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Birthday/Daily Gam Shot
Carole Landis aka Ann Carrington in "Topper Returns (1941)" aka Loana in "One Million B.C. (1940)" aka Vicky Lynn in "I Wake Up Screaming (1941)" aka Barbara Latime in "Moon Over Miami (1941)" aka Kay Sheldon in "Brass Monkey (1948)" aka Linda Medbury in "The Silk Noose (1948)" aka Julia Andrews in "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)" (Died in 1948 at age 29)
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Protests in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur entered second day on Thursday as 18 copperswere maimed and Nyala university was shut down.
Citizens of Nyala have expressed their refusal to accept the new governor, Mr Hamad Ismail, who was made governor after the former governor was transferred to the new state of East Darfur.
The protesters demanded the old governor, Mr Abdel Hamid Kasha, come back to power. They set the building of the ruling party, the National Congress Party (NCP) in Nyala on fire.
Gunfire was heard in Nyala and the fire caused a thick layer of smoke, an eye witness said.
Additionally, 19 individuals loyal to the National Congress Party were placed in long-term storage as police found firearms in their possession.
The new governor refused to declare a state of emergency in the state. However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... he announced the closure of Nyala University and all schools in the town.
Nyala, second largest city in Sudan was brought to a standstill by the protests; government offices were shut down as rumours of vandalism spread across the city and the power was cut during the afternoon.
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[Iran Press TV] At least eight people have been killed after troops from the self-declared republic of Somaliland launched an attack on local snuffies in the Buhodle district, Press TV reports.
The conflict erupted on Thursday as Somaliland forces launched an attack against bases of militia fighters, who have recently formed the new regional state of Khatumo, on the outskirts of Fool-Joogto village in the Buhodle district.
Fierce skirmishes broke out in the aftermath of the assault and heavy weapons -- including artillery and machine guns -- were used in the fighting. The shootout forced local residents to flee their homes.
A total of eight people were killed and several others maimed during the festivities.
Somaliland, situated in northwestern Somalia, unilaterally declared independence from the rest of Horn Africa country in 1991.
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Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991, when warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
The Somali government has struggled for years to restore security but efforts have not yet yielded results in the African nation.
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[An Nahar] Protesters marched to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to join thousands there demanding democratic change, a year after the uprising that toppled veteran president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... After noon prayers, organized marches left Cairo mosques and headed for the square, the symbolic heart of the Egyptian uprising, on a day dubbed "the Friday of Pride and Dignity" by the dozens of pro-democracy groups organizing the rallies.
"Down with military rule!", shouted demonstrators who left the Istiqama mosque in Giza, echoing the growing discontent over the military junta's handling of the transition.
"Legitimacy comes from the square," they chanted, clapping and waving flags.
In Tahrir, thousands had gathered in prayer in the center of the square, among the tents that marked a sit-in launched on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the start of the uprising.
Sheikh Mazhar Shaheen, the imam leading the prayers, said that while the revolt had produced notable achievements, the journey towards democratic rule was far from over.
"People came out on January 25, 2011 to call for freedom, justice, dignity and the end of a regime that spread all forms of corruption," Shahin told the crowd.
"They managed to remove the head of the regime in just 18 days and put some of its symbols behind bars. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the revolution has not achieved all its goals and that is what brought people out on the streets again on the first anniversary," Shaheen said.
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What are they protesting---that some Copts are still alive?
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Things go from bad to worse and then the cycle repeats...
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Grom, my bet is that the last 30 years were better for Egypt and Egyptians than the next 30 years will be. Likewise relations with both their allies and enemies.
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Gunmen have killed 15 village traders returning from a market at night and set their bodies ablaze in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, a local police chief said on Friday.
"Gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, attacked some local traders on their way back from a market in neighbouring Katsina state late Thursday," Zamfara state police commissioner Tambrai Yabo told AFP.
"The armed robbers waylaid the traders travelling back in an open truck and opened fire on them. They then loaded the truck with 14 bodies and burnt them," said Yabo, adding that a 15th victim had died in hospital.
Villagers said around 100 robbers came out of the bush and forced the truck to stop. The attack ocurred near a village that is close to the town of Birnin Magaji in Zamfara state, which borders Niger.
Armed robberies have been on the rise in Zamfara in recent months.
In October, marauding bandidos combed a village in Lingyado and killed 19 people in response to an attack on a gang of robbers by local vigilantes, residents said.
In December, four coppers and two children from one family were killed by gunnies in Dansadau village.
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[Yemen Post] The UN staff member, who has been held in Yemen since 15 January 2012, arrived today in a UN safe haven in Sana'a after he was released earlier in Ma'rib. He is in good health and is receiving standard medical examinations and psychological counselling. He has been in touch with his family and will be reunited with them in Norway soon.
"I am happy to be free again and I wish to thank all those who have worked hard for my release." commented the freed UN worker. "I am relieved that this experience is over," he added.
The UN worker was reportedly held somewhere in the governorate of Ma'rib, 173 kilometres east of the capital Sana'a, where he was taken by armed rustics involved in a tribal dispute.
"We are delighted to have our colleague back with us, unharmed, and we greatly appreciate the timely and determined efforts of Yemeni authorities in negotiating his release" said Jens-Toyberg-Frandzen, UN Resident Coordinator in Yemen. "We are also grateful for the close coordination and support we have received from the Norwegian Government throughout this ordeal."
The 34-year-old Norwegian, who has worked as a Governance Team Leader in the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... Development Programme, will go on a short leave to recuperate in his home country before he resumes duties with UNDP.
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The classic Yemen adventure among the wild natives, who will be said to have treated him with the utmost hospitality and nobility of character while his ransom was being negotiated.
[Yemen Post] Thousands of residents in the Yemeni town of Rada, which was taken over last week by al-Qaeda thugs, staged a rally on Wednesday to celebrate the Islamists's evacuation of their hometown.
"No for immunity no for immunity," and "revolution, revolution until goals are achieved," The protesters chanted.
They carried banners indicating their commitment to carrying on the peaceful sit-ins until all their goals are achieved.
Al-Qaeda beturbanned goons evacuated Rada, some 170km southeast the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, late on Tuesday after the army issued an ultimatum that if they don't leave the security forces would break into the town and force them out.
Al-Qaeda beturbanned goons took control of Rada last week and declared it an Islamic emirate in comparison to what happened in the southern restive province of Abyan in May.
Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch has strengthened its foothold in the southern provinces of the country, apparently taken an advantage of a distracted and undermined government.
US and Soddy Arabia have voiced their grave concerns over the unrest in Yemen for fear that the terrorist network would exploit the power vacuum and plan more terrorist attacks on their countries' interests in the region.
US and Yemeni cooperation on the war against terrorism has been disrupted for more than 9 months due to the unrest storming the country, leading Washington to increase their drones on al-Qaeda hideouts in the trouble-torn country.
Massive popular protests calling for Saleh's departure, combined by insurgency in the far north and anarchy in the south has rocked Yemen to the bone, leaving thousands killed, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse and triggering a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
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[Yemen Post] There are arrangements to appoint Yemeni outgoing President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... 's elder son, Ahmed as the commander of multi-national Counterterrorism Unit in the Middle East, which is led by USA, Saudi Al-Watan Newspaper reported citing what it has called close sources from Ahmed.
Ahmed, 40, the commander of the elite Elite Republican Guards, the best trained and equipped military troops in Yemen, has expressed his willingness to Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to quit his vital position once the Military Committee, which is tasked with restructuring the army units, asks him to, said the unidentified sources.
The appointment coincided with the Military Committee's plan to restructure the Yemeni army and make led by united leadership in line with the GCC brokered deal signed on November23.
Saleh's relatives still in control of key military institutions, including Elite Republican Guards, Special Forces, Counterterrorism Unit and National Security.
Saleh has left Yemen for USA for further medical treatment for wounds and injuries sustained in a blast at the Presidential Palace early in June.
Saleh signed a deal with the opposition in the Saudi capital of Riyadh under which he transferred all his executive powers to Hadi, the sole candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections set to be held on February 21.
Massive popular protests demanding an end to the long autocratic rule of Saleh, combined with anarchy in the south and insurgency in the far north has shaken Yemen to the bone, leaving thousands killed, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse, triggering humanitarian crisis and stoking fears among friends and neighbors of another failed state in the region.
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Yeah, you know they're "elite" when the president's kid is running the show...
For a map, click here. For a map of Nuevo Leon state, click here. For a map of Monterrey, click here.
A total of six individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in Monterrey, Neuvo Leon.
One unidentified man in his 50s was shot to death in an area northwest of Monterrey. The victim was found near the intersection of Avenida Aztlan and Calle Augusto Gomez in Valle de Santa Lucía colony after being shot as he was sitting in his vehicle.
An unidentified man was shot to death in Monterrey, Wednesday afternoon. The victim had been pursued by armed suspects riding aboard a pickup truck. The victim was shot and killed near the intersection of calles Washington and Privada Colonial in Maria Luisa colony.
Two unidentified brothers were shot to death at their residence in San Nicholas municipality Wednesday. The victims were shot in Constituyentes de Queretaro colony by armed suspects who then fled aboard a vehicle.
A man was shot during an armed robbery in Monterrey Wednesday night. Wilfredo Urrutia Olmeda, 29, was a customer at the shop near the intersection of calles Las Palmas and Zapopan in Villa Dorada colony, when armed suspects committing a robbery shot and killed him.
An unidentified woman was found shot to death in Monterrey Thursday morning. The victim was found near the intersection of Heroes del 47 and Riva Palacio.
[An Nahar] Four Russian servicemen and five beturbanned fascisti were killed Friday in a clash in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence there in months, officials said.
"The active phase of the battle is over," a local security official told the Interfax news agency, adding that three Russian servicemen had also been injured in the fighting.
Russia has been keen to contain violence along its restless southern periphery since concluding the second of two post-Soviet wars in Dagestan's neighbor Chechnya a decade ago.
But attacks continue throughout the region, with gunnies cutting the throat of a Russian serviceman in a rare night time attack on a grammar school in the nearby region of Kabardino-Balkaria on Thursday.
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so they are going after elementary schools again. What brave jihadis. (sarcm) intended
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A St. Paul man who started to get violent after he decided to join the jihad and travel to Somalia, according to his family, was charged with making terroristic threats. The family of Sharmarke Duale, 20, told police he had done well in school until he began attending a local mosque, according to a criminal complaint. The name of the mosque was not mentioned.
The complaint says, "Since that time, he has been very disrespectful toward the women in the house and has threatened his father to try to get his father to assist Duale in getting a passport." It gives the following account of events.
Police were called Tuesday afternoon to the family's home about an assault in progress. They were told that a son had stabbed his mother and was trying to get back into the house by smashing a window with a shovel. Officers arrived to find Duale on the porch wielding a shovel. The mother was inside; police saw defensive stab wounds on her hands.
The complaint says the family said Duale was raising money for jihad and told his father, "Take me out of this country, or I will show you what will happen; things will not be good for you."
Duale's father, Mohamed Duale, vehemently denied telling police that his son was raising money for jihad. He said, "We never said these words. This is wrong what they put here; this is not from my family."
According to the complaint, Sharmarke tried to stab his father but cut his mother when she stepped in to intervene. He also punched his sister. His parents said they fear him and that he needs help. He has threatened to "chop (his sister and mother) in pieces" and "kill the girls."
Speaking to police at the county jail after his arrest, Duale said his mother had cut herself and that his family's claims were all lies.
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he had done well in school until he began attending a local mosque
Someone might want to investigate that mosque. It would seem to not be the one the family attended. His parents said they fear him and that he needs help.
And they may even have pumped up the story a bit in order to try and get him that help, even if it involves law enforcement.
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all he got charged with is terroristic threats? saounds like a big charge but it's really not. An attmepted murder for the stabbing would have alot more effect for jail time or just ship into a jihad zone so he can get his wish and free bullet in the head.
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The lad won't be able to get a passport now, he will be put on a watch list...and he'll get some time in jail to ponder the situation. Back outside in Minneapolis/St. Paul that mosque is going to enjoy the close and continued attention of the local police as well as various branches of the Feds...and members as well as visitors will get the Hawaii treatment.
This nation's gratitude should go out to whoever called the cops on Junior's little adventure.
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"The Dark Lord and I," said Moody [Barty Crouch, Jr.], and he looked completely insane now, towering over Harry, leering down at him, "have much in common. Both of us, for instance, had very disappointing fathers.... Very disappointing indeed. Both of us suffered the indignity, Harry, of being named after those fathers. And both of us had the pleasure... the very great pleasure... of killing our fathers to ensure the continued rise of the Dark Order!"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", J.K. Rowling
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Funny. Every time I see "Minnesota" and "jihad" in the same sentence, I think "Somalia." I wonder why that is?
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That's the first thing I thought, too, JD - Minnesota+jihad=Somalia. Guess I'm psychic.
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I blame the lutefisk diet....
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Yeah, it's all those danged Lutherans!
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Psychic, you say? So maybe I'm not racist? Whew!
This is actually pretty pathetic. Marmaduke or whatever couldn't even get out of the house, let alone to other side of the globe to wage glorious jihad in the name of Allah. I'm no clinician, but it sounds similar to Jared Loughner - standard male 20-ish-onset schizophrenia, untreated by a family either ignorant or in total denial.
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This is actually pretty pathetic. Marmaduke or whatever couldn't even get out of the house, let alone to other side of the globe to wage glorious jihad in the name of Allah. I'm no clinician, but it sounds similar to Jared Loughner - standard male 20-ish-onset schizophrenia, untreated by a family either ignorant or in total denial.
The guy was a meth head and a muscle head. Schizophrenia, maybe, but brought on by "self-medication".
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I dunno, badanov, none of the potheads I've known have been violent or even overtly self-destructive (unless the pot was laced wite PCP or the like), while virtually all the methheads were.
[An Nahar] Attackers on Friday fired rockets at Pakistain's top military academy, damaging its outer wall in a major security breach near the home where the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest... lived for years, officials said.
No one was hurt in the pre-dawn attack and it was unclear who fired the nine rockets from behind a mosque in mountains overlooking the Kakul academy, Pakistain's equivalent of West Point 50 kilometers from the capital.
The garrison city of Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... was considered one of the safest parts of nuclear-armed Pakistain until American Special Forces on May 2 found and killed the al-Qaeda founder in a compound where he apparently lived for five years.
The bin Laden raid humiliated Pakistain's powerful military, exposing it to charges of complicity or incompetence after it emerged that the world's most wanted man had lived on the doorstep of its premier academy for years.
Three rockets on Friday damaged the outer wall of the academy, which is jt 500 meters from the site of the U.S.. Navy SEALs raid that serioly damaged already turbulent relations between Pakistain and the United States.
"Nine rockets were fired. Three rockets hit the boundary wall of the military academy and damaged it. No one was hurt in the attack," Imtiaz Hsain Shah, a top local government official in Abbottabad told Agence La Belle France Presse.
"We have launched a search operation," Shah added.
Mohammed Karim Khan, Abbottabad police chief, confirmed the attack.
"Three rockets hit the boundary wall. Three others landed in an open area and three others landed in a field," he said.
Officials blamed gunnies for the attack.
Shah told TV channel Geo that police had recovered nine rocket-launching pads behind a mosque, about 500 meters from the academy.
"We have a security system and checkpoints on the roads, but the place they used as a launch pad is accessible from all sides and there are mountains at the back of this place," he said.
"At this stage we cannot say who was involved, but they are gunnies and we are investigating how they managed to reach this place."
Taliban and other Islamist Islamic fascistiare fighting an insurgency against the army, although there has been a marked decline in violence in recent months.
Considered one of the quietest towns in the northwest, nestled in pine-dotted hills and popular with day-trippers from the capital, Abbottabad is listed on Pakistain's official tourism website as a "popular summer resort".
But although it is mainly tranquil, it is close to more troubled areas.
A judicial commission is investigating how bin Laden managed to live undetected in Pakistain for so long, and whether there was any government or military collion.
Pak-U.S. ties have since reached a new low over U.S. air strikes that killed 24 Pak soldiers last November, leading Pakistain to shut its Afghan border to NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... supplies and conduct a review of its alliance with Washington.
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Who benefits from a HARMLESS attack on the military acadamy? I suggest it is the military, or at least the part that is more military and less Taliban/Islamist oriented. The question is, are they competent enough to have executed it to be harmless and to keep it secret?
Concluding that the 30,000-pound "bunker-buster" bomb, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) isn't big enough to destroy Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, the Pentagon has contracted to make an even more powerful bomb.
Hint: cave in the entrance tunnels, air vents and elevators, then see how long the occupants survive. Do you really want to "blow up" nuclear material? I say give it the yucca mountain treatment.
Mr. Panetta added: "But I'm confident, frankly, that we're going to have that capability and have it soon".
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[An Nahar] The rebel Free Syrian Army claimed on Friday to have captured five Iranian military officers in the restive city of Homs and urged Tehran to "immediately" withdraw any additional troops it may have in Syria.
In a statement, the FSA said the Iranians captured "were working under the orders of the intelligence services of the Syrian air force" and had no valid papers to reside or work in Syria.
It did not specify when the officers were locked away and FSA officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
The statement urged Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to admit that members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, or Pasdaran, were in Syria to assist the regime of Bashir al-Assad in its bid to crush a 10-month popular revolt.
"The (Iranian) officers must immediately leave Syrian territory, more specifically by Saturday morning," the statement said.
It added that two Iranian civilians also captured by the FSA would be released as they were employed at a power plant in the central region of Homs, which has become a flashpoint of the revolt against Assad.
The FSA, which claims to have 40,000 soldiers who have deserted the regular army, posted a video along with its statement that showed several men carrying what it said were Iranian passports.
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[An Nahar] The head of the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... monitoring mission in Syria said Friday that violence there rose "in a significant way" in three days, particularly in the flashpoint cities of Homs, Hama and Idlib.
"The violence in Syria increased in a significant way between January 24 and 27, especially in Homs, Hama and Idlib," General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi said in a statement.
"The situation at present, in terms of violence, does not help prepare the atmosphere ... to get all sides to sit at the negotiating table," Dabi said.
The Sudanese general called for "an immediate end to the violence to protect the Syrian people and clear the way for peaceful resolutions" to the crisis.
The statement came as Syrian forces raided Homs, where dozens have been killed, and Western and Arab nations rushed to unveil a draft U.N. resolution that would condemn the deadly crackdown that has killed more than 5,400 since March.
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] The UN said it cannot keep track of the corpse count in Syria's months-long unrest that has already cost more than 5,400 lives, as government forces targeted the protest hub of Hama with a major assault.
The admission came as European and Arab nations worked on a UN Security Council resolution condemning Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad's Lord of the Baath... government for its continuing deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
UN human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... chief Navi Pillay gave a toll of more than 5,000 dead when she spoke to the UN Security Council in early December, but has not updated it.
Under secretary general B. Lynn Pascoe told the council on January 10 that at least 400 people had been killed since Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... monitors arrived in Syria on December 26.
After meeting Security Council ambassadors again, Ms Pillay said the toll had risen but added: "We are experiencing difficulties because of the fragmentation on the ground.
"Some areas are totally closed such as parts of Homs, so we are unable to update that figure but in my view 5,000 and more is a huge figure and should really shock the international community into taking action," she told news hounds.
Russia said on Wednesday it would consider "constructive proposals" to end the bloodshed in Syria but opposed the use of force or sanctions. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any UN Security Council resolution backed by Moscow "must firmly record that it cannot be used or interpreted to justify anyone's outside military intervention in the Syria crisis."
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So just invent something the way you usually do.
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So iff Iran doesn't start anything, nor the US, as per the Gulf Region then milaction agz Iran is unlikely unless a major event(s) occurs elsewhere in the world.
STILL COMES DOWN TO THE CLOCK GOING TICK ... TICK ...TICK IN FAVOR OF IRAN + NUCPROGS.
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The fins on these things are going to have to be absolutely enormous if they want to have any chance whatsoever of steering that thing. Without this, the plane will have to be fling along a near-perfect flight path, including altitude, heading, speed, and bomb-release timing. Heck, air density might even come into play. Maybe they need to drop a 5000# bomb first just to soften things up a bit.
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Ho ho, even better, steer it with JATOs or something. And when it gets lined up perfectly, boost its speed with the JATOs as long as you can get them to all shut off or disconnect at the same time. Game over.
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Oddly enough, a "radiation bomb" would probably work the best. It essentially just sets down on the ground, then irradiates everything with deadly and destructive to electronics radiation.
Alternatively, the very mysterious "deep digger" missile, that after a highly successful test in burrowing through deep reinforced concrete, suddenly disappeared and has not been mentioned since, would seem to come into play.
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use the MOP too soften things up and just use reg bombs too either finish the process. If all they are doing is trying too delay the program I m sure this will work.
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Anonymoose, there is the 'Deep Digger' system (basically a ground-directed repeating cannon) that was tested and seemed to work, and there is the 'Super-cavitation missile' (shape designed to create a shock wave ahead of the missile that displaces unconsolidated overburden to allow the explosive warhead to get to the hardened bunker). Never heard if it was successfully tested or not. Would be surprised if there are not even more 'creative' solutions to the problem.
Of course you don't have to destroy the bunker itself - just all its access points for air, power, etc.
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Second Chris's solution; after all, the inability to destroy any bunkers is only theoratical. The only way to validate that is to use em and then see what happens. can't hurt.....
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What we have here, is a conundrum of sorts, but with several viable possibilities. That aint too shabby. The inverse-JATO thingie should be incorporated just to add a measure of audacity and Team building. ;-)
[An Nahar] Syrian forces on Friday raided the rebellious city of Homs and rubbed out at least 60 people across the country, activists said, as protesters erupted into the streets under the slogan "The Right to Self-defense," which refers to their support for the rebel Free Syrian Army.
The Local Coordination Committees, the main activist group spurring protests on the ground, said security forces rubbed out 60 people including five children, three women and three army deserters.
Separately, two attacks killed 12 members of the security forces, the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Six were killed in a car boom targeting a security checkpoint in the northwestern city of Idlib. The other six were killed and five maimed in the southern province of Daraa when army deserters ambushed two buses transporting security personnel, the Observatory's Rami Abdul Rahman told Agence La Belle France Presse.
The pre-dawn assault, and reports of similar offensives against Hama and other cities, came hours after the U.N. said it could no longer keep track of the corpse count in Syria, which it put at more than 5,400 over a month ago.
The Homs raid began in the Karm al-Zeitoun neighborhood, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The LCC said that by Friday regime forces had pounded the Bab Seba neighborhood with heavy artillery and rocket fire. Fighting was also heard in Baba Amro district.
The activist group said three people were killed early Friday in Homs.
The Observatory said another flashpoint central city, Hama, also came under assault in the early hours of Friday, with intense firing from heavy machineguns and loud kabooms heard.
In the outskirts of Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... , an 11-year-old boy was killed at a checkpoint in Hamuriyeh, the Observatory said, and in Aleppo ...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins... , the country's second-biggest city, six non-combatants were killed when security forces "fired indiscriminately" on demonstrators in the al-Marjeh neighborhood, the first fatalities in the city since the beginning of the uprising.
The Syrian National Council, the biggest opposition umbrella group, condemned the offensives against opposition strongholds and said it was in contact with members of the U.N. Security Council to press for strong condemnation of Syria.
Meanwhile, ...back at the abandoned silver mine, the water was up to Jack's neck and still rising... the rebel Free Syrian Army said it had captured five Iranian soldiers in Homs who it said were under orders of the Syrian intelligence service.
The Turkey-based group, formed from deserters from the Syrian army, called on Iran to admit its support for the embattled Syrian regime and demanded the officers immediately leave the Syrian territory.
Violence across Syria claimed 62 lives on Thursday, the majority of them civilians in the central city of Homs, activists said Friday.
"The number of civilians killed on Thursday, whose name and circumstances of death have been confirmed, reached 43, 33 of them in the city of Homs," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Homs toll includes nine children, the Observatory's statement said.
Seven deserters and 12 soldiers were also killed on the same day.
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I know how they tend to define 'civilians' and 'children' these days, so I hesitate to get worked up.
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