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Arabia
MEMRI: Riyadh boomer worked for Soddy teevee
According to the Saudi Gazette, an employee of the "Saudi owned" TV station Al-Majd, Mohammed Shathaf Al-Shehri, was one of the suicide bombers who attacked a Riyadh compound on May 13 that killed 29.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2005 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There's a little flasher psych going on with this poor mF.s
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 19:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Don't try this at home folks. Ima trained prefessional.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 19:51 Comments || Top||

#3  D'you suppose those black balaclavas/ski masks they insist on wearing cook their brains in those hot climates?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 22:43 Comments || Top||

#4  brains?
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 22:44 Comments || Top||


Britain
3rd man arrested in London bombing attempt
British police have arrested a third man in connection with attempted bombings on London's transport network last Thursday, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

The man was arrested in the Tulse Hill area of south London on Saturday night under anti-terrorism legislation, the spokesman said. Two other suspects remain in custody, he added.

"He was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism," the spokesman said.

"He has now been taken to a central London police station for further questioning."

A police source said the man was not thought to be one of the four prime suspects being sought over the failed bombings, which came exactly two weeks after suicide bombers killed 52 people in an attack officials have linked to al Qaeda.


Posted by: rkb || 07/24/2005 15:05 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Kudos to the coppers.

But when it takes years (and it will) of huge manpower and other resource investments - not to mention making those resources unavailable for other work - to track down, incarerate, build an evidentiary stockpile sufficient for trial, prove the case, and then send said perps to jail for what, 6, 7, 10, 20 years? What has actually been accomplished?

Law Enforcement is clean-up, not preventative. It is the social-feel-good alternative of treating symptoms, rather than the disease. I am hopeful that the cousins will begin to peel away the layers of multi-culti PCism which hamstrings them. Faster is better = fewer dead and "radicalized" (read: activated). I remain hopeful.

Sir Winston made it clear as glass. His wisdom has been forgotten, as is the goal of socialist / revisionist PCism, and must be rediscovered.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 17:21 Comments || Top||


200-300 Al-Qaeda in UK
The sight of a dozen police riot vans racing off from outside Brixton police station yesterday afternoon was a dramatic signal that Britain's largest Islamist terror manhunt was gathering pace.

Firearms and anti-terrorist officers from across the capital were heading for nearby Tulse Hill, as this area of south London becomes the the centre of the police investigation into last Thursday's failed bomb attacks at Oval, Shepherd's Bush and Warren Street tube stations and on a Number 26 bus in Hackney.

By the early afternoon their target was clear: an address in Scotia Road, Tulse Hill, where it is believed a suspected bomber could be holed up. The scene that followed is by now familiar: armed police in full riot gear, CS gas fired through windows, followed up with a raid by officers in gas masks.

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Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 02:11 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Pick them all up, then bring in for questioning all on their phone contact lists and in their computers. Search their homes, businesses and storage lock-ups. Hold for expulsion to their home countries all non-citizens who've broken any laws, to be argued about later. Suggest publically that those who know of plots and plans but choose not to turn in the persons involved will be treated as participants. "Those who are not with us are against us."

Key for the moment is to break up any imminent plots, to give the police and various MI-x's time to forestall the next round of excitements. And, to demonstrate how very strongly Britain plans to respond to any future mischief making.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 8:59 Comments || Top||

#2  While the number range seems realistic (possibly low), I question how anyone can seriously make such a statement. Did they ask every citizen? What does it mean to be an "AQ supporter"?
Posted by: Captain America || 07/24/2005 10:11 Comments || Top||

#3  "A bath in one of the homes linked to one of the 7 July bombers was found to contain acetone peroxide, a volatile compound favoured by al-Qaeda cells whose nickname for this deadly substance is the 'Mother of Satan.'"

A seemingly insignificant description that provides a great "look-see" into their psyches and value system.
Posted by: ex-lib || 07/24/2005 11:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Captain, I suspect the "200-300 known" are the ones that are on file... perhaps even have been followed and had their phones tapped. Think of this number as a bottom limit, not a realistic assessment. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 12:27 Comments || Top||

#5  "2-300"? BS! There is massive sympathy for al-Qaeda and admiration for bin Laden, et al within Muslim communities everywhere. That will continue until the West conducts scorched earth campaigns against these mutts regardless of the body count. The only good Islamofascist is a dead one.
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler || 07/24/2005 12:35 Comments || Top||

#6  We in the West will not win until we are able to stomach the relentless and heavy intensity of a campaign against radical Islam. I do not hear much of the so-called "moderate Muslims™" speaking up and helping out police and intelligence units. Maybe they are too scared. Maybe they are silent and sympathetic accomplices. Regardless, this is war and not a police case. If we keep looking like this is a police case, we will always be on the defensive and we will lose.

This terrorist business will come to total war. The question is how many hits are we all going to have to take before we as a civilization will wake up and kick the necessary butt to get the job done?

Final question? What are we going to do with the ultimate providers of terrorism resources, the Saudis? Do they have their oil fields wired for destruction and radiological contamination if they are booted out? Or is it a bunch of propaganda BS? .com, any thoughts?
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/24/2005 13:10 Comments || Top||

#7  I have no idea what the state of their oil fields is, but it's pretty clear that the struggle for succession has broken open. I wouldn't be surprised to see al Qaeda attempt to disrupt succession and turn the country into chaos.

My guess is that the effects of chaos there on world economic and oil markets is a consideration in foreign policy. NOT out of support for the royals, much less for those who are supporting / financing Wahabism, but in an attempt to control the collateral damage worldwide as they go down.
Posted by: rkb || 07/24/2005 14:01 Comments || Top||

#8  RKB: getting closer to the time when we'll have to support the Shi'a minority in their declaration of a Republic of Eastern Arabia. It runs about 50 km wide along the western edge of the Persian Gulf from Kuwait to Qatar and the UAE ...
Posted by: Steve White || 07/24/2005 14:33 Comments || Top||

#9  Republic of Eastern Arabia, a division of Halliburton & Cheney©
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 14:40 Comments || Top||

#10  Chainy

/Mucky
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/24/2005 15:19 Comments || Top||

#11  lol - I was thinking that too :-)
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 15:30 Comments || Top||

#12  :) I have to triple check every time I spell the Veeps name.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 16:43 Comments || Top||

#13  To establish The Republic of Eastern Arabia would be the single most effective action possible in the WoT, methinks. Nothing else even remotely approaches the curative effects it would have. Wahhabi access to Saudi oil money kicked off this modern Islamic assault. Removing it would knock 2 or 3 legs out from under it. Q.E.D.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 17:03 Comments || Top||

#14  The ROEA sounded a little over the top 18 months ago... but the sand is settling and maybe, just maybe..... that little strip of land longing for independence (and a bigger cut of the pie) may have a chance.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 17:26 Comments || Top||

#15  Certainly, 200+ Al-Q's is troublesome. But what is just as, or more troublesome are the thousands of do-nothing muslims who privately take pride and pleasure in these events. After all, in their minds, this is a way for muslims to tweak the west. Or worse. I have no doubt there are young, and not so young, muslim men everywhere in the west who high-five each other when a major jihadi event occurs.

Why should they be any different from their counterparts in the ghetto who take pleasure in sticking it to "the man." Same thing. Except this is much more despicable by a factor of 1000.

And frankly, it's understandable that they take such pride. They have no other accomplishments in this world to be proud of. Not in the last thousand years, that is.
Posted by: PlanetDan || 07/24/2005 17:55 Comments || Top||

#16  You're right, Dan, about the "Arab pride" but they must have been pretty depressed after Thursday's bombing failures by the Mooslimb version of the Apple Dumpling Gang.
"Damn! The stuff worked fine when I blew up the dog..."
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro || 07/24/2005 18:31 Comments || Top||

#17  Ouch! Jennie, I've read that three times, and its still razor sharp. Very well said, indeed. Especially considering the AQ video they found in Afghanistan showing the gassing of those poor dogs -- d'you remember?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 22:19 Comments || Top||


UK may be facing a network of bombmaking factories
TERRORISTS behind the attempted bomb attacks in London last week may have gone on a whitewater rafting trip with two of the July 7 suicide bombers just weeks before the first attacks.

Detectives were last night investigating the possible link between the two terrorist cells after receiving intelligence that suggested the two groups shared the adventure holiday.

Mohammad Siddique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, who blew themselves up on the Edgeware Road and Aldgate Tube trains, rode rapids at Canofan Tryweryn, the National Whitewater Centre in Bala, North Wales just a few weeks before launching their devastating attack.

Photographs of the trip showed Khan raising a two-fingered V for Victory sign while Tanweer laughed.

Officers now believe that several people connected to addresses they are investigating in relation to last week's attempted bombings may also have been on the trip.

Last night police continued to question a pair of suspects who they believe are two of the four bombers who went on the run after Thursday's failed attacks. Both were arrested in the Stockwell area of London on Friday, close to where a third man, Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot dead by police officers as he ran on to a Tube train.

Yesterday afternoon, armed police swooped on a flat in the leafy Tulse Hill area of the capital. Frightened residents reported hearing eight gunshots as officers carrying submachine guns entered the first-floor flat before CS gas canisters were fired inside.

Paul King, 37, who lives next door, said he had been watching television when police phoned his flat. "They told us to get out fast and when we looked out the window the street was swarming with armed police. We came out with our hands on our heads..

"I then heard the sound of gunshots, around eight or 10 shots, before it went quiet for about 10 minutes. Then there were a few more shots."

The flat was last night being searched by forensics officers.

Meanwhile, a suspicious package was found in north-west London which may be linked to the four bombs recovered since Thursday's attempted attack.

Scotland Yard said the package was found by a member of the public in bushes in the Little Wormwood Scrubs.

The find followed a series of security alerts across the city. The alarm first sounded on the Tube network when emergency services were called to Mile End station after passengers smelled burning. Police sources later described the incident as "amounting to nothing".

The Metropolitan Police confirmed yesterday that a second arrest in Stockwell late on Friday was "in connection with inquiries" into Thursday's attacks. Both suspects, whose identities have not been released, are being questioned at the high-security Paddington Green police station, but speculation was mounting that they are the Hackney bus and the Oval bombers. The armed raid in Harrow Road, West Kilburn, on Friday is believed to have been in connection with the Shepherd's Bush suspect.

Under anti-terrorism legislation the men can be held for up to 14 days before they must be charged or released.

But Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said yesterday that he was "extremely pleased" with the progress of the investigation.

Detectives are now desperately attempting to prevent al-Qaeda plunging London into a summer of fear with a campaign of bombing attacks on the capital's transport infrastructure and key landmarks.

Scotland Yard and intelligence chiefs are hunting a series of radical Islamist terrorists cells they believe are planning up to a dozen further strikes following two waves of attacks in the last fortnight.

Investigators fear they are facing a network of "bomb-making factories" across the country, capable of making hundreds of pounds of homemade explosives to sustain a bombing campaign throughout the summer.

The cells, independent from each other but operating within the al-Qaeda framework, are understood to have been supplied with the materials to make the devices by a centralised distribution system.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 02:05 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not surprising. Check names of personnel in any Chem research lab in the West, and you will find a high percentage of Muslimutts. They are sucking the blood out of the West.
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler || 07/24/2005 12:41 Comments || Top||

#2  "Paul King, 37, who lives next door, said he had been watching television when police phoned his flat. "They told us to get out fast and when we looked out the window the street was swarming with armed police. We came out with our hands on our heads.."

That's odd. My first impulse would be to don a winter coat, run past the Old Bill towards the Tube, jump the turnstile, and hop on the train!
Posted by: JDB || 07/24/2005 13:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Whaddya mean "may be facing"?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 07/24/2005 13:42 Comments || Top||

#4  White water rafting trips are great for bonding and building team spirit.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 07/24/2005 15:32 Comments || Top||

#5  Ima country, what's Old Bill? The nickname of a turnstile?
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 17:28 Comments || Top||

#6  Shipman, Old Bill == Rozzers == The Filth (not in polite usage) == Flat foots == Coppers.
Posted by: Tony (UK) || 07/24/2005 19:15 Comments || Top||

#7  Oh!
Thanks T.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 19:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Cheeze, one reason I don't visit England is because I don't speak the language...
Posted by: Carl in N.H. || 07/24/2005 21:56 Comments || Top||

#9  Course you do me old china! - you say toMAYto, I sez tumarta, you say poTAYto, I sez chips! ;)

Just be careful where abouts in the country you go to - some of the accents are inpenetrable!
Posted by: Tony (UK) || 07/24/2005 22:00 Comments || Top||

#10  'Struth, Tony. Mr. Wife took a business trip up to Newcastle, and when he got into the taxi, the language sounded so foreign to him that his engineer's mind caused him to answer in German. They'd got halfway to the office before the darling realized that Geordie is actually an English dialect... even funnier when you know that he spent a good half his career in places like India and the Middle East, where the English sounds nothing like the Mid-Atlantic version we grew up with.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 22:25 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
US to take war of words with Chávez on to the airwaves
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Washington's war of words with Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's president, could soon enter a new dimension with the prospect of a propaganda duel on the airwaves.

On Wednesday the US House of Representatives passed an amendment that allows the US to broadcast television and radio programmes into Venezuela.

The amendment, introduced by Connie Mack, a Florida Republican, is aimed at offsetting the perceived “anti-American” influence of Telesur, a nascent satellite television channel majority funded by the Chávez government and set for a full on-air launch in September.

Telesur, whose creation was also funded by Cuba, Argentina and Uruguay, bills itself as a Latin American alternative to the “US-centric” programming of such commercial channels as CNN.

Some US officials are concerned that Telesur will become a pan-American mouthpiece for Mr Chávez to propagate his autocratic style into neighbouring countries, to the detriment of US interests.

Bogotá has complained about one of Telesur's advertising trailers, which features imagery of the top commander of Colombia's outlawed guerrilla army.

The idea of a US-funded channel directed at Venezuela appears to be modelled on Radio and TV Marti, the Miami-based channel that encourages dissent in Cuba.

But analysts said that a similar system aimed at Venezuela missed a key point. Telesur is largely aimed at viewers outside Venezuela. There are fears the Venezuelan government wants to introduce censorship within the country.

Mr Chávez said he would counter a US channel using the same method Cuba has used against Radio and TV Marti: jamming the signal.
Posted by: rkb || 07/24/2005 15:16 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  afraid, El Jefe?
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 15:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, it's not as if Radio Marti has actually done anything to shake Castro's hold on power.
Posted by: Phil Fraering || 07/24/2005 16:21 Comments || Top||

#3  Chavez doesn't yet have the crack internal security police that Castro has
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 16:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Waste of money. Cell phones are way better at moving information.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 17:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Ignoring Chavez isn't the answer and battling him on the airwaves isn't the answer either. We will just make him into a folk hero in the long run. Let him implode his economy, keep a close eye on foreign agents at work, let the economy implode and jockey in like we always do. But, lets not make him into afolk hero... he is a nobody driving his country into nowhere.
Posted by: Thraling Ulaitle8166 || 07/24/2005 17:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Get ready NYC & DC it's only a matter of time for the Bush morons who are "keeping us safe from Terruh" are going to have to deal with it here! Of course--the atrocities are going to be limited to Blue States so they really aren't that worried--now if it was in Texas--another story
Posted by: AgentProvacateur || 07/24/2005 21:10 Comments || Top||

#7  They've decided on using a new tactic, they're going to drown out all tv broadcast channels in Venezuela with pictures of Ted Kennedy naked. If they haven't begged for mercy in a year, then we'll add Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/24/2005 22:02 Comments || Top||

#8  "the atrocities are going to be limited to Blue States"

Naturally, that's where all the terrorist symphathizers and potential dhimmis are. Why play to an unreceptive audience?
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 07/24/2005 22:12 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Caucasus Corpse Count Continued
MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A bomb exploded beneath a train in Russia’s violence-plagued Dagestan region on Sunday, killing one person and injuring four others, police said.

A powerful explosive device went off under the first car of the train as it headed from the regional capital, Makhachkala, to the town of Khasavyurt, derailing the car and leaving a crater on the track bed, said Akhmed Magomayev, chief of staff of the transport police in Dagestan. A woman who was among five people injured by the blast died on the way to a hospital, Magomayev said. One of the injured was a guard on the train, he said.
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Caucasus Corpse Count
Gunmen on Saturday killed two policemen in Nalchik, a town near Russia's rebel Chechnya, in the second deadly attack in a week, local media reported.

Such attacks were once largely confined to Chechnya, where separatist rebels have fought Russian rule for a decade, but are increasingly spreading to other Muslim provinces in the North Caucasus.

Russian news agencies said the gunmen opened fire on the police as they drove through central Nalchik, capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria region and about 175 km (110 miles) east of Chechen capital Grozny.

"As a result two policemen died of their injuries on the spot," a police source told RIA Novosti news agency. The attackers stole the dead policemen's weapons, the agency said.

Gunmen killed four police in Nalchik and seized more than 170 firearms in a December attack claimed by an Islamist group allied to the Chechen rebels.

Gunmen killed two more policemen in Nalchik three days ago, and troops have used heavy weapons to crush small groups of militants in several sieges this year.

Nalchik sits at the foot of mount Elbrus, Russia's tallest mountain, and the rugged terrain provides a wealth of hiding places for insurgents.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 02:22 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Down Under
Radical Cleric Hits Out at PM Howard
THE nation's most radical Muslim cleric, Sheik Mohammed Omran, last night accused John Howard of being "inflammatory" as a war of words erupted between the religious leader and the Prime Minister over the responsibility of Muslim leaders to denounce terrorism.

Speaking in London at the weekend, Mr Howard singled out the Melbourne-based sheik, describing as "appalling" his recent comments that Osama bin Laden "in effect is a good man and the attacks in London were the responsibility of the Americans".

Sheik Omran, who has said there was no proof bin Laden was behind the September 11 attacks, said in the wake of the deadly July 7 London bombings he doubted Muslims were involved and it was more likely the attacks were orchestrated by the US to justify its war on Islam.

In a statement issued last night in the form of an open letter to Mr Howard, Sheik Omran defended his views as reasonable and accused the Prime Minister of promoting fear by referring to potential suicide bombers within Australian communities.

"Australia does not have a culture of suicide bombers, (Attorney-General) Philip Ruddock himself has stated that the threat to Australia is minimal," the sheik's letter reads.

"This statement does nothing but entice fear into the hearts of Australians. It is your statement which is 'inflammatory'."

On the Nine Network's 60 Minutes last night, Sheik Omran again defended bin Laden, saying the US Government and not the al-Qa'ida leader was responsible for the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.

"I believe there is a ... conspiracy against Islams and Muslims," he said. "There is a mastermind behind these things and the mastermind is 100 per cent ... from the US Government."

At a press conference in London Mr Howard hit out at religious leaders who did not exercise their obligation not to incite hatred.

"There is an obligation of tolerance and respect on the part of all of us for bona fide different views on religion and politics and so forth," he said.

"But there is a reciprocal obligation on leaders of communities, be they religious or otherwise, not to incite hatred, not to preach intolerance and that's a responsibility Islamic leaders in Australia carry very heavily. I think some have not been as strong in denouncing these acts as they should have been."

A spokesman for radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir, Wassim Doureihi, said Mr Howard's comments were an attack on the core of Islam and that his group, which is being investigated for links to one of the London bombers, would continue to recruit new members in Australia.

"It is becoming more and more clear that the issue is Islam itself, not just radicals or moderates," Mr Doureihi said. "(Mr Howard) is implying we should not advocate an Islam that is a threat to Western capitalism."

Increased tensions between the Prime Minister and Muslim leaders came as Egyptian authorities arrested 35 people involved in a string of suicide bombings that killed at least 88 people in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh over the weekend.

British authorities were also on the defensive last night after they admitted wrongly killing a Brazilian man, 27-year-old electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, on a London train last Friday. He was suspected of being an Islamic terrorist and shot five times in the head.

The shooting came just two weeks after four near-simultaneous bombs killed 56 people in the British capital, including one Australian.

In London, Mr Howard indicated he would be prepared to call a special anti-terror summit involving the Labor premiers to discuss tightening terror laws, especially improving public transport security through the use of closed-circuit television.

"Of all the things that I have taken out of the few days I have been in London, none has been more powerful than the huge value of surveillance cameras," the Prime Minister said.

Premiers last night supported better national co-ordination of counter-terrorism. One option is an unscheduled meeting of the Council of Australian Governments to discuss the issue.

South Australian Premier Mike Rann said state and federal governments had to "sit down and discuss as a nation whether or not the threat of terrorism in Australia now warrants these tougher anti-terrorism laws".

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie also backed an early COAG meeting, saying: "We're happy to work with the Commonwealth on this because protecting Queenslanders is one of our fundamental priorities."

Chatted with an Aussie couple on the way to the airport recently. Guy plays jazz banjo, was on his way to a jazz festival in the US. They pretty clearly support Howard and think a lot of people do as well. Are worried about the radical imams there, however.
Posted by: rkb || 07/24/2005 14:56 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Howard is "inflammatory"? Isn't that like the pot calling the kettle pot©?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/24/2005 15:34 Comments || Top||

#2  I think hearing Jazz Banjo might click my inner jihadi.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 17:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Sheik Mohammed Omran??? Who the heck is that loser? Oh... I forgot. He is media audience bait... sorry.
Posted by: Thraling Ulaitle8166 || 07/24/2005 17:43 Comments || Top||

#4  "It is becoming more and more clear that the issue is Islam itself, not just radicals or moderates," Mr Doureihi said. "(Mr Howard) is implying we should not advocate an Islam that is a threat to Western capitalism."
He sure is right: The issue is Islam - it is a murderous religion.
Posted by: Glereper Craviter7929 || 07/24/2005 20:06 Comments || Top||


Europe
Extra checks on British arrivals to Netherlands
The Netherlands tightened border security for passengers coming from the United Kingdom immediately after Thursday’s public transport explosions in London.

Arrivals from Britain now face more checks at air- and seaports.

No further extra security measures have been put in place, though awareness remains heightened, a spokesperson for the Nationaal Coördinator Terreurbestrijding (NCTb) said on Thursday.

The tightened border security is intended to make it possible to intercept or later catch fugitives. Two weeks ago, after the first series of attacks, the response was the same.

In other respects, too, the NCTb says the situation resembles that of

two weeks ago. There is no reason to assume that a threat to the Netherlands follows from the events in London, thus no extra security measures are needed. Security around British objects was and remains heightened.

The terrorist threat level in the Netherlands has been substantial for more than a year, meaning there is a general threat of attack but there is no specific information on who, what, where or when.

Posted by: rkb || 07/24/2005 14:52 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  of course, because the London bombers were "British"
Posted by: PlanetDan || 07/24/2005 17:48 Comments || Top||

#2  Reactionary is deadly. Take the offensive you fools.
Posted by: Captain America || 07/24/2005 18:24 Comments || Top||

#3  The Dutch have plenty of "home-grown" jihadis to worry about without picking on the Brits, although this move probably is smart.

And this is yet another sign that the whole "social and political unity" model of the EU is in complete meltdown.
(I love it!)
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro || 07/24/2005 18:35 Comments || Top||

#4  The Euros have a tendency to do stupid things when they meltdown; though I prefer to think of it as undamped oscillation. Put on your seatbelts.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 07/24/2005 19:25 Comments || Top||

#5  What a hateful remark Jennie T about Europeans! Let's not forget that our dominant culture came from Europe--unless your relatives came on a slave ship! I know, I know we owez ya some $$$
Posted by: AgentProvacateur || 07/24/2005 21:15 Comments || Top||

#6  AgentProvacateur, and we owe you a kick in the ass.
Posted by: AgentProvoked || 07/24/2005 21:17 Comments || Top||

#7  Agent provoked--thanks for the intelligent discourse!
Posted by: AgentProvacateur || 07/24/2005 21:27 Comments || Top||

#8  AgentProvacateur, if you're so intelligent, how come you can't spell provocateur? In my years in the Ivy League academy I found that most lefty intellectuals were poseurs. Maybe you should change your nic to AgentPoseur.
Posted by: jolly roger || 07/24/2005 21:39 Comments || Top||

#9  I stand corrected--I love your knowledge of the French language--you may continue your personal attacks! Happy now? And SOO impressed by the Ivy League background--guess your family took care of you like GW's did--getting your dumbass in there as a legacy
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 21:51 Comments || Top||

#10  troll
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 22:05 Comments || Top||

#11  More of a dipshit at this point. I'll dump him if he keeps it up, but I assume he'll get tired soon and go back to DU.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2005 22:18 Comments || Top||


Zarqawi redeploying fighters to Europe in preparation for August attack
BRITISH intelligence and security services are on high alert in preparation for terror attacks in major UK cities following the double assault on London.

Emergency planners are keyed up for terror strikes in cities such as Glasgow and Birmingham. The net has also widened across the world in the hunt for those who planned and helped prepare the July 7 and July 21 attacks in London.

Intelligence and security analysts believe that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an al-Qaeda chief in Iraq, has built up such a well-stocked team of fighters that he has been able to send a number of trained terrorists back to their countries of origin in recent months.

The fact that Islamic terrorists have been able to sustain daily suicide attacks in Iraq while still drafting seasoned veterans out of the country for operations in Europe and the Middle East underscores the strength of the insurgency in Iraq.

Prior to the London bombings, Zarqawi threatened Britain, Italy, France, Denmark and Russia. The UK and Italy were top of the hit list. Also under threat were the nations of Egypt – which was hit early yesterday morning with devastating car bombs – Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Zarqawi also warned Israel that the state was “in his sights – and very soon”. There are major fears that the next al-Qaeda-inspired terror strike could employ some sort of dirty bomb in order to ramp up global panic.

Some intelligence analysts estimate up to 1000 foreign fighters in Iraq may have been ordered back to their homelands in countries as disparate as Egypt and Britain to prepare for assaults in their own states.

Zarqawi’s base is in Iraq’s western province of Anbar – an area in which he appears to operate with relative impunity.

Terror cells affiliated in some way to al-Qaeda are now operating in Europe, the Middle East, north and west Africa and southeast Asia. Terrorists are believed to have established links with criminal organisations in Europe and Africa to help them move men, money, weapons and explosives.

The latest warnings have given European countries still engaged in Iraq until August 15 to pull out or face “a bloody war in the service of God”.

A statement from the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade, which claimed responsibility for the London atrocities, said: “There will be no more messages, just actions that will be engraved on the heart of Europe 
 these are our last words. The mujahidin, who are on the look-out, will have other words to say to your capitals.”

Globally, intelligence agencies, including MI6 and the CIA, are beginning to look more and more at west Africa as the possible hide-out of some of the most wanted Islamic terrorists in the world – including those suspected of having connections to the London bombings.

US and British intelligence representatives met recently with intelligence officers from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott on July 13, shortly after the first London bombings.

One theory is that the London bomb team may have received their final orders – and perhaps even their funding and explosives – from terror leaders operating the west African “franchise” of al-Qaeda.

Last month, Mauritania’s authorities seized documents they say were used by Islamic militants to “justify terrorism” and which gave practical tips on staging attacks.

Al-Qaeda can no longer be considered the same organ isation that it was prior to the toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Instead it now operates more as an exportable ideology with local terror groups affiliating themselves to Osama bin Laden. These groups act independently of bin Laden and it is unlikely he would have known much, if anything, of any planning for atrocities such as the July 7 bombings in London.

West Africa is a perfect hide-out for international terrorist, given its remoteness and the fact that there are so many tribes among whom operatives can hide. The main countries in which the al-Qaeda affiliates are based include Algeria, Mali, Burkino Faso, Benin, Niger, Nigeria and Mauritania.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 01:46 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Algeria, Mali, Burkino Faso, Benin, Niger, Nigeria and Mauritania.

Be terrible if avian flu suddenly took hold there, wouldn't it.
Posted by: Hupavith Gletle6588 || 07/24/2005 8:44 Comments || Top||

#2  As if a Jihadi who goes to Iraq and hides in Sunni Arab areas, can easily manage Europe. Puh-lease! They can't really even leave a freaking Sunni area!
Posted by: Brett || 07/24/2005 11:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Preposterous, yet we see it again and again. Cowering and staying on the run almost non-stop from unfriendly local tribes, local government police or army personnel, and the Coalition, losing large numbers of personnel to capture and death in action, is "operating with impunity"?

WTF?

How do UK-born Pakistani-trained losers have anything to do with al-Anbar? How about Moroccan nutjobs in Spain? Hello?

It's perfectly logical to assume that at least some terrorists survive Iraq and depart for other theaters, having picked up some valuable skills or at least confidence and seasoning in operating under pressure. But there's no "operating with impunity," and there's no reason to think the scale or nature of any such flow of personnel is material to the terror threat in Europe or elsewhere. Sheesh. Why can't people f***ing think at least a little bit, instead of parroting comforting but illogical nonsense?

Posted by: Verlaine in Iraq || 07/24/2005 13:00 Comments || Top||

#4 
It's perfectly logical to assume that at least some terrorists survive Iraq and depart for other theaters, having picked up some valuable skills or at least confidence and seasoning in operating under pressure. But there's no "operating with impunity," and there's no reason to think the scale or nature of any such flow of personnel is material to the terror threat in Europe or elsewhere. Sheesh. Why can't people f***ing think at least a little bit, instead of parroting comforting but illogical nonsense?


Well, it's not very comforting, unless you're looking for reinforcement of the idea that it's useless to try to do anything in the first place. And these guys have already bought into the "We're All Gonna DIE!" mindset. Which is starting (starting? HA!) to irritate me.
Posted by: Phil Fraering || 07/24/2005 13:07 Comments || Top||

#5  There have been several editorials in UK papers saying the Iraq war caused the London bombings so we have to get out before it gets worse. This article is merely an attempt to substantiate that view with 'news'.
Posted by: phil_b || 07/24/2005 14:52 Comments || Top||

#6  "Al-Qaeda ... now operates more as an exportable ideology with local terror groups affiliating themselves to Osama bin Laden."

And this is made possible by the murderous, supremacist ideology known as Islam.

The above quote would be more accurately written as Islamofascist terrorists operate in the shade of Moslem ideology. All local groups contribute to a war on non-Moslems known as jihad, and some groups officially affiliate themselves to Al-Qaeda.

By the way, why is Zarqawi still alive? weren't there reports that the Coalition was closing in on him a few months ago?
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) || 07/24/2005 14:59 Comments || Top||

#7  Suez and the Beatles caused the London bombings, no, wait it was Balfour and the Rites of Spring, no wait it wuz .......... and .........
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 17:36 Comments || Top||

#8  LOL, Shipman. As your comment so ably shows, these cretins don't really need a rational reason for their cowardice. Even BDS doesn't really explain the depths of their self-loathing. I just hope that they are not successful in taking us down to destruction with them.
Posted by: SR-71 || 07/24/2005 18:10 Comments || Top||

#9  Glasgow!! - my God, if there's one place in the whole of the UK that will go mad if a suicide bomber detonates there, it will be Glasgow. This is one place on the mainland where the whole Northern Ireland morass is replayed out in cameo - there will be plenty of weapons available, and plenty of people who aren't afraid to use them.

The repercussions on anyone that's not clearly identifiable as an ethnic Scot will not be good.
Posted by: Tony (UK) || 07/24/2005 18:18 Comments || Top||

#10  "Glasgow!! - my God, if there's one place in the whole of the UK that will go mad if a suicide bomber detonates there, it will be Glasgow..."

Which raises a question: just exactly what is it that the Muzzies hope to achieve with these bombings, anyway? Are they trying to get the British to leave Iraq? Are they trying to trigger a massive British retaliation that will in turn trigger a violent reaction throughout the Muslim world? I can't figure out what they want.
Posted by: Dave D. || 07/24/2005 18:33 Comments || Top||

#11  (Maybe they don't know what they want, either, of course...)
Posted by: Dave D. || 07/24/2005 18:34 Comments || Top||

#12  I apologize for being repetitive but it truly is just a matter of time before Western governments start massive repatriations of Muslims. The practitioners of the ROP simply aren't peaceful and they refuse to assimilate. I predict that France will, quietly, be the first to start mass expulsions and that once they begin others will follow along in their wake. Lazy and self-interested as the Euros are, they aren't suicidal. They'll get rid of the Muzzys one way or another. It will be very interesting to see what happens when the towelheads face the choice between the suitcase and the coffin.
Posted by: mac || 07/24/2005 19:07 Comments || Top||

#13  These guys must really, REALLY, want to piss off the infidels. Not very smart.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama || 07/24/2005 19:35 Comments || Top||

#14  mac, I think that it's likely that a smaller country will start to look seriously at repatration - Holland or Denmark perhaps (my money is on Denmark). I agree with you that once this happens, other countries will follow suit. There will be shrieks from the multi-culti crowd of course, and there will almost certainly be some dhimmitude initiatives that we will find sickening, but I think it's inevitable.

My take on the bombings is basically this - they're making a few orders of magnitude more UK people aware of what Islam (and multiculturalism) is all about. This is starting from a baseline that includes the contributors here, Samizdata and many other blogs. It's basically raising the awareness of the general population to what the real issues are that are facing us. The tabloids can hit millions of people over here, and the articles are not all 'Islam is the religion of peace' type stuff. The recent opinion polls of the Muslim population are not really helping them either.

Another example: look at the various articles that are coming out saying that perhaps Multiculturalism isn't such a good idea - from all over the world.

The next time I'm in London I'll be doing *plenty* of racial profiling, and won't hesitate to report iffy behaviour - but there *will* be more attacks, perhaps right across the UK, however the scales are falling from many eyes now.

These are 'interesting times'.
Posted by: Tony (UK) || 07/24/2005 19:43 Comments || Top||

#15  "Intelligence and security analysts believe that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an al-Qaeda chief in Iraq, has built up such a well-stocked team of fighters that he has been able to send a number of trained terrorists back to their countries of origin in recent months. The fact that Islamic terrorists have been able to sustain daily suicide attacks in Iraq while still drafting seasoned veterans out of the country..."

Oh, puh-leeez. First it's "analysts believe" and then it's a "fact" and "seasoned veterans". More likely the Z-man is being inundated with out-of-town morons and needs to send them home before they hurt his campaign.
Posted by: Neutron Tom || 07/24/2005 19:56 Comments || Top||

#16  mac / Tony - I'm with you guys (in #2) about things nearing the tipping point - and what will follow.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 20:06 Comments || Top||

#17  Totally agree with your #2 .com

I've thought of one place that would be worse than Glasgow - Northern Ireland. They'd have to be insane to hit there - oh wait, they are...
Posted by: Tony (UK) || 07/24/2005 20:33 Comments || Top||

#18  The article says Britain is anticipating and preparing for attacks. Gee, I wonder how they got that idea?

Then it goes on about "al Zarqawri" and all the "great plans" he has for "things to do" in a lacivious, disgusting puff piece for al wutzisname, and his behalf, thank you very much.

The press does the same for the Democrat party; or any other socialist pogrom their running currently. He never establishes the link between just how preparing for terrorist, yes terrorist attacks, and the al zarqawri wish list is the same thing, except that the illiberal media is schtupping for these guys anyway. The left sees violent islam as a panacea for them, because they're betting they can say "Beecoz of thee pollycees of the right, it only brings more terrizm". "So vote for us, yes, vote for us, because we'll do nothing in the face of it. But complain." Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It all depends on whether you are Spain or not.
Posted by: an dalusian dog || 07/24/2005 20:37 Comments || Top||

#19  "oh wait, they are..."

Lol! So true...
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 20:46 Comments || Top||

#20  Interesting idea about repatriation--anyone remember Edith Cresson? She did that in the 80's and was quoted as saying Air France has enough 747's to make it happen--look where that got her? They filled the 747's up w/people in handcuffs and sent their asses home
Posted by: AgentProvacateur || 07/24/2005 21:22 Comments || Top||

#21  Reference, please, to back up that contention.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 23:16 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Family's Memorial To Fallen Soldier Vandalized
This is an outrage.
FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Less than 24 hours after a Tri-state soldier was buried, someone pulled up 20 American flags from his father-in-law's front yard and set fire to them under a car in the driveway, News 5 reported.

The family of Pfc. Timothy Hines and neighbors can't understand why someone would do that. "If it wasn't random vandalism, what statement were they trying to make?" said Jim Wessels, Hines' father-in-law. The car, belonging to Wessel's daughter, was burned beyond repair.

Members of a local church stepped in and helped clean up, and 200 flags donated by family, friends and neighbors were put up around the yard. "I was in the military also," Don Hodges told News 5. "I understand some of what he had to go through before he was killed. And I appreciate all that the veterans done for the country."

Police are keeping a close eye on the neighborhood and vowed to find the vandals. "What has happened to this family is a tragedy; what occurred this morning is despicable," said Fairfield police Chief Mike Dickey. "We will take every step to identify the persons responsible and hold them accountable." If you have any information, call CrimeStoppers at (513) 352-3040.

Hines, 21, of Fairfield, died last week of injuries from a bomb explosion in Baghdad in June. More than 400 family members and friends gathered for his funeral Friday. They watched a slideshow of his life from childhood to high school to his wedding. Hines met his wife, Katy, at Cincinnati Christian School. They had a 2-year-old daughter, Lily, and Katy expects to give birth to their second child in about two weeks.

An anonymous donor gave Cincinnati Christian $130,000 to cover tuition for Hines' children.

"Tim was a fighter. He fought hard for his country, family and ultimately, his life. He was a loyal husband and father and an incredible American," a tearful Katy Hines said at the funeral. "There is a price for freedom and Tim paid the ultimate price. Now he is in the loving arms of God."

Hines was the gunner on a Humvee in a convoy when a bomb detonated on a highway on Father's Day. He suffered kidney and tissue damage and internal bleeding, and his right leg was amputated in a Baghdad hospital. He was having emergency surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., when he died.

Army Brig. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly presented Hines' mother a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star and the Good Conduct Medal. Family members also received a visit from President Bush at the medical center earlier this month. Hines was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery with full military honors.
Posted by: Steve White || 07/24/2005 16:12 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They won't have to look far. This was Done by a member of the MoveOn.org crowd, a rabid Daily KOS reader. This stuff is being encouraged. This crap is thought to be cool, just as stealing magnetic ribbons off of cars.

It's propigated by funding by Sorros and the founder of Progressive Insurance Company. Hillary's friends are behind this.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom || 07/24/2005 16:36 Comments || Top||

#2  I keep wondering when the Kool Aid Krowd will abandon their cowardice, given that there is seldom any real consequence attached to their despicable actions, and adopt open violence against Americans. Does anyone doubt it's only a matter of time? Consider the frequency of this sort of act since 2000...

They aren't Americans - they're stateless Tranzi tools, ANSWER-type stooges, who haven't the first clue that they've been co-opted. I don't think this act is unusual, nor do I think they realize how it is seen by Americans - as these fools are obviously blinded by their own bullshit.

There was a fascinating (for its inanity) interview with an asshat on Fox yesterday with an "artist" whose "art" was on display in a federal bldg. It was the typical BusHitler thing - which is soooo hip these days. The fool said that dissent was the greatest act of patriotism possible. Think about that for a few moments... I would say that Pfc. Timothy Hines' sacrifice disproves this idiocy, but it does capture the issue in a nutshell, doesn't it?

When they finally shake off the advice of their handlers and come out in the open, which I believe they'll do, then the "healing" can begin: taking these assholes out of the gene pool. Permanently. Those inside our borders are, by far, the greatest threat to America.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 16:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Tree. Rope. Liberal-asshat. Some assembly required.
Posted by: mmurray821 || 07/24/2005 16:56 Comments || Top||

#4  We don't know who did this, but we do know who incites them and nurtures their barbarism and shields them from the consequences.

We need action now. All reasonable suggestions will be accepted. All unreasonable suggestions will be considered.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 07/24/2005 17:01 Comments || Top||

#5  One idea: Legalize drugs, the lefty rank and file will destroy themselves in short order. We'll have to import thousands of foreign workers just to clear the doper carcasses off the streets every morning. Those who don't perish right away will be too stoned to go to demos or lecture their classes.
It will at least remove the real root cause of Moonbat anger.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 07/24/2005 17:10 Comments || Top||

#6  After a couple of months of being legal ... just add rat poison.
Posted by: Sholuck Snung1067 || 07/24/2005 17:20 Comments || Top||

#7  Drug prohibition should be repealed by a Constitutional amendment, or at least accompanied by such an amendment.
This would allow the whole labyrinth of American drug laws to be repealed at one blow and would also guarantee certain rights for non-dopers and drug entrepreneurs as a condition of repeal:
1. Anyone selling recreational drugs to minors will be put to death after a single appeal (the latter to prevent any more Tulia cases).
2. The right to discriminate against drug users in housing, accommodation and employment would not be infringed.
3. Personal injury claims against licensed purveyors, importers, manufacturers, and growers of recreational drugs forbidden except in cases of gross violation of licensing terms (no tobacco-style "inherently dangerous product" nonsense).
4. Barring recreational drug use as a condition of parole or probation to be forbidden.

Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 07/24/2005 17:45 Comments || Top||

#8  Speaking of outrages, could someone please post this---> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05204/542520.stm

I've never in my life punched a woman, but I might just make an exception for this hag.
Posted by: Parabellum || 07/24/2005 17:49 Comments || Top||

#9  That item was posted on Rantburg yesterday.
Posted by: Dave D. || 07/24/2005 17:52 Comments || Top||

#10  Here ya' go:

Article about a peace-hag whose looks might be improved if Parabellum punched her.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 07/24/2005 17:53 Comments || Top||

#11  Dave D. and I both live in Pennsylvania, Parabellum. Bringing that up again is like shouting "roach" in our restaurant.
Posted by: Neutron Tom || 07/24/2005 17:56 Comments || Top||

#12  You know a lot of people put down the Amendment against flag burning, saying it was "free speech," but if it were against the law, these America-hating asshats could be charged with a crime (besides vandalism and trespassing).
Our flag gets burned enough by killers outside of this country to meet any Lefties "free speech" needs.
Why should these good people who lost their fine son defending the flag and what it stands for have to suffer even more?
You can bet the farm that the morons who did this are so used to burning Old Glory that they didn't hesitate to torch some more, probably not giving a thought to the fact that they were on private property.
****Grrrrrr***** I'm ready to fight for the flag and this young hero's sacrifice right now!!
I'm sick of seeing Lib scum burn the flag, but this is the worst!
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro || 07/24/2005 17:56 Comments || Top||

#13  Pennsylvania -- just a heartbeat away from becoming another Massachusetts.
Posted by: Neutron Tom || 07/24/2005 17:57 Comments || Top||

#14  Years ago, one of the reporters for the Philadelphia Inquirer, a guy who specialized in covering the endless stream of political corruption stories this state is famous for, had a good name for it: Pennsylvania, Land Of Giants.
Posted by: Dave D. || 07/24/2005 18:05 Comments || Top||

#15  .com I don't think they will abandon their cowardice. It is part of who they are and why they are against everything America stands for. It enrages them that anyone believes that their culture and heritage is superior to that of 7th century mass murderer-pederasts. The would rather be Mooslimb (red)than dead.
Posted by: SR-71 || 07/24/2005 18:19 Comments || Top||

#16  How come I never get the chance to whack one of these asshats? I would have gave this bitch the bum rush and bitch slap to boot. She had NO business going to that funeral and owes that family, the military, and the community a big apology. Of course being liberal means you never have to say your sorry or admit a mistake.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge || 07/24/2005 18:26 Comments || Top||

#17  "stealing magnetic ribbons off of cars"

This has become epidemic in some places. I know that when I visit the university, if I have my "Pray For Our Troops" and "Proudly Served" magents on, they will get stolen - its happened twice already. Then again, I may just set an ambush... apprehend the criminal in the commission of a crime to stop the crime (petty theft). And if they think I'm to old and threaten me physically, I always have my sidearm (and carry permit) to draw upon.
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/24/2005 18:54 Comments || Top||

#18  If they're being stolen in your neck of the woods, OS, they are being fenced in mine. I often wonder if the earth's magnetic field is being disturbed by the magnets being hauled all over by cars around here.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 07/24/2005 19:23 Comments || Top||

#19  Git a rope.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 07/24/2005 20:18 Comments || Top||

#20  It's about time to begin a counter-culture. There are 10 things we need to do:

1. Tell, don't ask, the Federal, State, and Local governments that WE will abide by and enforce the Second Amendment to its fullest, and we'll shoot anyone who tries to get in our way. NO weapon will be banned, and anyone trying to ban weapons will be shot on the spot. Period, end of statement.

2. All adults over the age of 15 will be considered members of the Militia at Large, and will be expected to learn how to use a weapon, learn small-unit tactics, basic intelligence functions, and general warfighting skills. Physical fitness will be stressed for those capable of it. Anyone who fails to join their local militia and operate within its constraints will be denied the right to hold public office.

3. "Political Correctness" and "multiculturalism" are unAmerican, and will no longer be tolerated. Anyone attempting to push such behavior will receive an axehandle in the mouth at speeds approaching 200 miles an hour. We're at war: it's time to quit playing parlor games.

4. Anyone who is in uniform, or has ever worn a uniform honorably is a better citizen than the rest of the rat pack, and will be treated with the respect they're due. Those failing to understand this will be referred to rule #2. Anyone desecrating the grave of a military member, or causing insult or injury to someone in the military will be sentenced to 10 years cleaning up military bases.

5. George Soros, MoveOn.org, DailyKos, the Democratic Party, etc., can continue to exist as long as they don't try to rig an election, overthrow the will of the people, or create "rights" out of thin air. Judges who do the work for them will be found hanging from a tall bridge on a short rope.

6. Every person in the United States will be asked two simple questions: "Do you understand the Constitution of the United States, and how it applies to citizens of this nation?", and "Do you agree to live according to the laws of this nation, and its founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?". Anyone answering "NO" to either question will be given one year to read and study. Anyone answering "NO" a second time will be "asked" to leave the country within 72 hours. Anyone answering "YES" to either question, and found to have lied, will be immediately shot.

7. Demolition experts and bulldozers will re-make the land at Turtle Bay currently used by the defunct and disfunctional United Nations into a park, celebrating American victory in the War against Islamofascist Fruitcakes. During its construction, the United States will destroy the capitals of any countries who continue to support Islamofascist fruitcakes, or Wahabbism, or both. Additional destruction may be needed for some hard cases. Fire at will.

8. The "Hollywood crowd" will find it difficult to live within the new rules. We will offer them the island of Puerto Rico for their new dwelling place, and new film production and distribution center. Customs officers will inspect all packages coming from Puerto Rico for contraband, and destroy it. "Contraband" will be defined at a later date.

9. Militia units will guard the northern and southern borders of the United States, and apprehend anyone attempting to enter the United States without proper documentation. Those who agree to abide by certain rules (work, pay taxes, obey the law) will be allowed to continue on their way. Those who are looking for a handout will be turned back. Those who the local militia determine may be hostile to the United States and its laws will be shot on the spot and tossed back across the border (catapults may be used for this last item). Militia units will rotate every three months, to give everyone a chance to enjoy the enforcement of immigration laws.

10. There will be a crackdown on all illegal immigrants. Those who have been in the United States for two or more years, and have worked at least 75% of that time, will be given blue cards, and allowed to stay. Those who fail to meet this requirement, or who have been on public assistance for more than half their time in the United States will be immediately deported. Children born of illegal immigrants will not automatically be granted US citizenship. Any illegal who has committed a crime while in the United States will serve his maximum sentence, then deported. Blue-card holders who continue to work, establish residency, and learn English and US history will be offered citizenship after five years. Those who don't will be "asked to leave" after their five years is up. They will not be allowed back into the United States for 15 years after being deported.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 07/24/2005 21:15 Comments || Top||

#21  Old Patriot--why don't you just start a newspaper-- Der Sturmer might be a good name to use since you'd share so many values with its predecessor
Posted by: AgentProvacateur || 07/24/2005 21:30 Comments || Top||

#22  Comeon O.P. Tell us how you really feel!

I agree with most of what you say except perhaps for #3 -- too hard on axhandles. Ship them to 'multicultual' Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Iran, or Pakistan instead.

And for #10 require them to work 90% of the time and require them to apply for a immigration visa and wait (just like everyone else on this planet who wants to immigrate to the US....) before granting them PR status - then the 5 year clock for naturization starts ticking....
Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/24/2005 22:00 Comments || Top||

#23  Yes, yes, AP, we know how stridently Streicher supported the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and military, how much of a Zionist he was, and how devoted he was to the rule of law and the principles of logic and individual sovereignty.

Other than that, upon what is your claim of equivalence based?

The real children of Streicher are the institutional media beasts and pop-culture overlords who daily incite Muslim savages to acts of barbarism and who embolden the Mohammedan elite with a constant message of appeasement and weakness among the targets of the predatory global jihad.

You are one of their slaves, obviously, so you would naturally feel threatened by OP's rant. You will have to do better than comparing our OP to Streicher, though, a person with whom your own masters have far more in common.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 07/24/2005 22:06 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
US link to London bombings, Aswat may still be at large
Investigators probing the London terror bombings are focusing on an elusive British Muslim suspect who may have connections to previous plots to blow up landmarks in the United Kingdom and to set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon, according to Western law-enforcement and counterterrorism officials.

A U.S. law-enforcement official confirmed to NEWSWEEK on Wednesday that the FBI is also seeking a man believed to be the same suspect, Haroon Rashid Aswad, as part of a New York-based terror investigation. That individual has been widely cited in press reports this week as the subject of an intense manhunt by security forces in Pakistan.

Some news agencies earlier this week reported that Aswad had been arrested during a roundup of 150 militants in the eastern city of Lahore. But Pakistan’s information minister denied those reports Wednesday and some U.S. law-enforcement officials say they are uncertain whether Aswad is currently in custody or still at large.

If Aswad is captured, British investigators believe it could allow them to piece together who recruited, trained and directed the suicide bombers who struck the London subway and bus systems on July 7. More importantly, Aswad’s suspected links to the London plot may provide the strongest evidence yet that the attacks were part of a broader terror conspiracy with clear connections to Al Qaeda suspects who have been on the radar screen of Western intelligence officials for years.

A Western counterterrorism official described Aswad as being a British citizen of Pakistani extraction in his early 30s whose family is said to live in Leeds in northern England, where three of the four suspected suicide bombers resided. He is believed to have been a committed follower of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the fiery one-eyed Islamic cleric who preached at London’s notorious Finsbury Park Mosque before being arrested last year by British authorities on a U.S. extradition warrant.

Aswad’s suspected connections to the London bombings remain unclear. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that his name was passed to Pakistani and U.S. authorities by British investigators who traced it from the cell phone of one of the suspected bombers. A Western counterterrorism official said some investigators believe he may have played a crucial support role—or even been a planner of the attacks. Aswad was certainly a “step up” from the “foot soldiers” who blew themselves up, said the official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the investigation.

A man believed to be Aswad has surfaced at least twice before in counterterror investigations. One involves Operation Crevice, Scotland Yard’s code name for a case that last year led to the arrest of eight British-born ethnic Pakistanis and the seizure of 1,300 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer—material that authorities suspected was to be used to make bombs to blow up major British landmarks. Aswad is believed to have had connections to some of the suspects in the fertilizer plot, as did Mohammed Sidique Khan, one of the suspects who authorities say blew themselves up in this month’s London attacks.

Aswad is also believed to have been the same suspect who surfaced three years ago in the FBI investigation of James Ujaama, a Seattle-based Muslim convert who pled guilty in April 2003 to providing material support to the Taliban. As part of that case, prosecutors unsealed documents alleging that a “Haroon Rashid Aswat” was one of two deputies dispatched by Abu Hamza, the London imam, to assist Ujaama in scouting land for and setting up a training camp in Bly, Ore. The camp was to be modeled after those previously run by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, authorities said at the time. (A U.S. law-enforcement official told NEWSWEEK that the Aswad being sought in Pakistan "appears to be the same guy" as the “Aswat” identified in the Ujaama case.) The indictment against Ujaama charged that the training camps were to be used to train attendees in “violent jihad” as well as the commission of armed robberies, the building of underground bunkers to hide ammunition and weapons, as well as the “creation of poisonous materials for public consumption and the firebombing of vehicles.” Aswat was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the Ujaama case, a law-enforcement official said.

Aswad’s alleged associate, who accompanied him to Oregon, Oussama Kassir, was said in the indictment to have identified himself as a “hit man” for bin Laden. Kassir, who was arrested in October 2003 in Sweden, was quoted by The Seattle Times as denying he ever described himself as a bin Laden hit man. But he did tell the newspaper in 2002: “I love Al Qaeda. I love Osama bin Laden.”

The FBI’s current interest in Aswad is an outgrowth of its case against Abu Hamza, the London cleric who was indicted last year in New York on multiple terror-related charges, including hostage-taking and conspiracy in connection with a 1998 attack on tourists in Yemen, a U.S. law-enforcement official said. Four of the eleven counts in the Abu Hamza indictment in New York related to his efforts to assist in setting up the Bly, Ore., training camp.

If substantiated, a link between the London subway-bombing conspiracy and Abu Hamza could spark new criticism of how the British intelligence and security services and the government of Tony Blair handled Islamic extremists in the past. For years both before and after the 9/11 attacks in America, Jewish groups and antiterrorism experts complained that the British government had done nothing to curb the fiery, pro-jihad preachings of Abu Hamza, an Egyptian-born former nightclub bouncer who became a British citizen after marrying a British woman. Abu Hamza, who was badly injured while supposedly clearing land mines for the Afghan mujahedin and now has hooks for hands, later became the prayer leader at the Finsbury Park Mosque in London. Before 9/11, Abu Hamza's mosque was believed to be a regular hangout for disaffected European Muslims seeking jihad action; among now-notorious suspects who allegedly visited the mosque when Abu Hamza led prayers there were failed airline shoe-bomber Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui, the only suspect arrested and charged by U.S. authorities with complicity in the 9/11 plot.

In January 2003, British police raided the Finsbury Park Mosque as part of an investigation into an alleged London terror cell that was planning attacks with the homemade poison ricin. The British government ultimately responded to pressure from Washington and elsewhere to take Abu Hamza off the streets by launching legal and legislative steps against him, among them a bill in Parliament to strip him of his U.K. citizenship and a prosecution on terror-related charges which led to Abu Hamza's current jailing. Some counterterror analysts have speculated that this month’s attacks may have been in retaliation for the legal moves against Abu Hamza.

If Aswad is established as a one-time associate of Abu Hamza who was known well before the subway bombings to both British and U.S. law-enforcement agencies, then he would be the third suspected participant in the plot regarding whom the U.S. and, allegedly, U.K. authorities had at least some intelligence information before the subway attacks.

U.S. and U.K. government officials have already acknowledged that Siddique Khan, the eldest of the subway suicide squad officially identified by Scotland Yard, had turned up in last year’s Operation Crevice case. Counterterrorism sources have also confirmed that Mohammed Junaid Babar, a former jihadi recruit from Queens, N.Y., who turned U.S. government witness after being arrested while attempting to visit New York last year from Pakistan, has identified Khan from a photograph. Officials say Babar indicates he saw Khan in a jihadi training camp in Pakistan before Babar's arrest in early 2004. In addition, two U.S. officials say that the name of a another presumed subway suicide attacker, Jamaican-born Germaine Lindsay, also turned up in U.S. government antiterror databases. According to these officials, who could not be named because of the sensitive nature of the investigation, Lindsay's name came up tangentially during the U.K. investigation of the Operation Crevice plot.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 01:54 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It may be time to ignore the multiple names/passports/noms de guerre of these people, and just refer to them by their DNA sequences -- that way at least we'll know what we've got, if not who exactly they are. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 23:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Various agencies keep forgetting to drive a stake through the hole where their hearts should be... and phonetic spellings are a total circus.

I think that's an excellent suggestion, tw, lol!
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 23:33 Comments || Top||


Yemeni tried for being Bin Laden’s driver
Prosecutors called him Bin Laden’s bodyguard and close affiliate, the defense say he is just a simple man who needed to work. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, 35 years old is a Yemeni man who worked as bin Ladin’s driver in and worked mostly on bin Laden’s Kandahar farm for a $200-a-month salary because he needed the work — not out of ideological commitment.
"I never liked him. I only joined the party for business reasons..."
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld President Bush’s war powers to create a Military Commission to try Hamdan, of Yemen. The Yemeni captive, who has a fourth-grade education, worked as a driver for the al-Qaida mastermind from 1996 until his capture in 2001. But he denies joining al-Qaida.
"Really! I wuz just cheap muscle!... Ummm.... I mean, I only drove the car!"
Moreover, Judge A. Raymond Randolph wrote in a 22-page decision that, as chief executive and commander in chief, Bush could deny terrorism captives prisoner-of-war status as outlined by the Geneva Conventions. The decision was the latest chapter in the 3-year-old legal struggle over presidential powers to detain and sometimes put on trial so-called enemy combatants in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the court validated a Bush administration distinction “between terrorists and those who legitimately wage war.”
The current crop of Bad Guyz aren't covered. Even if they would be covered, they're specifically not covered because they don't adhere to the conventions.
Hamdan’s lawyers vowed to appeal.
That's what lawyers do, isn't it?
Both sides have said they expect the issue to ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court. The full 12-member Appeals Court could hear the case first. It was unclear, however, whether the Defense Department would reconvene its so-called Military Commissions in the interim. The defense team protested Friday’s decision, saying it “gives the president the raw authority to expand military tribunals without limit, threatening the system of international law and armed conflict worldwide.” At issue is the Bush administration’s decision to draw up a new formula for Military Commissions that borrows from both World War I and World War II experiences.
Back in my day, U.S. law was based on precedent, not what Carla del Ponte thinks...
Friday’s decision overruled U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson, a Navy veteran who was appointed by President Clinton. He ridiculed Bush’s war court as providing fewer protections than the Pentagon’s own Uniform Code of Military Justice and ruled that the president cannot unilaterally create commissions or confer a blanket category of enemy combatants on captives. The appeals court replied that, even if Congress has not formally declared war, it has granted the president power to craft a military commission. Hamdan was the first to face a military trial in August 2004 after U.S. officials alleged that he helped the al Qaeda leader ferry weapons and flee after the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Hamdan has been charged with murder, terrorism, conspiracy to commit attacks on civilians and civilian objects, and destruction of property by an unprivileged belligerent.
"Really. I just drove the car. That ain't me in the pictures..."
In addition to Mr. Hamdan and David Hicks, the Pentagon named two detainees as facing trial: Yemeni-born Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul and Sudanese Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmound al Qosi. Each is charged with murder and conspiring to launch attacks on civilians. Mr. Bush has designated eight other Guantanamo detainees for trial, and the Pentagon said charges would be filed.
Soon, we hope.
The special Office of Military Commissions at the Pentagon already has filed charges against Mr. Hamdan and Mr. Hicks. The charges say Mr. Hamdan met bin Laden in 1996 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the spiritual headquarters of the hard-line Taliban regime. Mr. Hamdan became a bodyguard, driver and dispenser of weapons to al Qaeda members. In Mr. Hicks’ case, the charges say he converted to Islam from Christianity in Australia. He traveled to Afghanistan in early 2001 and attended al Qaeda terrorist training camps. He engaged in combat against U.S. forces before being captured.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2005 00:05 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good! If driving Terrorist1 isn't aiding and abetting, then I would like to know what is.
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler || 07/24/2005 12:39 Comments || Top||

#2  I think the attorneys should be personally thanked by Americans for defending the rights of these fine young men. Anyone have any home addresses or telephone numbers? Judge Robertson too. I have a message for him
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 13:15 Comments || Top||

#3  Frank: don't do that. Don't even joke about it. That just leads to trouble. T'anks. AoS.
Posted by: Steve White || 07/24/2005 14:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Steve is right, Frank. Don't do it to yourself or to RB .... even jokingly. Given recent attacks on judges, this is not something the feds are likely to have a sense of humor about.
Posted by: rkb || 07/24/2005 14:41 Comments || Top||

#5  fair enuf
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 14:57 Comments || Top||

#6  Don't even think about it, Frank, unless you have your tinfoil hat on!
Posted by: Bobby || 07/24/2005 15:41 Comments || Top||

#7  hey i thought about it too!
Posted by: Red Dog || 07/24/2005 20:20 Comments || Top||

#8  Well, the Ninth Circus Circuit court ruled it's OK to say you wish someone would kill the President, so why not a judge? Just because someone would threaten them. They wouldn't be that petty would they?

Oh. Right.
Posted by: Jackal || 07/24/2005 20:43 Comments || Top||

#9  Remember, Frank:

"I've got a little list..." Keep it between your ears.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 07/24/2005 22:16 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine
Tel Aviv suicide bombing foiled
A Palestinian would-be suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt who planned to blow himself up in Tel Aviv was intercepted by security forces near Kibbutz Nir Am in the western Negev on Friday night, the army said. In an operation conducted by the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Israel Police, Jihad Shahada, 18, a resident of the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza and a member of the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, was spotted by security forces shortly after he infiltrated into Israel. He was caught after a short chase. The five kilograms of explosives he carried were later detonated by sappers.
Either that's an assumed name, or his Mom and Pop raised him to be a boomer from the egg.
On Saturday police arrested Shahada's 25-year-old assistant, who had crossed into Israel with him and managed to make his way to a relative's home in Jaffa, the army said.
What does a boomer's "assistant" do? Hold his turban? Or is he the guy who opens fire on the cops and ambos when they arrive?
Under questioning, Shahada named his recruiter as Salem Thabet, and said Thabet had sent him to blow himself up in a populated area in Tel Aviv.
Betcha Salem's listening closely for aircraft at this very moment. From Grandmaw's basement...
Security officials noted that it was the first time this year that a terrorist had succeeded in infiltrating Israel from the Gaza Strip; security forces have thwarted 92 previous attempts in that time. It is the second time in barely a month that a would-be suicide bomber from Gaza, intending to launch an attack in Israel, has been caught. On June 20, Wafa Samir Ibrahim al-Biss, 21, also of Jabalya, was caught at the Erez crossing terminal wearing explosives stitched to her underwear. Biss had planned to blow up at the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, where she had been treated in the past for burns incurred in an accident in her home and was due to receive more treatment.
She was the one who was a shrieking lunatic. I'd ask where the hell they get these people, but that's pretty obvious by now.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2005 17:32 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well done IDF! - now, Mr Thabet, the IAF would like a word with you...

Oh, and that link to the shrieking harpy brings a new low to the behaviour of the Paleos.
Posted by: Tony (UK) || 07/24/2005 17:51 Comments || Top||

#2  By all means, let's give these people a State, and let's throw a few billions of dollars at jihadis.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) || 07/24/2005 18:36 Comments || Top||

#3  I guess that makes him a baby boomer. He was only trying to perform pro bono abortions, a thankless job, and the Israeli oppressors, boo hoo, wuddunt let him, *sniff*
Posted by: an dalusian dog || 07/24/2005 20:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Funny, add. Sick, but funny. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 23:07 Comments || Top||


Africa: North
Terrorist "work accident" near the pyramids
An explosive detonated as it was being carried by a man several miles from a tourist bazaar next the Pyramids of Giza on Sunday, police said. The man was severely injured.

The incident came amid heightened fears of attacks on tourists in Egypt after Saturday's string of bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, 250 miles east of the capital, that killed 88 people. Security was increased in many parts of Cairo, including around the Pyramids, after the deadliest terrorist attacks in the nation's history.

Investigators were trying to determine whether the man, identified as Sami Gamal Ahmad, 33, was taking the explosive to the nearby tourist area of Kerdassa, a bazaar of souvenir shops near the Pyramids, a senior security official involved in the investigation said.

The device, which the man was carrying in a sack, apparently went off accidentally in the neighborhood of Kufr Tuhurmus, several miles from Kerdassa, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the probe. No other injuries were reported.

Ahmad, who works at a downtown hospital, was too badly injured to be interrogated, the official said.

Initial reports said the blast went off in Ahmad's home. The Interior Ministry earlier put out a statement saying the explosion hit his ground-floor apartment, where he may have been storing "leftover" explosive material.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 12:42 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I wonder if Islamic Jihad pays compensation for injuries at work?
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler || 07/24/2005 13:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Splodydopes gone wild.
Posted by: Rusty Dog || 07/24/2005 13:09 Comments || Top||

#3  AQ three-fer.

1)Kill infidels (fun loving apostates who show skin and are unbelievers)
2)Deters other infidels from Islamic lands.
3)Threatens Hosny Mubarak the Caliphate usurper.
Posted by: Red Dog || 07/24/2005 13:28 Comments || Top||

#4  ...and Allan knows best.
Posted by: Seafarious || 07/24/2005 13:57 Comments || Top||

#5  I never did like leftovers...
Posted by: Thraling Ulaitle8166 || 07/24/2005 14:23 Comments || Top||

#6  Ahmad, who works at a downtown hospital, was too badly injured to be interrogated, the official said.

Good, he'll know what sepsis is and about that gangrenous smell coming from his stumps. Welcome to the downhill slide, Ahmad
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 14:39 Comments || Top||

#7 

…we haven't lost our sense of humor. Even when we lose a lung, a spleen, a bladder, thirty-five feet of small intestine, two legs, and our ability to reproduce all in the name of the south Islam, do we EVER LOSE OUR SENSE OF HUMOR?!

-Parody of Kenneth Branagh from "Wild Wild West"
Posted by: BigEd || 07/24/2005 19:22 Comments || Top||

#8  Long has the repo value is 0. I have no problem will funny jihadi in wheel chairs.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 19:48 Comments || Top||

#9  my hopes:

1. that he suffers
2. that he doesn't die
3. that he sings like a canary
Posted by: PlanetDan || 07/24/2005 22:23 Comments || Top||


Arrests after Egyptian bombings
In the worst attacks in decades in Egypt, three explosions - including two apparent car bombings - devastated a hotel, a car park, and a market. Most of the dead are Egyptians, but foreigners are among the victims too. An Italian man on his honeymoon and a Czech citizen have been confirmed dead and at least 20 of those injured are thought to be foreign.

The BBC's Heba Saleh in Sharm al-Sheikh says Bedouins are among those detained. She says police want to question them about unusual movements in the mountains of the Sinai. Our correspondent says this is an area with few asphalted roads but there are many desert routes between the mountains which are used by the Bedouins. She says police will also be seeking information about possible recent purchases of explosives in a region where they are heavily used in quarrying and for construction.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2005 11:41 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Bedouins again? Damn, those guys are baaaaaad.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 16:38 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan/South Asia
BSF has seized enough weapons in Kashmir to arm 10 battalions
Border Security Force (BSF) during the past 13 years of counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir has seized enough weapons to raise 10 battalions of security forces, BSF Director General R S Mooshahary has said. "By conservative estimates, the weapons recovered by BSF during operations in Kashmir valley is enough to arm 10 new battalions of the force," Mooshahary told PTI during his two-day visit to the valley recently. BSF has recovered nearly 10,000 AK series rilfes, around 5,000 pistols of various makes and eight lakh rounds of ammunition during the counter-insurgency operation in the state, he said. The recoveries included 11,301 magazines, 251 universal machine guns and light machine guns, 233 wireless sets, 134 binoculars, 109 twelve bore guns and 114 revolvers, he added.

BSF has been instrumental in eliminating the top hierarchy of Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. The force has killed 2,625 militants and apprehended 9,715 ultras till June 2005, the BSF DG said. Among the major successes against militants, BSF eliminated Gazi Baba of Jaish and Mazoor Zahid Choudhry of Lashkar who was the mastermind behind the attack on the Akshardham temple in Gujarat, he said. Mooshahary, however, said the successes had come at a cost as BSF lost 694 personnel while 3,721 were injured in the valley during counter-insurgency operations.
Posted by: Paul Moloney || 07/24/2005 03:40 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Africa: Horn
20 dead in Somalia clan fighting
Fighters from rival clans battled for control of a town in southern Somalia, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 30, witnesses said Saturday. Fighting in Ealwaq began late Friday when militiamen from a faction of the Darod clan attacked in an effort to recapture the town, more than six weeks after they were pushed out by fighters from the rival Hawiye clan.

Fighting subsided early Saturday, but it was unclear which faction controlled Ealwaq town, 275 miles west of the capital Mogadishu, near the Kenyan border, said town resident Dahir Nuur. Combatants torched nearly 50 thatched huts, Nuur said via VHF radio. Health workers in the town confirmed Nuur's account of the fighting.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 02:34 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Africa: North
Al-Qaeda's infrastructure in the Sinai surfaces anew
Al-Qaida's infrastructure in Sinai once again surprised Egyptian intelligence. This is not an international attack. It is doubtful Al-Qaida's terror onslaught in Britain was coordinated with the attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh over the weekend. The two attacks should be seen as surges of terror taking place close in time.

The London attacks are unique because the terrorists are Muslim British citizens. They formed ties with Al-Qaida people in Pakistan and perhaps in North Africa as well.

Various intelligence services, including Israel's, detected the growth of radical Islam together with terror cells in Britain a long time ago. A Pakistani British citizen committed suicide in Mike's Place, a pub on Tel Aviv's promenade, two years ago and his colleague, another Pakistani-Briton, drowned off Tel Aviv's beach after apparently trying to carry out a suicide bombing.

The intelligence coordination between Britain and Israel with regards to terror is considered good, but Britain always tried to blame others for the growth of the Muslim terror cells in its midst, like Israel or the United States. Britain was also among the first in the European Union to support contacts with Hamas, although it is defined in Europe as a terror organization.

The attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh over the weekend are a painful blow, especially to the Egyptian government. Cairo assumed that if it treated the Sinai terror suspects moderately, Al-Qaida would grant it immunity. After the attack in Luxor in 1997, in which Al-Qaida men killed dozens of tourists at an antiquities site, President Hosni Mubarak took a hard line against terrorists. Hundreds of their supporters in Egypt suffered and the terror died down. However, after last year's attack at the Hilton Taba hotel, when 12 Israelis were killed (out of 30 fatalities), Egypt decided to try a gentler approach. There were arrests but no manhunts with firearms after the terrorists.

Egyptian intelligence was surprised to discover that Al-Qaida managed to lay an extensive net in Sinai. A great amount of arms and explosives were captured, probably smuggled from Sudan or Saudi Arabia, by sea. An attack after that was not classified by the Egyptians as a terror act.

Now it is clear this approach has not given Mubarak's government immunity. The recent attacks in Sharm were aimed mainly against the tourists in Egypt. The Egyptian intelligence failed to detect signs of the attack.

Only by chance were there no Israelis among the fatalities in Sharm. Sinai is full of Israeli tourists who are indifferent to the terror warning to avoid Sinai at this time. Thousands are thronging there, convinced that in case of an attack they would receive swift aid from Israel, as was the case after the Taba attack last year.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 02:15 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  convinced that in case of an attack they would receive swift aid from Israel

It doesn't help if they died in the attack.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 2:39 Comments || Top||

#2  TW think of it as evolution in action.
Posted by: gromgorru || 07/24/2005 9:13 Comments || Top||

#3  It's much easier when the ones evolving are the bad guyz, gromgorru.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 11:51 Comments || Top||

#4  That is one reason why I oppose Israel's Gaza pullout. Until the Dead Sea region Arabs become civilized, they don't deserve anything resembling autonomy. We didn't respect Taliban authority, so why should we allow beligerent Arabs to match that depravity?
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler || 07/24/2005 12:31 Comments || Top||

#5  That is one reason why I oppose Israel's Gaza pullout. Until the Dead Sea region Arabs become civilized, they don't deserve anything resembling autonomy. We didn't respect Taliban authority, so why should we allow beligerent Arabs to match that depravity?
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler || 07/24/2005 12:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Could the attacks against Egypt and Britain be in retaliation for the Egyptian/British war against the Mahdi and the Dervishes in the Sudan a century ago? (Not ENTIRELY a tongue-in-cheek question; there's a lot of similarity between the enemy then and now.)
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/24/2005 13:07 Comments || Top||

#7  Glenmore---I would imagine that the Sundan op by the British a century ago is as good an excuse as any for the terrorists.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/24/2005 13:18 Comments || Top||

#8  We don't need excuses, infidel! The Prophet has spoken! Allah wants your conversion or your death!

As for Sudan in 1882, we know very well you Crusaders were there to steal our oil. And the CIA covered it up. I mean, what else is there to take from the Ummah? Give us back Andalusia and we'll leave you alone, for a little while. OK, time for prayer and head-butting at the madrassa, alms to the poor international Islamic groups, peace be with you but only if you're a Moslem, salad aluminum, jihad forever, and hero-worship.
Posted by: Ahmed || 07/24/2005 14:38 Comments || Top||

#9  For the heart of Al Qaeda in Europe--look no further than Britain--for you French haters --read this: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/yorktown.htm
Posted by: AgentProvacateur || 07/24/2005 21:03 Comments || Top||

#10  Such a cleverboots, that AgentProvacateur (didja notice that he uses the French spelling... almost correctly?). I wonder how it is that he missed the world situation at the time of the American Revolution, ie that Royal France was backing enemies of their enemy England on all fronts? After all, it was the French scientists who led the charge that merely living in the Americas led to the physical and mental debasement of those that moved there, and that the native species were one or another sort of monsters in comparison to their European counterparts. Such people were not helping us out of the pure spirit of friendship and admiration, Mr. Provocateur.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 22:01 Comments || Top||

#11  ...Only by chance were there no Israelis among the fatalities in Sharm. Sinai is full of Israeli tourists...
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Actually, Sharm is a big hang out for Arab Israelis, not Jewish Israeli.
Posted by: mhw || 07/24/2005 22:14 Comments || Top||

#12  Why is that, mhw?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 22:20 Comments || Top||

#13  Facts don't change FAT Trailing wife--the French helped us and without them we'd still be saying--"Jolly Good" and have a ruling class of heirs....OK never mind I forgot about the Bushies
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 22:24 Comments || Top||

#14  No, darling, facts don't change. But one's understanding of them changes as one's knowledge of the broader situation increases, hence my little disquisiton. I imagine some of our history specialists would be happy to suggest a course of reading to help you expand your knowledge; first person narratives are very helpful for getting the flavour and some of the details for specific moments in history, but their value is limited by the knowledge and understanding of the writer. For instance, the witness to the surrender of the British troops to General Washington that you referenced either didn't know or didn't care about the various moves of the chess game between France and England that had been going on (and off) since 1066 C.E. (or A.D. if you prefer), and continues, at least in the view of Jacques Chirac and his coterie, to the present day.

Oh, and I'm afraid I'm not up on the lastest youth slang, dear. What is FAT an acronym for these days?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 22:37 Comments || Top||


Sharm el-Sheikh body count hits 90
The death toll from three bombs at this Red Sea resort rose sharply on Saturday. The Egyptian authorities said at least 90 people had been killed in an attack strikingly similar to one that tore apart resorts farther up the coast of the Sinai Peninsula nine months ago.

The latest attack, the worst in Egypt, ripped through an upscale hotel, a local market and a parking lot beginning shortly after 1 a.m., a synchronized series of blasts that witnesses and the authorities said had occurred about five minutes apart.

Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Dan Darling || 07/24/2005 01:41 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nothing wrong here than an extra Billion in cash and a couple shiploads of grain won't solve.

/fuck 'em and put Pakis on the list.
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 10:16 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks & Islam
Al-Qaeda leadership still in control
Interesting article. I really doubt that Binny is actually living in Nangahar or Kunar or even NWFP. I've joked since Tora Bora that he's been staying in Fazl's guest house, though if pushed I'd say it's more likely Sami's. But with a shave and a haircut, a new moustache, maybe some spray-on tan, he's just another Arab. Even his lips aren't that distinctive — Mick Jagger uses the same set. So he's as likely in Lahore or Karachi as in Miranshah, and likely splits his time among them, when he's not traveling abroad.

When we were getting inebriated at the latest Rantapalooza, Seafarious remarked that we were at the end of a terrorism lull, which always seems to come before the storm. That was two days after the London booms, and now we see a Qaeda "offensive" unfolding. London, then London Act II — flubbed because the explosives went stale — and now Sharm el-Sheikh. I'm not sure if the Lebanon booms are part of it, since occasional booms are part of Lebanon's background noise, but it looks seriously like they're trying a sustained series of attacks on a wide front. The attempt itself implies centralized planning, even if they're using decentralized organization.

I'd also add that Pakistan has come to fill the void left by Afghanistan, which has become a sideshow. Karzai seems like he's eventually going to get control of the country, piece by miniscule piece. But it continues as a diversion, and if some equivalent of Hekmatyar in 1992 arises to institute another dog-eat-dog, then so much the better for Binny. Otherwise, tough nails for Mullah Omar. Pakland's maulanas have much more power than Mullah Omar. The training camps remain at Manshera and similar places. Rather than a single Taliban to link with, they have Jaish and Lashkar-e-Taiba and lots of domestic muscle to draw on from Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Harkat ul-Mujaheddin. Karachi's got better communications with the outside world than Kabul ever did, and there are the occasional fleshpots for those off-duty hours. So Karachi's terror central, and Binori Town is Karachi central.

I don't think Perv's crackdown is going to last very long, and I don't think the jihadi establishment expects it to, either. Given attention span drift, the heat will be off in 60 days at the outside, and most of those jugged will be back on the streets, selling the same old product. Then we can have another lull in six months, followed by another storm and probably even another Perv crackdown because the direction will have come from Karachi or Lahore but probably not someplace as isolated as Multan.

The back-to-back nature of the deadly attacks in Egypt and London, as well as similarities in the methods used, suggests that the al Qaeda leadership may have given the orders for both operations and is a clear sign that Osama bin Laden and his deputies remain in control of the network, according to interviews with counterterrorism analysts and government officials in Europe and the Middle East.

Investigators on Saturday said that they believed the details of the bombing plots in Egypt and Britain -- the deadliest terrorist strikes in each country's history -- were organized locally by groups working independently of each other. In Sharm el-Sheikh, where the death toll rose to 88 people, attention centered on an al Qaeda affiliate blamed for a similar attack last October at Taba, another Red Sea resort. In London, where 52 bystanders were killed in the subway and on a bus, police have identified three of the four presumed suicide bombers as British natives with suspected connections to Pakistani radicals.

But intelligence officials and terrorist experts said they suspect that bin Laden or his lieutenants may have sponsored both operations from afar, as well as other explosions that have killed hundreds of people in Spain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Morocco since 2002. The hallmarks in each case: multiple bombings aimed at unguarded, civilian targets that are designed to scare Westerners and rattle the economy.
Continued on Page 49
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#1  The Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, pledged this week to renew his crackdown on "extremists" and Islamic radicals in the country and said officials were doing everything they could to cooperate with the investigation into the London bombings. But he bristled at the idea that Pakistan has remained a haven for al Qaeda.

Nice words, Perv. I'll give to you the world's biggest yawn for that one.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/24/2005 13:24 Comments || Top||

#2  AQ is in control of the media a political game players.
Posted by: Thraling Ulaitle8166 || 07/24/2005 14:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Highlight in tomorrows MSM. Right.

sigh
Posted by: Shipman || 07/24/2005 17:41 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan/South Asia
Seven dead in Kashmir festivities
Fighting between Indian security forces and suspected Islamic rebels left seven dead in India's portion of Kashmir on Saturday, as soldiers raided a village and continued a gun battle with infiltrators from Pakistan. The pre-dawn raid by soldiers on the village of Ajar triggered a gun battle in which one suspected insurgent and three soldiers were killed, a police spokesman said.
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Police arrest three Al-Qaeda suspects in Southwestern Pakistan
Police Saturday in crackdown on Islamic hardliners arrested three Al-Qaeda linked militants and recovered hate literature in Southwestern Baluchistan province, said a police official. The militants were arrested in Quetta, the provincial capital, senior city police officer (SP), Qazi Wahid, said. He said police recovered 35 books containing Al-Qaeda linked literature. He said they have been identified as Muhammad Akbar Baghlani, Fazl-e-Haq, and Syed Iqbal.
Their moms must be very proud.
SP Qazi denied their Pakistani nationality but said forces are investigating them to determine their nationality.
"Pakis? Don't be silly. They're....something else."
However, an intelligence source told KUNA that the arrested are militants of some banned outlet.
'Banned' being code for alive and well and cranking out boomers on schedule.
The source declined to give further details. In a week long crackdown, launched on the directives of President Musharraf in the aftermath of London bombings, police and law-enforcement agencies have rounded up over 450 clerics, members of outlawed militant groups and students of religious seminaries. Hasan Waseem Afzal, Home Secretary of Punjab, at a news conference in Lahore said that around 105 men have been arrested in the province since the crackdown began. He said that 90 of them have been sent into police custody, adding that they would be tried under anti-terrorist act. He said those detained are members of Sipah-e-Sahaba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Jhangavi militant groups.
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Iraq-Jordan
Al-Qaeda Claims Kidnap of Algerian Envoy in Iraq
Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility yesterday for the kidnap of the chief of the Algerian mission in Baghdad, stepping up pressure on the new government struggling to quell relentless guerrilla violence. “Algeria rushed to obey the crusaders by sending its envoy to Iraq...did you not learn from the fate of the ambassador of the Egyptian tyrant?” asked the statement on an Islamist website frequently used by the group led by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq.

Algerian mission chief Ali Belaroussi, 62, and attache Azzedine Belkadi, 47, were snatched by gunmen in Baghdad on Thursday near the north African country’s mission. “A Foreign Ministry crisis cell is active and we are closely following the situation. But right now we have no comment (on Al-Qaeda’s statement),” Algeria’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdelhamid Chebchoub said. The statement did not mention the kidnapping of the attache Belkadi.
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#1  Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi will no doubt try to first get his victims turned thru his famous men-to-boyz techniques of male bonding. If he cannot turn them, he may try other sphincterlating techniques he enjoys. This Abu Al-Zarqawi has the feet of clay that dissolve immediately when in the presence of helpless men & boys. His cover as a Muslim has been blown several times by his security people who oddly turn up in the desert with their hands tied behind them or their heads missing. So much for loyalty. Even UBL would have to watch his rear-end around Zarqawi. Thiese diplomats have no chance with this sick pervert of Islam. His path to glory is not the path of Islam or Allah, but that of a self-serving loser in love with his diminished manhood, love for boys, thrill for media attention and hunger for the sight of fear from his chosen enemies. He is a 2-hump camel running one hump short.
Posted by: Thraling Ulaitle8166 || 07/24/2005 14:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Come on Thraling, tell us what you really feel!
Posted by: Tony (UK) || 07/24/2005 21:13 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan/South Asia
3 Election Workers Kidnapped in Afghanistan
Kidnappers have abducted three Afghan electoral workers in an area of eastern Afghanistan where a female colleague was wounded in an attack days earlier, an official said yesterday. "Three male electoral workers were kidnapped Thursday from Kamdesh district of Nuristan province, some 80 kilometers from the Pakistani border," Abdul Wakeel Attack, a spokesman for the Nuristan governor, told AFP.
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Senior Afghan Judge Gunned Down
Two armed men riding a motorcycle yesterday gunned down a senior Afghan judge in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, the former stronghold of Taleban spiritual leader, Mulla Mohammad Omar, officials said. Nimat-ullh, the head of Panjwayee primary court was gunned down early yesterday morning soon after he left his home to pray at the nearby mosque, according to Niaz Mohammad, the district governor of Panjwayee.
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Bangladesh Seeks Interpol Help to Get Back Criminals
Bangladesh has asked France-based Interpol to help bring back top Bangladeshi criminals now hiding in neighboring India. Dhaka has named some 15 top listed criminals, including three suspects of the Aug. 21 grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally in Dhaka city, now in hiding in India, said a well-placed source in the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

The criminals, who the government agencies claim to have links with the grenade attack on the AL rally, are Joy, Mukul and Robin. Other criminals include “Chhenga” Babu, Jishan and Imon. They are residing in Calcutta to avoid arrest, while they are controlling the underworld in Bangladesh from there, according to intelligence sources in Dhaka yesterday. The government move for the Interpol assistance has been taken in the face of international pressure to curb terrorism, complete investigations into several sensational incidents and bring the culprits to trial.

The government has accordingly sent the files on the top 15 criminals living in Calcuttato the Interpol. It plans to request India, with support from the Interpol, to deport these criminals so that they can be arrested at the border. Bangladesh earlier asked India to take measures against the top Bangladeshi criminals who had taken refuge in Calcutta in the last couple of years. However, as Bangladesh itself did not reciprocate till recently with India’s request to take action against Indian insurgents allegedly staying in Bangladesh, India so far took no action. “Besides, there is no extradition treaty between the two countries. Even if India arrested the Bangladeshi criminals, it would not hand them over to us,” the RAB source said.
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Iraq-Jordan
Iraq Police Search for Algerian Diplomats
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Afghanistan/South Asia
MMA holds some rallies
From the Dept. of Give Me That Old Tyme Religion:
Hundreds of infuriated enthusiats of Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), who were armed with wooden sticks have marched on the main road of federal capital after the congregation of Friday prayer to observe countrywide protest against the high-handedness of law enforcement agencies and raid against the madaris.
"Yar!"
The protestors who were carrying banners and placards also stormed the patroling contingent of police and paraded where they found in their way to Aabpara. Interestingly, the patrolling police which always remained with the protesting men of MMA in all thier protests vanished when some of baton-armed men of MMA rushed towards them for attack.
"Look out, Chaudry! They're gonna charge!"
"Feets, don't fail us now!"
They came out from the famous Lal mosque and marched to camp office of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press club and then marched straight toward Aabpara. They were chanting slogans and holding placards inscribed with, “Sheikh Osama Zinda bad”, “War to go on till the destruction of US” and “Friend of Musharraf, Blair and Bush is a traitor”
"Burma Shave."
When they reached at Aabpara, they also smashed street powers and stormed the traffic police office there. Staffers on duty escaped when they anticipated that the protestors were angry.
"Mahmoud, I anticipate that the protestors are angry!"
"Feets, don't fail us now. MMA's on the march!"
The protestors continued their march and took turn from nearby turn and again gathered at Aabpara where local leader of MMA, Mian Aslam, Shah Abdul Aziz and many others address the gathering.
"Yarrrrr! Death to [fill in name here]!"
During the address, two sergeants on motorbikes came there to inspect the situation but the angery mob rushed toward them but they escaped leaving a motorbicycle behind.
"Keep the bike! I'm outta here!"
The angery mob burnt the bike and no firemen crew reached the spot to control the fire and it also damaged the nearby standing cars as well. All the shops and markets of Aabpara remained closed and traffic remained suspended between 1’o clock to 3:30. Later, the protestors peacefully dispersed.
"Today's pep rally is finished! Time to peacefully disperse!"
"Do we hafta do it peacefully?"

Lahore Bureau adds: On the appeal of MMA, countrywide protest day was observed on Friday to condemn police crackdown on Madaris and arrests of Ulema and students. Large protests were held after Friday prayers all over the country including Karachi (Binori Mosque), Islamabad (Aabpara), Lahore (Mansoora), Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad and Hyderabad. Addressing the workers in the demonstrations MMA leaders condemned Musharraf government for unleashing a US dictated crackdown against Madaris, mosques and religious leaders and termed it an attack on Islam.
"Dat's right! Any attempt to control our violent instincts is an attack on Islam!"
The MMA leaders demanded immediate resignation of President Musharraf and said he has appointed murderers as Governor in Sindh while giving free hands to terrorists and extortionists, but he is curbing Madaris to collect donations.
Imams don't like it when you get between them and their zakat.
They said linking the alleged terrorists’ attacks on US and UK with Islam is a heinous and well-orchestrated conspiracy to provide justification for crushing Muslims. They said the attacks are condemnable but their cause is the anti-Muslim policies of US-led alliance against so-called terrorism.
"It was Zionists. Ask anyone."
In Lahore, a large demonstration was held outside Mansoora, which was led by MMA deputy secretary general, and Jamat-e-Islami Punjab Ameer Liaqat Baloch.
Liaqat's been pretty busy since he made bail and Qazi had his heart attack...
Addressing the protestors, he said the British investigators failed to trace the culprits like those of the US. He said they immediately termed the alleged bombers as Pakistanis and linked them with Deeni Madaris without giving any proof, which showed that they acted upon mere emotions and not according to the facts.
"Just because three out of four were Pakistanis don't mean they wuz all Pakistanis! An' just because most 'em stopped by madaris don't mean the madaris had anything to do with it! An' just because four out of four of 'em wuz Moose limbs don't mean they wuz all Moose limbs..."
He said president Musharraf and other high government officials including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain have visited large number of seminaries in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and other parts of the country and praised their commendable role in promoting knowledge and high moral values. But it is strange that they did not think for a second while joining the voice of Tony Blair for launching a crackdown on Madaris.
That might be because Tony threatened to turn Karachi into fine-grain rubble..
He said if US and UK would destroy Muslim countries and desecrate Holy Quran than Muslims have all the rights to react and demonstrate against the perpetrators.
Fire.
He said that secular elements acting as coterie of General Musharraf are advising him to force the nation to give up its values and culture which is highly condemnable.
Brimstone.
Member National Assembly Maulana Abdul Malik termed the police raid on Jamia Hafsa a display of state terrorism and said by suspending police officers government had admitted the fact. He said not it is moral obligation of the rulers to step down. Secretary-General Jamat-e-Islami Lahore Amirul Azim said nation would not allow Gen Musharraf to succeed in his conspiracies aimed at lengthening his rule by crushing MMA and Jamat-e-Islami. He said those talking about holding OIC summit in Holy Kaaba are averse to implement Allah’s rule in Pakistan, which exposes their hypocrisy.
Spittle.
Delivering Friday sermon at Mansoora Mosque, Jamat-e-Islami secretary General Syed Munawar Hasan said that MMA is exposing the secular agenda of the rulers so that people could know the reality behind the crackdown on Madaris and religious parties. He said the police raid on a girls’ seminary Jamia Hafsa and torture on innocent girls, which several wounded, was the real face of rulers’ extremism against Islam and state terrorism. He said by refraining from condemning it during his televised speech to the nation Gen Musharraf proved that this raid and torture was carried out upon his orders and suspension of few police officials was meant to hoodwink the people.
Venom.
He said the rulers known for breaking promise should remember that people are also not bound to keep their deadlines. He however said that MMA was not against registration of Madaris. He said implication of Pakistanis and Islam in London blasts is an attempt to cover up the real crimes of the west. He said the alleged bombers educated in British schools and not at Pakistani Madaris, asking why British government not raiding those colleges and schools where they got their education.
Drool.
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#1  "Stand back O Brothers! Away from the flames! That Fat Bob tank on the Infidel Bike is a gonna blow, Insh'Allah!
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/24/2005 0:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Ah, now I see why Pervy wants our MilTech so badly. The current production model, the Strike Cycle, coulda fought back, vaporizing the crowd if they pissed the rider off. But he'd really get excited if he was what's under development. Here we see the latest model undergoing tests by, um, Southern Command. I dunno, Pervy, we're not getting much outta this "speshul relationshipt", y'know.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 2:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Me like,.com.J.Lenoy is supossed to have a bike that runs a turbo jet out of a Bell Ranger.
"I don't want no pickle,Ijust want to ride my motor cicle"
Posted by: raptor || 07/24/2005 7:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Jeeze Louise! An Allison 250-C20J gas turbine on a motorcycle! That ought to do it. 420 shaft horsepower, burning about 25 gallons per hour. So where does the fuel tank go?
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 07/24/2005 12:57 Comments || Top||

#5  So where does the fuel tank go


Restricted: Fat Ass Fatwa fuel only.
Posted by: Mullah F-310 || 07/24/2005 13:42 Comments || Top||

#6  I loved the picture of the Republican Guard with those red and black flags! Was that snapped on the SCOTUS steps?
Posted by: AgentProvacateur || 07/24/2005 20:54 Comments || Top||

#7  Gosh, you are soooo lcever, Mr. Agent! Why, I'll bet you measure your IQ in double digits!
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 21:49 Comments || Top||

#8  and you probably spell it "clever," too.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 21:49 Comments || Top||

#9  Nah Trailing wife--I'm spelling challenged too LOL
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 21:55 Comments || Top||

#10  And since you asked it was 154 in HS
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 21:56 Comments || Top||

#11  Wow. I'll bet your parents were relieved.
Posted by: Dave D. || 07/24/2005 22:06 Comments || Top||

#12  troll
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 22:06 Comments || Top||

#13  Gosh! That makes you a bit below average in this crowd. But don't you worry, dear, study hard, and you'll soon be able to follow the arguments.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 22:08 Comments || Top||

#14  Trailing wife huh? One who depends on her mate for money who is no doubt out at the Doll House while her fat ass is at home
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 22:20 Comments || Top||

#15  I do ad hominem very well if you want to keep this personal
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 22:21 Comments || Top||

#16  I'd suggest you read a few weeks' worth of previous posts before showing up and starting your spew, AP. You'll find the cultural backgrounds of most of the posters here as accomodating of "diversity" as yours, and moreso in many cases.

Bragging about your IQ is childish and it's bad manners, especially since some of the people here are smarter than you.

Confusing the Republican Guard with Hitler's SA was pretty dumb. The Republican Guard is Iranian.

Do you know anything about terrorism? Have any idea of international relations? If not, why don't you try lurking for awhile. Maybe you'll learn something, whether you agree with the politix of most of the posters here or not.

If not, I'll dump you.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2005 22:29 Comments || Top||

#17  Fred --Scroll back and see who brought up IQ--not me. If I'm lying fell free to dump me
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 22:34 Comments || Top||

#18  And now I know I'll get the axe--but the Republican Guard was Iraqi *gulp* farewell Rantburg! I know I'm sooooo dumped
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 22:40 Comments || Top||

#19  Lol! Go out to dinner and miss the fight, sheesh.

Now that I've read the droppings, it's clear TrollBoy has been begging for someone to argue with him - the name is something of a dead giveaway, lol!

I think Agent Poseur is the most accurate rejoinder - nice shot! *applause*
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 22:40 Comments || Top||

#20  And I soo missed .com when I was NotMikeMoore
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 22:42 Comments || Top||

#21  ROFL!!!

Still as cute as a colostomy bag!
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 22:43 Comments || Top||

#22  you were the same loser then....
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 22:43 Comments || Top||

#23  Some people don't like dissent and resort to the personal--that's OK
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 22:45 Comments || Top||

#24  You haven't posted logical dissent, you've begged for someone to fight you. You're being foolish - and wasting everyone's time. Post actual substance or piss off. If you're NMM, you're sober - for a change.

Regardless, you should be happy Fred holds the gun, I'd have clipped you wings an hour ago. Troll.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 22:48 Comments || Top||

#25  Thanks .com Maybe you can ppeal to Fred--up to you
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 23:03 Comments || Top||

#26  He's his own man.

What are you?
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 23:05 Comments || Top||

#27  I make remarks that you might not agree with but I also contribute
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 23:08 Comments || Top||

#28  is that what you call it?
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 23:10 Comments || Top||

#29  Really? What?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 23:10 Comments || Top||

#30  Right. Run along, son, you're out of your league -156 (on The Moonbat Scale, certainly not Stanford-Binet) notwithstanding.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 23:11 Comments || Top||

#31  .com You are truly the Alpha Male of personal invective--advance 2 spaces! But if you're challenged on your crackpot wingnut notions you resort to that--very 10th grade
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 23:14 Comments || Top||

#32  Lol, the troll is wounded, cornered, whimpering. So infantile.

You made an assertion, back it up.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 23:20 Comments || Top||

#33  So what that is useful are you contributing exactly?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 23:20 Comments || Top||

#34  Continue your blather .com as your Amen Chorus* nods its head in unison
*Copyright Pat B
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 23:22 Comments || Top||

#35  NotMikeMoore/AgentProvocateur, the question remains: what of use or substance have you posted?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2005 23:26 Comments || Top||

#36  Pfeh. Not even a proper troll - runs around dropping little turds, begging for a fight, gets its trollish wish - from multiple sources - and begins whining and mewling.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 23:27 Comments || Top||

#37  Trailing--"Would you just please sing?" Since it's not over till ya do!
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 23:27 Comments || Top||

#38  have a drink NMM, then say goodnite
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 23:28 Comments || Top||

#39  The nice lady has asked you a legitimate question, repeatedly.

You troll, repeatedly, trying to get some particular response.

Now you seem to be begging for Suicide by Fred. Hey, whatever.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 23:30 Comments || Top||

#40  AgentProvocateur, what's your point in all this?
Just feeling lucky or what is it?
Bored? Maso? Somebody peed in your coffee?
How about making a real comment that proves your IQ?
Posted by: True German Ally || 07/24/2005 23:34 Comments || Top||

#41  YAAAAAAAAWN Sarcasm is so lost on you .com
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 23:34 Comments || Top||

#42  Yawn is right. When you've fired up that monumental ego IQ and posted some sarcasm worthy of notice, I'll be properly impressed. Until then, toddle off. I've gutted people I respect more.
Posted by: .com || 07/24/2005 23:42 Comments || Top||

#43  ap yoo shuld blogger wiff me at em janeens plase. mite feel a litter more comfy there fore ya an purdy good peples their to. :)

rb dont looken like yore cupotee. mite wanna leeve teh good peples heer alone ifn ya jus came to piss em off.
Posted by: muck4doo || 07/24/2005 23:42 Comments || Top||

#44  No doubt you're still spreading love for Americans in Thailand .com and of course I mean that in a good way
Posted by: AgentProvocateur || 07/24/2005 23:48 Comments || Top||

#45  as a chew toy, NMM you're not worth it.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2005 23:50 Comments || Top||

#46  There you go again, parading your vile pedophilia fantasies via projection. Yep, you're NMM all right.

Let's take a little trip in time... The last time you tried this, you had your ass handed to you at least 10 times in one thread. I did my part, but I thought AC, in particular, eviscerated you rather effectively.

Obviously, when you need abuse, and that must be a regular thing for you, you show up here. You should be permanently banned - you're the most moronic turd machine we've ever endured.
Posted by: .com || 07/25/2005 0:01 Comments || Top||


Kidnapped Afghan poll workers traced
Three Afghan election workers, who were kidnapped by suspected Taliban or al-Qaida members, have been found unharmed in the northeastern province of Nooristan, an official said. Mohammad Yusouf, secretary for the governor of Nuristan, said the men were found in a house on Saturday after a search by security officials in the Kamdesh district where they were abducted three nights ago. "We have received reports from the police chief that the three men have been found, but none of the kidnappers has been arrested," he told Reuters.
"Cheezit! Da cops!"
"Bang the hostages!"
"No time! Let's go!"
The abduction was the latest in a series of violent incidents in the approach to 18 September parliamentary polls, the next big stage on Afghanistan's difficult path to stability. The three men were seized from a villager's house after the end of a voter registration programme in the rugged region. Yusouf said the victims could not recognise the kidnappers, because they had covered their faces; but said they spoke in a local language. "We suspect al-Qaida or Taliban were behind the kidnappings," Yusouf had said earlier.
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  London bomber 'was recruited' at Lashkar-e-Taiba madrassa
Wed 2005-07-13
  Italy police detain 174 people in anti-terror sweep
Tue 2005-07-12
  Arrests over London bomb attacks
Mon 2005-07-11
  30 al-Qaeda suspects identified in London bombings
Sun 2005-07-10
  Taliban behead 6 Afghan Policemen

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