The Terrorist Death Watch site is approaching the 4,000th dead terrorist recorded since January 2006. We are 20 away from that mark. 1,780 in Iraq and 2,200 in Afghanistan.
So far in May, 62 terrorists have been killed in Iraq. American losses to date are 35, broken down as follows:
Non-hostile - 2
IED - 22
Combat - 11
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Thanks for keeping tabs on this, Chuck, in the midst of your other responsibilities. I'm awfully glad your lovely wife is continuing her recovery! :-)
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She's scooting around the house in her walker. Other than a nagging cough, she's well on the way to a modest recovery.
I still cannot connect to the JTF-82 site for Afghan activity. http://www.cfc-a.centcom.mil/ is one URL, and I was given http://214.13.74.131 as well. The operation times out. Oddly, when I was last at the ambulance base, in late April, I could connect from there. Any help would be appreciated.
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Less than two to one overall is a losing ratio for the US military. Six to one in combat is terrible for us; as I recollect it was more like 100:1 in the initial drive to Baghdad.
How can these figures be accurate unless most of our 'combat' losses are due to snipers? The combat numbers don't jibe with the action reports we see, which are usually something along the lines of 15 enemy losses and no Coalition losses.
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What odds that the enemy casualty loss counts only those that can be proved, not bodies carried away or turned to a pink mist in the explosion? In which case the ratio would be much more to KBK's liking. I'm just throwing out my personal belief, but I'd love to hear from someone more knowledgeable on the subject.
Chuck, scooting around is a big step! I'm thrilled for you both.
(AKI) - A suicide bomb attack on a market in the eastern Afghan town of Barmal near the Pakistani border on Thursday killed at least three civilians, Afghan news agency Pajhwok reported. Seven people were seriously injured in the attack, claimed by the Taliban, who said its target was a nearby US military base. Barmal is in Paktika province. The bomber detonated himself in the market after he failed to reach the military base, district chief Azizullah Hayayee was quoted as saying.
NATO released a statement on 11 January saying that they had killed 150 Taliban fighters in a military operation that day in Paktika province. NATO said the fighters had entered Afghanistan from Pakistan. The Taliban claimed the 150 people killed in the NATO raid were civilians who had been trying to cross the border.
Over 1,200 people, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed in Afghanistan this year amid a mounting Taliban-linked insurgency.
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(SomaliNet) At least two persons have been killed and similar number injured in an explosion near Ambassador Hotel in south of Mogadishu. A roadside bomb exploded around 8:20 am local time. Shortly after the blast the government security forces sealed off the area and began investigations.
This is the second blast in less than 24 hours. The earlier explosion occurred in Aden Adde junction. No one has claimed the responsibility of the latest attacks against the interim government positions.
Esquimaux? Samoans? Lutherans?
Earlier, the new mayor of Mogadishu Mohamed Omar Habeb Mohamed Dhere cautioned against explosions in the capital saying that if a blast happens in an area, the nearest hundred houses will take the responsibility but this warning seems to be falling to deaf ear.
Wait til they do that a couple times, we'll at least get some stories from the wailing 'innocent' homeless 'victims'.
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Nor can Mehtap! I want to say that your site better throughout the World Wide Web :)
Thank you. Keep it.
(AKI) - In a major anti-terror police operation, the Algerian army has surrounded an area on the outskirts of Tizi Ouzou, in Kabylia, 100 km from Algiers to hunt down al-Qaeda militants allegedly hiding in the area, the local al-Watan paper reported Thursday. The operation reportedly kicked off Wednesday morning and is being carried out with ground troops and helicopters. Security around public buildings was also boosted over fears that would-be suicide bombers are preparing to strike.
Local terror experts fear militants are preparing to strike in Tizi Ouzou in retaliation for the death of Samir Saioud, a well known leader of the now defunct Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) which has changed its name to Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb since pledging allegiance to the international terror network last year. Saioud was killed in clashes with the army on 27 April. The organisation claimed responsibility for the Algiers 11 April bombings, which killed 33 people and were the first in the capital's centre in over ten years. They are believed to be the country's first suicide attacks.
Algeria was wracked by a brutal civil war in the 1990s in which an estimated 200,000 people died. The GSPC, which pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda last September and changed its name in January, is the only militant group to have remained active in the country after it refused to abandon the armed struggle in exchange for an amnesty in August.
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AQ is a cancer that spreads if you don't get rid of it.
HT: Drudge
U.S. and German officials fear terrorists are in the advanced planning stages of an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany. Law enforcement officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com that U.S. air marshals have been diverted to provide expanded protection of flights between Germany and the United States. "The information behind the threat is very real," a senior U.S. official told ABC News. German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble told reporters, "The danger level is high. We are part of the global threat by Islamist terrorism."
Of particular concern, according to U.S. and German law enforcement officials, is Patch Barracks, the headquarters for U.S. European Command, near Stuttgart.
Security at all U.S. military and diplomatic facilities has been increased in the last month following reports that suspected terrorists had conducted surveillance of the Patch Barracks facility. "The attack would be designed to create high numbers of casualties among both Germans and the U.S. military," said ABC News consultant Richard Clarke, a former White House counterterror official.
The 9/11 hijackers planned their operation out of Hamburg, Germany, and the country continues to be known as a staging area for al Qaeda and groups affiliated with it. "There are 300 to 500 people who are suspected to be part of al Qaeda cells in Germany," said Col. Andrew Pratt (Ret.) of the George Marshall Center in Germany. "In a democratic state like Germany, you just can't go out and arbitrarily arrest people because they are under suspicion," Pratt said.
German officials have called for enhanced police powers to keep suspected terror groups in check.
Several radical Islamist groups have threatened violence unless Germany withdraws its troops from the NATO force in Afghanistan. A radical Islamist group in Iraq took a German woman and her adult son hostage in February, threatening to execute them if Germany did not pull its troops out of Afghanistan. The two are still being held.
A spokesperson at Patch Barracks said they were not aware of any specific surveillance on the location, and they are not under any more specific surveillance than other U.S. facilities in Germany. "As a response to the U.S. Embassy Berlin's recent warden message, all U.S. military installations in Germany are urged to exercise increased viligance," they said in a statement to ABC News.
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"In a democratic state like Germany, you just can't go out and arbitrarily arrest people because they are under suspicion," Pratt said
Under German law I think they can. If I recall correctly, it's a guilty until proven innocent assumption. And I think they have a period the police can hold people without charge, as well.
Nonetheless, sei vorsichtig, ExJAG, and Mr. ExJAG too.
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Once again, INFOWARS/PRISONPLANET > Dubya has ordered Fed agencies to begin [contingency] planning for SURPRISE, "DECAPITATING" ATTACKS agz the USG-NPE. Read - IMO, espec agz Himself as POTUS, White House, Admin., andor aligned.
MUSLIM CAB DRIVER > "If Bush attacks Iran, HE'LL [Bush]BE DEAD IN TWO MINUTES". * OSAMASWORD [Middle East] Poster > are likely 000's of Islamists = Cells inside the USA just waiting for orders to strike. LIKE ANY OTHER ENEMY OF AMER, RADICAL ISLAM IS VERY CAPABLE OF ENGAGING IN POLITIX = PCORRECTNESS = PYWAR OPERATIONS.
The article gets more interesting at link:
With the arrest of a Philadelphia taxi cab driver in the Fort Dix terror plot, authorities are paying closer attention to Muslim cabbies, many of whom are militant believers, WND has learned.
Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, a U.S. citizen born in Jordan, was charged earlier this week with conspiring to kill at least 100 soldiers on U.S. soil. The FBI says the 22-year-old drove a cab in Philadelphia. "My intent is to hit a heavy concentration of soldiers," said Shnewer, the alleged mastermind of the terror plot.
Muslims account for the majority of cab drivers in many major U.S. cities including the nation's capital. And a number of them have ties to terrorism, federal and local authorities say.
After 9/11, the U.S. Park Police, which enforces laws on federal roads leading into such places as CIA headquarters, ran a search of Islamic terror suspects against a database of traffic stops in the Washington, D.C., area going back decades. "It came back with a nearly 25 percent hit rate," a U.S. Park Police official said. "Many of them were cab drivers."
The official, a veteran police detective who wished to go unidentified, says roughly 80 percent of cab drivers in the Washington area practice the Islamic faith. Their numbers concern police, who believe they make up part of the terror support network in America. "If they're not suspects themselves, they pick up suspects at airports and take them to safehouses here," he told WND. "It's a jihadi network."
The federal Park Police work with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies assigned to the National Counter Terrorism Center, or NCTC, headquartered in McLean, Va., a Washington suburb. The FBI is now closely monitoring the activities of taxi drivers in the area, bureau sources confirm.
A great many of them worship at the large Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Va., another D.C. suburb. On Fridays, FBI case agents say they typically observe 50 or more cabs and limos parked among other cars in the parking lots used by the radical mosque, which has included several Hamas and al-Qaida terrorists among its members.
Some of the 9/11 hijackers also attended services at Dar al-Hijrah, while receiving assistance obtaining housing and IDs from mosque members and officials, some of whom are admitted members of the dangerous Muslim Brotherhood.
In between fares, many taxi drivers congregate at the Starbucks located down the road in a shopping center in Baileys Crossroads, which has the highest concentration of Muslims of any area outside Dearborn, Mich. The shopping center is within a few miles of the Pentagon, and right across the street from two luxury apartment high-rises that erupted into cheers when the World Trade Center fell on 9/11. Law enforcement has dubbed the Skyline Towers the "Taliban Towers" after conducting several counterterrorism investigations involving tenants.
Washington is not alone. Other major cities are dealing with radical Muslim taxi drivers.
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Is the American public coming to the realization that the beast live among us? Or do they really believe the CAIR line of bullshit? What I read about is fairly limited, but even that makes me think we should box up every one of them and send them back to the dunes. Not very American, I'll admit. But far better than losing Boston or NY to a nuclear blast some day. Why do we tolerate people who openly hate America and call for it's destruction?
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The moment cheers erupted from those jihadi towers the buildings should have been sealed and leveled. I for one would have cheered as their occupants jumped or were crushed to death.
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How many of the cabbies are illegal immigrants, in addition? Send them back, terror connections or no, as a first step -- no other cause is needed to expel illegals.
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Muslims account for the majority of cab drivers in many major U.S. cities including the nation's capital.
The last time I went to DC, I thought I was in a foreign country. The UN must be proud of America. If many of these cab drivers are here illegally, they are taking jobs from other Americans. Shouldn't be difficult to look at these cabbie records and figure out who's here illegally. Figuring out who are wanna be terrorists might be difficult. Hell, if the Government can find me every year to make sure I pay my taxes they ought to be able to find these boneheads.
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Last November, Homeland Security agents rounded up dozens of Pakistani immigrants across the East Coast working illegally as cabbies. Pakistan is an al-Qaida hotbed.
I don't remember that one. Good for them.
Before last year's congressional election, a U.S. lawmaker was widely criticized for suggesting Muslim cabbies were a terrorist threat. Republican Sen. Conrad Burns said the U.S. is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who "drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night." The longtime senator lost his seat to Democrat Jon Tester.
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I think I'm going to check names before getting into taxis from now on (the few times I actually use one). This seems a basic safety precaution, discriminatory though it is.
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There is nothing discriminatory about self preservation, TW. First rule of personal security, always follow your gut instinct.
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The first test to determine the mindset of the cab driver is to have a bottle of whiskey and an open bag of pork rinds. If he opens the door for ya hes probably OK.
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THe two informants and undercover guys we got into the cell in New Jersey might have been "Cabbies" Who knows. A little balance should be shown. I have seen too many reports of how American Moslems have stepped up to the plate and are the eyes and ears of what is going in their communities. So much so that the terrorist are having problems. At some point that should be mentioned for balance. Is everything great in the American Moslem comminity. Nope. But I do think the cooperation between the FBI, intelliegence agencies, and the American Muslim community might be one the big success stories we are missing
JH
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Good start. Now how about the same consideration for driving trucks full of hazardous material. Or even panel vans for that sake.
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What I read about is fairly limited, but even that makes me think we should box up every one of them and send them back to the dunes.
Works for me.
Not very American, I'll admit.
Horse hockey! We have met the enemy and know them for what they are. Until Islam renounces terrorism, sharia theocracy, dhimmitude and taqiyya, all Muslims are unfit to live outside of their Islamic hellholes. There is nothing un-American about wanting to preserve our great country's constitutional law from a bunch of seditious traitors. Any notion of reformationist ijtihad is an idea so far removed from the vast majority of Muslims around the entire world that the bare few who support it are negligible. I can no longer feel sad for even the most honorable Muslim within our borders. Their numbers are so limited and of such minimal impact upon positive change that they are essentially non-existent with respect to any viable solution. They have chosen to be part of a murderous death cult and have no place in civilized society. Islam has no redeeming features. How much more clear does this need to be made?
But far better than losing Boston or NY to a nuclear blast some day.
Damn straight.
Why do we tolerate people who openly hate America and call for it's destruction?
I can only suppose that such a vicious and ungrateful mindset is simply too alien for most people to comprehend. That needs to change. Regardless of what we do to acellerate the process of this awareness, Islam will do it for us with some sort of heinous atrocity. Why sit and wait around for it?
The moment cheers erupted from those jihadi towers the buildings should have been sealed and leveled. I for one would have cheered as their occupants jumped or were crushed to death.
Wow, it's like you're reading my mind! How do you do that, Excalibur?
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"all Muslims are unfit to live outside of their Islamic hellholes. There is nothing un-American about wanting to preserve our great country's constitutional law from a bunch of seditious traitors."
I wonder if this attitude is why the Press and the media do not regard the brave Iraqis dying with our troops as Allies. They Certainly don't seem to be portrayed as much. I notice IRaqi lobbyist were in Congress yesterday to lobby Congress on this. I cant imagine Winston Churchill having to do the same in WWII.
THe problem is folks there is no POPE in Islam. There will not be a moment when all Islam rejects all those things because there is no structure for it. It is akin to demanding that all Protestants reject X teaching. But we do see progress. We see it in the UAE and other areas. I know a few muslims and they reject this stuff out of hand. Again I reiterate my point. There needs to be some balance here. I talked to my friend that was on leave not to long ago. AN Iraqi(muslim) that he worked with died bravely against the people that practice the most horrible crimes to humanity as we see every day on TV.
All right flame away
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As a matter of fact, James H., Churchill did nothing but lobby the Americans for help for years.
I am confident that there are many good people who happen to be muslims, in this country, in Iraq and around the world. But so far, they have not been very visible in there out-of-hand dismissals of the despicable acts of their co-religionists. If they become vocal and visible, they are killed or at least threatened into back silence. Only when these moderates come out en masse will they be effective. To date we have not seen even the hint of such a group movement.
The Iraqis are not fighting for the reform of islam, they are fighting for their lives against tribal or sectarian opposition. But many are fighting bravely alongside us and for that I am grateful.
Zenster is spot on. Until several central aspects of islam are discarded, nothing really is going to change. Your nice friends can't or won't make that change happen.
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If there is justice in the world, the next big terrorist attack in the US will be in one of the "sanctuary cities". Let those holier-than-thou types suffer rather than them foisting it off on the rest of us like they usually do.
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James H has a point. An overt anti-Islamic policy makes no sense at this stage, when many muslims are fighting with the West, some of them probably as informants within the terror organisations. Eventually Islam will have to either disappear or morph into something quite unrecognisable, but for now just concentrate on the jihadis. The civil war in Algeria proves they can be demoralised and defeated. Their next defeat looks like Afghanistan.
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THe problem is folks there is no POPE in Islam. There will not be a moment when all Islam rejects all those things because there is no structure for it.
James H, since you recognize this very important fact, it must be equally clear that there remains a constant threat from the vast majority of Muslims in this world. Due to taqiyya there is absolutely no way to know when Sudden Jihad Syndrome is going to strike. I'll freely admit that there are probably lots of honest, decent hardworking Muslims in the USA. As remoteman notes, even here in America where freedom of speech and individual safety is very well protected, moderate Muslims simply have refused to make any sort of massive protest against Islam's atrocities. They have the fucking nerve to cheer when our nation is assailed by their murderous brethern, but despite a near total lack of threat, they remain deafening silent regarding the immense flaws and downright hideous practices their creed perpetuates.
This is not satisfactory and such deafening silence constitutes tacit, if not overt approval for all that Islam stands for. There is not one reason why our nation should put up with this sort of thinly veiled sedition. If American Muslims cannot outrightly denounce sharia law for the brutal and massive violation of human rights that it is, then they should return, or be returned, to the countries that practice it so they can enjoy its splendors. There is no damn way that they deserve America's constitutional protections even while they seek to destroy everything our country stands for. There is a limit and this is certainly one of them.
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Eventually Islam will have to either disappear or morph into something quite unrecognisable, but for now just concentrate on the jihadis.
Apostate, were it not for the existence of nuclear weapons, I might very well agree with you. Instead, your recommendation simply requires far more time than what is left on the clock. Pakistan already has nuclear weapons and poses a constant threat to international security with its export of global jihad. Their proliferation of nuclear weapons technology is totaly unforgivable and has only served to further destabilize both the Middle East and the East Asian region as well.
Islam must be contained by force and its populations reconsolidated within existing territorial boundaries so that checks and measures can be applied that will serve to neutralize Islam's constant aggression upon the West. I half jokingly call this a "Qarantine" but there is nothing funny about just how evil Islam is. Their quest for global domination would result in the death of half this world's population and I would sooner have every Muslim on earth perish than see their dream fulfilled.
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There has been at least 40 years of terrorism foisted upon the world by Muslims. The bombing of various embassies, the bombing of the Marine barracks, 18 rangers in Mogadishu, taking the U.S. Embassy in Iran, the murder of Kinginhofer, the murder of the Israeli Olympic athletes, the murder of Lt. Col. Buckley, 911, and on and on and on. It is very difficult to get any warm fuzzy feeling about any muslim. I was farily tolerant and took a live and let live attitude but these guys and women have been at war with us for a long time whether we are willing to accept it or not.
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They've finally started to notice ? No shit Sherlock. How are all these asses getting in here ? It cannot be on legal papers. Are they coming as visitors and not leaving ? No one to round them up ? How about bounties like the old days ? Wanted Dead or..Naw just dead.
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James H, Apostate, I do truly believe that there are many who call themselves Muslim fighting actively against terrorism, and even more like Apostate who have de facto disassociated themselves from the religion and culture, albeit choosing not to precipitate a family crisis (or worse) by announcing the fact. The problem is that we only ever hear about the evildoers and their enablers and cheerleaders. Worse still, the Muslims do not hear of the actions of those fighting jihidism, and there are no cheerleaders for those fighting. So those on the jihadi side believe they are the true Islam, and those fighting believe they are alone in their convictions. Until those fighting the jihadis are trumpeted to the skies -- perhaps not their names, but certainly their actions -- any morphng that takes place will be at a multigeneration rate.
Zenster is right, that so long as nations like Pakistan proliferate nuclear weapons technology, and nations like Iraq and Iran proliferate WMD and train terrorists to make bombs and hijack airplanes, we do not have time to wait for Islam to be domesticated. Then too, as the daughter of an Israeli my concerns are a bit more immediate; I have relatives over there who live daily under the threat of Iran's missiles, which Ahmadenijad promises will soon have nuclear tips. I have friends who are Muslim, and friends who are likely apostates. It tears my heart that I do not feel comfortable with the idea of getting into a cab that might be driven by someone like them. But after 9/11 a spokeswoman from one of the local mosques came to speak at the trailing daughters' elementary school... and the things she said about Jews curled my hair, because behind what she said with such assurance lay, clearly, a depth of hatred I did not wish to publicly plumb. I'd promised the lady who organized it that I'd be good, you see.
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after 9/11 a spokeswoman from one of the local mosques came to speak at the trailing daughters' elementary school... and the things she said about Jews curled my hair, because behind what she said with such assurance lay, clearly, a depth of hatred I did not wish to publicly plumb.
I wonder what would happen if someone from the synagogue came to your daughter's school and spoke about the terrorists bombings in Israe (without any overtones such as you encounteredl. Would such a presentation even happen in this school?
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It was a follow-up to 9/11, :"What is this Islam thing, anyway?", strictly a one-off, JohnQC. I did a presentation about Hanukkah in the classrooms, every year the trailing daughters until the trailing daughters moved on, and spoke about the nationalistic aspects of the holiday (much like a Jewish St. Patrick's Day, dontchaknow). As a result, I became the go-to gal whenever anyone in the school had a question about anything Jewish or Israel -- when we moved there we were integrating the place. Now, there's a call out for translators for languages like Gujarati, Phonpeian and Urdu... and I don't even know what that middle one is.
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Zenster is right, that so long as nations like Pakistan proliferate nuclear weapons technology, and nations like Iraq and Iran proliferate WMD and train terrorists to make bombs and hijack airplanes, we do not have time to wait for Islam to be domesticated. Then too, as the daughter of an Israeli my concerns are a bit more immediate; I have relatives over there who live daily under the threat of Iran's missiles, which Ahmadenijad promises will soon have nuclear tips.
Thank you so much, trailing wife. I wish things were otherwise but they are not. Only fools and idiots would placidly await what Islam promises this world. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what redeeming features Islam has. So long as that question goes unanswered, there can be no middle ground with respect to Islam. It is, quite simply, far too violent, hostile and aggressive of a creed to permit it free reign, in every sense of the word.
Nowhere has Islam shown itself able to peacefully coexist with any other culture on earth. It is accompanied by an endless procession of brutality, barbarity and incipient terrorism that cannot be tolerated by civilized society.
One simple question: What are the enduring contributions of modern Muslims? Look at the Nobel Prize listings and consider just how very little modern Muslims have done to make this world a better place. Feel free to ignore the immense betterment of this world furnished by Jewish inventors and scientists, it matters not. When Islam's contributions are balanced against the ceaseless strife, savagery and atrocities that are done in its name, with little or no protest by the supposed "moderate Muslims", it becomes all too clear that this Neanderthal creed must be herded back into the confines of its origins. Once that is accomplished, further aggression should be met with consistent encroachment upon the edges of Muslim majority nations until they either abandon their stinking damned jihad or die for want of peaceful coexistence.
One of the six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix had bomb recipes in his car and referred to Usama bin Laden as "Uncle Benny," a former co-worker said Thursday. "He also, at times, would say things that you would think that, 'This guy can't be all there,' but I dismissed them as jokes," the former co-worker, Bob Watts, told ABC's "Good Morning America."
Say Bob, now that you know the truth, are you aware of any other co-workers who were 'joking' around?
Watts said he and Agron Abdullahu worked together at a bakery for more than two years and were "like brothers." "He was an easygoing guy, made you laugh all the time, he was somebody you really enjoyed working with," Watts said.
Abdullahu sometime made jokes about how the United States couldn't find bin Laden, saying, "U.S., no matter what they do, cannot catch my Uncle Benny," Watts said. He said Abdullahu also showed him bomb recipes that he had in his car.
He said he warned Abdullahu, "you have to watch yourself this day and age, with 9/11, you're going to get yourself into a lot trouble." But Watts said he never saw anything to indicate that his friend hated the country. "That's what's puzzling me and making my stomach turn knots right now," he said.
"I can't understand it, such a nice guy, even showed me his bomb recipes ..."
Federal authorities said they detained Abdullahu and the other five men because they feared the group was on the verge of carrying out an attack on Fort Dix. The men were arrested Monday night as they tried to buy AK-47 assault weapons, M-16s and other weapons from an FBI informant, authorities said.
"They had training, they had maps, and I think they were very close to moving on this," U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said Wednesday. "Our view was they had pretty much gotten to concluding the planning phase of this and were looking to obtain heavy weaponry and if not from us, they were going to try to obtain it elsewhere."
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Now watch for libs to come out of the woodwork and feel sorry for these guys. Saying things like, "they were entrapped", or "this is really OUR fault".
DING DING DING DING! We have a winnah! Give the man a kewpie doll.
Note that the headline and subhead say that their lawyers are claiming entrapment, but the lawyers themselves are being cagier, not committing themselves. So it's the AP which wants to argue entrapment.
The end of the article is all about how those poor boys were good boys who would never harm a fly. Same deal here. I posted that link yesterday, but it bears repeating. One of the Duka cousins (who hasn't seen these clowns since they were kids) "expect[s] an apology" and "see[s] injustice".
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he never saw anything to indicate that his
friend hated the country.
That's because Mr. Abdullahu doesn't hate the US, only the kufrs polluting it. The joking is one thing, but bomb recipes? At that point call the police.
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Regarding the 'entrapment' noise: Out here in the Seattle area, a man was convicted of a crime based on DNA collected when the police pretended to be lawyers representing a class action suit and wanted this guy to join the suit. Just sign the form and mail back to us; he licked the envelope and stamp and they got him. While i have no remorse for this ass (2nd degree murder from a 20 year old crime) i do have reservations about the fact that the WA State Supreme Court, by a 6-3 margin upheld this police behavior. Where is the outcry from the libs about this?
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If this plot had gone undetected and the attack successful, we would be harranged with the Ny Times, La Times, WashBoard headlines "Muslims in U.S. fear backlash".
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HHHHHHHMMMMM, HHHHHHMMMMM, "Uncle Benny" - ala PAULA "DELILAH/BATHSHEBA" ABDUL, I have to go back to the future to remember [Darth Vader "Empire" breathing here].
A military reader sends along a message from the current SOCOM (Special Operations Command) Commanding General: "He is to be relieved by a Navy SEAL, three star, who will add a fourth star with this promotion. Both of those things are firsts. Resounding evidence of the prominent role that SEALs have assumed during the War on Terror."
Here's the SOCOM Commanding General's announcement:
SOF Leaders - I am pleased to inform you that today at approximately 1300 hours the President will announce Adm Eric Olson has been nominated to be my relief. Eric embodies all that is SOF and has been a unifying force in the SOF community. He is a warrior who understands our operational missions and the needs of the men and women who carry them out. He also understands both indirect and direct actions and how they will contribute to winning the war on terror...
...He is the right leader at the right time. Please join me in congratulating VADM Olson.
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a little more info from W. Thomas Smith Jr. of The Tank at National Review
Navy SEAL to Command All U.S. Special Ops Forces
He is the right leader at the right time. Please join me in congratulating VADM Olson.
v/r Doug Brown
'Doug Brown' is U.S. Army Gen. Bryan "Doug" Brown, commander of SOCOM.
'Eric Olson' is Vice Admiral Eric T. Olson, deputy commander of SOCOM and one of the most respected flag officers in Naval Special Warfare circles. Though little has been published about it, I know that Olson (then a captain) was one of a handful of SEALs directly involved in the Battle of Mogadishu, 1993.
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I have no idea the true magnitude of what this appointment means. But I do know that having a Seal in command is a good thing. Any background info on Olson?
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I have no idea the true magnitude of what this appointment means.
"The Russians are not our enemy, they're the antagonist. The Navy is our enemy."
Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LaMay
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Go here: http://www.special-operations-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=531
for bio and interview with Adm. Olson. Tough SOB with a brain. Lethal combo - bye,bye Binny!
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Any background info on Olson?
He was Deputy SOCOM before the promotion. First SEAL to make Vice Admiral. Also one of the few SEALs involved on the ground in Mogadishu (he got a Silver Star for that).
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Politics corrupts. Olson was probably a real good officer when he was younger, but he's already had several promotions at the level where politics counts more than ability, so I doubt this means much.
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If he was on the ground in Mogadishu, then he knows how politicians can kill good men with their bullshit input. Let's hope he never forgets that lesson.
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Gee, Glenmore, do have any hope for Petraeus then? He has 4 sparklers on his shoulders too. Some of these guys like Jim Jones, Pete Pace and Schoomaker know how to handle politics and get things done tacticallyl. Anyway with Carl Levin at the helm, there is now more politics to play but results is what will drive the money stream - which is what military leadership is all about these days.
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Politics corrupts. Olson was probably a real good officer when he was younger, but he's already had several promotions at the level where politics counts more than ability, so I doubt this means much.
Ever work for an admiral, Glenmore? Of course it's political. Like working for any senior member of an organisation.
Admirals also like Rantburg posters - some are very good, some are f**king idiots. The operational ones tend to be the former. Olson is operational, and a SEAL. Two superior qualities.
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Pappy,
No Admirals, but some (retired) Generals. You are correct - the upper levels of all organizations are all political positions. And I agree that operations, especially special operations, background is a positive. My problem is that politics by its very nature seems to consume leadership; by the time one 'rises' to Congressman, or God forbid, Senator, there are very few people who have not lost their leadership abilities to political necessity. It's not THEIR fault, its OURS. We, the people, are stupid, shallow, uneducated, vindictive - pick an adjective - and permit (demand) it. With politics, we pull the leaders down to us - very rare are leaders able to lift us up instead (and then the risk is that the leader is a demogogue like Hitler or Bin Laden.)
I'm not saying Olson, or Petraeus, or others are not good men, or even good leaders; but others who seemed strong did not survive the political process intact. They may be our best option, and the process does require politics, but I repeat, politics corrupts, so I don't get too excited about anyone in any organization at this level.
(AKI) - Gunmen in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi fired more than a dozen shots at the home of the lawyer representing Pakistan's suspended chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday. According to a report on the website of the Pakistani television channel Geo TV, the police have registered a case against some unindentified people involved in the attack on the house of Muni A Malik, who is also president of the Supreme Court Bar Association. "Unidentified people resorted to firing at my house at about 3:30 am when I was watching an special program on TV, Munir A Malik was quoted as saying.
Malik said that the bullets hit the room where his daughter was and that she had "escaped death miraculously." He also said that the windows of his house were shattered in the attack.
Thursday's attack comes just two days before Chaudhry is due to visit Karachi to attend a meeting of lawyers. The government of Sindh province, of which Karachi is capital, has asked the suspended chief justice to put off the visit for fear of possible attacks by terrorists who could take advantage of the situation to launch attacks.
Police said that they have arrested at least 12 people on Wednesday night for planning to sabotage Chaudhry's rally. However reports quoting another one of Chaudhry's lawyers have said that the trip to Karachi would continue. Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf suspended Chaudhry on 9 March over unspecified allegations that he had abused his authority, and he now faces mounting public resentment and protest against that decision and against military rule. Chaudhry's suspension led to numerous protests throughout the country and lawyers throughout Pakistan have boycotted courtroom proceedings.
The suspended chief justice has a reputation for taking a strong stance against human rights abuses and government wrongdoing. Critics accuse Musharraf of trying to muzzle the judiciary ahead of elections scheduled for later this year. Musharraf, however, insists he acted according to the constitution - a view disputed by many legal experts A pro-Musharraf rally is also expected to be held on 12 May in the capital Islamabad.
This article starring:
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Muni A Malik
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The suspended chief justice has a reputation for taking a strong stance against human rights abuses and government wrongdoing.
Yeah, he sounds like a real A-hole. No wonder they want to kill him, this is pakiland we're talking about.
Looking out the window of his familys single-story house in central Iraq, the lean and slightly mustached Iraqi soldier said he was surprised to see the American Apache helicopters flying overhead during the initial invasion in April 2003. Despite being a second-year soldier in the old Iraqi army, Pvt. Najah Hassan Kathim and his fellow troops had no idea that they might be attacked. He deserted the army during the invasion.
Nine weeks ago Kathim resumed his military career in the new Iraqi army, eager to fight for his country and his family. But this time he knew from the first day of basic training that he would be a part of a new brigade whose mission would be to protect the 60-mile stretch from Baghdad to Samarra.
The 1,895 soldiers of the Samarra brigade learned together during basic training, graduated April 19, and will soon begin training with their brigade officers and noncommissioned officers before formally standing up as the 4th Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division in late May.
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"Many soldiers dont distinguish between serving in the army to support their families and serving their country."
They 'get' it, even if a lot of American media types don't. Military service is not an 'either/or' thing; some do it for the monetary benefits, some for country, some for 'adventure', and most for a combination of reasons. And, as long as the psychos who just want to kill are weeded out, the reasons are all good.
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It is critical that military people embrace the idea that the military is as much family as their blood kin, or even more. They have to break up the habit of leaving whenever you feel like it, and nonsense like that, until culturally it becomes unthinkable to desert your unit.
Highlights. More charts and graphs at link. Operation Fardh al-Qanun:
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Mark Fox, a Multi-National Forces-Iraq spokesman, said May 2 that although the security situation in Iraq continues to be challenging, there are signs of progress being made in Operation Fardh al-Qanun including: a significant reduction in sectarian murders, which used to be considered a benchmark, until we achieved it increases in the number of weapon stockpiles seized, and increases in actionable tips provided by local citizens.
Despite these signs, however, security can ultimately only be achieved by building a loyal, capable, and professional Iraqi Security Force in and around Baghdad.
Operation Fardh al-Qanun is intended to improve security in the Baghdad area, providing the time and conditions for the Iraqi government to make progress in economic and political development.
Fox also said that securing Baghdad is the main effort, and Coalition Forces continue to establish joint security stations and combat outposts in the city and surrounding belts. Currently, there are 57 joint security stations and outposts in Baghdad.
Four out of the five US Army surge brigades are now in Iraq, along with two additional U.S. Marine Corps battalions. The remainder of the surge combat forces is scheduled to be operating in their areas by mid-June.
Iraqi Military Takes Charge of Training:
The Taji Regional Training Center, Iraqi Signal School, and Taji Engineer School are now officially run by Iraqi forces, following transition of authority ceremonies at each location May 1.
Iraqi Air Force Receives Helicopters:
The Iraqi Air Force received five additional Huey II helicopters May 2. This delivery brings the number of Huey IIs to ten of the scheduled sixteen that will make up the Iraqi Air Force 2nd Squadrons helicopter fleet. In addition to the Huey IIs, the Iraqi Air Force also flies the C-130 transport, Mi-17 helicopters, Cessna Caravans, SAMA Ch2000s, Seabird Aviation Seekers, and Hawker-Beechcraft King Air 350s. If we were sure we were going to stay, we'd be teaching them to fly F-16's. That's really get the Iranian turbans in a knot.
Committee to Submit Draft Constitutional Reforms:
Members of the Constitutional Review Committee established to reform Iraqs constitution said May 8 that they hoped to submit recommendations to parliament next week, a major step towards meeting a political benchmark Washington has set for Baghdad.
Iraqi Leaders Meet Over Threats to Quit Government:
Iraq's Sunni Arab Vice President, Tariq al-Hashimi, met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to ease tensions over threats that the entire Sunni bloc could pull out of the government. Hashimi had claimed that he would pull the Iraqi Accords 44 Parliamentarians out of the Maliki national unity government if Shia militias are not disarmed and revisions to the constitution do not begin by May 15. Winning through intimidation. It's the arab way.
Declaration by the EU on the ICI: Even the EU likes what's happing in Iraq!
At the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) meeting held May 3 in Sharm al-Shaykh, Egypt, the EU Presidency reaffirmed its support for the GOI and commended it for the commitments it has made under the ICI for promoting reforms in the political, security, economic, and social fields. It announced that the EUs financial support for Iraq is anticipated to reach 1.8 billion euros (including grants, debt relief and loans). The EU Presidency reaffirmed its strong support for the UNs central role in Iraq and welcomed the opening of negotiations for a Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq.
Congress Fails to Override Presidential Veto of FY07 Supplemental:
In only the second veto of his presidency, President Bush vetoed House Resolution 1591, the Fiscal 2007 Emergency Iraq/Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations bill. By a vote of 233-203, the House failed to override the Presidents veto, and as a result, the Senate will not hold an override vote of its own.
Iraqi Court Seeks to End Lawmakers Immunity: Awwrite! They're going after the lawyers!
The main administrative body for Iraqs courts, the Supreme Judicial Council, has asked the Iraqi Parliament to revoke immunity for a prominent Sunni lawmaker, possibly clearing the way for his arrest on charges of provoking sectarian violence. If the request is granted, Adnan al-Dulaimi will be the second Iraqi lawmaker to have immunity from prosecution lifted. The first, Mishan al-Juburi, was a former member of Parliament who was indicted last year on charges of embezzling millions of dollars.
Defense Closing Statements for Ali Hassan al-Majid:
The defense began closing statements in the trial of former regime officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in the 1980s campaign code-named Operation Anfal. The five accused henchmen of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, including defendant Ali Hassan al-Majid or Chemical Ali, are charged with using chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds, killing 180,000 people. If convicted, the defendants could be sentenced to death by hanging.
International Compact Conference and Expanded Neighbors Meeting Held in Sharm al-Shaykh, Egypt: Even the UN's getting on board.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon co-launched the International Compact with Iraq with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Sharm al-Shaykh, Egypt May 3. The Compact is a five-year national plan that includes benchmarks and mutual commitments from both Iraq and the international community, all with the aim of helping Iraq on the path towards peace, sound governance and economic reconstruction. Several countries made announcements of financial support at the Compact meeting and other countries made positive statements or commitments on debt, loans, and assistance.
Of 22 participants at the May 4 Expanded Neighbors Ministerial meeting, 18 were at the Foreign Minister level. Working Groups on border security, fuel and electricity, and refugees were launched at the meeting. The neighbors process is envisioned to help Iraq and its neighbors constructively deal with mutually important issues.
Radio Station Attacked:
In the third attack against the radio station in five months, gunmen raided the offices of independent radio Dijlah, killing two employees and wounding five before bombing the building and knocking the station off of the air.
The station was created in 2004 as Iraqs first independent talk radio station. Can't have that. Independent thought, and all that.
Shiites Protest Al-Jazeera:
In Basrah and Najaf May 4, supporters of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani protested what they considered insults by al-Jazeera television against the Shiite cleric, carrying banners denouncing both the channel and its host nation, Qatar. The protests were fueled when a presenter of a talk show airing on the station questioned Sistanis leadership credentials.
Russian Journalist Killed:
A Russian journalist was killed in Iraq May 6 after a U.S. convoy came under attack by a ground bomb in Diyala. The journalist was accompanied by six American soldiers who were also killed by the roadside bomb.
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Thanks for posting this, Bobby. The perspective is very helpful.
This gives me the warm fuzzies in spite of the outrageously hedged headline. ABC would apparently have us believe it was just as likely to be a bunny ranch or some kind of jumbo paintball range.
U.S. Air Force F-16s obliterated three truck-mounted anti-aircraft weapons and killed 10 to 14 al Qaeda operatives near Fallujah on Tuesday, according to the military. The military believes they were al Qaeda terrorists engaged in an operation targeting coalition aircraft. "We've had about 11 helicopters that have been shot at and hit over the last four months in that location," Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, told ABC News.
The Department of Defense gave ABC News first access to imagery of the night operation that was carried out a little more than 48 hours ago. The three-minute video begins with imagery from an unmanned aerial vehicle. The operator of the drone first spotted a truck with anti-aircraft weaponry mounted on it driving in the area. The drone followed the truck as it drove to a nearby training compound. "When we spotted this truck, we continued to follow it until it went to that compound where it's obviously doing some kind of training," Caldwell explained.
The video shows what appears to be al Qaeda members firing anti-aircraft weapons from the trucks as they train to take over an abandoned building. or it might be a new high-tech duck food projector imported from Sweden or some other enlightened paradise.
The small black images are artillery rounds being fired from the trucks and some can be seen richocheting off the structures. or bunny food packets. Odd that ABC is so skeptical elsewhere but accepts the factuality of this statement at face value. Probably just a slip into integrity.
Because the operation began in the late evening, the drone used thermal heat imagery which made it easy to spot the activity. Works much better than thermal cold imagery.
Caldwell told ABC News, "We then called in aircraft support to bring in some precision munitions and once it was established there was no apparent civilians in the area, the decision was made to engage and destroy the anti-aircraft truck."
The truck was taken out by an F-16. Two other trucks and some other vehicles subsequently fled the compound. "We continued to track them," Caldwell said, "and when they stopped along the side of the road, they were taken out by F-16s as well." The second one blowed up REAL good.
"Four wheel drive don't fail me now ..."
All of this is seen on the video shot by the drones as well as the F-16 gun camera. The tracking and eventual destruction of the three trucks took approximately two hours.
Caldwell describes the significance of this operation as a "seven to eight at least" on a scale of one to ten. "They're extremely lethal if they're able to engage our helicopters and so for us, that was critical to get that type of equipment eliminated," he said.
The military said the entire assault continued with a ground attack -- not seen on the video -- after the drone continued to track two cars that had fled the compound and driven to a nearby town. "We launched a precision raid with helicopters and ground assault forces went in and we were able to detain eight individuals that we believe had been associated with that training earlier in the evening," Caldwell said. Based on preliminary debriefings of the detainees, Caldwell said, the military was able to determine they were al Qaeda. It is unclear if they were fighters from outside Iraq. 10 to 14 of them are a permanent addition to the Iraqi landscape in any case.
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So... any ideas where these AA technicals are being sourced? Paid for? I expect some Orcish strategist has decided going after helicopter transport and air cover pays dividends.
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The guns on these technicals are mostly Russian 12.7 and 14.5 mm machine guns, which are as common as dirt in that part of the world. There are reports of other guns being used, and the one in the video is obviously larger than 14.5mm, but those too would be fairly common in those parts.
The "technical" simply takes a towed multiple mount for these and attaches it to the cargo area of a heavy duty pickup. The vehicles could be modified locally or across the border in Iran with quite simple facilities.
The interesting part is the relative accuracy these have displayed. They are not weapons the average jihadi would be able to use effectively without quite extensive training. My guess is that they sneak over the border into Iran for training on similar Revolutionary Guard rigs. This would allow for unfettered use of specialized ranges and such things as the services of target-towing aircraft and electronic scoring arrays.
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Purported report of a purported strike against purported terror camp.
Ha. :)
..."obliterated three truck-mounted anti-aircraft weapons and killed 10 to 14 al Qaeda operatives near Fallujah..."
They didn't meet the standard for the usual spin but...
Our MSM is worse than Baghdad Bob. It was a baby milk and aspirin factory. It was a wedding celebration. There was a religious feast. It was a mosque. These slack jar apologists for terrorists aid and abet the terrorists--for what reason God only knows.
Don't you mean "Allah"? The MSM doesn't believe in God only in their own infallibility. Remember the kids in school who took journalism, worked on the school paper or yearbook. Remember how smarmy they were. Well they now work for NYTs/ABC/WaPo/Newsweek, et.al.
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Nor can Mehtap! I want to say that your site better throughout the World Wide Web :)
Thank you. Keep it.
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Yes, uropian, this is a site better than other sites. From this AA takeout, I now assume we are winning this war against insurgency in Iraq. Why ?
Because we will not give back anything now. They can't just repopulate and while we are sitting ducks for underground forces with land bombs, they are up against air surveillance, civilian tips, territorial battles, and potential border interceptions, not to mention intel gained from torture questioning captives.
In fact, the only win for them is the democrat party. This fact will become more apparent in coming weeks. What a stupid way to head into a presidential election.
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Somebody will have to start the turnaround in the media. Maybe this is not the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning. I'm crossin' my fingers.
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uropian is a bot
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I'm a bit naive but my understanding of a bot is that it's an internet robot that fowards messages from some website. How does this work? What I mean is why would a person use a BOT?
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Please, GW...for the sake of the US and the soldiers and marines in harm's way: Declare the border region of Iraq and Iran a free-fire zone from sundown until sun up. No apologies. No regrets. If one soldier or marine lives to go home to his family it will be worth it.
The Kurdistan Brigade of al-Qaeda in Iraq - a new military formation which belongs to the Kurdish Ansar al-Islam, has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's suicide bomb attack in Erbil. At least 19, people were killed when a vehicle with explosives rammed into the offices of the interior and security ministry of the autonomous region of Kurdistan.
The official site of the Kurdish Ansar al-Islam said "the suicide bomber who completed the attack is a member of the Kurdistan Brigade which forms part of the Islamic State of Iraq [cartel] set up by al-Qaeda in Iraq".
Groups of Ansar al Islam - a Sunni Islamist Kurdish group - have been spotted on various occasions recently near the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran, a fact which makes the authorities suspect Tehran of providing logistical support and refuge to the group. A source within the Kurdish peshmerga militia - which allied itself with the US-led coalition in the 2003 war and serves as the main security force for the Kurdistan regional government - told Adnkronos International (AKI) on Monday that "intelligence acquired by the local authorities shows that Ansar al-Islam and Ansar al-Sunna - linked to al-Qaeda - are reorganising their ranks and deploying their forces near the border".
At the same time, a Kurdish armed group has distributed a statement in the area close to the Iranian border, threatening the 'apostates' of Islam and calling on local people to reveal the names of young people who recently converted to Christianity. The statement, which Adnkronos International (AKI) has seen, adds that "the apostates of the Islamic religion will be the targets of a programme by the jihadi groups and the residents must collaborate with Ansar al-Islam to reveal their identities".
Kurdish MP Mahmoud 'Uthman held a press conference condemning the attack and announcing his suspicions of the Ansar al-Islam organization. He also blamed Ansar al-Sunna, a militant Sunni Arab group opposed to the US occupation and the current government of Iraq. The attack that targeted the city of Erbil was expected, despite the intense security operations in recent days. We had intelligence information that terrorist groups had plans to disrupt security and to bring the instability of Baghdad and central Iraq to Kurdistan, a source told AKI. Large quantities of weapons and explosives were discovered in Kurdistan in recent days, the security source said. Kurdish intelligence officials initially believed that these were destined to be smuggled into the rest of Iraq, but later investigations revealed that they were intended for operations inside Kurdish territory.
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London, May 10 U.S.-led forces in Iraq killed three secret cell terrorists and detained four others on Thursday during raids in the Baghdad slum Sadr City targeting a terrorist network which is believed to be smuggling roadside bombs to Iraq from neighbouring Iran, the military said in a statement.
The individuals targeted during the raid are suspected members of a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training, the statement by the Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I) said.
Following live fire exchanges between Coalition troops and individuals in two buildings at the site, the Coalition launched an air raid on the targeted sites, killing three armed terrorists.
Coalition forces strike at the terrorists where they hide, not waiting for them to inflict violence on the Iraqi people, said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. Intelligence reports also indicate the secret cell has ties to a kidnapping network that conducts attacks within Iraq, the MNF-I statement said.
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Let 'em sit a while in the sun..and then mail them home to the black hats.
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Anymouse - "sit a while in the sun" - you mean like raisins (shortage developing due to martyrdom ops) or jerky (they are jerks)? Or as a concession to Al Gore (dehydrate to reduce weight and thus fuel used shipping to Iran)?
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Glenmore - more like "sitting in the sun, fermenting". Preferably delivered by F-117 to the gates of some mosque in Qom late Thursday night, so it can't be cleaned up by time for Friday prayers.
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Two police were killed when insurgents opened fire on a police checkpoint in Narathiwat on Friday. Police said around six insurgents on a pick-up began firing on the Rangae district checkpoint shortly before noon.
A kerosene container was found at the scene. Police believe that the insurgents lit the fuel and threw the can into the checkpoint, forcing the policemen out into the direct line of fire. One police officer said he believed the men were killed, and then their bodies were burnt. "The gunmen were most likely the same ones who killed the seven soldiers on Wednesday," Manot said. "Obviously, they are still in the area."
Also in Rangae, insurgents shot dead a 54-year-old village headman of Ban Bangosato when he was driving a car to Muang district. His friend in the passenger seat survived with minor wounds.
Later Friday afternoon, two villagers were attacked in a drive-by shooting. Identified as Sa-aree Tayatee, a student at Yala Rajabhat University, and Mohammad Aso, a local resident, has just left Friday prayers at a local mosque. Mr. Sa-aree, the student, wounded and is now receiving treatment in a local hospital but Mr. Mohammad, hit by muttiple gunshots in his torso, was pronounced dead at hospital.
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Interesting that Muslim civilians are also being killed. Is this because they are not Muslim enough? Sinhalese retribution? Or an even more sinister plot by the insuregents to kill muslims and blame it on Singhalese militia's or government forces thus creating more sectarian tensions? PS this has to be funded from somewhere else. The PULO's support base was Malaysia but this is just hardcore islamist terrorism. I can't see Malaysia supporting this but then again what the Hell do I know.
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I would not want to appear to be an ingrate but must say i'm quite partial to brunette Hedy Lamarr. She was both beautiful and smart. She was an inventor and strongly anti-Nazi.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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(SomaliNet) At least two persons have been killed and similar number injured in an explosion near Ambassador Hotel in south of Mogadishu. A roadside bomb exploded around 8:20 am local time. Shortly after the blast the government security forces sealed off the area and began investigations. 
(AKI) - In a major anti-terror police operation, the Algerian army has surrounded an area on the outskirts of Tizi Ouzou, in Kabylia, 100 km from Algiers to hunt down al-Qaeda militants allegedly hiding in the area, the local al-Watan paper reported Thursday. The operation reportedly kicked off Wednesday morning and is being carried out with ground troops and helicopters. Security around public buildings was also boosted over fears that would-be suicide bombers are preparing to strike.
(AKI) - Gunmen in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi fired more than a dozen shots at the home of the lawyer representing Pakistan's suspended chief justice 
The Kurdistan Brigade of al-Qaeda in Iraq - a new military formation which belongs to the Kurdish Ansar al-Islam, has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's suicide bomb attack in Erbil. At least 19, people were killed when a vehicle with explosives rammed into the offices of the interior and security ministry of the autonomous region of Kurdistan. 
London, May 10 U.S.-led forces in Iraq killed three secret cell terrorists and detained four others on Thursday during raids in the Baghdad slum Sadr City targeting a terrorist network which is believed to be smuggling roadside bombs to Iraq from neighbouring Iran, the military said in a statement.
