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| Worldwide manhunt underway for Midhat Mursi | ||
| 2004-01-11 | ||
US Intelligence agencies have launched a worldwide manhunt for Al-Qaeda’s master bomb maker, who, they contend, may be building a "dirty" bomb and other new devices for terror attacks inside the United States. US counter-terrorism officials were quoted by the New York Post as saying that it was new information about the activities of Egyptian-born bomb maker Midhat Mursi, in part, that led the Bush administration to secretly dispatch Department of Energy radiological detection teams to New York and four other cities at New Year’s eve. Before the Bush administration decided to raise the nationwide alert level to Code Orange, an Al-Qaeda informant had said that Mursi, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Khabab, was active again, intelligence officials told The Post.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #23 rkb - Putting this all back into perspective - re-read my comment. Out of all the snarkyness that constitutes the Daily Rantburg Interactive News, you pick one little semi-obvious play on words today to start your sudden campaign of "Now let's be serious, folks, it's important! Lookit me! See how serious and rational I am?" LOL! Right. I know it's important, perhaps better than you - certainly at least as well. You, your strained indignation, your sudden impulse to remake Rantburg to please yourself - to play PC Policeman, this dreadfully pointless morose stance, your implied self-importance and wisdom and gravity, and your Abu colleagues notwithstanding, this is just you having a go - for actual reasons unknown. Knock yourself out pretending to be the only person hereabouts who's taking this seriously. Ditto for extolling the virtues of being inoffensive and so wonderfully inclusive - you get the Rantburg PC Defender Award. Ditto redux for the notion that you are somehow more privvy to how consequential the WoT actually is... Pfeh. The truly ludicrous aspect of this is that there are 100 other comments made here every day which equal or exceed mine in those qualities which have offended you - at least by the reasoning you've presented. Your response is far more disingenuous than truthful. Classic after-action ass-coverage for your incontinent brain fart. So yeah, IMHO, the cheap shot was yours. And, if you insist upon pretending you aren't dissembling here to cover yourself, please allow me to add that you are henceforth permitted to kiss my ass. If this is simply an overblown mistake and you can swallow your pride as deftly as you stick your foot in your mouth - then that's fine, too - I can drop it. You pick. I'm certainly not going to change to please you. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-11 7:35:57 PM |
| #22 .com, yes I was serious and no, I don't think my comment was asinine or self-righteous. And while I have even less Arabic than Hebrew (and my Hebrew is fading fast so that's not a lot) I do know that many terrorists use nicknames &/or titles like Abu (father of) xxx which are not their given names. But that's not my point. My point is that those of us who know we're facing a long, serious war need the support of other voters in our countries if we are to muster the sustained effort needed to win this thing. And while I can appreciate black humor and can rant sarcastically with the best of y'all, there comes a point where things like making fun of Moslem names also makes it hard to get through to thoughtful people who are on the fence. Making fun of names from another culture - especially when it happens often as it seems to do of late on Rantburg - is indeed a cheap shot. It undercuts the important points you regularly make here. I'll go further, too. The reality is that we will need, not only centrist / moderates in our countries to back this war, we will also need to find and encourage moderate Moslems in their countries too. Yes, yes, I know all about our nuclear and other capabilities - been there, worked on that, teach some of it to up and coming new officers right now - and yes we could turn a good part of the middle east and east Asia into melted pools of radioactive glass. But I for one want to WIN this war, not just endure it, and I want a functioning global economy afterwards, and that means I want functioning societies which will be made up in part of Mohammeds and Fatimas. And oh yeah - I count a small number of people with those sorts of names among my friends and colleagues. So yeah, "cheap shot" seems to fit. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-1-11 6:41:28 PM |
| #21 As I recall on that fine day that SH first posted here.... he was Steve... and was notified the name was taken.. and taken.. and taken... thence the world learned of Super Hose! Super Hose and the Killer Whale! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-11 3:35:40 PM |
| #20 Well of course: SuperHose had to be a member of the Army of Steve™! Nothing else would explain his obvious erudition and intelligence [I knew it all along]. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-1-11 1:28:15 PM |
| #19 Make that Journal of Islamic Stoning Medicine. Sometimes an acronym is so obvious that it should be stamped on my forehead. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-1-11 12:51:10 PM |
| #18 Calhoun.... of course, its all clarifying now. LOL JC Calhoun was something of a TrollSlicer himself. My Middle name is of course Calvin, First name Thomas... that's TC Shipman (Jr.) to you trolls with guts. BTW I live in a very nasty neighborhood. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-11 12:17:14 PM |
| #17 I suggest sorting the Mohammeds through a wire screen mesh, the finer the mesh, the better. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-1-11 12:12:30 PM |
| #16 Try and get an Arab to read the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA - translate this from the Arabic) and not break out in laughter (or a cold sweat if near a mullah). But we have a hard time reading their Journal of Injurous Stoning Medicine. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-1-11 12:08:18 PM |
| #15 Am I the only one who thinks we should have a law against to many people named Muhammed? Let's not do that. "Allowing" them to name their children Muhammed, or changing their name to Muhammed, or adopting a nom de guerre of Muhammed makes them easier to spot, easier to run down. The next step is to capture all the "Muhammeds" in the world, sort them out (that's the tricky part), let the one or two halfway sane ones go, and hang the rest. The Wahabbi Islamic Group has declared war on us. Let's make it as hard as possible for them by eliminating their cannon fodder. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-11 12:06:11 PM |
| #14 Am I the only one who thinks we should have a law against to many people named Muhammed? Let's not do that. "Allowing" them to name their children Muhammed, or changing their name to Muhammed, or adopting a nom de guerre of Muhammed makes them easier to spot, easier to run down. The next step is to capture all the "Muhammeds" in the world, sort them out (that's the tricky part), let the one or two halfway sane ones go, and hang the rest. The Wahabbi Islamic Group has declared war on us. Let's make it as hard as possible for them by eliminating their cannon fodder. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-11 12:06:10 PM |
| #13 Well, just to clarify, I was born in Texas... I don't live anywhere these days, so to speak - I've just started looking for a place to settle, now that I'm back in the US. LA today and Las Vegas tomorrow afternoon. I discovered Quizno's Black Angus sandwich last week - which has already made coming back worthwhile. 8^) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-11 12:00:16 PM |
| #12 Calhoun? Now I can't stop grinning! It's nothing against you .com, but it's just something to grin about since you live in Texas. BTW, am I the only one who thinks we should have a law against to many people named Muhammed? |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-1-11 11:33:21 AM |
| #11 Harold? Hell, that's not bad - you should've been born a Texan - mine's Calhoun. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-11 11:16:55 AM |
| #10 My real name is Stephen Harold Donnelly. I have kept that a secret since 9-11 for fear that the jihadis might make fun of my middle name, but frankly I have decided that I no longer care if they do. Let a storm of boogers lodge in all their mustachios. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-11 11:11:32 AM |
| #9 rkb - WTF? Are you serious? How, um, asinine. The Abu monikers are not real names - or don't you realize this, yet? And exactly what do you have against Secret Sauce? Sheesh, how touchy can you get? Get a grip. I DO post on the actual facts regards Islam - all the fucking time. I find your remark insipid and incredibly self-righteous. As for "hiding" my identity - why not? Do I need to invite another 50 Spam emails each day to satisfy your vapid sense of propriety? I suggest you take your soma. Cheap shot, indeed. |
| Posted by: .com (a.k.a. Abu This) 2004-1-11 10:38:30 AM |
| #8 Shipman, I couldn't really care less about PC sensitivity. What I do care about is waking up my fellow US citizens and other Westerners to the serious, long-term threat we face from Islamacist fanatics and those who tolerate them. And things like making fun of Moslem names gets in the way of helping them to see that threat and take it seriously. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-1-11 10:27:09 AM |
| #7 Not only does Khabab sound like Kabob, but also Midhat sounds like Mad Hat. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-1-11 10:19:06 AM |
| #6 Making fun of our enemies is a time-honored American tradition. Just ask Bugs Bunny or Spike Jones. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-11 9:13:16 AM |
| #5 i think were entiltled to have a laugh at thier names and they can make fun of ours.Seriously though this guy sounds pretty dangerous and needs hunting down like the rat he is. |
| Posted by: Jon Shep 2004-1-11 9:03:37 AM |
| #4 Damn... A known Rantburger asking for sensitivty? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-11 8:58:05 AM |
| #3 .com, making fun of Muslim names is a cheap shot, especially since you hide your own. The actual facts of Islamacism are pretty damning in their own right. Why not focus on those instead of playground taunts? |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-1-11 7:34:37 AM |
| #2 whats the betting he's hiding in a mosque.very high me thinks |
| Posted by: Jon Shep 2004-1-11 4:39:37 AM |
| #1 Abu Khabab... LOL! What'll they think of next, Abu Secret Sauce? I would imagine satellite photos of scores of dead animals got a quite a bit of circulation. This guy may end up being the one who finally lights the fuse that brings us out of the PC fog and into reality. I hope they collar him first, but finding one asshat in the whole world is asking a helluvalot - especially since he will definitely be protected and sheltered at all costs. Sigh. You know, we don't have to wait for this to happen... There's this 40 km strip of land along the Eastern coast of Saudi Arabia... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-11 2:18:16 AM |