Nimrod R1 & E-3D AWACS. Photo from Defense Industry Daily Libya’s War From Above: On Board The RAF’s E-3D Spy Plane — The Telegraph The RAF is using its E-3D spy plane to help protect Libya’s civilians as the war rages between Mumamaar Gaddafi’s forces and rebel fighters. Sean Rayment delivers dispatch from on board this secret military jet. Thirty thousand feet above Libya, the war against Mumamaar Gaddafi is directed against the roar of aircraft noise by men hunched over banks of computer screens. This is Magic 52, the RAF E-3D spy plane which is in charge of the effort to protect Libya’s civilians from the dictator. Last week The Sunday Telegraph became the first newspaper on board the RAF jet whose equipment is one of Britain’s most closely-guarded military secrets. Read more …. My Comment: If the Brits want to give the impression that they are always watching what happens on the ground in Libya …. they have succeeded in this post

MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images New Generation Of Palestinian Jihadists Challenges Hamas — Globe And Mail The towering Ibn Taymiyyah Mosque, a white stucco building with blue glass, stands within sight of the Egyptian border, close to Rafah’s infamous tunnels that supplied Gaza with food and arms over the past five years. The mosque is named for the 14th century Muslim scholar who combined a love of jihad with a hatred of anything unorthodox. This is the community from which Hamas sprang, where the Muslim Brotherhood ruled the roost under men such as Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the blind paraplegic preacher, and where devoted Hamas youths stared down Israeli tanks. Read more …. My Comment: It is hard to believe of a group that is even more hardcore and extreme than Hamas …. but apparently there is.

Rescuers work to help survivors amid the devastation brought in by a bomb explosion in Al-Qaeda’s first major international attack near the US embassy and a bank in Nairobi on August 7, 1998 that killed about 200 people and left more than 1,000 injured. AFP PHOTO / FILES Undercover Agents Who Died In Kenya Motivated Superiors, Who Went On To Pursue al-Qaida Leader. — Slate For many, finding Osama Bin Laden was about ending something started on 9/11. But the military raid which killed the al-Qaida founder in Pakistan also gave closure to members of the CIA who were focused on revenge for an incident that ended the lives of two of their own. Tom Shah and Molly Huckaby were both undercover agents working for the Central Intelligence Agency in Kenya when a truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy there in 1998 and killed 44, government officials tell the Associated Press. Read more …. More News On The Death Of Two CIA Officers At The U.S. Embassy Bombing In Kenya 1998 Bin Laden raid ALSO avenged deaths of CIA agents kept secret for 13 years as their inspiring stories emerge for the first time — Daily Mail Raid on bin Laden compound avenged CIA deaths — AP CIA agents ‘died in embassy blast’ — Daily Nation Bin Laden raid avenged CIA deaths, a secret until now — Statesman.com/AP My Comment : What can I say but …. “revenge is a dish best served cold”

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Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Baradar Osama bin Laden’s Cover ‘Was Blown By One Of His Closest Allies’ — Mirror.co.uk Osama bin Laden’s cover was blown by one of his most trusted allies, secret papers found at his lair suggest. Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Baradar is believed to have told US investigators the location of the Al-Qaeda terror chief’s hide-out. In return they ­promised to ­withdraw US troops from Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan once Bin Laden had been killed or captured. Read more …. My Comment : Unless someone in the White House confirms this story (which I doubt), this will be all speculation and theory.