Rantburg

Today

Mon 02/21/2005

Sun 02/20/2005

Sat 02/19/2005

Fri 02/18/2005

Thu 02/17/2005

Wed 02/16/2005

Tue 02/15/2005

Archives

		556939 articles and 1922996 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 92 articles and 528 comments as of 3:57.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Local News
Syria replaces intelligence chief
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Splodey uses ambulance - Al-Jihadzeera video	4 00:00 Sobiesky [11130]
10 cleared in Aussie bomb probe	0 [11132]
Witness: Defendant Had Ties to Bin Laden	1 00:00 JerseyMike [11129]
Former Translator at Guantanamo Is Sentenced to 20 Months	7 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
Lebanese opposition declares independence uprising	14 00:00 Tholuck Angomotch9553 [11128]
Saudi charity, 2 officers indicted in Oregon on fraud and tax charges	0 [11129]
Afghanistan Disarms 80 Percent of Country's 50,000 Militiamen	1 00:00 Mac Suirtain [11135]
Valentine's Day massacre triggered by cell phones	6 00:00 Dishman [11130]
2 Abu Sayyaf jugged in Zamboanga	0 [11129]
Update on the Ashura Eve violence	6 00:00 Phil Fraering [11127]
Ansar al-Islam is the major recruiter for Iraqi jihadis	1 00:00 trailing wife [11139]
2 Zarqawi lieutenants jugged	1 00:00 No novocaine [11127]
Basayev's commander for central Chechnya killed	0 [11132]
50 LeJ members arrested in Karachi	0 [11136]
Thaksin sez car boom planned by kin of separatist leaders	0 [11134]
Canucks spring al-Qaeda member on $40,500 bail	5 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Turning off the Television and Putting Away the Gun	3 00:00 Remoteman [11129]
Police arrest suspect in Thai car bombing	0 [11131]
Ansar al-Islam recruiting in Europe grows	1 00:00 BigEd [11134]
Sunni suspects die in gun battle	0 [11129]
Ashura begins, Blasts rock Baghdad Shia mosques	8 00:00 .com [11130]
Weekly Piracy Report - 8 to 14 February 2005	4 00:00 Shipman [11138]
Irish police raids net (IRA's) millions	0 [11130]
Four killed in Thailand blast	0 [11132]
Bomb threat against US embassy in Jakarta	0 [11132]
Plutonium Missing From British Site	44 00:00 AzCat [11129]
Somali bomb kills one in apparent anti-AU attack	0 [11130]
Prime suspect in PM assassination bid arrested	0 [11133]
Jaish threatens to disrupt bus service	6 00:00 Frank G [11135]
Pakistan: Feud kills foreign fighters	2 00:00 Shipman [11127]
FBI foiled plot to kill Pakistani diplomat	1 00:00 Liberalhawk [11133]
Attackers hurl firebombs at NGO offices in Dhaka	1 00:00 Desert Blondie [11133]
Page 2: WoT Background
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy (Part 2)	0 [11133]
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy (Part 1)	0 [11130]
For wannabe F-18 pilots -- complete with carrier landing...	2 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [11129]
Syrian Leadership in Disarray?	4 00:00 2b [11131]
Kurds Are Republicans. Who Would Have Guessed?	1 00:00 Robert Crawford [11131]
Important Player in WoT Missing	0 [11131]
Iranian Cleric Challenges Hardliners through Blog	3 00:00 AzCat [11127]
Canadian, US forces announce joint exercise	5 00:00 Phil Fraering [11133]
"Texan" arrested after saying he sought bin Laden bounty	5 00:00 Thraing Hupoluper1864 [11133]
NPR Commentator Denounces "Support Our Troops" Stickers on Cars	38 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11134]
15 major terrorist attacks prevented in Europe since 9/11	0 [11134]
Pakistan deploys commandos in preparation for Ashura	1 00:00 Seafarious [11132]
Official sez al-Qaeda may enter the US through Mexico	5 00:00 Shipman [11131]
Iran and the Nuclear Weapons Triggers	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Syria replaces intelligence chief	5 00:00 Jake-the-Peg [11136]
U.S., China Agree on North Korea Nukes	10 00:00 Jame Retief [11138]
Defence to top Japan, US talks	1 00:00 jackal [11137]
Secular or Islamofascist Iraq?: Pretenders Profiled	25 00:00 trailing wife [11135]
Leaving Kurdistan, like leaving a country	6 00:00 RWV [11129]
Kurds win in 5 Iraqi provinces	2 00:00 Deacon Blues [11136]
Use Kid Glove Response: Dutch Report on Van Gogh Jihad-Kushi	4 00:00 DAJ [11132]
'America would back Israel attack on Iran'	54 00:00 OldSpook [11131]
US spying on Iran nuclear sites from space -Iran	23 00:00 Phil Fraering [11135]
Lahoud praises Hariri as Lebanese call for Syria to leave	7 00:00 3dc [11129]
Khatami Pledges Support to Syria	8 00:00 Dishman [11130]
Authorities request Swiss help in murder probe	6 00:00 SwissTex [11134]
Al-Hariri family joins call for inquiry	0 [11134]
Malaysia Still Quizzing Khan's Deputy for N-Proliferation	9 00:00 Zhang Fei [11127]
Badawi urges US and Iran to resolve dispute diplomatically	7 00:00 Duh [11131]
New Palestinian cabinet to be presented to parliament	1 00:00 gromgorru [11129]
Kim's Birthday Celebration	13 00:00 trailing wife [11135]
Darfur Foes Agree to Revive Peace Talks	0 [11130]
Hizbul Mujahideen to reunite with splinter group	3 00:00 Shipman [11133]
Terrorists exploiting Islam should be singled out	2 00:00 Roberta Flack [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
County coroner seeks large shrink-wrap machine	1 00:00 Robert Crawford [11133]
US President George W Bush has declared a major disaster in American Samoa	0 [11132]
Canadian Health Care Continues To Collapse	2 00:00 john [11132]
U.S., Central American Law Enforcement Unites Against Gangs	0 [11132]
Pneumonic Plague Kills Scores in Congo Outbreak	4 00:00 phil_b [11129]
Kyoto protest beaten back by inflamed petrol traders	3 00:00 Zhang Fei [11129]
Russian scientists who invented hangover cure make pill that keeps you drunk	9 00:00 Dcreeper [11133]
Saudi Aramco bidding on Venezuela's Citgo	1 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
Related to Kyoto: Smart glass reacts to the weather, will reduce energy use	1 00:00 Desert Blondie [11129]
Gorilla Foundation rocked by breast display lawsuit	6 00:00 DMFD [11131]
Choicepoint to alert additional 110,000 of identity theft risk	1 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [11136]
Life on Mars: Not So Fast	1 00:00 BigEd [11127]
The Kyoto Protocol Launches! But Will it Matter?	3 00:00 2b [11131]
Greek church charity sends wigs to tsunami victims	9 00:00 ANdrea [11136]
Japan to Join U.S. Policy on Taiwan	6 00:00 RWV [11131]
Report: Rude Ruud dodges a bullet	5 00:00 Anonymoose [11133]
Geffen Unloads On Hillary: 'She Can't Win'	28 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
Malaysia club raid sparks row	8 00:00 Anonymoose [11133]
Science Fiction Authors Hoax Vanity Publisher (dumbass lit-snobs played for fools)	13 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Capitalism and Human Nature	2 00:00 phd [11133]
VDH: Unsung Victories	12 00:00 Phil Fraering [11138]
Ralph Peters: Smart Intel Pick	6 00:00 OldSpook [11131]
Why Labour Does Not Need the Jews (another nail in the Euro-coffin)	11 00:00 Bulldog [11127]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Follow-up: Train crash caused for ex-wife's attention	4 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
Strip Club Artfully Slips by Anti-Nudity Law	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
"Friends, Romans, Countrymen"----Human Ear found in street	16 00:00 State Versus Meadow Muffin case [11132]

    
                23:31 Atomic Conspiracy

                        23:25 Phil Fraering

                        23:20 Sobiesky

                        23:19 DMFD

                        23:14 Phil Fraering

                        23:09 DMFD

                        23:08 JosephMendiola

                        23:06 Phil Fraering

                        23:05 Atomic Conspiracy

                        23:04 Phil Fraering

                        22:56 2b

                        22:54 trailing wife

                        22:53 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:49 CrazyFool

                        22:46 Eris

                        22:41 trailing wife

                        22:41 SwissTex

                        22:40 Jame Retief

                        22:39 trailing wife

                        22:33 JosephMendiola

                        22:20 badanov

                        22:20 trailing wife

                        22:19 SwissTex

                        22:14 Frank G

Who's in the News
92	[untagged]

On Sale now!

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.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2005-02-18
Syria replaces intelligence chief

Thu 2005-02-17
Iran and Syria Form United Front

Wed 2005-02-16
Plane fires missile near Iranian Busheir plant

Tue 2005-02-15
U.S. Withdraws Ambassador From Syria

Mon 2005-02-14
Hariri boomed in Beirut

Sun 2005-02-13
Algerian Islamic Party Supports Amnesty to End Rebel Violence

Sat 2005-02-12
Car Bomb Kills 17 Outside Iraqi Hospital

Fri 2005-02-11
Iraqis seize 16 trucks filled with Iranian weapons

Thu 2005-02-10
North Korea acknowledges it has nuclear weapons

Wed 2005-02-09
Suicide Bomber Kills 21 in Crowd in Iraq

Tue 2005-02-08
Israel, Palestinians call truce

Mon 2005-02-07
Fatah calls for ceasefire

Sun 2005-02-06
Algeria takes out GSPC bombmaking unit

Sat 2005-02-05
Kuwait hunts key suspects after surge of violence

Fri 2005-02-04
Iraqi citizens ice 5 terrs

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.

216.73.216.24

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

WoT Operations (32)

WoT Background (34)

Non-WoT (19)

Opinion (4)

Local News (3)