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Happy Birthday/Daily Gam Shot
Marla Maples aka Muffy in "Black and White" aka Nancy, Flight Attendant in "Executive Decision" aka Ann Chambeau in "Happiness" aka Lauren in "Loving Annabelle" IRS Agent in "For Richer or Poorer" aka Brandy in "A Nanny for Christmas" aka Former Mrs. "The Donald" (age 48)
RABAT, Afghanistan: At least 10 Afghan civilians were killed and 35 wounded on a road near a major US base after a small bomb punctured a hole in the side of a fuel tanker that was later engulfed by a large blaze, eyewitnesses and officials said on Wednesday.
The tanker started leaking after the initial small blast on Tuesday night and people from nearby Rabat village, including children, rushed to collect some of the oil. Shortly after, the whole tanker went up in flames, an eyewitness said.
Brilliant idea folks, running towards the danger...
Roshna Khalid, a spokeswoman for the provincial governor, said the bomb had been stuck to the side of the tanker with a magnet. There were 10 dead and 35 wounded in hospitals in Parwan province, north of Kabul, and in the capital, she said.
The Parwan governor blamed terrorists insurgents. This was a terrorist attack and a magnet bomb was placed on a fuel tanker that exploded, said governor Abdul Basir Salangi.
Afghan security forces have prevented at least two similar explosions near Bagram in the past three months, Khalid said. Small explosive devices blasted holes in two tankers in Qarabagh district of Kabul province but security forces prevented people from approaching the vehicles to collect fuel, she said.
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[Dawn] Two Paks who had been held hostage with 21 other crewmen of a foreign-flagged ship by Somali pirates for over one and a half years were rescued through the 'UAE government assistance', it emerged on Tuesday.
In need of immediate health care, they are being moved to Salalah port in Oman from where they will be brought home.
With 24 sailors on board, including two Paks and six Indians, Panama-flagged Merchant Vessel Iceberg-I was seized on March 29 last year by Somali pirates who demanded $8 million for their release.
"Their families approached us and we launched our efforts that led to coordination among the institutions and countries concerned," said Ansar Burney of the Ansar Burney Trust International, which was also instrumental in the release of 22 seamen, including four Paks, on the payment of $2.1 million ransom in July.
However, ars longa, vita brevis... he said, no ransom was paid for the latest 'achievement'.
"The captives were released in an action that was supported by the UAE government and I have expressed my gratitude to every individual and organization concerned for making efforts for their release," he added.
Unfortunately, he said, the Egyptian chief engineer of the ship did away with himself after losing all hopes. The seized ship was anchored in Putland port of Somalia. "It took us months to resolve the issue that involved no assistance from the Pakistain government," he added.
Only two weeks ago, a Pak fishing trawler that had been taken over by a group of Somali pirates was rescued by the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) near the coast of Somalia.
While reports about repeated detentions of Pak crew of different ships by Somali pirates have been a cause for worry for relatives of the hostages, the release of the fishing trawler and the Iceberg-I crew has lent some hope to one such distressed family from Mansehra.
Neelum Mujtaba with her three daughters and an infant son has been seeking release of her husband, Mohammad Mujtaba, who with six other Pak sailors of a foreign ship was taken hostage in November 2010. The Somali pirates have demanded $8 million for their release.
Stepping up her struggle, the woman finally reached Bloody Karachi from her hometown last month and met bigwigs along with family members of other jugged Pak crewmen.
However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... what the families have won so far are promises from the officials about safe return of their loved ones.
Mr Burney agreed that the lives of several Pak seamen were under threat and said coordinated international efforts were needed to develop a mechanism to fight piracy.
"I have recently interacted with the CMF and senior NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... officials. We have made it clear that payment of ransom for the release of captives should be avoided, as it will encourage piracy and offer a platform to many to exploit the situation," he added.
Asked about the efforts for the release of six Pak crewmen who had been held hostage by Somali pirates since November 2010, Mr Burney said work on that particular case had already been initiated.
But it was too sensitive an issue to share details of which with the media, he said.
"Rest assured," he said, "we are very much hopeful to reach some positive end in this case also".
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[An Nahar] Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, leading the vote count after historic polls, has put forward its number two as the next head of government, an executive party member told Agence La Belle France Presse on Wednesday.
"Ennahda has informed its partners of its intentions to present the candidacy of Hamadi Jebali (Ennahda's secretary general) for prime minister," party member Nourredine Bhiri said of ongoing coalition talks.
The 62-year-old, an engineer by training and a former journalist, is one of Ennahda's co-founders. A vehement opponent of ousted dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, he spent 16 years in jail, 10 in isolation, for his political activism.
Jebali is said to represent the moderate face of Ennahda, whose leader Rached Ghannouchi has previously stated he would not seek a government role and was not an election candidate.
With the final tally of Sunday's election yet to be announced, Ennahda was leading the race for seats on a new 217-member assembly that will rewrite the constitution and appoint a caretaker government.
However it did not appear headed for an absolute majority.
The party earlier vowed to form a new government within a month and said coalition talks had started.
The assembly will rewrite the constitution, appoint a caretaker government and prepare for fresh elections.
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[An Nahar] A new campaign has emerged in Egypt aiming to persuade Egyptians to elect military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi as the next president, despite almost weekly protests calling on the army to go back to barracks.
Tantawi heads the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) which took power when a popular uprising ousted President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in February, and has been criticized for stalling reform.
The new campaign "Egypt Above All" aims to collect one million signatures to persuade Tantawi to apply for the country's top job, "for the sake of stability", its coordinator Mahmud Attiya was quoted as saying in the state-run daily al-Ahram.
Posters of Tantawi have started to appear in several parts of Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, according to al-Ahram.
A long-time defense minister to Mubarak, Tantawi has vowed to hand power to civilian rule as quickly as possible, but activists accuse him and SCAF of trying to extend their grip on power.
The first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections are scheduled for November 28. Presidential elections are yet to be set but are not expected before summer 2012.
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See also NEWS KERALA > GROWING POWER OF RADICAL ISLAMISTS AFTER HOSNI MUBARAK OUSTER THREATEN EGYPT'S TIES WID US, ISRAEL.
and
* TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > ISRAEL IS SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES (FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1948].
[1960-70's GUAM TAOTAMONAS, Pre-Color/MTV MADONNA = "LIVE TO TELL" Video here].
D *** NG IT, SHE HAS "A TALE TO TELL", SHE "WAS NOT READY FOR THE FALL"!
ALMATY: A previously unknown Islamist group has threatened ex-Soviet Kazakhstan with violence unless it abolishes a new law that bans prayer rooms in state buildings in the mainly Muslim Central Asian nation, a US-based online monitoring service said.
Then again, they threaten everyone...
President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has run oil-rich Kazakhstan for 20 years, this month signed a new religion law which bans prayer rooms in state buildings and requires all missionaries to register with authorities every year.
The veteran leader and other senior Kazakh officials say the new law is aimed at stamping out Islamist militancy but it has been criticized by Kazakhstans top Muslim cleric and the West.
US-based intelligence monitoring group SITE said a group calling itself Jund Al-Khilafah (Soldiers of the Caliphate) had issued an Arabic-subtitled video, dated Oct. 21. In the video, four masked fighters with submachine guns and a grenade launcher are seen standing behind a fighter reading a speech in which he demands the Kazakh government abolish the law. He said the law bans prayers in state institutions and the wearing of headscarves.
The new Kazakh law on religious activity actually makes no mention of wearing headscarves.
In the event you insist on your position then we will be forced to make a move against you, said the fighter, whose face is also masked by a scarf.
Know that the policy that you are following is the same that was applied in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt; however, as you have seen, it only caused loss to those who exercised it, he said in a reference to a string of Arab Spring revolutions that toppled long-serving dictators.
The threat from the hitherto unheard-of radical group appeared to be the first direct threat to Kazakh authorities after the adoption of the much-discussed law.
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What constitutes a Taliban commander? Gotta be at least a number three...
A US drone strike on a vehicle on Thursday killed five commanders of one of Pakistan's most influential Taliban leaders, Maulvi Nazir, one of the faction's senior commanders told Reuters.
He identified four of the commanders as Hazrat Omar, Nazir's younger brother, Khan Mohammad, Miraj Wazir and Ashfaq Wazir.
According to initial details, five missiles were fired on a vehicle carrying several passengers. They really wanted to zap somebody; it may be hard finding enough pieces to tell how many people were in the vehicle. That's why they always count noses...
"I've got two stray nostrils here, Sarge, but the left one is high and flaring while the right one is low and broad. Should I write that down as one guy or two?"
The vehicle was traveling from Tora Gola village to the nearby area of Azam Warsak when it was hit.
"Nazir's younger brother Omar Wazir has been killed, it has been confirmed," a Pakistani security official told AFP.
Another Pakistani intelligence official also confirmed his death. Which means nothing ("they always lie" contradiction.)
Residents and security officials in the region described the 27-year-old as the operational head for the Nazir group, and a close aide of his brother. So a righteous hit-
He adopted a low profile, going to Afghanistan, assigning duties to the fighters and supervising logistic arrangements for their missions, they said.
"They are a very important group because while they are based in Pakistan they are very active in Afghanistan," said Mansur Khan Mehsud of the Fata Research Centre think tank.
"If you look at drone strikes, they are one of the most heavily targeted groups." Plenty of upward mobility in the job market...
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I think a 'commander' is in charge of two 'flunkies', and a 'senior commander' is in charge of three, or two 'flunkies' and two 'lickspittles'. Alternatively, one 'flunky, two 'lickspittles', and a 'blackguard' 2nd class.
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""The unmanned, CIA-operated Predators, or the more deadly Reapers, fired five missiles at a vehicle in the village of Tora Gola in the Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan, according to Dawn. Four of the five Taliban commanders were identified as Hazrat Omar, Khan Mohammad, Miraj Wazir, and Ashfaq Wazir.
Er, so they got their own missile, how cool is that?
Pak officials on Wednesday accused NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... helicopters of violating Pakistain's air space over the Taliban and Haqqani stronghold of North Wazoo, along the Afghan border. Oh, noze!
"Two helicopters intruded several kilometres inside Pakistain territory in Datta Khel town around 2:00 am (2100 GMT Tuesday)," a military official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. ... for fear of being murdered... The helicopters flew in from the eastern Afghan province of Paktia and circled the border village of Zoi Nara for more than five minutes, the official in the picturesque provincial capitalBeautiful Downtown Peshawar said.
But a front man for NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force told AFP that their "operational reporting" showed that no ISAF helicopter crossed the border, which is unmarked in many places.
A Pak military official said the choppers left after "warning shots" were fired by Pakistain troops. Missed them, huh?
Officials said they were not attack helicopters. So the guys shooting the "warning shots" weren't wiped out.
Dildar Khan, "It's a khan! It's a marital aid! By Ronco!"
a tribal police official in Datta Khel, said the helicopters flew at a relatively low altitude and returned after the warning shots.
Militants are dug in on both sides of the border and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another George C. Marshall ... last week called on Pakistain to do more to squeeze bad boy havens on its territory, particularly those of the Haqqani network.
NATO said on Monday that 200 Taliban-linked Death Eaters were killed or captured in military operations lasting about a week along the border designed to hit the insurgency hard ahead of the winter, when rebels retreat to hideouts.
NATO commanders in Afghanistan have reported a huge increase in rocket attacks from Pak territory over the summer.
Pak officials have also complained about an increase in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan.
In the tribal district of Bajaur, officials said an anti-Taliban elder was killed by mortar rounds fired across the border from Afghanistan.
At least six mortar shells landed in Zarri village in Mamound district, 45 kilometres (28 miles) northwest of Khar, the main town in Bajaur, local administration official Shah Nasim told AFP.
"A tribal elder Malik Rehman was killed when one shell hit his house,"Nasim said.
An intelligence official said the shells were fired from Afghan province Kunar and that Rehman was member of a government-sponsored anti-Taliban milita.
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If they are this upset about some helicopters, they are going to poop themselves when we start unleashing swarms of autonomous kill-bots.
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ION DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PAKISTAN WORRIED OVER IRANIAN + INDIAN ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN.
Apparently, IRAN = NOT-QUITE-PAK'S-BFF YET???
* SAME > [Robert Blackwell]EX-US WAR ADVISOR: PARTITIONING OF AFGHANISTAN + CREATION OF [new State of] PASHTUNISTAN | NATO URGED TO ALLOW PARTITIONING OF AFGHANISTAN.
* SAME > BACKING DOWN: US NO LONGER URGING FULL-SCALE WAZIRISTAN BLITZ, by the Pak Army.
* SAME > BALOCHISTAN PROBLEM:"GUERILLA WAR A REAL POSSIBILITY", albeit likely to be unsuccessful in the end iff no US-NATO/WESTERN SUPPORT.
[Dawn] The Bangash tribe of Boshera area and Turi tribe of Ahmedzai locality of Kurram Agency ...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora... signed another peace deal here on Tuesday.
"The violators of the accord will be fined Rs0.8 million," elders of both the rival tribes agreed.
The agreement between the two warring tribes was inked at Governor Cottage in Parachinar. The elders of Bangash and Turi tribes gathered to shun differences and reached understanding for living a peaceful life.
Kurram Political Agent Shahab Ali Shah, Javedullah and members of tribal jirga were present on the occasion.
Haji Bakht Jamal Bangash and Advocate Mir Zaman Bangash singed the peace agreement on the behalf of Bangash tribe while Haji Rahmat and Engineer Wazir Ali inked it as representatives of Turi tribe.
According to the agreement the violators will pay Rs0.8million fine as penalty. The elders of both the tribes appreciated the efforts of tribal jirga and political administration for restoration of peace in the area. They vowed to live like brothers and take care of interests of each other.
The political agent congratulated the tribal elders for reaching an understanding to shun difference and restore peace in the region.
He also lauded the role of tribal jirga in bringing both the sides to the negotiating table and extended all out cooperation to both the tribes in resolving their problems.
"The area will be brought at par with other parts of the country," he said. -- Correspondent
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[Dawn] Iraqi officials say two car booms have went kaboom! in the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul, killing five people and wounding 18.
An army officer says the first kaboom on Wednesday occurred at about 8:30 a.m. when a parked car boom went off next to an army patrol, killing three soldiers and wounding three civilians.
He says the second blast came fifteen minutes later, when another parked car boomwent kaboom! in a nearby neighborhood. That kaboom killed two civilians and maimed 15.
The target was unclear.
A police officer and a doctor confirmed the causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
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The target was "unclear"? The target was Iraqi security forces..
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Two of the three men who died in a series of coordinated bomb attacks in southern Thailand on Tuesday were suspected Islamic terrorists militants, the military says. They are thought to have detonated the bomb which killed them by accident.
An investigation found that 21 bombs were planted in different locations in Muang Yala municipality, with 16 devices going off between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
The first bomb went off in Yala's old market, killing Humdee Morsu, 23, and Sakareeya Sanoryarnya, 21, from Pattani's Yarang district. The two were carrying the device by motorcycle. The bomb is believed to have gone off by accident after they hit a speed hump, killing them instantly.
The last batch of bombs exploded one after the next within one to 10 minutes of each other. The final blast destroyed a power pole, causing a blackout in the area for 10 minutes. Bomb experts were able to defuse five of the 21 bombs.
The attack is believed to be the work of terrorists insurgents marking the seventh anniversary of the Tak Bai incident on Oct 25, 2004, which resulted in 85 deaths. About 60 terrorists rebels are thought to have been involved in the explosions. A suspected terrorist insurgent identified as Riswarn Lae-ha, who lives near the old market area, is alleged to have coordinated the bomb blasts.
Maj Gen Akara said the terrorists militants used small anti-personnel devices hooked up to timers. Some were hidden in soda and insect repellant cans.
The third victim has been identified as Settawut Thongjeen, 17. Witnesses said he was eating at a food shop when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle that was parked in front of the shop blew up. A total of 44 people were injured, 13 are in critical condition.
[An Nahar] At least 19 people were killed in violence-hit Syria on Wednesday, activists said, as tens of thousands of supporters of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... rallied in Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... , in a show of support for the embattled leader.
The demonstrators, waving Syrian flags and brandishing pictures of Assad, swarmed to Omayyad Square, chanting, "The people want Bashir al-Assad."
Meanwhile, ...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address... the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 19 people, including nine government soldiers, had been killed in the latest unrest between Assad loyalists and opponents.
"Nine servicemen, including an officer of the Syrian regular army, were killed by a rocket, fired by gunnies, probably deserters. The soldiers were on a vehicle in al-Hamrat village, on the Hama-Salamiyah road," it said.
Clashes between security forces and soldiers who have deserted and joined the opposition calling for the ouster of Assad, have become more frequent in recent weeks, particularly in the center of the country.
The Britannia-based Observatory said that seven civilians, including an 18-month-old baby, were killed and 17 maimed by security forces in the central Homs region, one of the bastions of the Syrian opposition.
Another civilian was killed by shots coming from a military checkpoint at Saraqeb, in the northwestern province of Idlib, while a 63-year-old man was killed in the eastern region of Abu Kamal, and a child in Douma, near the capital, it added.
The Syrian opposition called a nationwide general strike in protest against the regime's crackdown on dissent that has left at least 3,000 people dead since mid-March, according to U.N. figures.
The Local Coordination Committees, which organize protests on the ground, said it was widely followed in Daraa, southern Syria, in areas of Damascus, Idlib, and in Hama and Homs in the center of the country.
It posted videos on the Internet of deserted streets and shuttered shops.
The leading opposition group, the Syrian National Council, urged "all categories of people to go on strike" on Wednesday ahead of the launch of massive campaign of civil disobedience.
"The strike is an expression of the desire to pursue a peaceful campaign until victory," an NSC statement said, adding that a strike had been observed in Daraa, cradle of the protests, for the past six days.
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"Syrian Observatory for Human Rights"
...Proud owners of the world's first Telescope for Human Rights - which they need, as Human Rights are pretty damn far away in Syria...
Okay, let's begin. So which one of you guys is Frank?
[An Nahar] An Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... team held "frank" talks "Frank" means they hollered at each other...
with Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... on Wednesday at the start of a bid to mediate with the opposition.
"The meeting with President Assad was frank and friendly "Frank and friendly" means they hollered at him but didn't accuse him of having sex with his mother...
and we are going to continue our talks on October 30," said Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani.
"We took note of the commitment of the Syrian government to work with the Arab committee to reach a solution."
Headed by Qatar, the League's current chair, the delegation comprises the foreign ministers of Algeria, Egypt, Oman and Sudan, in addition to Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi.
Faced with a tough mission, Arabi has said he hopes "the Syrian regime will agree to this initiative, and begin with genuine reforms," in comments to pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat.
"It is my prerogative as secretary general of the vaporous Arab League to meet with any member of the peaceful opposition," said Arabi, referring to a "disagreement" with Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... after he met members of the Syrian opposition.
At an emergency session in Cairo on October 16, the 22-member League called for "national dialogue" between the government and opposition by the end of October to help end the violence and avoid "foreign intervention" in Syria.
Syria's representative to the 22-member Arab League, Youssef Ahmed, slammed what he said was a "conspiracy" against Assad's regime at the Cairo meeting.
But the initiative has also been opposed by the opposition.
"Arabs, do not get more involved in the bloodshed against us," said the Syrian Revolution General Commission, a coalition representing some 40 opposition blocs.
"We will not accept anything less than Bashir al-Assad's resignation and his trial," they said.
The Syrian opposition called a nationwide general strike in protest against the regime's crackdown on protest that has left at least 3,000 people dead since mid-March, according to U.N. figures.
The leading opposition group, the Syrian National Council, urged "all categories of people to go on strike" on Wednesday ahead of the launch of massive campaign of civil disobedience.
"The strike is an expression of the desire to pursue a peaceful campaign until victory," an NSC statement said, adding that a strike had been observed in Daraa, cradle of the protests, for the past six days.
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DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > 1.0MILYUHN ASSAD SUPPORTERS IN ALEPPO, ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF CALLS FOR [league] INTERVENTION.
and
* SAME > PRO-ASSAD RALLY SHOWS SYRIAN GOVT. [Assad Regime]CAN STILL COMMUNICATE SUPPORT.
* TOPIX > HEZBOLLAH: SYRIA/ASSAD "LARGELY OUT OF DANGER". Bashir is unlikely to be removed from ruling power given the current or prevailing conditions.
IMO which, I think, is why the AL Chief is calling for league intervention, i.e. SYRIA = NOT LIBYA = SYRIA'S ARMY IS TOO STRONG TO BE DEFEATED BY THE PROTESTORS WIDOUT DECISIVE FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
[An Nahar] Nine Syrian soldiers, including an officer, were killed on Wednesday by a rocket, probably fired by army deserters, in the flashpoint Hama region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The medals on that uniform -- what did he get them for? Eye surgery?
"Nine servicemen, including an officer of the Syrian regular army, were killed by a rocket, fired by gunnies, probably deserters. The soldiers were on a vehicle in al-Hamrat village, on the Hama-Salamiyah road," the Britannia-based rights group said.
Clashes between security forces and soldiers who have deserted and joined the opposition calling for the ouster of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Trampler of Homs... , have become more frequent in recent week, particularly in the center of the country.
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I do not see the Vietnam campaign ribbon though it looks like he does have the Arcom and the Bronze.
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.
Somali pirates
[An Nahar] Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, leading the vote count after historic polls, has put forward its number two as the next head of government, an executive party member told Agence 
A new campaign has emerged in Egypt aiming to persuade Egyptians to elect military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi as the next president, despite almost weekly protests calling on the army to go back to barracks.
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Hillary Clinton
Kurram Agency
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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[An Nahar] Nine Syrian soldiers, including an officer, were killed on Wednesday by a rocket, probably fired by army deserters, in the flashpoint Hama region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
