A German tourist who narrowly escaped the Bali bombings traveled onward to Australia only to be killed by a crocodile. Ohfergawdsake!
Isabel von Jordan (27) and her sister Valerie (25) had left the Sari Club just an hour before the October 12 bombings that ripped through Baliâs nightlife area, killing at least 190 people. The sisters, from Munich, later flew to Australiaâs Northern Territory to visit friends who had been wounded in the terrorist attack and evacuated to a Darwin hospital. From Darwin they joined a tour to the scenic Kakadu National Park. On the night of October 22, the sisters and six other tourists were taken by a guide for a moonlight dip in the Sandy Creek Billabong, despite signs posted at the waterhole that advised people not to swim because of the dangers of lurking crocodiles. At about 11.30pm a 4.6 meter saltwater crocodile snapped its massive jaws around Isabelâs waist and swam away with her. Valerie has flown home to Munich and now refuses to come out of her room...
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Hmm. They knew the length of the crocodile with an accuracy of 4 inches (10 CM).
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Hmm. They knew the length of the crocodile with an accuracy of 4 inches (10 CM).
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In the recent version of The Time Machine, the main character built the machine to go back in time to save his new wife, who had been murdered by a robber. He went back in time and saved her, only to have her die in an accident. He couldn't save her, she was fated to die. This tragedy reminds me of that movie.
Wrapping an offer in fiery rhetoric, North Korea said it was ready to cool tensions set off by the discovery of its nuclear program if Washington recognized the isolated nation's sovereignty and allowed it to flourish. When did we start giving a fart whether North Korea flourished or not? Dear Leader can rule his peasants and lackeys until he dies of old age in office, just like Great Leader did, and some other relative can take over. Let them enjoy their "sovereignty" and don't give them any of our tax dollars. Spend the money on more important things, like hard liquor and loose wimmin...
Delivering the statement by his Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Pak Gil Yon on Friday charged the White House with preparing a pre-emptive strike against North Korea by including it in the "axis of evil," along with Iraq and Iran. "This is a clear declaration of war," Pak said. Sounds more like a clear definition of the problem...
Even so, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea wants a "nonaggression treaty" with the United States, he said. In a rare news conference, he expressed hope that a series of contacts between the two governments would continue. Yeah, buddy! Those "nonaggression treaties" work pretty well, don't they? Hitler and Stalin used to have one...
He spoke shortly before President Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin, meeting in Crawford, Texas, said they both oppose nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula and pledged to seek a peaceful resolution of the crisis set off by North Korea's assertion that it is developing such weapons. Bush said he wanted to work with China, South Korea, Japan and Russia to come up with a common strategy to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to disarm. Good idea. Dump the problem on them. They want to be regional powers, let them solve the problem...
But Pak charged the United States with stockpiling nuclear weapons in South Korea that have threatened the North for nearly half a century. As a result, Pak said, North Korea "was left with no other proper answer to the U.S. behaving so arrogantly and impertinently." I love it when we're "impertinent." It makes me feel so... so... hegemonistic!
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Itâs likely that special forces storming the Moscow theatre building, where Chechen fighters held hostages, used some soporific to neutralize the "terrorists." Video showed the "terrorists", camouflaged men and women of Caucasian appearance strapped with explosives. Judging by the poses of their bodies, the "terrorists" were killed asleep. Knocked them out and then killed 'em, huh? Sounds like a good deal... Oh... We're supposed to get indignant.
Interfax reported that when rescuers of the Russian Ministry for Internal Affairs entered the theatre hall in half an hour after the storm, they saw dozens of unconscious people in the stalls, the dress circle and everywhere in the hall. Commander of the operative rescue service from the Russian Ministry for Internal Affairs Anatoly Belousov claimed: âThe people are shocked because of the stress and overfatigue, their faces are white.â That's really a pretty good move. It probably kept the civilian casualties down, too. It's hard to shoot at Bad Guys with a bunch of terrorized people rushing this way and that, which is what the Bad Guys were counting on...
It is also reported that all hostages were evacuated from the building at about 9:00 a.m. All people have been sent to Moscow hospitals for rehabilitation. Some of the hostages, who died during the theater storming, may have been poisoned by gas Russian special forces released into the building to disable Chechen fighters. Several hostages may have choked on their own vomit, a likely effect of the gas. Up to 67 hostages died as Russian special forces stormed the theatre to end a three-day hostage crisis, Deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Vasilyev said. Wonder how many of those 67 were killed without mercy by the Bad Guys? I'd also imagine the number would have been higher without the gas, and higher still if the gummint had done nothing...
The special forces rescued 750 hostages, Vasilyev said of the dawn attack in which 34 hostage-takers died. "Barayev claimed that Chechen fighters had come to Moscow 'not to survive, but to die.'" Guess the sonofabitch got his way, didn't he?
Anya, a hostage, said they "could sense that the special forces were starting the assault. I don't know what the gas was. I thought: they don't want us to get out of here. We're all going to die." Moments later, an intense burst of gunfire was heard. "We understood: it was our people. It came from outside. Our government had decided that no one should get out alive." Guess you could have had more confidence, eh, Anya? The commander on the scene knew for a fact that some of the hostages would die or be seriously injured. Since he knew he couldn't save them all, he probably had a number above which he didn't want to go, which gave him a basis for planning. Had he tried to plan an operation in which no hostages would get killed, he'd probably still be there, and the Chechens would be shooting victim #148 through the head to show they were serious. So I'd call the commander and his troops heroes.
An actor, who was among the freed hostages, said the special forces broke into the building after blasting a hole in the side. Many of the 349 hostages hospitalized, after they were freed by Russian forces, are in a serious condition, a hospital spokesman said. None of them were expected to be sent home Saturday. That's because they've been held by explosives-wearing terrorists, not because they were rescued by Russian troops...
Chechen commandos had links to several foreign embassies in the Russian capital, an official with the FSB intelligence agency told the Interfax news agency. The Russian Foreign Ministry will investigate the links, the official added, without specifying which embassies were involved. Hostage-takers also had contacts abroad, he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday October 24, that the hostage-taking was planned from "foreign terrorist centers." I hope that results in some pretty decisive diplomatic moves on Putin's part, rather than kicking a few Soddies and Jordanians out as PNGs...
Earlier Saturday, the hundreds of surviving captives fled the building after several tense hours punctuated by explosions and gunfire, during which the fighter group's leader was also killed. Witnesses said some of the surviving hostage-takers were led out into the street by security forces. The Chechen fighters, numbering around 50, had said they were ready to die for their cause. They got their opportunity, didn't they? Now they can decompose in peace.
Deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Vasilyev said "a small number" of the hostage-takers may have escaped. Russian television showed the blood-caked bodies of Chechen fighters who had been killed during the operation, including black-robed women who had worn explosives strapped to their bodies. The Interfax correspondent on the scene said he saw several detained fighters being led out of the theatre. Another official said security forces were looking for some remaining hostage-takers "who may have changed their clothes and may have mingled with hostages." Changed their minds, huh? The hostages themselves will probably be quite helpful in picking those guys out...
There were no casualties among Russian special forces who took part in the operation. As usual, the hard boys are a lot better at killing civilians than they are at killing real soldiers.
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They quite probably used some sort of gas, which would explain why Spetznaz troops were wearing gas masks, why a lot of the people inside were covered in vomit, and why 349 people are hospitalized. The reason the russians are denying this is because anti-terrorism tactics aren't discussed. They stormed the theater after the chechens started executing the hostages, so there really was no other way to keep casualties at a minimum.
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CNN is reporting that gas was used. I remember a commentator on this site suggesting that a few days ago. It was a damn good idea! Now, with any luck, Russia will carpet bomb all of Chechnya until the only surviving Chechens are those clowns in Denmark and Georgia.
The authorities of Azerbaijan have closed down a representative office of the so-called Cultural Center of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the republic's capital Baku, reported Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolai Ryabov. The ambassador thanked the Azerbaijani authorities for their decision to close down the center. Azerbaijan's power structures hinted that the decision had been prompted by the terrorist act in Moscow. He's referring to the cell phone calls to the command center there...
Ryabov said such "representative offices" - residences of the Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov, which exist in 10 countries (the Baltic states, Denmark, Turkey, Poland, etc.) - must all be closed. He stressed that the most active of them was the "Ichkerian representative office" in Georgia, adding that he hoped the Georgian authorities would follow Baku's example and close it down. Maskhadov is making a pretty nice living, having ten houses in ten different safe havens.
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Good idea. Restraint ain't the watchword in Moscow. And I am with Putin the Impaler.
Moscow is of the opinion that the conduct in the territory of Denmark of the so-called "World Chechen Congress" puts a question mark on the interest to develop good-neighborly relations with Russia declared by Danish authorities. Rather insensitive of them, isn't it?
The statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that on October 28-29 in the capital of Denmark, the present chairman of the European Union, the co-called "World Chechen congress" planned to convene its meeting organized by the propaganda headquarters of Chechen terrorists and their foreign accomplices. The document stressed that "in essence, they were talking about the meeting designed to coordinate efforts and to beef up financing of criminal acts of militants in Chechnya and beyond." The Foreign Ministry was of the opinion that in the light of the recent tragic events in Moscow, a series of bloody terrorist acts in other regions of the world, "the lack of measures on the part of official Copenhagen to forbid the provocative meeting looked especially blasphemous." Hey, they're ''rebels.'' Rebels are romantic, unlike democratic capitalist states, where people have to get jobs and such. Armed Struggle⢠is much more important than that stuff.
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You think the Danes might be a little sensitive to the Russians grief at this time?
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I'd guess that there's some 'interesting' discussions going on between the Russians and the US right now. Saddam must have been rolling his eyes when he turned on CNN and saw the theatre situation unfold "Oh no!, that's *all* I need!"
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Sammy went on national teevee and said for the Chechens to knock it off. Guess they were watching another channel...
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A handful of runaway Bradford riot suspects managed to escape to Pakistan -but promptly returned home after finding life there too tough. Detectives confirmed that about six of those featured on their "wanted list" had jetted out of Britain when they realised the net was closing in. But faced with the harsh conditions of poverty and strict Islamic law, the fugitives swiftly booked flights back to Britain. Every one of those making the return journey had since been arrested. "Welcome home, tough guy. Book 'im, Danno..."
It came as detectives from Operation Wheel - the police inquiry into last July's disorder - repeated their appeal for help in tracing the `last batch' of suspected rioters who remained at large. Two weeks ago, they released mugshots of ten people still wanted for their part in the violence which caused £10 million of destruction and saw more than 300 police officers injured. Two have failed to turn up at court, three have been identified but not traced and five others have yet to be named by the public. "We wanna have an Islamic system in Britain, so we can be holy like Pakland and beat people's wives. But leave the money and the groceries, okay?
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So they didn't like the Muslim paradise of Pakistan? Maybe they should try Iran.
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Something tells me economic hardship was the hardship(s) that worried them; ever wonder where they get the money to jet back and forth between pakisstan and London?
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Something tells me economic hardship was the hardship(s) that worried them; ever wonder where they get the money to jet back and forth between pakisstan and London?
Protesters hope as many as 100,000 people will converge on the U.S. capital on Saturday to demonstrate against a possible U.S. attack on Iraq. Demonstrators from as far as Chicago and Minnesota will come to Washington, many by bus, to gather by the Vietnam war memorial on the Mall and then march to the White House. Speakers will include civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. "This is going to be an ugly, unnecessary fight. Most of the world is saying no to it," Jackson told reporters. "Preemptive one-bullet diplomacy, we cannot resort to that." "We should just give them money. I have some friends who can handle the deal for you..."
A tandem demonstration â expected to be equal in size to the gathering in the nation's capital â will take place in San Francisco on Saturday. In San Francisco, is it? Well, they've never done anything like that there before... Have they?
"There is incredible momentum against (President George W. ) Bush, that will culminate in a massive outpouring that we hope will be big enough to challenge and stop war plans against Iraq," said Tony Murphy, one of the protest's organizers. "This has the potential to be as strong a movement as that against the Vietnam war in the 1960s," he said, hoping adding that the march could draw as many as 100,000 students, hippies,lunatics, veterans and union members from across the country. "I mean, like, this could be really big! We could be on the teevee and everything!"
Hours before the march in Washington was due to start, several thousand protesters were assembling on the National Mall. Some carried signs reading: "No Proof, No War," "Bush Sucks" and "Sacrifice Oil for Justice." How about "They only kill each other"? How about "We don't care what happens in an obscure country on the other side of the world"? How about "No Justice, No Peace, No Sense"?
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So Jesse says "This is going to be an ugly, unnecessary fight", hmmm. I remember before US-Iraq war part One, Jesse and his peaceniks declaired with certainty that it would be a Viet-Nam style bloodbath trying to fight those tough, battle-hardened, veteran Republican Guards. And that going into Afghanistan would be insane - we'd have no chance against an enemy that had utterly defeated the entire Russian army. Sigh. I wonder how someone can be so wrong, so often, and still not learn a damn thing?!?
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BBC site shows one zombie with a sign STOP BUSH & SADDAM - SUPPORT IRAQ OPPOSITION.In that spirit,here are some new slogans for the protesters:NO WAR - WE WANT A RECOUNT IN BAGHDAD.THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON POT.DICTATORS ARE PEOPLE TOO.SACRIFICE KURDS FOR JUSTICE.IRAQ WILL LICK BUSH;-)
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Wait, here's more signs: "MAKE NUKES NOT WAR"."WE DEMAND PEACE IN OUR TIME"."NO PROOF, NO WAR, SO LET'S BOMB NORTH KOREA."
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How about "No 20,000$ payments for suicide bombers", "The UN is for cheese eating surender monkeys", or "Invade 3 countries and your out".
I hope game 6 will keep as many San Franciscans off the streets as game 5 did.
Maryland prosecutors filed the first murder charges against two suspected snipers â another signal a three-week terror spree has ended and that residents can safely venture outside without fear. In filing six first-degree murder counts against John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, Maryland authorities said Friday they would seek the death penalty against the older suspect. We took enough time off from our rocket science and brain surgery to guess that... They can now begin their interminable grind through the court system. Sometime late next year they'll have the trial. Malvo will get life without parole, probably multiple sentences at multiple trials â we'll only pay attention to the first one, and that only for awhile. Then we won't hear anything about them for another ten or fifteen years, until the rubes with the candles are standing out around the pen and Muhammad's going his Last Mile⢠on a gurney.
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The opposition Congress party and People's Democratic Party agreed Saturday to form the next government in Indian-controlled Kashmir, ending two weeks of dispute about the state's most powerful post. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, leader of the regional People Democratic Party, will lead the government as the state chief minister. He is expected to take office next week. Hell. There's a mufti involved. They're in trouble.
The announcement was made by Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party chief, after a meeting with Sayeed in the Indian capital. Gandhi said other details, including her own party's participation in the coalition government, would be worked out on Sunday. No one party emerged as the clear winner in recent elections, but voters ousted the ruling National Conference party, which had dominated politics in Jammu-Kashmir for 50 years. The Kashmiris want to see if a new bunch stinks differently from the old bunch.
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Yeah, and the mufti's party name contains the words "Peoples" and "Democratic" which means it is in fact neither.
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A 39-year-old Palestinian woman was executed Friday night in the West Bank city of Nablus after she was suspected of cooperating with Israel, Israel Radio reported. The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and another organization affiliated with Fatah claimed responsibility for the execution. The woman and her sisters were dragged out of their Nablus home. The woman was shot dead and her sister was wounded. An investigation is currently under way to determine if they were guilty of anything...
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They suspected her of collaborating with Israel, so they dragged her out of her own house and shot her dead? What a hellish group of people. What greater punishment than to have to live with each other?
Israel tightened its grip on Jenin on Saturday, scouring the battered West Bank city for Palestinian militants responsible for suicide bombings as a U.S. peace mission ended indecisively. Wotta surprise. "Hey, Ahmed! There's a diplomat in town! Send up some explosives, okay?"
Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli army detained 11 people in Jenin. The army said it took six Palestinians into custody in and near the city. Hundreds of troops backed by heavy armor rolled into Jenin on Friday, commandeering buildings, searching homes and imposing curfews. The army drew fire from gunmen and also on the diplomatic front from the European Union, which urged restraint. Maybe they should urge Islamic Jihad to exercise restraint... Oh. I forgot. They're not capable of it, since they're not responsible for their own actions...
Israeli military chiefs said the Jenin operation -- dubbed "Vanguard" -- would last as long as necessary to flush out militants waging a Palestinian uprising for independence with suicide bombings such as one which killed 14 Israelis on Monday. Y'think that might have a connection with why the IDF happened to pick Jenin to occupy? ("Cause? Effect? There's a relationship? That's a decadent Western idea...")
Palestinian medics said six people were seriously wounded in clashes with the army — violence which overshadowed the end of a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by U.S. envoy William Burns. That's what it was supposed to do...
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The Algerian news agency says suspected Islamic extremists have killed 21 people from the same family, including a three-month-old baby. Five other people were reported to be in a serious condition with bullet wounds to the head. The sadistic bastards are still in business...
The attack took place in the north-western province of Chlef. The attack came in the early hours Friday in a remote village about 125 miles (200 km) west of the capital, Algiers. Security services sent to the area have launched an operation to track down those responsible. The Algerian government says the Armed Islamic Group - or GIA - is known to be active in the area. GIA is kind of a side-issue in the terror war, since they confine most of their activities to their homeland. On the other hand, they and their companion Salafist Group are sufficiently vicious that it doesn't matter what the shortcomings are of the government they're opposing. These guys should be wiped out, root and branch.
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There are no infidels left in Algeria, so the Average Islamic Goons have to kill fellow Muslims instead.
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Police said they would wait until Abu Bakar Ba'asyir recovered fully in the hospital before questioning him about a series of Christmas Eve church bombings in 2000 and an alleged plot to assassinate Megawati Soekarnoputri before she became president, a police official said here on Friday. "There's no deadline," said director of criminal investigations, Brigadier General Aryanto Sutadi. "It's useless to set a deadline if he's still sick. But as soon as he's fully recovered we will detain and question him," Aryanto told AFP. "Yep. We'll get around to it, 'less he dies first. We're hopin' that's what's gonna happen..."
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I don't suppose he has a bad liver. That would beat all.
A joint team of police investigators from Indonesia and several foreign countries has not yet found concrete evidence linking Riduan Isamuddin, aka Hambali, the operations commander of Jamaah Islamiyah, in the Bali bombings on October 12, the team spokesman Brig. Gen. Edward Aritonang said on Thursday. "Hambali is indeed on the police wanted list but no clues have been found showing his involvement in the bombings in Legian," said Edward as quoted by Antara, adding that the investigation was not purely focussed on Hambali, although he would not be ignored. They'll also do their best to explain away any evidence they do find...
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