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Good morning
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happy Birthday/Daily Gam Shot

Clara Bow, leading sex symbol of the "Roaring Twenties", aka Betty Lou Spence in "It" (Died in 1965 at age 60)

Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 07/29/2010 0:23 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Insurgent IED Expert Caught Wearing Burka
Posted by: Q || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Documents detail search for captive soldier
The hunt for Bergdahl...
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2010 11:18 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


2nd US sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.

The family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area, had been notified of his death, the U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to disclose the information. Newlove and Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley went missing last Friday in Logar province. NATO recovered the body of McNeley -- a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado -- in the area Sunday.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press in Kabul on Thursday that two days ago the Taliban left the "body of a dead American soldier for the U.S. forces" to recover. The Taliban said McNeley was killed in a firefight and insurgents had captured Newlove. Mujahid offered no explanation for Newlove's death.

The sailors were instructors at a counterinsurgency school for Afghan security forces, according to senior military officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case. The school was headquartered in Kabul and had classrooms outside the capital, but they were never assigned anywhere near where McNeley's body was recovered, officials said.

The chief of police of Logar province, Gen. Mustafa Mosseini, said coalition troops removed Newlove's body about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. An anti-terrorism official in Logar province, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the case, also said coalition forces had recovered a body.
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2010 08:10 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sad to say, but this may be the least-bad of the possible outcomes.
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/29/2010 9:23 Comments || Top||

#2  let's hope he died before they could practice their "Religion of Peace" atrocities on him. RIP
Posted by: Frank G || 07/29/2010 9:37 Comments || Top||

#3  I believe the record remains unbroken: don't expect to survive capture by the Religion of Peace.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 10:11 Comments || Top||

#4  More...

Newlove was shot once in the head and twice in the torso, according to Logar provincial spokesman Din Mohammad Darwesh. He speculated Newlove may have been wounded in a shootout with the Taliban and died because there was no medical care available in the rugged mountain area.

Or finished off.
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2010 10:34 Comments || Top||

#5  Agree with Tu. It sounds like he was hit in the torso, they tried to bring him in for capture, but realized he was to far gone so just finished it.
Posted by: Charles || 07/29/2010 10:56 Comments || Top||

#6  Yes, probably better dead than captured. Thank you for your service Officer Newlove. You are a true American hero. RIP.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder || 07/29/2010 12:13 Comments || Top||


US battling Turkish militants in Afghanistan
Posted by: Jeremiah Flainter9609 || 07/29/2010 03:49 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  as the article points out these could be ethnic turkish folks from the various 'stans'

anyway, thanks to our troops, most of these enemy Turks are now dead
Posted by: lord garth || 07/29/2010 9:49 Comments || Top||

#2  And they still let Turkey in NATO, indireclty attack Israel, and allow them to terrorize Kurds and people.
Posted by: miscellaneous || 07/29/2010 17:57 Comments || Top||


Blast kills 25 civilians in western Afghanistan
[Dawn] At least 25 Afghan passengers were killed and over a dozen wounded when their bus was hit by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, the provincial governor said. "Afghanistan once again saw a day of bloodshed of innocent civilian lives," Ghulam Dastgir Azaad, the governor of Nimroz where the incident occurred, told Rooters.

The bus was on its way from Delaram district, about 700 kms from the capital, Kabul, when the bomb exploded. Nearly 20 people were maimed in the blast, some of them in serious condition, Azaad said.

The incident coincided with the publication on Monday by the whistleblower group WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of classified US documents which cast a new light on civilians caught up in what it called "the true nature of this war".
But it had nothing to do with the documents leak.
Roadside bombs or Improvised Explosive Device, (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon the Taliban bad turbans have been heavily using against thousands of foreign troops and Afghan government.
None of whom appear to have been on the bus...
IEDs are the cause of most deaths of Afghan and international forces as well as civilians.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  The US must stop blowing up our busses of innocent civilians with their Hellfire missiles.
Posted by: H. Karzai || 07/29/2010 7:42 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Mog festivities kill at least 17 civilians
Clashes in Mogadishu pitting Islamist bad boys against Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have killed at least 17 civilians, medics said Wednesday.

"The ambulance servicemen collected 10 civilian bodies and 46 others who were injured in the clashes yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon," Ali Musa, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance services, said. Seven others died of their injuries while undergoing treatment at the city's Madina hospital.

The fighting erupted as African Union leaders agreed Tuesday to boost the bloc's force in Somalia by 4,000 to counter the Islamist insurgents waging a deadly battle to oust the country's transitional government.

The decision came in response to the devastating kabooms in Kampala that murdered 76 people and was claimed by Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels two weeks ahead of the AU summit in the Ugandan capital.

Tuesday's fighting broke out in Mogadishu's Taleh district, with mortar shells fired by rival sides smashing houses and killing civilians.

Civilians have borne the brunt of the relentless clashes for the control of the war-riven Mogadishu. Separately, Somalia's embattled government Wednesday hailed the African Union's decision to beef up its force in Mogadishu where fierce clashes with hard boys left 17 civilians titzup the previous day.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab

#1  OT: "MOG" is the name of "WORF's father. :)
Posted by: borgboy || 07/29/2010 1:32 Comments || Top||

#2  IIRC, Al-Sh$$baab controls all of Kismayu. The US should run a 12-ship ARCLIGHT strike down through the middle of it. Afterwords, we should tell ALL Somalis that we will do the same to any town that Al-Sh$$baab controls. I think that after the third or fourth town, no other town will fall to Al-Sh$$baab, ever, as long as one inhabitant remains alive. People need to understand that you cannot fight this kind of pseudo-religious war with pinpricks. The only thing they will understand is total devastation. Until we start serving some of that up to these idiots, we're going to keep losing ground.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 07/29/2010 17:13 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Bomb wounds three soldiers north of Tizi-Ouzou
[Maghrebia] Three Algerian soldiers were injured on Tuesday (July 27th) when a bomb went kaboom in the area of Ouattuba, north of Tizi-Ouzou, local media reported. Two of the wounded are at risk of having their legs amputated. The bomb, which exploded near an army patrol, was remotely detonated, according to officials. Authorities are searching the densely forested area for the bombers. The attack is the latest instance of a surge in violence in the region. On Sunday, a municipal guard was killed and eight coppers were injured in a suicide kaboom in Ait Aissi, south of Tizi-Ouzou.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa


Arabia
Yemen rebels free 200 captured soldiers
[Al Arabiya Latest] Yemeni rebels freed on Wednesday 200 soldiers they had captured two days earlier and promised to release other prisoners, both civilian and military, a mediator said.

"The Houthi rebels freed soldiers captured" during fighting in the al-Amishiya region of the northern province of Amran, said the mediator.

AFP confirmed this from tribal sources close to the rebels.

On Tuesday, a military official said the Houthis had captured 200 soldiers," which he said belong to the 72nd Regiment of the army's Elite Republican Guards."

The soldiers were reportedly captured after rebels took control on Monday of a strategic army post in Al-Zaala, in Amran, where rebels and army-backed primitives had been engaged in deadly fighting.

Earlier on Wednesday, the defense ministry denied that rebels had captured soldiers from the Elite Republican Guards, the state news agency Saba reported.

"The republican guards have no presence in the alleged posts," the spokesman said.

It was not clear however if soldiers from another unit had been captured by rebels in northern Yemen.

The clashes erupted on July 19 and lasted nine days, rattling an already fragile truce agreed in February that ended a six-month round of fighting in the conflict between the rebels and the army, which started in 2004.

The Houthis and the government blame one another of violating the truce.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What did Yemen pay or exchange with the rebels for the prisoner release?
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/29/2010 7:44 Comments || Top||


Yemen: No soldier captured by Houthis
[Iran Press TV Latest] Yemen, formerly the abode of the Queen of Sheba, now a sinkhole of tribal ignorance and superstition, has denied a report which claims Houthi fighters have captured 200 soldiers from the army's Elite Republican Guards in the northern province of Amran.

The report carried by Al-Arabiya said that the soldiers belonging to regiment 72 of the army's Elite Republican Guards were captured after the Shia fighters seized a strategic army post in Al-Zaala region on Monday.

However, the Yemeni defense ministry on Wednesday dismissed the report, calling it "unfounded."
"Tut tut. And tut."
"The Elite Republican Guards have no presence in the alleged posts," the state news agency, Saba, quoted a defense ministry spokesman as saying on Wednesday.

It was not clear whether soldiers from another unit were captured.

The Houthi spokesman has yet to comment on the incident.

The latest development in the north was reported only a few days after the Shia fighters and government-backed tribes announced a truce after a week of deadly clashes, which left up to 70 people dead.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Bangladesh
Bangla: Parties based on religion banned
[Bangla Daily Star] Political parties and other organisations using religion as their guidelines now stand banned with cancellation of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, says the law minister.
This is extremely significant. After the 1971 war the Pak fifth columnists snuck in by the back door, led by the Jamaat-e-Islami. The 5th Amendment to the constitution did away with Bangla's status as a secular state and reintroduced the Islamic goop that keeps Pakistain in the failed state category. Virtually everything the freedom fighters had fought for was wiped out by the Zia government except for the country's actual independence. The fifth column won't take this lying down. There are lots of dead Banglas in the immediate future, and next time BNP and its controllers are back in power much of this will be repealed.
Their activities are now punishable offence, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told The Daily Star yesterday.

Following the Appellate Division's decision upholding the High Court's landmark verdict that declared the Constitution's Fifth Amendment illegal, restrictions on formation of organisations based on religion were restored.

Islamic political parties and organisations have mushroomed in the country since the constitutional ban on them was repealed during the first martial law. The intelligence agencies' records show existence and activities of about 100 Islamic political parties and organisations since repeal of the ban and many of them emerged as militant outfits.
The existing article 38 of the Constitution allows every citizen to form associations or unions subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of morality or public order.

But during the first martial law regime began after brutal assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the proviso of article 38 was omitted opening the door again for political parties based on religion.

The proviso said no person shall have the right to form, or be a member or otherwise take part in the activities of, any communal or other association or union which in the name or on the basis of any religion has for its object, or pursues, a political purpose.

The law minister said this proviso was restored in the Constitution following the Appellate Division's decision. He said article 12 of the original Constitution of 1972, which was omitted during the first martial law, was also restored.

Article 12 deals with the principle of secularism. It says the principle of secularism shall be realised by examination of -- (a) communalism in all its forms (b) the granting by the state of political status in favour of any religion (c) the abuse of religion for political purpose; any discrimination against, or persecution of, persons practising a particular religion.

Referring to the ban, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shafique Ahmed said all political parties and organisations would have to carry out their activities following the constitutional provisions.

"Carrying out activities of any political party based on religion is now punishable offence under the special powers act," the law minister told The Daily Star over phone.

According to the Special Powers Act, 1974, the government may ban any political party or organisation if it contravenes the provision of the law. The government can also forfeit its property and funds.

Any person who, after the dissolution of an association or union under the special powers act, holds himself out as a member or office bearer of that association or union, or acts for, or otherwise takes part in the activities of, that association or union, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both, says the law.

Islamic political parties and organisations have mushroomed in the country since the constitutional ban on them was repealed during the first martial law. The intelligence agencies' records show existence and activities of about 100 Islamic political parties and organisations since repeal of the ban and many of them emerged as militant outfits.

Only around 11 Islamic political parties were active in between 1964 and 1971.

Even at least eight Islamic political parties including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami got registration with the Election Commission as parliamentary parties before the last general elections.

When his attention was drawn to it, the law minister said these political parties should be deregistered now. He suggested communicating with the Election Commission to learn about their action to this end.

Contacted by The Daily Star yesterday over phone, Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussein said EC will decide about the matter after going through the verdict of the Appellate Division.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Reliegious parties weren't much fun anyway - no drinking, no music, no dancing; just stand around drinking fruit punch and eating cupcakes.
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/29/2010 7:46 Comments || Top||

#2  No cupcakes.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 8:32 Comments || Top||

#3  even if the sprinkles all face toward Mecca? Pretty harsh
Posted by: Frank G || 07/29/2010 9:56 Comments || Top||

#4  even if the sprinkles all face toward Mecca?

Are you certain Bangladeshi compasses are accurate? In a certain Muslim country it was recently discovered they were pointing toward somewhere in Africa...
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/29/2010 14:20 Comments || Top||


Britain
'Mosque bomb plot' police open fire on EDL extremists
ARMED police who feared right-wing fanatics were about to blow up a mosque fired shots in a dramatic swoop. Six members of the English Defence League were jugged in the operation.They were detained by officers probing an alleged plot to attack a Mohammedan temple.

Police marksmen opened fire on suspected ringleader John Broomfield and shot out the tyres on his van. He had been driving home from work and was stuck in traffic when police pounced. Officers later swooped on Broomfield's home and seized computer equipment, phones and passports.

At the same time, five other members of the group were arrested at various addresses on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a kaboom. They were all quizzed by police, along with a seventh man, before they were released without charge. The English Defence League has repeatedly clashed with Muslim krazed killers and it is understood police were acting on information received.

Broomfield, 27, the head of Dorset EDL, told how officers swooped on him in Corfe Castle, Dorset. He said: "There was an unmarked police car in a layby and within seconds of me stopping officers appeared from it and ran up the road. They shot at my tyres and smashed the window. There has been no conspiracy. The EDL is not a terrorist organisation. We are not anti-Muslim, we are anti-Muslim extremism."

A Dorset Police spokesman said: "These people have been released without charge. At this stage there is no indication whatsoever any of the mosques in Dorset are under threat of attack."
Posted by: tipper || 07/29/2010 09:41 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A police spokesman said: "We have been working very closely with the Muslim community since last Thursday and our local safer neighbourhood teams have been providing advice and reassurance throughout. At this stage there is no indication whatsoever that any of the mosques in Dorset are under threat of attack."

Move it along, nuthin to see here...
So they have the British cops doing their dirty work for them now? Did they at least buy the guy a new set of tires?
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2010 10:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Sounds like the cops are in the Muslims pockets now. Since a group doesn't like them, I guess they have to get government to oppress the group. Of course the reverse isn't true.
Posted by: miscellaneous || 07/29/2010 17:42 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Jalisco: Pacific Cartel's Mr. Big Killed by Mexican Army
Secretaria Defence Nacional (SEDENA) is currently holding a news conference in Mexico City detailing the four hour operation that cost the Mexican Army one soldier.

For a map, click here.

More details tomorrow.
Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2010 21:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Got pix?
Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 21:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Got nachos? Salsa?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 07/29/2010 22:19 Comments || Top||


Durango: Four Journalists Kidnapped -- UPDATED: One Released
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Four Mexican journalists are reported missing despite their employers acceding to demands, according to Mexican press reports.

However, Milenio.com is reporting that Hector Gordoa Marquez was released unharmed today.

A number of reporters were camped outside the Gomez Palacio Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) No.2 July 26th covering a prisoner revolt following the arrest of the prison director on July 22nd by Mexican Federal and state authorities.

Missing are: Laguna Multimedia cameraman, Jaime Canales, Televisa Torreon cameraman Alejandro Hernandez, Hector Gordoa of Televisa Mexico, and Hector "N", reporter for The Evening.

The journalists were last seen at 1500 hrs when they finished at the CERESO. Officials reported at 1700 hrs the discovery of two burned out vehicles used by Laguna Multimedia and Televisa Mexico in the Las Huertas district only a few minutes from the CERESO.

At 1800 hrs, the journalists contacted their respective newsrooms to announce they were held by Los Zetas who were unhappy with coverage of the massacres in the last six months involving staff and prisoners at the CERESO.

Release of the journalists are conditioned that three videos be broadcast which included information about alleged collusion local officials had with organized crime.

Until the subsequent release of the videos, the information had only been seen on the Internet. The videos were broadcast, though none of the victims has yet been released.
Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Google CERESO, not a nice place.
Posted by: Lumpy Anguting2786 || 07/29/2010 1:57 Comments || Top||

#2  I wonder if they'd like some JournoListas?
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/29/2010 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Yeah, we're overstocked on journalists. We can ship Mexico all they want.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 07/29/2010 9:54 Comments || Top||


More Mexican Mayhem
For a map, click here.
Eight Die in Northern Mexico

Eight individuals were shot to death in drug and gang violence in northern Mexico which included the murder of a state police commander in Rosarito, Baja California.
  • An unidentified newspaper vendor was shot to death Tuesday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. The attack took palce near the intersection of calles Ruben Jaramillo and Emiliano Zapata in the Mexico 68 district when three armed suspects aboard a sedan forced the victim in to their car, drove for about a half block, then executed the victim. The victims backpack and other belongings were dumped before the shooters fled the scene.

  • Two unidentified men were shot to death Tuesday night, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Desierto de Sinaí and Privada de Santa Teresa where the two were drinking in front of a residence. Armed suspects riding aboard five vehicles drove by and fired on the two. The attack was near a park where scores of others were gathered and took cover when they heard the shots.

  • An unidentified man was found murdered in Juarez Tuesday night, according to Mexican press reports. The find was made near the intersection of calle Isaac Newton and Prolongación Insurgentes de colonia El Futuro district. The victim was gagged with a plastic bag covering his head. Investigators say the victim was dumped at the scene.

  • The heads of two identified men were found in Juarez Wednesday morning, say Mexican press reports. The find was made near the intersection of Desierto de Siria and Desierto de Gobi in the Hacienda Las Torres district. The heads were placed top two empty styrofoam coolers with messages written on them.

    One message said: "I am a kidnapper and extorter, and I am Azteca." The other said: "I am a carjacker and I work for La Linea."

    Azteca is a prison based gang and La Linea is a sub group of the Juarez drug cartel and is known as one of the most vicious gangs in Mexico.

  • An unidentified man as shot to death Wednesday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place against the victim walking alone in the streets near the intersection of calles Sinaloa and Ignacio Zaragoza in the Salvarcar district.

  • A state police commander was shot to death and another police agent wounded in an attack Tuesday night in Rosarito, Baja California, say Mexican press reports. The attack on Antonio Sänchez took place near the offices of the Baja California Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE) as he was sitting in a parked car with another unidentified police agent. The shooters were riding aboard an SUV when they fired on the pair, then they fled towards the Volcanes en el Sur district.
Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
S. Korea on alert for possible N. Korean cyber attack
[Kyodo: Korea] South Korea"s presidential office is on alert against a possible cyber attack by North Korea after receiving related intelligence reports, the presidential spokeswoman said Wednesday. ""The National Cyber Security Center obtained intelligence on a (possible) cyber attack and (the presidential office) was placed on alert as of yesterday to actively cope with things if the hacking happens,"" Kim Hee Jung said in a press briefing.
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  TOPIX > US WARNS NORTH KOREA: DON'T MESS WITH SOUTH.

IMO read, NO MORE MIL INCIDENTS OR SUFFER MORE SEVERE UN SANCTIONS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/29/2010 21:25 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Records Say Rabbi Targeted In Firebomb Attack
Abdulhakim Muhammad Later Charged In Fatal Arkansas Shooting
Tennessee State U. student Carlos Bledsoe went to Yemen, converted to Islam and changed his name, came back and started trying to murder Jews and soldiers.
Posted by: ryuge || 07/29/2010 02:14 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Federal judge guts Arizona immigration law
A federal judge this morning gutted blocked several critical provisions of Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the law that brought the state a flurry of mostly negative international attention.

The overall law will still take effect Thursday, but without the provisions that angered opponents. Sections barred from being enforced include:

  • Requiring a police officer to make a reasonable attempt to check the immigration status of those they have stopped;

  • Forbidding police from releasing anyone they have arrested until that person's immigration status is determined;

  • Making it a violation of Arizona law for anyone not a citizen to fail to carry documentation;

  • Creating a new state crime for trying to secure work while not a legal resident;

  • Allowing police to make warrantless arrests if there is a belief the person has committed an offense that allows them to be removed from the United States.

    "Requiring Arizona law enforcement officials and agencies to determine the immigration status of every person who is arrested burdens lawfully-present aliens because their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked," U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled.
  • Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  To the judge from an Arizonan: "mene mene tekel upharshin! And to think they were deterred by "riots" in the streets! In Tucson we were promised 24 hours of "resistance" (shades of Hizbullah!) Check these sites: "www.tucsonmay1st.org", "boycottarizona1070.org",/nomoredeaths.org/werejectracism", "altoarizona.com".

    In the future demographics will rule: its now or never to stop the madness.
    Posted by: borgboy || 07/29/2010 1:30 Comments || Top||

    #2  My daughter married a Mexican national and they came here to Phoenix. He is a legal immigrant and has been here for about 4 months. this morning as he was checking his mailbox someone drove by and shouted "Go back to Mexico". At Foxnews the comments on this situation were off the wall with many people talking of violence guns and taking things into their own hands. There was even talk about the overthrow of the government. So there is more than just a little madness going around. I am disgusted with both Jan Brewer and Obama who are both playing the race card for political points and dividing the nation into hostile camps. With this kind of leadership I do fear for the future of the USA. Just saying.
    Posted by: hupailing ebbuns || 07/29/2010 3:25 Comments || Top||

    #3  More clintonian legacy. Prior to the arrival of decivilization, we were a nation of laws.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 07/29/2010 6:11 Comments || Top||

    #4  A big Win for Zero. Now Arizona not only cannot enforce it's new law, it pretty much transforms Arizona into a Sanctuary state - asking ANY immigration-related questions, could put an officer in contempt of court. And there won't be any relief from the Ninth Circuit.
    Posted by: Glenmore || 07/29/2010 7:53 Comments || Top||

    #5  JEEESSHH. This federal judge has made a Chinese menu out of the Arizona law--pick and choose one from column 1, 2 from column 3, etc. except Arizona does not have much of a choice at this point. This will go to the 9th Circus and after that SCOTUS. That will be 2-3 years down the road.

    We have a Democratic governor who could be described as a reasonable conservative governor--one who tries to do what is best for Tennessee. He opposed health care on the grounds that it would burden the people of Tennessee. He reformed TennCare which was fiscally breaking the back of Tennesseans. He is NOT one of Obama's favorite democrats. Probably, because Bredesen is not a foaming at the mouth leftist radical of the Alinsky ilk.
    "Recently the Governor of Tennessee filed an Amicus brief in support of the Arizona law so as we can see the law in Arizona has implications across the country and locally here."

    Our govenor candidates have expressed opinions about immigration also. Haslam and Wamp have said the following:

    "Is illegal immigration a problem in East Tennessee? You better believe it is, " said a campaign ad from Bill Haslam. "But illegal immigration hurts our schools, hospitals and public safety," said an ad from Zach Wamp And politicians in Tennessee aren't the only ones that are pushing immigration reform.
    Posted by: JohnQC || 07/29/2010 9:07 Comments || Top||

    #6  Once again - Muehler, Darin v. Mena, Iris (03/22/2005).

    summary, last paragraph -
    The Court also concluded that the questioning of Mena about her immigration status also did not violate her 4th Amendment rights.


    This is not about law. The law has been set. It's about power. The ruling caste is making clear they will dictate without the consent of the governed. You'll have it their way, period. And yes, they're inviting the country into another period of Bleeding Kansas.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/29/2010 9:19 Comments || Top||

    #7  The ruling caste is making clear they will dictate without the consent of the governed.

    Yep.

    At Foxnews the comments on this situation were off the wall with many people talking of violence guns and taking things into their own hands. There was even talk about the overthrow of the government.

    There's this little document that addresses this type of situation. It's a little old, and starts with the words "when in the course of human events..." but it does a great job of explaining why people are saying these things.

    And, bluntly: this "judge" has declared that the law only applies to people she does not favor. I'm now required to present a passport to drive from, say, Detroit to Windsor, yet millions of people are allowed to wonder about the US committing countless crimes and burdening already ridiculously obese social services.
    Posted by: Rob Crawford || 07/29/2010 9:54 Comments || Top||

    #8  Fast track it to SCOTUS. In arguments apply the logic to the War on Drugs. This is not going to stand.
    Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 07/29/2010 10:12 Comments || Top||

    #9  Was there ever any doubt?
    Posted by: Steviski || 07/29/2010 10:26 Comments || Top||

    #10  This is just legislating from the bench. I hear Rhode Island has the same law - as does Arkansas (someone mentioned that here).

    The problem AZ has is that they border Mexico and need it.
    Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/29/2010 10:45 Comments || Top||

    #11  Karl,

    I suppose Roberts and Scalia are licking their chops over this one...a chance to do a slap down on a Clinton appointee. I bet they have their interns working on this right now.

    Jimmy,

    I suppose so. This is a bad decisions even for a Clinton appointee.
    Posted by: James Carville/Karl Rove || 07/29/2010 10:52 Comments || Top||

    #12  ...dividing the nation into hostile camps.

    Dividing? The Nation has been divided into hostile camps for sometime now. I've watched the Cold War between the ideologies of Leftism and Conservatism for nearly 37 years.

    That Cold War is going to become Hot, and it won't be much longer.
    Posted by: George Ebbinter8592 || 07/29/2010 11:23 Comments || Top||

    #13  The fix was in on this one. The Supremes will not look at this for years.
    Posted by: regular joe || 07/29/2010 12:46 Comments || Top||

    #14  Look. I am not arguing that illegals are ok or should be allowed to come here. I am only stating the obvious fact that this fight is empowering ignorant people who are simply against all Mexicans who are here either legally or not. How did the person who verbally assaulted my son in law know that he was not a US citizen? I remind you that Arizona was settled by Mexico and only later absorbed into the US. We won't go into the details there because that is history. But the fact is that the families with the oldest roots in this state, save for Native Americans, are Hispanic families. There is no need or justification to tell them to go back to Mexico. And no justification for abusing people on the basis of their ethnicity, as was done to my son in law just yesterday in the highly charged atmosphere that this "debate" has engendered. That being said I do agree that there has been a cold war between libtards and conservatives for a long time. It is good that the war is a cold war and I don't want to see it erupt into vigilante actions and or open warfare. I do not like ALL the laws in this country. But the answer is in our hands and we can make the changes we want by electing people who will do that for us. As far as far as political elites dictating to the people goes I remind you that we elected them. It's our fault. I don't think we need a revolution because the Constitution is a great framework to use in constructing our society. I support the Constitution and also the US govt. even though they are flawed in many ways. The declaration of Independence is not the Law of the Land and is not an invitation to declare our elected leaders, however stupid or corrupt, as tyrants and call for violent overthrow of the govt. We don't have to my friends. We can vote them out.
    Posted by: hupailing ebbuns || 07/29/2010 12:58 Comments || Top||

    #15  The gun retoric will go away, as will the crap the guys in the car did. Remember that if your husband was pulled over for a traffic violation after this law was to be in place, he would not have been bothered. What the left is doing is baiting the right and dividing this country. They, through political stunts like this, will draw out the radical and stupid from both sides. The law, however chopped still has teeth. If someone is arrested they can still check his citizenship while they hold them for the crime. This is what would have happened anyway. The law, even with the changes, will give the state teeth to deal with the crime. The retoric on both sides needs to settle down a bit and we need to get back to being a nation of laws.

    We have a couple more years of our socialist president, then we can go back and fix it. Until then we have to be vigilant in our oposition and understand our enemy, work harder to defeat him and his policies, and never resort to violence.
    Posted by: 49 Pan || 07/29/2010 14:00 Comments || Top||

    #16  At Foxnews the comments on this situation were off the wall with many people talking of violence guns and taking things into their own hands. There was even talk about the overthrow of the government.

    The anger is a natural and understandable reaction to the blindingly obvious: our nation's political class has no desire to address the problem with anything like honesty or good faith. To them, the issue has only a political frame, and nothing more-- no labor market or fiscal or other economic dimension, no connection to school performance or law enforcement or cultural cohesion or social service provision.

    But the political class has all the trumps. It doesn't really matter if we're right, if this importation of a 12-million (and soon to double, when amnesty reform gets passed after Nov. 4) underclass is utterly insane and will result in the transformation of America from a middle-class democracy into a Mexican-style basket case oligarchy. Doesn't matter at all, because on this issue, Tweedledum and Tweedledee care only about the votes of the fastest-growing, soon-to-be-majority in many states voting bloc.

    Bottom line: if this movement against amnesty for the imported underclass doesn't find a way to recruit legal immigrant hispanic-Americans as its primary spokesmen, then we will lose politically.
    Posted by: lex || 07/29/2010 14:04 Comments || Top||

    #17  I remind you that Arizona was settled by Mexico and only later absorbed into the US.

    It was occupied by Spain and was part of the governance known as Alta California. Ask the Acoma tribe in NM how they view the Spanish acquisition of native lands in the southwest. After Mexico gained independence, it and the other northern domain of New Mexico had about 10,000 each out of the overall non-indian Mexican population of 7 million before the annexation.

    As far as far as political elites dictating to the people goes I remind you that we elected them.

    When there's a real choice. When the system is rigged and you are given a choice between amnesty now or amnesty a little later on because both parties are pandering to the same group, it's a joke.

    As for the Constitution, I think we can agree what the text reads. However, we don't get to do that. The ruling class tells us what it reads regardless of the words written in black and white. It's what ever they say it says. Power justifies it.

    The problem for the left is that people are signaling they're not backing down. Instead of reading the social warnings, the left is plowing ahead and doubling down. Unfortunately, we may well face the choice of surrendering so people won't get hurt or fighting. Enjoy the serfdom.

    Yes, the remarks were inappropriate for your son in law. Similar remarks uttered against those who are supporting American sovereignty and national identity are also unacceptable, particularly by illegals and their supporters upon American soil.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/29/2010 14:11 Comments || Top||

    #18  We have a couple more years of our socialist president, then we can go back and fix it.

    A fond hope, but not likely. Much likelier is the lame-duck Congress ramming through amnesty after Nov. 4. The potential harvest of hispanic votes by means of the "Emerging Democratic Majority" strategy is simply too tantalizing for Barry and Co. to pass up.
    Posted by: lex || 07/29/2010 14:40 Comments || Top||

    #19  The potential harvest of hispanic votes by means of the "Emerging Democratic Majority" strategy is simply too tantalizing for Barry and Co. to pass up. Posted by lex

    This has LOOOOOOOONG been the strategy.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 07/29/2010 15:06 Comments || Top||

    #20  He is a legal immigrant and has been here for about 4 months. this morning as he was checking his mailbox someone drove by and shouted "Go back to Mexico".

    I'm sorry your son-in-law had to endure a drive-by insult, hupailing ebbuns. And it was only a few months ago that a beaming Helen Thomas told a young Jewish-American lad that Jewish-Israelis should go back to Poland and Germany, where they came from. There are idiots everywhere. The fact is, uncertainty brings them out of the woodwork.

    I'm sure your new son-in-law had to jump through a great many hoops to acquire legal status, hupailing ebbuns. How does he feel about the illegals who not only skipped to the head of the line, but skipped the line altogether?
    Posted by: trailing wife || 07/29/2010 15:11 Comments || Top||

    #21  So there is more than just a little madness going around.

    The law works two ways. People have to follow the law, but they have to agree with the laws in the first place. Laws have been made without the consent of the governed.

    Yelling "Go back to Mexico" is a sign of that. What else can people do given the current crop of legislators who forget why they are there in the first place? They have seized the wheel and are hoping that we agree with where they drive us to after we get there.

    If our legislators would behave and put in laws that we agree with, then there wouldn't be a need to yell "Go Home".

    It's a warning. If it gets bad enough, people won't stop at words. I hope our legislators are paying attention, and that they will suddenly start behaving.

    But you know they won't. They're irretrievably broken and/or contaminated for the most part. Every one of them except for mine, right?

    Throw the bums out.
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 15:12 Comments || Top||

    #22  How does he feel about the illegals who not only skipped to the head of the line, but skipped the line altogether?...

    We have discussed this and he says that they have lots of problems for not following the law. He would not choose that path. BTW my son in law is a college educated professional who speaks English very well, although he is not quite fluent yet.
    Posted by: hupailing ebbuns || 07/29/2010 15:39 Comments || Top||

    #23  What else can people do given the current crop of legislators who forget why they are there in the first place?

    The current anger is over a judge who simply said the law needs to be reviewed. Hers was not a final decision but a temporary injunction. It seems clear that the Supreme Court will ultimately decide this question. The angry response has been irrational because it's only a temporary injunction.

    We will have an opportunity to throw the bums out next Nov. That is where our anger should be directed.
    Posted by: hupailing ebbuns || 07/29/2010 15:46 Comments || Top||

    #24  We will have an opportunity to throw the bums out next Nov. That is where our anger should be directed.

    Won't mean a thing when the lame-duck Congress gets down to work. Even Reagan passed an amnesty bill in 1986. That one failed, and the one that will be passed in 2011 (when the illiterate imported underclass equals about 10% of southwest states' population) will fail, to be succeeded by another amnesty in 2036, when the illiterate imported underclass constitutes close to 20% of the southwest states' population. Rinse and repeat.
    Posted by: lex || 07/29/2010 16:02 Comments || Top||

    #25  Won't mean a thing when the lame-duck Congress gets down to work....

    OK. So democracy doesn't work very well. I've heard it is the worst form of government except for all the others. I'm still going to vote. Harry Mitchell supported the healthcare thing and I will vote against him. That's all I can do.
    Posted by: hupailing ebbuns || 07/29/2010 16:15 Comments || Top||

    #26  OK. So democracy doesn't work very well

    yup, that is why we need to return to strengthening the republic and get rid of this rule of the masses BS
    Posted by: abu do you love || 07/29/2010 17:27 Comments || Top||

    #27  The current anger is over a judge who simply said the law needs to be reviewed. Hers was not a final decision but a temporary injunction.

    It's politically motivated. We all know what the ruling should have been.

    It seems clear that the Supreme Court will ultimately decide this question.

    After the clowns that make up the Ninth Circuit Court get a shot at it. It'll be years before the Supreme Court gets their hands on it. All this is a stalling action against the people's will. Barry wants them here until he gets his way with amnesty and voting rights for illegals.

    The angry response has been irrational because it's only a temporary injunction.

    Any anger is quite understandable if you take this in context. People don't go nuts en-masse all at once. Especially in this de-balled society. There are multiple good reasons. If this was an isolated incident that wasn't related to an overall scheme, I could agree with you. But I'm going with the conspiracy theory on this one. If Barry gets his way in the lame duck period, he'll have won and it will only be a matter of time. Have you considered this effect in combination with the idea of doing away with the electoral system? That's what it's all about AFAIAC. I'm sure more will be revealed as we move forward.

    We will have an opportunity to throw the bums out next Nov. That is where our anger should be directed.

    Yep. That too. Never forget. The ba$tards are turning this once great country into just another effing country.

    All hail the new world order!
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 18:41 Comments || Top||

    #28  I'd say they are trying to turn this country into a socialist aristocracy.

    1. They say the Constitution no longer applies to this day and age(Pure BS).
    2. They have tried and continue to build social engineering schemes
    3. They claim America is too stupid, dumb, or cowardly to be allowed to rule itself.
    4. Only a select few, those that are liberal and generally rich are allowed to rule (besides beinag able to afford office).
    5. Those not of part of the, "in," are marginalized and often attacked and reduced to the stupid, cowardly, racists category.
    6. Only a few can rule (those with the right narcicism and personality cult, such as dictatorships use).
    7. The government must control all aspects of your life, since the liberals feel it knows best. Liberty is a false idea and bad for them any way.
    Posted by: miscellaneous || 07/29/2010 18:58 Comments || Top||

    #29  Excellent thread. I don't have much to add except to point out that our immigration quota system is designed to allow time for assimilation. In the past, we've had to many Chinese at one time (result: Chinatowns), too many Irish (result: political machines), too many Italians (result: mafia), etc.

    The glory of our melting pot is to let the various cultures in, in a controlled way, and celebrate the "hybrid vigor" that results from their assimilation.

    The US naturalization process has historically pushed towards assimilation, not encouragement of segregation.
    Posted by: KBK || 07/29/2010 19:39 Comments || Top||

    #30  The problem isn't too much illegal immigration rather that we have too little legal immigration.

    For example, H1b visas are capped at ~64,000 people. These are people, who have jobs and sponsors. Yet, through failure, we allow in millions of illegals with no prospects other than their wits. This is sick.

    There are millions of hard working, educated people who would gladly join the American Project, if only we would let them. Part of the reason we are outsourcing our jobs to foreigners is that we will not let skilled workers move to America and be in-sourced.

    Controlling our borders is necessary, but let us remember to keep a gate open. Let us expand ourselves by extend invitations to those who make us wiser, richer and stronger and are willing to come to our shores.
    Posted by: rammer || 07/29/2010 21:14 Comments || Top||


    India-Pakistan
    Former ISI Authority Warns Pakistan Government He's Gonna Spill
    The former ISI member, Colonel Imam, has warned Pakistain's government that he will disclose intelligence secrets if Pakistain does not increase efforts for his release

    Imam, speaking in Urdu in a video footage released recently has warned that he will unveil intelligence secrets about Afghanistan, India, the United States, Russia and other countries, if Pakistain's government does not accelerate its attempts for his release.

    "I urge the President, the Prime Minister and Chief of the Army to accept the demands of the Lashkar-e-Jagnoi as soon as possible, and if the government of Pakistain does not care about me, I also don't care about them and will reveal the discrepancies inside Pakistain's administration," he said in the video.

    "I am well aware of all the ongoing political games with Afghanistan, India, Russia, the United States and other countries, and it depends on the government of Pakistain what they decide about me," he added.

    In the video, he has asked his son to quit his governmental job and he has blamed the Pakistaini government for being heedless to its employees.

    Colonel Imam, along with Khalid Khwaja, another ISI member were abducted in Pakistain's North West Frontier Province four months ago.

    Kahlid Khwaja was killed two months ago after the kidnappers' demands were not accepted, but Colonel Imam is still kept hostage.
    Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP

    #1  Colonel Imam, has warned Pakistan's government that he will disclose intelligence secrets if Pakistan does not increase efforts for his release

    Two snarks:

    1) This will not end well for Colonel Imam, either way.

    2) He must not know about WikiLeaks latest adventure.
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 0:50 Comments || Top||

    #2  under duress
    Posted by: Mike Hunt || 07/29/2010 1:43 Comments || Top||

    #3  Wasn't it suggested a while back that this individual was a little too friendly with the bad guyz?
    Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/29/2010 9:57 Comments || Top||

    #4  President Reagan presented Col Imam with a plaque on which a chunk of the Berlin Wall was mounted. It was dedicated to "Colonel Imam. With deepest respect to one who helped deliver the first blow."
    Posted by: john frum || 07/29/2010 13:31 Comments || Top||


    Iraq
    Twelve killed in Iraq as Shiite pilgrimage ends
    [Al Arabiya Latest] A series of attacks in Baghdad and a holy Iraqi city killed 12 people, while five others died in a helicopter crash, as major religious ceremonies came to a close, officials said on Wednesday.

    In the deadliest attack, mortars killed seven people and wounded 46 in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, as pilgrims gathered late on Tuesday to mark the birthday of Imam Mohammed al-Mahdi, the 12th and last Shiite holy man.

    Several hundred thousand pilgrims are expected in Karbala this week for the same anniversary.

    Tuesday's attack came a day after twin car bombings in Karbala killed 21 people and wounded at least 47 others.

    "Several mortars landed at 11:00 pm (2000 GMT on Tuesday), killing seven pilgrims and injuring 46, in a neighborhood located four kilometers (2.3 miles) northwest of the center of the city," a Karbala police officer said.

    "The pilgrims were coming from around the city to participate in the ceremony," the officer said, adding several houses were damaged.

    Shiites -- the majority of Iraq's population -- believe the holy man will return to Earth on the Day of Judgment.

    Also near Karbala, an Iraqi air force helicopter crashed early on Wednesday while it was providing surveillance for the ceremonies, killing its five-man crew.

    "The five-man crew of the helicopter was killed when it crashed as a result of a sandstorm in Ibrahimiyah, east of Karbala," General Anwar Hanna Amin said.

    Defense ministry front man Major General Mohammed al-Askari confirmed the crash, saying the helicopter was a Russian-designed Mi-17. The crash is being investigated, he added.

    In Baghdad, meanwhile, a bomb inside a restaurant on Wednesday morning in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in the north of the city killed five people, including one woman.

    Thirteen others were maimed in the blast, which occurred at about 9:30 am (0630 GMT), officials from the defense and interior ministries said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
    Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State of Iraq


    Israel-Palestine-Jordan
    Medics: 2 critically injured in Gaza blast
    [Ma'an] Two Paleostinians were injured in a work accident in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gazoo on Wednesday morning, medics said.

    Director of ambulance and emergency services in Gaza Muawiya Hassanein said 20-year-olds Fadi Al-Ghimri and Abdullah Al-Abidi were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Strip. Both are in critical condition, medics said.

    One medic said Al-Ghimri's body was "riddled" with shrapnel and was later transferred to the Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for further treatment after his left hand was amputated.

    Al-Aydi is also being treated for shrapnel wounds, medics said.
    Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

    #1  Wotta maroon.
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 0:44 Comments || Top||

    #2  Work accident? Were they working for Hamas?
    Posted by: miscellaneous || 07/29/2010 1:17 Comments || Top||

    #3  Work accident?

    A little local humor. They can probably collect disability if they aren't killed outright.
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 1:28 Comments || Top||

    #4  shrapnel wounds? Karma, Paleobitches
    Posted by: Frank G || 07/29/2010 8:11 Comments || Top||

    #5  I think you gotta be on a "jihad mission" to get the disability. Sounds like the two were just "Boobs with Bombs".
    Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2010 12:09 Comments || Top||


    Egypt seizes 10 Gaza tunnels
    [Ma'an] Egyptian forces took control of 10 smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gazoo border area of Salah Ad-Din in Rafah on Wednesday and thwarted a cement-smuggling operation, a security source said.

    Forces seized a tunnel after receiving information on its location, the official told Ma'an. The tunnels were raided and 30 bags of cement were found inside. The smugglers fled the scene before security forces arrived.

    The cement, weighing approximately 1.5 tons, was confiscated. The tunnels will be demolished, the source said.

    Approximately 450 smuggling tunnels have been seized since the beginning of July as well as 11 tunnels used to transfer cars into Gaza, the source added.

    Since Israel imposed its blockade of Gaza in 2006, residents began digging a network of underground smuggling routes to transfer goods barred from import by Israel, among them construction materials.

    In response, Egypt began construction of an underground steel wall built to thwart smuggling efforts, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2010. On Sunday, Egyptian government sources rebuffed rumors that smugglers had cut through the wall in continued efforts to bring goods into the Strip.
    Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

    #1  Egypt seizes 10 Gaza tunnels

    Gimme back my tunnel!
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 0:48 Comments || Top||

    #2  Might I suggest that tons of cement are, themselves, a prospective solution to the problem of smuggling tunnels? Or at least materials towards a solution...
    Posted by: Mitch H. || 07/29/2010 11:18 Comments || Top||


    Southeast Asia
    Local officer shot in southern Thailand
    Posted by: ryuge || 07/29/2010 02:13 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Massacre suspects plead not guilty
    [Straits Times] THE main suspect in the massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines, Andal Ampatuan Jr, and 17 of his followers on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the final murder charge in the case.
    "Nope. Nope. Wudn't us."
    The suspects had been arraigned earlier this year for the murder of 56 people on southern Mindanao island last November.

    The final case, the murder of a television reporter, was filed separately because the body was found after the other victims.

    'Not guilty,' said Ampatuan, a former town mayor and part of a powerful political clan, told the court inside the Manila police base where he is being detained. He was handcuffed and under heavy guard as he was moved across the police base.

    Seventeen police officers and members of a local militia made similar pleas. The court deferred the arraignment of four other police officers who face administrative cases before the national police commission.

    Ampatuan's trial has been suspended since February, held up by defence motions including a fresh one seeking to disqualify the judge.
    Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  "Nope. Nope. Wudn't us."

    "It wuz summun who thinks like us."
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 21:32 Comments || Top||


    Syria-Lebanon-Iran
    Iran arrests nine over Zahedan attack
    [Iran Press TV Latest] Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says nine individuals have been arrested in connection with the Zahedan terrorist attack, which left 27 people dead.

    "Two have been indicted and seven individuals are suspected of aiding and abetting the perpetrators of the attack," said Mohammad-Najjar.

    The Iranian minster went on to reveal measures taken to immobilize terrorists, saying, "We blocked the path that these individuals used in a bid to counter them. In doing so clashes occurred in which nine rebels were killed," IRNA reported on Wednesday.

    Mohammad-Najjar went on to say that a string of security and intelligence measures have been taken in terms of border control and imposing restrictions on movement from neighboring countries.

    On July 15, two bombs were detonated in quick succession in front of the Zahedan Grand Mosque in Sistan-Baluchestan Province.

    At least 27 people lost their lives and more than 270 others were injured in the incident, which was blamed on extremist Wahhabis and Salafis trained by US intelligence in Pakistan.
    Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Jundullah


    Terror Networks
    11/9/05, Hezb-Islami's Hekmatyar and Dr. Amin (Bin Ladin's $boy), flew to NKor via Iran
    Posted by: 3dc || 07/29/2010 15:51 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Amin's full name is Amin al-Haq or ul-Haq.
    Posted by: 3dc || 07/29/2010 15:56 Comments || Top||

    #2  Wikileaks text:

    THREAT TO AIRCRAFT IN HELMEND PROVINCE
    Organization(s) Involved: HEZB E ISLAMI GULBUDDIN
    TEXT: on 19 november 2005, hezb-islami party leader, gulbuddin hekmartyr and dr. amin ((nln)), usama bin ladin,s financial advisor, both flew to north korea departing from an iran. they returned to helmand //geocoord: 3100n/06400e//, afghanistan on approximately 03 december 2005. while in north korea, the two confirmed a deal with the north korean government for remote controlled rockets for use against american and coalition aircraft. the deal was closed for an undetermined amount of money. the shipment of said weapons is expected shortly after the new year. nfi. upon return from north korea dr. amin stayed in helmand, and hekmartyr went to konar, nuristan province
    Posted by: 3dc || 07/29/2010 15:57 Comments || Top||

    #3  Why does the world community allow North Korea and Iran to continue doing stuff like this?

    It doesn't really matter if the missile that downed the helicopter came from N. Korea or not, if the Taliban/Al Qaida are visiting North Korea via Iran, that should be enough justification to bomb the piss out of both of them.
    Posted by: crosspatch || 07/29/2010 17:17 Comments || Top||

    #4  Why does the world community allow North Korea and Iran to continue doing stuff like this?

    'Cuz they're afraid of China and Russia.
    Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2010 20:29 Comments || Top||



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