KHOST, Afghanistan -Six suspected rebels were killed in eastern Afghanistan when they were escorting a suicide bomber whose explosives detonated early, a provincial governor said Tuesday.
I do believe that's a new world record
Five of the rebels were escorting the sixth as he left a village in the eastern province of Paktika, governor Mohammad Akram Ikhpolwak told AFP. The men were killed when bombs strapped on the would-be suicide bomber detonated, he said, citing intelligence reports that also said the man was planning an attack.
"Hey you guys, quit crowding me. You might bump the.......KABOOM!...trigger"
Suicide attacks have increased in Afghanistan in the past year, before which they were very rare.
This year has also seen some of the most powerful blasts, with one in the southern town of Lashkar Gah on Tuesday killing 18 people, most of them civilians. But many of the attacks are also botched.
In the eastern province of Khost on Tuesday, a convoy of US-led coalition troops narrowly escaped a suicide blast when the would-be bomber exploded before reaching his target, the coalition and police said. A man wearing a bomb-loaded vest tried to attack the convoy but his explosives detonated early, a coalition spokesman said.
Khost province police chief Mohammad Ayoob confirmed the incident but said the man was shot dead by troops as he attempted to launch himself at the convoy.
The police chief added a second man who was believed to be the bombers companion also exploded just a few metres (yards) from the convoy. We believe they were two individuals trying to attack the convoy, he told AFP. The second man exploded or exploded his bombs as the first one was shot, he said.
Going off all over the place.
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Maybe we've figured out a way to detonate boms within a certain area, and these have been test. At least we should let them think that. We have evidence of it's success right here in this story.
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Such explosives are very sensitive to "milli-amperage overcharges", and thus can be set off fairly easily with static electricity, induced electrical fields, and radio transmitters.
I believe one individual in Europe blew himself up by walking over the underground coil at an intersection that lets the light know to turn green because a car is over it.
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Found out that you can blow a claymore by keying an AN/GRC-26 at full power. Fortunatly the mine was not point at the rig and was sandbagged to the rear. It was still one of those come to Jesus moments.
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A come to Jesus moment/? Boy are those sucide bombers going to be upset -- they were expecting 72 virgins and endlessly flowing wine!
(KUNA) -- Eight rebels were killed on Monday and 17 were injured in armed clashes within the ranks of the rebellious AL-Khalas National Front movement in the "Jabal Afein" north of Darfur. A source from the Sudan press center quoted the leader of the armed movement Issak Juma'ah saying that the clashes occurred as a result of differences which occurred in the beginning of this month between the commanding officer of the armory forces Othman Haaren and his replacement commander Hamid Juma'ah leader of the north sector.
The source added rescue efforts managed to help those who belonged to the movement in one of the villages under their control. Al-Khalas front is a military alliance of movements who refused to sign the Darfur peace agreement last May.
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KISMAYO: Islamist fighters opened fire in the Somali port city of Kismayo on Monday towards residents burning tyres, throwing stones and chanting to protest against the Islamist takeover of their city hours before.
Other than the semi-autonomous northern enclave of Puntland and the self-declared independent enclave of Somaliland, the Islamists now control all Somalia's key ports...
A 13-year-old boy was shot dead while protesting, while two other people were injured, witnesses said, amid sketchy reports from Somalia's third largest city. "We have been taken over by extremists, the Islamic courts have taken us by force, and now they are firing at us," protester Dahabo Dirie said amid screams and gunshots.
Riding on trucks mounted with machine guns, the Mogadishu-based Islamists poured into Kismayo overnight to extend their grip on south-central Somalia and effectively flank the powerless central government on three sides. Other than the semi-autonomous northern enclave of Puntland and the self-declared independent enclave of Somaliland, the Islamists now control all Somalia's key ports.
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we should help Somaliland and Puntland develop and blockade the gun and explosive imports to these assholes.
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Some military help to Ethiopia is probably needed.
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and peremptory. Money well spent
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Algiers, 26 Sept. (AKI) - Algerian police have reportedly arrested a suspected member of al Qaeda charged with recruiting young militants in Tunisia and Algeria to be sent to Iraq. Algerian daily al-Khabar said on Tuesday that the militant, whose nom de guerre is Abu al-Ham, sent the Tunisians and Algerians he had recruited for training to the Algerian-based Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which has sworn allegiance to al-Qaeda.
Abu al-Ham, AKA Abu al-Bacon, Abu Pork, Ali Sausage, etc
The militants were reportedly then sent to Iraq through Syria, where Abu al-Ham had lived until March 2005, when he had moved to Algiers, the paper said. Al-Ham was also reportedly in the process of organising a terror cell in Tunisia.
Now experiencing terror in his Algerian cell.
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Yemeni tribesmen freed yesterday four French tourists after holding them for more than two weeks in captivity in southeastern Yemen, officials said. The four were brought to the capital Sanaa by military helicopter where they were to travel to the residence of the French ambassador, according to parliamentarian Awad ibn Al-Wazir, chief negotiator of the mediation team that secured their release.
Al-Wazir, a tribal notable who has in the past been involved in mediating the release of Western hostages, said earlier that he had seen the French tourists after they were released.
A security official confirmed the Frenchmen had arrived in the Yemeni capital. "The four French (tourists) have arrived by helicopter at the military base" next to the city's airport, the official said.
In France, Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy extended his "very sincere gratitude" to Yemen's President Ali Abdallah Saleh for his "personal involvement" in the liberation of the four French tourists.
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What a racket. Kidnap someone, get money ( an assumption on my part, but one based on previous performance)for thier release, and get thanked for you kindness when you release them. Are there books on this?
Three top outlaws killed in ''crossfire''
Three members of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) were killed in 'encounters' with the law enforcement agencies in Pabna and Chuadanga yesterday.
Triple-play Tuesday on Radio Rantburg. All the 'hits', all the time
Our correspondent from Pabna reports, two top leaders of PBCP Janajuddha faction were killed during an encounter between their gangs and the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Ataikula thana early morning yesterday. The dead were identified as Bellal Hossain, 27, son of Mohsin Pramanik of Madhupur village and Moznu Sheikh, 30, son of late Goni Sheikh of Ariadangi village under Ataikula thana.
You know the type, good boys, loved their mothers, etc..
Rab 12 following a tip off raided a hideout of the outlaws at Chatrahati village under Ataikula thana at about 1:55am yesterday, a Rab press release said. The criminals opened fire on Rab and Rab returned fire in defence. Bellal and Moznu were critically injured during the shootout'. Both were declared dead by the doctors at around 3:30am after Rab took them to Pabna General Hospital, claimed Rab.
"They're dead, Jim"
Three Rab personnel were also injured during the 'shootout', said the press release. Rab recovered a revolver, a shutter gun, five bullets and a number of sharp weapons from the spot. Bellal was accused in seven murder and robbery cases while Moznu in six.
Together they were wanted on twelve systems
A total of four outlaws have been killed in the second consecutive raid by Rab in the last three days in Pabna.
Meanwhile, our Kushtia correspondent says, another leader of PBCP Janajuddho faction was killed in a 'shootout' between Rab and his accomplices at Sarishabari Sadar upazila in Chuadanga early yesterday. The killed is Rahul Raj alias Kabir Hossain alias Dulal, 36, son of Ajhar Ali Akhand of Dighighat under Mothbaria upazila in Pirojpur.
I don't know where or what that is
Rahul was arrested on Friday along with PBCP operations commander Abid Hasan at an under construction house at Guakhola village under Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore district, said a Rab statement. Abid was also killed in 'crossfire' between the police and his accomplices on Sunday.
I think we covered that story. They do tend to blend together after awhile
Rahul was quizzed under Rab custody in Chuadanga for the last two days before he confessed to having PBCP ties and possessing illegal firearms hidden around Chuadanga.
"Damm, he's a tough one. Bring me a fresh set of truncheons and the blender."
"No, no, anything but that! I'll talk, I'll talk!"
A Rab team took Rahul along and headed for Chatian village under sadar upazila to arrest his accomplices and recover the hidden firearms.
"Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go!"
The Rab team came under PBCP firing when they reached Sarishabari village at around 4:00am prompting Rab to retaliate.
No matter how many times they tell the story, it always brings a smile
Rahul was caught in 'crossfire' at this stage and died on the spot as he tried to flee Rab custody, Rab claimed.
And who wants to argue the point?
Rab recovered a revolver and six bullets from the spot. Chuadanga police said Rahul was accused in 23 cases filed with different police stations of the district that include twelve murder cases on twelve systems.
Honest, that's what the story sez
RAB arrests seven extortionists
RAJSHAHI, Sept 25: The Rapid Action Battalion arrested five suspected members on an inter-district gang of extortionists from Madaripur early Monday following tips given by two others nabbed earlier here and in Dhaka, reports UNB. Official sources said a team of RAB-5 of Rajshahi raided Lunadi Keshtapur and Mucharkandi villages in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur district at about 5:30am and caught M Asad, 23, Mintu Khan, 22, Mintu Hawlader, 24, Obaidur Rahman, 20, and Sohel, 18. They were first taken to RAB''s Madaripur camp for interrogation and later brought to its Rajshahi divisional office.
The sources said RAB had earlier arrested one of the racketeers, Khandakar M Faruq, 35, from the capital on September 9 when he went to collect toll from the office of SA Paribahan in Kakrail area. Thereafter, another member named Hannan was held at Shiroil bus stand in Rajshahi City when he allegedly came to collect toll on September 12.
Conduction secret investigation following their statements, the RAB personnel launched the latest raid and arrested the five youths from Madaripur. "The arrested persons confessed to their involvement in extortion and other criminal activities and also gave some more important information in this regard," the elite force claimed. RAB said an organised gang based in Rajoir, in the name of an extremist group, is engaged in collecting toll from the innocent people of country''s different parts, including Dhaka and Rajshahi. "They even give death threat to the targeted people if they refuse to pay them toll," the anticrime battalion added.
Soon to be appearing in a dark alley to be named later
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The RAB scores a hat trick. Or, as they call it over there, the "turban trick"...
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Damn! Everything one could ask for, a shutter gun, 1:55 AM crossfire, three hours to get them to a hospital for the traditional, "They're dead Jim." And, another crossfire at 4:00 AM. It doesn't get any better than this! RAB RAB RAB :)
(KUNA) -- A 25-year-old woman has been charged with two terror offences, police said Monday. Mehreen Haji, of Manchester, northern England, is accused of two counts of entering into funding arrangements for the purposes of terrorism. Haji was arrested by Greater Manchester Polices Anti-Terrorist Unit on September 19 as part of an ongoing investigation. She will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court, in central London, tomorrow, the police added.
It is alleged that on May 11, she entered into an arrangement as a result of which 2,005 pounds was made available to Habib Ahmed, knowing or having reasonable suspicion that it would, or might be used for the purposes of terrorism, contrary to the UK Terrorism Act 2000. She faces a similar charge that she provided 1,999 pounds to Ahmed last May 12.
Ahmed, 26, also from Manchester, appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court last Thursday accused of collecting information about potential terrorist targets and travelling to Pakistan earlier this year for terrorism training. Ahmed, who was held by police for the full 28-day detention period allowed under new terror laws, was remanded in custody until this Thursday.
Haji was detained by officers following a raid at a house in Radcliffe, Bury, northern England. Police said they were looking at "terrorist financing, travel patterns and individuals attending terrorist training camps abroad". They said they were examining suspected links to banned radical Islamic group Al-Muhajiroun. The raid was linked to earlier raids on September 3 when two men were arrested but later released without charge. None of the arrests are linked to the alleged terror plot to blow up transatlantic airliners or the July 7 bombings last year, the police said.
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Haji, huh? Is that Welsh?
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Tuesday said it is naive and a mistake to think that the war with Iraq has worsened terrorism, as a key portion of a national intelligence assessment by his own administration suggests. He said he was declassifying part of the report. "Some people have guessed what's in the report and concluded that going into Iraq was a mistake. I strongly disagree," Bush said. He asserted that portions of the classified report that had been leaked were done so for political purposes, referring to the Nov. 7 midterm elections. Bush announced that he had instructed National Intelligence Director John Negroponte to declassify those parts of the report that don't compromise national security or intelligence-gathering methods.
Portions of the document that have been leaked suggest that the threat of terrorism has grown worse since the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the war in Afghanistan, due in part to the war in Iraq. Democrats have used the report - written by analysts from a range of U.S. intelligence branches - to bolster their criticism of Bush's Iraq policy. The administration does not dispute the findings, but claims only part of the report was leaked - and does not tell the full story.
Negroponte "is going to declassify the document as quickly as possible - declassify the key judgments for you to read yourself," Bush told reporters in the East Room. "And he'll do so in such a way that we'll be able to protect sources and methods . . . that our intelligence community uses." Using a portion of the report to attack his Iraq policy and suggest it has fanned more terrorism is "naive," Bush asserted. Bush said the full report shows "that, because of our successes against the leadership of al-Qaida, the enemy is becoming more diffuse and independent."
Both the chairman and the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee had urged the White House to release the material. "You read it for yourself. Stop all this speculation," Bush said. He complained that "somebody leaked classified information for political purposes" and criticized both the news media and people in government who talked to them about classified material.
Democratic Leader Asks For Closed House Session
(AP) WASHINGTON House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked her colleagues Tuesday to close the House's doors for a highly unusual secret session to discuss a classified intelligence analysis on global terrorism.
Too late, Nancy
Such a session hasn't happened in the House since July 1983, when the chamber went into a closed session to discuss the United States' support for paramilitary operations in Nicaragua.
That would be when the Democrats came down on the side of the commies. The more things change, the more they stay the same
In an interview with The Associated Press, Pelosi, D-Calif., said the secret session is necessary to allow members to better understand the intelligence community's most recent assessment on global terrorism. She said she hoped House Republicans would recognize the need for such an internal debate on the document, some of which leaked to the news media over the weekend.
According to the media reports, the intelligence estimate "is the administration's worst nightmare. It is not a corroboration of what the president is saying. It is a contradiction of what the president is saying," she said.
I'll read it myself and decide.
Pelosi's move followed President Bush's announcement that he will declassify the key findings of the intelligence assessment, which he and his top advisers have portrayed as a broad look at trends in terrorism rather than focusing on the impact of Iraq on U.S. national security.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the Republican-controlled House would allow the Democratic effort to shift the chamber's attention to one of the most controversial political issues of the November elections: the Bush administration's policies in the war on terror and its handling of the situation in Iraq.
Oh, please, please, please!
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As stated above... I will read and decide for myself.
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Im betting that Nancy SO wanted to come out her Secret Session claiming that all thing wrong are the responsibility of Bush and Conservatives. Bush has just denied her that opportunity to grandstand (Bravo Karl Rove). Now she will have to deal with the all the facts and not cherry pick information that supports her talking points.
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This is Rove's genius. He waits until the opposition jumps all over it, then makes a fuss over not releasing it cause it's sensitive. Than releases it, and we all see it was all about nothing, and the Opposition cried the sky is falling again. So why listen to someone who is always crying the sky is falling.
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Ha -- just this quote "Should jihadists leaving Iraq perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight.
A litt'l bit different from the leaker's expert analysis of the report, leaked to NYT. Conspiracy theory here, wonder if the info leaked was known to be wrong, and known who had that particular bit of info?
Well, if the other side can think conspiracy, why can't I?
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According to Rep. Jane Harman (Dingbat-CA) there is a second super secret NIE that shows the world is falling. Apparently it's only this second NIE that shows the really bad job Bush is doing and it's just too bad they can't declass it (national security and all). Thing Progress (sic) has the story.
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"the limited appeal of the jihadists'’ radical ideology, the emergence of respected voices of moderation . . . their ultimate political solution— —is unpopular with the vast majority of Muslims . . . a constructive alternative to jihadist ideology: peaceful political activism . . . In this way, the Muslim mainstream emerges as the most powerful weapon in the war on terror."
This isn't an intelligence estimate, it's a wish list.
But don't go thinking that jihad for plunder, women, and slaves has been Islam's raison d'etre for 13 centuries -- oh my no, it could be anybody!
Anti-US and anti-globalization sentiment is on the rise and fueling other radical ideologies. This could prompt some leftist, nationalist, or separatist groups to adopt terrorist methods to attack US interests.
Bush said the American people should come to their own conclusions. I conclude that staggeringly few people have any idea WTF we're up against, including Bush.
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The 12th NIE has a transcript of a meeting of the Vast Ring Wing Conspiracy Cabal. In this meet Bush/Cheney/Rove discuss how to make more money while subjugating the world. Also Rice gives the guys a lap dance after the meeting.
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I conclude that staggeringly few people have any idea WTF we're up against, including Bush.
I'm not so sure Bush doesn't realize it. But the POTUS has a unique set of limitations on what he says. Or to be more direct, I think that what he says has such reverberations that it tends to get bound around with careful word-ology.
HOWEVER ... when he is direct, it makes big waves. And what seems matter of fact to us can seem VERY direct to others. Linking "Islamo" and "fascism", for instance. Polite leaders of superpowers aren't supposed to say that sort of thing.
He did. In a very public speech he intended to be reported.
I think he does believe that we must try to foster a successful modern Iraq. Not for their sakes, primarily, but because the alternatives to which we may be driven are so horrible that for our own sake we need to try this route first.
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I'd bet the result of this is that a lot of people start wondering, "Why was that classified when it's the same thing I read in Newsweak two months ago but with inferior grammar." followed by "I wonder how much it cost to assemble." The CIA had better find the leakers before the voters wise up.
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Should al-Zarqawi continue to evade capture and scale back attacks against Muslims, we assess he could broaden his popular appeal and present a global threat.
Before last week, Abu Sayed Mahfuz didnt hesitate to donate to Life for Relief and Development, an international Muslim humanitarian organization that is active in Iraq and Afghanistan and has partnered with the US government. But an FBI search of the organizations Southfield, Michigan headquarters is making Mahfuz think twice about future contributions.
Just as the holy month Ramadan, which began Saturday, has many Muslims thinking about their religious obligation to give alms, the investigation of the prominent Islamic aid group has prompted fears that giving to charity could bring scrutiny from the US government. FBI agents assigned to a terrorism task force last Monday searched Lifes offices, taking computer servers, donor records and other financial documents. They have also searched the homes of the charitys chief executive, an ex-employee and two board members. After hearing this, I dont feel secure at all, said Mahfuz, a computer consultant and editor of a Bangladeshi community newspaper. He said he would still consider supporting the organization, but the investigation would force him to weigh that decision carefully. No charges have been brought in the case, and Life has sought to reassure the community that it is perfectly legal to donate money to the organization, which was founded in 1992 by Iraqi immigrants.
It is not the first time a Muslim charity has come under investigation. In the months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the government froze the assets of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation and Illinois-based Global Relief Foundation and Benevolence International, effectively shutting them down. The government has accused those groups of funding terrorists. The search at Lifes offices five days before the start of Ramadan, the month when Life gets about half of its donations, prompted anger among Muslim activists in the Detroit area. They questioned the timing and the involvement of the terrorism task force, which they said led media to draw unfair conclusions. On Wednesday, Arab-American and Muslim leaders vented that anger at a previously scheduled meeting with federal and local law enforcement officials in Dearborn, Michigan home to Americas largest concentration of Arab-Americans, many of whom are Muslim as part of a dialogue that began after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Officials at the country's biggest prison - Tihar Jail - have started drawing plans to hang Jaish-e-Mohammed militant Mohammed Afzal who was involved in the terror attack on India's parliament Dec 13, 2001.
A city court Tuesday set Oct 20 as the date of execution of Afzal.
"Most of the arrangements are in place but we expect that little renovation work would be carried out as it has not been used for more than 17 years," said a senior official of the jail.
The assassinators of former prime minister Indira Gandhi - Beant Singh and Satwant Singh - were the last to be hanged in the jail premises on Jan 6, 1989.
"We have come to know of the development and are keeping a close watch on the court's order. But we have not received any information from the court as yet," said the official.
But according to police sources, though the court has ordered to hang Afzal, the convict still has the option to appeal before higher courts for mercy.
"It's too early to say that Afzal will be hanged. He is eligible to appeal for mercy," said an official.
He added there were over a dozen such cases in which convicts were given orders to be hanged but they applied for mercy petitions which are still pending before the court.
"Most of the convicts who have been given death penalty are still in the jail, waiting for a final decision to be taken on their fate."
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Mr Afzal's lawyer Kamini Jaswal told the BBC his client would file an appeal with the Indian president, his last port of call for a reprieve.
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A special anti-terror court trying accused in the Bombay blasts case of 1993 yesterday found two close aides to Tiger Memon, the prime accused, guilty of conspiracy and carrying out terrorists acts. Another 11 people have been convicted in the 11-year trial for their roles in the bombings. The March 12, 1993 serial blasts killed 257 people in the country's financial and entertainment hub. Judge Pramod Kode found Mohammed Shaikh, 33, guilty of conspiracy, involvement in arms training, transporting grenades and planting a bomb. He faces life imprisonment. Another defendant, Nasim Barmare, 33, was found guilty of committing a terrorist act for throwing hand grenades into Bombay's international airport. He could face the death penalty.
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SRINAGAR: Seven people including a policewoman were killed by suspected militants in Indian Kashmir in a deadly start to Ramazan, police said on Monday. Kashmir traditionally sees a rise in violence during Ramazan, which began on Monday in the scenic Himalayan state. The policewoman was killed when militants threw a grenade at a police jeep and wounded another woman constable, two policemen and a civilian, a police spokesman said. Militants also killed four Muslims, including a 55-year-old woman, in the south late on Sunday and early Monday, the spokesman said.
Two more Muslim men were shot dead on Monday by militants in the Pulwama and Anantnag district, about 50 kilometres south of Srinagar, the spokesman said. None of the dozen or so militant groups in Kashmir claimed responsibility for the killings. Residents of held Kashmir had hoped militant attacks would abate during the holy month of Ramazan.
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SRINAGAR, India - A policewoman was killed and two of her women colleagues wounded in Indian Kashmir on Monday when suspected Muslim militants threw a grenade at their vehicle, police said. No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a market area in the heart of Srinagar, Kashmirs summer capital, in which a civilian was also wounded.
The violence came on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan during which separatist militants in the disputed, Muslim-majority region have traditionally stepped up attacks on Indian forces.
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Omar al-Farouq, who has reportedly been killed by British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, had been on the run since escaping from US custody in July 2005. His disappearance, along with three other suspected militants, from a high-security detention centre in Bagram, Afghanistan, was hugely embarrassing for the US, which hushed up the escape for several months.
Farouq had been passed to the US authorities after being arrested in Indonesia in 2002. An Iraqi citizen brought up in Kuwait, Farouq is believed to have joined al-Qaeda in the early 1990s and trained in Afghanistan. He became one of Osama Bin Laden's top lieutenants in south-east Asia and is believed to have been planning bomb attacks on US embassies there when he was arrested.
Farouq is thought to have been a key link between al-Qaeda and the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for bombings in Indonesia, including the Bali attacks of 12 October 2002, in which more than 200 people were killed.
Shootout
While on the run, Farouq taunted his pursuers by appearing in a video on an Islamist website in February this year. "I say to the Americans... we will fight them... in Iraq and in their country," he said. "They will not be able to stop the march of jihad... with their checkpoints, forces, machinery, advanced equipment. No matter how strong or equipped they are, they will not defeat the Almighty."
But an intelligence tip-off led UK forces to Farouq's hideout in Basra's al-Tuninnah neighbourhood. On 25 September 2006, more than 200 UK troops launched a pre-dawn operation to arrest him. Farouq was armed and a gun-battle ensued, ending in the 35-year-old militant's death.
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner says it will be a disappointment to the Americans that Farouq was not captured alive, because he had a wealth of knowledge on al-Qaeda's international operations. Farouq is thought to have been previously staying in Zubair, a Sunni enclave near Basra, but may have only been in Iraq for a few weeks, our correspondent says. This raises the obvious question of whether core al-Qaeda people are moving back into Iraq, he adds.
KUT - A spokesman for the terrorist organization political movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Wasit province said seven of its Mehdi Army militiamen were titsup killed and 18 posted as missing, along with nine wounded, after an airstrike on the village of Sayafiya, west of Suwayra and 50 km (30 miles) south of Baghdad early on Tuesday. The spokesman, Hameed al-Zargani, said the Mehdi Army was engaged in a gunbattle with unidentified gunmen when bombs fell on the village. The U.S. military, the only force with such air power in Iraq, had no immediate comment. Maybe Allan sent down a Bolt of Lightning
(KUNA) -- A joint Iraqi-US force killed Tuesday Al-Qaeda leader in Anbar and one of his aides in the western Iraqi area of Tharthar, said Iraqi state television (Iraqiya). The television said the joint force killed Al-Qaeda's Amir in Anbar, Khalid Mahal, and one of his aides, identified as Nasif Al-Mawla. Iraq security forces had earlier announced over the past few days arrest of Ansar Al-Sunna group leader in Diyala.
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There once was in Anbar an Emir,
The fourth or the seventh just this year,
When caught by Marines,
He piddled his jeans,
Then shat himself to death out of fear.
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lol, Anon! The 'burg, home of great poets, future newspaper editors (Fred, and the RB Picayune Times and Scimitar), AND NOW, Zen's pork rib receipes, just in time for Ramadan! Man, what a place!
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(KUNA) -- An Iraqi Army unit captured two Al Qaeda in Iraq members wanted for attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces during a raid in Samarra three days ago, a multinational forces statement said Monday. The Iraqi unit backed with Coalition force advisors, carried out an air strike in the vicinity of a building used to hold weekly religious meetings for members of Al-Qaedi in Iraq.
"Iraqi Army forces quickly cordoned off the area and entered the structure looking for several individuals connected to AQIZ. These individuals are believed responsible for improvised explosive device, sniper and other attacks against Iraqi Police, Iraqi Army, and Coalition forces," the statement said. Iraqi forces captured two wanted individuals, one of whom has an outstanding Ministry of Interior arrest warrant. Some 13 other individuals were detained. A cache containing a large amount of mortar ammunition and weapons was found in a nearby building. The statement stressed that "Iraqi and Coalition forces respect the significance of sites used for religious purposes. While the building was not a mosque, Iraqi Forces took all precautions normally used for entry into mosques or other religious sites, and they respect the sanctity of all holy sites. Iraqi Forces only enter mosques or other religious sites when they are being used for illegal activities, to detain terrorists or seize material that can be used to harm Iraqi citizens, Iraqi forces and Coalition forces." Only Iraqi forces entered the building and no damage occurred, the statement added.
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Iraqi forces captured two wanted individuals, one of whom has an outstanding Ministry of Interior arrest warrant.
bet they were screaming for a free trip to Gitmo as soon as the Iraqi Army got ahold of em.
JERUSALEM - Israeli Trade Minister Eli Yishai said on Tuesday that the Jewish state should raze Palestinian village in the Gaza Strip to stop militants there from firing rockets.
Fire up the KillDozers!
What is needed is to evacuate the villages from where the rockets are being fired, and raze them, Yishai, from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, told public radio. And to do this village after village until they stop firing rockets against us, said Yishai, who also serves as deputy prime minister and is a member of Israels security cabinet. This situation cannot continue as is.
Sounds like he's been reading Rantburg
Earlier Tuesday, an Israeli woman soldier was wounded in the southern town of Sderot when a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip exploded, a military source said. An anonymous representative from the hardline Islamic Jihad faction claimed responsibility for the rocket fire in a call to AFP in Gaza City.
Gaza militants regularly fire rockets into Israel, with the majority of the makeshift devices causing property damage. Since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in September 2000, the rockets have killed eight people inside Israel, including five in Sderot, according to the army. Israel has been waging a three-month air and ground operation in the Gaza Strip in a bid to stem the rocket fire, during which more than 200 Palestinians have been killed.
Separately, in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, a Palestinian militant was wounded by Israeli gunfire Tuesday, hospital sources said. An army spokesman said soldiers had opened fire after a Palestinian tried to detonate explosives. Six wanted militants were arrested by troops overnight in the West Bank.
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He's right but in the wrong way. Knocked down buildings are soon rebuilt, and the status quo continues.
That is why I advocate the Israelis start a program of "eminent domain" in response to attacks from Gaza. They *purchase*, involuntarily, and at a fair price, a parcel of land from its Paleo owner adjacent to the wall, not from deep in Gaza where the attacks originate. Then they build a new section of wall around the taken land and it ceases to be Palestinian--forever.
It does not become part of Israel, instead while everything on it is razed, it becomes "training area" for the Israeli army--no settlements allowed. Legally, it is no-man's land.
The first land taken will be empty farmland and desert. But by taking more and more land, in a methodical process every time they are attacked, it erodes the Gaza Strip. Over time, the Paleos will be forced to either stop attacking, live shoulder to shoulder, or leave entirely.
And Israel must never, EVER, give any taken land back. No matter what. It is non-negotiable, even for promises of peace. It is permanent.
Only by being permanent does it ever have any chance of success. Enough of the "carrot and stick" approach, it does not work. The Paleos are no more responsive to it than are career criminals responsive to offers of rehabilitation.
The Paleos do not care about their prosperity, or their lives. They do not want peace. They do not care if their children are brutalized. All they care about is land and hate. So they must be trained in the Pavlovian manner. As they hate and attack, they lose their precious land. If they stop attacking, then they can keep what they have.
The mistake has been in promising them more if they behave. The offer should be that they can keep what they have only if they behave. Otherwise, someday they will have nothing and live elsewhere. It is their choice.
So that's full combat gear with body armor. Are sidearms enough, or should I bring the Ma Duce?
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Goodness, Steve, you don't want to scare the pants off the civilians! Dress sidearms, and Seafarious expects she won't need to inspect for polish that would have made your first seargeant -- waaay back when -- weep with pride.
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Ditto Lotp. She's cute as a button. Probably sounds blindly retro and subservient, but she's got that.... meet you at the door with a big smile properly iced G&T "and how was your day sweatheart" look.
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Five recipes, numerical dominance, dominating the discussion of Page 1 Girl...yup the gals have taken over. Next thing you know we'll have to stop cussin.
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Not to detract from the wholesome/mom & apple pie comments, but this "freeman" would "mona" over her. Sorry, just got off the Bill Clinton interview post, I was still in that mode.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
KHOST, Afghanistan -Six suspected rebels were killed in eastern Afghanistan when they were escorting a suicide bomber whose explosives detonated early, a provincial governor said Tuesday. 
(KUNA) -- Eight rebels were killed on Monday and 17 were injured in armed clashes within the ranks of the rebellious AL-Khalas National Front movement in the "Jabal Afein" north of Darfur. A source from the Sudan press center quoted the leader of the armed movement Issak Juma'ah saying that the clashes occurred as a result of differences which occurred in the beginning of this month between the commanding officer of the armory forces Othman Haaren and his replacement commander Hamid Juma'ah leader of the north sector.
KISMAYO: Islamist fighters opened fire in the Somali port city of Kismayo on Monday towards residents burning tyres, throwing stones and chanting to protest against the Islamist takeover of their city hours before. 
Algiers, 26 Sept. (AKI) - Algerian police have reportedly arrested a suspected member of 
Yemeni tribesmen freed yesterday four French tourists after holding them for more than two weeks in captivity in southeastern Yemen, officials said. The four were brought to the capital Sanaa by military helicopter where they were to travel to the residence of the French ambassador, according to parliamentarian Awad ibn Al-Wazir, chief negotiator of the mediation team that secured their release.
Three top outlaws killed in ''crossfire''
Before last week, Abu Sayed Mahfuz didnt hesitate to donate to Life for Relief and Development, an international Muslim humanitarian organization that is active in Iraq and Afghanistan and has partnered with the US government. But an FBI search of the organizations Southfield, Michigan headquarters is making Mahfuz think twice about future contributions.
SRINAGAR: Seven people including a policewoman were killed by suspected militants in Indian Kashmir in a deadly start to Ramazan, police said on Monday. Kashmir traditionally sees a rise in violence during Ramazan, which began on Monday in the scenic Himalayan state. The policewoman was killed when militants threw a grenade at a police jeep and wounded another woman constable, two policemen and a civilian, a police spokesman said. Militants also killed four Muslims, including a 55-year-old woman, in the south late on Sunday and early Monday, the spokesman said.
SRINAGAR, India - A policewoman was killed and two of her women colleagues wounded in Indian Kashmir on Monday when suspected Muslim militants threw a grenade at their vehicle, police said. No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a market area in the heart of Srinagar, Kashmirs summer capital, in which a civilian was also wounded.
KUT - A spokesman for the 
(KUNA) -- A joint Iraqi-US force killed Tuesday Al-Qaeda leader in Anbar and one of his aides in the western Iraqi area of Tharthar, said Iraqi state television (Iraqiya). The television said the joint force killed Al-Qaeda's Amir in Anbar, 
(KUNA) -- An Iraqi Army unit captured two Al Qaeda in Iraq members wanted for attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces during a raid in Samarra three days ago, a multinational forces statement said Monday. The Iraqi unit backed with Coalition force advisors, carried out an air strike in the vicinity of a building used to hold weekly religious meetings for members of Al-Qaedi in Iraq.
JERUSALEM - Israeli Trade Minister Eli Yishai said on Tuesday that the Jewish state should raze Palestinian village in the Gaza Strip to stop militants there from firing rockets.
