KHOST, Afghanistan (Rooters) - The governor of Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday when a suicide car bomber struck his convoy, witnesses and officials said.
At least three of governor Arsala Jamal's bodyguards were killed in the attack, which occurred close to a base for Western troops just outside Khost town, they said.
Minutes after the attack, Jamal told Rooters he was fine.
"The attack was against my convoy. I am fine, but I see some people in flames in cars ahead of me."
At least 23 people, including two police officers, were killed in clashes as fresh violence swept Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday. Eight Taliban militants and two policemen were killed in fighting which erupted late Monday in the southern province of Ghazni where the Taliban have been holding 19 South Korean aid workers hostage for the past month, police said. The fighting in the provinces Qara Bagh where the Korean aid workers were kidnapped on July 19 and Ander districts was still ongoing Tuesday, provincial police chief Alishah Ahmadzai told AFP. Two other police were seriously wounded, he added.
Elsewhere in Ghazni, two Afghan civilians were killed and two injured when a landmine apparently intended for security forces went off under their vehicle on Tuesday, Ahmadzai said. The Taliban had planted the mine, aimed at us, the police commander said.
In separate clashes between Taliban and security forces, seven militants were killed in an operation by Afghan and coalition forces in neighbouring Helmand province on Monday, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. Seven terrorists who had infiltrated the area to destabilise it were killed during an operation by Afghan and coalition forces, the statement said, referring to a 10,000-strong US-led force based in the province. The operation took place in Helmands troubled Sangin district, where four Afghan army soldiers were also injured the same day after their checkpost was attacked by Taliban rockets.
Four other Taliban guerrillas were killed late Monday in the southwestern province of Farah, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang told AFP. The militants had attacked a police compound, initiating a firefight that lasted two hours. Sarjang told AP that police sustained no casualties while six Taliban were also wounded.
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HANGU: The Zargri Taliban shoora (council) has banned the sale of narcotics and audio-video business in Zargri areas and decided to give stern punishments to violators. Reports from Naryab said the Taliban shoora had imposed a ban in Zargri, Shanawari, Naryab, Chapri Naryab, Kahi and other areas of Hangu district and decided to burn the houses of those violating the ban and to fine them up to Rs 50,000. Hangu DPO Ghulam Muhammad Khan said the ban was limited to the Zargri area, adding that locals and madrassas were also involved in this exercise. Mian Hussain of Jamia Uloom Islamia Zargri, denied that his students had any role in the ban.
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BARA: Mufti Munir Shakir, a controversial cleric leading a group to fight a rival sect, was warmly received after his release from a 14-month-long detention in Karachi, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday.
He was one of the many missing people whose disappearance the Supreme Court had taken suo motu notice. I am happy to be back with my fellow terrorists well-wishers and supporters, The cleric told reporters at Sheikh Muhammadi in Khyber Agency where he is staying temporarily. He said he was arrested moments after he landed at Karachi airport on May 16 last year. The cleric, in his 40s, led Lashkar-e-Islami and confronted the rival Barelvi school of thought group Ansarul Islam. I am a free citizen of this country and can live where I feel best, he said.
"Hi ho, hi ho, it's to Wazoo we go!"
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LANDI KOTAL: A bomb exploded in an oil tanker at around 6:30am here on Tuesday, while the bomb disposal squad defused another bomb attached to an oil tanker at Torkham.
The explosion at Landi Kotal luckily did not ignite the oil tanker that was carrying 40,000 litres of oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan. After the blast, oil from a portion of the tanker flowed onto the main road. The other bomb attached to an oil tanker at the Torkham border was seen by a watchman, who raised an alarm. The administration immediately called the bomb disposal squad from Peshawar and they successfully defused the bomb. This tanker was also carrying oil for the NATO forces.
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Law-enforcement agencies have traced a network of terrorists operating across Pakistan and arrested two members allegedly linked to last months suicide bombings in Islamabad, Interior Ministry spokesman Brig (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema told reporters here on Tuesday.
Cheema said the security and intelligence agencies had uncovered a well-connected gang of terrorists that were planning suicide bombings across Pakistan. He said these terrorists were linked with Lal Masjid and Waziristan, adding that more members of the network would be arrested soon. Asked about any information learnt from the suspected terrorists since their arrest, Cheema said, Details will be shared with the media once the whole network is busted. He said more arrests were expected over the next few days and a state of high alert had been placed on all security agencies in this regard.
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These "security officials" look like they came out of the neighborhood madrassa
Pakistani security officials examine rockets used by militants in an attack on the military checkpoint in Bannu, a troubled town near the Pakistani tribal area North Waziristan, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. Suspected militants attacked a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan before dawn Wednesday, triggering a shootout that left three soldiers dead, police said.
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Of course, I'ma thinkin' nuttin says Paki "justice" like broadcasting your taking down a terror cell in the local newspaper before you do it. Do I smell ISI on the case?
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MIRANSHAH: Two army convoys were attacked on Tuesday with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in North Waziristan and Bannu, while four people were killed and several injured in an inter-tribe feud over 2,000 kanals of land near Miranshah, officials and tribal elders said. There was no loss of life or damage to vehicles in the two attacks, security officials told Daily Times. They said that the military was adopting new methods to avoid collateral damage in the wake of such attacks. The first IED attack took place near Thall Bridge, while the second attack targeted a military convoy heading towards Bannu.
Online adds: Unidentified militants targeted an FC Fort on the Jandola-Tank Road in Manzai, South Waziristan, with rockets and automatic weapons, while the Tank-Jandola Highway was closed following reports that militants had planted a landmine in Manzai.
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Never, NEVER buy munitions that carry the Tennessee Guarantee*
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1.) WE TELL YOU IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM
2.) YOU GET TO TAKE IT HOME AND FIND OUT IT'S BROKEN
3.) WE LET YOU COME BACK AND CALL US A SON-OF-A-BITCH
4.) YOU GET TO TAKE YOUR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE AND NEVER COME BACK AGAIN
A Black Hawk helicopter went down Wednesday in northern Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard, the military said, the deadliest crash since January 2005. The military said initial indications showed the UH-60 helicopter experienced a mechanical problem and was not brought down by hostile fire, but the cause of the crash was still under investigation.
It was one of two helicopters on a nighttime operation. The four crew members and 10 passengers who perished were assigned to Task Force Lightning, the military said. It did not release identities pending notification of relatives.
#3
God grant peace and serenity to the families of these brave men who died to protect us all. May their names never be forgotten, and may their deeds be remembered with pride.
I made a list once of all the people I knew that died while serving in the military. There were 97 of them, counting those I knew between 1964 and 1991. Eleven died in non-combat aircraft crashes, 33 died in automobile accidents, eight died in Vietnam from combat, 14 died during training exercises, and eight died from "unknown causes". Two had heart attacks on duty. Two died in Desert Storm. One was killed in a freak electrical accident. One committed suicide. I don't remember the cause of death for most of the rest. The Military is a very dangerous occupation, even during "peacetime", and not for the faint of heart. You have to love what you're doing to make the kind of commitment the military demands. These men were doing what they loved most - protecting the rest of us. They are heroes, each and every one of them.
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So sad. My prayers to their families and fighting brethren.
I believe I heard that this helo went down in Northern Iraq. I wonder if it was a spec op group going up to engage/reconoiter the Iranian Rev Guard said to gathering on the border.
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My thought too, remoteman. Noting as they're Task Force Lightning, it makes me *hope* so. Here's to hopin' the other chopper full gets some good Mullah training exercises soon.
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I made a list once of all the people I knew that died while serving in the military. There were 97 of them, counting those I knew between 1964 and 1991. Eleven died in non-combat aircraft crashes, 33 died in automobile accidents, eight died in Vietnam from combat, 14 died during training exercises, and eight died from "unknown causes". Two had heart attacks on duty. Two died in Desert Storm. One was killed in a freak electrical accident. One committed suicide. I don't remember the cause of death for most of the rest. The Military is a very dangerous occupation, even during "peacetime", and not for the faint of heart. You have to love what you're doing to make the kind of commitment the military demands. These men were doing what they loved most - protecting the rest of us. They are heroes, each and every one of them.
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Old Patriot thanks for telling us about the People you knew who died in service.
My Pop died DIED: July 30, 2007.. Long illness with that god damn Leukemia. He was such a rock right up to the end God Bless him.
Navy, Pharmacist's Mate, South pacific WWII, Duration, Most of the Beach invasions.. Ship Hospitals and Beach-Head Shore Hospitals, triage.
Another real good buddy Vietnam Vet, just had his lung cancer, which was in remission, pop up and spread to his brain. Now he has a tumor the size of an olive in the center of his skull. Bad prognosis.
Have you noticed that you are crossing out more old names in your address/phone book than you are adding new ones? or is that just me?
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The Iraqi government has issued a new list of wanted people, including the names of some top officials in the former regime headed by the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
"Topping the list are Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Revolutionary Council Izzat Ibrahim Al-Doori," Lieutenant General Abdel-Karim Khalaf of the Interior Ministry told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
Al-Doori was the sixth most wanted man on the US army's original list. The second most wanted man on the current Iraqi list is Mohammad Yunis Al-Ahmad, who is said to finance most of the attacks against the Multi-national force (MNF) in Iraq. He now heads the Iraqi Baath party abroad and is trying to bring its members back together.
The third most wanted is Taher Jalil Habbush Al-Takriti, former head of the Iraqi military intelligence and is also currently involved in financing attacks against the MNF, Khalaf said.
He added that all those whose names were cited in the list were involved in financing attacks against the MNF.
The Iraqi police had called on the Interpol to apprehend Al-Doori and Saddam's daughter Raghd Raghead, who is said to be living in Jordan.
BAGHDAD - A helicopter went down in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard, the military said, the deadliest crash since January 2005.
The military said initial indications showed the aircraft experienced a mechanical problem and was not brought down by hostile fire, but the cause of the crash was still under investigation.
The UH-60 Black Hawk was part of a pair of helicopters on a nighttime operation when the crash occurred. The four crew members and 10 passengers who perished were assigned to Task Force Lightning, the military said. It did not release identities pending notification of relatives.
The deadliest crash occurred on Jan. 26, 2005, when a CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter went down in a sandstorm in western Iraq, killing 31 U.S. troops.
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I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.
Rest in peace, and God bless.
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NAJAF: Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr congratulated his supporters yesterday for the imminent withdrawal of British forces from the southern city of Basra.
The troops are due to leave their last base in Basra and move to an airbase outside the city in the coming weeks, after coming under daily mortar and rocket bombardment from local Shi'ite militias.
British commanders insist they are not being forced out and will leave the city in the hands of the Iraqi security forces but Sadr, in a statement issued by his office in Najaf, claimed the decision as a victory.
"We heard and you heard too, of the intention of British troops to withdraw from our beloved southern Iraq. Congratulations are due to us, to you and to the honest resistance," he said.
Last August, when British troops left their base in the southern town of Amara it was immediately looted by local citizens and Sadr's Mahdi Army militia held a small-scale victory parade.
Now, his Shi'ite militia fighters are among the strongest opponents of US and British forces in Iraq, and have taken the lead in the daily attacks against British bases and convoys in Basra.
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Sadr needs to take "credit" for a .50 caliber round in his turban.
#5
Hummm.. I wonder how Kuwait is feeling right about now?
IIRC it's mostly Sunni, and there's fat ole agressive Iran packed full of Assatollahs and missles and Quds [cuspidors] Forces.
Not to mention Tater and his Tots the Badr Boys just up North of them in I-raq.
Course Kuwait has us, the USA and that pre-positioned stuff which we're presently using [used up more likely] and our forward bases but maybe Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are gonna cut and run and pull us all back to Okinawa like Sen. Murtha wants?
Or hey maybe well do like the demoC*raps did in RVN in 1973-1975, bug out to the US of A.
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Naw, we're gonna win this one baby, by the grace of God interceding in our affairs and pinching our politicians heads......HARD!
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#4 Like there wouldn't be another one in his place?
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Like there wouldn't be another one in his place?
Come on, gg. You live in the Middle East, if not Israel, right?
What Wretchard says about the Palestinian leadership is eqally applicable in all high context Islamic societies:
The Israeli strike against the terrorist top tier exploits the weakness inherent in terrorist organizations which are unstable alliances based on a delicate balance of internal intimidation. None of them, the Palestinian Authority included, are either transparent or accountable. They are exceptionally vulnerable to changes in their leadership. They can stand the loss of any number of teenage fighters or youthful suicide bombers without much damage but are rocked -- as Yassin's death illustrates -- by death at the top.
These maggots make themselves irreplacable, it's how they stay in power. This is why so often the only way to remove them is by force. They wouldn't have it any other way. They create and flourish in a society that is cowed and religiously bullied (in every meaning of the phrase).
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Why does that piece of shit continue to draw oxygen? Why (at the least) hasn't the acting government arrested him? Why does anyone pretend that anything even remotelyr resembling "peace" can be had while simultaneously allowing an armed resistance to exist within the center of the country with no consequences to those that are the public face of the resistance? Who the fuck do they think they're kidding?
It makes me absolutely sick that we were given an 8 year run at the driver's seat and did so little with it. What is the point of power if one is unwilling to use it?
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What is the point of power if one is unwilling to use it?
It's for posturing and moral preening that is of little consequence in genuinely important affairs but of great significance to those who value style over substance.
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It's a good thing we didn't 86 this piece of shiat.
/sarc
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#8. Come on Zenster, IDF killed 500% of Hamas leadership. US Military had (approx) the same success with Al Qaeda Iraq. Its like stopping baseball in USA by killing the top league players.
You live in the Middle East, if not Israel, right?
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"Why does that piece of shit continue to draw oxygen? Why (at the least) hasn't the acting government arrested him? . . . "
All bets are hedged.
There are ramifications from endless public policy debate over whether we stay to win or declare all Iraqis hopeless squabblers, ourselves losers, and go home. So bets will remain, to some degree hedged.
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...or declare all Iraqis hopeless squabblers...
Islam breeds nothing BUT "hopeless squabblers". There is no such thing as a open, fair, and participative society within any territory dominated by Islam. I cannot fathom why we allowed them to craft a constitution that is openly linked to Islam, nor erect a political system that recognizes religious factions rather than political ideologies.
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gg, obviously I have confused you with someone else whose 'nym sounds similar.
Come on Zenster, IDF killed 500% of Hamas leadership. US Military had (approx) the same success with Al Qaeda Iraq. Its like stopping baseball in USA by killing the top league players.
A cute analogy to be sure, but let's face it, attendance at the games would drop if all players in the majors were taken out of the game. Trying to replace them with peanut league strings wouldn't create the same level of play. So it is with Islam's clerical and terrorist elite. We've mostly been taking out cannon fodder as compared to the big shots. That ratio needs to invert before reasonable progress will be obtained.
There is no such thing as a open, fair, and participative society within any territory dominated by Islam. I cannot fathom why we allowed them to craft a constitution that is openly linked to Islam, nor erect a political system that recognizes religious factions rather than political ideologies.
Absolutely spot on, Crusader. Permitting Afghanistan and Iraq to install shari'a based constitutions was a singular folly upon our part. As a military occupier, such a thing should simply have been forbidden with all proponents of such jailed or executed.
One could argue that such a measure might involve killing off a large portion of each respective society but it still remains that those same people will get even larger numbers killed by persisting with their jihadist activities. If we are going to be so idiotic as to pretend that we can save Islam from itself, then there's a huge number of people that need killing. Such pantywaist strategies as persuasion and negotiation play negligible roles in such a plan.
A decade or so from nowmost likely after the needless deaths of several million Americansthat question (or a variant of it), will ring in the ears of several successive generations.
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Last August, when British troops left their base in the southern town of Amara it was immediately looted by local citizens and Sadr's Mahdi Army militia held a small-scale victory parade.
Here's to hopin' that WE remember this event, and that some of our best and brightest snipers are on a "training exercise" in and around Basra when the Brits pull out.
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Coalition Forces killed five terrorists and detained 11 suspected terrorists during three operations in central and northern Iraq Tuesday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq and its supporting terror networks.
Iraqi civilians west of Baqubah reported that al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives had moved into the area and forced civilians out of their homes. Coalition Forces moved into the area to conduct an operation targeting a terrorist facilitator believed to operate a safe house for terrorist meetings. An assault force element moved into the target buildings to secure them, but encountered two armed men inside who drew their weapons. Coalition Forces engaged and killed the men. Another armed man emerged from a nearby building with a weapon aimed at the assault force. Coalition Forces responded in self-defense and engaged the armed man, killing him.
When surveillance teams observed armed men maneuvering to a small palm grove near the assault force, Coalition Forces attempted to call them out of their fighting positions, but the enemy fighters did not comply. Coalition Forces responded appropriately to the armed hostile threat and engaged with small arms fire while close air support aircraft engaged the armed men with machine gun fire. Ground forces assess one terrorist was killed in the engagement. At the scene, the ground forces discovered improvised explosive devices and safely disarmed them. Five suspected terrorists were detained.
In Mosul, Coalition Forces captured a Syrian who allegedly facilitates the movement of foreign terrorists and supports an al-Qaeda in Iraq bomb-manufacturing network. Receiving small arms fire when they arrived on the objective, the assault force returned fire. The ground forces assessed one suspected terrorist was wounded, and four suspects were detained for their ties to the bomb-making cell. Intelligence reports indicate the cell was planning a large-scale attack in the Husaybah area.
Using information gained during an operation Jul. 26, Coalition Forces raided a series of buildings south of Kirkuk targeting a close associate of an al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader. Upon arrival at the scene, surveillance teams observed one man moving into position against the assault force. Coalition Forces, responding appropriately to the hostile threat, engaged the man, killing him. The ground forces detained two suspected terrorists for their alleged ties to the terrorist leader. Iraqis are making it clear they do not support al-Qaeda in Iraq, nor do they want terrorists in their communities, said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. With their help, we will continue our assault on al-Qaeda in Iraq and its terror networks.
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There is definitely a pattern here. If a sucessful operation yields one or more prisoners, then the intel gained gives birth to additional operations. Also, sucessful operations yield weapons and bomb making gear which is destroyed, and any brave enough to resist are 'engaged and killed' at the scene.
Now, put yourself in the al Q position;
This is a high price to pay for what again ? To upset sunnis and shias and start a civil war ? To inflict casualties on the infidel forces ? To score 6 dozen well rounded raisins ? To hang out with the guys at Allan's Snackbar ?
I must be missing something, but then, I can't think like an 8th century sandmonkey.
An Iraqi man saved the lives of four U.S. Soldiers and eight civilians when he intercepted a suicide bomber during a Concerned Citizens meeting in the town of al-Arafia Aug. 18. The incident occurred while Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, were talking with members of the al-Arafia Concerned Citizens, a volunteer community group, at a members house. I was about 12 feet away when the bomber came around the corner, said Staff Sgt. Sean Kane, of Los Altos, Calif., acting platoon sergeant of Troop B, 3-1 Cav. I was about to engage when he jumped in front of us and intercepted the bomber as he ran toward us. As he pushed him away, the bomb went off.
The citizens actions saved the lives of four U.S. Soldiers and eight civilians. Kane felt the loss personally because he had met and interacted with his rescuer many times before the incident. He was high-spirited and really believed what the group (Concerned Citizens) was doing, Kane said. I have no doubt the bomber was trying to kill American Soldiers. It was very calculated the way the bomber tried to do it. If he hadnt intercepted him, there is no telling how bad it could have been.
Kane believes the citizen is a hero. He could have run behind us or away from us, but he made the decision to sacrifice himself to protect everyone. Having talked with his father, I was told that even if he would have known the outcome before hand, he wouldnt have acted differently.
Capt. Brian Gilbert, of Boise, Idaho, the commander of Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, currently attached to 3-1 Cavalry, echoed Kanes sentiment. I spoke with the father, Gilbert said. He said he has no remorse in his sons death because he died saving American Soldiers.
Later that night, the Concerned Citizens group contacted the local National Police director, Lt. Col. Samir, with the location of the al-Qaeda cell believed to be responsible for the attack. The National Police immediately conducted a raid that resulted in four arrests.
Despite the citizens death, Gilbert is encouraged by the cooperation between citizens and the Iraqi National Police. The effort of the Concerned Citizens group has made the area much safer, he said. They are proud of who they are and their area, and want to get rid of the terrorists in their area.
Gilbert also praised the Iraqi National Polices role in eliminating insurgents in the area. The cooperation between them and the Concerned Citizens has been key, Gilbert said. The NP has done a great job of responding to the tips they have been given by the group.
Gilbert said he believes the area is improving because of the efforts of local citizens. The death, while unfortunate, demonstrated how close many in the area have become with the American Soldiers operating there. I consider many in the town friends, and I know they feel the same, Gilbert said. This is a tough situation, but well move on and try to prevent things like this from happening again. Ive talked with his family and told them how brave their son was. This is a huge loss for everyone involved.
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Wow. Hats off to the guy.
The fact that the locals turned the suicide cell at all speaks volumes about the trust they have in the security apparatus.
Later that night, the Concerned Citizens group contacted the local National Police director, Lt. Col. Samir, with the location of the al-Qaeda cell believed to be responsible for the attack.
Why didn't the locals turn in this cell sooner if they knew it was there?
The National Police immediately conducted a raid that resulted in four arrests.
Solid. I sure hope that the ba$tard who blew himself up was among those they arrested. They've got to get these guys off the street ASAP!
Coalition troops responding to reports of weapons being moved into a mosque south of Mahmudiyah were attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade Aug. 18. A local resident called Coalition Forces and reported weapons being unloaded from a vehicle and moved into a mosque. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., investigated the report.
As the vehicles came up the road near the mosque, an RPG was fired from the building. It struck the vehicle and caused a small fire which Soldiers quickly extinguished. Another platoon of 2-15 FAR troops arrived and secured the area. A bystander said a group of armed men had fled the mosque in groups of three and dispersed in different directions. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division searched the mosque, finding five possible rocket-launching devices. They also examined nearby buildings. A home near the mosque contained a flak vest and ammunition. Iraqi troops detained 10 people on suspicion of involvement in the incident.
As Soldiers of 2-15 FAR returned to Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, another RPG round was fired at them, but missed. The detained men were taken to the Iraqi Army Compound in Mahmudiyah for further questioning. The mosque was not damaged during the incident.
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The mosque was not damaged during the incident.
Task Force Marne Soldiers and aviators joined forces Aug. 18 to kill five insurgents targeting a combat outpost southeast of Baghdad. Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment reported receiving small arms fire at Combat Outpost Cahill from two sides late Saturday night. No Soldiers were injured by the sporadic gunfire.
The Soldiers on the ground were able to guide 1st Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade aircraft onto the squad-sized enemy element within minutes of the initial contact. The aircraft engaged and destroyed one truck and one anti-aircraft weapon system. The 1-15th Infantry is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Benning, Ga., and the 1-3 CAB is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
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Soldiers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, discovered four weapons caches in Qubbah and Mukeisha villages, in the Diyala River Valley, Iraq, during Operation Lightning Hammer, Aug 18.
While conducting a clearance operation in the village of Qubbah, Soldiers discovered two caches consisting of small-arms ammunition and magazines, 20 sticks of dynamite, detonation cord, 78 blasting caps, one pistol, a suicide vest carrier, six DVDs of suicide bombers, land contracts to rent land to members of the Islamic State of Iraq, propaganda encouraging extremists to kill Coalition Forces and a Wahabbist handbook.
Two other caches were discovered in the village of Mukeisha, which contained 14 Katusha rockets, 10 rocket-propelled grenades, 20-60mm mortar rounds, five 60mm mortar tubes, eight sticks of dynamite, and a DSHKA anti-aircraft weapon system. The discovery of these caches will significantly degrade al-Qaidas ability to conduct operations in the Diyala River Valley, said Col. David W. Sutherland, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division commander. Taking away their weapons systems further allows the local and provincial government to begin rebuilding the systems that provide essential services like food, water, and electricity to the citizens in this area.
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Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 14th infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., detained several men during an air assault mission along the Euphrates River, Aug. 20. One of the men detained was dressed as a pregnant woman.
Crimson Shogun was an operation targeting al-Qaeda-allied terrorist networks in the Owesat and Fetoah areas along the river and brought together more than 100 Soldiers of 2-14 Inf., 50 Iraqi army troops and two local residents who volunteered to help identify terrorists. Thirteen men were detained for further questioning, one of whom was on the battalions list of persons of interest. His brother was also detained, and was found by the Soldiers of Company A disguised as a pregnant woman in an attempt to avoid capture.
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He could have gave birth to more orphans and widows.
Every day, My pressure on this shall become worse.
Every day, I have two to 9 beheadings and car bombs and shootings. The problem is not me. The problem is Moslems. Were I the problem, they would ask me questions. Instead they preach BS to me, and kill people for abosulutely no reason other than their perspective. Now is the end for this.
I demand change and I demand it immediately so I may concentrate on bigger issues for the human race. But no dice. Moslems do whatever they see in that book that was NOT written by GOD. And maybe it is time for GOD to act in BIG ways.
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According to an article on Background page today, he could be tried under Sharia law for cross-dressing.
Maybe if he's going to dress as a woman, we ought to make him one. Anybody have one of those spear-gun-looking things that stretch out a teeny, tiny rubber band so it can be slipped over the relevant anatomy and released safely (safely to the releaser, that is)?
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Hold it. Wasn't there a story just yesterday about a muslim protest of transvestites being let out of jail in somalia? Can't these muzz make up their minds about cross dressing?
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But seriously folks, isn't it just a wee bit ironic how Muslim abuse of their own social dictates (tahara or "purity"), forms the best reason for abolishing such laws?
The endless parade of terrorists utilizing women's garb to elude detection or perpetrate attacks has become our best reason for banning all such forms of disguise. As always, Muslims sow the seeds of their own destruction. The self-martyring aspect of Islamic culture permeates it right down to the philosophical level. Islam cannot help but destroy itself by seeking domination which will demonstrate just how utterly unfit shari'a law is to regulate even a toy train human life.
Gunmen killed seven members of one family on Tuesday near Latifiya, a mostly Sunni Arab town in Iraqs Triangle of Death south of Baghdad, police and an Interior Ministry official said. Officials were unable to give a concerted account of what happened, disagreeing on how many women were among the victims or to which religious sect they belonged. A police captain in Latifiya, who asked not to be named, said three women and a 2-year-old girl were killed and two women wounded when gunmen stormed into a house in the village of Muwelha near Latifiya, 40 km south of Baghdad. Three men from the same family also died, he said. Colonel Abbas al-Jabouri, head of police in Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad, also said three women and a young girl were among the dead. However, an Interior Ministry source in Baghdad said all of the dead were men, with two women also wounded. Police and Interior Ministry officials also differed on whether the family were members of Iraqs majority Shiite community or were Sunni Arabs.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed and millions displaced in a wave of sectarian violence since the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in the town of Samarra in February 2006. The Triangle of Death is a stronghold of Sunni Arab insurgents. US forces are targeting them as part of a major new, nationwide push against Sunni Arab and Shiite militants.
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Sopunds like the US Marines to me. Execute them all.
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Tater's Death Squads most likely.
just guessing: He could undo all the hard surge work until he's hit along with the rest of his top people. Badr next plz. before the Brits leave Basra.
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NEW DELHI: A mysterious delegation of Indian Muslims, invited on a rare visit to Israel, was apparently attacked with rockets by the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, Press Trust of India said on Tuesday.
Sirens warning of an impending rocket attack went off when the Indian delegation was visiting the southern Israeli city of Sederot. The visit was a hush-hush affair till the attack happened.
We heard a warning shot which was followed by a siren. We were immediately rushed to take shelter behind the mountains where we heard the sound of another rocket attack which hit the city, Maulana Umair Ilyasi, leader of the delegation, told PTI after the attack took place on Monday.
The delegation is visiting Israel on the invitation of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Australian Israel Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAFC).
The AJC and the AIJAC had arranged a trip for the visiting Indian delegation to the southern city of Sederot, which is just 800 metres away from the Gaza border.
We were just watching the Gaza Strip from the top of a mountain when the rockets were fired from the Hamas-controlled territory, Ilyasi, General Secretary of the All India Organisation of Imams of Mosques, said. Will that make him think?
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And then, seeing the indiscriminate targeting of innocents by HAMAS, the visiting Muslims vowed to support Israel in establishing her legitimacy in the middle east and in defending herself against terror.
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I was watching IBN yesterday and they said that one of the rockets in that attack hit a daycare center but fortunately no chidren were in it. Funny how that is not even mentioned.
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This story is evidence that the MSM is causing Global Warming. If the MSM could be believed at least by these Indians, then a simple video of the rockets hitting the Sederot area with MSM explanation would have saved the trip to the scene saving carbon credits. However, the MSM have exposed their agenda and no one believes anything they say, especially that which they don't say and reveal as fact supported by third party commentary.
A senior Hamas operative was killed in an AIF air strike in Gaza early Wednesday, and three more were wounded. The IDF said it struck a group of armed men who had approached the border fence with Israel. Hamas identified the operative as Yehia Habib, a senior field commander in Gaza City.
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The newish thing here was that two kids (grade school age)were killed when they were retrieving the qassan launcher. The IDF didn't know their ages obviously.
This puts Hamas in an interesting position. They would like to start a propaganda offensive against the Israelis as child killers (all their agents in the US and Europe are queued up raring to go). However, to do would result in more widespread knowledge that they use kids to aid the terrorist actions.
This is not a difficult position for Hamas. They know the media will only pick up on the "children killed" aspect of the story and will ignore the "retrieving qassam launcher" part.
That might have been true a year ago. However, Hamas has made a number of enemies since then. In fact, since the incident in question, there haven't been any "Jews killing children" demos in Egypt, etc. Even Iran, which nominally supports Hamas, hasn't mentioned it yet.
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Give him time, mhw. Ahmadinijad is still trying to convince us furriners that Iran's *the place* to invest your money. He'll get to the blaming Joos tomorrow, I'd bet.
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Two Muslims were shot dead and 19 people, including several policemen, were wounded in twin bomb attacks near a busy railway station Tuesday in Thailand's restive south, police said.
The first bomb, hidden in the front basket of a motorcycle, went off during the morning rush hour in Yala, one of three insurgency-torn provinces bordering Malaysia, they said. As police rushed to the scene, a more powerful bomb exploded, injuring 19 people, including eight policemen and four from the local press. The second explosive was hidden inside the same motorcycle, and insurgents detonated it through a remote control, police said.
Also in Yala, a 28-year-old Muslim man was gunned down by militants at a tea shop early Tuesday, and another 27-year-old Muslim man was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in the province late Monday.
The Lebanese government demonstrated mercy by agreeing to permit the families of the terrorist Fatah al-Islam militia to safely flee the devastated Palestinian refugee camp on Tuesday. The humane gesture comes after the wives and children of the terrorists vowed to fight to the death with their respective husbands and fathers. The request to leave could be a sign of desperation from Fatah al-Islam, indicating that they are nearly eliminated from Nahr al-Bared.
The Fatah al-Islam group had asked the Palestinian Clerics' Association late on Monday for help in arranging a ceasefire in the fighting at Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon so their families could leave, an association member said. "The army leadership agreed to the proposal ... to facilitate the departure of the families of the fighters of the Fatah al-Islam organization," the army said in a statement.
The army, which has demanded the surrender of the al Qaeda-inspired militants, said it had repeatedly called on the group to let their families leave but did not say when the civilians might be evacuated. Between 40 and 80 civilians, mostly the wives and children of the militants, remain in the camp, Lebanese and Palestinians sources estimate. The camp lies in ruins after tank, artillery and helicopter bombardment. Most of the camp's 40,000 refugees fled early on in the fighting which has killed nearly 300 people, making it Lebanon's worst internal violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. The army said it was not clear how many militants remain in the camp.
Sheikh Mohammed al-Haj of the Palestinian Clerics' Association earlier told Reuters he was waiting for the militants to come back with "numbers of civilians fleeing and the time period".
A Lebanese soldier was killed in Nahr al-Bared on Tuesday, bringing the army's overall death toll to 141 since the conflict began on May 20, security sources said. At least 100 militants and 42 civilians have also been killed.
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Islamists who have fought the Lebanese army at a Palestinian refugee camp for the past three months are seeking a truce to let their families and other civilians flee, an intermediary said on Tuesday. A spokesman for the Fatah Al-Islam group, Abu Salim Taha, called the Palestinian Clerics Association late on Monday to ask for help in arranging a ceasefire in the fighting at Nahr Al-Bared camp in north Lebanon, an association member said. Palestinian clerics have tried unsuccessfully in the past to mediate between Fatah Al-Islam and the army, which demands the unconditional surrender of the Al Qaeda-inspired militants.
Lebanese and Palestinians sources have estimated that between 40 and 80 civilians, mostly the wives and children of the militants, remain in the camp, which lies in ruins after weeks of tank, artillery and helicopter bombardment. Most of the camps 40,000 refugees fled early on in the fighting. We have always called on the militants to allow the women and children to flee. And now we have no objection to those civilians leaving the camp, an army source said but gave no word on the terms of a truce.
Sheikh Mohammed Al-Haj of the Palestinian Clerics Association told Reuters the group had given Fatah Al-Islam the armys response and were now waiting for the militants to come back with numbers of civilians fleeing and the time period. Another Lebanese soldier was killed in Nahr Al-Bared on Tuesday, bringing the armys overall death toll to 141 since the conflict began on May 20, security sources said.
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Is this the same group that's been wiped out several times over the past few weeks?
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Note to the Leb Army: "Look under the Burqua for stubble on their way out...."
BTW, I hated those PT belts. And anything someone else wanted to tie me to or onto me. Like hats, those damn hats, and the PT belts. Why cannot that die now? Does not the new PT uniform cost 1/4 salary as it is? Who made that company anyways?
I keep my PT belt in the trunk. Guess it is a "trunked system".
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KHOST, Afghanistan (Rooters) - The governor of Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday when a suicide car bomber struck his convoy, witnesses and officials said.
In separate clashes between Taliban and security forces, seven militants were killed in an operation by Afghan and coalition forces in neighbouring Helmand province on Monday, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. Seven terrorists who had infiltrated the area to destabilise it were killed during an operation by Afghan and coalition forces, the statement said, referring to a 10,000-strong US-led force based in the province. The operation took place in Helmands troubled Sangin district, where four Afghan army soldiers were also injured the same day after their checkpost was attacked by Taliban rockets. 
HANGU: The Zargri Taliban shoora (council) has banned the sale of narcotics and audio-video business in Zargri areas and decided to give stern punishments to violators. Reports from Naryab said the Taliban shoora had imposed a ban in Zargri, Shanawari, Naryab, Chapri Naryab, Kahi and other areas of Hangu district and decided to burn the houses of those violating the ban and to fine them up to Rs 50,000. Hangu DPO Ghulam Muhammad Khan said the ban was limited to the Zargri area, adding that locals and madrassas were also involved in this exercise. Mian Hussain of Jamia Uloom Islamia Zargri, denied that his students had any role in the ban.
Law-enforcement agencies have traced a network of terrorists operating across Pakistan and arrested two members allegedly linked to last months suicide bombings in Islamabad, Interior Ministry spokesman Brig (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema told reporters here on Tuesday.
The Iraqi government has issued a new list of wanted people, including the names of some top officials in the former regime headed by the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
BAGHDAD - A helicopter went down in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard, the military said, the deadliest crash since January 2005. 
NAJAF: Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr congratulated his supporters yesterday for the imminent withdrawal of British forces from the southern city of Basra.
NEW DELHI: A mysterious delegation of Indian Muslims, invited on a rare visit to Israel, was apparently attacked with rockets by the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, Press Trust of India said on Tuesday.
