman, said a man dispensed some type of product in the subway station. "That product made people on the train sick, with dry throats and nausea," he said. About 15 people were isolated. Officials who run the Metro subway system said a scuffle broke out between a transit officer and man on a train after the passenger pulled a knife and gun. The train stopped at the Southern Avenue station on the Green Line and the fight continued onto the platform. Transit police took the man into custody. Officials said the officer and the armed man were not injured. ------------------ STAND AND FIGHT
  3. SYNTHETIC ANTHRAX according to NBC dateline tonight! We are all magot food now, unless BDAL can save our sorry butts in time. A letter dripping the highly sophisticated milky substance was personally delivered by the afflicted company mailman to the now dead photo editor. Buy "BDAL" like it is the last stock that you will ever own, because it just may turn out that way. They hold the defense contracts for the ANTHRAX RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT! ------------------ STAND AND FIGHT
  4. jijaji

    BOMBING BEGINS!!!

    U.S. Launches Strikes in Afghanistan By Amir Shah Associated Press Writer Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001; 1:17 p.m. EDT KABUL, Afghanistan –– Thunderous explosions and the rattle of anti-aircraft fire were heard Sunday night in the Afghan capital Kabul, as the United States and Britain launched military retaliation in Afghanistan. Electricity was shut off throughout the city. CNN meanwhile reported explosions in the northeast Afghan city of Jalalabad and the southern city of Kandahar, where the headquarters of the ruling Taliban militia is located. Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lives in Kandahar. The first explosions could be heard about 8:57 p.m. local time, or 12:27 p.m. EDT, when it is dark in Kabul. Five large explosions shook the city, followed by the sounds of anti-aircraft fire. A Taliban official in Kabul contacted by telephone from Pakistan said "we are under attack. They bombed in the south of Kabul. Our guns are firing." The official, who gave his name only as Mudir, gave no further details. The private, Islamabad-based Afghan Islamic Press agency quoted the Taliban as saying American planes had bombed areas near the Kabul airport in the northern part of the city. The agency said there were no details of casualties and no reports of damage to the city itself. It added, however, that "huge smoke is rising near Kabul airport." In Washington, President Bush said U.S. and British military action had begun in Afghanistan. He said forces are taking "targeted actions" against Taliban military capabilities and the al-Qaida network of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. The retaliation came a day after Bush warned the Taliban that time was running out for them to hand over bin Laden and his lieutenants or face the consequences. Bin Laden, a Saudi exile, is the main suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. "We are beginning another front in our war against terrorism so freedom can prevail over fear," Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said. Power went off throughout Kabul almost immediately after the first of five thunderous blasts, which appeared to have been in the southwest of the city. The southwestern part of Kabul includes the Darulaman Palace, an ancient royal residence, and the Balahisar Fort, an old Mogul style installation. The firing tapered off for a few minutes but resumed after a jet aircraft could be heard passing over the city. A curfew was in effect in the city, making it impossible to independently determine further details. ------------------ STAND AND FIGHT
  5. Atom Experiment Brings Teleportation a Step Closer LONDON (Reuters) - Physicists in Denmark have made two samples of trillions of atoms interact at a distance in an experiment which may bring Star Trek-style teleportation and rapid quantum computing closer to reality. Eugene Polzik and his colleagues at the University of Aarhus are not about to beam anyone up to the Starship Enterprise, but their research reported in the science journal Nature on Wednesday makes the idea of instantly transporting an object from one place to another less far fetched. It involves quantum entanglement -- a mysterious concept of entwining two or more particles without physical contact. Albert Einstein once described it as "spooky action at a distance." Entangled states are needed for quantum computing and teleportation. Scientists have entangled states of a few atoms in earlier experiments but Polzik and his team have done it with very large numbers and using laser light. "It is the first result where two macroscopic material objects have been entangled," Polzik explained in a telephone interview. "We have produced entanglement at a distance which means you and me can share entangled objects which is important for quantum communication, including quantum teleportation." In 1998 what has been described as the first teleportation experiment was done when scientists at the California Institute of Technology teleported a beam of light across a laboratory bench. Ignacio Cirac, a physicist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria said achievement of Polzik and his team could lead to real-life quantum communication systems, teleportation and quantum computers. "This is the first time two different atomic samples have been entangled in this way -- using light -- even though the samples are separated by some distance," he said in a commentary in Nature. Cirac believes further experiments will follow which could "revolutionize the field of quantum information."
  6. The 1st case in 25 years in this country....interesting timing! AND in FLORIDA..! Watch OUT...! jijaji ------------------ STAND AND FIGHT [This message has been edited by jijaji (edited 10-05-2001).]
  7. Report: L.A. Target For Terror Terror Training Camp Had Mockup Of LAX Posted: 7:09 p.m. PDT October 5, 2001 Updated: 7:20 p.m. PDT October 5, 2001 LOS ANGELES -- As the United States is in the final stages of preparing to launch military operations against Afghanistan, CBS News has learned that Los Angeles could be a target of retaliation. CBS2 Exclusive: L.A. Target Of Terror There is troop movement on both fronts. The United States is ready and apparently so are the Taliban rulers, CBS2 News reported Friday. A rebel army is pushing further in to Afghanistan from the north, and the Taliban is pulling troops back from the Northern Front to defend the two strong holds of Kabul and Kandahan. Despite the prospect of an imminent attack from both the air and ground, there still seems to be some activity in at least one of Osama bin Laden's training camps. One camp of particular interest to U.S. intelligence appeared at one time to have a mockup of portions of Los Angeles International Airport, CBS2 reported. The FBI and LAX officials told CBS2 Friday that they have not heard of such reports. In the meantime, security at LAX remains tight. National guard troops are in place and passenger cars are still not allowed near the airport. LAX was also targeted by terrorist Ahmed Ressam, who was part of an international plan to bomb the airport just before the millennium celebrations, according to authorities. Ressam was arrested in December of 1999, when U.S. agents in Port Angeles, Wash., found bomb chemicals in the back of his rental car as the suspect tried to cross the Canadian border. Ressam, who was convicted last year, faces 130 years in prison and is now cooperating with federal prosecutors. He has said that he is close to a London resident who has ties to Osama bin Laden.
  8. From Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamritam CHAPTER 8 THE MASTER'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT DAKSHINESWAR March 11, 1883. MASTER (to the devotees): "Ordinary people do not recognize the advent of an Incarnation of God. He comes in secret. Only a few of His intimate disciples can recognize Him. That Rama was both Brahman Absolute and a perfect Incarnation of God in human form was known only to twelve rishis. The other sages said to Him, 'Rama, we know You only as Dasaratha's son.' Seemed to fit in here...
  9. Fla. Man Dies From Anthrax By Amanda Riddle Associated Press Writer Friday, Oct. 5, 2001; 5:23 p.m. EDT LANTANA, Fla. –– A 63-year-old Florida man died Friday after contracting the inhaled form of anthrax, an extremely rare and lethal disease that could be a weapon in the hands of terrorists. Investigators have said there is no evidence he was the victim of a terrorist attack. Bob Stevens, a photo editor at the supermarket tabloid The Sun, was the first person in the United States in a quarter-century to contract the inhaled form of anthrax. Stevens died at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis after antibiotics failed against the infection, Dr. Jean Malecki said. Federal and state health investigators investigators have emphasized that the disease is not contagious and that no other cases have been reported. But both the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating.
  10. Passenger Gets Shotgun Through Airport X-Ray Thursday, October 04, 2001 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A passenger was arrested when an airport security guard searched his bag and found a disassembled shotgun -- but only after it had gone through X-ray screening unnoticed. Bradley Cooper, 20, told investigators the gun and duffel bag belonged to his roommate and he had forgotten the gun was inside. Investigators said an X-ray machine operator didn't recognize the shapes of the shotgun and ammunition on Cooper's first trip through security Tuesday at Colorado Springs Airport. Cooper left the terminal for a cigarette, taking the bag with him. When he returned, a hand-search turned up the gun. Federal prosecutors did not immediately file charges. "We are not sure there is a relevant crime for him," said Dick Weatherbee, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver. "It is a federal crime to take a weapon on an aircraft, but he never got on a plane." Police said Cooper's roommate confirmed the shotgun was his. The roommate, who has four prior felony convictions, was arrested for investigation of possession of a firearm by a felon.
  11. JIJAJI: The Gaudiya Sampradaya accepts Sri Chaitanya as the avatar for the Kali Yug. He is the combined form of Radha Krishna decended to save all the fallen and give them the highest devotion to the Lord. talasiga says "why the need to establish his divinity" That sounds like an outsiders question? I don't get it....? jijaji
  12. mahakji hope your well..... love & peace brother, jajwala
  13. Scientists say quick sex causes headaches Scientists say having an intense sex life can cause severe headaches. German neurologists say people who rush sex are most likely to suffer serious head pains at orgasm. Their research suggests people should avoid "quickies" and allow sexual tension to build slowly. "It is important to avoid a quick increase in sexual activity and, thus, in blood pressure", says neurologist Stefan Evers, from the Neurological Clinic of the University of Munster. He says the syndrome, which causes an explosion-like pain during orgasm, may be linked to migraine. Most sufferers are between 25 and 50-years-old, and men are up to four times more likely to be affected than women.
  14. We will be getting alot of these 'On again off again' reports as this thing escalates. ------------------ STAND AND FIGHT
  15. Hijacked 737 Jet Lands in New Delhi The Associated Press Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001; 5:00 p.m. EDT NEW DELHI, India –– A Boeing 737 jetliner reportedly carrying 54 people was hijacked Wednesday night on a domestic flight from Bombay and landed in New Delhi, India's civil aviation minister said. National security force commandos surrounded the plane early Thursday and the pilot was in communication with air traffic controllers in New Delhi, Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav said. The plane was parked at an isolated area of Indira Gandhi International Airport. All 54 passengers and crew were unharmed but remained on board the jet, said private New Delhi Television, a subsidiary of Star News. It said two hijackers were on board. Yadav said authorities received an anonymous call after the plane departed Bombay saying the plane had been hijacked after its departure. The pilot contacted air traffic controllers in New Delhi while the plane was flying over Ahmadabad, north of Bombay, he said. The Times of India said it received a distress call from a passenger on board the hijacked flight. The jet belonged to Alliance Air, a domestic subsidiary of Indian Airlines. India has been on alert since the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States, in which hijackers seized jetliners and struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Suspected Islamic militants exploded a car bomb near the entrance to India's disputed Kashmir state legislature on Monday, then opened fire on security forces inside, killing 40 people and wounding dozens of others. A Pakistan-based militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed responsibility. On Dec. 24, 1999, five hijackers seized an Indian Airlines flight carrying 178 passengers and 11 crew members after it left Nepal. The captors killed one passenger and released others early in the hijacking. The hijackers left the plane in Afghanistan with 155 hostages on board on Dec. 31 after India agreed to release three prisoners. © Copyright 2001 The Associated Press
  16. MUMBAI TO DELHI PLANE HIJACKED NEW DELHI: A Boeing 737 belonging to India's state-run Alliance Air, with 54 people on board, was hijacked just after take-off from Mumbai early Thursday, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Shahnawaz Hussain said. The Times of India received a distress call from a passenger of the hijacked aircraft. The Star News said all the passengers were unharmed but that they remained aboard the jet, which was parked at an isolated area at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The plane was surrounded by police and commandos. Delhi Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma has reached the runway where the plane is parked. Bomb disposal squad of the Delhi Police has also arrived at the scene. A high-level team headed by Union Home Minister L K Advani is meeting at the Civil Aviation Ministry headquarters at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan here. The meeting which began shortly before 2:30 am is being attended by Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and top security and intelligence officials Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Shahnawaz Hussain said a hijack distress call had been received by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) in New Delhi where the plane had landed at around 1 a.m. Hussain said the pilots of the comandeered plane had asked for engineers but could not offer more details. "We just got one message. The pilot did not give any more details. Our contigency plans are in place," the aviation minister said, adding that all the passengers on board the aircraft were "safe." Sources said the hijackers were two in number and spoke little English. The aircraft, flight No. CD 7444, on its way to Delhi, was hijacked after passing Ahmedabad, initial reports said. The plane, with 54 on board, departed from Mumbai at 11:15 pm. The Alliance Air is a subsidiary of the Indian Airlines. The plane is now parked at an isolated bay runway 27 of the airport. Police and fire vehicles have rushed towards the site.
  17. Jndas: That was when you first flipped out and started on your tantra tip. That lasted all of two or three weeks before you gave that up and started the Vallabha trip. That lasted a month or so, and then you gave that up and started your shruti trip. JIJAJI: Why does one have to be flipped out to investgate Tantra or Vallabha. Satya has been into the Sruti thing for a while.... He rejected his Gaudiya Guru and went in search of truth from various sources, not such an unusual scenario. People say he waffles from position to position, whereas I see Satya simply giving perspectives from various traditions he has investgated to help him understand the truth as a whole better! jijaji
  18. JNDS: Read the two chapters of Bhavishya Purana referenced above. These questions are answered therein. These two chapters describe Sri Chaitanya's meeting the acharyas of the four sampradayas in his aprakata-lila (unmanifested pastimes) and his instructing them. JIJAJI: Could you please give us more on these 2 chapters, some of us don't have copies. Also I would like to see how these two verses appear with the rest of the chapters their found in. some good questions brought up here....again why would Vyasa bring him up in one Purana and not list him at all in the others lists of Avatars....? For that matter why was the Chaitanya Upanishad hidden for so long but popped up suddenly in Bengal..? jijaji
  19. Flying SannyAsins..? Do they use their dandas as the pagan wiccans on broomsticks? Hey, which brings up Halloween... Does anybody remember my postings on VNN about Tantric Goulish Goodies..? Tarun..you may remember jijaji [This message has been edited by jijaji (edited 10-01-2001).]
  20. From Ananova News A baby boom could hit the US in nine months as Americans turn to "terror sex" to combat fears of war or further terrorist attacks, experts say. Post-disaster sex, or "end-of-the-world sex", means a baby boom is likely in nine months' time, the Los Angeles Times reports. Americans are turning to sex to soothe feelings of fear, vulnerability and sadness, the newspaper said. University of Washington sociologist Pepper Schwartz said: "The act of sex is a very elemental, primal feeling of being alive and connected to somebody. "Sex is part of a life force. When asked, 'How do you want to die?' a lot of people say, 'Making love or having an orgasm'. What they are saying is, 'I want to be most alive the moment before I am dead'." She said there were parallels between soldiers marrying before heading off to war zones and said demographers should expect a hike in the birth rate. One un-named New York record executive told the newspaper: "Everyone has been through a shared experience and people's defences are down. "People are vulnerable and that can be really attractive. It's biology at work - gotta procreate if the world is coming to an end." *US terror attacks story sent by Ananova
  21. -- FROM DEBKA INTELLIGENCE FILES 200,000 soldiers at bin Laden's command? Western intelligence has no clue as to his whereabouts -- Editor's note: DEBKAfile's electronic news publication is a news-cum-analysis live wire, online round the clock seven days a week. A weekly edition,DEBKA-Net-Weekly, is now available through WorldNetDaily.com. Drawing on DEBKAfile's unique sources, analytical talents and forward-looking insights, it is presented as a compact, intelligence-angled weekly package. It is available as a direct e-mail feed or via the Internet. © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com As U.S. sea-air armadas, destroyers, air fleets and Special Service units speed east to make war on terrorism, the opposition makes its own preparations quietly and in the dark. The ex-Saudi terror master Osama bin Laden is generally presented as being on the run, dodging with a small band from one hideout to another in the Uruzga Mountains to escape the mighty force out to get him. Some reports place him in hiding in Somalia. The truth is that no one – including Western intelligence agencies – knows where he is. Bin Laden and his senior commanders, far from giving up the fight, are in fact busy preparing their next offensive against the U.S., Britain, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Emirates, Egypt and Israel – all affirmed targets of the jihad he has declared against America and everything its stands for, according to the military sources of DEBKA, the private intelligence service. Bin Laden and his ilk do not practice Western military doctrines. The concepts of military hierarchy, with its generals and colonels, general staffs and operational, air intelligence and naval intelligence branches, are all alien to bin Laden and his band. This is quite deliberate. Bin Laden keeps his men untouched by Western military thinking and formats for two reasons: To prevent his men’s exposure to Western culture, while creating a milieu in which any Western penetration agent will soon be spotted. A preference for traditional Islamic fighting methods, mostly taken from the early days of conquering Islam – the seventh century, when the Caliph Omar prevailed over the Byzantine Empire, and the 11th century, when Saladin defeated the European Crusaders. Saladin, who was not an Arab but a Seljuk from Asia Minor, built his army around a very small command of adherents and a large international pool of reservists, who were called up for major battles by a dozen or so runners, who traveled to the different countries and activated local couriers in relays for posting call-up summons in the towns and villages. DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that bin Laden’s courier squad of half a dozen runners went into action Sept. 9, two days before the four hijacked airliners rammed the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington. They spread out in two destinations. One group headed for the Islamic madrassas, Islamic schools and colleges of Afghanistan, where 40,000 of the more than 1 million students, Afghans and foreigners, have embraced the jihad mission under bin Laden’s leadership. A second group went round the 10,000 madrassas of Pakistan, where bin Laden can count on a further 70,000 jihad devotees. The conscripts were issued with their personal weapons early last week from central armories serving each cluster of madrassas. These schools are not colleges in the Western sense, but training and indoctrination academies breeding militant zealots for battle and self-sacrifice. These future recruits to bin Laden’s Muslim internationale are subjected to rigorous training disciplines in guerrilla and urban combat, sabotage, the making and use of bombs, simple weaponry for use against planes, helicopters and tanks and endurance in harsh conditions deprived of water and food for long periods. This is not a ragged rabble, but a well-drilled, dedicated Islamic legion of at least 110,000 zealots, raring to take on Western armies and unafraid of elite U.S. Delta, Rangers and Seals or British SAS commandos descending on their strongholds. Indeed, some of the instructors teaching the students the arts of war may have received their own training at the hands of American Muslim commando instructors, attached at different periods to U.S. 101st or 82nd Airborne divisions. The Islamic army congregating in Afghanistan under the bin Laden banner is a fighting force as formidable in its own way as the military might the United States and the British are assembling to eradicate it. Some 3,500 hard-core senior officers serving in bin Laden’s training bases in Afghanistan have taken command of the gathering army. DEBKAfile’s military sources confirm at least one initial engagement between U.S. elite forces who crossed from neighboring Tadjikistan, a former Soviet republic, into southeast Afghanistan since Saturday. They were led through the mountains by Russian intelligence officers familiar with Afghan frontier terrain and Tadjik and Pushtun smugglers associated with Russian intelligence. There was another brush Saturday, between British SAS units who entered Afghanistan from the north and linked up with the Afghan general Rashid Dustum, an Uzbek, and a bin Laden band. Members of the British force penetrated Afghan military lines and reached the outskirts of Kabul. DEBKAfile’s military sources are quite clear that the coming war will be fought both inside and outside Afghanistan, and that its tempo, scale, arena and intensity will not be dictated by the Americans alone. Al-Qaida is an international association of allied groups operating in many parts of the world. Its top commanders are: YAMAN AL ZAWAHAR, head of the Egyptian Jihad Islami, who is bin Laden’s senior deputy and heir apparent. JUMMA MAMANGANI, an Uzbek, who was recently appointed al-Qaida chief of operations. He is former commander of the Moslem Army for the Liberation of Kyrgistan. Three key Afghan training camps, at Jalalabad, Farmada and Daronta, are under his command. FATEH KAMEL, who leads the most militant cells of the extremist Algerian GIA. In the name of al-Qaida, he controls terrorist cells in the United States, Canada and Algeria. MUHAMMED ATIF aka SUBHI ABU-SITTAH, who is nominal chief of staff of the network and its brightest military brain. He comes from the Egyptian Jihad Islami. IMAD MUGHNIYEH, the former Lebanese Hezbollah hostage-taker and bomber, who is in charge of the combined terrorist campaign around the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Europe and Israel. On top of the 3,500 hard-core commanders and 110,000 Afghan and Pakistani troops, al-Qaida retains another 6,400 commanders in 12 centers: North America, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Albania, Kosovo, Algeria, Chechenya, Tadjikistan and all the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Philippines, Egypt, Ethiopia and Somalia. The numbers of bin Laden can muster differs from place to place. In North America, together with his closest ally, the Egyptian Jihad Islami, there are some 2,500 hard-core fighting men; in Yemen, where his family originated before migrating to Saudi Arabia – 2,000 directly. But bin Laden has a special relationship with the commanders of the 20,000-man strong irregular Muslim Liberation Army, which holds a monopoly of the arms trade of the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and East Africa. Its reach sometimes goes as far as Iran. Bin Laden often serves as the MLA’s clearing bank and ready bankroll for arms deal. In Saudi Arabia, where the privileged and affluent bin Laden clan lives, Osama commands some 200-250 hard-core commanders, but many more potential partisans among the disaffected tribes in the central and eastern provinces, especially the Nejd, as well as in the Saudi armed forces and national guard. An intensive al-Qaida recruitment effort in those two Saudi forces could cause their collapse and drop in bin Laden’s lap their arsenals, with some of the most sophisticated hardware in use today. According to conservative estimates, the millionaire-terrorist could most probably rally around the world roughly the same number of fighting men as those flocking to his flag in Afghanistan and Pakistan, namely an army of over 200,000 men. Many members of his overseas legions are available for both sustained and for one-time operations. In between, they simply go back to their normal pursuits and their homes in host countries. They are also available for terrorist operations on their home ground.
  22. Mullah Omar held secret meeting with Bin Laden ANDAHAR: Mullah Muhammad Omar, supreme commander of the Taliban, has held a secret meeting with Saudi exile Osama Bin Laden before the latter left for an unknown destination, Pakistan's Online news agency reported. The meeting took place at a hideout 45 km north of Kandahar where both leaders renewed their pledge to use an "iron fist" while responding to the "aggression of anti-Islamic forces", especially America, a senior official of Omar's secretariat was quoted as saying by Afghan news agency Ariana. The US is seen as preparing to attack Afghanistan in the wake of Taliban's refusal to hand over bin Laden, a prime suspect in the September 11 terror strikes in New York and Washington in which thousands were killed. Reports also say the Taliban, in a state of high alert, have vacated all its important bases including Herat, Kandahar, Kabul and Ghaur. They have also spread their forces in different areas in order to meet the highly critical situation. In Islamabad, Taliban spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmain was quoted as saying: "There is no change in our decision (to hand over Bin Laden). American demands are not in favour of Muslims and Afghans and we are not ready to accept this."
  23. SAS troops clash with Taliban unit deep inside Afghanistan James Clark, Tony Allen-Mills and Stephen Grey, Washington SAS troops in Afghanistan have been fired upon by Taliban soldiers in the first clash of the campaign against global terrorism. Nobody was hurt, military sources said, adding that the gunfire had been "more symbolic than directed". They suggested that the small SAS team had "spooked" Taliban soldiers near Kabul, who had fired indiscriminately before fleeing. However, the incident marks an escalation in what has so far been only an intelligence war. The Taliban are in a high state of alert for coalition forces waiting to enter their country. It is rare for Ministry of Defence insiders to confirm that their forces have been involved in skirmishes, but a source close to the SAS said there had been a clash late on Friday. SAS troopers, together with members of MI6 and the CIA, are working with the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance in the search for Osama Bin Laden, the Saudi-born millionaire believed to have masterminded the suicide hijacker attacks on America 12 days ago in which 6,818 are feared to have died. They are seeking intelligence about Bin Laden's whereabouts, the location of mines, routes he might take out of the country and the help of guides for later operations. Unlike their American counterparts, SAS troopers specialise in long-term operations behind enemy lines, making them ideal for intelligence-gathering missions in Afghanistan. The soldiers involved in the clash with the Taliban were believed to be from a four-man unit that had crossed the border, possibly from Tajikistan. The SAS men on the ground are communicating with commanders via RAF Nimrods from the secretive 51 Squadron, using state-of-the-art "squirt" radios to transmit large amounts of data in seconds, helping avoid either interception or pin-pointing by the enemy. American forces are also on the move. Advance units of two United States army divisions are on the Afghan border preparing for strikes against the Taliban regime. Units of the 82nd Airborne and 101st Air Assault Divisions arrived at bases in Pakistan, near the border towns of Quetta and Peshawar, as a huge build- up of ships, aircraft and troops ordered to the region by President George W Bush continued. A Pentagon official declared that the military was ready to respond "the second the president pushes the button". US military aircraft carrying reconnaissance equipment landed yesterday at a base near Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It also emerged that US attack helicopters are still stationed inside Uzbekistan after recent joint military exercises. Northern Alliance rebels were reported to be advancing towards Mazar-i-Sharif, a possible bridgehead into Afghanistan for American forces. The coalition operation inside Afghanistan coincided with intelligence reports that any further terrorist action would be radically different from the suicide hijackings that led to three passenger planes being crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. "They've been there and done that," said one US government adviser. "The real fear now is chemical." It was revealed last night that crop-spraying planes had been grounded in America after police found evidence at a suspected terrorist hideout suggesting that plans were being made to disperse biological or chemical agents. In Britain, the security services believe the main threat could be the release of poisons into the air or the contamination of water. ------------------ STAND AND FIGHT
  24. British May Be In Afghanistan 23-Sep-2001 The UK Ministry of Defense refuses to discuss reports that a Special Air Service (SAS) Reconnaisance Unit disturbed Taliban soldiers a few miles from Kabul and exchanged fire with them. The Mail on Sunday and the Sunday Times are reporting that a four man SAS unit escaped unhurt after the clash. Both papers are also reporting that the SAS has been in Afghanistan for five days and has already linked up with the Northern Alliance. A Royal Navy fleet of 13 ships has passed through the Suez Canal. Meanwhile, US military planes have landed in Uzbekistan on Afghanistan's northern border, and both countries are massing air and sea power in the region. In a separate story, Taliban leaders have said that Osama bin Laden is 'missing.' They claim that they have been attempting to deliver a letter to him asking him to leave the country, but have been unable to find him.
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