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Afghanistan
Ayman sez he's in control of east and southern Afghanistan
Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two figure in al Qaeda, appeared in a new videotape aired on Al Jazeera on Thursday, ridiculing U.S. forces which he said were "hiding in their trenches" in Afghanistan. Zawahri, the right-hand man of Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, spoke to camera for several minutes in the videotape, wearing a white turban with a machine gun at his side. "East and south Afghanistan have become an open arena for the Mujahideen (jihad fighters). The enemy are limited to their capitals," he said. "The Americans are hiding in their trenches and refuse to come out to face the Mujahideen, as the Mujahideen shell them, fire on them and cut roads off around them," he said. "Their defense is only to bomb by air."

Zawahri appeared little different from previous videotapes, showing some graying on his beard. Al Jazeera, an influential Arabic broadcaster, did not say how it obtained the tape. "In Kabul, the Americans and peacekeeping forces are hiding from the shells of the Mujahideen and expect martyrdom (suicide) attacks at every moment," Zawahri said. He made no mention of U.S. forces in Iraq, which are fighting an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 3:07:04 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Then he should be giving press conferences before accredited journalists, not sneaking out videotapes to al Jazeera.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 09/09/2004 15:36 Comments || Top||

#2  He made no mention of U.S. forces in Iraq, which are fighting an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government.

Holy shit.
Posted by: Anonymous6375 || 09/09/2004 15:37 Comments || Top||

#3  "The Americans are hiding in their trenches and refuse to come out to face the Mujahideen, as the Mujahideen shell them, fire on them and cut roads off around them," he said. "Their defense is only to bomb by air."

I'll take that any day. A few well place JDAMs can solve this problem. He must be aware of the new article about our troops calling them girlie men for not coming out to fight in this very region (also posted on RB).

Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two number one figure in al Qaeda, appeared in a new videotape aired on Al Jazeera on Thursday, ridiculing U.S. forces which he said were "hiding in their trenches" in Afghanistan.
Posted by: BA || 09/09/2004 15:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Zawahiri -- "All your country are belong to us."
Posted by: Tibor || 09/09/2004 15:50 Comments || Top||

#5  "...Zawahri, the right-hand man of Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, spoke to camera for several minutes in the videotape, wearing a white turban..."

Wait a minute. This guy used to always wear a black turban. Who does he think he is anyway?
Posted by: mhw || 09/09/2004 16:00 Comments || Top||

#6  mhw: Wait a minute. This guy used to always wear a black turban. Who does he think he is anyway?

Such are the fickle dictates of high fashion.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 09/09/2004 16:02 Comments || Top||

#7  All the fashionable jihadis know that white is the new black. Especially when the blackhats keeped getting whacked. Guess Zawahiri isn't too keen about being reunited with his family, who, courtesy of the USAF, preceded him into Hell during the bombing of Tora Bora.
Posted by: BH || 09/09/2004 16:11 Comments || Top||

#8  The enemy are limited to their capitals," he said.

Um...isn't that where all the people are? What's the mujahideen doing, defending rocks?

"refuse to come out to face the Mujahideen . . . their defense is only to bomb by air."

so this asswipe is claiming victory just because we won't fight the way he wants us to?!

I think his turban may be too tight.


Posted by: PlanetDan || 09/09/2004 16:11 Comments || Top||

#9  BH
"...white is the new black"

Wouldn't this kinda mess up the U of Michigan Law School admission process?
Posted by: mhw || 09/09/2004 16:14 Comments || Top||

#10  mhw: I dunno, but the bake sales ought to be interesting!
Posted by: BH || 09/09/2004 16:17 Comments || Top||

#11  "Wait a minute. This guy used to always wear a black turban. Who does he think he is anyway? "

Ooohhh Pleeeeaasssse! Everyone knows you can't wear white in fall!!

Posted by: Yosemite Sam || 09/09/2004 17:14 Comments || Top||

#12 

Ayman al-Zawahri


White Turban,
Black Turban,
Green Turban,
Blue.

Gotta pick a Turban
That Looks Right for You!

Posted by: BigEd || 09/09/2004 17:51 Comments || Top||

#13  Maybe Ayman has a magic turban, like his buddy John al-Boston.
Posted by: john || 09/09/2004 20:37 Comments || Top||

#14  Please allow me to inadequately attempt fill in for .com with this pic.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/09/2004 22:44 Comments || Top||

#15  He made no mention of U.S. forces in Iraq, which are fighting an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government. -- That, trenches, a different colored turban... So did he die in Tora-Bora too?
Posted by: 3dc || 09/09/2004 23:52 Comments || Top||

#16  The big black fly showed up really nicely on the white turban.

maybe it was a coded message, fly at two o'clock.
Posted by: meeps || 09/10/2004 0:02 Comments || Top||

#17  Flies attracted to shit. It was a perfect picture.
Posted by: Anonymous6378 || 09/10/2004 0:22 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Arab Press: Five Killed, 13 Injured in Yemen Market Explosion
Khaled Al-Mahdi, Arab News
Five people were killed and 13 others injured when a hand grenade went off in a crowded marketplace in northern Yemen yesterday, medical sources said. The sources told Arab News that four civilians and an army soldier were killed in the blast in the open-air market in Kutaf district of the northern Saada province. Police officials said that rescue workers and volunteers rushed the injured, seven of whom in critical condition, to hospitals in the provincial capital. They said it was not clear yet whether the explosion was linked to insurgents loyal to a radical preacher, whom authorities accuse of leading an armed rebellion in Saada.

Army troops have been hunting the Shiite leader Hussein Badruddin Al-Houthi and his followers in rugged and largely inaccessible mountainous areas of Saada for more than 10 weeks. Government forces have been involved in fierce battles with the preacher's forces, leaving about 400 people killed so far. Authorities accuse Al-Houthi, a former member of Parliament, of setting up an underground armed group called the "Believing Yoots Youth" and inciting people against the US and Israel through violent protests. Military officials said on Aug. 7 that government forces ended major military operations against strongholds of the preacher, but said the hunt for him was continuing
Posted by: Mark Espinola || 09/09/2004 6:58:09 AM || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
Mosque gang kill UK teenager
A teenager was killed with a ceremonial dagger in east London as revenge after his friends tried to rob a group of Asian youths, the Old Bailey has heard. Ashley Hedger, 16, was stabbed on Plashet Road, Upton Park, in Plaistow, on 16 January. Brendan Finucane QC, prosecuting, said the group of youths were summoned from a nearby mosque by one of the victims. Mohammed Alim, Raju Rahman, Albab Chowdhury and Amran Siddik, all 18, from Newham, east London, deny murder. Mr Finucane said: "He [Ashley] was chased by a group of Asian youths into the doorway of a supermarket where he was repeatedly punched, kicked and stabbed. "The blade of the knife was found embedded in his right temple. the handle of the knife was missing." He said the attack on Ashley was in revenge for an attempted robbery on one of the attackers by Ashley's friends just a few minutes before. He added that Ashley had distanced himself from the plan but was set upon after mistakenly being pointed out as one of the attackers. "One of the attackers, who was dressed in traditional Islamic clothing, hit the deceased twice in the head with a downwards stabbing motion with as much force as he could muster," Mr Finucane said. Ashley died of his injuries in hospital after suffering four stab wounds, including one to the heart. The trial has been adjourned until Friday.
Posted by: TS(vice girl) || 09/09/2004 6:43:44 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The use of the term "Asian Youths" makes this story confusing for Americans to read.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/09/2004 22:41 Comments || Top||

#2  Yea I tell you. I am literate enough to find Asia on a map. I don't see to many "islamic cultures" there.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 09/10/2004 5:20 Comments || Top||

#3  What bothers me is how this story has almost been suffocated out of the British Press. Even the local paper doesn't seem to dare put it online, even though it is on the front cover of this week's issue. Does this indicate how uneasy the government feels about it?

http://gerrylondon.blogspot.com/2004/09/ashley-hedger-east-london.html
Posted by: Gerry || 09/16/2004 11:57 Comments || Top||

#4  "Yea I tell you. I am literate enough to find Asia on a map. I don't see to many "islamic cultures" there."

Asia is where all the islamic cultures are or was your statement ironic?
Posted by: Critch Griger4522 || 09/30/2004 8:58 Comments || Top||

#5  I'm shocked the beeb has gone as far to say the attackers were muslim - let alone summoned from a nearby mosque. This will do nothing to ease the current climate of anti-muslim sentiment in the UK. Couldn't they have simply left the description as 'asian'? Appalling racist jourmalism. ;)
Posted by: Howard UK || 09/30/2004 9:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Gerry - tried posting on your blog - similar'racially motivated' murders pepetrated by minorities get little or no coverage in my part of London either - a lad got kicked to death in the car park of our local supermarket last year. The story made it to page 7 in the local rag. There's real evidence such stories are being deliberately suppressed to avoid causing trouble for minorities in our fair city.
Posted by: Howard UK || 09/30/2004 9:14 Comments || Top||

#7  No "Ginger" Asia is where China and Japan is the Middle East and, Near East is where Islam is. Viet Nam, Burma Cambodia are in Asia. Stupid git.

Yes Howard the BBC is racist against all fair skinned peoples :Þ what else is new today.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 09/30/2004 9:17 Comments || Top||


Muslim Fundamentalists Imposing Religion In Spanish Prison
A group of 110 Muslim fundamenalists are imposing their religious customs in a Spanish prison and their calls to prayer have led to protests from other prisoners thus disturbed, El Mundo daily reported Thursday. A spokesman for Topas prison near the eastern city of Salamanca, contacted by AFP, refused to comment on the report, which quoted prison officials as saying Muslim inmates had converted a lecture theatre into a mosque. The officials said other prisoners avoided the area for fear of reprisals following the complaints by other inmates, who say they are disturbed by five daily muezzin calls to prayer, including just before midnight and six o'clock in the morning. According to the report prison guards have asked the group to try to keep the noise down. Of 1,512 inmates, 806 are non-Spaniards, though their nationalities were not revealed in El Mundo's report. The friction between the Muslims and remaining prisoners has, the paper added, forced prison authorities to separate them into different groups. One of those held at the jail is Moroccan Khalid Oulad Akcha, the brother of two of the seven members of a group suspected of carrying out the March 11 bombings in Madrid and who blew themselves up on April 3 during a police raid. Khalid Oulad Akcha was questioned over the March 11 attacks but judged to have had no connection to Spain's worst terror attack. He is serving time for robbery and grievous bodily harm.
Posted by: TS(vice girl) || 09/09/2004 12:12:31 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Since Spain voted an Appeasement Prime Minister in, nothing will be done.

The proto-Mad Cow disease folks and the proto-Alzheimer folks who changed their vote from Conservative to Appeasment after the murderous train bombings should look at themselves in the mirror.

This is instructive for this country as well. We are hostage to a cadre of 20% of the so-called "independents" who aren't sure of what they want either.

I want to see the effect on Australian opinion polls of the rag'eds bombings at the Aussie embassy in Djakarta. My beleif is that the Aussies will be more pissed than scared, and Howard's standing will go up.
Posted by: BigEd || 09/09/2004 12:27 Comments || Top||

#2  "Chingala! Again with the wailing! Guard! GUARD!"
Posted by: mojo || 09/09/2004 14:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Shouldn't that headline be al-Andalusian Prison
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 20:49 Comments || Top||


Iraq
BBC interview with Iraqi insurgents
A very interesting video that displays some of the motivations and goals of the Islamofascists.
Posted by: Dar || 09/09/2004 6:20:36 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


U.S. troops' death rate rising in Iraq
Experts predict an extended war
Posted by: Murat || 09/09/2004 10:27:27 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Everything under control I guess.
Posted by: Murat || 09/09/2004 10:40 Comments || Top||

#2  29th June to 9th September = 73 days (and 148 casualties)
1st March to 30th April = 61 days (and 138 casualties)

First period = 2.03 casualties per day
Second period = 2.26 casualties per day

And this shows the fighting is intensifying?! Didn't get taught maths, eh, Murat? (And neither, it seems did the MSNBC reporter.)
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 10:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Oops, misuse of the term @'casualties' by me. I mean 'deaths'.
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 10:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Bulldog: Math, journalism and MSNBC eq oxymoron
Posted by: badanov || 09/09/2004 10:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Murat: Everything under control I guess.

For sure. We lost 24 GI's killed per day in Vietnam. We are losing perhaps 3 per day in Iraq. Just goes to show that Muslims have no guts.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 09/09/2004 10:57 Comments || Top||

#6  Cordon off Fallujah, evacuate all but jihadis, bomb to rubble, move on to next town. US death rate would drop quickly.
Posted by: V is for Victory || 09/09/2004 11:03 Comments || Top||

#7  Muslims have no spines either, and Turkey in particular, has no honor
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 11:12 Comments || Top||

#8  It would be interesting to see how many of those deaths occurred in the areas we could not get to during the war because of the Turkish stab in the back. Enjoy being a EUro-peon Murat.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 11:18 Comments || Top||

#9  Its true that things are not totally under control. In fact the Sunni triangle and Sadr city are in bad shape.

Without our soldiers fighting and sometimes dying to bring order, terrorists would have a lot more flexibility to hit places like Turkey (and Al Q would love to overthrow the govt Turkey and they would be far more active in this if they weren't throwing so many resources into Iraq).

Turkey would also take a big hit if Iraq ceased oil production and ceased operations in Kurdish Iraq.

I think Murat actually knows this. Certainly the military leaders of Turkey know it.
Posted by: mhw || 09/09/2004 11:21 Comments || Top||

#10  And when deep cleaning the tiles don't be tempted to mix ammonia and bleach, that's killed more turks than the red chinnee ever did.
Posted by: Shipman || 09/09/2004 11:48 Comments || Top||

#11  Murat's right. Maybe we should just "go Armenian" on some of these places. That'd cut down on the death rates. Ours, anyways. Maybe get some Turkish advisors in there to show us how to do it right.
Posted by: tu3031 || 09/09/2004 12:06 Comments || Top||

#12  allan-cultists are pussies.
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"Mahoud, what's on the agenda for today?"
"Let's see, Abu...You have a rape scheduled at the Christian school at 9AM (oh, praise allan). We have beheadings at 930AM, 10AM and 11AM. Oh, and I have blocked out 3 hours in the afternoon for honor killings. You know, the usual whores... pre-teenage girls."
"Thanks, Mahoud. Looks like it's going to be another oustanding day!"
"Oh, and I almost forgot. Sometime before evening prayers? You know, acid in your sister's face?"
"You are right. I almost forgot. Dirty slut...talking to you on the phone without my permission."
"That's about it boss."
"Hokay. Time for morning prayers to allan!"
"Yes. allan ahkbar!!"
Posted by: anymouse || 09/09/2004 13:06 Comments || Top||

#13  It would take about 5 years of military occupation at the current rate to equal the amount killed in 9/11.
Posted by: Johnnie Bartlette || 09/09/2004 13:16 Comments || Top||

#14  Great point, Johnnie!
And note this is from Bush-bashing and America-hating MesSNBC, so it would never be good news about the war.
Lord knows, if we ever win through to victory, they'll still be yapping about a Vietnam-like "quagmire!"
Posted by: GreatestJeneration || 09/09/2004 13:21 Comments || Top||

#15  What a stupid premise. Of course the death rate is rising. Did you think the number would go down, lame brain?

A more meaningful figure is that ratio of US v/s bad-boys killed. What was that again, Murat?
Posted by: B || 09/09/2004 14:15 Comments || Top||

#16  Just remember Spec. Roche's comment at the end of the article. American people's will is the key for our guys there. Am. govt will and resolution is the key re Iraqi folks. I'll go out on a limb and declare that 90% of Iraqis wouldn't mind seeing the Baathist/Sadr/foreigner elements eliminated. Here's where will and determination come in. Who cares about the 10%? Can we stand the coverage that would come with going for the throat in the Triangle? I'm not talking about turning the place into glass, just letting the pros accomplish an obvious necessity. They have Rules of Engagement; Allawi knows it can be done. He needs to sign off on it and step back.
Posted by: chicago mike || 09/09/2004 14:28 Comments || Top||

#17  Of course the death rate is rising. Did you think the number would go down, lame brain?

Haaahahahahahaahhaaaa
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama || 09/09/2004 14:52 Comments || Top||

#18  RE #8. Murat, are you going to answer Mrs Davis or not? Or are you just like the other Islamofascists? Hit, RUN! and hide.
Posted by: GK || 09/09/2004 15:22 Comments || Top||

#19  Murat, are you going to answer Mrs Davis or not? Or are you just like the other islamofascists? Hit, RUN! and hide.

GK...you meant Hit, RUN! and hide in a burka with their mother's panties on.
Posted by: anymouse || 09/09/2004 16:18 Comments || Top||

#20  The usual procedure's: hide, miss, run, get hit. I think that's more like it.
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 17:22 Comments || Top||

#21  Mrs Davis, No one invited the Americans to occupy and kill women and children in Iraq. There are some facts, 1st Arabs are the worst fighters in the world, they lack any spirit and nationalism (even the bare footed Vietnamese where far superior fighters) still the poor American army with a mighty arsenal is strugling, really pathetic.

I wouldn't advice Bush to occupy Iran with these bunch of potato's he calls an army.
Posted by: Murat || 09/09/2004 17:23 Comments || Top||

#22  You're right about the Arabs fighting qualities. The only thing lower is the sick man of EUropeons. I would love to see the Turkeys taken on by a united Kurdistan. That would be quick.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 17:26 Comments || Top||

#23  Murat, did it every occur to you that ALL problems the U.S. troops have in Iraq stem from the fact that they DON'T WANT to kill Iraqi women and children?
Posted by: True German Ally || 09/09/2004 17:26 Comments || Top||

#24  good point tga.
Posted by: muck4doo || 09/09/2004 17:28 Comments || Top||

#25  I think Saddam Hussein "invited" us.
And I know our soldiers take every care not to kill or hurt women and children, but to help them.
And the Iraqis themselves will testify to this.
It's Sadr's people and his army of "insurgents"--as is usual with Islamist killers--who don't think of thing of killing women (and raping them, too) and children--often using them as human shields or arming them.
Muslims seem to like killing fellow Muslims almost as much as "infidels."
And it was Islamist killers who killed women and little babies and children in Beslan, too.
You're right that Arabs are the worst fighters, but that "bunch of potatoes" you call the American army have taken Iraq and Kuwait TWICE in a matter of weeks in the last 12 years.
Posted by: GreatestJeneration || 09/09/2004 17:28 Comments || Top||

#26  don't feed the coward turk
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 17:39 Comments || Top||

#27  murat=porkskin, foreskin
Posted by: anymouse || 09/09/2004 17:43 Comments || Top||

#28  murat your an idiot - just because we care about civilians in our operations (unlike the stinking turks - and i do mean that literally (some very foul smelling cities - do not blame the EU for bitch slapping you)) does not mean our military cannot wage war effectively.

so if we are such push overs why isn't the turkish military taking northern iraq...which is coveted by turkey?? maybe because you will face a true military and not some kurdish militia's?....
twit...
Posted by: Dan || 09/09/2004 18:30 Comments || Top||

#29  Will noone rid us of this meddlesome troll?
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 09/09/2004 19:40 Comments || Top||

#30  12,000 Federal troops died in one day at Antietam, 14 Sep 1862. Then as now a radical branch of the Democratic Party, the "Copperheads" urged peace be made, let the oppressors alone, so what if your fellow man, excuse me, property, remained as slaves. The rest of America didn't buy into that. By then it was understood what we were fighting for, and we were willing to bear the cost. It is appearent this new generation does too.
Posted by: Don || 09/09/2004 20:00 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Indonesian Muslim groups condemn Jakarta bombing
Indonesian Muslim groups condemned Thursday's explosion outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, which killed at least eight people and wounded almost 170. Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia,
***Coffee alert***
an organisation seeking to establish an Islamic caliphate or dominion through peaceful means, described the attack as an "extraordinary cruelty" which violated Islamic Sharia law.
There must be a sura somewhere about makin' other Moose limbs look bad...
"Islamic Sharia strictly forbids human beings to kill other human beings indiscriminately and to damage private and public properties," Hizb ut-Tahrir said in a statement.
"Of course, if you're just trying to kill infidels, well, that's, ummm...different."
The group cautioned police against pointing fingers at an Islamic group.
"Cuz then we might start to seethe, and Allan knows what might happen then..."
Police said the blast, which caused huge damage to buildings in the area and mangled the embassy's security perimeter, bore hallmarks of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group, blamed for a string of deadly attacks in Indonesia. The Liberal Islam Network, a group of young Muslims campaigning for religious tolerance, called the attack a "sadistic and extraordinary crime. The use of violence cannot be tolerated whatever the pretext is," the group said.
"Certainly not!"
Din Syamsuddin, secretary general of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (Muslim Scholars), the country's top Islamic authority, urged authorities to act swiftly to arrest the perpetrators. "The government and security agencies must resolve this thoroughly, including finding the masterminds behind this attacks," Syamsuddin was quoted by the state Antara news agency.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 3:08:37 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What is Taqiyah?
Taqiyah Defined
Rules concerning Taqiyah
Best way to perform Taqiyah
http://al-islam.org/taqiyah/
Posted by: TS(vice girl) || 09/09/2004 15:51 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm guessing more than a couple of US embassies are on a target list in the next few weeks.
Posted by: john || 09/09/2004 20:30 Comments || Top||


5 year-old girl critically wounded, mother dead in embassy bombing
A five-year-old Australian girl was critically injured and her Indonesian mother killed in the bomb blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta. The girl is now in a Jakarta hospital and her father is on his way from Australia to Indonesia. The girl and her mother were near the gates of the embassy when the bomb went off yesterday morning.
Posted by: TS(vice girl) || 09/09/2004 12:35:40 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is anyone surprised? Especially after the murders by the Islamofacist terrorists of Breeslan, Russia, who butcher children for fun?

These are not humans, and should not be treated as such. Just treat them as any other vermin. EXTERMINATE.
Posted by: BigEd || 09/09/2004 12:45 Comments || Top||

#2  There are still a lot of people out there that believe "circling the wagons" is still a viable military strategy.

Europe, Democrats, Lt. "Custer" Kerry.
Posted by: john || 09/09/2004 22:08 Comments || Top||


Britons shot dead near bridge over River Kwai
Posted by: Mark Espinola || 09/09/2004 07:11 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Doesn't sound like terrorism. If it had been, I'd think we'd have seen more than two people targetted at a 'popular tourist site'. Wait for corroboration of the official version of events, I suppose, but my guess is a bungled robbery or, as the story suggests, pissed off or inebriated tourists running into the local 'Mr Angry'.
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 7:25 Comments || Top||

#2  [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by: UFO TROLL || 09/09/2004 8:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Fuck off you paranoid twat.
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 8:09 Comments || Top||

#4  Nobber.
Posted by: Howard UK || 09/09/2004 8:09 Comments || Top||

#5  UFO, you've come to the wrong website--you want Al-KillahforAllah.com!
Posted by: GreatestJeneration || 09/09/2004 8:10 Comments || Top||

#6  Nobber?
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/09/2004 8:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Derogatory term for one possessing inherently penile tendencies.
Posted by: Howard UK || 09/09/2004 8:47 Comments || Top||

#8  "The man who shot them tried to mediate, then got into a loud argument with the couple himself before pulling out a gun and pumping three bullets into the woman and two into the man, Police Major Chavalit Piakaew told Reuters."

I haven't heard of too many "terrorists" who've ever tried to mediate. Usually they just shoot people in the back, preferably women and children.

There's gotta be more to this story than just an argument. Maybe a drug deal gone bad.
Posted by: nada || 09/09/2004 9:53 Comments || Top||

#9  they were whistling that friggin' tune, I bet
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 9:56 Comments || Top||

#10  They violated one of my personal rules for Good Living: don't pick fights in a bar.
Posted by: Carl in N.H. || 09/09/2004 11:57 Comments || Top||

#11  Didn't something happen to the UFOs over Roswell, NM in 1947?
Posted by: E T || 09/09/2004 12:52 Comments || Top||

#12  [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by: UFO TROLL || 09/09/2004 16:18 Comments || Top||

#13  Carl, how about don't choose an armed mediator to settle an argument. Respect the armed mediators word as final.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/09/2004 20:11 Comments || Top||

#14  [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by: UFO TROLL || 09/09/2004 20:55 Comments || Top||

#15  Boris - are you the spotted one? Naaaahhhhhh....too intelligent to be you.....
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 20:59 Comments || Top||

#16  [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by: UFO TROLL || 09/09/2004 21:08 Comments || Top||

#17  Don't do it, Frank.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 21:11 Comments || Top||

#18  Which one's your mother UFOOL?
Posted by: tu3031 || 09/09/2004 21:48 Comments || Top||

#19  they were whistling that friggin' tune, I bet

Best one in ages, Frank. Crimeny, I'd love to get'cha pissed as a newt and listen to you go on. Be a bit of fun, it would.
Posted by: Zenster || 09/10/2004 0:32 Comments || Top||

#20  Bulldog, of course that was terrorism, and that could be just the beginning for Britain because the plan is to turn all major powers against Moslems. How else could 'militant' Islam be brought under control in order to keep Israel safe?
Posted by: UFO || 09/09/2004 8:08 Comments || Top||

#21  Once again Rantburg goes on record deleting my posts and leaves "off topic" and "abusive" posts -- hang in there traitors with American blood on your hands, when the day of reckoning comes patriotic citizens will know who you are.
Posted by: UFO || 09/09/2004 16:18 Comments || Top||

#22 
Zionist Rantburg Discussions

Posted by: UFO || 09/09/2004 20:55 Comments || Top||

#23  FG, this board is reserved for Zionists.
Posted by: UFO || 09/09/2004 21:08 Comments || Top||


Jojo nabbed, 90 MILF hard boyz call it quits
Philippine troops have captured a commander of the Abu Sayaf Muslim extremist group who the military previously claimed it killed in a clash last year, an official said yesterday. Marines arrested Javier Soriano, also known as Jojo Rasul, at his hideout on Monday in Jolo town in southern Sulu province, said Brigadier General Agustin Dema-ala, head of a regional anti-insurgency force. Soriano has been linked to a number of kidnappings by the Abu Sayyaf, a small but violent band loosely linked to al-Qaida and listed by Washington as a terrorist group. Authorities were offering a 150,000-peso (US$2,600) reward for his capture.

Last year, the military said he was slain during a clash with soldiers in Sulu. Captured guerrillas and informants later revealed he survived and led the military to his hideout, Dema-ala said. Soriano, who was being interrogated, has allegedly worked under Ghalib Andang, a senior Abu Sayaf commander captured in December also in Sulu province, about 940 kilometers south of Manila. Authorities have charged Andang with organizing the 2000 kidnapping of 21 people, including 10 Western tourists, from Sipadan island resort in neighboring Malaysia. The hostages were later freed in exchange for large ransoms, reportedly financed by Libya. Andang has denied involvement. U.S.-backed offensives have whittled down the Abu Sayaf from a peak strength of more than 1,000 men in 2001 to about 300 today, the military says.

Ninety guerrillas from the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front have surrendered to the army in the southern Philippines before peace negotiations, the military said yesterday. The rebels turned themselves in on Monday and handed over a cache of weapons to the 602nd Infantry Brigade in the town of Carmen in the main southern island of Mindanao, the military said in a statement. "The rebels are presently undergoing custodial debriefing," it said.
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Australian embassy body count now up to 6
UP to six people have been killed and many more are wounded after in an apparent terrorist attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta today. Early indications are a bomb was detonated outside the compound, ripping the gates off and killing bystanders. Witnesses reported wounded being stretchered from the compound and at least three lifeless bodies were seen on the street. All Australian staff at the embassy are accounted for, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is flying to Jakarta tonight and will be joined by team of nine bomb experts and a senior medical officer.

Prime Minister John Howard said this afternoon that up to six people were believed dead and the evidence indicated it the explosion was caused by a car bomb. Four cars and the high metal fence surrounding the Australian embassy were damaged. The windows of surrounding buildings were smashed. A severed human leg was lying on the street by the embassy. The blast prompted the immediate evacuation of the embassy and caused a sharp drop on the Jakarta stock market. El Shinta radio station quoted a witness saying a police truck and a taxi in front of the embassy had been blown apart and the high steel fence surrounding the building in the Kuningan business and residential district was damaged.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 1:55:15 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Way to go, losers.
Posted by: Seafarious || 09/09/2004 2:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Updates at Tim Blair's.
Posted by: Pete Stanley || 09/09/2004 2:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Those IslamoFacist bastards!
Guess they're trying to get Howard out in Oz's election next month...
Screw you, evildoers!
God Bless Australia!
Posted by: GreatestJeneration || 09/09/2004 2:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Oct 9th, Jen, exactly 30 days.
Posted by: GK || 09/09/2004 2:38 Comments || Top||

#5  From Tim Blair's comments:

Getting it wrong, really wrong: This story was posted on Antara at 10.19am this morning, or about 1 minute before the bomb blast:

Ad Interim Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs, Hari Sabarno, said ... the US travel advisory for American citizens suggesting them not to visit or postpone their travel to Indonesia was exaggerating. ... "Is it true that there is a terrorist threat ahead of the election ? Let's see whether this is true what the US had been worrying about..."
Posted by: Seafarious || 09/09/2004 2:39 Comments || Top||

#6  Photos from SMH (warning: graphic)
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 09/09/2004 2:42 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 09/09/2004 2:44 Comments || Top||

#8  Dirty bastards bombed our embassy!

International Islamists strike again. Now let me count the number of times the word "Islam" is used in our media.....

i hear crickets....

I hear wind in the leaves....
Posted by: Anon1 || 09/09/2004 5:10 Comments || Top||

#9  That's a big mushroom cloud in the first picture....
Posted by: Charles || 09/09/2004 6:53 Comments || Top||

#10  Interesting timing on the first shot taken (s'hroom cloud).
Posted by: RN || 09/09/2004 7:26 Comments || Top||

#11  RN: Interesting timing on the first shot taken (s'hroom cloud).

Nothing special here. These dust clouds take a while to dissipate. Just the nature of explosions.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 09/09/2004 10:11 Comments || Top||

#12  If I worked in Jakarta, I'd probably have a camera at the office for just this reason.
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 10:16 Comments || Top||

#13  MF'ers...I saw some video of the people injured, and as usual, Islam exceeds in bringing hell to earth.
Posted by: TS(vice girl) || 09/09/2004 10:44 Comments || Top||

#14  #7 - But that banner still waves!

Find those responsible and crush them.
Posted by: eLarson || 09/09/2004 12:58 Comments || Top||


BREAKING: Australian embassy bombed in Jakarta
The Australian embassy in Jakarta has been damaged by a powerful explosion which blew up vehicles in front of the complex, the federal government and witnesses said today. At least three people had been killed, witnesses told the Associated Press. Others had been wounded. However no Australian embassy staff had been confirmed injured, the federal government said. Four cars and the embassy's high metal fence were damaged, witnesses reported. The windows on several surrounding buildings were smashed. ElShinta radio station quoted a witness saying a police truck and a taxi in front of the Australian embassy had been blown apart and the high steel fence surrounding the building was damaged.

A Reuters reporter on the scene said there was a hole in the embassy gate and he saw some people with what looked like minor injuries leaving the complex. Other nearby buildings had been badly damaged in the blast, which could be heard kilometres away, said witnesses. One witness said a man was seen being carried on a stretcher into an ambulance. A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said it was not clear if the Australian embassy was the target of the blast. She said officials in Canberra had been in contact with staff at the embassy, who said there had been a blast in the vicinity of the embassy.

Windows at the embassy were shattered by the explosion and staff had been evacuated. "There are shattered windows, including at the Australian Embassy, and cars have been damaged, but there are no confirmed injuries," the spokeswoman said. The blast occurred about 1.30pm Australian time, she said. Witnesses reported white smoke into the air after the blast. A spokesman at national police headquarters in Jakarta said bomb squad officers were on their way to the embassy.
Pray for the victims, and hope the Aussies (not the Indonesians) catch the ones responsible.
Posted by: Lone Ranger (first) || 09/09/2004 12:31:09 AM || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  9 people confirmed dead and dozens injured.All Indonesians. No Australian casualties so far.
Posted by: tipper || 09/09/2004 4:04 Comments || Top||

#2  These guys think this is supposed to turn the Australian election? Boy - Someone got in the wrong line when the brains were passed out.
Posted by: BigEd || 09/09/2004 11:09 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
Zawahiri son Captured? Daddy goes on TV
Pakistani officials have refused to comment on reports that the son of Ayman al-Zawahri, a close associate of Usama bin Ladin, is among a group of al-Qaida suspects captured on the Afghan border. The Taliban and al-Qaida suspects were arrested on Tuesday after hundreds of Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships swooped down on a town in the semi-autonomous South Waziristan tribal region. The Urdu-language Jang daily, quoting diplomatic sources, said al-Zawahri's son Khalid, was handed over to US custody soon after his arrest and flown out of Pakistan. "The identities and nationalities of the suspects would be known when interrogation is over," a security official said. The arrest, if confirmed, would be a major boost to US-led efforts to track down bin Ladin, the alleged architect of the September 11 attacks.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, number two in al-Qaida network, threatened new attacks against the US in a recording attributed to him by Al-Jazeera television channel on Tuesday. US military spokesman in Kabul said they did not have any information on arrests from the operation carried out by Pakistani authorities in the tribal region. "We don't have any reports coming out of Pakistan in reference to who they picked up, at least I haven't seen anything yet," Lieutenant Colonel Matt Beevers said.
Posted by: heraclius (http://fredp1776.blogspot.com) || 09/09/2004 21:38 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The story is dated 25 February 2004..
Posted by: Paul Moloney || 09/09/2004 23:46 Comments || Top||

#2  As I remember, it turned out not to be the kid.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/10/2004 4:33 Comments || Top||


Africa: Horn
'We kill all blacks...Kill the slaves, Kill the slaves'
"We kill all blacks and even kill our cattle when they have black calves. This is not your homeland." "Slaves, run. Leave the country. You don't belong; why are you not leaving this area for the Arab cattle to graze?." "This place belongs to Arab tribes. Blacks must leave." These were among harsh threats made to black Africans by Arab militias, known as Janjaweed, as they went on a rampage in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, killings tens of thousands of people and uprooting 1.4 million others, the US State Department said. The government in Khartoum has been accused of arming and backing the Janjaweed, an Arab term meaning "horse and gun." US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who called the atrocities genocide, submitted a report to a Senate hearing Thursday containing the accounts of black African refugees fleeing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

The report documented some of the interviews with 1,136 randomly selected refugees in 19 locations in eastern Chad, Sudan's neighbor. Powell said US evidence from the interviews on refugees and other sources showed that the "Janjaweed and Sudanese military forces have committed large-scale acts of violence, including murders, rape and physical assaults on non-Arab individuals." Three-fourths of those interviewed reported that the Sudanese military forces were involved in the attacks. About two thirds reported aerial bombings against the villages and witnessed the killing of one family member, according to the report "Documenting Atrocities in Darfur." One third heard racial epithets while under attack, one quarter witnessed beatings and large numbers reported the looting of personal property and theft of livestock, it said. Sixteen percent of those interviewed said either that they had been raped or had heard about a rape from a victim. One woman said she had been "raped repeatedly" in front of her father by members of the Sudanese military and Janjaweed. Afterward, her father was dismembered in front of her. Another woman recounted how five Janjaweed men held her for a week against her will and repeatedly raped her in front of her nine-month old daughter. "At one point, the woman was allowed to pick up the crying baby. When the baby continued to cry, one of the men grabbed her and hit her with the butt-end of a rifle," the report said. The mother and child escaped and made their way to a refugee camp in southern Chad.

The State Department said numerous credible reports corroborated the use of racial and ethnic epithets by both the Janjaweed and government military. "Kill the slaves; Kill the slaves" and "We have orders to kill the blacks" are common, the report said. Refugee accounts also point to mass abductions, including persons driven away in government vehicles but respondents usually did not know the abductees' fate. Some spoke of mass executions and gravesites. One woman living in a refugee camp with her two-year-old daughter and husband said her four-year-old child had been missing since her village was bombed by an aircraft and attacked by ground forces. "When ground forces set fire to the homes, helicopter gunships shot at villagers trying to escape," she said, adding that she was able to flee with only one child. "You try to take all your children with you but sometimes you can't and have to quickly decide to take one or two of them. You hope that those able to run will follow you."
Posted by: TS(vice girl) || 09/09/2004 4:31:58 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  sounds like a hate crime to me. The UN should issue strong condemnations and the ACLU should file suit!
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 17:37 Comments || Top||

#2  The EU determined this wasn't genocide.

In other news the UN said....

........................................................

and we're still waiting.

Meanwhile, thousands die, yet THIS is the organization that can stop the spread of WMD's and control nuclear proliferation.

You'd think that they would've NOT forgotten about RWANDA. (the other ball they dropped a few years back).

I'm sure this whole thing would've been handled a WHOLE lot differently and in a more urgent manner if only the UN Secretary General was from Africa himself. ...uh...er....nevermind.
Posted by: 98zulu || 09/09/2004 17:54 Comments || Top||

#3  earlier this year an African American state legislator went to Sudan and had the wool pulled over her eyes

http://www.cair-net.org/asp/article.asp?id=34445&page=NB
Posted by: mhw || 09/09/2004 19:42 Comments || Top||

#4  Did they use white wool or black?

Posted by: john || 09/09/2004 20:26 Comments || Top||

#5  [yawn]

Can you tell that I'm going through Darfur fatigue? It's increasingly difficult for one's supply of pity to keep pace with the endless Islamist atrocities. Of late we had Madrid, then Darfur (or vice versa), the Iraqi beheadings, Khobar Towers and now Beslan. I'm depleting my stock of sympathy rather badly these days.

On the other hand, my intolerance for Islamists is just about at maximum. Any overflow may inadvertently be directed at Muslims in general. And we wouldn't want that to happen, now would we?

[/sarcasm]
Posted by: Zenster || 09/09/2004 22:47 Comments || Top||


Iraq-Jordan
4 "important" al-Qaeda suspects captured in Iraq
IRAQI forces have captured four "important" suspects from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network, Iraq's interim prime minister said today.

Speaking during a visit to an Iraqi training camp north of Baghdad, Iyad Allawi told recruits that the four "important suspects of al-Qaeda who came from abroad" were arrested yesterday but he did not say where and how.

"I hope you will capture more of them soon," Mr Allawi said. His remarks were broadcast by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite television station.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 3:04:07 PM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  goodie!
Posted by: B || 09/09/2004 16:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Sounds like they're learning to wait for the DNA results. That's good.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 16:18 Comments || Top||


US offensive on Tal Afar, Samarra
U.S.-led forces launched operations in three Iraqi rebel strongholds on Thursday, killing nearly two dozen insurgents in a town near the Syrian border and bombing targets in Falluja for the third straight day.

Fierce fighting around the town of Tal Afar, a suspected haven for foreign fighters about 60 miles east of the Syrian border in northern Iraq, left 22 insurgents dead and more than 70 wounded, a local government health official said.

"The situation is critical," Rabee Yassin, general manager for health in Nineveh province, told Reuters. "Ambulances and medical supplies cannot get to Tal Afar because of the ongoing military operations."

There were no immediate reports of any U.S. or Iraqi government casualties in the fighting which local government sources said had killed 57 since Saturday.

U.S. forces said the assault was in response to provocation after they and Iraqi security forces "were repeatedly attacked by a large terrorist element that has displaced local Iraqi security forces throughout recent weeks."

"These attacks by terrorist groups included rocket-propelled grenades, small arms fire, mortars and roadside bombs, and resulted in civilian casualties," the military said.

U.S. forces entered Samarra on Thursday for the first time in weeks to try to reestablish Iraqi government control there.

A military statement said the troops went in to install a temporary mayor and police chief, set up a local council and assess police stations. There were no reports of clashes.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 11:12:13 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  keep the first aid out and the 70 becomes KIA, hokay with me
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 11:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Do you have the feeling this Tell Afar thing could be wrapped up a whole lot quicker and cheaper if its name was changed to Moab?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 11:15 Comments || Top||

#3  very interesting re Samarra. First Rummy and Myers say it, along with Fallujah and Ramadi, wont be retaken till more Iraqi forces availble, which is not till January. Than Bautiste, the general of the 1st ID, says we'll take it before January. Then he goes in the next day!!!!
Posted by: Liberalhawk || 09/09/2004 11:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Rummy Lied. Syrians Died!
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 11:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Yes, and isn't it wonderful!
Posted by: 98zulu || 09/09/2004 12:56 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan/South Asia
Pakistani raid targeted al-Qaeda training camp
Pakistani forces smashed a suspected Al-Qaeda training camp in a remote tribal area near the Afghan border, killing some 50 militant fighters, the military said.

"Around 50 people, 90 percent of them foreigners, were killed in the strike on the terrorist training camp," military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told the private ARYOne television channel.

Most of the victims were Uzbeks and Chechens with some Arabs among them, Sultan said.

A military statement said troops launched "a precise strike on a foreign terrorist training camp... and successfully knocked it out."

The camp was located at Dila Khula district, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the border and 25 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of Wana, the main city in the tribal district of South Waziristan.

The raid, which lasted around two hours, was based on reports of training activity by "foreign elements" including Uzbeks, Chechens and some Arabs.

Local residents reported seeing bombs and missiles dropped from fighter planes on a prayer gathering.

"People had gathered for morning prayers when a missile struck their compound at around 6:30 am (0130 GMT)," resident Azizullah told AFP.

"It was followed by aerial bombardment resulting in the killing of more than 50 people."

A security official who asked not be named said only one guided missile was fired at the gathering by ground troops.

The area is a stronghold of the rebellious Mehsud tribe.

The latest offensive comes a day after a shootout between militants and security forces in Wana bazaar, in which eight people were killed.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 11:09:38 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Troops call Taliban "girlie men"!
PsyOps at its best! Not as if they get Ah-nuld on TV in Afghanistan though. Long read, but worth it, to see the morale of the troops in Afghanistan's "Indian Country." Here's just a taste!

The loudspeakers atop the Humvee crackled to life: "The Taliban are women! They're bitches! If they were real men, they'd stop hiding under their burkas and they'd come out and fight!"

It was high noon in the remote and stony heart of Taliban country, and 34 cavalry scouts from the U.S. Army were looking to pick a fight. Three hours later, they had all the fight they could handle.
Posted by: BA || 09/09/2004 9:36:01 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Neener neener neener!
Omar's got no wiener!"


"Mahmoud! What are they saying?"
"They say you have no doinker, effendi!"
"But how... how did they know?"
Posted by: Fred || 09/09/2004 10:02 Comments || Top||

#2  radition-contaminated drinking water....forbidding territory...quagmire!
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 10:15 Comments || Top||

#3  Around 3 p.m., convinced the Taliban hadn't taken the bait, Peterson decided to head back to the helicopter-landing site. He wanted to gather some more intelligence there. He also wanted to buy a goat from a villager and grill it for his men for dinner.

Anyone know a way to get these guys some BBQ sauce. That goat's gotta be kinda gamey. . .

Posted by: BigEd || 09/09/2004 11:17 Comments || Top||

#4  lots of ketchup, some soy sauce, some worchestershire sauce, black pepper, some Louisiana style hot sauce like Crystal and it's all good!
Posted by: Lucky || 09/09/2004 12:51 Comments || Top||

#5  "A soldier in the front seat added: 'Most of us think they've already caught Osama and they're just waiting to announce it the day before the (U.S.) election.'"

Interesting . . . .
Posted by: Tibor || 09/09/2004 13:48 Comments || Top||

#6  Remember that rumor going around after 9/11 that OBL had a teeny penis?
Maybe it's a membership requirement.
Cue Lynndie England with that cigarette and the pair of Hanes for Her, too!
Posted by: GreatestJeneration || 09/09/2004 14:07 Comments || Top||

#7  "Come out and fight! It is a good day to die!"
-- Cheif Dan George, "Little Big Man"

Some things never change.
Posted by: mojo || 09/09/2004 14:37 Comments || Top||

#8  BREAKING: Zawahiri in vid says Taliban control Soth and Eastern Afghanistan whilst Americans control the cities and hide in their trenches. This report would seem to contradict this somewhat.
Posted by: Howard UK || 09/09/2004 14:41 Comments || Top||

#9  Source: Channel 4 news - sorry Bulldog, I'll go switch it off.
Posted by: Howard UK || 09/09/2004 14:45 Comments || Top||

#10  Oh, I thought the troops were referring to Diane Boxer, Mad Albright, and Diane Feinstein.
Posted by: Capt America || 09/09/2004 22:09 Comments || Top||

#11  Leave it to the Cav - thats why I'm proud to be a Cav Trooper.

And as far as Sweistein and Boxhead go, has there ever been a state more incompetently represented in the senate as California is now? These two are even worse than Kennedy and Kerry.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/09/2004 23:04 Comments || Top||


At Least 50 Militants Killed in Pakistan Raids
At least 50 Islamic militants, most of them foreigners, were killed by Pakistani forces on Thursday in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border, a military spokesman said. "We have learned that 50 people are dead, mostly foreigners. Investigations are going on, and there is a possibility that the number of casualties may increase," a military spokesman said. Pakistani jets and gunship helicopters attacked what the military has called a "foreign terrorist training camp."
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 7:05:00 AM || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  way to go, keep that hammer and anvil going.
Posted by: Liberalhawk || 09/09/2004 9:33 Comments || Top||

#2  50 dead? good start...
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 9:50 Comments || Top||


Russia
Next Russian hostage 'siege' foiled?
Explosives, a detonator and a gun have been found hidden in a Russian cinema. The weapons were discovered in a cinema closed for renovation in Russia's second city St Petersburg. The Interfax news agency quoted an Interior Ministry spokesman as saying the stash included 900 grams (two pounds) of plastic explosives, a 200-gram (half-pound) stick of dynamite, two improvised explosive devices, a hunting rifle and 23 rounds. Before the discovery, three men from Kazakhstan are believed to have been arrested and four Kalashnikov assault rifles confiscated. The agency said the arrests were made by organised crime squad detectives, suggesting the find might have been linked to criminal gangs. The Interior Ministry declined to comment on the arrests. The find followed a wave of attacks blamed by authorities on Chechen separatists, including last week's school hostage drama in which at least 326 died, two plane crashes caused by bombs and a Moscow suicide bombing. Explosives were hidden in the school before the terrorists struck.
Posted by: Lux || 09/09/2004 8:19:37 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  HEH!! Another renovation plot. Did I call that or what??

Time to take a good look at all construction projects - that's AQ's modus operandi for the big events in that area.
Posted by: B || 09/09/2004 9:16 Comments || Top||

#2  knowing what we know about AQ, - we should be concerned they will try a simiilar tactic here.(Maybe we already foiled a few)
Posted by: B || 09/09/2004 9:20 Comments || Top||

#3  sounds like the 'pliars and blowtorch' approach avoided another catastrophe
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 9:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Construction projects are key for several reasons: (1) they are a source of equipment, (2) in built up areas they often provide access to underground systems, (3) some sites have explosives handy, (4) unattended vehicles, or groups of people are not suspicious at odd hours.
Posted by: RN || 09/09/2004 9:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Would a couple of illegals in the US who just happened to work on the WTC's sprinkler system the week before 9-11 fit this pattern?
Posted by: Robert Crawford || 09/09/2004 10:23 Comments || Top||

#6  RC In light of this revelation about AQ's tactics..it would be worth a second look.
Posted by: B || 09/09/2004 10:49 Comments || Top||

#7  I call for the FBI to open files on Bob Vila and Frank Bilac - that Norm guy on Yankee Workshop has a beard as well. Take a hair sample. Make suer they have never been to Afghanistan.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/09/2004 17:10 Comments || Top||

#8  Anyone care to wager how much these recent turns of events are going to bugger up all construction contracting in Russia? I do not envy the new inspection protocols and worker screening policies that they may need to put in place. This alone may serve to cripple Russia's economic recovery. I'm trying real hard to work up some sympathy here, but it ain't happening. Sickest of all is how much we need Russia reading from the same page as us in the global war on terrorism.
Posted by: Zenster || 09/09/2004 22:21 Comments || Top||

#9  I think there's a better chance TGA will invite you to send wet teams to Germany.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis || 09/09/2004 22:22 Comments || Top||

#10  Somehow I don't think american construction workers would let similar subterfuge occur. My respects to Mr. J Hoffa notwithstanding.
Posted by: john || 09/09/2004 23:16 Comments || Top||


Iraq-Jordan
Aid Agencies Pull Out Of Iraq
September 8th 2004 - 7am.com News
Most remaining international aid agencies in Iraq are expected to pull out following the kidnapping of two Italian humanitarian workers. A coordinator for non-governmental groups in Baghdad, Jean-Dominique Bunel, says he is reviewing the situation, after meeting to discuss security with international aid agencies. Yesterday a group of gunmen stormed the offices of an aid agency and abducted two Italian women who were volunteers there. Meanwhile the French government has begun crisis talks on the fate of two French hostages held in Iraq as another deadline looms to pay a multi-million-dollar ransom for them. The two men have been held by Islamic militants since August the 20th.
Posted by: Mark Espinola || 09/09/2004 6:48:57 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "international aid agencies"

Actually, the two Italian babes were peace activists with some cookies they handed out to kids to give themselves some legitimacy. PACE!
Posted by: Jack is Back || 09/09/2004 8:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Once they're beheaded, and held up by their hair, I would imagine the Italian government will be ready to pullout out like scared rabbits. The Pope will anguish over the audacity!
Posted by: smn || 09/09/2004 11:56 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan/South Asia
Taming the Taliban
From Asia Times...
The fortress-like building surrounded by huge mud walls was in fact not just a family residence, but also an annex for guests of former top Taliban official Mullah Abdul Manan. The complex is located in the dusty village of Takai on Rogani Road in Balochistan province, and serves as a vast reception area for the many Khawaja Zai tribal guests who call on Manan, the former governor of Samangan province in Afghanistan during Taliban rule, which ended in late 2001 in the face of the US-led invasion of the country. Amid much publicity, given his seniority, Manan was arrested by Pakistani authorities six months ago, and released without fanfare last Thursday.

This correspondent arrived at the complex without notice, and was overwhelmed by the effusive hospitality offered, starting with a warm welcome from black-turbaned young men at the outside gate. This was despite the correspondent's Western attire (non-existent in these parts) and warnings from fellow journalists in Chaman of possible problems. Afghans are famous for their hospitable nature, as this correspondent can verify after being a guest of many Pashtun and Afghan tribal leaders. But the treatment at Manan's residence was exceptional. A full meal was served, including lamb kebabs and curry, foreign soft drinks and buckets full of lasi (a drink made of curd and water), followed by a selection of desserts, and of course endless rounds of green tea, rounded off with Iranian dried fruit.

After all this sweetness, the bitter moment. "Mullah Manan has gone to Quetta." Sadly the visit was over, and there was nothing for it but to head back to Chaman. "How can a Talib, who is supposed to be underground in a bad condition, especially after just coming out of six months in jail, manage to provide such a lavish feast for his guests?" Asia Times Online asked a local Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam (Fazalur Rehman wing - JUI-F) leader in Chaman. "He is no longer one of Mullah Omar's [Taliban leader] Talib. His loyalties were thoroughly sorted out in the six months in prison. Now he is an ISI [Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence] man. Poverty is no more his future. He is and shall be playing in greenbacks and he can provide even more lavish food for his visitors," said the leader with a sarcastic smile.
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Posted by: Paul Moloney || 09/09/2004 5:56:22 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A very interesting article.
Posted by: Mike Sylwester || 09/09/2004 8:25 Comments || Top||

#2  The question is, what does ISI hope to accomplish with these men?
Posted by: gromky || 09/09/2004 9:54 Comments || Top||


Caucasus
Beslan fallout
In a new official account of the attack, Russia's chief law enforcement official portrayed a band of cutthroat kidnappers who argued among themselves and whose leader enforced discipline by executing three of his crew.
That accord's with Kulyaev's statement...
In a televised meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin, the official, Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, reported that not all the attackers realized that their mission was to seize a school and that one of them was shot when he objected to kidnapping children. Two women in the gang were killed, as a gesture of intimidation, when the bombs strapped to their bodies were detonated by remote control, Mr. Ustinov said. "He did it himself?" Mr. Putin asked, referring to the gang leader, who went by the nickname Colonel and who was described as a short man with a red beard and freckles. "Yes, himself," Mr. Ustinov replied, almost in a whisper.

Mr. Ustinov said 326 hostages were killed, although only 210 bodies have been identified because many were badly mutilated. This total was lower than the earlier official toll of 338. He said another 727 people had been wounded, leaving only a very few hostages unhurt from a total of 1,200 he said had been held.
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Posted by: Paul Moloney || 09/09/2004 5:00:03 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Russia
Russia nabs 2 live boomer wannabes
Two would-be women suicide bombers were detained in Chechnya, the ITAR-Tass news agency has reported. The two women, residents of the Chechen town of Shali, are suspected of taking part in terrorist activities, the news agency said Wednesday, citing the Chechen regional branch of the Federal Security Service. It said they had been preparing to serve as suicide bombers. They were detained on Tuesday, the news agency said.
Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 2:06:46 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A wise man once said, "Red is positive, black is negative".
Posted by: Beau || 09/09/2004 23:41 Comments || Top||


Iraq-Jordan
Airstrike targets 3 Zarqawi associates in Fallujah
A "precision" airstrike by multinational forces on Thursday has targeted a building in northern Falluja that was being used by followers of reputed terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to coalition forces. Three of al-Zarqawi's associates were said to be in the area at the time of the strike, which took place at 2:21 a.m., the Coalition Press Information Center said in a statement. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Coalition forces said they learned of the building through several Iraqi intelligence sources.

On Wednesday, Dr. Rafi al-Isawi from Falluja's general hospital said six Iraqis were killed and 15 were wounded in fighting overnight and into the morning. The heaviest fighting occurred in eastern Falluja's Al-Askhri district, a district that has been hit hard in recent weeks. Earlier, insurgents staged more assassination attempts Wednesday against Iraqi officials in Baghdad and in the northern city of Mosul -- killing one, wounding one, and missing another. Meanwhile, a group that claims to have captured an Iranian consul to Iraq in August released a statement demanding the release of 500 Iraqi prisoners within 48 hours. The Islamic Army in Iraq listed six names of those 500 Iraqi prisoners, according to a statement on its newly created Web site. The site also showed several identification cards for Faridoun Jihani, including one issued by Iran's Foreign Ministry.

The Iraqi official assassinated Wednesday was Col. Assmail Ayyal, an explosives expert and the deputy of Baghdad crime unit. He was killed in a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad, near the highway road of al-Adil district, according to police and the Interior Ministry. A deputy of internal affairs in the Ministry of Interior, Col Akrahm Nahi, eluded death in another assassination attempt, police and the ministry said, but his driver was critically injured. The incident occurred in central Baghdad in the al-Rasafa section of the city. In Mosul, a member of the local council, Hisham al-Hamdani, was wounded in his neighborhood Wednesday morning when gunmen fired on his car from another car. Two of his bodyguards were killed, an Iraqi security official said.
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Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 1:57:41 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We can only hope that with every airstrike, every flush of the toilet, more human exrement die, thus sparing our soldiers.
Posted by: anymouse || 09/09/2004 2:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Airstrikes on Fallujah now seem to be a daily event - are we simply levelling the 'problematic' neighbourhood, spoken about in March, 'block by block'?
Posted by: Howard UK || 09/09/2004 9:12 Comments || Top||

#3  USMC MOUT tactics call for clearing each street and building in turn. Unless of course you just level the block...clears it permanently, safer and removes safe haven.
Posted by: RN || 09/09/2004 9:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Meanwhile, a group that claims to have captured an Iranian consul to Iraq in August released a statement demanding the release of 500 Iraqi prisoners within 48 hours

"Ummmmmm....no"
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  I wonder why we have no precision airstrikes in Ramadi, Samarra and the other cities of the Sunni triangle.

Maybe the intel isn't that good there yet.
Posted by: mhw || 09/09/2004 9:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Flash- per AP - Samarra is being retaken right now - US and Iraqi forces have entered the city to reinstall the mayor and city council. Not clear if insurgents have accepted amnesty or not.

In Tel Afar, near the Syrian border, US and Iraqi forces are fighting predominantly foreign forces, reports of 70 dead.
Posted by: Liberalhawk || 09/09/2004 10:26 Comments || Top||

#7  correction - 22 dead, 70 wounded at Tel Afar.
Posted by: Liberalhawk || 09/09/2004 10:28 Comments || Top||


Zawahiri loyalists sez they seized Italian women
A previously unknown Islamic group claiming loyalty to a leader of Al Qaeda took responsibility on Wednesday for the kidnapping Tuesday of two Italian aid workers. A group calling itself Al Zawahiri Loyalists said it had kidnapped the two Italians, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, declared the women to be "spies" and promised to use them to "burn the hearts" of Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and of the Italian people.

The group appears to be named for Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who is believed to be the second in command of Al Qaeda. There was no way to authenticate the message, which was posted on a Web site used by Islamist organizationss. The group made no demand of Italy's government, but instead said it intended to inflict "punishment" on Italy for basing troops in Iraq in support of the American-led forces here. It also made no mention of the two Iraqi aid workers who were seized with the Italians. The two women were kidnapped from their home on Tuesday when a group of about 15 armed men surrounded their house, barged inside and dragged them to a waiting convoy of three cars. Ms. Pari and Ms. Torretta both worked with an Italian group, Bridges to Baghdad, which provides health services, water treatment and education to Iraqis.

Their abduction was the latest in a string of kidnappings of foreigners based in Iraq, some of whom are connected to the American-led enterprise here. Ms. Pari and Ms. Torretta are not. The message about the Italian hostages was posted on a site called the Platform of the Sunni People, the same site on which a demand for $5 million for the release of two French hostages was posted earlier this week. The French journalists are thought to be still in captivity. The message was titled "Kidnapping of Italian Female Spies in Iraq Is Our First Strike Against Italy." The message accused the Italian government of ignoring repeated warning from Iraqi insurgents to withdraw and to "stop killing Muslims in Iraq." The Italians maintain about 3,000 troops in Iraq, most based in or near Nasiriya, in the south. Those warnings, the message said, were ignored.
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Posted by: Dan Darling || 09/09/2004 1:50:51 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I don't think a woman hostage from a Western country other than France will fare too well in the care of Zawahiri loyalists - could they mean Zarqawi loyalists?
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/09/2004 4:08 Comments || Top||


AP: Thousands of Iraqis Estimated Killed
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/09/2004 00:54 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The AP is so thoroughly in the tank for Kerry that there is no point in reading their propaganda broadsides. These f**kers make it up as they go along.
Posted by: RWV || 09/09/2004 4:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Someone should be keeping track of the civilian deaths. As I keep pointing out to anyone who will listen, and many who won't, the Iraqis are suffering more casualties from the insurgents than we are.
Posted by: Phil Fraering || 09/09/2004 9:00 Comments || Top||

#3  As I keep pointing out to anyone who will listen, and many who won't, the Iraqis are suffering more casualties from the insurgents than we are.

For some, it seems that it's not necessarily a matter of not listening as it is one of total ignorance. There was a piece on one of the local TV news stations either last night or the night before, where an interview was conducted with the family of a soldier who was killed in Iraq. The kid's mother was speaking about us needing to pull out of Iraq now because "we're killing innocent people over there".

Oy vey.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama || 09/09/2004 13:32 Comments || Top||

#4  B-a-r, that's why they call it a "war."
The innocent sometimes are killed along with the guilty, but most of those KIA aren't innocent.
Speaking of innocents, I don't recall what crimes the people in the WTC, the Pentagon and on Flight 93 had committed on 9/11...
Posted by: GreatestJeneration || 09/09/2004 13:41 Comments || Top||


Charity groups quit Iraq
Most remaining international aid agencies in Iraq are expected to pull out following the kidnapping of two Italian humanitarian workers, a co-ordinator for non-governmental groups in Baghdad said yesterday. "I expect most agencies to decide to leave," Jean-Dominique Bunel said, adding that up to 50 people from more than 50 organisations could pull out of the country. International aid agencies were meeting to discuss the issue and were expected to make an announcement on any move after the gathering.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/09/2004 12:25:55 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  that's a shame.
Posted by: B || 09/09/2004 0:51 Comments || Top||

#2  The violent deaths recorded in the leather ledger at the Sheik Omar Clinic come from only one of Iraq's 18 provinces and do not cover people who died in such flashpoint cities as Najaf, Karbala, Fallujah, Tikrit and Ramadi.

Well it looks like those numbers could be doubled!!
For everyone of the US Soliders that died, 600 of them died?
I am impressed. Those idiots should point the bad guys out more and there would be a lot less blood shed don't you think.

My grandfather a veteran of ww2 said during the end of that war Jap's would come down from the Phlip mountains and try all kinds of stuff. The Phlips would just point the Jap's out and the GI Joe's would kill them no questions asked. Weeks later just before the end of the war, they would walk out of the jungles with their weapons in the surrender position and there hands on their heads.
Knowing GI Joe was no one to fuck with.
The Phlips knew it and the Jap's learned about it.




Posted by: Long Hair Republican || 09/09/2004 2:01 Comments || Top||

#3  "Most remaining international aid agencies in Iraq are expected to pull out following the kidnapping of two Italian humanitarian workers..."

Who can blame 'em? We need to go mediaeval on the hostage-takers and their shelterers.
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 6:49 Comments || Top||

#4  The Phlips would just point the Jap's out and the GI Joe's would kill them no questions asked. Weeks later just before the end of the war, they would walk out of the jungles with their weapons in the surrender position and there hands on their heads.
Knowing GI Joe was no one to fuck with.


Contrast this with the current obsession with "sensitivity" toward Iraqi "culture".

It's no wonder that we're having difficulties.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama || 09/09/2004 14:48 Comments || Top||


Profiles in Courage
You asked for it yesterday, you got it today. The link is on the right, under the Classix link. Let me know when it breaks. You can email me with nominations.
Posted by: Fred || 09/09/2004 12:25:42 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Noticed that there is an extra step once you get there: if you click on (for example) Yanis, you get a link, and then click that, and then get the story from within that day's Rantburg. Is there a way to serve the story up (maybe using the ID tag) just with one click?

Not that I'd know how to do that, ya understand.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/09/2004 0:38 Comments || Top||

#2  I can do it like that. I'll try to do it tomorrow night. That'll return only a single story.
Posted by: Fred || 09/09/2004 0:40 Comments || Top||

#3  I didn't see the original discussion from yesterday, but I looked at the links, and I wondered: would it be appropriate to nominate "anonymous members of the Thulfiqar Army?"
Posted by: Phil Fraering || 09/09/2004 0:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Good Start Fred!

Making it a single click would be a big improvement. I actually sat there for a second or two before I realized I had to click on the story header. :(
Posted by: DanNY || 09/09/2004 7:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Looks great, Fred--thanks!
Posted by: Dar || 09/09/2004 8:33 Comments || Top||

#6  I added the field and made the change. This should be its final form...
Posted by: Fred || 09/09/2004 9:35 Comments || Top||

#7  thx Fred!
Posted by: Frank G || 09/09/2004 9:51 Comments || Top||

#8  This is the beginning of a great site. People want specifics on individuals that made a difference in the WoT and for their fellow human beings. Thanks for the good work, Fred.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 09/09/2004 9:54 Comments || Top||

#9  Pat Tillman
Posted by: Steve from Relto || 09/09/2004 10:25 Comments || Top||

#10  Fabrizio Quattrocchi
Posted by: Bulldog || 09/09/2004 10:30 Comments || Top||

#11  Thanks, Fred..and just in time for the 9/11 remembrance day!
Posted by: GreatestJeneration || 09/09/2004 10:34 Comments || Top||

#12  That anti-terrorist Italian Imam.
Posted by: Liberalhawk || 09/09/2004 10:34 Comments || Top||

#13  Great Start Fred. Could you add Rick Rescorla hero of WTC Tower Two and Vietnam Vet.
Posted by: Pro Liebertate || 09/09/2004 11:53 Comments || Top||

#14  He's included...
Posted by: Fred || 09/09/2004 13:47 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine
Israeli Forces Thrust Into Northern Gaza
Israeli forces thrust into the outskirts of the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday in what the military said was an effort to stop Palestinians firing rockets into Israel. Scores of zombie Palestinian gunmen in the militant stronghold fought the column of tanks and armored vehicles as it took positions on the outskirts of the teeming camp under cover of darkness, residents and witnesses said. Helicopter gunships hovering overhead fired two missiles at gunmen during fierce fighting. Five gunmen were wounded, one critically.
Sucking chest wound?
It was the second day in a row that Israeli forces had gone into the northern Gaza Strip to try to stop rockets being fired by militants toward the southern Israeli town of Sderot. The operation followed the army's killing of 14 Hamas fighters on Tuesday in the deadliest single strike ever against the militant Islamic group, which is sworn to Israel's destruction. Militants from Hamas, responsible for a double suicide bombing that killed 16 Israelis in the southern city of Beersheba last week, and other Palestinian groups vowed revenge for the Israeli attacks.
"We shall have Dire Revenge!™"
The latest spiral of violence could further assist complicate Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw troops and settlers from the occupied Gaza Strip by the end of 2005. Palestinian militants are determined to claim any Israeli pullout as a victory, but Israel has vowed to smash them first. Condemning the raid, Palestinian Negotiations Minister Saeb Erekat told Reuters: "While Israel speaks about disengagement, its army occupies large parts of the Gaza Strip... turning it into a big prison."
As opposed to a refugee camp like Ein-El-Hellhole.

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Posted by: Steve White || 09/09/2004 12:05:22 AM || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by: UFO TROLL || 09/09/2004 10:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Boo! Serf lose.
Posted by: Albanian Al || 09/09/2004 12:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Any idea how many Christians die in those attacks on refugee camps? Are they classified as 'colateral damage'?
Posted by: UFO || 09/09/2004 10:24 Comments || Top||



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