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Good morning
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I think this photo is from Fred's continuing series, "Women who have legs" ...
Posted by: Steve White || 12/06/2008 0:26 Comments || Top||

#2  I think this photo is from Fred's continuing series, "Women who are all legs."
Posted by: Scott R || 12/06/2008 0:43 Comments || Top||

#3  It's not just legs, somtime it's leg.


Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 12/06/2008 3:23 Comments || Top||

#4  [dumbass]
Posted by: RobertHQ || 12/06/2008 4:18 Comments || Top||

#5  Easy for you to say.
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 5:06 Comments || Top||

#6  Nothing to celebrate after the election? Well, bottoms up anyway.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/06/2008 7:27 Comments || Top||

#7  I've modified the comments page. Let me know when the bugs come out.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 10:34 Comments || Top||

#8  the Nic shows the email address when it posts
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 10:41 Comments || Top||

#9  Preview button missing.
Had to reload the page before the posted comment appeared.
Posted by: ed || 12/06/2008 10:49 Comments || Top||

#10  I forgot what I was going to say.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon || 12/06/2008 11:05 Comments || Top||

#11  Let me know which browser you're using when you report bugs. It seems well-behaved on Safari on the Mac.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 11:12 Comments || Top||

#12  Except for having to reload, I mean...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 11:13 Comments || Top||

#13  If you ask me, it looks like we can do some pretty spiffy comments with these new changes.
Too much for the typical doggerel that we produce. Phew! You had me worried Fred, then I tried the Bold and the background color and they didn't seem to work.  Keep it simple for old dogs.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon || 12/06/2008 11:06 Comments || Top||

#14  How does the bold text work?
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 11:23 Comments || Top||

#15  The comment box sure looks wierd on IE
Posted by: OldSpook || 12/06/2008 11:33 Comments || Top||

#16 
it


is


embedding


extra


linefeeds
Posted by: OldSpook || 12/06/2008 11:33 Comments || Top||

#17  It
is
not
embedding
them
in
Firefox
Posted by: OldSpook || 12/06/2008 11:35 Comments || Top||

#18  its also not loading the page after the comment submission - and with IE, the db query flashes up there for a few seconds.  Also, I noticed the comments cozy up to the number in FF, but are inserted below it in IE submissions.

Comment box still looks the same on both. Some sort of RTF edit box.
Posted by: OldSpook || 12/06/2008 11:36 Comments || Top||

#19  Firefox 3.0.4
Posted by: ed || 12/06/2008 11:39 Comments || Top||

#20  Let me try the reload thingy again...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 11:57 Comments || Top||

#21  That didn't work well at all...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 11:59 Comments || Top||

#22  Just tried it in Opera 9.0, and it doesn't work - at all.  The cursor is at the top of the page, not in the "comments" area.  You can't update the "Source" box or type any comments.  It displays everyone else's comments just fine. 
Posted by: Spusong Bluetooth7522 || 12/06/2008 11:58 Comments || Top||

#23  And yet another try. I think I'll delete most of these...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 12:02 Comments || Top||

#24  Oh, vell. Back to de old dravvink board... 
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 12:05 Comments || Top||

#25  I did get it working nicely in Safari, though. Except for forgetting any changes to your nic...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 12:06 Comments || Top||

#26 
I'm a little teapot


Short and stout


This is my handle


this is my snout...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 12:07 Comments || Top||

#27  You're right about the extra returns in IE. I can prob'ly fix them on the submit. Let me try it in Opera, though. That'd be a killer...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 12:08 Comments || Top||

#28  Seems to work okay in Firefox under Ubuntu.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 12:14 Comments || Top||

#29  And in Chrome it appears perfectly fine...
Posted by: Thineper Turkeyneck7608 || 12/06/2008 12:18 Comments || Top||

#30  It seems to work pretty well in Flock (Netscape replacement).  One problem in using Firefox - it won't "remember" your nic, and it reloads the entire page when you press "send".  I'm trying bold and highlight now, along with a few other options.  The underlined text is the only thing that doesn't seem to work.
Posted by: Bob Gloluth7170 || 12/06/2008 12:21 Comments || Top||

#31  Firefox 3.04
seems
to work
fine
Posted by: Lionel Shinemble2316 || 12/06/2008 12:37 Comments || Top||

#32  checking
FF 3.04

which color are we calling salmon again?
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 12:43 Comments || Top||

#33 


Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 12:44 Comments || Top||

#34  weird
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 12:45 Comments || Top||

#35  even if I put Frank G in the source box AND Nic box, it still shows my email addy
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 12:45 Comments || Top||

#36  Now it's back the way it was. If it won't work at all with Opera I guess we can't use it.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 12:51 Comments || Top||

#37  checking
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 12:56 Comments || Top||

#38  Ïðè çàõîäå íà ñàéò ôàéðôîêñ ðóãàåòüñÿ, ÷òî ñàéò ìîæåò áûòü îïàñåí! Ñäåëàéòå ÷¸ íèòü
Posted by: QVGregorio || 12/06/2008 13:33 Comments || Top||

#39  spam spill, aisle 38
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 13:37 Comments || Top||

#40  BUG REPORT, when I press "Submit query" it instantly pops me to the head of page one, it does NOT go to the page where my comment posts.

I'm using win XP and IE currently. Jim D
Posted by: Rednek Jim || 12/06/2008 14:16 Comments || Top||

#41  Hey Fred - New system's not accepting my nickname. I try entering Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) over the auto-generated nick, but it puts the auto-generated one at the bottom anyway. Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.1, using Safari  3.2.1.
Posted by: Shetle McGurque2916 || 12/06/2008 14:44 Comments || Top||

#42  Ricky again - trying it with  Firefox 1.5.0.6...
Posted by: Sponter tse Tung6151 || 12/06/2008 14:56 Comments || Top||

#43  This is one of the best threads since Gentle was here.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 12/06/2008 15:12 Comments || Top||

#44  Now I've got the new comments.



  • Neat.

  • Really neat.

  • but slow.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 12/06/2008 15:13 Comments || Top||

#45  oogah boogah
carriage return
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 12/06/2008 16:34 Comments || Top||

#46  See if you like that this version better. Not as pretty, but more stable.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 16:55 Comments || Top||

#47  And I'm gonna fix that damned home bug in all but IE. I promise.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 16:56 Comments || Top||

#48  This is one of the best threads since Gentle was here.

Ima laffed. We can has multi-smiliers?
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 17:02 Comments || Top||

#49  Hokey dokey...looks promising so far...
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) || 12/06/2008 17:31 Comments || Top||

#50  This one is pretty

darn
neat
too!
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 12/06/2008 17:33 Comments || Top||

#51  the colors were a nice touch, Fred
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 17:48 Comments || Top||

#52  I'll see what I can do...
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 18:07 Comments || Top||

#53  I notice your italics bold and underline buttons work now in FF as well. Woot!

awesome ;-)
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 18:12 Comments || Top||

#54  YeS colors are nice.
Posted by: OldSpook || 12/06/2008 18:14 Comments || Top||

#55  Áîÿíû íå ïðîéäóò!
Posted by: KKAllen || 12/06/2008 18:24 Comments || Top||

#56  BoldItalianLinky. Comment window is way too narrow. Using ancient Opera 9.02 on this partition.
Posted by: KBK || 12/06/2008 18:51 Comments || Top||

#57  This is Lynx 2.8.5. Looks normal from here....
Posted by: KBK || 12/06/2008 18:55 Comments || Top||

#58  OOgah bOOgah scOOby dOO

messing with formats is fun to dOO

Finally works in Firefox. Good Show, Fireman Fred!!!

wOOt!!!
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 12/06/2008 18:56 Comments || Top||

#59  Looks like everything's fat, dumb & happy now :-)
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) || 12/06/2008 19:27 Comments || Top||

#60  Well, hell - might as well try a non-comment comment.

You da' MAN, Fred. :-D :-D

Where'd y'all get the colors, guys?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 12/06/2008 20:02 Comments || Top||

#61  Egg-celent! Identifier balloons as you run your cursor over the buttons would be nice. BTW, how does one color text?
Posted by: PBMcL || 12/06/2008 20:11 Comments || Top||

#62  it's a secret....


/Fred had an earlier V2.0 version that did it
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 20:21 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Kabul prison uprising claims eight lives
Eight people were killed and 17 wounded when prisoners in Kabul's main jail went on the rampage, setting fire to their beds and taking guards hostage, an Afghan minister said on Friday. The inmates of the notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison were protesting late Thursday against a move to search their cells for phones, knives and other weapons.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Afghan prisons are the obvious choice for emptying out the detritus at Gitmo.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 12/06/2008 8:34 Comments || Top||

#2  "into the cargo container for you! Weld it up!"

/Rashid Dostum
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 9:00 Comments || Top||

#3  What happen to deh fsguy, he was insightful.
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 17:03 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Gunmen attack aid workers in Darfur
(AKI) - Two gunmen equipped with assault rifles and a hand grenade stopped a humanitarian convoy in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, beat up the aid workers and stole money in the latest of a long series of such assaults that are impeding relief operations, the United Nations reported.

The non-governmental organisation convoy of three vehicles with six local staff was stopped in South Darfur on its way from Nyala, the provincial capital, to the Kalma camp, the joint UN-African Union mission in Darfur or UNAMID said in a statement.

"Although the workers complied without resistance to demands for money, the attackers assaulted them up before leaving the scene," it added "Three out of the six workers were reportedly severely beaten and taken to the local hospital, where their condition is listed as stable and non life-threatening."

Initial reports suggest that the assailants were informed of the workers' movements and that they were transporting cash intended for the payment of salaries for the Kalma camp staff.

"If proven right, these suspicions would point to an act of banditry," UNAMID added.

UNAMID, slated to reach 26,000 personnel but now only 10,500-strong, is being deployed throughout Darfur in an effort to bring peace to a region where more than five years of fighting between Government forces, allied Janjaweed militia and rebel groups have killed an estimated 300,000 people and driven another 2.7 million from their homes.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Somali infighting leaves 13 dead
Thirteen gunmen died in armed clashes between Somali opposition fighters and another armed group Ahl-ul-Sunna wal- Jamaa in central Somalia. The fighting broke out in the town of Guri-El in the Galgaduud region after the Ahl-ul Sunna gunmen attacked Al-Shabaab fighters, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported.
"Hrarrrr! We're holy'r'n youse are!"
"Ain't, neither!"
"Are, too!"
"Go fer yer guns, yew varmint!"

The spokesman for the influential Hawiye clan, Ahmed Dirie Ali, condemned the bloodshed.
"Tut tut. And tut."
All the fighters are affiliated with the Somali Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and oppose the leadership of the transitional federal government, accusing its leadership of excessive reliance on foreign support.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic Courts


Caribbean-Latin America
Suspected FARC rebel attack kills eight Colombian police
Eight Colombian police were killed and another wounded Friday in a suspected attack by Marxist FARC rebels in eastern Colombia, officials told AFP. The ambush took place early Friday in the town of Fortul, not far from the Venezuelan border, a police spokesman for the Arauca region told AFP.

Gun-toting attackers "activated the device and finished the police off with rifle shots. They killed the commander of the station, the deputy commander, the secretary, two corporals and three patrolmen," said the spokesman on condition of anonymity. Another police officer was wounded and transferred to a local hospital.

"It was a cowardly attack because they had a bomb ... This is not a form of combat, it is a cowardly terrorist attack," Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santo told reporters.

Santo did not rule out that the attack may have been perpetrated by the National Liberation Army (ELN), a lesser-known rebel group.

The incident occurred two days after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attacked another police patrol in the southwestern region of Narino, injuring two policemen. Santo told AFP the FARC "is surviving in very precarious conditions and the government is still ready to negotiate for peace ... but the guerrillas are not showing any signs they are willing to negotiate."

The FARC still have about 7,000 members, Santo added. Non-governmental organizations put the number at some 10,000 men.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  well, FARC should see a real turn around in their fortunes come Jan 20...

guess they are celebrating early


P.S.
The new comments tool looks nice.
Posted by: Abu do you love || 12/06/2008 17:57 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Australia: Police uncover 4.5 mln dollar 'jihadist' drug ring in prison
(AKI) - Australian police claim to have uncovered a 4.5 million dollar drug ring allegedly run from a maximum security prison cell by a convicted murderer via his cell phone.

The drug ring is allegedly led by Bassam Hamzy, the ringleader of the so-called "Super-Max jihadists".

He is suing the state of New South Wales for keeping him in segregation in Lithgow prison, 150 kilometres west of Sydney, after an alleged attempt to break out of another top-security jail in the regional city of Goulburn. Hamzy is alleged to have made 19,000 calls in six weeks, an average of 460 a day. The 29-year-old convicted killer, will be brought out of the state's top-security jail within the next 48 hours to face 15 fresh criminal charges.

He has not been outside a prison cell for almost a decade after the 1998 shooting murder outside the Mr Goodbar nightclub in the heart of Sydney. Hamzy, who fled to Lebanon, the United States, Belize and Colombia after killing Kris Toumazis and wounding another man, was recaptured and sentenced to spend 21 years in jail.

On Thursday, his father Khaled Hamzy, his brother Ghassan Amoun, and his cousin Khaled Hamzy Jnr. were among the associates arrested in a major police operation across Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, and the neighbouring state of Victoria. Two others, Mohammad Abbas and Thomas Miholic were also arrested in police raids.

It is alleged the group shipped about 162,000 dollars worth of drugs from Sydney to Melbourne each week.
This article starring:
Bassam Hamzy
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Global Jihad

#1  No doubt there's a very good reason Mr. Hamzy was allowed a cell phone in prison.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/06/2008 8:27 Comments || Top||

#2 


Posted by: Spusong Bluetooth7522 || 12/06/2008 12:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Sorry about the blank post.  This new version does strange things behind your back.

tw, the main reason may have been to allow him to lead the police to the rest of the vermin that needed cleaning up in southeastern Australia.  Seems he fulfilled that role.  Maybe it's time for him to slip in the shower.
Posted by: Spusong Bluetooth7522 || 12/06/2008 12:08 Comments || Top||

#4  Indivisible ink, you in beeeg trouble Spusong (if that's your real name!).
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 17:32 Comments || Top||

#5  I really suspect that since he was Muslim his access to a cell phone was deemed a human right.
Posted by: Abu do you love || 12/06/2008 18:03 Comments || Top||

#6  hopefully they eventually looked for a charger as well....
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 18:10 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Pak agrees to 48-hour timetable for action against LeT: Report
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has agreed to a 48-hour timetable set by India and the US to formulate a plan to act against Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and to arrest at least three Pakistanis who Indian authorities say are linked to the Mumbai terrorist assaults, the Washington Post reported citing a high-ranking Pakistani official.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of diplomatic sensitivities, said India had also asked Pakistan to arrest and hand over LeT commander Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhwi and the former director of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Hamid Gul, in connection with the investigation, the Post said on Saturday.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who has expressed his country's solidarity with India, is expected to review plans by his nation's top military and intelligence officials and follow through on India's demands, the official was quoted as saying.

"The next 48 hours are critical," the Pakistani official added.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the daily said, had urged Pakistan to hand over Yusuf Muzammil, an LeT leader whom Indian and US investigators have identified as the mastermind behind the attacks, and other suspects.

The Post cited an unnamed high-level source in the Indian government as saying India had "clear and incontrovertible proof" that the Pakistan-based LeT planned the attacks and that the group's leaders were trained and supported by ISI.

"We have the names of the handlers. And we know that there is a close relationship between the Lashker and the ISI," the source told the Post.

US intelligence officials, however, were more cautious in their interpretation of the evidence, the US daily said.

Although US analysts acknowledged historical ties between Lashkar and ISI as well as more recent contacts between militants and Pakistani intelligence officers, they said they were not convinced that Pakistan supported the attacks in any significant way.

"Even if there were contacts between ISI and LeT, it's not the same as saying there was ISI support," it quoted an unnamed US counter-terrorism official as saying.

The official, the Post said, would not dismiss the possibility that further evidence would reveal active ISI involvement but said: "The evidence we've seen so far does not get you there."

Indian officials have said the sole surviving gunman in the attacks, who goes by the alias Muhammad Ajmal Kasav, 21, mentioned Lakhwi during police questioning. Police had earlier identified the gunman as Ajmal Amir Kasab.

The Wall Street Journal said Western intelligence officials have been quietly mediating between India and Pakistan. The CIA "is playing a huge role in this and trying to work behind the scenes and get past the emotion", it said citing a former senior intelligence official.

Referring to ISI, the official said, "The ISI and the Pakistani military do not ever want to kowtow to the Indians." Still, the official said, "They're working on some sort of scenario" where people Indian authorities are seeking would be detained and questioned.

Another Western official cited by the Journal said Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari would like to use the attacks as "an opportunity to get rid of some bad apples".

However, the official said, it would be difficult for him to marshal support from the ISI or military for rounding up any alleged culprits.

US and other Western officials have backed India's account of the roots of the Mumbai attacks, to a point. "When it comes to the connections with Lashker, that's absolutely true," a counter-terrorism official was quoted as saying. But Kasab's statements will take time to verify, he added.

Indian police have a sample of Kasab's DNA that they plan to provide to the FBI, which would check whether he is from the family he claims as his own in Faridkot village, the Journal said. The bureau would need to compare it with the DNA of any family member.

The New York Times also cited a senior American counter-terrorism official as saying it was highly likely that local accomplices were involved.

"They couldn't have gotten to the places they did without local help," the unnamed official cited by the Times said. "They just moved too quickly. They had to have had more assistance on the ground."
Posted by: john frum || 12/06/2008 13:20 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The next 40 hours are *really* critical now that everyone knows that it is coming.  DUMB!  It is like telling Osama "we are coming to get you in 48 hours ... now go hide!".
Posted by: crosspatch || 12/06/2008 13:59 Comments || Top||

#2  So ,,, er what happens when the 48 hrs expires?
A very hot day?

Posted by: 3dc || 12/06/2008 16:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Perhaps, after 48 hours the Drones will come.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon || 12/06/2008 17:16 Comments || Top||

#4  Clearly, India has issued some kind of ultimatum, likely including bombs and missiles IMO.
Posted by: phil_b || 12/06/2008 17:47 Comments || Top||

#5  yep...unless it's an....Arclight strike!

drink up, Ship
Posted by: Frank G || 12/06/2008 17:55 Comments || Top||

#6  At this point I would say that the world would be a better place without Pakistan in it. Pakistan had better do something serious and effective in a very short period of time. The patience of the world community is wearing thin.
Posted by: crosspatch || 12/06/2008 18:03 Comments || Top||


Indian police arrest 2 men in Mumbai investigation
Posted by: ed || 12/06/2008 10:42 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Grolush Darling of the Hatfields3195 || 12/06/2008 17:31 Comments || Top||

#2  One of them arrested is an Indian undercover agent infiltrating Kashmiri groups and some security agency wants him back, but I guess not after the locals have their fun.
Posted by: Grolush Darling of the Hatfields3195 || 12/06/2008 17:35 Comments || Top||


Taliban kill 'US spy' in Waziristan
Taliban shot dead a tribesman in North Waziristan Agency, accusing him of spying for the United States, officials said on Friday. The body of the 30-year-old man was dumped on a roadside on Friday in the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, they said. A note attached to the victim's body warned that anyone "found spying against mujahedeen would face the same fate," a security official said. Local officials said the man's body had been handed over to his family for burial. Taliban have killed several people whom they accuse of spying for the Pakistani army and the US-led forces operating across the border in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, suspected Taliban dumped two dead bodies, one of them beheaded, in the Sanpaga Mountain in Upper Orakzai Agency on Friday. The identities of the dead could not be verified.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP

#1 
paranoia running high now days ain't it


 
Posted by: Fester Cheater1846 || 12/06/2008 15:45 Comments || Top||


Car bomb kills 22 in Peshawar
A car bomb explosion outside an Imambargah near Peshawar's historic Qisakhwani Bazaar killed at least 22 people and injured more than 90 on Friday. Imambargah Alamdar Karbala and several adjacent buildings in the Kocha Risaldar alley were damaged and the ensuing fire engulfed buildings, markets and vehicles. The powerful explosion also damaged electricity wires, plunging the area into darkness.

Police and rescue workers searched for survivors in the dark, and firefighters were impeded by broken glass and debris that blocked the narrow alleys.

Rasul Khan, staying in the nearby Pak Hotel, was injured when the windowpanes of his room shattered because of the impact of the explosion. He told reporters at hospital he and others were stranded for hours as part of the hotel caught fire. He was rescued after the fire was put out.

Peshawar Police chief Sawfat Ghayoor confirmed 18 deaths and said he could not confirm if it was a car bomb after investigations were complete. Police's first priority is to rescue the injured and put out the fire, he said. "The terrorists are changing their tactics, but the police will also use new techniques to counter them," Ghayoor said while talking to reporters.

NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told Daily Times that about 20 to 25 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast, which he said did not appear to be a suicide bombing. The explosion created a five feet deep crater.

The site of the bombing is one of the busiest markets in the city, with hundreds of shops in markets that sprawl a labyrinth of narrow alleys. The market was packed with Eid shoppers.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the bombing in a statement released later on Friday, expressing "deep shock and anguish" over the "cowardly act".

"Anti-state elements" wanted to create law and order problems in Pakistan, he said, "to impede the flow of investment in the country and derail the ongoing development activities".

In a separate message, President Asif Zardari said the perpetrators of "such a heinous act" would be brought to justice. He said the government was committed to fighting terrorism and extremism and said such attacks "will not dent the government's resolve to root out this menace". He condoled with the families of the victims.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP

#1  Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/06/2008 2:57 Comments || Top||


Taliban militants kill policemen in rocket attack
I'm a wondering sort, and one of the things I wonder about occasionally is where all those rockets come from. Whenever you see pictures of guys with turbans and automatic weapons there are also pictures of guys with RPGs or worse.

Are they locally produced? I understand there are actual factories producing locally made AKs -- though I'm not sure where they get the steel. Are there factories in Charsadda or Multan or Mingora turning out poles with rockets on the ends of them by the hundreds, even by the thousands? Is there a quality control program to ensure they'll launch? Do hundreds of bearded factory workers show up every day with their lunch buckets, to labor from 8 to 5 turning out munitions for the use of the devout, to return home when the whistle blows?

You also see the Lions of Islam with other tools of devotion, to include BM13 and BM21 multiple rocket launchers, the venerable 107 mm recoilless rifle, and even antitank guns and artillery. They probably don't make those in the shed out back, or in the garage. The primitives routinely battle it out over religion or the fine point of hillbilly honor with these.

So where do they come from? Does Mom labor long hours in the kitchen preparing Grannie's secret C4 recipe? Or do they come from someplace as yet undetermined, like the former Yugoslavia or Birobidzhan in Russia or even Upper Volta or Dahomey? If so, that implies somebody's paying for all this arms and ammunition, which even in wholesale lots doesn't come that cheap. So my questions always comes back to: Who's selling? Who's buying? And who's paying?

(AKI) - At least two policemen and four Taliban militants were killed in a rocket attack and clashes in the town of Bannu in Pakistan's volatile North Western Frontier Province on Friday. Pro-Taliban militants fired rockets at the Peerdil Khel police checkpost in Bannu, killing two and injuring three others.

Four Taliban militants were killed after police responded to the attack, said Pakistan's Geo News.

The attacks took place after Pakistani forces carried out air strikes on militant hideouts in the Mohmand Agency in northwestern Pakistan.

In a separate incident, at least six people were killed in a suicide attack in a busy market area in Pakistan's Orakzai Agency.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP

#1  Fred.... Preshawar.
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 5:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Iran/Contra, Air America during Viet Nam, FARC, the Taliban, and others are arms deals in exchange for drugs. Arms suppliers have long profitted from conflicts or they would be bankrupt. Russians like Abramovich, one of the wealthiest in the world, has his own "navy" and 767 that flies regularly into Tel Aviv, where the Russian Mafia accesses Israeli arms. Bout supplied any with $$$. Still other billionaires have regular routes from the Caribbean to Africa and Europe. Bulgaria is notorious for arms dealing. Then there are some Chinese shipping magnates that have to cover the high cost of shipping useless plastic boobies across the world. Unbridled capitalism is the black market, and shutting down one dealer, opens the window of opportunity for another. I wonder why Alex Widmer, Swiss banking CEO at Julius Baer, committed suicide.
Posted by: Thealing Borgia 122 || 12/06/2008 10:01 Comments || Top||

#3  He knew the fool on deh hill?
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 17:34 Comments || Top||


Suspected US missile kills 3 in Pakistan
Brought forward from yesterday for commentary and additional detail.
A suspected US missile kills 3 militants in a Pakistani tribal district known as haven for pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents. "A missile fired by a suspected US drone killed three people outside the town of Mir Ali in Miranshah tribal district," an unnamed security official told AFP on Friday.
There goes the old sovreignty...
Local officials confirmed the strike and said it targeted the houses of a suspected Taliban militant north of Mir Ali.
"And he wudn't doin' nuttin'! Jes' standin' around mindin' their own bidniz, and suddenly the infidels show up, violatin' our sovreignty, and bump him off and his distinguished guests, who also wudn't doin' nuttin'!
Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan have witnessed a rising frequency in missile attacks launched by suspected US drones. The unmanned aircraft have carried out more than 20 missile attacks in the region since August. More than 400 people - among them civilians as well as suspected militants - have been killed in the attacks in the tribal belt.
"Yeah! They got Mom! The infidel bastards got Mom!"
Islamabad has repeatedly protested against the attacks and has called for a halt to the raids. The issue has become extremely sensitive in Pakistan where anti-American sentiment is rising.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1  A suspected US missile

One just has to love the things Pak journos can do with English.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/06/2008 2:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Nope, not us, no missiles. Their ISI suppliers gave them a bad batch of detonators and the bomb they were building went off prematurely. It's been happening a lot lately so it must be on purpose. So, Blinky, do what you have to do.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/06/2008 8:35 Comments || Top||

#3  They killed Kenny! The Bastards!
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/06/2008 9:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Run an ARCLIGHT strike down through the heart of Islamabad, and they'll quit complaining about drone attacks in the NWFP.  It's all a matter of perspective.  We DON'T want to nuke Karachi, since that's the only major port in Pakistan.  I DO believe it's time to build a new, four-lane superhighway from Karachi directly to Kabul.  Run armed convoys along the route, with orders to shoot to kill.  I'm sure we can get SOMEONE to take that contract...
Posted by: Spusong Bluetooth7522 || 12/06/2008 12:16 Comments || Top||

#5  :)
Gimme a Q-ship thar Abee....

Quinne water and Vodka, shaker no stir. If I ask for an Arc-Light later - no gimmee, 151 after a Q-ship is asking for deh troubles.
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 17:38 Comments || Top||


Iraq
19 killed, dozens injured in double bombing in Iraq
(SomaliNet) At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured in a double bombing in Fallujah in Iraq. Two police stations were rammed by vehicles packed with explosives.

Fallujah in Anbar province was known as a stronghold of Sunni rebels but the town has recently seen an improvement in security. The improved situation led to Iraqi authorities taking over power in Fallujah from United States forces.

Similar handovers of power have taken place in most other Iraqi provinces and it has been agreed that US troops will withdraw from Iraq by 2011 at the latest.

The withdrawal security accord agreed by the US and Iraq has now been approved by the presidential council, comprising President Jalal Talabani and the two vice presidents.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Iraqi Insurgency


Civilian wounded in Iranian shelling of border areas in Sulaimaniya
Aswat al-Iraq: A shepherd was wounded in Iranian artillery shelling of villages in the district of Zarawa, northern Qalaat Daza area, non-stop for six days now, the district chief said on Friday.

"The shelling intensified on Friday afternoon on the villages of Razka, Mardo, Shanawa, and Sbeilka, leaving a shepherd in the area slightly wounded," Azad Wasso told Aswat al-Iraq.

"The shelling is continuing in the area to create a state of panic and instability for the local residents there," he added.

Iranian forces shell northern Iraqi areas under the pretext that they harbor the fighters of the PJAK, or the Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan), a militant Kurdish nationalist group based in northern Iraq that has been carrying out attacks in the Kurdistan Province of Iran and other Kurdish-inhabited areas.

PJAK is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Confederation (Koma Civakên Kurdistan or KCK), which is an alliance of outlawed Kurdish groups and divisions led by an elected Executive Council.

Led by Haji Ahmadi, the PJAK's objective is to establish a semi-autonomous regional entities or Kurdish federal states in Iran, Turkey and Syria similar to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq.

The PJAK, an Iranian Kurdish party that broke away from the PKK, or Partiya Karekeren Kurdistan in Kurdish, in 2004 after the imprisonment of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, has started its armed struggle against the regime in Iran with the aim of building a federacy for Iran's Kurdistan. The PJAK has about 3,000 armed militiamen.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Knock it off Iran.
Posted by: newc || 12/06/2008 1:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Knock it off Iran

Or?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/06/2008 2:55 Comments || Top||

#3  One liner insert with question mark.
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 17:40 Comments || Top||


276 deposed officers back — official
Aswat al-Iraq: A total 276 discharged officers were brought back to service during the course of Operation Bashaer al-Kheir, according to the Diala police chief on Friday.

"Those officers were part of 5,400 discharged from service during the past five years for different reasons like collaboration with armed groups or quitting service after they were subjected to forced displacement," Maj. General Abdelhussein al-Shimari told Aswat al-Iraq.

He said that he has given instructions to study the files of those brought back to service.

"It turned out that 15 of the officers brought back to service are wanted by judicial authorities and will be discharged again after official memos in this respect were sent to the interior ministry," said Shimari.

The Iraqi security forces had launched Operation Bashaer al-Kheir (Promise of Good) in Diala late last July with the aim of tracking down armed groups and consolidate the state's power over the volatile province.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1  Oh, never mind.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/06/2008 3:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Neh.
Posted by: .5MT || 12/06/2008 17:41 Comments || Top||


Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka says 100 rebel boats, key highway captured
Sri Lanka's military said on Friday it had captured more than 100 small boats used by the separatist Tamil Tigers, after soldiers seized a coastal village while marching toward the last big port held by the rebels.

Soldiers captured Alampil on Thursday after heavy fighting on the east coast, where the army's 59th Division is trying to take the port of Mullaitivu controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the military said.

"Troops recovered 100 fibreglass boats and 560 live rounds in Alampil," military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. Alampil is about 10 kilometres south of Mullaitivu.

The military believes the Tigers have shifted many of their fighters and weapons to Mullaitivu. A heavy contingent remains dug in at Kilinochchi, the self-declared rebel capital that troops are advancing on from three directions.

With downpours easing, combat operations have resumed, the military said. The Air Force said jets bombed rebel positions in Kilinochchi on Friday but gave no details of casualties.

Highway captured: Sri Lankan troops have also secured parts of a key highway running through rebel-held territory, the defence ministry said on Friday. Security forces cleared a stretch of 21 kilometres of the main A-9 highway in an area that had been in no-man's land after the latest military thrust, defence officials said. With troops securing the town of Kankarayankulam, the de-facto frontier post shifted deeper into rebel-held areas, the ministry said.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good. Once the Sri Lankan government forces have decisively won, they'll be able to send trained troops to assist elsewhere in the war on terror.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/06/2008 8:31 Comments || Top||

#2  They'd shut up the geniuses who keep saying "there's no military solution to terrorism" if the geniuses ever paid attention to the world around them.
Posted by: Fred || 12/06/2008 10:28 Comments || Top||



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