After a thorough sweep for booby traps and the thunderous reports of detonations from large Al-Qaeda arms caches, residents are beginning to return to the site of what is considered the longest, toughest and bloodiest battle of the war against terrorism in Saudi Arabia. Calm prevailed in the northwestern town of Al-Rass yesterday in the aftermath of Saudi security forces' rout of Al-Qaeda militants last week. Residents of Al-Jawazat District, where the militants holed up for three days, were allowed to return after security forces cleansed the area of explosives. Many families have already returned. Special forces stationed in Al-Rass were scheduled to withdraw yesterday. "I feel things are back to normal," said Suliman Al-Ayed, a resident of Al-Rass.
"Except for the guys in turbans running around shooting people, of course..."
Security forces detonated hand grenades and other explosives left behind by the terrorists in the district. "Three big explosions were heard on Thursday. These were the sound of detonations carried out by the security forces to destroy a large cache of weapons and explosives left behind by the terrorists," Al-Ayed said. The detonations delayed the return of some 1,000 Saudis and expatriates who were evacuated from the area during the siege, security sources said.
"We can't go home now, Fatimah! Things are still exploding!"
Col. Muhammad Al-Shahrani, commander of special forces in the Qasim region, said residents were prevented from returning to the area soon after the operation for their own safety as terrorists had booby-trapped houses in the area. Khaled Al-Johani, a resident, said he heard about the operation on Sunday while he was at work, adding that he was concerned about his wife and four small children who were at home at the time of the gun battle. "By the grace of God, I was able to bring them out with the help of security officers. Over the past five days we have been staying with a relative," he said. The signs of fierce combat are evident on a number of pockmarked buildings in the area. Police found a check for SR20 million in a briefcase, SR200,000 in cash, forged number plates and a computer system used for forgery from houses in the area, Al-Madinah newspaper reported.
Wonder who wrote the check?
Meanwhile, a military transport plane removed the bodies of terrorists killed in the fighting to Riyadh for forensic examination. These included the bodies of Saud Al-Otaibi and Abdul Kareem Al-Majati, both of whom were on the list of the Kingdom's most wanted terrorists. It was unconfirmed whether Saleh Al-Oufi, the top leader of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, was among those killed in the Al-Rass battle. "Only after DNA analysis can we identify the bodies," said a security source. Three of the bodies were disfigured beyond recognition.
This article starring:
ABDUL KARIM AL MAJATI
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
SALEH AL UFI
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
SAUD AL OTAIBI
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
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that's a check from for royalty apparently
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That's why they calls 'em royalty checks...
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bet the writer's got the requisite Italian table cloth and 2 fan belts on?
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It must be late in the day. I just added a Chianti bottle with wax melted down its side to that image...
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LOL Fred! Really!
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Cleaning tip #102; One can clean the wax from a table cloth by pouring hot water on the stain....no need to remove it from the head.
See retaliatory related,
Saudi Prince Traval Tip #34; Remember to buy gas and carry extra water when driving across the desert.
Followers of a slain rebel preacher went on a shooting spree in a Yemeni town Friday after more than 70 comrades were killed in two days of fierce clashes with government forces, residents and tribal sources said. The fighting on Wednesday and Thursday, which ended with government forces taking control of rebel outposts in northwestern Saada Province, also left more than 30 soldiers and police dead or wounded, pro-government tribal sources said.
Dead Good Guys is bad...
Residents of Saada town said members of the Faithful Youth movement sneaked into the city at dawn Friday and took over a number of buildings from which they sniped at army and police units, sparking shoot-outs that left at least eight rebels and four police dead. An undetermined number of civilians were also killed or wounded in the clashes. The shooting subsided at midday, but sources close to the town government said troops were hunting for some 60 rebels believed to be hiding in the city. Government forces were meanwhile still trying to track down followers of Sheikh Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi in mountain regions. "More than 70 [Huthi] followers were killed in the fighting which went on throughout Wednesday and until Thursday night" in Saada Province, where the two sides have been locked in combat since March 28, one tribal source said. "Their bodies were found in the mountain hideouts from which they had been resisting authorities," he said.
Figure a four-to-one wounded to killed ratio... Lots of opportunities for sepsis to set in...
The source said government forces suffered most of their casualties when counter-terrorism units parachuted onto mountain tops overlooking the rebels' strongholds in Razamat and Wadi Nushur (Nushur Valley) on Thursday. Government forces stormed rebel positions in Razamat, Wadi Nushur and Al-Shafia, wresting control of the outposts Thursday night. One tribal source said "troops are combing the area to hunt down the leaders of the rebellion, starting with Badr Eddin al-Huthi," father of the preacher killed by the army last year, who authorities say is the rebels' spiritual leader.
Want to bet Pop's been in control behind the scenese all along?
Government forces are also trying to track down the ground commanders of the Faithful Youth rebels, chiefly Abdullah Ayedh al-Razami, Yussef al-Madani and the preacher's brother, Abdul Malak, after dozens of militants were reportedly rounded up. Military sources confirmed that government forces had seized control of rebel positions, saying the insurgents had retreated to Um Issa mountain and an area called Al-Salah. Apart from the undetermined number of government forces which fell in the clashes of the past two days, more than 190 people have now been reported killed in the fighting since it began 10 days ago. Dozens more have been wounded on both sides.
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What's a "scenese", and how do you get behind one? Sounds Italian . . . .
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The FBI has issued a special alert concerning a British man now living in the UK who raised suspicions when he illegally took flying lessons in the United States.
Zayed Christopher Hajaig caused alarm when he sought to hasten his pilot training at an Atlanta flight school and be upgraded before he had qualified.
The Atlanta Joint Terrorism Task Force has issued a special alert bulletin to police and aviation authorities which says Hajaig also "became aggressive and attempted to have the flight school accelerate his training schedule".
The FBI said UK authorities had been alerted and he had been placed on a "no-fly" list.
Special agent Steve Emmett said: "All I can say is that he has been located in the UK and remains a person of interest."
It is believed he fled to Britain when he became aware of the task force's interest in him.
Hajaig, 35, was living in the US illegally, had no means of income and used calling cards to communicate with associates, according to customs officials.
He is described as a white British national born in Nigeria.
Two of the hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks reportedly completed part of their training at the same Gwinnett County Airport where Hajaig took lessons.
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A stun grenade was lobbed at a bank in a Christian town northeast of Beirut late on Friday, the police said. There were no casualties reported, but the grenade caused some damage to the building in the mountain resort town of Dhour Shweir. The town is about 20km northeast of Beirut. It was the fifth explosion to rock Christian areas of Lebanon since 19 March. Four previous explosions killed three people and wounded 24 and caused severe damage to the shopping, residential and industrial areas they targeted.
Fear has gripped Lebanon followed the recent spate of bombs, which have been placed under or near cars. Security forces are taking precautionary measures since the bombings started, conducting night patrols and deploying fire engines on major highways in case of any possible attack. Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition has blamed the government security agencies and their Syrian backers for the bombings, while the pro-Syrian camp blames saboteurs bent on destabilising the country in order to invite international intervention.
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Grenade lobbed at Lebanon Bank
AKA a Syrian Withdrawal Charge
Sorry....
One hundred seventy-seven right hands were raised together April 3 at the airfield here as that many soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division's Aviation Brigade re-enlisted in a mass ceremony.
Gen. Dan K. McNeill, commander of U.S. Army Forces Command, administered the Oath of Enlistment. Maj. Gen. William G. Webster, 3rd Infantry Division commanding general, accompanied McNeill.
Division officials said the mass re-enlistment was the largest for the division and the largest for an Army unit in the Iraqi theater of operations. The 101st Airborne Division, which re-enlisted 158 soldiers on July 4, 2003, held the previous record.
The 177 soldiers pledged a total of 990 years of additional service to the Army and will receive a total of nearly $1.8 million in bonuses. Some 121 re-enlistees received stabilization and education options in their contracts to stay with the 3rd ID.
The key to organizing so many soldiers was finding out their needs, wants and desires, then working hard to make sure they could be fulfilled, said Master Sgt. James R. Jay, the aviation brigade's reserve-component senior career counselor.
"Most of the soldiers who re-enlisted ⊠didn't do it for money or anything like that. They wanted to volunteer to continue serving their country, and it meant a lot to them to do it here in the war zone with General McNeill giving the oath," said Barry S. Norris, the brigade's senior active-duty career counselor. "Many of them have told me it gives them a great feeling of camaraderie."
During the ceremony, the brigade received the Presidential Unit Citation for its service in Operation Iraqi Freedom I, and McNeill and Webster promoted Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sezandra Pinckney, 603rd Aviation Support Battalion. Pinckney's husband, Sgt. Maj. Allen Pinckney, and son, Pfc. Allen Pinckney Jr., accompanied her. All three members of the Pinckney family serve in the 3rd ID. Obviously a sign of flagging morale.
Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News Snipers yesterday killed three clerics in fresh violence as Iraq's newly appointed premier began the process of building a Cabinet he said must include efficient technocrats and nationalists with a "clean history".
I have a hard time seeing three dead holy men as a bad thing, but I guess it's evidence of on-going sectarian violence...
Despite the weeks of delay and bickering in nominating Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, Washington expressed hope Iraq's political calendar providing for a permanent constitution and definitive elections by the end of 2005 would be respected. Jaafari said Thursday after his appointment by new President Jalal Talabani and his two deputies that he would work to form a government within two weeks, although he theoretically has a month to do so.
They're a little behind schedule, what with all the arguing and such...
"The ministries need efficient technocrats, nationalists with a good and clean history and team players who are comfortable working within a diverse setting," Jaafari told reporters. He promised "to fight corruption and institute administrative reforms" after several members of his United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) accused the outgoing government of Iyad Allawi of breaking the law and hiring senior members of the banned Baath party of ousted leader Saddam Hussein. Parliament is expected to vote tomorrow on a UIA motion to rebuke and sanction Allawi's government.
At least they're not shooting them...
Jaafari refused to go into details over the government line-up but one of his senior aides Jawad Al-Maliki said a quarter of the 30 or so Cabinet posts will go to women. Maliki said the UIA will have the important ministries of finance, interior and oil. He said the Kurdish coalition partners will retain the Foreign Ministry now headed by Hoshyar Zebari and "may get the Planning Ministry as a consolation for oil which they had been fighting to clinch." The Sunnis, who largely boycotted the elections but are being assiduously courted by both sides, will get at least six ministries, including defense, he said.
I guess it depends on which ones they pick. If it's anybody remotely associated with the Association of Muslim Scholars they can hang it up...
Meanwhile, three Shiite clerics were killed by sniper fire on the southern approaches of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said. The men where coming from the overwhelmingly Shiite south to take part in a demonstration in the capital called for today by Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr when they were shot in Dura, the official said.
"Another Tater demonstration? Mahmoud, just shoot them!"
"Hokay, boss!"
A Turkish driver meanwhile died of wounds suffered in an attack on his convoy in northern Iraq late Thursday that wounded six others traveling with him, police said. In the main southern city of Basra, three masked men shot dead an officer in the new Iraqi Army as he was dining Thursday, an army spokesman said. The same night, four US soldiers were wounded in the northern town of Shurgat when insurgents hurled a hand grenade at them, a US military statement said. Another US military statement yesterday said a US Marine died two days ago in a vehicle accident during combat operations in the former rebel stronghold of Fallujah, west of the capital. Also, a US soldier was killed by a bomb in northern Iraq yesterday, the US Army said. The soldier was killed around noon when a homemade bomb exploded near Hawijah, in Kirkuk province, a statement said without providing further details.
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First, they need to establish a government and civil service dress code: No "smartness shields"! (local slang for turbans). ;)
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Militia groups in southern Sudan are threatening to wreck a fragile peace that has emerged nearly three months after Khartoum and the region's main rebel force inked a deal to end 21 years of war, residents and aid workers said Friday. About 30 such groups, unaffected by the January 9 peace deal signed by Khartoum and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), continue to terrorize Upper Nile state, attacking villages here, collecting illegal taxes and abducting locals, they said. "Peace has been signed, but the presence of militiamen disturbs us," said John Kuol Nhial, who was tortured by the fighters in 2001 as they battled the SPLA for control of this town on the River Zerati, a main tributary of the White Nile. "They are a threat," he told reporters in Old Fangak, opening his mouth to reveal missing teeth he said were removed by the militia during the struggle in which two of his three children were killed and the other fled.
"These are very dangerous people, they can eliminate you," said Father Antonio Labraca, an Italian missionary who has lived in Sudan for 20 years working on educational and development projects. Under the Khartoum-SPLM/A peace accord, the two sides have a year from the signing day to integrate southern Sudan's militia into their respective armies and organizations but there are fears the move will fuel inter-clan conflicts in the South. Already, there has been resistance. In February, gunmen loyal to militia commander Gabriel Tanginya briefly evicted the SPLM/A from Akobo town, a dusty outpost near the Ethiopian border, but were then routed leaving behind scores of dead and wounded and horrific destruction.
And residents say militia checkpoints where transportation taxes are demanded dot the 120-kilometer stretch of cratered road between Old Fangak and the government garrison town of Malakal. As there are few vehicles, the roadblocks make the already difficult trip - a three-day walk usually with livestock to pay for goods, medical services and bribes - even more treacherous. The checkpoints also compound problems stemming from far worse militia activity: the abductions and conscription into their ranks of villagers who are forced to serve as fighters, porters and human shields.
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BAGHDAD (AP) - A cameraman carrying CBS press credentials was detained in Iraq earlier this week on suspicion of insurgent activity, the U.S. military said Friday.
The cameraman suffered minor injuries Tuesday during a battle between U.S. soldiers and suspected insurgents, the military said. He was standing next to an alleged insurgent, who was killed during the shootout.
The military then issued a statement saying the cameraman was shot because his equipment was mistaken for a weapon.
But on Friday, the military said the cameraman was detained because there was probable cause to believe he posed "an imperative threat to coalition forces."
"He is currently detained and will be processed as any other security detainee," the statement said.
CBS News spokeswoman Leigh Farris said the network was looking into the situation.
The journalist suffered minor wounds and was with "a number of people" involved in the shootout, said U.S. military spokesman Capt. Mark Walter, adding that he was detained immediately after the incident, in part because of statements from witnesses to the battle.
Officials are investigating the manââ¬s previous activities as well as "his alleged support of anti-Iraqi insurgency activities," the statement said.
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Run with dogs expect to get bit.
Didn't one of you Ladies mention having a Manx awhile back?
I will be getting a black 6 week-old next week.
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An initial report was that this bird was standing next to a guy who was burying an IED at the time. My question is I wonder if he was taking stills, or if he was taking video. If it was video, I then wonder if he threw in insightful anti-US commentary.
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Originally CBS was "outraged that one of their employees was wounded in a firefight and then detained"...now he's "carrying CBS credentials"....pretty soon he'll "have no connection to CBS at all"...according to them. Assholes
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I agree with Frank, the more goods they find on this guy the more SeeBS will distance themselves from him. He will then claim to be on a secret U.S. mission to infiltrate the bad guys. It will turn out that Valarie Plame (who is a SUPER Secret CIA Under Cover spy) sent him to spy on the insurgencies.
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My brother's platoon shot the guy (just got the email yesterday). Insurgents had just hit a stryker with a Suicide car bomb (the strykers can usually drive away from them) with 5 injured (one with a sever head injury). The insurgents came out and celebraded when the stryker left and my brothers platoon was apparently watching over the entire thing. The cbs reporter was standing next to a insurgent with no identification. On his video is a perfect recording of the hit on the stryker. It sounds to me like this guy was imbeded with the insurgents.
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I'm sorry they only injured him
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From CNN One official said at least four videos in the man's camera show roadside bomb attacks on U.S. troops.
All had been shot in a manner that suggested the cameraman had prior knowledge of the attacks and had scouted a shooting location in sight of the target.
It's actually fortunate he was injured and someone was on the ball and looked at the video he shot. He (and the video) should be able to identify a lot of terrorists and their sponsors.
Mohammed al Sahaf may be out of business, but the Baathists/Mukhabaret that were under him are not. They are now just being paid by the foreign press, such as CBS.
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well, why not, we both have the same goals?
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Gee, patrick, our thanks to your brother and I hope he stays safe.
The FBI has issued a special alert over a British man who took flying lessons in the United States illegally. Zayed Christopher Hajaig caused alarm when he sought to upgrade his pilot training at a flying school in Georgia before he had qualified. The Atlanta Joint Terrorism Task Force has issued a special alert bulletin to police and aviation authorities. It is believed Mr Hajaig, 35, fled to Britain when he became aware of the task force's interest in him. The task force said Mr Hajaig "became aggressive and attempted to have the flight school accelerate his training schedule".
The FBI said UK authorities had been notified and he had been placed on a "no-fly" list. FBI special agent, Steve Emmett, said Mr Hajaig "has been located in the UK and remains a person of interest". According to customs officials, Mr Hajaig was living in the US illegally with no means of income and used calling cards to communicate with associates. He has been described as a white British national who was born in Nigeria. Two of the hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks reportedly completed part of their training at the same Gwinnett County Airport where Mr Hajaig took lessons.
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Fred's got the server hood open again. I think he's taking out the catalytic converter and putting in the ground effects package. Possibly installing a PlayStation, but that's just a rumor and you didn't hear it from me. List any problems you encounter at the 'Burg in this thread, take a number, and have a seat. Your post is important to us, please to be vaiting for the next awailable operator...
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I don't suppose he managed to find a replacement flux capacitor, did he?
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He reversed the polarity and melted down the search function.
I haven't been able to connect to the server remotely since last night, and my email is hosed. I want to have our good server back up and running by Monday, otherwise it'll be a week or so before I get time to do the swap and start killing the set of bugs that comes after this one, so I won't be posting much, unless they catch Zaqawi or Mullah Omar.
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I am thinking that you are being very funny, Miss Sea.
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#15. As a former shop supervisor, I recognize a mechanic in over his head when I see one. I'm FedEx-ing in a couple of cans of compression to replace what you let out of the Machine.
EFL
Nepali soldiers killed at least 50 Maoist rebels in a deadly overnight clash, the army said on Friday, as around 500 political activists were reported arrested by police during pro-democracy rallies in the kingdom.
The Nepali army said its troops killed the rebels after the insurgents attacked their base overnight using rocket launchers and mortars in the west of the nation in one of the deadliest battle in the past two months.
An army statement said that many more, possibly hundreds, of Maoists could have died in the fighting and soldiers had recovered 31 weapons, including AK-47 assault rifles.
"On the basis of the situation at the site of the clash and on the version of local people, it is understood that hundreds of terrorists have died," it said.
"Only 50 bodies have been recovered so far." "looks like another 320 hands, some rights, some lefts...we'll be taking a while to pair them up"
These figures could not be independently verified and the Maoists have not commented on the latest fighting. The rebels frequently carry their casualties with them to keep moral up.
Nine soldiers were wounded at the base in Khara in Rukum district, 550 km (340 miles) west of Kathmandu, three of them critically.
The latest assault by the Maoists -- who want to overthrow the monarchy and establish a communist republic -- comes after an attack five weeks ago in which the army said its forces had killed at least 50 rebels in the western Bardiya district.
Four soldiers also died in that clash.
The new violence came as police in Kathmandu arrested about 50 political activists, including some former ministers, who were demonstrating against King Gyanendra's move on Feb. 1 to declare emergency, sack the multi-party government and seize power
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As you can read somewhat further down, Samir Azzouz was acquitted yesterday of preparing a terrorist attack. So I figured it might be insightful to take a look at the verdict, which contains a list of all the items Azzouz had gathered.
⢠Maps and/or pictures and/or drawings of several government buildings, including Parliament, nuclear power plant Borssele, the ministry of Defence, Schiphol Airport, Dutch Intelligence Agency (AIVD), Dutch Special Forces HQ
⢠Notes describing necessities which would be needed to carry out these (terrorist attacks, AD) crime/crimes
⢠Notes describing routes to these buildings and/or circumvention of the security facilities around these buildings.
⢠Document entitled 'Advice for those who refrain from strife on the way to Allah', encompassing an explanation of the call for Jihad and martyrhood
⢠A memorandum containing the address of a website, namely www.geocities.com/m_13dad, which contained a 'Manual for preparation' for the Jihadi ranks, illustrating the use of (amongst others) weapons and/or night vision goggles and/or silencers and/or the fabrication of such and/or guerrila warfare and/or military operations.
⢠A diary containing the address of a website, www.geocities.com/sluitjeaan (sluitjeaan is Dutch for 'join up with us', AD)
⢠Notes describing the chemical formula of RDX, an explosive compound
⢠Discs containing 'video testaments' which rally for the Jihad, the murder of Americans, Jews and non-Arabs
⢠Files explaing how a Muslim should enter the battlefield
⢠Two clip holders for automatic firearms
⢠A silencer for an automatic firearm
⢠One or more soldered electrical circuits
⢠A bulletproof vest
⢠Night vision goggles
⢠Ammonia
⢠Hydrochloric acid
Also, Azzouz had travelled to Chechnya before to join up with Islamic militants there. On top of that, the judges were presented with loads of phone taps in which Azzouz spouted Jihadi texts. Nevertheless, the court concluded that 'apparently was more interested in religous extremism' than most people. (Note the absence of the word 'Islam'. I've checked it: the word appears nowhere in the verdict.)
It's a miracle this obviously innocent man hasn't been released sooner.
(Oh, by the way: Azzouz only got three months for unlawful possession of a firearm, rather than the maximum of three years the judges could have dished out if they had felt the DA screwed up in providing enough evidence for the terrorism charges to allow for a conviction, but agreed with the DA's assumptions.)
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When some Dutchman takes justice into his own hands and strangles this waste of skin he will be given life, in a country where murder is a 7 year sentence usually.
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Well, the good news is they're using Geocities pages. If every Rantburger visits the page once (or one of us refreshes the page a few dozen times), then bye-bye Jihadcities site.
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Blame the law Arjan, not the judges. It's a perfectly reasonable and well motivated verdict. In a way I'm happy that even an obviously dangerous asshole like Samir is innocent untill proven guilty. It's the good old Enlightenment as well.
Iwan (ip:83.116.176.60) 8 april 2005 - 16:57 uur
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Obviously Azzouz is just a jihadi wannabe. A true jihadist would have at least possessed a bottle of bourbon and a couple of copies of Blonde on Blonde.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Followers of a slain rebel preacher went on a shooting spree in a Yemeni town Friday after more than 70 comrades were killed in two days of fierce clashes with government forces, residents and tribal sources said. The fighting on Wednesday and Thursday, which ended with government forces taking control of rebel outposts in northwestern Saada Province, also left more than 30 soldiers and police dead or wounded, pro-government tribal sources said.
Snipers yesterday killed three clerics in fresh violence as Iraq's newly appointed premier began the process of building a Cabinet he said must include efficient technocrats and nationalists with a "clean history".
