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(AKI) - A suicide car bomber on Monday struck a governor's compound north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing two civilians and wounding two US soldiers. More than a dozen people were reported to have been injured in the attack that targeted a meeting between US troops and the governor of Parwan province in the local capital of Charikar.
A US vehicle was hit by the blast but American forces inside the complex were not injured.
An Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told reporters that no provincial officials were killed in the attack.
The attack occurred only a day after 14 Afghan school children were killed when an explosives-laden truck blew up near an Afghan and US military outpost.
Meanwhile, two bombings in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday reportedly killed three civilians and wounded 20 others.
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Radical fighters on Monday regained control of two towns in central Somalia after two days of clashes with a rival group that left at least 20 dead, witnesses said.
The Al Shabab fighters battled the Ahle Sunna Wal-jama'ah - a moderate religious group - for control of Guriel and Dhusamareb. "The Shabab fighters completely control Guriel town after pushing out the Ahle Sunna Wal-jama'ah and other fighters," Guriel resident Abdullahi Mahamud Yusuf said. At least five people were killed and eight wounded in Guriel on Monday in new fighting between the two sides. The Shabab also recaptured Dhusamareb, some 400 kilometres northeast of Mogadishu.
The unrest came as President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned after four years in office marred by bitter power struggles that plunged the country into further turmoil. On Sunday, Ahle Sunna Wal-jama'ah called for a jihad against the Shabab, blaming them for increased bloodshed in the country. A Shabab official blamed Ethiopian troops of supporting some religious groups against them. "Ethiopia is arming some groups with religious names who are attacking the Shabab fighters. They won't succeed in their goal which is aimed to stop the jihad against the enemy of Allah," Sheikh Husein Sheik Ali Fido said.
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Police early yesterday arrested four suspected Islamist militants at a house only 20 feet away from the house of actor Asaduzzaman Noor, grand alliance candidate of Nilphamari-2 constituency.
Acting on a tip-off a contingent of police led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Sazzadur Rahman raided the rented house in Food Office Para and arrested them, police sources said.
The arrestees are Helal Uddin, 31, Ramiz Uddin, 37, Ramzan Ali, 30, and Iqbal, 29. Two of them had their families living with them.
Locals said the arrestees rented the house two months ago identifying themselves as employees of a ceramic factory and suppliers of tube-well spare parts.
Neighbours say that their activities were suspicious and none was allowed inside the house. They also said the landlord had asked them to vacate the house even though they became tenants only a couple of months ago.
Officer-in-charge of Nilphamari Police Station Nural Islam said during primary interrogation the suspects said they were members of "Kalema Jamaat" who invite people to follow Islamic ideals. They told police that they were stationery goods suppliers.
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December 30, 2008: Despite major combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army is going through a major reorganization. The end result will increase the number of combat brigades from 33 to 43.
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PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > US JOINT FORCES COMMAND: US TO FIGHT INSURGENCY ACROSS MUSLIM WORLD FOR 25 YEARS; + VOA RADIO > US SECDEF GATES: US IS PREPARED TO FIGHT IRREGULAR WARFARE FOR YEARS TO COME [ limited conventional war + Urban Warfare + Nation-Govt Building-Asst.]!?
IOW, THIS US-WORLD "RECESSION/DEPRESSION" MAY LAST 25 YEARS???
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Joe, the current fiscal problems have little or nothing to do with the military budget and everything to do with Congressional budgets and policy's w/r housing and loans to unqualified borrowers. The rest of the problems (including the greed) rests on that foundation.
There has been more than 5 years of Iraq funding spent on "Bailout" in the last 3 months. Anyone trying to connect the fiscal breakdown on Iraq is blowing smoke (a lot of smoke).
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This transformation to a more modular brigade approach where brigades could be mixed/matched according to mission requirements is one thing Rumsfeld got right.
KOCHI: The security around the Cochin Shipyard has been beefed up to the highest levels after US intelligence alerted Indian agencies about fidayeen threat on the country's lone aircraft carrier INS Viraat currently undergoing major repairs here.
Top sources told The New Indian Express that a plot to attack Viraat using a helicopter was unearthed after internet transaction between Lashkar top brass was intercepted by technological intelligence unit of the US Government. Constant monitoring of emails and internet usage of LeT's technology chief Zarar Shah showed that he was studying the Viraat in detail.
"Same type of study was done about the Taj and other South Mumbai targets before the attack was launched. So this information is being viewed very seriously,'' the sources said.
Zarar Shah also did extensive study of the helicopter charter services in India, especially those in South India. "The inference points at the possibility of using a helicopter to launch a suicide attack to cripple Viraat. Lashkar has done extensive study on both the aspects. The US intercepts clearly confirm that Lashkar's interest in Viraat is more than a casual curiosity,'' the sources pointed out.
The information was passed onto Indian agencies along with other sensitive data transferred post-Mumbai terror strikes. And by the time the input was handed over to the Navy, Viraat had already left for Kochi for its repairs. The Navy, however, had spread an elaborate security blanket around the CSL by the time Viraat berthed in the first week of December.
"There is a security protocol assigned to a sensitive target like Viraat. We've initiated the procedures. The level was a notch higher this time given the existing tension,'' top sources said. The Navy has deployed its marine personnel also to guard against any intrusion from the water front.
The CISF has also intensified its patrolling along the Kochi backwaters. The high level of security will remain till Viraat completes her repairs and leaves Kochi. Sources said it may take up to five months for the extensive repair works to be complete.
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Thanks, John! Pics are when she was still in the Royal Navy. Wonder what the Indians want to change or "repair". Would LOVE to see a shot with the Viraat and the Nimitz together, just for comparison. I think the Iwo Jima is actually bigger.
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The tale of the tape...
Viraat:
Displacement: 23,900 tons (standard)
28,700 tons (full loaded)
Length: 226.5 m (745 ft)
Beam: 48.78 m (90 ft)
Draught: 8.8 m
Propulsion: 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines with 76,000 shp
4 x boilers with 400 psi
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
Range: 6,500 miles at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Nimitz:
Displacement: Approximately 97,000 short tons (88,000 t) full load
Length: Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)
Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft: Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Propulsion: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 × steam turbines
4 × shafts
260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range: Essentially unlimited
Iwo Jima:
Displacement: 40,530 long tons (41,180 t) full load
Length: 844 ft (257 m)
Beam: 110 ft (34 m)
Draft: 30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion: Geared Steam Turbines
Speed: 22 knots (25 mph, 41 km/h)
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Viraat is the former HMS Hermes, flagship of the Falklands force in 1982.
The ship has a convoluted history, started during World War 2, suspended incomplete, then resumed in the mid-50s with the latest carrier features such as angled flight deck and steam catapults. She was finished in 1959 and converted to V/STOL only in the 70s. In her C/TOL days, she operated aircraft as large as the Buccaneer strike aircraft (max gross 62000 lbs), which must have been quite a handful on a ship this size.
Mumbai- The state governments plan to set up a national maritime museum in INS Vikrant the vessel which is currently docked on the shores of Mumbai has been put on hold for the time being, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which had earlier agreed to construct roads leading to the vessel in the middle of the sea, has backed out of the project. The civic body, instead of constructing the road as part of its responsibility, will now pay Rs 10 crore to the Navy.
INS Vikrant, which was Indias only carrier for over twenty years, was later put out of service because of poor condition. It was formally decommissioned in 1997 and is now preserved as a museum.
INS Vikrant is the only World War II-era British-built aircraft carrier to be preserved. Tourists, however, cannot go to the vessel, as there are no approach roads and the vessel is anchored in sea. The state government had sponsored a project for setting up a museum in the war ship and throwing it open for civilians. The project involved participation by various government organisations, including Port Trust, MMRDA and BMC.
In 2004, the civic administration decided to provide the basic civic amenities for the museum instead of just giving out money. Accordingly, it took the responsibility of constructing roads to reach the vessel.
There are two ways to reach the INS Vikrant: from Shahid Bhagat Singh Road to Dumaniya Road through BEST depot and another from Dr Moos Road, which can be reached to BMCs Colaba pumping station but the stretch till the vessel has to be reclaimed.
The civic officials, however, recently started claiming that only 300 metres of land belongs to BMC while the remaining 1.3 km is in the Navy and state governments possession, and hence, construction of roads was not possible for them.
We havent received the permission from the ministry of environment for reclaiming the sea portion and filling it to make way for road. Also, another stretch near Flower Garden, from which a road has to be paved from Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, is not in BMCs acquisition, said a senior official of the Roads department of the BMC.
It was therefore decided not to construct the roads instead give the money, he added. The BMC will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Director General (Naval Project) on the issue. The proposal placed with the standing committee for handing over the money amounting to Rs 10 crore is expected to be discussed on Wednesday.
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The IMS (Indian Museum Ship) Vikrant is anchored off the Gateway of India and daily trips to see it are arranged from the Gateway of India by motor launches and the prices are Rs100 for the launch ride as well as the visit!!! But if you want to take pictures then there is an extra charge of Rs35 for still cameras and Rs100 for video cameras!!! Timings are from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. The latest addition is a new gallery depicting the role of the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant during the 1971 war. Museum is not open to public during the monsoon season due to the choppy seas!!!
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The Mighty Pak Army on the march...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Pakistan closed the main route used to ferry supplies to U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday after launching a fresh offensive against militants in the area.
The road through the Khyber Pass in the northwest of Pakistan has come under increasing attacks by militants seeking to squeeze Western forces fighting a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan in recent months. U.S. and NATO soldiers in landlocked Afghanistan rely on the winding, mountainous route for delivery of up to 75 percent of their fuel, food and other logistical goods, which arrive in Pakistan via the port city of Karachi.
American commanders insist the attacks are not disrupting their mission in Afghanistan, but they also say they are exploring new routes. They also say they have enough supplies to last many weeks in the case the routes are blocked. The road has been temporarily closed to traffic at least twice this year for security reasons, each time for no longer than several days.
Fazal Mehmood, a civilian administrator in Khyber, said the army launched an offensive against insurgents there Tuesday morning after they ignored a deadline to surrender. "Because of these operations, supplies have been suspended to Afghanistan and vice versa," he told The Associated Press, giving no details on the offensive or how long the suspension was expected to last.
Gunmen have staged a series of raids on truck depots near the Pakistani city of Peshawar in recent weeks, killing several guards and burning hundreds of vehicles, including dozens of U.S.-bought Humvees destined for the Afghan army. During the summer, militants attacked and torched dozens of U.S. supply trucks on Afghanistan's main highway. A smaller number of supplies arrive in Pakistan by a second land crossing at Chaman in the southwest. That road was open Tuesday, a witness said.
NATO says it is investigating other possible supply routes to Afghanistan such as through central Asian states to its north. The alliance and U.S. officials say the escalating attacks on the Khyber and temporary suspensions are not affecting operations in the country. Guns and ammunition are not shipped through Pakistan.
On a normal day, some 300 trucks carrying military supplies travel up the pass. Media reports have said that truck companies are becoming increasingly unwilling to transport the goods because of the danger.
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A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan welcomed the operation against the extremists, despite the suspension of the supply route.
"We are glad that they're helping clean out what they call miscreants in that area that have been attacking the supply line," said Col. Greg Julian. "Temporary closure (of the supply line) is not a problem. It's best that they conduct this operation and clear out these trouble spots."
Tariq Hayat Khan, top administration official in the Khyber area, said security forces were battling the militants using helicopter gunships and heavy artillery.
"This operation will continue until the goal is achieved, which is nothing less then the elimination of troublemakers," Khan told The Associated Press. He did not say how long the road would be closed for.
Taliban killed two supporters of Pir Samiullah in Matta tehsil of Swat, a private TV channel reported on Monday. According to the channel, the Taliban had killed Samiullah a few days ago. The two men killed in Gwalirai area on Monday were among 18 supporters of Samiullah abducted earlier. Meanwhile, a possible military operation in Manglor area of Charbagh tehsil was temporarily suspended after successful talks between the Peace Committee and the Taliban.
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A tribal elder of the Mullagori tribe was killed during a jirga in Mullagori area of Jamrud tehsil on Monday. Local sources said Malik Saleh Muhammad Khan's murder was a result of long-standing enmity. Meanwhile, an Afghan national, Haleem Khan, was abducted from Sakhipul area of Jamrud. He was reportedly a solider of the Afghan National Army. Separately, private militia Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) claimed to have recovered a child who was abducted for ransom three months ago from Bara. LI chief Mangal Bagh said that the child was kidnapped and shifted first to Afghanistan and later to Tirah area of Khyber Agency. The LI also claimed to have apprehended the kidnappers.
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Security forces pounded Taliban hideouts in various areas of Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Monday, injuring four people. According to local residents, armed men fired eight rockets at the agency headquarters, Khar. No casualty was reported. A house was also damaged in the shelling. Separately, armed men burned the houses of eight pro-government tribal elders in the tehsil. On Thursday, a grand jirga of the Salarzai tribes had resolved that they would not allow outsiders on their land. The gathering had discussed the recent attacks on tribal lashkars and a new strategy to meet the challenges. The elders had asked the government to establish more security posts to ensure the government's writ.
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I studied that photo during my training to be a photo interpreter for the Air Force. We also got the "before" and "after" shots. IIRC, that's the Krupp Hamburg steel works that are being pounded. Destroyed a lot of houses, killed a bunch of civilians, but didn't do much to shut down Krupp. One of the reasons it took so many aircraft and so many bombs was that only about 10% actually hit the target. Modern aircraft put 95% of their weapons on target.
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"How will the government run these institutions when it is unable to run its own?"
Punjab government has appointed special supervisors to schools and dispensaries run by the banned Jamaatud Dawa, a private TV channel reported. According to the channel, the provincial government has decided not to close the welfare organisations run by the charity banned by the United Nations earlier this month. It has also appointed doctors in the dispensaries and decided to retain the old teaching staff in the schools. According to the channel, a Jamaatud Dawa spokesman criticised the move. "How will the government run these institutions when it is unable to run its own?"
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Aswat al-Iraq: Two civilians were killed on Monday in two separate incidents in Mosul, a security source said. "A civilian was killed when gunmen opened fore at him near his house in al-Rashidiya region in northern Mosul," the source told Aswat al-Iraq. "Another civilian was killed in a random shootout in al-Mosul al-Jadida region in western Mosul," he added.
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Aswat al-Iraq: Policemen in al-Muqdadiya on Monday arrested three wanted men on charges of involvement in forced displacement of families in a neighborhood in the district, police said. "The three men were arrested in al-Hissawi neighborhood, al-Muqdadiya district, (45 km) northeast of Baaquba," a police source in Muqdadiya police told Aswat al-Iraq. "The three detained men are under investigative custody," he added, not giving further details.
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Aswat l-Iraq: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed an official from the social office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Jalawlaa district in Diala, the chief of local police said.
"Unknown gunmen opened fire on Ali Sirwan Kobkha Mahmoud, the official of the social office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), in Jalawlaa, southwest of Khaneqeen, killing him on the spot," Ahmed Khaliefa al-Qassab told Aswat al-Iraq. "They killed Mahmoud in al-Shuhadaa neighborhood in central Jalawlaa before fleeing to unknown place," he added.
The PUK is one of the two main parties in Kurdistan region and headed by President Jalal Talabani.
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Aswat al-Iraq: Policemen in Basra arrested 51 wanted men and suspects in a large-scale security operation in different areas of the province on Monday, according to the Basra police's media office.
"Policemen in Basra conducted search raids in different areas in the province, arresting 21 wanted men and 30 suspects on criminal scores," the office told Aswat al-Iraq. "Several hand-grenades and 13 vehicles and two bikes that are not licensed were seized in the raids," it added.
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The upshot is that the prime minister, who just two months ago declared that "we will not fortify ourselves to death," was compelled to approve recommendations to fortify 8,000 homes in Sderot and the communities of the "Gaza envelope," to the tune of NIS 300 million. Such protection is necessary because these homes lie within 4.5 kilometers of the Gaza Strip.
But a mere day later, it turned out that the plan was too ambitious and that budget shortfalls meant that only 3,600 homes in Sderot and the Gaza envelope can be fortified within the next two years. The solemn declarations to fortify the homes, revoked only hours later, are just the latest chapter in a gloomy saga replete with deception, lies, concealment of the truth from policymakers, groundless promises to Sderot residents, the unexplained rejection of the arguments for examining additional defense systems other than Iron Dome, and bizarre decisions made in the Defense Ministry.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel is considering suspending its Gaza offensive to give Hamas militants an opening to halt their rocket fire, but the threat of a ground offensive remains if the truce does not hold, an Israeli defense official said Tuesday. That sentence in and of itself demonstrates why Israel should dump Kadima, Labor, and all their associated and allied pols.
Israel's defense minister is to raise the proposal during a meeting of Israel's security Cabinet on Wednesday, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. Israel TV's Channel 10 also reported such a proposal. At the same time, the security Cabinet will also be asked to consider various plans for a ground invasion, the defense official said.
The public rhetoric from Israeli officials has indicated they expect the operation to continue, and a Hamas spokesman said any truce was conditional on the opening of Gaza's borders.
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the current, aerial phase of the operation was just "the first of several" that have been approved, an Olmert spokesman said. But after four days of airstrikes against the symbols of Hamas power, there are few targets left beyond buildings evacuated days ago. On Tuesday, the biggest bomb load yet struck an empty Hamas government complex, as well as security installations and the home of a top militant commander. So keep bouncing the rubble until you find out where the big turbans are hiding.
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Reinforcing the "lesson learned" in the last 8 years that air power can "condition" the battle area but unless the enemy surrenders ground forces ARE required.
Olmert has just bumped up against his worst nightmare. A truce will probably cost him the election as this would be the same result as 2006.
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The UN's De Soto was just on the BBC. He actually attempted to justify the rocket attacks as a signal from Hamas that they be included in negotiations.
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Change will only occur when Israel annexes a significant portion of Gaza (preferably all) and kicks out the Palis.
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I hope that Israel rejects ANY and ALL truces with Hamas. By their actions, Hamas have shown that they are a terrorist organization with the purpose of the destruction of Israel. There should be NO negotiations, but just discussions as to where everyone and everything is that Hamas owns or controls.
If Israel backs down from a path of total victory and the destruction of Hamas, she will just be repeating the debacle of the Lebanon fiasco. Suicide on the installment plan.
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Backdown? No, I smell a Dinnerjacket trip wire.
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Olmert has just bumped up against his worst nightmare. A truce will probably cost him the election as this would be the same result as 2006.
As I recall, Prime Minister Olmert will not be running in February, which agreement kept him from receiving a formal no-confidence vote in September or so, with all that entails. Tzipi Livni will head the Kadimah ticket vs. Ehud Barack for Labour and Benjamin Netenyahu for Likud.
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I assume for the sake of discussion Hama Rules do not apply and will never apply in Gaza. Mores the pity.
What are Hama Rules? Tis' a phrase coined by the sometime Jewish writer for the NYT, Tom Friedeman.
In 1980 Daddy Assad's regime was having troubles with "islamic fundies". He id'ed the location of the troubles: the city of Hama in Syria.
Daddy Assad surrounded the city of Hama with all the ground forces at his disposal. For seven days his ground forces pounded Hama. Few were permitted to leave. Low end estimation of the death toll: 10K. High end 25K.
The city was leveled. Thereafter the earth salted.
Oddly enough, Daddy Assad was never troubled with islamo-fundies during the remaining years of his regime.
Hence the term: Hama Rules.
Israel, take note. Daddy Assad didn't give a fig about world opinion. Why should you?
It's a strange world, but there you have it. I've [a writer for the Atlantic] been talking to friends of mine, former Palestinian Authority intelligence officials (ejected from power by the Hamas coup), and they tell me that not only are they rooting for the Israelis to decimate Hamas, but that Fatah has actually been assisting the Israelis with targeting information.
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They would have had a piss poor shockingly deficient HUMINT exploitation program if no one were conducting such operations. I suspect a parallel effort has been ongoing in Dinnerjacketland (the real target) for quite some time. I'm sure the IDF is hoping Iran will take the bait and do something entirely stupid.
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Abbas is an impotent, directionless leader, but he was taking the PA in a better direction than Arafat.
The enemy of your enemy is your friend I guess.
In any case, Cynbat the Sailor and her fellow pirates have been sent fleeing back to Cyprus with their tails between their legs.
An Israel Navy ship clashed on Tuesday with a small boat carrying international activists with aid destined for Gaza, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said. There were no reported casualties from the incident involving the small cabin cruiser "Dignity" that sailed from Cyprus late on Monday.
Israel has declared the coastal territory a closed military zone and said the Free Gaza Movement boat would not be permitted to dock. Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, said the boat failed to respond to Israeli naval radio contact, and that an Israeli vessel "clashed with the ship." "Put a round over her bows, Mr. Jewish! Not too close, though. We don't want to fish them all out of the drink!"
Free Gaza Movement told Reuters their boat, carrying 3.5 tons of medical aid with 16 people aboard, was rammed and shot at while in international waters about 70-80 miles off Gaza by Israeli naval vessel.
Palmor denied there had been any shooting although the two ships made "physical contact." He said no one had been hurt and that the Israeli ship escorted the aid boat back to Cypriot territorial waters.
Israel has declared areas around the Gaza Strip a "closed military zone" after it launched an aerial offensive in the coastal territory on Hamas targets on Saturday. Free Gaza Movement said their boat was safe, but had sustained damage.
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...I suspect there was a great need for new underwear on that tub - suddenly running into well-trained men with guns who are allowed to kill you has a tendency to get your attention.
Mike
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Why is McKinney's scow still afloat? C'mon, IDF, you guys are falling down on the job.
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We can add another name to the long list of sold-out terror tool "journalists," NBC's Tracie Potts.
During her report this morning, Potts characterized Cynbat the Sailor McKinney's terror-tub as being "loaded with American relief workers and medical supplies,' though the tools themselves claim that the 15 passengers represent 11 different countries.
Potts also presented a McKinney sound-bite declaring that "every piece of rubble in Gaza was put there by American weapons," then of course failed to challenge this falsehood. Potts's naturally placed great emphasis on civilian casualties and dead children- when the numbers didn't suffice to raise ire, she let her tone of horror and amazement do the lying job for her: "374 people have been killed, AT LEAST 62 OF THEM CIVILIANS!" There was also a series of bites on Arab aid to Hamas, with Potts declaring breathlessly that "other Arab countries have come to Palestine's defense."
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She's just rushing into the latest headline story, not unlike Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have done a thousand times before her. Next week she'll be suing Israel for her incontinence.
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Civilians aboard the Dignity being threatened by the Israeli military:
(UK) Denis Healey, Captain
Captain of the Dignity
(Greece) Nikolas Bolos, First Mate
Nikolas is a chemical engineer and human rights activist.
(Jordan) Othman Abu Falah
Othman is a senior producer with Al-Jazeera Television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.
(Australia) Renee Bowyer
Renee is a schoolteacher and human rights activist. She will remain in Gaza to do human rights monitoring and reporting.
(Ireland) Caoimhe Butterly
Caoimhe is a reknowned human rights activist and Gaza Coordinator for the Free Gaza Movement.
(Cyprus) Ekaterini Christodulou
Ekaterini is a well-known and respected freelance journalist in Cyprus. She is traveling to Gaza to report on the conflict.
(Sudan) Sami El-Haj
Sami is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, and head of the human rights section at Al-Jazeera Television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.
(UK) Dr. David Halpin
Dr. Halpin is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon, medical professor, and ship's captain. He has organized humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza on several occasions with the Dove and Dolphin. He is traveling to Gaza to volunteer in hospitals and clinics.
(Germany) Dr. Mohamed Issa
Dr. Issa is a pediatric surgeon from Germany.
(UK/Tunisia) Fathi Jaouadi
Fathi is a television producer and human rights activist. He will remain in Gaza to do human rights monitoring and reporting.
(USA) Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia is a former U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia, and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate. She is traveling to Gaza to assess the ongoing conflict.
(Cyprus) Martha Paisi
Martha is a senior research fellow and experienced human rights activist.
(UK) Karl Penhaul
Karl Penhaul is a video correspondent for CNN, based out of Bogotá, Colombia.
(Iraq) Thaer Shaker
Thaer is a cameraman with Al-Jazeera television.
(Cyprus) Dr. Elena Theoharous, MP
Dr. Theoharous is a surgeon and a Member of the Cypriot Parliament.
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Unfortunately the weather was mostly cloudy over Gaza on 12-27 and 12-28. A lot of missiles were fired that would have been destroyed if the IAF had better weather.
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I hope they identified the building those missiles were coming out of, and have targeted it with some deep-penetration missiles. I don't give a da$$ if it's a hospital - anything used to store military weapons is a legitimate military target.
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Here is a link to the Israeli Defense Force YouTube channel, with all the links to available videos. Israel seems to be ahead in the Propaganda War this time!
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The "Graphic" warning isn't a joke - this is real horrorshow! You've been warned.
To the paleos (and world press), I have only this to say: Remember that this is the result of Hamas leadership. This all could have easily been avoided if you'd only stopped poking the bear. That is all.
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It's the website where suspicious posters are redirected to by the blog's intricate inner workings, though your post actually made it, since you are a regular, but you got a taste of the owner's peculiar taste in tourism & humor anyway.
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Usually I hate liveleak videos because they're blocked by the Great Firewall of China, but I'm home for the holidays so I can actually see this one.
I suppose it never enters people's minds that certain sites are blocked outside of America.
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Apparently "basic first aid" doesn't appear in the Hamas police academy syllabus.
Yeah, but they do say "allah" quyite a bit, and even seem to have gunsex on the side, so, that's pretty close; plus, they jump great through firy loops. Anyway, heartwarming vid (but I'm a bigot), only thing missing is the IAF taking a leaf out of the paleo playbook, and targeting the rescuers with a strafing run or something. Oh, well. Can't have EVERYTHING, I guess.
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I suppose it never enters people's minds that certain sites are blocked outside of America.
Yup, but LL is usually the first vid website to have content like that, it shows eventually on youtube, but later. So, often some websites are used because it's where the goodies are. Enjoy your vacation, by the way!
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From the kind of treatment seen on the video, the best way to increase lethality might be to let the terrorist "medics" in. Some of those jihadis are still alive but not for long if they continue to be thrown about and hauled around like so many sacks of potatoes.
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OK - you're a doctor. Happy? Now quit bleeding on me
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Note there are NO women or children here, all men in uniform. I think the dude with all those broken teeth might survive, but the convulsing "grunter" is surely a goner....
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Well speaking from experience, there isn't a first aid procedure in the books that will offer any survivability after being cut in half by flying schrapnel or being decapitated.
Just the shock wave from a 1000 pounder on a building will break every bone in your body and turn your insides into mush if you are too close.
Sorry guys but that's life in the fast lane.
Mess with a military power that has 21st century hardware when you only have a few zillion AK's and some Rpg's and you are going to find yourself gathering your dead.
I have no sympathy for these people because they would be setting off suicide bombers and dropping rockets in Time Square if they could get to us.
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Last night I ran an errand on my wife's behalf. My job was to drop off a roaster to her brother in advance of his New Year's Day party.
My brother-n-law is the product of a liberal education and, therefore, pro-terrorist and anti-semite.
I gave him the roaster then handed him some candy. He asked why the candy? I told him I was just doing a poor imitation of the paleos that handed out candy throughout the neighborhood on 9-11.
He knew exactly what I was referring to, but wasn't amused.
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Yup, just normal combat zones scenes. This ought to be shown on Al-Jizz in a 24 hr loop so the Brave Lions could see what happens when you go out and play with rockets and mortar tubes. It's called payback.
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Well speaking from experience, there isn't a first aid procedure in the books that will offer any survivability after being cut in half by flying schrapnel or being decapitated.
Golly, James, I think you're the first Rantburger who admits to posting from the Great Beyond. Mr. Pruitt, I think your website has set another record!
Actually, it appeared to me that the first and second bodies, at least, are actually the same person: picked up, dropped, then given the chance to moan for the camera. Perhaps some of Rantburg's expert visual analysts can confirm/deny whether the Palestinians are up to their usual tricks, camera-wise.
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"Shell, range 800 yards. Advance the round. Loader, load the round. Rammer, ram the round. Fuse the piece. Ready! FIRE!
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"The "Graphic" warning isn't a joke - this is real horrorshow"
*yawn*
I've seen worse. And done something better about it.
I'll see if I can find my nanoviolin....
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Maybe I'm desensitized, but it occurs to me that this stuff is gory only if you've never prepared meat for consumption. Or - for the TV generation - watched CSI, or shows like Nip/Tuck.
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Zhang Fei: Maybe I'm desensitized, but it occurs to me that this stuff is gory only if you've never prepared meat for consumption. Or - for the TV generation - watched CSI, or shows like Nip/Tuck.
Me--->9/11.
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Thanks ZF! and thanks AC! We will Never Forgit!
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>The "Graphic" warning isn't a joke
Call me prudish if you will, but I didn't think it was suitable for kids or the squeamish, and was worthy of a stern warning.
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Call me prudish if you will, but I didn't think it was suitable for kids or the squeamish, and was worthy of a stern warning.
Don't get me wrong - the warning might be a good idea. The interesting thing, though, is that the Palestinians aren't exactly puking their guts out at the sight of the wounded and dead. I have to wonder whether the Hollywood depictions of human reactions to this kind of stuff - gunplay, violent death - is just so much overacting.
An IAF aircraft on Monday night struck the home of Maher Zakut, the commander of Hamas's rocket-firing forces, the army said. In was unclear whether Zakut was in the house at the time. Palestinian sources said that seven people were killed in the strike. According to reports, several more targets were struck in the Strip.
Several secondary explosions were caused by the strike because of a large weapons warehouse alongside the senior operative's house.
Five people were reportedly killed when an IAF aircraft targeted a car. Palestinian sources reported that 14 people were killed in air-strikes Monday evening.
The air force also struck a truck carrying Grad-type missiles, setting off a series of secondary explosions, the IDF said. The army believes that Hamas was transferring the missiles to a hideout out of fear that their location had been compromised. The trasfer was also supposedly intended to bring them closer to areas from which they could be launched at Israel.
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My apologies to any IDF'ers reading this.....can't order a blessed thing on any site to send to you. No pizza, no burgers, no cute bathtub duckies.
(AKI) - A key militant from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Ziad Abu Tir, was killed on Monday on the third-day of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, as the United Nations called for an end to the violence.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for an end to hostilities in the Palestinian territories, as thousands of people took to the streets around the world to protest against the violence in Gaza. At least 320 people have been killed and another 1,400 have been injured in the Israeli raids.
Another airstrike destroyed the home of Palestinian militant Maher Zaqout, senior member of the Islamist movement Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades. Zaqout was not at home at the time of the strike. However, seven people including several member of his immediate family were reportedly killed.
Palestinian militants fired at least 50 home-made Qassam rockets at southern Israel on Monday, killing one Israeli.
In the Lebanese capital Beirut, tens of thousands of people protested against the ongoing Israeli raids. The protest was organised by the militant Hezbollah movement and called by the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. "It is a mistake to think that this war is against Hamas, it is against the Palestinian resistance," Nasrallah said.
At least 5,000 people gathered in the Jordanian capital Amman and burned American and Israeli flags. They marched towards the office of Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, urging Jordan to scrap its peace agreement with Israel reached in 1994.
Protests were also held in countries including Venezuela, Chile, Pakistan, Indonesia, Syria, Egypt, Iran and Iraq and throughout Europe. At least 1,500 people gathered for violent protests near the Israeli embassy in London. Other protests were held in Spain, Denmark, Italy, France and the United States.
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday that hospitals in Gaza were "overburdened" as they struggled to cope with the influx of casualties. "We are completely overwhelmed by the number of people coming in with very serious injuries. I have never seen anything like this," said the head of the surgical ward of Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City.
This article starring:
Hassan Nasrallah
Hezbollah
International Committee of the Red Cross
Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi
Maher Zaqout
Hamas
Ziad Abu Tir
Islamic Jihad
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I thought the Red Cross was banned in Gaza, since the cross is a Crusader symbol.
Of course, the ICRC refuses to recognize Mogen David Aman (Spelling) - the Israeli equivalent of the Red Crescent.
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(AKI) - Countries throughout the Middle East have reacted quickly to Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip by pledging to send aid to the war-torn territory. Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan on Monday sent food and medical supplies after the Israeli attacks that killed 310 people and injured over 1,400.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud has pledged air ambulances to transfer injured Palestinians in Gaza to Saudi hospitals via Medical Evacuation planes or Medevac. The planes left the Riyadh Air Base bound for the Egyptian airport in el-Arish, near Gaza.
Jordan sent food and medical supplies while the United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan ordered the delivery of urgent aid to Gaza.
Turkey's Kizilay or Red Crescent organisation sent ten truckloads of food to the region as well as 15 ambulances.
Iran sent planes of food and medicine to the Egyptian capital on Sunday, while protests against the raids were held in the capital Tehran on Monday.
Thousands of people gathered at Palestine Square in central Tehran and shouted anti-Israeli slogans.
Meanwhile in Indonesia - the world's largest Muslim country - police on Monday arrested 12 protesters at a demonstration against Israel's action in the capital Jakarta. "We're deeply concerned. Israel has launched an inhumane act at a time when others are supposed to be celebrating the new year," said Sjaeful Akbar, the rally coordinator, quoted by Indonesian daily The Jakarta Post.
Palestinian residents in the emirate of Dubai also held protests, while in Egypt over 50,000 protesters took to the streets in a dozen cities. Protests were also held in Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, London, Spain and France.
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud has pledged air ambulances to transfer injured Palestinians in Gaza to Saudi hospitals via Medical Evacuation planes or Medevac. The planes left the Riyadh Air Base bound for the Egyptian airport in el-Arish, near Gaza.
The entire population will soon be suffering Post Traumatic Stress. Take them all to the Kingdom immediately!
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PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > INDONESIA CRIES OUT IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS. Indones Islamist Group ISLAMIC DEFENDERS FRONT vows to send 1000 armed fighters to fight agz Israel in Gaza, as done before for Afghanistan-Pakistan, etc. in suppor of Islamist Militants.; + IRAN'S SUPREME CLERIC KHATEMI DECLARES [worldwide Muslim]JIHAD AGZ ISRAEL.
(AKI) - Five sisters, aged from four to 17, were among the civilian victims of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency said on Monday. The UN agency's Christopher Gunness told Adnkronos International (AKI) that at least 57 civilians had been killed in three days of Israeli attacks and the number was expected to rise.
"It is a tragic illustration of what happens when you use massive means against a densely populated part of the world," Gunness told AKI.
Gunness said the five girls had been killed in an attack on a refugee camp overnight. He called for a full investigation of the civilian casualties to determine whether there had been a violation of international humanitarian law. "We need to be absolutely clear of what happened," he told AKI. "It is very tragic indeed."
Palestinian sources estimate more than 300 people were killed in the Israeli offensive and another 1,400 have been injured in attacks since Saturday.
"The hospitals are completely overwhelmed," Gunness said. "For months there has been a strangulation of supplies."
Israel has declared areas around Gaza a "closed military zone" claiming there was a risk from Palestinian rocket fire.
There is speculation that Israel may stage a ground assault against Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza.
Meanwhile, Gunness said the UN had 10,000 workers on the ground in Gaza and they were struggling to do their job. He said up to 750,000 people desperately needed food aid and there was no food to distribute to them.
Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said the military action would continue until the people in southern Israel "no longer live in terror and in fear of constant rocket barrages."
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"The hospitals are completely overwhelmed," Gunness said. "For months there has been a strangulation of supplies."
You mean the tunnels weren't being used to smuggle in medical supplies?
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"It is a tragic illustration of what happens when you use massive means against a densely populated part of the world,"
The videos I've watched all looked like highly precise strikes.
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"It is a tragic illustration of what happens when you use massive means against a densely populated part of the world,"...intentionally used as human shields in violation of international conventions.
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I saw some footage of the casualties being rolled around on gurneys, and they were suspiciously dark green for having just been killed. I also recall that the Paleos think nothing of keeping the bodies of women and children in cold storage so they can be paraded in front of the media on just such an occasion as this. My point is even the casualty figures for women and children that may be substantiated by actual bodies are likely fictional or at least exaggerated.
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This POS, and all UN "human rights" employees, needs to say hello to an axehandle to the bridge of his nose. These people are part of the problem, not part of the solution. The UNHCR doesn't want to end the "palestinian" problem, because they'd all be out of their cushy, high-paid, no-risk jobs. Hamass is responsible for everything that has happened to Gaza. Quit blaming Israel for doing everything possible to keep their people alive and healthy against constant attacks from the "palestinians".
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Actually, the TV of the Palestinian authority is blaming Hamas (look at
http://barcepundit.blogspot.com/2008/12/que-por-qu-la-situacin-en-gaza-es-ms.html) and allegedly the people of the PA are handling information tp the Israelis.
It is the people of western MSM who shed tears on the Hamas.
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But Israel called everyone in Gaza on their cell phones to warn them to stay away from Hamas properties. Those that chose to ignore that personal warning have only themselves to blame.
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Hello, Hello, Hello.... residents of Gaza. Those Hamas grids you gave us, vehicles, foot-traffic, high-value targets.... yes, tomorrow is the day. We'll be in touch!
Two Israelis were killed Monday evening as Gaza militants pelted southern Israel with rockets and mortar shells, as Israel concluded its third day of aerial assaults on the Gaza Strip.
One Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in a mortar strike in a western Negev base, and another was seriously wounded. Four others were lightly hurt in the attack.
The other fatality occurred when a woman got out of her vehicle when she heard the early warning siren in the city of Ashdod, and sought shelter in a bus stop on the side of the road. She sustained critical shrapnel wounds, and later died. Another passerby who also ducked into the bus stop for shelter suffered serious injuries in the attack.
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Three people were lightly hurt in Ashdod, which is situated some 35 kilometers from the Gaza border.
Hamas missiles first hit near Ashdod on Sunday. Monday's attack marked the first time the city suffered casualties from missiles, as Israel concluded a third day of aerial assaults on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
Simultaneously, in what appeared to be a timed maneuver, a barrage of mortar shells was fired at the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional council in the western Negev.
Shortly after the attacks, three rockets struck Yavneh, the furthest north any rocket has even been fired from the Gaza Strip. No one was hurt in the attack.
Three rockets also hit the city of Ofakim, and one person was seriously hurt in the attack.
The combined rocket-mortar shell attack came hours after 27-year-old Israeli construction worker Hani al Mahdi, from the Bedouin village of Aroer, was killed in a rocket attack in Ashkelon.
Fourteen people were wounded in the attack on Ashkelon, as the rocket exploded near a construction site in the coastal town.
Most of the victims were construction workers from the Galilee village of Manda and the Bedouin town of Rahat. Five were considered in serious condition, four sustained moderate wounds, and five suffered light injuries.
Curious onlookers gathered at the scene despite the Home Front Command's directive to avoid loitering in groups outdoors.
At least 60 rockets have been fired into Israel since Monday morning. Several of the rockets hit Ashkelon, while others struck Sderot and other rocket weary communities in the western Negev. One home in Sderot sustained a direct hit. Channel 2 reported that the residents of the home have been treated for shock.
"I'm standing next to the body," Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin told Israel Radio by telephone on Monday. "To my great regret, we have a fatality. He was killed."
Sirens wailed intermittently on Monday morning in Ashkelon as television crews captured footage of panicked residents seeking cover from the incoming projectiles.
On Sunday, Gaza-based Palestinians launched a barrage of at least 40 rockets at the western Negev on Sunday, as the Israel Air Force continued to bomb targets in the Strip.
Two Katyusha rockets, with a diameter of 122 mm, exploded near Ashdod on Sunday. More than 30 kilometers from Gaza, this was the deepest into Israel a Palestinian rocket has yet to strike.
The Katyushas, which are the most improved versions of the Palestinian rockets, have a range of up to 40 kilometers. The particular rockets that struck on Sunday traveled 37 and 35 kilometers.
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Nobody going to investigate this for violation of international law.
Ma'an -- Seven died when Israeli shells hit the home of Al-Qassam Brigades leader Maher Zaquot in Beit Lahiya north of Gaza City just before five o'clock Monday evening.
Witnesses reported that the house had been evacuated shortly before the shelling began, and those killed were passersby on their way home or to local grocery stores to buy food. The shelling also demolished the nearby houses.
Shortly after the home of an Al-Aqsa Brigades leader was targeted in Jabaliya and the home of Hamas leader Ayman Balksam in the same neighborhood. Several resistance activists were killed in the two attacks.
The overall death toll of the strikes, which began at 11:30am Saturday morning is 345, while about 1,000 Palestinians are estimated to be injured and more than 200 critically so.
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Several resistance activists were killed in the two attacks.
Ma'an - Most of the Israeli airstrikes hit Gazans at work, not activists launching rockets as Israel has reported, said Spokesman for the de facto Interior Ministry Ihab Al-Ghusein in a Monday statement.
Those killed in government buildings were ministry employees doing their best to help the people of the besieged Gaza Strip, said Al-Ghusein in a Gaza City press conference Monday afternoon. Al-Ghusein confirmed that Gaza will accept any and all aid from Arab states, and urged Egypt to open the Rafah crossing to aid could come into the Strip. The aid is desperately needed, he added, because Israel has bombed mosques, houses, schools and university campuses.
He called on Palestinians to unite, and promised that no political prisoners from Fatah or any other faction were in de facto government custody. Those in prison for legitimate criminal reasons have been assured safety, since they are in the central prison.
Spokesman of the police in the de facto government Islam Shahwan also spoke at the press conference and estimated that at least 95% of the security services buildings have been demolished. He said that nine police officers were killed in Rafah and 29 in Khan Younis, 70 in the central Gaza City districts and 30 in the north.
This article starring:
IHAB AL GHUSEIN
Hamas
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Send Terje Rød-Larsen to smell the thousands of corpses.
Ma'an - The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) fired four projectiles at Israeli targets on Monday, according to a statement. It was not immediatly clear if the DFLP itself had fired the projectiles or if the attacks came from its militant wing.
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After three days of bombardment by the IAF, Hamas proved on Monday that it was still capable of firing barrages of Kassams and rockets on the South. Over 80 rockets and mortars fell throughout the Western Negev, killing three people.
On Monday evening, Hamas intensified their efforts, firing on Ashdod, Ofakim, Yavne and the rest of the region. Rockets killed an Ashdod woman at a bus stop and a person near Nahal Oz. She was later identified as Irit Sheetrit, 39.
Five other people were also wounded, two seriously when the Kassam rocket struck near Nahal Oz. Four people were wounded - one seriously and three lightly - by the rocket that hit the Ashdod bus stop. One person was moderately wounded in the attack on Ofakim.
Earlier in the day, an Israeli construction worker identified as Hani al-Mahdi, 27, of the Beduin town of Aro'er in the Negev, was killed and over a dozen others were wounded when a Grad-model Katyusha hit a construction site in Ashkelon.
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Ma'an - Israeli warships bombarded the headquarters of the Palestinian presidency on Monday morning in Gaza City. The compound is known as Al-Muntada. No casualties were immediately reported in that attack. According to Muawiya Hassanein, the director of Ambulance and Emergency Services in the Palestinian Health Ministry, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 310.
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Hamas's armed wing, Izaddin Kassam, on Monday announced that it was recruiting an additional 1,000 militiamen ahead of a possible IDF ground operation in the Gaza Strip. The group said that thousands of volunteers from the Gaza Strip had also asked to be recruited to the movement in the past 48 hours so that they could fight against IDF soldiers.
The announcement came as sources close to Hamas said that the movement's armed wing had hardly been affected by the IDF operation that began on Saturday. The sources told The Jerusalem Post that many of the casualties in the first two days of the operation were "ordinary" policemen who had been recently recruited to various branches of the security forces. "These policemen were being enlisted to direct the traffic and fight crime," the sources said. "These are not the militiamen who are responsible for the rocket attacks on Israel."
This explains why Hamas did not rush to evacuate the headquarters of the "civilian" police force in Gaza City before the IDF offensive. On the contrary, the police chiefs decided to go ahead with plans to hold a graduation ceremony for the cadets on Saturday because they did not believe that they would be targeted by Israel.
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Suspected separatist terrorists insurgents have shot dead three people including a soldier in Thailand's Muslim-majority far south, police said on Tuesday.
A 41-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman - both employees of the state-owned telephone operator - were killed in a drive-by shooting as they travelled together in a car in Pattani province on Monday evening. Later that night in the same province, a 43-year-old soldier was shot dead and six troops were injured after they were ambushed by a group of terrorists rebels who are fighting for all the usual reasons a separate state in the three far-southern Thai provinces.
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The Thai jihad continues, with virtually no coverage by the mainstream media, and no concern from the UN, Red Thingy, or any of the other usual suspects.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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(AKI) - A suicide car bomber on Monday struck a governor's compound north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing two civilians and wounding two US soldiers. More than a dozen people were reported to have been injured in the attack that targeted a meeting between US troops and the governor of Parwan province in the local capital of Charikar.
A tribal elder of the Mullagori tribe was killed during a jirga in Mullagori area of Jamrud tehsil on Monday. Local sources said Malik Saleh Muhammad Khan's murder was a result of long-standing enmity. Meanwhile, an Afghan national, Haleem Khan, was abducted from Sakhipul area of Jamrud. He was reportedly a solider of the Afghan National Army. Separately, private militia Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) claimed to have recovered a child who was abducted for ransom three months ago from Bara. LI chief Mangal Bagh said that the child was kidnapped and shifted first to Afghanistan and later to Tirah area of Khyber Agency. The LI also claimed to have apprehended the kidnappers.
Security forces pounded Taliban hideouts in various areas of Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Monday, injuring four people. According to local residents, armed men fired eight rockets at the agency headquarters, Khar. No casualty was reported. A house was also damaged in the shelling. Separately, armed men burned the houses of eight pro-government tribal elders in the tehsil. On Thursday, a grand jirga of the Salarzai tribes had resolved that they would not allow outsiders on their land. The gathering had discussed the recent attacks on tribal lashkars and a new strategy to meet the challenges. The elders had asked the government to establish more security posts to ensure the government's writ.
(AKI) - A key militant from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 
(AKI) - Countries throughout the Middle East have reacted quickly to Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip by pledging to send aid to the war-torn territory. Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan on Monday sent food and medical supplies after the Israeli attacks that killed 310 people and injured over 1,400.
(AKI) - Five sisters, aged from four to 17, were among the civilian victims of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency said on Monday. The UN agency's Christopher Gunness told Adnkronos International (AKI) that at least 57 civilians had been killed in three days of Israeli attacks and the number was expected to rise.
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