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Unni Wikan, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, in 2001 said that Norwegian women must take their share of responsibility for these rapes because Muslim men found their manner of dress provocative. The professors conclusion was not that Muslim men living in the West needed to adjust to Western norms, but the exact opposite: Norwegian women must realize that we live in a Multicultural society and adapt themselves to it.
More like he saying that women need to submit to Islamic standards if they don't want to get raped, excusing the rapists. Europe continues it's decline in the name of Multiculturalism.
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I don't know, Anonymous5089, I think it's absolutely appropriate. It's also idiotic, stupid, gross, vulgar, and sheer insanity on the part of Norweigan officials. It appears they need to form a new "resistance", this time against muslim male ba$$$$$s. A few of them being found in the morning with their throats cut would put a totally different slant on matters. If they happen to be "holy men", even better. It wouldn't be a bad idea for Americans to keep in reserve, also.
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I have zero tolerance for rapists, Muslim or otherwise. In a civilized society they would be found hanging from the nearest utility pole, with their genitalia relocated to a different part of their anatomy. What has happened to the Norsemen of old?
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Unni Wikan, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, in 2001 said that Norwegian women must take their share of responsibility for these rapes because Muslim men found their manner of dress provocative. The professors conclusion was not that Muslim men living in the West needed to adjust to Western norms, but the exact opposite: Norwegian women must realize that we live in a Multicultural society and adapt themselves to it.
The usual multi-culti "blame the victim" horseshit. Muslim Quisling.
The numbers published in September 2001 were discussed in at least to out of Norways three largest newspapers: Aftenposten and Dagbladet. A leading member of the Liberal Party (Venstre), Odd Einar Dørum, demanded that all the numbers should be put on the table: A scumbag is a scumbag, regardless of skin color.
"Liberal" must mean something different in Norwegian.
In fact, the number of rapes committed by Muslim immigrants in Western nations is so extremely high that it is difficult to view them only as random acts of individuals. It resembles warfare. German journalist Gudrun Eussner considers this to be sexuality as a weapon against disobedient and non-Muslim women, both categorized as unbelievers. Against them jihad is the duty, and what to do with women conquered in jihad, this may be read in the Quran: they become slaves to be used by the victors.
It's about time they began to realize that, much like Sudden Jihad Syndrome in America, these rapes are another form of global jihad against the Infidel.
The level of contempt towards non-Muslim women is the reflection of the level of hatred towards the society which creates equality between men and women.
In many respects, this is most telling of all. Those Muslims who come to the West with the explicit intention of refusing to integrate must be regarded as hostile entities and be deported immediately. These are the vanguard of global jihad and represent nothing more than Islamic colonists.
Those Muslims who value their life here in the West had better begin to identify such non-integrating types to the proper authorities. If they cannot bring themselves to do so, then they cannot have any complaint when ALL Muslims are rounded up for deportation.
This is the single biggest issue confronting reformist Muslims today. They must assume an active role in thwarting global jihad. If they cannot bring themselves to, then they are just the usual "moderate" Muslim who is less than worthless to the West.
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Disbeliever hags beg for rape by wearing enticing clothing. Our women are modest. Muslim men carry 2 swords, one of which we were born with. Planting the seed of Allah in a kaffir bitch pleases our Creator. We call you to Islam, and we love death as you love life.
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I too have little compassion for rapists (of any faith) obviosly they have some loose screw that allows them to commit a very personal crime. Euthanize them and save the world.
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It sounds like to me that muslim men, followers of allan, do not have sufficient spiritual strength to resist. Christains, Hindus, Buddhists, and even athiets do.
Can the professor explain what weakness in the muslim faith makes the men unable to resist temptation?
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#9 anymouse: "Can the professor explain what weakness in the muslim faith makes the men unable to resist temptation?"
I can: Mo' didn't, why should they?
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"Dang, hit submit too soon, wrong category."
We really, REALLY need a new article category here at the 'Burg: "Not With A Bang, But A Whimper". For nauseating stories of pre-emptive dhimmitude and self-abasement like this.
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Norwegian women must take their share of responsibility for these rapes
Translation: They were asking for it. Begging for it, really.
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Old Patriot: A few of them being found in the morning with their throats cut would put a totally different slant on matters.
That is where we are headed if the authorities continue as they have done. I expect at least one anthropology professor will have to watch his back too. This is not a moral claim I am making - though self-defense is an inherent right - but a prediction made with absolute certainty. The people will fight back and fight back hard or they will die. It is that simple.
Speaking only for myself, I will be dead before I see my sister forced into a burqa.
Leftists living in the West read the headline to this thread and are so preconditioned to hate the West that they take it to mean native Norwegians are raping Muslims.
Count on it.
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I think 'War on Terror' is an entirely approprate category for this. Islam has always used rape as a weapon of war. Look at Dafur - and that is against other muslims (but black and thus, less holy then their arab betters...).
Of course you know that if a few of these perps were found with their doinkers hanging out of their slit throats it will be a 'hate crime' and a crime against multiculturalism - the full weight of law enforcement will be brought to bear to find the islamophobics....
The Somalian choked the girl for so long that the medical doctor who examined the girl said that she could have died. The girl is now suffering from severe psychological problems in the aftermath of the attack. The youth was sentenced to four and half years in prison. The sentence also included another rape, where his Norwegian-Moroccan friend raped a 13-year-old girl whilst the Somalian helped to threaten her and keep guard. She has been traumatized from the incident.
Only four 1/2 years for 2 brutal rapes? WTF is that?
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Arm your women with simple push dagger style knives. Steel or Fiberglass, makes no difference. They do not require a lot of training and they are difficult to dislodge as they are held in the instinctive "hammer-fist" grip. Make sure they know how to punch and retract the arm and punch again. Rapists need multiple holes in their bodies.
Tell your women that a 3-inch blade is not enough to really hurt an attacker, only enough to get them to stop what they're doing. Of course we know that 1-inch of penetration can lead to shock and death, but if our wives and daughters are worrying about not hurting their attacker, their defense may not be robust enough.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The Ethiopian government acknowledged detaining 41 suspected international terrorists from 17 countries and said foreign investigators were given permission to question them, according to an official statement published Tuesday.
I may need to put Ethiopia on my Christmas card list
The statement comes a week after an Associated Press investigation into the transfer of terror suspects from Kenya to Somalia and eventually to Ethiopia. Ethiopian officials at the time denied any suspects were in custody, but U.S. officials said they had questioned some of the suspects. Human rights groups have called the detentions and transfers a violation of international law.
Ethiopia sent troops into Somalia in December to defeat a radical Islamic movement that was threatening to overthrow the internationally-backed Somali government. Extremists with ties to the al-Qaida terror group fought on behalf of the Somali movement. "Suspected international terrorists have been and are still being captured by the joint forces of the transitional federal government of Somalia and Ethiopia," the ministry of foreign affairs statement said. "Pursuant to a common understanding between Ethiopia and the TFG authorities, some of those captured have indeed been brought to Ethiopia."
Twenty-nine of the suspects have been ordered released by a Military Court and five already have been freed, the statement said. The AP interviewed one woman and the mother of a teenager who were released from Ethiopian custody after two months without being allowed phone calls and without charges against them.
Ethiopia said only 12 detainees will remain in custody after the next round of releases. The government strongly denied that it acted in secrecy or had violated human rights. "All legal procedures are being followed, and the suspected terrorists have been allowed to appear before the relevant court of law, in this instance before the competent Military Court," the statement said. "Ethiopia can confirm that no detainee has been subjected to violation of his/her rights."
"So piss off!"
While the statement did not say which nations were involved, it did say that foreign investigators met with the suspects. "All states who have approached Ethiopia claiming to possess expertise in this area have been allowed to render assistance," the statement said. "But no expert from any country has been given the right or the opportunity to question the suspected terrorists without the presence of Ethiopian personnel."
The government was critical of human rights groups and the media who have followed the detentions. "Conditions in the real world are murkier that the situation faced by those in an ivory tower," the statement said. "And when those in the ivory tower seek to promote their own agenda under the cover of investigative journalism and the defense of human rights, the situation becomes destructive, even tragic."
God, I love that
The statement justified the detention program as part of the wider international war on terrorism. "Ethiopia has the legitimate right to defend itself from this danger," the statement added.
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I'm guessing Gitmo will become an Ethiopian protectorate shortly.
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I think the US should contribute to the prisoner upkeep by contributing several tons of pork sausage for the guards and the prisoners.
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I'll forgive Ethiopia when they acknowledge destroying several 4th century churches that had been cut from solid rock in the country. They're doing a good thing in Somalia, so I won't be actively condemning them, but the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea was especially brutal, stupid, and dispicable - on both sides. Eritrea has reached the same low point on my list as Sudan, just ahead of pakland and soddy arabida.
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I don't know about forgiving Ethiopia, OP, but if Hell went to war with an Islamic state, I'd at least make a favorable post about Allah The Devil on Rantburg.
(SomaliNet) Troops from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the self breakaway republic of Somaliland engaged in armed confrontation in Dahar settlement of Sanaag region in north of Somalia, reports say on Monday. The cause of the latest clashes is not yet clear but sources say that the fighting sparked after Puntland parliament speaker paid a visit in the controversial state of Sanag.
The two regional governments have a long history of land dispute over two regions: Sool and Sanaag which each authority claims ownership. There is no immediate casualty on the fighting. Both sides are bringing additional troops to Dahar where the fighting began this time. Somaliland and Puntland are calmer for the moment than southern parts of Somalia.
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Somaliland has a competent military and a seasoned commander. I'm not sure about Puntland. Somaliland has also been getting some under-the-table assistance from the US Army Special Forces in Djibouti. Puntland may be making a huge mistake if they initiated hostilities.
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Casablanca, 10 April (AKI) - Two people died on Tuesday in an anti-terror police operation in Casablanca, Morocco, reports say. According to Moroccan police quoted by Arabic satellite television al-Arabiya, an alleged militant died after he blew himself up at an internet cafe in the al-Fida neighbourhood. A second man died shortly afterwards in a gun fire clash with the police who claim the two were would-be suicide bombers awaiting orders on their target and that they died when police tried to arrest them.
Hummm, that sounds awfully familar
What upazaila was that again?
On 12 March, an alleged would-be suicide bomber is believed to have died when he detonated the explosives belt he was wearing to prevent the police from arresting him at an internet cafe in Casablanca's Sidi Moumen neighbourhood as he was awaiting with an accomplice orders via the internet on which target to strike.
I wonder if this is the Moroccan version of a "crossfire"?
Reports on Tuesday said Casablanca was on high alert and that police had set up many road blocks.
Last month's bombing occurred in the Sidi Moumen neighborhood, home of the suicide bombers who killed 45 people in Casablanca in May 2003, including the 12 suicide bombers.
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an alleged militant died after he blew himself up at an internet cafe
Rick's gone wifi?
Reports on Tuesday said Casablanca was on high alert and that police had set up many road blocks.
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Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.
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The first set of losers were go for launch when they went to the internet cafe to receive the final instructions on where they were to deploy. The owner knew they were up to something and wouldn't let them log on... kaboom. The splodeydope got the tweezers and baggie treatment, the accomplice got a all expenses paid date with the number seven truncheon and they broke open a huge can of slimy shahid worms.
This second set of losers...well, I'm sure that was just a coincidence.
Alleged Islamic militants leapt out of woods and opened fire on a military patrol in northwestern Algeria, triggering a gunbattle that left nine soldiers and six attackers dead, security forces said Sunday.
The army called in helicopters and armored vehicles for the clash with a group of about 30 to 40 militants, who opened fire Saturday on the patrol conducting an anti-insurgency sweep near the town of Ben Allal some 250 kilometers west of the capital, Algiers, witnesses and local security officials said.
The gunfire in the Zaccar forest could be heard into Sunday morning, witnesses said by telephone. Some political observers have said Islamic militants could be looking to step up violence against government forces in an effort to disrupt Algerias legislative elections on May 17.
It was the largest reported single casualty toll among government forces since Islamist guerrillas killed at least seven troops in November 2006 in the Bouira region east of the capital Algiers. Government troops, backed by helicopters, were searching for the attackers, estimated at 50 militants, Liberte said.
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A man has admitted to spraying gasoline on worshippers at a Yemeni mosque before setting them on fire, the official Saba news agency said on Monday. Amran district security chief Fathoul al-Qusi told the agency that Ahmad al-Shoumi confessed to the crime after he was detained and questioned. Thirty people were wounded, eight of them seriously, in the attack during Muslim Friday prayers at the mosque in Amran some 60 kilometers north of the capital Sanaa. The agency said Shoumi tended to the injured after the attack and that he would undergo psychiatric tests to assess his mental state.
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He was on a mission from God. I find the idea of psychiatric exam suspect. When a father kills his daughter or female relative because he suspects them of being with a unrelated man; he is sent for a psychiatric man afterwards too. These people are nuts.
Yemen said on Monday 25 soldiers and some 20 Shi'ite rebels had been killed over the past five days in sporadic clashes, raising the toll to about 315 rebels and 157 soldiers since January. About 40 soldiers and 30 rebels were wounded in fighting between government troops and followers of Shi'ite Muslim rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in remote northern mountains over the past week, a government official told Reuters.
The government of the Sunni-dominated Arab state accuses the rebels of seeking to oust its secular administration and install Islamist rule. The rebels say they are defending their villages against what they call government aggression. President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered the army in January to crack down on Houthi and his group, whom the government says preaches violence against the United States.
It was not immediately possible to get comment from Houthi's followers. They say the government's figures for rebel losses are inflated but give no numbers of their own. The official, who wished not to be named, said the state had set up camps to shelter about 10,000 people who fled their homes after the fighting broke out in the northern Saada province. "Thousands of people from the region where the confrontations are taking place have left," the official said.
Saleh has rejected talks with the rebels. The government has urged them to turn in their weapons, pledging they would not be detained.
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CHAPAINAWABGANJ, April 8 (BSS): Two alleged arms traders were killed in an encounter with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Chapainawabganj Saturday.
No, I won't try to pronounce that
RAB-5 sources said acting on a secret information, members of the force raided a mango orchard at Lalapara in Moharajpur union under Sadar Upazila.
Operation Mango Tango
Sensing the presence of the RAB personnel,
"Sniff, I smell coppers! Open fire boys!"
the group of arms traders opened fire at them. At this, RAB members retaliated resulting in a brief gunfight.
"BANG! BANG! Ok, that's it. Who brought the doughnuts?"
The arms traders -- Sajjad and Towfiq of Rashiknagar under Nayalabhanga union of Shibganj Upazila received bullets behind the ear during the encounter and died on the spot.
"They're both dead, Jim!"
The others managed to flee the scene leaving huge arms.
How huge?
The RAB members, later, recovered two revolvers, two one shooter gun, one shutter gun and a number of bullets from the spot, the sources said.
That's it? I've got more than that under my bed
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The others managed to flee the scene leaving huge arms.
They should be easy to find: look for men with huge bloodied stumps.
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In the opening sentence, it's "alleged arms traders," but apparently they were tried & convicted by the second mention because from that point on they're just "arms traders".
Detained former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu has been sued yet again for unleashing the militants of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and his own goons for torturing scores of people to avenge his nephew's murder. Torture victim Selim Reza of Ramsa Kajipur, also the home village of Dulu, filed the case on Sunday night with Natore Sadar police station also accusing 21 others.
Dulu surrendered to a Dhaka court on February 20 and now facing a total of 16 cases including six for his alleged links with militancy. Among the other accused, Abdul Quddus Mondol, an alleged militant, and Dulu's associate Ward Commissioner Sadrul Islam Dumbell were arrested a few weeks ago. "Sadrul Islam Dumbell"? I swear to Gawd, I did not make that up.
Dulu's goons Dalim, Dollar, Lion, Saiful, Tutul, W, Minu, Malek, Babu, Golap, Dewan Shahin, Babul Chowdhury, Mostafizur Rahman Shahin, Sohel and alleged militants Abdur Razzak Shah, Amzad, Kawsar, Hazraat Ali, Makbul Master and Ataur Rahman were also accused in the case.
The plaintiff alleged in his case that Dulu's nephew Sabbir Ahmed Gama was killed on February 7, 2004 and in retaliation Dulu let loose the militants of JMB along with his own squad of goons to torture and harass his own and his family's political and social rivals. In the morning of April 18, 2004 about 70 to 80 militants equipped with firearms and sharp weapons, and led by recently executed second in command of JMB Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai entered Natore town via Station Bazar on motorcycles, micro-buses and trucks. They gathered at Dulu's Alaipur home where the former BNP lawmaker had a meeting with Bangla Bhai. Local BNP leaders and senior police officials were also present there during the 30 to 40 minutes meeting, the plaintiff alleged. In the meeting, Bangla Bhai promised Dulu that he would avenge the murder of Gama. "Yes! We will have Dire Revenge™! It is our Legitimate Right™!"
Later Dulu and Bangla Bhai openly addressed the militants in front of Dulu's home and told them that they would start from that day operations against 'outlaws', for which Dulu would provide all types of support. Then Bangla Bhai and his men went to Naldanga in Natore and started the torture operation setting up a camp for the purpose at Akkelpur Bot Tola of Ramsa Kajipur. Several hundred people including Mohidul Khan, Saiful, Shahidul, Dulal, Abdus Sattar and Abdul Mazid were abducted and tortured there with pepper mixed hot water and pins, Selim alleged.
Armed goons of Dulu allegedly kidnapped Selim from the old bus stand in Natore town on April 16, 2006 and took him to a field behind the local PDB office. They beat him up and continued torturing him by shoving burning cigarettes into his nostrils. They also inquired about Selim's father Jahirul Haq Shah and his brothers Sazzad and Sohag who had been 'intentionally' accused in Gama murder case, the plaintiff alleged. At one stage of the torture, Dewan Shahin made a phone call to Dulu sitting on Selim's chest and asked for his instructions about the prisoner. After the phone call, the alleged torturers demanded Tk 1 lakh toll from Selim for training JMB militants. Selim paid Tk 32,000 to save his life.
Selim was later handed over to police and implicated in Gama murder case. Selim went to his sister Sathi after being freed on bail following a 7-day stay in jail. Sathi told Selim that she had phoned Dulu after his arrest and the former deputy minister from BNP told her that his men had tortured her brother and handed him over to police.
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Dulu has goons named Dollar, Lion, W and Mostafizur Rahman Shahin. Swear to Gawd, Fred didn't make up that, either.
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The United States, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Poland, Japan and India need to form a new organization for mutual defense, since NATO didn't work so well for the Brits. I'm open for suggestions for names. "Coalition of the Willing" is too sappy. How about "Coalition of Warriors", to distinguish it from the Phrench, Germans, Italians, Spain, etc.?
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The West Australians assumed that death was certain, and each in the secret places of his mind debated how he would go to it. Mate, having said goodbye to mate ... went forward to meet death instantly, running as straight and swiftly as they could at the Turkish rifles. With that regiment went the flower of the youth of Western Australia ...
War Historian C. Bean who was stationed at Gallipoli during WW1
More than a dozen Muslim detainees have launched a new, long-term hunger strike at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to protest against their treatment. The New York Times reported on its website yesterday that the military had responded by subjecting the hunger-striking detainees to daily force-feeding. Lawyers for several hunger strikers said the action had been prompted by harsh conditions at a new maximum-security complex, known as Camp 6, where about 160 prisoners had been moved since December, according to the report.
The 13 detainees now striking form the largest group to endure the force-feeding regimen on an extended basis since early 2006, when the military broke a long-running strike with a new policy of strapping prisoners into restraint chairs while they were fed by plastic tubes inserted through their nostrils, the paper said.
The hunger strikers were now monitored so closely the detainees had virtually no chance to starve themselves, according to The Times. "We don't have any rights here, even after your Supreme Court said we had rights," one hunger striker, Majid al-Joudi, is quoted as telling a military physician, according to medical records released recently under a federal court order. "If the policy does not change, you will see a big increase in fasting."
Newly released Pentagon documents show that during earlier hunger strikes, before the use of restraint chairs, some detainees suffered sharp weight losses. A handful of those prisoners lost more than 13kg in weeks, according to the report. By comparison, the current hunger strike -- in which 12 of the 13 were being force-fed as of Friday -- seems almost symbolic. Medical records for Mr Joudi, a 36-year-old Saudi, show that when he was put in hospital on February 10, he had been fasting for 31 days and had lost more than 15 per cent of his body weight. But by the time he was transferred a few days later to a "feeding block" where hardcore hunger strikers are segregated from other prisoners, his condition had stabilised and his weight was nearly back to its ideal level for a man his size, The Times reported.
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"The hunger strikers were now monitored so closely the detainees had virtually no chance to starve themselves" -- they must be getting weighed daily. Oh, the horror, the horror!
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Under international law, what percentage can legally be executed after a summary trial? Most? Few? Anyone traveling with AQ or the Taliban or the Brave Minutmen In Iraq™ is obviously an illegal combatant. Do we have very many people that were simply arrested (more a law-enforcement model)?
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The stupid lawyers would be the first to complain that Bush killed them if they did in fact die.
I vote that we release them to live in their lawyers' homes.
JAMMU: Six unarmed people were killed by troops in Indian-occupied Kashmir Sunday as they attempted to cross a ceasefire border into the Azad Kashmir, a military spokesman said.
They were crossing the Line of Control in Ranbir Singh sector of Jammu. The troops fired at them when they did not stop despite a warning, Indias Border Security Force spokesman Prem Singh told AFP. Singh said the troops suspected the six were Islamic militants but added that the victims had not yet been identified
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Abdul: I've got an idea. Lets get drunk and cross the LOC.
Rashid: Isn't there a fence? And a lot of men with guns?
Abdul: Don't worry. They're spineless hindus. Just a bunch of dirty kaffirs. Brave muslim lads like us can't be harmed. My madrassa teacher told me that.
Pervez: Mullah Mohammed? He's a real bright fellow. If he says its ok, then we'll be fine.
Rashid: I remember Mullah Mohammed. He used to fondle my privates.
Abdul: We said we'll never talk about those things again Rashid.
Rashid: Sorry.
Pervez: Lets go. Just a nice stroll across the LOC.
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six is a start....
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Local Taliban have given a 15-day deadline to operators of vulgarity dens to end their businesses or face action, a Bannu-based security official, asking not to be named, told Daily Times on Monday. He said the Taliban had also announced they would enforce Sharia in Bannu and wage war against the government if it tried to stop them. He said the decision was taken at a meeting of local Taliban commanders attended by Abu Muhammad, Mufti Farooq, Commander Barkat and Maulvi Attaullah and presided over by the Talibans Bannu chief Mufti Abu Hamza at an undisclosed location. Daily Times made repeated attempts to contact the Bannu DPO, but he was unavailable. The DPO had recently stated local police were backing the Taliban in eliminating social crimes peacefully.
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What the heck is a "Vulgarity Den"? Hair Salon, Movie House, Ice Cream Shop?
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I don't know what it is but I might like to have one...
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CG8146 - all of the above, plus video rentals, music shops, barber shops, and anything else that might possibly lead to pleasure. The Taliban are more stodgy than the pilgrims ever were.
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KOHAT: A barbers shop in Darra Adam Khel was blown up here on Monday, after Taliban militants had warned barbers not to shave mens beards because it was un-Islamic. Travellers from the area say that an explosive device had been placed at the shop in Akhorwal Market in the town. The blast damaged the shop, but no one was hurt. Pro-Taliban militants have been distributing pamphlets in towns of the NWFP and the tribal areas, warning barbers against shaving beards.
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Sectarian clashes spread from here to more areas of Kurram Agency on Monday, as 21 Shia and Sunni Muslims were confirmed dead since the violence erupted on April 6, officials and residents said on Monday. A Levies soldier was killed when a mortar shell hit the Alizai tehsil headquarters building. Hospital sources and administration officials put the death toll at 21, while close to 200 people were reported injured.
Clashes continued in surrounding areas of Parachinar city, which is quiet at the moment, said a senior security official. Fighting was reported in the Pewar, Teri Mengal, Alizai, Sada, Balezkhel, Karma and Parachamkani areas, the official said. Political Agent Sahibzada Anees told reporters that he would use force in areas where tribal elders could not broker a ceasefire. Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Hamid Khan promised security to the residents of Kurram Agency during a visit to the area.
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Four security personnel were killed and two others injured in a remote control bomb blast in the Marri tribal area while supply of gas to several parts of Mustung district was disrupted after a gas pipeline was blown up by unidentified attackers on Monday night. In a separate incident, security forces shelled remote parts of central Balochistan during a search operation for suspected insurgents.
Dani Baksh Magasi, a journalist, said the blast occurred when a security convoy was moving from Sibi district to Kohlu. Two of the dead have been identified as Asghar and Ali.
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the blast, saying the incident was meant to avenge the killings of innocent Baloch by the security forces. Mirak Baloch, a BLA spokesman said, The blast occurred in the Thatrani area and killed 14 personnel. The BLA also carried out another assault on a truck in a Marri tribal area which killed more people and injured many more, he said. Mondays aerial bombardment clearly indicates the governments anti-Baloch designs, Kachkol Ali Baloch, Balochistans opposition leader, told Daily Times. Balochistan government spokesman Raziq Bugti said reports of bombardment in Mustung were baseless rumours.
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A tribal army cleared the town of Azam Warsak in South Waziristan of Uzbek militants and claimed victory in their three-week fight against the militants linked to Al Qaeda, on Monday. With Gods help, we have forced Qari Tahir Khan and his supporters to flee, Mullah Owais Hanafi, a spokesman for the tribal army led by Maulvi Nazir, said in a statement. Qari Tahir Khan is a local name for Tahir Yuldashev, leader of the outlawed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. By (Monday) mid-day, the tribal army reached the centre of Azam Warsak to hoist a white flag signifying the return of peace and Uzbek militants left the area long before our mujahideens arrival, Hanafi said.
The tribal army, or lashkar, backed by most Ahmedzai Wazir tribes, launched attacks against the Uzbek militants on March 19 and pushed them out of Wana, Kaloosha, Sheen Warsak and Jaghunda. Sources close to Maulvi Nazir said the Uzbeks were probably headed for North Waziristan. The whereabouts of pro-Uzbek Wazir militant commanders Haji Omar, Noor Islam, Javed Karmazkhel and Maulvi Abbas were not known. Some tribal elders said they had gone underground.
The government says around 250 Uzbeks and 50 tribal militants have been killed in the clashes. Mullah Owais described Yuldashev as an agent of the CIA and Afghan intelligence who was responsible for barbaric injustices against his hosts, including the murders of some 200 pro-government tribal elders since 2005. He denied that the federal government was helping the tribesmen. We have no business with the government, nor are we its supporters, he said.
Agencies add: The lashkar found the bodies of eight foreigners killed in the battle to take Azam Warsak overnight, AFP reported. A local administration official said the tribal fighters were now carrying out house-to-house searches for militants and securing other areas. A police van on its way from Tank to Dera Ismail Khan was caught in a remote-controlled bomb explosion close to Ranwala, but no one was hurt, SANA reported.
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Any bets on how soon until the tribals take notice of the next lot of obnoxious foreigners, now that they've had so much healthy exercise playing with the Uzbeks? I find it hard to believe the Arabs are less arrogant, local wives or not.
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(AKI/DAWN)Hussainzada said the Uzbek militants were on the retreat and the tribal volunteers were trying to chase them out of Ziarah Leetha on the border with Afghanistan. An official, requesting not to be named, said the retreating Uzbeks had snatched weapons from a camp operated by the Hezb-i-Islami of Gulbuddin Hikmatyar in Azam Warsak.
That our boy Hek? Well, it's not like he was using them shooting irons.
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I saw one female around 5:15 minutes, Eric, squatting outside the shop doorway, swathed in heavy purple fabric until only her eyes and nose showed. I didn't notice any others in the shops or on that street. But then it's terribly unfeminine for a nice Muslim girl to defend herself -- because nice girls never go out. Whether a Western woman could walk down the street and go into a shop to buy an adorable little rocket propelled grenade launcher thingy is another question. After all, the host of this little video had his own hired militia to keep from getting kidnapped or his throat slit. Such lovely people.
According to Iraqi government figures released April 1, the average daily death toll in Iraq for March was less than 4% more than in February, despite the military crackdown in Baghdad. Good news that it wasn't more; bad news it's not lower, yet.
Insurgent Tied to Extremist Groups Captured:
Iraqi and Coalition Forces (CF) captured a suspected insurgent tied to Explosively-Formed Projectile (EFP) facilitation networks during a joint operation March 30 while targeting anti-Iraqi forces in Sadr City. The suspect is allegedly involved with several violent extremist groups responsible for attacks against the Iraqi people and CF, as well as facilitating the movement of EFPs into Iraq.
Ambassador Khalilzad Optimistic About Iraqs Future:
Speaking to reporters in Baghdad March 26, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said that he was optimistic about Iraqs future, in part due to the early success of Operation Imposing the Law (Fardh al-Qanun) and the improved performance of Iraqi soldiers and police, among other factors.
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are performing better and they are doing better in terms of carrying their share of the burden, Ambassador Khalilzad said. He also pointed out that Iraqis seem to appreciate the presence of their soldiers and police on the streets to help effect stability, noting that citizen-provided tips about insurgent activity have been flowing in steadily.
House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Listens to Panelists:
At its first open hearing March 28, the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee listened to outside perspectives on the transition of responsibility for security to ISF. Though differing in areas of emphasis, all four panelists insisted that ISF will in no way be prepared to assume primary security responsibility by January 2008.
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Zubaie Released from Hospital after Attack:
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubaie was discharged April 3 from a hospital in Jordan where he was treated after an assassination attempt last month by a group linked to al-Qaida, the Iraqi ambassador to Jordan said.
Zubaie told Dubai-based al-Arabiya television April 3 that his attackers seek to keep Iraq in a whirlpool of violence, but that Baghdad's leadership will confront these dirty terrorism groups that want chaos and sedition to spread among Iraqis.
General McCaffrey Reports Growing Sunni Opposition to AQI:
A report by retired General Barry McCaffrey claims there is growing Sunni tribal opposition to al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) and unmistakable evidence that the western Sunni tribes are increasingly convinced that they blundered badly by sitting out the January 2005 elections. He also says there is now active combat between Sunni tribal leadership and AQI terrorists, as well as evidence that the Sunni tribes are now supplying their young men as drafts for the Iraqi police.
During the week of March 29-April 4 electricity availability averaged 6.9 hours per day in Baghdad and 12.4 hours nationwide. Electricity output for the week was 4% above the same period in 2006. Months ago, the MSM reported two hours a day in Baghdad. I've missed all the more recent tallies.
Death Penalty Sought for Chemical Ali:
On April 2, prosecutors sought the death penalty for Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Husseins cousin and infamously known as Chemical Ali, for his use of poison gas against Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s.
Majid is on trial with five other former senior Baath party officials for their roles in the 1988 Anfal campaign against ethnic Kurds that killed up to 180,000 people. During Anfal, thousands of villages declared prohibited areas were razed and bombed as part of a scorched-earth campaign. Majid admitted during the trial he ordered troops to execute all Kurds who ignored orders to leave their villages, but said he had nothing to apologize for.
Former MoI Official Undergoes First Investigative Hearing:
The first sitting of the Central Criminal Court of Iraq at Rusafa occurred in Baghdads new Rule of Law Green Zone April 2. The Vice President of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashemi,
Deputy Minister of Justice, Bosho Ibrahim Ali, and Chief Justice Medhat Mahmud were at the court when Ministry of Interior official, Captain Ali Abed Jasem Warid, underwent his first investigative hearing regarding allegations against him relating to the torture of prisoners in Baghdads notorious Site 4 detention facility.
UNHCR Plans to Expand Mission in Iraq:
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated he plans to strengthen the international presence in Baghdad of the UNHCR, increase its activities in the country, and has urged the Iraqi government to lead a world effort to lessen the humanitarian crisis in the country.
UNAMI Organizes Workshop for Iraqi Governates:
The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), with the support of the UN Office for Project Services and the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, organized a workshop with the Governors and the Chairpersons of the Provincial Councils of Iraqs 18 governorates.
Japan Extends Commitment for Two More Years:
The Japanese government said they will expand their Iraq Special Measures law for two years, allowing Japanese Air Self-Defense forces to continue to operate in support of UN and Coalition missions in Iraq.
This just in - Sadr Delivers Statement:
In a statement delivered March 30, Muqtada al-Sadr said the invasion of Iraq had burdened the country with violence and poverty. Sadr also urged Iraqis to protest in Najaf April 9 to mark the four year anniversary of when American troops entered Baghdad in 2003.
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from the Corner at NRO: After replacing the S-series Iraqi passports with the new, harder-to-counterfeit G-series passports, the Iraqi government has been forced to cancel these after the head of the passport office allegedly gave 700 to Iranian intelligence. Britain and the U.S. are still accepting G-passports, but no other countries are and it is impossible to travel to either without transit elsewhere.
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I hate editing Omar, because he's actually reporting news, you know, but it's a long piece.
Unlike yesterday today began with an acute escalation in central Baghdad, particularly in al-Fadh and Sheik Omar districts where an American helicopter was hit around 9:30 this morning with ground fire and crashed near an old cemetery in the area, the Baghdad reporter of al-Arabiya first mentioned. There are also conflicting reports that another helicopter got hit but survived the attack.
During the morning more US and Iraqi forces rushed into the scene and cordoned the area while two f-18 fighter jets and some Apache gunships patrolled above. The fighter jets withdrew after a while.
The fighting became more intense and at around 11 am several explosions were heard in the area but the cause remained unknown.
At around noon firefights erupted in the area and the sound of heavy machineguns was heard and from my rooftop I could see Apache helicopters engage at least one target with 30mm canon fire and perhaps small rockets, I couldn't be sure because the sounds were overlapping but zooming in through the finder of my camera I saw lines of smoke behind the patrolling Apaches and seconds later I could hear the sounds.
At 1 in the afternoon the fighter jets returned to the scene but this time only one f-16.
The tension and occasional clashes spread to involve a wide area in the center of eastern Baghdad including parts of Bab al-Mua'dam and al-Kasra.
Between 2 and 3 pm a few more explosions were heard and there was more heavy machinegun fire but now the situation has calmed down. At 5:20 it seems quiet from my place.
Sadr's militias always employ the "hide your weapons" approach to end the crises they start each time they are confronted with overwhelming force from the US and Iraqi military.
Anyway, this might not work our perfectly for them this time in Diwaniya because the troops entered the city with the intent to strike the militia hard and capture its leaders.
A relative who lives there with whom I spoke on the phone last night said the troops are conducting raids on specific targets, aimed at capturing elements identified on a wanted list.
The commander of the 8th IA division in charge of the area was obviously suspicious of the demonstrations organized by the Sadrists in nearby Najaf so he made clear last night on TV that no marchers from other cities would be allowed to enter Diwaniya.
Speaking of the Sadrists' pitiful demonstrations. His aides were hoping to gather a million marchers for yesterday but all they could manage were less than ten thousands, that's even when they bussed people from Baghdad and Basra.
The Arabic-speaking al-Alam Iranian channel claims the number was "hundreds of thousands" but that's just al-Alam, other channels and the footage we saw all put the number between 5 and 10 thousand.
I had personally been to a demonstration of 10 thousands once and what I saw yesterday was definitely smaller.
Flying Iraqi flags in large numbers is another exposed cheap trick combining methods from both Hezbollah and Saddam.
On the other hand the way the flags were gathered is a trademark of the Ba'ath work; the flags that were carried during the demonstration as well as the flags that were seen hanging on walls in Baghdad were not donated by NGO's, nor bought with Sadr's money.
Elements of the Mehdi army paid visits to hundreds of shops and stores in several neighborhoods in Baghdad and "asked" the owners for money to buy flags; 6,000 dinars ($5) from stores on main streets and 2,000 dinars from stores in the alleys. This is exactly what the Ba'ath thugs used to do; using intimidation to steal hard-earned money from hardworking Iraqis to decorate their false demonstrations with posters and portraits.
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That last paragraph is one of those interesting little details the MSM won't report.
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Why should they Mike. Pretty much the same concept strong arming people in to unions so that their 'contributions' end up in the Donk party coffers directly or indirectly whether they support the political agenda of the Donks or not.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by attack helicopters fought gunmen in Baghdad on Tuesday, witnesses said, in what appeared to be the heaviest battle in the capital since a security crackdown was launched in February.
Two witnesses in Baghdad said they saw U.S. helicopters fire on buildings where gunmen had holed up in the Sunni stronghold of Fadhil. Police and witnesses said there had been casualties.
The U.S. military said there was an operation in the area and that an Apache attack helicopter had been hit by small arms fire. It returned to base.
Abu Omar, a local journalist and resident in Fadhil, said the operation by U.S. and Iraqi troops started before dawn. He said he saw helicopters rocket several buildings while gunmen armed with belt-fed machine guns roamed the streets.
Another resident also said he saw U.S. helicopters firing at buildings. One flew off trailing smoke, he said.
Both said fighting now appeared to have shifted out of Fadhil into neighboring Sheikh Omar, an industrial area, and Bab al-Muadham district. Many shops in the area had closed.
I read and edit, so you don't have to. Surprising level of detail in this al Reuters report. I guess it's because it is in Baghdad and things there have been relatively controlled lately, allowing reporters to leave the bar and actually report.
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if the fighting is shifting from a residential area to an industrial area, that has to be good for our side, since theres less chance of collateral damage to civilians (presumably the workers have gone home) and so our guys can use heavy firepower more easily.
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Any time they come out and fight straight up is good for us. It isn't done often because even Johnny Jihadi, stupid bastard that he is, has learned that taking Americans on directly is basically committing suicide.
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Industrial is better for some weapons, but then you run into the problem of creating more cover for the bad guys from the rubble. Either way, MOUT fighting sucks.
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Northeast of Baghdad, a woman suicide bomber strapped with explosives under an Islamic gown killed 17 recruits outside a police station in the town of Muqdadiya, police officials said.
1) SplodyDopess
2) BurkaBoomer
3) SheBamiIslami
/G'Damn her soul, her brothers and the camel goat they rode in on.
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One cardinal principle of situations like this is that the objective should be to kill/detain every single bad guy - absolute elimination of the particular enemy element. The operation should not end at sunset, or during the night, or at the next sunrise - it should end when we've determined that every single varmint is accounted for. And this assumes we cordon a substantial area around the action (yes, even as it shifts, if it does, from area to area, as in this case). No sleep for hajji - or anyone else in the area - until we're satisfied. I don't care if the IA units can't keep up under all circumstances, or need to take a break. The operation goes on, relentlessly.
And that's just the kinetic part. The follow-up is key. Which would include detaining everybody who's even slightly suspicious in the area where it all started - uh, how exactly did these guys get there? Where did they sleep the night before? Where were there weapons stored? Who are there relatives in the area? Every one of those questions should be answered, and every household and person associated with the enemy should be dealt with (as appropriate, houses seized/razed, MAMs detained, families packed off to relatives or given access to humanitarian aid rations).
Now, of course, this might actually upset some people, and lead to typical negative hit pieces from the wire services, and delay the full assumption of security duties by the Iraqi forces by 17 minutes - and, meanwhile, defeat the enemy .... decisively.
I yearn to be educated by someone with the actual training and experience to explain to me why in the hell this isn't the approach taken. Anything but a decisive approach makes no sense to me - or, I think, to Iraqis who want action and results.
A basic problem seems to be a failure to understand our comparative advantage here. Our comparative advantage in Iraq is our power, not our smarts. We're immeasurably more powerful than the enemy, but not much smarter, if at all. Yet we endlessly search for "smarter" ways to win, squandering our vast comparative power advantage.
We'd have done future generations of Germans and Japanese, and our relations with them, no favors by being "smarter" and using more finesse in WWII. Our ruthlessness saved countless lives. In the paranoid and unworldly Arab context, we're actively undermining our current and future prospects by naively attempting to fight a war without warfare.
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Verlaine, I'd say the biggest problem about doing the non-kinetic stuff is a manpower issue. Assuming you cordon off a 2km radius area thats about 12 sq. km you gotta cover of houses and people with X number of personel. Anything larger gets really nasty in terms of surface area that needs to be covered. Mind you from my understanding is that something similar to what you suggested is already being done, just that all that info is being gathered into databases and slowly we're picking apart networks.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq - A coalition helicopter engaged insurgents with machine gun and missile fire after positively identifying them following an attack on Multi-National Division - Baghdad troops south of Baghdad April 8.
Helizap!
Paratroopers from Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment observed six insurgents personnel carrying weapons northeast of Mahmudiyah, Iraq. The insurgents engaged the paratroopers and a convoy of trucks on a nearby highway with gun fire.
The insurgents ran away fled to a nearby house after engaging the paratroopers, and an attack helicopter was called in for assistance. After positive identification of the insurgents, the helicopter fired on the house. and killed the Easter Bunny, plus several baby chicks.
Five insurgents were seen fleeing the house, and the attack helicopter engaged them again Following the attack, paratroopers on the ground searched the house and the surrounding grounds, finding three insurgent trucks destroyed. One individual was detained near the house. He reported that possibly five insurgents had been killed and three more wounded. The detainee was held for further questioning. By the US or the Iraqis? His own sect or a different one? May make no difference in what answers are obtained, but quite a lot of difference on his ability to walk and participate in future actions.
For as yet unknown reasons, a massive Hamas terror attack intended to take place in the Tel Aviv area during the Passover Seder was averted. A similar attack five years ago killed 30 people in Netanya and triggered the IDF's Operation Defensive Shield.
The General Security Service (Shabak) released the news of the near-attack while announcing that it had arrested 19 Hamas terrorists in Kalkilye who were involved with this and other planned attacks.
The Shabak said that a Hamas terrorist had successfully entered the Greater Tel Aviv area in a car laden with 100 kg. (220 lbs.) of explosives before Passover. Besides the explosives, it contained large amounts of shrapnel material, intended to maximize carnage. For reasons that are not yet known, the attack was not carried out and the terrorist drove the car back to Kalkilye, from where it had come. The car exploded in Kalkilyeh, in what the Shabak says was a 'work accident.'
Some reports say the suicide terrorist simply "changed his mind."
The would-be suicide terrorist was able to drive the car into Tel Aviv with the help of his Israeli ID card, which he received as a result of his marriage (or his father's, according to some versions) to an Arab-Israeli from Taibeh. The ID made it easy for him to drive past IDF roadblocks from Kalkilye which is under Hamas/Palestinian Authority control into the nearby Tel Aviv area. His vehicle also carried Israel license plates.
Security officials note that Arab terror organizations routinely make use of family ties to Israeli-Arabs in order to facilitate terror attacks.
Kalkilye, east of Raanana, is surrounded by the partition fence on three sides, part of which is a tall concrete wall. PA affairs correspondent Haggai Huberman notes the irony: "While the State of Israel spends billions of shekels on walls and fences, at the same time it issues Palestinian terrorists Israeli ID cars so that the terrorists can turn the wall/fence into a mockery and cross them easily."
Huberman adds that the Shabak has admitted that Israel's attempt to prevent harm to the fabric of life of the Arabs of Kalkilye and nearby "allows free movement to those with Israeli ID cards, and even those with PA identity cards, in and out of Kalkilye."
"We also see," Huberman noted, "that specifically in Kalkilye, one of the quieter PA cities, Hamas terrorists are now working to carry out major attacks, after spending time building their capabilities to do so. The stage of 'building the force' has passed, and the process is now in the stage of 'carrying out attacks.' Even after the arrest of the 19, attacks are still being planned, including in the immediate short-range."
The Kalkilye Hamas infrastructure was responsible for the massacre of 21 young Israelis outside the Dolphinarium discotheque in June 2001. After a period of dormancy it has now rebuilt itself, according to security officials. The officials say that from November 2006, Hamas has been upgrading its terror abilities in Judea and Samaria, and preparing attacks that can be carried out at short notice. Iran and Syria have been assisting this project.
The Shabak recently carried out numerous arrests among Hamas terrorists in the Kalkilye area, after a period in which the local Hamas cell grew and developed its abilities to carry out attacks. The GSS action was intended to prevent attacks during the Pesach holiday. The results of the interrogations which followed showed that the Hamas terror infrastructure in Kalkilye was working on several attacks simultaneously.
The officials say that Hamas has switched phases from preparation of the attacks to implementation, and is now planning to launch additional attacks
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Attacks during the High Holy Days should be answered with a campaign during Ramadan. It is an element of almost psychotic cruelty to disrupt the most sacred celebrations of a nation. I realize that this is Hamas' precise intent and for that they should be liquidated, one and all.
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What does this say for Israeli-Muslims ? What does it say for 'moderate Muslims' ?
The way I read it, Muslims cannot be trusted. Not with your life, anyway.
Moderate Muslims, why do they hate us ?
Because they're allowed to get away with it. Only when the West begins to ensure that equal or greater numbers of these so-called "moderate" Muslims feel our pain will there be any progress. Moderate Muslims are worthless. They are merely a silent resource pool for global jihad. Only active reformists like Dr. Jasser are worth a damn.
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There is more to this story than meets the eye. Maybe there was no actual attack planned, and it's just Hamas propaganda. Or maybe an attack was averted through some kind of intelligence operation (electronic or humint) and the story is modified to disguise the technique/source.
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Whoever the Israeli Arab was who lent him the identity card, he and his family should be stripped of Israeli citizenship, their assets confiscated, and the entire extended family deported to Gaza. That would encourage the others to think twice before helping murderers.
I'm absolutely amazed there haven't been more Baruch Goldsteins. The muzzies deserve it SO much....
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It wasn't lent, Mac. Either he got it through marriage to an Israeli Arab, or because his father did -- the reporters offered both possibilities. Which makes it simple: either his wife divorces him and he's stripped of his citizenship, or his father disowns him and he's stripped of his citizenship. Or the responsible party chooses to stand by him, in which case the family are stripped of their citizenship and exiled beyond the Wall.
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in Iraq moderate muslims are the victims of the jihadis, more often than not.
liberalhawk, I'm curious as to what sort of connection you might draw between the slaughter of so many Iraqi "moderate Muslims" and the fact that many jihadis, bomb vest murderers in particular, come from "moderate" Muslim homes.
On the one hand these "moderate" Muslims seem unable to avoid the crosshairs of insurgent terrorists, yet on the other, these selfsame moderates also produce many new recruits for global jihad. I find this contradiction to be quite serious in nature and symptomatic of an underlying malaise that, while not readily apparent to the Western eye at least still epitomizes the great gulf between what actual "moderate" Muslims should be and what, in fact, they are.
JERUSALEM Israeli authorities on Tuesday said they have arrested 19 Palestinian militants for planning to set off a huge car bomb in Tel Aviv over the Jewish holiday of Passover. The suspects are all were Hamas members from the West Bank town of Qalqiliya, the Shin Bet security agency said in a statement. The agency said the arrests took place in late March, but details were only cleared for publication on Tuesday, the day after the weeklong holiday ended.
And they've squeezed the last drop of information out of them
Hamas officials in Qalqiliya denied the account and said they were not involved in any plot.
"Lies, all lies!"
Shin Bet said a Palestinian man who apparently intended to blow himself up drove a car packed with 220 pounds of explosives into the Tel Aviv area, then, for reasons not yet clear, returned to Qalqiliya where the car later exploded through a technical malfunction. No one was hurt.
"Hey, Ahmed, that car bomb you built for me is a piece of crap. See, I push the button and nothing.......KABOOM...happens."
The would-be bomber was able to enter Israel unhindered because he has an Israeli Arab stepmother and holds an Israeli identity card, Shin Bet said. It said the car had Israeli license plates.
The Israeli daily Haaretz said the plot was ordered by Hamas renegades in the Gaza Strip who are displeased with the movement's November cease-fire with Israel and its acceptance of the more moderate Fatah movement into a coalition government. "Hamas, the senior member in the new Palestinian government, continues to pursue a terror-laden agenda and refuses to abandon the terror option. The Palestinian government is one to be shunned until it forsakes terror and recognizes Israel," said David Baker, an official in the Israeli prime minister's office.
Palestinian police officials in the town said the 19 suspects weren't connected to any bombing. They said the militants were rounded up at a Hamas ceremony marking the third anniversary of the Israeli assassination of the group's founder, Sheik Ahmed Yassin. Police said the car held less than 2 pounds of explosives and that it was unlikely Hamas was connected because the bomb was so small. However, they said it remained unclear why the car was carrying explosives.
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...returned to Qalqiliya where the car later exploded through a technical malfunction.
...and I'm sure the residents of Qalqiliya were just thrilled to see him come driving back.
"Hey, Mahmoud? Ain't that that car you rigged up to blow up Jews in Tel Aviv?"
Al-Qaeda is operating in the Gaza Strip and previously attempted to assassinate Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other top leaders from Abbas' Fatah party, according to Palestinian security officials.
The officials, associated with Fatah, told WND assassination attempts against Abbas including explosives planted in January along the route of his motorcade and reportedly intended for detonation while he was on its way to a meeting in Gaza and explosives found buried near his Gaza residence were attributed to al-Qaeda cells in the Gaza Strip and to groups in Gaza working on behalf of the global jihad organization.
The Palestinian security officials said attempted assassinations of other top Fatah officials also were blamed on al-Qaeda, including the planting of explosives in a network of tunnels in Gaza in January that officials said were meant to kill Fatah's Gaza strongman Mahmoud Dahlan. At the time the explosives were discovered, Fatah blamed rival Hamas for the attempted bombings. The security officials told said Abbas' Force 17 presidential guard units were in the process of undergoing advanced training to deal with the al-Qaeda threats.
They noted the increased activity of groups in the Gaza Strip claiming to work on behalf on al-Qaeda, pointing to recent attacks in Gaza against secular music stores, Internet cafes and a pool hall in which groups that state they work for al-Qaeda have claimed responsibility.
In October, a video of a masked terrorist claiming to represent "al-Qaeda in Palestine" was posted on the Internet threatening attacks against "those who blaspheme Islam, including "secular" Fatah officials. Statements made in the video also took credit for the assassination two weeks prior of Jad Tayeh, director of foreign relations for Fatah's General Security Services.
Last May, the al-Quds Islamic Army, a group claiming to work on behalf of al-Qaeda, distributed pamphlets in Gaza announcing it had set up shop in the Palestinian territories and would target Americans and "Zionists."
Also in May, Egypt announced terrorists who carried out a deadly triple-bomb attack in April in the Sinai resort town of Dahab trained for the operation in the Gaza Strip with local Palestinians. They said Gaza-based terrorists helped finance the attack, which was widely blamed on al-Qaeda.
In April, a new purported group, the Army of Islam, which claims to speak for al-Qaeda, announced an al-Qaeda leader as important as Osama bin Laden would soon reveal himself in the West Bank and Gaza and orchestrate local and global jihad from the areas.
In March 2006, Abbas became the first Palestinian leader to admit al-Qaeda infiltrated Gaza after Israel's withdrawal from the territory in the summer of 2005. "We have indications about a presence of al-Qaeda in Gaza and the (West) Bank. This is intelligence information. We have not yet reached the point of arrests," Abbas said, after months of denying the global jihad group was able to infiltrate Palestinian territory.
Reuven Erlich, director of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at Israel's Center for Special Studies, stressed the common ideological links between al-Qaeda and Hamas, which heads the PA government in a unity deal with Fatah. The link, Erlich said, can be emphasized through Palestinian cleric Abdullah Azzam, who was al-Qaeda's ideologue and, until his death, Osama bin Laden's spiritual mentor.
"We found Azzam's picture on Hamas posters from Gaza and a lot of Hamas material," Erlich told WND. "Azzam's portrait in materials reveal that he is perceived by Hamas as one of the four 'outstanding figures' of the Islamic 'struggle' in Palestine and around the world."
A deadly attack on a pickup truck was the second time in less than a month that students have been the specific targets of an attack in the restive South.
Gunmen sprayed bullets at a pickup truck carrying students and other passengers returning from a funeral in Bannang Sata district of Yala province yesterday, killing three passengers and wounding seven. It was the second such attack in a month. On March 17, attackers fired on and threw grenades at students from Bamrungsart ponoh school in Songkhla's Saba Yoi district, killing three of them. Villagers subsequently held a large protest rally as they suspected the authorities were behind the attack.
Yesterday, the vehicle carrying students from Ba Cho Islam Witthaya school and Bannang Sata mosque was attacked about 5pm near a roadside checkpoint. The passengers were returning from funeral prayers for Bueraheng Gunna, head of the Khuen Bang Lang tambon administration organisation, who had been killed only six hours earlier. The three who died in the attack were identified by district police as Saibudin Balataya, 25, Assan Totayong, 25, and Masudee Alimana, 12.
In the 11am attack, tambon headman Bueraheng was killed when a 5 kilogramme bomb hidden underneath his pickup truck exploded in Bannang Sata district. The 55-year-old was driving the truck when the bomb was triggered via mobile phone, police said. The only passenger, Maluding Abdulrohman, 37, was seriously injured.
Also yesterday, a roadside bomb went off about 8.10am and injured a private attached to the 14th special task force, who was making a routine patrol in Than To district. The bomb was detonated remotely as Ronachai Charoensuk, 23, and his team walked by.
Shortly afterwards in Raman district, rubber tapper So-lae Ganiseng, 32, was shot dead while at work on a plantation. Police found AK assault rifle cartridge cases at the scene.
Around noon, a gunman with an assault rifle shot and killed a Tah Sab tambon administration organisation technician. Singha Muendej, 31, was found dead inside his sedan in Muang district of Yala. The gunman also left a note threatening to target Buddhist Thais.
Drive-by shooters killed ice-cream vendor Inkam Wongpanya, 35, in Muang district. Another group of insurgents on motorcycles scattered spikes to slow down security forces heading for the scene.
In Narathiwat's Chanae district, gunmen hidden in bushes opened fire on Johlae Joha, 52, who was on his way home on a motorcycle in the early hours of yesterday morning, killing him. He was only 100 metres away from his house.
Singapore is holding 39 people for involvement in terrorism and espionage, the government said Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng told Parliament that the 39 are being held under the Internal Security Act, which allows for arrest without charge and indefinite detention without trial. "They were detained for involvement in terrorism and espionage," Wong said. "A few of the cases have not been publicized. This is because publicity can compromise ongoing operations, or seriously harm national interests."
He said the cases were approved by Cabinet and the president. Answering a separate question, Wong said 10 members of Jemaah Islamiyah remained in detention from arrests in December 2001, when the group allegedly plotted to blow up the U.S. Embassy, a U.S. naval facility and other Western targets in the island nation. Three others were released after cooperating in the investigation and being rehabilitated, Wong said.
He said the 10 had taken part in terrorist training and armed jihad. "Several of them continue to hold on to the core JI belief that Muslims and non-Muslims cannot live in harmony. They also believe in the establishment of an Islamic state through violent means," Wong said. "Rehabilitation, including religious counseling, for these detainees is ongoing. Their cases are regularly reviewed." It was not clear if the 10 Jemaah Islamiyah detainees were included among the 39 held under the Internal Security Act.
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One quarter of them -- or possibly another ten detainees -- detained since December, 2001. Because Singapore allows arrest without charge and indefinite detention without trial. Just like Bush and his Neocons do.
Iran announced a dramatic expansion of its uranium enrichment program on Monday, saying it has begun operating 3,000 centrifuges - nearly 10 times the previously known number - in defiance of UN demands that it halt the program or face increased sanctions. The announcement brought quick condemnation from the United States and Europe. "I proudly announce that as of today Iran is among the countries which produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a gathering at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.
Iran, which announced a year ago it had produced its first tiny batch of enriched uranium, had said it would install 3,000 centrifuges as a first stage toward "industrial-scale" output. Until now, Iran was only known to have 328 centrifuges operating.
Chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted by Mehr News Agency as saying Iran had "reached the capacity of 3,000." Asked if feedstock uranium gas had been injected into them, he told reporters: "Yes, we have injected gas." He did not elaborate if all the centrifuges were working.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that Iran's actions are the reason the UN Security Council and the UN nuclear watchdog "don't believe Iran's assurances that their [nuclear] program is peaceful in nature." The White House said that it was "very concerned" that Tehran had started industrial atomic work.
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You know the situation is not good when even CNN, the former CLINTON NEW NETWORK now CENTRAL[ist] NEWS NETWORK, stops criticizing Dubya for alleged failures and starts demanding stronger UNO actions agz Iran. DARE TO DREAM ITS NO LONGER "DUBYA'S FAULT", AT LEAST FOR A WEEK???
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(SomaliNet) Troops from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the self breakaway republic of Somaliland engaged in armed confrontation in Dahar settlement of Sanaag region in north of Somalia, reports say on Monday. The cause of the latest clashes is not yet clear but sources say that the fighting sparked after Puntland parliament speaker paid a visit in the controversial state of Sanag. 
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, April 8 (BSS): Two alleged arms traders were killed in an encounter with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Chapainawabganj Saturday. 
More than a dozen Muslim detainees have launched a new, long-term hunger strike at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to protest against their treatment. The New York Times reported on its website yesterday that the military had responded by subjecting the hunger-striking detainees to daily force-feeding. Lawyers for several hunger strikers said the action had been prompted by harsh conditions at a new maximum-security complex, known as Camp 6, where about 160 prisoners had been moved since December, according to the report. 
JAMMU: Six unarmed people were killed by troops in Indian-occupied Kashmir Sunday as they attempted to cross a ceasefire border into the Azad Kashmir, a military spokesman said.
A tribal army cleared the town of Azam Warsak in South Waziristan of Uzbek militants and claimed victory in their three-week fight against the militants linked to Al Qaeda, on Monday. With Gods help, we have forced Qari Tahir Khan and his supporters to flee, Mullah Owais Hanafi, a spokesman for the tribal army led by Maulvi Nazir, said in a statement. Qari Tahir Khan is a local name for Tahir Yuldashev, leader of the outlawed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. By (Monday) mid-day, the tribal army reached the centre of Azam Warsak to hoist a white flag signifying the return of peace and Uzbek militants left the area long before our mujahideens arrival, Hanafi said.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq - A coalition helicopter engaged insurgents with machine gun and missile fire after positively identifying them following an attack on Multi-National Division - Baghdad troops south of Baghdad April 8.
Singapore is holding 39 people for involvement in terrorism and espionage, the government said Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng told Parliament that the 39 are being held under the Internal Security Act, which allows for arrest without charge and indefinite detention without trial. "They were detained for involvement in terrorism and espionage," Wong said. "A few of the cases have not been publicized. This is because publicity can compromise ongoing operations, or seriously harm national interests."
Iran announced a dramatic expansion of its uranium enrichment program on Monday, saying it has begun operating 3,000 centrifuges - nearly 10 times the previously known number - in defiance of UN demands that it halt the program or face increased sanctions. The announcement brought quick condemnation from the United States and Europe. "I proudly announce that as of today Iran is among the countries which produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a gathering at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.
