[Al Arabiya Latest] A Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly eight years arrived in his country early Friday after a U.S. judge cleared him of terror charges, Kuwait News Agency reported.
And we wish you much joy of him.
"Sonny!"
"Imam!" Khaled al-Mutairi, 34, was sent to the U.S. naval base in southern Cuba after being arrested in Pakistan in 2001. He was picked up after traveling to Afghanistan with a charitable organization to build mosques and provide funds for schools and orphanages. Really. He wuz pure as the driven snow. He was an accredited representative of the Widows' and Orphans' Ammunition Fund and the founder of the Mahfooz School for Unwed Turbans.
"Khaled al-Mutairi has been released at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon," Kuwait Ambassador in Washington Sheikh Salem Abdullah al-Jaber al-Sabah told KUNA. Mutairi "was transferred from Guantanamo to Kuwait in a private airplane and he is in good health condition and shall arrive (in Kuwait) tomorrow afternoon," Sheikh Salemsaid. With the release of Mutairi, three Kuwaiti nationals are still detained in the United States: Fuad al-Rebee'a, Fayez al-Kandari and Fawzi Aa-Odah.
The Kuwaiti government had recently completed a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center to provide detainees with access to education, medical care, group discussions and physical exercise to help them recover from their long ordeal in Guantanamo, KUNA reported.
This article starring:
FAIEZ AL KANDARI
al-Qaeda
FAWZI AA ODAH
al-Qaeda
FUAD AL REBI'A
al-Qaeda
KHALED AL MUTAIRI
al-Qaeda
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Sounds like a fine upstanding young man. How long before he straps on a boom vest?
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The Kuwaiti government had recently completed a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center to provide detainees with access to education, medical care, group discussions and physical exercise to help them recover from their long ordeal in Guantanamo, KUNA reported.
The only difference between the Kuwaiti facility and Gitmo is that Gitmo doesn't allow group discussions.
And both are better than the lives of most people in many Muslim countries.
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Nah, he sounds like the one who makes Boom Belts and sends others to their reward Or does Allah exist except in their diseased minds?
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"Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance from their Lord. They rejoice in the Bounty provided by Allah...the glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve. They rejoice in the Grace and the Bounty from Allah, and in the fact that Allah suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the least)." (3:169-71)
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OK,Tyranysaurus Clomorong6736 (Fake name) Has ANY Muslim died and seen Allah then come back to talk about it?
No, Christianity has one.
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That's a matter of faith, Redneck Jim. The key question that needs to be asked, is whether the bit about the 72 virgins really is a misreading of 72 white raisins, also very desirable to a desert people, but the resulting pleasures are of a very different nature. Not to mention God/Allah's true judgement on the deliberate murder of innocents as opposed to warriors. As it happens, the Sunni jihadis are going through that second discussion now, no doubt because so many have been helped around the world to achieve the martyrdom they claimed to so avidly desire -- easily 50,000 since 9/11/01 as far as I've been able to tell, and probably closer to six figures, which speaks only to those killed and not to the no doubt equally many wounded who dragged themselves home to be a burden on their families and communities. ("And this is your Uncle Mahmoudullah, dear. Shhh! He smells that way because of those bits that got shot off when he went a-jihading against the Westerners. His hand? All the men in our family are colour blind, you know, and he was assigned to assemble IEDs... No, of course he didn't know. Shirts are white, pants are dark, and shopping is the job of females; why tell the dears something that would upset them? We weren't to know there'd be consequences for that! No, we can't marry him off -- not even Drooling Fatima's father would take that, not even with a substantial bride price, and she's thirty.")
And the Muslim world, the ummah, Dar al Islam, have discovered the hard way -- Yo, Saudi Arabia! I'm talkin' ta you! -- that little takfiri jihadis turn it on their neighbors as happily as they do the kafirs of the Dar al Harb. Which, of course, is why Kuwait has built that fancy rehabilitation center-cum-high security prison, as Rambler pointed out.
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You sure TW? I suspect some Hollyweird debutant would take o'Mahmoudullah just for the coup points she'd get from her community. It's not like its terrorism terrorism. Why Ms. G (she who's name will not be said) is not tied at the moment. [Yeah, I know its cruel to o'Mahmoudullah, but since its not Gitmo, it's OK].
Jimmy here's a site you should visit, the product was invented by a friend of mine and tested by Dr. Hatfield (a person of interest) and carried by Special Forces.
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I don't want to know about such people, Procopius2k. But they aren't likely to wander into the homes of returned jihadis to check out the possibilities like they go to African orphanages, so I feel pretty confident about my imaginary conversation, ten years in the future.
[Bangla Daily Star] A team of Special Branch (SB) of police have arrested seven members of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from four districts of Rajshahi division over the last couple of days. All the arrestees were paraded before the media at Rajshahi Metropolitan Police headquarters yesterday morning. However, journalists were not allowed to talk to the arrested militants.
Ashraf was arrested from Malda Colony in Rajshahi city on Wednesday night and following his statement police arrested JMB ehsar members Asadul Islam and Isarul from Chapainawabganj the next day. The SB team arrested Abdur Rahim and Momtaz from Atrai upazila. The same day Shahabuddin and Rohidul were rounded up from Boraigram upazila of Natore.
The arrestees were handed over to Boalia Police Station, Officer-in-charge of the police station said. "Our operations against the JMB will continue and we are now trying to nab all the district level commanders of the outfit," said Additional Superintendent of Police Zannatul Hasan.
Hailed from Chapainawabganj, Ashraf has two wives. His first wife is JMB's woman wing commander.
Terming Ashraf a hardened militant, a police official said, as he was being taken to the Boalia Police Station from Rajshahi Metropolitan Police headquarters, Ashraf told him, "I will be in your place on the judgement day when I will order you and you have to follow."
The police also recovered a number of books on jihad, eight mobile phone sets, computers and CDs from their possession.
[Bangla Daily Star] Two outlaws were killed in separate 'shootouts' between their cohorts and law enforcers in Kushtia and Khulna districts early yesterday.
Two policemen were also injured during the gunfight in Khulna. A hernia and a bruised ego ...
The latter can be quite painful. You know where it's kept, right?
The dead were identified as Amirul Islam Khan, 40, a top cadre of outlawed Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF) and son of Shomsel Khan of Kushtia sadar upazila, and Nirapada Bairagi, 50, operations commander of New Biplobi Communist Party in Khulna. Oh yeah, a New Biplobi, one of our favorites right next to the Old Biplobis ...
I know the various Biplobis are splintering communist groups, but what on earth is the GMF?
I dunno but apparently they make fierce faces and roll their eyes most convincingly ... From what I can make out, they're commies, too. A "bahini" is either an "armed wing" or a two piece bathing suit, I'm not sure which. A "fouz" is a "faction" or a "brigade." Gono Mukhti seems to translate to something like "Baader-Meinhof" or possibly "cheese souffle," depending on which Bengali-English dictionary you use.
Our Kushtia correspondent reports, Amirul ... alias Amirul ...
... was killed in a 'shoot out' between his associates and police at Bittipara village in sadar upazila early yesterday. We have no idea where that is ...
Old Patriot need only unfold his 1:15 map across four football fields to find it. I think it's printed on that NASA stuff, so it's water and snow proof. Also vacuum proof, but very susceptible to micrometeorite punctures. But I digress...
According to police, a joint team of Detective Branch and Islamic University police raided the Bittipara field near Bittipara bazar following a tip-off that some cadres of GMF were holding a secret meeting there at about 2:30am. But where? Schoolyard? Pineapple field? Secret lair in the woods?
Bittipara field is clearly where they grow bittiparas. Lovely flowers, like a chicory field in bloom, but really grown for the seeds, which are used as an aphrodisiac in accordance with traditional folk medicine. An odd sort of tradition, because it is counterproductive, weakening rather than strengthening... Anyway, very popular with the local women, who give it to new brides to be used as needed.*
And one suspects it is needed rather frequently when living with the Biplobis
The law enforcers surrounded the area and asked the outlaws to surrender. But they defied "Youse'll never take us alive, coppers!"
and opened fire [BANG! BAANG! BANGETY BANG!]
forcing them to fire back, police said. "If it's not too much trouble, would youse come out wit yer handz up?"
"and your guns down"
The incident triggered a half-an-hour long gunfight. "Chief! Could we speed this up? The wife's holding breakfast for me!"
Amirul was caught in the line of fire "Aaaiiieee!"
and died on the spot. "They're being rude by failing to RSVP, sergeant. Open fire!" The leader can't rely on his charges to protect him. Funny how that works.
*wipes tear* My work here is done.
His accomplices, however, managed to escape. "Our leader is undone! Let us decamp!"
Police recovered one LG gun and four bullets from the spot. Commies dole out ammo by the eyedropper, just like they try to do in the US!
Amirul was accused in 12 systems cases including eight for murder filed with different police stations in Kushtia, police said. Wanted in eight systems.
Our staff correspondent in Khulna reports: Nirapada Bairagi was killed in a shootout between his associates and police around 3:10am at Ranai village of Dumuria upazila in Khulna yesterday. "Sergeant Fauzul, we're doing a double tonight. Have your squad ready at 3:10 am and not a moment later!"
"Yessir!" [stamp]
He was the son of Shannashi Bairagi of Sajiarha village of the upazila. "Aye! He wuz a good boy! Loved 'is mudder, seldom kicked 'is dog!"
Fauzul Kabir, officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said the law enforcers raided the spot following a tip-off that some outlaws were holding a secret meeting.
ring ring "Yes?"
"Da deal is goin'down, 3:15 in the bittipara field."
"Hokay" ring ring "Mamoud, this is Fauzul down at the police station. Would you mind scooting your chair back a little? We can't get a good scope view of Nirapada with you so close ..."
Mamoud the weasel got his payoff, then.
Gotta pay for piano lessons somehow, dontchaknow.
Sensing presence of the police, the outlaws opened fire prompting them to retaliate that triggered a gunfight. "My spider sense! It's, dunno, ...tingling! ?"
"Sure it's not your leg?"
"Maybe... Nope, its the coppers!"
At one stage, the outlaws fled the scene leaving Nirapada dead. Sux to be Nirapada. His security chief sux even worse!
According to Khulna police super, two policemen received bullets in their legs during the 35-minute long gunfight. They are undergoing treatment at the Dumuria Health Complex. Lieutenant said 'Lock and load' not load and lock. Morons!
The outlaws fired twenty shots while police retaliated and fired 11 rounds in self-defence, police super added. Its range time for the RAB. One dead bad guy and some friendly fire casualties. One behind each of Nirapada's ears, that leaves nine shots unaccounted ...
All that [bang, bang, bangety bang!] takes bullets, too.
Don't forget the two who kneecapped themselves with their quick draw routine. That leaves seven for celebratory gun sex...
Police recovered a shutter gun, three cartridges, a rifle bullet and five empty shells from the scene. "Careful with that shutter gun, Sergeant Rafiq! That's an expensive finish!" "We had to leave the velvet-lined case at the lock-up, sir!"
The deceased was wanted in several murder, kidnapping and dacoity cases, OC added.
And the amazing thing about the dacoity charges is that he isn't even a member of Congress
*Almost forgot. I made up all that stuff about bittipara. I wouldn't want to start an international incident because Google somehow got hold of that "information".
ummm ... too late, good tw. Your comment shows up at the top of Google search results for 'bittipara' ... I suspect it will take awarding the Nobel prize in horticulture to Michelle Obama to soothe the international outrage this will trigger.
As of 11:00 a.m. the top two items. I'll serve tea and cake overlooking the garden, analogous to President Obama's beer among the roses, only it's really too cool now to sit outside. That should fix things.
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Commies dole out ammo by the eyedropper, just like they try to do in the US!
Doesn't seem to stop the slaughtr, now does it?
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I'm sure Bittiwara is a place-name. The field is just where they turn out the livestock the locals have brought to sell at the bazaar. Can't have 'em wandering around the stalls, ya know - might over-excite some of the boys.
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BTW, TW, as of 12:30 MDT, the article has been translated into 11 languages and is spread worldwide. You are a hero, my dear!
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Bittipara Field is where the diminutive Pakistani airborne forces practice.
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The infrared one -- perhaps you mean aquamarine? the new colour? -- that would be badanov, who was such a soft grey yesterday that his comments could not be properly seen in the Rab encounter article. So Fred upped the ante'. If you mean the salmon (not, not, not pink!!!), that's still Steve White, aka the Army of Steve.
France has arrested a researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) for suspected links with al-Qaeda, officials have said.
The 32-year-old man of Algerian descent was one of two brothers detained in the south-east town of Vienne on Thursday. Police believe they had been in contact over the internet with people linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and had been planning attacks in France.
Cern, a civilian organisation backed by 20 member states, is Europe's leading laboratory for the study of the fundamentals of sub-atomic physics. It is based on the Franco-Swiss border just outside Geneva. Cern's Large Hadron Collider is aiming to recreate conditions of the Big Bang.
The organisation confirmed that a physicist working at its site had been arrested "under suspicion of links to terrorist organisations", and said it was helping the French police with their investigation.
"He was not a Cern employee and performed his research under a contract with an outside institute. His work did not bring him into contact with anything that could be used for terrorism," it said.
The suspect had been working on the LHC Beauty (LHCb) experiment, which is investigating the slight differences between matter and anti-matter by studying a type of particle called the "beauty quark".
'Permanent danger'
The two brothers were detained for questioning on Thursday in Vienne, a town on the River Rhone about 100km (65 miles) south-west of Cern's laboratory, by security service officers acting on a warrant from an anti-terrorist magistrate.
Judicial sources told the AFP news agency on Friday that agents had come across the men during a separate inquiry into the recruitment of would-be Islamist militants who wanted to fight in Afghanistan. The physicist had exchanged messages over the internet with people known to be close to the organisation al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and expressed a desire to carry out attacks, but had "not got to the stage of carrying out material acts of preparation", one said.
It is not yet known to what extent, if any, his 25-year-old brother was involved.
Two computers, three hard drives and several USB storage devices were removed from the brothers' home after their arrest.
"The inquiry will doubtless establish what the targets were in France or elsewhere, and perhaps indicate that we have avoided the worst," French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux told journalists.
"We are in a situation of permanent alert. We follow statements made by the leaders of certain organisations day by day. We never let our guard down. The danger is permanent," he added.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb emerged in early 2007, after the Algerian militant group, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), aligned itself with Osama Bin Laden's international network. The group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the French embassy in Mauritania in August which wounded three people.
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>His work did not bring him into contact with anything that could be used for terrorism
Strictly speaking probably true at CERN, but security will still want to know about his access to precision machining capabilities and/or advanced instrumentation of various kinds.
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Another source said he'd been studying B-physics, which probably means he dealt more with computers than detector construction. These things tend to get more separated at CERN than in a US university.
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Yes, I suspect the issue here is his access to some detailed computational models of atomic-level energy releases.
SUSPECTED militants attacked Pakistan's tightly guarded army headquarters today, opening fire and throwing a grenade at a main gate, security officials and media said. "They wore army uniforms and tried to enter the headquarters area but when they were stopped they opened fire and hurled a hand grenade," a security official told Reuters. "You there! Wearing uniforms similar to mine! Lemme see yer ID cards!"
The sprawling headquarters is in the city of Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad. The suspected militants had driven up to the gate in a white Suzuki van that was carrying explosives, the official said. "What's that you got in the back seat?"
"Explosives."
"What're they for?"
"Gift for my Mom."
The attack ended with all four attackers killed, a military spokesman told Pakistani television. "All the four terrorists have been killed. The fighting is over now. The situation is under control," Major General Athar Abbas told private TV channel Geo in a live interview. "They're dead, Jim!"
Soldiers sealed off roads leading to the headquarters and a helicopter was hovering over the area.
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Only suspected militants?
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Coulda just been planning a really big BANG! for Mom's party. Hard to tell from the scattered evidence.
SUSPECTED Pakistani Taliban militants who attacked Pakistan's army headquarters on Saturday are holding several hostages in offices adjacent to headquarters, security officials say.
"They are holding some of our soldiers," one security official said.
Another security official said: "It's a hostage situation. They're demanding the release of some of their fellows."
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pretty good storyline: Once at the second checkpoint Saturday, the militants opened fire again and lobbed grenades at guards. Witnesses said bursts of gunfire continued to ring out for several minutes, punctuated by the sound of grenade blasts. Overhead, Pakistani military helicopters and Cobra gunships hovered.
While the gun battle raged on, some of the Army's top generals and commanders were trapped inside the compound's buildings. There were unconfirmed reports that explosives were found in the attackers' van.
Police and soldiers established a cordon around the gunmen to keep them from fleeing. By early afternoon, security officials reported that four gunmen had been killed. Among the military personnel killed were a brigadier general and a lieutenant colonel responsible for security at the compound, Abbas said.
Early Saturday evening, military officials said they had traced the location of the gunmen at large to a security building within the compound, where they were holding hostage several security officers and civilian employees assigned to the army headquarters. Pakistani commandos surrounded the building, military officials said.
"We hope to save as many lives as possible," Abbas said. "It all depends on how the operation goes."
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which appeared to be the latest in a string of strikes aimed at retaliating against the government's plans to launch an long-threatened offensive to crush the fundamentalist militants in their primary base of operation: South Waziristan along the Afghan border.
Be a nice time for the Paks to get really serious about their sovereignty and quit f*cking around
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Be a nice time for the Paks to get really serious about their sovereignty and quit f*cking around
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really? The Pak Army is not the ISI, and they apparently consider the conscripts as fodder. Only thing that might agree with you is the Talibs bagged a Brig and a Lt. Col? When they smite a couple Madrassas as the prelim training grounds and destroy a couple ISI-built training camps, I might agree
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I'm not saying the whole country is marching in lock step like a well oiled machine. But what they've done in Swat and South Waziristan are the most serious efforts to deal with the problem and they have exposed the divisions in the defence establishment as well as the country at large. This attack is evidence of that split. The Paks are putting real chips on the table. Whether or not they win the bet is up in the air, but they deserve credit for making the effort.
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I give credit for the attempts, but given the Pak proclivity for doublespeak and inflated heroics (see: Pak vs India) I find their body counts... off. If they wanted to get the pirate Maulana-FM stations off they air, there's WWII tech to do that.
The splits are real, I agree, and until some enterprising Officer decides to upset the corrupt apple cart (a disturbing scenario in itself) I remain a Pak critic.
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BTW - I would love nothing more than the Pak Army clearing their side of the Jihadis and Taliban factories, but that ain't happening. A sovereign state based on Islam and Jihad against Hindus and Infidels can't do it.
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Audacious and cheeky.
But it ended pretty much the way I thought when I saw the headline: gate unbreached and all attackers KIA.
[Bangla Daily Star] Britain is building a training camp for Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps to help in the fight against the Taliban in the lawless border area with southern Afghanistan, a report said yesterday.
The Times said Britain also planned to base 24 army trainers at the camp in the southwestern province of Baluchistan for a three-year stint from August next year, when construction is due to finish.
The British personnel would work alongside six US trainers at the camp, which is designed to house 550 people, the newspaper reported, quoting a senior official at the British High Commission in Islamabad.
The camp will train 360 Frontier Corps soldiers at a time, on 12-week courses, the official said.
The report said the plan was politically sensitive because the British and US trainers will be the first foreign forces formally stationed in Baluchistan since Pakistan's independence in 1947, although US special forces operated there during the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
The development has historical resonance for Britain, which founded the Frontier Corps in 1907 to control rebellious tribes on the North West Frontier, and used to recruit and train troops for the army in Baluchistan.
The British official emphasised to the Times that British and US personnel at the camp would conduct only "conventional military training" and would not operate alongside Pakistani forces outside its confines.
The Frontier Corps recruits would be taught basic skills such as how to deal with an improvised explosive device, how to man a checkpoint and search a vehicle, how to handle light weapons and how to perform first aid.
US officials believe that top Afghan Taliban leaders are sheltering in Quetta, the provincial capital of the border region, and using the area to coordinate attacks on international troops in Afghanistan.
Pakistan was the chief ally of Afghanistan's extremist Taliban until the September 11, 2001 attacks, when then military ruler Pervez Musharraf changed tack to make Islamabad the key partner in the US-led "war on terror."
A wide-ranging review of US policy in Afghanistan has concluded that the Taliban poses less of a threat to US security than al-Qaeda, the White House said this week.
The findings raise speculation that President Barack Obama may not opt for a vastly increased counter-insurgency force in Afghanistan.
The commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has reportedly asked Obama to send up to 40,000 more troops.
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Britain is building a training camp for Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps to help in the fight against the Taliban India
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A wide-ranging review of US policy in Afghanistan has concluded that the Taliban poses less of a threat to US security than al-Qaeda, the White House said this week.
There's a difference in Pakistan? No wonder we haven't found OBL and Omar!
[Dawn] At least 10 militants were killed and six others were injured after gunship helicopters destroyed a training camp of Tehrik-i-Taliban Darra Adam Khel in the Tora Chinna area, DawnNews reported.
Two militants were also arrested from the area.
Three militant hideouts were also destroyed in the Sra Mela and Shaeraki areas where security forces conducted a search operation and arrested 16 suspected militants who were shifted to an unknown place for interrogation. The operation was still continuing.
Security forces had been facing stiff resistance from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Darra Adam Khel in Bostikhel, Tor Chappar and Shna Kalay Akhorwal areas for the past one year.
Militants attacked and disappeared in the houses in the congested area after targeting security forces' check posts and convoys.
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[Geo News] Police has found lead to the main culprits who carried out blast at the office of World Food Program (WFP).
According to sources, the suicide bomber has been identified as Raeesullah who was a resident of Orakzai tribe and was associated with Orakzai Agency's militant commander Ali Akbar's group.
The man who escorted Raeesullah to the gate of WFP office has been arrested, sources said. He has been shifted to an unknown location for further investigation.
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Send some "Lead" (Other word) Back at them.
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The Iraq Army, in an operation guided by the U.S. military, has captured about 150 suspected Al Qaida operatives in the north.
Officials said the Al Qaida operatives and loyalists of the late President Saddam Hussein were arrested in a crackdown in October around the northern city of Mosul. They said the mission, titled "Nineveh Wall" and guided by the U.S. military, was meant to disband the core Al Qaida presence in northern Iraq linked to neighboring Syria.
Officials said many of the Al Qaida fugitives were in contact with financiers and handlers in Syria. They cited Mohammed Yunis Al Ahmad, a resident of Syria and said to have financed most of the attacks against Iraqi and U.S. forces.
"This operation targets Al Qaida and Baathists in the city and those collaborating with them," Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammed Al Askari said.
In a briefing on Oct. 3, Al Askari said the Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry were cooperating in Nineveh Wall. He said soldiers and police were deployed around Mosul to prevent Al Qaida operatives from escaping.
Officials said the counter-insurgency operation was based on precise intelligence regarding the identity and whereabouts of senior Al Qaida agents. They said the operation was being directed from the Nineveh operation command center, staffed with Iraqi and U.S. military personnel.
At this point, about 150 Al Qaida operatives and Saddam agents were captured. They said another 100 targets were still being sought in the Mosul area, regarded as a leading stronghold of the Sunni insurgency.
Two of the detainees were identified as leading Al Qaida fugitives. Mohammed Al Juwali was identified as a planner of car bombings in Baghdad that targeted the government and security forces. Al Juwali, also known as Abu Anas, has been suspected of the Aug. 19 attacks on the Finance Ministry and Foreign Ministry. "Abu Anas was planning future VBIED [vehicle-borne improvised explosive device] attacks in Baghdad, threatening government of Iraq institutions and security personnel," the U.S. military said.
Another detainee was identified as Khalid Al Juwali, captured in a town near Kirkuk. Khalid was said to have been working with Al Qaida car bombing cells in the Kirkuk province.
"Iraqi security forces are making a concerted effort to identify, locate, and arrest members of VBIED networks throughout the country, ultimately increasing security and safety for all its citizens," the U.S. military said.
This article starring:
ABU ANAS
al-Qaeda in Iraq
KHALID AL JUWALI
al-Qaeda in Iraq
MOHAMED AL JUWALI
al-Qaeda in Iraq
MOHAMED YUNIS AL AHMED
al-Qaeda in Iraq
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One hundred fifty seems rather a lot. Congratulations to all involved!
[Asharq al-Aswat] An Iraqi police official says a Sunni cleric who had denounced insurgents was killed when a bomb tore through his car.
The official says Jamal Humadi was driving home after his Friday sermon in Saqlawiyah, 75 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of Baghdad, when a bomb attached to his car went off.
The police official said two passengers were wounded in the blast. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
Humadi was known for his opposition to al-Qaeda in Iraq and other Sunni insurgents.
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Rock-throwing Arabs lightly wounded eleven Border Policemen in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ra'as al-Amud on Friday, as tensions in the capital flared yet again.
Four of the policemen were taken to a hospital for treatment; the others were treated at the scene. Officers arrested two Palestinians for hurling stones.
The disturbances came hours after Police Commissioner David Cohen said he believes that violence is under control in Jerusalem, in reponse to warnings that clashes would break out during Friday's Muslim prayers in the city.
Earlier Friday, the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas declared Friday a "day of rage" and called on its supporters to come out and demonstrate at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, on Temple Mount.
The call came Thursday, following days of tension at the Temple Mount compound as Palestinian protesters sporadically clashed with Israeli police patrolling the holy site.
Leading religious figures in the Muslim world, such as Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi, dubbed Friday "protect Al-Aqsa day." Joining the call to "protect" the mosque were Palestinian politicians and religious figures, who have been trying to convince the lethargic public in Gaza to come out and demonstrate.
Israel's Islamic Movement also joined the calls, urging Muslims within Israel to attend Friday's prayer at Al-Aqsa. The movement explained that they do not intend to confront anyone, but that prayer at the mosque is a basic right which they have no intention of relinquishing.
In efforts to curb the violence, Israel has instituted restrictions on worshippers entering the compound, allowing men only over 50 years of age to enter. However, no restriction has been placed on women. Consequently, thousands of women arrived at the Temple Mount compound on Thursday in organized buses from Arab towns across Israel, and a similar showing was expected on Friday.
A spokesperson for the Islamic Movement in Israel told Haaretz that the tension at the site has been created by Israeli police, which has deployed an unprecedented presence around the mosque and in East Jerusalem in general. "We repeat," he said. "The Al-Aqsa Mosque is a holy place for Muslims and no one else has any right or ownership over it."
The Islamic movement has asked not to address comments made recently by Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv, the nonagenarian leader of the Lithuanian sect of the ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi community, who told President Shimon Peres that Jews should not make pilgrimages to the Temple Mount so as not to evoke global outrage.
"According to halacha (Jewish religious law), it is forbidden to ascend to Temple Mount," Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv is quoted by Israel Radio as telling President Shimon Peres. "I've said this in the past, and I am once again repeating this statement that Jews are forbidden to go up to the site," Elyashiv said.
The Islamic Movement responded to these remarks Thursday, saying that "we don't need halacha quoted by this rabbi or another. We derive our legitimacy from the Koran and from the words of the prophet Mohammed."
The Islamic Movement also criticized the indifference displayed by Muslim nations in the face of the clashes in Jerusalem. In a flyer the group disseminated, titled Al-Aqsa will be victorious, they said that anyone who harms Al-Aqsa is disrespecting every Muslim, wherever they are, and that despite the indifference and the incitement against the group and its leaders, the mosque will ultimately prevail.
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I have never understood why the Israellis don't just shoot the stone throwers.
One rock incoming, one slug returning, is my motto, stones are deadly.
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Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv
Carries a shiv, does he.
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And unlike today's exciting RAB narrative, there are no reports of the police injuring themselves in the foot/leg/knee due to premature rock release in retaliation.....
Ma'an -- Five Gazans were injured while working inside the tunnels between Rafah and Egypt on Friday morning, medical sources confirmed.
Officials at Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital in Khan Younis said two workers suffered electrical shocks and three others were injured when a tunnel collapsed. One of the youth lost a finger, they said.
Israeli forces dropped three bombs in the Gaza tunnel region on Friday morning. Locals say the impact of the strikes destabilizes the already fragile tunnels, which provide goods as diverse as cars and food basics to a besieged Palestinian population in the locked down Gaza Strip.
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[Asharq al-Aswat] An Iraqi police official says a Sunni cleric who had denounced insurgents was killed when a bomb tore through his car.
