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11/9/2007: Tons Of News!

From all over the antijihadist scene…

• Foehammer’s Anvil: For President: Not Who But Why
  Islam should be a featured issue in every US federal election debate. Why isn’t it? Everyone, it’s time to follow Foehammer’s lead, have some courage, and demand to know exactly where each candidate stands on the issue of resisting Islamic expansionism. (Obviously, we’re all in this together. So if you’re a citizen of a country other than the US, it’s time to start asking those same questions of candidates in your own country!)

• Dhimmi Watch: Indonesia sentences 41 Christians to FIVE YEARS in prison for proselytizing
  Where’s the outrage, everybody? More to the point, why do we allow Islamists from Saudi Arabia and elsewhere to come to the US to proselytize, and to radicalize their young followers? Nothing in the Constitution requires that we admit foreign nationals and foreign money for this purpose. It makes no sense – especially in light of the fact that no one is allowed to deliver the peaceful message of Christianity in Muslim lands. Also see:

  • BosNewsLife: BREAKING NEWS: Indonesia Sentences 41 Christians to Five Years Imprisonment
  • BosNewsLife: Nov. 11 Day of Prayer: Christians Urged to Pray for Former Muslims
    
    

• Dhimmi Watch: Hitler’s use of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” — and Lebanon today
  Islam and anti-Semitism always go hand in hand.

  NGOs appeal to UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to condemn infamous preaching of criminal hate against Jews by Lebanese TV affiliated to the Speaker of Parliament.

• Atlas Shrugs: AMERICA: BARBARIANS AT THE GATE
  Learn why it’s time to stop taking in Muslim “refugees” from ANY part of the world. We are at WAR, and the US State Department is on the wrong side! Here’s where to protest this insane policy:

  • US State Department: Contact Data and Email Form
    (Note that the email form for the US State Department doesn’t always work, but you can use the phone and mail contact information.)
    
    

• My Pet Jawa: Reader Love Mail: From Inshallasheheed With Love Edition
  Rusty Shackleford pranks e-jihadist, gets death fatwa!

• Australian Islamist Monitor: Islamic Finance – Just another financial product in the marketplace?
  No, it’s another vehicle for introducing shari’a law to non-Muslim countries.

• Say Anything Blog: If Islam Takes Over, Their Panderers On The Left Are Going To Be Very, Very Disappointed
  The enforcers of shari’a law will go after the leftists first! The leftist-jihadist convergence is a real puzzle. Do the leftists loathe themselves so much that they are willing to use expansionist Islam as a tool to bring the entire civilized world to destruction, along with themselves?

• Inquirer.net: EU to crack down on Internet terror sites
  It’s about time!

SCHOOL COUNTERTERRORISM:

Be sure to read these two articles:

• PoliceOne.com: School invaders don’t take hostages
• PoliceOne.com: When they come to kill the kids: The critical need for “Immediate Action Rapid Deployment” in school invasions

And do your part to support US troops!

• It’s time to get those Christmas Cards in the Mail…Ho, Ho, Huh?!
• Let’s Say Thanks In Support Of Our Troops

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KCRA 3 News: School Bus Stolen from Roseville Parking Lot

Be on the lookout for a 40-foot yellow school bus, marked with Merryville Schools, Unit #586 and Fleet #N63989. It was stolen from Merryville Schools, 1370 Baseline Road in Roseville, California.

If you have any information about the bus, please call Roseville police at (916)774-5000.

Stolen school buses can be misused in all sorts of ways too ugly to contemplate. See:

• Why the rash of Houston-area school bus thefts?
• Where ARE those missing Houston-area school buses?

Are these stolen school buses going to Mexico?

• Has anyone requested the assistance of the Mexican government in tracking down missing school buses?
• If so, what was the outcome?

Learn more about homeland security on the road:

• Highway Watch

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15 school buses went missing. Where are they now?

Between January and August, 2007, fifteen school buses were stolen from various facilities in the area of Houston, Texas. None of the missing buses were owned by the Houston Independent School District (HISD).

We reported this earlier in Why the rash of Houston-area school bus thefts?

• Stolen School Buses Raise Eyebrows in Houston
  

  HOUSTON (Aug. 29, 2007) – Of the 15 school buses that have been reported stolen since January, only two have been recovered, causing local law enforcement to question their disappearance. While authorities are not saying there is a relation to any terrorist activity, they do not disregard the possibility.

• Numerous Law Enforcement Agencies Collaborate Within Texas on Related Issues, Including Homeland Security
  

  HOUSTON (Aug. 29, 2007) – As a precautionary measure, schools in the Houston area are being reminded to be extra vigilant when it comes to school bus security. A string of suspicious but unrelated school bus thefts dating back to January have raised some homeland security concerns with law enforcement agencies within the state.

  “We always try to keep tabs on vehicles that could be used to get close in to a target,” said Special Agent Patricia Villafranca, a media representative at the FBI’s Houston branch office. “It was important to remind people who provide security at the schools that just because it’s yellow and it looks like a school bus, don’t let your guard down.”

  …

  Recently, a notice was sent out from Houston Fusion Center that listed the buses that were stolen. According to Dennis Storemski, director of the Houston’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the notice did not include any commentary.

  “It wasn’t anything specific, it was just a matter of a potential crime pattern,” said Storemski. kids using them or malicious mischief or vandalism. Another possibility is that they could be going to Mexico, due to our proximity to the border. There are a lot of possibilities.”

  The Fusion Center is a collaboration of analysts from the Houston Police Department, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety. The group is able to discuss issues in real time within the same department in the Houston Emergency Center. According to Special Agent Villafranca, the FBI will also be joining the center soon.

Also see:

• Awareness is Key in WMD Training
• School Transportation Security Awareness
• Industry Response
• Security Onboard
• State Responses on School Bus Security Measures
• For Parents: Safety at School Bus Stops
• 2002: Schools eye tracking systems after bus hijacking

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Seems there’s been a rash of school buses disappearing from the Houston area.

The National Terror Alert website points out some ominous possibilities:

• School Bus Thefts Concern Houston Authorities
• School Bus Terrorism Threat
• School Bus Terrorism – A Practical Analysis
• Glenn Beck: The Perfect Day – Are Terrorists Planning An American Beslan?
• The Terrorist Threat To Our Schools, Part 1
• The Terrorist Threat To Our Schools, Part 2

We don’t know what purpose the thieves had in mind for the buses.

Best-case scenario: The perpetrators are caught. No more school bus thefts, no more worries.

If we’re lucky: The buses are headed for third-world countries, where they’ll be sold, repainted, and put to work on local bus routes. Or they’re off to a chop shop to be resold as parts.

If we’re not: One or more of the buses are being hidden somewhere, to be used for future criminal activities or for perpetrating acts of terrorist violence. School buses provide effective cover for attacks upon schools or school-age children.

How aware are police and sheriff’s departments of this security vulnerability?

• These buses could be anywhere. We would like to know whether an up-to-date list of stolen school buses, with VIN numbers and physical descriptions, is being circulated to state and local public safety departments throughout the U.S. If this has not been done, it certainly should be!
• If you work for a police or sheriff’s department, we suggest that you discuss this with the appropriate person, so that your department will have the best chance of locating the missing school buses if they should turn up in your jurisdiction.
• If you serve on a school board, please communicate with your fellow board members, and with your state and local public safety officials, regarding school counterterrorism preparedness.
• If you work at any facility that repaints or services buses, pay close attention to used school buses that are brought in by individuals or organizations that you are not familiar with. If you suspect that the bus may be stolen, call the authorities to check out the VIN number.

“What else can I do?”

• Keep an eye out for any school bus or yellow-painted bus that appears to be abandoned, or is being driven, parked, or stored in any unusual location where you would not ordinarily expect to find a school bus. Call the authorities to check out anything suspicious.
• Know who will be driving the bus for your school, church, or non-profit organization. If the bus and driver are provided by a transportation service, be sure that the company is performing solid background checks on their drivers.

(Updated 10/20/07) See: Where ARE those missing Houston-area school buses?

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