A Pakistani policeman searches the belongings of displaced people from the Buner district at a make shift camp in Mardan. Hundreds of thousands of panicked civilians are fleeing Pakistan's Swat district as clashes with Taliban fighters heighten fears that a peace deal is about to collapse.  (AFP/Hasham Ahmed)

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Playboy Priest & "Beach Bunny" Photos
Reverend "Revs It Up" on the Beach  

Not defrocked by the church (yet) - "Father Oprah" was caught without his collar (and his frock - and more) romping with beach bunnies in the sun.

Rev. Alberto Cutie is still a priest, at least for now, but without his duties a St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Miami Beach, FL.

Author of "Real Life - Real Love", father Alberto is no longer going to give advice to the masses about life, lover or anything else on his radio or TV talk shows, on the Radio Peace networks.

With his frock & collar	Frolicking "Frockless"
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Military "Impersonators" - Killing Our U.S. Military in Iraq

       Police reports cite witnesses saying Brig. General A. H. Al Kadhoumi was driving through a central square when a car filled with armed gunmen opened fire on him, filling his body with bullets. Reports say they used pistols with silencers attached, indicating this was no ordinary attack but possibily professional hit men. General Al Kadhoumi was the operations director for the traffic authority there.

       Similar incidents involving gunmen armed with sophisticated weapons, including silencers, have been on the rise since ...  (click to read)>>>

Top U.S. General in Afghanistan - Fired by Pres. Obama
New Team of Commanders To Boost War Efforts

Whitehouse -- Monday May 11, 2009 - President Obama Fired Top U.S. General in Afghanistan

General David McKieman was replaced by General Stanley McChrystal today, apparently due to Pres. Obama keen desire for more a more agressive and less conventional form for a war going downhill real fast in recent weeks.

Gen. McChrystal, a former "Special Forces"  commander in known for his background and expertise, replaces Gen. McKieman who has only been in command there for under one year. Gen. McKieman has constantly insisted on having increased number of troops.

Current Situation Becomes Worse for U.S. Troops in Afghan War
Taliban's efforts are increasing in many locations, putting more pressure on the existing U.S. military efforts in the area.

21,000 additional troops have been approved by Pres. Obama, even though ... (read more>>>)

AP – Quarantine officials with protective masks and outfits make their way to board a commercial plane that …

US, Costa Rica report swine flu deaths; toll at 53

 The number of swine flu-related deaths outside of Mexico rose after the U.S. reported its third fatality and Costa Rica its first, but both men also suffered from complicating illnesses, health officials said.

In Mexico, the center of the outbreak where 48 people with swine flu have died, most of the victims ...   

Sri Lanka artillery barrage kills 378, doctor says

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – An all-night artillery barrage in Sri Lanka's war zone killed at least 378 civilians and forced thousands to flee to makeshift shelters along the beach, a government doctor said Sunday.

The army and Tamil Tiger rebels blamed each other for the barrage, which the doctor said left at least 1,100 people .... (read more>>>)

Sergeant Drew Peterson arrested today - For murder! 

A police officer himself, sargeant Drew Peterson was arrested officers yesterday around 5:30 p.m. He is charged with the murder of his 3rd wife, Stacy Peterson. His 4th wife is still missing and it is unsure what has become of her.

Peterson's capture occured just after the state police had surrounded his vehicle close to his home in Bollingbroke, Ill.

Peterson joked to reporters saying, "Guess I should have returned the library books".

Peterson's attorney Andrew Abood, released a statement on Thursday evening saying Peterson was innocent.

Californians Run From Wildfire

Thousands of people in Santa Barbara, California fee from their homes as a wildfire burns out of control all around their city.

The rapidly-moving blaze has burned nearly 3,000 acres, leading California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency.

     
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Mistranslation (Sufi?) of "Reliance of the Traveler" Under Question

Abu Aisha Claims He Can Prove - Keller's Translation Contains "Deviant Distortions and Disceptions of Fiqh - Mixed with Corrupt Concepts of Belief & Mysticism"

Take a look at this letter - written by Abu Aisha, concerning the "mistranslation" of Reliance of the Traveler (by Nu Ha Meem Keller).
It is most interesting to say the least and we have requested the brother to provide us with any information he might have on Keller's associates - Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir, Mohamed Yaqubi and Abdul Qadir As-Sufi Al-Murabit - founder of the "Murabitoons".

We had asked someone to Investigate this story and reply back www.islamnewsroom.com/content/view/65/1/

"We deeply,  deeply regreat that loss --"
--  Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State says in an official apology for U.S. air strike killing over 120 innocent civilians. 

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said "we deeply, deeply regret that loss," in a meeting with Afghan President Karzai and President Zardari of Pakistan.

The United States has now apologised for U.S. airstrikes that killed over 100 innocent Afghan civilians.

Civilian casualties are a source of strain between Washington and Kabul at a time of rising protest by some followers of the Taliban.

The Red Cross officials reported seening dozens of Afghan civilians killed in the U.S. air strikes in Farah province - local officials put the death toll at over 120.

This makes it the single deadliest civilian incident since ...

Did the former Pope make an appearance in a fire?
Or does this send out a different message to non-Catholics?

See the image taken by onlooker Gregorz Lukasik has convinced believers and even the Vatican believing a likeness of the pontiff himself in the flames, raising his right hand in a blessing.

But does it appear to you as the Pope?
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Amman, Jordan -- Thursday, May 7, 2009

Jordanian religious leaders condemn Pope Benedict's visit to the Middle East

They say it was provocative because he has not apologized for offending comments implying Islam was violent and irrational. 

They said the pope, on the first leg of a tour including Israel and the Palestinian territories, still owed them an apology for hinting Islam was violent and irrational ..

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Many People Ask -
What's the "True Religion of God?"

Muslims Say "Islam is the Religion of God" - But is it?
What is the PROOF?"
More..>> Read "The True Religion of God" -- By Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

Pirates Hijack Dutch Cargo Ship

Pirates seized a Dutch cargo vessel on Thursday, a regional maritime group said, in the latest hijack by gangs proliferating off Somalia despite the presence of patrolling foreign warships.

"The crew are said to be safe. We are hearing there are between eight and 18 crew members," said Andrew Mwangura, of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.

The 2,575-tonne "Marathon" was heading westbound through the Gulf of Aden when it was seized, he said.

In another of near-daily incidents, the U.S. Navy said pirates fired small arms weapons at one of its supply ships off the coast of Somalia. The USNS Lewis and Clark outran the two pirate skiffs after being chased for about an hour on Wednesday.

Somali pirate activity has increased over recent weeks, despite an unprecedented deployment of warships seeking ...
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Mistranslation (Sufi?) of "Reliance of the Traveler" Under Question

Abu Aisha Says, Keller's Translation Contains "Deviant Distortions and Disceptions of Fiqh - Mixed with Corrupt Concepts of Belief & Mysticism"

Take a look at this letter - written by Abu Aisha, concerning the "mistranslation" of Reliance of the Traveler (by Nu Ha Meem Keller).
It is most interesting to say the least and we have requested the brother to provide us with any information he might have on Keller's associates - Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir, Mohamed Yaqubi and Abdul Qadir As-Sufi Al-Murabit - founder of the "Murabitoons".

We had asked someone to Investigate this story and reply back www.islamnewsroom.com/content/view/65/1/

Red Cross Officials Confirm Seeing Dozens of Civilian Victims
While U.S. Denies Any Civilian Deaths

May 6, 2009 - Farah Province, Afghanistan

The International Committee of the Red Cross is confirming its officials have actually seen dozens of bodies including women and children in two villages where Afghan officials have reported a U.S. bombing run that killed many innocent women, elderly and children yesterday. Whole Story

<-Afghan villagers looking for other victims in the rubble of destroyed houses Tuesday - One day after U.S. airstrikes in Bala Baluk district of Farah province. AP More...

Biden, Kerry Offer Support to Israel

May 5, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden said today, a workable Palestinian state along with exisiting peacefully alongside Israel must be acheived.

At the conference of the American-Israel Pubilic Affairs Committee, one of the most powerful lobbying groups in Washington, Biden spoke before an audience of more than 5,000 delegates, telling them the importance of a "two state" solution.

This sends out a strong message - Obama's administration will be encouraging Israel's new right-wing government toward peaceful relations with Palestine.

"Was Abraham Lincoln Born a Muslim?" Film Maker Says Yes!

"President Barack Hussein Obama is not the only one - the 16th President of The United States, Abraham Lincoln, was born a Muslim", according to Faruq Masudi, producer and director of the new Islamic movie, Quran Contemporary Connections.

Imagine - Abraham Lincoln sharing equal footage with the likes Islamic historical figures -- like Saladin Al Ayubi, Saudi's King Faisal former President of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed.

But what is it they might have? What could they possibly have in common? (read more ...)

"Refreshed" 183 Times Before Getting "Confession"
-- We Always Thought He Was Guilty - He Just Needed Some "Refreshing"

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Remember This Photo?

CIA Waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 Times In One Month

Is This The Same "Refreshing" Used During the Inquistion?  Yes, it is!

CIA Used Waterboard Torture 

CIA interrogators used the waterboarding technique on Khalid Sheik Mohammed 183 times before he finally gave in to the torture and admitted what they wanted to hear - saying he was the planner of the September 11 attacks.

Another al Qaeda suspect was subjected to the waterboard torture 83 times before he also gave in to the interrogators demads to "confess", says The New York Times.

The Justice Department memorandum showed that Abu Zubaydah, the first prisoner questioned in the CIA's overseas detention program ....

According to the May 30, 2005 Bradbury memo,
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month
and Abu Zubaydah got "Refreshed" 83 Times In One Month

 This topic deserves a full website - but for now, we have linked in to several sites to give readers a chance to see "What Others Have to Say" - about WATER BOARDING

Is this the way to "Get the truth out of someone?" -- Really?

On page 37 of the OLC memo, in a passage discussing the differences between ...

Trial Starts for "Misguided" Militants of Sauerland Cell in Germany

German authorities used wiretaps and traced e-mails to build a case around Adem Yilmazny
	2 Germans &  2 Turks on Trial for being Terrorists

DUESSELDORF, Germany — 4 men are accused of plotting a series of car bombings across Germany are now on trial, starting Germany's biggest terrorism trial in decades.

Authorities are saying this is one of their biggest terror cases in decades. Three Germans and one Turkish national face charges of belongin to a terrorist group and ...  

The two German-born converts to Islam have prompted fears of "home grown" terrorists

April 13, 2009 --- UPDATE 9:00 PM EST

Pakistan president signs agreement for Islamic law in Swat Valley

Zarar Khan

ISLAMABAD --

Pakistan's pro-U.S. president signed a regulation late Monday to put a northwestern district under Islamic law as part of a peace deal with the Taliban, going along after coming under intense pressure from members of his own party and other lawmakers.

Asif Ali Zardari's signature was a boon for residents of the Swat Valley for nearly two years in demanding a new justice system. But it is sure further anger human rights activists and religious missionaries and feed fears among the U.S. and other Western allies that the valley will turn into a sanctuary for Islamic Law near Afghanistan.

Whatever criticism may come, Zardari can claim some political cover - the National Assembly voted unanimously Monday to adopt a resolution urging his signature, although at least one party boycotted. Earlier, a Taliban spokesman had warned lawmakers against opposing the deal.

Zardari's spokeswoman, Farahnaz Ispahani, confirmed the president signed the regulation Monday night.

His signing implemented a deal agreed to in February by provincial officials to impose Islamic law in the Swat Valley and surrounding areas in exchange for a cease-fire between security forces and the local Taliban.

Zardari had put off signing the agreement, saying he wouldn't until peace was restored in Swat but never defining what that meant. The delay led a hard-line Muslim cleric mediating the agreement to leave Swat in anger last week and upset lawmakers from the region.

As pressure mounted, the federal government said over the weekend that Zardari wanted parliament first to debate the accord to implement an Islamic legal system, as long demanded by some residents disenchanted with inefficient regular courts.

Lawmakers made clear they believed the deal should go ahead, saying it would bring calm to the area after months of bloodshed that killed hundreds of people and displaced up to one-third of the valley's 1.5 million residents.

"The whole nation is united in its support of the Swat regulation and wants the president to approve it," Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said at the start of parliamentary debate Monday.

Even without the president's approval, judges trained in Islamic law had begun hearing cases in Swat, and witnesses say Taliban fighters are in effective control of much of the region. The provincial government also agreed to other measures under the peace deal, such as cracking down on prostitution and sales of movies deemed "obscene."

Supporters say the changes in the legal system will speed up justice, not lead to harsh punishments or restrict the rights of women. Critics say the agreement is a surrender to extremists whose tactics include beheading opponents and burning girls' schools.

The events Monday "strengthened the militants," said Mahmood Shah, an analyst and former top security official in northwest Pakistan.

Shah noted Taliban fighters in Swat recently staged a violent foray into the neighboring Buner district, possibly to put the heat on lawmakers and Zardari to support the deal. "They have really forced the government to do that," he said.