The Guardian â get up off the floor; yes, it's the Guardian â runs a story on Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a 32-year-old Somali-born Muslim immigrant to the Netherlands, who's been run out of the country in fear for her life by the mullahs.
Calling Islam a 'backward' religion, she claimed that orthodox Muslim men frequently indulge in domestic violence against women as well as incest and child abuse. To make matters worse, she added, such unacceptable behaviour is routinely covered up and never spoken about. And she launched a strong attack on the Netherlands' programme of multicultualism, which she said encouraged the isolation of Muslim women...
Within days she had received several serious death threats - apparently from extremist Muslims - and was forced to go into hiding. Now she has fled the Netherlands, a refugee once again, hounded out of her adopted home by a torrent of messages of hate.
The messages - which were anonymous and delivered over the phone - called her a traitor to Islam and a slut. Hate mail also appeared on the internet claiming she deserved to be knifed and shot. The police advised her to change address and questions were asked in parliament about whether or not she warranted bodyguards.
At a time when the Netherlands' almost one-million-strong Muslim community (out of a total population of 16 million) felt itself vulnerable and subject to attack, her words seemed to some to play into the hands of those demanding a clampdown on immigration, and anti-Muslim sentiment.
See? I told you it was The Guardian. The Netherlands' Muslims feel themselves vulnerable and subject to attack, so they threatened to kill her. That's logic at work...
The views of Ali Eddaudi, a Moroccan writer and cleric living in the Netherlands, were typical of many. He dismissed 'all the fuss' over a Muslim woman who 'pandered to the Dutch' and wanted, he said, to be a model immigrant.
That's certainly nothing a good Muslim would do...
The solution, she believes, is to use Dutch law to pursue more vigorously Muslim men who beat their wives and daughters, to stop teaching immigrants in their own language and to stop paying for the 700 Islamic clubs, most of which, she says, 'are run by deeply conservative men and perpetuate the segregation of women'.
But as we all know, those are just cultural differences, and one culture's as valid as another, so we shouldn't get involved. We can and should crack down on Western wife beaters and child diddlers, but if they're Muslims we should best keep out of it â they're not responsible for their actions, after all. I think I'll go take a shower now.
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Muslim men have a sharia obligation to beat their wives. (Koran 4:34) Inshallah!
An anti-tank mine exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing a man who was apparently trying to mine a road used by U.S. Special Forces troops searching for Taliban and al-Qaida militants, an Afghan official said. The man, whose identity was unknown, was trying to lay the mine on the road about seven kilometers (four miles) southeast of the Afghan city of Khost, near the Pakistani border, said Khost official Gulkhider. The mine might have exploded because the man was not familiar with the device and mishandled it, the official said. "Huh huh! This is so-o-o-o neat! Them infidels ain't gonna know what hit â ow!"
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Given the amount of explosive in an anti tank mine his identity may never be known.
Six Kuwaiti men detained in the fatal shooting of U.S. Marines last month have told a judge they confessed to complicity in the attack under duress, their lawyer said Sunday. The young men, including a 17-year-old suspect, said they had nothing to do with the Oct. 8 attack by two Muslim fundamentalist Kuwaitis but had to confess because they were beaten or "mistreated" by police, the attorney, Najib al-Wugayyan, told The Associated Press. "We wuz just standin' around, mindin' our own bidnid, when suddenly these here large men with moustachios and truncheons come up..."
The suspects have not been formally charged or referred to trial, but they were questioned Saturday by a judge to decide whether they should be released on bail. He ruled their detention should be extended while prosecution finished investigating the case. Police officials were not immediately available to comment about the alleged beatings. In the past, police have rarely responded when asked about frequent reports of mistreatment of criminal suspects. (Tap... tap...) Sympathy meter's still busted...
Five of the six suspects are members of the al-Kandari family, close or distant relatives of Anas al-Kandari, one of the two attackers who shot at the U.S. Marines while they trained on Failaka, an island off Kuwait's coast. One Marine was killed and one injured before the two attackers were gunned down by other Marines. I hope the intel guys are following the family angle in these terror networks closely. I suspect they are...
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They want sympathy? They can find it...in the dictionary, right between shit and syphilis
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An outspoken critic of the conservative clergy's leading role in Iran, who was sentenced to death last week, will be freed soon as the case had been "settled", speaker of parliament Mehdi Karubi said Sunday. "I say to his family that (the execution) will not take place and even that with the help of God he will soon return to his family," Karubi told parliament in a speech broadcast on state radio. Is that his neck he's sticking out?
He did not make it clear whether he was speaking from personal conviction or some deal had been done to release reformist academic and writer Hashem Aghajari. "The affair is settled and with the help of God it will soon be over," he added, calling on Aghajari to keep calm amid growing political tension in Iran. Political tension? In a peaceful, well-run country like Iran? When did that start?
"As a cleric and spokesman for many religious dignitaries whom I have contacted, I express my disgust at this shameful verdict," Karubi said to acclamation from the reform majority parliament. But they're all going to walk out anyway, so what's it matter?
He claimed that the sentencing of Aghajari Wednesday by a court in Hamedan, western Iran, was "the decision of a single judge." That's all it takes to stretch your neck in Iran...
"Almost every judge, the judicial authorities and religious leaders are against this verdict,", Karubi added, saying that it harmed the image of Islam and the Shiite clergy. "Most of them, anyway. The good ones..."
The 45-year-old Aghajari, who teaches history at Tehran University and was arrested August 8, was sentenced to death for insulting Islam after he called in a speech for a reform of Shiism and advised the faithful not to follow the clergy blindly. I thought following the clergy blindly was a requirement of Islam? Go thinking for yourself and there's no telling what kind of trouble you can get into. Nope. Best to leave the thinking to pious, God-fearing men with turbans and automatic weapons. It's the job of the citizenry to chant on command.
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Strictly speaking, not following the clergy blindly is a requirement of Islam. In areas where there are powerful clergy; however, following clergy blindly is a requirement for keeping your head on your shoulders.
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His allies are being arrested or condemned to death, and his dramatic bid to revive his stalled reform programme looks set to be shot down by his conservative opponents. We guessed that...
And with his popularity flagging, the question on the lips of analysts and diplomats is will Iran's embattled President Mohammad Khatami resign, or accept his lot as a lame duck leader? Now the mild-mannered cleric has tried to seize the initiative, with his allies in parliament presenting twin bills aimed at stopping hardliners from weeding out reformist candidates from standing in elections and enabling the president to challenge judicial rulings deemed to be more political than constitutional. Seen as a last-ditch attempt to rescue his presidency, which ends in 2005, Khatami's allies are now openly threatening a mass walk-out by reformists from the Islamic regime, and the president's resignation. He hasn't resigned yet, has he? But the ayatollahs are trying to force him out, so maybe he will. If his party goes with him, the ayatollahs will likely give the job to Rafsanjani. That might be the catalyst that brings on the collapse, kinda like Ayatollah Khomeini, only in reverse. Picture millions of Iranians in the streets, chanting "We've changed our minds!"
The conservative Guardians' Council, which vets all legislation from the reformist parliament, has already signalled the bills will be binned.
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President-for-Life Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi parliament to hold an emergency session to discuss a U.N. Security Council resolution that again calls on the country to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction or face "serious consequences," Iraqi media reported Sunday. The report on al-Shabab TV, owned by Saddam's oldest son Odai, seemed to signal that a reply to the U.N. on accepting the resolution and the return of U.N. weapons inspectors would not come immediately, although the Security Council resolution, adopted unanimously on Friday, demands a response within seven days. If it goes longer than seven days, guess they're in material breach, aren't they?
Neither the television station nor the official Iraqi News Agency made clear when the parliamentary session would be held. Al-Shabab TV said parliament's decision on the resolution would be referred to the Revolutionary Command Council, the country's major executive body, which is headed by Saddam. He'll have them talk about it as long as they possibly can. My guess â a response sometime around Day 8 or Day 9, with a chorus of support from the Arab League as they're quibbling about when Day 1 was...
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Grrr... if they try and pull that Day-Eight stuff, I hope they exit their little parliament and find Gen. Franks waving at them outside...
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I'd rather he come out of his hidey-hole to find a couple of Marines confronting him. One with a Squad Automatic Weapon, the other with a broomstick. They tell him he has a choice of swallowing the business end of the SAW, or dropping his pants and bending over.
The Chechen republic's Interior Ministry, formed only today, "will assume the bulk of responsibility for fighting bandits," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a Kremlin meeting with Chechen social and religious staffers on Sunday. Good idea. Set Chechen good guys to putting down the Chechen Bad Guys...
When speaking about the army, the President stated that it must remain in the places of its permanent disposition and "ready to resist possible exterior aggression... This, to a significant degree, will depend on the work of the Chechen Interior Ministry," the head of state pointed out. "External aggression" in this case being border crossings from safe areas in Georgia...
The President expressed his confidence that with the shifting of law-enforcing functions to Chechens, the human rights issue raised by one of the meeting participants would also be taken care of. Yeah. Let the Chechens worry about it...
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While meeting the public and religious figures of Chechnya in the Kremlin on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin said that terrorists and their accomplices must stand aside from the process of political settlement in Chechnya. That means they're "irrelevant"...
Those who choose [rebel leader Aslan] Maskhadovâs side, choose war, Putin said. He said that he did not consider it right to keep silent on Maskhadov. âUnder conditions of de-facto recognition of Chechnyaâs independence by Russia in 1996 this man obtained the power in the republic. How did he use this power, what did he create, what did he do to Chechnya?â the President asked. He's gonna tell us what the guy did. Have those guys at the Washington Post listen up on this â it's important...
He went on to answer himself â Maskhadov has led the republic to economic collapse and famine, complete destruction of the spiritual and social sphere, genocide of representatives of other nations in Chechnya and numerous casualties among the Chechen people. It was him [Maskhadov] who led Russia and Chechnya to war, Putin said. Ummm... Yep. That's a pretty accurate assessment. Succinct, but accurate...
At one time Maskhadov called upon us to destroy the odious terrorists and at the other time he suddenly appointed them his deputies, at one time he organized the bandit raids and at the other time he denounced those who worked upon his orders, the Russian President said. Couldn't make up his mind, could he?
Putin reminded the Chechens that in September last year Maskhadov received a direct suggestion to resume the process of negotiations. He has sent his representative to Moscow only for show, but then he again evaded any further contacts. Instead of negotiations, Maskhadov has chosen the path of terror, standing behind the scumbags who took hundreds of people hostage in Moscow on October 23, Putin said. Kind of hard to miss what Putin's opinion is, isn't it? I like Bush, but I do wish he's use the word "scumbags" more when discussing our enemies.
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Turkey has expelled from its territory the so-called representative of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Badruddin Zelimkhan Aslanguereyev. The Milliet daily reported on Sunday that the expelled Chechen had permanently resided in Istanbul and worked as a representative of Ichkeria in Turkey and in the Middle East. Spends a lot of time in Arabia, does he?
The decision to expel Aslanguereyev was taken after Chechen terrorists took hostages in a Moscow theatre from October 23-26. It has been proved that the leader of hostage takers contacted by phone separatist figures in several countries abroad, including Turkey. Meaning this guy was one of the political controllers...
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Deputy military commandant for Chechnya Major-General Ibragim Suleimenov has told the press that according to information from the last conference of the Chechen separatist leaders, received from intelligence agents, the so called President of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov had resigned from his post. Well, yessss... After the fiasco in Moscow, where the Chechen movement he heads lost any credibility, that's a reasonable move. He'll probably go into hiding and die of his own hand a few years from now... Right?
At the same time, Maskhadov was elected the Supreme Emir of Chechnyaâs Mojaheds and rebel commander Shamil Basayev received the post of the head of military command of the Supreme Emirate. The report contradicts with earlier statements of some Russian media that on November 5 Maskhadov relieved Basayev of all his duties after the latter claimed responsibility for preparation of the major terrorist act in Moscowâs Nord-Ost theatre on October 23-26. So they decided they're not going to be a "republic" anymore. They're a Supreme Emirate, just like Mullah Omar used to have. Wonder if Aslan will adopt the title of "Defender of the Faithful" and buy a turban?
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French police say that the order for the suicide attack of last April 11 on a synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, was given in Karachi. The attack resulted in the death of 21 persons, among them two French and 14 German tourists. Doesn't that come as a surprise?
The French anti-terrorist police who have been investigating the attack - with the support of Tunisian President Ben Ali - say they have been able to determine that the satellite telephone used by the kamikaze, Nizar Naouar, who drove an explosives-laden truck into the synagogue, was acquired in Paris by Walid Naouar, Nizar's brother, who has been undergoing police interrogation at Lyons, near where lives his family. The police affirm that the last call placed by Nizar before undertaking the attack was to a number in Karachi that they've been able to identify as belonging to Khaled Shaikh Mohammad, whom they describe as being a Kuwaiti national and one of the "new" operational heads of Al Qaeda. Kuwait describes him as being a Pak. Guess nobody really wants to claim him...
After four days of interrogation in Lyons, Walid Naouar is now being transferred to the Paris headquarters of the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST, the French equivalent of the FBI), where he is to be further questioned about the role he and his brother as well as Khaled Shaikh Mohammad played in the attack. Already police say that they are convinced that the call placed on April 11 to Karachi was intended to seek the green light from Khaled Shaikh Mohammad whom they consider to be the principal author of the attack. I'd guess that Khalid's the head of his fragment of al-Qaeda, and that he's pretty high up on the U.S. "most desired" list...
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FoxNews reports that John Malvo, the junior of the two Beltway shooters, has confessed to at least one of the Virginia shootings, and is singing like a canary.
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A leader of Pakistan's religious right, coming off the bloc's best election showing in the country's 55-year history, demanded Saturday that the U.S. military leave the country. "We were opposed to their war in Afghanistan before and we are opposed now. The vote of the people was clear. They want them out of Pakistan," Fazl-ur Rahman told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday. "We want them out of Afghanistan, too. And we want them out of Arabia. And we want them out of Europe. And we want them out of Asia..."
"People want good relations with the United States, but they want their sovereignty," he said. "They will have to respect the will of the people of Pakistan." There is no requirement, on the other hand, for the Paks to respect the will of the people of the U.S...
His voice soft, his head swathed in his trademark orange turban, Rahman chose his words carefully. He said he did not want to answer questions about the Taliban and al- Qaida, or about them finding sanctuary here under a government that included the religious right. "These are issues we will speak about in detail after the government is formed," he said. "If we welcome them with open arms before we're in power, the army might not let us take charge..."
But his lieutenant, Mir Hussain Gillani, a squat white-bearded cleric who sat at his side, said his party's policies are clear. He also said that it was the religious duty of every Muslim Pakistani to protect and offer sanctuary to Taliban and al-Qaida. He said Osama Bin Laden was not a terrorist, but "Osama is one of the biggest followers of Islam. And what has he done? What has the United States and the West proven that he has done?" "What's a few thousand people dead? They were only infidels, mostly..."
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The government said Saturday it had received a resignation letter from the chief prosecutor in the trial of the kidnappers of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Raj Quereshi did not say why he wanted to step down, Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said, but his assistants told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that Quereshi had received threatening letters and phone calls. That's life in Islamic paradise, isn't it?
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The government is trying to broker a coalition involving its major opposition party in a deal that could break a month-long impasse over the formation of a new government, political sources said here on Saturday. Sources said the regime had called for an alliance between the pro-government PML-Q and the party of former premier Benazir Bhutto, the PPP. That's something Perv should have been working toward since last March, but he couldn't stand the odor from Benazir's party...
Although the government has kept silent, official sources say an offer has been extended to the PPP leadership under which Benazir's jailed husband, Asif Ali Zardari, would be freed in return for agreeing to a coalition. That must break Perv's heart, too...
According to a PPP legislator, many of the party's 81 members elected to the National Assembly are in favour of abandoning pre-election acrimony and uniting with the PML-Q, which won 103 seats in the polls. "A sizable number of the PPP's MNAs want to be in the government," PPP legislator-elect Faisal Saleh Hayat told AFP. "There is no harm in sitting in the government. I have warned Benazir Bhutto that if we do not follow this line, there will be division in the party." If her hubby's let out of jug, Benazir might go for it...
Asif, in an interview with AFP on Friday, acknowledged there were ongoing negotiations between the PPP and Musharraf's regime, but denied his release from jail - where he has been held since 1996 on corruption and criminal charges - was being used as a bargaining chip. "No, no! Certainly not! That would be hypocritical, wouldn't it? He'll be released for, ummmm... other reasons."
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Jamaat-i-Islami amir and MMA parliamentary leader in national assembly Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the MMA is determined to enforce Islam in the country. Can't have an emirate without being able to cut people's heads off and stone adultresses and such...
Qazi Hussain Ahmad said that 'Deen' and the country were interdependent. The country could not exist without 'Deen'. He said that by supporting the MMA the people of a small province had shown light to the rest of the country and had proved how influential and powerful candidates could be defeated by the people by supporting the ordinary candidates. He said that prayer leaders had defeated the former rulers of Swat and Chitral. This was a revolution through ballot and the victory of the people's power. "Without spittle-spewing clergymen, whipping the rubes into a frenzy at every opportunity, Pakland might still be a third-rate backwater with little discernable civilization, but we wouldn't be devout, would we?"
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You only got 10% of the federal votes, Qazi, so don't tread on Sindh and Punjab or our Southern Alliance will do to NWFP and Boloxtoon what the Northern Alliance did to your Taliban monkeys.
Pakistan on Friday called on the international community to address the dangerous pattern and practice of discrimination, intolerance and hatred on the basis of religion and culture and reverse it. Now I've got coffee all over my screen, my keyboard's ruined, and my nose is scalded on the inside. Cheeze, that hurts!
Formally introducing Pakistan's draft 'declaration on religious and cultural understanding, harmony and cooperation' at the UN General Assembly, Munir Akram, permanent representative said the mutual misunderstanding and suspicion between followers of different faiths and cultures have become significantly accentuated in the aftermath of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. "Despite declarations by world leaders that the war against terrorism is not targeted against any religion or any religious or social group, discrimination, mistreatment and hate have proliferated," he pointed out. Much of it in Pakistan, in fact...
Akram regretted that some simplistic academic analyses and theories, projecting a "clash of civilizations", had provided a veneer of respectability to the practice of religious and cultural discrimination and intolerance. "In recent months, some extremists have gone to the extent of attacking Islamic teachings and insulting revered religious personalities. Such prejudice, hate and blasphemy have evoked justifiable and widespread anger among the adherents of Islam. In some states interested groups were exploiting popular misperceptions of Islam and Muslims to justify institutional and individual acts of discrimination and repression against Muslim minorities or Muslim peoples in the guise of fighting terrorism." Pakistan certainly seems to be the place to go to learn all about that stuff...
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This from a country where a man can kill his wife with impunity if she displeases him, where non-muslims can't walk the streets without fear of being killed,a country which sends terrorists to murder innocent people in its neighboring country because of a border dispute.Yeah, I guess I do get bigoted about that.
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A car exploded Sunday in northern Israel, killing two suspected terrorists who were in the vehicle, Israeli police said. Police said they suspected the two were Palestinian suicide bombers. The car had been ordered to pull over, and when it did so, the blast occurred, police said. The explosion took place near Kibbutz Netzer, close to the border with the West Bank. "I'm tellin' you guys, read the manual!"
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You incompetent little shaheeds. No houris for you. Say hello to hell for all eternity.
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Police clashed Sunday with a gang of alleged smugglers led by a Muslim extremist who escaped from custody 10 days ago, and several people were killed, officials said. Police backed by armored vehicles and anti-riot squads surrounded the house where Mohammed Ahmad Shalaby, also known as Abu-Sayyaf, had barricaded himself with other alleged gang members in the city of Maan. Abu Sayyaf is certainly getting to be a popular name lately, isn't it?
Shalaby and two other fugitives were supported by members of a Bedouin tribe armed with assault rifles, hand grenades and other weapons, security and police officials said. Several people were killed and wounded in the clash, but exact numbers were not known. One policeman was reportedly among the dead. Interior Minister Qaftan Majali said several people were detained, including foreigners, and weapons were seized. "The campaign will continue until all gang members are arrested," he said. It'll be interesting to know where the foreigners originated...
Maan, about 130 miles south of Amman, is home to many heavily armed Bedouin tribesmen who oppose the government's pro-Western stance and a 1994 peace treaty with Israel. The area also is known to be a center for smugglers trafficking arms from neighboring Arab countries, including Iraq and Saudi Arabia. We can guess the destination for those that don't remain in Jordan...
Majali said he had gone to Maan on Wednesday and tried unsuccessfully to persuade the tribesmen to hand over the fugitives, prompting Sunday's raid. Government spokesman Mohammad Affash Adwan said members of the gang were wanted for arms and drug smuggling, killings and assaults, as well as challenging the government and burning cars belonging to university professors. Jordan's largest fundamentalist group, the Muslim Brotherhood Movement, criticized the government raid. "It is unacceptable and reflects the martial mentality pursued (by the government) to deal with national issues and citizens," it said in a statement. "It reflects the martial mentality pursued by the government" to respond to riot and insurrection with force?
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Well, let's see...they aren't Zionist smugglers, and lead by Muslim Extremist...sounds like Soddy Arabia to me...
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Australia Defence Minister Robert Hill said on Sunday that Australia needed to work with Kopassus, Indonesia military special forces, following the Bali bombings that killed at least 180 people, about 90 of them Australian. "We haven't been (working with Kopassus) in recent years because of their human rights record. We now have to in the light of the Bali bombing and the light of terrorist threats," Hill said. "Maybe the tool stinks, but if it's the only thing available to do the job, we'll have to hold our collective breath and use it..."
Kopassus earned a notorious reputation for its alleged role in the torture and abduction of dissidents during the auathorities of former president Soeharto. Hill said cooperating with Kopassus would not gain universal support in Australia, however, he believes that the move is needed for terrorism eradication efforts in Australia. The people who won't be supporting the arrangement aren't the same ones who vacation in Bali, are they? Didn't think so...
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Actually, they are the same people. The Bali vacationers do tend to be granola types... will be interesting to see how muted Aussie reaction is to this. My guess is that the reaction won't be muted, and this will have interesting ripples through parts of the Left's sympathy & support base.
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Authorities say about 10 people who carried out the deadly Bali nightclub bombings are still believed to be in the country. "Police are hunting for people believed connected to the bombings. They number around 10 and were the field operators," National Police deputy spokesman Edward Aritonang was quoted as saying by Reuters on Sunday (10/11/02). He admitted the culprits could have fled the country, but said police were certain they were still in Indonesia. I'd guess the head guy is safely back in Arabia by now, though...
Aritonang said the man who last week confessed to involvement in the bombings, Amrozi, could face the death penalty under tough new anti-terror legislation. Tough for Amrozi. Hope he enjoys the virgins...
Or maybe they're not...
Indonesian investigators suspect several accomplices of the prime suspect in the Bali bombings may have fled to neighboring Malaysia, an intelligence official said Sunday. Over the last two days, police have raided homes in Amrozi's home village of Tenggulun, looking for several of his friends and relatives. Police, however, said most of them had fled. "We are looking for them in Malaysia. Most of them have gone there," said an intelligence official on Bali who asked not to be named. That's less surprising than having them hanging around where the Indon coppers can grab them easily...
Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Edward Aritonang declined to speculate where Amrozi's alleged accomplices, believed to number around 10, may be hiding. "What's clear is we are chasing them everywhere that we think they are hiding," said Aritonang. And the Malay cops can probably be counted on to help, which isn't the case when the situations are reversed. I noticed the Bad Guys aren't suspected of having beat it to Singapore...
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A suspect in a series of deadly bomb attacks who was freed on a judge's orders was re-arrested on leaving prison, his lawyer said Saturday. The judge on Friday ordered Nasharuddin Nasir freed, saying police failed to back up allegations that he was a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah group that officials say has links with al-Qaida and is a prime suspect in last month's Bali bombings. "I have been informed by police that he has been re-arrested and is being held at a police station near the prison," his lawyer Saiful Izham Ramli told The Associated Press. Guess the coppers had a different opinion on whether he should be released. They really get cheesed when somebody puts the fix in for a dangerous character...
Rohaizad Rahim, a senior official in the Home Ministry, confirmed the re-arrest but declined to give details. "What part about 'really cheesed' don't you understand?"
Saiful described the re-arrest a "blatant violation" of the judge's ruling and said he would file court action against the police and government for defying the judge's order. "Instead of respecting the court, the police have chosen to act arrogantly by re-arresting Nasharuddin," the lawyer said. Does that mean the judge has to give the money back?
Authorities had ordered Nasharuddin to be detained for two years at the Kamunting prison camp, 155 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. Nasharuddin is one of 14 people arrested in April under Malaysia's Internal Security Act which allows indefinite detention without trial on suspicion of connections to extremist groups. This is not the kind of move the cops would normally make without political backing. I'd guess that Mahathir's administration takes the threat more seriously than Hizzonner does...
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11/10/2002 09:15 am ||
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Indonesian investigators have alleged that the prime Bali bombing suspect, Amrozi, sought the permission of spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir before launching the bombing campaign on October 12. An investigator working on the case told The Australian that Amrozi had made the admission during interrogation by Indonesian police. Further damning claims about Amrozi's connections to banned terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah emerged yesterday, the chief bombing investigator alleging he had family links to the highest level of JI's southeast Asian network. Look for the enablers, sympathizers and fifth columnists in Indonesia to turn themselves inside-out over this one...
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11/10/2002 11:12 am ||
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The US State Department has added nine groups suspected of terrorist links to a visa blacklist which will keep their members or affiliates out of the country, sources reported. With these additions the total number of 'extremist oraganizations' rises to 45 groups, which includes businesses groups too. They have been put on US Terrorist Exclusion List, the department said in a statement issued on Friday. The new entities are:
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
