The Political Conundrum!

During a 10 December swearing-in ceremony for two new provincial police chiefs, the head of the Indonesian National Police, General Bambang Hendarso Danuri, instructed all officers around the country to remain vigilant against Mumbai-style terrorist attacks. He offered no indication that the authorities anticipate any impending terrorist acts, in the Mumbai mold or otherwise.

In fact, the news on terrorism in Indonesia has been somewhat encouraging as of late. First, there was surprisingly limited public reaction to the execution of the three Bali bombers on 8 November apart from some fiery burial ceremonies in their respective home towns.

Second, the Indonesian populace responded with a collective yawn when al-Qaeda’s deputy commander, Ayman al-Zawahiri, praised the executed Bali bombers in an audio tape released on 1 December. He claimed that the three bombers “knew the price and paid it gladly with no struggling.” (Indonesians probably took issue with this last claim: while the three bombers certainly showed much bravado during their trial and sentencing, their efforts to exploit every possible legal loophole to prolong their date with destiny seemed to put the lie to their gladly paying the price with no struggling.)

Third, moderate clerics in Lumajang, East Java, issued public demands on 3 December that militant cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, until recently the head of the Indonesian Mujahidin Council, not be allowed to head Idul Adha celebrations in their district this past weekend. Although Ba’asyir ultimately did go to Lumajang, his hard-line sermon attracted relatively little attention.

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The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new Arabic-language audio recording from Al-Qaida Deputy Commander Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri released on December 1. During the recording, titled "The Death of Our Heroes and Betrayal of Our Rulers", al-Zawahiri hailed the recently-executed culprits behind the 2002 nightclub bombings on the island of Bali—who "did not change, did not substitute, and did not compromise an inch in their ideology and in their determination to perform jihad on behalf of Allah and to drive the enemies of Islam away from the lands of Islam. They knew the price, and they paid it willingly and did not spare anything in paying it." Zawahiri also strongly criticized conferences aimed at interreligious dialogue organized by the government of Saudi Arabia: "[The Saudis] are prepared to conduct discussions with anyone who the U.S. orders them to, but they are not prepared to approach their own people and the Muslims and have a discussion with them-like they discuss with the Jews, the Christians, and the servants of trees and stones." Interestingly, there is no apparent mention in the Zawahiri audio recording of the recent terrorist attacks in the city of Mumbai, India.

A translation of Dr. al-Zawahiri's audio recording can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.

The statue that honored Marine Sgt. Matthew Fenton was stolen to sell for scrap metal. Police said the man accused of taking the statue, Vincent J. McManus of Little Ferry, did not know the figure was made of glazed concrete until later.

Almost two weeks after, the Mumbai Police (Crime Branch) have released the pictures of the terrorists involved in the multiple Mumbai attacks (Nov. 26-29). The Mumbai police on Tuesday released 8 out of the 10 pictures of the terrorists involved in the terror attacks. Except Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab's picture, (Now we all know the babyface terrorist) one terrorist picture is not available (perhaps mutilated and beyond recognition). Most of the pictures are derived from the Identity cards they possessed and after ascertaining their names and places from the lone survivor, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, Police released those pictures on Dec 09. They were all from Pakistan and all between 20-28 years of age.

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1.Chhatrapati Shivjai Terminus/ Cama Hospital: Ismail Khan (Dera Ismail Khan) and Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab (Okara).

2.Taj Mahal Hotel: Hafeez Arshad (Multan), Abu Ali (Okara), Shoaib (Narowal Sialkot) and Abu Umer (Faisalabad).

3.Nariman House: Abu Umar (Faisalabad) and Babar Imran ( Multan)

4.Trident Oberoi Hotel: Abdul Rehman (Multan) and Fahadullah(Okara)

The Taliban's fugitive leader said the planned increase in U.S. troops in Afghanistan will give his fighters incentive to kill and maim more Americans than ever.

Both engines of a military jet fighter failed before the aircraft crashed and burned in a residential area, killing four people on the ground as it destroyed two houses, a congressional aide said Tuesday. The pilot was in stable condition at a Navy hospital, said 1st Lt. Katheryn Putnam, a Miramar spokeswoman.

A congressional aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, says both engines failed on a military jet fighter before the aircraft crashed and burned in a San Diego neighborhood. Three people were killed on the ground in Monday's crash and a child was still missing.

The president spoke Tuesday to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. Bush gave a full-throated defense of his policy, known as the Bush Doctrine, of pre-emptive military action.

Poor maintenance might be compromising the flight safety of reconnaissance aircraft carrying some of America's most advanced electronic equipment, according to current and former aircraft mechanics.