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Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Juan, screw gaucho tradition, you are not wearing those things to bed.


Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 12/04/2008 4:56 Comments || Top||

#2  George, all I said is this dress is not inappropriate for a Maid of Honour.


Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 12/04/2008 4:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Now there is an "O" I can live with.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/04/2008 7:55 Comments || Top||

#4  I think Dorothy's wreath needs trimmed.
Posted by: GORT || 12/04/2008 8:35 Comments || Top||

#5  I think she should shave it.
Posted by: gorb || 12/04/2008 12:28 Comments || Top||

#6  This is a photo that needs some mistletoe...
Posted by: Iblis || 12/04/2008 12:44 Comments || Top||

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Posted by: Zoonrymom || 12/04/2008 13:16 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Pirates free Yemeni cargo ship
(SomaliNet) A minister in Somalia's breakaway Puntland region said Wednesday that Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship captured 10 days ago.

Deputy foreign minister Ali Abdi Aware said no ransom was paid for the released of the MV Arena late Tuesday.

"The ship has been released after week-long talks with the pirates and they agreed to free it without ransom," Aware said.

"The pirates who hijacked the ship came on-shore last night."

Pirates have ramped up attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean despite foreign naval patrols.

Somali pirates are holding a Saudi supertanker seized on November 15 and have demanded 25 million dollars for its release. It is carrying two million barrels of crude oil.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Pirates


Africa Subsaharan
Thousands take refuge after deadly Nigerian violence
Thousands of Nigerians who fled a wave of deadly sectarian violence remained in a makeshift camp on Wednesday as more funerals were held and shell-shocked residents began sifting through wreckage.

The refugees were said to be too scared to go back to their homes in the central city of Jos and fearful of what they might find when they did return. Eze Udemegue, area coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said: "We still have more than 3,000 still in the camp. They live on materials provided by NEMA, the state government and NGOs (non-governmental organisations)."

The state government has said about 200 people died in the clashes, in which machetes, guns and even bows and arrows were used, although other sources have put the toll at twice that figure. More bodies, meanwhile, were still being recovered across the city. "Twenty bodies have been picked up from different places within the city on Tuesday and are now on their way to the cemetery for burial," said Murtana Sani Hashim, an official responsible for recording the number of corpses.

Two days of violence erupted on Friday after a rumour that the majority-Muslim All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) had lost a local election to the mainly Christian Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In neighbourhoods worst hit by the clashes, locals said they were staggered by the scale of the death and destruction. "I did not realise the extent of the damage wrought in the city until today when I went around affected areas," Yohanna Buba, a 36-year-old civil servant told AFP. "It is unbelievable. I wonder how long it will take the city to recover," he said.

A grain market had been completely destroyed with some 3,000 stalls reduced to ashes. "All that we had has been burnt... We don't even have enough to eat now. We have been ruined," said trader Mohammed Sani, picking his way through the debris. "Fifteen years of work gone in a few minutes..." added a car spare parts trader.

Elsewhere, car dealer Hamidi Idris said he had returned to his garage to find that over 200 cars had been destroyed. "We have lost nothing less three million dollars... The loss is too colossal for us to recover from in 10 years. It's just too much," he said.

A heavy military presence remained in the city Wednesday and a dusk-to-morning curfew was still in force. Roadblocks had been set up and soldiers were searching cars and checking identity papers. Banks, offices and markets, however had started to re-open and more residents were venturing out onto the streets.

Army spokesman Sani Usman said the military presence would remain as long as necessary. "We have a mandate from the president to restore lasting peace in Jos and our men will remain as long as it takes to achieve this mandate," he said.
Posted by: ryuge || 12/04/2008 05:48 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The religion of peace strikes again!!!!
Posted by: Paul2 || 12/04/2008 7:49 Comments || Top||

#2  ... The loss is too colossal for us to recover from in 10 years. It's just too much," he said.

Must have been referring to his Vanguard 401K.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/04/2008 8:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Something doesn't add up here.

The Muslim party lost. The riots started. I suspect that the party that won would not have an interest in starting riots. And the article only quotes people with Muslim names as those suffering from the violence?
Posted by: mom || 12/04/2008 10:16 Comments || Top||

#4  They're interviewing the people who were targeted during the reprisals.

Or they're lying out their asses. Again.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/04/2008 11:54 Comments || Top||

#5  The Economist take on events.
The Muslims and Christians of Jos
Posted by: tipper || 12/04/2008 15:34 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
13 accused acquitted in Barisal
A court here yesterday acquitted 13 people, including seven activists of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), of charges of serial bomb blasts in front of Barisal Club on August 17, 2005.

The are Golam Morshed Chowdhury Reza, Jalal Arefin, Hafez Saiful Islam, Abu Yusuf Majumdar, Abu Solaiman Sujan, Md Maruf, Jasimuddin, Abdus Sobahan, Giasuddin, Sarwar, Abdur Rahim, Zahid Babu and Ziaur Rahman Zia.

Of them, nine are now in jail while the rest have been absconding since the filing of the case. Judge Rabiul Hassan of the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal also passed an order to release the nine if they are not accused in any other cases

But the same court on July 30 this year sentenced seven of the 13 to life imprisonment for their involvement in bomb explosions in front of Barisal Central Jail on the day. They are Abu Yusuf, Abdus Sobhan, Giasuddin, Sarwar, Abdur Rahim, Zahid Babu and Ziaur Rahman.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Mosharraf Hossain of Barisal Kotwali Police Station filed the case in connection with the serial blasts on August 17, 2005.

Sub-Inspector Bhoran Reza of the Detective Branch (DB) submitted the charge sheet of the case accusing the 13 on December 25 the same year.

Special Public Prosecutor Kazi Munir Hussein told The Daily Star that all the 13 were acquitted, as the charges brought against them could not be proved.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh


2 outlaws killed in 'shootout'
Two alleged members of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Lal Potaka) were killed in 'crossfire' with law enforcers at Seujbari in Bagmara upazila of the district early yesterday.

The deceased are Mustafizur Rahman alias Suruj alias Feroj, 28, and Abdul Jalil alias Asim alias Swapan, 29, of Uttar Koalipara village.

Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police conducted an operation when a group of outlaws were holding a secret meeting in the area at about 4:30am.

Sensing the presence of Rab and policemen, the gang opened fire on the law enforcers forcing them to fire back, said Shahabuddin Khalifa, officer-in-charge of Bagmara police station.

The two PBCP-Lal Potaka men were found fatally wounded following the gunfight and other outlaws managed to flee from the scene, said the OC.

They were later taken to local health complex where doctors declared them dead.

Police recovered two shutter guns, five bullets, two knives and PBCP booklets from the spot.

Two policemen -- the OC and sub inspector Feroz -- were also injured in the gunfight, police sources said.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  TWO shutter guns?

Excellent! Now we'll have spare parts for the RB archive!
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/04/2008 10:02 Comments || Top||

#2  So even with the Miscreants for Dummies manual ( the dreaded PBCP booklet) they were no match for the saintly RAB.....
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 12/04/2008 14:06 Comments || Top||

#3  WE HAVE A NEW TRANSLATOR
Police reconered five bullets.
(Not "rounds of Bullet)
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 12/04/2008 19:34 Comments || Top||


Europe
Italy: Police arrest two Moroccan terrs
(AKI) - Italian anti-terrorist police on Tuesday arrested two Moroccans suspected of international terrorism, Ilhami Rachid and Abdelkader Ghaffir, and raided the homes of other people believed to be linked to the pair. Rachid and Ghaffir were allegedly plotting attacks on military and civilian targets on the outskirts of the northern city of Milan.

Rachid, 31, and Ghaffir, 42, had planned attacks on a supermarket, a bar, night club car park, and two police stations, as well as the immigration office at police headquarters in Milan.

The two men do not belong to any terrorist organisation, but closely followed jihadist websites, especially statements by the Al-Qaeda terror network, according to investigators.

Rachid had 'indoctrinated' his two-year-old son, teaching him to recognise photos of Al-Qaeda leader Bin Laden and to call him 'Uncle Osma', investigators said.

Phone taps revealed he and Ghaffir had initially planned to use a van packed with explosives but then decided to use oxygen cylinders after searching and downloading the bomb-making information from the Internet.

Police are also checking a total 10 contacts of the Moroccans, who attended an Islamic cultural centre located in an old warehouse in the town of Macherio, where Rachid worked as an imam. Both he and Ghaffir had lived in Italy for some time, said investigators.

Last year police officials warned of possible attacks in Italy by Al-Qaeda-linked north African terror groups after a string of arrests in the northern Lombardy region surrounding Milan.

Police in November 2007 arrested 20 people suspected of belonging to an Islamist terror cell in Milan accused of recruiting would-be suicide bombers and sending them to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Europe


India-Pakistan
'Shootings' at Delhi main airport
Reports are coming in of a shooting incident at Delhi's main international airport. Unconfirmed reports quote airport officials as saying that up to six gunmen have been shot by Indian security forces.

Security had been strengthened at several Indian airports after warnings had been received of possible attacks. The reported shootings follow last week's attacks on Mumbai in which nearly 200 people were killed.
Posted by: tipper || 12/04/2008 15:49 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  False alarm.
The police force in charge of security at Delhi's main airport has denied reports that people have been shot and injured there.
Posted by: tipper || 12/04/2008 16:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Two sharp pops : a full on assault, talk about your game of Telephone. Which officials did the bbc talk to; the off-duty baggage hops at a different airport's bar?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/04/2008 16:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Something along the lines of "Flick said he saw some grizzly bears near Polaski's candy store." and they ran with it.
Posted by: eLarson || 12/04/2008 19:31 Comments || Top||


India to answer Mumbai attacks with talk not troops
India will not respond to attacks in Mumbai by sending troops to the border with Pakistan, but will instead mobilise global pressure for its neighbour to act decisively against Islamist militants, analysts say.
They blinked ...
The military strategy was tried in 2001 and 2002 after an attack on India's parliament, but achieved little.

The crucial difference this time is that India is dealing with a civilian, democratically elected government in Islamabad -- a reasonably friendly government which does not have full control over a much more hostile, hawkish military establishment.
They aren't really civilian since they do whatever Kigali tells them to do, they certainly aren't democratic, and and they absolutely aren't friendly.
Military confrontation, however tempting as Indian elections loom ever closer, would only empower the hawks across the border. "It is simply not on the table," Siddharth Varadarajan, strategic affairs editor of the Hindu newspaper said. "If India were to take any of the military measures some armchair analysts want, that would almost certainly play into the hands of the military establishment in Pakistan."

It would also have played into the hands of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, by forcing Pakistan to withdraw troops from its tribal areas and western border. It has even been suggested this was one possible motive behind the attacks. If so, that is not a trap India will fall into, analysts say.
Posted by: john frum || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Where did I hear this before?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/04/2008 5:56 Comments || Top||

#2  It is always easier to absorb the hit and do nothing. And absorb the next hit, and the next...
Posted by: Cynicism Inc || 12/04/2008 8:27 Comments || Top||

#3  "Aha! Abdul, a sign of weakness(tm)! We must attack on all fronts!"
Posted by: Anonymoose || 12/04/2008 9:14 Comments || Top||

#4  An alternative view would be that this declaration is simply magician's patter to misdirect the audience while they acquire needed intelligence and prepare a plan of attack.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/04/2008 9:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Ever play Civilization (computer game)? You can always attack India and Gandhi (who leads your Indian opponent) almost always lets it pass. It's the same thing all over again!
Posted by: sludge || 12/04/2008 10:13 Comments || Top||

#6  sludge i play civilization 4 all the time and you are right their other leaders do the same thing and always can be wiped out pretty early in the game
Posted by: rabid whitetail || 12/04/2008 10:46 Comments || Top||

#7  The least India can do is give all its law enforcement personnel enough practice time on the rifle range. It will come in handy later.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 12/04/2008 13:38 Comments || Top||

#8  The least India can do is give all its law enforcement personnel enough practice time on the rifle range. It will come in handy later.

Why? do they really need to practice dropping their weapons and surrendering? seems like that has already been done for them.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 12/04/2008 14:09 Comments || Top||

#9  If they are not going to fight openly... at least they should let out "contracts" on the top 25 and place some bounties.

Posted by: 3dc || 12/04/2008 15:07 Comments || Top||

#10  So, that's the reason Pakistan keeps taunting India.
Posted by: Rednek Jim || 12/04/2008 19:38 Comments || Top||

#11  Indian politicians of the Congress sort have been sucking up to the Gandhian overhyped ideals like it was infallible, that peaceful resistance is a one-size fits all solution. (Not forgetting, among other idiotic things that Gandhi actually did, he was slso a holocaust denier). Too much verbose nonsense(verbal diarrhoea) from the local leftist press there too. He was a flawed iconic figure but taken mostly to be infallible.
Posted by: Duh! || 12/04/2008 23:08 Comments || Top||


Five killed in suicide attack on army convoy in Charsadda
Three security forces personnel and two civilians were killed after a Mohmand Rifles convoy was bombed near Shabqadar in Charsadda district on Wednesday. A suicide bomber smashed an explosives-laden car into the convoy wounding six security forces personnel and four civilians. Charsadda Superintendent of Police (SP) Riaz Khan confirmed that three security forces personnel and two civilians were killed and ten people were injured. Local police official Akhtar Ali Shah said the convoy was carrying reinforcements to Mohmand Agency next to the Afghan border where security forces are battling Taliban, AP reported.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


US wants four ex-ISI officials declared terrorists
The US has given four names of former ISI officials, including Lt-Gen (retd) Hameed Gul, to the UN Security Council to put them on the list of international terrorists.

Government of Pakistan is aware of this move, which is considered here by some as part of an international conspiracy to target the ISI, whose reformation has already been sought by Washington.

The US embassy in Islamabad claims to be completely unaware of this move while the foreign office spokesman also did not come up with any explanation on the matter despite being approached on Tuesday.

However, Lt-Gen (retd) Hameed Gul confirmed to this correspondent that he was included in the list of those four or five former ISI officials whose names had been provided to the UN secretary-general by the US government to be included in the list of international terrorists.

Gul admitted that he had already met the foreign affairs secretary to discuss the issue. A Foreign Office source also told this correspondent that the issue had already been referred to the prime minister’s office but despite the lapse of a few weeks, no decision had been taken by the government so far. It is not clear whether or not Islamabad wants to pursue intense lobbying to stop this thing to happen.

A diplomatic source in Washington, however, told this correspondent that it would not be easy for the United States to get all these names enlisted in the list of terrorists because it would require the consent of the all the five permanent members of the Security Council.

Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq was contacted on Tuesday to give its response on the matter but The News has not heard anything from his side till the filing of this report on Wednesday night. Off the cuff, Sadiq said he had heard or read about this but was not sure about the case.

The Pakistan embassy in Washington is not in the know of this move. Pak envoy to US Hussain Haqqani, when contacted, said he had no comment to offer as no such thing was routed through the Pakistani embassy.

However, another diplomatic source there confided to this correspondent that the US State Department had formally conveyed to the UN Security Council four to five names of former ISI officials, including Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Gul, for inclusion in the list of international terrorists under Resolution 1267 of the Security Council.

In such a situation, those enlisted in this list of bad guys will be prevented from travelling outside the country of their residence while their assets would also be monitored and even frozen at times.

Lou Fintor, the US embassy spokesman, when contacted also said the embassy did not know anything about this. He said if this was true, then such a thing would have been dealt by the State Department and taken up directly with the UN there in Washington.

Lt-Gen (retd) Hameed Gul, however, admitted that he was aware of the move but was not sure if the prime minister had taken a decision on the issue. Believing that this is a move to target the ISI, he warned if the government of Pakistan did not protect him and others on the recommended list of terrorists, he would directly write to the UN secretary-general.

He said the government should immediately move to protect the ISI from this indirect attack from Washington. He said the United States and some other Western nations were against him for the simple reason that he did not support their war on terror which, he said, was based on Washington’s greed for energy.

He said the US and its allies in the war on terror had turned the world upside down and had made it far more dangerous than what it was before. He volunteered to present himself before any neutral enquiry commission. He said he also had the option to go to the country’s court of law but hastily added that he did not have trust in Pakistan’s judiciary.

When asked how he had come to know about this, he said, he was informed of this by a highly responsible person, who had personally seen the written US request. He hoped the government would not show callousness towards its own individuals and institutions like the ISI which, he admitted, was the first line of the country’s defence. Therefore, he must be protected from any external onslaught.
Posted by: john frum || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: ISI

#1  i guess he can be added too oyr list without UN approval can't he. Let the predators roam a little farther from afghanistan and we might get a few more
Posted by: rabid whitetail || 12/04/2008 10:48 Comments || Top||


23 killed as jets pound Taliban hideouts in Mohmand Agency
Twenty-three people, including 15 Taliban and eight civilians, were killed as security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Wednesday. The security forces used fighter jets and helicopter gunships in the attacks in which several people were injured as well, AFP reported.

The security forces also pounded suspected Taliban hideouts in various areas of Safi, killing a civilian at Malatam. A petrol pump, a school and several houses were also destroyed in the attacks.

Meanwhile, a security forces official was killed and three others injured when the Taliban attacked their convoy in Kanjoo area of Swat on Wednesday. The troops launched a search operation following the attack and arrested 23 suspects, locals told Daily Times. The troops also pounded Taliban hideouts in Kabal and Charbagh tehsils of Swat. No casualties were reported.

In a separate incident, the Taliban kidnapped an engineer of the Atomic Energy Commission from Sin Pora area of Matta tehsil.

Waziristan: A local Taliban commander was among three injured in a roadside bomb blast in Chagmali area of South Waziristan Agency. Sources said the injured included Baitullah Mehsud's commander Maulana Azmatullah. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital where their condition was stated to be critical.

Separately, Taliban set off two remote-controlled bombs in Jamrud's Shagai area in a bid to blow up a convoy carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, witnesses told Daily Times. The blasts however caused no casualty or damage to the trucks, they said and added that soon after the explosions, security forces accompanying the convoy resorted to firing to scare Taliban away.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Mullen urges Pakistan to act against all militants
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff urged Pakistan on Wednesday to investigate all possible links between the Mumbai attacks and Pakistani groups and to broaden its campaign against militants. Admiral Mike Mullen flew in for talks with Pakistan's 8-month-old civilian government and military commanders earlier on Wednesday, as part of U.S. diplomatic efforts to defuse tension between Pakistan and India after the Mumbai attacks.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in New Delhi to consult the Indian government.

Mullen urged Pakistani officials to "investigate aggressively any and all possible ties to groups based in Pakistan", the U.S. embassy said in a statement. Mullen noted the recent success of Pakistani offensives against militants on the Afghan border and "also encouraged Pakistani leaders to take more, and more concerted, action against militant extremists elsewhere in the country".

Rice urged Pakistan to cooperate "fully and transparently" in the investigation. She is due in Islamabad on Thursday, the prime minister's office said.

Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the attacks on Mumbai that killed 171 people, including Americans and other foreigners, were led from inside Pakistan, and said India would act decisively to protect its territorial integrity. "I informed Dr Rice there is no doubt that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were perpetrated by individuals who came from Pakistan and whose controllers are in Pakistan," Mukherjee told a joint news conference with Rice.
Posted by: john frum || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Propaganda against Pakistan condemned
Residents of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have strongly condemned the blame game being carried out by the Indian government, maligning Pakistan in the recent Mumbai attacks that claimed over 190 lives.

People from all walks of life Wednesday were seen busy discussing the present developments with regard to Pakistan-India relations in the aftermath of Mumbai attacks. Mostly families remained glued to their television sets to know about the latest developments in the aftermath of Mumbai attacks and the Indian propaganda against Pakistan.

People from all sections of the society, including Hindus and Christian, strongly condemned the propaganda of the Indian government and media on the issue.

Ram Mukharji, a Hindu priest in Gracy Lines, told ‘The News’ that such statements of the Indian government are very irresponsible. “The Indian government and media has adopted an irresponsible and immature attitude by blaming Pakistan. Some other world powers are also trying to create misunderstandings between Pakistan and India,” he said.

Matloob Ahmed Malik, a school principal said, “Many suicide attacks have occurred in Pakistan in the recent past, but our government never blamed India, then why is the Indian government and media is blaming Pakistan and presenting a gloomy picture of the country in this matter.” Such statements of India could create a wide gap between the people of the two countries, he added.

Katharine Paul, a Christian lady settled in Islamabad, said, “War is not the solution to any issue, nonetheless, Pakistan is not weak in terms of fighting a war against any country of the world, as it is an atomic power.”

“The Pakistani government must take immediate action against Indian allegations and should voice the matter at international level,” said Mahnoor Baloch, a student.

Ahsen Naqvi, a senior lawyer said, “India should come up with proofs if any Pakistani is involved in Mumbai attacks. The Indian media should be ashamed for reporting false information against Pakistan.” Such statements are creating fear and panic among the people on both sides, which is not good for the prosperity of both the countries, he added.
Posted by: john frum || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The reason that Pakistan doesn't blame India for attacks inside Pakistan is that unlike Pakistan the Indian government doesn't have a history of supporting terrorism.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Glaling6642 || 12/04/2008 2:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Reading the self-deluded blather that comes out of Pakistan lately, I find myself thinking "There really isn't any hope for them, is there?"
Posted by: SteveS || 12/04/2008 9:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Interesting that when they want to trot out the "war is no solution" trope they put it in the mouth of a "Christian lady." Of course, her next breath warns of nuclear holocaust, since after all she is Pakistani, having "settled in Islamabad" and all. Crazy Christians. What are ya gonna do?
Posted by: Baba Tutu || 12/04/2008 15:05 Comments || Top||

#4  "Such statements of India could create a wide gap between the people of the two countries"
Like 190 senseless deaths didn't, idiot?
Posted by: Darrell || 12/04/2008 16:57 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Progress in Iraq (Clean Water In Sadr City)
“I am very happy for the 2 million people of Sadr City. I have been working here at the R-3 Water Treatment Plant for more than three years, since the start of the project. It’s the first in Iraq, fully automatic and with American standards of best quality. We meet the people in the streets of Sadr City and they are very happy. They feel that we are interested in them and their health. We are very proud of the success of this project,” said Iraqi Engineer Aqeel Lami of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The $27 million Sadr City R-3 Water Treatment Plant construction originally began in 2005 as a USAID contract. It was handed over to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division in July 2007 to finish the remaining 15 percent.

“The plant location came as a result of a government study on water pressure and supply,” said USACE water expert, Simeon Francis, who has been with the plant as a technical expert from its beginning with USAID.

The plant began operation in mid-June with some interruptions due to power restrictions, but today, R-3 produces 4,000 cubic meters of treated water per hour into the distribution system through a 1.2 meter outlet line. It is currently providing 27 sectors in Sadr City with clean potable water - sectors that historically have had no centrally distributed water. With the plant at full capacity as of September 27, 2008, a performance test in October confirmed the quality of the daily output of 96,000 cubic meters per day (about 25 million gallons per day). That output equates to clean, quality water for a total of 1.5 million people in Sadr City and Baghdad, Francis said.

The plant will employ 150 people for operations, maintenance and management, Belew explained.

“This project is special to me,” concluded Francis, “because I’ve been here from the beginning, and I am here for the end of it. It is really something to see the clear water sample from R-3’s output. I know what the raw water is like from the Tigris and to be able to look at the R-3 water and see nothing but water is very gratifying,” he concluded.

But can we keep the sub-humans from blowing it up, and can/will the Iraqis be able to keep it operating? This kind of WoT Operation can have as much long-term impact as combat (though you have to win the combat to do this.)
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#1  Message to shiites: "We built it, it works, your Sadrists blow it up, and you know only Iran benefits"
Posted by: Frank G || 12/04/2008 21:15 Comments || Top||


Sadly Iraq Is Not Yet Pacified
MOSUL, Iraq – Two Multi-National Division - North Soldiers were killed as a result of an attack from a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while conducting operations in the city of Mosul today.

The names of the deceased are being withheld pending next of kin notification and release by the Department of Defense.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/04/2008 19:33 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We have to wait until 1-20-09 before the war can be won. Just pay attention to the MSM. They will know victory can be declared and report accordingly.
Posted by: MarkZ || 12/04/2008 19:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Murders are now more frequent in Chicago than in Baghdad. So what's the exit strategy from Illinois?
Posted by: Jusoque Dark Lord of the Jutes3360 || 12/04/2008 22:32 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israeli strike kills two Palestinians
(AKI) - An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian teenagers and injured four others on Tuesday in southern Gaza. "The IDF targeted a militant squad that launched a mortar against Israel from the southern Gaza Strip in the past hour. Approximately six mortars were launched against Israel from the same proximity today," said the Israel Defense Forces website in a statement.

Israeli helicopters launched an attack on a road leading to the disused Yasser Arafat Airport, located east of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, said Palestinian news agency Maan. The victims were identified as 15-year-old Ramzi ad-Duheini and 17-year-old Ahmad Hammad. Israeli media says the victims were brothers.

Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli military vehicles entered the airport area, only to be confronted by Palestinian militants who fired eight mortar rounds at the troops.

Hamas' militant wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the launching of mortars in a statement, calling it "a response to Zionist aggression."

"These operations are part of the repelling operations against the occupation assaults on Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and as a response for the ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people," the statement said.

Despite the clashes, both the Israeli government and the Gaza-ruling Islamist movement Hamas have not called an end to the fragile truce declared in June.
Posted by: Fred || 12/04/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  What---no baby ducks?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/04/2008 5:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Ahhhh, Paleo kids, they blow up so fast.
Posted by: AlanC || 12/04/2008 9:37 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
From the New York Landmarks Plot to the Mumbai Attack
On the surface, last week’s attack on Mumbai was remarkable for its execution and apparently unconventional tactics. But when compared to a plot uncovered 15 years ago that targeted prominent hotels in Manhattan, it becomes apparent that the Mumbai attack was not so original after all.
Posted by: tu3031 || 12/04/2008 11:16 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  All plots lead back to one country Pakistan!!!!
Posted by: Paul2 || 12/04/2008 11:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Oh look. It's the Master of the Obvious - again.
Posted by: Pappy || 12/04/2008 13:10 Comments || Top||



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