A suicide attacker detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police check post in Afghanistans Khost on Monday, injuring at least five people, officials said. The attacker drove a car into the police post about three kilometres south of Khost, provincial criminal police chief Mohammad Ayob said. Germany fears further attacks on its troops in northern Afghanistan like the one that killed three of its soldiers on May 19, according to a foreign office report seen by a German newspaper.
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(SomaliNet) The authorities in Mogadishu city, the capital of Somalia said Monday the security forces have seized weapons and other explosives devices in a raid carried out in Hodon neighborhood, south of the capital.
The chairman of Hodon district Abdi Muhumad Dhabaney told in a news conference held late today that the districts police forces captured a pick up truck packed with explosives aimed to explode on one of the governments positions in the capital. It was an attempt of suicide bombing aimed at government positions, said Muhumad.
Mr. Muhumad showed the journalists about 40 mortar rounds and other devices allotted for the mission of the foiled blast attempt. The arms were found near Black sea junction in a security raid. He said the plotters escaped soon after their car was stopped.
Must have had them surrounded Saudi-style.
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I believe the phrase "We got em surrounded" over there means, "We got em surrounded on three sides". They just leave off "on three sides" when reporting.
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SRINAGAR, India - Indian troops in Kashmir have shot dead three Islamic terrorists militants along the de facto border with Pakistan and a further three people have been killed by rebels, officials said Monday. The clash along the heavily-militarised and mountainous Line of Control, which occurred on Sunday, came after Indian authorities said they had registered an increase in terrorist militant infiltration attempts as the weather improves and the snows melt.
Police meanwhile said terrorists militants killed three Muslim men, including a policeman and an employee of the Indian armys engineering division, in the south of the divided state.
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UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen has warned that the Middle East could see full-scale war. He said a fresh effort was needed to contain the current violence, or energetic diplomacy to try to bring peace. I prefer lethargic diplomacy. It's what I've become accustomed to.
"The picture which emerges is very dark, and apparently getting darker," he said. I'd say the CRT is shot. Time to move to a flat panel job. "So there are reasons for real concerns in the international community." Why? Does he think the muzzies will win?
Roed-Larsen, the current UN envoy for Lebanon-Syria issues who for many years was the top UN Mideast envoy, said "the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East has changed fundamentally over a few years. A few years ago, as it had been over many, many decades, the centre of gravity for all the conflicts were the Israeli-Arab conflicts. Now, there seems sic to be four epicentres of conflict in the region with their own dynamics, the Iraqi issues, the Iranian issues, the Syrian-Lebanese issues, and of course the heart of hearts, the traditional conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli issue." How about the Kurdish issue, the Chechen issue, the Kosovo issue, the Darfur issue, the Afghan issue, the Paki issue, the Bangla issue, the Indo issue. Hey, maybe this issue really isn't limited to the Middle East!
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A full scale, total war is needed to quickly break the power of the Islamofascist death cults. Trade and contact with the west can do the same job, it just takes a lot of time. Time, I don't think our western leaders will give us.
Damn surrender monkeys.
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Disagree, time is very much on our side. The other side can't win, given than, it's still damn possible we'll lose 10 millions pussy-footing our way to Babylon.
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber struck a major bridge in Iraqs volatile Diyala province on Monday, police said, cutting the span over the Diyala River. Police said they did not know if there were any casualties. The bridge, normally guarded by Georgian troops, links the provincial capital Baquba with villages in the north of Diyala. No other details were immediately available.
Three US soldiers were killed and another six wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a checkpoint near a bridge spanning a major north-south artery south of Baghdad on Sunday. The explosion near Mahmudiya, in the notorious triangle of death area, brought down part of the bridge.
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"And when He had opened the 'FOURTH SEAL,' I heard the voice of the 'Fourth Beast' say, Come. And I looked, and behold a PALE HORSE: and his name that sat on him was DEATH, and HELL (Hades) followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with SWORD..." Revelations 6:7-8
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I wouldn't mind a white pony. I read an article (AP?) that Al Qaeda in Iraq have been concentrating on infrastructure in the past few months, doing their best to isolate Baghdad from the provinces, and one side of the river from the other... since they haven't been terribly successful going after either the hated Western troops or the locals. Key infrastructure apparently being their last shot at winning their war -- the journalist's conclusion, not mine, although I agree.
Suspected Sunni insurgents bombed and badly damaged a span over the main north-south highway leading from Baghdad on Tuesday - the third bridge attack in as many days in an apparent campaign against key transportation arteries. The attack on the bridge occurred six miles south of a bridge brought down on Sunday by what was believed to be a suicide truck bomber. The explosion at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday - not thought to be a suicide bomb - struck a bridge linking the villages of al-Qariya al-Asriyah and al-Rashayed in northern Babil province, 35 miles south of Baghdad.
About 60 percent of the bridge was damaged, but one lane was passable, police said. Debris from the blast fell on the main north-south expressway below, further complicating efforts to reopen that main artery, closed after Sunday's blast dropped masses of concrete onto the roadway.
On Monday, a parked truck bomb destroyed a bridge carrying traffic over the Diyala River in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. There were no casualties, but vehicles were being forced to detour to a road running through al-Qaida-controlled territory to reach important nearby cities. The attacks on the bridges were only the latest in a bid to deepen turmoil in Iraq, especially on the vital transportation network linking Baghdad to the rest of the country. Such bombings - especially suicide attacks - are an al-Qaida trademark and one of the group's many and ever-shifting tactics against U.S. and Iraqi forces.
Earlier this month, a bomb heavily damaged the Sarhat Bridge, a key crossing 90 miles north of the capital on a major road connecting Baghdad with Irbil, Sulaimaniya and other Kurdish cities. In March and April, three of Baghdad's 13 bridges over the Tigris River were bombed. The attacks were blamed on Sunni insurgent or al-Qaida attempts to divide the city's predominantly Shiite east bank from the mostly Sunni western side of the river.
The most serious attack, an April 12 suicide truck bombing, collapsed the landmark Sarafiyah bridge and sent cars plunging into the brown waters of the Tigris. Eleven people were killed.
Paul Kane, a fellow with the International Security Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, said the attacks on bridges are an extension of earlier insurgent attacks on "electric generation sites, infrastructure for water and also the obvious target of oil pipelines." Kane noted that Iraq does not have railroad service so insurgents "may be at the end of the transit list. If anything, it means they're trying to be creative and they're running out of targets."
US military commanders in Iraq are planning a new counterinsurgency strategy to arm Sunni Arabs who have promising to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda, The New York Times reported on its website on Sunday.
Citing unnamed US commanders, the newspaper said the strategy has been successfully tested in Anbar province and US commanders have held talks with Sunni groups in at least four areas of central and north-central Iraq where the insurgency has been the strongest. The US commanders said that in some cases, the Sunni groups are suspected of involvement in past attacks on American troops or of having links to such groups, the report added.
Some of these groups, according to the commanders, have been provided usually through Iraqi military units allied with the US with arms, ammunition, cash, fuel and supplies. Officers, who have engaged in what they call outreach to the Sunni groups, said many of them have had past links to Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia but grew disillusioned with the Islamic militants extremist tactics, particularly the suicide bombings that have killed thousands of Iraqi civilians, the paper said. In exchange for US backing, these Sunni groups have agreed to fight Al Qaeda and halt attacks on US forces, according to The Times.
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Once you've decided not to impose your will - as has been the case since the outset in this case -there are an endless variety of expedient measures you will come up with on the path to either disastrous failure or mediocre semi-success. Not a bad approach in some situations, but not usually in those where you've invested so much blood and treasure, and where the potential payoff from a real success is so great.
The discouraging thing is that the ardor for leverage and finesse and other forms of magic seems even greater among the uniforms than among the civilians. There are no military solutions to military problems - don't forget it.
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Or, maybe, the military realized that their political masters' theories is a pile of sh*t, and the only practical WOT solution is regional destabilization?
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regional destabilization is a very cruel and machiavellian strategy that only assures extended misery and conflict. Long term peace and prosperity can never be achieved by stirring up conflict between people who would get along just fine if organized forces were not at work.
I say that fully understanding the concept that the Koran is basically is a handbook for destabilization. But before AQ, Turkey, Indonesia showed that it was possible for them to begin a reformation.
The only thing that works - and what works in the US is balance of power. Allowing the strong/ambitious/ruthless to claw their way to the top but placed in check by other strong/ambitious/ruthless folks who clawed their way to the top. What makes for peace is including a method for the people to keep the powerful in check. Voting is basically just a revolution without guns.
I think we need to keep our own interests in sight. No nukes in Iran, no terrorist bases or support, oil etc and then to support democracy where we can. We need to do it with a show of force that is not wimpy or unconditional - and then allow the countries to fight their own battles.
Look at Palestine. If they were left alone they would get sick of the infighting. With outside support for democracy instead of chaos, after about one generation their lot would improve. The way it is being done now, this conflict will extend into eternity.
The problem is only Bush, among the world leaders, had the ability to think so long term.
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Look at Palestine. If they were left alone they would get sick of the infighting
You almost had me until there. They are being left alone and now killing each other in increasing number (wherese them damn bouncing yeller smilers?). They'll never get sick of it, they've been bred, educated and paid for killing for 3 generations.
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Shipman - well, you are probably right about the Palestinians. But left to their own devices maybe they would just exterminate themselves.
I think the best thing that happened to the Palestinians was they were allowed to vote - they voted for terrorists and now they get to live with the decision that they, themselves made. Maybe it will help them to make better choices in the future.
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Perhaps you are correct Mister Tojo, but it's gonna take a lot of dead palis to get to the exhausted level. Usually it's around 3% of the general population - pals being hammerheads I figure 5% to 9%, pretty much a general slaughter.
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regional destabilization is a very cruel and machiavellian strategy that only assures extended misery and conflict.
Have you considered the possibility that, much like the current Palestinian festivities, this may be the only way for these psychotically violent cultures to learn how counterproductive Islam is to real progress and industrialization?
Long term peace and prosperity can never be achieved by stirring up conflict between people who would get along just fine if organized forces were not at work.
The point is that these people have NEVER gotten "along just fine" since the advent of Islam. As of now, they've decided to begin killing US in large numbers at the earliest opportunity. In my book, that means destabilizing them to create internal conflict which distracts these thugs from their goal of killing us is a good thing.
I say that fully understanding the concept that the Koran is basically is a handbook for destabilization.
So, in effect, you're saying that what's sauce for their own goose (for both anti-American and internal consumption), is not sauce that we should apply to the Islamic gander? Please explain.
But before AQ, Turkey, Indonesia showed that it was possible for them to begin a reformation.
Turkey and Indonesia are pretty piss poor examples of Islamic "reformation". Both of these countries are sliding, in Indonesia's case voluntarily, into Islamic chaos.
you are probably right about the Palestinians. But left to their own devices maybe they would just exterminate themselves.
And why should this policy not apply to our Islamic enemies wherever they may be? The only mitigating factor in all of this is the narrow time window Western nations have before more MME (Muslim Middle East) countries gain access to nuclear weapons. That one development is what constrains the otherwise useful aspect of letting our enemies slaughter each other.
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Zenster - at one time Catholics and Protestants fought each other. These things take hundreds of years and multiple generations to go away. Regional destablization works in the short term but if stirred up by outside forces - how do the people who live there resolve issues that wouldn't exist if people outside their own country didn't exploit them? It just perpetuates the fighting, hatred and divisions.
I'm not suggesting that we don't fight back or assure that our interests are protected. I'm simply saying that I think that if you want to look to the short term, regional destabilization does work. But in the long term, setting up governments representing the wishes of the people will be the death of Islam. And AQ and the Mullahs know it. The kids don't want to walk around in burlap sacks and not get to listen to their ipods or hold hands. They want to wear cool jeans and have a My Space page. The Koran doesn't allow it. Islam as it once existed is already dead.
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My key interest is not being made part of the Caliphate while waiting for the long term, under threat of nuclear or other terrorist attack. Because the trailing daughters and I won't be given the choice of conversion rather than death; The various jihadi spokesmen have made it very clear that the Jews will be erased from the sight of their god. I realize I'm being a bit hysterical about this, but there it is, I'm afraid.
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These things take hundreds of years and multiple generations to go away.
Watch my lips move ... we don't have the time. Any questions?
regional destabilization does work
You tell what does, besides costly military intervention or massive amounts of irradiated glass.
I realize I'm being a bit hysterical about this, but there it is, I'm afraid.
Dear trailing wife, you are most definitely NOT being hysterical at all. As a rational, thinking non-Muslim American woman, you have every right to be repulsed and horrified by the prospect even the slightest degree of any sort of global caliphate.
Quagmire!
By DIAA HADID
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas gunmen captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, seizing control of a key prize in the bloody power struggle between the sides, Hamas and Fatah officials said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah said Tuesday's fighting amounted to a coup attempt by the Islamic militants.
Hamas attacked the compound with mortars and automatic gunfire, and after several hours of battle, seized control, said Hamas commander Wael al-Shakra. A Fatah security official confirmed the building had been lost. He said at least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded.
Security commanders loyal to Abbas complained they were not given clear orders to fight back at a time when Hamas appeared to be moving forward according to a plan.
Abbas' Fatah movement was to meet later in the day to decide whether to pull out of his shaky coalition with Hamas. Calls by Abbas and exasperated Egyptian mediators for a cease-fire went unheeded.
Instead, Hamas and Fatah militants threatened to kill each other's leaders. In Gaza, a rocket-propelled grenade damaged the home of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas but caused no injuries in what Hamas said was an attempted assassination. In the West Bank, Fatah gunmen kidnapped a deputy Cabinet minister from Hamas.
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Good heavens shameless popcorn Baronness is come to make light of our struggle! I demand invetigator! That popcorn deal was not properly skruternized.
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Fatah ain't a nary bit different than Hamas, just older, fatter and even more corrupt.
Of course, Shipman dear. The idea was to keep the sides evenly balanced so they'd be unable to turn their energies outJoo-ward. A pity the Fatah commanders never gave a clear order for the rank and file to fight back. On the other hand, now they have strong motivation to re-take their regional headquarters, so perhaps all is not yet lost on the in-fighting and feuding front. I remain hopeful.
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The good news is that Fatah will have a target-rich environment.
The bad news is that it's their own headquarters.
now they have strong motivation to re-take their regional headquarters
Ah yes, that cloudy lining of the silver bullet ... erm, well something like that. Let's try to calculate how many Hamas terrorists will need to remain in place to repel attempts by Fatah to retake their headquarters. Now multiply that by the number of external Hamas needed to maintain patrols and pertimeter security. This is going to leave a whole buncha Hamas anchored to the Fatah HQ. Mebbe Israel should lob in a few Hellfires to warm things up for them.
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I just pray the in-fighting won't spill over and all hell brake loose. There will be blood chest high in the valley of Armigadden.
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Actually, I would recommend a couple of thermobaric bombs with time-delay fuses be dropped into the building by the IAF. Guaranteed kills, and you can drop the building as well. Of course, if the building does not drop, the internal and structural damage will render it useless as a government building.
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well, obviously, this is just a speedbump in the Roadmap to Peace. Consolidation of power allows a single negotiator...
until they split the political/military/killing Joooos wings off for deniability
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"Security commanders loyal to Abbas complained they were not given clear orders to fight back at a time when Hamas appeared to be moving forward according to a plan
Efficient Chain-of-Command. I hope the IDF is taking notes.
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas's armed wing threatened on Tuesday to storm security headquarters controlled by the rival Fatah faction in Gaza City unless they are evacuated immediately, an ultimatum verging on a declaration of war. An announcement on a Hamas radio station gave Fatah until 2 p.m. (1100 GMT) to pull security men out of the military intelligence, presidential guard, national security and preventive security facilities.
There was no immediate response from Fatah, whose gunmen have been locked in a new surge of fighting with Hamas that has brought civil war closer and killed at least 20 people since Saturday. The battles reflect a raging power struggle between Hamas and secular Fatah, partners in a three-month-old unity government. Arab unity, one of my favorite oxymorons.
In fresh flareups, gunmen fired at the home of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and the office of President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah. No one was hurt. Thats too bad. The big shots need a chance to bleed just like the little people.
Hamas gunmen swept into Fatah posts across the coastal territory, capturing some in battles and others without a fight, local residents said, describing the northern and central Gaza Strip as largely under the Islamist group's control. The attacks followed fighting on Monday in which at least 14 people were killed. The violence, described by Gazans as more brutal than in the past, has included a shootout in a hospital, dropping foes to their deaths from high-rise buildings and the execution-style slaying of a Fatah field commander outside his home.
"COUP"
A spokesman for Abbas's office accused "a group within Hamas, in which some political and military leaders are participating, of plotting a coup" aimed at imposing sole Hamas control over the Gaza Strip. "The Palestinian presidency is worried about this plot...which is pushing the homeland into an ugly civil war," the spokesman said in a statement. "President Abbas is calling for an immediate ceasefire and to start a serious dialogue." Unlike what was supposed to pass for it in Mecca. Any more "serious dialogue" and these guys are gonna turn into French politicians.
Palestinian analyst Ali al-Jarbawi said he expected the unity government formed in a bid to end internal violence and ease Western sanctions on the Hamas-led administration -- to remain in place. "It will be there, (but) it is incapable of doing its job. The situation will be completely paralyzed," Jarbawi said. Evoking a measure Israel uses to cordon off Palestinian areas in operations against militants, Hamas's armed wing declared northern Gaza and the centre of the territory, where six people were wounded in clashes, "closed military zones."
"Stay at home and you will be safe," Hamas's Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades warned Fatah fighters in an announcement over a radio station, in a bid to prevent the rival faction from rushing reinforcements to battle scenes. Some 630 Palestinians have died in internal strife since Hamas came to power in 2006. Testimony to their incredibly crappy marksmanship. Whats that, one deader per every 1,000 rounds fired? Feh!
In a widening of the conflict, Abbas's Presidential Guard seized equipment in an office of Hamas's al-Aqsa television in the West Bank city of Ramallah, a security source said. The station broadcasts from Gaza. Was it a white media jeep?
Two gunmen, one from Hamas and the other from Fatah, were killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip. Gunmen also abducted and then killed a member of Hamas's armed wing, a nephew of Abdel Aziz-Rantissi, a Hamas leader assassinated by Israel in 2004. Rantissi junior aint rantin no mo.
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Palestinian analyst Ali al-Jarbawi said he expected the unity government formed in a bid to end internal violence and ease Western sanctions on the Hamas-led administration -- to remain in place. "It will be there, (but) it is incapable of doing its job. The situation will be completely paralyzed,"
Gaza Drowns in Blood Because of the Conflict between Fatah and Hamas Movements Worth it just for the headline...
For the 3rd consecutive day, Gaza City has witnessed unjustifiable violent internal fighting, and an atmosphere of tension has spread over Gaza that is not less violent than that which has spread as a result of the offensive that has been launched by Israeli Occupation Forces for nearly a month. I think they're calling that "the good old days"...
Since Monday evening, violence has extended to most areas in the Gaza Strip from the north to the south, and militants have deployed in the streets, at the entrances of towns and near governmental headquarters and security compounds. Militants from Hamas and Fatah movements have used various kinds of weapons and have occupied a number of official buildings belonging to the Palestinian presidency and government. The attacks have even targeted the house and the office of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and the presidential compound. Militants have been more violent than ever before as they have stormed hospitals and forced medical crews out. They even fired inside hospital and killed a number of persons. Moreover, mutual kidnappings and field executions have been reported. The two movements have even threatened to escalate the situation and extend the fighting to the West Bank. I guess we'll have to airlift in C-130 loads of popcorn if that happens...
In this atmosphere of terror, approximately 67,000 students have attended the exams of the General Certificate of Education (Tawjihi), in addition to thousands of university students who have attended their final exams. The current situation threatens the overall educational process. Cease fire. It's...for the children.
PCHR strongly condemns such fighting which is not of the ethics, sacrifices and struggle of the Palestinian people, and warns that it threatens the overall national aspirations and lives of innocent Palestinian civilians, whose daily activities have been paralyzed. Sure. It's not like this happens all the time, right?
PCHR would like to apologize for not being able to report on many details of this fighting as its staff members have not been able to move freely and it's office in Gaza City has been besieged by the exchange of fire. Jeez, that's not very "human righty" of the boys...
Branch offices have also worked with a limited capacity and under severe challenges. According to information available to PCHR so far, 21 Palestinians have been killed and at least 150 others have been wounded in the past 72 hours. That's okay, boys. Keep your heads down.
At approximately 16:00 on Monday, an exchange of fire erupted between members of the Executive Force and armed members of the al-Masri clan near Beit Hanoun Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. A member of the Executive Force was killed. Members of the Executive Force pursued members of the al-Masri clan and killed 3 of them: 'Eid Mahmoud al-Masri, 51; his son Ibrahim, 21; and his nephew Faraj Fadel al-Masri, 22. Oh, look, it's our old friends the al-Masri's. Looks like they came out on the short end this time. Stay tuned...
At approximately 16:20, the fighting extended to the vicinity of the house of Jamal 'Abed Rabbu al-Jedian, 50, Secretary of Fatah movement in the northern Gaza Strip. Abu al-Jedian, his brother Majed, 38, and a member of the Executive Force, Mohammed Mehjez, 24, were killed and at least 50 persons, including 2 women, were wounded.
Over night, fighting erupted throughout Gaza City, especially in al-Shati refugee camp, al-Maqqousi housing project near security sites. Eight Palestinians, including 5 civilians, 2 of whom are women, were killed. In addition, 53 persons, mostly civilians, were wounded.
In the early morning on Tuesday, militants stormed the transmission station of Palestine Television in Abu Rahma building in the center of Gaza City. Oh, no! I hope Farfur's okay! Unless these guy's were Disney mercenaries sent in to take him off the board...
Mutual kidnappings and arsons of houses were reported. The houses of the Palestinian President and Prime Minister were also attacked. In addition, fierce fighting erupted near the house of Maher Miqdad, the spokesman of Fatah movement, in al-Maqqousi housing project.
Also on Tuesday, militants deployed in the streets in the central Gaza Strip. They closed a number of roads and stopped and checked people. A number of Hamas militants also seized a number of sites of the Palestinian National Security Forces. At approximately 10:00, Mohammed Rezeq Safi, 35, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was killed in an exchange of fire near a security site near Gaza Valley. At the same time, Eihab Sa'id Nassar, 19, a member of the Executive Force, was killed in an exchange of fire in Deir al-Balah. In addition, 16 persons were wounded.
In Khan Yunis, at approximately 22:30 on Monday, 11 June 2007, a number of militants traveling in a civilian car kidnapped 'Amru Nabhan al-Rantissi, 21, a member of the 'Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas). His body was found later on Khan Yunis Rafah road. Says he was a cousin of Abdel Aziz Rantisi, who's face adorns that poster with Yassin that Mashall likes to sit in front of.
Say hello to your cuz for us,'Amru.
At approximately 09:30 on Tuesday, hundreds of members of the 'Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades deployed in the streets and near sites of security services in Khan Yunis. Later, they called on security men to get out of their sites threatening to shell those sites. They also seized 5 of those sites and the building of Khan Yunis Governorate. An exchange of fire erupted between those militants and those of Fatah movement in various areas in Khan Yunis. As a result of the exchange of fire, 11 persons were wounded. From Sunday:
Tension has spread all over Gaza City in light of internal fighting that has taken place over the past 24 hours, which have taken the lives of 3 Palestinians and have left 14 others, including 7 children, wounded. These bloody incidents coincide with the initiation of the exams of the General Certificate of Education (Tawjihi). Thousands of students have gone to their exams in an atmosphere of terror, passing through checkpoints erected in the streets and being placed under gunfire. Maybe might wanna postpone the tests? Call it, like, a Snow Day, Palestinian version...
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 11:00 on Sunday, 10 June 2007, unknown militants kidnapped 2 members of Force 17 when they were near their work place at Gaza beach: Mohammed Salama al-Swairki, 27; and Ibrahim al-Hatu. Three hours later, militants also kidnapped 2 members of the Palestinian Presidential Guard near Gaza Harbor: 'Abdullah Mohammed Abu Hassira; and Mohammed 'Eid Abu Hassira. At the same time, militants kidnapped Hamada Mohammed al-Qerem, 28, a member of Force 17 from Khan Yunis, and 'Aatef Mustafa Abu Dahi, 25, a member of the Preventive Security Service from Rafah, near Doula building in the east of Gaza City. At approximately 01:00 on Monday, al-Qerem and Abu Dahi were brought into al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah town as they were shot to the feet. I knew that was comin...
At approximately 17:00 on Sunday, the kidnappers of Mohammed Salama al-Swairki pushed him down from the 13th floor of al-Ghefari tower building near Gaza Harbor. He was instantly killed. When he landed, did they go down and shoot him in the feet?
At approximately 17:30, masked gunmen besieged the house of Dr. 'Alaa' al-Rafati, Dean of Commerce School at the Islamic University near the Blood Ban in Gaza City. They kidnapped al-Rafati's brother, 36-year-old Mohammed, the Imam of al-'Abbas Mosque in the city. They took him to a place near Ansar seceurity compound in the west of Gaza City, where they shot him dead with several gunshots to the chest, the abdomen and the limbs. Holy Man Filled With Holes: Coming up next on Gaza Action News...
Soon after, the situation in Gaza City deteriorated and armed clashes broke out between Fatah and Hamas movements. A number of people were also kidnapped by militants who erected checkpoints in the streets. A number of those who were kidnapped were fired at, whereas the destiny of the others has remained unknown. Probably a big argument about whether the Koran says it's okay to whack a "Holy Man". And I'm sure both sides have ample quotations to back up their positions...
At approximately 18:00 on Sunday, militants who erected a checkpoint in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood kidnapped 'Omar Zakaria al-Sharif, 20, and Mahmoud Abu Rabee', members of the Palestinian National Security Forces. At approximately 21:00, the militants dumped al-Sharif near the car market in the east of Gaza City, after they had fired at his feet, whereas Abu Rabee's destiny has remained unknown. They probably didn't fire at Abu's feet...
At approximately 18:30 also on Sunday, militants positioned near Shifa Hospital in Gaza City kidnapped Eihab Ibrahim al-'Absi, 23, a member of Fatah movement from al-Shati refugee camp. They transported him to al-Nasser Street where they fired at his feet and pushed him out of their car. Idiots! Out of the car, then shoot him in the feet. Whatta buncha maroons!
At approximately 19:30, a number of militants kidnapped Mohammed Ahmed al-Khaldi, 23, a worker at Dar al-Arqam Press, in al-Remal neighborhood. They took him to al-Saraya intersection, where they fired at his right leg. I'll bet they wuz aiming at his feet though...
At approximately 21:00, militants kidnapped 3 persons in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the south of Gaza City: Mohammed Ziad Zaqqout, 22; Anas Fu'ad al-Haj, 20; and Hussam Abu Qainas, 35. The militants took Zaqqout and al-Haj to Gaza Beach and fired at their feet. They took Abu Qainas to the roof of Haniya building near the Ministry of Finace. They shot him to the head and pushed his body down onto the street. They must shoot you in the feet if they like you. If they don't, you get a double tap and a dixie ride off the roof...
#1
news yesterday made it look like Hamas was winning, most casualties on the Fatah side, and Hamas grabbing turf. Local Fatah bhoys screaming at Abbas to relax the ROE. Today it seems thats happened, Abbas rhetoric is up a notch, and the Fatahniks seem to have grabbed the TV station, though not clear if they can hold it. And hint of reinforcements from the National Sec Service on the way.
Meanwhile the Egyptian envoy threatened to lead civilian protests. Hows that for egypt disrespecting the distinction between Pals and Egyptians?
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The attacks have even targeted the house and the office of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and the presidential compound.
Nice to see that the capos are getting a chance to share the joy.
PCHR strongly condemns such fighting which is not of the ethics, sacrifices and struggle of the Palestinian people
Horseshit! Never in recent history has there been a more bloodyminded bunch of thugs to walk the face of this earth. With Arafat's death more than one channel for cash flow finally opened up and they've been squabbling over it ever since.
PCHR would like to apologize for not being able to report on many details of this fighting as its staff members have not been able to move freely and it's office in Gaza City has been besieged by the exchange of fire.
Someone stole our media jeep and painted "TV" on it!
a number of militants traveling in a civilian car kidnapped 'Amru Nabhan al-Rantissi, 21, a member of the 'Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas). His body was found later on Khan Yunis Rafah road.
Gene pool getting cleaner
Call it, like, a Snow Day, Palestinian version...
Bwahahahah!!! Now thats a keeper!
the kidnappers of Mohammed Salama al-Swairki pushed him down from the 13th floor of al-Ghefari tower
"We've got'cher Flying Imams, right here!" Or as W.C. Fields would say; The first twelve floors are all right, its that last one thats a doozie. At least they're learning how to conserve on ammo.
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They took him to a place near Ansar seceurity compound in the west of Gaza City, where they shot him dead with several gunshots to the chest, the abdomen and the limbs.
Soon after, the situation in Gaza City deteriorated
Screw it I'm sick of Big Popcorn taking advantage, Ima make me a grilled cheese sammich.
Get out yer hankies, folks. This one's a real tear jerker. Ashkelon In the Gaza Strip's Jab aliya refugee camp, Aref Suleiman was raised on Palestinian struggle against the Jewish state. Today he lies in an Israeli hospital bed, his body riddled with Palestinian bullets, his wounds tended daily by Israeli nurses. Which goes to show that some people are capable of putting aside age old hatreds, the Palestinians just don't happen to be among them.
For the 22-year-old Mr Suleiman, who was shot five times point blank by Hamas militants last month during a renewed bout of Palestinian infighting, this is not the Arab-Israeli conflict he learnt about as a child growing up in Gaza's desperate, rubbish-strewn alleys. So Aref, how do you like your Islamo-terror buddies now that theyve installed some central ventilation for you?
"Palestinians shoot me and Jews treat me," And hows that cognitive dissonance thingy working out for you?
... he laughs bitterly. "It was supposed to be different." Yeah, you were supposed to kill all of these kind people who are working so hard to save your worthless life. Do you feel a strange unfamiliar twinge in the left side of your chest? Thats called gratitude, asshole. Something you wouldnt recognize in a month of Sundays even if it bit you on the face.
The Barzilai Hospital sits on a sandy hilltop above the Mediterranean Sea in the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon. In recent months, five Palestinian rockets have landed in the grassy dunes that encircle it, just six miles from the Gaza Strip. "We'll teach you Jew dogs to treat our wounded and save their lives!"
Barzilai, however, has become a rare bastion of civility in an increasingly hate-filled conflict and a unique meeting ground for two peoples who otherwise have little direct contact. Wounded Palestinians who get permission from the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli army are allowed into Israel to seek medical treatment that is not available at Gaza's rudimentary clinics. After receiving costly lifesaving intensive care most Palestinian survivors are immediately shot upon their return as possible Israeli collaborators. An Intifada leader explained, We cant take any chances that these casualties may have developed some sort of sympathy for the dreaded Jews who struggled so valiantly to save their lives.
Here, Israelis and Palestinians meet their erstwhile foe, in many cases for the first time in their lives. Outside of a gunsight.
Mr Suleiman, who was only 15 when the second intifada erupted in 2000, had never been to Israel or met an Israeli. But he refuses to let that interfere with his intention of killing every last one of them.
Suleiman, a guard in the Palestinian security services who was a devoted follower of the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat.
As he flirts with the Israeli nurses who bring him lunch, check his wounds and blood pressure and empty his bed pan, Suleiman seems, at least for the time being, to have forgotten historical grievances. "You uncovered Jewish slut! I want to stain that snow white uniform with, with ... your Zionist blood!"
"The Jews are like honey, like flowers," he says theatrically. "They wash me, clean me, and change my gown every day. Even in my home, my own family wouldn't change me every day." Some people have less patience with fully-grown incorrigible bed wetters.
"Here, everything is beseder," he adds, using the Hebrew word for "okay". Well, that does it, hes speaking Hebrew. Better kill him now, hes been totally infected by the Jews.
For the young Israeli nurses, most from nearby communities that live in constant fear of the Palestinian rocket fire, the cultural exchange flows both ways. The Palestinian patients they treat put a human face on the conflict. Slap a clown mask onto a hyena and you can put a human face on it as well. However, just like with a Palestinian, it wont change anything, not even the smell.
Nurse and patient can even find a shred of common cause now that the Islamist Hamas movement, which has killed dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings, is locked in a deadly power struggle with the more moderate Fatah movement. Saying Fatah is "more moderate" than Hamas is like saying the Wehrmacht was more moderate than the Schutzstaffel.
Victims on both sides of the war's de facto frontline are treated side by side here. Well, not quite side by side.
Five doors down from Mr Suleiman, Ludmilla Visiptzky, 60, awaits her third session of surgery to patch up the shrapnel wounds she suffered when a Palestinian Qassam rocket struck her home in mid-May. Let's all hope she was first in line at the blood bank for any transfusions.
Both confined to their hospital beds, the two patients have had little contact, but each knows the other is within shouting distance. Meanwhile Nurse Kokhava Kohi, says gleefully of her patient, Mr Suleiman: "He's going to go home and shoot Hamas in the head," - as if that alone would justify her daily ministrations. Patch 'em up, head 'em on, move 'em out, shoot 'em up. Yeehaw!
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Saying Fatah is "more moderate" than Hamas is like saying the Wehrmacht was more moderate than the Schutzstaffel.
Actually, it would be like saying that Sturm Abtailung was more moderate than Shutzstaffel. As for anything compared to Wehrmacht, hopefully that we'll never see.
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Interesting story. Basic humanity of Israelis vs basic inhumanity of the Paleos. Israel is still of the belief that it is better to work with the PA than it is to cut them off.
I do not think that the Paleos are capable of turning the corner and standing up to evil like Hamas and Co. The leaders, clerics, and schools teach preschoolers to hate Israel.
I would lock them out of Israel and turn off their water and electricity. Let them turn inward or get aid from their EUnik friends. I would not tolerate the hundreds of rockets that have been launched into Israel. Anything else is death by a thousand cuts, or national suicide by the installment plan.
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"Palestinians shoot me and Jews treat me"
You'd prefer the other way around, dipshit?
We would.
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"Meanwhile Nurse Kokhava Kohi, says gleefully of her patient, Mr Suleiman: He's going to go home and shoot Hamas in the head," - as if that alone would justify her daily ministrations."
Well, it works for me.
One of the best things to do is to cause the disintegration of the Paleo lies. This young man will NEVER believe it all again, and that's a start. Wish more of them could learn the truth first-hand. Could start a ripple effect.
The number of victims in the Hamas-Fatah infighting rose to 16 early Tuesday morning when Hamas gunmen attacked the home of Hassan Abu-Rabiah, a senior Fatah official.
Medical personnel said that three women and Abu-Rabiah's 14 year-old son were killed in the attack. The gunmen kidnapped Abu-Rabiah.
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count is up to 19 for the last two days, but given almost all those are from yesterday, and the fighting seems to be intensifying, I would expect the count to rise.
Infighting between Hamas and Fatah militants resumed on Monday leaving scores wounded from both sides. A truce, signed earlier today by both factions, was broken as a result of the continuous infighting in Gaza, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun.
Nine people were wounded in the clashes following the killing of one member of the Executive Force of the Interior Ministry in Beit Lahia north of here.
Palestinian security sources said that the clashes were continuing around the house of Jamal Abu Al-Jadyan, member of Fatah movement where machineguns and missile rockets were used. Hamas sources said that one of its activists was shod dead earlier today in reciprocal fighting near the west coast of Gaza.
Four other persons were also killed in Beit Hanoun in clashes between the two sides. According to Palestinian medical sources, the clashes took place around a hospital southern Gaza's Beit Hanoun town. The dead persons were 27-years-old Basel Al-Kafarnah, 56-years-old Eid Al-Mesri and his two sons.
The al-Masris are featured players at PCHR's Wonderful World of Gaza, IIRC.
Got shot in the feet and bled to death, did they?
Since this morning, the infighting in different parts of Gaza injured 24 citizens and reached the town's hospital. Palestinian security sources said the clashes were mainly in western Gaza's Der Al-Shati camp and included setting residences and vehicles on fire. The clashes erupted after a 27-yaers-old Hamas activist, Yaser Bakr, was killed and his relative was injured by unknown gunmen.
Fire trucks rushed to the scene but were heavily attacked with machine guns and a civil defense official urged gunmen to seize from attacking rescuers especially that a fire caused the death of two citizens.
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Have you ever noticed you can't get a score of anything anymore unless it's dead or wounded? Ever try to go through a Mickey Dees and order a score of cheeseburgers?(the little ones?)
Indonesian police have captured the country's most wanted terrorist Abu Dujana, the head a military wing of the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network. Dujana was among at least three arrested in the weekend raids across central Java, police confirmed on Monday. A member of the Indonesian police's Detachment 88 anti-terror team, which was involved in the raid, said Dujana was caught in one of a series of raids on the weekend.
Dujana was being interrogated in a secret location, the source said on condition of anonymity. Asked if Dujana was in custody, the source said, "Yes, correct.'' He declined to give further details, including the town in which the terror suspect was caught.
Dujana's right hand man Mahfud, aka Yusron, was arrested on Saturday after being shot in the thigh during a raid by Detachment 88 at a house in the central Java district of Banyumas. Earlier on Monday, Indonesian police spokesman Sisno Adiwinoto said Dujana was at the same location prior to Mahfud's arrest. He said a number of people were arrested in raids across central Java over the weekend, but refused to say whether Dujana was among them.
Lebanese troops exchanged sporadic gunfire with Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Monday as the war against al-Qaida-inspired fighters entered its fourth week. The intermittent fighting came a day after heavy clashes erupted when the Lebanese army stepped up its bombardment of Fatah al Islam militants barricaded in the Nahr el-Bared camp on the outskirts of the northern city of Tripoli.
The leading An-Nahar newspaper reported Monday that "the Nahr el-Bared battle is headed toward a big escalation," saying the Lebanese military had brought in new reinforcements, including more effective artillery and additional naval forces, while pro-Syrian Palestinian factions had joined Fatah al Islam militants in their fight.
Sunday's clashes came a day after some of the heaviest fighting since June 1, when the Lebanese army using tanks and artillery launched a fresh offensive to drive out the Fatah al Islam militants. Saturday's fighting killed 11 soldiers, according to a senior military official. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to give official statements, said 40 others were wounded, some seriously. It was the highest casualty toll in a single day since fighting began May 20 the worst internal violence to engulf Lebanon since the 1975-90 civil war reflecting the tough challenge Lebanese troops face in efforts to crush Fatah al Islam militants barricaded inside the camp.
Meanwhile, another soldier, wounded earlier at the camp, died of his wounds Saturday, bringing to 58 the total number of soldiers killed in the fighting. More than 130 people in total, including at least 60 Fatah al Islam militants and 20 civilians, have been reported killed in the fighting. Yesterday the Lebanese army discovered about 40 corpses of militants as it advanced in its war against Fatah al Islam at the Nahr el bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The army was very careful in handling the corpses , because the terrorists were in the habit of booby trapping them in order to inflict as many casualties as possible among Lebanese soldiers, local media reported.
In a sign of continued tension outside the camp, Lebanese policemen found a hand grenade on Monday near the house of former Justice Minister Joseph Shaoul in the Christian neighborhood of Ashrafiyeh in the heart of Beirut, security officials said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. Security forces blocked the road as a military bomb expert safely removed the grenade, which did not explode. Fears of spreading chaos have also been sparked by clashes at another Palestinian refugee camp, Ein el-Helweh in the south, and several bombings in the Beirut area.
During the relative lull Sunday, the Lebanese Red Cross along with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society evacuated some 75 civilians, mainly women, children and elderly, from Nahr el-Bared, taking them to the nearby Beddawi refugee camp, a Lebanese Red Cross official told The Associated Press. The aid workers also pulled out two bodies from under the rubble, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements.
On Sunday, at Tripoli's main municipal stadium, thousands rallied in support of the army's battle against Fatah al Islam. Pictures of fallen soldiers were put up and rival politicians and legislators from pro-government and opposition groups attended. Speakers praised the army's "heroism and sacrifices in confronting terrorism."
By nightfall, a grenade was hurled at an army checkpoint in Tripoli as two men on a motorcycle sped by, security officials said. No one was hurt and a patrol pursued and captured the attackers, who were wanted on previous warrants and were not believed to be linked to the militants.
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The Leb. Army while having a little artillery has serious problems in leadership and morale, not the sturdiest of institutions. I'm amazed they've done so well. I'm still very worried about the army itself breaking up. Maybe things have changed tho.... can someone bring me up to speed? Has the ethnic components changed?
A concussion bomb was tossed at a Lebanese army checkpoint near the house of Internal Security Forces commander Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi in Tripoli , north Lebanon late Sunday. The bomb was tossed from a moving motorcycle, New TV reported. A security source said that the troops arrested the two assailants involved in the 10:30 p.m. attack at the checkpoint. They are Said Rajab and Ahmad Arab. No details on the 2 assailants available as of yet.
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Congratulatons and a big thank you for restoring the old rantburg.
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Still have lotsa work to do. It's not quite back yet.
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Fred---What a great view this AM, RB again! Many thanks for the herculean effort in getting the Burg back up. We have had serious RB withdrawal symptoms lately.
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I've been fantasizing about posting, rather than programming.
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Gotta be the money, only thing that explains it.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
(SomaliNet) The authorities in Mogadishu city, the capital of Somalia said Monday the security forces have seized weapons and other explosives devices in a raid carried out in Hodon neighborhood, south of the capital. 
SRINAGAR, India - Indian troops in Kashmir have shot dead three Islamic 
The number of victims in the Hamas-Fatah infighting rose to 16 early Tuesday morning when Hamas gunmen attacked the home of Hassan Abu-Rabiah, a senior Fatah official. 
Infighting between Hamas and Fatah militants resumed on Monday leaving scores wounded from both sides. A truce, signed earlier today by both factions, was broken as a result of the continuous infighting in Gaza, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun. 
Indonesian police have captured the country's most wanted terrorist Abu Dujana, the head a military wing of the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network. Dujana was among at least three arrested in the weekend raids across central Java, police confirmed on Monday. A member of the Indonesian police's Detachment 88 anti-terror team, which was involved in the raid, said Dujana was caught in one of a series of raids on the weekend. 
A concussion bomb was tossed at a Lebanese army checkpoint near the house of Internal Security Forces commander Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi in Tripoli , north Lebanon late Sunday. The bomb was tossed from a moving motorcycle, New TV reported. A security source said that the troops arrested the two assailants involved in the 10:30 p.m. attack at the checkpoint. They are Said Rajab and Ahmad Arab. No details on the 2 assailants available as of yet.
