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Afghanistan
Iranian Weapons Found in Afghanistan
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 12:22 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  off topic: depressing news the coward muj just released the execution vid of the captured soldiers I seen a couple of the the pics but not the video.. I may not watch it..
Posted by: RD || 06/04/2007 13:30 Comments || Top||

#2  It's been quite some time since I watched a vid like that, and it's unlikely this will change; anyway, what's the point? These are propaganda videos, to "inspire" their fellow muslims and get more recruits, more funding, more tacit support for their "successful fighting", and also, to terrorize and demoralize their ennemies, and sow dissent and give ammo to what would called here the 5th column nad/or the appeasers.
So, why pollute my mind with such abomination? I know that these snuff movies exist, what they look like after watchign a few, and I don't feel like bothering to watch a single more and give in to the jihadis propaganda.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 14:01 Comments || Top||

#3  I never saw one and never will. Slime like that don't get to rattle my cage.
Posted by: Grunter || 06/04/2007 14:40 Comments || Top||

#4  I have a really, really long memory. I hope...sometime in the future...that we payback everyone of those islamo-cockroaches. Just off them one at a time after the "war" is over.
Posted by: anymouse || 06/04/2007 23:34 Comments || Top||


NATO ‘mistakenly’ wounds two Afghan cops
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - NATO-led troops shot and wounded two Afghan policemen and detained 12 others overnight after mistaking them for enemy fighters, a provincial police spokesman said Sunday. The 12, who had been handcuffed, were handed back to their headquarters on Sunday after the error was realised, Zabul province police spokesman Gulab Shah Alikhil said.

The confusion arose when policemen manning a checkpost along a key highway running through Zabul heard gunfire from the foreign soldiers on Saturday and went to investigate, he said. ‘The troops were on an exercise, perhaps, near our checkpost. Our policemen came out to see what’s going on there after they heard gunshots,’ Alikhil told AFP. ‘NATO forces, mistaking them to be enemy, fired on them. Two policemen were injured and 12 others were taken away,’ he said.

The incident occurred near the Zabul capital Qalat. The Kabul media office of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force did not immediately have information about the incident.
Posted by: Steve White || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This is why professionals wear unmistakable uniforms. I'm glad it all got straightened out.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/04/2007 8:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Now why in hell would gunfire spark any police curiosity in Zabul province. Why, there are weddings and celebrations of harvest (opium) everyday.
Posted by: Jack is Back! || 06/04/2007 10:43 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Danish ship and crew hijacked off Somalia
NAIROBI - Somali hijackers have seized a Danish cargo ship and its five Danish crew in the latest case of piracy plaguing waters off the lawless Horn of Africa nation, a Kenyan maritime official said on Sunday.

The Donica White was carrying building materials from Dubai to Kenya’s Mombasa port when gunmen boarded it late on Friday, Andrew Mwangura, director of the Mombasa-based East African Seafarers Assistance Programme, told Reuters. ‘We expect a ransom to be demanded in the next three to four days, and we expect it to be high because the crew were all Danish nationals this time,’ Mwangura said.

Four other ships -- an Indian dhow and three fishing vessels from Taiwan and Tanzania -- are currently being held by Somali pirates, who have made the Indian Ocean corridor off their homeland among the most dangerous waters in the world.

Experts have long speculated that the pirates are using a mysterious ‘mother ship’ to reach their targets far out at sea, and then board them using smaller speedboats. Mwangura said the hijacking of the Donica White, in heavy seas more than 130 miles (210 km) off the coast, appeared to have been carried out that way. ‘We have not seen it yet, but there has to be (a mother ship),’ he said. ‘Small ships like those that attacked could not have made it so far from the coast in very rough seas.’
So they're not small-time operators. Wonder who would have a vested interest in making the seas off Somalia unsafe?
Waters off the Somali coast, Africa’s longest, are trade routes for key commodities like oil, grains and iron ore from the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea down to the Mozambique Channel. Thousands of merchant ships snake past the Somali coastline to the Cape of Good Hope every year.
Posted by: Steve White || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wouldn't it be lovely if those cute little speedboats returned to their mothership to find only bits of flotsam and a slight sheen of oil. So much can be done with satellite information and a GPS-guided missile or two, I imagine. Who afterwards would complain? Strange things have been known to happen to ships in rough seas, after all.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/04/2007 8:35 Comments || Top||

#2  All those religion of pieces peace pirates just saying "hello".

10-1 Iran is funding them.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/04/2007 9:15 Comments || Top||

#3  Experts have long speculated that the pirates are using a mysterious ‘mother ship’ to reach their targets far out at sea, and then board them using smaller speedboats.

They are 130 miles off the coast? This can't be that difficult to sort out. As TW said, accidents can occur on the high seas far from shore to a mother ship. Then all you have is small boats on high seas a long way from home.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/04/2007 10:10 Comments || Top||

#4  "Don't make me melancholy. You wouldn't like me when I'm melancholy."
-- From 'The Incredible Green Dane'
Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/04/2007 10:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Did they find any cartoons?
Posted by: Jack is Back! || 06/04/2007 10:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Carrying building materials from Dubai, you say? Missiles, weapons, and explosives always seem to concealed within them and could be intercepted at sea, besides demanding ransom. The missing cargo ship off the west coast of Africa is still missing, too, probably repainted and reflagged.
Posted by: Danielle || 06/04/2007 15:23 Comments || Top||


Suicide attack on Somali PM's house kills 4
A suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded five others in an attack on the home of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Sunday, security officials said.

Meanwhile, at least 12 Islamist fighters, including foreigners, were killed in US naval shelling and fighting with regional forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland, officials said on Sunday. The Puntland government said its forces crushed the fighters in the hilly areas around the town of Bargal before a US Navy warship shelled the area. “Their bodies are lying in the mountains and we hope to show them to the media. They [Islamists] have lost the battle and we killed 12 of them,” said a Puntland military commander requesting anonymity.

Puntland Finance Minister Muhammad Ali Yusuf told reporters in the northern Somali town of Bosasso, “Our forces defeated the Islamist fighters consisting of Somali and foreign fighters. Most of them are dead now and some have fled the area. Our forces are fully in control of Bargal.”
The terrorists were from America, Britain, Sweden, Morocco, Pakistan and Yemen.
Citing documents recovered, he said the “terrorists were from America, Britain, Sweden, Morocco, Pakistan and Yemen. Five of our own fighters were wounded in the fighting.”

There was no independent confirmation of the claims on the deaths of the foreigners, but terrified residents reported fatalities. Residents said at least 15 people were wounded when a US Navy destroyer on Friday fired on several targets in the mountainous terrain, where Al Qaeda operatives and Somali Islamists are believed to have bases. “The casualties could be far greater than we think. But so far we have been told that 15 people were injured in the attack,” Muhammad Gure, another resident in a village near Bargal told AFP. He said the injured were taken to Bosasso for treatment.

A Somali jihadist group calling itself the Young Mujahideen Movement had earlier said it suffered no casualties in what it called “random” US air strikes and said it killed 11 soldiers.
A Somali jihadist group calling itself the Young Mujahideen Movement had earlier said it suffered no casualties in what it called “random” US air strikes and said it killed 11 soldiers. The statement could not immediately be verified but was on a website used by Al Qaeda and other Islamists, reported Reuters.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, Ethiopian forces killed a civilian and wounded two others after narrowly escaping a roadside bomb explosion, the latest in a string of attacks in the capital.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
130 Islamic Jihad militants released
Posted by: Seafarious || 06/04/2007 08:20 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In a sane world you would never release Islamic Jihad Militants. Never Ever!
Posted by: 3dc || 06/04/2007 13:12 Comments || Top||

#2  In a near perfect world, Islamic Jihad militants would never be captured, only killed.
In a perfect world, there would be no Islamic Jihad militants.
Posted by: Rambler || 06/04/2007 13:22 Comments || Top||

#3  In a sane world Egypt would belong to the Copts.
Posted by: gromgoru || 06/04/2007 14:15 Comments || Top||

#4  In a sane world Egypt would belong to the Copts.
Posted by: gromgoru || 06/04/2007 14:15 Comments || Top||

#5  Are they frickin nuts?
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 06/04/2007 23:03 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Azerbaijan: Journalist Arrested Over Article On Iran
(AKI) - An Azeri journalist who had written an article on potential targets in Azerbaijan which Iran could choose to strike has been arrested. Einollah Fatollahov, the editor in chief of Realti Azerbaijan newspaper, wrote a story on the possibility that Tehran could target Azerbaijan, a close ally of Washington, in retaliation to a US attack against Iranian nuclear installations. He was detained Friday on terrorism charges for his story.

Among the potential targets listed by the journalist in his article is an oil pipeline connecting Baku oil fields to the Turkish port of Jihan, on the Black Sea. Relations between Baku and Tehran have been extremely cool for years although they have improved since current president Ilham Aliev, who succeeded his father Haydar, stepped into power in 2003 as head of the former Soviet Union republic.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No judgment - Check.

Supposed to know better - Check.

Hates his own country - Check.

Harmful to self and family - Check.

Harmful to your supposedly fellow citizens - Check.

Defends his immature behavior even after having had it explained to him - Check.

Surprised by all the fuss - Check.

Wonders what all the fuss is about - Check.

Wonders why nobody else understands how important it is to give this stuff to the enemy on a silver plate - Check.


He's a perfect candidate to be a writer for the NY Slimes! He will get paid better and nobody will do anything meaningful about his treason.
Posted by: gorb || 06/04/2007 7:44 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Indian army logs more militant infiltration from Pakistan
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - The Indian army said it had registered an increase in militant activity along the heavily-militarised Line of Control, despite a pledge by Pakistan to block cross-border insurgents.

The comments came after Indian troops on Monday killed four "suspected" Islamic "militants" along the de facto border with Pakistan, in what police said was the sixth infiltration attempt in less than 10 days.

"There has been no let-up in infiltration by militants into our side from across the Line of Control," army spokesman A.K. Mathur told AFP, asserting that militant training camps were still intact across the border in Pakistan.

"The infiltration this time of the year is bit higher than last year," he said, after troops reported killing a group of four "heavily-armed" fighters in a fierce gunbattle on Monday.

The army says militant attempts to cross the ceasefire line into Indian Kashmir increase in the summer as snow melts on mountain passes.

The level of militant activity this season will be closely watched as a barometer for the state of the slow moving India-Pakistan peace process launched in 2004.

Islamabad denies New Delhi's charges of arming and funding the militants, and has pledged to do its best to stop insurgents in Kashmir.

The divided territory has sparked two of the three wars fought between the neighbours since their independence in 1947.

The insurgency launched against Indian rule in 1989 has claimed more than 42,000 lives by official count.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 12:15 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Have they tried poisoned gas? I'll bet that is the fastest way to scrub a mountain pass.
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 06/04/2007 23:26 Comments || Top||


Nuggets from the Urdu press
Children chained in nighiban centre
As reported in the daily Jang, a child protection and welfare institute raided a children’s centre where they found six children chained by the Social Welfare department employee at Lari Adda in Multan. They were kept without food for 12 hours and were victims of sexual assault; blue films were made to blackmail them. These children were sent to truck drivers and hotel employees for sex.

Disease attacks sacred Buddhist tree
As reported in daily Express, the sacred tree under which Siddhartha Gautama was enlightened is under the attack of disease and its leaves are falling rapidly. The Buddhi tree in Buddha Gia city is 2550 years old and is being preserved as historical heritage by the United Nations. A scientist said the disease is due to the lack of humidity close to its roots. Actions are being taken to remedy the sickness.

Indians among richest men in England
As reported in the daily Jang foreigners, especially Indians, are fast becoming the richest men in England. The richest man in England is steel manufacturer Lakshmi Narian Mittal, whereas the queen of England is at position number 229. Ismaili spiritual leader Prince Karim Agha Khan is the 51st richest man in England. Out of the ten richest British-Asians, nine are Indians and only one is Pakistani.

The untold story of shaheed Amir Cheema
According to a feature in milli edition of Nawa-e-Waqt, the same Amir Cheema who attacked Danish newspapers for publishing blasphemous cartoons got a job at a textile factory on Raiwind road. There, he objected to the design of floor tiles, because they seemed similar to Quranic verses. He offered to replace these tiles with his own money. After his request was rejected he quit the job and went onto a textile factory in Karachi.

Mushtaq Ahmad gave champagne to Bob Woolmer
As reported in the daily Jang, the ex media manager of Pakistan’s Cricket team, PJ Mir said that Mushtaq Ahmad gave champagne bottles to Coach Bob Woolmer. Mushtaq Ahmad said, “Bob Woolmer came to my room when a ball injured me, and took the bottles with him, as I don’t drink alcohol.” A friend of Mushtaq’s, who is a resident of England, gave him these bottles.

Qazi apologises for his role in 17th Amendment
As reported in the daily Nawa-e-Waqt, the ameer of Jamaat Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad apologised for his role in the 17th Amendment and said that they were tricked by a liar. He said that only joint resignation would help remove General Musharraf. He said they would not arm themselves to face the armed malachia in Karachi. He said that he takes the responsibility of Maulana Fazl ur Rehman and Muslim League (N) should take responsibility for the PPP.

Hafiz Quran travelled to Spain as Sikh
As reported in the daily Nawa-e-Waqt, a hafiz Quran Abid Muneer tried to reach Spain using the passport of a British Sikh. He was arrested in Dubai by immigration officials and sent back to Pakistan. He told Pakistani officials that his two brothers are in Spain and had arranged fake documents through human traffickers to reach Spain. He said instead of a bright future he now faces lockup in Pakistan.

Accept Islam in ten days or else
As reported in the daily Jang, local Taliban threatened Khyber Medical College in Peshawar to make burqa (veil) compulsory for female students or to get ready for bomb attacks on the college. In another incident, a letter warned the Christian community of Charsadda that all resident Christians shall embrace Islam or leave the locality in ten days. If the deadline is not met, they will respond with a bombing.

Iblis (Satan) summoned by court
As reported in the Daily Pakistan, Abdul Sattar filed a strange lawsuit against Iblis (Satan) and he was summoned to court. Abdul Sattar claimed that Mohammad Aslam (chela) was his good friend and he was trying to lure him into the world of sin at the behest of Tariq Pervez (Iblis), whom Mohmmad Aslam calls his ‘Guru.’ He said, by the grace of God, he had not been trapped by their designs.
The West hasn't had a synod horrenda since the 800's, I think...
Can a mosque be built on illegal land?
Columnist Afzal Rehan wrote in the Daily Pakistan, that the Islamic Ideological Council, in a detailed judgment, called constructing a mosque on illegally acquired land as against Islam. The judgment was given on the petition by the National Institute of Sociology against the forced construction of a mosque on its land.

MQM can't face jihad forces
According to the daily Nawa-e-Waqt, strategist intellectual Hameed Gul said the government is responsible for the Karachi killings. He said the government is pursuing an imperialist agenda for civil war in Pakistan (after Afghanistan and Iraq). He said the chief justice helped Karachi citizens by not allowing the privatization of steel mills.

Dhakka start Iranian Mahan Air aircraft
According to the daily Jang, an interesting situation developed when dozens of PIA officials pushed Iranian Mahan Air aircraft to send it back to Iran. When the airplane crew forgot to place an engine part called ‘tobar’ on the plane, 60 to 70 PIA workers and passengers started to push the plane. Iranian planes have previously been started like this on a number of occasions.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  60 to 70 PIA workers and passengers started to push the plane

and if the engines stop during the flight?
Posted by: Classer || 06/04/2007 0:41 Comments || Top||

#2  The Iblis story reminds me of one of the most famous lawsuits in American History, United States ex rel. Mayo v. Satan & His Staff, 54 F.R.D. 282 (W.D. Pa. 1971). Really.
Posted by: Eric Jablow || 06/04/2007 0:48 Comments || Top||

#3  The Buddhi tree in Buddha Gia city is 2550 years old and is being preserved as historical heritage by the United Nations.

...thus guaranteeing its imminent demise.
Posted by: PBMcL || 06/04/2007 1:16 Comments || Top||

#4  I think they mean "Tow Bar" the thing that hooks the front landing gear to a tractor for ground movement, forget that, and yes you gotta push it out of the hangar to safely start the engines.
(Don't blow down the hangar walls)
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 06/04/2007 6:15 Comments || Top||

#5  I guess I had a different picture in my mind when I read about folks pushing an Iranian plane to get it started. I figured that the MMs had devised a new "manual transmission alternative" as not to utilize 'Western Technology'. Almost kind of looked forward to 'smoking those tyres', 'wheelies' or 'dropping the engine(s)' on takeoff.

Nuts
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 06/04/2007 8:21 Comments || Top||

#6  Why do these reports always make Stephen King novels look logical and representative of a sane rational world?

WTF is in the water there anyway?
Posted by: 3dc || 06/04/2007 13:22 Comments || Top||

#7  Their own sewage.
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 06/04/2007 23:33 Comments || Top||


'Terrorist' held, explosives seized
QUETTA: Police on Sunday arrested a suspected terrorist and seized a large quantity of explosive material from him, Berwary SHO Tariq Manzoor said. Police arrested Babar Bugti on a tip off and seized three kilos of explosives and two detonators. A case has been registered against Bugti, the SHO said.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Babar was a Bugti terrorist? And all these years I read the stories about him to my children, thinking he was an unusually cosmopolitan elephant.
Posted by: Glenmore || 06/04/2007 7:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Fooled you, too, did he? He was a master of disguise.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 10:27 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Turkish incursion into Kurdistan violates Iraq's sovereignty- Kurdish official
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 06/04/2007 16:21 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Kurds had better be ready for two circumstances:

1) To either allow Turkish invasion, hoping that it is limited to attacking the PKK, and that Turkey won't attack the rest of the Kurds, to keep them from making Kirkuk their capital.

2) Or for the Peshmurga to either capture or destroy a significant Turkish army element, knowing that this might lead to war, one which it would also behoove them to be fully prepared.

In either case, the Kurds would be foolish indeed if they are not preparing their Peshmurga to be so formidable that nobody will take it on.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/04/2007 18:34 Comments || Top||

#2  "the Kurds would be foolish indeed if they are not preparing their Peshmurga to be so formidable that nobody will take it on"

I thought they were already.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 06/04/2007 18:54 Comments || Top||

#3  The Kurds should be working with the Kurds in Iran and Syria to prepare them for instability in those areas. The instability could lead to relatively autonomous zones or lots of bloodshed and they should be ready.

The Kurds in Iraq should also promote immigration from Turkey to get the Turkish Kurds into Iraq to help their numbers and limit the tension with Turkey.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/04/2007 19:25 Comments || Top||

#4  From my point of view, the Kurds should have long ago prepared for any number of situations, from building an international network to lobby for support, setting up a strong fifth column in Turkey to disrupt Turkey if they threatened Kurdistan, and I agree about prepping Syrian and Iranian Kurds to be able to act quickly, if circumstances permit.

They should be obtaining black market AAA and anti-tank weapons, large amounts of anti-armor mines, creating forward deployed weapons caches and concealed bunkers, and practicing cutting Turkish supply lines.

Already they should be very far along in setting up arrangements with Syrian and Iranian Kurds, actively planning to occupy either of those lands and defend them against counterattack.

Not ironically, by now they should have elaborate agreements and cooperations with Israel, and even be pressuring the Iraqi government to improve relations with Israel. Israel would probably be glad to provide them with all sorts of goodies, including training and equipping. The Kurds could more than adequately repay them with oil.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/04/2007 20:42 Comments || Top||

#5  well considering that they have rebuilt most of kirkuk beter than it has ever been who is toosay that they are not or have not thought of these actions already. they seem to have a little more sense than the rest of the middle east besides the israelis
Posted by: sinse || 06/04/2007 21:20 Comments || Top||


al-Qaida: Captured U.S. Troops Killed
By ANNA JOHNSON
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida linked insurgents killed three American soldiers after capturing them last month in Iraq, according to a militant video released Monday that claimed to show footage of the ambush. The video offered no proof for its claims.
The clip, which was made available to The Associated Press by the Washington-based SITE Institute, showed confused and jerky night battle scenes, and later offered close-ups of two identification cards. It did not show the soldiers.

"The Americans sent 4,000 soldiers looking for them," said an unidentified voice on the video, which featured the logo of the media production house of the Islamic State of Iraq. "They were alive and then dead."

The body of one of the soldiers was found in Iraq's Euphrates River, but the other two remain missing. Family friends of the missing men said the U.S. military briefed relatives about the video over the weekend.

The U.S. military insisted the search for the two missing soldiers would continue.

"We condemn the tactics used by these terrorists, and are using all means available to pursue those responsible," said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, the chief military spokesman in Baghdad. "We continue to search and hope that our two missing soldiers will be found alive and in good health. "

The video offered no proof for its claims that the soldiers had been killed and buried. The voiceover blamed their deaths on "the American Army and their leaders, who do not care for the feelings of the soldiers' mothers."

"And as you refused to deliver the bodies of our killed people, we will not deliver the bodies of your dead, and their end will be beneath the ground, Allah willing," the voice said.

A body found May 23 in the Euphrates River was identified by the U.S. military as Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., 20, of Torrance, Calif. The missing soldiers have been identified as Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., and of Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich.

The three vanished after their combat team was ambushed May 12 about 20 miles outside Baghdad. Five others, including an Iraqi, were killed in the ambush, subsequently claimed by al-Qaida.

The attack triggered a massive search in the area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death" for the rampant insurgent activity there.

Gordon Dibler, Fouty's stepfather, said he was holding out hope for the soldiers' safe return: "We're praying, and so far, we don't know for certain that they aren't alive."

At the end of the 10-minute 41-second video, the identification cards of the two missing soldiers were shown, with the headline: "Bush is the reason of the loss of your POWs" written on the screen above the cards. SITE, an organization that monitors terrorist groups, did not say how it obtained the video. A card belonging to Anzack was not shown.

Along with the identification cards, the footage also showed credit cards, American and Iraqi money and other personal items the militants called "booty."

Bergner, the U.S. spokesman, said the footage "doesn't appear to contain any definitive evidence indicating the status of our missing soldiers."

The video also showed footage, apparently taken before the ambush, of three masked men standing around a stand displaying a sketch of the area, mapping out the attack plan. One of the three men, who were all dressed in black, talked to the camera and pointed to the sketch. Another stood by him carrying a gun.

"I have urged you to bring me American prisoners," said the man, whose name was not given but was identified as one of the militant group's leaders.

A Islamic Web site that commonly posts videos from militant groups including the Islamic State of Iraq said in a banner headline that it would show the video within hours, but the video has not yet appeared.

After the soldiers disappeared, the Islamic State of Iraq issued Web statements warning the Americans to call off the hunt "if you want their safety."

Associated Press writer David N. Goodman contributed to this report from Detroit.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 15:23 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If we capture those responsible, we will be forced to respect their Geneva Convention rights, not interrogate them too hard, etc etc.
If we capture them alive, that is.
Posted by: Rambler || 06/04/2007 15:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Two sets of rules, I know I wouldn't want to play with our set.
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 06/04/2007 23:02 Comments || Top||


US is building bases in Iraq
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 06/04/2007 12:15 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If Iraq didn't want us there, they would become conquered, and settle for some aid, and tell us they are grateful. But, they don't, so they must want us there. Get over it already.
Besides, it's our gift to the dinner jacket....always staying in touch.
Posted by: Grusosh Borgia9229 || 06/04/2007 15:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, at least this guy gets what I've been driving at for months and months, even if he is sarcastic and suspicious of our motives, which he assumes are base and colonialist.

The Africa Command will dominate the Middle East, that much is certain, but it is not doing so that the US will directly profit from Iraq's oil, but that we can keep the trade routes open for everyone. On top of that, we will have hopefully controlled the reckless nuclear proliferation in the region, ended large amounts of state sponsored terror from the region, and also been available to police up Africa, central Asia, Iran, and even limit Chinese influence in the region.

In turn, the region will benefit immensely from democracy supplanting dictatorship, prosperity and development supplanting corruption and decay, and peace supplanting continual strife. Plus protection against missile proliferation and piracy as well.

Yes, we should be there for a good, long time. And when we finally do leave, the Iraqis should be as strong and prosperous as was Germany and Japan when we left them.

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Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/04/2007 15:15 Comments || Top||

#3  We left Germany and Japan? Does Murtha know?

Other than that, well said, Anonymoose.
Posted by: Bobby || 06/04/2007 17:27 Comments || Top||

#4  We should be building a wall over here on our southern border, not bases over there. First things first.
Posted by: Mac || 06/04/2007 19:10 Comments || Top||

#5  we left japan? and it took 59 years too leave germany
Posted by: sinse || 06/04/2007 21:22 Comments || Top||


Troops clash with Mahdi Army
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 11:30 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Gunmen kill four Christian clerics in northern Iraq
IRBIL, June 4 (KUNA) -- Gunmen killed four Christian clergymen in the northern city of Mosul, police said on Monday.
A police source told KUNA the unknown armed elements shot dead a senior cleric, Ragheed Keni, in charge of a church in Al-Nour district in the city, and three junior priests.
Separately, gunmen killed a policeman in Mosul, booby trapped the body and placed it on a street in Al-Tahreer region northeast of the city. The body blew up upon approach of policemen, wounding a police officer and three policemen.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 11:13 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They shoot Christians, don't they?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/04/2007 11:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Only one religion teaches openly hatred of other religions and its the fastest growing religion.

Why??????????
Posted by: Paul || 06/04/2007 12:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Paul, because we have turned the other cheek.
But, this too will pass.
Posted by: Grusosh Borgia9229 || 06/04/2007 12:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Have you guys ever wondered how come the christians are still there in Iraq today? If Islam warranted hatred of other religions, many christian communities around the world would be wiped out by now. Its the west that is scared of tolerance because it infringes on its own harsh views on society. Hell, in the US you can go overseas and kill hundreds of muslims but back home you cant even buy a beer if under 21! They killed the christians out of hatred towards the US, so its actually the US that is indirectly to blame for their deaths...
Posted by: antimullah || 06/04/2007 13:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Have you guys ever wondered how come the christians are still there in Iraq today? If Islam warranted hatred of other religions, many christian communities around the world would be wiped out by now. Its the west that is scared of tolerance because it infringes on its own harsh views on society. Hell, in the US you can go overseas and kill hundreds of muslims but back home you cant even buy a beer if under 21! They killed the christians out of hatred towards the US, so its actually the US that is indirectly to blame for their deaths...
Posted by: antimullah || 06/04/2007 13:11 Comments || Top||

#6  Have you guys ever wondered how come the christians are still there in Iraq today? If Islam warranted hatred of other religions, many christian communities around the world would be wiped out by now. Its the west that is scared of tolerance because it infringes on its own harsh views on society. Hell, in the US you can go overseas and kill hundreds of muslims but back home you cant even buy a beer if under 21! They killed the christians out of hatred towards the US, so its actually the US that is indirectly to blame for their deaths...
Posted by: antimullah || 06/04/2007 13:11 Comments || Top||

#7  Interesting logic, antimullah. Anger justifies murder. Ok, so if you piss me off and I KILL you - then the murder is YOUR fault, right?

Ok, glad that's cleared up - idiot.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder || 06/04/2007 14:31 Comments || Top||

#8  They killed the christians out of hatred towards the US, so its actually the US that is indirectly to blame for their deaths...

And this explains the way that Muslims have been killing Christians for hundreds of years before America was even discovered, exactly how?

Your logic sucketh mightily.
Posted by: Zenster || 06/04/2007 14:41 Comments || Top||

#9  Hey guys, leave anutie mullet alone: he is probably just another littlepeckered goat phucker that is ashamed to 'drop trou' in the mosque or bathhouse or whereever it is these idiots gather to compare their performances. so he comes over her and even has to submit 3 times hoping he gets the attention he is missing in the barnyard.
poor little fuckwad.
Posted by: USN. Ret. || 06/04/2007 14:56 Comments || Top||

#10  Yes, but many Christian communities have been wiped out by the Ummah, my dear Mr. antimullah. The entire Roman empire was Christian in the 4th and 5th centuries A.D., and there were plenty of Christian communities well beyond, in Arabia and Persia. But as the Muslims conquered, they offered the natives the choice of Islam or the sword... and many ancient peoples were erased when they refused to convert: in the Byzantine empire were Christians and Jews; in the Persian empire those, the fire-worshipping Zoroastrians whose rituals are still preserved in Iranian fire jumping at their New Year, and Buddhists; in northern India the Buddhists, the Hindus, and the Parsees. Where once their worshippers had numbered in the millions and hundreds of millions, they were reduced to thousands... and the Muslims build mosques and palaces over the piled bones. Those that were permitted to live had to pay jizya, an extra tax every year to continue refusing to convert... a tax non-Muslims continue to be required to pay to this day, in Muslim countries.

As for why they are still there, my dear Mr. antimullah, mostly they aren't. Historically, 20% of Palestinian Arabs were Christian; in the Palestinian Territories that has fallen to under 5%, because most have emigrated to the U.S. Historically, a little over half of the Lebanese Arabs were Christian; a great many of them have emigrated, too, to the U.S. and Europe. The Christians of Africa have been moving to Europe, and make much better future citizens than the Muslims who preceded them there. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein the Iraqi Christians have been able to escape, and so they have in droves; I think the Christian population is about one third of what it was before. In Pakistan, Christian places of worship are destroyed, and Christians are accused of blasphemy as an excuse for murder and rapine. In Saudi Arabia those Christians caught so much as worshipping privately in their own homes are arrested by the Muttawa police and can have their heads cut off. In Indonesia the secular courts just ruled that Sharia law also covers those who convert from Islam, and Sharia law prescribes death for apostates.

Muslims were killing Christians for a thousand years before the United States of America existed, so someone with an IQ greater than that of a mushroom might be excused for assuming that it wasn't America's existence that set the Muslims off on their killing spree.

Oh, and while those under the age of 21 might not be able to purchase alcoholic beverages in the US, there is no law preventing me giving one to a guest in my own home. It quite undermines your argument when you show such abysmal ignorance on every single subject you address, my dear Mr. antimullah. I suggest you reread your schoolbooks, and perhaps come back when you actually know more about your subject than do little American suburban housewives.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/04/2007 15:24 Comments || Top||

#11  I suggest you reread your schoolbooks, and perhaps come back when you actually know more about your subject than do little American suburban housewives.

That's gonna leave a mark, trailing wife.
Posted by: Zenster || 06/04/2007 15:29 Comments || Top||

#12  As minority groups are liquidated in the Muslim tyrannies, we continue to import the liquidators. Not only that, we cater to the Muslim minority. The State Department has even attacked European governments for placing garment restrictions on the liquidators. The right wing bloggers were all over the President last week, after he pledged negotiations with Iran, omitted to mention that his generals couldn't report much progress in the Surge, and joined the liberal immigration and aid-waste circus. The President doesn't have to worry about re-election. But fellow Republicans have to defend a quasi liberal agenda, then voters will have no real choice. Hopefully, the President won't coast into retirement with policies that won't offend the Dems, and he will support a right wing agenda with an alliance with anti-cleric Iranians. Hopefully, GWB will be the last US President to order troops to patrol hostile urban environments.
Posted by: McZoid || 06/04/2007 17:17 Comments || Top||

#13  Its the west that is scared of tolerance because it infringes on its own harsh views on society.

It's so nice when the universities let out their 'special people' for fresh air and computer access...
Posted by: Pappy || 06/04/2007 23:22 Comments || Top||

#14  Its the west that is scared of tolerance because it infringes on its own harsh views on society.

It's so nice when the universities let out their 'special people' for fresh air and computer access...


heh Pappy, these are very spechul skools, they only teach , I accuse the USA / West courses.
Posted by: RD || 06/04/2007 23:57 Comments || Top||


Iraqi army kills senior Al-Qaeda leader /chieftain/street captain in Baghdad
senior leader/chieftain/street captain? And let's not forget that they called him governor, too. If the writer can't decide, it perforce remains a puzzle to me, although I suspect the title was actually Emir, and the difficulty is in choosing the proper translation.

Iraqi soldiers have killed a senior Al-Qaeda leader in a clash inside one of Baghdad's historic Sunni quarters, military spokesman Brigadier General Qassim Atta said Monday. "He was from Al-Qaeda, they called him the 'Governor of Adhamiyah'," Atta told AFP. "He was killed during clashes with the 11th Division's first brigade this morning, and 11 of his aides were arrested." Atta said the alleged Al-Qaeda chieftain was an Iraqi citizen known as Abu Abdullah al-Adhab -- "Abu Abdullah with the crippled arm."

Adhamiyah is a Sunni enclave in north Baghdad, a cluster of streets around an historic mosque surrounded by a US-built concrete security barriers and hostile Shiite districts roamed by militia fighters. Abdullah's death is the second reported killing of an Al-Qaeda street captain since last week, when nationalist insurgents in the Sunni suburb of Amiriyah violently turned against Al-Qaeda's Islamists.
This article starring:
ABU ABDULLAH AL ADHABal-Qaeda in Iraq
Brigadier General Qassim Atta
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/04/2007 10:04 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's really hard to get a fix on how high these buggers are in the chain of command. He could be anything from a local gang leader to a warlord.

However, no matter what, having whacked 1,700 of these turd burglars since January has got to be putting some hurt on the bad guyz.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/04/2007 10:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Yep, they'll be down to the junior high jihadis soon, just like the Taliwackers. I don't know what their recruitment numbers look like, but if we have the time we can just exterminate them the old fashioned way.
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 06/04/2007 10:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Lets see, we have one-legged Mullahs in A'stan and deformed arm Sheikhs in Iraq. You know, maybe all they want is some kind of ADA legislation and not a Caliphate.
Posted by: Jack is Back! || 06/04/2007 10:52 Comments || Top||

#4  And, 11 of his aides were arrested. They will attend bone cracking clases and then rid themselves of information about remaining Qaeda activities and personel. Good work.
Posted by: Grusosh Borgia9229 || 06/04/2007 12:28 Comments || Top||

#5  An Iraqi army unit is acting effectively in a Sunni neighborhood, apparently.

Is it a mainly Sunni Arab unit, or one of the many predominantly Kurdish or Shiite units? Either way its good news, though of rather different kinds.
Posted by: liberalhawk || 06/04/2007 13:49 Comments || Top||

#6  I hear ya, liberalhawk, and I hope the answer is, "They're Iraqi soldiers!"
Posted by: Bobby || 06/04/2007 17:07 Comments || Top||


Troops Stop Two Suicide Bombers
One soldier killed by bomb, second bomber dies alone
The U.S. military announced Sunday that 14 American soldiers were killed over the past three days, including four in a single roadside bombing and another who was struck by a suicide bomber while on a foot patrol.

The blast that killed the four U.S. soldiers occurred Sunday as the troops were conducting a cordon and search operation northwest of Baghdad, according to a statement. Two other soldiers were killed and five were wounded along with an Iraqi interpreter in two separate roadside bombings on Sunday, the military said.

In the boldest attack, a U.S. soldier was killed Friday after the patrol approached two suspicious men for questioning near a mosque southwest of Baghdad, and one of the suspects blew himself up. Military spokesman Maj. Webster Wright said U.S. troops also fired at the second suspect after he began acting aggressively, and the gunfire detonated his suicide vest.

"Our initial analysis is that these guys were al-Qaida and were planning to launch attacks into Baghdad," Wright said in an e-mailed statement.

Seven other soldiers were killed in a series of attacks across Iraq on Saturday. Combined with the previously announced death of a U.S. soldier in central Baghdad on Friday, it was a deadly start for June. May was the third bloodiest month since the war began in March 2003, with 127 troop deaths reported.

A car bomb also exploded outside a U.S. base near the volatile city of Baqouba, leaving a number of troops gasping for air and suffering from eye irritations, the military said. It did not confirm a report in the Los Angeles Times that the car was carrying chlorine canisters and said the soldiers who were sickened had been treated and returned to duty.
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Turkey shells northern Iraq
Iraq said Turkish forces shelled a mountain stronghold of Turkish Kurd rebels in the north of the country on Sunday, a day after it urged Turkey to use diplomacy to resolve rising tensions in the region.

While residents say Turkey shells the area almost daily, the latest attack came days after Turkey moved tanks to its border and speculation mounted that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government is planning a military incursion. "There were some strikes from Turkish forces on areas next to the Turkish border, but until now there has been no Turkish military invasion of Kurdish lands in Iraq," Masoud Barzani, president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, told a news conference.

Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, also a Kurd, told the same briefing that "we do not accept interference in others' affairs and we do not accept interference in our affairs". The Turkish shelling targeted Haji Umran, a mountainous area which fighters of Turkey's separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) use as a springboard to carry out attacks in Turkey. Residents said the attack lasted about 30 minutes and caused no casualties.

On Saturday, Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Turkey should not resort to "threats, forces and weapons" as this would only worsen the situation. He made no reference to Turkey's repeated request for U.S. and Iraqi troops to hunt down the rebels.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Iraq said Turkish forces shelled a mountain stronghold of Turkish Kurd rebels in the north of the country on Sunday, a day after it urged Turkey to use diplomacy to resolve rising tensions in the region.

Turkish diplomacy. :-)
Posted by: gorb || 06/04/2007 3:33 Comments || Top||

#2  If the Turks wanted help in this area, they should have let the 4th ID transit.
Posted by: RWV || 06/04/2007 10:00 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
School bomb injures 17 in southern Thailand
A bomb blast at a school in southern Thailand overnight wounded 17 young Muslim men, police said, while a teacher and a villager were shot dead in separate incidents. The men, all aged between 23 and 30, were waiting to play a game of football when the bomb went off beside a sports pitch at a school in Yala province, local police said, injuring 17 people, three seriously.

And:
16 injured as terrorists derail train

Separatist rebels derailed a train in Pattani province on Monday, police and railway officials said, injuring at least 16 people and forcing the suspension of some services. The commuter train left a station in Yala province in the morning when it jumped off the tracks near a station in Pattani province.

Police blamed the incident on rebels who are fighting for a separate Muslim state in the southern region bordering Malaysia. They said that militants had sabotaged the track at night, removing nails that secured it. Railway officials said three passenger carriages carrying about 200 people left the track and slid into the verge, slightly injuring 20 people, while police put the number of wounded at 16.

Rail services on the southern line between Pattani and Yala were suspended indefinitely, an official at the State Railway of Thailand said.
Posted by: ryuge || 06/04/2007 08:24 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Were these 17 young Muslim men not Muslim enough or were the indiginous Thai Buddhists getting some back?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/04/2007 11:24 Comments || Top||


Sri Lanka
82 dead in Lanka clashes
Tiger rebels destroyed army bases in northern Sri Lanka leaving 82 combatants dead according to both sides on Sunday, as Japan prepared to launch a fresh peace bid. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said they launched attacks along a broad front in Vavuniya and Mannar districts. They captured armoured vehicles and heavy weapons after destroying long-range guns belonging to the military. They said they also destroyed four or five gun positions. They said they killed at least 30 personnel in a five-hour battle to capture several gun positions and military detachments.

The Defence Ministry said heavy fighting raged in the area, but claimed the military had beaten back a guerrilla offensive by killing at least 52 Tiger cadres. Neither side’s claims could be verified, but the guerrillas said they were planning to return the dead bodies of 16 government soldiers through the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Tiger spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiriyan said that the guerrillas had established a forward defence line in areas previously held by the military following the commando-style attack, which began on Saturday. “The LTTE troops are consolidating their positions in the recaptured area,” Ilanthiriyan said in a statement. He said a military artillery unit was also “completely destroyed”.

Japan’s special peace envoy to Sri Lanka, Yasushi Akashi, is due to head to the conflict zone during a four-day visit to Sri Lanka beginning Tuesday, officials and diplomats said. Separately, two Red Cross workers were found shot dead in central Sri Lanka on Sunday, a day after they were abducted by men claiming to be from the police, the charity said. The defence ministry said an investigation was under way into the attack.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Debka: Ein-el-Hellhole going hot
I saw a report (can't remember the link, sorry) that the muj were evacuating their own wives and kiddies from Hellhole as they prepared for personal struggle jihad. Naturally they left everyone *else's* wives and kiddies for rewarding careers as human shields and world media propaganda.
Fighting broke out in the southern Ain Hilwa camp June 3 between pro-Syrian groups close to al Qaeda and Lebanese forces. DEBKAfile’s sources report the Islamist Jund al Sham (Army of the Levant) prepared its offensive by building fortifications and evacuating Palestinian families from battle arenas.

The spread of anti-government, Damascus-fomented clashes to the southern Lebanese Palestinian camp is a very serious development. It places the Palestinian refugee camps of the capital, Beirut, next in the line of fire – likewise the United Nations contingents policing the Lebanese-Israeli border. Al Qaeda elements among the Palestinians have repeatedly threatened the international force with attack.
It's what they do.
In the southern Ain Hilwa camp, our military sources report Lebanese troops must take on a coalition of radical Palestinian groups linked to al Qaeda and pro-Syrian terrorist factions, copiously armed with weapons and ammo from Damascus and its Lebanese supporters, including Hizballah. DEBKAfile’s military sources report Syria has lined up an anti-Lebanese government front of Palestinian and Islamic radicals for an orchestrated campaign of violence to derail the UN Security Council resolution establishing an international tribunal for prosecuting the suspected murderers of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri. They are under orders to sow mayhem across the country against the pro-Western Fouad Siniora in Beirut and mark down UNIFIL and northern Israel as additional targets.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Death. It's allan's calling card. Like "Have Gun, Will Travel" was to Richard Boone's Paladin
Posted by: anymouse || 06/04/2007 1:17 Comments || Top||

#2  They are under orders to sow mayhem across the country against the pro-Western Fouad Siniora in Beirut and mark down UNIFIL and northern Israel as additional targets.

As Stogie Smokey the Bear might say about improperly attended refugee camps:

"Crush their butts, snuff their butts."
Posted by: Zenster || 06/04/2007 3:19 Comments || Top||

#3  and mark down ... northern Israel as additional targets.

Wouldn't be Paleos if they didn't bite every hand that feeds them.

BTW Fred, buttons on the comment posting page don't work with latest version of Firefox - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
Posted by: phil_b || 06/04/2007 4:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Phil, Firefox/2.0.0.4 has more problems than just that. All related to javascript bugs. Hopefully, 2.0.1 may resolve that.
Posted by: twobyfour || 06/04/2007 4:33 Comments || Top||

#5  won't it be a surprise when hezbollah launches rockets into Israel or tries to kidnap Joooos just as the International Hariri trial begins? Hell, I can be dictator of Syria. It's JUST that easy. We all know the dance steps!
Posted by: Frank G || 06/04/2007 8:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Sorry Mr. Mouse. Have Gun Will Travel was one of the best shows of all time in my opinion. Paladin was a truly classy hero and would rather settle dispute any way he could before he'd resort to the gun. Too bad he's not here now. There wouldn't be an Orc left standing.
Posted by: Chereting Phins9544 || 06/04/2007 8:33 Comments || Top||

#7  I hope the Lebanese use this opportunity to clean out those camps for good, as in gentrification. Imagine the surprise if they suddenly started pushing large numbers of Paleos into Syria.

You want 'em? You got 'em.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/04/2007 10:36 Comments || Top||

#8  "Ein-el-Hellhole going hot"

I've laid in extra popcorn supplies for just such an occasion. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 06/04/2007 18:34 Comments || Top||

#9  You seem to have that "be prepared" ethos down pat, Barbara. Fortunately for the rest of us, in desperate need of popcorn at such moments. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/04/2007 23:02 Comments || Top||


Lebanon army in final stage of liquidating Fatah al-Islam
The Lebanese army is now in the third and final stage of finishing off Fatah al-Islam fighters , according to reliable sources from the battle at Nahr el-bared refugee camp. The Army has completely surrounded Fatah al-Islam who are now in a very small area of the camp and their supplies have been completely cut-off. The army has also destroyed most of the buildings and the houses that Fatah al-Islam were using to fire at the army.

According to the latest report the countdown to liquidating Fatah al-Islam militants has started. The report also claims that the morale of the militants has suffered a great deal after the news of the killings of some of their key leaders. Many of the militants have apparently left the battlefield and infiltrated the civilians of the camp to hide from the army. The report added " the defeat of Fatah al-Islam and their surrender is imminent."
Doubt they'll surrender. More like heroically run away to fight another day.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has vowed to rebuild all the destroyed houses and buildings in the camp and said all the refugees that fled will be able to return as soon as possible. Several Arab countries have pledged to help Lebanon rebuild the camp. Syria is not on the list of countries that want to help according to reliable sources.
Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Typical arab triumphalism. They are getting ready to claim victory and withdraw the troops. However, the Fatah Al-Islam remnents can regroup as soon as new Syrian funds reach them.
Posted by: mhw || 06/04/2007 8:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Finish them off to the last man. Take no prisoners. Hama Rules, baby!
Posted by: Mac || 06/04/2007 19:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Siniora has vowed to rebuild all the destroyed houses and buildings in the camp and said all the refugees that fled will be able to return as soon as possible. Several Arab countries have pledged to help...

Why on earth would they do such a stupid thing?
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/04/2007 23:05 Comments || Top||

#4  I don't know, the rest of the camp should taste a little punishment for providing a safe haven for so long.
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 06/04/2007 23:24 Comments || Top||


Clashes in Ein el-Hellhole between army and Syrian sock puppets
Gollly. What a coincidence. Just when the Leb army's engaged with Fateh al-Islam in the north, Ein el-Hellhole erupts. Who'da ever 'spected that to happen?
As Ya Libnan has reported earlier clashes broke out between the mainstream Fatah organization and Jund al-Sham extremists in the southern refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh according to reliable sources. The fighting later escalated to include the Lebanese army when Jund al-Sham militants threw a grenade at the army post which resulted in injuring a civilian and a Lebanese army soldier. New reports say Usbat-al-Ansar has joined Jund al-Sham in their fight against the army and are also firing at the civilians in the camp. The report added: " fighting continues at camp of Ein el-Hilweh and that the Lebanese army has received reinforcement."

This camp is known for trouble and several fights have taken place in recent months between the various militant factions. Jund al-Sham is based in Syria and is another militant group that Syria funds and trains according to sources that are familiar with this group. According to NBN , a local TV station, many civilians have started fleeing Ein el-Hilweh, but did not say where to.

The latest reports were somehow conflicting but say Fatah mainstream has joined the army in its fight against Usbat-al-Ansar and Jund al-Sham.

Update 9:40 PM
Withdrawal of Usbat-al-Ansar and Jund al-Sham militants from the streets of Ein el-Helweh refugee camp continues. A committee from Fatah and Hamas was formed to end the fighting and withdraw the militants. According to sources from the camp the army has suffered 5 injuries. Usbat-al-Ansar and Jund al-Sham militants suffered many casualties but no exact number was given. The civilians of the Ein el-Helweh camp continue to flee to safety. PLO Sec General, Sultan Aboul Ainain has just left the Rashidya camp and headed to Ein el Helweh to supervise in person the ending of the fighting.

Update: 9:20 PM
Fighting at Ein el-Hilweh has subsided when the Jund al-Sham militants were removed from the streets by the Fatah mainstream group as Sultan Aboul Ainain has promised

Update: 9: 00 PM Beirut time
  • Sultan Aboul Ainain the PLO Secretary General at the refugee camps said the attack on the army by the militant groups at Ein el-Hilwe refugee camp will soon be ended by Fatah mainstream
  • Abbas Zaki, PLO ambassador in Lebanon said all the militant groups will be finished off in Lebanon within 6 months, as he intends to get rid of them. Zaki has on several occasions issued statements of support to the Lebanese army , since the clashes started and said Fatah al-Islam has no connection whatsoever with Fatah , the Palestinians nor Islam.
    Usbat-al-Ansar is a well known terrorist group. It is a Lebanon-based, Sunni extremist group, composed primarily of Palestinians and associated with Al Qaeda. The group follows an extremist interpretation of Islam that justifies violence against civilian targets to achieve political ends. Some of those goals include overthrowing the Lebanese Government.

    Usbat-al-Ansar has carried out multiple terrorist attacks in Lebanon since it first emerged in the early 1990s. The group assassinated Lebanese religious leaders and bombed nightclubs, theaters, and liquor stores in the mid-1990s. The group raised its operational profile in 2000 with two attacks against Lebanese and international targets. It was involved in clashes in northern Lebanon in December 1999 and carried out a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Russian Embassy in Beirut in January 2000. ‘Asbat al-Ansar’s leader, Abu Muhjin, remains at large despite being sentenced to death in absentia for the murder in 1994 of a Muslim cleric.

    In 2003, suspected Usbat al-Ansar elements were responsible for the attempt in April to use a car bomb against a McDonald’s in a Beirut suburb. By October, Lebanese security forces arrested Ibn al-Shahid, who is believed to be associated with this terrorist organzation , and charged him with masterminding the bombing of three fast food restaurants in 2002 and the attempted attack in April 2003 on the McDonald’s. ‘Usbat-al-Ansar were also involved in other violence in Lebanon in 2003, including clashes with members of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah mainstream movement in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp and a rocket attack in June on the Future TV building in Beirut, which is owned by the slain PM Rafik Hariri.

    Unfortunately for the Lebanese government it cannot enter the 12 Palestinian refugee camps to pursue these terrorists because of a stupid law that is called the 'Cairo accord' which prohibits the Lebanese army from entering the camp. The idea then was that the Palestinians themselves should be able to police themselves, but this has not happened . According to reliable sources familiar with Usbat-al-Ansar , this group receives support also from Iran and Syria.
  • Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Pile them high, boyz!
    Posted by: gromgoru || 06/04/2007 5:27 Comments || Top||

    #2  These guys better be careful. With the Leb army fresh from their victory at Nahr el-bared they may have learn some confidence and a thing or two about pest control.

    Jund al-Sham is based in Syria and is another militant group that Syria funds and trains according to sources that are familiar with this group.

    Isn't it about time we sent Baby Assad a candygram?
    Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/04/2007 11:33 Comments || Top||

    #3  Send him a message attached to a Tommahawk - the missile, not the axe. Wrap it around a fusion warhead of about 300Kt, and address it to Damascus. I'm sure he'll "get the message".
    Posted by: Old Patriot || 06/04/2007 21:27 Comments || Top||


    Fatah & Jund al-Sham extremists clash in south Lebanon
    Clashes broke out between the mainstream Fatah organization and Jund al-Sham extremists in the southern refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh reliable sources reported. There were also reports that a grenade was fired at the Lebanese army post at the camp by Jund al-Sham extremists which triggered another battle for the army with Syrian backed militants . According to the latest reports 2 were injured as a result of the bomb explosion: A civilian and a Lebanese army soldier. The report added: " fighting continues between Jund al-Sham and the Lebanese army."

    The leadership of Fatah mainstream and the PLO have been extremely supportive of the Lebanese army in the fight against Fatah al-Islam militants, who have " nothing to do with the Palestinians nor Islam" . This could have triggered the fighting between Fatah mainstream and Jund al-Sham who support Fatah al-Islam militants.

    Jund al-Sham is based in Syria and is another militant group that Syria funds and trains according to sources that are familiar with this group. According to NBN , a local TV station many civilians have started fleeing Ein el-Hilweh, but did not say where to.

    Meanwhile in the Nahr el Bared , NNA has reported that " the fighting has subsided and it is much quieter right now." The agency also reported the battle in the north has reached a decisive stage as Fatah al-Islam fighters have begun to disintegrate and infiltrate into the civilian communities in the camp to hide from the Lebanese army.
    Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


    Conflicting reports over fate of militants' deputy commander
    Conflicting reports surfaced today about the fate of Fatah al-Islam's deputy commander, Abu Hureira, a Lebanese whose real name is Shehab al-Qaddour. Earlier it was reported that he was killed Sunday in the fighting against the Lebanese army New reports are saying that he was very seriously wounded in his arm and leg, but that he is still alive. New TV station which supports the Hezbollah led opposition has claimed that one of its reporters was able to call Abu Hureira and speak with him. Ya Libnan could not confirm New TV's report, but will update our reports as soon as we find out the status of Abu Hureira.

    Earlier Ya Libnan has also reported that the Lebanese army has killed a top Fatah al-Islam militant known as Abu Riad Ghali. A Correspondent for the NNA said army troops continue to have the upper hand and are in "full control over all axes" to Nahr al-Bared following heavy confrontations between the military and extremist fighters on Sunday. NNA also added " the fighting has subsided and it is much quieter right now."

    NNA said the army advance was part of a plan aimed at tightening the noose on the militants who have been cornered in the operation that began Sunday morning on the camp's Samed, Cooperative and al-Khan neighborhoods. The army plan is being applied exactly as planned according to NNA.

    Meanwhile, Al-Arabiya TV correspondent said in a live report from the scene of the fighting that Lebanese troops penetrated deep into Nahr al-Bared and were locked in "violent street battles" with Fatah al-Islam militants around the Cooperative building inside the northern refugee camp. Earlier, the army denied that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was helping Lebanese troops in their fight against Fatah al-Islam militants. The army according to NNA has rounded up more than 20 militants for questioning.
    Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


    Fatah al-Islam militants firing from mosques at Lebanon army
    Fatah al-Islam militants have been using the mosques to attack the Lebanese army . According to an army spokesman shots were fired from the minaret of a nearby the mosque. The army spokesman said "this confirms that Fatah al-Islam are strictly terrorists and have nothing to do with Islam, since they are using the house of worship to kill". The Palestinians also say that Fatah al-Islam has nothing to do with the Palestinians or Fatah organization.

    The army has reported yesterday that some Fatah al-Islam fighters have abandoned their positions and are hiding in mosques and in health clinics and are storing all their weapons inside the mosques. Fatah al-Islam according to National News Agency ( NNA) are disintegrating and many of the fighters have left their positions and tried to infiltrate the civilians of the camp to hide from the army.
    Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Using mosques for cover. I don't think that's going to hinder Lebanese forces as much as it would coalition forces in Iraq.
    Posted by: gorb || 06/04/2007 3:30 Comments || Top||


    Lebanon arrests a 'major catch' terrorist
    Lebanese security agents arrested a terrorist mastermind at a Beirut hotel Tuesday and confiscated a list of targets for possible terrorist attacks, a reliable source said. The source also said that the suspect was carrying a forged Lebanese identity card that identified his first name as Agop, which is a common Armenian name in Lebanon. However, the suspect is a national of a gulf country and has been living at a hotel in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district for 10 days, according to the source.

    The source, who asked not to be identified, said Police anti-terrorism officers busted the suspect's suite, arrested him and confiscated at least 10 forged passports for Arab and western countries. The bust also resulted in the confiscation of "maps, pictures and lists of names for targets of terror attacks in Lebanon, the Arab world and Europe," the source added

    He said the bust was a "major catch. We have foiled a series of terrorist attacks that would have claimed thousands of lives if carried out," the source told Naharnet. The suspect's "hotel suite" had been under surveillance for a while, the source said.

    He said Fatah al-Islam terrorists arrested by police in the northern town of Tripoli "told investigators about the suspect." Police have arrested at least 90 people suspected of affiliation with the Fatah al-Islam terror network that is based in north Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared.
    Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


    Tech notes...
    I apologize for the system slowing down to nothing periodically. We continue being battered by spambots. I'm working on identifying and banning the originating IP addresses, which should give us some relief until the bad boyz come up with the next batch.

    One of our spammers, www.loanni.com, had his domain name expired today, so it's not just us who're noticing this crap.

    We'll also probably be going to a login system for users who don't have a cookie. That'd be the easiest I could make it.

    Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 13:12 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Whatever it takes massah!
    Posted by: Mike N. || 06/04/2007 14:39 Comments || Top||

    #2  I would be fine with a login. If you could make it so we could change our display names to openly mock people that would be gravy.
    Posted by: DarthVader || 06/04/2007 14:45 Comments || Top||

    #3  look at sitemaps.org
    also,,,
    Robots.txt generator

    Posted by: 3dc || 06/04/2007 15:26 Comments || Top||

    #4  Hang in there, Fred - it's a guarantee that we'll hang with you.

    Please don't apologize; what you've been doing is superhuman, and we appreciate it.

    Hit that tipjar, Ranters!

    Death to spambots!
    Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 06/04/2007 16:31 Comments || Top||

    #5  Fred, you have my deep and very sincere thanks for spending the time and effort necessary to keep this site on the air. Much of what is compiled here simply can't be found anywhere else, and it is much appreciated. Thanks again.
    Posted by: Mac || 06/04/2007 19:03 Comments || Top||

    #6  A login would be fine if it helps reduce your workload.
    Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 06/04/2007 21:43 Comments || Top||

    #7  Fred, I hope you've recieved my latest donation, do you need more?
    Posted by: RD || 06/04/2007 21:55 Comments || Top||


    Home Front: Culture Wars
    Muslimah only Prom in Minneapolis
    More than 100 Muslim teen girls let their hair down Saturday night. Both literally and figuratively. Muslim girls who wear the headscarf in public slid them off as they walked into the first Minnesota Muslim prom exclusively for girls and women. With no men there, they didn't have to cover up and were free to let loose and dance
    music, other than religious chants, and dancing, other than specific ritualistic events, are both prohibited in sharia- but I doubt they know this or would even believe it.
    "I thought it was an awesome idea
    only Allah is awesome, if you were caught saying this sentence in a Sharia state you would be liable for the death penalty,"
    said Sagirah Shahid, one of the main organizers and president of the Muslim Youth of Minnesota.

    The event brought together girls and women from all segments of the Muslim community, including Somali, Kenyan, Indian, Pakistani, Malaysian, Sudanese, Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian, Egyptian, Moroccan, African-American and Caucasian-American participants. The event was open to girls ages 12 and older, and to women.
    ....about 200 people attended
    "It's more like a community prom of all different cultures and ages," said Susan Samaha, 23... " It's just good, innocent, girl fun."

    She said regular prom is based on dating, which is prohibited in Islamic culture. "I personally think you can have a much better time without guys because you can just let loose and do whatever you want," said Amina Ghouse, a youth group adviser .
    whereas with guys around you might be beaten and raped and then executed for adultry.
    "We don't want the girls to feel like they're missing out on the fun of prom," Shahid said. "Prom is like a rite of passage for some people."

    American Muslim girls often have to come up with creative ways to take the most important values of their two cultures - Islamic and American - and find a middle ground nope - copying the infidel is harem - you would get lashes for this in Sharia]
    "A lot of times, Muslim girls' fun is limited," Shahid said.
    actually the Ayattolah Khamenei once said that there should be no fun in Islam - only the business of prayer, charity, jihad, haj, etc.
    "What we have in common with every other girl is that we just want to feel pretty, be girly and have fun," she said. "We want an excuse to dress like a princess."
    Posted by: mhw || 06/04/2007 11:52 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Susan, girls having fun is neither good nor innocent.
    Posted by: Grunter || 06/04/2007 12:10 Comments || Top||

    #2  I wouldn't book the hall too many years in advance.
    Posted by: Grusosh Borgia9229 || 06/04/2007 12:21 Comments || Top||

    #3  Minneapolis? Ya don't say...
    Posted by: tu3031 || 06/04/2007 12:31 Comments || Top||

    #4  Muslimah only Prom P0rn in Minneapolis

    or

    A gathering of she-goats in Minnesota
    Posted by: RD || 06/04/2007 13:11 Comments || Top||

    #5  If this was done without using taxpayer money, then fine. Although it still is a perfect example of non-assimilation. My patience for this crapulence is at an end. All immigrant Muslims need to be deported immediately. They should be swept up along with all illegal aliens and ejected forthwith. The elite class' dogged determintation that all cultures should be equally "meltable" in this nation's cultural stewpot is rapidly involving the direct betrayal of America and it people.
    Posted by: Zenster || 06/04/2007 14:08 Comments || Top||

    #6  PS: As an enactment of Shari'a law, this event should be illegal.
    Posted by: Zenster || 06/04/2007 14:09 Comments || Top||

    #7  That's what I call a "target-rich environment". And I aint talking about bomb targets -- wink, wink. I'm just a big cat meat fan.
    Posted by: Captain Lewis || 06/04/2007 14:51 Comments || Top||

    #8  Coming to DVD "Muslim Girls Gone Wild!" See what happens when Fatima and her friends go to the "Big Dance" with girls only the rule.
    Posted by: Cyber Sarge || 06/04/2007 14:52 Comments || Top||

    #9  Zenster: I would qualify your first statement to only those 'illegal immagrant muslims,' simply because i believe there is some sort of vetting process that is supposed to weed out the bad actors. (there is enough material there for an entire topic of its own) other than that, i completely agree.
    Posted by: USN. Ret. || 06/04/2007 15:00 Comments || Top||

    #10  i believe there is some sort of vetting process that is supposed to weed out the bad actors.

    I wish that I could commend your sense of generosity, USN. Ret., but I can't. There is no effecting vetting process. Taqiyya guarantees that. Beyond that single license to lie is the Koran itself, which every faithful Muslim must accept wholeheartedly as the word of their God. The Koran exhorts all faithful Muslims to commit violence against us Infidels at every turn. Its doctrine is one of prejudice, violence, theft, rape and collective punishment for all non-Muslims. Islam has no place in pluralistic America, period. The world's most intolerant religion is an affront to everything this country stands for. Islam's explicit goal is to destroy government of the people, by the people and for the people. That translates to the destruction of democracy, Islam's avowed enemy. You may be willing to tolerate that, but I most certainly am not.
    Posted by: Zenster || 06/04/2007 15:12 Comments || Top||

    #11  i forgot about taqiyya; i was referring to our own State Dep't's process, but if they got bogus data, then all that follows is bogus.
    Posted by: USN. Ret. || 06/04/2007 15:45 Comments || Top||

    #12  Any body got a link to the photos?
    Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 06/04/2007 16:02 Comments || Top||

    #13  i forgot about taqiyya; i was referring to our own State Dep't's process, but if they got bogus data, then all that follows is bogus.

    As Srdja Trifkovic points out:
    New legislation should treat a resident alien’s or prospective visitor’s known or suspected adherence to an Islamic world outlook as excludable – on political, rather than “religious” grounds. The broad model is provided by the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act (INA, the McCarran-Walter Act). It is possible that the “affiliation” in this clause will affect a number of people who do not actively identify with the goals and methods of the Jihadist core. That may be unfortunate but it is inevitable. Personal assurances by individuals thus affected cannot be taken at face value: Islam not only allows, but mandates lying to “infidels” in order to gain political or any other advantage (i.e. Taqiyya, the concealment of one’s Islamic beliefs to non-Muslims). The problem is well known to INS officials: attitudes of Muslims who apply for U.S. visas or asylum often change once their status in America is secure. When applying they complain about the lack of freedom in their native country. When they gain permanent residence, let alone citizenship, they often turn against their host nation and praise the virtues of an Islamic state. In addition, even “lapsed” Muslims are at permanent risk of going back to their roots, as many Western-born youths are doing.
    [emphasis added]
    Muslims simply cannot be trusted. Those who are most dangerous to America will take the very greatest pains to conceal any threat they pose. This is why the only safe thing to do is deport all immigrant Muslims and either set up internment camps for American Muslim citizens or deport them as well. Islam's core ideology is wholly antithetical to American constitutional law and directly supports both treason and sedition against the United States. This cannot be tolerated. Are such deportations fair? Not to all involved. Is it fair that we must be compelled to allow violent traitors to settle in our midst? Absolutely not! If people wish to adopt Islam, they must do so with the implicit understanding that Western culture will view them as an enemy to centuries of progress.
    Posted by: Zenster || 06/04/2007 16:52 Comments || Top||

    #14  Did anyone catch where this was in Minneapolis?
    Posted by: Icerigger || 06/04/2007 17:08 Comments || Top||

    #15  Held at: the U of Minn - C0ffman Memorial Union (probably charges a fee; sponsor was an on campus Muslim org which probably paid most of the fee)
    Posted by: mhw || 06/04/2007 17:15 Comments || Top||

    #16  The Saturday night PROM - Party foR Only Muslimahs, or Muslim girls -- at the University of Minnesota's Coffman Memorial Union provided a chance for the girls to participate in a major high school experience.
    Coffman is a rental hall on the U of M campus. No mention of who is paying

    "I'd hate to miss this," said Sabrina Wazwaz, 15, a freshman who goes to Twin Cities Academy in St. Paul. "I think it's really nice how they thought of the Muslim girls who can't go to the American prom, so they made this for us."
    News for you girl, at 15 which 55 Muslim man would want you?

    No word from the ACLU? What a surprise.
    Posted by: Icerigger || 06/04/2007 17:28 Comments || Top||

    #17  Well, they could hold a "Christian only" prom the next week. Watch the administration tie itself into knots.
    Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds || 06/04/2007 22:36 Comments || Top||


    Good morning to yez...
    Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Blondell rulez! ;-)

    Fred, can I suggest a little ... improvement? Whenever I bookmark an article, the bookmark says "Article". Usually I do edit that to get the title into the bookmark, but I have now a library of articles that I quick-bookmarked and it is kinda hard to tell what they are unless I click them one by one. It should be not that difficult to populate the article subject into the header title tag, which is all that is needed to reflect it in the bookmark for the future boookmarking. My 2 ¢
    Posted by: twobyfour || 06/04/2007 4:48 Comments || Top||

    #2  What I do in this case, and when saving RB entries on my PC, is simply to copy-paste the article's title into the bookmark/html file. I don't know if it would be worth the trouble for the Esteemed Site Owner to have each article individally named, though I'm not savvy at all about how a website or blog works, so I have no idea on how easy or complex it would be.
    Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 5:29 Comments || Top||

    #3  Not surprising that a picture of Joan Blondell would spark a discussion of bookmarking. If you saw her in later life you'd want to talk about something else too.
    Posted by: Jack is Back! || 06/04/2007 9:59 Comments || Top||

    #4  Let's concentrate on her slutty days, then, if she aged badly.
    Posted by: anonymous5089 || 06/04/2007 10:02 Comments || Top||

    #5  I don't wanna hear it, Jack. Just let me fantasize, OK?
    Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/04/2007 11:16 Comments || Top||

    #6  The vandals are still hard at work, and I'm almost immobilized by connection problems at the moment. This doesn't look good.
    Posted by: Fred || 06/04/2007 22:22 Comments || Top||

    #7  Have you contacted Rusty over at Jawa Fred, He might be able to help as he regulary gets hammered but has worked around it...
    Posted by: RD || 06/04/2007 22:30 Comments || Top||



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