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Armed Luddite resistance to Internet foreseen
Yeah, but they'll probably have their own website. From BBC, Sept. 24, emphasis added:
Internet's future in 2020 debated
The internet will be a thriving, low-cost network of billions of devices by 2020, says a major survey of leading technology thinkers. The Pew report on the future internet surveyed 742 experts in the fields of computing, politics and business. More than half of respondents had a positive vision of the net's future but 46% had serious reservations. Almost 60% said that a counter culture of Luddites would emerge, some resorting to violence.
Rajab 27 passes without Iranian attack on Israel
C'mon Bernard, don't you think they're just waiting for Yom Kippur? Baruch Kimmerling writes for Haartez, Sept. 25:
Thus spoke Bernard Lewis
On September 22, 2006, Iran was supposed to attack Israel and perhaps the entire Western world. And why precisely on this specific day? Because it is the 27th day of the month of Rajab (in the year 1427, according to the Muslim calendar), the same day Mohammed ascended to heaven on his legendary horse Buraq. And why attack on this day? Because this is what the well-known Orientalist Bernard Lewis said. One could have dismissed this prophecy with a grin had it not aroused a dispute among a number of renowned scholars, had respected newspapers (like the Wall Street Journal) not published it prominently and had statesmen not regarded it as intelligence requiring study.
Kurdish refugees protest forced UK-Iraq deportations
From the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, Sept. 17:
An open letter to Mr. Kofi Annan
United Nations Secretary-General
Re: Deportation of Kurdish asylum seekers from Britain
Dear Mr. Annan,
In violation of the Geneva Convention of 1951 and Human Rights Charter in regard to asylum seekers, the British government has forcibly deported 49 Kurdish asylum seekers to Iraqi Kurdistan.
Rape becomes weapon in Iraq sectarian war
From the Iraq Freedom Congress, Sept. 17:
IFC Statement On Kidnapping And Raping Of Women In Iraq:
We Must Stand Against Sectarian Barbarism
The dirty sectarian war has launched a new phase in Iraq. A few days ago a sectarian gang abducted a woman of the Shiite sect from Alhussianya district (northern Baghdad), raped her and abandoned her in a deserted area in the outskirts of Baghdad. In retaliation, a Shiite sectarian gang kidnapped eight women of the Sunni sect from Rashidya district (across the street from Alhussienya) and excreted the same vicious acts of rape and torture.
Saudis: no evidence of Osama's death
From Pakistan's Dawn, Sept. 24:
RIYADH, Sept 24: The Saudi government has distanced itself from reports about Osama bin Laden's death on or about August 23 somewhere in Pakistan. The news was carried by the French newspaper L'Est Republicain citing Saudi intelligence sources.
Iraq: jihadis wish Shi'ites happy Ramadan
From AP, Sept. 24 (emphasis added):
BAGHDAD - A crowd of Shias had gathered around a kerosene truck in Sadr City yesterday to stock up on fuel for Ramadan when a bomb went off, killing 38 people - mostly women and children - just days after the U.S. military had warned of increased sectarian bloodshed during the Islamic holy month.
US military deaths in GWOT surpass 9-11 toll
From AP, Sept. 24:
WASHINGTON - Now the death toll is 9/11 times two.
U.S. military deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan now surpass those of the most devastating terrorist attack in America's history, the trigger for what came next.
National Intelligence Estimate: Iraq war fuels terrorism
File this under "Duh." The State Department just said the same thing, as we recently noted. From the New York Times, Sept. 24 (emphasis added):
Terror threat higher since 9/11, report says
WASHINGTON A stark assessment of terrorism trends by U.S. intelligence agencies has found that the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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