DEBKAfile's Exclusive Islamic and Intelligence sources report:
An announcement of Osama bin Laden's death appears Friday in one of his close aides' most credible Web sites. It has sparked a storm of controversy in al Qaeda circles, some of whom claim notice is false. Signed by the Pen of Jihad Warriors, the site provides no information on circumstances of death, only asks:
Where are those who break out of borders? Where are the lamenters? Where are those who throw themselves from the tops of towers and skyscrapers? Where are the heart-rending cries?
Egyptian bin Laden adherent, Yasser Sari, calls notice a lie and promises new videotape soon in which leader announces end of al Qaeda truce in Europe. Other followers credit the announcement as "authentic and Islamic."
As Matt Drudge says, "Developing... "
This article starring:
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This is only so thay can say later, that he's come back from the dead. Unless we find and kill him before they can claim that.
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Last time Osama showed his face he was hiding his legs. I suspected then that he was badly injured in the lower part of his body. We haven't seen that camera-lover since. He may very well be dead by now. Eaten by gangrene? or beheaded by Zarqawi.
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If true then Jabba the Hut Moore, Ward Churchill et al would be devastated. However there is hope. Perhaps they will gain some comfort from the websites recommendations.
"Where are the lamenters? Where are those who throw themselves from the tops of towers and skyscrapers?"
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I thought we had e-mails on Zarqawi's computer from OBL. Maybe this just happened. Maybe Z-man was getting medical updates. Does he have a Durable Power of Attorney for Osama? Maybe they wanted to avoid a Schiavo situation.
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As with all vampires we need to make sure.
Wooden stake through the heart?
Light?
Cross or Icon?
Holy Water?
Only with all four can one be sure.
BTW... check if his body shows up in a mirror.
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in which leader announces end of al Qaeda truce in Europe.
So we know at least one faction's [unsurprising] intention. With all the arrests lately, though, they'll have at least some difficulty realizing their ambition.
As for OBL, if he isn't really, most sincerely dead, this feels like a signal that he wants to retire from the hurly burly that is terrorist life. I don't think anyone would bother to behead him, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to add a few strings of garlic and some pickled pig's feet to the grave goods, and plant some nice, bright toadstools on the overturned soil.
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Sounds like a nice story but I ain't buying it. The jihaadi site business is competative and they are always putting out wild shite to get attention. One would expect a large and organized PR blitz by AQ on the happy day OBL kicks the bucket. OBL's final instructions for losers would have to be aired immediately and the fabricated stories of the last days in combat, dying of longstanding combat wounds, and how his carcass didn't rot and stink after death (jihaadi stories always seem to have some fantastic lie about that sort of thing) would be publicized widely.
He is as alive as Arafat, recovering in a Paris hospital.
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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do - go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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I don't know. I would think that making a disinformation campaign saying that Binny was dead would put Al Q on the defensive. Kinda shake them up, increase chatter, maybe make mistakes.
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The man I fought with against the Soviets in Afghanistan is well-educated, dedicated and wily -I won't believe it until I touch his dead body!?
The man who threw a hand grenade at a military car in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Monday was a follower of rebel Al Houthi, security officials confirmed yesterday. "The attacker, who died of his injuries in hospital, was affiliated to the saboteurs who sided with the rebel Badr Al Deen Al Houthi in the fight against government troops," the defence ministry website quoted a security official as saying on Thursday. "He was one of the most wanted elements accused of hurling hand grenades on cars of administrators of the Ministry of Defence," the official added.
"He was trained in hand grenading in Kashmir, in fact..."
But the official denied that chief of the military intelligence was the one targeted in the blast.
"Nope. Nope. Wudn't him."
"A hand grenade was thrown on a ministry of defence car near the customs authority in Sanaa, but Brigadier Ali Al Sayani, chief of military intelligence, was not the target" of the attack.
"It was... ummm... somebody else!"
According to eyewitnesses, the man had attacked the car of Al Sayani by throwing a hand grenade on it, but guards immediately threw it back towards the street killing a hawker and injuring three others including the attacker, who died later in the hospital.
"Die, apostates!"
"Whoa! Good catch, Mahmoud!... Throw! Throw!"
"Here, catch, holy man!"
[KABOOM!]
"Mahmoud, why do you do that?"
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That wasn't the Holy Hand grenade then I guess.
The mediation done by Sheikh Ahmad Saleh Duaid Chairman of Tribal Affairs Authority succeeded in persuading Ali Mobarak, from Johm Tribe, to surrender himself to the mediator, who in turn took him to the security authorities in Sana'a. Ali Mobarak was suspected of being involved in al-Qa'eda Organization and the Yemeni security authorities attempted several times to arrest him after they failed in storming his brother's house in Sana'a, considering it a mean of pressure upon the head of the household to force his brother to give in.
This article starring:
AHMED SALEH DUAID
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
ALI MOBARAK
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
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A military jury sentenced a soldier to death Thursday for a grenade and rifle attack on his own comrades during the opening days of the Iraq invasion, a barrage that killed two officers and that prosecutors said was driven by religious extremism.
Sgt. Hasan Akbar, who gave a brief, barely audible apology hours earlier, stood at attention between his lawyers as the verdict was delivered. He showed no emotion.
He could have been sentenced to life in prison with or without parole for the early morning March 2003 attack, which also wounded 14 fellow members of the Army's 101st Airborne Division at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait.
The 15-person military jury, which last week took just two and a half hours to convict Akbar of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, deliberated for about seven hours in the sentencing phase. After jurors reached a verdict, they voted on whether to reconsider the decision after one juror asked that they do so. The sentence will be reviewed by a commanding officer and automatically appealed. If Akbar is executed, it would be by lethal injection.
"I want to apologize for the attack that occurred. I felt that my life was in jeopardy, and I had no other options. I also want to ask you for forgiveness," Akbar told the jury before it deliberated in the sentencing phase. Akbar, 34, spoke for less than a minute, delivering an unsworn statement that could not be cross-examined. He spoke in such a low voice that even prosecutors sitting nearby had trouble hearing, with one lawyer even cupping his ear.
While the defense contends Akbar was too mentally ill to plan the attack, they have never disputed that he threw grenades into troop tents in the early morning darkness and then fired on soldiers in the ensuing chaos. Army Capt. Chris Seifert, 27, and Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, were killed. Prosecutors say Akbar launched the attack at his camp — days before the soldiers were to move into Iraq — because he was concerned about U.S. troops killing fellow Muslims in the Iraq war.
"He is a hate-filled, ideologically driven murderer," chief prosecutor Lt. Col. Michael Mulligan said. He added that Akbar wrote in his diary in 1997, "My life will not be complete unless America is destroyed." Akbar is the first American since the Vietnam era to be prosecuted on charges of murdering a fellow soldier during wartime.
"Hasan Akbar has robbed me of so many things," Tammie Eslinger, Maj. Gregory Stone's fiancee, said after the sentencing. "He stole my love, my family, my dreams and my future. But he could never steal my spirit." Seifert's widow, Theresa, said she was satisfied with the military justice system. She called Akbar "a nonentity to me."
Defense attorney Maj. David Coombs told jurors that a sentence of life without parole would allow Akbar to be treated for mental illness and possibly rehabilitated. "Death is an absolute punishment, a punishment of last resort," Coombs said.
A defense psychiatrist testified that although Akbar was legally sane and understood the consequences of his attack, he suffered from forms of paranoia and schizophrenia.
Akbar's father, John Akbar, has said his son complained in vain to his superiors about religious and racial harassment before the attack. The defense never introduced any witnesses to testify about any such harassment.
John Akbar was not in the courtroom for the verdict. He emerged from a meeting with his son in tears and declined to comment. If given a death sentence, Hasan Akbar would join five others on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The last U.S. military execution was in 1961.
A very special place in hell awaits you, scumbag. Enjoy it.
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Here's a picture that will annoy you. Hat tip to Blackfive.
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The actual execution of a Muslim traitor and terrorist will be a turning point in the war of perception. The ummah will finally realize that collaborationist elements are under siege in the United States, and that the chances of a Vietnam style appeasement/surrender progression decline every day.
There should be an immediate investigation on several fronts:
Where did the moonbats dig up that poor woman, how long had she been dead, why was the embalming botched, and why weren't the instigators of this spectacle arrested for desecrating a corpse?
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yep, at least the CryptKeeper has found something new to do....
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I personally prefer hanging, with a thick rope, on national television. Let the entire nation learn that treason will NOT be tolerated. Then send a team to pick up Jane Fondle and John SKrewy.
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A good hanging broadcast will do wonders, especially with a drop that does not break his neck. He will then do the rope dance. I am not a sadistic person, but this guy needs to die in disgrace.
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I like that - soiling himself...
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RALEIGH, N.C., April 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. military court has sentenced Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar to death for intentionally murdering two fellow soldiers and wounding 14 others. Akbar, who was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, turned off a generator to kill lights at a Kuwait camp, then rolled grenades into three tents on March 23, 2003, before opening fire with his rifle, the Raleigh News & Observer reported Friday. His death sentence will be automatically appealed and President Bush ultimately must approve his execution. Meanwhile, Akbar will be put on death row at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
His lawyers said as his platoon's sole black and only Muslim he was tormented directly, and indirectly he was tormented by fears his comrades were preparing to rape Muslim women as they made ready to enter Iraq. Experts in military law say Akbar's execution is unlikely. The military's last execution was in 1961 and no president since has signed a warrant to put a soldier to death.
This one will
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Die traitor scum.
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Method should be a pit filled with hungry pigs.
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The last guy executed in 1961 was hanged. The current method is lethal injection. Though in Akbar's case, I prefer he be stoned to death by soldiers of the 101st.
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Toss him out of a C-130 without a chute. It's a HANO jump -- High Altitude, No Opening.
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Good sentence, but I doubt he will see the executioner anytime soon. Too bad because I can't think of anyone who deserves it more than this guy.
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and indirectly he was tormented by fears his comrades were preparing to rape Muslim women as they made ready to enter Iraq.
Obviously, he confuses our real soldiers with the U.N. blue-helmets in Africa on "peacekeeping" missions! Of course, those rapes were o.k. w/ the RoP, because they were non-Arab infidels who were underage..."Hey, I was just following the prophet's example, why ya blame me?"
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Firing squad.
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Why make him a martyr? I say keep him alive, interacting daily with soldiers who despise him, and pipe in all the comforts, including the news of how his buddies are losing all around the world.
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Screw him and screw his family members who tried to not only explain but justify what he did. Shame on them. Hang him high and fast!
Self confessed terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, who is on trial for conspiracy in the September 11 attacks, said he wants to be buried in a Muslim land if executed. Moussaoui asked for Muslim professor Sadiq Reza to aid his plea and "follow up the issue". "I wanted to ask Professor Reza ... to make sure that my body will be buried in a Muslim land," Moussaoui told US District Judge Leonie Brinkema last week. Otherwise, "I will be buried in Arkansas [or else] they don't give a damn [where]", Moussaoui told the judge in the closed session. Moussaoui had said in the courtroom last week that he would "fight every inch against the death penalty," but in a private meeting with the judge two days earlier, seemed resigned to the possibility of execution.
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Pigsking sleeping bag put on him while he is alive and awake. Then bury his ass face down, towards that rock the death cult of the moon is all ape crazy over.
#6
You get nothing and like it.....@$$h@t. And Barbara, yes it would be.
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SPoD, I look it over, checked a bit of resources and it seems that the symbol is not moon, but Saturn and possibly Mars in conjunction. Later it has been adopted for Sin the moon god because of similarity and then used as symbol of the Arabian equivalent--Al Illah. Regardles of the symbol (of which mussulmans would be probably horrified if they knew what it really represents--a part of the pantheon of old gods--the idols), it is a death cult, still. Or perhaps because of it. Human sacrifices were associated with Saturn, Mars and Venus representative deities.
Back on topic... to exclude any notion of cruelty to animals, how about dipping in pig shit before hanging?
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A "muslim land"? Is that the home of the mass graves(tm) or more like France?
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Personally, I don't see why we don't accommodate him. Wrap him up in a pigskin and bury him, and, oh wait, weren't we supposed to execute him first?
#13
He's too much. Wonder where his mommy stands on all this. I do hope she comes here to pick up his carcass. I'm sure alot of people would love to give her an appropriate "welcome." It's only fitting. Seems there are always alot of demands from these pieces of shite.
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This ain't demands and requests time, Zacarias. Personally, I'd just as soon put your head on a pike somewhere along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
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SPoD, don't forget to sever his unit and stuff it in his mouth to reserve a special place in Dante's hell.
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This is such a relief. I couldn't have believed it had really happened without the U. N. confirming what had only been rumor before confirmation by the U. N. Team. Huzzah!
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The government removed the country's top prosecutor and another security chief yesterday, and replaced two other security chiefs who had stepped aside earlier in a campaign to purge the administration of pro-Syrian officials two days after Syria withdrew its army from Lebanon. Prime Minister Najib Mikati's Cabinet also appointed a new police commander and a new head of military intelligence. The removal of the country's pro-Syrian security chiefs and the prosecutor-general had been a key demand of the anti-Syrian opposition.
You might say Mikati's been mene tekeled...
A UN fact-finding mission that traveled to Beirut in March also suggested that the security chiefs be replaced ahead of an international investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. In an initial report, the fact-finding mission found Lebanon's own probe seriously flawed and declared Syria, with its troop presence, primarily responsible for the political tension preceding the assassination. The report called for a new international investigation.
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Palestinian forces have arrested two fighters over rocket attacks on Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. The arrests come after President Mahmud Abbas made a pledge to use an "iron fist" to enforce a truce, security sources said on Friday. They were the first arrests by the Palestinian authorities over ceasefire violations since Abbas won agreement from armed groups to respect the truce at a meeting in March. A Palestinian security source said two members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of Abbas' ruling Fatah movement, were arrested by the Preventive Security Force on Thursday. They were being questioned about rockets fired at Gaza settlements that Israel plans to evacuate in coming months. A spokesman for the brigades said: "We urge the Palestinian Authority and Abbas to release our two fighters."
Abbas, in his toughest pledge yet to enforce the ceasefire, told police two days ago that they should use force to prevent fighters from flouting the truce, which has raised hopes for peacemaking after four and a half years of a Palestinian uprising.
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Big deal.
They'll go in the front door of the police station and out the back.
Just like always.
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Arrest the usual Paloelithic suspects.... free them in a week.
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They were being questioned about rockets fired at Gaza settlements that Israel plans to evacuate in coming months.
"Did you guys fire Qassams at the settlements the Jews are planning to leave?......No?.....Okay, you can go. Sorry to have inconvenienced you. And yes, we will find those responsible."
Abbas, in his toughest pledge yet to enforce the ceasefire, told police two days ago that they should use force to prevent fighters from flouting the truce,..
"Should", huh?
Yeah, ol' Mazen's serious about Paleo-originated terrorism, all right.....
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi and U.S. forces arrested seven people and wounded one other who officials said were the terrorists responsible for a string of deadly attacks Friday.
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update ... now Fox is reporting that officials are not sure if the seven people they have arrested were involved in the attacks.
Pichchi Hannan aide killed in 'crossfire'
A suspected criminal, believed to be a close aide to slain notorious criminal Pichchi Hannan, was killed in 'crossfire' between the police and his associates near the Tejgaon truck stand in the capital early Thursday. At about the same time, a suspected drugs and arms dealer was killed in a shootout between his associates and the Rapid Action Battalion at the Naranpur crematorium in Sharsha upazila of Jessore early Thursday. The two deaths pushed the number of casualties in such incidents to 277 since June 2004.
It must be something going around...
Sources said Delwar Hossain (34), widely known as Dilu, an absconding convict received fatal injuries during a deadly gunbattle between the police and gangsters in front of Bizli Transport beside Tejgaon mini- truck stand at 81, Tejgaon Industrial area under Tejgaon police station at about 3:00 am. A special team of Tejgaon police station led by Officer-in-Charge (OC) Quamrul Islam arrested Delwar Hossain Dilu, son of Ahmed Ali (Painna Sarder) raiding a secret den of the criminals at Court House Street under Kotwali police station at about 1:30 pm on Wednesday.Later, according to his confessional statement, police along with Dilu started for Tejgaon truck stand area to nab his (Dilu's) accomplices and seize illegal firearms possessed by them.
The old "Let's go get your arms at the deserted truck stop" ploy.
"Don't kill me! Please don't kill me!"
"Shuddup! Get in the truck!"
As they reached the spot at about 3:00am,
Let's see, arrest, confession, arms recovery, Ok, this is Step 4.
....the law enforcers came under fire,
Step 5
supposedly from the accomplices of Dilu.
Step 6
Both sides traded at least fifty rounds of bullet during the shootout that continued for more than half an hour. Amid the subsequent shootout, Dilu tried to flee
Step 7
...and was shot in the head and the chest, the police claimed.
Step 8
Two policemen, Sub-inspector AKM Sultan Mahmood and Constable Rafiqul Islam of the Tejgaon police station, also sustained bullet injuries.
Optional Step 9
The police took Dilu to Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 4:00am where attending doctors declared him dead.
Step 10 - "He's dead, Jim"
His body was sent to the morgue for autopsy.
Step 11 - "Paging Dr. Quincy"
"Sam? Can you sign for him? I'm having my breakfast!"
Golly gosh, this reads suspiciously like the incident reported yesterday. Ya don't suppose the journalist is plagirizing, do you?
Police sources said Dilu was wanted in 24 criminal cases. The police recovered a one-shooter gun and five bullets from the spot.
Step 12
Was it a German brand?
Gulnaj Begum, who lives in the slum near the truck stand, said she had only heard shouts 'catch him' and a couple of gunshots.
That would account for the head and chest wounds. The accomplices of Dilu must have been using silencers on their guns.
When the RAB members were on the way to Jessore with Royal, they came under fire near the crematorium. The police claim Royal's associates fired several gunshots to snatch him away from the RAB custody, prompting the security force to retaliate.
Well, of course they did.
Coppers have to set a good example in these things, you know.
"*! *! *! *!"
"[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]"
Royal, accused in a number of cases including gunrunning, was killed at one stage of the shootout.
"Aiiiieeee! Rosebud!"
Or killed in a staged shootout, take your pick.
The battalion recovered German pistol, a locally-manufactured gun and five rounds of bullets from the spot.
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That's the first time I've ever remember the police getting hit. What happened? They stand behind Dilu?
A heavy contingent of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) equipped with automatic weapons entered Bangladesh territory on Thursday violating the international border laws and hoisted red flags along Panchagarh frontiers. The BSF contingent also attempted to trespass the border from some other points simultaneously, official sources and the frontier people said. Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) showed maximum restraints in the face of provocative actions of the BSF troops to avoid further escalation of the already tense situation, the sources said.
BDR sources, Police, Ansar and VDP and the frontier people said nearly 40 armed BSF troops from the Sholodighee camp under 138 BSF Battalion came to the zero line near the boundary pillar 436/1S opposite to the Majhipara outpost of BDR at Tentulia upazila by a pick up van and a truck at about 11 AM on Thursday.
The BSF troops instantly hoisted red flags near the zero line and took position along the border-wire fences. They also made several defensive lines on the ground. Later, 11 BSF soldiers crossed the international border and intruded into Bangladesh territory.
The BDR jawans of Majhipara outpost started patrolling with maximum restraints to avoid further escalation of the situation. Following proper steps taken by the BDR, the BSF intruders returned to India after 20 minutes and later all of them went away from the place along with their red flags and vehicles, the sources said.
In another incident, some 150 BSF troops on pick-up vans and three jeeps came to the zero line near Paharipara village under Boda upazila at about 10-30 AM on Thursday from Doikhata camp under 87 BSF Battalion. The BSF troops hoisted red flags along the zero line and took position inside India for sometime. The BDR jawans again showed maximum restraint by strengthening its patrol while the BSF forces went away from the border, the sources said. In another development, an unspecified number of BSF troops from Moragati camp under 32 BSF Battalion suddenly came to the Indian side near pillar No. 397 of Borshalupara border under Atoari upazila at about 10:45 AM on Thursday. The BDR jawans of Borshalupara outpost under Thakurgaon 20 Rifle Battalion rushed there but showed maximum restraints in patrolling the area. At one stage, the BSF troops left the place and went inside India, the sources said.
Another group of BSF troops paid three provocative visits to the Hilli Land Port (HLP) area near the zero line by using vehicles at 10 AM, 11-45 AM and 1 PM. The Indian border guards also visited several points on the zero line along Hakumpur and Birampur borders of Dinajpur district.
The sources and the frontier people said huge mobilisation of BSF troops was reported inside India opposite to Bangladesh's Joypurhat, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Kurigram districts. When asked, several officials in the frontier areas told BSS on Thursday evening that the BSF troops were evidently provoking the BDR personnel and the frontier people to engage in conflicts with the Indian border guards. "We are observing that the BDR personnel are showing maximum restraint to avoid any further escalation of the situation," they said.
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This from the Bangladesh Times? Call me skeptical.
April 29, 2005: Over a thousand people were killed in terrorist attacks last year. The major attacks were the Chechen massacre at a school in Russia, that killed 330, and the Madrid train bombings. There were 45 attacks in Israel, up from 19 the year before. But the Israelis also managed to shut down terrorist operations by the end of the year. In Russia, the Chechen terrorists lost several leaders and, more importantly, the support of many Chechens. The murder of so many children turned out to be a public relations disaster for the Chechen terrorists. Public opinion was already turning against them in Chechnya, mainly because of their inability to get the Russians out. More Chechens were switching allegiance to the pro-Russian Chechen government anyway, and the school massacre just speeded up the process.
After the Madrid bombing, the Spanish police arrested hundreds of suspected terrorists they had been watching. Many of these turned out, on closer inspection, to have been very much involved in planning and carrying out terrorist operations. There are still Islamic terrorists in Spain, but they cannot operate as freely as they did before the March, 2004, attack.
Afghanistan saw an increase in terrorist attacks in 2004, with 27 major incidents (where people got killed.) But by the end of the year, most of the Taliban groups were ready to make peace with the government, and were not getting along with the local al Qaeda at all. Moreover, the majority of Afghans were down on al Qaeda, turning them in at every opportunity. Many attacks were thus thwarted.
Pakistan saw a decline in al Qaeda activity. The many Islamic radicals in the country are more interested in killing Pakistani Shias and Christians, or non-Moslems in Kashmir. With the police after them, and most of the population against them, al Qaeda is having a hard time in Pakistan. Even Kashmir has seen a decline in activity, mainly because the border with Pakistan is now much harder for the Islamic terrorists to get across.
Iraq remained the center of the war on terror, with most of the attacks being directed at Iraqis. This turned the population, including many Sunni Arabs, against the terrorists. While there were still plenty of volunteers for suicide bombings, and plenty of cash and explosives handy to pay for it, the al Qaeda campaign in Iraq had become a losing proposition. Even outside of Iraq, many Sunni Arabs were getting disenchanted with al Qaeda terrorism. In a war of symbols, blowing up Moslem women and children is not a winning tactic.
Another major difference between 2003 and 2004, was the shifting of al Qaeda support from people in Moslem countries to expatriate Moslems in Europe. Many al Qaeda members had fled their native countries, because of the increasingly hostile atmosphere, for the relative sanctuary of Europe. Going into 2005, al Qaeda is dying in Iraq and plotting in Europe.
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KABUL (AFP) - Afghan military forces have killed a key commander of the ousted Taliban militia and captured another important militant in southcentral Afghanistan, the military said.Mullah Besmillah, a key Taliban leader in troubled south-central Uruzgan province, was killed in fighting with Afghan soldiers late Thursday when another militant, Mullah Abdul Manan, was captured, the official said on Friday. "They were both the Taliban's key commanders in the region -- their capture will have a major impact on security," General Muslim Hamed, the military commander in southern Afghanistan, told AFP.
The clash was part of an operation by the Afghan military, backed by coalition troops, to hunt down militants in southern and southeastern Afghanistan, plagued by a Taliban insurgency. "Our hunt for Taliban began last week and will continue until we root them out," the general said. Remnants of the hardline Islamic Taliban regime ousted in a US-led operation in late 2001 have stepped up attacks on Afghan and coalition forces in the recent weeks. Southern and eastern Afghanistan, rugged terrain along the Afghan-Pakistan border, have seen heavy clashes which have claimed dozens of lives, including of two coalition soldiers. A US soldier was killed and another was injured Tuesday when Taliban militants attacked their unit in Uruzgan's troubled Deh Rawood district. A Romanian soldier was killed last week in a suspected mine blast in neighbouring Kandahar province, also hit by a wave of renewed attacks by Taliban militants.
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General Muslim Hamed
MULLAH ABDUL MANAN
Taliban
MULLAH BESMILLAH
Taliban
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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A man claiming to be Iraq's most-wanted terrorist, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, threatens more attacks against U.S. forces in an audiotape posted on the Internet Friday. The authenticity of the 18-minute tape, posted on an Islamic militant Web site, could not be determined. The voice sounded similar to that on previous audiotapes attributed to the Jordanian-born militant. The speaker addressed President Bush.
"You, Bush, we will not rest until we avenge our dignity," the man said. "We will not rest while your army is here as long as there is a pulse in our veins."
We're working on that, be patient.
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sure it wasn't Harry Reid?
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"... threatens more attacks against U.S. forces ..."
As opposed to the enormous restraint they've been exercising to this point?
BAGHDAD, April 29 (UPI) -- At least 24 people were killed and 98 wounded as insurgents targeting Iraqi forces in Baghdad blew up bombs in a horrific three-hour melee. The carnage resulted from two roadside bombs and nine car bombs, seven of which were suicide attacks, CNN reported. The 24 dead does not count those suicide bombers, officials said. Police said at least 13 of those killed were Iraqi police or soldiers. The attacks came in or near the capital, primarily in minority Sunni communities. There were no reported U.S. casualties.
A tape purportedly from al-Qaida's Iraqi leader, Abu Musab Zarqawi, called for more attacks on U.S. forces, the BBC said. The speaker on the tape identifies himself as the notorious Jordanian militant and vows not to let President Bush enjoy "peace of mind."
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Berlusconi's ransom money at work.
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The guerrillas are making a big mistake. In Vietnam, the Vietcong killed about a dozen government workers and officials a day. But they stayed away from randomly targeting civilians - where a civilian was killed, it was because he had either refused to join them or had refused to pay the "taxes" they had imposed on him.
Iraqi guerrillas are making enemies at random. No one, no matter how anti-American he is, is going to take the death of a loved one, from a random guerrilla attack, lying down. These guerrilla actions are creating enemies out of people who are anti-American, and who might not ever grow to like Americans, but will now have a reason to stick it to the guerrillas because they hate them more.
I understand that the guerrillas are trying to demoralize the American public by dominating the media headlines, but the bottom line for most Americans is how many GI's are coming back in body bags. No amount of headlines about dead Iraqi civilians - sad as they are - is going to shift American public opinion.
At least 24 people were killed and 98 wounded as insurgents targeting Iraqi forces in Baghdad blew up bombs in a horrific three-hour melee.
A tape purportedly from al-Qaida's Iraqi leader, Abu Musab Zarqawi, called for more attacks on U.S. forces, the BBC said.
Obvious question: If Zarq is "targetting" U.S. forces, how come the first sentence says the bombs were targetting Iraqi forces? Either UPI is biased or Zarq is getting desperate after losing his laptop. My hunch... a little of both! BTW, were any U.S. forces killed in these attacks? The article doesn't say so, and my hunch is no.
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That seems awfully ineffective -- 3 hours of explosions comprising two IEDs and nine cars (with drivers, of course) -- to kill only twentyfour locals. Frightening, yes, but not a good use of limited human resources (I assume they still have practically unlimited booming supplies). Any thoughts from y'all who actually know something on the subject?
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As I have pointed out before, all random violence does is antagonise the general population. It shows that they have failed in their strategy of attacking US and coalition troops and are now gravitating to soft targets that serve no purpose other than to keep them in the MSM headlines. It also hastens the day when Shiias and Kurds will sweep through Sunni areas arresting and killing until the Sunnis get their collective lightbulb moment.
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based on the number of suicide bombers already used by the terrorists (they have averaged between 10 and 50 per month for the past year or so), the supply of 'martyrs' is pretty substantial
one interesting question that we (or at least I) don't have a good answer to is whether all the selfboomers are motivated by Islamic or Baathist or tribal ideology or to what extent is the supply of selfboomers enhanced by monetary payment (or the promise of such) or to are people blackmailed into being selfboomers (e.g., we know your wife was seen without her veil yesterday, do what we tell you or we'll rape her and tell the Iman that it was her fault).
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mhw: based on the number of suicide bombers already used by the terrorists (they have averaged between 10 and 50 per month for the past year or so), the supply of 'martyrs' is pretty substantial
For a Muslim military force, they are substantial. But compared to the number of suicidal attacks by Japanese, Vietnamese Communist and Chinese Communist forces against Uncle Sam's positions in the wars of the last 100 years? There is a reason that Israel has beaten all the Arab armies combined - a strong Muslim instinct for self-preservation.
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The western public is losing interest in the war-- not battle fatigue, but a sense that it's not getting any worse for us and may be getting a bit better. The MSM try to deny this, but the public recognizes that the struggle in Iraq is now between Iraqi democrats and Iraqi fascists. Bad news for Z-man.
Pakistan on Thursday deported two Tanzanian nationals arrested more than two years ago on suspicion of having links with Al-Qaeda, an official said. Moso Mohammad, 27, and Taha Yalfan, 28, were sent to Dubai from Peshawar airport for their onward journey to the Tanzanian capital Dar-es-Salaam, a security official who requested anonymity told AFP. The pair was apparently arrested in November 2002 in the tribal area while sneaking in from Afghanistan. "My clients have been sent home after they were found innocent by the court," lawyer Qazi Anwer told AFP. A former legislator, Javed Ibrahim Paracha, had submitted an appeal for their release in Peshawar High Court. "The court ordered the authorities to release both men on December 4, 2003, but they had to remain in jail awaiting their travel documents," Paracha told AFP. "What an injustice it was, that innocent Muslims were made to spend so many years in prison with no crime."
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lawyer Qazi Anwer
MOSO MOHAMAD
al-Qaeda
TAHA YALFAN
al-Qaeda
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The recovery of a global communication set used by Al Qaeda in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir has once again brought to the fore the nexus between Kashmiri ultras and the international terrorist outfit, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
The recovery, first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, was made by a police party at Chicka Kheit under Kandi police station, the spokesman said. He said besides the communication set, the search party also recovered 30 kgs of RDX, one AK rifle, a sniper rifle, one M-16 rifle with its six magazines, a rocket projectile gun, two hand wireless sets, 13 RPG rounds, a claymore mine, 8 anti-personnel mines, 18 hand-grenades, 10 AK magazines, 132 pika rounds, five IED (improvised explosive devices) sticks and 970 AK rounds from the hideout. The police also recovered a pistol, its two magazines, 47 rounds, two AK rounds and a hand-grenade from another militant hideout at Arenag Mangit under police station Banihal, the spokesman said.
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A global communications set? Hmmm. We have some people who are pretty good with technology, as I recall... I wonder what we aren't going to hear about next. ;-)
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas threatened to use "an iron fist" against anyone who violates a cease-fire with Israel, his toughest warning against militants since taking office in January.
"Don't make me come in there!"
In a speech to Palestinian police, Abbas also pledged to maintain quiet during the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip planned this summer. "We have to give them a calm departure," he said, according to a summary of the speech published yesterday by the Palestinian government news agency Wafa. Abbas last month won the agreement of most militant groups, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, to observe a truce with Israel. While there has been a sharp drop in violence, militants have fired several rockets at Jewish settlements in Gaza and an Israeli border town in recent days. One salvo landed near a large gathering of Israeli demonstrators in a Gaza settlement on Wednesday, lightly wounding one soldier. Early yesterday, Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at a settlement and opened fire at an army base in Gaza, causing no injuries, the army said.
"Just keepin' in practice, y'know..."
Abbas said such violence cannot be tolerated. "Whoever wants to sabotage (the truce) with rocket fire or shooting must be stopped by us, even if that requires using force," Abbas said. "There is a national consensus regarding the calm, and whoever leaves this consensus will be struck by an iron fist." Abbas didn't single out any specific militant group.
Doesn't want to cheese them off. They're armed and dangerous and he's not, especially.
No one has claimed responsibility for the recent rocket attacks, although a tiny group, the Popular Resistance Committees, has said it opposes the cease-fire and is suspected by Israel of being behind some of the violence. The biggest militant groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have largely honored the truce. Hamas appears to be focusing its efforts on Palestinian legislative elections scheduled in July, though earlier this week it rejected Abbas' call to give up its weapons after the vote.
"We like to do a little elk huntin' now and then..."
Hamas spokesman Mushir Al-Masri said the group continues to honor the truce, but holds Israel responsible for any violence. "Hamas is committed to the calm declared by all the factions, but the world...should realize that the problem is the Israeli occupation."
"Whatever they do, you know it's wrong!"
Israel, which captured the Gaza Strip and West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, is planning to withdraw from Gaza and part of the West Bank in either July or August. Israeli military planners fear Gaza militants will step up attacks as the pullout approaches, trying to show that they are forcing the Israelis to leave. Tens of thousands of Israelis opposed to the withdrawal plan demonstrated in Gaza's largest bloc of Jewish settlements Wednesday, but the event had lower-than-expected turnout. A similar demonstration took place yesterday in one of four West Bank settlements slated for evacuation. Israeli media said about 10,000 people were expected.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas threatened to use âan iron fistâ against anyone who violates a cease-fire with Israel, his toughest warning against militants since taking office in January.
Puffery.
âWhoever wants to sabotage (the truce) with rocket fire or shooting must be stopped by us, even if that requires using force,â Abbas said.
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The first deployment of a huge UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan began yesterday with 12 Nepalese soldiers and equipment arriving in clouds of dust on a cool morning in the west of the country.
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They are authorized under Chapter VII of the UN (Peace Enforcement rather than Peacekeeping)
India to send peacekeeping force to Darfur
New Delhi: India will soon become the foremost contributor to the United Nations peacekeeping force when it despatches next month a brigade-level group to Sudan.
The Indian Army brigade group bound for Sudan would include two infantry battalions and some mechanised columns, officials said.
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Chapter VI means liquidation of assets.....oops, I wias thinking of the US bankruptcy code. My mistake.
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Oops, Chapter VII.
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The Iraqi government has offered a $1 million reward for the capture of a former official in Saddam Hussain's deposed regime who is accused of financing and recruiting foreign insurgents to launch attacks in Iraq. The official, Abdul Baqi Abdul Karim Al Sadoun, headed several Baathist organisations during Saddam's rule, the government said in a statement yesterday. He already is wanted for crimes against humanity, accused of supervising the killing 500 people during an uprising by Shiites in the south in 1991 at the end of the Gulf War, during which US forces ended Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the statement said. During the current Iraq war, Al Sadoun is accused of recruiting and financing foreign terrorists in eastern and central Iraq, and is believed to be responsible for attacks against Iraqi civilians and police in the Iraqi cities of Nassiriya and Basra in the south, and Diyala in the northeast, the government said.
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ABDUL BAQI ABDUL KARIM AL SADUN
Iraqi Insurgency
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Palestinian forces have arrested two fighters over rocket attacks on Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. The arrests come after President Mahmud Abbas made a pledge to use an "iron fist" to enforce a truce, security sources said on Friday. They were the first arrests by the Palestinian authorities over ceasefire violations since Abbas won agreement from armed groups to respect the truce at a meeting in March. A Palestinian security source said two members of the 
Later, according to his confessional statement, police along with Dilu started for Tejgaon truck stand area to nab his (Dilu's) accomplices and seize illegal firearms possessed by them.
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Pakistan on Thursday deported two Tanzanian nationals arrested more than two years ago on suspicion of having links with Al-Qaeda, an official said. 
The recovery of a global communication set used by Al Qaeda in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir has once again brought to the fore the nexus between Kashmiri ultras and the international terrorist outfit, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
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The Iraqi government has offered a $1 million reward for the capture of a former official in Saddam Hussain's deposed regime who is accused of financing and recruiting foreign insurgents to launch attacks in Iraq. The official, 
