BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan Border Police, advised by Coalition forces, detained a Taliban leader in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province during an operation May 24.
After receiving information on the whereabouts of Sayed Gulab, a notorious Nangarhar Taliban area commander and improvised explosive device cell facilitator, ABP members quickly moved to the village of Shir Wagan and detained him. Gulab is currently being held for questioning in a Coalition detention facility. No Afghan civilians or ABP members were injured during the successful operation.
Gulab has been responsible for emplacing IEDs in the Pachir Wa Agam district resulting in the injuries and deaths of innocent Afghan civilians and Afghan National Security Forces. He is also known to have extensive connections with other senior Taliban and Al Qaeda leadership in Nangarhar and Pakistan. The detention of Sayed Gulab will lead to information on Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders; including their operations within Nangarhar and neighboring provinces, said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force- 82 spokesperson. The enemies of Afghanistan may run but can not hide from Afghan National Security and Coalition forces.
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He is also known to have extensive connections with other senior Taliban and Al Qaeda leadership in Nangarhar and Pakistan. The detention of Sayed Gulab will lead to information on Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders
Heavens, he must certainly not be treated harshly, embarrassed or made uncomfortable in any way. That would be torture! And it would mean that we are just like them. We have no right to fight an enemy that's morally indistinguishable from us! And since the most elevated of us refuse to recognize the possibility of moral differences at all, it stands to reason that the enlightened thing to do would be to stop this useless war for, uh, dirt and join hands with our enemies in a grand round of kumbaya. C'mon, you know the words!
Give him a Koran, point him toward Mecca, fatten him up, give him a lawyer and release him to fight again. That's the American Way.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb explosion killed a Canadian soldier and wounded another and an Afghan interpreter Friday, a military spokesman said. Corp. Matthew J. McCully was the 55th Canadian to die during the country's military mission in Afghanistan, officials said. It also brings to 55 the number of U.S. and NATO troops killed in the violence-plagued nation this year.
The blast occurred during a joint Canadian-Afghan patrol in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, Canadian Navy Lt. John Nethercott said.
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That's the peaceful Afghan border where nothing ever happens.
WANA, Pakistan (AFP) - Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and seven others wounded when a bomb planted by suspected militants exploded near the border with Afghanistan, officials said.
The early morning blast occurred outside the town of Wana in South Waziristan, military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said on Saturday. He said an improvised explosive device had been planted on the road between the city of Tank and Wana, where Pakistani forces are stationed to check Taliban and Al-Qaeda activities.
But there was some good news:
Police said separately a terrorist militant died when a grenade he was carrying exploded in his hands in Tank. "The militant wanted to target a police van but the grenade exploded prematurely and killed him instantly," local police officer Arif Khan said.
Pin wiggled loose? Let go of the spoon? Red wire made contact on the anode?
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Police said separately a terrorist militant died when a grenade he was carrying exploded in his hands
Yep Inbreeding causes stupidity.
Point proved, case closed.
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GUWAHATI: Seven persons were killed and 20 others injured in a powerful bomb blast by the ULFA in Guwahati's Athgaon area on Sunday triggering public protest in nearby commercial Fancy Bazaar.
Going after the soft targets; guess the police and army are too tough for the terrs ...
City Senior Superintendent of Police S N Singh said the bomb planted in a rickshaw exploded at around 10.45 am near the Marwari Maternity Hospital in Athgaon where shoppers were going about their business. Stating that some of the victims died on the spot while others on way to hospital, Singh said, the injured were admitted to various hospitals in the city. Utter chaos and confusion prevailed as people attempted to flee. Police cordoned off the area and the injured were being rescued, Singh said.
The blast triggered angry protests in the area and in nearby Fancy Bazaar, the commercial hub of the N-E region. Local people took to the streets in protest against the repeated blasts in their area asking shopkeepers to down their shutters.
Police said they suspected the separatist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to be behind the attack. "We had intelligence inputs of ULFA targetting the city's crowded areas, a day ahead of celebrations to mark the state government's first year in power," said a police official.
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Trouble erupted in the walled city areas of Vadodara after Friday prayers in the Jumma Masjid over the appearance two days ago of objectionable posters at the M S University campus. Police used lathis and fired teargas shells to disperse stone-pelting mobs protesting against the posters
Late in the night, mobs gathered again in the Mandvi area, near the Jumma Masjid, and police lobbed four teargas shells to disperse them.
It started a few days ago with M S University Senate member Deepak Shah offering a Rs 1 lakh award daring anybody to offend Islam the way Fine Arts Faculty student Chandramohans works had offended the religious sensibilities of Christians and Hindus. Shah, formerly with the BJP students wing, withdrew his statement, saying he meant no ill will towards any community.
However, on Wednesday night an anonymous caller tipped off police and media about posters objectionable to Islam found near the M S University campus. Police seized the posters, bearing words in Hindi and falsely attributing it to Chandramohan.
One Farid Lakhajiwala filed a complaint against those responsible for making and distribution of the controversial posters as well as against Shah for his controversial offer. The case was made out under Sections153 (a), 153 (b), 295 (a), and 114 of the Indian Penal Code the same as those pressed against Chandramohan for his art works.
Senior Muslim leaders and PUCL activist Prof J S Bandukwala were in discussion with police on how to handle the situation. And on Thursday, M S University deans and department heads adopted a resolution that displaying obscene pieces of art to hurt sentiments, beliefs, and faith was deplorable and should be avoided.
On Friday, however, anonymous leaflets calling for a bandh and widespread condemnation of the provocation were found stuck on walls in Muslim areas of the city. There was tension in the air and crowds gathered, with some men bearing images of Osama bin Laden. Stone-pelting followed.
Some 15 youths were arrested for rioting and combing operations were on in full swing in walled city areas.
Police Commissioner P C Thakur said, Miscreants who wanted to breach the peace have been identified and more arrests will take place tonight. He compared the situation to the teleserial Tamas, which depicted communal violence during the Partition and said the disturbances were all well-planned conspiracies.
He said an alert had been sounded and two reserve police companies had been deployed. But Thakur did not comment on why no action was taken against Shah for his provocative statements and offer of a reward.
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A large cross depicting Christ with his penis hanging out, semen dripping from it into a commode.
A nude woman with a baby attempting to push its way out of her vagina. The caption below the painting reads: "Durga Mata".
These were two of the "works of art" made by Chandra Mohan, a student of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, who was arrested this past week on charges of hurting religious sentiments and posing a threat to public order.
Among the earliest to protest was the pastor of the Methodist Church in Baroda, Reverend Emmanuel Kant. A group of irate Hindus, led by Niraj Jain, a BJP activist, also marched into the exhibition venue. Jain, who had complained to the police about the apparently blasphemous nature of the "art", demanded the paintings be removed.
After persuasion from the police, the paintings and other works of "art" were taken down and locked up in a room. Despite the anger of Jain and his compatriots, there was no major violence, no damage to university property and Chandra Mohan's creations were left untouched. They are still safe in that room.
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Whew... MSU threw me for a second before I noticed India.
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Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda where apparently Robert Maplethorpe is held in high esteem amongst the artsy types...
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Regardless, the same is true in the US. The moonbats in the "artistic" community have painted/written/performed untold numbers of anti-Christian blather. They do it because they can. Outside of a few deranged individuals...vocal anti-Christians have nothing to fear from the Christian community. Nothing.
However, not one has the guts to offend the sensibilities (I know it's an oxymoron) of the muslim community by saying anything about allan the demon, or mo-ham-head.
That makes the "artists" a bunch of hypocrites and wusses.
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I have noticed that "Art" is simply a scream for attention, lately I saw (In our local museum) A "Piece"(About 4 feet square) consisting edntirely of many layers of partly completed jigsaw puzzles glued atop each other,
purely a waste of time, NOT art.
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We're starting to look at potential universities. I thought Michigan State, too.
PESHAWAR: A proposed jirga of Saafi tribe in Mohmand Agency has been postponed after tribal elders declined the invitation to avoid being victims of Waziristan-like target-killings, tribal elders said on Friday.
The Mohmand Agency political administration has been pressing major tribes of the area to unite against increasing Taliban-linked activities and had summoned a jirga for the purpose tomorrow (Sunday).
No tribal elder is ready to openly support the administration against the Taliban, a tribal elder, asking not to be named, told Daily Times. Security agencies have warned the government that Mohmand Agency was exposed to the Taliban phenomenon because the area borders Bajaur Agency and overlooks Afghanistans Nangarhar and Kunar provinces where there is a resurgence of the Taliban. Frankly speaking, I am not mad to take on the Taliban I know what happened to the people who tried this in Waziristan, said another elder asking not to be named.
As fears of Taliban reprisal are gripping the Mohmand region, a meeting was held in Gandahab near Ghalanai, the regional headquarters of Mohmand Agency, on Friday where speakers paid tribute to Nazar Muhammad who was martyred in Kunar province while fighting US forces.
A participant of the meeting told Daily Times on the telephone that speakers highlighted the need for jihad against the Americans in Afghanistan. He said that Karachi-based cleric Sheikh Fazal Muhammad told the gathering of about 1,500 men including armed and masked Taliban that the mujahideen lacked modern weapons, but were using suicide bombers to fight back the enemy (the US). The source said that Umar Baacha, a youth introduced to the gathering as provincial head of the mujahideen, also spoke on the occasion. We will sacrifice thousand more lives to drive out the Americans from Afghanistan, the source quoted Baacha saying to the gathering.
TWO TERRORISTS KILLED, 23 SUSPECTS DETAINED, EXPLOSIVES DESTROYED
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed two terrorists, detained 23 suspected terrorists and destroyed a cache of explosives during operations against al-Qaeda in Iraq Saturday.
Coalition Forces targeted a suspected terrorist leader in a raid southwest of Taji Saturday morning. As the ground forces approached the building, two armed men took up fighting positions. Coalition Forces, reacting to the perceived hostile threat, engaged the two men with small arms fire, killing them. So elegantly written!
Inside the building, Coalition Forces detained three suspected
terrorists. One is believed to be an al-Qaeda senior leader whose group supplies vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices for use in the Taji area. The group is also known to be responsible for indirect fire and IED attacks on Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
In a follow-up operation The initial grab was today (Saturday), and this follow-up was also today, and the press release was today - that says the 'senior leader' or one of his two surviving colleagues from the first raid were rather talkative, and very quickly so. MSM to announce torture used when they print the story?
southeast of Karmah, Coalition Forces found a cache of weapons and explosives, including 10 homemade bombs, a 55-gallon drum of ammonium nitrate, 200 anti-aircraft rounds and an anti-aircraft artillery mount, Where's the gun? Mount and ammo not too useful without it.
and a dump truck outfitted with a detonation cord. This was an impact player who got grabbed.
Coalition Forces detained two suspected terrorists and safely destroyed the weapons cache on site. Properly done, this would have destroyed the site as well as the cache. Let's hope.
Coalition Forces targeted a suspected terrorist in Baghdad and detained two individuals during a raid there. One of the individuals is allegedly a member of a deadly VBIED cell. In another raid in the city, Coalition Forces detained seven suspected terrorists for their involvement as associates of an al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader.
In a raid targeting an al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network known to facilitate the movement of foreign fighters, Coalition Forces detained six suspected terrorists in Fallujah. Acting on intelligence gained from successful operations May 22, Coalition Forces raided three buildings in Mosul, where they detained three suspected terrorists with alleged ties to the al-Qaeda in Iraq network there.
"These operations illustrate the steady drumbeat of our assault on al-Qaeda in Iraq," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. "We continue to disrupt their networks and diminish their ability to attack Iraqi civilians and those who are working to rebuild the country."
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The CNN crawler is reporting this with the word terrorists in quotes. That's CNN, the Cable "News" Network.
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I've noticed a trend over the last several months of more and more terrorists captured, more and more successful raids, and more and more weapons and explosives destroyed. It's still going to take a decade to clean up ALL the mess Saddam left, but our guys are sure doing a bang-up job, and the Iraqi Army is becoming more and more helpful. This is the kind of stuff Bush and this Administration needs to be touting, every day. I'm sure that most A-Q leaders in Iraq today are third-, fourth-, even twelfth-stringers, with all the top people either dead or in custody. Let the clean-up continue.
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BAGHDAD A day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand U.S. troops leave Iraq, American forces raided his Sadr City stronghold and killed five suspected militia fighters in air strikes Saturday.
U.S. and Iraqi forces called in the air strikes after a raid in which they captured a "suspected terrorist cell leader," the U.S. military said in statement.
The statement claimed the captured man was "the suspected leader in 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."
EFP's are deadly roadside bombs that hurl a fist-size slug of molten copper that penetrates armor, a weapon that has been highly effective against American forces over the past year.
The militia fighters were killed in air strikes on nine cars that were seen positioning themselves to attack American forces after the raid, the military said.
Al-Sadr's reappearance in the fourth month of the U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown on Baghdad and environs was expected to complicate the mission to crack down on violence and broker political compromise in the country.
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We have been playing footsie with Sisatani, Tater, and a host of other weasily thugs and criminals, terrorists, et al, too long. Our nuanced policy has unnecessarily cost the lives of too many of our talented, dedicated, and highly trained and skilled troops. The enemy turns out suicide bombers like biscuits from an infinite pool, from kids on up to adults. They can attrit us and bankrupt us.
We cannot win this war until we get out of the law enforcement mode and into the fight to win mode. I am not talking about levelling Baghdad. I am talking about taking out Tater, his upper and mid level management, and concentrations of his gunnies.
We do not put the hurt on Iran. We do not put the hurt on Syria. We play games with Maliki. We do not go after the critical nodes enough. We cannot communicate worth sh*t.
How can you expect to win a multidimensional war playing cops instead of soldiers?
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We cannot win this war until we get out of the law enforcement mode and into the fight to win mode.
You're assuming that the people that pull the strings and push the levers actually want to win. I concluded some time ago that the goal was to attrit and bankrupt us, and wear us down.
There is a concentrated effort taking place to destroy this Nation. We have as many internal enemies working towards that goal as we do external enemies.
Unless the people wake up, and turn off their TV's, we are lost. We need to flush the toilet that is D.C., and replace everyone there, from elected officials to the bureaucrats. Term limits! We have to get them somehow.
These scumbag politicians make me sick.
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100% with you, Natural Law.
But those pigs would never voluntarily limit the money train. Maybe they need some convincin?
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But those pigs would never voluntarily limit the money train. Maybe they need some convincin?
No, they will never back away from the trough of their own free will. At this point I am no longer willing to settle for convincing them, I want them removed by any means necessary.
I'd prefer they were incarcerated for life, at hard labor. And I'd run regularly scheduled (mandatory) tours of their place of incarceration for their replacements.
The hatred that has grown in me since 9/11 for these despicable scum scares me, so much that I am probably going to stop reading the blogs. I already know all I need to about our enemies, and reading about their treachery on a daily basis is making me crazy.
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I hear ya natural. The only law based way to get term limits would be if someone introduced them to take effect in 20 years after the vote. That's the best we could EVER hope for and it ain't gonna happen.
As I've posted before I am amazed no one with sniping skills has capped one of these wastes of flesh yet.
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Is setting up voting districts (Jerrymandering) a state or federal function? If it's state maybe we can get the state folks to un-jerrymander the districts to make it a real election again. That would have some effect.
Since January, attacks and murders against civilians and against Iraqi and Coalition security forces in Ramadi has decreased significantly, from a high of 108 in the week beginning February 23 to just seven in the week ending May 11. If the MSM would publicize this, maybe the rest of the country would join in. Perhaps the Iraqi press IS reporting on this?
Efforts and cooperation from local shaykhs and tribal leaders has dramatically increased Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) recruiting in Anbar, illustrated by an increase in 7,100 trained policemen in the province since December.
Additionally, Iraqi citizens are increasingly providing information concerning insurgent operations to ISF.
Iraqi Defense Ministry to Buy $1.5 Billion in Weapons:
The Iraqi Defense Minister announced May 21 that the Iraqi military will buy more than $1.5 billion in weapons, including helicopters and U.S. M-16 rifles.
The purchases will be made possible by a 26% increase in the countrys defense budget, to $4.1 billion for the current fiscal year.
To increase the countrys naval and air force capabilities, Iraq will purchase 29 Soviet-designed M-17 helicopters, six reconnaissance planes, 10 patrol boats from Italy, and 26 from the U.S.
IA Begins Training with U.S. Rifles:
The Iraqi Army (IA) recently started what is expected to be a year-long process of training and equipping their entire force with U.S.-made M-16 rifles and M4 carbines. As the army transitions from the AK-47 to the new U.S. weapons, Iraqi soldiers attend a five-day training course where they are issued the weapons, undergo an identification verification and accountability process, and eventually zero and qualify with their new weapons.
Iraqi Leaders in the U.S for Medical Treatment:
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani left Iraq May 20 for a nearly three-week trip to the United States that was expected to include a medical checkup.A senior Kurdish politician said May 19 that Talabani was to visit the Mayo Clinic for a check-up.
Meanwhile, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim arrived in the U.S. May 17 for medical tests, and departed two days later for treatment in Tehran where he can get Islamic Magic Mullah Medical™ (3M) Treatment and may be there for several weeks.
UN Special Representative Urges Consensus:
U.N. envoy to Iraq Ashraf Qazi urged the Iraqi Constitutional Review Committee, which was established by the Iraqi Parliament in September 2006to determine whether the constitution should be amended, to build consensus among political blocs. Qazi added that for a successful constitutional review process all groups will have to come to the table to make compromises and the process will need to be kept alive until it reaches a conclusion.
Central Banks US Dollar (USD) Currency Auction:
Since September, the Central Bank has slowly appreciated the dinar, as suggested by the IMF, in an effort to rein in galloping inflation. There are early signs that this effort may have begun to bear fruit, as year-to-date inflation is 2.8%, which projects a pace well below the IMF annual target of 30%.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Urges Incoming British Prime Minister to Stand Firm:
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari urged incoming British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stand firm against domestic political pressures and maintain troop numbers in Iraq despite ongoing militia and insurgent violence. While citing progress being made in Iraq since the latest security crackdown began in mid-February, he stressed it was important there were no signs of weakness with Coalition forces. HE gets it.
UNICEF To Launch Humanitarian Operation in Iraq:
UNICEF has announced that they intend to launch one of the biggest humanitarian operations in Iraq in the last two years with nearly 8,000 vaccinators operating across the country to prevent a possible outbreak of measles amongst Iraqs children. UNICEF also requested $42 million to provide water and sanitation for children inside Iraq, as well as education services for refugee children in Jordan and Syria.
Iraqi Vice President on Iran-U.S. Talks:
Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi spoke out against the U.S.-Iran talks on the situation in Iraq scheduled for May 28, saying the dialogue was damaging to Iraq's sovereignty and that he would have preferred that the subject of Iraqs stability to be tackled by Iraqis themselves. It is reported that Irans outgoing envoy to the United Nations, Javad Zarif, is to represent Tehran in talks next week with Ambassador Ryan Crocker in Baghdad.
OIC Ministers Urge Withdrawal of Foreign Forces from Iraq: But supports the Administration position!
Foreign ministers from Muslim nations called on international forces to pull out of Iraq as soon as possible. The joint declaration came at the end of a three-day meeting in Islamabad of foreign ministers from the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). We emphasize...accelerating the capacity of the Iraqi security forces and securing the earliest possible withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, it said. The declaration also warned that Iraq should not be split along Sunni-Shiite lines.
Two Iraqi Journalists Killed: Maybe they are telling the truth, over there, or too close to it.
ABC News reported May 18 that two Iraqi journalists working for the television network were killed the previous day as they drove home from work. Cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz and soundman Saif Laith Yusuf were attacked by unknown assailants as they returned from the networks Baghdad bureau.
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year-to-date inflation is 2.8%, which projects a pace well below the IMF annual target of 30%.
Yummy understatement. I wonder if the writer was British trained?
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I was walking on the beach the other day, saw a Wood Duck (Like the pictrure) by a bollard, when I got nearer, there were a dozen (Counted them) ducklings in a pile, Mama quacked a couple of times amd they unpiled, all walked/tumbled into the water and swam away, yes in a long line, Mama in the lead, it just made my morning perfect.
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I've seen photos of Wood Ducks. They look like something that belongs in Fairyland, not the real world. Here in the outer suburbs we have fluffy baby Mallards and Canada Geese... nice to have around should we suddenly have to go survivalist. ;-)
Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained one suspected terrorist cell leader and killed at least five terrorists Saturday morning during raids in Sadr City.
The individual detained during the raid is believed to be the suspected leader in 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.
After successfully detaining the suspected secret cell leader during the mornings operation, nine vehicles moved into the target area and were positioning themselves to block and ambush Iraqi and Coalition Forces as they began to depart the area.
Iraqi and Coalition Forces responded to a perceived threat and called in close air support.
All nine vehicles were engaged during the air strike, killing at least five terrorists.
Intelligence reports indicate the individual detained is suspected of having direct ties to a senior leader of a significant EFP network as well as acting as a proxy for an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officer.
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Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained one suspected terrorist cell leader and killed at least five terrorists Saturday morning during raids in Sadr City.
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All nine vehicles were engaged during the air strike, killing at least five terrorists.
Snif, snif! I just LOVE a happy ending!
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Ummm, nine vehicles require nine drivers, but only five deaders indicates some got away, while I say "Good shoting" I also say "Bad aim" and better luck next time.
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - Four Muslims have been killed by suspected Islamic terrorists rebels in separate shootings in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said Saturday.
A 77-year-old rubber tapper was gunned down in an ambush while he was riding a motorcycle early Saturday in Narathiwat, one of three Muslim-majority provinces bordering Malaysia, they said. Police also found a man's body on a road in the province early Saturday. They suspect he was shot dead by terrorists insurgents late Friday.
A Muslim village head was killed in a drive-by shooting while he was riding a motorcycle in Narathiwat late Friday, police said. And in nearby Yala province, a Muslim rubber tapper on a motorcycle was shot dead, also in a drive-by shooting, late Friday.
More than 2,200 people have been killed in a bloody terrorist separatist insurgency in the southern region since January 2004.
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Well, the choice is having the Lebs do the work in hopes that they might pull it off and buy time, or end up with a defacto Iranian/Syrian province run by Hesb'allah, funneling more arms and more gunnies into the PA.
But- nobody thinks that far ahead. Better and easier to cut and paste paragraphs of drivel.
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I like it. If Iran wants a proxy war, let's give them one.
I just hope we are giving them some training also. All the weapons in the world won't do them any good if they don't know how to use them.
You could give me every weapon in the arsenal and I couldn't take City Hall, but I work with a former SEAL that I bet could teach me how by lunch break.
Let's send lots of weapons and a little training. Not too much though. That shit could end up biting us in the ass.
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I see no problem with the US arms shipment. The serious arms flow through Syria to Hezbollah.
Meanwhile, propping up the Leb Army in its fight against Al Qaeda is well worth the investment.
To kill the Syrian-Iranian-Hezbollah-Hamas weed, you must take it out at its root: the Iranian Regime.
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I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that the only way to "solve" the mid-east problem is to go Mongol on the whole da$$$$ lot. Turn their largest cities to glass, destroy their smaller cities with ARCLIGHT strikes, and blockade their ports and harbors. Make sure that no airfield, road net, or other transportation system is left intact. Let them die from high explosives, thirst, starvation, disease and neglect, but just let them all DIE. The real estate that's left can be used by people that wish more to live than to die.
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Al-Qaeda said in a video posted on the Internet on Friday that it was ready to consider exchanges of prisoners with Western nations and singled out a radical cleric under arrest in Britain.
The cleric, Abu Qatada, has offered to play a role in helping to secure the release of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who went missing in Gaza City on March 12. "Al-Qaeda al-Jihad Organization in Khorasan [Afghanistan] announces its readiness to receive any Muslim captive exchanged with any party by any party, whether he is from those with whom the prisons of the states of the Cross are choked, or one of those imprisoned in other states of infidelity and apostasy," Abu Laith al-Libi said in the video. "Foremost among these captives is the virtuous sheikh and caller Abu Qatada al-Filistini, who is being kept in one of the prisons of Britain," said Libi.
The authenticity of the video could not be verified. Abu Qatada, once described as the spiritual head of the Al-Qaeda network in Europe, was arrested in Britain in August 2005 as part of a crackdown on Islamist extremism after 56 people were killed in London suicide bombings. He is currently fighting extradition to Jordan.
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those with whom the prisons of the states of the Cross are choked, or one of those imprisoned in other states of infidelity and apostasy is a really long way to say "our enemies".
How islamic.
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Send em Rosie O'Donnell--one of our resident idiots. She doesn't think there is such a thing as terrorists.
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No, not 2000-1, just the top idiots,
but no swapping back.
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No, not 2000-1, just the top idiots,
but no swapping back.
Jim, the non-idiots in the donkey party can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Keep the 2000:1 ratio - I doubt A-Q has enough prisoners to make the deal worthwhile - to US!
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How about something like the NFL Draft, Pelosi and two others to be named later?
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan Border Police, advised by Coalition forces, detained a Taliban leader in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province during an operation May 24. 
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb explosion killed a Canadian soldier and wounded another and an Afghan interpreter Friday, a military spokesman said. Corp. Matthew J. McCully was the 55th Canadian to die during the country's military mission in Afghanistan, officials said. It also brings to 55 the number of U.S. and NATO troops killed in the violence-plagued nation this year.
Police said separately a 
GUWAHATI: Seven persons were killed and 20 others injured in a powerful bomb blast by the ULFA in Guwahati's Athgaon area on Sunday triggering public protest in nearby commercial Fancy Bazaar. 
U.S. and Iraqi forces called in the air strikes after a raid in which they captured a "suspected terrorist cell leader," the U.S. military said in statement.
