Do the Mossad Genetically Modified Sharks have Six-Pointed Lasers too?

This is just too juicy to ignore:

Egypt: Sinai shark attacks could be Israeli plot

Israel rejects the notion as "too ludicrous" for comment; German woman killed near Sharm e-Sheikh, Russian tourists also mauled.

Courtesy climateprogress.org

Here are the best bits:

“What is being said about the Mossad throwing the deadly shark [in the sea] to hit tourism in Egypt is not out of the question, but it needs time to confirm,” South Sinai Gov. Muhammad Abdel Fadil Shousha was quoted as saying by the Egyptian state news site egynews.net.

Israeli officials said the claims were too ludicrous to comment on. Israel has issued an advisory warning against travel to Sinai due to plots against Israelis by terrorist groups linked to al-Qaida.

Form in your own mind which side is expressing the more rational position.  The attack happened in the Red Sea, and according to Wikipedia there are 44 species that populate that body of water.  Egypt has a bustling resort business there too.


Lets connect some dots: sharks, humans, tourist dollars, politics.

But Aviv Levy, a shark expert and the curator of the Underwater Observatory Marine Park in Eilat, said the Egyptians usually engaged in “smoke screening” when it came to shark attacks.

“Something is very strange here. The Egyptians are trying to hide it,” Levy told The Media Line. “This is very bad news for the sharks. It was strange after the first attacks last week and now even more so.”

Egyptian authorities launched a hunt for sharks after four Russian swimmers were mauled at the Red Sea resort last week. Over the weekend, government conservation officials released photos of two captured sharks: an oceanic whitetip and a mako.

The mayor of Sharm e-Sheikh had announced that the beaches were reopened after authorities deemed that the sharks no longer posed a threat and that it was safe to go back into the waters. The sandy resort at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula is popular with European tourists and attracts over 3 million visitors a year.

Shark attacks in the Red Sea are not unheard of, or 'unprecedented' as the popular kids of the MSM would say if Obama were involved.  Nope, suddenly trumping up charges against Israel are more important than covering up shark attacks for more tourist dollars, unless you can keep blaming Israel.  You would think that a shark attack announcement, with Israel's Mossad standing as the accused, might put a dent in tourism to the Sinai.  Not according to the Egyptians:


Israeli travel warning an attempt to discourage tourism:

The governor of northern Sinai, outraged by an Israeli travel warning on the Egyptian peninsula issued earlier this week, claimed Saturday that the warning was an attempt to harm the Egyptian economy. 

Abdel Fadil Shusha said Saturday morning that the situation in the area was quiet and secure and that Israel has become used to publishing such travel warnings during Egyptian holiday seasons since the 2004 Taba attacks.

At least he did not say that the warning was to keep Israelis away from the Mossad trained sharks.  Maybe he missed the news from November, when Egypt arrested 25 people accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Israelis in the Sinai?


Not mentioned is the annual UN vote to declare a Palestinian state coming up soon.





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Saudis seeking bomb maker. Yemen arrests parcel bomb suspect, met with mass taqiyya

Saudis looking for Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri (ابراهيم حسن العسيري) in Chicago Synagogue bombing plot.

From Brenda Daverin at Gather.com

Interestingly, one of the synagogues the Yemen plot bombs may have been addressed to was Or Chadash, a congregation devoted to welcoming lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. Or Chadash's Sabbath services were held with full security and without incident, according to CNN. It will be fascinating to find out if the Yemen plotters knew Or Chadash was LGBT-friendly or if they just picked them at random out of a phone book.

FT.com / Middle East - Yemen arrests parcel bomb suspect:

"Yemeni security forces have arrested a female student for allegedly sending the explosive packages destined for the US.


The woman was arrested on Saturday in Sana’a the capital after bombs were discovered hidden in air freight packages in Britain and Dubai. The packages were on board planes that had departed from Yemen. They were addressed to synagogues in Chicago and officials have said the explosive devices bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda.

The detained woman was traced through a telephone number she allegedly left with a cargo company, officials said. She may not have known that the packages contained explosives. US officials have said that Saudi Arabia, which shares a long porous border with Yemen, provided information on the threat."

AP

Oct. 30: An unidentified Yemeni woman walks past UPS office in San'a, Yemen.

After word got out that a woman was being questioned, the villagers gathered sticks and signs for a massive taqiyya festival.  If her friend said she was set-up then she was set-up, right?  Case closed, move along. (yea, right)

"The Sanaa University student union ... believes the girl is innocent and has been wronged," said union president, Ridhwan Massoud, 30.

"We are calling for her release," he said.

Dozens of students staged a sit-in in the courtyard of Sanaa University's engineering faculty. Yemeni officials had said the woman was studying medicine, but students at the university said she was in her final year of a computer science degree.

Yahya al-Hammadi, a 21-year-old engineering student, told Reuters she had attended the faculty until the previous day.

"She was not known to be active in anything, not politics nor religion," Hammadi said. "I am totally perplexed by this."

Video report via SkyNews.  The reporter says the name of the suspect while the text articles I found did not.

Other terrorism news:

Several Arrested in Swedish Bomb Plot Case

Morocco Says 2 Terror Cells Dismantled

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Washington, DC: Featured City in 'Inspire' Magazine, followed by Bar Attack

Washington, DC is again in the spotlight as a "must hit" destination in yet another publication, Inspire, the glossy face of the Al Qaeda network.  The fall edition also features 'inspirational' words from US Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan's personal imam, New Mexico's very own Anwar al-Awlaki.

Terror threat to restaurants as Al Qaeda calls for attacks on government workers in D.C.:

"WASHINGTON - The terror group tied to the Ft. Hood killings and the Christmas Day undies airbomber urge wannabe American jihadis to open fire on crowded restaurants in the nation's capital to massacre U.S. government workers.

The advice appears in 'Inspire,' the latest issue of a slick propaganda publication by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Osama Bin Laden's franchise in Yemen.

'A random hit at a crowded restaurant in Washington, D.C., at lunch hour might end up knocking out a few government employees,' Yahya Ibrahim writes in the 74-page jihadi how-to magazine.

'Targeting such employees is paramount and the location would also give the operation additional media attention,' Ibrahim added."

Palestinian rock thrower for illustration purposes only.

Following the fanfare of the Islamic answer to Mother Jones, Tap and the Anarchist's Cookbook, all rolled into one, Ali Ahmed Mohammed decided to make some news of his own by throwing a brick through the window of DC9, a nightclub in Northwest Washington, DC after being denied entry when a concert was ending.

Nightclub owner, 4 others charged in beating

WASHINGTON (AP) — A nightclub owner and four employees have been charged with beating a man to death after he threw a brick through the club's window, in a case of what D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier called "vigilante justice."

Ali Ahmed Mohammed, 27, of Silver Spring, Md., was denied entry to the DC9 nightclub along the U Street corridor around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Lanier said, but he returned to throw a brick through the window.

That's when the club owner and four employees chased Mohammed down the block, then tackled and beat him, police said. When officers arrived, all five men were still on the scene and Mohammed was in critical condition, Lanier said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

*****

DC9 manager KT Robeson told TBD that he saw the men chase Mohammed and subdue him, but not in a violent way.

"Who beats someone up and then calls the cops?" Robeson asked. "That's ridiculous."

Other representatives of the club declined further comment.

NBC affiliate coverage broadcast a relative of the 27 year old Silver Spring, Maryland man asking why someone his age had to die.  I will ask, why does someone his age throw bricks through windows of nightclubs?  He was reported to be a Howard University student.  No major media source has made a connection between Inspire magazine and Ali Ahmed Mohammed, nor have they mentioned his religious leanings.

The DC Chief of Police called the incident "vigilante justice".





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Free Cities - Article - National Review Online

Free Cities - Article - National Review Online:

"Free Cities is a new private-sector development paradigm that would allow the United States to offer millions of people in developing countries the same freedom and non-corrupt prosperity that Hong Kong enjoys — without the baggage of colonialism.

Hong Kong was always different from other colonies. It began as a minor trading post, surrounded by empty territory. Over time, more and more people moved there, attracted by opportunity and freedom — just as they were drawn to the United States. In 1984 Hong Kong became a free city under a 50-year agreement between Britain and China. The Chinese government let Hong Kong retain its self-government, all its existing laws, and its free-market economy. Post-colonial Hong Kong has been a spectacular success, energizing and accelerating the transformation of Communist China itself.

China calls this remarkable arrangement “One Country, Two Systems.” It provides a model the U.S. can use to seed new outposts of freedom and prosperity around the world."

This is excellent! Go to the link and read the rest.  Series tie-in? Sounds a whole lot like the way John writes Northern Virginia in the 2030's.



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Slashdot | Narco-Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout

Suki usually does Slashdot stories. However, this caught my eye when I was checking for an unrelated item.

Slashdot | Narco-Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout:

'An anonymous, twentysomething blogger is giving Mexicans what they can't get elsewhere — an inside view of their country's raging drug war. Operating from behind a thick curtain of computer security, Blog del Narco in less than six months has become Mexico's go-to Internet site at a time when mainstream media are feeling pressure and threats to stay away from the story. Many postings, including warnings and a beheading, appear to come directly from drug traffickers. Others depict crime scenes accessible only to military or police.'

Suki series tie-in: In the 2030s world I write about, drugs are legal. The only controlled recreational drugs are powerful anesthetics and hypnotics, which are still illegally obtained and used.  In Sarah's fanfiction, a 'designer drug' celebrity is featured, but all if her stuff is legal and in demand. In Suki III: Never Let Us End, Nancy works for John & Suki's therapist and has access to powerful, still controlled, hypnotic drugs.

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Terrorism headlines, updates, and other thingies

US shuts embassy as al-Qaeda 'plans attack in Yemen'

Reports: Cartoonist Attacker Targeted Clinton

Reports: Cartoonist attacker earlier held in Kenya

Iran issues ultimatum to West over nuclear fuel swap

Obama Fingers al-Qaeda, Finally 

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This really is crap from the New York Times on "The Muslim Community" (long)

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Reason is making its annual Surrender Monkey posts

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Suki, thanks for the last post.

Unfortunatly, in today's environment, I must say I have no problem with the Palestinians and Israeli's who don't just run about killing eachother.

I have an issue with the Palestinians sending in their children to murder schoolkids and bringing Israeli kick-ass into Gaza.

Late edit on 7 June 2009, 1825: Israel and the USA pretty much have a policy of "don't fuck with us and nobody gets hurt".  It would be nice if our enemies would pay a bit of attention to that.

Following on John's Theme from the Previous Thread: More Apologists for Terrorists

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