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Good morning
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Birthday Gam Shot

Zuleyka Rivera [Rican - Miss Universe 2006][Filmography](age 27)



Universal 3 Dimensional Design



Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 10/03/2013 2:18 Comments || Top||

#2  3D print THAT!
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/03/2013 3:00 Comments || Top||

#3  ...when they can, civilization will end. However, the hierarchical need to be better than those around you will probably drive the wealthier members of the group to restrict the production of such materials to create a shortage and make it unattainable by the average Joe. There’s an economic concept known as a positional good in which an object is only valued by the possessor because it’s not possessed by others. The term was coined in 1976 by economist Fred Hirsch to replace the more colloquial, but less precise neener-neener. - BBT
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/03/2013 9:24 Comments || Top||

#4  My God, Procopius. You nailed it!!
Posted by: Total War || 10/03/2013 14:21 Comments || Top||

#5  Silly me. And here I was thinking about what effect the snow would have on Zuleyka.

She'd make a great Bond villain.
Posted by: Dopey Sinatra || 10/03/2013 16:20 Comments || Top||

#6  Davecat Explores a New Frontier in the Evolution of the Family
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Afghanistan
Kiran Manjan District in Badakhshan Cleared of Insurgents: MoI
[Tolo News] The Ministry of Interior (MoI) through a statement released on Monday confirmed that Kiran Manjan district of Badakhshan has been cleared of Death Eaters. The district was attacked two days ago by the Taliban and taken control of.

The statement added that the Border and local police forces had launched a joint operation in the district to clear the area of Death Eaters. When the Taliban attacked the district, the police had to retreat, but now the district has been cleared of Death Eaters.

"The Taliban suffered major casualties during the course of the operation," the statement further added.

After the incident, several Parliamentarians criticized the government and summoned top security officials for questioning.

Insecurity has increased over the past few months in the province. With the 2014 elections drawing near, the forces of Evil have intensified their terror activities in the province.

Meanwhile,
...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone......
the Afghan cops have ramped up operations across the country to clear vulnerable areas of forces of Evil in preparation for the upcoming 2014 elections.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 09:56 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
10 killed in Mahaday clashes
MOGADISHU -- At least Ten people from the opposing sides were reportedly killed in a fierce clashes between Somali government forces backed by AMISOM peacekeepers and Al Shabaab militants in Somalia’s southern region of Middle Shabelle, as witnesses reported of the assassination of police officer in Mogadishu, Garowe Online reports.

The clashes erupted in Mahaday town, 30 KMs north of agriculture-rich town and Middle Shabelle regional capital of Jowhar at nearly 11:00 PM in the night of Tuesday after Al Shabaab militiamen attacked The Somali government troops and AMISOM bases, making the heaviest fighting to be reported since allied forces dislodged Al Shabaab militants from the town, residents said.

Mahaday residents also reported that Al Shabaab fighters thrust into the town, “I saw several Al Shabaab members who were responding with gunfire near my home,” said a resident of Mahaday speaking to Somali media via telephone.

The allied forces carried out security operations in the town in the early hours of Wednesday morning, arresting dozens of suspects.
Posted by: Steve White || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Social media activist held in dragnet after Sudan demos
[Al Ahram] A social media activist working for the World Bank has been locked away
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
in Sudan, her husband said Wednesday, part of a crackdown after fuel price hikes sparked deadly protests.

Eight security officers took Dalia El Roubi from her family home on Monday, her husband Abdelrahman Elmahdi told AFP.

They also tossed in the clink
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
her friend Rayan Shaker, a fellow activist, but gave no reason for the arrests, Elmahdi said.

"As of today we have no clue as to her whereabouts or where she is staying or her condition," he said.

Elmahdi said his wife, a mother of three, belongs to no political party but is "part of the youth movement," including a group called Sudan Change Now.

He said his wife had joined one protest last weekend, a funeral procession for Salah Sanhouri, a pharmacist bumped off during a demonstration.

Security officers seized a video camera and a small digital camera from El Roubi's home, her husband added.

No one at the Sudan office of the World Bank, where El Roubi works as a communications specialist, was able to comment.

The Washington-based Bank works to fight global poverty.

Sudan's government says it has arrested hundreds of "criminals" after last week's protests.

Authorities say 34 people died after petrol and diesel prices jumped, sending thousands into the streets in the worst urban unrest during Bashir's 24-year rule.

Activists and international human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
groups said at least 50 people were bumped off, most of them in the greater Khartoum area.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Africa North
Benghazi gunmen kill officer, injure son
[MAGHAREBIA] A Libyan naval officer was rubbed out Wednesday (October 2nd) in Benghazi.

"Unknown men fired at navy Captain Saleh al-Houdheiry, abruptly ejecting him from the gene pool," Benghazi Joint Security Room front man Abdullah Zaidi told AFP.

Houdheiry was dropping off his son at the Benghazi medical school when the attack took place, Zaidi said. The officer's son suffered serious injuries.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Tunisian troops hunt new terror group
[MAGHAREBIA] Tunisian army and police units on Tuesday (October 1st) searched for Death Eaters in Jebel Ouergha, Shems FM reported.

The operation followed the arrest of two gunnies who confessed to providing food to an gang in the area.

In other news, a mosque in Jendouba governorate expelled a holy man for bad turban preaching. In co-ordination with local authorities, representatives of the Ghardimaou mosque approved another imam.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa


Moroccan al-Qaeda suspect caught in Europe
[MAGHAREBIA] Belgian security services just caught the alleged criminal mastermind of a network that recruited Moroccan and Spanish youths to fight for al-Qaeda in Syria.

Sought on an international arrest warrant, Moroccan national Ismail Abdellatif Allal "was the ringleader of an active network which radicalised, recruited and sent jihadists to terrorist groups operating in Syria", the Spanish interior ministry said after the Thursday (September 26th) capture.

"The network, which took orders from al-Qaeda command, had two bases, one in Sebta and the other in Fnideq," Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said.

The latest arrest comes just weeks after Spanish security forces apprehended Moroccans Mohammed El Bal and Yassine Ahmed Labri (aka "Pistu"). The two men also stand accused of recruiting young jihadists on al-Qaeda's behalf.

Stéphane Halloui, an expert on Morocco-EU relations, told Magharebia that the involvement of overseas Moroccans in terrorism was a worrisome phenomenon.

"On the one hand, there is a minority who are ignorant of the essence of the Islamic faith, and on the other hand, there is this search for an identity which supposedly offers an alternative that enables these young Moroccan expats to belong to a group," Halloui said.

He added that many Moroccan expatriates experience social failure: "For different reasons, many of them are completely lost between their countries of residence and their countries of origin."

Halloui concluded that the radicalisation of overseas Moroccans now represents a huge challenge "for both Moroccan and European officials, which they must handle with a great deal of courage and adaptability".

As the number of jihadists of Moroccan origin rises, many observers are sounding the alarm.

Moussa Al Mouritani, a journalist who specialises in Islamist movements, said that the phenomenon now poses a real danger to both Europe and the kingdom.

"There are over 100 jihadists who belong to the three main armed opposition movements in Syria: the salafist group Kataib Ahrar Al-Sham, Jabhat al-Nusra, which is close to al-Qaeda, and the sprawling Free Syrian Army," he underlined. He added that Latakia region is the stronghold of the Moroccan jihadists in Syria.

Al Mouritani cited the case of Brahim Benchekroune, alias Abu Ahmed Al Mouhajir, who created Sham al-Islam, a militia made up entirely of Moroccan fighters.

Then there is Mohammed Alami Slimani, alias Abu Hamza Al Maghrebi, who joined Kataib Ahrar Al-Sham and later Benchekroune's group before being killed in August.

Allal's arrest is just one sign of growing security co-operation between Morocco and European states. On Friday (September 27th), Morocco and Spain signed an agreement between the Spanish Military Emergencies Unit (UME) and the Royal Armed Forces which is intended to boost military co-operation between the two parties.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


Al-Qaeda claims Timbuktu suicide bombing
[MAGHAREBIA] Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday (September 30th) grabbed credit for a twin suicide boom-mobileing that killed two civilians and injured six soldiers in Timbuktu.

The attack on the Malian military base was conducted by the AQIM's "Imaratou Sahra" (Desert Emirate) battalion, Alakhbar reported, citing an unnamed al-Qaeda front man. The terror group claimed to have killed 16 Malian soldiers and destroyed a number of military vehicles during the Saturday attack.

Malian Internal Security Minister General Sada Samaké went to the bombing site the following day to reassure civilians and soldiers of "the commitment of the government to investigate and punish those responsible for these acts".

"There are failures, we must have the courage to admit it, but... we will take all measures to ensure that the situation is under control," General Samaké added in his statement aired by ORTM public television.

Timbuktu resident Djiby Sangare said the attack had "plunged the peaceful inhabitants of this city into a state of fear".

"It confirms that the gunnies are still here with us and we have to continue the fight in order to neutralise them," he told Magharebia.

Touareg rebel group National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), meanwhile, said it was "deeply saddened for the victims" of the attack. In a statement issued on September 29th, the group said that it remained firmly committed to the fight against terrorism in the Azawad.

The message signed by MNLA front man Mossa Ag Attaher indirectly blamed al-Qaeda and the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) for the attack.

For his part, journalist and security analyst Jidou Ould Sidi said: "This operation marks the resurgence of gunnies who kept quiet for six months. This shows at least that the terrorist threat is still there and all the countries of the region should be aware of it and act accordingly."

"The terrorists' new tactic is to keep quiet for a while, then build up strength and hit by surprise. This is what the gunnies succeeded in doing cold-bloodedly in Timbuktu," Ould Sidi added.

According to Journal Tahalil editor and terrorism expert Isselmou Ould Moustapha, however, there was an "abnormality" in the claim of responsibility.

"It is written with the header of an otherwise unknown organization- 'Qaedatou El Jihad Fi Biladi Almagrib El Islami', or al-Qaeda of Jihad in the Islamic Maghreb," he said. "Did the group change its name?"
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1  Remember when Timbuktu was "Timbuktu" because it was the middle of nowhere and nothing ever happened there?
Posted by: Dopey Sinatra || 10/03/2013 16:23 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Yemen jails 5 Qaeda for deadly army suicide blast
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Yemeni court on Wednesday jugged
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
five al-Qaeda Death Eaters for up to 10 years for plotting a suicide kaboom that killed 86 soldiers and maimed 171 others last year.

The court specializing in terrorism-related charges sentenced two defendants to 10 years in prison and a third to seven years.

Two more were imprisoned for three and two years respectively.

The judge also ordered the release of three other defendants based on the time already served, and acquitted three more, an AFP correspondent reported.

The 11 were on trial for their alleged role in planning the suicide kaboom on a rehearsal for a military parade on May 21, 2012.

According to the charge sheet, the suspects had all been in direct contact with the suicide attacker, Haytham Mufreh.

"Allahu Akbar (God is greatest)," the defendants shouted from the dock as Judge Hilal al-Mahfal read the verdict.

They said they will appeal the rulings.

"This is not a ruling. This is oppression," shouted Hisham al-Sharaabi, who was sentenced to seven years. "I am not al-Qaeda."

His mother, present in court and covered in black from head to toe, sobbed as the verdict was read. "My son is innocent. He does not even know al-Qaeda," she said.

The hearing took place under tight security.

The judge also ordered that two former security chiefs, who had headed the central security services and were appointed during the time of former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
, again face questioning about the case.

In March, former central security services commander General Abdulmalik al-Taieb and his deputy, General Yehya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh, denied any links with the bombing.

Taieb was sacked on the day of the bombing, while Yehya, a nephew of Saleh, was dismissed in December.

When the trial opened in January, Sharaabi, 24, said that the bombing was "political" and "involved high-ranking officials".

Al-Qaeda said it was behind the attack, saying it targeted Defence Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed and his aides, but the minister escaped unharmed.

The bombing came three months after President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi took power after Saleh was forced to step down following a year-long uprising against his 33-year rule.

Hadi has since sacked many Saleh appointees from top security and military posts, using his powers to restructure the security forces under a U.N.-backed transition deal.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia


Caribbean-Latin America
6 die in southern Chihuahua

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Six individuals died in ongoing drug and gang related violence in southern Chihuahua state since last Sunday, according to Mexican news reports.

Three men were ambushed by armed suspects in Guadalupe y Calvo municipality Monday night, according to a news account which appeared on Milenio news daily Tuesday night.

The victims were identified as Enrique Tarín Duran, 52, Justino Armando Diaz Vizcarra, 36, and Antonio Zavaleta Izquierdo, 32.

The victims were traveling, presumably on foot, to the village of San Ignacio de la Cieneguita when they were shot to death near a location called Puerto del Madroño. News reports characterized the shooters as numerous.

Three individuals were shot to death in three separate incidents in southern Chihuahua, according to Mexican news accounts which appeared in the online edition of El Sol de Parral news daily.
  • An unidentified man was found beaten to death in Guachochi municipality Monday morning. The victim was found in Los Pinos colony on Calle Monterrey by local municipal police agents.

  • A man was shot to death in his home in Guachochi municipality early Sunday morning. Julian Moreno Arteaga, 49 was in his residence in the village of Batayeachi when three armed suspects burst inside and started shooting. News accounts say .223 caliber rifles were used in the attack.

  • The brother of a local police commander was killed last Sunday, according to data supplied by the Chihuahua state Fiscalia General del Estado, or attorney general. Silvestre Terrazas Villa was found dead early Sunday morning in Cilla Coronado in Coronado municipality. His brother, José Angel Terrazas Villa, police commander in Villa Coronado is suspected in the death, and local and state police and army units are searching the area to find him. He is thought to be hiding out in ranches in the area.

Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburgcom and Borderlandbeat.com. His latest work of non-fiction, the Wounded Eagle, Volume 2, can be found at Smashwords and Amazon.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com..
Posted by: badanov || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Roadside bomb kills two soldiers in quake-hit Balochistan district
[Dawn] Two soldiers were killed Wednesday in a roadside kabooming in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Awaran district near the epicentre of a devastating earthquake earlier last week.

The Pak military said the soldiers were distributing humanitarian aid when their vehicle hit the roadside kaboom in Mashkay area of the quake-hit district.

"We are there to provide relief for the local people. We will continue the relief work for our Baloch brethren even if attacks continue," said Major General Samrez Salik, who oversees the relief operations.

The blast also left four others injured.

According to a foreign news agency, separatist bully boy group Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) grabbed credit for the attack.

"We claim responsibility for Wednesday morning attack on troops near Mashkay. We will step up such attacks in coming days," Allah Nazar Baloch, head of the BLF, told Rooters.

Awaran is considered one of the most sensitive and troubled districts of Balochistan and is also the hometown of the Baloch rebel commander.

The district's Mashkay area was badly affected by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake which jolted the southwestern province last week, claiming over hundreds of lives and leaving thousands homeless.

Separately, army units came under fire in five other incidents throughout the day.

The army has been facing difficulties in providing relief to the quake victims due to the security situation in Awaran. Last week, two rockets narrowly missed a military helicopter and there have been several attacks on convoys carrying aid.

On Sept 30, a convoy of the chief minister of Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch escaped a rocket attack in Awaran as he was on his way to a camp office set up to carry out relief efforts.

In a statement on Wednesday, the chief minister strongly condemned the bombing in Mashkay.

According to the chief minister, Awaran has had no government for the past decade, which has led to myrmidons trying their best to compromise relief efforts in the area.

In a media briefing on Tuesday, CM Baloch admitted that there were difficulties in carrying out relief activities in the quake-hit areas of the province.

Chief Minister Dr Malik Baloch has already made an appeal to Allah Nazar to cooperate with aid agencies in order to provide support to earthquake survivors.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Suicide bomber kills eight at Pakistan-Afghan border
[Dawn] A jacket wallah Wednesday killed eight people and maimed 16 others at the southwestern Chaman border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistain, officials said.

"It was a suicide kaboom. We have found the severed head on the blast site," local border force commander Colonel Haider Ali told news agency AFP.

The security bigshot said at least one Fronter Corps paramilitary soldier was among the dead.

He said the bomber had arrived at the border from Afghanistan.

Local police officials confirmed the attack following which the Pak-Afghan border was closed.

Chaman is a small town in the southwestern province of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and is one of the two main crossing points for supplies for American and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan


Pakistan army denies Indian allegations of LoC clash
[Dawn] The Pak military on Wednesday denied Indian accusations of Pak soldiers being involved in a reported clash on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC), the heavily-militarised border dividing the Kashmire region.

An Indian army commander had alleged that Pak troops might be involved in an ongoing gunbattle near the disputed border.

The Pakistain Army rejected the allegation. "We totally deny this baseless allegation. This is a blatant lie. No such thing happened," a front man for the Inter-Services Public Relations, the military's public relations wing, said in a text message.

Senior Indian army commander Gurmit Singh told news hounds in Srinagar that the Indian soldiers had launched an operation against forces of Evil on September 24 and which was still ongoing.

The Lieutenant General claimed some 30 to 40 heavily-armed fighters had crossed the LoC in the Keran sector and were holed up for the past nine days in thick forests in the area.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
he denied reports in the Indian media Singh that the 'infiltrators' had overtaken a ghost village along the border.

Foreign news agency AFP quoted Indian police sources as saying that the fighting was still taking place in Shala Bhatta, the abandoned village.

India and Pakistain often trade allegations of ceasefire violations from both sides of the disputed border. The most recent incident comes just days after the prime ministers of both countries agreed to soothe tensions.

Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
met with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New York on Sunday for the first time since Sharif swept to power in May promising an improvement in relations.

They agreed to task senior military officers to "find effective means to restore the ceasefire" in Kashmire, where regular festivities have taken place this year, resulting in casualties on both sides.

Last Thursday, three suspected forces of Evil stormed a cop shoppe and an army base in the southernmost part of Indian-administered Kashmire, killing ten people including four soldiers, four police and two civilians.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Iraq
Iraqi helicopter shot down as 18 killed nationwide
[Al Ahram] Militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing four security forces members, as at least 14 people died in other violence, officials said.

The helicopter was shot down during a large-scale operation against gunnies in a desert area west of Baiji, north of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
, killing two crew members and two soldiers who were on board, army officers said.

Helicopters are periodically hit by gunfire during operations, including one last month in which a pilot was maimed.

In the northern city of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
a boom-mobile detonated near the governorate headquarters, killing two people and wounding 15.

In Nineveh province, also in the north, attacks killed three people, and soldiers shot one krazed killer dead. Violence in Diyala province left two people dead and two maimed.

Three bombings in Storied Baghdad, including one near an ice cream shop and another close to a paIraqi helicopter shot down as 18 killed nationwide
rk, killed at least four people and maimed 17, while another bomb went kaboom! near a vegetable market southeast of the capital, killing two people and wounding six.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State of Iraq


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iranian cyber warfare commander shot dead in suspected assassination
Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters, was found dead in a wooded area near the town of Karaj, north-west of the capital, Tehran. Five Iranian nuclear scientists and the head of the country’s ballistic missile programme have been killed since 2007. The regime has accused Israel’s external intelligence agency, the Mossad, of carrying out these assassinations.

Ahmadi was last seen leaving his home for work on Saturday. He was later found with two bullets in the heart, according to Alborz, a website linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps. “I could see two bullet wounds on his body and the extent of his injuries indicated that he had been assassinated from a close range with a pistol,” an eyewitness told the website.

The commander of the local police said that two people on a motorbike had been involved in the assassination.

The Facebook page of the officers of the Cyber War Headquarters confirmed that Ahmadi had been one of their commander and posted messages of condolence. But Alborz users warned that the openly accessible book of condolence could harm Iran’s national security.

“Stop giving more information about him. The counter-revolutionaries will take advantage of his murder,” said one post. “It sounds like a hit job for a security officer of this importance”.
Posted by: tipper || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "He's dead, Jim..."
Posted by: Raj || 10/03/2013 0:18 Comments || Top||

#2  He was later found with two bullets in the heart

What about the head tap?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/03/2013 1:00 Comments || Top||

#3  What about the head tap?

Everybody is cutting back. Things are tough all over.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/03/2013 1:07 Comments || Top||

#4  found dead in a wooded area
He was later found with two bullets in the heart
two people on a motorbike had been involved

Why the woods, why the heart, how did they get him there on a cycle?
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/03/2013 2:59 Comments || Top||

#5  Whatta shame. Popcorn, anyone?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 10/03/2013 5:51 Comments || Top||

#6  He was later found with two bullets in the heart

Suicide. He was very determined.
Posted by: Glenmore || 10/03/2013 6:04 Comments || Top||

#7  Mojtaba Akhmadi joins cold case file of Iraqi Supergun developer, Gerald Vincent Bull (March 9, 1928 – March 22, 1990).
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/03/2013 8:27 Comments || Top||

#8  Left out the beak
Posted by: Heriberto Flatle2591 || 10/03/2013 9:29 Comments || Top||

#9  Which park? Fort Marcy?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 10/03/2013 9:59 Comments || Top||

#10  The Mossad's preferred weapon used to be a .22 Baretta. Agents were taught to fire twice to finish off their target.
Posted by: Deadeye Omose9903 || 10/03/2013 11:08 Comments || Top||

#11  I'm not reading this one, Bobby's is pithier.
Posted by: Shipman || 10/03/2013 12:23 Comments || Top||

#12  Now now, be nice, lets not get into a pithing contest.
Posted by: OldSpook || 10/03/2013 12:39 Comments || Top||

#13  He's logged out now...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/03/2013 12:43 Comments || Top||

#14  Extra butter with that, Mike ? :-D
Posted by: Barbara || 10/03/2013 13:48 Comments || Top||

#15  Wow - that kill -KILL ... command really works!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 10/03/2013 14:17 Comments || Top||

#16  Probably lured to the park by a woman or a promise of receiving a new iPhone 5s
Posted by: Airandee || 10/03/2013 19:41 Comments || Top||

#17  I'm tripping on the notion that officers in a cyber command--any cyber command--would have a Facebook page.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal || 10/03/2013 19:48 Comments || Top||


Homes, Army Patrol Hit as Heavy Shelling from Syria Targets Akkar Towns
[An Nahar] Shells fired from the Syrian side of the border targeted several towns in Akkar on Wednesday, hitting homes and an army patrol and sparking an exodus of residents.

"Ten shells have targeted the house of Mashta Hammoud resident Majed Sweid, which is uninhabited, and no casualties were reported," state-run National News Agency reported.

The bombardment also hit the Sheikh Mohammed Hill and the al-Khalsa area, where several families were stranded due to shelling, according to NNA.

The houses of Brig. Gen. Ahmed Alfi and Hussein Dandal were hit while none of Mashta Hammoud's residents managed to inspect their targeted homes, the agency added.

"Residents of the Akkar town of Bani Sakhr are fleeing en masse to safer places over fears that shelling might target their town," NNA said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck in the tree roots and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber...
al-Jadeed television said a Lebanese army patrol came under shelling from Syria in the Akkar area of al-Khalsa.

Future TV said "heavy shelling from Syria is targeting the outskirts of Akkar's Mashta Hammoud and al-Khalsa and several homes have been hit."
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Syria Cannibals Advance toward Turkey Border Post
[An Nahar] Hundreds of jihadist fighters from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have advanced in northern Syria towards a border post with Turkey, an NGO said Wednesday.

"Hundreds of ISIL fighters advanced overnight towards Bab al-Salameh, which is closed from the Turkish side," said Rami Abdul Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The advance comes after fighting between the group and the Northern Storm rebel brigade, which is part of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA).

ISIL has seized the town of Azaz, which lies several kilometers (miles) from the border, as well as at least two villages nearby.

Unable to repel the jihadist group, Northern Storm forces pulled back as ISIL fighters moved into the area, Abdul Rahman said.

ISIL fighters entered Azaz on September 18, sparking deadly fighting with FSA forces and prompting Turkey to close its side of the Bab al-Salameh border.

Another brigade brokered a truce between the two sides that saw the Northern Storm withdraw from the town.

Clashes between ISIL and non-jihadist rebel fighters have broken out with increasing regularity, particularly in rebel-held areas of northern Syria.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State of Iraq

#1  They've heard that Turks taste delightful?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/03/2013 1:04 Comments || Top||

#2  Driving "uparmored" HUMV's and MRAP's were they ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/03/2013 2:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Ima thinkin NVGs body armor and small arms myself.
Posted by: Pappy || 10/03/2013 9:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Hammer and anvil by the Mohammedans
Posted by: OldSpook || 10/03/2013 12:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Erdogan has been selling the new ottoman empire snake oil. Meanwhile, turks aren't arabs, so he's selling very weak snake oil in the salafist scheme of things...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/03/2013 14:02 Comments || Top||


Chilean Woman Arrested in Syria on Terror Charges
[An Nahar] A 38-year-old Chilean woman has been jugged
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
in Syria on terror charges, Chile's top diplomat said Wednesday.

"The accusations against her are serious and complex, so this is going to take a lot of time," Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno told CNN Chile from Thailand.

Chilean press reports said the woman, identified as Gisella Carcamo, and her Tunisian husband Radwan Hamidi assaulted a Syrian military checkpoint.

Moreno said Carcamo has been transferred to a women's prison in Damascus after being arrested some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from the Syrian capital.

In an interview with Syrian public television posted by Chilean media, a veiled Carcamo said she entered Syria with her husband.

"I thought that he had come here only for the religion, nothing more. And later I found out what was happening and wanted to return to my country, but he wouldn't let me," she said, wearing a blue veil that also covered much of her forehead and neck.

Her mother, Yolanda Carcamo, told local media her daughter traveled to Spain six years ago, leaving behind six children from three fathers.

Moreno noted that the woman previously had run into serious problems in Tunisia, and had asked for help from the Chilean government.

"At that time, she was given tickets to return to Chile, but in the end she didn't use them. She did not return to Chile," the foreign minister said.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Iranian cyber warfare commander shot dead in suspected assassination
Mojtaba Ahmadi, Cyber War HQ commander, found with two bullets in heart north-west of Tehran, Daily Telegraph reports. Regime accused Israel in past of deaths of five nuclear scientists since 2007.

Posted by: Sleregum Floluque9910 || 10/03/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Why did all the attention get directed to the second posting of the same news?

Tsk, tsk!
Posted by: Bobby || 10/03/2013 6:08 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm here for ya, Mr. Bobby!
Posted by: Frank G || 10/03/2013 7:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Bobby, the way the Burg works a second later post is seen before the first one. It gets more attention. We mods do sleep (some) and if a duplicate comes up in the wee hours we won't see it until 9 am 10 am 11 am noon or so. By then it has comments, and at that point we generally don't delete the dup.

Moral of the story: rise and shine is for suckers. Take your Obamaphone and be quiet :-)
Posted by: Steve White || 10/03/2013 9:00 Comments || Top||

#4  WOW!!!
"Shaddup! Leave me alone," he explained.
Heh!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 10/03/2013 10:43 Comments || Top||

#5  See it all works out Bobby, just in a different way than expected.
Posted by: Shipman || 10/03/2013 12:15 Comments || Top||



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