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Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas Robert Malley told The Times that he had been in regular contact with Hamas, which controls Gaza and is listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organization TimesOnline.co.uk Obama Promises Improved Ties With Egypt,
Syria
Aides said Obama had sent senior foreign policy adviser
Robert Malley to Egypt and Syria over the last few weeks to outline
the Democratic Report: Obama lied about firing anti-Israel advisor Robert Malley, a top Middle East advisor that US President elect Barack Obama promised months ago would play no role in his administration due to ties to Hamas, has reportedly been sent out on the next administration's first diplomatic mission IsraelToday.co.il Report: Obama Sends Advisor
Malley to Cozy Up to Egypt and Syria
One of the sponsors of the International Crisis Group
is billionaire George Soros, who sits on its board and
its executive committee. Other members of the board include former United States
National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski,
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Stock Market Goes Into Tailspin After Obama Elected U.S. Stocks Drop on concern Obama will struggle to reverse slowing economy. Bloomberg.com Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages "I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker. WTHR.com Voter Fraud in Pennsylvania ?
Townhall's Amanda Carpenter reports on
a tip that voting machines in Philadelphia showed votes for Barack Obama
-- before polls opened A Repeat of 2004 Philly Voter Chaos, Fraud - GOP Election Board members have been tossed out of polling stations in at least half a dozen polling stations in Philadelphia because of their party status. TownHall.com
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When Things Go Terribly Wrong According to my analysis, the recent drone strike using hellfire missiles to target a party of Al Qaeda leadership in Damadola, Pakistan, went terribly wrong and the deaths of innocents only, appears to be the result of an al Qaeda operation. (link: US targeted al Qaeda No. 2 in airstrike ) Al Qaeda’s number two leader al-Zawahiri was not killed nor was any of al Qaeda leadership which includes Mullah Omar and other militant leaders at the “supposed to be powwow” when the missiles hit. Why? In the murky world of international intelligence gathering, things aren’t always what they seem. A place where there are no rules and anything goes. Recent history has proven that with Iraq While Pakistan’s Government officially is an ally of the U.S., they have their own internal problems, no different than anywhere else I might add. There is no doubt that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, like President Gen. Pervez Musharraf are committed to ridding Pakistan of terrorist and are fully cooperating on the war against terror with the U.S.. But within their own borders, the enemy resides and has infiltrated the entire government in some form ranging from sympathizers to al Qaeda operatives. Which would include the intelligence and security services. I’ve heard of estimates where up to and even greater than 60% of the intelligence services are in some form, well lets just say, don’t always agree with the U.S. and President Musharraf's international policies. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and the Prime Minister Aziz are walking a tight-rope in Pakistan. Holding onto power is quite an art in Pakistan. And they are a nuclear power with nuclear weapons. Where a nuclear militant Islamic republic would not be in the best interest of the U.S., or for the international community. There are elements within Pakistan government who would run operations with the objective to remove the Musharraf government and the U.S. from its home turf. Sort of like what some would do to damage the Bush administration here in the states. Counter stings are a fact of life in the dark and often dangerous intelligence world. In the Islamic world there is no better way to inflame the masses than to plant false information with the U.S. intelligence and have them act on it. The killing of 13 innocent civilians on Friday Jan. 13, 2006 plays right into this scenario. Immediately after the missile strike, there were large protest and discontent within Pakistan aimed at the U.S, and President Musharraf’s government, calling for his removal. Some of the protest marches were organized just for that reason. (see AP report 1/22/2006: Sympathy for al-Qaida Surges in Pakistan It has been no secret that the U.S. has intelligence units working with the Pakistani government inside Pakistan’s borders, and the enemy knows this too. Has al Qaeda infiltrated this arrangement? I’ll let everyone judge that for themselves. After the incident, Prime Minister Aziz has publicly stressed the need for better communication with the U.S. regarding intelligence matters. In other words, don’t rely on Pakistan intelligence or security officials, check with us first. The first signs that something was very wrong was when the news organizations began reporting completely reverse accounts. It was more than a foggy picture. Debka.org, that specializes in terrorism and intelligence related matters, reported having an exclusive interview with the Pakistan Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Jan. 14, 2006. (link) In that report, the Minister was quoted as saying “the U.S. planes acted on wrong information”. Another news service PakTribue.com reported: "Their information was wrong, and our investigations conclude that Americans acted on a false information," said a senior Pakistani intelligence official. (link to story) , then red flags started to pop up all overAs of this date, 1/20/2005 the Pakistan Federal Interior Ministry will not confirm any of the AP, Reuters or ABC news organizations information stories that was fed to them from any of the anonymous Pakistan intelligence sources that Al Zawahiri’s son-in-law and 4 al Qaeda members killed in Jan. 13 US air strike.. (link to story: Debka.org)Likewise, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the AP on Friday 1/20/2006 (link to AP report) that no "tangible evidence" has been found that al-Qaeda operatives were among those killed in a U.S. missile strike on a border village last week and also stated that security agencies in the area of Damadola "have not found any tangible evidence that a particular group or any individual was there." Now, I’m not going to speculate as to the exact damage that was done to the U.S. intelligence operations inside Pakistan, but it would not be unreasonable to assume that future missions and intelligence gathering will be made much more difficult because of this and to explore and write about it any further, I feel way too much has been compromised already. TW 1/20/2006 added: 1/26/2006 (see AP report 1/22/2006: Sympathy for al-Qaida Surges in Pakistan end note: As demonstrations started to spread in Pakistan, the Musharraf government took the threat so seriously, Pakistan security actually began to turn back protestors from the Damadola region who were attempting to spread the discontent into other parts of Pakistan. At least one demonstration was organized by a Pakistani lawmaker.
No evidence that top al Qaeda leaders were at target, he says Story: CNN.com 1/23/2006
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