JIBOUTI, Nov. 16 — For the first time since American troops withdrew from Somalia after a bloody firefight in the streets of Mogadishu, the United States military is rebuilding its combat power in the Horn of Africa. (NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/17/international/africa/17HORN.html?ex=1038484720&ei=1&en=f03b8ec5b6794cf8

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Pentagon Plans a Computer System That Would Peek at Personal Data of Americans By JOHN MARKOFF http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/politics/09COMP.html?ex=1037854354&ei=1&en=2c953778a582ee6b The Pentagon is constructing a computer system that could create a vast electronic dragnet, searching for personal information as part of the Thunt for terrorists around the globe — including the United States. As the director of the effort, Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter, has described the system in Pentagon documents and in speeches, it will provide intelligence analysts and law enforcement officials with instant access to information from Internet mail and calling records to credit card and banking transactions and travel documents, without a search warrant. Historically, military and intelligence agencies have not been permitted to spy on Americans without extraordinary legal authorization. But Admiral Poindexter, the former national security adviser in the Reagan administration, has argued that the government needs broad new powers to process, store and mine billions of minute details of electronic life in the United States. Admiral Poindexter, who has described the plan in public documents and speeches but declined to be interviewed, has said that the government needs to "break down the stovepipes" that separate commercial and government databases, allowing teams of intelligence agency analysts to hunt for hidden patterns of activity with powerful computers. "We must become much more efficient and more clever in the ways we find new sources of data, mine information from the new and old, generate information, make it available for analysis, convert it to knowledge, and create actionable options," he said in a speech in California earlier this year. Admiral Poindexter quietly returned to the government in January to take charge of the Office of Information Awareness at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as Darpa. The office is responsible for developing new surveillance technologies in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In order to deploy such a system, known as Total Information Awareness, new legislation would be needed, some of which has been proposed by the Bush administration in the Homeland Security Act that is now before Congress. That legislation would amend the Privacy Act of 1974, which was intended to limit what government agencies could do with private information. The possibility that the system might be deployed domestically to let intelligence officials look into commercial transactions worries civil liberties proponents. "This could be the perfect storm for civil liberties in America," said Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington "The vehicle is the Homeland Security Act, the technology is Darpa and the agency is the F.B.I. The outcome is a system of national surveillance of the American public." Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has been briefed on the project by Admiral Poindexter and the two had a lunch to discuss it, according to a Pentagon spokesman. "As part of our development process, we hope to coordinate with a variety of organizations, to include the law enforcement community," a Pentagon spokeswoman said. An F.B.I. official, who spoke on the condition that he not be identified, said the bureau had had preliminary discussions with the Pentagon about the project but that no final decision had been made about what information the F.B.I. might add to the system. A spokesman for the White House Office of Homeland Security, Gordon Johndroe, said officials in the office were not familiar with the computer project and he declined to discuss concerns raised by the project's critics without knowing more about it. He referred all questions to the Defense Department, where officials said they could not address civil liberties concerns because they too were not familiar enough with the project. Some members of a panel of computer scientists and policy experts who were asked by the Pentagon to review the privacy implications this summer said terrorists might find ways to avoid detection and that the system might be easily abused. "A lot of my colleagues are uncomfortable about this and worry about the potential uses that this technology might be put, if not by this administration then by a future one," said Barbara Simon, a computer scientist who is past president of the Association of Computing Machinery. "Once you've got it in place you can't control it."

Pentagon Plans a Computer System That Would Peek at Personal Data of Americans By JOHN MARKOFF http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/politics/09COMP.html?ex=1037854354&ei=1&en=2c953778a582ee6b The Pentagon is constructing a computer system that could create a vast electronic dragnet, searching for personal information as part of the Thunt for terrorists around the globe — including the United States. As the director of the effort, Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter, has described the system in Pentagon documents and in speeches, it will provide intelligence analysts and law enforcement officials with instant access to information from Internet mail and calling records to credit card and banking transactions and travel documents, without a search warrant. Historically, military and intelligence agencies have not been permitted to spy on Americans without extraordinary legal authorization. But Admiral Poindexter, the former national security adviser in the Reagan administration, has argued that the government needs broad new powers to process, store and mine billions of minute details of electronic life in the United States. Admiral Poindexter, who has described the plan in public documents and speeches but declined to be interviewed, has said that the government needs to "break down the stovepipes" that separate commercial and government databases, allowing teams of intelligence agency analysts to hunt for hidden patterns of activity with powerful computers. "We must become much more efficient and more clever in the ways we find new sources of data, mine information from the new and old, generate information, make it available for analysis, convert it to knowledge, and create actionable options," he said in a speech in California earlier this year. Admiral Poindexter quietly returned to the government in January to take charge of the Office of Information Awareness at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as Darpa. The office is responsible for developing new surveillance technologies in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In order to deploy such a system, known as Total Information Awareness, new legislation would be needed, some of which has been proposed by the Bush administration in the Homeland Security Act that is now before Congress. That legislation would amend the Privacy Act of 1974, which was intended to limit what government agencies could do with private information. The possibility that the system might be deployed domestically to let intelligence officials look into commercial transactions worries civil liberties proponents. "This could be the perfect storm for civil liberties in America," said Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington "The vehicle is the Homeland Security Act, the technology is Darpa and the agency is the F.B.I. The outcome is a system of national surveillance of the American public." Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has been briefed on the project by Admiral Poindexter and the two had a lunch to discuss it, according to a Pentagon spokesman. "As part of our development process, we hope to coordinate with a variety of organizations, to include the law enforcement community," a Pentagon spokeswoman said. An F.B.I. official, who spoke on the condition that he not be identified, said the bureau had had preliminary discussions with the Pentagon about the project but that no final decision had been made about what information the F.B.I. might add to the system. A spokesman for the White House Office of Homeland Security, Gordon Johndroe, said officials in the office were not familiar with the computer project and he declined to discuss concerns raised by the project's critics without knowing more about it. He referred all questions to the Defense Department, where officials said they could not address civil liberties concerns because they too were not familiar enough with the project. Some members of a panel of computer scientists and policy experts who were asked by the Pentagon to review the privacy implications this summer said terrorists might find ways to avoid detection and that the system might be easily abused. "A lot of my colleagues are uncomfortable about this and worry about the potential uses that this technology might be put, if not by this administration then by a future one," said Barbara Simon, a computer scientist who is past president of the Association of Computing Machinery. "Once you've got it in place you can't control it."

Bro Abdinuur, sorry for the late reply. I copied this work from another islamic forum. but I will try to answer your questions to the best of my ability. I think that Gog and Magog are two tribes that are stuck somewhere on earth. "40. The buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daws will again sway in circumambulation (tawaf) around the idol Dhul-Khulsah." I think this means that they will dance around this idol again. Basically this tribe will worship this idol called dhul-khulsah????????????? ---------- Other things that caught my attention are: 7. Two large groups of Muslims will fight in war. I have seen this in another phrase that says: 7. Two large groups of people will fight in war, who are followers of the same religion with many cassualties on both sides. Here it doesn't specifically say muslims but a lot of people link this sign to the Iran-Iraq war. --- 25. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and many will die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the one who gains the treasure. "Does this refer to the oil (black gold} of Iraq?"

I took the following from clearguidance.com 50 Signs of the Day of Judgment From the Words of Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam) The Signs are listed in roughly chronological order, although the order is not necessarily precise, especially for those in the future. This is a brief summary of the signs; there are many books, articles, cassettes etc. which discuss these in greater detail. May Allah enable us to recognise and heed the Signs, and strengthen us in the times of tribulation. "Are they waiting for anything except the Hour, to come to them suddenly? But its Signs have already come!" (Al-Qur’an, Surah Muhammad) Past 1. Splitting of the Moon. 2. Death of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 3. A form of death which will kill thousands of Muslims. (Understood to refer to the plague of Amwas during the caliphate of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.) 4. A major fighting in Madinah (understood to refer to the battle of al-Harrah during the caliphate of Yazid, 63 AH). 5. The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem. 6. The Muslim conquest of Constantinople. 7. Two large groups of Muslims will fight in war. 8. A war between the Muslims and a reddish people with small eyes, wearing sandals made of hair (understood to refer to the Mongol Tatar invasion of the Islamic lands.) 9. A peace agreement between the Muslims and non-Muslims from the yellow race (Chinese, Mongols, etc.) 10. Thirty impostors (dajjal) will appear, each thinking he is a prophet. Present? 11. Naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds will compete in building tall buildings. 12. The slave-woman will give birth to her master or mistress. 13. A trial (fitnah) which will enter every Arab household. 14. Knowledge will be taken away (by the death of people of knowledge), and ignorance will prevail. 15. Wine (intoxicants, alcohol) will be drunk in great quantities. 16. Illegal sexual intercourse will become widespread. 17. Earthquakes will increase. 18. Time will pass more quickly. 19. Tribulations (fitan) will prevail. 20. Bloodshed will increase. 21. A man will pass by the grave of another and wish he was in the latter’s place. 22. Trustworthiness will be lost, i.e. when authority is given to those who do not deserve it. 23. People will gather for prayer, but will be unable to find an imam to lead them. Future 24. The number of men will decrease, whilst the number of women will increase, until for every man there are 50 women. 25. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and many will die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the one who gains the treasure. 26. The Romans (Europeans) will come to a place called A’maq or Wabiq, and an army of the best people will go forth from Madinah to face them. 27. The Muslim conquest of Rome. 28. The Mahdi (guided one) will appear, and be the Imam of the Muslims. 29. Jesus Christ will descend in Damascus, and pray behind the Mahdi. 30. Jesus will break the cross and kill the swine, i.e. destroy the false christianity. 31. The Antichrist (al-masih al-dajjal, the false christ) will appear, with all his tools of deception, and be an immense trial. He will be followed by 70,000 Jews from Isfahan (present-day Iran). 32. The appearance of Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog), and the associated tribulations. 33. The emergence of the Beast from the Earth, carrying the Staff of Moses and the Seal of Solomon, who will speak to the people, telling them they did not believe with certainty in the Divine Signs. 34. A major war between the Muslims (including Jews and Christians who truly believe in Jesus after his return) led by the Imam Mahdi, and the Jews plus other non-Muslims led by the Antichrist. 35. Jesus will kill the Antichrist at the gate of Ludd (Lod in present-day Israel, site of an airport and a major Israeli military base). 36. A time of great peace and serenity during and after the remaining lifetime of Jesus. 37. Wealth will come so abundant that it will become difficult to find someone to accept charity. 38. Arabia will become a land of gardens and rivers. 39. Society will then decay. 40. The buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daws will again sway in circumambulation (tawaf) around the idol Dhul-Khulsah. 41. A great fire in the Hijaz, seen by the inhabitants of Busra. 42. Three major armies will sink into the earth: one in the east, one in the west, one in Arabia. 43. An Abyssinian leader with thin shins will destroy the Ka’bah. 44. The huge cloud of smoke. 45. The sun will rise from the west (its place of setting). 46. A gentle wind which will take the souls of the believers. 47. There is no-one left on the earth saying, "Allah, Allah" or "There is no god except Allah." 48. Eventually the Day of Judgment is established upon the worst of the people, who copulate like donkeys in public. 49. The blowing in the Trumpet by the Angel Israfil, upon which everyone will faint except as Allah wills. 50. The second blowing in the Trumpet, upon which everyone will be resurrected.

Finally a country is quitting that useless league. What is the use of this league anyway? I hope others will follow in the footsteps of LIBYA.

Yes, he did it. They just didn't want to admit to prove that Afghanistan would be attacked withour evidence. Actually Ayman al-Zawari admitted that it was carried out by them recently, in an interview with a trusted organization. www.azzam.com As for whether he's a hero. I'm not sure but I sure know that he is a hero to more people than he is a terrorist.

American politics will perhaps never achieve the degree of honesty our founding fathers envisioned, because their vision wisely did not embrace democracy as we know it. While it's currently fashionable to disregard anything a dead white male has said, a mulatto female and living white president have provided convincing evidence today. Bush/Israel/Big Oil, Inc. sent out the brown one to tell us that the genocidal war against the brown ones in Iraq will begin soon. This "evidence" of course comes from the mysterious prisoners at Guantanomo Bay, whose identities are kept from us for "national security" reasons. It's completely vague evidence involving training in Iraq in the use of chemical weapons, which Israel can have - along with nukes - but are prohibited for any Muslim nation. We wouldn't want them to be able to defend themselves against us or our rabid, hateful, religiously xenophobic "ally" in the middle east. Considering that this is BushInc's - what - FOURTH? attempt to convince the world that Iraq is "evil," it has no credence to an alert observer. However, to the average distracted, semi-literate voter this is cause for war. In theory, having your peers get together and decide "as one big happy family" what should be done is an emotionally fulfilling plan. If we all make the decision, we'll get it right, and there won't be much dissent - everyone will be "represented." However, the truth is that since the dawn of language, it's been trivial for leaders to manipulate the average person. Think about this. Joe American isn't a "bad" person or a "good" person, but an average person. He works fourty hours a week, fifty with commuting time included. He trusts his newspapers and teevee. With family, shopping, home repair, children and entertainment to look after, Joe's a pretty distracted guy. He's not going to think critically about everything he reads, but will make a conclusion based on how it hits him at the moment. This is where Joe is susceptible. Like a good hacker, a government knows the first step in any attack is to set up fake data that can later be referenced in order to compromise the system. Think of it is a mental trojan horse, or a virus: they literally upload a binary logic into his brain. First it's "good" and "evil." Next comes the ol' Cold War canard, about how America is "free' and "democractic" and this is therefore better than any other system on earth and therefore they all hate us. It's not related to bin Laden's comments that his jihad against the JCSA originates in combat with Israel, who has repeatedly shown a disregard for Arab life. Instead, he's "evil." And now so is Saddam. Chemical weapons = bad, our side = good. Saddam = genocidal monster, Israel = holy land. Troops = peacemakers, mujahideen = "terrorists." Israel firing 1,000 lb explosive missiles into Palestinian homes is somehow not terrorism, nor is what happened at Hiroshima, nor is what happened at Dresden. What a simple world. Joe "Voter" American thus feels empowered when the decision is presented to him in such a simple way. "Well, who wouldn't want to get rid of these horrible people?" he thinks. "I'm with the good guys! Let's go get the bad guys!" he says - thus social control is instantly implanted and effected at the same time. While right now this may be okay to most, who rationalize that Saddam Hussein is another dictator we can afford to lose, the consequences for the future are overwhelming. First-strike doctrine. UN rapid response protocols. The New World Order will involve crushing any dissidents before we're informed, because of the decisions "we" make now. The discerning reader can now see why I, and many more thinkers and writers of late, have begun to speak up about democracy in the media age, referring to it by an older appellation: tyranny. When we strip away the pretense, and the social justification, and the corporate- governmental-theocratic manipulation, democracy means "the mob rules" and does the bidding of its masters, who are pursuing only profit. The only thing "wrong" with this is what doesn't get done as a result. No collective action is taken to make civilization more intelligent, to protect and nurture the environment, or to plan for a sustainable long-term future. The dead white males that are currently fashionable to disregard, from humanistic media run by Christians and Jews to college campuses populated by leftist and Christian "right"ist professors, had a solution for this. When they spoke of democracy, they didn't mean that everyone could vote. They meant that only men of a certain age who were powerful enough to be familiar with the workings of power should vote. These were those who had been required to survive and endure in a business environment, and who had seen the root process behind it. They are not as easily fooled as someone too young, someone who has not forged their way in society yet, or someone with a built-in compassion overabundance as a result of biological programming for child care. They were hardened and could make difficult decisions independent of "bad' and "good" programming. So think today, when they trot out a symbol - a "successful" black female enfranchised empowered voter - to tell you that it's time to kill the brown man in Iraq. It's not. Israel thinks this is about Israel, Big Oil thinks this is about oil, and the average voter thinks this is about democracy versus evil, but the truth is that the war in Iraq like all other human interactions is about power. And if we continue to play into their hands, we're going to hand this power to a cartel so powerful that we'll never hear anything but their "truth" thorugh our media again. Consider your support carefully. And consider turning off your teevee and shutting down the instant popularity contest we call "democracy." Before it's impossible to make that change.

Thanks Shujui-1.

Shu, Based on his writings and his membership of the KKK one can see how full of hate this man really is. Look at some of his quotes: ON US (you might say on African Americans but a black person is a black person) "[A] black...gets a job with a white-owned company. He is the only black at the firm. He works hard, but he's fighting a losing battle against his genes." "We don't want Negroes around. We don't need Negroes around." "White people don't need a law against rape, but if you fill this room up with your normal black bucks, you would, because niggers are basically primitive animals." LOOK at what he has to say about Immigration, Jews, etc. http://www.adl.org/special_reports/duke_own_words/duke_intro.html