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I've often ranted that, every time The Caped Asshat Preznit slams us for civilian deaths or night raids, we should pull his security for a two-week period, and publicly announce it with "sadness and apologies"
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Kazais detail is mostly made up of afghans since 2006.
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Probably a drug deal gone bad. Everyone will claim it as a step forward for their cause, except for the surviving Karzai. Perhaps he will begin to get a clue about a couple years from now when he is not President any more and doesn't have 24 hour guard.
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Ahmad Wali was on the outs with his brother, and trying to build his own powerbase in Kandahar, I think. It's highly weird that the story is that his own bodyguard killed him with guests in the house - sounds like some sort of massive violation of pashtunwali, whatever happened.
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Another asshole will just step into his place. Just like the drug war in our own neck of the woods. You can't wipe out cockroaches.
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oh yes you can, and they become less effectual with each immediate promotion
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It would appear to be so...
Interesting article, tu3031. Let me return you this,from the MSNBC blog, which claims the murderous bodyguard was a fellow clansman, and that Pakistan benefitted from the death.
HERAT: Suspected militants on Monday freed 27 deminers, who were kidnapped at gunpoint last week in Afghanistan, after beheading some of their captives, a local official said.
Thirty-one deminers were kidnapped last Wednesday instead of the twenty-eight policemen earlier reported, according to a spokesman for the governor of the western Farah province. He said that four of them had been beheaded over the weekend, instead of the seven the provincial police chief had reported.
Other than that, it was all true.
The remaining 27 men, working for the Demining Agency for Afghanistan (DAFA), a local charity based in the southern province of Kandahar, were released after mediation with tribal elders and officials, the spokesman, Naqibullah Shafee, said. "Twenty-seven of the abducted deminers were freed today through efforts of tribal elders and government officials and they went home today," he told AFP.
A happier ending than usual. For that all involved can be grateful.
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Many years ago, didn't Mullah Omar give deminers special status?
LASHKAR GAH: Taleban insurgents are trying to sabotage a security handover in the capital of Afghanistans violent southern Helmand province, but Afghan police and troops can protect the city after a year of preparation, British army commanders say.
The late July handover will be a formality, that will make no difference at all on a day-to-day basis as Afghans have been in charge of the city since last summer, said Lt. Col. Alastair Aitken, commander of the 4th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
It is not since August in 2010 that ISAF last intervened in a security incident within Lashkar Gah city, Aitken said.
But as a symbol actually it means quite a lot because it means that the Afghans can definitely say publicly that they are in charge of security, he added.
Lashkar Gah, the busy capital of the southern province of Helmand, is the most volatile of the seven areas where NATO-led forces in late July will kick off a years-long process of transferring security control to their Afghan counterparts.
The transfer will be a key test of NATO plans to hand security across the country to Afghan forces by the end of 2014, allowing the United States, Britain and other countries where the public is weary of the long Afghan war to take their troops off the front line.
The Taleban are making good on a threat to target the process; successful attacks could undermine confidence in Afghan forces and the overall transition.
Reuters journalists staying at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base in Lashkar Gah were jolted awake one recent morning by the thump of a nearby explosion. They are constantly trying to disrupt ... That is the sort of thing we anticipate, Col. Andrew Jackson, deputy commander of Task Force Helmand, the British-led contingent in Helmand, told Reuters.
Jackson said the bomb, targeted at a police convoy, was ineffective. Other officials said it caused no casualties.
The insurgent will still try to undermine the process but I remain confident in the ability of the Afghan security forces to contain and rebut it, Jackson added.
British army chiefs say the Afghan national police, often criticized as corrupt and inept, have made great strides in Lashkar Gah, where they man checkpoints throughout the city.
Seen from a patrol through the town with British Jackal armored vehicles, business appeared to be thriving. Traders sat behind piles of watermelons while the bazaar was packed with goods, ranging from fruit to bamboo cane and bird cages. Streets were thronged with vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and donkey-drawn carts.
Helmand, long a Taleban stronghold, is one of Afghanistans most violent provinces. Some 375 British soldiers have died in Afghanistan, mostly in Helmand, since 2001, including 24 killed in action so far this year.
But Jackson said in the three central districts of Helmand where British forces are deployed this year is progressing substantially better than in previous fighting seasons.
The dreaded annual Taleban offensive hasnt happened to the same extent as we expected and fewer fighters appeared to have infiltrated the British-patrolled area of Helmand, he said.
Weve certainly seen less of the more important commanders coming in. Im not quite sure why that is. Its either because they feel scared that if they do come in they will be killed ... or its because they feel that they simply cant operate in the area that they find themselves in.
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Continuing the jihad by other means, and getting Jordan in the crossfire. It won't be long until Israel goes to in-house production, and Jordan will happily switch to a trustworthy supplier. At which point Egypt will have no governent, no tourists, no external gas sales... Perhaps the Gulf states will replace their Malaysian maids and Palestinian technocrats with the Egyptian product.
Golly gosh it was just yesterday that they had that pipeline repaired...
ZINTAN: Rebels fighting to encircle Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli faced stiff resistance on Monday, coming under rocket attack south of the capital as France said it had made indirect contact with Libyas regime.
The clashes occurred around Gualish, which the rebels overran four days ago as they launched a NATO-backed offensive aimed at pushing the front line closer to the capital.
There is a battle in the mountain of Zarat, near Kikla, about 15 kilometres north of Gualish, said Wael Brashen who commands a small rebel unit in the area.
Since morning, Gaddafis forces have been striking intermittently with grad rockets and 106-calibre anti-tank canons, he said, adding the rebels launched a counterattack after three hours.
Brashen said the shelling also targetted a road linking Kikla to Al-Assabaa, the last major city on the road to Tripoli.
We are preparing for Al-Assabaa, we do not know when, but there will be a battle very soon, said Colonel Juma Brahim who commands the rebels operational headquarters in Zintan.
Rebels broke a weeks-long stalemate in the Nafusa mountain range last week, marching to the plains of Gualish.
Elsewhere, the rebels said Gaddafi loyalists killed four of their fighters and wounded 22 overnight in the town of Zliten, some 60 kilometres from Misrata, Libyas third city and the insurgencys main western stronghold.
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Frank G will also be impatient: the technical in the pic at the link is NOT a Ford F-150...
MISRATA/PARIS: Libyan rebels dug into defensive positions and hoarded ammunition on Monday, stalled in their advance toward Tripoli in a slowing campaign that is starting to irk NATO allies.
France expressed impatience over the weekend at the inability to reach a political solution to the crisis after months of static fighting, and stepped up pressure on rebels to negotiate an end to the conflict. But French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Monday the NATO-led alliance still needed to keep up its military pressure on Qaddafis army and reiterated that his stepping down was a necessary condition for an end to the conflict.
France also denied comments by one of Gadaffis sons that it was in direct talks with the Libyan leaders government.
At one of Libyas two major front lines, Misrata, rebels were dug into defensive positions and conserving ammunition, getting ready to push against pro-Qaddafi forces in the neighboring town of Zlitan. Zlitan is the first in a chain of coastal towns blocking the rebels on a westward march to the capital, Tripoli.
Right now we are just waiting for ammunition and getting ready to go, but in my opinion if we had more ammunition we could already be in Zlitan, said rebel fighter Ali Bashir Swayeba, a 29-year-old dentist.
While a Reuters reporter near the front said fighting was more quiet than on Friday, there were still periodic bursts of fire and an occasional explosion of a Grad rocket.
At the nearby field hospital, medical workers said there were nine injuries, a quiet day for a front that regularly sees several deaths and a score of injuries.
The rebels have refused to hold talks as long as Qaddafi remains in power, a stance that before now none of NATOs major powers had publicly challenged.
A son of the Libyan leader, Saif Al-Islam, told Algerian newspaper El Khabar in an interview on Monday that Qaddafis government was in talks with the French government. Speaking from Tripoli, he was quoted by the newspaper as saying, The truth is that we are negotiating with France and not with the rebels.
France said: When we reach an agreement with you (Tripoli), we will force the (rebel) council to cease fire, he was quoted as saying.
Frances Foreign Ministry denied it was in talks with Qaddafis government.
With the conflict stalemated, cracks are emerging inside the NATO alliance. Some member states are balking at the burden on their recession-hit finances, and many are frustrated there has been no decisive breakthrough.
There was no immediate reaction to the French ministers comments from the rebel leadership at its headquarters in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
Rebel forces trying to march on Tripoli have made modest gains in the past week, but the fighting on Monday underlined it would be a long slog.
In the Western Mountains region southwest of Tripoli, rebels again came under fire from Qaddafis forces. A rebel spokesman in Nalut, Mohammed, said rebels were able to destroy two houses used as ammunition warehouses near Libyas border with Tunisia.
Qaddafis forces launched a heavy artillery bombardment to try to push back rebel fighters who last week seized the village of Al-Qawalish, 100 km south of Tripoli. Al-Qawalish is a strategic battleground because if the rebels manage to advance beyond it, they will reach the main highway leading north into Tripoli.
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Gahhhh!
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CAIRO: More than 2,000 Egyptians braved sweltering heat on Monday for a fourth day of protests aimed at pressing Egypts military rulers to enact swifter reforms and speed up the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak and his allies.
The protesters have halted traffic through Cairos Tahrir Square, a major thoroughfare and the heart of the protest movement that brought down Mubarak on Feb. 11. Tents where some have camped stand on traffic islands in the square.
In Egypts second biggest city of Alexandria, about 100 protesters were also camped in one of the citys main squares.
Anger has been driven by what protesters say is the ruling military councils failure to deliver on promises. One of the main demands is a swift trial for those who killed protesters.
The Public Prosecution office, in what appeared to be an attempt to satisfy protesters, posted a list of the legal measures it had taken against senior officials of the Interior Ministry accused of killing protesters, including trial dates.
But that did not placate the protesters. A banner at one entrance to Tahrir read: Revolution first and if needed we are ready to sacrifice with our souls and whatever is precious for the revolution to continue and not be stolen.
Yes for protesting until change is achieved, read one of the banners in Alexandria.
Some Egyptians, frustrated by months of turmoil, have criticized protesters for again bringing the center of the city to a standstill and for shutting off to employees a vast administrative building that stands on the edge of the square.
There was no sign of a police or army presence in the Tahrir Square area.
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OTOH BHARAT RAKSHAK > EGYPT: DEMAND FOR MONEY - JIZYA - PROMPTS ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS [Copts].
Muslim rants agz Egypt's Coptic community is actually related to the country's worsening economy.
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"Revolution first and if needed we are ready to sacrifice with our souls and whatever is precious for the revolution to continue and not be stolen."
So the Egyptians are revolting, eh? I hope that slogan sounds better in Arabic. Not exactly pithy in English. Note to media-savvy revolutionaries: avoid conditional clauses when writing banners.
Pabna, July 8 (UNB) - A local BNP leader and former UP-chairman was critically injured in an attack by some local terrorists at Masumdia union in Bera upazila on Thursday.
The victim was identified as Shamshur Rahman Shomej, 45, ex-up chairman of Masumdia union and upazila BNP general secretary. He was the chairman candidate in the recently held UP election but failed to win the race.
Police said when Shomej was returning to his Masumdia residence after attending a party meeting at 2pm in nearby Sujanagar upazila a gang led by terrorist Masud swooped on him and stabbed him indiscriminately.
"Ouch!! Ooch!! Hey, that's rather indiscriminate of you! Ouch!!"
He was rushed to Pabna General Hospital where his condition was stated to be critical.
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DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh on Sunday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse activists trying to enforce a nationwide strike over the removal of a Muslim phrase in the constitution, and witnesses said around 50 people were injured.
The clashes erupted when thousands of bludgeon-carrying activists cut off a stretch of highway leading to the capitals eastern suburbs with barricades. The protesters also damaged several cargo trucks before the police crack down, and some 100 people were detained.
The strike, which began two days after the country emerged from a 48-hour stoppage enforced by the opposition, was called to protest a recent amendment to the constitution which dropped the words absolute faith and trust in Allah.
The activists also want to scrap secularism as a state principle in the Muslim-majority country.
The strike, which was called for by 12 parties, was however, largely ignored by most normal people in Bangladesh, where businesses and transportation was operating as normal.
The strike was spearheaded by the Bangladesh Islami Andolon, one of a handful of small parties that have no representation in parliament but who back the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who is trying to force early elections.
So that she can grab the boodle...
The BNP lost to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas Awami League in the 2008 Parliament polls and has since been trying to rally support of other groups.
The two women have dominated the south Asian countrys often volatile politics for two decades and are likely to face off again in the next election due by end of 2013.
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NICOSIA: Cypruss defense minister and army chief resigned after munitions dump blast that killed 12 people on Monday, government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said.
The commander of the Cypriot navy and the commander of a military base were among those killed, police said. The other victims were army officers and six firefighters.
The explosion happened at a military base where confiscated Iranian munitions were being held.
And that's why it's WoT related.
It shut down the islands largest power station, causing widespread power cuts. The explosion occurred in material held since 2009 by the Republic from an Iranian vessel which was sailing to Syria ... there are 12 dead and 62 injured, Stefanou said.
The early morning explosions devastated the adjacent Vassiliko power station in what Commerce Minister Antonis Paschalides called a tragedy of Biblical dimensions for the small Mediterranean island. The plant produces almost 60 percent of the countrys electricity supply. Massive damage was caused to homes in the nearby village of Mari, forcing the evacuation of its 150 residents, the village headman said.
The Iranian armaments were in the cargo of the Monchegorksk, a ship Cyprus intercepted in 2009 sailing from Iran to Syria in violation of UN sanctions on Iran. Military sources said they believed all 98 containers of the Iranian arms, kept exposed in scorching temperatures, exploded.
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Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry is the second living, active-duty service member to receive the nation's highest military decoration for actions in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. Last year, Obama awarded a Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta, also for actions in Afghanistan.
Petry was being recognized for courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia in May 2008. The 31-year-old native of Santa Fe, N.M., was shot in both legs and then lost a hand while throwing an enemy grenade away from himself and two fellow Army Rangers - all the while continuing to call out orders so that his unit could fulfill its mission, according to soldiers who served with him.
According to the Army News Service, Petry was serving with the 75th Ranger Regiment when he was wounded during a rare daylight raid to capture a high-value target. Petry was clearing the courtyard of a targeted compound with Pvt. 1st Class Lucas Robinson when they came under fire.
A bullet pierced both of Petry's legs, and he and Robinson took cover by a chicken coop. As Sgt. Daniel Higgins arrived, a grenade was thrown from the other side of the coop, landed about 30 feet away and exploded, wounding Higgins and Robinson. A second grenade landed even closer to the three wounded Rangers - just a few feet away. Petry grabbed it and tried to toss it away, but it exploded in his hand.
Petry placed a tourniquet on his own right arm before reporting that he had been wounded again and that the firefight was ongoing. Two other soldiers, Staff Sgt. James Roberts and Spc. Christopher Gathercole, came to their aid. Gathercole was shot and killed by an enemy firing from another part of the courtyard; Higgins and Robinson returned fire and killed him.
Despite being eligible for a medical discharge, he has chosen to stay on active duty and is working near his unit at Joint Base Lewis-McChord helping injured soldiers adjust to life after battle.
Petry has served six tours in Afghanistan and two in Iraq, according to the Army. He enlisted in September 1999. When he reenlisted in 2010, Petry said he loves the work he does helping wounded soldiers.
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I'm not sure if congratulations is the right word. Sounds like the stuff he did before the action, during the action, and has done afterwords demands to be recognized.
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It's unfortunate that our ruling political class hasn't developed the means or desire to attract such individuals into that realm of activity. I don't mean the willingness to give that full measure of devotion, but just the attitude of sacrifice, service and responsibility without some base reward of just power or position or money.
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who was at the time on his seventh deployment in support of combat operations both in Iraq and Afghanistan
His ranger outfit ran 400 missions in a four-month deployment? They don't have much down time while deployed. These men are all heroes who deserve honor and respect!
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Deep respect for S1C Petry's sacrifice and bravery. He's the type of American viewers should see on evening TV instead of Lady GagMe or Snoop Shaggy Dog.
It's unfortunate that our ruling political class hasn't developed the means or desire to attract such individuals into that realm of activity.
It's all about turning ordinary men into the extraordinary through training, honor and sacrifice for the common good. None of that exists in the ruling classes.
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Truthfully, in comparison with many other actions in both Iraq and Afghanistan, his actions warrant a silver star.
I fear that the MoH is being downgraded by the Democrats in the direction of the NATO proposed (but rejected) repulsive courageous restraint citation.
The Democrats themselves firmly rejected the idea of citing *any* soldier for their performance in the Iraq war or occupation, out of spite at "Bush's War".
So now they want to tarnish the MoH as a citation for "saving lives" instead of "winning wars". Obama no doubt resented that he had to stand behind the SFC while putting it on him.
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I agree with moose about Obumble hating too have too the MOH on this man , you can tell by the look on his face, but after 8 deployments and the loss of a hand while in these conditions he deserves it. If every MOh winner is KIA, that kinda sends a message that the ones who live didn't do a good enough job IMHO. Congrats soldier, and just think now that obnoxious ass president Obama has too salute you!
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Even with a prosthetic hand, Sgt 1st Class Petry reenlisted for eight more years!
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continue to have no illusions about how Obama and the Left feel about men like Sgt. 1st Class Petry.
As kerry said it, and you remember he said it...that is how the Left and people like Kerry and Obama feel about servicemen and women they use.
Their service and their achievements are laughed at as stupid. They are regarded as one step above a bunch of uneducated toothless hillbillies. ( no criticism of hillbillies, I happen to be one).
But men in uniform are pawns to Obama. You wont find him going into a room full of combat vets. He knows they know what he is and how he views them.
Obama spits on the men who are like Peltry. Dont have any illusions about Obama.
Obama thinks servicemen are fools and pawns. Too stupid to get a "real" job.
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[] The unruly passenger that caused United Airlines flight 944 headed from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany to make an unscheduled stop in Cleveland was nabbed Monday.
Stephen D. Anthony, the special agent in charge of the Cleveland Division of the FBI, and Chief Michael McGrath with the Cleveland Police Department announced Saleh Ali S. Alramakh, 21, was nabbed after he repeatedly disobeyed orders from flight attendants Friday and his behavior eventually escalated to shoving, kicking and spitting.
The trouble allegedly began when Alramakh, of Akron, went into the restroom and used an electronic device during taxi in Chicago.
Flight attendants asked that he immediately turn off the device and return to his seat.
At first Alramakh refused, but eventually complied.
Right after take off Alramakh returned to the restroom to use his electronic device once again despite the fact that passengers were required to remain seated with seat belts fastened.
When Alramakh refused to cooperate with fight attendants' requests that he return to his seat, the attendants unlocked and opened the door.
Alramakh became verbally abusive, Sherlocks said, then returned to his seat.
But before long, Alramakh exited his seat for a third time and confronted a flight attendant in what was described as a 'belligerent, confrontational manner.'
He was accused of speaking in a loud voice and using profanity while standing just inches from the flight attendant's face.
Alramakh was asked to step back, but instead he allegedly shoved the flight attendant backward.
At least one passenger intervened and helped the flight crew restrain him as he tried to kick and spit on anyone nearby.
Cleveland Police Officers found Alramakh restrained on the floor when the plane landed at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport around 5:20 p.m. Friday.
A police K-9 unit was brought in to sweep the plane and screen the luggage.
Although the plane was refueled and cleared to continue its journey to Frankfurt, the aircraft remained grounded overnight because the flight crew had exceeded the allowed number of hours while on duty.
Alramakh was nabbed by the FBI Monday for the federal felony charge of interference with flight crew members and attendants.
He will appear in Cleveland Municipal Court Tuesday morning then be taken to Federal Court by U.S. Marshals.
United Airlines says it is cooperating with authorities.
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This is a great article. Fun to read. Your header about the Amish was positively delicious
Saudi, eh? The thought that this might be a "test" of airline procedures has crossed my mind, as I assume it has probably crossed yours.
He is not our friend, and he spits and swears...and eats masking tape too, I hear. I also suspect he doesnt look
particularly nordic or carry himself with the quiet manners of a Lutheran batchelor asking for more fresh biscuits.
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Heh! '...fight attendants...' !!! Is that what they have become now?
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Possibly Mr. Alramakh, or whatever his name is, was merely being acting the spoilt Saudi male-gift-to-the-universe. In which case the response will be salutary, not only for his ability to survive adulthood beyond his mama's protective arms, but also for his fellows who hear the tale. And if he was, indeed, either testing the waters or engaging in a bit of jihading, the result was salutary as an example, too.
A pack, not a herd. The poor dear didn't have a chance, really, not when even the little flight attendants no longer surrender. A girlfriend of mine does Tae Kwan Do -- following 9/11 she and her instructor developed modified techniques specifically for airplane aisles, and trained all the attendants of the airline she worked for as a head stewardess.
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"...one passenger intervened and helped the flight crew restrain him..."
hmm, what a surprise -- give us passengers a reason to open up a can of whoopass on you Mr. Saudi, we only need a good story to tell the man afterwards.
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These people should be charged for the gate time, fuel, and flight time they cost the airline.
It would be nice to run a class action on these nut jobs too on behalf of all of us on the plane that had to change their whole lives around because they had to be moslem in our immediate space.
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Personally, I'd have liked to have seen one US SF soldier aboard that plane, on his way to his fourth or fifth deployment to Afghanistan, unload a can of whupp-a$$ on the little POS, possibly with the help of the karate-trained flight attendant. After that, don't jail him and give his bruises a chance to heal - send his furry little butt back to Saudi-land, bruises and all, special delivery. Then declare him and his entire family persona-non-grata in the US FOREVER.
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Then declare him and his entire family all of his fellow Soddies persona-non-grata in the US FOREVER.
Fixed it for ya, OP. No charge.
BTW, Grandmama at the bottom of the page at the link makes a great comment about the TSA.
Pakistani intelligence officials say suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan, killing six confirmed terrorists alleged militants.
The officials say the house that was hit Tuesday morning was located in Dremala village in the South Waziristan tribal area. The village is located close to the border with North Waziristan.
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The Guardian adds that this was one of a series of three drone strikes in three North Waziristan villages since Monday, resulting in 38 or more deaths, almost all militants.
KARACHI: Around seven people were killed, many others were injured and 10 were abducted from different areas of the provincial capital on Monday, as unrest stemming from lawlessness continued unabated. Residents of Lyari, belonging to the Kachi community, clashed with rival Lyari gangsters in various areas of the city.
Gunfight left three people dead and scores of others wounded, while the office of Kachi Rabita Council (KRC) and MQM were ransacked and set on fire.
Areas in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Old Sabzi Mandi also remained tense. Old areas in the city, including Kharadar, Mithadar, Rancho Line, Agra Taj, Ranchore Line, Eidgah and various other localities remained tense, as intense firing between members of the Kachi community and Lyari gangsters suspended routine life, while police and Rangers were unable have an access to the affected areas. Police spotted a bullet-riddled dead body near the KMC. The deceased was identified as Abdul Sattar, resident of Sango Lane Kalakot.
Corpse of another man shot dead and bearing marks of torture was found from Khajoor Bazaar, Kharadar.
Another victim was found dead within the limits of Pak Colony police station. Police suspected the deceased was a passerby, who was shot at when he way on his way to his destination. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Hassan, resident of Hassan Olia village, and a milkman by profession.
A man was shot dead near Khadda Market; when unidentified armed men opened fire at him, wounding him critically.
Residents of Lyari, belonging to the KRC, held a protest demonstration at National Highway and Maripur Road and demanded the government to ensure release of kidnapped persons. We have always stood for a compromise while the gangsters have always betrayed us, they said, adding, Gangsters rain bullets on our houses and we are unable to move out of our dwellings. Police and Rangers are reluctant to take action against the criminals of Lyari because they are the supporters of PPP. Another young man was shot dead near Mari Pur Road Grid Station in the limits of Kalri police station. Police said the victim belonged to Kachi community.
Two of the injured, namely 70-year-old Zubaida, and 55-year-old Be Rukh Khan succumbed to their injuries at CHK.
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why do I get the impression that this is just a Paki version of the essence of Islam's daily grind with the lid pulled back on the Corleones and the Tatagglias?
No real control, no police and despite the FACT that Peace is the answer and Wars never settle anything and EVERYone wants Peace as we hear taught by the tweed educational PC of course its true, dear....human nature loves to do this sort of thing and flower power aint gonna cut it if the Police are owned by the Imam and he dont like you cause you dont givva him no "respect."
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PESHAWAR: At least seven people, including a child, two women and two policemen, were killed in a suicide attack targeting a political rally of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) at a bazaar in central Battagram on Monday, officials said.
The suicide bomber, who was in his twenties and was apparently targeting the PML-Qs public meeting, blew himself up after asked by police to stop for search at a security checkpoint. PML-Q Peshawar President Amir Muqqam survived the attack as he was behind schedule to address the rally.
Seven people were killed while 25 others were wounded in the attack, Battagram District Headquarters Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Mehboobur Rehman told Daily Times.
A police official, who requested anonymity, told Daily Times that the policemen at the entrance of the venue of the public meting pulled their guns at the bomber when he, despite their warning, tried to come closer to them. Just then, he detonated his suicide vest, he added.
Local administration official Khalid Khan Omarzai said, I can confirm now that it was a suicide attack. The bomber came on foot. He blew himself up when police stopped him for a body search.
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wasn't it Michael Savage who first trademarked the term "Splodeydope"?
I hear the EUroweenies absolutely hate Michael Savage( for some reason)....almost as much as the Democrats hate George Bush and would rather eat their own gonads with lettuce than see a tax cut be allowed to remain when we need to spend more so we can spend more. Spread the wealth now that's the ticket. Take from the people who earned it and give the money to people who smell like democrats. Tax those who create jobs....they have too much money obviously....forget about hiring another worker...pay more taxes.
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MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike targeting a compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border on Monday killed at least 10 militants, local security officials said.
The unmanned aircraft fired four missiles, zapping hitting the compound and a vehicle parked in the Gorwaik area of Datta Khel town, 45 kilometres (28 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, a senior official based in Peshawar, the regional capital told AFP.
"Two missiles struck the compound and another two hit a vehicle," the official said. "At least 10 militants were killed in this American drone attack."
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Guardian: As part of extensive preparations for the raid that killed Bin Laden in May, CIA agents recruited a senior Pakistani doctor to organise the vaccine drive in Abbottabad, even starting the "project" in a poorer part of town to make it look more authentic. Abbottabad health workers had previously had access to the OBL compound to give children polio drops and later took part in this project without knowing it was CIA-inspired. The doctor has since been arrested by Pak authorities. The CIA refused to comment, and the success of the "project" is unknown.
If more Pakistani children were immunized against polio, the operation was a success.
Separately, grain of salt time. This sounds like the kind of thing the that would bubble up from the paranoid muck of the Pakistan rumour mill or the black helicopter believers in the West. Good to know it's out there, though, regardless whether we ever have proof one way or another.
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If they were burning their own trash inside the compound they were unlikely to allow a strange doctor access. Bin Laden probably had his own doctor anyway with his health problems and all. This is nonsense.
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Crazy? Competent? your talking about yourselves! You guys wanted to drop bats with bombs on japan, still not as crazy as actually suicide bombing an airplane. The brits had pigeon guided bombs, bet you didn't know that shizzle!
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The pigeons were trained that when they pecked in a certain part of the screen ( the part that had the cross hairs centered on the target vessel, they were rewarded with food. so in a real mission, they would keep pecking for corn, causing the in flight corrections and soon the bomb would hit the boat. of course they were only good for one mission.
MOSUL, Iraq: Militants attacked a minor oil pipeline, halting the flow into a gathering facility in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, security and oil sources said on Sunday. A bomb hit a minor pipeline, which carries about 700 barrels per day of crude from northern fields to a gathering facility in Ain Zala, northwest of Mosul, an official at state-run North Oil Company said.
It happened yesterday (Saturday)... maintenance is ongoing to fix the pipeline, said the official, who asked not to be named. The pipe is not used for oil exports, he said.
A police source in Mosul said the explosion occurred early on Sunday and was caused by a bomb placed under an oil pipeline 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Mosul.
The Iraq-Turkey pipeline in the north, which carries around a quarter of Iraqs oil exports, is regularly hit by sabotage, usually blamed on Al-Qaeda and the banned Baath party. A bomb attack on an oil storage depot set a storage tank ablaze last month in a rare assault in the usually more stable southern oilfields.
Iraqi officials say local armed forces are ready to contain any internal threat when the last US troops in the country leave in a planned withdrawal at year-end. But they acknowledge gaps in their capabilities such as naval and air defenses, and intelligence gathering. Iraqs oil police, set up to protect refineries and pipelines, say they are still underequipped and understaffed for the job.
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NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A security source said today that two Iraqi soldiers were killed in an attack against a checkpoint east of Mosul.
The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the two soldiers were killed following an attack on their post. The culprits fled the crime scene, as reported by the source.
Mosul city, center of Ninewa province, lies 10,727 km northwest of Perth, Australia 405 km north of the capital, Baghdad.
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JERUSALEM Israel on Monday deported 23 foreign pro-Palestinian activists who were taken into custody after flying into Israel for protests at the weekend, an official told AFP.
There are 58 remaining (in Israeli custody), immigration service spokeswoman Sabine Hadad told AFP, adding they would be flown out as soon as there was space available on departing aircraft.
She said one Belgian had been admitted to Israel early on Monday, after he signed an undertaking to keep the peace and stay away from protests.
Those expelled during the day were 15 Belgians, six French nationals and two Germans, Hadad said. Those still in custody were part of the Welcome to Palestine campaign in which up to 800 people from Europe and the United States planned to fly to Israel and head to the Palestinian territories to visit Palestinian families.
Israeli authorities mobilised diplomatic and security forces to try to head off the incoming activists. Officials said that by notifying foreign airlines of ticket-holders who would not be admitted to Israel, they had prevented hundreds of people from boarding at their ports of departure.
Of those who managed to arrive, 120 were denied entry to Israel and taken into custody, although a handful were later admitted after signing pledges not to take part in public disorder.
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No one can complain that Israel hasnt handled this segment of the matter with dignity and restraint.
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I think the Israelis should be good hosts and feed them lots and lots of junk food and sugary soda, as often as they want to eat. Free cig*rettes and hard liquor, too.
Three people were gunned down in southern Thailand and 10 people, including nine security officers, were wounded in two separate bomb attacks yesterday. Some said that the violent attacks were in reaction to the Pheu Thai Party winning the election.
In Narathiwat province, Mama Samoh, 49, chairman of the Imam Club in Rangae district, and his 32-year-old wife Tuayya Naliya Samoh were killed at around 5:45 a.m. while they were riding a motorcycle to a rubber plantation. About 100 meters from their home, gunmen ambushed them, opening fire with two M16 and one AK47 rifles, spraying their bodies with bullets. More than 30 used shells were found at the scene.
Police suspect the murder was the work of terrorists militants. In mid-2009 Mama was shot and injured in a similar incident.
In the Mayo district of Pattani province, former village leader Yuso Adae, 62, was gunned down on his way home after praying at a mosque. A gunman shot him with a handgun when he stopped at a store to buy cigarettes.
And in Yala province, 10 people were wounded in two seemingly coordinated bomb explosions in Raman district yesterday morning.
Police received a report that a bomb wounded a rubber tree farmer there around 7 a.m. The bomb exploded while Sunthorn Maneesangkha, 41, was tapping rubber. He suffered an wound to his leg and was taken to the hospital.
Around 9 a.m., another explosion occurred when a team of police and bomb disposal team were investigating the blast site. Nine officers were wounded, three of them seriously.
In yet another attack, this one in Yala, a pickup was blown apart by a roadside bomb in Muang district yesterday morning. There were no casualties, fortunately.
The blast occurred when Chawat Kongsak, 48, was parking his truck near a rubber plantation after taking a number of students to school. Mr Chawat was unharmed but the vehicle was heavily damaged. The explosion left a crater one meter deep in the road and scattered metal shards around the area.
Police blamed terrorists separatists for the attack.
AMMAN, July 11 : Syrian forces killed at least one civilian and injured 20 in Homs on Monday during the heaviest raids on the city since troops deployed there two months ago to crush dissent against President Bashar Al-Assad, residents said.
The armor and tank-backed assaults on Homs, Syrias third largest city and hometown of Assads wife Asma, came a day after the authorities held a national dialogue meeting boycotted by the opposition, who described it as lacking credibility.
Military raids and house to house arrests have become routine after protests, but this time they did not stop shooting all night in the main neighborhoods, said a resident of the Bab Sbaa district, a lecturer who gave his name as Iyad.
Among hundreds of people arrested in Homs last week was Jalal Al-Najjar, a prominent neurosurgeon, he added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said armored vehicles fired machineguns on densely populated neighborhoods in Homs overnight and arrested several people.
In the city of Hama, 50 km to the north, security forces mounted house to house arrests and shooting was heard, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, activists said.
Human rights campaigners say hundreds of Syrians of all walks of life are being arrested across the country every week, adding to the more than 12,000 political prisoners in Syrian jails.
Syria has barred most independent media from operating inside the country making it difficult to verify accounts by activists and authorities.
In the last few days, security forces have arrested leading theater director Osama Ghanem in Damascus, 24-year-old journalist Omar Al-Assad in the Jaramana suburb of the capital and veterinarian Abdelghani Khamis in Hama, they added.
Shooting was heard across Hama overnight as security forces and gunmen loyal to Assad kept up raids on the city after killing up to 30 people last week. A large protest against Assads rule took place in the center of Hama on Friday, as the US and French ambassadors visited the city in a gesture of international support.
Demonstrations in Sunni rural areas and the less mixed cities, such as Homs and Hama, have been the biggest, with a heavy security presence focused on preventing demonstrations in the capital Damascus and in the merchant hub of Aleppo.
Human Rights Watch said in a report this week that security personnel it had interviewed described receiving, and following, orders to shoot on protesters to disperse them.
The testimony of these defectors provides further evidence that the killing of protesters was no accident but a result of a deliberate policy by senior figures in Syria to use deadly force to disperse protesters, said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.
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BEIRUT: Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the US Embassy in Damascus on Monday, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said.
The charge will be called here. (Syria) has not lived up to its international obligations, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, explaining that the Syrian ambassador was on vacation.
A French Foreign Ministry official said the Syrian authorities had done nothing to stop the assault on its embassy. They (the attacks) are recurring, the official said in Paris. The (Syrian) security forces are not doing anything.
Security guards used live ammunition to prevent hundreds of loyalists of President Bashar Assad from storming the French Embassy, diplomats said.
They tore down US Embassy plaques and tried to break security glass, diplomats said, in an escalation of protests against a visit by US and French ambassadors to the city of Hama, focus of demonstrations against Assads rule.
Four buses full of shabbiha (Alawite militia loyal to Assad) came from Tartous. They used a battering ram to try to break into the main door, a resident of Afif, the old district where the US Embassy is located said.
A Western diplomat in the Syrian capital said: This is a violent escalation by the regime. You do not bring bus loads of thugs into central Damascus from the coast without its consent.
Apparently we now know what Pencilneck thinks of our ambassador's trip to Hama the other day.
A television station that is heavily influenced by Syrian authorities encouraged this violent demonstration, a State Department spokesperson said in a statement.
No casualties were reported in the attacks.
Assad loyalists also attempted to attack the US ambassadors residence in Damascus on Monday but failed to gain entry. Ambassador Robert Ford was at the embassy compound when the assaults occurred.
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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
dominated Mexico for six years.
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.
DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh on Sunday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse activists trying to enforce a nationwide strike over the removal of a Muslim phrase in the constitution, and witnesses said around 50 people were injured.
Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry is the second living, active-duty service member to receive the nation's highest military decoration for actions in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. Last year, Obama awarded a Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta, also for actions in Afghanistan.
MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike targeting a compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border on Monday killed at least 10 militants, local security officials said.
MOSUL, Iraq: Militants attacked a minor oil pipeline, halting the flow into a gathering facility in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, security and oil sources said on Sunday. A bomb hit a minor pipeline, which carries about 700 barrels per day of crude from northern fields to a gathering facility in Ain Zala, northwest of Mosul, an official at state-run North Oil Company said.
JERUSALEM Israel on Monday deported 23 foreign pro-Palestinian activists who were taken into custody after flying into Israel for protests at the weekend, an official told AFP.
