NATO-led soldiers have captured a Taliban commander said to have links to the most senior figures in the extremist militia that is waging an insurgency in Afghanistan, the force said Sunday. Mullah Sakhi Dad and another insurgent were captured at a compound in the southern province of Uruzgan on Wednesday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. He had been leading a "significant number of Taliban fighters" and was implicated in suicide bombings, the distribution of ammunition and the kidnapping of Afghan civilians, it said.
Sakhi Dad was also understood to be connected to Taliban leadership, especially Mullah Berader Akhund, the Taliban's second-in-command, it said. It appears he was captured in 2004. Afghan officials could not be reached to confirm this although the statement said the fighter had previously been given a chance to "reconcile" with the government.
That militant, called Mullah Sakhi Dad Mujahid, was held carrying a satellite telephone containing the phone numbers of top members of the ousted fundamentalist regime including its supremo, Mullah Mohammad Omar. Afghan officials said at the time he had been a secretary to Mullah Omar under the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule. Couldn't resist the headline.
As their gruelling tour of duty in Afghanistan ends, men of 2 Para tell of relentless battles with an enemy that simply doesn't know when he is outgunned
AS the Afghan sun set over the end-of-tour memorial service last Wednesday at British headquarters in Lashkar Gah, 32 names of the dead, aged between 19 and 52, were solemnly read out, including that of the first woman killed, Corporal Sarah Bryant. Almost every other name, it seemed, was from 2 Para.
The 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment lost more lives than any other section of 16 Air Assault Brigade -- 11 in total, and five in one week in June -- or one in 10 of the unit.
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Up to 21 suspected Taliban were killed in a series of operations by Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.
In a raid against Taliban in Ghazni, United States-led troops killed two Taliban on Friday, the force said, although local government claimed six had died. The men were killed after they were seen surrounding the force as they searched a compound for a Taliban leader responsible for roadside bomb attacks, the force said in a statement.
On Saturday, dozens of villagers carrying the corpses of two men marched to the governor's house, claiming the casualties they were carrying were civilians, local government spokesman Ismail Jahangir said. "The coalition forces, without discussing with us, conducted an operation against Taliban in Ander district. We've no idea who the casualties were. We're investigating to find out whether they were Taliban or civilians," he said. "Villagers are saying that two civilians were killed in that operation," the spokesman said.
In a separate incident the force killed three Taliban in the eastern province of Kunar, it said. A dozen other Taliban including two commanders were killed in separate raids by Afghan intelligence agents and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in the southern province of Kandahar, an official said. The raids -- on Thursday and Friday -- on the Taliban hideouts in the province's troubled Zhari district were based on intelligence, the Afghan spy agency's chief in Kandahar, Abdul Qayoum Katawazi, said.
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The 10 Hizb ut-Tahrir leaders and activists arrested on September 18 were released from Rajshahi Central Jail Tuesday night. They were arrested in Rajshahi on suspicion of their involvement in militancy and inciting anti-state activities.
The release came after police submitted before a court a discharge report. Based on the report, the Rajshahi District and Sessions Judge's Court earlier that day granted them bail. Hizb ut-Tahrir had threatened of waging a movement to oust the government.
In the discharge report, police said nothing was found to sue the Tahrir men. Police only two weeks ago told the media that they would launch an investigation and would seek green signal from the government high-ups to bringing sedition charges against them.
A number of Hizb ut-Tahrir activists, many of whom went to Rajshahi from the capital, greeted the freed people at the jail gate around 8:00pm. "They were freed as we received the court order to release them," said Harun-ur Rashid, Senior Jail Superintendent of Rajshahi. "Necessary papers (for their release) reached in time at the jail but procedures took some time," he said about the delayed release of the arrestees.
On Tuesday, police submitted the discharge report with a court ending the investigation, said Ramjan Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Boalia Police Station. "No ground or evidence was found for filing any regular case against them," he said quoting the report.
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Two suspected criminals including an outlawed party leader were killed in the capital city and Ataikula upazila of Pabna in separate encounters between the thugs and the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) early yesterday.
Two for the price of one!
The man killed in Dhaka ...
We even know where that is!
... was Aminul Islam, 35, while in Pabna Shahidul Islam Shahid, a regional leader of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Pataka) was killed.
The Purbos have been taking it on the chin lately. Maybe there's no Biplobis around?
The Rab members recovered four firearms and 20 bullets in the two incidents.
Just firearms, and no shutter gun?
A Rab-10 statement said that Aminul, a listed criminal often operating in Shiddhirganj upazila in Narayanganj and Demra in Dhaka, is wanted in 12 different systems cases including murders and rapes.
So his mother didn't love him ...
The statement said that Rab apprehended Aminul on Friday morning from Shukushi Graveyard in Demra ...
Skulking around a graveyard at 3 am, was he?
... and took him to Kayetpara in the same area to recover his hidden firearms.
"Open the casket and show us the shutter gun, Aminul [thump]"
As the Rab team approached Crescent Paper Mill at Kayetpara, Aminul's associates, who were already hiding there, opened fire on them.
Just happened to be in the area, they did ...
As the criminals continued fire on the Rab team, Rab shot back in retaliation prompting a 30-minute battle, the press release said.
Of course they did. No self-respecting RAB team waits for reinforcements against an imaginary foe ...
Aminul was shot when he tried to escape during the exchange of fire.
Curly toed slippers failed him, just like every other time.
The criminals however managed to flee the area ...
... as if they'd never been there in the first place ...
... and Rab later recovered Aminul's body ...
... right beyond the pickup truck where they'd dumped it ...
... one foreign revolver, one pipe gun and bullets from the scene.
All of which were made available for the next operation.
Aminul's family own Haji Kafil Uddin market at Shanarpar. His family also runs a transport business.
And they'll keep quiet if they want to continue in business.
Aminul was an accused in a case filed for killing Sramik Dal Sutrapur thana president and BNP leader Anwar Hossain Anu on July 17 in 2003. He is also an accused in the case filed for the rape of four garment workers -- all sisters --at Shanarpar in Shiddhirganj.
Soooo, a real bad boy. No wonder RAB10 took care of Mister Macho.
In the other incident in Pabna, a team of Rab-12 rushed to Raghunathpur in Ataikula at around 2:00 am after receiving information that some extremists were holding a secret meeting there.
Just another meeting of the Purbos and it's going to end just like the last one.
The gang opened fire on the Rab team, triggering an exchange of fire between the law enforcers and criminals.
Wonder what would happen if the 'gang' decided to slip away without firing ...
At one stage, the outlawed party members fled the scene.
And not a round of bullet was left behind for ballistics ...
The body of Shahidul Islam Shahid, from Kalibari village in Ataikula upazila, was discovered from the scene.
"Hey look here Chaudhray, I found Shahid!"
"Yup, right where we left him."
Rab also recovered a revolver, one rifle and 10 bullets.
No shutter gun for him, either.
Rab officials said Shahid was wanted in a dozen systems cases, including seven for murder.
And no need for a trial this way, doncha know ...
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Hey, if you want to call someone at the RAB, there's a phone directory at Nimble Spemble's link. Just don't forget the time difference -- the callee may become annoyed if you interrupt a 3 a.m. encounter.
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12 systems, 12 RABS. It's symmetry
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This fascination we have with RAB reminds me a little of the same fascination we had with Aussie Rules Football when ESPN first came on cable. It was one of the only sports they had license too and everyone sort became addicted to it.
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A small bomb exploded Saturday outside a court in Spain's northeastern Basque region following a warning call from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, causing material damage but no injuries, Spanish media reported.
The bomb went off at 1:15 am (2315 GMT Friday) in the town of Tolosa about half an hour after a man speaking in the name of ETA called Basque traffic department DYA to warn of an imminent blast, public television TVE said.
It had been left in a rucksack in the steps of the court, the Europa Press news agency reported, citing local police who had cordoned off the area.
ETA, which is blamed for the deaths of over 820 people in its 40-year campaign of bombings and shootings for an independent Basque homeland, traditionally calls the DYA to warn of its attacks.
Its last victim was a soldier who was killed when a car bomb exploded outside a military school in the northern autonomous Cantabria region, which is beside the Basque region, on September 22.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Saturday vowed a strong response after 15 Turkish soldiers and 23 Kurdish PKK separatist rebels were killed in the bloodiest fighting this year in the country's southeast.
Erdogan said he had cancelled a two-day visit to Mongolia and would immediately return home from Turkmenistan to discuss Ankara's reponse.
An army spokesman said that fighting erupted Friday afternoon when a group of rebels attacked a border post in Semdinli town, Hakkari province, under cover of heavy weapons' fire from bases in northern Iraq.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan asked parliament last month to extend a mandate, which expires later this month, to launch further military operations against the PKK in Iraq.
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PKK is considered as terrorist organisation by EU, US. They killed around 40.000 civils during the last 20 years including babies, mothers, teachers, engineers. Please do not call these terrorists as rebels. They are %100 terrorists.
More information on PKK Kurdish terrorism at htpp://pkkterrorism.com
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I love it when the Burg gets drive-by commenters. Especially one-issue commenters. A robotic response probably triggered by the same word-search-thingie used by our resident Greek PITA.
For the record, we didn't call them rebels. Al-Arabiya did. And no- we're not going to censor news postings.
Most of us Rantburgers are quite aware of who and what the PKK is (which is also partly why the US isn't opposing the Turkish operations). Many of us are also aware that many Kurds support the PKK, because the Turks treated their own resident Kurds like crap for ages.
INDIAN police battled with rampaging mobs today, killing four people, in a bid to contain clashes between Muslims and tribal groups in the north-east that have claimed 30 lives, officials said.
Despite a curfew and shoot-on-sight orders, police struggled to quash the violence that erupted on Saturday after Muslims allegedly attacked guards from the Bodo tribal group in an area of Assam state bordering Bhutan.
At least 30 people have been killed since then, including 14 in police firing, and more than 100 injured, the state's home ministry said today, as villagers attacked each other with machetes, spears and homemade guns.
"We have asked security forces to take all possible steps to stop the violence and help restore calm in the area", Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said as the violence spread.
Police today shot dead four armed rioters trying to torch a village in the Udalguri region, about 120km north of Assam's main city, Guwahati.
Police and paramilitary troops opened fire in at least three separate locations in an attempt to stave off arson attacks, officials said.
More than 400 homes have been burnt and at least 30,000 people have fled their villages in an area partly controlled by the Bodos under a deal that saw the majority of the tribal people abandon claims for a separate homeland.
Authorities suspect an extremist Bodo group of being behind the attacks on Muslims, but other groups in the insurgency-hit state also appear to have joined the fighting.
Officials have been surprised by the clashes between the Muslims and the Bodos, who have coexisted peacefully for decades until fighting broke out between them in August, leaving 10 people dead.
More than 10,000 people have lost their lives to insurgency in Assam during the past two decades.
A few words about column writing
Famous columnist Atta ul Haq Qasmi wrote in daily Jang, that today columns are very popular in Pakistan and everyone who can write his name is trying to become a columnist. Today there are less than 10 heavyweight columnists. The majority of successful columnists have a leaning towards Jamaat Islami and two heavyweights were once members of Jamaat Islami. Columnist who were once affliated with Jamaat Islami and Pakistan Peoples Party still show "after effects" of their party affiliations.
Why not go to FATA?
Nazir Naji wrote in daily Jang, that a hallasheri group of brave and chivalric minority wants to push Pakistan into another adventure.
This group didn't get any votes but wants to decide the fate of Pakistan.
This group didn't get any votes but wants to decide the fate of Pakistan. The state of their honour is such that they don't have courage to live in areas under the control of Taliban in Waziristan. Why don't they go to FATA to enjoy themselves? There they would have the passion of jihad and honour to fulfill.
The successes of our hallasheri group
Nazir Naji wrote in daily Jang, that hallasheri (cheering squad) group is not shamed after every defeat. Those deceived by them end up in the jails of our enemies, tortured and insulted, and then they run towards superpowers to let them off the hook. For 60 years they piled up arms to liberate Kashmir, but gave up Hyderabad, Junagarh and finally Kashmir. This brave and chivalric hallasheri group couldn't get an inch of land from India but now want to take on America.
Hallasheri courage
Nazir Naji wrote in daily Jang, that in 1971, an unelected ruler didn't accept the election results of East Pakistan. People protested and this hallasheri group celebrated the march of tanks on the East Pakistanis. When India attacked East Pakistan and imprisoned 90,000 soldiers, this hallasheri group sank in a corner. After Z A Bhutto recoverd the country from defeat and chaos, this hallasheri group again sprang to action against Z A Bhutto.
Conquerors of Afghanistan
One picture showed Qazi Hussain Ahmad holding a Kalashnikov looking at the province of Khost as a conqueror.
Nazir Naji wrote in daily Jang, that when Russia invaded Afghanistan, our jihadis were enrolled in the service of America to "serve" Islam. As long as this "American jihad" was funded by America, our leaders went to Afghanistan and posed as victors. One picture showed Qazi Hussain Ahmad holding a Kalashnikov looking at the province of Khost as a conqueror.
American propaganda against ISI
Famous columnist and TV anchor Hamid Mir wrote in daily Jang, that when Interservices Intelligence sacked three colonels for interfering in the October 18 elections, American was alerted. The Americans realised that if ISI didn't interfere on behalf of PMLQ ,then pro-Musharraf forces wouldn't win the elections and Musharraf would become weak. If Musharraf became weak, then who would safeguard American interests? That is the reason why America started its propaganda war against ISI.
Pro-American liberal extremists
Famous columnist and TV anchor Hamid Mir wrote in daily Jang, that he was informed by very reliable sources that America is annoyed with the army for not helping pro-Musharraf forces. Liberal extremists think that if PMLQ and PPP joined hands in Punjab, then serving American interests in Pakistan would be easy. Journalists who were supporting the downfall of Musharraf are being targeted by pro-American liberal extremists who want them to be punished by Zardari.
Embassy truck responsible for Marriot blast
Rumours are rife in media that the truck came out of an embassy before reaching the Marriott Hotel.
As reported in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, Jamaat Islami naib amir Liaqat Baloch said that the Marriot blast shows evidence of an involved foreign hand. He said that rumours are rife in media that the truck came out of an embassy before reaching the Marriott Hotel. He said that government shall investigate the attack.
We have restored judges: Farooq Naiq
We are strengthening institutions to provide easy and cheap justice to the people.
As reported in daily Pakistan, federal law minister Farooq H Naiq said that we have honoured our pledge to restore judges and 90 per cent of judges are restored. We are strengthening institutions to provide easy and cheap justice to the people. He said that there is only one chief justice and Abdul Hameed Dogar is the real chief justice. He said that he didn't have any contact with Iftikhar Chaudhry.
Film star Khushboo harassed in park
As reported in daily Express, the film star Khushboo was jogging in a local park when a young man started following her. When Khushboo told him to stay away he started abusing her. The star called her husband, film star Arbaz Khan, who was at the gate of park with his guards. Arbaz Khan and his guards beat the offensive young boy.
Iftikhar Chaudhry can restore Nawaz Sharif as PM
Famous columnist Abdul Qadir Hassan wrote in daily Express, that Nawaz Sharif didn't resign from his office of prime minister. When parliament was electing a new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif's party members were casting their vote in favour of a new prime minister. This is not constitutional because we can get a stay order from a judge like Iftikhar Chaudhry. An elected prime minister can't be removed from office without a vote of no confidence or a physical disability.
Zardari's election is haram?
Rafiz Tarrar, elected president and removed from office by a dictator, didn't resign and therefore no one can be elected in his place.
Famous columnist Abdul Qadir Hassan wrote in daily Express, that Rafiz Tarrar, elected president and removed from office by a dictator, is alive. He didn't resign and therefore no one can be elected in his place. There are ulema in parliament who didn't give fatwa against this nikah on top of another nikah (nikah par nikah). There wasn't any divorce, and no hilala or iddat was observed. How can ulema sit silent over this gross violation of sharia?
Tribesmen behind loss of Kashmir
Nazir Naji wrote in daily Jang, that a few junior officers decided to infiltrate India disguised as mujahideen without orders from the high command. Tribesmen were then allowed to enter Kashmir, who looted everyone and kidnapped Kashmiri women. This gave an excuse for India to send its army, and because of the "bravery and honour" of these jihadis, India occupied Ladakh, Kashmir valley and Jammu. This first jihad cost Kashmiri people 60 years of Indian slavery and Pakistan lost its share of water.
Imtiaz Alam narrowly escaped Marriott blast
At the time of the blast, he came out of his room and entered a lift, which stuck because of an electricity failure. He managed to come out of the lift, which went crashing downwards.
As reported in daily Aajkal, journalist and SAFMA president Imtiaz Alam was in the Marriot Hotel at the time of the suicide attack. At the time of the blast, he came out of his room and entered a lift, which stuck because of an electricity failure. He managed to come out of the lift, which went crashing downwards. Imtiaz Alam said that he came face to face with death and narrowly escaped.
Militants want civil war in Pakistan
Sohail Qalandar wrote in daily Express, that the impression that the war on terror was an American war, formed during the Musharraf era, won't be eradicated. Terrorists chose FATA to attack Pakistani citizens to terrorise them and to raise them against the Pakistan army and take the country into civil war. When their dream got sore, they attacked other Pakistani cities. It is no hidden fact that these suicide attacks have linkage to fasadis (miscreants) from Waziristan and FATA.
Death is determined by destiny
When he was returning to his home, he was hit by a pick-up van. Death comes where it is written in your destiny.
According to daily Aajkal, a security guard at the Marriot Hotel on duty at the gate escaped to the road when the truck loaded with explosives caught fire. He was unhurt after the bomb blast and took part in the rescue operation at the hotel. Later when he was returning to his home, he was hit by a pick-up van and he died. It is true that death comes where it is written in your destiny.
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Death is determined by destiny
but it often arrives on a motorcycle of doooom
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aka The Cycle of Violence™.
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"death comes where it is written in your destiny"
Hmmmmm. For some reason, Alfred Hitchcock's The Hitchhiker comes to mind....
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Binny and Doc have an embassy?
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An eight-day-long gunbattle between militants and troops in Kashmir ended on Friday, leaving 13 militants and one soldier dead. 'The gunfight occurred in Harmukh mountain range of Kangan in Ganderbal district on September 25 at an altitude of 15000 feet, where snowfall occurs almost on daily basis and ended on October 2.
Major General S.S. Goudar, general officer commanding of the armys elite counter-insurgency Kilo Force, said a group of heavily armed militants was spotted moving from Bandipora district towards Kangan. He said troops of the 10, Para regiment and 14th, 5th and 24th Rashtriya Rifles were moved on foot and by air to track them down. Contact was established with the terrorists on September 25, he said, adding that the mopping operation is still on.
He said 11 AK-47/56 rifles, 27 magazines, 287 rounds of ammunition and two satellite phones were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists. He said one soldier was also killed in the gunfight, considered one of the longest since armed violence started here in 1989.
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cripes, at 15,000 ft dying might seem like a relief
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The Indian Army choppers can only carry 2-3 soldiers on each run. They've been making continuous sorties trying to airlift enough men to assault the caves and other hiding places.
I suspect these jihadis may be Pak army SSG or NLI in mufti.
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Well the Pakistanis have been particularly belligerent in general of late - it would fit, wouldn't it?
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Those sat phones are probably a source of good intel, even without any phone numbers. Who, what, where, when and why were the phones obtained. A trail begins to appear.
AHMEDABAD: A former Congress minister of Gujarat and five others were on Saturday sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for their involvement in an April 1993 bomb blast in Surat, in which a school girl was killed and about 30 others were injured.
A special TADA court in Surat found Mohammad Surti and his accomplices guilty of the bomb blast and handed them the sentence. Seven others were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
The accused were alleged to have used government vehicles to transport bombs and other equipment for the blast. The TADA court examined more than 300 witnesses and based its judgment on the Forensic Science Laboratory report on the blast.
In all, there were 24 accused, of whom at least five are still absconding, while one has died since then.
It was claimed that the bombs were exploded in a reprisal for the communal riots that broke out in the wake of the demolition of the Babri mosque at Ayodhya in December 1992. The diamond and textile city of Surat was one of the worst affected in the riots. In April 1993, two bombs were exploded, one at the Surat railway station when the Gujarat Express was on the platform and the other near a school on Varacha Road, in which the schoolgirl was killed. All the accused are out on bail.
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Tribesmen in the Mir Ali sub-division of North Waziristan Agency fired rockets at two drones that crossed into Pakistan on Saturday, locals said. The two drones entered Pakistani airspace from the Afghan side in Mir Ali sub-division, located 23 kilometres east of Miranshah, locals said. The spy planes returned as locals fired rockets at them. However, no casualty was reported.
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should encourage this behavior since it makes targeting that much easier
Security forces arrested a Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) commander and five Taliban in Bara on Saturday. The six were arrested following the kidnapping of a Frontier Constabulary (FC) subedar in the Bara sub division. Locals said security forces had warned that an operation would be launched in Bara if the FC officer was not released by his captors.
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Three Taliban were killed by a tribal lashkar in Bajaur Agency on Saturday. According to locals, volunteers of the Salarzai tribe set fire to eight Taliban houses in the Aundai area. Taliban attacked the lashkar and three Taliban were killed in the exchange of fire.
Meanwhile, the residents of Mamoond have also decided to form a lashkar to combat the Taliban. The decision was taken during a meeting of tribal elders. A meeting of tribal leaders would be held on Sunday to devise a strategy against Taliban.
Afghan refugees started leaving Bajaur following a three-day deadline given by the local administration for them to vacate the agency, locals said.
Meanwhile, the residents of some parts of Mohmand Agency have started vacating their areas in the face of a possible military operation in the agency. Rumours of a military operation have spread rapidly after Eid. People have started vacating their homes in Yaka Ghund tehsil and other adjacent areas, where Taliban have been active for a few months.
The local families leaving the area said they were leaving their homes as they feared a massive operation after October 6, following a clash between security personnel and Taliban in Pir Qala.
Sources told Daily Times that the Taliban leadership had directed their supporters to trim their beards and long hair to avoid recognition. Beards and long hair have become Taliban hallmarks in the Tribal Areas.
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Pretty clever, those Talibini's. Disguise themselves with a shave and a hair cut.
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One wonders whether the Afghan refugees will return to Afghanistan, or just move over to a less unwelcoming tribal agency.
Islamabad police claimed on Saturday to have thwarted a terror plot in the federal capital after defusing a bomb found near the National University of Modern Language (NUML), Aaj TV reported.
The police said that a bomb disposal squad had recovered the device from bushes near NUML in Sector H-9 of Islamabad, following information from a local resident. The police immediately cordoned off the area and defused the device, the channel added. According to the bomb disposal squad, the 25 kilogramme device could easily have destroyed a large building. The channel said that the police and law enforcement agencies were investigating the incident.
Security had been tightened across the country, especially in the capital, following the blast outside the Marriott hotel on September 20, in which more than 60 people died and over 200 were injured.
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The Pak-Afghan border at Chaman has been closed because of security concerns, Balochistan Frontier Corps Inspector General Major-General Saleem Nawaz said on Saturday. He told the media that entry to Afghanistan from the villages surrounding Chaman including Kali Luqman, Kali Abdul Karim and Kali Faizabad had been banned. He said all passes allowing crossings had been cancelled, to stop people from crossing the border. However, anyone with a visa can enter Afghanistan through the Pak-Afghan Friendship Gate, he added. Vehicles entering and leaving the border area are also being thoroughly searched, he said. United States-led NATO forces have boosted their strength by deploying more troops in the Afghan areas adjacent to Balochistan. Source said a massive operation is on the cards against the Taliban in Afghan areas near Zhob and Qila Saif Ullah.
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The bench held that terrorist activities were on the rise and it would be highly prejudicial to the interest of society and the public at large to allow him bail, and directed the anti-terrorism court to expedite his trial.
The applicant was arrested on May 11, 2008. According to the prosecution, Saifullah, Muhammad Ali and Nasrullah, were allegedly involved in a blast outside the LHC building. Saifullah moved the petition before the LHC, as an anti-terrorism court rejected his bail application on May 24. The applicant took the plea that he was falsely implicated in the offence and deserved concession of bail. The deputy prosecutor general said Saifullah was not entitled to bail at this stage.
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(PTI) Amid conflicting reports about his death following prolonged illness, Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud made an appearance in a remote village in the country's restive tribal region, witnesses have claimed.
The militant commander was accorded a "warm welcome" by people of his Mehsud tribe when he appeared in Saam village in South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, the witnesses were quoted as saying by the media here.
Pakistani and international media had earlier reported that Mehsud, who suffered from diabetes and hypertension, had died on Tuesday after lapsing into a coma. But, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar and Mehsud's family had denied the reports of his death.
Tribesmen and Taliban fighters reportedly fired rocket launchers and automatic weapons when Mehsud appeared in Saam and was presented with a traditional turban.
The Taliban leader also visited other areas in South Waziristan, including Ladha, Kani Garam, Salai Rogha and Badr, NNI news agency reported.
Tribal elders decided to arrange a visit by Mehsud to prove that reports of his death were baseless, the speakers were quoted as saying.
Mehsud is accused of launching suicide attacks against Pakistani security forces and is wanted for allegedly masterminding the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto in December last year.
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The IAEA member states have called for a nuclear free Middle East to send a strong message to Israel, the only nuclear country in the region.
During the annual meting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, the members of the UN nuclear watchdog adopted a resolution, calling on all Middle Eastern countries, including the Israeli regime, to allow the inspection of their nuclear activities. The resolution also urges the countries in the region to adhere to the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and not to "develop, produce, test or acquire nuclear weapons."
Israel is widely believed to possess hundreds of nuclear warheads in its arsenal but it has so far refused to either comment on its nuclear capabilities or allow the IAEA to inspect its nuclear facilities. Later on Saturday, the IAEA summit was to discuss a separate draft resolution on Israel's nuclear capabilities.
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Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi army forces arrested a senior member of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq (a group affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq or AQI), and seized explosives and recruiting documents at his house in western Mosul, said a spokesman for the Ninewa Operation Command (NOC). "A force from the Iraqi army's 3rd division conducted a security operation at a village of Rabeaa district (110 km western Mosul), and arrested a senior member of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq," Brigadier Khalid Abdelsattar told Aswat al-Iraq. "The force also seized explosives and recruiting documents at his house," he added.
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Aswat al-Iraq: Ten "suspected terrorists" were arrested by the Multi-National Force (MNF) during operations in central and northern Iraq, according to a press release. "Friday in Quayyarah, about 54 km south of Mosul, Coalition forces detained two suspects while targeting an alleged terrorist courier believed to be connected to regional AQI leadership," read an MNF statement received by Aswat al-Iraq.
"During three coordinated operations Saturday in Sulayman Bak, about 81 km southeast of Kirkuk, Coalition forces detained one wanted man and six additional suspects. The wanted man, who identified himself to forces during the operation, is believed to have connections to suspected terrorist operatives in the area."
"Another wanted man was captured during a Coalition force operation in Sabah Saturday, about 95 km west of Kirkuk. Reports from detainees already in custody pointed forces to the man, who is believed to be a member of a terrorist group associated with AQI and have links to its regional leaders. He too identified himself to Coalition forces," the statement noted.
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They must have room in the prisons for the next batch of suspects, after so many were released in honour of Ramadan.
Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters crashed while attempting to land in northern Baghdad's Sunni district of Adhamiyah late on Saturday, a U.S. military spokesman said. One Iraqi soldier was killed and two American and two Iraqi soldiers were injured in the crashes.
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Three weeks ago, Israeli soldiers burst into Awwad Sror's small family home in the Palestinian West Bank town of Nilin. Mr Sror's family say that when he intervened as troops arrested his younger brother, Aqal, he was shot from close range with at least three rubber-coated steel bullets. One hit him in the chest, another smashed his jaw, while a third entered his right eye socket and fractured his skull.
Mr Sror, a married father of three, is lucky to be alive. But he has lost the sight in his right eye.
Israel has investigated the incident and has concluded that the soldier who fired the shots acted properly when Mr Sror tried to stop his brother being taken away. The family argues it was an excessive use of force.
In and around Nilin there are regular, sometimes violent, protests against the continued building of Israel's West Bank barrier which snakes around a new Jewish settlement on the other side of the small valley.
Acutely aware of accusations that it is using disproportionate force in political hot-spots like Nilin, Israel is deploying a new, non-lethal but highly effective and highly-offensive weapon.
It's called Skunk.
Imagine the worst, most foul thing you have ever smelled. An overpowering mix of rotting meat, old socks that haven't been washed for weeks - topped off with the pungent waft of an open sewer. Imagine being covered in the stuff as it is liberally sprayed from a water cannon.
Then imagine not being able to get rid of the stench for at least three days, no matter how often you try to scrub yourself clean.
The beauty of Skunk - if beauty is the right word - is that it is said to be completely organic. No illegal chemicals, no proscribed substances - just a thoroughly disgusting mix of yeast, baking powder and a few other "secret" ingredients.
The Israeli police force has high hopes of turning Skunk into a commercial venture and selling it to law-enforcement agencies overseas.
Superintendent David Ben Harosh treats Skunk as something of a pet project. The way he hugged the litre bottle of dirty, green liquid close to his chest as we talked was odd - most people would surely keep it at arm's length. "It's totally harmless, you can even drink it," boasted Superintendent Harosh - as though encouraging me to swallow a mouthful.
Reporters will sometimes go the "extra mile" to add authenticity to their story, but not this time. No way.
For human rights groups, the jury is still out on Skunk. They object to the arbitrary way in which innocent bystanders can be soaked with the stuff - having to suffer for days afterwards. Then again, protestors and villagers are still being killed and seriously injured in the West Bank by more conventional weapons.
As unpleasant and as disgusting as it is, being sprayed with Skunk may ultimately be preferable to being hit by a rubber-coated bullet or choking and vomiting under the effects of tear-gas or pepper-spray.
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"It was disgusting, I smelled like a Paleo"
"but you are"
"oh...yeah. But this was worse, like Arafat-worse"
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Ma'an -- A new military group calling themselves the Hizbullah Brigades will begin operating in the Palestinian areas as a force against occupation, according to a Saturday statement.
The group will be made up of fighters from several other resistance factions that the statement accuses of "abandoning resistance." Their stated aims are to "fight the enemies of Islam," in the interests of the Palestinian national project. "We are a new Islamic Sunni group which has nothing to do with the political process," said the statement, "but we will not contradict with public Palestinian interests."
With regards to the group's ties with Hizbullah in Lebanon, the statement asserted that the group follows Hizbullah's steps in resistance, but has no ties with the Lebanese Hizbullah. "All we have in common is Islam and our admiration of their resistance methods," the statement explained.
The group stressed in their statement that they would not be involved in the ongoing inter-Palestinian rivalry. They also pledged to adopt the case of political prisoners, detained by factions in the West Bank and Gaza as one of their top priorities. The statement concluded with a slogan used by Lebanese Hizbullah; "death to Israel, and death to the United States."
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accuses of "abandoning resistance
Someone left the snake out in deh rain
ander Ima don't now if I can take it
Cause it took so long to fake it
And I'll never find that sling shot agaiiiiin
Ohhhhhhhhh Nooooooes!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Noooooooes!
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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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
NATO-led soldiers have captured a Taliban commander said to have links to the most senior figures in the extremist militia that is waging an insurgency in Afghanistan, the force said Sunday. 
AS the Afghan sun set over the end-of-tour memorial service last Wednesday at British headquarters in Lashkar Gah, 32 names of the dead, aged between 19 and 52, were solemnly read out, including that of the first woman killed, Corporal Sarah Bryant. Almost every other name, it seemed, was from 2 Para. 
Up to 21 suspected Taliban were killed in a series of operations by Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.
Two suspected criminals including an outlawed party leader were killed in the capital city and Ataikula upazila of Pabna in separate encounters between the thugs and the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) early yesterday. 
A small bomb exploded Saturday outside a court in Spain's northeastern Basque region following a warning call from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, causing material damage but no injuries, Spanish media reported.
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Three Taliban were killed by a tribal lashkar in Bajaur Agency on Saturday. According to locals, volunteers of the Salarzai tribe set fire to eight Taliban houses in the Aundai area. Taliban attacked the lashkar and three Taliban were killed in the exchange of fire. 
A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday dismissed a bail application by 
(PTI) Amid conflicting reports about his death following prolonged illness, Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud made an appearance in a remote village in the country's restive tribal region, witnesses have claimed.
Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi army forces arrested a senior member of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq (a group affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq or AQI), and seized explosives and recruiting documents at his house in western Mosul, said a spokesman for the Ninewa Operation Command (NOC). "A force from the Iraqi army's 3rd division conducted a security operation at a village of Rabeaa district (110 km western Mosul), and arrested a senior member of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq," Brigadier Khalid Abdelsattar told Aswat al-Iraq. "The force also seized explosives and recruiting documents at his house," he added.
