A year ago today Chuck Simmins posted my favorite Rantburg head line: "Soldiers block hole in gushing Chinese dyke" Link to comments only; the story is gone.
Spell checkers can be a bytch.
The weather is looking distinctly Not Good for tomorrow today, but what the hey, I don't feel like staying home.
For those of you still coming, DC has invoked its snow emergency rules and there is no street parking on 7th or H; I recommend you park in a nearby garage or (like me) park in a Metro garage and take the train in. Let someone else do the shoveling!
Here are Metro's preparations for this weekend: Metrorail will operate on a normal Saturday schedule, with service from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.; all trains will operate with four cars; (Note: Metrorail will maintain its normal Saturday schedule as long as conditions are favorable. Service plans could change depending on weather conditions throughout the day)
Metro can move trains in the snow without any problems until the snowfall accumulation reaches eight inches or more at which time the depth of snow starts to interfere with the electronic components under the trains. In the past, during the blizzards of 1996 and 2003, major snowfalls in excess of eight inches of snow caused extensive railcar damage...
...If the Washington metropolitan area faces a major winter storm where snowfall is expected to reach eight inches or above, Metro will operate underground rail service only at 30-minute intervals. This will help Metrorail service to return to normal as quickly as possible. Under this plan, Metrorail service would operate as follows:
Red Line: between Medical Center and Union Station
Orange Line: between Ballston-MU and Stadium Armory
Green Line: between Georgia Ave-Petworth and Congress Heights
Yellow Line: between Pentagon and Crystal City Blue Line: between Rosslyn and Stadium Armory which parallels a portion of the Orange Line
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UPDATE...INCREASINGLY CONCERN ABT PRECIP TYPE FCST WHERE FZRA HAS
BEEN REPORTED AT ELKINS AND PKB WV. ONLY MODEL DOING THE BEST JOB IS
06Z 12KM ETA WHERE SHOWS FZRA THAT FAR NORTH. WILL MONITOR PRECIP
TRENDS VERY CLOSELY THIS MORNING AND AWAIT 12Z SOUNDING BEFORE
MAKING DRASTIC PRECIP TYPE CHANGES TO FCST. ETA SUGGEST AS DEEP
RH/OMEGA EXITS THE AREA AFTER 21Z AND AROUND 00Z ACROSS ERN COUNTIES LACK OF ICE CRYSTALS AND WEAK FORCING SUGGEST A PERIOD OF FZDZ THIS
EVENING UNTIL SFC WINDS SHIFT TO THE NW. GIVEN RELATIVE SHORT
DURATION OF EVENT SN TOTALS LIKELY TO BE NEAR THE LOWER END OF THE
FCST.
BTW: Ensemble was built at FSU.
PREVIOUS AFD...
.SHORT TERM (TODAY-TONIGHT)
.TODAY...DESPITE BEING SO CLOSE TO EVENT FCST REMAINS QUITE
CHALLENGING ESPECIALLY REGARDING PRECIP TYPE. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS
TRENDED STRONGER WITH FEATURES SFC/ALOFT. MID-LVL TROUGH DEEPENS AS
IS IT SWINGS SEWD CLOSING OFF A H5 CENTER OFF THE NJ COAST BY 12Z
SUN. AT THE SFC...BASED ON 22/00Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEANS LOW PRES OVR
WRN IL EARLY THIS MORNING FCST TO TRACK EWD ALG THE OH RIVER THEN
ACROSS THE SRN HALF OUR FCST AREA REFORMING OVR THE SRN BAY AND
DEEPENING QUICKLY SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND ON SUN. 00Z ENSEMBLE DATA
STILL REVEALS CONSIDERABLY AMT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH SFC LOW TRACK
INDICATING POSSIBLE TRACKS AS FAR NORTH AS DC AND AS FAR SOUTH AS
NRN NORTH CAROLINA. EVENTUAL TRACK OF SFC LOW WOULD DICTATE HOW FAR
NORTH DOES SLEET/FZRA GETS. HAVE TO SAY THAT HOW FAST DOES WARMER
AIR ARRIVES ALOFT AND HOW FAR NORTH IT GETS STILL REMAINS VERY
UNCERTAIN. BASED ON HPC WWE GRAPHICS HAVE BROUGHT IT A CHANCE OF
SLEET AS FAR NORTH AS DC ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL FALL AS
SNOW. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE SOUTH FOR A QUICK CHANGEOVER TO
FZRA/PL. THEREFORE...CUT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN SNOW ATMS FROM
PREVIOUS FCST. ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE A SIG SNOW EVENT FOR THE REST
OF THE AREA CONFIDENCE IN AMTS CLOSE TO 10 INS OR HIGHER REMAINS
VERY LOW GIVEN TRACK OF H85 LOW IS ACROSS SRN PA AND PRECIP DURATION
LOOKS LIKE MAINLY TO BE 6-12 HRS AS PRECIP IS FCST TO EXIT THE AREA
QUICKLY AFTER 00Z SUN. THINK OUR SNOW TOTALS WILL BE CLOSER TO OUR
LOWER END OF THE FCST. THE ONLY THING THAT LOOKS CERTAIN IS THAT
COLD AIR WILL HOLD AT THE SFC WITH STRONG WEDGE IN PLACE AND VERY
COLD SFC TEMPS.
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Worked all night; got to bed at 7 this morning. I have to go back this afternoon, but Dottie said to call her after 2 for the time, so I'll be joining in the toast from home. :-D
Sea, I'll call you shortly for a number.
I didn't get the chance to check back yesterday - does anyone know if Aris answered my question? Is he willing to join us? Just curious.
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No, I don't believe he ever answered it. Somehow I get the impression he's not what we would call a "people person".
Here's wishing for a good turnout despite the shitty weather, and I'll be joining in at 2pm with a toast here in my nice, snug, warm abode. Cheers, all!
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Cheers, all!
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Thanks for the call, Jackass, so I could join in the fun. Hope I looked good in the picture with the President Bush life-size cut-out. ;-p
For those of you not there or on the phone, we toasted Rantburg, the President, America ("God Bless America"), and Ronald Reagan (he rolled the darkness back).
Feel free to lift your glasses to any or all of these toasts. As a matter of fact, I think I'll do just that - again.
Back to work. ;-p
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Its a little late, but am thinking of you all. Thanks for the report, Barbara -- I raise a glass to all those toasts, to our boys and girls overseas and at home who keep us safe, and especially to all of you, who are helping keep me as sane as can be expected. Bless them and you all!
First Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah was quoted over the weekend as saying suspects arrested after the shoot-outs between securitymen and militants in Hawally and Umm Al-Haiman will not be referred to the prosecution until investigations into the incidents are completed, reports Al-Seyassah. Earlier reports quoted the minister as saying the suspects will be referred to the prosecution after the Eid Al-Adha holidays. Sheikh Nawaf said since some suspects are still on the run the case will be referred to the prosecution after all of them have been rounded up.
His statement comes on the backdrop of reports that securitymen have foiled several attempts by militants to carry out attacks in various parts of the country. Al-Rai Al-Aam also reported that Kuwaiti authorities will parade the militants and weapons seized from them on Kuwait TV after the Eid. Meanwhile, a security source said police raided a house in an undisclosed location and arrested three Kuwaitis, two of whom are brothers, for alleged links with the militants who were involved in the twin shoot-outs Hawally and Umm Al-Haiman. The source added that the police also tried to apprehend a bearded suspect in Kaifan but he managed to escape. It said police raided and searched the house of a man identified as Badi Krouz Al-Ajmi in Jaber Al-Ali but found no weapons. Security men found explosive-making devices, detonators and electric wires in another house in the area last week. A resident of the area was said to have told police many men, some with beards, used to meet regularly in the house on Fridays. He said they used to park their vehicles which had Saudi number plates on the street causing traffic problems and inconvenience to residents of the area.
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Yeah, those damned Saoodis love double and triple parking. Always used to piss me off, too. The key here isn't beards, it's hats. Were they wearing headgear? That's the key. People who wear shit on their heads are devious, scheming bastards. I think we should declare a No Hats Tolerated policy. Everyone wearing Breeze towels, for instance, on their heads are considered guilty and very unhip dangerous. [insert policy decision here] on sight.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, in a joint speech yesterday, urged Muslims to shun terrorism which they said meant "warring against God and His Prophet", to follow Islam's teachings of moderation and forgiveness and to unite. "Terrorism is a result of a sick mentality and of a deviant methodology," King Fahd and Prince Abdullah said in the speech addressed to the pilgrims on the occasion of this year's Haj season. "Terrorism is corruption on earth and aims at destruction and fighting God, His Prophet and Muslims ... and God promised the harshest punishment for corruptors," they said in the speech carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
Doesn't like the fact that the princes are on Binny's poop list, huh?
"The Kingdom combats terrorism in all its forms. It fights terrorism locally and condemns it internationally.
"Except when it's blowing up Zionists, of course. We pray for the guys doing that in the Grand Mosque at Mecca. And Kashmir, of course. We pray for them, too. And Chechnya..."
The Kingdom strives to root out terrorism and debunk its principles as well as expose its wrong thoughts. The Kingdom will abide by the religion and implement its rules.
Cut any holy men's heads off yet? Maybe you could start with Hawali, and then you wouldn't have to cut off that many more?
Our stand is based on the rules and principles of the Shariah. This is a firm stand that does not change with circumstances. Abiding by the Shariah is a clear attribute of the Kingdom's policy,". they emphasized.
"So don't expect anything to change. Ever."
They said the Kingdom took the initiative to urge the international community to combat terrorism and it supported all the peace-loving countries in their endeavor to uproot terrorism. Combating terrorism requires international cooperation against the sheltering of terrorist elements and groups and to prevent them from exploiting the territories of countries they are living in as a staging point for their sabotage activities whatever the motives and pretexts, they added.
How about sending the Soddy secret service to help dismantle the ayatollahs? How's that sound, Prince?
On the basis of its pioneering role in combating terrorism, the Kingdom has organized an international conference on combating terrorism. The 4-day conference will begin in Riyadh on Feb. 5, they pointed out.
I've got a mullet under my tongue. I'm waiting with baited breath.
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Allan put all that oil under Saudi Arabia so that it would belong to the Saud family. Allan wants everyone in the country to obey the Saud family.
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Although the Guardian reports that a solicitor for two of the men demands that they should be treated as "torture victims" rather than terror suspects, security forces take a sterner view The angle British newspapers take on the imminent return of four terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay tells you a lot about each paper's philosophy. The Independent, for example, screams "1000 Days of Hell" - a reference to the time one of the prisoners has spent in Camp X-Ray since his arrest in Afghanistan. The Guardian,typically, calls in the social workers, warning that the men may need "extensive counselling at least" for many years after their release.
Good idea. Make sure they have their heads examined...
However, The Times, not to mention the British authorities, expect that the returned prisoners may need something rather more than psychiatric care when they are released: 24-hour police surveillance. Although the Guardian reports that a solicitor for two of the men demands that they should be treated as "torture victims" rather than terror suspects, security forces take a sterner view. The Times reports that the men are unlikely to face trial in the UK, despite US accusations that they attended terrorist camps, volunteered on suicide missions and pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden. The report adds that British intelligence service MI5 has compiled substantial dossiers on the men following interrogation in Camp X-Ray. However, this evidence is not admissible in British courts as the men had no legal representation and had not been cautioned when the interviews took place.
That does nothing to lessen the truth of the reports. Intel information is seldom suitable for introduction as evidence in court. Think how much of the evidence gathered against the Magnificent 19 in the wake of the 9-11 attacks would be admissible...
The government's only alternative, it seems, is to keep the men under round-the-clock surveillance. Indeed, Britain's foreign secretary Jack Straw has admitted that one of the conditions of the mens release was that their activities would be monitored "very closely." A similar situation arose last year, when the first batch of British terror suspects were released by the US. We reported then that surveillance could cost the taxpayer around £1 million per man annually. The Times' leader asks some tough questions. It will be fascinating, the paper says, to hear their explanations of what took them to Afghanistan, "which was not a popular tourist destination at the time," it adds, dryly.
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What did these guys think of the virtual imprisonment of Afghan women for their entire lives? What did these guys think about Afghan women being confined in sacks and veils for their entire lives? What did these guys think about the rules that Afghan women could not leave their homes without male escorts for their entire lives and could not attend schools or work outside their homes for their entire lives?
Such are the questions I wish that journalists would put to these guys.
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They're Muslims. Everything they need to know is in the qu'uran. They don't need no stinkin' thinkin'.
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Honestly, Mike! Who are you to question The Way Things Are Meant To Be? ;-)
Now I'm going to meditate on all those beautiful women who risked their lives to vote in the Afghan election, to make sure that their daughters won't live every day of their lives in Taliban-made hell.
My heartfelt thanks to all those who made it possible, and guard that freedom yet. God bless and keep you all.
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cut the prisoners Achilles tendons and stake them to a single spot for years, sound barbaric, welcome to Afghanistan..just one of many imprisonment practices reborn by the Mujahideen.
The purported Islamist group Ansar al-Sunna has killed 15 members of the Iraqi army, according to a statement published on its internet site. "After having announced the kidnapping of 15 Iraqi apostate soldiers in the region of Hiyt, and after their interrogation, they confessed to the crimes they committed with the crusader forces against civilians and against the mujahidin," said the statement. "They were executed with bullets so that they serve as an example," added the statement, whose authenticity could not be verified. On 15 January, the group claimed in an internet statement that it seized the 15 Iraqi national guardsmen west of Baghdad.
Still waiting for someone to bitch about this gross violation of the Geneva Conventions...
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No, actions speak louder than words. I imagine that the Iraqis are putting out a reward for "information received", and there is a good chance some Iraqi text messager will make himself a tidy sum--shortly after the sound of automatic weapons fire and explosions. Virgins will rejoice.
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Well, that should inspire the Iraqi people to back the terrorists. (NOT)
Keep it up, assholes. Every Iraqi you murder inspires hundreds, if not thousands, of others to hate and revile you. Every bombing, every murder drive more Iraqis to the polls on the 30th.
You lose, and soon you will die (and probably not at our hands).
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Two people have been arrested over the shooting death of a senior diplomat from Kazakhstan in Pakistan, police said on Saturday. Sapargali Aubakirov, deputy head of the central Asian republic's mission in Islamabad, was found lying in a pool of blood at his house in the capital on Wednesday with a single gunshot wound to the head. He died at hospital on Friday. "We arrested two suspects from Islamabad and the nearby city of Rawalpindi on Friday," police investigator Bashir Noon told AFP. Noon said two other suspects were to be rounded up over shortly.
Police had no immediate clues about a motive of the killers, but they have said there were no signs of a break-in. The diplomat was found sprawled on his sofa with critical head injuries on Wednesday by a servant who entered the house when he could not rouse his employer. Empty bottles of liquor and four partly-eaten hamburgers were discovered lying near Aubakirov, as well as a single empty bullet casing, police have said. The weapon used in the shooting has not been recovered, police added. Aubakirov's car, which had special red diplomatic registration plates, was also missing from the driveway of his bungalow in a leafy, exclusive area of Islamabad.
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Four militants were killed and two soldiers injured in a gunbattle in troubled Indian Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The encounter began Friday night when Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers challenged a group of militants hiding in the Gool forests of Udhampur district, 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of Kashmir's winter capital Jammu, the spokesman said. "As the soldiers were aiming to storm the hideout they came under heavy fire in which two border guards were wounded," he said. The shootout lasted for several hours in which two militants were killed Friday night and two early Saturday morning while two managed to escape. A manhunt has been launched to capture the two fugitives, the official said. A large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from the hideout.
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An improvised explosive device killed an Afghan soldier and wounded 12 others in the central province of Oruzgan, where a suspected militant died in a separate clash, the US military said Saturday. "An improvised explosive device was detonated on Wednesday in the province of Oruzgan, killing one Afghan National Army soldier," US military spokesman Major Mark McCann told AFP. Twelve other soldiers were wounded in the incident, he added. On Friday one American unit was attacked in the same province by three militiamen. "As a result one militant was wounded and later died of his wounds," the spokesman said.
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A bomb blast blew up a railway track here early on Saturday, disrupting train services in Pakistan's insurgency-wracked southwestern province of Baluchistan but causing no injuries, officials said. "A powerful bomb ripped about four feet (more than a meter) long track at a level crossing here," provincial home minister Shoaib Nausherwani told AFP.
The minister blamed the attack on "terrorists" who wanted to create unrest in the province by resorting to rocket and bomb attacks. "They are terrorists, they took advantage of Eid holidays and planted bomb on the main track to cause hardships for the people," he said. The three-day Eid al-Adha festivities started in Pakistan on Friday. Railways authorities said the bomb was placed at a level crossing near the city's university area. The device went off at about 6:00 am (0100 GMT), deputy controller of Pakistan Railways, Ghulam Rasool, said. The blast occured only half an hour before a passenger train was to arrive in Quetta from the southern port city of Karachi, he said.
Kim Jong Il coming to visit, was he?
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Insurgents in Iraq released eight Chinese labourers they had taken hostage and threatened to kill, as guerrillas attacked more Shiite targets ahead of Jan. 30 elections. A video tape produced by the insurgents and seen by Reuters correspondents showed the Chinese standing or kneeling in two rows in the desert, holding their passports open for the camera. A man with his face covered by a traditional chequered headdress then shook hands with each of the hostages before they walked off camera. China's embassy in Baghdad later confirmed the eight had been released, China's official Xinhua news agency said. On Tuesday, the guerrilla group holding the men said it would kill them within 48 hours unless Beijing -- which opposed the war in Iraq -- explained why they were in the country.
Guerrillas fighting US-led troops and Iraq's American-backed government have kidnapped more than 100 foreigners over the past year. Around a third have been killed. They are also waging a campaign of suicide attacks and ambushes ahead of Iraq's Jan. 30 elections, targeting Iraqi security forces, Shiite groups and election officials.
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"You better let 'em go, dumb-arse... where do you think we get all our best stuff?!"
From Jihan Unspun Attacks were also reported elsewhere in Iraq Thursday ... The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Fallujah reported eyewitnesses as saying that a US Apache helicopter had exploded in mid-air at 2am Thursday morning over the al-'Amriyah area, about 12km south of Fallujah. The crew of the US aircraft was reportedly killed instantly, even before the craft hit the ground. US forces encircled the area and carried out a search operation for the attackers, but turned up empty handed. ....
Resistance fighters armed with rockets infiltrated an airport in Diyala Province at 5:50am Thursday. The fighters destroyed three US Bradley armored vehicles, an Abrams tank, and two Humvees and killed twenty-six US troops, Mafkarat al-Islam is reporting. No other details were available. .... An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in al-'Alam in Salah ad-Din Province at 11:30am Thursday, reportedly killing three US troops and wounding one more. ....
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Well, since the jihadis are soooo deadly and proficient, I guess we'll be running out of vehicles and men by, what, next weekend? And people complain about tossing Al Jizz and shutting down Arab satellite news channels. Even when they're not inciting violence against Jooos, they can't report anything straight. Arabs reporting for Arab consumption - the liars and the lies they love. I'm sure Allan had a haddith about this giving it a big thumbs-up 1400 yrs ago.
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More good work from Jihad Unravelled, this should inspire dozens of ignorant would-be mujas to head for Iraq and feed themselves into the meat-grinder.
From Jihad Unspun .... Bombs exploded under a US column in the al-Qatta' area of ar-Ridwaniyah, southwest of Baghdad at 7am Thursday, striking a Bradley armored vehicle and a Humvee and reportedly killing eight US troops. .... Two roadside bombs exploded in the az-Zaydan village area near Abu Ghurayb at 8:30am Thursday, destroying a US Abrams tank. Witnesses said that the blast sent the turret flying through the air. Five US troops were reportedly killed in the attack. .... A bomb exploded as a US Humvee was passing along the highway in the Sadr al-Qanat area north of Baghdad at 9:30am Thursday. The blast flipped the Humvee over, reportedly leaving one soldier dead on the road and three others seriously wounded. ....
A heavy Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded on the highway in as-Sayyidiyah at 1pm Thursday, destroying a Humvee and reportedly killing four US troops, one of them believed to be an officer. .... An Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded on al-Mudakhkhat Street in the as-Suwayrah area at 2:45pm Thursday, destroying a US Humvee and reportedly killing two US troops. ..... An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in Hur Rajab, south of Baghdad at 4:15pm Thursday, destroying a US armored vehicle and reportedly killing five American troops. .... About 30 fighters armed with rocket launchers and machine guns, according to eye witnesses, ambushed a joint force of American troops and Allawi "national guards" in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 3:30pm Thursday. The attack destroyed five pickups belonging to the Allawi guards and reportedly reportedly killed 21 guardsmen. Fighters destroyed two US Bradley armored vehicles and two Humvees in the attack, reportedly killing thirteen US troops. .... Two bombs planted next to each other in the middle of a dirt road exploded in the al-Mushahadah area at 4:35pm Thursday, blasting an Abrams tank apart. All those aboard the vehicle were reportedly reportedly killed, their body parts scattered around the area. US forces opened fire indiscriminately around the area but inflicted no significant damage.
Fighters armed with rockets, machine guns, and explosive devices attacked US forces in the area of the pumps in al-Mushahadah at 7:30am Thursday, reportedly killing seven US troops and wounding five more. .... Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with hand grenades attacked an American foot patrol in Baghdad's al-Karakh District at about 3pm Thursday, reportedly killing two US troops and wounding five more. Witnesses said that one of the Americans who was wounded had his leg blown off. .... A heavy Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the middle of Airport Road in Baghdad's al-'Amil district, at about 5:15pm Thursday, destroying a Humvee and reportedly killing three US troops. ....
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This stuff is almost comical except the Jihadis are intentional in their killing women and children and that isn't funny.
The brave islamic resistance is killing kids and their mom's no matter how you spin that your still scum that must be wiped off the face of the planet.
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Apart from intentional exaggeration, these reports may be influenced by a misunderstanding. Battlefield medicine is orders of magnitude better than in Gulf 1 and many wounded soldiers who might have died a decade ago are being saved and healed today.
That said, this sort of claim just causes amused disgust: "All those aboard the vehicle were reportedly reportedly killed, their body parts scattered around the area. US forces opened fire indiscriminately around the area but inflicted no significant damage. "
If that were happening, there would be video all over the Internet.
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...I keep thinking of Imperial Japanese propaganda from, say, about late spring of 1945. They routinely announced the destruction of more ships than the US Navy actually had - and that's truly saying something - and when battleships appeared within sight of people on the beach and started shelling factories, the official answer was that the military, in its infinite wisdom, was allwoing them to get that close so they could lull them into a false sense of security before being destroyed.
These guys really need to start printing something plausible.
Mike
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An unidentified man stabbed a American Christian clergy in the downtown of Algiers, while the security forces started plenary investigations to know the implications of the incident. The security and diplomatic source on Thursday did not rule out that behind the incident are reasons pertinent to operations of what it called Islamic rebels, noting that the injured American clergy Hug Johnson, the patron of the Algerian Protestant Church, is currently undergoing surgery operation to treat the consequences of the stab.
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cut the prisoners Achilles tendons and stake them to a single spot for years, sound barbaric, welcome to Afghanistan..just one of many imprisonment practices reborn by the Mujahideen.
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fartwa, my brother-in-law was a Marine in the first Gulf War. They captured a company sized bunch of Iraqis who had all had their achilles tendons cut by their commanding officer so they couldn't run away. Then the officers all fled. He said his unit was not prepared for the barbarism they encountered there.
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Leader of "al-Jihad organization in Bilad al-Rafeydeen (Mesopotamia)" said that some 800 Israeli and Jordanian soldiers took part in the military campaign launched by the American forces against Falluja city in November.
"Yeah. I mean, we wuz trippin' over 'em..."
The Jordanian al-Zarqawi said in a tape recording broadcast on Thursday on an Islamic website "this battle showed several military participation in the enemy backlines," noting that Jordanian army officers participated in drawing plans and the attack against the city. On the other hand, the organization announced in a special statement that it killed by bullets what it called "group of disbelievers" whom it accused of working for an America company in al-Musil. The statement said that the company they are working for is transporting goods and equipments to "the Iraqi army." The accused organization on Wednesday claimed responsibility for four attacks on the Australian embassy carried out by five booby trapped cars in Baghdad. According to the Iraqi police, 28 persons were at least in these attacks and where other scores were injured.
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ROFL!!!
These guys are just precious. Get waxed and it just has to involve the Jooos, lol! You'd think they'd save Jooo references for sinister plots and such - to actually claim that Jooos aced a shitload of jihadis certainly diminishes the jihadis, no? Is that the message you want to tell your dumb-as-dirt brethren: that the Jooos can romp 'n stomp jihadi ass like you're total losers? Well, they could. And you are. But to advertise it? Lol! You're about a month late - the whole world knows who pasted your losers, sonny. And Jordanians, yewbetcha lol, a transparent Zarqi (the Jordanian) attempt to paint them with the Jooo brush. Got a grudge there, Zarqi? The boggle continues and, once again, Arab logic isn't.
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..Heard some interesting commentary on 'All Is Lost' 'All Things Considered' yesterday. They were arguing that Zarq 'isn't that important' to the insurgents. See, NPR knows the true dope - that the insurgency really is ALL Iraqi now, and all Zarq is is a figurehead.
Frankly, if Zarq's letting a few Joooos do this much damage to them, they need a new figurehead.
Mike
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Well in that case,I guess they won't mind if we cut off the head of the snake.
A bus-load of Palestinians crossed the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip after the terminal was reopened for the first time in six weeks. Several thousand Palestinians have been stuck on the Egyptian side of the border which was closed after a December 12 attack by Palestinian militants which claimed the lives of five Israeli soldiers. The reopening of the crossing was approved by Israeli security officials after a meeting with their Palestinian counterparts.
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Palestinian security forces took up positions across the northern Gaza Strip with orders to prevent attacks by militants, winning plaudits for new leader Mahmud Abbas from Israel. As Abbas continued his efforts to persuade militant factions to call a halt to violence, hundreds of police and members of other security services deployed in areas that have been both the launch pad and scene of attacks. Armed members of the national security force inspected vehicles at checkpoints set up by the main Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza in the north and by the Karni border terminal further south, an AFP correspondent reported.
Israel temporarily severed contacts with the Palestinian Authority a week ago in the aftermath of a suicide attack at Karni which killed six Israelis, an event that cast a huge shadow over Abbas's inauguration on Saturday. However, contacts were resumed on the security level last Wednesday, leading to an agreement for around 2,500 security forces to be deployed across the territory. Large numbers of jeeps containing security forces in dark blue uniforms and red berets could be seen on patrol throughout the north on Friday. A statement from Abbas' office said that while the first batch of forces were being sent to northern Gaza, more would fan out across the territory over the weekend. Security officials have said that anyone suspected of trying to carry out an attack against Israel will be arrested, although Abbas has vowed to avoid any descent into "civil war."
Wonder where they got the colored guy? He doesn't look Paleostinian to me...
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Security officials have said that anyone suspected of trying to carry out an attack against Israel will be arrested, although Abbas has vowed to avoid any descent into "civil war."
...and after a short interval, the suspect will then be released.
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I'm actually a wee bit impressed. Abbas is consolidating power and it appears that there is a chance that they won't fall into total disarray or civil war. I know - the hudna just allows them to rearm - but certainly he's done more than I expected in terms of cooperation between the competing power groups.
A suicide bomber detonated an ambulance Friday at a Shiite wedding party in a village south of Baghdad, killing at least seven people and injuring 16, hospital officials said. The bride and groom were among the injured, officials said. The attack took place in a village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad. Members of the Shiite Buamer tribe were celebrating a wedding when the ambulance drove up and exploded, according to Saadoun Abdullah of the general hospital in Mahmoudiya, where some of the victims were taken.
Salah al-Ameri, a cousin of the groom, said the suicide attacker stormed the garden where the wedding celebration was taking place and detonated the vehicle. "The ambulance tried to approach the garden earlier but cars of the guests were blocking the way," al-Ameri said. "After the dinner, many of the guests left and the ambulance returned and the suicide attacker drove into the garden." He said dozens of people were at the place when the incident occurred. The Buamer tribe has had tense relations with Sunni Muslim clans in the area, local residents say, and several of their members have been killed or kidnapped by Sunni insurgents.
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This sort of thing would not happen if there were a just resolution of the Palestinian problem!
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First Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah was quoted over the weekend as saying suspects arrested after the shoot-outs between securitymen and militants in 
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques 
The angle British newspapers take on the imminent return of four terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay tells you a lot about each paper's philosophy. The Independent, for example, screams "1000 Days of Hell" - a reference to the time one of the prisoners has spent in Camp X-Ray since his arrest in Afghanistan. The Guardian,typically, calls in the social workers, warning that the men may need "extensive counselling at least" for many years after their release.
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Two people have been arrested over the shooting death of a senior diplomat from Kazakhstan in Pakistan, police said on Saturday. Sapargali Aubakirov, deputy head of the central Asian republic's mission in Islamabad, was found lying in a pool of blood at his house in the capital on Wednesday with a single gunshot wound to the head. He died at hospital on Friday. "We arrested two suspects from Islamabad and the nearby city of Rawalpindi on Friday," police investigator Bashir Noon told AFP. Noon said two other suspects were to be rounded up over shortly.
Four militants were killed and two soldiers injured in a gunbattle in troubled Indian Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The encounter began Friday night when Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers challenged a group of militants hiding in the Gool forests of Udhampur district, 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of Kashmir's winter capital Jammu, the spokesman said. "As the soldiers were aiming to storm the hideout they came under heavy fire in which two border guards were wounded," he said. The shootout lasted for several hours in which two militants were killed Friday night and two early Saturday morning while two managed to escape. A manhunt has been launched to capture the two fugitives, the official said. A large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from the hideout.
A bomb blast blew up a railway track here early on Saturday, disrupting train services in Pakistan's insurgency-wracked southwestern province of Baluchistan but causing no injuries, officials said. "A powerful bomb ripped about four feet (more than a meter) long track at a level crossing here," provincial home minister Shoaib Nausherwani told AFP.
Attacks were also reported elsewhere in Iraq Thursday ... The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Fallujah reported eyewitnesses as saying that a US Apache helicopter had exploded in mid-air at 2am Thursday morning over the al-'Amriyah area, about 12km south of Fallujah. The crew of the US aircraft was reportedly killed instantly, even before the craft hit the ground. US forces encircled the area and carried out a search operation for the attackers, but turned up empty handed. .... 
.... Bombs exploded under a US column in the al-Qatta' area of ar-Ridwaniyah, southwest of Baghdad at 7am Thursday, striking a Bradley armored vehicle and a Humvee and reportedly killing eight US troops. .... Two roadside bombs exploded in the az-Zaydan village area near Abu Ghurayb at 8:30am Thursday, destroying a US Abrams tank. Witnesses said that the blast sent the turret flying through the air. Five US troops were reportedly killed in the attack. .... A bomb exploded as a US Humvee was passing along the highway in the Sadr al-Qanat area north of Baghdad at 9:30am Thursday. The blast flipped the Humvee over, reportedly leaving one soldier dead on the road and three others seriously wounded. .... 
Leader of "al-Jihad organization in Bilad al-Rafeydeen (Mesopotamia)" said that some 800 Israeli and Jordanian soldiers took part in the military campaign launched by the American forces against Falluja city in November.
A bus-load of Palestinians crossed the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip after the terminal was reopened for the first time in six weeks. Several thousand Palestinians have been stuck on the Egyptian side of the border which was closed after a December 12 attack by Palestinian militants which claimed the lives of five Israeli soldiers. The reopening of the crossing was approved by Israeli security officials after a meeting with their Palestinian counterparts.
Palestinian security forces took up positions across the northern Gaza Strip with orders to prevent attacks by militants, winning plaudits for new leader Mahmud Abbas from Israel. As Abbas continued his efforts to persuade militant factions to call a halt to violence, hundreds of police and members of other security services deployed in areas that have been both the launch pad and scene of attacks. Armed members of the national security force inspected vehicles at checkpoints set up by the main Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza in the north and by the Karni border terminal further south, an AFP correspondent reported.
A suicide bomber detonated an ambulance Friday at a Shiite wedding party in a village south of Baghdad, killing at least seven people and injuring 16, hospital officials said. The bride and groom were among the injured, officials said. The attack took place in a village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad. Members of the Shiite Buamer tribe were celebrating a wedding when the ambulance drove up and exploded, according to Saadoun Abdullah of the general hospital in Mahmoudiya, where some of the victims were taken.
