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Good morning
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And she overgams, if that's a word.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 09/26/2012 8:39 Comments || Top||

#2  I suppose there could be such a word as overgam but not with gams like hers.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 09/26/2012 11:21 Comments || Top||

#3  No way could overgams be a word. hahaha
Posted by: 49 Pan || 09/26/2012 12:05 Comments || Top||

#4  EU is correct.

She couldn't overhot, overshow or overmostanythingyoucandowithabodylikethat.
Posted by: AlanC || 09/26/2012 13:35 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Kenyan army clashes with Al shabab in southern Somalia
(Sh.M.Network)--Witnesses say Kenyan military forces have clashed with Al shabab beturbanned goons in parts of Somalia's southern Lower Jubba region, forcing local residents to flee their houses.

The fighting which raged on for several hours on Monday night erupted when fighters from Al shabab attacked Kenyan army in Janay Abdalla area, where t least nine civilians were rubbed out Sunday by a Kenyan soldier.

It was immediately unclear where there has been a casualty following the fierce battle.

The area is reportedly tense and both sides are tightening their grip of control and residents are fearful over the tensions.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Heavy fighting erupts in central Somalia

(Sh.M.Network)--Heavy fighting
... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy...
between two armed militias are reported flared up in Somalia's central region of Mudug, causing deaths and injures, witnesses said on Tuesday.

Locals told Shabelle Media Network on the phone that the fighting occurred overnight in rebel-held Dumay village, and both sides used heavy and small weapons that could be heard across the area and nearby locations.

Sources said Al shabab fighters mounting vehicles have reached at the battle area, to intervene the fighting between the local armed militias that was spreading across the regions.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Around 100 people arrested in Afgoye town
(Sh.M.Network)--Forces loyal to Somali government on Tuesday conducted massive search operations in Afgoye district, located 30 Km south of Mogadishu, capturing 100 of people.

Officials said the operations were in response to rampant insecurity in the district for the last few days. the move followed after gangs killed a civilian in the town last night.

At least 100 have so far been known seized in connection with Al shabab during the operations, according to local residents.

Officials in the district of Afgoye declined to give further details and information about the search operations and why those 100 persons hade been sized.

These operations came one a day after locals informed to Somali government forces over the insecurity acts and killing a civilian as the reason is still untold.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Africa North
U.S. Officials Knew Libya Attacks Were Work of Al Qaeda Affiliates
Gosh, Champ and his administration are caught lying.

Again.
Within 24 hours of the 9-11 anniversary attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi,
That wasn't an anniversary attack, remember, that was spontaneous 'Muslim rage'...
U.S. intelligence agencies had strong indications al Qaeda--affiliated operatives were behind the attack, and had even pinpointed the location of one of those attackers. Three separate U.S. intelligence officials who spoke to The Daily Beast said the early information was enough to show that the attack was planned and the work of al Qaeda affiliates operating in Eastern Libya.
None of the three officials will speak on record, of course, so make of this what you will. But at least they're no longer blaming a YouTube video.
Nonetheless, it took until late last week for the White House and the administration to formally acknowledge that the Benghazi assault was a terrorist attack. On Sunday, Obama adviser Robert Gibbs explained the evolving narrative
'Evolving narrative' is the code phrase for 'lie', apparently...
as a function of new information coming in quickly on the attacks.
A more clued-in presidential advisor simply would have looked at the calendar, seen the date, '9/11', and remembered that it was an anniversary of sorts...
"We learned more information every single day about what happened," Gibbs said on Fox News. "Nobody wants to get to the bottom of this faster than we do."
Like hell. You want it buried, and your boss is out there talking about the replacement NFL refs rather than getting to the bottom of this.
The intelligence officials said U.S. intelligence agencies developed leads on four of the participants of the attacks within 24 hours of the fire fight that took place mainly at an annex near the Benghazi consulate. For one of those individuals, the U.S. agencies were able to find his location after his use of social media. "We had two kinds of intelligence on one guy," this official said. "We believe we had enough to target him."

Another U.S. intelligence official said, "There was very good information on this in the first 24 hours. These guys have a return address. There are camps of people and a wide variety of things we could do."
So why not do them, and quietly...
A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to comment for the story. But another U.S. intelligence official said, "I can't get into specific numbers but soon after the attack we had a pretty good bead on some individuals involved in the attack."

It's unclear whether any of these suspected attackers have been targeted or arrested, and intelligence experts caution that these are still early days in a complex investigation.
If it's 'unclear' than the correct answer is, no, they've not been targeted, since Champ needs to stay above such things, at least until he clears it with Valerie Jarrett...
The question of what the White House knew, and when they knew it, will be of keen interest to members of Congress in the election year.
And should be of keen interest to the public...
Last Thursday, the Obama administration formally briefed House and Senate members on the attack. Those briefings however failed to satisfy many members, particularly Republicans. "That is the most useless, worthless briefing I have attended in a long time," Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, was quoted as saying.
Blamed a YouTube video did they, Bob?
The Daily Beast reported last week that the U.S. intelligence community was studying an intercept between a Libyan politician and a member of the so-called February 17 militia, Libyans charged with providing security for the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
So we contracted our security to a weak-kneed militia group, one that is apparently susceptible to being bribed or threatened by turbans with guns, and Hillary -- who as Sec. of State is required to ensure the safety of our diplomats -- didn't see the need for locks, US security personnel, guns and a plan. The rot starts at the White House but extends quite a ways down at Foggy Bottom...
More intelligence has come in that shows members of Ansar al-Sharia, an al Qaeda--affiliated group operating in and around Benghazi, were attempting to coerce, threaten, cajole, and bribe members of the militia protecting the consulate.
Worked, too. They got what they needed to stage (for them) a very successful attack. They killed our ambassador. They counted on embarrassing our president, but Champ has demonstrated that he's beyond such earthly concerns.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/26/2012 10:26 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  obooboo's bin laden victory lap is making "Mission Accomplished" look good...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/26/2012 11:09 Comments || Top||

#2  If we knew where the AQ affiliates and militias were located in Benghazi - then why didn't the USA call in an air strike on those buildings??? Our PUBLIC response to a dead ambassador ... has been absolutely nothing. Bad - really bad.
Posted by: Raider || 09/26/2012 11:10 Comments || Top||

#3  "We had two kinds of intelligence on one guy," this official said. "We believe we had enough to target him."

And the undoubtedly recommended the target be actioned. Due to the bravado on the Bin Laden termination, we know all too well who has the final say on targeting.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 11:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Gosh, Champ and his administration are caught lying.

Well, their attack on the Second Amendment via Fast & Furious floundered in lies and they figure the First Amendment had something to do with it. Same game plan different players to take that out, along with any other annoying Constitutional obstructions to the Party's ultimate control.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/26/2012 11:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Standing by the narrative even after it was debunked was not only stupid, but dangerous. The Whore O' Crat party at it's best.
Posted by: newc || 09/26/2012 11:48 Comments || Top||

#6  Our Champ had a targeting window, he let it slip away in favour of the now infamous Susan Rice narrative. The Rice narrative failed miserably, the bad guys vanished; twin failures. The MSM and locals trashed the compounds. The FBI "crime scene investigators" and DoD FAST team continue to sit on their hands in Tripoli. More from the Lybian president at the link below:

Klik

Rank amateurs the lot!
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 11:56 Comments || Top||

#7  Now wait, Champ said it was not a terrorist attack. He was correct, from his position. He does not believe AQ are terrorists. He believes we are the terrorists and we, America, are evil. He was just being honest with the American people....
Posted by: 49 Pan || 09/26/2012 12:01 Comments || Top||

#8  Well in Champ's defense. It wasn't a Gregorian Chant. If you listen to the drums and tribal liturgy long enough....well. And yes, twenty years is long enough.

"No, not GOD BLESS America, GOD **** America."
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 12:09 Comments || Top||

#9  No, no you people. If there was a credibility gap we'd hear it from the MSM. Wouldn't we?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 09/26/2012 12:57 Comments || Top||

#10  Tyrant Obama - He licks the muslim ass that Americans refuse to.
Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division || 09/26/2012 13:38 Comments || Top||

#11  Meanwhile the Hillary-Obama apology video is being shown in Pakiland which assures our ally enemy that it was not our government who made the anti-islamic film but some nut in California (one of our democratic satellites). "We will be sure to quiet him (send him off to the gulag) when we have er, er, er more flexibility."
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/26/2012 14:03 Comments || Top||

#12  Shouldn't Al Queda did it be the default theory when we are attacked. At least until some evidence proves it wrong.

I mean if we were attacked by planes in the Pacific back in 1943 it would be natural to assume the Japanese were involved, right? We are at war.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/26/2012 14:41 Comments || Top||

#13  hoods, zip ties and big panel trucks !
Posted by: Angiting Snore1647 || 09/26/2012 16:50 Comments || Top||

#14  2Fast2Furious.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/26/2012 17:42 Comments || Top||


Fighters exchange fire in Tripoli
Former Libyan rebel fighters seeking more recognition from the North African country’s new rulers briefly exchanged fire outside the national congress in Tripoli on Tuesday, members of the assembly said.

Tuesday’s incident comes two days after Libya’s head of congress pledged to dissolve rogue militias who have refused to lay down their arms since the civil war that ousted longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi last year. Libyan leaders are trying to impose order on post-revolutionary armed groups in the wake of a fatal assault on the US consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, in which the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed.

Underlining Libya’s precarious security, an argument during the demonstration outside the national congress boiled over into an exchange of gunfire.

“They started fighting among each other, first just hitting each other and then exchanging fire,” congress member Nizar Kawan said, adding that some protesters were carrying banners saying “do not sideline the revolutionaries”.

“Some of them were saying they should end the protest, others did not want to, and it escalated.”

A second congress member, who declined to be named, said that politicians were evacuated to a nearby hotel.

“Security forces asked congress members to leave the building,” he said. “Security forces closed off the area and started shooting in the air to stop the protesters.”
Posted by: Steve White || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Matches the assessment recently discovered in a diary.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 4:34 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria says senior Islamist killed, 156 arrested in raids
[Al Ahram] Nigeria's military said Tuesday that it has killed a senior Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
Islamist leader and locked away
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
156 suspected members of the group during a weekend raid in northeastern Adamawa state.
"In the three-day operation, the town was placed under 24-hour curfew, which enabled soldiers to comb the nooks and corners," said Lieutenant Saleh Mohammed Buba, military front man in Adamawa.

"A total of 156 suspects were rounded up in raids of suspected (Boko Haram) hideouts. A sect commander known as Abubakar Yola who went by the alias Abu Jihad was rubbed out in a shootout while trying to flee," he added.

The operation was carried out in the town of Mubi, not far from the city of Maiduguri in neighbouring Borno state, which is considered the base of the Islamist group that is blamed for killing more than 1,400 people in Nigeria since 2010.

The military has claimed a series of successes against the group during weekend operations in several cities in the northeast, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency.

In Damaturu, the military said it killed 35 suspected Boko Haram members in fierce shootouts from late Sunday into Monday morning.

Like Mubi, Damaturu was placed under round-the-clock curfew ahead of the military operation.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram


India-Pakistan
Security man killed in Jamrud blast
[Dawn] A security man was killed and another sustained injuries in a kaboom in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Monday.

Officials said that security personnel were returning to their barracks after escorting a convoy, supplying goods to NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
forces in Afghanistan, when an improvised bomb planted in the bushes along the road went kaboom!.

The kaboom caused injuries to two security personnel, who were taken to a hospital where one of them identified as Amjad Malikdinkhel departed this vale of tears.

The Khasadar Force conducted a search operation in Teddi Bazaar after the incident but didn't arrest anyone.

In Nowshera, three coppers and two passers-by were maimed when a van carrying prisoners was hit by a remote controlled bomb near Rashakai on Monday. Officials said that the police van was taking three prisoners from Nowshera to Mardan when it was targeted with a remote controlled bomb near Rashakai Interchange on Mardan Road.

Head constable Iqbal Syed, driver Jan Ali and constable Raj Mohammad were maimed seriously in the blast. Two passers-by identified as Zabeta Khan and Rezwan Ahmad, residents of Rashaki, also suffered injuries in the blast.

Bomb Disposal Squad reached the area soon after the incident and collected evidence. Officials said that about three kilograms of explosives were used in the blast. They said that a remote control was found near the scene of occurrence.

DSP Mohammad Riaz said that the police van was taking back three prisoners from Nowshera courts to Mardan. The Rispalpur cop shoppe registered the case against unidentified krazed killers.

In Darra Adamkhel, a commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain surrendered to security forces on Monday.

Official sources said that the krazed killer commander, Qari Mohammad Younas, was a close aide of Tariq Afridi, chief of Taliban in Khyber Agency and Darra Adamkhel. He laid down arms and surrendered to the army, they added. The surrendered krazed killer was shifted to an unknown place.

They said that the krazed killer was wanted in several cases including attacks on forces and kidnappings of coppers and civilians.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Six killed in incidents of violence in Karachi
[Dawn] Incidents of violence and firing claimed six lives in various areas of Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.

In the city's Surjani Town area, two people were killed when unknown assailants opened fire on them. The dear departed belonged to a political party.

Firing incidents in New Bloody Karachi and Mominabad killed two people and injured one.

One person was killed in a separate firing incident in Korangi.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment...
a body was found in a flat in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.

On the other hand, tension prevailed in North Bloody Karachi while the funeral of four brothers killed in a firing incident yesterday took place.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  have to say ... sounds like a wonderful place for a honeymoon :-)
Posted by: Raider || 09/26/2012 16:38 Comments || Top||


Two key al Qaeda commanders killed in N Waziristan drone strike
[Dawn] Two key al Qaeda linked operatives, including an operational commander have been killed in Monday's US drone strike in North Wazirsitan Agency, official sources said.

The al Qaeda linked forces of Evil killed in the drone strike have been identified as Abu Kasha Al-Iraqi and Saleh Al-Turki, an intelligence source told Dawn.Com.

Abu Kasha Al-Iraqi, hailing from Iraq, had arrived in North Wazoo Agency in 2001 and had since been one of the key operational commanders of the al Qaeda in North Waziristan tribal region, intelligence officials said.

Taliban sources also confirmed that Abu Kasha and Saleh al-Turki's funerals were held in Mosaki area of North Waziristan late Monday night.

Local people had reported that six people were killed and two others inured in the US drone attack in North Waziristan's Mir Ali tehsil on Monday. Security officials, however, had told AFP the attack had killed five bad turbans.

The drone fired two missiles on a suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban compound in Degyan area of Dattakhel along the Pak-Afghan border. Abu Kasha and Saleh Al-Turkey were said to be among the forces of Evil killed.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Syrian mortars 'accidentally' land in Golan
Syrian soldiers fought rebels on Tuesday in a firefight that killed nine people and sent several mortars sailing across the border into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military said nobody was hurt in the shelling and that the spillover was believed to be accidental. But Israel filed a complaint to the United Nations peacekeeping force that patrols the tense region between Israel and Syria.

In July, mortar shells fell about one kilometer (half a mile) from the Golan boundary. The spillover is among the most worrying developments from the Syria crisis, which has the potential to enflame the entire region.

An Israeli defense official said the military believes the Tuesday’s incident in the Golan Heights was a mistake and the mortars were not aimed at the Jewish state. It was not the first time shells from Syria exploded in Israel since the uprising began, the official said.

There have been concerns in Israel that the long-quiet Israel-Syria frontier area could become a new front against the Jewish state. The defense official said Israel is concerned that the border region could become as lawless and deadly as Israel’s frontier with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has become since the fall of longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last year.
The Israeli side won't be lawless, but the Syrian side, who knows...
The Israeli news site YNet quoted a resident near the border as saying the mortars struck an area filled with apple trees.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Israeli military said nobody was hurt in the shelling and that the spillover was believed to be accidental.

Providing IDF Forward Observers the cell phone numbers of Syrian commanders should assist in keeping most of the rounds within the fan.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 9:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Israel should suggest that any more of this might result in artillery shells accidently crossing the border in the other direction.
Posted by: AlanC || 09/26/2012 13:37 Comments || Top||

#3  "So-rry!"
Posted by: mojo || 09/26/2012 15:27 Comments || Top||


Hundreds of Syrian refugees riot in Jordanian camp
[Al Ahram] Hundreds of Syrian refugees demanding help to return home from a camp in northern Jordan rioted and clashed with security forces on Monday night, Jordanian and United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
officials said.
Six members of the security forces were maimed by stones thrown by protesters, a front man for the Jordanian forces said on Tuesday, while Syrian activists at the Zaatari camp said that several refugees were maimed.

Zaatari contains about 30,000 refugees and has been the scene of frequent protests about conditions at the camp.

"There was a demonstration that got out of hand," Sybella Wilkes, spokeswoman for the U.N. refugee agency, said in Geneva.

Wilkes said that 300 refugees were believed to have been involved in the protest and that they wanted to return to Syria to help their families, despite worsening violence in the country.

"Jordanian authorities said they were very reluctant to take people to the border, where they have seen a lot of insecurity. They didn't want to take people into harm's way," Wilkes added.

One refugee at the camp, speaking on Skype, said that the violence broke out after security forces tossed in the slammer
You have the right to remain silent...
four people. Camp residents gathered and started hurling stones at the security forces, who responded by throwing stones back at them and firing tear gas, the refugee said.

The front man for the security forces said that seven people were placed in long-term storage
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
for inciting violence but did not comment on how the riot was handled.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Damascus bombers 'hit Syria military HQ'
BBC's version:
Two large explosions have shaken the centre of Syria's capital Damascus, near the military general staff headquarters.

The blasts happened just before 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT) in an area dominated by government buildings.

Information Minister Omran Zoabi said two roadside bombs caused the blasts, and said one might have been inside the main military compound.

Witnesses said the main building of the compound was on fire.

State media said only that fires had broken out near the military headquarters and while reports said there had been several injuries, officials said there had been no casualties in the attacks.

The staff command compound is the heart of the Syrian army and it is located in a strategic position in Damascus, near to the state TV building.





Debka's report:
Multiple explosions rock Damascus
DEBKAfile September 25, 2012, 12:19 PM (GMT+02:00)

Two Syrian rebel groups claimed dozens of senior officers and regime militiamen were killed in one of the blasts at the Palestine Branch of Syrian intelligence Tuesday. Syria State TV reports 7 injured in coordinated explosions at a school used for planning meetings between militia and security officers. The attacks took place on the main Damascus highway to the international airport.
Posted by: Water Modem || 09/26/2012 03:05 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Its nice now Al Qaeda are back on our side
Posted by: Shailet Johnson7702 || 09/26/2012 12:48 Comments || Top||


Mass arrests in Syria's Banias: watchdog
[Al Ahram] Syrian forces have placed in durance vile
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
at least 68 people, including three children, in a sweep of the coastal city of Banias led by Sunni Mohammedan officers loyal to the Alawite-dominated regime, a watchdog said Tuesday.
Twenty-five women were also among those set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
in the massive operation, which was carried out during the past four days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding the rest were men.

The Britannia-based monitoring group called on the regime to release them.

"We warn the Syrian authorities that their continued detention will ignite popular rage and spark the sectarian conflict that the security forces have pushed for since the start of the revolt" in March last year, it said.

The campaign of arrests was led by three high-profile Sunni officers bent on proving their loyalty to the embattled regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Trampler of Homs...
, who belongs to the Alawite sect of Shiite Islam, the Observatory said.

Over the course of the 18-month conflict in Syria, some have warned the violence might take on a sectarian nature, in a country rich in religious and ethnic groups.

About 80 percent of Syria's population of almost 21 million people are Sunni, some 10 percent are Alawite, five percent Christian, three percent Druze and one percent Ismaili.

According to the Observatory, the authorities have arbitrarily set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
thousands of Syrians, including women and kiddies, during the conflict; many have been tortured, others have been killed.
Posted by: Fred || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria



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