In which I ask for news from one of the Left Coast's maddest towns.
Barbara Skolaut's popcorn machine is doing what it does best, crudites, dips, cheese and crackers are on the table, beer and the good hard stuff are on the sideboard, with juices and sodas nearby. Welcome to the party!
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holy cow, Jenifer - the link is to your gmail acct. Are you liveblogging somehow?
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just teasing :-)
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"Barbara Skolaut's popcorn machine is doing what it does best"
Who wants extra butter? ;-p
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I had to put something for a link or the post wouldn't go through, if I understand Fred's procedures correctly, Frank. I looked at Drudge and Lucianne.com, and couldn't find any new reports, so I went with something I know. ;-)
Can I offer you a Jack Daniel on the rocks? And I'd like extra butter, Barbara. Popcorn should be sinful, along with so many other things worth doing.
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Wasn't able to make it this morning, but here's what I've heard so far: No arrests on our side, can't say the same for theirs; Code Pinkos repeatedly infiltrate USMC supporters; one tries to sever PA cables; another actually lies his way to podium - realising the error Ms Morgan goes for the mic - said pinko tries to hit her with mic - a Gold Star Dad does a Chuck Norris on him and pins him to the cement; Berkeley High School teachers bus their students in to protest with the commies (coercion anyone?; Berkeley police pretty much AWOl; all violence and intimidation has been instigated by the pinkos.
Does Barabara have any popcorn left?
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Thank you kindly, GK. I don't see anything about it yet in my limited explorations on the web.
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Lots of popcorn, Rex Mundi, to fortify you after that report. Even Frank's capacity isn't a match for Barbara's new machine. ;-) What can I pour you?
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Good news TW, and thank you kindly. Seeing as we're all here to provide fire support to the USMC, how 'bout something something to make ol' Chesty proud: BoilerMaker: Pabst Blue Ribbon n JD!
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Comments about the resolution start at 9 PM PST. That will be midnight EST, so most of you kiddies should be in bed.
Supposedly people get to speak for one minute. It will be interesting to see
a) who is allowed to speak at all
b) who goes over their minute and won't yield to someone else
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Ok, then this party was decidedly premature, since it won't roll over to tomorrow. If y'all who are awake would be so kind as to start a new thread when there's something interesting to report, I'd be grateful. It's getting decidedly past my bedtime.
Last one out pull the door shut -- I'll clean up in the morning. :-)
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ION, COUNTERRORISM BLOG > AL QAEDA'S NEW FACE OF TERROR - AMERICAN? Top CT Official warns that Amers are being trained inside Pakistan for new attacks inside America or agz Amer interests;
+ HOT AIR: THE MOMMY BOMBS. Female suicide bombers, to include implantation of bombs/explosives in prosthetic devices.
Taliban supremo Mullah Muhammad Omar has urged the international community to distance itself from the United StatesÂ’ campaign in Afghanistan, a militant spokesman said on Monday.
The call by the hardline leader came after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates urged European nations to be more involved in the fight against the Taliban. “The United States has been defeated in Afghanistan,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed quoted Omar as saying in a statement. “They have been trapped here and are desperately trying to get other countries involved,” Mujahed said in a telephone call from an undisclosed location. Omar’s statement said the US, which led the campaign that toppled the Taliban from government in 2001, had “invaded and occupied” Afghanistan. “We’re fighting to free our country,” it said, adding, “We’re not a threat to the world.”
It said the world nations must compel their governments to withdraw [their forces] from Afghanistan and stop supporting the United States. Omar said his militant group would intensify attacks on government and foreign military targets in the spring, the traditional Afghan fighting season. The group would also “establish relations with the world,” said the statement attributed to the one-eyed militant.
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Taliban
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“We’re not a threat to the world.”
The group would also “establish relations with the world,”
Sounds to me like Omar is the one getting desperate. Keep up the pressure!
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the spring offensive. Am I the only person tired of hearing that shit? are they too lazy too fight more than a few m onths out of the year and is this the way it went with the russians too?
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Sinse, Seasonal warfare goes way back, In the Hellenistic period, Athens and Sparta would go to war after the harvests, both sides seemed to allow the men to bring in the harvests before the fighting commenced. IIRC even in some areas of Northern Greece they would work together until the battle cry was given. and since the Jihadis arent very advanced technologicly the practice is still in exsistence. at least on one side it is.
but I to am sick if the Dreaded(insert season) offensives.
(Xinhua) -- Polish military contingent in Afghanistan will be responsible for the security of an eastern province, Poland's Defense Minister Bogdan Klich said on Monday. "The Polish contingent will be responsible for the security of a province, we will not share responsibility with other nations," Polish news agency PAP quoted Klich as saying.
For security reasons, Klich refused to name the Afghan province. However, he said it is "a geographic area where risks are lower than somewhere else" in the country. The number of Polish troops in Afghanistan will be increased from 1,200 to 1,600, according to the minister. Poland's mission in Afghanistan was launched in March 2002 with some 300 servicemen and was boosted to the current level of 1,200 in early 2007.
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good luck, but are they going to name the prov anytime soon?
(Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government Thursday rejected and denounced Chad's repeated accusations of Sudan's support to Chadian opposition, describing a threat made by Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmat Allami as "a declaration of war."
In a press statement, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said that Chad had continued making these allegations and false accusations leading the Chadian foreign minister to threat Sudan of invasion.
Expressing regret and astonishment over the Chadian foreign minister's remarks, the statement affirmed Sudan's legitimate right and capability to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity in accordance with the international laws and charters.
It reiterated Sudan's commitment to good neighborliness relations and non-intervention in internal affairs of other states.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese government reaffirmed commitment to all agreements it had signed with Chad including Tripoli Agreement signed on Feb. 6, 2007 and Riyadh Agreement reached on Oct. 25,2007.
It urged all friendly countries and the regional and international organizations to shoulder their responsibilities towards the declared threats against Sudan.
It is reported that the Chadian Foreign Minister has accused the Sudanese government of propping up the rebel forces waging a military offensive to unseat Chadian President Idriss Deby, threatening to send military forces to invade neighboring Sudan.
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ChadÂ’s rebels on Monday urged European Union member states not to send peacekeeping troops to the countryÂ’s east, saying the force would not be neutral because it was dominated by France.
The rebels said France, which is contributing more than half of the 3,700-strong EU force (EUFOR) to be deployed in eastern Chad, had directly helped President Idriss Deby to beat off a rebel attack on the capital NÂ’Djamena earlier this month. The alliance of anti-Deby rebel groups said in a statement that French tanks and helicopters, part of a French military contingent stationed in Chad, had opened fire in the recent fighting. Civilians were killed, it added.
France, which has rallied international support behind Deby, has denied its forces took any direct part in combat, although it said they fired back in self-defence while evacuating more than 1,000 French and other foreign nationals from N’Djamena. The rebel statement said: “France has shown to the world she is no longer neutral in this conflict that opposes Deby’s dictatorial regime against the armed national resistance”.
The rebel alliance said France’s “unconditional support” for Deby, whose opponents denounce him as a corrupt and dictatorial ruler, had changed the circumstances of the EU deployment. “The alliance of the armed opposition no longer believes in the neutrality of a force essentially composed of French troops and whose operational direction is carried out by France,” the rebel statement said.
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yeah , they might get in the way of them dancing and shooting wildly all over the place.
The Archbishop of Canterbury today defended his controversial remarks on Sharia law, but also took responsibility for any "misleading choice of words" that had helped to cause distress or misunderstanding among the wider public.
After days of turbulence surrounding his views on the way the British legal system might accommodate Islamic law, Dr Rowan Williams made his presidential address to General Synod, the Church of England's national assembly, in an atmosphere of some tension.
Having torn up his original speech to address the remarks first given in a BBC interview and then in a lengthy speech at the Royal Courts of Justice, he took responsibility for "unclarity" that may have caused "distress or misunderstanding" among the public, especially his fellow Christians.
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Nothing to see here. Move it along...peasants.
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look its one thing for members of a minority to voluntarily adhere to religious law. Or even to sign contracts in which they voluntarily commit to religiuos law. Its quite another to designate certain individuals based on their personal status to be governed by other laws than the rest of the community. The latter is a retreat from liberalism, classical or otherwise.
OTOH maybe the old established church, which was thriving when there were different laws for nobles, for clergy, etc is not so enamored of liberalism, classical or otherwise?
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The bit about Muslims not expecting others to follow all the details of Muslim law in Muslim countries was particularly disingenuous, given the depth of the current Archbishop of Canterbury's knowledge, and the subtlety of his thinking.
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The most disgusting thing about this ass is how he blithely opines that "equality under the law" is not all that good a thing.
Probably the one main thing that lifted the West above the barbarians he would throw out without a qualm.
And BTW those Muslim Laws he's so fond of allow for the murder of women. I don't think that UK law does. How's he going to reconcile the difference, hmmmmmm? Can a Muzzie chick sign over her right to life to some "male" relative or Imam?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that Russia could be forced to redirect its missiles towards Ukraine if Kiev joined the NATO military alliance.
"I am not only terrified to utter this, it is scary even to think that Russia, in response to a possible deployment of (elements of the planned U.S.) ... missile shield in Ukraine... would have to target its offensive rocket systems at Ukraine," Putin said, when asked about Ukraine's possible entry into NATO.
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This really hits home in Moscow, because much of the perpetual Slavophilism of "greater" Russia always incorporated Kiev as Russian "heartland". For Ukraine to somehow become comfortable with western culture would just be agonizing to Moscow.
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One missile will point to Chernobyl?
Watch the wind direction though.
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What a maroon. Two days ago two days ago the US SecDef suggested dismantling the most successful alliance in history because it had outlived its usefulness and this fool rejuvenates it by threatening a country that isn't even in the alliance yet. Now, the US has little choice but to proceed with the foolish steps of maintaining the alliance and admitting the Ukraine. I think Bush looked into Pooties eyes and saw stupidity.
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To save their jobs after 2008, the US NPE must prevent any new 9-11's/Amer Hirosimas which in turn means the US must stay in the ME; for Radical Islam, etc. to save the OWG Global JIhadist-Islamist State = GLOBALIST AGENDA, RADICAL ISLAM MUST STOP THE US REGIONAL-GLOBAL ENTRENCHMENT BEGUN UNDER DUBYA AND WHICH MAY LIKELY CONTINUE EVEN IFF US DEMS WIN 2008 - IOW, THE ALREADY PRO-MUTUAL DESTRUCTION HAPPY RADICAL ISLAMISTS MUST ATTACK + CONTIN TO WAGE WAR UNTO TOTAL GLOBAL VICTORY OR TOTAL GLOBAL DEFEAT, WID POTENS SEVERE PRAGMATIC + THEOLOGIC CONSEQUENCES FOR NON-RADICAL WORLD ISLAM ALSO.
* IMO, what GATES meant was the REORGANZ OF NATO AS PART OF A NEW GLOBAL STRUCTURE OF MULTI-REGIONAL = CONTINENTAL/TRANS ALLIANCES, COOPERS.
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The Problem is Putin; his removal from the equation would bring 'quasi fluidity' to International politics. The US should also side with China on it's disputed land claims on that shared continent, including Mongolia and Siberia, that should ruffle 'Putty's feathers' somewhat!!
GENEVA (Rooters) - A unilateral declaration of independence by Serbia's Kosovo province would violate international law and damage security in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
He said the United States and European countries did not understand the potential consequences of independence for Kosovo, whose Albanian leaders are expected to announce the move on Sunday in defiance of Serbia. "It would undermine the basics of security in Europe, it would undermine the basics of the United Nations charter," Lavrov told reporters in Geneva.
He said Western countries were dealing with the problem in a "haphazard" way. "Many of them, frankly, do not understand the risks and dangers and threats associated with a unilateral declaration of Kosovo independence," he said. "They do not understand that it would inevitably result in a chain reaction in many parts of the world, including Europe and elsewhere."
Kosovo's independence move has been delayed three times in the past year in deference to Russia's insistence on continuing to search for a compromise and because of its explosive impact on Serbian politics.
Kosovo is Serbia's medieval homeland but is now dominated by the 2 million Albanians who live there. It has been administered by the U.N. with NATO peacekeeping since 1999. Its independence is expected to be recognized by the United States and a large number of European Union members. Russia cannot stop independence but has blocked recognition by the United Nations.
EU lawyers say U.N. Security Council resolution 1244, adopted in 1999 after a NATO air war drove Serb forces out of the province, provides a legal basis for Kosovo to declare independence.
Lavrov's comments followed a warning by Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, who said on Sunday recognizing Kosovo's independence risked opening a "Pandora's box", implying it would be an ill-thought action with uncertain consequences.
Russia will continue to look for another solution to independence, Lavrov said. "We will work up to the very last moment, doing everything in our power, to prevent this (from) occurring," he said.
Russia's determination over Kosovo, in support of its traditional Serbian allies, is an example of Moscow's growing assertiveness on the international stage ahead of Russia's presidential election on March 2. It also reflects Russia's concerns that recognizing Kosovo's independence could set a precedent for other breakaway regions, including several in or near Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a NATO summit in early April, a sign that he was willing to engage in dialogue with other countries, Lavrov also said on Tuesday.
In a stunning turn of events, a high-level Muslim military aide blamed for costing an intelligence contractor his job will step down from his own Pentagon post, WND has learned.
Meanwhile, his rival, Maj. Stephen Coughlin, a leading authority on Islamic war doctrine, may stay in the Pentagon, moving from the office of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the office of the secretary of defense. However, sources say a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey is trying to block his new contract.
The top Pentagon aide, Egyptian-born Hesham H. Islam, came under a cloud of suspicion after reports raised doubt about his resume and contacts he had made with radical Muslims. He is expected to leave the government next month, officials say.
Islam and Coughlin recently quarreled over intelligence briefings Coughlin presented showing a close connection between the religion of Islam and terrorism. Coughlin's contract with the Joint Chiefs, which ends in March, was not renewed. But as a result of the ensuing firestorm that played out in the conservative press – led by Washington Times Pentagon reporter Bill Gertz – Islam was put under a microscope, and questions were raised regarding his background.
For example, Claudia Rosett of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies wrote a column challenging key claims in Islam's official biography. Within days, a Defense Department profile of Islam was removed from the department's website. A Pentagon spokesman said it was "taken down in an attempt to reduce the rhetoric and the emotion surrounding this issue while we try to determine the facts."
A senior U.S. official says the life story Islam presented now appears sketchy. "His resume didn't add up, and he knows it," the official said. "He's voluntarily leaving the government in March."
At the same time, a report by terror expert Steven Emerson revealed that Islam, as special assistant to the deputy secretary of defense, has scheduled at least two meetings in the Pentagon with Syrian-tied radicals – including a leading member of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood – in direct violation of U.S. policy. As WND previously reported, FBI officials believe Islam is involved with the U.S. branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and is helping its front groups run "influence operations" against the U.S. government. "He's a Muslim brother," an FBI official told WND. "He's a bad actor, and he's made other unreported nefarious contacts."
Islam has worked closely in the Pentagon with Muslim chaplain Abuhena M. Saifulislam, who as WND also previously reported, received his training at a radical Islamic school in Northern Virginia that was raided by federal authorities after 9/11.
Islam, whose son is active in the military, obtained one of the highest security clearances for classified information. Sources confirm he has sat in on Pentagon meetings in which intelligence clearance was restricted at the Top Secret/SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) level.
The Pentagon had no comment. And Islam, who has not been accused of any crimes, has refused interviews.
Emerson says Islam prescribed a steady diet of Muslim Brotherhood-connected outreach for his unwitting boss, deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. Who also appears to be the driver to kill F-22 production.
For example, England spoke at the Islamic Society of North America's 2006 convention and last year even hosted a luncheon with ISNA officials in the Pentagon. At the time, federal prosecutors had linked ISNA to the Muslim Brotherhood conspiracy in the U.S. and named the group as an unindicted co-conspirator in a major terrorism-financing case.
In one intelligence briefing, Coughlin argued that the Pentagon should end its outreach programs with ISNA, which also put him at odds with Islam. Pentagon insiders say Eric S. Edelman, ... Another name to keep a weary eye on.
undersecretary of defense for policy, has sought to stop the awarding of a ... new contract to Coughlin. Edelman served as ambassador to Turkey from 2003 to 2005.
Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., who co-chairs the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus, has been fighting to keep Coughlin in the Pentagon, where she says his blunt analysis of the Islamic enemy is sorely needed. Kudos Rep. Myrick. Unlike most of your colleagues, you have EARNED your salary and perks for the month. Interested in becoming VP?
Citing federal court documents introduced as evidence in a recent major terror case, she also warns that U.S. front groups for the Muslim Brotherhood are conspiring to destroy America from within. "Our enemies have clearly stated their intention to infiltrate us, much like the Russians did during the Cold war," Myrick said. "We had no problem analyzing and acting on that information then."
"I know that some people will refuse to admit there is a subversive movement going on here, but let me remind you that we have underestimated the will and capability of our enemy for more than 30 years," she added. "They are patient and determined to achieve their radical agenda." Before attacking, the early muslims would prepare a city by sending agents to spread subversion and chaos. The methods haven't changed. The size of the targets have.
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Stephen Coughlin
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It's called a 'nuclear handgrenade'*. You can take someone out with it, but you'll go too. Enjoy Hesham!
*However, in honor of your belief, just consider it a suicide vest of career management.
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It's coming on to Purim, when we celebrate the excitements of the Book of Esther. In this modern version Hesham Islam plays Haman, the vizir of the King of Persia who hates Mordechai (Maj. Stephen Coughlin), a Jewish trader who overhears a nefarious plot and sends to warn the King. Haman, in his hatred, plots to get the king to condemn Mordechai and all the Jews to death, but in the end he is trapped by the beautiful and wise Queen Esther (obviously Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C.), Mordechai's niece, and Haman and his sons are hung on the gallows he, himself caused to be built.
And there was much rejoicing.
Maj. Coughlin now reports directly to Secretary Gates, while Mr. Islam, pet advisor of Deputy Defense Secretary England is out? Mr. England's career is so toast! I'll bet someone is looking pretty closely at Mr. Islam's son in the military, too.
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What the hell is up with Gordon England? I was under the impression he was relatively sane and well regarded - at least back when he was Secretary of the Navy. Is he succumbing to the same problem the rest of England seems to be afflicted with?
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One scumbag shitcanned, one to go. Dump this traitor G. England. Trouble is, I recall Gates speaking very favorably of England. Does England have some dope on someone high up in the hierarchy ? What possible reason is there for retaining a disgrace like this guy for even one more day ?
Navy imam Chaplain Abuhena M. Saifulislam lifted his voice to God as he called to prayer more than 100 Department of Defense employees Monday at a celebration of Ramadan at the Pentagon.
“God is most great,” sang the lieutenant commander and Islamic leader, in Arabic, as iftar — the end of the daily fast began.
Uniformed military personnel, civilians and family members faced Mecca and knelt on adorned prayer rugs chanting their prayers
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Emerson says Islam prescribed a steady diet of Muslim Brotherhood-connected outreach for his unwitting boss, deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England.
Unwitting? England can't be that stupid. Questions about England need to be asked and answered.
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Muslims shouldn't be allowed to serve in the military at any rank higher than PFC/Seaman Recruit. Their religion is immutably opposed to this country's form of government; they shouldn't be placed in a position where they can do serious damage to our defense effort if they contract Sudden Jihad Syndrome.
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hmmm shouldn't the required background checks catch this shit? Or at least confirm the bio you post on your website? I mean "convert infidels to teh one true belief" may be extreme, but I think "carry water for CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood" could be checked....oh wait, the bio was inaccurate too.... nevermind. Hey! Gordon England? Don't you need to spend more time with your family?
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military is seriously deficient in meeting "the threat of Islamist insurgencies," says a Pentagon-commissioned study released Monday.
The Rand Corp. report characterizes "U.S. military intervention and occupation in the Muslim world" as "at best inadequate, at worst counter-productive, and, on the whole, infeasible." The Pentagon asked the nonprofit research organization to review strategies to thwart insurgents.
The United States should instead focus its priorities on improving "civil governance" and building "local security forces," according to the report, referring to those steps as "capabilities that have been lacking in Iraq and Afghanistan."
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The Pentagon asked the nonprofit research organization to review strategies to thwart insurgents.
Think we need a procurement requirement that identifies studies which are the result of earmarks in the funding bills to support work in people's districts. Throw in the office's GO or Secretary's name which did the request if it wasn't an earmark.
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WAFF.com > TORONTO SUN - EUROEPANS SEE WHAT AMERICANS DO NOT. Many Euros hold that NATO was created to defend Europe only from Soviet aggression, NOT TO USE UP ITS MILFORS FIGHTING AMERICA'S WARS FRO AMERICA E.G. IRAQ-AFGHANISTAN??? Article - USA needs up to 400,000 Amer troops in actually defeat the mostly Pashtun-led resistance in Pakistan-Afghan, NOT 66,000 US-NATO troops dubiously backed up by the Afghan National Army = disguised local mercenaries???
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Europe has to decide whether they're going to fight the islamists in Europe, or in the islamists' home countries. I'd think after having their cities and towns ground in to powder twice in 40 years, they'd opt for the latter, but you never can tell with Europeons.
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The wave of the suicide attacks has posed a new security threat to Pakistan. With the recent suicide attack in Charsada, the number of such attacks in the country has risen to over 20 in a year.
Suicide attacks are not new phenomena in Pakistan as country has suffered from 37 suicide attacks during last six years. But the investigation revealed that not a single but multiple militant and terrorist outfits like tribal Taliban, jihadist organizations and Al-Qaeda were involved in these incidents. This is the real problem for the law enforcement agencies to sort out the different groups, motives and tactics behind the attacks.
We face kinda the same problem here at Rantburg, though it doesn't matter that much. There are chain of command differences, but the overall strategy originates in Chitral, whether it's executed through Peshawar or Quetta or Mir Ali.
The suicide attacks in Pakistan can be traced back in Afghan Jihad.
Except that the real mujaheddin fighting the Russers didn't blow themselves up. I believe the tactic was actually invented by the Tamil Tigers, who still use it now and then when they can find a sucker. It was then picked up by the Paleos, notably Hamas and Islamic Jihad and the occasional al-Aqsa Martyr. Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad used it a few times in Kashmir with indifferent results. Sammy thought it was sufficiently diabolical to set up his own fedayeen brigades, and from there it was picked up by al-Qaeda in Iraq. Only after the muhajiroun Arabs were exploding regularly in Iraq did the practice get imported into Afghanistan and from there to Pakland. At least that's the way I recall it.
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"To fulfill the moral and Shariah demands it was compulsory for suicide attackers that they should be unmarried, will have brothers or patronage who will look after their families after their death."
This is why Saddam's provision of support to the families of Palestinian terrorists who were killed was an important aspect of terrorism.
Voters are expected to succeed where President Pervez Musharraf has failed, pushing back the tide of religious parties and throwing out of power political clerics governing the countryÂ’s violent northwest. Parliamentary and provincial assembly polls set for February 18 will take place against the backcloth of a Taliban and Al Qaeda campaign to destabilise Musharraf.
For all the revulsion over almost-weekly suicide attacks, conservative religious folk of the area have more immediate concerns, such as a lack of jobs, rising food prices, power outages and gas shortages that left them without heat over the winter.
Discredited: The clerics who have held power in NWFP as well as politicians aligned with the unpopular Musharraf have become discredited. NWFP Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Qari Gul Naseeb says his alliance of religious parties will do better than ever because it is the least corrupt. That claim doesnÂ’t jibe with what many people think.
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Despite last week's ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and the Pakistani Taliban in the tribal areas, it is clear that a major regional battle between al-Qaeda and the Western coalition is still pending, starting in Pakistan.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, during a visit to Germany on Sunday, did not mince his words in saying that al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in Pakistan's northwest frontier region pose a direct threat to the Islamabad government. The remaining issue is who strikes first, and against whom. "Undoubtedly, we are under observation, especially those who live in the cities," says a Pakistani and a member of al-Qaeda's shura (council) who spoke to this correspondent in Peshawar. "We can sense a big operation is being planned against us in Pakistan's cities, but perhaps the security agencies will not get the chance to strike first," says the man, speaking under the nom de plume of Abu Haris.
"Pakistan's fears are not without basis. After Lal Masjid [Red Mosque operation in Islamabad last year in which the radical mosque was stormed], Sheikh [Osama bin Laden] personally appointed an amir [chief] for Pakistan for khuruj [revolt]. The decision got the approval of the shura and then an organization was set up in various Pakistani cities," the al-Qaeda member says. "They were given resources and recently a new amir was appointed [the change was due to some unavoidable circumstances]. However, the greatest shock [for us] was in Karachi, where members of Jundullah [Army of God - a militant organization that targets the Pakistan state] were arrested. But we will recover and the arrests did not expose the identities of others as we have worked a lot to plug loopholes in our organization," Abu Haris says.
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"A major regional battle between AQ and the WEstern Coalition is still pending, starting in Pakistan".
YEP, but as OSAMA BIN LADEN is IRAN-CENTRIC = APOCALYPSE IN IRAN-CENTRIC, IMO this means that btwn now and 2010 IFF AMER DOES NOT ATTACK + ESPEC INVADE IRAN, AMER MUST BE INDUCED/FORCED TO DO SO, most likely vv AMER HIROSHIMA. Remember, as argued or premised on the Net times before WORLD ISLAM includ RADICAL ISLAMISM IS OUT TO JUSTIFY/PROVE ITS DIVINE MANDATE-WORTH, NOT JUST TO PREVENT ITS OWN SELF-IMPLOSION ALA THE USSR BY MILPOL DEFEATING = CONQUERING THE USA-WORLD.
IOW, where Islamist ULTRA-HARDLINERS are concerned, includ and espec OSAMA, THERE MUST BE A DE FACTO FINAL APOCALYPTIC BATTLE/WAR BTWN ISLAM + NON-ISLAM, WHICH FOR OSAMA MEANS USA DE FACTO ATTACKS, INVADES, AND TRIES TO OCCUPY-ADMINISTER IRAN.
*OSAMA > US-ALLIED ANTI-NUCPROG AIR "BOMB-AND-RUN" ATTACKS ONLY WON'T CUT THE BE-ALL, END-ALL, TAKE-ALL APOCALYPSE MUSTARD.
TO SATISFY ANTIQUITOUS/HISTOR ISLAMIC-BEDOUIN TRADITION, WESTERN FORCES ESPEC USA MUST BE DEFEATED = DESTROYED IN THE ME VIA MAJOR CONVENTIONAL DECISIVE GROUND COMBAT.
Muslim Scimitars and enemy heads must be held up to heaven, Muslim banners must wave in the wind, Muslim women, Camels and Hosses must wail whine whey and whistle in VICTORY OF GOD FAITH + ISLAM!
OSAMA-MOUD > HIDDEN IMAN-MAHDI > iff there is one, HE MUST DEFEAT AND DESTROY WESTERN MIL FORCES IN IRAN, AND ALSO IN IRAQ, AND ANYWHERE EVERYWHERE.
D *** NG IT, even in "PIRATES" CAPT JACK SPARROW is threatened to be shot to death by fellow PYRAAATES for trying to say the French word PARLAY!
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"We can sense a big operation is being planned against us in Pakistan's cities, but perhaps the security agencies will not get the chance to strike first," says the man, speaking under the nom de plume of Abu Haris.
As opposed to his cousin's nom de plume, Dai Abu Jones.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Monday that a continued U.S. presence in Iraq would attract terrorists and threaten the security and stability of the Middle East, according to the state MENA news agency.
The remarks, a sharp deflection from Mubarak's earlier backing for the American role in Iraq, come amid a recent chill in US-Egyptian relations and the Egyptian leader's increasingly defiant tone.
That defiance stepped up after US moved last year to put conditions on the US$2 billion in aid, including $1.3 billion in military assistance, that Washington gives annually to Egypt, the second largest recipient of US aid after Israel. The US Congress and Bush agreed to withhold $100 million from Egypt until it stops smuggling, implements judicial reforms and curbs police torture, which human rights groups say is systematic.
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attract terrorists and threaten the security and stability of the Middle East,
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And it attracts the attention of the middle class and educated people throughout the region that Muslims might, just might, be capable of having a successful republic. No need for the 'strong man' style of government. I can see where that is something the man might consider a 'threat'.
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'Attracting' terrorists means terrorists are not staying where they were, but are going to Iraq. They're still terrorists, but in an unfamiliar place where they are unwelcome rather than at home. Why should this concern Mubarak or any other Muslim leader (besides Maliki)? They should be grateful at being rid of them.
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Attraction, discrimination and targeting would work even better in an Arabian peninsula cleared of muslims.
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Lets run that statement down:
1. Attracted more than an infantry corps worth of terrorists so far and they are now all dead or captured.
2. Proves that the status quo is no longer just the only way of life for the average arab. They can live in freedom and maintain wealth and culture.
3. Puts despotism and fanaticism at risk since they are not the only alternatives anymore and the current power brokers in the ME are at risk of being history.
All that sounds more like a feature than a bug, Mubarak. Cancel funding to Egypt immediately.
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Sometimes I can't tell news from Paleostan from old episodes of "In My World".
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If Hamas is Bugs Bunny, that would mean Elmer Fudd is Jewish, right? Brown shirt, carries a gun, always out trying to kill the fluffy bunnies.
Doesn't that mean Daffy Duck is a member of Fatah?
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Oh, no! Nahoul's...dead! Oh, no! Not Nahoul!
Oh well. But I take comfort that at least he's in Big Giant Terrorist Puppet Heaven splitting his Big Giant Terrorist Puppet Virgins with Farfour the Mouse. See what you've got to look forward to Assud...
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Assud's return from "the diaspora" followed the death of his brother, Nahoul the Bee, on the show... because he could not get to a hospital in Egypt for surgery... Nahoul himself replaced Farfour, the Hamas mouse, who was killed by an Israeli soldier on the show in June 2007.
Maybe we should take odds on how and when Assud dies?
I'll go for 'Hellfire in Autumn' or maybe 'wrong-wire in August'...
Awww, geez...ain't that hard to believe. They're always so grateful. And it's not like it seems like they hit you up every two weeks or...well, actually, it is.
Jerusalem - IRIN - A UN special appeal for the Gaza Strip has managed to bring in only a small percentage of the US$9.8 million needed for urgent food aid and cash assistance for the enclave's most vulnerable refugees. Which is, what, like all of them?
On 6 February, UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, began to distribute food aid in Gaza funded by a $100,000 donation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society. The money came in response to the special appeal issued by UNWRA in late January. The UAE donation will pay for food packages sufficient for three months for 2,700 refugees, deemed "special hardship cases" in four camps in Gaza. UNRWA - the largest distributor of aid in Gaza - said it needed over $5 million for food aid as part of this appeal. Hmmmmmmm...sounds like you're screwed. Bon appetit.
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwalid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud and the Kingdom Foundation donated another $100,000, which UNRWA said would buy fuel supplies. In the appeal UNWRA said it needed nearly $1 million for fuel costs. The Prince sez, "Sorry. Bad week at the Monaco black jack tables. Hope you have better luck then I did." However, this is all the special appeal, which initially targeted Arab donors, has managed to collect, with one UNWRA official noting it was "disappointing". C'mon, guys! It's for your Pali "brothers", fer crissakes... Unfortunate timing Heh...heh...heh...
Aid workers explained that the timing of the appeal was unfortunate in that it coincided with the breaching of the Rafah border with Egypt. This may have led donors to believe that the crisis UNRWA was trying to cope with had been averted. Yep. Guess they can't be starving if they're buying motorcycles and cartons of smokes n' shit. Put ya wallet away, Mahmoud...
Peter Ford, an UNRWA official in Amman, told IRIN: "The humanitarian situation has again become very severe [after the resealing of the Rafah border crossing], and the special appeal remains very much needed to meet the most urgent requirements in the Gaza Strip." Sorry, Pete. Ya had ya chance. Too bad, so sad...
The special appeal comes on the heels of the 2008 CAP (Consolidated Appeals Process) for the occupied Palestinian territories, in which UNRWA's emergency appeal was the largest - nearly $240 million. Whaddya think, doc?
Sounds like donor fatigue to me. A severe case from the looks of it...
Meanwhile, a Jordanian aid convoy of some 16 trucks with humanitarian goods such as food and medicines was allowed by Israel to enter Gaza on 7 February, with the intention of delivering the items to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). However, police from the Islamic Hamas movement, which has governed Gaza since a takeover last June, impounded the convoy. A spokesman for the police said Hamas was the authority in the enclave and would determine how the aid would be distributed. A well fed terrorist is a happy terrorist.
The PRCS was founded by the Palestine Liberation Organization, of which Hamas is not a member, and has ties with Fatah, whose security forces Hamas routed from Gaza in the takeover. Some aid workers felt there was a political element to the decision to seize the convoy. Nah. Ya think?
Jordan reportedly will not cease sending aid to Gaza, in spite of the recent incident. Yeah, that'll show em ya mean business...
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit reiterated on Monday his statement that Egypt would "break the legs" of any Palestinian attempting to infiltrate Egypt through the breached Rafah border. Gheit was quoted by the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper as saying that Egypt wouldn't allow the Palestinians to "be starved," but would not permit anyone to violate Egypt's sovereignty.
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The government could in the "near future send the army out on a large-scale operation that could lead to war," Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.
Barak spoke in the aftermath of a sharp increase in rocket attacks launched from Gaza against Israel's southern border, including one that wounded two brothers on Saturday evening.
On Monday, nine mortar shells and three Kassam rockets were fired into Israel. As Sderot residents held angry protests for the second day in a row, Barak pledged to stop the attacks and said: "I have asked the IDF to prepare a wide-scale operation in Gaza."
In the last few months, the IDF has intensified its Gaza activities and killed 200 terrorists, including 16 in the last few days, Barak said.
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"Hamas ready for major gaza op" too, after pouring concrete to build bunkers and weaponry into the strip, plus possible arab volunteers, and hoping to reiterate hizbollah's "success". Will the green helmet guy freelance for hamas? At least, we will be able to count on rooters to forge pictures, that's comforting to know some things never change.
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DEBKAfileÂ’s military sources report that the Golani brigade, armored forces and reservists raiding HamasÂ’ missile and terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, Feb. 12, had their first taste of Hamas tactics for blocking a major incursion. An Israeli soldier was slightly wounded. The Palestinians report casualties. Several were detained.
Driving forward in the northern, central and southern sectors, the Israeli force encountered Hamas opposition on all three fronts from mortars and Qassam missiles designed for the battlefield with a cutoff range of 1 km. The attacks were well-coordinated by a single command. Hamas had apparently decided to jump the gun on its blocking tactics against a major advance, in order to thwart a potential Israeli plan to seize bridgeheads inside Gaza ahead of substantial ground action.
The governmentÂ’s nod for a major ground operation to stamp out the Palestinian missile offensive has been held up again
DEBKAfileÂ’s political sources report: Prime minister Ehud Olmert holds a second round of talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Tuesday, while defense minister Ehud Barak spends the day meeting Turkish political and military leaders in Ankara. Both are bidding for international intervention to save themselves a hard decision to deploy the Israeli army for effective action to quell Palestinian attacks from Gaza. IDF generals resent this vote of non-confidence in the Israeli military. They say they are only being held back from dealing in earnest with the PalestiniansÂ’ Gaza-based offensive by the timorousness of government leaders
A new Facebook group is urging Sderot residents to use the Internet to learn how to build crude rockets, much like the Kassams launched at them from the Gaza Strip, and fire them back at the Palestinians. The group, which currently has 45 members, posts material from the Internet on how to manufacture rockets.
Facebook, a social networking site that has taken the on-line world by storm, allows anyone to create groups and to invite people to join.
The group's creators, Shai and Batya Messenberg from Petah Tikva, posted a description that reads:
"It cannot be so difficult: If those retards from the Gaza Strip can do it then so can you."
"It cannot be so difficult: If those retards from the Gaza Strip can do it then so can you."
The description encourages residents of the town to trawl the Net for information on how to build ballistic missiles from materials found in the home. "I'm sure that very soon they [the Gazans] will get the message," the group's creator wrote.
A link to NASA's Rocket Science 101 tutorial can also be found on the Facebook group's page. The tutorial allows users to choose from a menu of rockets to assemble, although the NASA rockets are much larger and more complex than the Kassam.
The message goes on to say that Sderot residents can also do their part in cutting off the flow of Israeli electricity to the Gaza Strip, "even if the High Court of Justice won't allow it," by finding someone with a tractor who is willing to drive into nearby electrical poles.
The Gaza Strip receives 70 percent of its electricity from Israel, the vast majority of which is produced at the Rotenberg Power station in Ashkelon.
The group's logo picture shows a Palestinian Kassam rocket crew preparing to fire, with the words "This could be you" scrawled in red across the photograph.
The new group joins about 50 other Facebook groups in support of Sderot, such as Save Sderot, Stop the Kassam rockets in Sderot, Light a candle with Sderot, I stand w/Sderot, From 90210 to Sderot, Children of Sderot, Skate for Sderot, and For the residents of other towns in the western Negev not waiting for the next Kassam (this group is planning to ask every radio station in the country to simultaneously play the Color Red alarm - the one heard in Sderot when Kassam rockets are fired from Gaza - to increase awareness of Sderot's plight).
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The israeli gvt had no qualm expelling its own citizens en masse to evacuate gaza and turn it over to hamas. What make those (rightly so) concerned Sderot citizens think the israeli authorities won't crack down on them, and hard, for launching rockets and endangering the Peace Processor™? And you can bet that unlike paleos; gunmen, none of those "domestic terrorists" would be pardoned and released early if/when convicted.
I'm not saying this is a bad idea, in fact, like 'moose's plan, this is pure common sense in face of the official lack of any meaningful response to this attrition warfare, but it's just it wouldn't fit into the israeli overall "land for pieces" policy, and they would be thumped.
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I love it. But be careful. These things are dangerous. I would explore every method for these civilians to get their revenge. Can the cut phone lines? Gas mains? Water?
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Perhaps they should invite the good people of Delaware to help.
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The Denver Mad Scientist group has developed a "pumpkin cannon" that can loft a round ball about a mile and a half, fairly accurately. I'm sure they'd share their secret. I'm not sure, but I think it uses propane as a propellent - something easy to get in Israel.
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Shas chairman Eli Yishai indicated on Monday that his party's days in the government were numbered, due to The Jerusalem Post's story that the Palestinian and Israeli negotiating teams were conducting secret talks on the future of Jerusalem.
Yishai told reporters who attended his faction's weekly meeting that he would speak about the story in Sunday's paper with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. He had not spoken to either one by press time and the Olmert associates he did reach downplayed the report. "I will check the story and if it's true, Shas will leave the government," Yishai told the Post.
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Israel can forget about kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit if it goes ahead with its threats to assassinate the political leaders of Hamas, a senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip warned Monday.
The official, who was speaking to The Jerusalem Post by phone, said he was confident that the armed wing of Hamas, Izaddin al-Kassam, would "not remain idle" if Israel assassinated Ismail Haniyeh or Mahmoud Zahar. "The assassination of our political leaders will have serious repercussions on the case of Schalit," he said. "Israel must know that there are red lines that should not be crossed. If Israel decides to carry out its threats, it will have to forget about Schalit forever."
The Hamas official pointed out that negotiations to release Schalit have been suspended temporarily because of the crisis that erupted between his movement and Egypt in the past few weeks.
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'Forget about Gilad Schalit if Hamas leaders are killed' OK I already have, some time ago in fact.
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The long arm of Mossad is poised to flex. First, put Haniyeh's brains in his lap like Yassin, then unleash the special weapons and tactics group (Metsada)for a protracted neutralization program (ie: 'Operation Wrath Of God')! Issue silencers to everybody, and for God's sake...somebody watch Meir Dagan to keep him from going too far!
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sorry Gilad, you were dead the minute they snatched you. It's about more than the safe return of a single soldier 's dead body (and I believe he's been dead a long time)
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i agree, it's kinda like when children go missing the first 24 too 48 hours are the most important
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Look, it's simple. Take the list of all known Hamas members. Kill them. Take the list of all known Fatah members. Kill them. Anyone showing or wearing a Hamas or Fatah symbol, *POP*. Make it a death sentence to be associated or support these terror organizations in anyway and they'll vanish quick enough.
*knock knock*
"Hello?"
"Mr. Hamas Member?"
"Yes?"
*BANG*
"So whose next on the list?"
After a week of intense rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, Israel warned Palestinian militants and leaders Monday that anyone involved in launching missiles at Israeli territory could be a target for assassination.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya was taking no chances, and evacuated his office building while nervously glancing over his shoulder and went into hiding for fear of being targeted by Israel, a source in his staff, who requested anonymity, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. There was no reply at his office when dpa tried to call.
"Liebchen, we just want to make sure you're okay!"
Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the Israeli military was preparing for a 'large-scale operation' in the Gaza Strip to foil the rocket attacks, but was also preparing other courses of action. But he warned that ending the rocket fire would not be a quick task.
However, a key party in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition said Monday evening that it would bolt from the government if peace talks with the Palestinians progressed while the rocket fire continued.
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(Xinhua) -- The Gaza Strip will be completely connected to the Egyptian electricity network in 19 months, a Palestinian official announced on Monday.
Omar Katana, chief of the Palestinian Energy Authority, said that the Gaza Strip would be connected to the Egyptian electricity network via a power plant in the coastal city of al-Arish located in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. "We are waiting to accomplish some outstanding technical issues and then we will publish tenders in the Arab and international newspapers to carry out this project," Katana said, estimating that the project will take 19 months.
The Islamic International Bank has granted 32 million U.S. dollars as part of the project's expenditure and has signed the agreement with the Egyptian side, said Katana.
According to Katana, Egypt currently provides 17-20 megawatts of electricity to southern Gaza Strip, far short of the 220 megawatts of power demand of the coastal enclave.
Israel sells about 120 megawatts of power to the Gaza Strip via cross-border power feeders. Israeli restrictions on fuel deliveries to Gaza has made the sole power station in Gaza running at less than half capacity, producing some 40 megawatts out of 80.
Israel has tightened economic sanctions against Gaza and regularly raids the territory in an effort to stop rocket attacks launched by Gaza militants on southern Israel.
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#4 Have the Israelis blow the transmission towers on their side. Might help speed up the process... Posted by: tu3031
Heh. Paleo stageplay reversed could be a bitch. Israel announces: "we wanted to provide power and water, but 'rogue' elements destroyed the means. What'r we gonna do? We tried...by the way, it'll prolly take up to 24 months to restore, what with the insecurity caused by the rockets, we can't get in there safely"
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19 months to get on the grid, ome month to get disconnected for failure to pay the bill...
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(Xinhua) -- India denounced on Monday the use of force on the civilian population of Palestine and called upon all sides including Israel to exercise restraint. "India has followed recent events in Gaza and the West Bank with deep concern and anguish. The misery and hardship faced by the people of Palestine, especially in the Gaza strip, is deplorable," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Navtej Sarna said in a statement. "India condemns the use of force on the civilian population of Palestine and calls upon all sides, including Israel, to exercise restraint," the spokesperson said, underlining India's commitment to the peace process in the Middle East.
New Delhi also offered additional assistance to help the people of Palestine to overcome their suffering and hardships. "A package of such assistance is being worked out and will be announced shortly. India also stands ready to help the peace process move forward," the spokesperson said.
Backing the Egyptian government's move to address humanitarian needs through dialogue among the Palestinian groups, India called for an immediate restoration of normalcy in the violence-torn region. "The time to act is now with trust and understanding for a new beginning of hope and fulfillment, and an end to violence," the spokesperson said.
Violence between the Israeli army and Gaza militants escalated after the Gaza-Egypt border was sealed on Feb. 5. Twenty-two people have been killed by army raids while Gaza gunmen have fired more than 100 rockets and mortar rounds on southern Israel, wounding some people. The situation is set to worsen with leading Israeli politicians Monday calling for the toppling of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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India recognizes Israel, is a trade partner, and is a potential important diplomatic partner in a world where Chinese power is growing. Unfortunately India also has a history of thinking of Iran as a balance to Pakistan in central Asia and Afghanistan. Gaining Indias backing is an interesting diplo game, therefore.
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India's government is also getting ready to sell out the Hindus in favor of the muzz, just as western governments are doing to Christians and Jews.
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India will launch another Israeli TechSAR spy satellite before the end of this year. A third will follow.
The Indian lunar probe launch has been put back by two months to accommodate a more "important" payload - CartoSat 2A. That they would defer their first lunar probe for a satellite confirms that it is military. This reportedly has Israeli optics on board and the imagery will be shared with Israel.
Elections are due in India and these noises will be made to placate the Muslims and the Indian left. Israel will ignore it. In the meantime the defense cooperation (including in the strategic sphere) continues.
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Israeli realtors reported a spike in house prices in a suburb of Tel Aviv because of the influx of hundreds of Indian scientists and their families. The Indian government sent the lot to Israel to work on very important, very secret, joint defense projects, probably in the missile field, possibly nuclear as well.
All they offer the Paleos is tea and sympathy...
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Karat wants Israel spy sat debate in Parliament
Hyderabad, Feb. 10: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday demanded that the Centre explain to the country the reasons for launching the Israeli spy satellite TecSar.
Referring to reports in the Israeli media that the satellite would be utilised to spy on Muslim countries, the CPI(M) leader said Iran, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan would come under its scanner. "The government must submit a detailed report on the satellite and its activities," he told mediapersons.
The Indian Space Research Organisation recently launched the satellite from its Sriharikota facility.
Maintaining that Israel was planning to launch two more spy satellites, Mr Karat demanded that the Centre not allow such launches. He said Israel wanted to target and attack countries with whom India has friendly relations.
"Why should we provide a platform for this and help Israel at the cost of friendly ties with other countries? Any security tie-up with Israel is against independent foreign policy," he said.
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Lebanese prosecutors have charged 19 soldiers, including three officers, over the fatal shooting of opposition protesters during riots last month.
Seven protesters were killed on 27 January in a mainly Shia suburb during protests over power cuts.
Correspondents say the shootings raised tensions in Lebanon, already in a deep political crisis, to new levels.
The indictment says six victims were killed by army bullets. An enquiry is ongoing to find who killed the seventh.
Lebanon has been without a president since 23 November due to divisions between the pro-Western ruling majority and pro-Syrian opposition.
A parliamentary vote to elected a new leader was delayed for a 14th time on Monday.
Rival Lebanese factions have agreed in principle to elect army chief Gen Michel Suleiman, but have repeatedly disagreed over constitutional details and the make-up of the cabinet.
The army has been seen as one of the country's most neutral institutions, but a BBC correspondent in Beirut says the latest killings threaten to draw it into the conflict.
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To underline its message, the broadcast features a seven-minute computer-animated tale in which a White House plot by "John McCain, senior White House official who orchestrates numerous conspiracies against the Islamic Republic of Iran," George Soros, "Jewish tycoon and mastermind of ultra-modern colonialism," and others is foiled by a vigilant Iranian woman who uses the new hotline to turn in her brother.
Soros working with McCain? That's wack.
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My dear ayatollahs, be afraid of the McCain. Be very afraid.
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I guess that should be whacking.
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Jerome Corsi? Pfftpt. Wake me when somebody credible has something to say. Check this out. Or this choice bit of moonbattery. Shame he was associated with the Swift Boat people; he's one of those cranks who are a walking embarrassment to everyone he associates with.
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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.
The Archbishop of Canterbury today defended his controversial remarks on Sharia law, but also took responsibility for any "misleading choice of words" that had helped to cause distress or misunderstanding among the wider public.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that Russia could be forced to redirect its missiles towards Ukraine if Kiev joined the NATO military alliance.
The Rand Corp. report characterizes "U.S. military intervention and occupation in the Muslim world" as "at best inadequate, at worst counter-productive, and, on the whole, infeasible." The Pentagon asked the nonprofit research organization to review strategies to thwart insurgents.
For all the revulsion over almost-weekly suicide attacks, conservative religious folk of the area have more immediate concerns, such as a lack of jobs, rising food prices, power outages and gas shortages that left them without heat over the winter. 
Despite last week's ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and the Pakistani Taliban in the tribal areas, it is clear that a major regional battle between al-Qaeda and the Western coalition is still pending, starting in Pakistan. 
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Monday that a continued U.S. presence in Iraq would attract terrorists and threaten the security and stability of the Middle East, according to the state MENA news agency. 
