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COLOMBO (IPS) - By successfully carrying out air raids on military and economic targets in and around the capital, separatist rebels have demonstrated a new capacity to wage 'all-out' war in their fight to carve out a separate state for the Tamil ethnic minority in Sri Lanka.

But questions are being asked as to how the fledgling Tamileelam Air Force (TAF), the air wing of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has been able to acquire planes and train pilots despite the relatively small size of the land mass available in the the Tamil-dominated north and east of the strife-torn island.

By all estimates the TAF is puny and may consist of no more than five propeller-driven Zlin Z-142, Czech-made planes that seem to have been smuggled in as completely knocked down (CKD) kits and assembled locally. But given the anti-terrorist atmosphere of the post 9/11 world, putting the TAF together and actually carrying out bombing raids is a feat that has startled intelligence specialists.

Use of deceptive intelligence data by pro-war Bush administration officials in lead-up to war on Iraq being further exposed

In his book, "At the Center of the Storm," former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet describes efforts by Pentagon and White House officials to subvert pre-Iraq war intelligence assessment by the CIA.

Tenet focuses on the actions of a group inside the Pentagon that sent the Bush administration bogus intelligence on Iraq's weapons program and ties to terrorist organizations that supported the administration's policy.

This group was recently criticized by a Department of Defense inspector general report from February 9, 2007, which found that a policy shop known as "the Office of Special Plans," headed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, acted "inappropriately" by cooking intelligence to reflect a "mature and symbiotic" relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda. This characterization was never supported by the CIA, but was presented as fact by Feith's office to White House policy makers in the runup to the Iraq war.

Full story: United States: Tenet Battled With the Office of Special Plans

"They stood up together to protect the honor of the sound that issued from the lips of a new-born babe churning the very core of his existence, the utterance that sanctified for him his first lesson of humanity" (~ Hasan Hafizur Rahaman ~)

There are certain days which remain ever memorable and sacred to certain communities. This applies to the 21st February. On this very day the people of East Bengal attained martyrdom by fomenting a revolution to save Bengali language as the official language of their country.

Editor's note: Scandinavia, one of the most peace-loving regions in the world, has every right to protect itself against terrorism by Islamic radicals. At the same time, Scandinavian countries should be aware that their humanistic intentions may aid the aims of regional (Israeli) and global (American) dominance and suppression. Non-association with the current military campaign in Iraq in particular may be advised for that reason in order to remove just cause as a motive for terrorist action against any of the Scandinavian countries.

A popular Swedish proverb observes that "it is not the fault of one that two quarrel." This truism is increasingly reflected in the apparent deterioration of the security situation in Scandinavia, a region traditionally successful in adopting neutral positions during military conflicts, thereby guaranteeing relative peace.

"The Centre for Constitutional Rights says its will lodge charges against Mr Rumsfeld along with Alberto Gonzales, the US attorney-general, George Tenet, the former CIA director, and several other senior figures in President George W Bush's administration."

French anti-terrorism authorities Friday opened an inquiry into death threats against a philosophy teacher who has been forced into hiding over a newspaper column attacking Islam, legal officials said.

Robert Redeker, 52, is receiving round-the-clock police protection and changing addresses every two days, after publishing an article describing the Koran as a "book of extraordinary violence" and Islam as "a religion which ... exalts violence and hate".

He told i-TV television he had received several e-mail threats targeting himself and his wife and three children, and that his photograph and address were available on several Islamist Internet sites.

"There is a very clear map of how to get to my home, with the words: 'This pig must have his head cut off'," he said.

Speaking on RMC radio, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said such threats were "unacceptable".

Majed Kambez, member of Popular Resistance Committees, involved in directing terror attack at Karni crossing last year, in which six Israelis were killed. Following his arrest, he reveals in his investigation plan to carry out another attack at crossing through explosive tunnel. (Efrat Weiss Published: 09.14.06, 17:53)

RDX is a term synonymous with terrorism in the country and is a favourite among terrorists as an explosive.

Through the year, police in Maharashtra have been on the RDX trail and some of the recoveries that they have made have been quite remarkable.

The largest haul of RDX in Maharashtra in over a decade was on May 9 this year when 30 kilos of the deadly explosive were concealed in computer CPUs along with 10 AK 47 rifles and a large cache of ammunition.

Alongside weapons, rockets and explosives found by IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon, troops also discover booklets containing questions for children on terror group, its struggle. Goal: Conveying messages to youth, who will later become organization's future terrorists

Do you know who is "the most senior Lebanese prisoner jailed in the Israeli enemy's prisons"? And where did the aircraft of "the Zionist enemy" assassinate Sheikh Abbas Mussawi (who served as the Hizbullah secretary-general before Hassan Nasrallah ), his wife and his toddler son?