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Afghanistan
Hekmatyar ready for a comeback now that better men have kicked out the Taliban
  • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was organizing a militia of former Taliban fighters, Pakistani militants, and Pashtun warriors with the aim of destabilizing the new government in Afghanistan. Hekmatyar, leader of a Pashtun political faction, relentlessly shelled Kabul in the early 1990s as he tried to drive the Tajik-dominated government of Burhanuddin Rabbani from power. For years, Hekmatyar received money and arms from Pakistan, until Islamabad turned its patronage to the Taliban. The civil war killed thousands of Afghans, left tens of thousands more homeless, and obliterated whole neighborhoods in the capital city. While Hekmatyar is now reportedly in Iran, a Jalalabad intelligence officer said he has been told that Hekmatyar is trying to draw together an opposition fighting force. The officer said he did not have details about Hekmatyar's plans or strategy, but he emphasized that such a militia could become a significant concern and that intelligence operatives ''will be positioned to find out more information.''
    Afghanistan needs this guy like it needs a good civil war. Hekmatyar may be the most evil man in the world.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Another deader and now negotiating for the one-eyed mullah
  • Negotiations for the surrender of ex-potentate Mullah Mohammad Omar were under way in southern Afghanistan, and the former ruling militia's intelligence chief was killed in U.S. bombardment last week. Qari Ahmadullah was believed to be the highest Taliban official to be killed in the campaign. Abdullah Tawheedi, a deputy intelligence minister for the interim government in Kabul, confirmed Ahmadullah's death. Ahmadullah, 40, had been identified by the coalition as one of the Taliban leaders it was trying to capture. He was among 25 people killed in Naka, in Pakhtia province, on Dec. 27, when U.S. planes attacked a house where he was staying.
    Would that have been the village where there weren't any Taliban or al-Qaeda according to Afghan Islamic Press? Or was that another one?
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Home Front
    Moussaoui sez "no plea" - trial scheduled for one of these days
  • Zacarias Moussaoui, the first man to be indicted on charges involving the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring with Osama bin Laden to kill thousands of people. The trial was set to open on Oct. 14. Moussaoui, a 33-year-old French citizen of Moroccan descent, said in a statement to the court: "In the name of Allah I do not have anything to plead. I enter no plea." But U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema said she understood that to be a plea of not guilty and Moussaoui's defense attorney Frank Dunham said, "Yes."
    October? Ten months from now? What the hell happened to the right to a speedy trial? And how does "I enter no plea" transform into a "not guilty"? Sounds at best Alford-ish, if not "ya got the goods on me, coppers."
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:


    India-Pakistan
    India-Pak shake hands while thugs try to torpedo meeting
  • Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh and Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar shook hands, spoke amiably and smiled in a conference room in Katmandu, Nepal, where a meeting of South Asian nations is convening, hinting that diplomatic talks could ease the disharmony that has pushed troops toward their shared frontier. But suspected Islamic militants detonated two grenades near the legislature in Srinagar, wounding at least 18 people in the summer capital of Jammu-Kashmir. And in southern Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani forces traded mortar and small-arms fire across the border. Their bosses, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are scheduled to join other leaders there Friday.
    Unless Lashkar thugs can torpedo the meeting by killing enough women, children, puppies, kittens and baby ducks.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Jamiat-e-Islami head jugged
  • Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed was again put under house arrest at the Tanda Dam Rest House. The local jail is full of detained al-Qaeda.
    Maybe it was something he said.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


    Islamists: "Hey, hey! Ho ho! Musharraf's got to go!"
  • The Pak Jamaat-i-Islami has warned India to desist from any aggression against Pakistan saying that the entire nation will become an impregnable fortress for defence of the motherland. Addressing the annual meeting of JI's Ladies' Auxillary, secretary general of the party Syed Munawwar Hasan criticized the government for relying on the US rather than on the people. The JI leader referred to what he termed the inept policies of the government. He said President Pervez Musharraf should form a consensus interim government to tackle the situation, and hold free and fair elections for transfer of power to a democratically elected government. (I.e., to him.)
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Pak kiddies may learn to read and write
  • The governors of Balochistan, Punjab and the NWFP will shortly promulgate ordinances on compulsory primary education. The federal ministry of education had asked the educational ministries of the three provinces to promulgate the ordinance as early as possible. The move would create an influx of students at the primary level in the country. Under the law, it will be compulsory for the parents, except in case of a genuine excuse, to send their children to primary schools.
    That would seem calculated to undermine the madrassah system. The Saudis might have to find some other way to inculcate the suicide bomber philosophy into the little kiddies.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Pak mob opposes extraditing crazed gunmen
  • The United Jehad Council, an umbrella organisation of some Pakistan-based militant outfits, has strongly opposed extradition of 20 terrorists demanded by India from Islamabad. "If it happens, everything would be finished," UJC chairman and Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin said. He said the council would re-evolve its future strategy in the next few days in the wake of Pakistan government's crackdown on militants. The government action was "disappointing." Salahuddin said his organisation condemned the arrest of former leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafiz Saeed and Maulana Masud Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad and other jehadi leaders.
    Yeah, it's always disappointing when your crazed gunmen are extradited to places they committed their crimes. That means you'll have to hijack some more airliners to get them sprung, and Kandahar won't be a good place to land them this time.
    This article starring:
    HAFIZ SAIDLashkar-e-Taiba
    MASUD AZHARJaish-e-Mohammad
    SYED SALAHUDINUnited Jehad Council
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Kashmiri "freedom fighter" mob moves offices to Kashmir
  • Jaish-e-Mohammad said it was moving its offices into Kashmir to escape a crackdown by Pakistani authorities. Officials of the mob say about 100 activists across Pakistan have been detained in the sweep.
    Shoots the crap out of those property values, doesn't it? Maybe they're gonna become indigenous Kashmiris so they can get back at the funding trough.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Pak cuts funding to mercenary Kashmir groups
  • In a significant scaling down and reorientation of its Kashmir policy, Islamabad will cut support to Pakistan-based terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. However, it will continue to provide moral and diplomatic support — but not military training or supplies -- to "indigenous" Kashmiri groups like Hizbul Mujaheddin, provided such groups purge themselves of all non-Kashmiri Muslims. General Musharraf is believed to have given these assurances to Washington through the offices of the US ambassador in Islamabad in an effort to forestall a threatened war by India and punitive measures by Washington.
    Wot? No Arabs? No Chechens? No Paks? How can you fight a proxy war of attrition without mercenaries?
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Lashkar says it'll blow the Taj Mahal
  • Lashkar-e-Taiba has threatened to blow up the Taj Mahal. Security around the 17th century marble monument has been tightened following an e-mail threat from the group. "They have threatened to blow up the Taj Mahal, some other monuments and important government buildings in Lucknow," an official said.
    Did Lashkar headhunters pick up Mullah Omar when the regime went under? Either that, or they picked up a few pointers from the Talibs. Shucks, that'd put blowing the Bamian Buddhas to shame. When it comes to barbarity, Lashkar leaves the Taliban in the dust. Besides, it's just a monument to some woman, and we know what they're worth. Real men don't have romance in their souls. They have Kalashnikovs. And grenades. And turbans. "Beauty and grace are un-Islamic, and must be destroyed."
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Middle East
    Israel continues cleaning up Palestinians
  • The Israeli Army launched a sweeping arrest campaign, capturing 10 Palestinians in extensive operations in Palestinian territories. Israeli soldiers abducted one of the men, identified as Ryad Saadi Ayad, in a covert operation in the autonomous Palestinian area adjacent to the Jewish settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip. Ayad, 27, was arrested by soldiers from a special unit disguised as Palestinians for his involvement in mortar fire against Israeli targets. Earlier, Israeli troops moved into Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank, and arrested four brothers, including Nasser Zakarni, a member of Hamas. A firefight broke out but no one was wounded.
    This article starring:
    NASER ZAKARNIHamas
    RYAD SAADI AIADFatah
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Terror Networks
    Yemenis continue chasing al-Qaeda
  • Yemeni special forces backed by tanks and helicopters raided a village where Al Qaeda were believed to be holed up, leaving 12 people dead. Several more men on both sides were wounded. Yemeni army and police units laid siege to Al Hosun village in Marib province. The special troops fired shells "in the hunt for elements who returned recently from Afghanistan and who are believed to be members of Al Qaeda." A gunbattle followed between government forces and men of the Abeideh tribe, who have sheltered the Al Qaeda supporters. The clashes "left 12 people dead from the two sides," a tribal dignitary said. Army tanks also entered the fray and several houses were destroyed, witnesses said.
    Welcome home, boys. Enjoy the hospitality.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Russians continue grinding Chechens
  • Ten Chechen civilians died during heavy fighting between Russian forces and Chechen separatists in the south of the republic. The victims, including women and a one year-old child, were killed as Russian forces shelled the village of Tsatsan-Yurt which they have been surrounding for several days. Rebels also claimed to have killed up to 40 Russian soldiers and to have wounded a similar number around Tsatsan-Yurt, but the Russian high command denied any losses. Russian forces launched a special operation around three villages near the capital, Grozny, and said that they had killed 84 separatist fighters and arrested 20 during the offensive. A high-profile fatality was top separatist warlord Ruslan Shilayev, said to be sixth in the hierarchy of Chechen rebel commanders.
    The world is a better place without him.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Al-Aqsa Martyrs say they'll be good
  • Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades said in a statement they would adhere to the Palestinian leader's Dec. 16 call for an end to attacks on Israel. "We pledge an absolute commitment to all the decisions issued by Arafat and the presidency," said the statement from the group.
    Damn. Now that is a surprise. Wonder what the definition of "adhere" is?
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    Pak condolences for baby massacre
  • Pakistan condemned the attack in a remote village near Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir in which five civilians including one woman were killed by "unknown" (Lashkar-e-Taiba) gunmen. "The government of Pakistan offers condolences to the bereaved family," a Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
    Gosh. Usually they don't notice little incidents like that. Maybe it was shooting the baby that did it.
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


    The Alliance
    Kuwait sez Bad Guy's not really theirs
  • Kuwait announced that one among the names listed on the European Union list of persons connected to terrorism, said to be a Kuwaiti, is a Pakistani. Muhammad Khaled al-Sheikh who was identified as a Kuwaiti is in reality a Pakistani citizen but was born in Kuwait. Khaled al-Sheikh is suspected to be involved in an attack attempt against an American plane in the Philippines in 1995.
    And they wouldn't want him even if he was.
    This article starring:
    MUHAMAD KHALED AL SHEIKHal-Qaeda
  • Posted by: Fred Pruitt || 01/02/2002 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:



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