SCORE ONE FOR OUR SIDE

North Korean Weapons Smuggling Aircraft Apprehended in Thailand, Crew Detained



BANGKOK Dec 13 2009

Thai authorities reportedly acted on a tip from their American counterparts when they impounded an Ilyushin 76 transport plane Saturday and discovered 35 tons of explosives, rocket-propelled grenades and components for surface-to-air missiles — a violation of United Nations sanctions against North Korea.


The five-man crew — four from Kazakhstan and one from Belarus — were charged Sunday with illegal arms possession and refused bail. Thailand remained tightlipped about events leading to the aircraft's seizure and where it was headed.




The men, who declined comment to reporters at the courthouse, reportedly told investigators during a six-hour interrogation Sunday they believed they were carrying oil-drilling equipment and were not aware of any illicit cargo.




The latest U.N. sanctions ban the transport of certain weapons from or to North Korea—were imposed in June after the reclusive communist regime conducted a nuclear test and test-fired missiles. The sanctions were aimed at derailing North Korea's nuclear weapons program, but also banned the North's sale of any conventional arms.

North Korea has been widely accused of violating United Nations sanctions by selling weapons to nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Arms sales are a key source of hard currency for the impoverished North. Baek said the North is believed to have earned hundreds of millions of dollars every year by selling missiles, missile parts and other weapons to countries like Iran, Syria and Myanmar.

According to Thai Air Force spokesman Capt. Montol Suchookorn on Sunday the chartered cargo plane originated in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, and requested to land at Don Muang airport to refuel.

U.S. Embassy spokesman Michael Turner said the embassy would not comment on if Americans had tipped off Thai authorities.

Thai authorities said the weapons were moved by trucks amid high security Saturday night from the airport to a military base in the nearby province of Nakhon Sawan.

V-22 OSPREY FLYOVER

. . . at yesterdays Army-Navy game:




This one didn't make it over in the original mix, didn't make the earlier posting. -S.L.

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AMERICA's GAME . . .

. . . US PATRIOT's GAME









by The Deacon of Doom

December 12, 2009, marked the 110th anniversary of the Army-Navy football game. It was a crisp sunny day, with light winds and not a cloud in the sky.



Army takes to the field.




Navy pre-game.


Baseball may be America’s favorite pastime, but football is America’s game and no other football game is steeped so deeply in tradition as the Army-Navy football rivalry.



Navy bagpipes.



Opening kickoff.


Beginning in 1890, this is the Deacon’s favorite of all football games played. Why? What makes this particular game so special?


The rivalry between the Army and Navy teams is underscored by demonstrations of good sportsmanship and mutual observation of military customs and courtesies:


Army cadets observe the Navy Song.




The Navy midshipmen observe the Army Song.



It is more than a game; it is a gathering of those who will soon be at the vanguard of our freedoms, they are honor-bound by their committed duty. At the annual Army-Navy game, the patriot's love of country is literally demonstrated on the field and in the stands.






Guided by its timeless motto Duty, Honor, Country West Point prepares cadets to serve as future leaders of America.




Ex Scientia Tridens is Latin for "from knowledge, seapower"

The United States Naval Academy at Annapolis challenges young men and women from all 50 states and beyond to emerge as future leaders of the Navy, Marine Corps and the country.



Football is symbolic combat:


The Game honors those engaged on faraway battlefields, so they may look to the ramparts and see those who support and champion their actions.





Final score.



Personal Friend and Life-Long Mentor of StormBringer, the Deacon of Doom was present at yesterday's Army-Navy Game.


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THERE's SOMETHING GOING ON

My training and experience in intelligence analysis (18F) has taught me to always pay attention to indicators, but to always listen to that little voice inside my head that tells me "There's something going on out there . . .






The once High and Mighty Pittsburgh Steelers have taken it on the chin, not once but twice in succession. Last week they fell in a last minute upset to MY team, the Oakland Raiders:






Go ahead and laugh if you want to; WHY I'm a member of the notorious Raider Nation is subject for a future post. Just remember, with the Raiders it's "Never Mind the Players - Fear the Fans." - Sean Linnane



And now THIS week the Steelers fell 13-6 to the OTHER bottom feeders of the NFL, the Cleveland Browns:





Elvis was a Dogs fan. If for no other reason, we must always respect them for this.































Are these indicators of something greater going on out there - has the worm turned?

Is Climategate going to take down the Great Global Warming Conspiracy?



Is the Democrat Machine's plan to own & control us via Federally-mandated healthcare going to fail in the Senate?




Or is this merely a coincidental series of horrible, horrible catastrophes for Hank Williams Jr's team, Rush Limbaugh's team, my WIFE's team, - America's REAL team?



-S.L.

TRAITORS

American has had traitors in every war we've been in - this one is no different. - S.L.


The Americans being held in Pakistan on possible terrorism-related charges were arrested in a house linked to militants in an eastern Pakistani city; Sargodha is home to a major air force base and is a known pocket of militant insurgency. Pakistani police reports suggest they intended to get terrorist training there and join with the Taliban to fight against American troops in Afghanistan.



American Muslims arrested by Sargodha Police Department on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. From left to right: Waqar Hussain Khan, Ramy Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmad Minni, Aman Yemer. (AP Photo/Sargodha Police Department)

Waqar Hussain Khan, 22, was born in Virginia.

Ramy Zamzam, 22, was studying at Howard University to be a dentist — he maintained a 4.0 grade-point average.

Umar Farooq, an accounting student at George Mason University, was born in Sargodha.

Ahmed Minni, 20, was born in Virginia.

Aman Yemer, at 18 the youngest of the five, was born in California.


The young men grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. They had been friends for years. Some were in college now. Some had jobs. Some had Facebook pages filled with friends.


I know this town well. You couldn't find a more all-American city; Alexandria is closely related to the founding of our country. I have many friends throughout Fairfax County who I often visit during military-related business trips to the DC area. They are loyal readers and often contribute to STORMBRINGER -S.L.


Their families insist they never revealed a hint of extremism. Families and friends portray them as innocent, decent citizens. Neighbors used terms like "good guy" and "friendly" to describe the young men.


Facebook page disappeared from the Web:

Zamzam's bewildered Facebook friends set up a special page asking for help finding the missing students and praying for their safe return. Postings on the page earlier in the week said the Facebook friends were trying to raise awareness about the five men who "have been missing for some time now." By Friday 11 December, that Facebook page disappeared from the Web after the students turned up arrested in Pakistan on possible terrorist-related charges.


Not Trusted by the Taliban:

The group appeared to communicate online, and Pakistani investigators say they visited web sites that showed attacks against the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Those internet connections may have led them to Pakistan, where they reportedly met with representatives from the al-Qaida-linked Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group in the southeastern city of Hyderabad and from a related group, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, in Lahore. Pakistani officials say the men were also in contact with a Taliban recruiter.

But their efforts to join the jihadi fight were rebuffed, because they were not trusted.


Shock and Disbelief at Alexandria Mosque:




In northern Virginia, family friends, including fellow worshippers at the Islamic Circle of North America's small chapter mosque — a converted single-family home tucked into their residential neighborhood — can't believe what they're hearing about the students.

"They had jobs, they were in school. They were normal kids," said the families' lawyer, Nina Ginsberg.


Friends in Shock, Plead for Families' Privacy:

"I know they're very sad," said Dr. Essam Tellawi, a volunteer at the mosque who fills in sometimes as the imam. "It's very hard to hear about your son is missing."


Analysis: We Are Under Attack.

We're seeing it over and over again; there's a common thread going on here: young men of Middle-Eastern origin, above average intelligence, born and/or raised in the West of immigrant families; in a case of confused loyalties decide to go to war against their own country:

Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan.

The 7/7 London Bombings of 2005

Glasgow Airport Terror Attack, June 2007.

This is a part of the phenomenon I have coined Self-Induced Jihad Syndrome.

- Sean Linnane

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CALL IT WHAT IT IS - TERRORISM

Political correctness is what got our soldiers killed at Fort Hood.



LT. GEN. BOYKIN TELLS IT LIKE IT IS:





Before the attack nobody wanted to call Hasan out as a Muslim extremist - even though he was transmitting in all directions buzzwords and ideology sympathetic to the al Qaeda cause - and incredibly, even AFTER the attack they're STILL hesitant to call him out as a Muslim Terrorist.


S.L.

GENERAL "BLACKJACK" PERSHING

General of the Armies of the United States John Joseph Pershing was the only soldier to be promoted in his own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army—General of the Armies

Pershing led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and was regarded as a mentor by the generation of American generals who led the United States Army in Europe during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, and George S. Patton.

Prior to World War I, General Pershing served in the Philippines, during the Moro Insurrection. At that time there were a number of terrorist attacks on the United States forces by Muslim extremists.

So General Pershing captured 50 Moro terrorists and had them tied to posts for execution. He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them in front of the now horrified terrorists.

Muslims detest pork because they believe pigs are filthy animals. Some of them simply refuse to eat it, while others wont even touch pigs at all, nor any of their by-products. To them, eating or touching a pig, its meat, its blood, etc, is to be instantly barred from paradise (and those virgins) and be doomed to Hell.

The soldiers then soaked their bullets in the pigs blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing squad. The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorists bodies and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc. They let the 50th man go. And for the next forty-two years, there was not a single Muslim extremist attack anywhere in the world.


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