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During the last presidential election I read somewhere that (IIRC) 68% of NHL players vote republican. But getting any of them to discuss their political leanings was harder than trying to pull whatever teeth they may still possess.
h/t Gates of Vienna
This week, after a three-and-a-half-year delay, US Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was finally placed on trial for massacring 13 and wounding 32 at Ft. Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009.
Hasan was a self-identified jihadist. His paper and electronic trail provided mountains of evidence that he committed the massacre to advance the cause of Islamic supremacy. Islamic supremacists like Hasan, and his early mentor al-Qaida operations chief Anwar al-Awlaki, view as enemies all people who oppose totalitarian Islam's quest for global domination.
Before, during and following his assault, Hasan made his jihadist motives obvious to the point of caricature in his statements about the US, the US military and the duties of pious Muslims. But rather than believe Hasan, and so do justice to his victims, the Obama administration, with the active collusion of senior US military commanders went to great lengths to cover up Hasan's ideological motivations and hence the nature of his crime.
On the day of the attack, Lt.-Gen. Robert Cone, then commander of III Corps at Ft. Hood, said preliminary evidence didn't suggest that the shooting was terrorism. Cone said this even though it was immediately known that before he began shooting Hasan called out "Allahu akhbar." He called himself a "Soldier of Allah" on his business cards.
In an interview with CNN three days after the attack, US Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey said, "Our diversity, not only in our army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse." I wonder what a man who gave us "A reverence for life does not require one to respect nature's obvious mistakes." would've made of this?
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I will always believe Hasan and the Tsarnaev Bros. were being monitored electronically long before they went kinetic. Hasan's connection and electronic contacts with known AQ terrorist(s) is well documented. The release of the Tsarnaev photographs and televised request for assistance in identification by the FBI came a bit too soon and was simply amateurish. Tactics such as those are almost guaranteed [if not designed] to produced electronic chatter and movement. Unfortunately for MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, they certainly did.
h/t Gates of Vienna
Nationwide spot checks by Greek tax inspectors have found that almost every other business is cheating the taxman in some way, as the debt-hobbled country's authorities struggle to improve revenue collection amid a crippling recession.
Red meat for the WoT watcher all the way through. Here are the opening and closing paragraphs for a taste.
[Breitbart] Organizers of a rally planned for Washington, D.C. on Saturday in support of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi deny being part of the Muslim Brotherhood, or being Brotherhood supporters. The rally, they said during a news conference Friday, is about justice in Egypt.
A long record, in many cases tested in court, says otherwise.
The recently-formed Egyptian Americans for Democracy and Human Rights (EADHR) news conference featured Abdul Mawgoud Dardery, a spokesman for the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party.
Dardery and other speakers decried the "military coup" in Egypt and called for Morsi's release after more than a month in custody.
"This is not about the Muslim Brotherhood. It is not even about Dr. Morsi, said Shaker Elsayed said in response to an Investigative Project on Terrorism question about Muslim Brotherhood connections.. Dr. Morsi happened to be from the Brotherhood, but it could have been anybody else. If we allow the rule of law to be broken and the democratic rules to be violated, it will happen to anybody and Egypt will never have stability, progress, investment, or a future. So we have nothing to do with your claims."
Last month, we showed how a similar rally that made no mention of the Brotherhood, but emphasized support for democracy, was a façade to hide support in the U.S. for the Islamist movement. A look at the players behind Saturday's rally shows another Brotherhood "Grand Deception" is afoot, despite organizers' denials.
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An excellent photo OP for the surveillance teams.
Unfortunately, the deep cover terrorists activists are not vocal or prone to attending mass gatherings.
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Unfortunately, the deep cover terrorists activists are not vocal or prone to attending mass gatherings.
That's ok, Skidmark. The really bad guys will show up in the second or third order contacts of those photographed. That's why we gave the NSA all those cool new toys, after all.
An Israeli Air Force drone reportedly struck a jihadist rocket launching site in the Sinai Peninsula near the Israeli-Egyptian border, killing four suspected terrorists who were planning to launch missiles at Israel, Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Friday.
Details of the strike remain unclear. Five different security sources told Reuters the strike was carried out by Israel, while an Egyptian army spokesman issued a statement on Facebook several hours after the strike denying Israel was behind it. Israeli officials, meanwhile, declined to comment on the reports.
[CBS News] The evil government contractor that performed a background investigation of the man who says he disclosed two National Security Agency surveillance programs is under investigation, a government watchdog said Thursday. Gov't watchdogs? Tier-Sprechschule graduates no doubt, I can hear them barking from the towers.
Patrick McFarland, the inspector general at the Office of Personnel Management, said during a Senate hearing that the contractor USIS is being investigated and that the company performed a background investigation of Edward Snowdenski. Where's the bus? Can we get those USIS goats under the bus? Hurry will you, someone must be blamed, and we need another media diversion at once.
McFarland also told lawmakers that there may have been problems with the way the background check of Snowdenski was done, but McFarland and one of his assistants declined to say after the hearing what triggered the decision to investigate USIS and whether it involved the company's check of Snowden. Trigger? How about the need for media diversion and regime deflection ?
"To answer that question would require me to talk about an ongoing investigation. That's against our policy," Michelle Schmitz, assistant inspector general for investigations, told reporters after the hearing. "We are not going to make any comment at all on the investigation of USIS.
We are simply hoping you will focus on them and not us." USIS, which is based in Falls Church, Va., did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Nor can they legally as I recall.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said she and her staff have been told that the inquiry is a criminal investigation related "to USIS' systemic failure to adequately conduct investigations under its contract" with the Office of Personnel Management. Anyone conducting a criminal investigation of Benghazi "systemic failure" yet ?
McCaskill said that USIS conducted a background investigation in 2011 for Snowdenski, who worked for government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. And he was working for whom at that time ?
Snowdenski says he is behind the revelation about the NSA's collection of Americans' phone records and Internet data from U.S. Internet companies. Yes, it appears he is in fact behind the revelations.
"We are limited in what we can say about this investigation because it is an ongoing criminal matter," McCaskill said. Anything further and I would have to kill you. I hope you understand.
"But it is a reminder that background investigations can have real consequences for our national security." The 'little people' being reminded once again regarding consequences.
McFarland told reporters that his office has the authority to conduct criminal investigations. How did low-level contractor gain access to NSA programs? Pentagon reviewing private contractors, Hagel says..... Er huh, he was assigned those duties and granted access by a US Gov't employee and supervisor ?
A background investigation is required for federal employees and contractors seeking a security clearance that gives them access to classified information. TS-SCI along with a full scope poly if you work for the Klingons or NSA as I recall. Any deception indicated on the poly ?
Of the 4.9 million people with clearance to access "confidential and secret" government information, 1.1 million, or 21 percent, work for outside contractors, according to a January report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Of the 1.4 million who have the higher "top secret" access, 483,000, or 34 percent, work for evil contractors. Snowdenski is now a wobbly 26 years of age. Three of those 26 years he reportedly worked for the leading US Intelligence service of the nation. That leaves some 4-5 years after high school to amass a treasonous history of cunning deception, and evil doing. How could USIS have missed it? Yes, how could they ?
I'm coming a little late to this post. But as I see it, the real scandals are --
1) we hire consulting companies to do vital security screening
2) they do a lousy job
3) we don't care that they do a lousy job
In a just world USIS would already have lost its contract, and the other screening companies would have federal auditors on them like the IRS on a Tea Party tax exemption application.
Besoeker asks the right question about the skinny little creep: what'd he do before he got his job with the NSA? Why isn't the journalism community digging into this punk's life? We knew more in 48 hours about Joe the Plumber than we've learned about Snowden. The reporters are all over whether Champ will cancel a summit with Vlad, but they have a curious lack of curiosity in exhuming Snowden's past.
But that's still small ball.
We have a system in which systemic failure no longer is examined, let alone punished. We focus on the tawdry and let important things slip by quietly.
How many other Snowdens are out there? How many times has our security screening failed? How will we even know? And what will it take to get people in Washington to look, let alone act?
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Champ referred to him as a "hacker", but then the Champ thinks Charleston, SC is in the Gulf. Director NSA announced this week that the agency has undertaken a huge cutback in "system administrators" [SYSADMIN] types. Well, here's a flash; SYSAD people do a bit more than 'Sneakernet' data from one computer or computer system to another. But as usual, some type of corrective action needed to be made public...ie, as we all know, motion equals progress(M=P), so lets whack the contract SYSAD geeks and USIS background investigation pukes. What a wonderful way to deflect responsibility and at the same time create a cool diversion from a massive, illegal, programmatic activity.
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Besoeker: they're giving the "civil libertarians" what they think they want: dismantling the agency itself to take our minds off the more basic question: can we trust the people commanding the agency or not?
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can we trust the people commanding the is agency or not? Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain
In the Army, an Aricle-32 Investigation determines whether wrong-doing, or something unlawful has occurred. An investigating officer is appointed, given specific instructions and a timeline for completion, and that is his or her job until completed. In the civilian world a Grand Jury is convened to accomplish much the same. From both of these, a decision is rendered regarding the need to present a recommendation of formal charges based on findings. Unfortunately, congressional hearings and media sessions are NOT the same.
The key missing piece in the majority of these scandals is the appointment of an investigating officer by an appointing authority. I think we know who the appointing authority is, and precisely why nothing is taking place.
As far as Snowden goes, he's still innocent until PROVEN guilty of formal charges in a court of law.
I don't trust any of them. Snowden could probably be rehabilitated at some point and go on to serve a useful and productive life. The rest of them, I doubt it.
Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship surged sixfold in the second quarter from a year earlier as the government prepares to introduce tougher asset-disclosure rules.
Expatriates giving up their nationality at U.S. embassies climbed to 1,131 in the three months through June from 189 in the year-earlier period, according to Federal Register figures published today. That brought the first-half total to 1,810 compared with 235 for the whole of 2008.
The U.S., the only nation in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that taxes citizens wherever they reside, is searching for tax cheats in offshore centers, including Switzerland, as the government tries to curb the budget deficit. Shunned by Swiss and German banks and facing tougher asset-disclosure rules under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, more of the estimated 6 million Americans living overseas are weighing the cost of holding a U.S. passport. In short - United States citizens, residing in a foreign country, are taxed on any income they make from a foreign source - presumable as well as paying foreign taxes (in effect double taxes).
In the meantime almost 50% of people in the US pay no taxes - or get unearned money (EIC).
Not only that but the democrats want Corporations to pay U.S. taxes on profits they may solely in a foreign market. IBM makes computers in Mexico and sells them in Mexico - the Democrats (and their Media and Occutard lackeys) wants a cut of that pie. That happens there will be a whole lot of office space available where corporate headquarters used to be.
With the looming deadline for Fatca, more and more U.S. citizens are becoming aware that they have U.S. tax reporting obligations, said Matthew Ledvina, a U.S. tax lawyer at Anaford AG in Zurich. Once aware, they decide to renounce their U.S. citizenship. Gee... I can't understand why they would renounce their citizenship to avoid the double taxation.
[Ynet] Five suspected al Qaeda bully boyz were killed in an air strike in eastern Yemen, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, in an escalating campaign against the bad turban group's Yemeni branch after recent warnings of possible attacks.
The ministry said the men were attacked while they were travelling in a vehicle in the province of Hadramout ...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis is estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard... in an area called Ghail Bawazeer, 45 km (28 miles) from the placid provincial capital Mukalla. It did not elaborate on the source of the air strike, but a Yemeni official earlier told Rooters that a US drone fired the missiles.
[Dawn] The United States on Thursday evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in the Pak city of Lahore, citing "specific threats" amid a worldwide alert over Al Qaeda intercepts.
The travel warning issued by the State Department also reiterated longstanding advice to US citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Pakistain.
The closure comes as Pakistain celebrates the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, and a day after a jacket wallah killed 38 people at a police funeral in the southwestern city of Quetta.
"On August 8, 2013, the Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency US government personnel from the US Consulate General in Lahore, Pakistain," a State department statement said.
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[Dawn] At least 10 people were killed and many others injured on Friday in an attack that targetted a mosque the Eidul Fitr prayers near Quetta's eastern bypass, DawnNews reported.
The shooting came a day after a jacket wallah targeted a police funeral and killed 38 people, mostly coppers, in the same city.
"Four gunnies opened fire when people were coming out of the mosque after saying Eid prayers," senior local police official Bashir Ahmad Brohi told AFP.
Brohi said a former Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) provincial minister, Ali Madad Jattak, was also in the mosque and could have been the target.
"But we are not sure at the moment and are investigating, "he said, adding that Jattak escaped unhurt although bullets hit his car.
Another local police official, Sultan Ahmad, confirmed the incident and casualties outside the mosque, which is also a preaching and research centre.
Nobody has so far grabbed credit for the shooting. Most recent attacks in Quetta, the capital of oil- and gas-rich Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province bordering Afghanistan and Iran, have been linked to a Baloch separatist insurgency or sectarian violence.
On Tuesday Baloch separatists rubbed out 14 people including three security officials, 70 kilometres southeast of Quetta.
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About the sentences against senior army officers in the supposed Ergenekon plot. Closing graphs:
Monday's harsh sentences were a clear warning to other Turks: Avoid ending up like the alleged plotters. The increasingly autocratic prime minister is apparently still betting that, by showing who's boss, he can revive his presidential aspirations.
Even if he fails, Erdogan's legacy is secure: He managed to replace old secular elites with new Islamist ones. This deep state will rule Turkey for decades to come.
Which makes the sentences another warning to the West: Don't bank on Turkey forever remaining a loyal ally of the free world.
[An Nahar] U.N. chief the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... emphasized the need to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict when he met Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday, a U.N. front man said.
Russia, the United States and the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... have been attempting to set up a conference aimed at ending the brutal civil war, which has left more than 100,000 dead.
But a conference initially planned for June failed to materialize.
Russia is the Syrian regime's main ally and has repeatedly blocked Western-backed resolutions at the U.N. Security Council.
In a U.N. statement Thursday following his working dinner with Lavrov, Ban expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over the "escalating humanitarian crisis" in Syria and "the disconcerting rise in sectarian violence."
Ban added, however, that he was encouraged by the resumption of direct talks in the Middle East grinding of the peace processor and pledged full U.N. support for the negotiations.
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Some Perts are arguing that Syria could effectively replace AFPAK or Pakistan as the base/center of Al-Qaeda, AQ Affiliates, + other International terror groups iff Baby Assad is overthrown.
New Jersey governor Chris Christie signs sweeping gun legislation which further restricts firearms. More are on his desk waiting to be signed. Bastards never submit sweeping gun regulations that expands gun ownership. That's why they're fascists.
Washington DC leftist communications firm comes up with a talking points guide to further eroding constitutional rights. Main tactic? Shaming.
Speaking of shaming:
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Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Pistol Ammo
.45 caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: -.02 each (.04 over two weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ventura Munitions, Wolf Polyperformance steel cased, .38 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo steel cased, .36 per round
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammo Supply Warehouse, Ultramax reloaded .30 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 250 rounds: LAX Ammunition, reloaded, .28 per round
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ventura Munition, Wolf Polyformance steel case, .29 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, reloaded (w/ ammo can), .28 per round
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Bud's Gun Shop, Fiocchi .49 per round
Cheapest, Bulk 250 rounds: LAX Ammunition, reloaded, .40 per round
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: +.07 each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition depot, PMC XTAC, .47 per round
Cheapest Bulk 1000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Winchester, .48 per round
.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: +.05 each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire, Prvi Partizan, .67 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammunition Supply Warehouse, Prvi Partizan steel cased, .64 per round
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition to Go, Brown Bear, steel core and case, .27 per round
Cheapest, Bulk, 500 rounds: Selway Armory, Brown Bear, steel core and case, .26 per round
Cheapest, Brass casing: Ventura Munitions, Fiocchi, .54 per round
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: +.02 each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Munire, Remington, .12 per round
Cheapest, Bulk, 500 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Remington Thunderbolt, .12 per round
Guns for Private Sale Rifles
.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average price: $823 Last Week Avg: $1,010
California: DPMS: $700
Texas: Private Build: $800
New York: Bushmaster C15: $950
Maryland: Palmetto State Armory: $900
Florida: DPMS Sportical $765
.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $2,089 Last Week Avg: $1,740
California: Sig Sauer 716: $1,700
Texas: Sig Sauer 716 w/scope: $1,550
New York: DPMS LR-308: $980
Maryland: DPMS LRT-SASS /w scope : $2,600 (Same Gun)
Florida: DPMS Mk 12: $1,875
7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $820 Last Week Avg: $739
California: Unknown: $800
Texas: Hungarian: $800
New York: CAI M70B1 : $800 (Same Gun)
Maryland: Romanian: $900
Florida: WASR: $799
7.62x54mm (Dragunov Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,100 Last Week Avg: $1,450
California: Romak PSL: $1,000
Texas: None
New York: None
Maryland: None
Florida: Romak PSL: $1,200 (Same Gun)
Pistols
.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $568 Last Week Avg: $576
California: Springfield, : $500
Texas: Springfield, $650
New York: Remington (Stainless Steel), $675
Maryland: Rock Island Armory, $590
Florida: Tisas: $425
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Okay Rantburg regulars, need some opinions. I got my wife a Walther PK380, which she loves but soon she's planning on a carry permit and she wants something in 9mm now. I'm looking at 2 pistols for her to try if I can find them Ruger's LC9, probably with crimson trace laser on it or Smith & Wessons M&P Shield in 9mm.
But if you can think of any other ones she might like and are good carry, please post em. We want something small so 8 rounds is fine. Besides, both those pistols are relatively cheap so when I get my next gun, H&K45C with the "ergo" grips, I won't be out too much.
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Oh and since my surgery on my strong side shoulder (3rd one in 10 years, im getting too old), I've settled in on a lighter round and a highly consealable pistol - my S&W Guardian in 380 Auto. I still miss my Glock 23c, but after 4-5 rounds, I may as well be throwing the bullets at the target (be more likely to hit it), my shoulder simply doesn't have the strength if I have to go one-handed strong side.
That being said, even a smaller caliber is better than nothing at all. 380 is the lightest/smallest I go. And a .22LR is not much at all, but if it goes bang and they hear the bullet coming, its enough to give most would-be thugs a good enough reason to run away.
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She loves her .380 and unfortunately, she also likes .45 but she wants something between for carry. And if she didn't know I'd whine about coming home and finding all the ammo gone, she'd practice all the time.
The PK380 is a little odd so I'm thinking it's partly a desire for something smoother. None of the gunsmiths will touch it though really. I'm really hoping I can find a range with a P239 for her to try, I think she'd like that. Not sure about the 938, but I'll have her take a look.
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IMO....reliable revolver in 357 Mag like a Ruger SP-101.
True, only five shots, but small, reliable, easy to carry, and you can shoot 38 PSP to practice or if the 357 is more than someone can handle.
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Well, in 9mm, I think the Smith 940 is hard to beat. Reliable, small, fully-shrouded hammer, DA only, and full moon clips for amazing reload times. Did I mention reliable?
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I've got a LC9 for carry. I like it. It came with the laser. I like it too. I did have the battery go dead because a have a soft pocket holster and the little plunger switch keep getting activated. I removed it until I change to a hard shell type. Depending how you carry that might make a difference. Otherwise it has flawlessly fed every round. Its light and fits in my pocket (it's roughly the same as putting my hand in there). They also have a little plastic pinky extension for the magazine that I need. Some of my friends don't like the double action only trigger (paper target bigots) but I thinks its part of the safety with its long pull.
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My Daughter has a .380 It's a beautiful gun, she says she'd rather have a gun she can use.
(I'm proud of My Daughter, 5'-8 1/2" and beautiful, Might weigh 120)
Those of you who cringe at that, It's a 38.
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As OldSpook says; if it's not on you it is of no use. I have all calibers from 444 Schafer to a 22 Short. I carry a Ruger LCP. Much more useful if it's in my pocket than on the dresser.
Note: at 5'6" even a Colt Officers, Ruger SP-101 or Kahr 40 will print on clothing and as a male a purse just doesn't look right ;-). The new 380's are very much preferable and in a real situation you won't even notice the heavy double action.
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Apropos of this topic I led a sanctioned work "team building" event this week at a very nice pistol range.
A great time was had by all on the range but the most important consequence was we had four never before shooters see the light and sign up for basic handgun courses at the end of the evening.
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I carry a .22 , I also have a .38 in the car,(With reloaded hollow points) I'm a dead shot and feel well protected, a .22 is easily concealed, but it's enough,(8 shots If you're concerned) I feel well protected. (
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Dammit repeating again, moderators please delete the extras, thanks
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[An Nahar] Several Egyptian snuffies were killed in an air strike in Sinai on Friday as they prepared to launch a rocket into Israel, security sources and witnesses said.
The source of the strike was not immediately clear. Some sources spoke of an Israeli air strike conducted from Israeli air space and others credited the Egyptian military.
But Egypt's military denied any Israeli strike.
"There is no truth whatsoever to any Israeli strikes inside Egyptian territory and the claims that there is Egyptian and Israeli coordination on the matter is utterly baseless," military front man Colonel Ahmed Aly said in a statement.
He said the armed forces and expert teams were still combing the area where two kabooms were heard.
State media said at least five members of a cell led by local Islamist snuffies were killed in the raid.
Earlier, Egypt's army said two kabooms were heard at around 4:15 pm (1415 GMT) in the Al-Ojra area, three kilometers (around 1.8 miles) from the border with Israel.
"The armed forces are combing the area of the kabooms to find out the cause," Colonel Aly said.
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An IDF Drone repor attacked + destroyed two Rocket Launchers in Rafah, Egypt in what is technically an Israeli milstrike agz sovereign Egyptian territory.
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JosephM, Turkey for some reason claims Egyptian helicopters killed the rocketeers, and Israel is not claiming the hit, so clearly nobody wants a war started now over whatever actually happened.
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Obviously the IAF is running CAS for the Egyptian Army in the Sinai attacking Palestinians. I suspect the chocolate covered cotton market is roiling.
[Ynet] President Barack Obama Because I won... said on Friday that US authorities had brought criminal charges for the attack in Benghazi, Libya, last year in which US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
Obama said in response to a question at a White House news conference that the charges were under seal and there was little he could say about them. "It's sealed for a reason, but we are intent on capturing those who carried out this attack and we're going to stay on it until we get them," he said.
"Somebody get me CNN on the line. Their reporter knows where to find him."
US economy. US economy. Please pick up the white courtesy phone...
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"It's sealed for a reason, but we are intent on capturing those who carried out this attack and we're going to stay on it until we get them," he said.
"We had a little delay because our Attorney General was...uh.. preoccupied for the past few months."
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Criminal charges? With Miranda Rights and CSI and trials and lawyers? Howzabout this: we find the people who did this, apparently not too difficult a task, and we whack them. And their accomplices, associates. and friends, if you want to make the point totally clear. That point being it is hazardous to your health to kill Americans. Let them hate, so long as they fear.
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A man who uses Drone wack-a-slope daily with far less due process is bothering with lawfare when dealing with people who have actually demonstrated, not just a 'threat', homicidal behaviors. This is like OJ spending his 'free' time looking for the actual killers of Nicole and Ron.
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I saw something earlier today that suggests it is illegal to mention sealed charges unless in the process of executing them. For the Rantburg lawyers: Is this correct? Is the president exempt by virtue of his office?
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The charges are sealed so that now the administration can avoid answering questions because of an ongoing investigation that they are not allowed to talk about.
[An Nahar] Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Friday that Lebanese authorities were investigating a claim made by a previously unknown group for kidnapping two Turkish pilots in Beirut.
In remarks to Voice of Leb radio (93.3) and several TV stations, Charbel said: "We haven't heard of the so-called Zuwar al-Imam Rida."
The investigation will reveal whether such a group truly exists or it is "fictional," he said.
The alleged responsibility for the kidnapping came after al-Jadeed TV reported that the group was asking for the release of nine Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria in return for setting free a Turkish pilot and copilot kidnapped by gunnies at dawn Friday.
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[An Nahar] A Turkish pilot and copilot were kidnapped in Beirut early Friday by gunnies who intercepted their van as they were heading to a hotel in the Lebanese capital.
The kidnap is believed to be linked to the abduction of nine Lebanese pilgrims in Syria, whose families have urged Turkey to use its influence to secure their release.
The Turkish Ambassador, Inan Ozyildiz, told LBCI TV that he is following up the case, hoping that Lebanese authorities would work for their release.
Pilot Murat Akpinar and his co-pilot Murat Agca were on their way from Rafik Hariri International Airport to a hotel in Beirut's Ain Mreisseh seafront when they were kidnapped at the Cocodi bridge around 3:00 am.
The abductors were riding a four-wheeler and a Kia.
The van, which had six crew members on board, belongs to Turkish Airlines and its driver is a man from Zoaiter family who was taken for questioning by police.
In the wake of the incident, Lebanese soldiers deployed in the area, with two armored personnel carriers stationed by the roadside where the kidnapping took place.
Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told Agence La Belle France Presse he had spoken with Turkey's ambassador and that an investigation was under way.
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[NYDAILYNEWS] A top development company donated $100,000 to Gov. Cuomo just days before he signed a bill that quietly showered the firm with lucrative tax breaks.
Two corporations tied to Extell Development each contributed $50,000 to Cuomo's campaign, which recorded the checks on Jan. 28 -- the same day the Assembly passed a housing bill that contained tax breaks for five developers, including Extell, records show.
Cuomo signed the legislation two days later.
The twin $50,000 donations were made by Elco Master LLC and 134 W 58 LLC. Each listed the same Louisville, Ky., address of Extell Financial Services, which is part of Extell Development. It was the first time either company contributed to Cuomo, state records show.
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[Al Ahram] Salafist Nour Party leading figure Sherif Taha called the Moslem Brüderbund's decision to monopolise the political scene in Egypt "their biggest mistake."
Taha, a member of the Nour Party's supreme committee, said his Islamist party consistently advised the Brotherhood not to field a candidate for presidency at all -- but in the case they do enter executive office that they form a national unity Cabinet.
In an exclusive interview for Al-Arabiya news channel, Taha indicated that his party isn't even considering fielding a candidate for the next presidential elections. The biggest mistake Islamists can make would be to overtake politics from the beginning without gradual steps, he indicated.
The Nour Party, Egypt's largest Salafist party, has come under strong attack from other Islamists for accepting the army-sponsored new roadmap which removed the Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi.
"We want to be part of the political scene and reject any calls to exclude the Islamist current, but at the same time refuse to let the Islamist current lead the scene and bear the heavy burden all alone," Taha continued, adding that they joined the roadmap after realising Morsi is no longer capable of ruling.
On 3 July military Commander-in-Chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi unveiled a new roadmap for Egypt's political future, which included the removal of president Mohamed Morsi to make way for prompt presidential elections.
The new roadmap was announced in the presence and with the approval of several political figures, including the Nour Party. The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb and Egypt's Christian Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II were also present.
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The biggest mistake Islamists can make would be to overtake politics from the beginning without gradual steps
It took what, about a hundred twenty-five years for the US Left to take over?
[La Belle France24] The main suspect in last week's killing of Tunisian politician Mohamed Brahmi is a well-known figure in French intelligence circles. Boubakeur Hakim, a Frenchie of Tunisian origin, has come a long way on the jihadist trail.
From Gay Paree's 19th arrondissement, to a network dispatching bully boyz to Iraq, to prison cells in Syria and La Belle France, Boubakeur Hakim has come a long way on the jihadist trail.
Now the 30-year-old Frenchie of Tunisian origin is implicated in what could be his most high-profile case to date.
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[TechCrunch] Wikipedia calls Bitcoin a cryptocurrency (a currency that relies on cryptography), but now it's official. A federal judge in Texas has declared that Bitcoin is a currency and should therefore be regulated just like U.S. dollars or gold. The ruling represents yet another attempt to regulate Bitcoin transactions, threatening the original purpose of the currency.
While it looks like a recognition that Bitcoins are worth something, the decision threatens once again Bitcoin's utopian concept. As a reminder, the Department of Homeland Security recently issued a seizure warrant on Bitcoin exchange service Mt. Gox because it didn't comply to money transfer regulations.
Because we've discussed the topic here at Rantburg at some length.
[An Nahar] U.S. President Barack Obama My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it... on Friday pledged an overhaul of government surveillance, acknowledging rising concerns over citizens' privacy.
Obama said he would ask Congress to review a controversial section of the Patriot Act that allows collection of telephone records and would provide for greater outside oversight.
"All these steps are designed to ensure that the American people can trust that our efforts are this line with our interests and our values," Obama told a news conference.
"And to others around the world I want to make clear once again that America is not interested in spying on ordinary people," he said.
Obama said he would ask Congress to reform Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which was passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks, that gives the government access to telephone and other records of citizens.
He also called for the start of debate in the courts that authorize surveillance, which now only hear requests from the government without hearing counter-arguments as is customary in other parts of the U.S. judiciary.
Obama said that the administration would declassify documents on surveillance and also appoint a body of outside experts to help ensure a balance between security and privacy.
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[An Nahar] Attacks killed four people in Iraq on Friday, officials said, as Mohammedans marked the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan which has been one the bloodiest in years.
More than 800 people were killed in attacks during Ramadan, which began in the second week of July and ended this week.
Militants have struck targets ranging from cafes where Iraqis gather after breaking their daily Ramadan fast, to mosques where extended evening prayers are held during the month.
On Friday, gunnies killed two anti-al-Qaeda gunnies and maimed two others near Baiji, north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... The Sahwa, who joined forces with the U.S. from late 2006 and helped turn the tide of the war against the insurgency, are frequently targeted by Sunni bad boys, who consider them traitors.
Gunmen also killed a farmer near Baquba, north of Storied Baghdad, while a magnetic "sticky bomb" killed a man and maimed his wife in the capital.
And in Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... west of Storied Baghdad, a jacket wallah attempted to attack a police checkpoint but was shot by security forces.
The explosives the bomber was carrying still detonated, wounding two coppers and a civilian.
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[Ynet] Germany's leading telecoms operator said on Friday it would start channeling e-mail traffic exclusively through its domestic servers in response to public outrage over revelations of US spy programs accessing citizens' private messages.
Deutsche Telekom launched the "E-mail made in Germany" initiative after a month of public indignation over reports on intrusive US snooping based on documents leaked by runaway former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
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As per German medias, 'tis possibly the real hidden/covert reason POTUS Obama shut down 19 US Embassies in the ME + North AFrica, NOTSOMUCH AYMAN ZAWAHIRI'S INTERCEPTED MESSAGES???
SAME > Conversely, the Bammer now feels that the Snowden + NSA scandals are winding down or else pose no threat to him politically-legally, HENCE 18 of 19 US EMBASSIES TO BE REOPENED???
Two blimps, 2.7 billion dollars, to make sure no one sneaks up on us and blows D.C. to hell.
And yes - we know the Hindenburg was a dirigible, not a blimp and carried hydrogen, not helium. Just consider it an analogy for your tax dollars.
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IMO iff the US is serious about establishing GMD-TMD in East Asia including Guam-WESTPAC, then it should dev + forward deploy ABM-BMD armed NT Blimps to same.
Can "defensively" intercept Enemy BMS at mid-phase, or "offensively" blow 'em up right on the enemy's launchpad(s) = origin.
*Snort* Cruise missiles. Yeah. Sure champ. Then why do they have video cameras & turreted FLIRs?
These were the same systems we used in Iraq & the Stan to keep an eye on the areas around our FOBs. Still did not manage to stop the random rocket attacks.
Coupled with the latest and greatest in pattern matching analysis software, I predict the intent is to "keep an eye on" the serfsproles potential trouble makers terrorists.
They are more worried about random tea party types showing up and doing, "something". Like voting real conservatives in in the republican primaries, or visiting their congressman and reminding him/her that they need to trim back the budget and potentially put the good people surplus government workers out of a job.
Also-- this looks like someone had to burn up some program dollars, so why not?
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They are more worried about random tea party types showing up and doing, "something". This will do nothing to defeat a terrorist attack. The detect an attack after the mortar is fired, and rarely helped to defeat anything prior to the event. It will do very little to protect against an external threat. But for a march on DC or riot, it would be great... Looks like Zero is getting worried he just might be expected to move out someday.
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Well, that neatly explains the recent outbreak of concern trolling about the Strategic Helium Reserve...
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Please also consider these can be instantly available cell jammers with repeaters. With NO permissive intervention all civilian cell traffic can be stopped but C2 frequencies can still be served.
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What lurks upstairs alone or in pairs
And watches the little shrimps?
What's pumped full of gas and checks out your ass?
It's Blimps, Blimps, Blimps!
It's Blimps, Blimps, it's big, it's spendy, it's good.
It's Blimps, Blimps, it spies on your neighborhood!
etc.
President Barack Obama may not be everything his fans originally hoped he would be, but until recently hes at least appeared easy enough to get along with.
Maybe the frustrations of office are getting to him. These days, he seems to be having just as difficult a time finding friends among foreign leaders and allies as he does with Republicans in Congress.
Even before he cancelled an upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Obama found himself bickering with leaders with whom hed prefer to be on good terms. The U.S. sends Egypt more than $1 billion a year in military aid and worked closely with former president Hosni Mubarak, but on the weekend the de facto military ruler of Egypt hows that for a title? Julius Caesar could have claimed the same one accused Washington of abandoning the country.
You left the Egyptians, you turned your back on the Egyptians, and they wont forget that, said Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
OK, Putin can be a pain, and Egyptians are more than a little volatile these days. But Mr. Obama cant even get along with Canada, which is like getting into an argument with Norway over a chicken recipe. For months the governments in Ottawa and Alberta have been sending representatives to sweet-talk Washington heavyweights on the merits of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would send Alberta crude to the Gulf Coast. There may be valid arguments against the pipeline though Mr. Obamas own State Department has shot down most of them but the negotiations had been friendly and respectful enough until Mr. Obama gave an interview to the New York Times openly mocking the jobs figures put forward by proponents.
Republicans have said that this would be a big jobs generator, he said in the interview. There is no evidence that thats true. The most realistic estimates are this might create maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline, which might take a year or two, and then after that were talking about somewhere between 50 and 100 jobs in an economy of 150 million working people.
Two thousand jobs, he said, were a blip relative to the need.
Gee, thanks, closest ally and strategic partner. Friendly countries love to be given the back of the hand when they offer a secure source of energy to a country that needs it.
The Times gave a hint of the reason for Mr. Obamas displeasure: Washington would like Canada to adopt stricter emissions laws, giving him some political cover to approve a project that is opposed by Democrat-friendly environmentalists. But any number of sources suggest his evaluation of the job figures is well off the mark. And Canadians dont react any better to foreign pressure than do Americans. If Stephen Harper has been tardy as he certainly has in introducing tougher standards for emissions, hes hardly going to speed it up if it allows opponents to portray him as a toady to the U.S. president.
Dealing with Canada should be easy compared to the mess Mr. Obama faces in Egypt. When the original rebellion against Mr. Mubarak broke out, Washington was caught between two unhappy choices: continued backing for Mr. Mubarak would put it on the side of an anti-democratic autocracy in the process of violently putting down a popular uprising. Siding with the revolt would mean abandoning a reliable ally in favour of militant Islamists.
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Canada humped a very rough assignment in Afghanistan for years and years. Bled and died many of them. Hat tip to the Canadians. I have no printable comments regarding the other fellow.
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The Latin term for king was despised by the Romans because of their prior Etruscan masters. That is why the term imperator was adopted by those who gloried as the later rulers of Rome after the Republic. Soon the term President will assume the same connotation as that found in our South American neighbors rather than its original meaning.
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..that's why the man is quickly replacing competent field commanders with political appointees. Like most things that those in the administration have in understanding the real world which they don't, the key to the military is the middle grade officers and NCOs.
On Saturday, July 24th, 2010 the town of Prescott Valley, AZ, hosted a Freedom Rally. Quang Nguyen was asked to speak on his experience of coming to America and what it means. He spoke the following in dedication to all Vietnam Veterans. Thought you might enjoy hearing what he had to say:
35 years ago, if you were to tell me that I am going to stand up here speaking to a couple thousand patriots, in English, I'd laugh at you. Man, every morning I wake up thanking God for putting me and my family in the greatest country on earth.
I just want you all to know that the American dream does exist and I am living the American dream. I was asked to speak to you about my experience as a first generation Vietnamese-American, but I'd rather speak to you as an American.
If you hadn't noticed, I am not white and I feel pretty comfortable with my people. I am a proud US citizen and here is my proof. It took me 8 years to get it, waiting in endless lines, but I got it, and I am very proud of it.
I still remember the images of the Tet offensive in 1968, I was six years old. Now you might want to question how a 6-year-old boy could re member anything. Trust me, those images can never be erased. I can't even imagine what it was like for young American soldiers; 10,000 miles away from home, fighting on my behalf.
35 years ago, I left South Vietnam for political asylum. The war had ended. At the age of 13, I left with the understanding that I may or may not ever get to see my siblings or parents again. I was one of the first lucky 100,000 Vietnamese allowed to come to the US . Somehow, my family and I were reunited 5 months later, amazingly, in California . It was a miracle from God.
If you haven't heard lately that this is the greatest country on earth, I am telling you that right now. It was the freedom and the opportunities presented to me that put me here with all of you tonight. I also remember the barriers that I had to overcome every step of the way. My high school counselor told me that I cannot make it to college due to my poor communication skills. I proved him wrong. I finished college. You see, all you have to do is to give this little boy an opportunity and encourage him to take and run with it. Well, I took the opportunity and here I am.
This person standing tonight in front of you could not exist under a socialist/communist environment. By the way, if you think socialism is the way to go, I am sure many people here will chip in to get you a one-way ticket out of here. And if you didn't know, the only difference between socialism and communism is an AK-47 aimed at your head. That was my experience.
In 1982, I stood with a thousand new immigrants, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and listening to the National Anthem for the first time as an American. To this day, I can't re member anything sweeter and more patriotic than that moment in my life.
Fast forwarding, somehow I finished high school, finished college, and like any other goofball 21 year old kid, I was having a great time with my life. I had a nice job and a nice apartment in Southern California . In some way and somehow, I had forgotten how I got here and why I was here.
One day I was at a gas station, I saw a veteran pumping gas on the other side of the island. I don't know what made me do it, but I walked over and asked if he had served in Vietnam . He smiled and said yes. I shook and held his hand. The grown man began to well up. I walked away as fast as I could and at that very moment, I was emotionally rocked. This was a profound moment in my life. I knew something had to change in my life. It was time for me to learn how to be a good citizen. It was time for me to give back.
You see, America is not just a place on the map, it isn't just a physical location. It is an ideal, a concept. And if you are an American, you must understand the concept, you must accept this concept, and most importantly, you have to fight and defend this concept. This is about Freedom and not free stuff. And that is why I am standing up here.
Brothers and sisters, to be a real American, the very least you must do is to learn English and understand it well. In my humble opinion, you cannot be a faithful patriotic citizen if you can't speak the language of the country you live in. Take this document of 46 pages - last I looked on the Internet, there wasn't a Vietnamese translation of the US Constitution. It took me a long time to get to the point of being able to converse and until this day, I still struggle to come up with the right words. It's not easy, but if it's too easy, it's not worth doing.
Before I knew this 46-page document, I learned of the 500,000 Americans who fought for this little boy. I learned of the 58,000 names scribed on the black wall at the Vietnam Memorial. You are my heroes. You are my founders.
At this time, I would like to ask all the Vietnam veterans to please stand. I thank you for my life. I thank you for your sacrifices, and I thank you for giving me the freedom and liberty I have today. I now ask all veterans, firefighters, and police officers, to please stand. On behalf of all first generation immigrants, I thank you for your services and may God bless you all.
Quang Nguyen
Creative Director/Founder Caddis Advertising, LLC
"God Bless America"
"One Flag, One Language,
One Nation Under God"
For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
GOD BLESS AMERICA ! This story was passed to me by a friend. I cannot vouch for it's accuracy.
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Snopes and Urban Legends@about.com don't have anything, and Besoeker linked to what appears to be Caddis Advertising's website. The website looks awfully real, and has an endorsement from what appears to be a genuine military officer. A proper journalist would confirm that all involved do actually exist in the analog world, but for our purposes I'd say it's confirmed as true enough to be going on with.
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Thanks TW. I'm a sucker for stories like this one, as I am very proud to know some of these Southeast Asian survivors rather personally, not to mention a few other who were put out of their native lands or escaped before they were raped and murdered. As many here are aware, the story of Quang Nguyen is hardly a 'one off'. I suppose his story and gratitude adds to my disdain for our current day entitlement and Snap crowd, but I digress.
[Dawn] A major terrorism attempt was foiled Friday afternoon when a jacket wallah was bumped off at a Shia mosque in the federal capital Islamabad.
According to initial reports, the suspected bomber was trying to enter the Imambargah in Bara Kahu a village on the northeastern outskirts of Islamabad, when he was stopped by security guards.
"A suicide bomber targeted a Shia mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad in Bhara Kahu area but could not explode himself due to timely interception by a private security guard," police officer Nasir Mehmood told news agency AFP.
"The guard opened fire on the bomber as he entered the mosque and killed him. He could not explode his jacket."
Another police official, Majeed-ur-Rehman, said a guard was killed in an exchange of fire with the bomber before he was rubbed out. Another police official confirmed the death.
TV channels showed the body of the bomber lying in the main prayer hall of the mosque. Two cables going up from his left arm could also be seen.
Senior Superintendent of Police Operation Dr Rizwan told a TV channel that the mosque was later sealed off by police personnel and that the bomb disposal squad was called in to clear the area of any explosives.
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Reaffirming his country's determination to combat terrorism, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, has donated $100 million for supporting the international counterterrorism centre under the UN.
There aren't many countries in the world that know terrorism better than Saudi-controlled Arabia...
In a joint Eid Al Fitr message with Crown Prince Salman, King Abdullah said: 'Terrorism threatens global peace and stability.'
He also called for joint international efforts to fight terrorism without any leniency toward militants and their sponsors.
'We should understand that terrorism will not disappear within a limited period. So we have to be prepared for a long fight with terrorism.
'Whenever we try to tighten the noose it could become increasingly aggressive and violent. But we have strong faith in God that it would be defeated,' the message said.
While the Saudi King along with Prince Salman cautioned the Ummah (nation or community) against the danger paused by the distorted ideologies, King Abdullah stressed at the importance of activating the international counterterrorism centre, which he proposed during an anti-terror conference in Riyadh February 5, 2005.
Saudi Arabia had previously donated $10 million for the counterterrorism centre.
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He who pays the piper calls the tune. The House of Saud has been impacting tertiary education in this way for decades, with endowed programs for this at Harvard and endowed chairs for that at Yale and Georgetown and elsewhere.
[La Belle France24] An analysis by a private US intelligence firm of jihadist messages released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in 2013 shows that La Belle France ranked second as the main Western focus of the group's jihadist propaganda, after the US.
La Belle France ranked second as a Western target of interest for AQAP (al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula), according to an analysis of jihadist messages released by al Qaeda's most dangerous branch in 2013.
In a study of more than 45 messages this year by the terror group, a private US intelligence firm found the US to be the number one Western target of interest for AQAP, followed by La Belle France.
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After Angela Merkel used it to describe the eurozone crisis, the word 'shitstorm' has now made it officially into German dictionaries. Duden, the German standard lexicon and the nation's equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary, has now recognized the word.
In German it has a slightly different meaning and has come to signify a controversy on the internet rather than the general calamity it represents in English.
Its stamp of approval comes after 'shitstorm' was voted Anglicism of the Year in an annual contest at the University of Hamburg. The jury defined it as 'a public outcry, primarily on the internet, in which arguments mix with threats and insults to reach a critical mass, forcing a reaction.'
The jury said in a statement after the word entered the dictionary: 'Shitstorm fills a gap in the German vocabulary that has become apparent through changes in the culture of public debate.'
[An Nahar] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that relations between his country and the United States have not broken down.
"It's clear there is no Cold War that we should expect," Lavrov said of the U.S.-Russian relations after a meeting in Washington. "We shouldn't expect any aggravation."
The White House this week cancelled a planned summit between Obama and Putin next month in Moscow. That's in part because Russia is refusing to return National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to the U.S. to face charges of leaking national security secrets.
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[Algemeiner] English Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hostspur had more than angry fans to contend with this past weekend as rumors that star player Gareth Bale would be transferred elicited an angry response from terror group al-Qaeda.
According to Italian media, Ahmed Al Dossari, the leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen, threatened the club on an unnamed website over the transfer because of its support among the Jewish community in London. Israel's Channel 2 tied the soccer threat to the US State Department decision to close its Middle East embassies, and encourage all US citizens to evacuate Yemen, because of al-Qaeda threats.
The Italian reports quote Al Dossari as describing Tottenham as "unscrupulous merchants. Jews who will be punished for their greed by the wrath of God and by the sound of arms."
Over a soccer trade? Wow.
According to British media reports, Tottenham is asking for a world record transfer fee in excess of $123,000,000 from Spanish club Real Madrid for Bale.
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Wehell lessirree - FRENCH CROISSANTS, but NOT CANNIBALISM, were banned by SYrian Rebels in Aleppo, while [Western style] MEN'S LONG TROUSERS/PANTS were banned by the Hard Boyz in NW Pakland in favor of traditional Islamic wear.
Now cometh Soccer.
NOT GOOD FOR FRENCHISM/FRENCHY-NESS WHEN FANCY BAKERY BREAD LOSES OUT TO CANNIBALISM.
[An Nahar] The Free Syrian Army kidnapped three Lebanese citizens in the Bekaa region, media outlets reported on Friday.
"FSA rebels entered Lebanese territories and kidnapped three members of the Ismael family in the Brital plains in eastern Baalbeck," al-Jadeed television said, adding that a fourth person was injured during the operation.
The same source pointed out that financial reasons could have motivated the abduction.
Meanwhile, LBCI television said four members of the Ismael family were kidnapped by the FSA in the Brital plains.
Later on Friday, however, the state-run National News Agency said FSA members that are located on the western side of the Eastern Mountain Belt near Syria kidnapped two people who hail for the Ain al-Qarqouz town in the Brital plains.
"They transferred the abductees to Syria amid a heavy gunfire exchange," it elaborated.
The NNA remarked that a third person, Ibrahim Hikmat Ismael, was injured during the incidence and was able to escape.
"He headed towards Lebanese territories and reported the kidnapping of his brother Hasan Ismael and his brother-in-law Saleh Kurdieh who got injured in the foot."
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[Al Ahram] At least seven suspected snuffies from Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... were among the alleged al-Qaeda members killed in Yemen in a recent wave of U.S. drone strikes, senior Yemeni officials said Friday, suggesting that Saudis are increasingly crossing the border to carry funds or seek terrorist training.
With several U.S. diplomatic posts closed temporarily in Africa and the Middle East this week amid a global alert about terrorism, Washington evacuated most of its personnel from Lahore, Pakistain's second-largest city. The U.S., along with Britannia, also flew diplomatic staff out of Yemen's capital of Sanaa this week.
Since July 27, drone attacks in Yemen's southern and central provinces have killed a total of 34 snuffies suspected of being members of the country's al-Qaeda branch, known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, security officials have said.
On Thursday alone, the officials said U.S. drones conducted three Arclight airstrikes, killing 12 krazed killers.
The drone strikes occurred in areas where the terrorist group enjoys protection from anti-government tribes or hides in mountainous areas.
The terror network bolstered its operations in Yemen more than a decade after key Saudi operatives fled here following a major crackdown in their homeland. The drone strikes and a U.S.-backed offensive that began in June 2012 have driven snuffies from territory they had seized a year earlier, during Yemen's political turmoil amid the Arab Spring.
The senior Yemeni officials who said the seven Saudis were among the victims of the drone attacks said intelligence suggested the foreigners had crossed the border between the neighboring countries to either ferry in money to the terror group or to train in al-Qaeda camps. "Al-Qaeda is especially recruiting tech-savvy and well-educated Saudis," one of the security bigshots said.
He added that the terror group also is bringing in Paks, who are explosives experts. He cited Ragaa Bin Ali a Pak bomb maker who was killed in a drone strike.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Saudi political analyst Anwar Eshki said the kingdom is aware of Saudis crossing into Yemen.
"The kingdom is tracking down those people ... but there are hundreds of organizations and groups that work on recruiting them," he said.
One suspected Saudi krazed killer was among seven who were killed by a drone in the southern city of Shabwa. Four other Saudis were maimed in the same attack, according to a senior local government official who also spoke anonymously because he was not allowed to talk to news hounds.
While the United States acknowledges its drone program in Yemen, it does not talk about individual strikes. The program is run by the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command and the CIA, with the military flying its drones out of Djibouti, and the CIA out of a base in Saudi Arabia.
Asked at a White House news conference about the drone strikes, U.S. President Barack Obama Why can't I just eat my waffle?... said: "I will not have a discussion about operational issues."
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[reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... Tribune] Dr. Eric Whitaker, a close friend of President Barack Obama We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us... , acknowledged that he is cooperating with federal authorities working on a $433,000 kickback scheme at the state public health agency he once led, but he said he was not involved in the alleged crimes.
Whitaker declined an interview request Thursday but released a statement following the indictment of Quinshaunta R. Golden, who was his chief of staff at the Illinois Department of Public Health. Golden is accused of conspiring with state grant recipients to divert federal money into her own pockets and then trying to cover it up.
"I had no firsthand knowledge of the activities outlined in this indictment and was not involved in any way," Whitaker said in the statement. "As requested by the U.S. attorney, I have been fully cooperating with the investigation into these matters."
There was no indication in the indictment that Whitaker knew of the wrongdoing. Asked Thursday if Whitaker is a target in the probe, James Lewis, U.S. attorney for the Central District of Illinois, offered the standard response of refusing to venture beyond details of the Golden indictment.
"At this point, the evidence has taken us to Quin Golden, and the evidence has not taken us farther," Lewis said. Pressed on whether Whitaker is in prosecutors' sights, Lewis said: "There's nothing in the material you have today that leads toward an answer to that question."
But Lewis answered "no" when asked if Obama is linked to the case, given that he is a Whitaker friend who recommended him for the public health job.
Whitaker, who golfed with Obama during the president's 52nd birthday celebration last weekend, left the state public health department in September 2007 to work with Michelle Obama at University of Chicago Medicine before leaving this year. Golden left her state job in early 2008 and joined Whitaker at U. of C.
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Also indicted in the grant probe is the daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.,
Now if Jarrett can be connected, we'll have a enough for a proper picnic reunion, T-shirts and everything.
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klaack...krick....ccctaarrr, I hear a very big limb breaking on the Big O's political affiliation tree. Very likely not the only rotted branch, the trunk sounds hollow too. Only a sign of more to come.
First lady Michelle Obama also used to work at the medical center, which received the grant with two co-applicants. She started working at the university in 1996, then became a vice president at its medical center. And senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett was chairman of the medical centers Board of Trustees before coming to Washington, according to her official profile.
[An Nahar] A house was damaged in a northern town near the Syrian border from overnight shelling, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The shelling damaged the house in the Akkar town of Jenin, which along with other border towns and villages have bore the brunt of the cross-border attacks.
Jenin residents urged the authorities to protect them, NNA said.
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[OccupyCorp] Retired Air Force General Michael Hayden, who is also the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) warned that if NSA whistleblower Edward Snowdenski were to be apprehended by the US cyberterrorists would swim ashore and attack. Warning! The enemy is everywhere I tells ya.
Hayden was speaking at a Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) meeting when he decried: Im just trying to illustrate that youve got a group of people out there who make demands, whose demands may not be satisfiable, may not be rational from other points of view, may not be the kinds of things that government can accommodate. Demands? What type of demands? Oh, highly classified demands. I see.
Currently, Hayden is chair of the BPC Electric Grid Cyber Security Initiative (EGCSI) where knowledge of potential one handed cyber hackers who havent talked to the opposite sex in 5 or 6 years are waiting in the wings to strike digital infrastructure in the US. Eunech cyber sleuths, the very, very worst kind.
Under Hayden expanded collection of intelligence on suspects foreign and domestic following the attack on 9/11. Expansion? Did it include MAJ Hasan or the Tsarnaev bros ?
Haydens program entitled Stellar Wind was the code name for a sensitive compartmentalized unit that gathered information for the Presidents Surveillance Program (PSP). Is that the PSP without the PSRP (Personal Security and Reliability Program) ?
Former President George W. Bush was behind the inception of Stellar Wind; however President Barack Obama has expanded the collection of telecommunications with the assistance of the NSA and the furtherance of spying operations such as the PRISM program. The evil Bushitler... behind it all along.
Hayden claims that hacker groups such as LulzSec, Anonymous, and other nihilists, anarchists, Anabaptists [and] activists will respond to any arrest of Snowden. So, much as we want Snowdenski, we'd better just leave him where he is for the next 50 years or so.
He said [Gen Hayden]: If and when our government grabs Edward Snowdenski, and brings him back here to the United States for trial with defense lawyers, Rule of Law, inquiries, new revelations, Fox News, etc, what does this group do? asked Hayden, who also said he was being provocative and illustrative, not predictive. They may want to come after the U.S. government, but frankly, you know, the dot-mil [military networks] stuff is about the hardest target in the United States. So, if they cant create great harm to dot-mil, who are they going after? Who for them are the World Trade Centers? The World Trade Centers, as they were for Al-Qaeda. AQ, World Trade centers, Pearl Harbor, Lusitania, Harper's Ferry, Bull Run, hell fire, anything could happen. You get the picture, eh Jake ?
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Maybe he should have been sent tho therapy. Oh, wait, that's only appropriate if you have a "D" after your name. "R's" clean house, whether for political or practical reasons....
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Walker is a Republican and that's why Republicans are losing my support. If I vote at all in the next election it'll be a protest vote for some random third party candidate. What's the point of voting for Republicans when they're every bit as willing to sell us down the river as the Democrats.
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Signs this is a hit peace:
1) this is the Huffington Post - 'nuff said..
2) this refers to illegal aliens as 'undocumented immigrants'.
3) Even though Walker outright FIRED the guy (not 'ask to resign' or 'allow to resign' - FIRED) within 2 HOURS they attempt to smear Walker with the comments.
Personally I think the comment might be a bit over the top but pretty accurate - Liberals think of 'undocumented immigrants' as 'Angels/Jesus' while conservatives, without the rose colored glasses, view 'illegal ALIENS' as the opposite (Devils/Satan).
To be rapidly followed by the delivery of Israeli anti radiation missiles.
No charge.
[Ynet] Russia has not delivered advanced S-300 missile systems ordered by Syria although several have been built and Damascus has paid a multi-million deposit, Vedomosti daily reported Friday, citing arms industry sources.
A batch of the systems was due to be sent to Syria this spring, according to the Russian arms export agency's contract with Damascus, but the systems are now apparently due for delivery no earlier than the summer of 2014, Vedomosti said. Syria has paid a deposit of several hundred million dollars, the sources said.
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Exactly Skid. In Maricopa county you can open or concealed carry without a permit making Arizona a great state. The Maricopa Sheriffs are very professional and mostly veterans. The wife's car was stolen and the sheriff that found the car came to my house, at 2AM causing a little event of its own but we got past that, He saw me from the window coming down the stair armed, and still offered to take me to the car so I would not have to pay towing. When our kid was caught doing Chinese fire drills at midnight, he made the kid call us and then sent him home. Both cases they flexed on protocol to make life a little easier. These cops are dealing with full blown drug traffic, human trafficking, and the Mexican cartels. They need all the help and firepower they can carry...
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I live in Montgomery Alabama, a thoroughly Redneck state, recently I broke down in the main drag,and three cops stopped to help, they pushed my truck to the side of the road and called a wrecker before leaving, GOOD PEOPLE.
I thanked them all and walked home. (I live nearby)
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"The folks at Funny or Die have come up with an ingenious solution to render the NSAs spy program useless. Operation: Everyone Talk Like a Terrorist All the Time. It makes a lot of sense, especially since the government already clearly considers everyone with the ability to think critically a potential domestic terrorist. Short video and really funny. Enjoy!"
Syrian authorities took the rare step of denying media reports of an attack on President Bashar Al Assads motorcade as he travelled to a mosque on Thursday to attend prayers marking Eid. It was the first report of a direct attack on Assads convoy since the beginning of the conflict in March 2011.
Several media outlets, including Saudi-based Al Arabiya satellite channel, as well as activists on the ground, had said that a rocket attack targeted Assads motorcade as he travelled to the Anas bin Malik mosque in central Damascus to join the Eid Al Fitr prayers.
Pray for sepsis...
Regarding the information reported by Al Arabiya, I can assure you that it is completely false, Information Minister Omran Al Zohbi told state television.
The president arrived at the mosque driving his own car, he attended the prayer and greeted everyone in the mosque as he does every day when he meets people, Zohbi added.
The minister slammed reports of the attack on the motorcade as a projection of the dreams and illusions of certain media and the governments behind them, adding that they were a joke.
Everything is normal, Zohbi added. They wanted to spoil the celebrations for Syrians.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog could not confirm the reported rocket attack but said mortar shells early Thursday hit the upmarket Malki area in central Damascus, near to where Assad was attending the Eid prayers, and where the presidents offices are also located.
The NGO did not report any casualties or victims in the shelling, which however indicated that rebels seeking to topple Assad are able to launch attacks despite relentless attempts by regime forces to clear the capital of insurgents.
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[An Nahar] Libya's army said on Friday it had deployed reinforcements in the capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... and its suburbs to bolster security after weeks of deadly violence.
An Agence La Belle France Presse correspondent said he saw more than 100 armored troop carriers and military vehicles mounted with machineguns and anti-aircraft guns rumble into Tripoli late Thursday.
"Army units have been deployed in the capital and its suburbs to secure them during the Eid al-Fitr holiday (marking the end of Ramadan) and thereafter," the military said in a statement on its Facebook page.
The official Libyan news agency LANA said troops were deployed in several parts of the capital and its suburbs in a bid to "reassure people during Eid al-Fitr."
The army said the deployment was ordered by Nuri Bousahmein, the president of the General National Congress, Libya's highest political authority.
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Doesn't say who they're fighting. Al Qaeda? QDaffy people?
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[Al Ahram] A 10,000-person protest march started at Al-Fath Mosque in Ramses and crossed Al-Nour Mosque in Abbasiya heading towards Rabaa Al-Adawiya on the second day of Eid- Al-Fitr, which closes the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Along with chants for regime change, the protesters sent greetings to the deposed president Mohamed Morsi, who has been held in an undisclosed locatio since 3 July, and wished him happy holidays.
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, an Islamist umbrella group supporting Morsi, had called for nationwide mass protests following Friday prayers.
Dubbing the day the "Eid of Victory" the alliance has called on Morsi loyalists to march from several mosques across Cairo and in Egypt's other governorates.
The main banner under which the protesters will march is "the people want to topple the coup," the alliance said in a statement released Thursday.
The alliance's call comes one day after Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy declared that his government is all but ready to disperse pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo after attempts by foreign dignitaries to mediate a resolution to the 6-week-old standoff between the government and a defiant Brotherhood failed.
In the greater Cairo area, the demonstrations were set to kick off from Nour El-Mohamadeya Mosque in Matareya; Al-Aziz Bellah Mosque in Zaitoun; Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque in Masr Al-Qadeema; the Nour Mosque in Abbasiya; the Fath Mosque in Ramses; the Assad Ibn El-Fourat Mosque in Dokki; Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque in Mohandiseen (all in Cairo); the Istikama Mosque in Giza and El-Hasry Mosque in 6 of October.
In Giza, pro-Morsi marches blocked three main streets after Friday prayer as they headed to join a weeks-long sit-in at Nahda Square. The satellite district of 6 of October also witnessed a small protest, iterating slogans against the interior ministry and the army, while raising pictures of Mohamed Morsi.
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[An Nahar] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... tossed in the calaboose Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! two suspected members of al-Qaeda who may have been plotting against Western embassies in the Middle East, the interior ministry announced Thursday.
The two men, a Yemeni and a Chadian national, had contacts with the Yemeni branch of the terror network, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), state news agency SPA quoted ministry front man General Mansour al-Turki as saying.
The Chadian suspect had been expelled from Saudi Arabia but returned with a passport issued by another country, Turki added.
"The two suspects may have been implicated in the threats against Western embassies in the region," he said.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, at the heart of the security alert that has shut a number of U.S. and Western missions in Sanaa, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, is seen by Washington as the most active branch of the jihadist network.
It was formed in January 2009 as a merger of the Yemeni and Saudi branches of al-Qaeda and is led by Nasser al-Wuhayshi.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing an anonymous U.S. official, Wuhayshi criminal masterminded the plot.
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[An Nahar] U.N. secretary general the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... recommended to the Security Council Friday that sanctions be taken against elements of the Seleka coalition responsible for reprisal attacks in the Central African Republic.
In a report that the Council is supposed take up on Wednesday, Ban said he was deeply concerned by "a total breakdown of law and order" since the rebel coalition took power in March.
"This is unacceptable. The plight of the people of the CAR must be brought to an end," he said.
"I call on the Security Council to consider appropriate options, including the adoption of sanctions or the establishment of a panel of experts, to ensure there is no impunity for perpetrators of gross human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... violations," he said.
Ban said the restoration of peace and security in Bangui was a priority that required the urgent attention of the international community.
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A Malaysian wanted by the U.S. for terrorist activities in southeast Asia is hiding in territory held by Moro militants in this province, according to a senior Bangsamoro leader Another source said a member of the Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah is also hiding in the province of Sultan Kudarat.
Von Al Haq, spokesman for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said that Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, is being safeguarded by a breakaway group led by Ameril Umra Kato. Kato, formerly a MILF commander, broke away from the MILF in 2008 over disagreements with fellow militant leaders over negotiations with the government.
He has since founded the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) whose armed wing, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), has been involved in recent attacks on government security forces in Maguindanao, including a roadside bomb attack that injured seven soldiers on Wednesday.
Al Haq said Marwan may have played a role in the Aug. 5 bombing in Cotabato City that killed eight people and injured nearly 30 others. He said, "That's what we got on the ground. He's hiding among BIFF members. We also got feedback from residents (of areas) near BIFF camps."
A military source said an Indonesian national was among those killed in a recent military operation against the BIFF in Datu Piang. In a separate statement, Col. Dickson Hermoso said there was an intelligence report that a Jemaah Islamiyah member had been spotted among Moro militants in Datu Piang. But BIFF spokesman Abu Misry Mama denied his group had ties with Marwan or any Jemaah Islamiyah member.
[An Nahar] A Libyan doctor who hosted a television program on human development was rubbed out by unknown gunnies in the restive eastern city of Benghazi on Friday, a security official said.
Azzedine Koussos, a presenter for Libya Al-Hurra television, was hit by several rounds as he sat in his parked car near a blood bank in Benghazi's Sidi Hussein district after weekly Mohammedan prayers, the source said.
Koussos had worked for Radio al-Manara FM before joining Al-Hurra, the country's leading private TV channel, created after the 2011 revolution that overthrew long-time dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse... His program had no political connotations, journalists in Benghazi said.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
An Israeli Air Force drone reportedly struck a jihadist rocket launching site in the Sinai Peninsula near the Israeli-Egyptian border, killing four suspected terrorists who were planning to launch missiles at Israel, Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Friday.
[An Nahar] U.N. chief 
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon
By Chris Covert
[NYDAILYNEWS] A top development company donated $100,000 to Gov. Cuomo just days before he signed a bill that quietly showered the firm with lucrative tax breaks.
[An Nahar] U.S. President 
After Angela Merkel used it to describe the eurozone crisis, the word 'shitstorm' has now made it officially into German dictionaries. Duden, the German standard lexicon and the nation's equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary, has now recognized the word.
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