The US Air Force killed an al Qaeda field commander in Afghanistan during an airstrike this month, al Qaeda said in a statement released on the Internet earlier this month.
Abu Abdallah al Shami, one of four senior al Qaeda operatives who escaped from Bagram prison on July 10, 2005, was killed in an unspecified airstrike, said Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's senior commander in Afghanistan. "Al Qaeda announces the martyrdom of one of the heroes and field leaders who performed well in facing the modern crusade, our brother Abu Abdallah al Shami," Yazid said, in a statement translated by Reuters. "Since his feet touched the battle field (after the escape) he resumed jihad with stronger zeal ... he had led and took part in several successful military operations."
Shami, who is also called Abu Mu'adh, is originally from Syria. He was captured by US forces Afghanistan's Khost province in 2003. He then spent "about a year and eleven months" in Bagram prison, according to al Qaeda Spokesman Abu Yahya al Libi, al Qaeda's spokesman who also escaped Bagram along with Shami and two other senior operatives. Al Libi said Shami "played a major role on the jihad battlefields" and was a commander of "groups of mujahideen."
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A small bomb exploded Thursday near Pakistan's consulate in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, injuring a policeman and a woman, police said.
The bomb, attached to a bicycle, appeared to have been detonated remotely, deputy city police chief Ghulam Sarwar Haidary told foreign news agency. "A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded nears the Pakistan consulate. One policeman, guarding the consulate, and a woman passer-by were wounded," the official said.
The bomb caused little damage, blowing out some windows nearby. It was not known who was behind the blast and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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See.. Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism. How could poor Pakistan be involved in terrorism? How could innocent Pakistan be guilty of bombing the Indian embassy in Kabul? Look.. Pakistan's own consulate is being bombed. Pakistan is innocent.
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Pakistan is innocent.
LOL! Pakistan has been a home for terrorists since it was created in 1947, and the government has been behind most of the terrorism in that part of the world. Only idiots and small children would be deceived by this. I don't think anybody believes it was anything but a farce. Pakistan, however, IS the home of large numbers of idiots and small children, so maybe it'd be believed there. Nice snark, John.
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any good regular reader of Rantburg should realize "Pakistan" does not really exist as a player in this game. The Pakistani foreign ministry may well be innocent, or at least not thoroughly guilty. Certainly many Pakistani judges are innocent. The ISI is almost certainly not innocent - and while they may not be wild about harming their 'conationals' in the foreign ministry, I cant see theyd have any problem in looking the other way while their pals in the Taliban take out a soft target that just happens to fly the same flag that the ISI does. Even this is oversimplifying, as it assume the ISI is a homogeneous entity, which I guess it is not, though I dont really know much about its own internal factions.
DHAKA - Five men who claimed they could solve any problem through supernatural powers and genies they had "domesticated" have been arrested by Bangladesh's elite security force, an official said Wednesday. "I have the power of the gods! Jinns worship the ground I walk on. Nothing can stop me.....say, is that a shutter gun?"
"Yup."
"I give up"
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) took the five into custody in a day-long operation on Tuesday after they were accused of swindling people out of large sums of money, captain Rezaul Karim said. "Every day, these genie-powered godmen place ads in the newspapers claiming they can solve any problem on earth through supernatural powers and genies that they have captured and 'domesticated,'" Karim said. "They took large amounts of money from jilted lovers promising they would bring back the ones they love. They claim to have power to reunite separated couples in just 72 hours, win lotteries as far away as in Germany or boost sexual powers," he said.
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Attack of the Genie-Powered Godmen. Revenge of the Genie-Powered Godmen. Planet of the Genie-Powered Godmen.
The possibilities are endless...
LONDON - A Syrian national who attempted to make bombs for Al-Qaeda-style attacks was jailed for seven years by a British court Wednesday, after being found guilty of terrorism offences. A judge in Birmingham, central England, told Hassan Tabbakh that the home-made devices could have been developed into viable bombs capable of causing death and destruction. The 38-year-old physics graduate, who lived in the city, was convicted of "preparing for acts of terrorism" after a two-week trial. A jury heard he had tried to make bombs using easily available materials such as fertiliser and had made handwritten notes about their design.
Judge Frank Chapman told Tabbakh he was not being punished for having Islamist beliefs or for supporting Osama bin Laden's extremist network and similar organisations. But he added: "If you had developed this concept into a working bomb, there would have been great potential for destruction, injury and death."
Tabbakh, who claimed to have been tortured in his homeland, was given indefinite leave to remain in Britain in 2005 after applying for asylum, the court was told.
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7 years to learn how to make better bombs and not get caught.
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I say , if our judges cant give him a PROPER sentence , then could we just give him to you guys to do as you please ..
As young children we used to make ferti/sugar bombs and strap em to goal posts , but at aged 38 !! We know what his agenda is ..
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As you remind I have defended the Spanish decison to release some people accused of being involved in the Madrid bombings since I am pzersuaded they were innocent.
Howver if this guy is guilty 7 years is a joke. I suggest that if after being relased this guy becomes involved directly or indirectyly in another bombing, even if merely as the propgandist who brainwashed the perpetrator, have the judge executed. This will teach thme not to play wioth other people lives
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JFM, we've all been forced to be "nice" to these POS because our "elite" leadership isn't brave enough to do what's truly necessary - chain one leg to the ground and run a herd of buffalo over him - three or four times. I'm sure we'll pay for it with more kabooms in the years to come.
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Some of his love notes found with his "fireworks"...
"Don't use the bottles in which I put the liquids because my fingerprints are on them. I pray that Allah would keep you safe and grant you success in the work for the sake of Allah."
Another said: "Step back at the time of execution."
Also, he had Ye Olde Muslim Tale of Woe...
He arrived in Britain around 2000 and claimed asylum, living first in Hull, East Yorkshire and then in Small Heath, Birmingham. He received indefinite leave to remain in 2005 after claiming he had been tortured in his home country and the court heard he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
And, as usual, he learned to work the syatem...
At his flat nearby they found £3,000 in cash, which he had been given to him as compensation for poor council accommodation.
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That's been the Naval ensign (shipboard flag)since the 1800's -- The naval forces readopted the naval ensign in 1954. But I do admit its rather odd to see that flag on a warship off Hawaii (at least to anyone that knows history).
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I like the congratulations between the US Navy guy and what looked like the head of the Japanese contractors. Pretty much sums up our alliance with Japan. Oh we may bicker about trade and the like, but when push comes to shove we will be there for each other.
ISLAMABAD: Facing intense US pressure to act against militants thriving in its restive tribal region, Pakistan has blamed India and Afghanistan for stirring trouble in its northwestern areas and Balochistan province.
Interior minister Rehman Malik, who is a confidant of party chief Asif Ali Zardari, appealed to Pakistan's western allies, including the US, to stop India and Afghanistan's alleged activities.
"India wants to destabilise FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas). What India and (Afghan president Hamid) Karzai are doing must stop. They must stop this," he told reporters in Washington.
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Glad that was a Hindu gathering, getting ready to thump the Muzz. I was worried for a minute that it was the #1 Muzz & world traveler, Hussein, stirring up the disciples again.
Tension flared up in Bari Brahamana following a group clash outside a religious place at Teli Basti in which both sides used stone pelting while about 110 trucks carrying essential commodities to Kashmir, which were diverted by the administration from Lakhanpur to Dhar Road in view of continued blockade of Kashmir bound trucks at Samba, were damaged and their tyres deflated by the mob at Mahanpur in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district on ninth day of complete bandh in Jammu today in protest against cancellation of 800 kanals of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). Rapid Action Force (RAF) has been deployed in Bari Brahamana to defuse tension.
Jammu-Srinagar national highway too remained closed for most parts of the day. The highway was blocked for three hours in the morning at Ramban and later for four hours at Chenani. Traffic on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch road was also stopped by the people at Daskaal Morh Chowk in Akhnoor for entire day.
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Lahore, July 31 (ANI): The Pakistan unit of the Taliban - the Tehreek-e-Islami Taliban Pakistan (TIP) has reportedly threatened the owners of CDs shops, Internet cafes and cable service providers to close down their activities, and warned the women to wear 'hijab' to ensure safety, else their face would be disfigured by acid
The Taliban gave a 15-day notice to several "un-Islamic" businesses like video parlours and CD shops, in Kot Addu to shut down or face dire consequences, reported the Daily Times.
The computer typed letter had Baitullah Mehsud's photograph on it along with two gunmen, and there were also Quranic verses about Jihad around the picture, said Kot Addu Police Station House Officer (SHO) Irfan Khosa.
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I have been looking forward to this. The fanatics have to control, dominate and abuse those they live with, and pretty soon the locals have had it up to here with them.
(Xinhua) -- A local government official was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northwestern Pakistan's main town on Wednesday,
The gunmen fled the scene riding a motorcycle after shooting.
local media reported. The official, named Arif Shah, was killed in the main town of Dera Ismail Khan of North West Frontier Province due to sectarian-related violence, said News Network International (NNI) news agency. The gunmen fled the scene riding a motorcycle after shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the killing.
The situation in the town became tense after the incidents. Shops and business centers were closed for fear of surging violence.
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Taliban militants are threatening to launch suicide attacks across Pakistan unless military operations against them are stopped.
Wednesday's threat came after the Pakistani army said it had killed 20 Taliban rebels and imposed a curfew in northwestern Swat Valley, where a two-month-old peace deal appears on the brink of collapse.
An army spokesman says a gunbattle erupted after pro-Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint. The clashes took place a day after Taliban forces kidnapped 30 security officials in Swat, two months after signing a peace agreement with Islamabad.
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At what point do pro-taliban fighters become taliban fighters?
Twenty-five Taliban militants and five soldiers were killed in a fierce clash in the restive Swat valley on Wednesday, the military said.
A military statement said up to 70 militants attempted to storm a checkpost in the Ucharai Sar area near Matta tehsil, about 20 kilometres from Mingora. "The attack was successfully repulsed, resulting in the death of 25 miscreants," the military said in a statement.
Two army officers and three soldiers were "martyred" in the fighting, it added. The officials included an officer, a junior commissioned officer and three other personnel, sources said.
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Khasadar forces on Wednesday foiled a bid to torch a trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces battling Taliban in Afghanistan in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency, Geo News reported. According to the channel, the trailer was taking supplies for NATO forces when some tribesmen tried to set it ablaze near the Bagyari check post. However, Khasadar forces foiled the attempt, it said.
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Local Taliban on Wednesday re-occupied a PTV booster and a levies check post in the Barang tehsil of the Bajur agency, Aaj TV reported. According to the channel, security forces had earlier taken control of the booster compound and the check post vacated by Taliban but on Wednesday Taliban regained control. The political administration of the agency had initiated talks with Taliban through a jirga, it said.
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Unidentified armed militants on Wednesday kidnapped four employees of Khushhali Bank from the bank's premises in Lower Aurakzai Agency, official sources said.
They said that unidentified armed militants entered the bank situated near Kalaya, kidnapped branch manager Mohammad Jenan and three staff members Sarfaraz Ali, Ali Jenan and Ishaq on gunpoint, and shifted them to an undisclosed location. The bank sources confirmed to Daily Times that employees had been kidnapped.
Following the incident, the political administration in Aurakzai Agency contacted the agency elders and started efforts for the release of the kidnapped.
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Swat-based militants on Wednesday warned the members of the national and provincial assemblies from the district to resign from their seats or face attacks. Militant spokesman Muslim Khan told Daily Times over telephone that the militants would take revenge for the military operation from the parliamentarians if they did not resign from their seats in the assemblies. He said the operation was started by the provincial government to appease the United States. The Taliban would respond with full might, he claimed.
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Would-be suicide bombers could be using explosives "underwear briefs" rather than explosives jackets to evade "conservative" body searches, sources said on Wednesday.
Sihala Police College forensic lab sources told Daily Times that the study of recent suicide attacks showed that suicide bombers used "explosives-laden" under-garments, briefs in particular, to carry out the attacks.
The sources said that the explosives could weigh between five kilogrammes to seven kilogrammes, made deadly by adding glass splinters, metal ball bearings and bullets. The law enforcers normally search upper body parts sparing the "privates", the sources said, hence assailants are increasingly using the lower body parts to dodge the searches. The sources said that forensic experts were trying to devise methods to pre-empt suicide bombing. The experts have achieved successes in "Post Bombing Investigation," the sources said, adding that resources are sharpening "Pre Bombing Investigation" techniques.
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suicide bombers used "explosives-laden" under-garments, briefs in particular
Boxers would be a dead give away because the ball bearings would rattle. Thongs and bras under development. That explains the law suits at Victoria Secrets, weak prototypes.
evade "conservative" body searches
They would never evade a bouncer at a bar in San Francisco's Castro District.
adding glass splinters, metal ball bearings and bullets
I bet that smarts when it goes off.
sharpening "Pre Bombing Investigation" techniques
That's the ticket, a poke in the privates with a sharp instrument.
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Cultural differences: In Vietnam, many Army aviators were known to sit on their flak jackets, while others went so far as to create various ingenious and bizarre looking armored jock-strap contraptions.
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How about exploding Iron Jocks, a little plastique in the cup would do the trick. Easier to manufacture without having to fiddle with ball bearings ans broken glass.
Pack it in, strap it on, and your good to blow go.
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That's pretty rich, considering one of the lil' secrets of suicide bombers is that they go extra lenghts to "secure" their genitalia, wrapping them in cloth or aluminium foil so it can "enter" paradise undamaged, and they can use their precious pecker with the virgins. After all, isn't that the whole point of islamic martyrdom?
Incidentally, having the mortal coils of the main suspect (if foul play was indeed involved) found wearing multiple layers of underwear was one of the many suspicious facts about the 2001 AZF explosion, leading many and not only conspiracy theorists to believe this was the very first major terror incident right on the heels of 9/11... but the lid was put on it by both socialist PM jospin and president ben shiraq (and if the terror aspect is only plausible, the active involvement of both to make sure the terror option was NOT explored is well documented).
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I check the iraq casualties.org every day of the week for the last several years.Of the 12 casualties alresy noted, at least five were non-combatant casualties, and the two bodies recovered from the kidnapping of two years ago, may also have been counted.As an indicator of violence, the combat casualties seem to me to be nearer to five to 7 at the outside and only one since July15.Even one of these kids is worth all the Al Quaeda mob together,but the drop off in attacks and combat deaths is wonderful,and good luck to all the Iraqis.For all practical purposes,THE WAR IS OVER...AND WE WON.After 12 years of Saddam threatening attacks, providing support for terror wherever he could,and the looming threat that he would someday have WMDs,WE WON.And every Tyrant in the world now knows, don t
mess with the USA, or prepare your burial plot.We took it to the terrorist, left them no place to stand, no place to rest to get ready for the next attack, no money to finance terror,no oil to sell,no glorious victories to pitch to the next group of idiot recruits.Thanks to our steadfast President, to all those involved for the past thirty years in trying to check the terrorists and
particularly all the brave young men and women associated with our Armed Services.
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However, we have to be aware that the habit is, once they've had their tails kicked, the turbans' next tactic will be to go back to waging low-level atrocities that can be maintained with very small cells. The Islamic Courts were kicked out of Somalia easily enough, but they came back.
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Coalition special operations forces captured two members of the Iranian-supported Hezbollah Brigades during a raid in eastern Baghdad on early Thursday morning. The intelligence-driven raid targeted the home of a propaganda cell member, Multinational Forces Iraq reported. The cell member was responsible for videotaping Hezbollah Brigades attacks on US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad.
While the exact neighborhood in Baghdad was not identified, Multinational Forces Iraq often referred to the New Baghdad district as east Baghdad. On July 21, Coalition forces captured a member of a Hezbollah Brigades propaganda cell who was responsible for uploading attack videos to the Internet in New Baghdad.
The Hezbollah Brigades, or the Kata'ib Hezbollah, has been active for more than a year, Sergeant Susan James, a Public Affairs NCO for Multinational Forces Iraq told The Long War Journal. Multinational Forces Iraq said the group receives support from Iran and is an "offshoot of Iranian-trained Special Groups." The US military has referred to the Iranian-backed elements of the Mahdi Army as the Special Groups. The Hezbollah Brigades is "a separate and independent organization from Special Groups," said James.
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Getting a piece of a$$ in Iraq has a whole different meaning.
In Iraq's volatile mix of race, religion and tribal rivalry, police say there's a common denominator in the continuing violence - gender.
According to the U.S. military in Iraq, women have carried the bombs in at least 27 attacks so far this year - more than triple the number of female suicide bombers in all of 2007, reports CBS News correspondent Richard Roth.
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The sad this is, Iraq had a solution for this (i.e. women police officers). However the Shia parties in the ruling coalition decided this was un-Islamic.
The first big female suicide attack (when 2 women with Downs Syndrome were used) occured the day after female police officers were ordered to turn in their weapons and uniforms.
Al
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"...These women are really loose"
SplodyDopettes
The religion of female pieces..
Getting a piece of a$$ in Iraq has a whole different meaning. LOL!!
/youse is Baaaaad GolfBravoUSMC.. Way Baaaaad!!
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BAQUBAH, IRAQ -- Residents of New Baqubah woke up Wednesday to a scene they had never seen before: hundreds of Iraqi national police blanketing the neighborhood in a city that until last year was a center of the Sunni Arab-driven insurgency.
For many of them, it was not a comforting sight. Most of the upscale neighborhood's doctors, teachers and retired military officers are Sunni Muslims, while the force sent from Baghdad to protect them is overwhelmingly Shiite Muslim.
But the newly arrived police force was all business Wednesday. The battalion commander, a colonel who gave his name only as Ali, summoned community leaders to a meeting at the neighborhood police station.
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"I don't want to talk about Sunnis or Shias," he said firmly to his anxious-looking guests. "We are professionals, and we work to defend Iraq from inside and out." - Good old fashioned correct military training kicked in .
Very interesting article , GolfBravoUSMC , cheers .
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Agree, but there's plenty of quagmire thrown in for good measure - LA Times, donchaknow.
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Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has sent more than 30,000 troops to help clear out the remaining fighters. But U.S. and Iraqi officers say many insurgent leaders slipped away after Maliki announced the buildup in late June.
The logical conclusion is that Maliki has favors to do for his political support. You might say Maliki has met the enemy, and they is old friends. And the people in Baqubah don't trust the fuzz ?
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"Col. Ali told him that some neighborhood guards, who include many former insurgents, were wanted for extortion and other crimes and would be arrested. But he said the government wanted to hire or find jobs for guards who were not suspected of serious crimes."
The US military was basically willing to take on for the Awakening forces anyone who was willing to be turned, wasnt a foreigner or really hard core AQ. But LOTs of those guys have records, having done nasty things as part of the "insurgency". While its understandable that the national Iraqi forces arent going to be as willing to let bygones be bygones as the Americans (since the Iraqis have to worry about these guys getting militant again when the Americans leave) they have great potential to mess things up by being too unforgiving.
A Hamas member died of injuries sustained in a clash with the Army of Islam, the group said Wednesday. A Hamas spokesman said the man died in Gaza hospital.
Hamas police engaged in a gunbattle with loyalists from the Army of Islam on Sunday after attempts to arrest them turned violent.
Hamas cracked down on opposition groups over the weekend after a mysterious car bombing killed five of its members.
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Hamas has resumed its policy of shaving mustaches of political opponents to humiliate them, Fatah officials said Wednesday.
Hamas resorted to this form of punishment in the past after arresting senior Fatah representatives in the Gaza Strip, the officials said.
Hamas, for its part, accused the Palestinian Authority security forces of shaving the beards of detained Hamas officials in the West Bank.
Hamas, for its part, accused the Palestinian Authority security forces of shaving the beards of detained Hamas officials in the West Bank.
The latest victim of the mustache-shaving policy is Nafez al-Namnam, a top Fatah operative in the Strip. Namnam, 51, is one of the commanders of Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, in Gaza City. He and his son Rami were arrested by Hamas policemen shortly after the mysterious explosion that killed five Hamas men on the beach in Gaza City last Friday. The father and son were among more than 150 Fatah members who were rounded up by Hamas in the aftermath of the bombing. Namnam wore an unusually large mustache for more than 30 years. But while in prison, his Hamas interrogators shaved it off before finally releasing him.
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HEY!!!
What a great idea!!!
Maybe we should shave the lip hair on any "insurgent" we capture in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Boy Howdy, talk about sending a chill of fear up the spine of the Lions of Islam. I mean Mahmoud without his beard?
Of course the big problem is how do you pick up the head after a suicide KAboom with out a beard for a handle?
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i saw this in the Jpost, and my first thought was this sounded like something Fred had made up.
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Hamas has resumed its policy of shaving mustaches of political opponents to humiliate them, Fatah officials said Wednesday.
And that's just to the women. You see the barbarous things they do to the men
Two alleged Indonesian terror leaders were headed to Iraq to seek help from al Qaeda, according to a seized laptop that indicates regional militants are cash-strapped but determined to rebuild international links, security officials say.
Abu Husna and Agus Purwantoro are reputed to be key leaders in Jemaah Islamiyah, a militant network that once accepted al Qaeda funds to carry out strikes in Southeast Asia.
The men were detained in Malaysia in March and are awaiting trial in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a rebel base in the far north of the island on Wednesday, the military said, as government forces continued their push against the rebels' northern stronghold.
"It was a Black Tiger (suicide fighter) training centre northwest of Iranamadu tank in Mullaitivu," said air force spokesman Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara. The military said ground troops had also killed 20 Tamil Tiger rebels in day-earlier fighting. Four soldiers were also killed. The air raids on a Tamil Tiger rebel base in rebel-held Mullaitivu, and the fighting in several northern districts, came as the military blamed the Tigers for breaching their own unilateral ceasefire by firing artillery in the army-controlled northern Jaffna peninsula, which separates the rest of Sri Lanka from the rebel-held north.
"They (rebels) fired about 10 rounds of artillery and two soldiers injured," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.
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Gunmen attacked a military post in the eastern Lebanese province of Hermel early Wednesday morning, killing a soldier and wounding another, a security official said.
Soldiers fired back at the attackers who fled, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The motives and the identity of the assailants were not immediately known. Troops are searching for them, according to the official.
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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
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The US Air Force killed an al Qaeda field commander in Afghanistan during an airstrike this month, al Qaeda said in a statement released on the Internet earlier this month.
DHAKA - Five men who claimed they could solve any problem through supernatural powers and genies they had "domesticated" have been arrested by Bangladesh's elite security force, an official said Wednesday.
LONDON - A Syrian national who attempted to make bombs for Al-Qaeda-style attacks was jailed for seven years by a British court Wednesday, after being found guilty of terrorism offences. A judge in Birmingham, central England, told Hassan Tabbakh that the home-made devices could have been developed into viable bombs capable of causing death and destruction. The 38-year-old physics graduate, who lived in the city, was convicted of "preparing for acts of terrorism" after a two-week trial. A jury heard he had tried to make bombs using easily available materials such as fertiliser and had made handwritten notes about their design.
(Xinhua) -- A local government official was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northwestern Pakistan's main town on Wednesday, 
Would-be suicide bombers could be using explosives "underwear briefs" rather than explosives jackets to evade "conservative" body searches, sources said on Wednesday. 
In Iraq's volatile mix of race, religion and tribal rivalry, police say there's a common denominator in the continuing violence - gender. 
BAQUBAH, IRAQ -- Residents of New Baqubah woke up Wednesday to a scene they had never seen before: hundreds of Iraqi national police blanketing the neighborhood in a city that until last year was a center of the Sunni Arab-driven insurgency.
Hamas has resumed its policy of shaving mustaches of political opponents to humiliate them, Fatah officials said Wednesday. 
