Al-Qaida Magazine Urges Terrorists To Set Wildfires In Montana

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LOL!

That's true. Burning out the forests is actually a normal cycle being prevented by the Leftist Environmentalists!

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June 12, 2012 7:23 AM

Massive, fast-moving Colo. wildfire now a killer

By

Barry Petersen

A Sikorsky S-64 Aircrane firefighting helicopter drops water on a hotspot burning close to homes near Horsetooth Reservoir June 11, 2012 near Laporte, Colorado. The High Park Fire in Larimer County has burned almost 37,000 acres and damaged or destroyed more than 100 structures. There is no containment of the fire, which is burning in the mountains about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Co. (Getty Images)


(CBS News) FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The massive wildfire in northern Colorado that was probably sparked by lightning on Saturday was still raging Tuesday.


The fast-moving blaze was burning through about half-a-mile of forest per hour and threatening hundreds of homes. It burned dozens of structures Monday.


It's being blamed for one death.


The High Park fire had scorched more than 41,000 acres, and was still zero percent contained Tuesday morning. Winds were calm, but forecasters said they could climb dangerously high Tuesday afternoon.
Experts are calling this a "dirty" fire, meaning the flames skip over areas, then circle back and burn what they missed the first time.


Longtime resident Jim Key believes his home was destroyed.


He says his home was "his dream," adding, "It's got my sawmill, living off the land. I mean, this is my dream to live here. ... I think it went yesterday, so it's real sad."
Western wildfires straining resources
Four hundred firefighters have been battling the blaze from the air and on the ground; that number will soon swell to 600.


While the steep, mountainous terrain appears green, a dry winter and spring have left the moisture level in the trees down to 60 percent. At this time of year, it's usually at 90 percent. The result: Flames are leaping easily from treetop to treetop.


"So, even though that fuel looks green, normally it wouldn't burn at this time of year," says Fire Management Officer Bill Hahnenberg. "It's burning very well, and that's why we're getting this aggressive and active fire behavior that we are."


At least 118 structures have burned. Cheryl Pratt and her daughter are hoping their home will survive.


"If our house is there, then we have space for neighbors to pull in a camper to close to their house or whatever they need," says Cheryl Pratt, an evacuee.


"So far, the focus has been on life, safety, and structure protection," says Nick Christensen, of the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. "A different team, a recovery team, will go in and start determining what the damage was, where these homes exactly are, who they're owned by, and work directly with those residents."


There's been one fatality, 62-year-old Linda Steadman, described as a wife, mother and grandmother. A sheriff's deputy and a firefighter got as close as her gate to try to rescue her when they were literally forced back by the flames.

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I just posted on FB the link to the news article above and told them MY theory on this shit.

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June 23, 2012
Al Qaeda terrorists interested in using fire to unleash hell in United States

Christopher Collins
Paulding County Republican Examiner



The men who launched al Qaeda's English-language magazine "Inspire" magazine continue to promote jihadi attacks on Western targets, offering detailed advice on how to start huge forest fires in America with timed explosives and how to build remote-controlled bombs.

Although the two Muslim terrorists who launched the Jihadist magazine Inspire were killed in a U.S. airstrike last fall, the magazine continues to promote terrorism against America with its recent release of issue nine of using fire as a weapon.

In the magazine, a writer who goes by the name The AQChef said, "In America, there are more houses built in the countryside than in the cities.

It is difficult to choose a better place than in the valleys of Montana."

tory, it has caught the eye of the Department of Homeland Security who wrote up an unclassified report, that is posted on the web, on May 31, 2012, which was not publicly available, until now that outlines the threats posed by Al Qaeda terrorists and cells sympathetic to their cause in Al Qaeda's latest issues of their online magazine that is only available in Jihadist sites.

Statements in the report said that “for at least a decade, international terrorist groups and associated individuals have expressed interest in using fire as a tactic against the Homeland to cause economic loss, fear, resource depletion, and humanitarian hardship. There is no evidence that international terrorist groups and inspired individuals are responsible for any purposeful destruction of public or private property by setting wildfires in the United States. Using fire as a weapon, however, is inexpensive and requires limited technical expertise, giving it a strong advantage over other methods of attack. Statements advocating this tactic are most often found on violent extremist Web forums and in violent extremist propaganda.”

The report also stated that the ninth issue of Inspire—“AQAP’s English-language magazine published on 2 May 2012 as the winter 2012 edition—advocates setting wildfires in the United States to create economic hardship and cause the loss of life of firefighters, the destruction of property and buildings, and general psychological distress. The first issue of Inspire, which AQAP released in summer 2010, also briefly made reference to setting fires as a tactic. We have no indications AQAP or unaffiliated violent extremists are planning to act upon the suggestions contained in Inspire.”

The report also went on to say that on February 6, 2012, a purported violent extremist posted a message entitled “The Top 100 Targets in the United States” that noted “pyro-terrorism is perhaps the greatest threat America has ever faced,” as perpetrators run a low risk of detection and the posting urges “pyro-terrorists” to start forest and grass fires randomly to cause economic damage.

While wildfires are presently raging in western states, the Denver Field Office of the FBI last month warned the Colorado and Wyoming law enforcement agencies of the potential threat that jihadists could start wildfires as a form of terrorist attack as a result of the article in the winter issue of Inspire, a jihadist webzine produced by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). As of now, there have been no indications that the fires in the western part of the U.S. have been started by terrorists.

Although the “Inspire” magazine had lain dormant for a while, it was recently resurrected in 2010, according the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

However, issues eight and nine caught the attention of the seriousness of what Al Qaeda may be up to. In a startling statement, the editorial in the magazine stated, “To the disappointment of our enemies, we are still publishing America's worst nightmare.”

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Wildfire Terrorism Threat




Published on Jun 24, 2012 by Ladd Egan

There's a new threat from Al Qaeda, and it's affecting Utah, but his one doesn't involve airports, jetliners, or large cities.

Instead, the terror group is encouraging its members to "unleash hell" on America by starting massive wildfires -- specifically in the western states.

The new threat is spelled out in the latest edition of Al Qaeda's terror magazine: 'Inspire'

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Next up on al-Qaeda hit list: the West’s freedom-loving trees

Stewart Bell Jun 22, 2012 – 3:34 PM ET | Last Updated: Jun 22, 2012 4:02 PM ET
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An al-Qaeda publication has suggested that forests make a good target for terror acts but the Canadian government does not consider forests as part of Canada’s critical infrastructure.



The latest issue of the al-Qaeda propaganda publication Inspire contains the usual dose of narcissism, delusional threats and overwrought tributes to dead terrorists but what is striking is the space it devotes to an unexpected target: trees.

Eleven pages of the online magazine are handed over to discussions about starting forest fires in NATO countries, providing both a tactical and religious justification for it, and an illustrated step-by-step guide on how to do it using a device made out of gasoline and a washing machine timer.
“Fire is one of the soldiers of Allah,” it says.

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The threat underscores al-Qaeda’s evolving strategy. All but incapable of organizing another mass outrage like 9/11, Islamist terrorists have instead begun encouraging acts of “individual jihad,” in which a lone fanatic plans and carries out an attack close to home.

Among the targets of individual jihad listed in Inspire — which is put together by al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen, the branch that has attempted several attacks in the West — are political figures, media outlets, airports, bridges, stock exchanges and “places where Jews are gathered” but also forests.

Lightning, campfires and industry account for most of the fires that set Canada’s forests ablaze every summer, consuming an area more than three times the size of Prince Edward Island and costing up to $1-billion. But should Canada be concerned about terrorists using fire as a weapon?

Shane O'Brien/Postmedia News
A forest fire approaches Slave Lake, Alberta in May 2011.




“If A-Q takes it seriously, so ought we,” said Martin Rudner, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Carleton University. “The fact that this mission appeared in Inspire, which is intended to promote jihadist activities on the part of English-speaking Muslims in the West, is indicative that it is a serious threat.”

Whether Ottawa is taking it seriously is hard to say. Federal public safety and natural resources officials said firefighting was a provincial responsibility and declined to discuss it further for “operational reasons.” The Ontario government said it was aware of the threat, but B.C. was not.

Prof. Rudner said forests are not considered part of Canada’s critical infrastructure and so they do not benefit from counter-terrorism programs that safeguard other sectors like energy. “Thus, to the best of my knowledge, there are no particular critical infrastructure protection programs in place, at either the federal or provincial levels, to protect our forests against jihadist or other terrorist fire-setting.”

Calls for a “forest jihad” date back at least to 2007, when online radicals suggested that setting fires would not only kill citizens of Western countries, but also cause pollution and economic damage while exhausting police and emergency services.

The idea gained traction in 2008, during Australia’s wildfire emergency. In 2009, a Department of Homeland Security bulletin noted “growing interest in ‘forest jihad’ among terrorists” but found no credible evidence it was a genuine threat to the U.S. “Considering the appeals posted in al-Qaeda forums, the possibility exists for arson to be used as a terrorist tool,” it allowed.

Shane O'Brien/Postmedia News
Forest fires can wreak significant damage, as the aftermath of the 2011 Slave Lake, Alberta, fire shows. “If A-Q takes it seriously, so ought we,” one expert says.




The tactic resurfaced with new prominence last month when al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula put its latest edition of Inspire online. “It is your freedom to ignite a firebomb,” read a headline on the cover. Photos inside showed apocalyptic scenes of burning forests.

An article purportedly penned by al-Qaeda figure Abu Musab Al-Siri encouraged “ordinary resistance fighters among the Muslims residing in America and the allied Western countries” to engage in “popular resistance action such as destroying economic targets and burning forests during hot periods in the summer.”

A second piece by a radical Yemeni cleric cited religious scripture to make the case that “burning of forests in the land of the enemy among the disbelievers is of the legitimate acts. It is of the jihad in the sake of the almighty Allah.” That was followed by a seven-page instructional guide.

“We are aware of this,” said Jolanta Kowalski, spokeswoman for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. “Our approach is to continue to plan for and detect forest fire threats quickly and suppress them. If a forest fire was the result of a terrorist attack, we would respond as we do to other forest fires.”

Fire is one of the soldiers of Allah

B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch said while it was unaware of the threats it was ready to respond to all fires. Arson fires are often the least destructive since they tend to occur near populated areas and are quickly reported.

“The public reports half of all fires started in B.C., and we also have sophisticated systems that prompt us to new fire starts so we can respond quickly,” said spokeswoman Alyson Couch, adding “93% of unwanted fires are extinguished at less than four hectares in size.”

While many of al-Qaeda’s recent plots have fizzled, experts point out that torching forests is a simple, high-impact tactic. Making bombs and getting them onto airplanes is complicated. Any idiot can strike a match.

But while imagining North America and Europe in flames may hearten those who dream of destroying the West, it could also signal the growing desperation of al-Qaeda’s adherents. Following the killing of Osama bin Laden and his underlings, and the arrests of the countless conspirators, from the Toronto 18 to the underwear bomber, al-Qaeda has been reduced to a fire hazard.
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Unleash Hell': New Al Qaeda magazine describes in detail how to start huge forest fires across the U.S..with instructions on how to make 'ember bombs'

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 01:18 EST, 3 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:18 EST, 3 May 2012

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Al Qaeda has called upon its followers to unleash massive forest fires upon the United States this summer.

Published in the latest edition of the notorious terror magazine, 'Inspire', are graphic instructions for the creation and ignition of 'ember bombs'


Detailed in the memorably titled, 'It is of your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb', the magazine encourages any would-be terrorist to target Montana, because of the rapid population growth in its wooded areas.



A fire burning out of control in a pine forest on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in New Mexico: Al Qaeda has issued instructions to its followers to start intentional fires in the United States

'In America, there are more houses built in the countryside than in the cities,' explained the writer known as The AQ Chef according to ABC News.

'It is difficult to choose a better place than in the valleys of Montana.'

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Reveling in the unsubstantiated claim that forest fires in Australia in December 2002, unleashed a heat energy equal to that of 23 nuclear bombs, the new edition of 'Inspire' wants the same destructive force unleashed on America.


Forty people died in a forest fire in the hills around Haifa in 2010: Al Qaeda wants to unleash a similar level of destruction on the U.S according to the latest edition of 'Inspire'

Produced by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the English language colourful magazine has released its first editions since the deaths in September 2011 of its editor Samir Khan and its star columnist Anwar al-Awlaki.

Even though they were killed by a drone strike on September 30 in Yemen, the new editions of 'Inspire' contain the last editorial input from the deceased terrorists.

The pair are praised inside the magazine's eighth and ninth edition as the 'spirit' and the 'tongue' of the internet publication.



Influential in death: Anwar al-Awlaki was the driving force behind 'Inspire' up until his death in a U.S missile strike in September 2011



Samir Khan who edited 'Inspire' was killed along with Anwar al-Awlaki in a drone attack in the Yemen in 2011

However, it is clear that following the deaths of the American born, English speaking pair, editorial standards have slipped at 'Inspire'.

The ninth edition's title 'Wining on the Ground' (sic) is clearly misspelt.

Both Khan and al-Awlaki were brought up in the U.S and that allowed them to bring a touch of humour to their deadly missives on terror, as gems from previous editions such as 'Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom' proved.



Anti-terror experts are pouring over the latest editions of 'Inspire' to confirm whether or not the hand of al-Qaeda is definitely behind it

However, joking aside, the eighth edition contains clear advice from al-Awlaki on launching attacks on Western Countries.

One five-page article is entitled, 'Targeting the Populations of Countries at War With Muslims' which sees al-Awlaki justify the killing of women and children and using chemical and biological weapons.

Even though he states that women and children are not to be deliberately targeted, al-Awlaki says that if they are among 'combatants', it is 'allowed for Muslims to attack them.'

'Muslims are allowed to target the populations of countries that are at war with Muslims by bombings or fire-arms attacks or other forms of attacks that inevitably lead to the deaths of non-combatants,' said al-Awlaki according to CNN.

Chillingly for Western governments, especially with the 2012 London Olympics on the horizon, al-Awlaki encourages the use of weapons of mass destruction.

'The use of poisons of chemical and biological weapons against population centers is allowed and strongly recommended due to the effect on the enemy,' explained al-Awlaki.

'These statements of the scholars show that it is allowed to use poison or other methods of mass killing against the disbelievers who are at war with us.'

Throughout the two new eighth and ninth editions of 'Inspire', the magazine bays its readers to attack 'main political figures' in the West and 'large strategic economic targets such as the stock exchanges, power and oil installations, airports, harbours, railroad systems etc.'


The ninth issue of 'Inspire' magazine, Al-Qaeda's English-language magazine which surfaced Wednesday, May 2, 2012, called for firebombing campaigns in the United States and offered hand-gun training tips

There are articles on handgun training and how to best succeed as an urban assassin.

One article by Khan warns American Muslims that they will never be accepted in the United States and another takes a swipe at America's strained relationship with Pakistan.

'The services of the Pakistani Army to the Crusaders are so enormous and so significant that without them the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan would have been impossible,' explained the article in 'Inspire'.


Samir Khan and Anwar al-Awlaki were killed when their convoy was hit by American drones while traveling in Yemen in September 2011

Both editions of the magazine run to just over 60 pages and the editorials congratulate the publication for finally making it online, eight months after al-Awlaki and Khan's deaths.

'To the disappointment of our enemies ... we are still publishing America's worst nightmare,' wrote the editorial.

Going on to describe its editorial aim as 'to deliver to every inspired Muslim anywhere around the world the operational know-how of carrying out attacks from within the West.'


'Inspire' is published out of Yemen where radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and chief Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula propagandist Samir Khan lived

In fact, the majority of the magazines is given over to lengthy tributes to Khan and al-Awlaki.

One writer even confirms that al-Awlaki survived one missile strike before the deadly hit in September 2011.

'This time 11 missiles missed [their] target, but the next time the first rocket may hit it,' said a prophetic al-Awlaki.

Read more:

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Al Qaeda threatening to start wildfires in US

Thursday, May 03, 2012

By Elex Michaelson, Carlos Granda and John Gregory



WASHINGTON (KABC) -- Al Qaeda terrorists are calling on followers to ignite wildfires in the U.S., which could make California a target.

Californians have seen their share of devastating wildfires, some large enough to wipe out whole neighborhoods in a matter of minutes. It is the kind of destruction terrorists are now hoping to take advantage of. An al Qaeda-linked website is now calling on extremists to set fires in remote areas.

The websites even provide instructions on how to make fire bombs and firefighters are taking it seriously.

"It does not seem all that farfetched. A wildfire moves quite quickly and can inflict damage, and if people have that intent, it's very frightening," said Battalion chief Julie Hutchinson with the California Fire Department.

The instructions to extremists come from Inspire, al Qaeda's online publication which was started by American-born al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. missile strike in September, but the publication is still being produced.

The threats of wildfire attacks come on the same day U.S. military officials released new documents obtained in last year's raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The documents indicate bin Laden wanted his terror network to try and assassinate President Barack Obama.

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The documents, which were posted online by the U.S. army, show that bin Laden was revered by followers and yet his orders were sometimes ignored.

They also indicated U.S. missile strikes were taking a heavy toll on the terror groups command structure and that weighed heavily on bin Laden up until the raid that led to his death.

The documents also indicate that bin Laden wanted to target General David Petraeus, who was the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan at the time.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

(Copyright ©2012 KABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

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Al-Qaida calls for 'forest jihad'

By Stewart Bell, National Post June 24, 2012

The latest issue of the al-Qaida propaganda publication Inspire contains the usual dose of narcissism, delusional threats and overwrought tributes to dead terrorists, but what is striking is the space it devotes to an unexpected target: trees.

Eleven pages of the online magazine are handed over to discussions about starting forest fires in NATO countries, providing both a tactical and religious justification for it, and an illustrated step-by-step guide on how to do it using a device made out of gasoline and a washing machine timer.

"Fire is one of the soldiers of Allah," it says.

The threat underscores al- Qaida's evolving strategy. All but incapable of organizing another mass outrage like 9/11, Islamist terrorists have instead begun encouraging acts of "individual jihad," in which a lone fanatic plans and carries out an attack close to home.

Among the targets of individual jihad listed in Inspire - which is put together by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen, the branch that has attempted several attacks in the West - are political figures, media outlets, airports, bridges, stock exchanges and "places where Jews are gathered," but also forests.

Lightning, campfires and industry account for most of the fires that set Canada's forests ablaze every summer, consuming an area more than three times the size of Prince Edward Island and costing up to $1 billion. But should Canada be concerned about terrorists using fire as a weapon?

"If A-Q takes it seriously, so ought we," said Martin Rudner, distinguished research professor emeritus at Carleton University. "The fact that this mission appeared in Inspire, which is intended to promote jihadist activities on the part of English-speaking Muslims in the West, is indicative that it is a serious threat."

Whether Ottawa is taking it seriously is hard to say. Federal public safety and natural resources officials said firefighting was a provincial responsibility and declined to discuss it further for "operational reasons." The Ontario government said it was aware of the threat, but B.C. was not.

Rudner said forests are not considered part of Canada's critical infrastructure and so they do not benefit from counter-terrorism programs that safeguard other sectors like energy. "Thus, to the best of my knowledge, there are no particular critical infrastructure protection programs in place, at either the federal or provincial levels, to protect our forests against jihadist or other terrorist fire-setting."

Calls for a "forest jihad" date back at least to 2007, when online radicals suggested that setting fires would not only kill citizens of Western countries, but also cause pollution and economic damage while exhausting police and emergency services.

The idea gained traction in 2008, during Australia's wildfire emergency. In 2009, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security bulletin noted "growing interest in 'forest jihad' among terrorists," but found no credible evidence it was a genuine threat to the U.S. "Considering the appeals posted in al-Qaida forums, the possibility exists for arson to be used as a terrorist tool," it allowed.

The tactic resurfaced with new prominence last month when al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula put its latest edition of Inspire online.
"It is your freedom to ignite a firebomb," read a headline on the cover.

Photos inside showed apocalyptic scenes of burning forests.

An article purportedly penned by al-Qaida figure Abu Musab Al-Siri encouraged "ordinary resistance fighters among the Muslims residing in America and the allied Western countries" to engage in "popular resistance action such as destroying economic targets and burning forests during hot periods in the summer."

B.C.'s Wildfire Management Branch said while it was unaware of the threats it was ready to respond to all fires. Arson fires are often the least destructive since they tend to occur near populated areas and are quickly reported.

"The public reports half of all fires started in B.C., and we also have sophisticated systems that prompt us to new fire starts so we can respond quickly," said spokeswoman Alyson Couch, adding "93 per cent of unwanted fires are extinguished at less than four hectares in size."

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FIRES IN NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO STARTED BY TERRORISTS / MUSLIMS?

June 27, 2012
By CMAC



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• State Dept. Won’t Explain Terrorist WH Visit
  
  Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:04:02 PM · by Twotone · 20 replies Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 26, 2012 | Staff
  
  The U.S. State Department “refuses to explain” how a member of an Egyptian terrorist group was allowed into the White House for a visit. According to a daily briefing transcript published by Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post: QUESTION: . . . .It has to do with the visa for the Gama’a al-Islamiyya member. You said last week that there was a – you were looking into the circumstances of how this was issued. Has – have you determined how this – how it happened?

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Wildfires blaze across West, burning homes

Flames from the Taylor Bridge Fire climb the side of Lookout Mountain east of Cle Elum, Wash., Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Daily Record/Brian Myrick )

By By SHANNON DININNY AP / August 14, 2012





CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in central Washington has burned at least 60 homes and forced hundreds of people to flee — one of several blazes scorching the West on Tuesday, threatening communities, sending up thick plumes of smoke and disrupting activity in national parks.



Fire commanders estimate the Washington blaze has burned at least 24,000 acres — about 38 square miles — since it started Monday afternoon east of the small town of Cle Elum.



No injuries have been reported, but more than 400 people have been evacuated, said Department of Natural Resources Fire Incident Commander Rex Reed. The fire crept within six miles of Ellensburg, about 75 miles east of Seattle.



The blaze, which began at a bridge construction site, is not contained. And authorities worried about wind and heat, saying the fire danger was extreme.



‘‘We've had a long prolonged dry period — three weeks with no precipitation at all,’’ Reed said.



Joe Seemiller, a captain in Kittitas County Fire and Rescue, said gusty winds were hampering Washington firefighters.

‘‘Unless Mother Nature helps us out here, we’re going to be fighting this awhile,’’ Seemiller said.



In Idaho, a firefighter was killed by a falling tree Sunday. Anne Veseth, a 20-year-old who was in her second season as a firefighter, died as she worked a fire near Orofino, the U.S. Forest Service said. Her older brother also is a wild-land firefighter in Idaho, where 12 blazes are burning.



A crew in central Washington state barely outran flames Monday at the wind-driven fire in Kittitas County. The firefighters managed to drive to safety as they got ahead of the Taylor Bridge fire, said Richelle Risdon, a county fire spokeswoman.



Near Cle Elum, Wash., some property at a chimpanzee sanctuary burned. The seven chimps at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest are fine, but they seemed bewildered by the smoke and the changes in their routine brought by the blaze that burned within a couple hundred feet of their building, a spokeswoman said.



In Utah, a lightning-sparked fire consumed about 34 square miles, threatened a herd of wild horses and shut down the historic Pony Express Road in the state’s western desert.



In Northern California, crews made progress against an aggressive blaze in Lake County that grew to more than 9 square miles and destroyed three buildings. Officials lifted evacuation orders for the residents of nearly 500 homes late Monday, said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.



‘‘The fire is still actively burning, but burning in a remote area,’’ Berlant said. ‘‘It’s burning in brush that’s tinder dry and hasn’t seen a fire in decades.’’



A separate wildfire to the north was threatening about 600 homes, prompting some evacuation orders in the Seneca and Rush Creek communities in Plumas National Forest. The fire burned about 55 square miles, officials said.



Fires across California have affected some national parks, including Lassen Volcanic National Park and Joshua Tree National Park.



A handful of other fires in hot and dry Southern California were sparked by lightning. Four in northeastern San Diego County covered more than 2,300 acres, threatening to leave several communities without power.



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Associated Press writers Terry Collins in San Francisco, John Miller in Boise, Idaho; Jeff Barnard in Grants Pass, Ore.; Brian Skoloff in Salt Lake City, Doug Esser in Seattle and Robert Jablon in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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By the way, the Waldo Canyon fire is STILL being "investigated" and NOTHING has been let out to the media about the findings at this point.

There's every reason to believe this was a terrorist attack now - not just an arsonist. If it were plain arson they would be plastering it all over the news.

So far, this has been very "hush hush" and is a bigger secret than how nuclear weapons work.

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FNC just reported there are "More than four dozen" fires burning throughout the Western USA.

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Wildfires Leave 1 Dead, Dozens Homeless In Oklahoma

August 6, 2012

The fields around Connie Laxton's home in Oklahoma were black with ash Monday after a roaring wildfire tore across her property and ran right up to her gray, brick ranch home — where it suddenly stopped.

The fire line is marked in the grass a foot from house, and the smell of smoke permeates the inside. One side of the three 40-foot pear trees in the yard is charred gray and black, the other is leafy and green.

"I went through a tornado in `84, and it took our house, but we've never seen anything like this," said Laxton, who believes the pear trees deflected sparks that otherwise would have landed on her roof.

Three dozen wildfires have scorched portions of Oklahoma since Friday, leaving only ashes in some spots. Emergency officials said Monday that Cleveland County firefighters recovered a body from a home that had been subject to an evacuation order as a wind-whipped fire roared near Norman on Friday. Emergency managers say dozens of homes are among the 120 structures statewide that burned to the ground.

Tina Frost and her husband, Doug, found the Mickey and Minnie Mouse figurine that topped their wedding cake Monday when they dug through the charred rubble of their home west of Mannford. The discovery was just in time for their 20th wedding anniversary Tuesday. They also retrieved quartz crystals from a long ago vacation and china once owned by her great, great-grandmother.

"It was a fire tornado," Tina Frost said, describing flames that consumed 22 of the 38 homes in her neighborhood. "It came from every direction. There was nothing but fire. I got to be honest. It was pretty scary."

The Mannford-area fire covered nearly 100 square miles in northern Creek County, about 20 miles west of Tulsa. Fires elsewhere in the state consumed thousands of acres — though in some areas it appeared fires hopscotched across the landscape, damaging one home but not its neighbor, much like a tornado.

"Tornadoes don't bother me. I'm not scared of them. A tornado you can take cover, go into a storm shelter. With a fire, you go into the storm shelter and you get burned up," said Christona Fields, who lives just south of Mannford. Her home survived but "smells like a soot pile."

A Mannford church has been serving as a staging area for emergency responders and people who need help. Donated clothes and water were piled under tents, and fire victims grabbed items to help tide them over.

Art Ragan, 71, was at the command post, trying to figure out where he would go Tuesday morning when his money for a motel ran out. Two friends had told him his house burned after he left Saturday.

"I'm carrying everything I've got," Ragan said, wearing a baseball cap and a T-shirt with a pack of cigarettes in the pocket. "This is the worst fire I've seen in 40 years."

Gary McManus, a climatologist with the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, noted with irony that fire conditions were made worse by a warm, wet winter and early spring. Vegetation grew rapidly and then dried in the drought.

"All that green up from the spring, all of that vegetation is just sitting out there as fuel for wildfires," McManus said.

Lower temperatures — meaning under 100 degrees — and calmer winds helped firefighters Sunday and Monday, but McManus warned that without significant rain, another outbreak was likely.

"These types of conditions just wait for the right weather pattern," McManus said.

Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the state medical examiner, said Monday the agency had requested dental records in an effort to identify the body firefighters found Saturday in a burned-out Norman home. The age and gender of the victim hadn't been determined.

Authorities said fires were under control or in "mop-up" stages Monday. Most fires since Friday were small and quickly brought under control, and the Mannford fire at nearly 100 square miles was the largest in recent state history, said Michelle Finch-Walker, an agency spokeswoman.

A fire near Luther, which burned just over 4 square miles Friday and Saturday, is being investigated as a possible arson after witnesses reported seeing someone throwing newspapers from a black Ford pickup truck after setting them on fire. Oklahoma County emergency officials on Monday released a transcript from a 911 call.

"I just come off the turnpike. I was following a truck; he was up in the distance," the caller said. "He took off, it was a bluish-black truck. He turned around in the middle of the road, and I got up here where he was at and the whole woods exploded when I got up to him. ...

"It's a grass fire. He threw something out."

Late summer and late winter are typically the peak seasons for wildfires, but they can occur anytime. From November 2005 to March 2006, more than 3,000 fires burned more than 1,320 square miles, Finch-Walker said. The fires killed seven and destroyed more than 1,000 structures, including 380 homes.

McManus said it's too early to say how this year will compare, but "it's certainly not off to a great start."

[American Patriot]

I heard this morning CA had a huge fire, 3000 homes threatened (something to that effect). It was on the radio that woke me today.

I don't remember the details exactly, but it sounded way worse than what happened here.

[American Patriot]

Well, well... everyone is digging now. FINALLY.

We still do not have an announcement here about Waldo Canyon. I forgot what day they said they'd announce. I asked my city friends and a couple of cops.

No one is talking.

Greek secret service to investigate wildfires

Updated 11:16 a.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2012

• In this Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012 photo, a man holding a makeshift fire broom takes part in efforts to contain a major forest blaze on the Greek eastern Aegean Sea island of Chios. Hundreds of firefighters, soldiers and volunteers were struggling for a third day Monday to tame a fire that burnt some 7,000 hectares of forest, cultivated land and groves of the island's famed mastic trees. Smoke from the blaze, which was swept on by gale-force winds, was carried as far as the southern island of Crete, more than 350 kilometers (230 miles) away. GREECE OUT Photo: Icon Press / AP

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's secret service will join investigations into an unusually large number of wildfires across the country to see if arson has been involved, an official said Tuesday.


As Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias announced the decision, more than 20 major blazes were raging out of control in Greece, including one that has ravaged the eastern Aegean island of Chios for four days.


Dendias said in many cases authorities have "indications, if not proof, that the fires were lit intentionally," including blazes on Chios and the western resort island of Zakynthos.


On Sunday, authorities on the central Aegean island of Andros arrested two French tourists on suspicion of starting a forest fire. A prosecutor planned to decide later Tuesday whether to press charges against them.


In Chios, firefighters were battling two major fronts in central and southern areas. Whipped on by gale-force winds, the blazes have wiped out large tracts of forest, olive groves and plantations of mastic trees whose resin production is a mainstay of the island's economy. About 360 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers were being assisted by two water-dropping planes and seven helicopters, the fire brigade said.


The blaze began shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, and authorities estimate that by Tuesday it had destroyed at least 12,000 hectares (29,650 acres) of vegetation amid the island's fortified medieval villages, which have so far escaped damage.
Chios is famous for its mastic, a gum-like resin with a distinctive flavor produced only by trees on certain parts of the island. More than half the crop is exported for use in confectionery, cooking and cosmetics.


Forest fires are common during Greece's long hot summers, but the country has seen hundreds of blazes in recent weeks following a heat wave.


"We face an incredibly large number of fires," said Dendias, adding that 589 wildfires have begun in the past 10 days alone, with 16 of them starting Tuesday morning.


The fire brigade said it was battling 22 major blazes, with several in the southern Peloponnese area where about 60 people died in massive wildfires five years ago.





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Jihadist Group: We Started Arizona Wildfires

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Oh the many facets of jihad! Now we’re seeing fire jihad in America. According to reporter David Barnett, a Palestinian jihadist group, Masada al Mujahideen, has recently claimed credit for the ongoing wildfires in Arizona in a statement that was posted to a jihadist forum on Wednesday.

Barnett reports:

The statement, titled “Masada al-Mujahideen Fulfilled its Promise and Attacked America Again After the Expiration of the Period with Fires that Achieved Historic Results,” was obtained and translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.

“We had previously announced an unconventional war against the occupation state of Israel, and then we escalated this war to reach its main supporter, America, so that it receives a major share of it, which will destroy their flora and fauna, with permission from Allah and then with our hands,” the group said.

The statement further said that the group targeted the United States “in order to make it clear and to make it know we can reach it when we warn it, and to make it certain that our hands don’t just reach it but also strike it.”

The group warned that the attacks “will not be the last…if America does not respond to our demands.” The statement boasted that 19 firefighters had been killed in the fires.

Authorities contradict Masada al-Mujahideen’s claims, saying that they believe the fires were started by lightning.

This is not the first time they have claimed responsibility for fires in the United States. In January of 2012, they also claimed credit for wildfires in Nevada and they have claimed credit for over a dozen fires in Israel since 2010.

They have also claimed numerous attacks on Israel other than the fires, including rocket and mortar attacks.

Masada al-Mujahideen formed in April of 2008, claiming Abu Omar al Ansari as its leader.

Whether their claims are true or not is anyone’s guess. However, Pamela Geller points out:

The devout Muslim group, Al Qaeda, has long urged the setting of forest fires as a form of jihad (holy war). Spring 2012: al-Qaeda’s English-language online magazine, Inspire, published an article called “It Is of Your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb,” which featured instructions on how to build an incendiary bomb to light forests on fire.

What should disturb everyone is that anyone would claim responsibility for such atrocities, especially these guys, right? They’re from the “religion of peace” (Yes, there’s loads of sarcasm laced in that statement.)

LAPD Anti-Terror Cops Arrest Suspect Dawud Abdulwali In Massive Downtown Fire

The fire was so massive that hundreds of firefighters were called in, and it was termed ‘historic’. We weren’t the only ones to notice it, as you can see from out report, ISIS also commented on it, although did not claim responsibility for it.

Via Breitbart:

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has arrested a suspect, Dawud Abdulwali, 56, on arson charges connected with the massive downtown fire last December that consumed the Da Vinci apartment complex. The Los Angeles Times reports that Abdulwali was arrested Tuesday morning during a traffic stop, and after a lengthy investigation.

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the arrest Wednesday, saying: “This arrest illustrates that crime will not be tolerated in Los Angeles.”
Keep reading…

http://www.breitbart.com/national-se...rson-arrested/