A Yemeni man divorced his first wife because she was loud and argumentative and picked a deaf and mute woman as his new bride. Al-Thawra daily said a 40-year-old man named as Yahya from the southern Dhamar province so tired of his wife's "screaming and endless disputes" that he left her after 15 years to remarry. Don't look at me, Yahya. I don't want her back...
"He chose one deprived of hearing and speech and who is quiet and mild-mannered," it said. Been there. Thought about that...
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Canada wants more information about a 15-year-old Canadian citizen captured by U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan and has asked Washington to take his age into account as it decides what to do with him. This is the little bastard who killed a Special Forces medic with a grenade...
Foreign Affairs spokesman Carl Schwenger said Monday that the International Committee of the Red Cross had visited Omar Khadr, who is being held by U.S. forces in Bagram and could be transferred to a U.S. base in Cuba as an enemy combatant. Leave him there until he dies of old age...
Omar, whose father is alleged to be an al-Qaeda financier, was captured July 27 after being wounded during a battle in which a U.S. soldier was killed and four others were wounded. Canada learned of the teen's capture Aug. 20, when the U.S. government contacted officials seeking to verify his identity. "Teens" hang out at malls and go to proms. Little terrorist bastards throw grenades and kill people who're better than they could ever be...
Canada asked for consular access to Omar, and the U.S. State Department refused. Maybe that's why Chretien's panties are all bunched...
The refusal didn't specifically refer to him by name or contain any personal information, Mr. Schwenger said. It said Canada would be notified if any of its citizens are sent to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as enemy combatants. Mr. Schwenger said Canada responded to the State Department by noting that Omar is a minor. "We specifically underlined our concern regarding his age," Mr. Schwenger said. And we specifically underlined out concern regarding the dead condition of our guy...
"Minors are treated differently under law. We want to make that point, and we hope that would be taken into consideration." Okay. Let's consider it...
Omar's older brother, 19-year-old Abdul Rahman Khadr, is also being held in Afghanistan. The teens' father, Ahmed Said Khadr, is an Egyptian-born Canadian citizen. He was arrested in Pakistan in 1995 after a bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad but was released. His whereabouts are unknown. Chretien personally intervened for this beauzeau, who then jumped bail. Terrorism is the family business.
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Gotta citation for that last Chretien snafu?
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This shit from Canada's ruling class makes me embarrassed to be a Canadian. First, it's Chretien's drug-addled crap about the West being responsible for the attacks: Greed, etc, etc, etc. Then he repeats it at the United Nations. No wonder many Americans must think us Canucks are truly loons. Then we get this Foreign Affairs geek's statements. More worried about this little creep's rights than what he did. Oh sorry, I'm sure this Schwenger would say "is alleged to have done." No mention of the American medic who was killed by the grenade. Oh man, I've been reading a tonne of stuff on the internet, but this one really got to me. Is there any chance the U.S. might like to pick up at least two more western states? There are enough people in Alberta (my province) and Saskatchewan who have had it with the Liberal ruling elite and the chattering classes in Canada that a change would be refreshing. And now we hear that the Liberals are talking about raising our Goods and Services Tax (the hated GST) at least three per cent to 10% or more to pay for all their social engineering and likely the Kyoto Accords which that asshole Cretin seems to think is the answer to all our woes. I apologize for this rant, but enough is enough of the fools that are running what is a great country into the ground.
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Sorry. Today's crowded... Here's the cite on Chretien's intervention, though the original link is dead. It's also mentioned in passing here.
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A tanker carrying explosives that was intercepted by Afghan police over the weekend was full of jet fuel and on its way to the U.S. military base north of Kabul, the head of foreign peacekeepers in Afghanistan said today. Damn. It wasn't a water truck. I'd been hoping. On the other hand, they caught them, didn't they? That's a real good sign...
Turkish Maj. Gen. Hilmi Akin Zorlu, who leads the 4,700-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, said that his troops had intelligence about a possible security threat to Bagram Air Base and tipped off Afghan police. I wonder where that intel came from? I don't know if ISAF has its own intel resources. I'd suspect it came either from the U.S. — or from the Afghan agents riddling the Secret Army of Doom.
Several arrests were made during the initial investigation, although the driver of the truck was freed after it was decided he had no knowledge of the explosives hidden in his vehicle. He was a sap. The other guys, however, are probably staked out wondering if Fahim's really going to drive a tank over them...
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The disclosure that restrictions were, after all, attached to Saddam's offer was made by the London ambassador of the Arab League which brokered the deal in the first place. Ali Muhsen Hamid claimed Iraq was being sincere, but he stipulated that civilian sites would not be available to the inspectors. "We support anywhere, any military site (for inspections), but not as some people have suggested for inspections against hospitals, against schools." Hospitals are among key sites for inspections because of evidence that Saddam uses health laboratories to manufacture viruses for biological weapons. An Arab League spokesman said only military sites were covered because it would take 10 years for inspectors to examine civilian buildings, which would divert the UN's attention from making Iraq obey its resolutions. "If the US really wants to resolve this dispute it will welcome the offer," he added. If this comes as a surprise to anybody, just take a pill and lie down...
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Did u meam POLL......OOPS I forgot Clintoon is gone...
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according to Brit Hume on Special Report/Fox the goofball is now denying (misquote! misquote!) that he said what the BBC transcripts clearly show him saying......oops
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Egypt and Jordan, key allies of the United States in the Middle East, Tuesday, September 17, 2002, dismissed a U.S. call for a tough new Security Council resolution on Iraq after Iraq's offer to allow the unconditional return of weapons inspectors. "After the letter by the Iraqi government, I see no need for another Security Council resolution," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). Oh, certainly not. I'm so surprised...
Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Moasher concurred, saying the Iraqi was "a very positive step in the right direction." He added, "I believe the tension has been defused. I think the letter is clear and I think we should take it at face value." Got another 12 or 18 months worth of talking in there, at least...
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After years of angry denials, North Korea admitted yesterday that its intelligence services had kidnapped 11 Japanese since the 1970s. A ruthless and lawless act from North Korea? Impossible...
Over the years there were suspicions that the sinister regime in North Korea was to blame. The Japanese authorities compiled a list of 11 people who they believed had been spirited to Pyongyang. Then, this year, the former wife of a Japanese Red Army terrorist testified in court that she had helped to abduct a Japanese woman in Copenhagen. During a summit in Pyongyang with Junichiro Koizumi, Japan's Prime Minister, Kim Jong Il, North Korea's leader, admitted that in the 1970s and 1980s his country had kidnapped the 11 people on Japan's list. Only four are still alive, with a fifth described as missing. Disposed of them when they were done with them, huh?
Mr Kim apologised for the abductions, said he had punished those involved and promised to prevent a repetition. No doubt they were beaten to death with ax handles...
Mr Kim did not explain why the abduction occurred, but according to defectors, they were used to teach Japanese to the regime's agents and educate them on everyday life in Japan, so they could operate there without being detected. Nor was there any explanation of why or how the Japanese died. Yep. They were dumped...
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US Marines will stage an amphibious landing in Kuwait during a month-long exercise in the Gulf that coincides with US diplomatic efforts to keep the pressure on Iraq. "Eager Mace 02" will involve up to 2000 Marines from an amphibious assault force led by the helicopter carrier USS Belleau Wood. "It is an amphibious exercise that is scheduled for later in September," said Lieutenant Commander Nick Balice, a spokesman for the US Central Command, who said it was expected to last three to four weeks. A Pentagon official said it would involve amphibious, ground, air and surface naval forces. And it'll leave them in position, freshly exercised, just in case...
Although it is an annual event, the exercise will put US force on display amid a building showdown with Iraq over what Washington says is a secret program to develop and acquire chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
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Western intelligence officers now believe that Osama bin Laden is either dead or no longer operating as a terror leader. The ease of the arrest of key al Qaeda operative Ramzi bin al-Shaibah in Karachi last week has led intelligence experts to conclude that al Qaeda's leadership is now badly disrupted and Bin Laden is no longer in charge. Bin al-Shaibah was interviewed over a satellite telephone by the al Jazeera television station in Dubai and within a day was captured by Pakistani Inter Service Intelligence troops backed and guided by the FBI. That doesn't bode well for the Bad Guys: pop your pointy little head up, and somebody takes it off. When even Karachi's too hot for them it's time to move on...
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The much trumpeted arrest of an Al-Qaeda leader in Karachi last week turned out to be hoax conceived by the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf to get good media coverage in the US media during the Generalâs visit to United States. You wish...!
It is surprising that the top intelligence agencies of Pakistan and United States were still unable to confirm the identity of the person which they suspect is Ramzi bin al-Shibah â the person who had allegedly masterminded the September 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington. Unable to confirm it only to the satisfaction of the jihadi press, which still doesn't admit, usually, that Binny was behind 9-11...
Some mujahideen sources had denied the arrest of Ramzi Bin Al-Shibah soon after the US media started trumpeting the arrest in Karachi. They said that Ramzi was safe and sound and was not living at the apartment where the extra-smart officials of ISI had raided to get alms from FBI and CIA. "Nope. Somebody else. And all those dead guys? They're still alive. That was somebody else, too..."
Later, a spokesman of the foreign office also confirmed that it was not hundred percent certain that the person arrested from Karachi was Ramzi bin Al-Shibah. He however said that according to the intelligence available about the suspects, the arrested person was known as Ramzi Al-Shibah. "It's not one hundred percent certain, but that's the name on his birth certificate. But he's an Arab, so that's prob'ly forged..."
The family of Ramzi has also rejected the notion that the photograph published by the newspapers was of Ramzi Bin Al-Shibah. His brother said that there was no resemblance in the photograph and his brother. He also stated that the family has learned through credible sources that Ramzi is safe and he was not among those who were arrested in Karachi. I think this is the process they call "denial"...
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An al-Qaeda militant arrested with alleged Sept. 11 organizer Ramzi Bin al-Shibh has been identified as one of the killers of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl. The identification was made by a Pakistani held but not charged in the kidnap-slaying. The Pakistani, Fazal Karim, was taken to an intelligence agency safe house where 10 suspects, including Bin al-Shibh, were held. The official refused to identify Pearl's alleged killer by name but said he was not among the five people, including Bin al-Shibh, who were handed over to U.S. authorities Monday and flown out of the country. That's interesting, but probably a by-product of confusion. The WaPo article today said the same guy had fingered Khalid Sheikh Mohammad as the knife artist. Does that mean Khalid's in custody of the Paks?
If true, Karim's statement would be the first evidence that al-Qaeda may have been involved in Pearl's abduction and killing. Seems the circumstantial evidence has been pointing that way for a good, long time. Like since December...
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Aside from Mr bin al-Shibh, there is furious speculation about the fate of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a close associate who boasted in an interview last week that he was the military commander of al-Qa'ida and the man who first thought of flying commercial airliners into prominent US buildings. Sure has. Got anything to add?
Conflicting, unofficial reports suggest that Mr Mohammed was either taken into custody with Mr bin al-Shibh, or that he was one of two al-Qa'ida suspects who died in a three-hour gun battle with Pakistani police last Wednesday. Or he got away. Thanks for the info...
American officials, acknowledging only the capture of Mr bin al-Shibh, have said that the significance of his capture cannot be overstated. Evidence that Mr Mohammed and Mr bin al-Shibh had become central figures in al-Qa'ida emerged in an interview they gave to the Arab satellite television station Al-Jazeera in June. In the interview, which was aired last week, they bragged about the two and a half years it took to plan the 11 September attacks, calling it "Holy Tuesday", giving themselves lavish credit and revealing several new details about it. Yep. They did some strutting...
One way or another, communications intelligence appears to have been crucial to locating Mr Mohammed and Mr bin al-Shibh. Spanish police found a telephone number for him in April while arresting the suspected financial chief of al-Qa'ida in Spain. Reports over the weekend suggest that the Pakistanis were led to the Karachi compound after the interception of a phone call that had been made by Mr bin al-Shibh. "Hello, Mom? Don't worry I'm okay... Uh... Maybe not!"
Details of the police raid remain sketchy and contradictory but, according to the most complete account Âthere were at least three separate raids between last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Mr bin al-Shibh was found asleep and seized without incident. After that, six Arabic-speaking men and one woman were captured, also without any resistance. They caught him in his sleep! He wasn't part of the shootout? Wotta putz.
However, as the police began escorting them down a staircase, a man armed with an automatic weapon — possibly Mr Mohammed — lobbed a grenade at them from the doorway of another flat. The police beat a retreat, losing control of some detainees in the chaos. That's when the fit hit the Shan, as they say in Thailand...
A furious battle erupted, pitting up to 200 law enforcement officials against the small band of resisters, who barricaded themselves on the roof of the compound. Two suspects were found dead, including the one who had thrown the grenade, and a dozen others were captured. Police searching the grenade-attackers' apartment found the Islamic statement of belief ("There is no God but God, and Allah is the prophet of God") daubed on a wall in human blood. "Allah is God and I am dead." Good riddance.
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The CIA and U.S. military are standing by off Yemen, ready to mount an operation to grab or kill what officials fear could be a growing number of al Qaeda fighters there, intelligence sources told ABCNEWS. Boy, that'll be a ratsnest!
Military sources say more than 800 special operations troops â including some from the secret Delta group that specializes in "snatches" of accused criminals on foreign soil â have been gathered in the nearby nation of Djibouti. Also part of the package is a large amphibious ship, the USS Bellieu Wood, which has been detached from other duties and is standing by off the coast of Yemen to act as a floating launch platform. It would allow an American force to assemble and launch without being observed, and if prisoners were taken, to immediately remove them from Yemen. And get them out of the range of the screaming...
Sources say the CIA is running the operation and has its own small paramilitary force in the area. Parts of Yemen remain beyond control of the central government, especially the vast eastern third of the country known as the Hadramawt. U.S. sources say Yemeni leaders are secretly negotiating over allowing an American operation within their borders. It'd be hard to mount an operation like that without Saleh's at least tacit agreement. But he'd probably be really happy to get rid of some of the more unruly Bad Guys infesting the Hadramat. There's a reason the Yemenis get along with the Pashtuns...
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