Dutch DoD has stated that a Dutch F16 crashed in the Afghan provence of Ghazni. The plane crashed from high altitude. The plane was not shot down according to officials. An American SAR team recovered the body of the 29 year old Dutch pilot. Furher investigation of the accident will be done by a Dutch research team.
BISHKEK: Six alleged Islamic radicals went on trial in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday for alleged involvement in an armed border incursion in May that left nine people dead.
... all six, including a Kyrgyz woman, are members of the banned radical Islamic party Hizbut Tahrir and the Islamic Movement of Turkestan...
The five Kyrgyz citizens and one of neighboring Uzbekistan are standing trial in the southern city of Osh on charges of murder, setting up a criminal group and inciting religious and ethnic hatred, said southern Batken regional prosecutor Ryskul Baktybayev. He said all six, including a Kyrgyz woman, are members of the banned radical Islamic party Hizbut Tahrir and the Islamic Movement of Turkestan. They were arrested during a probe into the May 12 attacks on Tajik and Kyrgyz border posts. Three Tajik border officers, five troops and one civilian were killed while nine Kyrgyz were wounded in the May clashes in the Batken region.
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"..Prosecutors also want to know what happened to all the vowels they were given some time ago."
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Instead of sending unconventional weapons by sea as in the past, North Korea now is shipping missiles and missile components on planes that fly via Russia, landing at Russian airports for refueling and possible transshipment on the way. Russia, our staunch ally in the global war on terror. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
North Korea is overhauling its program for shipping such strategic materials in an effort to avoid detection and possible boarding by U.S. Navy vessels posted along main routes between North Korea and the Middle East, according to a new report by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey.
The missiles are sent in kits from which recipients, with North Korean technical expertise, put together the final versions.
One reason for sending the missiles in kits is to avoid detection by informants at airports who would recognize a finished missile but not a missile broken down into dozens of parts, each in separate containers. Yet another reason is to be able to pack a greater number of missile sets onto transport planes. Missiles will go on the dimensional rate, so packing them in a denser volume will keep the freight costs down, heh.
These revelations raise the question of whether Russian authorities are profiting indirectly from the shipments even though the Moscow has appeared critical of North Koreas nuclear and missile programs. Ya think? Watch the hands, not the lips.
The report cites instances in which private-sector Russian assistance has facilitated shipments, thus calling into question the Russian governments ability and/or willingness to control North Koreas missile proliferation.
Analysts believe this revelation places under a spotlight the basic integrity of Russian officials, who are suspected of having received payoffs to smooth the flow of air traffic from Pyongyang to the Middle East.
Russian scientists are also believed to be providing technical assistance after the missile tests in early July in which a long-range Taepodong-2 fizzled and plummeted into the sea just 42 minutes after launch. The NORKS better get some better technical assistance, but on the other hand, the Russians could be milking them for more engineering and technical assistance billing charges.
Russian specialists, both in North Korea and Russia, the report said, are helping to insure the developmental leaps to successful multiple-stage systems using large rocket motors -- a goal that cannot be achieved without external technological assistance.
At the same time, the report reveals a shift in command and control of the program to the DPRK air force, apparently a reflection of the shipping of missiles by air rather than sea.
Explaining the decision to place the program under the air force, the report suggested that North Korea was following the example of Iran, whose missile program was under the command and control of the air wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Since the missiles fly long distances through the atmosphere and above, it would be reasonable to suggest that this be the bailiwick of the air force.
The report said such changes allow more rapid shipping deliveries while interception of such shipments will become more difficult. And the Russian planes can fly through the back door to Iran, avoiding airspace that could expose them to interception by allied air forces.
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Russia has to stop this duplicity. Russia has its own terror problems. Can't understand why they keep acting like the USSR. Russia and China are hairing up the butter concerning the WOT. What's it going to take to have them get with the program? Life would be a lot easier for the West if they jumped on board in the war on terror.
(KUNA) -- A blast in a rubbish container slightly injured one person in the Mediterranean port city of Mersin Wednesday, security sources said. Ihlas news agency quoted the sources as saying investigation was underway to know who was behind the explosion, which took place in a popular area in mersin and caused injuries to one person and smashed windows of nearby buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. It is unknown yet whether the attack was linked to explosions that rocked Istanbul, Marmaris and Antalya in recent days. The Marmaris attacks wounded 21 people while the bomb attack in Antalya killed three people.
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PARKLAND, Wash. -- The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is searching for five people who allegedly attacked a uniformed National Guardsmen walking along 138th Street in Parkland Tuesday afternoon. The soldier was walking to a convenience store when a sport utility vehicle pulled up alongside him and the driver asked if he was in the military and if he had been in any action. The driver then got out of the vehicle, displayed a gun and shouted insults at the victim. Four other suspects exited the vehicle and knocked the soldier down, punching and kicking him.
And during the assault the suspects called him a baby killer. At that point they got into the car and drove off and left him on the side of the road, Detective Ed Troyer with the Pierce County Sheriffs Department told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
"Baby killer", huh? Now who would say a thing like that?
The suspects were driving a black Chevy Suburban-type SUV.
This is something new for us, we have not had military people assaulted because they were in the military or somebody's opposition to a war or whatever, Troyer said.
Don't get out much, do you, Ed?
The driver is described as a white male, 25-30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, heavy build, short blond hair, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, and armed with a handgun. The vehicle's passengers are described as white males, 20-25 years old. Some of the suspects wore red baseball hats and red sweatshirts during the attack.
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and charging of the individuals involved. Informants can call 253-591-5959, and callers will remain anonymous.
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Btw, like the anti-jewish climate created here in France by the biased report on the ME, there's NO way the msm will actually acknowledge any responsability in inciting and provoking violence as a byproduct of their ideological agenda.
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This happened in Madison, Wisconsin to the Marine Sargeant in our family. He basically "de-motivated" and "trussed up" his attackers (he says, like they did to the Al-Quaida types in Anbar Province) and left them for the police to pick up (don't know if he actually ever called the police though, didn't ask either).
He didn't come out of it totally unscathed, receiving a 1/2" scratch over his left eye, but there were six of them (# confirmed by three witnesses).
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SUV-driving liberals who only attack when they have the victim outnumbered. Classic. Absolutely classic.
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yeah, man, but we're all for peace, man. And that guy - that soldier guy, well he's wunnah them baby killers left over from Vietnam, man. Like, we gotta stop this violence, man!
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This is just like those neo-Nazi trolls that appear on Povich or Geraldo. The SS would have loaded such semi-literate skinhead morons into the cattle cars ahead of the Jews.
Same goes for these f&cked up liberals who assaulted the Guardsman. Islamists would take these gay-loving tree-hugger infidels and behead them just to warm up the blade for the Jews to follow. The crowning irony being that the Guardsman is risking his life to save these liberal morons from Islamism.
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Tell the police squat cause the local 'authorities' will just write it off as a prank gone bad. Get your intel buddies to run the id's. When you positively id the suckers, take them trolling for Shamu off of Vancouver Island.
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FYI - Pierce County is just south of Seattle in the Peoples Republic of Washington (state). Tacoma is in Pierce County.
This is where the local media will get all worked up in a frenzy for weeks about the abuse and death of an Donkey (Pasada or whatever the jackass'es name was..) while only mentioning-in-passing the death of a baby (or a attack on a guardsman).
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We should arrange for Mullah Richards' family Sargeant to meet the NG guy, just to pass along some tips and pointers ...
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To SW - 4+ years in the Corps and a couple of "Sandbox Tours" in some pretty remote "hot" areas (no "Base Duty") could train most anyone to subdue any number of "SUV-driving liberals" (and not to have to put up with any sh*t).
It could give these same liberal punks a dose of reality, too (HT mcsegeek1).
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I agree, Zenster, but your choice of descriptives regarding the assailants was a bit puzzling.
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I agree, Zenster, but your choice of descriptives regarding the assailants was a bit puzzling.
Without knowing precisely which political agendas the assailants support, it is nonetheless rather easy to specify one or two assorted credos or occupations that would, in any case, immediately summon forth Islamic Wrath. I could have just as easily made them hog farmers and NOW supporters to illustrate the point.
Hattip Gateway Pundit, who has a nice little round up on the subject, with photos and a map.
Omeed Aziz Popal, now in custody for a fatal hit-and-run rampage that apparently began in Fremont and ended in San Francisco, has a history of mental problems and suffered an apparent mental breakdown Tuesday on the way to a job interview, family members and his attorney said Tuesday.
But those involved in the investigation -- speaking on condition of anonymity -- discount any mental illness, saying the 29-year-old Afghanistan native seemed coherent, unrepentant and claimed that he repeatedly drove at pedestrians because he "just wanted to.'' Which doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't nuts.
According to his attorney, Majeed Samara, Popal suffered a breakdown about five months ago and had to be hospitalized. "He woke up and started freaking out,'' he said. The family took Popal to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fremont for treatment, but he was released. "It looks like he felt better, but after that, he started getting worse.''
About two months ago, Popal falsely confessed to killing someone in San Francisco, Samara said. He said Popal was interviewed by investigators in Fremont and his statement turned out to be a "John Karr confession,'' referring to the man recently released in the killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey.
Popal's prior contact with law enforcement, authorities say, amounted to a string of four traffic tickets in Fremont and separate minor citations in Pleasanton and Palo Alto since 2003. He was twice cited for driving in carpool lanes. He was also twice cited on seat belt violations, once for an unsafe lane change and once for going beyond the limit line. He also had a dismissed citation for speeding out of Turlock in Stanislaus County last year. Not a law-abiding driver, it seems, but I've a record of driving above the speed limit -- I s'pose I'll have to be careful not to get caught running down large numbers of apparently random people.
A month ago, the one-time autoworker returned home after getting married in his native Afghanistan, his family said. There was a wedding celebration two weeks ago. Homa Aziz, a cousin who lives in Hayward, said that Popal, who was studying auto mechanics at WyoTech, formerly known as the Sequoia Institute, intended to bring his wife from Afghanistan to settle in the area. Hamid Nekrawesh, another cousin, said that he joked with Popal before he went to Kabul about him becoming a man.
On Tuesday, Nekrawesh said, Popal was to go to an interview for a job with an employment agency in San Francisco.
Neighbors in Fremont recalled that Popal also had worked for New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. auto plant in Fremont, which manufactures Toyotas and Pontiacs. They said he lived there with his parents, two sisters and brother in a middle-class neighborhood on Cabrillo Drive in Fremont. Neighbors say the family lived on Cabrillo Drive for three years and was known for frequent garage sales in which they would sell everything from DVDs to household appliances. Essentially an informal second-hand shop? The opportunities America offers to those willing to work hard!
Records show that Popal's parents declared bankruptcy in 1998 when they were living in Hayward. The reporters were really digging for background information. Popal also owns a tan stucco home in the Stanislaus County town of Ceres, where a woman who rents from him described him as a quiet man. He had a house all ready to move the new wife into. No doubt his father purchased it out of the family funds. Not one of those mythical poor, ignorant jihadis driven to desperation by the situation in [fill in the blank].
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This is one desparate guy getting out of an arranged marriage.
Timelines: just over 5 months ago, his parents inform him he's off to Afghanistan for a forced marriage.
5 months ago, he wakes up "nuts" one day and dammit, he gets released (nice try)
2 months ago - departure date approaches and he falsely confesses to murder - anything to get out of this arrangement. He's released an taken off to Afghanistan for nuptials.
2 weeks ago - the US celebration of the arranged marriage takes place, complete with cousin joshin' about "being a man" and arrival of wife pending, Popal decides he really has to kill to get out of this.
Popal has gone to some truly extreme lengths to get himself put away or arrested.
Popal is a pansy, most likely, and would rather kill than be killed by his family when found out. Better murder and jail than Humiliation and the family honour-killing.
He had a house all ready to move the new wife into. No doubt his father purchased it out of the family funds. Not one of those mythical poor, ignorant jihadis driven to desperation by the situation in [fill in the blank].
..and maybe father & son have other off the books income?
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One simple question: If this guy's parents knew he was rolling around on a bent axle, why did they fly him overseas for marriage so he could inflict himself upon some poor schnookette?
If your collie is off its trolley you don't send it down to the kennel for breeding.
I can almost imagine this guy shuffling around the house muttering about killing Jews and infidels while his family dismisses it with; "That just the jihad talking."
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"Terrorist" and "freakin' nutzo" are not mutually exclusive.
lotp, considering the continued speculation upoon this suspect's mental condition and the potential role Islam might have in his final actions, I'll be happy to resubmit yesterday's post if you have time to comment upon it. I'm interested in your observations.
ISLAMABAD Army spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan has claimed that officers and soldiers who had gone into the cave where the slain Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was hiding, wanted to negotiate (surrender terms) with Bugti. Talking to reporters here, he insisted that there was no intention to kill Nawab Akbar Bugti.
Asked how could any search party risk entering the cave in the evening time knowing fully well that the militants had lethal weapons, Sultan said: They never wanted to kill Bugti. There are clear instructions to exercise extreme restraint in such operations." He said a mysterious blast brought down the brittle roof of the cave killing Bugti and the soldiers. No fighting or use of explosives preceded the mysterious blast, the military spokesman said, adding that the search party had orders to apprehend, not to kill Nawab Bugti.
Somebody trip over a "arms cache" during an "encounter"?
The spokesman discounted reports that a missile fired from a helicopter destroyed the cave. Sultan said four to five more days would be required to retrieve Bugti's body. Army engineers have carried out a survey of the area which reveals that the work would require four to five days to recover the bodies, he said.
Gen. Sultan said the survey has revealed that the site of the incident is so rugged and hilly that heavy machinery cannot be engaged to remove the debris of the cave. Thus, he said, the work of removing the cave's debris would be undertaken manually and it would be a time taking job besides being laborious and hectic. He said it would also be highly risky as nobody knew how much of live arms were still inside the collapsed cave. Moreover, he said, a "minor vibration" could cause further collapse.
Responding to a question, Gen. Sultan said they have confirmed reports that Nawab Akbar Bugti was inside the cave which collapsed due to reasons unknown so far. He said a tribesman from the Bugti clan, who was guiding law enforcement agencies, had earlier entered the cave and confirmed the presence of people inside including Akbar Bugti.
A "guide" or a "stoolie"?
After sometime the guide returned to the commanding officer of law enforcement agencies, who then went inside the cave. During this process the cave collapsed all of sudden leaving all the inmates of the cave dead.
"It just fell down. Honest."
Gen. Sultan said the commanding officer had gone into the cave to negotiate with Akbar Bugti surrender terms as the government had intended to take him into custody. He said there was no confirmation about the presence of any of the kinsmen of Akbar Bugti, nor the government at any stage has provided any such information to the media. Gen. Sultan said the bodies of the law enforcers were recovered on Aug. 26 and Aug. 27 as they had not covered much distance inside the cave. "Their rituals were carried out on Aug. 28," he added.
So the "negotiation team" died as well. Interesting
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Happened at night. Many round of ammo and explosives. One side caught in a cross fire. Mysterious blast. Sounds like an RAB extra-territorial action. Any shutter guns lying around?
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For their next trick these guys are gonna go to Iran to go down the well and check on the twelth Iman, to see if he's gonna do what Ahmadinnahjacket wants or if there's gonna be trouble. (thump thump)
Islamabad, 31 August (AKI) - The body of Nawab Akbar Bugti, the Baluch tribal rebel leader killed in a military operation, has been found deep in his mountain cave hideout in the south-western Pakistani province of Baluchistan. Pakistan's military spokesperson, Major-General Shaukat Sultan was quoted by Pakistan's GEO TV website on Thursday as saying that that the body was lying under a heavy boulder in the cave and all precautions being observed to retrieve it and avoid the collapse of the caves structure.
Squashed like a cockroach, I like it
The military has said that it will take another day or two to remove the body from the rubble.
No hurry, he ain't going anywhere
Bugti, 79, was killed in a fierce military operation on Saturday and his death sparked widespread rioting and unrest in the province. Reports say that the military has brought in heavy machinery to remove the boulder.
SRINAGAR: Suspected militants ambushed a police team on Wednesday in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), killing a police constable and injuring a civilian, police said. The rebels fired at the police officers in Devar, a village north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-held Jammu-Kashmir state. One policeman was killed instantly, while a civilian was injured, said Vijay Kumar, superintendent of police in Kupwara district, where Devar is located.
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" Suspected militants "
Naw, it was the Pak Cricket team warming up for their test match with England.
QUETTA: Angry mobs protesting the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti cut off the main highway connecting Quetta to Karachi at four points and another heading west to Iran on Wednesday as the number of arrests in four days rose to nearly 700, said Balochistan IG Chaudhry Yaqub. Meanwhile, suspected militants blew up a railway line in Mastung district while protesters set fire to a government savings office and half a dozen shops in Khuzdar.
About 200 people blocking a bridge with trucks on the highway to Karachi lifted their siege after eight hours following talks between protest leaders and government officials. Boulders and crudely erected barricades blocked another road linking Karachi with Gwadar. The blockades prevented many workers from entering Quetta, forcing markets, banks and shops to close. Dozens of buses were parked at a terminal in Quetta unable to leave for Karachi and Lahore, according to an AP cameraman at the scene.
... authorities have arrested 670 people for inciting violence and for attacks on public and private property since late Saturday...
Baloch National Party chief Attaullah Mengal warned in a statement that the strikes would continue until the government handed over Bugtis body to his family. But police chief Yaqub said life was returning to normal and witnesses said some shops were open in Quetta although traffic was thin. Authorities also extended the closure of schools for three more days in Quetta, officials said. The authorities have arrested 670 people for inciting violence and for attacks on public and private property since late Saturday, said Yaqub. Police arrested 40 people from various areas following a blast in a Hub hotel.
Meanwhile, a strike was observed across Sindh, particularly in Baloch-populated areas. Pakistan Railways Quetta Division said that rail traffic remained functional in Balochistan on August 28, 29 and 30. Also, the army flew a group of reporters to the cave by helicopter to brief them on work to retrieve Bugtis body.
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Musharrafs end is nigh
QUETTA: The Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Dawood, said on Thursday that the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti was the beginning of the end of President Gen Musharrafs regime. He told a press conference that the countrywide protests had sent a clear message to Musharraf that his era is over. All sardars of Balochistan are discussing future plans. The government has invited the Baloch to fight and we will not back down, he said.
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On Monday, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) engaged in their first gunbattle with the Mahdi Army of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr without assistance on the ground from American troops. It took place in Diwaniya, which is located in Al-Qadisiya Province in south-central Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been struggling to contain violence by the Shia militia which has made otherwise moderating Sunni insurgent groups hesitant about laying down their weapons.
Over the past several weeks there have been a number of joint U.S.-Iraqi operations against Shia death squads which have been terrorizing Baghdads Sunni population. After the fight, local authorities reached a ceasefire agreement with the local Sadrist office, called Martyr Sadr, but Defense Minister Abd al-Qader al-Abaydi abrogated the terms of the ceasefire, which were a compromise with Sadr, and insisted on enforcing government control of the city. He also ordered an investigation into the beheading of some Iraqi soldiers.
This most recent clash appears to have ignited after Iraqi forces arrested a member of the Mahdi Army following a roadside bomb that killed two Iraqi soldiers. The gunbattle began overnight and lasted for hours. At one point, having run out of ammunition, 13 Iraqi soldiers were taken captive and then beheaded in public. ISF reinforcements arrived too late to help the original squad, but they were able to take control of most parts of the city. Fatalities included 20 ISF soldiers and 50 Sadrist militants. (Reuters, New York Times, Washington Post)
Initial reports were conflicting as to which side won the gunbattle. Al-Hayat quoted a provincial official as saying that with the arrival of reinforcements by the end of the day the ISF had control of all areas of the city except two neighborhoods (Al-Nahda and Al-Wahda). The Washington Post, by contrast, reported that the Mahdi Army had won, and that they were in control of the city, although it appears that their report relied on anecdoctal accounts. The New York Times, on the other hand, described the fighting but did not indicate that one side or the other had won.
The Iraqi newspaper Al-Rafidayn, by contrast, gave a detailed account of the ceasefire agreement which made clear that the ISF had the upper hand, but which also suggested compromise with the Sadrists. The agreement stipulated that the Mahdi Army would give up control of the city to Iraqi police but that the Iraqi army would not be allowed to enter the city for three days. The article, which was published online Monday night, indicates that Martyr Sadr had demanded that the captured militia member be freed, but this was rejected and instead the local government agreed that he would be brought before a court within 24 hours.
Yet on Wednesday Abaydi nullified any ceasefire and insisted on unconditional control of the city by legitimate Iraqi forces. The defense minister was quoted by an article published by Al-Rafidayn on Wednesday as saying
"...the agreement is void because it is not possible to reach an agreement with an illegal organization, especially for the Iraqi army enforcement of the law will be quick the government is giving a peaceable solution sufficient time, but if we do not see an end to the bearing of arms by militants and an enforcement of the law in an effective manner, well then the Iraqi army will enforce the law by force."
The article notes that the original ceasefire had been ordered by Sadr himself. An article in Al-Hayat published late Wednesday contained much of the same information, but it further added that the provincial governor and other local officials had persuaded the defense minister to abrogate the ceasefire and impose conditions as the defense ministry saw fit.
It is worth noting that Defense Minister Abaydi is Sunni and the provincial governor, Khalil Jalil, is a Shia member of the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution In Iraq. SCIRI is the lead party in the ruling United Iraqi Alliance, and so formally SCIRI and the Sadr faction are allies, but in fact they are longtime rivals. While SCIRI has largely followed the line set forth by the Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in favor of national reconciliation, the Sadrists have refused to accept the prime ministers amnesty plan and have attempted to radicalize Iraqs Shia population and maintain a state of war against Sunni Iraqis. The Sadrists relationship with the government in which they formally take part is illuminated by a statement from Martyr Sadr quoted in al-Hayat which is quoted as saying that the ISF was acting as if it was an occupying army. The same article quotes a leading Sadrist, Abu Mutaz, as saying that they ordered their men to stand down for fear of giving the enemy a pretext for striking at the movement and its leadership. Sadr wants to live.
There is also to be an investigation into the gruesome executions which accompanied the fight. The demand for an investigation was made by the heads of local tribes and agreed to by the Iraqi defense ministry. Al-Rafidayn noted specifically that those tribes to which the beheaded soldiers belonged wanted to be involved in the investigation. This showdown did not make Sadr any friends.
Reuters reports on comments from Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih that Prime Minister Maliki is planning to reshuffle the government soon, reassigning cabinet posts based upon factions support for the governments policies on reconciliation. The report suggests that Sadrist ministers might be removed, and notes that one, the transport minister, has already resigned. Comments of this nature have been reported in the Iraqi press repeatedly over the past few weeks, and the fact that it is so often mentioned without execution suggests that Maliki is using these leaks as a means of pressuring Sadr.
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This guy, Muqtada al-Sadr, has been a source of trouble since the beginning. He will have to be reined in one way or another for the Iraq democracy to succeed. His militia has to go in its present form. What about training them to a high standard and making them a part of the "new" Iraqui military--after suitable vetting? He is only a part of the current government--he is not the government. Can't he slip on a tater tot? Or get caught up in his robe? Or have his turban fatally shrink inexorably?
Was he gunned down for trying to cooperate with the Maliki government?
Lt.-Gen. Wajeeh Thirar Hneyfish was shot dead in the Baathist-Sunni stronghold in western Iraq on Thursday, Aug. 31. He commanded the Habbaniya Air Force base under Saddam.
AP Title - Suicide Car Bomb Kills 2 in Baghdad - but they sure are long-winded about it.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomb targeting a line of cars waiting at a Baghdad gas station killed two people and wounded 13 Thursday, while a bomb near a restaurant wounded eight people, police said.
The U.S. military reported an American soldier was killed in a bomb blast north of the capital while conducting a security mission Wednesday. It did not give details of the location. Did you ask, or are you more interested in making it seem like they're hiding something?
The suicide car bomb exploded at a gas station in the Mashtal area in eastern Baghdad, killing a woman and a man and wounding 13 people, police Cap. Mohammed Abdul-Ghani said. Oh, this third paragraph refers to the first paragraph, not the second. F for composition.
He said U.S. forces took three of the wounded to their nearby base because their injuries were severe. Oh, that's their story. But you missed a chance to suggest it was for redition to an unspecified secret CIA interrogation center. The other five were taken to a local hospital.
Due to a severe fuel shortage, lines of cars at Baghdad gas stations often stretch for several miles, and drivers sometimes have to wait overnight to fill their cars. This should have followed the gas station paragraph, not the wounded paragraph. F for continuity and clarity. In other news -
Earlier in the day, a bomb exploded near a restaurant on Palestine Street, a main avenue in the east of the capital and the frequent site of explosions targeting U.S. and Iraqi forces. So how many were killed? Wounded? Taken to local hospitals? Taken to secret US bases for illegal interrogation?
In Mahaweel, about 35 miles south of Baghdad, a bomb at a wedding party wounded at least seven people, police said. Jealous previous boyfriend, pehaps? Brother seeking to indulge in a little honor killing? Neighborly tit-for-tat sectarian assassinations?
Meanwhile, U.S. authorities released more than 30 detainees. The men were taken to a central bus station in the capital, where many kissed the ground. What an opportunity for a fauxtograph! Authorities did not give any details of what they had been detained for, or how long they had been held. Did they give their names? Religous affiliations? Why they were arrested? Why they were released? But you think they were all held without sufficient reason, and for too long, don't you?
Elsewhere in the capital, gunmen shot and killed a member of the oil ministry's security service and wounded another as the two were driving in a northeastern neighborhood, police said.
Despite the continuing violence, U.S. authorities have expressed optimism despite the continuing press pessimism that Iraqi forces will be ready to assume control of security operations with little coalition support within 18 months. Well, that's not exactly what he says in the quote. You left off the possible earlier finish. "I don't have a date, but I can see over the next 12 to 18 months, the Iraqi security forces progressing to a point where they can take on the security responsibilities for the country, with very little coalition support," Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Wednesday.
The military and their Commander in Chief, and many in Congress has long maintained that any American troop drawdown would have to be preceded by Iraqi forces taking on more responsibility. Meaning they have not changed their plan every time the press thought they should. When asked whether the Iraqi security forces could assume full responsibility for security, allowing coalition forces to withdraw completely, Casey said it was too early to tell. Didn't he say that in the previous paragraph? Just repeating yourself, to make a point? Or more poor composition? "I'm not sure yet," he said. "And we'll adjust that as we go. But a lot of that, in fact the future coalition presence, 12 to 18 months from now, is going to be decided by the Iraqi government."
The general said Iraqi forces are now "75 percent" along the path of being able to operate independently of coalition forces, but they still need to develop support systems such as logistics, intelligence and medical support. Lessee, that's up from a year ago, isn't it? Just as was forecast at the time? But one is not allowed to use the word "progress", correct?
U.S. officials have lauded the results of a major security crackdown in Baghdad that they say has resulted in a dramatic fall in sectarian killings. According to U.S. officials, the murder rate in the capital has dropped almost 50 percent in August compared to July; that figure could not be independently confirmed. Why not? You guys count all the bodies. You can't do the math? Or is it better to leave just a hint of doubt about the veracity of the report?
The crackdown, which began Aug. 7, includes U.S. and Iraqi troops systematically searching homes and patrolling the streets. In the past, similar operations have lowered violence for short periods of time, but as soon as American forces leave, the violence has climbed once again. Waitaminute. When the Americans leave, the violence resumes? Does that suggest the American presence saves Iraqi lives? Make Iraq safer? Isn't there a story in that statement?
This is Thursday, but in case you forgot - Violence across the country left dozens dead Wednesday.
Twelve prospective army cadets were killed Wednesday in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad as they waited outside a recruiting center.
A bomb also ripped through a Baghdad market, and police said 24 people died. But the Iraqi Defense Ministry reported that 13 people had been killed in the blast. The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear. But you ran out of time for vague innuendo?
Associated Press reporters Bushra Juhi, Sinan Salaheddin, and Rawya Rageh contributed to this report from Baghdad. Although REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press Writer, gets the headline credit, and the poor grades for composition.
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Associated Press reporters Bushra Juhi, Sinan Salaheddin, and Rawya Rageh contributed to this report from Baghdad. Although REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press Writer, gets the headline credit, and the poor grades for composition.
So from this we know that Rebecca was back in the Green Zone while her former Saddam Baathist handlers contributors were out doing the creative writing leg work.
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Sort of know all three "contributors" - varied in quality but none are among the worst. Don't know Rebecca - but she's most likely not in the IZ.
FYI, Western press lives in "mini-green zones" outside the IZ but not far away, secured by a combo of private security and Iraqi forces w/ MND-B help; the only hotel in the IZ (Al Rasheed) is used only by out-of-towners on short visits, some with early AM embeds (which originate at the military press center in the IZ) or others who need to be inside the IZ before the normal curfews and checkpoint opening hours (7AM) would allow, frequently still photographers who have "pool" duty inside the IZ.
Meanwhile, I saw Peter Arnett was at the military press center today. No idea who he's working for. His brand of early 90s bias and useful-idiocy seem almost quaint in today's insane media environment.
A blast killed three Iraqi civilians and injured at least 11 others on Wednesday in northern Iraq's Kirkuk city. The blast targeted a civilian bus in Kirkuk's Arafah suburb, Kirkuk's Police Chief Brigadier Sarhad Qader told KUNA. In addition, another blast injured two civilians in the southern part of Kirkuk. A police source informed KUNA that the blast targeted a residence, leading to the injury of two of its inhabitants.
In another development, British forces apprehended on Tuesday five people during a raid in Basra. In a press release on Wednesday, the British Command in Iraq said the five persons were arrested in one of Basra's residential areas, but did not explain the raid's reason. Eyewitnesses told KUNA that the house that was targeted by the raid had been occupied by an Iraqi political faction for the past two years.
In Mosul, two civilians were killed when they were attacked by unknown gunmen. Furthermore, four other civilians were injured in Mosul during clashes between Iraqi police and a number of gunmen.
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A series of bomb attacks by insurgents in Iraq has killed at least 70 people and wounded scores more. One blast targeted a crowded market in the capital Baghdad leaving at least 24 people dead and 35 injured. Earlier, a motorbike packed with explosives blew up near an Iraqi army recruiting centre in the town of Hilla, south of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding 38. In a string of shootings and bombings in and around the town of Baquba, insurgents killed at least 20 Iraqi people, mostly civilians.
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I'm sure the msm will cover this, or at least give the israeli side of the story...
(IsraelNN.com) Ballistics experts Thursday exposed another false claim by journalists and Arabs that the Israeli Air Force bombed their vehicles. Reuters News Agency claimed week that its vehicle was bombed in the Gaza area during a missile strike on terrorists.
An expert at a company which makes armored vehicles, David Khazanski, said that photographs of the vehicle show that the damage "was sustained a very long time ago, and probably not by the rocket, or it was already tampered with." Another manufacturer official confirmed the opinion.
From Dan Blather to Katie Cubic they just keep rolling along.
Last week on Chrissie Mathews show Odd Ball, Joe (The Plagiarist) Biden claimed we had 3,500 KIA in Iraq and 10,000 amputees. It didnt bother Chrissie if old Joe inflated the KIA by 40% and counted any WIA that did not return to duty in 72 hours as an Amputee
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The link given by GolfBravoUSMC (#7) is an impressive work by Zombietime, a lengthy and precise debunking of a much publicized anti-Israel falsification.
An armed man is in the compound of the British Embassy in Tel Aviv and is threatening to kill himself. The BBC's correspondent in Jerusalem, Nick Thorpe, said the man had broken into the embassy's car park. Israeli police have just arrived at the scene at the request of embassy staff. Our correspondent said the British Embassy is a secure modern building on the seafront in Tel Aviv, with a high metal fence and security barriers.
A police spokesman said the man was carrying a pistol, and said officers had made contact with the man. "He is in the car park. There have been no reports of any injuries," a Foreign Office spokesman said. No shots have been fired, it is reported. Police are said to have requested extra reinforcements.
"Moshe, bring the big net"
Visitors to the embassy are normally screened by guards at the gate. Our correspondent said incidents of this nature are very rare despite the large number of Israeli citizens who carry firearms.
Or perhaps they are very rare because everyone is packing heat
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A Palestinian informer, seeking refuge and running from the ROP. Prolly shoulda tossed his weapon in the trash just before reaching the gate.
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Our correspondent said incidents of this nature are very rare despitebecause of the large number of Israeli citizens who carry firearms.
An odd suicide attempt, or one of those "cry for help" not quite suicide attempts. It sounds like he is in a parking garage, not in the embassy proper, although he shouldn't have been allowed to get that far.
Israeli soldiers shoot dead Fadi Kafisha, producer of bomb vests for Fatah suicide killers in Nablus Thursday. A second armed Palestinian who was with him was also killed in the incident. In-f&cking-shallah, baby!
Palestinian sources report Raad Nahal, commander of the PRCs Salahadin Battalions in N. Gaza was shot dead by unidentified assailants. This group together with Hamas executed the kidnap of the Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit on June 25. And the paybacks just keep on coming!
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this and the posts below indicate a good day for Israel and a bad day for the crazed killers of Paleostine. It's like a ray of sunshine, disinfecting harmful bacteria. I like it
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who woulda thought that being a seamstress was a dangerous job?
THE Israeli army today killed the leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in the West Bank town of Nablus, security and medical services said. Fadi Khafisha, 29, was killed in Nablus' old town in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers.
Four other members of the radical group, seen as the loosely affiliated armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas' moderate Fatah party, were wounded, the sources said.
Pray for sepsis ...
Khafisha, whose group is part of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group, was known for helping to prepare suicide bombings in Israel, the security sources said.
An army spokeswoman said there had been an exchange of fire in Nablus and that the gunmen opened fire first. "The forces returned fire and identified hitting the armed men," she said. She did not confirm that Khafisha had been killed.
An Israeli security chief said this week that Palestinian militants could have been emboldened by the ability of the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah in holding off army assaults during a 34-day war.
Israeli forces also ended a six-day raid in the Gaza militant stronghold of Shajaiya, Palestinian residents said. The Israeli army did not comment on the pullout. Troops killed four Palestinian gunmen and four civilians in Shijaiya on Wednesday.
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"I know it's called the 'Martyrs Brigade," but I didn't think I'd actually, you know, have to do the whole martyrdom thing, y'know? I thought that was just for the cannon fodder."
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I only joined the Martyrs Brigade to put myself through the Madrassa.
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Four other members of the radical group, seen as the loosely affiliated armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas' moderate Fatah party, were wounded, ......... and hopefully still bleeding out.
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I it just coincidental that while all the attention has been focussed on Lebanon, the IDF has been doing quite a cleanup job in Gaza and the West Bank?
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Westhawk posits that Israel has learned to keep its activities at the level which fails to warrant media attention. Thus, rather than take dramatic, violent action warranting video, it has begun a slow motion seige of Gaza to deny the Paleos use of their media weapons. This also recognizes that Israel is at total war with the Paleos and allows action to be taken against the entire Paleo populace.
They've got the frog in the pot. Now to increase the gas slowly.
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Add to that the fact that the Paleos have bitten the hand that feeds them, they kidnapped 2 journalists which could signal a change in media direction from pro paleo to anti paleo. For all we know, the jooos could set Jenin on fire and nobody would report it.
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Fadi Khafisha, 29, was killed in Nablus' old town in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers.
Only 29? Something tells me that the upper ranks have been really cleaned lately . . .
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For all we know, the jooos could set Jenin on fire and nobody would report it.
Fred, much as I hate to admit it, he is most likely dead. If he wasn't killed by order of the higher-ups then he was most likely killed by over-zealous cannon-fodder. I fear the same could be said for those two soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah.
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"Add to that the fact that the Paleos have bitten the hand that feeds them, they kidnapped 2 journalists which could signal a change in media direction from pro paleo to anti paleo."
They kidnapped two FOX journalists. If they take CNN or Reuters journalists, then there might be a shift.
The IDF killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in air strikes and gun battles, as the army continued its sweep in search of tunnels used for smuggling arms and perpetrating attacks. Soldiers from the Givati Brigade have been operating in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shajaiyeh since Saturday and have so far killed at least 25 Palestinians, while wounding another 15.
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed that in a joint operation with the IDF, soldiers discovered a large tunnel extending more than 150 meters from a home in Shajaiyeh to the Israeli-run Karni cargo crossing. The tunnel, security officials said, was to have been used by terrorists to launch an attack against the Israeli side of the crossing. "This was an advanced tunnel that the Palestinians invested a lot of money in," said Col. Moni Katz, commander of the Northern Gaza Brigade. "We found equipment inside that we assume was meant to be used in an attack against the Karni crossing." Katz said that the IDF believes that additional tunnels were being dug in the area and that it was still too early to reopen Karni, which has been closed for the past several weeks due to the terror threat.
Later in the day, troops discovered and destroyed two Kassam launchers, used earlier that day to fire rockets at communities in the South.
On Tuesday, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Palestinians were currently digging some 20 tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. "Except for tanks and planes, they are smuggling everything," Diskin told the committee.
Early Wednesday morning, the IDF fired an artillery shell at a Palestinian anti-tank cell and killed three of its members. Later, another two Palestinians were killed by IDF gunfire. At least one of those killed was a gunman and another was shot while trying to launch a rocket-propelled grenade, doctors and security officials said. Among those killed was a 14-year-old boy who was shot while watching the fighting with a group of people, hospital officials said.
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and our Egyptian friends "know notheeeng"
that might've worked with Klink, but we have $2B leverage. Knock heads and knock this shit off or we cut off aid and issue travel advisories for all sites in Egypt. Capice Hosni?
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What's to prevent Israel from taking back the Sinai? That would cure this sh!t, pronto.
IDF forces opened fire on two Palestinian operatives after they fired an anti-tank missile in the direction of troops who were operating in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood in Gaza City. The two armed Palestinians were struck by the IDF fire but the troops emerged unscathed from the clashes.
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Allahu akbar! Allah's will has been implemented!
Border Police forces caught a suspected Palestinian terrorist at Hizma checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, who was allegedly planning to perpetrate an attack on an Israeli target, it was released for publication on Wednesday. The suspect was arrested as a result of intelligence gathered by the security establishment, which was followed by a heightened state of alert in the area.
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Palestinian terrorists launched a Kassam rocket near the Karni Crossing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. The rocket did not reach Israel and landed within Palestinian territory.
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In breaking news; Palestinians launch suicide attack against themselves.
An IDF force destroyed two rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday afternoon. The rocket launchers were found in the town of Beit Hanoun and had been used to launch a Kassam rocket towards Israel earlier on Wednesday.
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Did they destroy the building they were hidden in as well? If not, why not?
The United States says it has carried out a subcritical nuclear experiment successfully at an underground test site in Nevada - the 23rd such test since 1997.
The test came amid intensifying US-led international efforts to press North Korea and Iran to abandon their nuclear programs.
It was the 10th test under the administration of President George W Bush, despite persistent criticism by anti-nuclear groups.
The previous test was conducted on February 23.
Many activists and experts argue that the tests undermine the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on nuclear weapons and that the Bush administration is carrying them out to use them to boost its efforts to develop new nuclear arms.
The US Government maintains the subcritical tests do not violate the treaty because they do not involve a nuclear chain reaction and are necessary to ensure the safety of nuclear stockpiles.
It also insists they are fully consistent with nuclear test moratorium it has maintained since 1992.
"The Los Alamos National Laboratory conducted the experiment to gather scientific data that provides crucial information to maintain the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons without having to conduct underground nuclear tests," the department's National Nuclear Security Administration said in a statement.
The administration said the subcritical tests do not involve nuclear explosion because they are designed to "examine the behaviour of plutonium as it is strongly shocked by forces produced by chemical high explosives".
"No critical mass is formed and no self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction can occur," it said.
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Many activists and experts argue that the tests undermine the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
BS.
These experts need to read the CTBT treaty text.
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I'm amazed at the rubbish I come across by experts who quote treaties they obviously have not read. Problem is the press is even more ignorant and just reports their nonsense verbatim.
We read that the USA cannot open Plutonium reprocessing plants because that would violate the NPT (a pathethic attempt to justify one of Jimmy Carter's most stupid decisions). NPT says nothing of reprocessing.
Or, Bush is violating the NPT because of his agreement with Indian PM Manmohan Singh. All these experts claiming that transfer of Uranium fuel is not allowed because India has not signed the NPT.
NPT is quite clear.. all transfers of fuel and technology must be under safeguards. Once you have safeguards, the NPT is ok with that.
The CTBT (which the US has "un-signed") bans nuclear detonations. It does not ban subcritical tests (which are impossible to verify anyway).
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The CTBT does not ban subcritical tests (which are impossible to verify anyway).
The text says that subcritical nuclear test involves chemical high explosives. Is this explosion so small that it can't be uncovered by sismographs?
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Yes.
Even actual nuclear detonations can be uncoupled so they do not register.
In 1998 India tested 5 devices.
The last three were sub-kiloton tests. They were actual detonations but produced no seismograph record at outside monitoring stations.
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So it was India that detonated a micro-nuke in Bali?
Or did they make it for the CIA?
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Well whatare they thinking up anyway.?
A bunkerbusting Thermobaric dirty bomb ?
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Nearly two dozen bombs exploded almost simultaneously Thursday inside commercial banks in southern Thailand, killing two people in a region bloodied by a Muslim insurgency, police said. The homemade bombs, which were triggered by mobile phone signals, were placed in garbage bins, at newspaper stands and near seats where customers wait for service in the banks in Yala province, said Maj. Gen. Paithoon Choochaiya who heads the provincial police. At least 28 people were injured.
Authorities said two suspects were detained. A review of close-circuit video showed that some of the explosives were planted by women, police said. Some of the apparently small devices were hidden in women's handbags or inside books carried by teenagers in school uniforms, said Lt. Gen. Ongkorn Thongprasom, the army chief in the south. "We received some intelligence reports, but we did not anticipate it would happen inside banks, especially on the last day of the month. We don't believe they are that cruel," Ongkorn said.
Deputy Prime Minister Chitchai Wannasathit said authorities had learned the rebels were planning a major attack Thursday to coincide with the founding day of Bersatu, believed to be an umbrella group for Thailand's rebel groups. "I ordered them (authorities) to take precautions and prevention but this incident still occurred," he said.
The bombs were set off in 22 of Yala's 30 bank branches, both in the provincial capital and outlying districts. "It's scary. We can't estimate the damage yet," said Pridiyathorn Devakula, head of the Bank of Thailand, the country's central bank. The Islamic Bank of Thailand was among those attacked, according to reporters at the scene. The bank, set up in five southern provinces by the government, was created according to Muslim law, which prohibits interest.
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"Ok, time to blow out the candles. Hey, who farted? Was that you Yassim? Dammit, how many times have I told you to lay off the couscous? Somebody turn on a fan."
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Maybe he can talk to Hell's Century 21 agent while he's down there just to talk about his future real estate needs. Maybe he can put a deposit down on the flaming hovel next to Yasser...
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Just like his idol Adolf. Both get to celebrate their last b-days underground.
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I suspect that his last residence will be a Saddam type spider hole. And like Saddam, he won't detonate his suicide belt. Nasty's kind are only generous with the lives of others.
MADRID - A first deployment of almost 500 troops in Spains contribution to the UN force in Lebanon will reach the war-torn country in mid-September aboard five naval vessels, Spanish newspapers reported on Thursday. The ships, which will carry a marine infantry battalion of around 450 soldiers, are to leave the southern naval base of Rota on September 8 and arrive in southern Lebanon on September 14, El Pais reported. The units will leave one day after receiving the green light for the deployment from the Spanish parliament.
The defense ministry would not comment on the reports when contacted by AFP. But the ministry said earlier this week that the Spanish contingent would leave almost immediately after parliaments authorisation.
With almost 1,000 soldiers reportedly set to be deployed by the end of the year, Spain is to become the third-largest contributor to the international force after Italy, which is contributing 2,450 troops, and France, which is to deploy 2,000. The enlarged force is due to deploy in south Lebanon to enforce a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah militants, and support the Lebanese army as it takes up positions in the region. A 24-member reconnaissance unit arrived in Beirut from Spain on Wednesday, and was Thursday in the headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the southern city of Naqura to prepare for the deployment of the main Spanish contingente.
Opposition newspapers Thursday criticized the Socialist government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for sending the reconnaissance unit before parliament had given its formal authorisation. El Pais said the contingent to leave next month comprised the amphibious assault ship Galicia, the landing ship Pizarro, two frigates and a oil supply vessel.
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In keeping with the touchy-feely left-wing non-productive feel-good but just-for-show crap we have come to expect from Spain under Zappy.
I will make a prediction. Half of this much-vaunted one thousand will stay aboard a ship "just out of range". Of the rest, the few that are not headquarters or non-combat support will be confined to heavily fortified and bunkered installations.
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Wonder how many of them were in Iraq and would like a little practice on Hez. How many of them learned their lesson in Iraq about what we're facing?
A previously unknown group threatened Wednesday to abduct Israeli soldiers to swap them for Syrian prisoners in Israel. In a statement faxed to foreign news agencies in Damascus, a group calling itself the Men of the National Syrian Resistance threatened to "take the necessary measures" to secure the release of 16 Syrians jailed in Israel. It listed the names of four men it said have been detained in Israel for 22 years. The group said the men had been charged with "resisting Israeli occupation in the Golan."
"The continuing detention of our comrades makes us exert all-out efforts to secure their release," the statement said. The group called theirs a "humanitarian and just demand." Referring to Hizbullah guerrillas, whose July 12 capture of two IDF soldiers sparked a 34-day war with Israel, the statement said: "The Lebanese model, the model of Hizbullah, is not so far from us concerning implementation and preparations to release our detainees."
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"The Lebanese model, the model of Hizbullah, is not so far from us concerning implementation and preparations to release our detainees."
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Great. Another shell group. I have to say, however, that the Israelis have brought this on themselves via repeated prisoner exchanges where thousands of terrorists were released in exchange for a handful of Israeli captives. The reason very few American hostages are taken is because Uncle Sam pretty much doesn't deal with terrorists. He captures or kills them. Period.
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BISHKEK: Six alleged Islamic radicals went on trial in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday for alleged involvement in an armed border incursion in May that left nine people dead. 
(KUNA) -- A blast in a rubbish container slightly injured one person in the Mediterranean port city of Mersin Wednesday, security sources said. Ihlas news agency quoted the sources as saying investigation was underway to know who was behind the explosion, which took place in a popular area in mersin and caused injuries to one person and smashed windows of nearby buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. It is unknown yet whether the attack was linked to explosions that rocked Istanbul, Marmaris and Antalya in recent days. The Marmaris attacks wounded 21 people while the bomb attack in Antalya killed three people.
QUETTA: Angry mobs protesting the killing of 
A blast killed three Iraqi civilians and injured at least 11 others on Wednesday in northern Iraq's Kirkuk city. The blast targeted a civilian bus in Kirkuk's Arafah suburb, Kirkuk's Police Chief Brigadier Sarhad Qader told KUNA. In addition, another blast injured two civilians in the southern part of Kirkuk. A police source informed KUNA that the blast targeted a residence, leading to the injury of two of its inhabitants.
A series of bomb attacks by insurgents in Iraq has killed at least 70 people and wounded scores more. One blast targeted a crowded market in the capital Baghdad leaving at least 24 people dead and 35 injured. Earlier, a motorbike packed with explosives blew up near an Iraqi army recruiting centre in the town of Hilla, south of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding 38. In a string of shootings and bombings in and around the town of Baquba, insurgents killed at least 20 Iraqi people, mostly civilians.
An armed man is in the compound of the British Embassy in Tel Aviv and is threatening to kill himself. The BBC's correspondent in Jerusalem, Nick Thorpe, said the man had broken into the embassy's car park. Israeli police have just arrived at the scene at the request of embassy staff. Our correspondent said the British Embassy is a secure modern building on the seafront in Tel Aviv, with a high metal fence and security barriers. 
THE Israeli army today killed the leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in the West Bank town of Nablus, security and medical services said. 
The IDF killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in air strikes and gun battles, as the army continued its sweep in search of tunnels used for smuggling arms and perpetrating attacks. Soldiers from the Givati Brigade have been operating in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shajaiyeh since Saturday and have so far killed at least 25 Palestinians, while wounding another 15. 
IDF forces opened fire on two Palestinian operatives after they fired an anti-tank missile in the direction of troops who were operating in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood in Gaza City. The two armed Palestinians were struck by the IDF fire but the troops emerged unscathed from the clashes.
