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Egypt PM Apologizes for Tahrir Square Clashes, Vows Probe
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Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Birthday/Daily Gam Shot

Ida Lupino aka Marie in "High Sierra" aka Lana Carlsen in "They Drive by Night" aka Mrs. Helen Chernen in "The Hard Way" (Died in 1995 at age 77)



Hey Gringo, want to buy some Chiclets?
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 02/04/2011 2:50 Comments || Top||

#2  For those of us who like to compare yesterday's beauties with today's, you might want to go to
http://www.askmen.com/specials/top_99_women/
and see what are considered the top beauties of the world today. Actually, I have ALWAYS thought Loretta Young was the cream de la creame. Remember her on TV coming out in her evening gown to introduce the coming show. Don't remember any of the shows, but I do remember her appearance!
Posted by: sam3rd || 02/04/2011 9:08 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 02/04/2011 9:43 Comments || Top||

#4  #2 For those of us who like to compare yesterday's beauties with today's

Today's women are as sexy as yesteryear's. Today's ladies tend to show more skin. I tend to like subtlety--somehow it seems sexier.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/04/2011 10:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Well, I can imagine how more skin might be sexier, too. :-P
Posted by: gorb || 02/04/2011 10:58 Comments || Top||

#6  More skin provides better opportunity to display body graffiti/tramp stamps.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 02/04/2011 12:01 Comments || Top||

#7  More skin also leave much less to one's [vivid] imagination.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/04/2011 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  More skin provides better opportunity to display body graffiti/tramp stamps.

Any of those women done time in prison?
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/04/2011 12:19 Comments || Top||

#9  The worst display of skin I ever saw was on a woman in her late 20's-early 30's in Albuquerque proudly wearing a tank top & low cut jeans, displaying her long midline abdominal incision scar, her appendectomy scar, and in back, her lumbar laminectomy scar. At least she wasn't fat. I think I got PTSD from seeing that.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 02/04/2011 15:42 Comments || Top||

#10  Ida was a pretty good director, too. One of the first women to break into directing in Hollywood.
Posted by: mojo || 02/04/2011 18:11 Comments || Top||

#11  What was it the band leader who's band she sang for said, "I knew her before she was a virgin" The mistress of the slow burn though
Posted by: Cheaderhead || 02/04/2011 18:34 Comments || Top||

#12  I would suggest Maureen O'Hara would be one of the greats;


Posted by: Dale || 02/04/2011 21:45 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Militants Use Mosques to Plot Attacks: NDS
Johnson! Stop the presses!!
[Tolo News] Insurgents use mosques and other religious centres to plan their attacks against government, a bigwig in National Directorate of Security said Thursday.

Insurgent attacks are often planned in mosques and five individuals including two Imams were jugged in Kabul in connection with the issue, NDS Spokesperson, Lotfullah Mashal told a news conference.

Organisers of Kabul suicide kaboom, who targeted a supermarket in a busy diplomatic area last week, have been identified.
That was quick.
National security forces have recently jugged the Imam of a mosque located in 10th district of Kabul along with a religious student from Kandahar over charges of facilitating turban activities in the country.

National security forces seized 12 magnetic mines and more than 10 IEDs from the Imam that were kept in the mosque.
It's a bit far from that border, but were any marked "Proudly built for you by the busy hands of Iran"?
They were planning to carry out a series of attacks in Shashdarak, an area near the Presidental palace, and airport roads. During investigations, they confessed having ties with Haqqani network, which is based in Pakistain's tribal belt.

"I'm the Imam of a mosque near Airport Street," the nabbed man said.
"Show proper respect for the holy man, peasant!"
"Unfortunately, enemy uses sacred places to carry out their attacks. Kabul citizens should not let suspicious people stay in mosques overnight," Mr Mashal said.
Good advice, even when there's no mosque involved...If the parties involved are a travelling salesman and a farmer's daughter, f'r instance.
Another Imam of a mosque in Pul-e-Charkhi was nabbed on charges of plotting bully boy attacks against government and foreign forces.
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Holy Potrezebie, Batsman!"
Posted by: mojo || 02/04/2011 12:03 Comments || Top||


Militants Sketch Attacks in Pakistan to Destabilise Parwan
[Tolo News] Militants plan attacks in Pakistain to deteriorate security in northern Parwan province, senior provincial officials in the north said Thursday.

Officials claimed to have caught many gun-hung tough guys on charges of destabilising security in the province.

Parwan residents have recently complained about a surge in Islamic exemplar activities in Ghorband, a district in northern Parwan province. They see Hekmatyar's party, Taliban and al-Qaeda network responsible for attacks in the district.

"We want the gun-hung tough guys to be rooted out. They come, kill people and return back to their havens," a resident in Parwan province told TOLOnews.

Parwan, a once-peaceful province, has recently been the scene of terrorist attacks. "There is no doubt that the enemy tries to deteriorate security in Parwan, where the biggest US troops base is located," Head of Parwan Provincial Council Zaki Zahed said.

Pakistain has long been criticised by western and Afghan officials over fueling war in Afghanistan that claims lives of hundreds of people annually. Parwan governor said Taliban received training and equipment in Pakistain and are sent to Afghanistan to carry out attacks.

"Extremists, who are responsible for bloodshed in Pakistain, are working with al-Qaeda network to destabilise our country," Governor Abdul Basir Salangi told TOLOnews.

Vice President, Marshal Mohammad Qaseem Fahim, also voiced concern about outside interference in Afghanistan. "Afghan political system is formed to end challenges facing the country. We should stand and work wisely and ignore enemy propaganda," Marshal Fahim told TOLOnews.
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan


Africa Horn
Somali pirates threaten to kill 26 Bangladeshis
[Bangla Daily Star] Somali pirates threatened of killing 26 Bangladeshis on board hijacked 'MV Jahan Moni' if owner of the ship fails to pay the ransom by Thursday.

Some of the kidnapped crews conveyed the information to their panicky families in Bangladesh over phone on Wednesday night, our staff correspondent in Chittagong reports.

Shahrier Rabbi, engineer cadet of the hijacked ship, told his mother over phone that the pirates threatened to kill all of them if the ship owner fails to meet the demand by Thursday.

He also said they have been suffering from various complexities including food.

The family members rushed to the owner company of hijacked ship 'SR Shipping Limited' in Chittagong Thursday morning.

They conveyed the information to SR Ship managing director Mohammad Shahjahan and Meherul Karim, general manger of Brave Royal Ship Management Ltd, owner and operating firm of the hijacked ship.

Terming the threat as a 'strategy to create pressure', Mohammad Shahjahan said: "We are continuing communication with the pirates and the negotiation is in the final stage."

Meherul expressed hope that the issue will be settled in a week and it will take 10 to 12 days for the crews to return Bangladesh maintaining all the procedures.
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Pirates

#1  Too bad there aren't any 'childen' being abused, then they'd send in the USS Reno to burn the place down, followed by investigations and reports but nothing of substance for those ordering the action.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/04/2011 3:12 Comments || Top||


Africa North
'US working on plan for immediate Mubarak departure'
'New York Times' reports White House in negotiations with officials surrounding Egyptian president on plan to install transitional government run by Suleiman, supported by Egyptian military.
Because nothing says "American promotion of democracy abroad" like supporting a foreign military government run by a hand-picked intelligence officer.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/04/2011 02:01 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  From a lot of news I've read it seems as if Mubarak is winning. Why not let him wrap himself in the Egyptian flag and hang on until elections in the Fall. Give the opposition a chance to build up, and give Suleiman a chance to decimate the muslim brotherhood.

Assuming the news isn't wrong that is.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 02/04/2011 9:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Because nothing says "American promotion of democracy abroad" like supporting a foreign military government run by a hand-picked intelligence officer.

Francisco Franco could not be reached for comment.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/04/2011 10:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Good ol' US backed coup d'etat in Egypt. I can just imagine Obama sitting in the Oval Office and sweating bullets thinking he just has to do something to avoid looking like jimmuh carter. But he doesn't know what to do. Ask me whose judgment I trust in a situation like this, Obama or Mubarak, and I gotta tell you, it's Mubarak. He has a little more experience, you know.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 02/04/2011 12:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Its what happens when ya go all in, and lose.

I'd have to agree, I do not think Mubarak gained his position by playing dead for others' benefit. I'm not sure how, from a US diplomatic perspective, or even if there is a solution other than backspin, and being so vocal not sure how effective that would be.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2011 12:35 Comments || Top||

#5  If Hosni splits, the Army can't hold power.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/04/2011 12:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Daniel Pipes sums up the situation well from a recent dialogue with the Economist:

Two reasons lead me to assert that the Arab Republic of Egypt will not boast a democratic political system at this time next year.

First, democracy is more than holding elections; it requires the development of civil society, meaning such complex and counterintuitive institutions as the rule of law, an independent judiciary, multiple political parties, minority rights, voluntary associations, freedom of expression, movement, and assembly. Democracy is a learned habit, not an instinctive one, that requires deep attitudinal changes such as a culture of restraint, a commonality of values, a respect for differences of view, the concept of loyal opposition, and a sense of civic responsibility.

Further, elections need to be practiced to be made perfect. Ideally, a country starts electing at the municipal level and moves to the national, it begins with the legislative branch and moves to the executive. Simultaneously, the press needs to acquire full freedoms, political parties should mature, parliament should gain authority at the expense of the executive, and judges should adjudicate between them.

Such a transformation of society cannot take place within months or even years; the historical record shows that it takes decades fully to implement. It is out of the question that an Egypt with minor experience in democracy can put together enough of these components in twelve months to establish a fully democratic order.

Second, whichever scenario one plays out, democracy is not in the offing.

If Hosni Mubarak stays in power, unlikely but possible, he will be more of a tyrant than ever. As shown by his actions in recent days, he will not go quietly.

If the military asserts more directly the power that it has wielded behind the scenes since its coup d'état of 1952, Omar Suleiman, the newly-appointed vice president, would presumably become president. He would make changes to the system, eliminating the most obvious abuses under Mubarak, but not fundamentally offering Egyptians a say in the regime that rules them. Algeria 1992, where a military-backed government repressed Islamists, provides a precedent.

If Islamists come to power, they will foment a revolution along the lines of Iran in 1979, in which their belief in God's sovereignty trumps political participation by the masses. The inherently anti-democratic nature of the Islamist movement must not be obscured by the Islamists' willingness to use elections to reach power. In the prescient words of an American official in 1992, the Islamists forward a program of "one person, one vote, one time."

However looked at – abstractly or specifically – Egyptians are in for a rough ride ahead, without imminent prospect of choosing their leaders.


Heck, the dems and O have the same issues with democracy as Egypt does.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 02/04/2011 13:10 Comments || Top||

#7  Is the Obama administration going to fly Mubarak to Isla Contadora in Panama and further help repeat history?

Carter redux.
Posted by: OldSpook || 02/04/2011 13:18 Comments || Top||

#8  "I don't think we are in Kansas anymore."

Chicago politics is not working on the national level. Neither will Chicago politics work on the international level. The junior Senator from Illinois is not qualified, does not have the mindset, does not have the character in areas where he is not surrounded with 'yes men' and 'yes women' who rubber stamp his every thought and whim.
Posted by: Guillibaldo Sheng9999 || 02/04/2011 13:28 Comments || Top||

#9  rj, you assume the executive branch wants what's best for the United States. I do not believe this is so.
Posted by: Hellfish || 02/04/2011 14:58 Comments || Top||

#10  "it's Mubarak. He has a little more experience, you know."

FTFY, EU.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 02/04/2011 15:17 Comments || Top||

#11  I have an offer.

If Mubarak will resign, we will have Obama and his entire staff resign and immediately fly to Egypt and take over. They can see to providing Egypt with a "democratic" government. We will then immediately hold our own elections for a new executive leader.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/04/2011 16:03 Comments || Top||

#12  Sounds good Darth - as long as they get a one-way ticket.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/04/2011 16:12 Comments || Top||

#13  I might be dead wrong here but I don’t see Mubarak resigning. Yes they had 100s of thousand marching in the street, so did we when Bush was in office. The ones demonstrating here DID NOT represent the majority of Americans. The fact that I see pro-Mubarak fighting anti-Mubarak forces in pretty much equal numbers makes me think that his demise is far from certain. I would also point out that the military are the king makers, if they want him gone it would be so. So much cheer-leading from the U.S. press would lead you to believe that Mubarak is about gone, don’t count him out yet.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge || 02/04/2011 16:45 Comments || Top||

#14  The thing is, no malice is needed from Obama in this situation. Simple incompetence coupled with his narcissism and ignorance can produce deadly results just as well.
Posted by: OldSpook || 02/04/2011 17:57 Comments || Top||

#15  c.f. Carter, James Earl
Posted by: OldSpook || 02/04/2011 18:01 Comments || Top||

#16  All you need to know
Even President Obama Is Watching Al Jazeera.
Posted by: tipper || 02/04/2011 18:40 Comments || Top||

#17  Even President Obama Is Watching Al Jazeera.

The Emir of Qatar (the funding behind al Jazeera) is nuts. He is digging his own grave by giving a lavishly-funded soapbox for all the pan-Arab, pan-Islamic and anti-Western nutjobs out there. It would be ironic if he gets the Najibullah treatment (warning: graphic image) after a successful revolt by the Shiite majority.

Posted by: Zhang Fei || 02/04/2011 19:19 Comments || Top||

#18  The thing is, no malice is needed from Obama in this situation. Simple incompetence coupled with his narcissism and ignorance can produce deadly results just as well.

I think he works hard to hide his malice behind a mask of supposed narcissism and incompetence. Ever notice how he never makes any of his little "mistakes" when it comes to banning drilling in the Gulf?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 02/04/2011 19:23 Comments || Top||

#19  MUBARAK has already said he will leave office as Egypt's President after the formal September elections, ,so hopefully IMO this is about the US helping Mubarak AMAP to initiate key reforms + preserve EGYptian democracy.

Becuz ....

To wit,

* FREEREPUBLIC > MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: WE WANT NO PART IN INTERIM EGYPT GOVT.

* FREEREPUBLIC > IRAN'S KHAMEINI [reiterates]CALLS FOR ISLAMIC REGIME IN EGYPT.

* JPOST > MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: WE ARE AGAINST ZIONISM. [MB peroclaims not to hate Jews but won't commit to the preserving the Arab-Israeli/Sadat-Begin Peace Treaty nor recognize any State of Israel].

Lastly, JPOST > [Merkel] GERMAN LEADER: ISRAEL'S SECURITY IS A GLOBAL ISSUE.

ARTIC = SHIMON PERES argues that ...
> PERVASIVE POVERTY is the current LEADING CAUSE OF THE ME'S PROBLEMS, not Ideology, espec as the ME Region's population has grown from 150Milyuhn to 400Milyuhn.
> DEMOCRACY begins wid ELECTIONS, i.e. electing the right Personages to political power, ELECTING THE WRONG LEADERS can end same.
> PEACE IN ME REQUIRES CHNAGES IN SITUATION, NOT [just] CHANGES IN GOVT(S), PEACE NEEDED BETWEEN NEW REGIMES-GOVTS + ME [ = "the New World"].

PEACE BETWEEN ME, NEW REGIMES-GOVTS + DESIRED OWG-NWO???
>
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 02/04/2011 19:45 Comments || Top||

#20  Shep Smith just said 3 minute ago that Suleman (new Egyptian VP) had an assassination attempt. So it looks like somebody doesn't want the military in charge.
Posted by: Charles || 02/04/2011 19:50 Comments || Top||

#21  Where's Allen Dulles when you need him?
Posted by: James Carville/Karl Rove || 02/04/2011 23:58 Comments || Top||


Egyptian Islamic Jihad call for end to the Pharaoh
Breaking news from 1400 BCE.
[Asharq al-Aswat] Two days after the Iranian parliament expressed its support for "the Egyptian nation's uprising and movement against tyranny" the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group issued a statement supporting the explosive protests that have been taking place in Egypt and calling for "the elimination of the pharaoh and his lackeys" in a reference to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his regime. The Egyptian Islamic Jihad was implicated in the liquidation of late Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat, who was succeeded by Mubarak.
They certainly have a record of success, although why anyone would aim to introduce Mubarak is beyond me. I wonder who they plan to tap this time around...
Sources close to the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group have informed Asharq Al-Awsat that this statement was issued from the Iranian capital Tehran, where a number of the group's leadership sought refuge approximately two decades ago after being sentenced to death in Egypt. Dozens of senior members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad are also currently being jugged in Egyptian prisons, whilst dozens of other are living in exile, particularly in Iran which welcomed the group for the part it played in the liquidation of Sadat, in retaliation for his signing a peace agreement with Israeli in 1979.
Iran is playing host to an entire zoo of nasties, it appears. No wonder they're struggling financially.
This statement, which was issued by the lawyer Tharwat Salah Shehata on behalf of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, was "in solidarity with the proud people of Egypt...and their steadfast bravery and courage in the face of tyranny. We stress that they must complete their journey and eliminate the pharaoh and his lackeys."
How cute -- it's like they've been in suspended animation all this time.
The Egyptian Islamic Jihad statement also said "we, in the Islamic Jihad group, in solidarity with our Mohammedan brothers in Egypt humbly pray to Gold Almighty to accept their dead as martyrs and heal their wounds. We wish we could be in the forefront of their ranks and share in their honor...however we have been prohibited" in reference to the detention of many Egyptian Islamic Jihad members in "Tora [prison], Al-Aqrab high security [prison], and Abu Zaabal [prison]." The statement said that these prisons "are overcrowded with mujahedeen who reject unjust sanctions for life, whilst the rest of us have been forced to leave the country following the regime's war against us."
Not keeping up with events -- the prisons were emptied the other day. So now the gentlemen in Iran are free to hasten to their brothers' side, to stand with them shoulder to shoulder against the depredations of...
I'm sorry. I just can't go on. I'm sure, dear Reader, that you understand.
After the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group issued this statement, sources close to the group told Asharq Al-Awsat that "this statement was issued from Tehran where Shehata is currently residing." The source revealed that Shehata traveled to Iran after he moved closer to what the source described as "Iranian Shiite [tendencies]" during the mid-eighties. The source also revealed that Shehata had been nabbed a number of times in Egypt, including in 1981, 1984, and 1986, and that he moved closer to Iran and Iranian Shi'ism after he left Egypt and was sentenced to death in absentia.
Was the sentence for his politics or his conversion to Shi'ism?
The source also told Asharq Al-Awsat that Shehata was a well-known lawyer in Egypt's Al-Sharqiya province before he became involved with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group and the Al-Jamaa Islamiya.

As for whether the Egyptian Islamic Jihad members are capable of operating in Egypt from Iran, or whether Iran is capable of utilizing them to fuel the chaos in Egypt -- as predicted by some observers -- the source close to the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group said that in his opinion that these figures do not possess this capability. The source told Asharq Al-Awsat that "what we know is that they do not have known supporters in Egypt, they may have followers in the Islamic trend that we do not know about due to the disruption of communication between these senior members and the old Islamist trend that is present in Egypt. Even those observing the Islamist situation [in Egypt] do not know."

Another source who spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, and who -- along with Shehata -- was implicated in the 1981 trial surrounding the liquidation of President Sadat, said that "despite his Shiite tendencies and his presence -- with others from the Egyptian Islamic Jihad -- in Iran, I think that his appearance today issuing this statement must be viewed in light of the race by different trends and currents to issue statements [commenting on the protests in Egypt]. He was sentenced to death, and left for Iran. He is a lawyer who was with us in the 1981 Sadat liquidation trial. He was a normal person in the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group...however the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group no longer has a genuine presence in [Egyptian] society."
Ouch.
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Egypt PM Apologizes for Tahrir Square Clashes, Vows Probe
[An Nahar] New Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq on Thursday apologized for deadly unrest between supporters and foes of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak on Cairo's Tahrir Square, state television reported.
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
"I offer all my apologies for what happened yesterday and there will be an inquiry," Shafiq told state television as the fighting on Tahrir Square raged for a second day with at least seven people dead.

Shafiq, who became premier after Mubarak sacked the government in a bid to quell the protests, said earlier that the deadly unrest would be investigated, amid allegations that plain clothes police were involved.

The army stood by as Mubarak supporters attacked their anti-regime opponents, using guns, petrol bombs, sticks and rocks.

Shafiq later told journalists that he was unsure whether the attacks had been organized.

"I don't know if it was organized or spontaneous," he said during a televised news conference. "There were festivities. And festivities between youths are always more heated. It seems they were carrying some weapons."

"Egyptian hearts are bleeding," he said. "It was a bloody night, with much damage."
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ** BREAKING **

FREEREPUBLIC > UNCONFIRMED REPORT claims that an assassination attempt has been made agz EGYPT'S VEEP - TWO SECURITY GUARDS REPOR KILLED???

STILL DEVELOPING ...
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 02/04/2011 23:27 Comments || Top||


Zawahiri Encourages Egyptians to Stand Fast and Topple Mubarak
In the Al-Qaeda leadership's first public response to the events in Egypt, Thirwat Salah Shehatah, one of Ayman Al-Zawahiri's
... Second in command of al-Qaeda, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa declaring war on the civilized world. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. ...
deputies in the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) group and a senior Al-Qaeda commander, issued a communiqué calling on Egyptians to stand fast and topple the Egyptian regime. The communiqué was posted on the website of the Al-Maqreze Center for Historical Studies, which is run by Hani Al-Siba'i, an Egyptian Islamist living in London, as well as on other jihadi websites. According to the Al-Maqreze website administrators, the communiqué was received by email, following years during which the center had had no contact with Shehatah. Shehatah's whereabouts are unknown, they said, but they presume that he is in Afghanistan or in the tribal areas of Pakistain.

Shehatah, 51 and a lawyer by profession, was a member of the EIJ's Shura Council. He was jugged several times by Egyptian authorities, and sentenced to death for his involvement in plots against the regime.
This article starring:
Hani Al-Siba'ial-Qaeda
Thirwat Salah Shehatahal-Qaeda
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


Arabia
Yemeni Authorities Arrest 22 in Aden
[Yemen Post] At least 22 people were nabbed by Yemeni security forces in Aden province while they participated in a rally organized by the opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, JMP.

Protesters in the rally chanted anti-government slogans and urged the ouster of the regime, "We need freedom. Get out!"

Eyewitness said that Yemeni authorities in Aden tightened the measures of security in an attempt to stop protesters from participating in an anti-government rally in Aden.

Yesterday, Yemeni opposition, JMP, called for the day of rage to hold rallies in various Yemeni cities to protest against the ruling party.

Thursday's demonstration came a day after Saleh announced that he would not seek another term in office and would not anoint his son, Ahmed, as his successor, when his term ends in 2013. The move was widely seen as an attempt to prevent the sort of upheavals seen in Egypt and Tunisia.
Posted by: Fred || 02/04/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


3 Citizens Injured as Army Shells Radfan
[Yemen Post] At least three civilians were maimed, one seriously, when the army shelled Radfan town, Lahj, on Wednesday.

A medical source at the Radfan Hospital was quoted by the News Yemen as saying that the three pedestrians were maimed and taken to hospital after the forces randomly shelled the town following firing on a military vehicle by unknown armed people.

One of the victims had his hand cut off and another was maimed by shrapnel in different parts of his body, the website said.

Also, tens of houses were damaged and families are continuing to flee the town due to the deteriorating situation amid an acute fuel shortage and lack of phone services.

Military reinforcements have been deployed to Radfan in recent months to fight separatist gunnies who have stepped up their attacks, targeting military posts and public properties.

Lahj is one of the southern cities hit by violence where the separatist movement, Al-Harak, continues the anti-government protests that usually turn violent.
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Al-Qaeda Announces the Execution of High Ranking Security Official in Sa'ada
[Yemen Post] Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said on its website that they executed the Deputy Director of the Yemeni Political Security Service in Sada'a province, Colonel Ali Mohammed Al-Husam, after he admitted to spying on Mujahedeen in the previous years and arresting suspected Al-Qaeda members.

Al-Husam who was kidnapped on August 28, was accused by Al-Qaeda of running a network of espionage in Sa'ada province for 20 years and had imprisoned many of Al-Qaeda students.

Last September, (AQAP) gave 48 hours for Sana'a government to swap two Al-Qaeda detainees for Al-Husam. The two detainees Hussain Al-Tais and Mashhour Al-Ahdal, were nabbed in a checkpoint in Jawf province by Houthi group, and were then handed over to the intelligence director of Sa'ada.

Last Friday, Saeed Ali Al-Shihri, deputy leader of the Yemen-based (AQAP), said that Houthis in Sa'ada, Jawf, and Amran will face a strong war against them, calling on Sunni Mohammedans in northern Yemeni provinces to be with (AQAP).

Last year, two bombings occurred in northern Yemen with one targeting a procession on its way to celebrate religious ceremony, Eid Al-Ghadir in Jawf killing 24 and maimed several others. The other targeted Houthi followers traveling in Sa'ada to participate in a funeral, killing two mourners and wounding almost eight.
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Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrate in Sanaa
[Ma'an] Tens of thousands of protesters amassed Thursday at Sanaa University for a "day of rage" calling for the ouster of President , while a similar number of government loyalists flooded a central square.

"We are here to bring down a corrupt and tyrannical regime," Najib Ghanem, a politician from the Islamist Al-Islah party that is part of the Common Forum alliance of opposition parties, told the sea of anti-Saleh protesters.

"The revolt for justice began in Tunisia. It continues today in Egypt, and Yemen tomorrow will be free from injustice," he said, referring to a popular revolt that led to the Tunisian president's fall, and protests in Egypt seeking the departure of its president.

Various speakers from the Common Forum addressed the massive crowd, repeating the same message: We will continue our peaceful struggle until the fall of this unjust regime.

The demonstration, the biggest since protests against Saleh's rule first erupted in mid-January, came despite the president announcing Wednesday that he would not seek another term and that he had postponed controversial April elections -- two key opposition demands.

Pro-Saleh demonstrators were also out in force, with tens of thousands of loyalists -- about the same-sized crowd as the anti-regime protesters -- gathering in Al-Tahrir Square to pledge their support for Saleh.

They carried banners reading, "We are with Ali Abdullah Saleh. We are with Yemen," "The opposition wants to destroy Yemen" and "No to destruction, no to sedition."

The opposition's plans were thrown into disarray when armed supporters of Saleh's General People's Congress took over Al-Tahrir Square, the initial protest venue, on Wednesday night, setting up tents and carrying portraits of the president.

With more loyalists arriving at dawn, protest organisers were forced to drive through the streets blaring out over megaphones that the venue had been changed to Sanaa University, about two kilometres from the square.

They blamed the change on the fact that "the men of the ruling party and their armed elements are holding Al-Tahrir."

The switch in venue did little to dampen the enthusiasm of protesters, who swarmed to the university, carrying banners reading, "The people demand a change" of regime, and "No to a hereditary regime, no to an extension of mandate." Saleh pledged he would not seek either on Wednesday.

Protesters expressed solidarity with Egyptian demonstrators who were on Thursday staging a 10th day of increasingly bloody protests against the regime of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak.

"May God help the Egyptian people against the tyrant Hosni Mubarak," the protesters chorused, while police stood at a distance.

Facing increasingly angry demands that he quit, Saleh on Wednesday announced that he would not seek another term as president and would freeze plans to change the constitution that would have enabled him to remain president for life.

He also said he was opposed to hereditary rule, a response to suspicion among critics that was grooming his eldest son Ahmed Saleh, who commands an elite unit of the Yemeni army, to succeed him as president.

In what appeared to be yet another bid to stave off the kind of mass anti-regime protests that have swept Tunisia and Egypt and which have rippled throughout the Arab world, Saleh also announced he would postpone controversial elections due in April.

And he urged the government to take measures against unemployment and ordered that social security coverage be extended.

Mohammed al-Sabri of the Common Forum said on Wednesday that Saleh's call to halt protests was "unacceptable." However,
The infamous However...
he said the group would "discuss the president's announcement."

"We are for total, serious and responsible dialogue, but not the dialogue offered by" Saleh, Sabri told AFP on Thursday.

"The president needs to implement practical measures on the ground," he said.

"The people are fed up with corruption, with wars. We need a change in the situation. The people want freedom and fair elections," Sabri added.

There have been festivities during previous protests against Saleh, including on January 29, when dozens of activists calling for his ouster fought with regime supporters in Sanaa. Plain-clothes police also attacked demonstrators.

But the Thursday demonstrations ended without festivities, according to AFP correspondents.

Both pro- and anti-regime protesters dispersed around midday, the time many Yemenis relax and chew qat leaves, a mild narcotic that is wildly popular in the impoverished Arabian peninsula country.
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Yemenis square off in rival 'Day of Rage' protests
[Arab News] Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in street protests for and against the government on Thursday during an opposition-led "Day of Rage," a day after President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, after serving as a lieutenant colonel in the army. He had been part of the conspiracy that bumped off his predecessor, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, in the usual tiresome military coup, and he has maintained power by keeping Yemen's many tribes fighting with each other, rather than uniting to string him up. ...
offered to step down in 2013.

By early morning, anti-government activists drew more than 20,000 in Sanaa, the biggest crowd since a wave of protests hit the Arabian Peninsula state two weeks ago inspired by demonstrations that toppled Tunisia's ruler and threaten Egypt's president.

But an equally large pro-Saleh protest was also gathering steam, and supporters of the president who has ruled Yemen for more than three decades were driving around the capital urging Yemenis over loudspeakers to join their counterdemonstrations.

"The people want regime change," anti-government protesters shouted as they gathered near Sanaa University, a main rallying point. "No to corruption, no to dictatorship."

Saleh, eyeing the unrest spreading in the Arab world, indicated on Wednesday he would leave office when his term ends in 2013, and promised his son would not take over the reins of government, among a host of other political concessions.

It was Saleh's boldest gambit yet to stave off turmoil in Yemen, a key ally of Washington against Al-Qaeda, as he sought to avert a showdown with the opposition that might risk sparking an Egypt-style uprising in the deeply impoverished state.

The stakes are high for Yemen, on the brink of becoming a failed state, as it tries to fight a resurgent Al-Qaeda wing, quell southern separatism, and cement peace with Iranian catspaws in the north, all in the face of crushing poverty.

Yemen's biggest opposition party, the Islamist Islah, welcomed Saleh's initiative but snubbed a presidential appeal to call off protests. Yet anti-government protesters appeared to lack consensus, with some calling for Saleh to get out while others wanted him to prove he would act on his promises.

"What the president offered yesterday was just theater, I don't trust him," a protester, Mahmoud Abdullah, said in Sanaa.

Saleh, a shrewd political survivor, has backed out of previous promises to step aside. Analysts say Wednesday's pledge could be a genuine way to exit gracefully but he may also hope to wait out regional unrest and reassert dominance another day.

Further anti-government protests spread across Yemen, including in the town of Taiz, where Saleh once served as military governor, as well as in flashpoint southern towns where a separatist movement has grown increasingly active.

Security forces in the southern city of Aden blocked anti-government protesters from entering the city center where a few thousands demonstrators had gathered. A Rooters witness said hundreds of security men had deployed across the city.

At pro-government protests in Sanaa, demonstrators voiced support for the president, saying he had met opposition demands. Supporters were bussed in to join the protests, a Rooters witness said.

"Yes to the president. No to chaos. Yes to stability," pro-government protesters shouted. "With our blood and soul we sacrifice for you, Ali."

The United States relies heavily on Saleh to help combat Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based arm which also targets neighboring Soddy Arabia, the world's top oil exporter. Instability in Yemen would present serious political and security risks for Gulf states.

US President Barack B.O. Obama telephoned Saleh to express support for his initiative, the state news agency Saba said.

Among the concessions Saleh offered was an invitation to the opposition to join a unity government. Saleh also promised to delay parliamentary elections due in April to conduct reforms to persuade the opposition the vote will be fair.
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Bangladesh
'Outlaw' killed in Pabna 'shootout'
[Bangla Daily Star] A regional commander of Purba Banglar Communist Party (Lal-Pataka) was killed in a 'shootout' with police in Ataikula of Pabna early Thursday.
Okay, men. Tonight we go back to the future.
Purba Banglar commies, sarge?
Right you are, Mahmoud.

The dear departed, Abdul Hamid alias Thosha Hamid, 32,
What's the point of an alias if one keeps one's last name?
son of Abdur Rashid of Kakilakhali village in Ataikula, was accused in a number of cases including three for murder, police sources said.
Wanted on five systems, the man was.
Officer-in-charge Habibul Islam of Ataikula Police Station said a team, led by him, started a drive at Kakilakhali village to catch outlaws shortly after the midnight.
Hey, sarge? Why's the OC coming with us?
Oh. He said he was getting rusty. Plus, he said he couldn't sleep...

But when they reached near Kakilakhali Beel at about 3:30am, Hamid and his gang opened fire on the police personnel suspecting them as their rivals.
Ah, a twist in the plot. They must have a new PR guy.
In reply, police fired shots, triggering a 20-minute 'shootout'.
Mahmoud! Get out the stopwatch!
BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG.....

Bangety-bang-bangety! Stop!!
The law enforcers found the bullet-hit body of Hamid after his associates decamped the scene, reports our Pabna correspondent quoting the OC.
Yo! RAB guys! Hamid's been bullet-hit. Can we go now?
Okay. Drive safely...

Police recovered one foreign-made revolver, two magazines, one bullet and two cartridges from the scene.
Time and Newsweek?
How sad. Not even the slightest hint that the former Mr. Hamid will be missed by kith and kin. To a man of such wide acquaintance to be unmourned even by his mother -- it's just sad.
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Caribbean-Latin America
More Mexican Mayhem
17 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 17 individuals lost their lives in drug and gang related violence in northern Meixcan states including the assassination of a Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas police chief and five of his security detail.
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  • Three unidentified individuals were shot to death in Juarez Wednesday night. The victims, two men and a woman were parked outside a convenience store near the intersection of Avenida Las Torres and Calle "B" in the Torres del PRI colony when they were shot. One of the victims driving a Pontiac Aztec van died at the scene while another attempted escape aboard a Pontiac Grand Am only to be killed near the corner of calles Reyes Estrada and Septima.

  • Three unidentified men were tortured and shot to death near Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday night. The victims were found in a vacant lot north of the city with toys draped around their necks, and with signs of torture. A message was left at the scene saying the victims were car thieves.

  • A man in his 50s was found stabbed to death in Juarez Thursday. The victim was found stripped of clothing near the intersection of calles Grecia and Guadania.

  • A man in his 20s was shot to death in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora Wednesday. Irineo Cruz Garcia, 23, was apparently shot numerous times with an AK-47 assault rifle near the corner of calles Paris and Milan in the Bella Vista colony. He was aboard his Toyota Corolla when he was killed.

  • An unidentified man was found shot to death and hanged from a fence near the southern entrance of Imuris, Sonora Wednesday. The victim had been tortured prior to being shot.

  • Two unidentified men were found shot to death in Hermosillo, Sonora. The victims were found aboard a Ford Explorer SUV parked in a bank parking lot near the intersection of Bulevar García Morales and Calzada de los Ãngeles in the El Llano colony. Several .223 caliber and 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.

  • An unidentified man was found shot to death in a village near Mexicali, Baja California. The victim was found aboard a Dodge Durango SUV parked at the intersection of calle Tercera and Bolivia in village of Kilometro 57 in the Colonias Nuevas colony. An AK-47 assault rifle was used in the murder.

  • An unidentified Tijuana police officer was shot and wounded in Tijuana, Baja California Wednesday night. The officer, who was assigned to the tourism section, was aboard his official patrol vehicle when he was fired on. The assault took place in the Tres Octubre colony at about 2000 hrs. The officer is expected to survive his wounds.

  • The pickup truck of a US resident was fired on and damaged in Tijuana, Baja California Wednesday afternoon. Francisco Veloz was staying with his girlfriend in a hotel in Tijuana to visit her brother, could not explain why his vehicle was fired on. Veloz and his girlfriend were not in the vehicle were it was shot. The Chevrolet pickup truck was hit six times.

  • A Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas police chief and five others were shot to death in an ambush Wednesday in Nuevo Laredo. General Manuel Farfan Carriola, four unidentified bodyguards and his unidentified personal secretary were ambushed when an armed group blocked his convoy near the intersection of calles Venezuela and Plutarco Elias Calles. Farfan Carriola was formerly a police official in Michoacan before taking on his job as police chief. He had only been in office 32 days when he was murdered.
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Europe
Danish cartoonist attacker guilty
[Al Jazeera] A Somali man who targeted Kurt Westergaard, a Danish cartoonist known for caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad, has been found guilty of attempted murder and terrorism by a Danish court.

Mohamed Geele, 29, had attempted to enter Westergaard's home in the eastern city of Aarhus on New Year's Day, 2010.

The cartoonist, 75, locked himself in a panic room and beat feet unhurt.

Geele, who was acquitted of a separate charge of attempting to murder a policeman trying to arrest him, had denied the charges. He is expected to be sentenced by the court in Aarhus on Friday.

Westergaard's drawing of the Prophet, published by a Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, triggered violent protests a few months later in a number of countries around the world.

The protesters felt the cartoons had profoundly insulted Islam, which opposes any depiction of the Prophet.

Several dozen people were killed during the riots at the time as angry crowds attacked Danish embassies around the world.
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India-Pakistan
Pakistan military bombs Afghanistan
[Iran Press TV] Pak forces have bombarded residential areas and police checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan one day after Afghan and Pak troops exchanged fire across border, a top Afghan official says.

Major General Aminullah Amarkhel, commander of first zone of border force in eastern Afghanistan, said Pak jets targeted the areas in Gushte district in Nangarhar province on Thursday, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Pak troops also attacked residential areas and government buildings in the area, damaging two police checkpoints in the Thursday attack, according to the report.

The aerial and ground assaults have left no casualties, General Amarkhel went on to say.

The Afghan official condemned the attacks and warned that Afghan forces would respond to them if repeated.

On Wednesday, one Pak soldier was killed and three others were left injured after Afghan and Pak troops exchanged fire across the border.

The two sides blame each other for provoking the shootout in North Wazoo's Ghulam Khan District.

Afghan and Pak border troops have previously exchanged fire.

The incident was the most serious cross-border clash since May 2007, when festivities between Afghan and Pak troops left three civilians and a police officer dead.

Afghan and Western officials say Talibs hiding in Pakistain's border areas are behind the attacks inside Afghanistan.
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#1  Maybe something more than Predators need to cross into Pakiwakiland?
Posted by: Water Modem || 02/04/2011 2:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Its about time the world realises who we are fighting in Afghan ie Pakistan.
Posted by: Menhadden Grinelet4076 || 02/04/2011 5:26 Comments || Top||

#3  Yet the Paks can't seem to muster the enthusiasm to go after their own insurgents in North Wazoo.
Posted by: Pappy || 02/04/2011 22:03 Comments || Top||


About 22,000 flee Mohmand offensive: UN
About 22,000 Pak civilians have decamped a fresh military push against Taliban fighters in the lawless tribal area on the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.

The offensive is concentrated in Mohmand
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot for the most part. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, spreading down to the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
district, part of the semi-autonomous region that Washington considers a global nexus of Al-Qaeda and Taliban.

"Over the last few days about 22,000 people have been registered in the two camps that UNHCR has helped to set up," UN Refugee Agency spokeswoman Ariane Rummery told AFP.

Amjad Ali, the top administrative official in Ghalanai, the main town of Mohmand, confirmed the number.

"We are providing them with food, non-food items and tents," he told AFP.

Ali said the ground and air offensive is targeting local Taliban and other fighters who have decamped operations elsewhere in the semi-autonomous tribal belt, including the premier fortress of Wazoo.

"We have sealed the border with Afghanistan and also sent in troop reinforcements," he said.

An official in Pakistain's Frontier Corps paramilitary said more than 70 Islamic fascisti had been killed over five days of fighting and confirmed that thousands of people have been displaced.

Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Information Minister in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
, attributed a recent spike in kabooms on civilians to the fresh operation.

"Whenever action is taken in the tribal areas, Islamic fascisti react here in the settled areas. Fresh kabooms are reaction of the Mohmand operation," he told AFP in the thriving provincial capital Peshawar.
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Southeast Asia
One soldier killed, 2 wounded in southern Thai bombing
A soldier assigned to a teacher protection unit was killed and two others were injured in a roadside bombing in Yala province on Friday, and three local Buddhists were wounded in a shooting in Pattani province.

Three soldiers were injured as they were on foot patrol escorting teachers in Yala. Cpl Padungpong Song-archin, 25, was severely wounded and was later pronounced dead on the way to Raman Hospital.

The initial investigation found that an IED buried near a rubber tree was triggered as the eight member teacher escort squad was providing security for teachers.

In the nearby province of Pattani, gunmen on Friday fired military weapons to three ethnic Thai villagers, wounding all three. The attack was meant to incite unrest in an area where many ethnic Thai Buddhists live.

Female ranger gunned down in Pattani
Earlier on Thursday night, a female volunteer paramilitary ranger was killed and her boyfriend seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province.

Ranger Sansanee Bula, 28, of the 44th Ranger Division, and Worawut Chansri, 32, an employee of the Sai Kao forest protection unit, was attacked on a local road at about 8 p.m. on Thursday, while driving motorcycle back home. The victims were shot several times and were taken to the hospital. Ranger Sansanee was later pronounced dead.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that changes are required in the way government forces operate against the insurgency in the south.

Mr Abhisit was responding to questions about Thursday's attack by terrorists militants on a small Buddhist village which left five dead and four wounded in Yala.

He said he had discussed this with 4th Army commander Lt-Gen Udomchai Thammasarorat, and adjustments were needed to counter-insurgency tactics.

First, more cooperation must be sought from locals in order for security forces to set up more checkpoints, because they always complain about stringent action by the military, Mr Abhisit said. More checkpoints would permit fewer opportunities for the insurgents to launch attacks.

The prime minister said the insurgents' tactics continue to evolve, and government's tactics must evolve accordingly.

He agreed the attack on the Buddhists was an attempt by the insurgents to use religion to divide the people.
An attempt to ethnically (or 'religiously') cleanse the area, to be more straightforward.
Asked about the problem of dual nationalities, and being able to slip back and forth across the border, Mr Abhisit said he would bring up this matter when he meets Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak again soon.
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13 dead as Muslim rebels clash in Philippines
[Emirates 24/7] Weeks of festivities between rival Mohammedan rebel groups in the southern Philippines have left 13 people moulderin' in the grave and forced thousands of others to flee their homes, the military said on Thursday.
Hey! Let's you and him fight!!
More than 1,000 rebels armed with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars have been involved in the fighting, as the two sides seek control of valuable farmland on Mindanao island, local army commanders said.

"One group will attack the other, then break off. The other group will then stage an attack in retaliation. It is a series of skirmishes," regional military front man Major Marlowe Patria said.
We're thinking of putting it on Pay Per View...
Can we have ringside commentary, pointing out all the amusingly stupid mistakes? I'm sure our guys over there could organize something.
He said 13 fighters from both sides had been killed and nine others maimed since the festivities began on January 9.

Another 800 families had been evacuated to escape the fighting, which was occurring in rice fields and rural villages about 60 kilometres from Cotabato City, a main trading centre of the south, according to Patria.

The feud is between a commander of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the country's original Mohammedan separatist group, and a commander from the breakaway Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), he said.

MILF front man Mohager Iqbal said the two commanders were fighting over 1,000 hectares of riceland, while emphasising the dispute was a local one and not between the main groups.
Ya gotta do these things once in awhile. Gets rid of the bad blood.
"It is not the MNLF and MILF that are at war. It is just some members of the MILF and some members of the MNLF," Iqbal said.
Ah. Thanks for clearing that up.
The local government as well as the leadership of the MNLF and MILF have been trying to broker a ceasefire this week, but fighting continued on Wednesday and there were fears the conflict could escalate.
Yeah, that'd be too bad if they wiped each other out...
"It really looks like they don't respect the orders of their superiors," local battalion commander Colonel Domingo Gobway said.
Kinda like when Frank Pentangeli went after the Rosato brothers...
"We have monitored that there are many reinforcements from both sides who are coming in."
Maybe you could set up HOV lanes?
Military intelligence officers in the area said the two rival commanders, who live near each other,
Not married to sisters, one hopes...
originally had a combined total of 1,400 armed followers.
They then ordered up more popcorn...
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