About 150 arrested al-Qaeda will be shifted from a Pakistani jail in Kohat to a US prison camp in Kandahar for more intensive interrogation. The detained al-Qaeda -- mostly from Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other Arabian peninsula countries -- would be flown to Kandahar in batches. Four at least would be moved to Islamabad for deportation.
Those would be the ones who know somebody, or brought cash.
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Anti-Taliban forces were readying to corner former Protector of the Faithful Mullah Mohammad Omar. The intelligence chief in Kandahar said he had asked villagers in Helmand to hand Omar over. "We have told them to give us Omar, but no ultimatum has been issued," Haji Gullalai said. "We have two goals: to disarm irresponsible people and to get Omar, who is a criminal for the Afghan people and the whole world." He said he and tribal allies had assembled a force of up to 2,000 fighters and they were ready to try to capture the fugitive if he was not handed over. Prime Minister Hamid Karzai says American forces have launched a mission to capture Omar. Afghan officials suspect he is in the Baghran area.
Maybe they've actually got a bead on him. If they get him, Afghan Islamic Press will probably say he's a civilian.
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ABC News reported the US armed forces had "circumstantial but compelling" evidence that Osama bin Laden was alive. The report said the United States had intercepted communications originating in Iran, in which the caller said: "You should keep bin Laden (using a code name) off of the television. He looks bad, he looks sick, and it is demoralizing to his people."
Either he's alive, or they didn't get the news he's dead. Al-Qaeda has handlers in Iran? An ayatollah checking up on his investment?
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Six Gulf countries denounced the attack on the Parliament at the GCC meeting in Muscat, and called on the UN Security Council to defuse tensions between India and Pakistan.
Yeah, that should do it. Works every time.
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A terrorist suicide squad stormed a heavily guarded Army transit camp at Drugmulla in North Kashmir. Two terrorists and one soldier died, while two civilians were injured. Elsewhere, at least eight militants of Hizbul Mujahideen were gunned down by the troops during 15 hours of festivities in south Kashmir. One soldier died and one was injured.
Actually, it's kinda fun watching those bastards blow up, if you're not standing too close to 'em.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba mouthpiece Yahya Mujahid said the arrest of Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and other leaders ''will not affect the jehad in Kashmir''. Mujahid confirmed that Saeed had been arrested by Pakistani authorities en route to a central committee meeting in Islamabad. He regretted that Pakistan President Musharraf had bowed to the pressure created by ''American and Indian propaganda that the LeT is a terrorist organisation''. Mujahid said, ''It doesn't matter what the government does, the people of Pakistan are with us, they support the jehad in Kashmir''.
Translated: "Nothing will stop us from killing women, children and babies. That's what we do, y'know?"
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Indian security forces have destroyed at least 12 Pakistani bunkers and killed 10 Pakistani soldiers in retaliatory gunfire across the border in Kashmir.
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An infant and an eight-year-old boy were among the six persons of a Hindu family killed in a massacre by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in a village in the border district of Poonch. In the second attack against minorities in the last three days in the Rajouri-Poonch belt, militants wearing combat fatigues swooped down on the home of an ex-serviceman in a remote moutainous village and fired indiscriminately at the family. Five members of the family were killed in the firing and two others seriously wounded. Sources said Lashkar militants were behind the massacre.
Yeah, that proxy war.
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Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee called on Pakistan to shed its "anti-India" mentality and crush terrorist groups on its soil to allow a dialogue on all bilateral disputes, including Kashmir. In an article published on New Year's Day, Vajpayee also warned the Indian people to be prepared for any eventuality in the light of the "unprecedented" crisis that has brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. "As I have said earlier, India does not want war. But we have a sovereign right to defend ourselves against cross-border terrorism, which is a proxy war that is already thrust on us," Vajpayee said. "Pakistan will be solely responsible for the consequences of encouraging terrorism against India."
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Hopes for a breakthrough in the stalled Middle East peace process were raised as US and Palestinian officials announced the return of special envoy Anthony Zinni after a dramatic drop in violence. Arafat has arrested scores of militants, including an estimated 10 on a list of 33 top suspects submitted by Israel through Zinni.
That's scores of small fry, plus 10 out of 33 Criminal Masterminds. They claimed they had arrested 17 of the 33 way back on December 2nd. Wonder where seven of them went? Our original guess prediction (December 5th) was that he'd round up a dozen or so and that they'd be released as soon as things cool off again.
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Six tanks and four jeeps rumbled into Qabatiya near Jenin, sparking an exchange of fire. One of the men arrested in the operation belonged to Hamas. Two others were linked to Fatah. The army said three of the detained men "were suspected of involvement in terror activities" and said one of them was found with an assault rifle.
Assault rifles are regarded as Russian-manufactured manhood in the Middle East.
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The Palestinian Authority accused Israel of "fanning the flames" with the killing of six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, while Israel said at least three of the men were suicide bombers trying to sneak into Israel.
Helping suicide bombers meet their 72 virgins is "fanning the flames"? They thought they were being helpful.
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Indonesia began the New Year with four churches bombed and one person dead from a grenade blast, after revellers elsewhere in the country welcomed in 2002 with fireworks and trumpets. Christian, Adventist and Pentecostal churches in the Sulawesi capital of Palu were rocked by simultaneous blasts as midnight struck, shattering church windows and injuring one person. In the light of day a fourth bomb exploded as worshippers gathered to celebrate New Year's Day mass at another Pentecostal church at 9:30 am, injuring two policemen who were inspecting the parcel it was wrapped in. In Jakarta a grenade exploded in front of a restaurant in the city's southern entertainment district at 3:30 am, blowing off a man's hand and killing him.
And Happy New Year to you, too, you xenophobic terrorist bastards.
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Two New Year eve revellers were injured when Hindu Sena activists opened fire with home-made revolvers to disrupt the celebrations at a fun club in Lucknow. The activists, led by their state unit president Alok Dube, reached the Super Fun and Food Centre, broke the window panes and tried to disrupt the New Year bash there. The security guard posted at the centre fired his weapon to disperse the mob. Earlier, the Hindu Sena had warned that it would stall all programs organized in the city's hotels and clubs on the New Year eve because they are against the Indian culture.
And Happy New Year to you, too, you humorless cow-loving bastards. (Yup. That Super Fun and Food Centre's a real threat to traditional Hindu values!)
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Adding to the confusion, hundreds of revelers fired shots in the air in various Karachi neighborhoods to celebrate the New Year despite heavy police presence and tight security. At least 15 other people sustained bullet wounds as New Year's revelers fired into the air with automatic weapons in several other neighborhoods. One was in critical condition.
And Happy New Year to you, too, you morons. (Cause? Effect? There's a relationship?) Assault rifles are regarded as Russian-manufactured manhood in South Asia, too.
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At least nine people were wounded on when a bomb that police suspect was planted by Islamic militants exploded outside a popular club in Karachi. The time bomb, hidden inside a car, exploded in the parking area of the beachside Mariana Club, located in one the most affluent neighborhoods of the city. Three cars were also destroyed. No group claimed responsibility, but police said they suspect Islamic militants. Fundamentalist Muslim groups abhor New Year celebrations and consider them contrary to the teachings of Islam. Shabab-e-Milli, the youth wing of the orthodox Jamaat-e-Islami, or Islamic Party, had warned people against celebrating the New Year.
And Happy New Year to you, too, you humorless Islamic bastards.
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Rebels attacked the headquarters of the Russian Federal Security Service in the Chechen capital Grozny, firing grenades and automatic weapons, but caused no casualties.
And Happy New Year to you, too, you vicious Caucasian bastards.
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An explosion at a village hall in the town of Barr, near Strasbourg, France, left nine people injured. The cause of the blast, which occurred as New Year's celebrations were ongoing, was not immediately known. It was apparently caused by an bomb placed outside the village hall where some 150 New Year revellers, including several children, were celebrating. Earlier in the evening another explosion destroyed an electrical transformer in the local sports stadium. plunging the community into darkness for an hour. Elsewhere in the Strasbourg area some 40 vehicles were set alight and three police officers injured by gunshot.
And Happy New Year to you, you cheese- (or cous-cous) eating terrorist bastards.
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The lawyer of Raed Hijazi, a Jordanian American being tried on charges of plotting to carry out terrorist acts in Jordan, insisted his client was not guilty and called for his acquittal. On December 12, the prosecution asked for the death penalty against Hijazi and two other defendants, both fugitives. They are Ahmed Nazal Khalayleh, a Jordanian living in Afghanistan, and Mohammed Haj Saqa, a Syrian living in Germany. Hijazi was sentenced to death in absentia last year along with 21 of the 28 Islamists accused of plotting terrorist attacks on US and Israeli targets during millennium festivities. He was subsequently arrested in Syria and extradited to Jordan, where he is also accused of illegally fabricating and possessing explosives and must be retried on those same charges. Chief Magistrate Colonel Tayel Raqqad said a hearing for the verdict would be set soon. But Hijazi shouted from the dock: "Why not announce the death penalty now?" Hijazi's name is on a US list of alleged terrorists published after the September attacks.
We're hoping this guys takes up cervical bungee jumping soon.
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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.
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