Canadian Defense Minister Gordon O'Connor, speaking in an interview Thursday, said that it is "impossible to defeat the Taliban militarily." The Toronto Star reports that Mr. O'Connor's remarks were confirmed by Chief of the Defense Staff Gen. Rick Hillier in Ottawa. The Star also reports that the comments are "are certain to stun Canadians who are increasingly concerned about the rising number of Canadian casualties in Afghanistan." Thirty-two Canadians have been killed in Afghanistan since Canada joined the NATO mission there in 2002.
Reached by phone near Ottawa yesterday, Hillier told the Star he had no disagreement with his minister's statement out of Australia.
"Not at all," Hillier said. "That's never been the strategy to defeat them militarily." The general added, "We don't have to defeat them militarily. What we've got to do is build a country."
Hillier said the surest path to success was the actual reconstruction of Afghanistan. That was what the Taliban feared most, he said. But he also conceded Taliban forces were waging battles that were slowing the reconstruction process. "Things are not moving as quickly as we want," Hillier said. "(There's) no question that the security situation has constrained that."
The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian defense secretary says Canada is shouldering an undue burden in Afghanistan, and that it is time for other countries to increase their troop levels.
"All loads aren't equal, let's put it that way," he said, adding he would raise the issue at a NATO defence ministers meeting in Slovenia from Sept. 28.
NATO's top commander, meanwhile, appears to support Mr. O'Connor's view that other countries must contribute more. General James Jones has asked that additional troops and weaponry from member nations be sent to Afghanistan. Canadian forces make up about 10 per cent of the 20,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan, but along with British and Dutch forces, they are leading the fight against Taliban resistance in the south, which has proven to be more tenacious and determined than expected.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that while Gen. Jones did not name any countries who need to increase their troop levels, one defense analyst said it's not hard to guess who he is talking about.
"He was really pointing his finger at the European states involved in the provincial reconstruction team in the north [of the Afghanistan, where there is less fighting]," retired colonel Brian MacDonald said in an interview with CBC News.
MacDonald, said Jones was likely aiming his remarks at NATO members such as France, Germany and Italy, "the big powers that have a comparatively small commitment to an area that is relatively peaceful."
Earlier in the week, the Guardian reported that General Sir Richard Dannatt, the new head of the British army, told the media that British troops are only just coping with the demands that are being made on them in Afghanistan. Other British defense officials admitted that the situation in Afghanistan was "worse than military commanders had anticipated."
The Guardian also writes that although the Taliban have suffered heavy losses NATO extimates it killed 200 Taliban fighters in a recent operation the group is "being inspired" by lessons it learned during the 10-year battle against the former Soviet Union. "Strong religious or nationalist motivation means many are unafraid of dying."
Defense Minister O'Connor's remarks about not defeating the Taliban militarily come only days after President Bush listed the defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan as one of the successes in the war on terror. But in a speech Thursday, The Australian reports that Mr. Bush seemed to acknowledge the existence of a resurgent force when he commented that "the Taliban will not retake power in Afghanistan."
"They will fail because the Afghan people have tasted freedom. They will fail because their vision is no match for a democracy accountable to its citizens. They will fail because they are no match for the military forces of a free Afghanistan, a NATO alliance and the United States of America," he said.
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Have the Canadian, Indian and Israeli defence ministers formed some sort of exclusive 'wimps only'
club?
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'Cause the message they're collectively sending the islamists is not pretty...
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He's right I bet, I don't think Canada could defeat them. Certianly not with just 2000 troops in country.
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"Have the Canadian, Indian and Israeli defence ministers formed some sort of exclusive 'wimps only' club?"
These douche nozzles have no fire in the belly, they're Nancy Boys®! I suppose they would rather give up and whine about coulda, shoulda & woulda the rest of their lives.
In order to win against the Islamists, we'll need some hard core MF's willing to do the killing necessary. We don't have those folks, the system insures that they never get promoted.
The LLL have been most complete in the spreading of their infection. It's a testament to their growing confidence and openness that they have let the mask slip. They are testing the level of resistance, and so far it has been widely lacking.
Bad, bad times are over the horizon, get used to it.
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He is a total moron. Even if he believes this he should have never given voice to it. They both have no understanding of the tribalist/muslim mindset. two Morons.
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It is possible to defeat the Taliban militarily - but so far civilized peoples do not have the will to inflict the immense collateral damage involved. They still hope for a minimally-destructive solution. Nice thought, but probably just a dream.
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Canadian defense minister: 'Impossible to defeat Taliban militarily' o
So Minister O'Connor, what is the plan? Are you contemplating house-to-house conversions and the establishment of Lutheran communities? Recommend you stick with erradication. Their heats and minds are elsewhere.
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I have to agree that the Taliban will exist as long as they: have an infinite supply of Pakistanis willing to do Islamic terror, and NATO allows terror incitement in Aghanistan mosques.
We HAD to contain the Warsaw Pact because they had a nuclear-counter. We have a free hand at annihilating the Pashto-Balochi enemy. Force soldiers to wage a frustrating, unwinnable war, and the inevitable result is: atrocities against civilians. Return Senator Santorum, and he will pressure implementation of a winning-strategy. And he is far from alone.
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Aaaa guys:
Take a look at this link by the Canadian commander
Doesn't sound like a cut and runner. Well OK: the Canadians cut the Taliban; they run ;)
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El Croat-etc, you write in your blog, "Jihad is much more brittle than everyone cares to admit. It's not just countering it with corecitive policies through the police and military but also the ideological and religious." I would love if you would be so kind as to expand on that thought.
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O'Connor and Hillier are both solid and the Canadian troops in Afghanistan are first rate. I suspect the O'Connor quote was taken out of context. (The quote comes from Reuters.) A couple of weeks ago O'Connor was lecturing his Pakistani counterpart on how they'd make a lot more progress if the Canadians were able to operate on the Pakistani side of the border--the Paks being incapable of patrolling it.
Reliable sources said that Amar Saifi one of Salafist Group of Preaching and Combat (GSPC)s leaders is excluded from national reconciliation provisions owing to his involvement in international terrorism and being wanted by foreign security services. Whereas other sources mentioned that two other prominent GSPC members joined their families in conformity with the Charters provisions.
The sources told el Khabar that the Saifi, called Abderezzak el Para, is not covered by peace law measures that expired last 31st August, pointing out that its international terrorist activity exclude him from that provisions adding he is under international warrant of arrest, for that reason alluding to a federal prosecution international warrant of arrest, after the 32 European tourists abduction case taking place in the Algerian Sahara in 2003 spring, and released in counterparts of a 5 million euros ransom paid by Germany.
Note recalling that Libyan security services extradited Saifi to their Algerian counterparts in October 2004 thanks to a ransom paid to the Chadian opponent armed organisation who hold him to hostage. In a connected context, well informed sources unveiled that two GSPC prominent members joined their families, by virtue of the Charters provisions, namely Khettab, called Abu Omar Abdebir a former GSPC information committee official as well as Amer Saidi called Abu Bilal Al Albani former foreign affairs committee head, who surrendered last December, and recovered they ordinary life few days earlier after being qualified to benefit from peace measures. This was considered by the sources as a message to GSPC leadership, as an evidence of power good will to bide by the charters provisions widely approved by the Algerian people.
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A 33year-old man's corpse in an advanced decomposition was found Monday in Serf Errek near Remlia, ten kilometres far from Bir el Ater municipality, after being abducted in Tebessa city centre two weeks before. His relatives rushed to cooperate with security and gendarmerie services to look for him, denying the possibility that the victim became a member of a terrorist group. Security sources said that the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat GSPC-affiliated Great Conquest squad acting in Tebessa region is being responsible of the victims abduction, having friendly relationship with a squads member, the latter got in touch with him in Tebessa prison and tried repeatedly to convince him join the terrorist groups.
According to the same sources, the young victim adopts the anti-jihad Salafist trend contrary to the one who was in touch with. After his release the victim was in charge of a sheep flock breeding before last Sacrifice Feast (Aid el Adha), but his relations with the terrorists worsened when he sold the sheep without paying the money he owes to the Great Conquest squad.
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A regional leader of the outlawed Maoist outfit Purba Banglar Communist Party was killed in a shootout between his accomplices and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Borobagh village in Bagerhat district early yesterday.
Really? And how did that happen?
Mustafiz alias Jewel Shikder, 30, was a prime accused in the Awami League leader Kalidas Boral's murder.
Ahah. A first-class bad guy. So what happened next?
On a tip-off, a RAB team arrested Mustafiz from the Khulna court premises on Thursday afternoon.
"Stick 'em up, Mustafiz!"
"Egad! The RAB!"
"Yer goin' downtown!"
"But... we are downtown!"
Members of the security forces were taking Mustafiz to a hide-out where arms and ammunition had been stashed.
Good idea. Bet it was in the wee hours of the morning, too. That's the best time for that sort of thing. There's less traffic...
As they reached near the hide-out, Mustafiz's accomplices opened fire and hurled bombs on the RAB personnel in a bid to free their leader prompting the law enforcers to return fire.
"It's the RAB, men! Bring up the bombs! But be careful not to hit Mustafiz!... Whoa! That hadda hurt! Sorry. Our bad!"
Mustafiz was caught in the "cross-fire" while trying to flee and was critically injured, said a RAB official. Later, he died in hospital. Mustafiz was wanted for three murders.
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Hurling bombs? That's new. What a nice way to start the first day of the rest of my life. (Thanks for all the kind wishes and lovely thoughts yesterday -- y'all are darlings!)
A Danish court on Friday jailed five men arrested in an anti-terror sweep after investigators presented additional evidence linking them to an alleged terror plot, a prosecutor said. The Odense City Court's decision brought to seven the number of suspects held on a four-week detention order as prosecutors prepare formal charges. Anti-terror squads early Tuesday raided homes in an immigrant district of Odense, Denmark's third largest city, seizing chemicals, computers, telephones and CD-ROMs.
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Couldn't possibly be muslims, cuz it didn't say muslims...okay
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5 more suspects held in Danish terror probe
I'd much rather prefer to see:
5 more suspects held down during Danish terror probe
According to the interior minister, the French authorities extradited Thursday an Algerian Imam charged of being involved in 2002 Paris bombings, helping recruiting fighters for the Chechens and targeting Russian services. The same administration suspects the Algerian Imam of having a link with the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat activating in Algeria. The French interior minister announced last Thursday that it had extradited Algerian Imam Chellali Ben Chellali. The Imam worked in a mosque in the east suburb of Lyon. He was accused of being involved in the 2002 Paris bombings, targeting Russian services in France and having a link with Chechen fighters. The same source said that Chellali Ben Chellali boarded a flight to Algiers from Orly airport.
He was accused of being involved in the 2002 Paris bombings, targeting Russian services in France and having a link with Chechen fighters...
The Imam was detained last December 2004 in suspect of being in on the plot of targeting Russian services in Paris using chemical arms. Some reports indicate that the court decided to extradite Chellali in April 2004 for a terrorism case. He was accused of forming a group to provide logistical support to a terrorist group set up in the Caucasian Region to target the several services in Paris, among which are the Eiffel Tower, police stations and Israeli targets. The Imams wife and children have also sentenced to prison for being involved in the plot against the Russian services.
It is indicated that some European states have already extradited some Imams. In France for instance, Interior minister Nicola Sarkosy announced his commitment to deprive scores of Imams he dubbed as fundamentalists of their French citizenship and extradited them to their country of origin.
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Let's hope Algeria puts him out of action for good. An accident, perhaps? Or just a "he's dead, Jim" during interrogation...
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FBI Assistant Director John Miller issued the following statement to NBC News: "At the time of his release, the FBI did not have sufficient evidence to hold charge [Mohdar Abdullah] with a crime.
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Great, another 9/11 conspiracy, juz in time for the 5th anniversary.
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This all goes back to the Clinton administration and it's makeup being heavy with lawyers, that a crime must be committed before justice.
Read Bush's last speech on what he was asking of Congress. One of the items, was to establish some guidelines for identifying terrorists.
So we no longer have to deal with this "the FBI did not have sufficient evidence to charge ?? with a crime." With this, he is also asking for lots of room to move for our intellgence and our military guys. Setting up rules to be followed, no matter who becomes Pres in 2008. Laying the foundation for fighting this evil before us.
Most folks miss this. Bush knows he leaves in 2 years, and stuff done now, will guide the way for the next decade.
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"The problem is that in the paranoid times today, a lot of law enforcement people and Americans think that any Arab, Muslim, or South Asian carrying a video camera is a terrorist up to no good," Hamud says.
Only when they persist in gathering images of soft targets that no other tourists show much interest about. It's not like LAX is a particularly photogenic subject. The serruptitious nature of how the taping was done is a dead give-away. Bring this Yemeni slimeball back for some flame broiling.
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Sherry, it used to be called US foreign policy. It was known as an unstoppable train of War and Peace. The Congrefs would vote on whom our enemies were and a war declaration would be a breath away at anytime after entities were on the list - such as Saddam Hussain. It was mature policy that predates the imbiciles in the democrat party who have decimated a once stable method of deterrence.
Get rid of democrats, and vote on who is and is not an enemy and persue them with vigor, and you will have a safer world immediately.
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But, but we have no enemies. It's all a BusHitleRovian conspiracy of Unilateral Cowboyism. All we really need to do is reach out to the misunderstood 'Islamists', to our sophisticated allies and let them lead us out of our confusion, to trust in the UN, to submit to our betters, to understand the 'root causes', to accept our guilt as Evil Americans, to end our support for the Evil of Zionism and Jooos, to embrace the Caliphate - for when we end our murderous subjugation of Islamic lands they will magically embrace peace. Don't worry Be Happy.
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Ha! We're hard to fool, Zenster. We know the difference between a religion and an ideology, LOL. Religions don't hold BBQ hoedowns or head-sawing competitions...
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
Joint Resolution
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
Whereas, on September 11, 2001, acts of treacherous violence were committed against the United States and its citizens; and
Whereas, such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United States exercise its rights to self-defense and to protect United States citizens both at home and abroad; and
Whereas, in light of the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by these grave acts of violence; and
Whereas, such acts continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States; and
Whereas, the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This joint resolution may be cited as the `Authorization for Use of Military Force'.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) IN GENERAL- That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.
(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements-
(1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION- Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS- Nothing in this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Not that the Donks, MSM, or SCOTUS want you to remember.
The BBC's Zubair Ahmed visits the city of Malegaon in India a day after it was hit by bomb attacks to find residents seething with anger.
"What goes around comes around," said a local police officer.
The tongue-in-cheek remark was meant to be an off-the-record comment.
But that just summed up the reputation of Malegaon, a dusty town of 700,000 people, two-thirds of them Muslims, in the eyes of officials, who often brand it as a hotbed of support for home-grown as well international Islamic militant organisations.
Indeed its reputation was not helped when a large cache of arms and ammunition was seized from men who were born and raised here a few weeks before the Mumbai bomb blasts two months ago.
The town, home to a large number of Muslim weavers, has been officially declared sensitive by the Maharashtra state police chief, P.S. Pasricha.
But this is a tag vehemently resented by local Muslims.
A local weaver Nayeemuddin said: "If we were volatile, there would have been retaliation by us. But we have been very peaceful, despite a heavy loss of lives."
But some of them did turn violent. When the two bombs went off in the town soon after Friday prayers, they expressed their resentment by attacking policemen and their vehicles soon after the bomb blasts.
ust before I reached Malegaon, I was told that many parts of the town were under a curfew.
I arrived just before midnight, wondering who on earth would be awake to talk to me around that time. I also imagined the town would look deserted because of the curfew.
But to my astonishment there were more people on the roads than on a normal day.
Regardless of the curfew, men dressed in traditional Muslim attire were roaming the streets, wondering why their town was attacked by militants.
Hundreds of men were trying to escort journalists to the scenes of bombings. Many of them sounded really shaken.
Manzoor Ilahi was fuming. "Malegaon has always been accused of harbouring Islamic terrorists. Now tell me, why would we be attacked on a day which is so pious in Islam?"
Dozens of people joined him in support.
A man from the crowd summed up the general feelings: "The day and time were carefully chosen to maximise the casualty. It could not have been done by Islamic terrorists."
Maharashtra state's deputy chief minister, R.R. Patil, in an interview with the BBC, praised the overall patience displayed by local Muslims.
He also said he disapproved of the "sensitive" tag.
Mr Patil, who was the first high-ranking minister to rush to Malegaon, said it was still unclear who could have triggered these bombs.
But he had a view on the possible motive of the attackers:
"The time and place of attack suggest the bombings were carried out to create tensions between Hindus and Muslims."
However, he was unable to throw light on the possible link between the serial bomb blasts on commuter trains in Mumbai in which more than 180 people were killed and the latest bombings in Malegaon.
Just a few days before the latest blasts, India's prime minister had warned a meeting of all state chief ministers that more attacks were imminent.
Should Mr Patil accept a lapse on the part of his administration?
His candid answer was that the attackers successfully played the game of one-upmanship.
"We had made appropriate security arrangements for the graveyard, where Muslims had to visit on the night. The arrangements were to take effect from 1700. But terrorists surprised us by exploding bombs soon after Friday prayers in the early afternoon."
But he added that watertight security was impossible.
"Despite heavy security arrangements in New York and London, they were attacked. Yes, we have to be on our toes, but 100% security cannot be guaranteed."
But residents were not impressed by the police intelligence-gathering network.
Drug store owner Sheikh Rashid said the police should have enough information on militant activity because the city has been under surveillance since some local men were arrested a few months ago.
Imran Ansari, meanwhile, is angry.
He lost his brother and two young nephews in the bomb attacks.
The trio had gone to the mosque to offer Friday prayers, but never returned.
"We are looked at suspiciously by the police. But has any Hindu been killed by Muslims here, ever? Has there been any communal riot between Hindus and Muslims in recent times?" he asked.
It is unfair to treat townspeople as supporters of Islamic militancy, he says.
It was this nondescript town five years ago that had witnessed a large scale protest over the US invasion of Afghanistan.
Police killed 12 Muslim protesters after a brief altercation with them.
The Taleban government had enjoyed immense support in Malegaon.
But why do they react to the attacks on Muslim countries?
Mohammed Irfan, a member of a large crowd around me, answered:
"If a needle is pierced in any part of your body the whole body hurts, doesn't it? The Muslims all over the world are like a human body."
But does it hurt to see no Muslim country came out to condemn the latest attacks on them?
"It's their problem. We do our duty... It's an obligation by Islam to support Muslims and we do our Islamic duty."
And perhaps this is the mindset that worries the establishment the most.
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This town was created after the 1857 mutiny. Thousands of muslim families were deported by the British from their homes in UP and Bihar provinces as punishment for the role of their relatives in the mutiny.
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Why Malegaons flashpoints have always been Fridays
If there is one reason why the Centre rushed in forces to Malegaon just hours after the blasts, it is the textile towns history.
Five years ago, a month after 9/11, this predominantly Muslim town saw five days of riots. The toll at the end of it: 13, 12 of them Muslims, most killed in police firing.
Reasons for the riots, which periodically visited this textile town of about 7 lakh people, ranged from an India-Pak cricket match to a pamphlet.
Since three-quarters of the population is Muslim, Friday is when the powerlooms close for the weekly day off and the two lakh-odd workers go for the namaz. Hence, anyone interested in making an impact here waits for Fridays. Most public meetings are held on this day.
No surprise, then, that the town was torn by blasts on a Friday again. The last time the town witnessed communal riots was in October 2001 (on a Friday again) in which 13 were killed. The reason, as revealed by the state minorities commission later, was the desperation of an ageing local politician, Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, then 75, state leader of the Janata Dal (Secular).
On October 26, a policeman tried to snatch a pamphlet being distributed by a youth outside the towns Jama Masjid after the Friday namaz. The pamphlet was an appeal to boycott American and British goods to protest against the US attack on Afghanistan. But when the youth refused to let the policeman see what was on the paper, a scuffle ensued and flared up into a fight between the police and Muslims.
Angry youths threw stones, provoking the police to open fire. The incident also invited prompt retaliation in Hindu areas, giving it a communal turn.
The incident actually had roots in an agitation in the town exactly a week earlier. On October 19, Nihal Ahmed had taken out a morcha to protest against the US attack on Afghanistan. The protesters carried portraits of Osama bin Laden and shouted anti-US slogans. The town was very tense and needed just a spark.
Nihal Ahmeds gesture was a desperate attempt to consolidate his position in the town of which he was the only patriarch: He had been elected as MLA six times since 1967, but had to suffer defeat at the hands of his Congress rival Shaikh Rashid in 1999.
The riots spread to 133 villages on the outskirts of Malegaon and to towns like Deola, Satana and Kalwan, where Muslims were targeted by the Hindu majority.
Subsequently, the government upgraded the Malegaon municipal council controlled by Nihals party, with his wife Sajeda being the president to a corporation and the first elections were held in May 2002. The JD (S) emerged as the single largest party winning 35 of the 72 seats and Nihal became the towns first Mayor.
But his party broke up in the civic body the next year and, to make matters worse for him, he was again defeated in the 2004 Assembly polls by Rashid. Elections for the Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) is scheduled in the next four months.
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The town...has been officially declared sensitive by the Maharashtra state police chief
Sensitive? Who the hell you callin' sensitive!
You call me sensitive again and you'll be a head shorter. HMMMPH. Sensitive! The very idea!
India has ruled out the possibility of entering Bangladesh to destroy terrorist camps there, but said it would continue to persuade the Bangladeshi government to dismantle them.
"How can we go to another country and destroy terrorist camps there? We will continue to persuade the government of Bangladesh to do it," Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in Kolkata, when asked whether India would enter Bangladesh to destroy terrorists camps there as reportedly demanded by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
Media reports has said Bhattacharjee, at a meeting on internal security in Delhi on 5th September, had asked the Centre to involve itself in destroying terrorist camps in Bangladesh.
To another question on the ISI's possible involvement in the blasts in Malegaon on Friday, Mukherjee declined to comment, saying the matter was being investigated.
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The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday issued notices to the NWFP Home Department and the provincial advocate general (AG) on a petition filed against the arrest of 10 Sipah-e-Sahaba leaders and activists. A PHC division bench consisting of justices Salim Khan and Hamid Farooq Durrani admitted the writ petitions by the banned organisations activists for hearing and directed the government officials to explain their decision to arrest the men under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).
The petitioners lawyer said that they had been arrested without any evidence and no criminal charges had been brought against them so far, which, he said, was a violation of their fundamental rights. He said that the Home Department had violated section 491 of the Criminal Procedure Code by arresting them without any proof of their involvement in criminal activities. Under the law, security agencies have no right to arrest citizens without any proof, he said. The Home Department had stated that the action was taken to prevent sectarian violence in the district. The petitioners lawyer asked the court to declare the departments action void and release the petitioners.
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CHAMAN: Authorities said Friday they had seized a cache of arms and ammunition being smuggled into the country from Afghanistan after an exchange of fire on the southwestern border.
The unknown smugglers left their vehicle loaded with weaponry after exchanging fire with Pakistani forces deployed at Chaman, a town bordering Afghanistan's Kandahar province, late Thursday, an official of the paramilitary force said. The official, who declined to be identified, said the action was taken following an intelligence tip-off that arms and ammunition were being smuggled into Balochistan for sabotage activities. The cache included six RPG rocket launchers and an anti-tank mine as well as mortar bombs, hand grenades and a machine gun. Pakistani officials have claimed that arms are being smuggled from Afghanistan to support a tribal insurgency.
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I wonder if it wasn't going the other way and the 'patriots' wouldn't pay off the border gards.
(KUNA) -- Five people were killed and more than 17 others were badly wounded in a bomb explosion on Friday in a remote area of Southwestern Baluchistan province that has been in grip of tension and strikes since the killing of renegade tribal chief, Nawab Akbar Bugti, in a military operation, said officials.
A time bomb, hidden in a dustbin outside a hospital, went off with a huge bang in the Rakhni district, about 300 kilometers east of Quetta, the provincial capital, a local police official, Nazeer Kakar, told KUNA. He said the explosion killed five people on the spot and critically wounded more than 17 others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but police pointed a finger at nationalist militants.
Tension and strikes have gripped Baluchistan since the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti, known among locals as the Tiger of Baluchistan. Strikes have almost paralyzed daily life and business in almost all parts of the province.
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(KUNA) -- In what is being described as a henious act of terror, at least 38 people were killed and nearly 190 injured in triple explosions near a mosque in Malegaon in Western Indian state of Maharashtra after Friday prayers.
The explosions on Friday occured in less than two months after the Mumbai blasts which killed nearly 200 people, sent shock waves across India. Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the blasts and appealed for peace and harmony. Today is Shab-e-Barat when Muslims pray for the dead.
The bombs, placed near an ancient mosque at Malegaon, went off around 13:45 hours Indian Standard Time. The explosions created panic and in subsequent stampede many children who were playing near the steps of the mosque were killed, news agency Indo-Asian News Service reported.
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Muslims hold anti-Pak demo
Several members of the minority community came out on the streets and shouted anti-Pakistan slogans, denouncing yesterday's multiple blasts in which several members of the minority community were killed. They also urged people to maintain peace.
One of the demonstrators, Rauf Bengali said, "We Muslims can see a larger picture behind the blasts that happened in Malegaon yesterday. We strongly believe it to be a handiwork of Pakistan's ISI."
"First, in order to create a rift between Muslims and Hindus, elements connected with Pakistan's ISI bombed temples like at Varanasi and now they are exploding bombs around mosques and graveyards," he said.
"We urge the Hindus and Muslims to stand united against such terrorist activities, directed to create communal tensions between the two communities," Bengali added.
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This Sunni terror group usually targets Shiites ("apostates"), but they have proclaimed a period of attacks against American troops in Iraq. The mind-set and videos of these moon-howlers, is something to behold.
Mujahedeen Shura Council of Iraq-Press Releases 07-09-2006
Mujahedeen Shura council of Iraq adopts the martyrdom operations in Baghdad and announces to the nation the starting of the Revenge Ghazwa (incursion) for al-Shaykh al-Zarkawi's blood " mercy of Allah upon him"
All praise be to Allah who made us on firm and certitude , giving the honor to his Moujahedeen worshipers, making the lowliness and disgrace on those who disobeyed to orders of his faithful prophet , and all praise be to Allah who made the courage a ligh of enabling and a quality of his sincere worshipers , Allah says:
{Assault them through the gate; for when you are in, victory will be yours; and put your trust in Allâh if you are believers indeed.} (23)
And peace be upon our prophet Muhammad, his family and companions in entirety.
In responding our Shaykh's call, the Moujahed Sahykh Abi Hamza al-Mouhajer may Allah protect him- the leader of al-Qaeda organisation in the two rivers "al-Rafedain" land , and a member in the Mujahedeen Shura council of Iraq when he said:
(I ask you not to put down your arms and not to give rest to yourselves as well as to your enemy until everyone from you kill one American at least in a period not exceeding fifteen days)
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The psyops guys should jump on this ASAP, and start putting out conflicting messages, basically telling the bad guyz to start doing stupid and repulsive things.
If they then deny it, say that they are liars and aren't the *real* Shura, hopefully getting them to put out more and more statements and denials until you can target them.
Otherwise, if they decide to take their propaganda underground, it will both reduce its dissemination, incriminate journalists friendly to them, and force them to set up a courier system that will lead us to them.
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Speculation - the attacks on Shiites is creating enough blowback from said Shiites that the Sunnis are getting scared. The balance of power has obviously shifted in the last year or so.
Time to cool that situation off, and attack the US forces. These are less scary to the Sunnis.
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Cluck Glulet6232, Americans may be less scary, but say sunnis start attacking US troops in substantial way and the call for abandoning Iraq would get louder from dhimmidonks. Some degree of pull out would then ensue and the protective barrier between sunnis and shia would disappear in places.
What would that mean? Sunnis would be readily shredded on daily basis by shia.
The conclusion is that when they were giving out common sense, Iraqi sunnis were busy doing something else.
Anyway, at the nearest opportunity, I would start shifting the deployment of US forces to within Kurdistan and leave other areas to Iraqi troops and police (where there is at least a degree of their sizable presence in a particular area). Kurds aside, Iraqis need to sort things out between themselves, and there is not much reason to pay for it in any sense.
A roadside bomb in Baghdad and a mortar attack on Shiite pilgrims south of the capital killed five people Friday, a day before tens of thousands of people were expected in the Shiite holy city of Karbala for a religious festival. Coalition authorities on Friday announced the deaths of two soldiers - an American and a Briton.
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Woohoo! Pilgrim Season! No bag limit. The NeverEnding Story continues.
Brilliant, Sunnis. Now, when all the chips are on the table and the Shia and Kurds are ready to partition Iraq leaving you with The Sands of Anbar, you choose to make it a no-brainer. Brilliant.
Police and Internal Security forces raided the Galilee offices of the "Friends of the Prisoner" organization Thursday night. The police reported that the organization had been operating with Hamas, and had been responsible for money transfers to high-risk prisoners in Israeli jails. During the raid material and other property from the office was confiscated.
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A Palestinian woman, the sister of a terrorist who was shot and killed by IDF troops in a gun battle, was arrested in a refugee camp near Nablus on Thursday, Army Radio reported. The woman was allegedly planning a terror attack in Israel.
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Traditionally, refugee camps are a means to gather, rest, recruit, plan and feed on someone else's food before the next excursion.
WASHINGTON, Sept 8, 2006 (AFP) - The US Treasury Department announced Friday that it had blacklisted one of Iran's largest banks, Bank Saderat, from having any links with US-owned banks. The move effectively cuts Iran's state-owned Bank Saderat off from conducting any business linked to the US financial system.
The Treasury Department said it blacklisted Saderat because of its "support for terrorism." "Bank Saderat facilitates Iran's transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars to Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations each year," said Stuart Levey, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. "We will no longer allow a bank like Saderat to do business in the American financial system, even indirectly," Levey said.
According to the US Treasury, the bank is one of Iran's largest with some 3,400 branch offices. The Treasury also said the bank had transferred funds to other "terrorist organizations" including Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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Did they bother to freeze all bank assets within US borders or was this just a perfunctory gesture?
Two people were wounded Friday when a cluster bomb left over from the war between Hizbullah and Israel exploded in a southern Lebanese village, the state-run news agency said. Nasser Haidar, 39, and his 12-year-old son, Hassan, were walking in front of their home in Arab Salim when the bomb exploded inflicting "various wounds," the National News Agency reported. The victims were rushed to the government hospital in the nearby market town of Nabatieh for treatment, the agency said.
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The gift that keeps on giving.
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(KUNA) -- Iranian border troops have arrested an Iraqi military officer and five soldiers after a gunfire clash in the border region of Diyala, a military source said on Friday. The clash occurred on Thursday after the Iranian troops opened fire at a joint patrol of Iraqi and American regulars, the source said, adding that the US soldiers did not get involved in the firefight. The arrestees are members of the Fifth Division of the Iraqi Army, deployed in Dilaya, 60 kilometers northeast of the capital.
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Smart. Real smart. Didn't this kind of thing happen not too long ago in a land not too far away?
Which side of the border were they on? Was their location disputed? Kidnapped? What was the "reason" Iran felt the need to kidnap some Iraqis? Why did the Americans decide not to get involved? Seems that since Americans didn't get kidnapped or involved, the only purpose this little exercise served was to show Iran's true colors. Again. For those who needed any prior lessons repeated.
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I agree with comments 1 thru 4. Fred, you're forgiven for not following thru on your Thursday promise: "I'll try and find somebody plumper for day after tomorrow." I was afraid we'd open this page to find a picture of Rosie O'Donnell posing in a bikini. Susan rocks.
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A regional leader of the outlawed Maoist outfit Purba Banglar Communist Party was killed in a shootout between his accomplices and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Borobagh village in Bagerhat district early yesterday.
A Danish court on Friday jailed five men arrested in an anti-terror sweep after investigators presented additional evidence linking them to an alleged terror plot, a prosecutor said. The Odense City Court's decision brought to seven the number of suspects held on a four-week detention order as prosecutors prepare formal charges. Anti-terror squads early Tuesday raided homes in an immigrant district of Odense, Denmark's third largest city, seizing chemicals, computers, telephones and CD-ROMs.
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The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday issued notices to the NWFP Home Department and the provincial advocate general (AG) on a petition filed against the arrest of 10 
CHAMAN: Authorities said Friday they had seized a cache of arms and ammunition being smuggled into the country from Afghanistan after an exchange of fire on the southwestern border.
(KUNA) -- Five people were killed and more than 17 others were badly wounded in a bomb explosion on Friday in a remote area of Southwestern Baluchistan province that has been in grip of tension and strikes since the killing of renegade tribal chief, Nawab Akbar Bugti, in a military operation, said officials.
(KUNA) -- In what is being described as a henious act of terror, at least 38 people were killed and nearly 190 injured in triple explosions near a mosque in Malegaon in Western Indian state of Maharashtra after Friday prayers.
A roadside bomb in Baghdad and a mortar attack on Shiite pilgrims south of the capital killed five people Friday, a day before tens of thousands of people were expected in the Shiite holy city of Karbala for a religious festival. Coalition authorities on Friday announced the deaths of two soldiers - an American and a Briton.
Police and Internal Security forces raided the Galilee offices of the "Friends of the Prisoner" organization Thursday night. The police reported that the organization had been operating with Hamas, and had been responsible for money transfers to high-risk prisoners in Israeli jails. During the raid material and other property from the office was confiscated.
WASHINGTON, Sept 8, 2006 (AFP) - The US Treasury Department announced Friday that it had blacklisted one of Iran's largest banks, 
Two people were wounded Friday when a cluster bomb left over from the war between Hizbullah and Israel exploded in a southern Lebanese village, the state-run news agency said. Nasser Haidar, 39, and his 12-year-old son, Hassan, were walking in front of their home in Arab Salim when the bomb exploded inflicting "various wounds," the National News Agency reported. The victims were rushed to the government hospital in the nearby market town of Nabatieh for treatment, the agency said.
