The Defense Ministry says clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan have left 11 Taliban militants dead. The ministry says that seven militants have been killed in clashes and airstrikes in the southern Helmand province. It also says another four militants have been killed in a clash in neighboring Kandahar province.
In Zabul province, a roadside bomb hit an Afghan army patrol, wounding five soldiers, the ministry said in a statement Monday. All incidents happened on Sunday.
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Pakistan freed a pro-Taliban cleric and quickly signed an accord with his hard-line group Monday, the first major step by the new government to talk peace with Islamic militants and break with President Pervez Musharraf's policy of using force.
The day's developments began with the release of Sufi Muhammad, who is believed in his 70s, after more than five years in custody following his dispatch of thousands of followers to fight in Afghanistan.
The followers he dispatched arrived on pickup trucks, most without training, some unarmed, fired up to fight the infidel. The real mujaheddin, to whit the Northern Alliance, didn't really fight them -- they harvested them. Most of Sufi's heroes didn't make it back home, and the ones who did mostly had to be ransomed. Perv put Sufi in jug as much for the old horror's own protection as anything else. But memories in NWFP seem to be short, even though the droves of dead guys remain dead. Go figure.
A few hours later, the government of North West Frontier Province said Muhammad's group signed a pact renouncing violence in return for being allowed to peacefully campaign for Islamic law. Security forces have the right to "act against" any extremists who attack the government.
"Peacefully" in NWFP means nothing over .50 caliber for small arms and 107mm for artillery. Really calms things down a lot.
Analysts cautioned it would take time to judge the new approach, noting Musharraf also struck truces with some groups that U.S. officials have complained gave Pakistani militants as well as Taliban and al-Qaida fighters a chance to build up their strength.
The anti-government sentiments in the region affected by Monday's deal are seen as less intractable than those held by Taliban sympathizers in the tribal regions of Waziristan, where U.S. officials believe Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders are hiding. Provincial government spokesman Faridullah Khan said the pact covers the Swat Valley and neighboring districts in this area along the Afghan frontier.
It was not clear if the deal was accepted by Muhammad's son-in-law, Mualana Fazlullah, whose fighters seized control of the Swat Valley last year, prompting a bloody army offensive. Fazlullah's spokesman could not be reached for comment late Monday. Fazlullah is reportedly at odds with Muhammad, and experts expressed doubts the younger militant would change. "I think Maulana Fazlullah will continue with whatever he is doing," said Mehmood Shah, former security chief for Pakistan's tribal areas.
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Pakistani security forces have rescued three kidnapped UN workers after a shootout with abductors that left one soldier dead and five wounded. Police and paramilitary soldiers chased kidnappers and a clash erupted near a checkpost in Landi Kotal district in Khyber tribal agency, police sources told KUNA. Sources said clashes left one paramilitary soldier dead and wounded five others. They said the three local UN workers were rescued unharmed.
The U.S. military says two American Marines have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Iraq.
A statement says the attacker detonated an explosives-laden car at an entry control point near Ramadi. The military says Tuesday's blast also wounded three other Multi- National ForceWest Marines, along with two Iraqi police officers and 24 local residents.
The city west of Baghdad is the capital of the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province. It has been relatively peaceful since local tribal leaders joined forces with the U.S. military against al- Qaida in Iraq.
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There is no way that these guys should be within range of a VBIED at an ECP. There are extremely effective means to project force remotely and the IA or IP should be doing the up close work. Sad.
#2
The Thais are slow to anger - far slower than anyone else I know. They are also some of the deadliest fighters in the world. I think things are going to go south (literally and figuratively) among the three southern provinces. It's just going to take enough killing to get the Buddhists riled up enough to respond. The muzzies are almost there.
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Two leaders of the feared Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah were sentenced Monday to 15 years in jail, dealing yet another blow to the group blamed for a string of deadly bombings in Indonesia.
Abu Dujana, the group's military commander, and Zarkasih, who acted briefly as its caretaker leader, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks, harboring fugitives and stockpiling illegal arms. The rulings were handed down in separate, lengthy trials at the South Jakarta District Court.
Jemaah Islamiyah and its allies are accused of carrying out the 2002 bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, a 2003 attack on the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, a 2004 attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, and triple suicide bombings in 2005 on restaurants in Bali. Many of the more than 240 killed in the attacks were foreign tourists. Neither Dujana nor Zarkasih both of whom faced possible death sentences were charged in connection with those blasts.
Dujana's conviction was over recent attacks on Christians on the eastern island of Sulawesi, which was plagued by religious violence from 1999 to 2001. He has condemned al-Qaida-style bombings, arguing they were counterproductive to the group's reported aim of establishing Islamic law across the region.
Presiding Judge Wahjono, who like many Indonesians uses one name, sentenced Dujana to 15 years in prison, saying his recent public condemnations of terrorism had been taken into account. He also said he was convinced Dujana could play a role in helping reform other jailed terrorists. Asked if he would appeal the ruling, Dujana, 37, said, "I'll think about it."
Judge Eddy Risdianto said Zarkasih, 45, was given a reduced sentence because he only served as a two-month caretaker leader of Jemaah Islamiyah in 2005, not the emir as had been alleged. The judge also cited his good behavior in prison.
The two judges also labeled Jemaah Islamiyah a terrorist group, a move that could pave the way for the government to ban the group, something it has previously said would be difficult because it was not a "formal organization."
Even without a ban on the network, the government's crackdown has met with huge success, resulting in hundreds of arrests in recent years, thanks partly to forensic and technical help from foreign governments.
Jemaah Islamiyah was formed in the early 1990s as an offshoot of another militant network stretching back decades. Its core leadership fought or trained in Afghanistan and some came under the influence of al-Qaida.
A regional crackdown following the Bali attacks netted hundreds of members and sympathizers, severely weakening the group. Former members and analysts say a hard-core faction that carried out the bombings no longer operates under Jemaah Islamiyah's command.
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Dujana's conviction was over recent attacks on Christians on the eastern island of Sulawesi, which was plagued by religious violence from 1999 to 2001. He has condemned al-Qaida-style bombings, arguing they were counterproductive to the group's reported aim of establishing Islamic law across the region.
"Just bomb the Joos and the infidels, not the members of the Ummah!
#2
I'd like to see that scrawny little POS with the "goatee" do his time hanging by his chin whiskers, about two feet above the Pacific. I'll chum for the sharks.
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Armed Hezbollah militants warded off members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) last month when the peacekeepers discovered a truck carrying weapons and ammunition belonging to the Lebanon-based guerilla group.
The incident was referred to briefly in a semi-yearly report submitted to the UN Security Council by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. The incident was the first time that UNIFIL forces were confronted by armed Hezbollah men south of Lebanon's Litani River, an area which Security Council resolution 1701 prohibits Hezbollah from entering.
According to a government source in Jerusalem, the incident caused great embarrassment for UNIFIL. The source described the incident, explaining that UNIFIL troops on patrol discovered the truck and chased it down and pulled it over. When the UNIFIL troops approached the vehicle, the source said, armed Hezbollah men exited the truck and threatened the troops at gunpoint. The UNIFIL patrol then went back into their cars, according to the source, and returned to their base. Our work is done here, Tonto. Adios...
The report submitted to the Security Council said the incident occurred on the night between the 30 and 31 of March. "This serious violation of the UN resolution raises concerns," the report said. ...and that'll be about it. The incident was not reported in the media at the time of its occurrence. Nuthin to see here...
Israeli security officials believe that Hezbollah forces are usually found in areas where the organization enjoys centralized civilian support. There are many areas that answer to that description in south Lebanon because most of the residents in the south of the country are Shiite Muslims, who support Hezbollah.
OTHO, it sucks being unfil in lebanon, they're basically living targets living in the shadow of the hizbollah, ready to scatter away pronto if/when round II starts over. What would those mighty peacekeeper have done, have a shootout with the gunmen? Even if they won it, this would have been an huge NO-NO from the "international community" point of view, and they would have been thumped heavily by their hierarchy, and targeted by terror attacks from the noxw on-the-warpath hizbollah. They simply can't do a thing, just like the blue helmets who spent years being less than useless at the leb border.
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Why make changes? UNIFIL caught Hezbollah in an area where they weren't supposed to be, with weapons and ammunition they weren't supposed to have.
UNIFIL then returned to their base and filed a report, which was buried among the thousands of others and ignored.
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It's a no-win situation.
UNIFL ROE doesn't allow for armed confrontation.
AK-47s against UN sidearms isn't an even match.
Anyone care to guess how fast UN backup would arrive? (hint: it's either 'too late' or 'never')
Attention Troofers... CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden's chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida's strike against the U.S.
The comments in a recording posted on an Islamic Web site reflected the increasing criticism by al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri against Iran. Al-Zawahri has accused Iran in recent messages of seeking to extend its power in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and through its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon. The authenticity of the two-hour audio recording could not be independently confirmed. But the voice sounded like past audiotapes from the terror leader, and the posting where it was found bore the logo of Al-Sahab, al-Qaida's official media arm. It was the second of two messages answering questions that were posted to Islamic militant Web sites earlier this year.
One of the questioners asked about the theory that has circulated in the Middle East and elsewhere that Israel was behind the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Al-Zawahri accused Hezbollah's Al-Manar television of starting the rumor."The purpose of this lie is clear (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it," he said. "Iran's aim here is also clear to cover up its involvement with America in invading the homes of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq," he said. Iran cooperated with the United States in the 2001 U.S. assault on Afghanistan that toppled al-Qaida's allies, the Taliban. They did?
Answering questions about Iraq in Tuesday's tape, al-Zawahri said the insurgent umbrella group led by al-Qaida, called the Islamic Nation of Iraq, is "the primary force opposing the Crusaders and challenging Iranian ambitions" in Iraq, he said, referring to the Americans. As he often does in his messages, al-Zawahri denounced the "Crusader invasion" of Iraq, but in Tuesday's tape he paired it with a mention of "Iranian complicity" or "Iranian agents." Here's an idea. Go blow up shit in Iran.
In the latest tape, al-Zawahri was also asked if the terror group had further plans to attack Western countries that participated in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and subsequent war. "My answer is: Yes! We think that any country that has joined aggression on Muslims must be deterred," he replied. In response to a question signed by the Japanese news agency Kyodo asking if Japan remains a target because it once had troops in Iraq, al-Zawahri said "Japan provided help under the banner of the crusader coalition ... therefore it participated in the Crusader campaign against the lands of Islam." Japan deployed non-combat troops to southern Iraq in 2003 to carry out reconstruction work. It withdrew its troops from Iraq in 2006 and now conducts airlifts to help supply U.S.-led forces in that country.
Al-Zawahri spoke on a wide range of issues, even global warming, which he said reflected "how criminal, brutal and greedy the Western Crusader world is, with America at the top." He predicted that global warming would "make the world more sympathetic to and understanding of the Muslims' jihad against the aggressor America." But it does make Cave Life more comfortable...
Asked if there are any women in al-Qaida, the terror leader answered simply: "No." In a follow-up answer, he said: "There are no women in al-Qaida jihadi group, but the women of the mujahedeen are playing a heroic role in taking care of their houses and sons."
In several parts of Tuesday's audio message, Al-Zawahri claimed that the Taliban took over 95 percent of Afghanistan and is sweeping Pakistan as well. "The Crusaders and their agents in Pakistan and Afghanistan are starting to fall," he said. ...any day now.
In another answer Tuesday, al-Zawahri said it was against Islamic religious law for any Muslim to live permanently in a Western country because in doing so they would "have permanent stay there under the laws of the infidels." Somehow, I don't see a Muslim stampede to the airports...
Al-Qaida's media arm, Al-Sahab, announced in December that al-Zawahri would take questions from the public posted on Islamic militant Web sites and would respond "as soon as possible." Queries were submitted on the main Islamist Web site until the cutoff date of Jan. 16.
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Osama bin Laden's chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida's strike against the U.S.
I love it! Watch for this to be featured on Animal Planet's "When Memes Collide"
#3
One of the original troofers, RIGHT after 9/11, was a french conspiracy kook/leftist/secular activist named thierry messan, who got an hefty promotion by a crass teevee show host, which really kickstarted his own stuff.
A couple years ago, I read on a leftist website that part of the voltaire.net editors sitbon and other assorted leftists walked out of the org for the severe "dérive" of the org(pro-russia, pro-china, pro-iran, pro-islam), AND, as quoted from wikipedia : They also claim the existence of links with intelligence agencies, arguing that the Voltaire network had been constructed against such organizations.
IIRC, the "intelligence agencies" named included the french DGSE, and they were claims that meyssan was an "honorable correspondent" and or blackmailed supposedly due to his own very "ambiguous" position regarding homosexuality and pedophilia.
So, having meyssan as a french agent of influence really is not that far-fetched, adn could help explain in part the huge success of his thesis, while he was a very marginal information pusher, known mostly for grandiose claims about the National Front's order service which would be a front for one of those "stay behind" secret armies so favored by the french State over the post-WWII decades (think of the SAC), which were found rather unconvincing, to say the least...
Anyway, years from now, historians will examine the troofers movement, will find it made some good guesses most probably (do you really believe the official truth of 9/11?) here and there, but was overall a rubbish-filled mass paranoia movement... AND will most probably find some VERY interesting connections.
The supposed "CIA link" to the JFK killing, through the infamous Permindex was started by the KGB, through european proxies, then fueled by conspiracy books, either funded or directly pushed by the soviet disinformation apparatus (they were EXCELLENT at disinformation, in fact, they won the cold War of information, no doubt).
Does anyone believe the russians have lost their edge?
I'm 100% certain you can find an Hidden Hand behind the 9/11 troof movement (isn't that ironical?), and it's russian, iranian, arab money,... just as the "peace demonstrations" right before the OIF were organized by the usual suspects, with the full complicity of the "mainstream" european left and some of the so-called "conservatives" (like yacoub ibn shirak and galouzeau "de villpin").
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"Iran cooperated with the United States in the 2001 U.S. assault on Afghanistan that toppled al-Qaida's allies, the Taliban."
Yes, they did. I have photos of Iranian aircraft flying in American SF personnel to one of the Afghan airports in 2001.
Don't forget that the Taliban had killed some Iranian officials and there had been some border disputes between the Taliban and Iran.
They weren't our allies, but they didn't like the Taliban either.
Al
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anonymous5089: the russian angle is interesting... some people wonder if the USSR never really fell just went through a chapter 11 type reorg now guided by Putin...
Its in interesting risky idea to carry out but ideologs and other fanatics could dream that it would work. The problem is that their nation changes so much in the process that their initial aims no longer make sense in any other terms than revenge.
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Asked if there are any women in al-Qaida, the terror leader answered simply: "No." In a follow-up answer, he said: "There are no women in al-Qaida jihadi group, but the women of the mujahedeen are playing a heroic role in taking care of their houses and sons."
Tied to the kitchen are they Ayman????
Proves to me once again that the battle is against modernity eg womens rights in favour of medieval Islam eg women know your place is in the kitchen/house!!!
Why are the Western feminist so quiet re Islam????
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That ties in with what i read in Livitchenko's book 'Allegations' where he states that Ayman is a FSB agent!!!!
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3dc : anonymous5089: the russian angle is interesting... some people wonder if the USSR never really fell just went through a chapter 11 type reorg now guided by Putin...
I take you're refering to the "Final Phase" conspiracy theory, based on the (uncanny) revelations of the (controversed) soviet defector Golytsin?
I'm very fond of conspiracy theories, actually, and TFP seems to me to be a credible one, though, of course, what do I know? Again, in that regard, even the whole "NWO" premise ("the ennemy is our western Elites") can be seen as a prop in the demoralization war waged by the disinformation agents - again, is there an Hidden Hand behind the PCT-ers, and if yes, is it soviet/russian?
One more point I like about TFP, is that it ties nicely with my limited understanding of Biblical prophecies (note I can envisage the NWO as possible only in an apocalyptical/eschatological context, as being driven by higher forces, otherwise, in real-world terms, it doesn't make any sense) AND several prophecies from Christian european seers from the 18th or 19th century, not to mention several interpretation of Ye Olde Nostradamus, which have the ruskies allied with the arabs to invade Europe./paranoid mode
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Osama bin Laden's chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida's strike against the U.S.
This is a very interesting connection the Doc draws. I don't think the left will want to talk much about it. Sunni al-Aida stike on 9/11? Who was the most well known Sunni in the world (till he hung)? Is he admitting to a pre-9/11 connection? Or perhaps just trying to curry favor with the Sunnis now.
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"But it does make Cave Life more comfortable..."
Everything I'm saying here is strictly open source and COTS technology.
About 18 months ago, when these propaganda releases were more infrequent, and hence more noted and studied, we had the opportunity to get a fairly decent still picture of Dr. Knotthead speaking to the camera from the internet. What was most interesting when analysed was not his face, but his glasses, because the lighting in that picture was offset enough to let us get a decent reflection in his glasses of what was in front of him. Interestingly, besides the outline of the cameraman and camera, was the window behind him, complete with venetian blinds, which were up. What was interesting about that was not only the lack of security, but the lack of anything in the window, even though the angle was virtually level. Like the kind of view you would get from several stories up in an apartment building...
Last time I checked, not a lot of apartments in the NWFP or Waziristan. Maybe more across the mountains in another part of the "stans?
#17
This is great, a conspiracy-conspiracy! With AQ on the case, I wonder if any of the Troofer quacks are having second thoughts as they take their loot to the bank.
#18
It fits wid OSAMA BIN LADEN's IRAN-CENTRIC ISLAMIST APOCALYPSE, i.e. IRAN as the CATALYST FOR THE FINAL ABSOLUTE VICTORY = FINAL ABSOLUTE DEFEAT/DESTRUCTION OF ISLAM INCLUDING RADICAL ISLAMISM. Entrap and Induce a US unilater attack + invasion of Iran, or in the altern a MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE GREAT POWERS CONFRONTATION OVER SAME where ideally the latter Great Powers don't do anything while BOTH IRAN + RADICAL ISLAMISM-TERROR BECOME GLOBALLY MILPOL EMPOWERED VIA NUKES-WMDS.
Osama, Zawi + Islamists have read numerous MSM Reports that the US GOP-DEM NPE remains mostly ANTI-WAR, ANTI-WOT, + ANTI-DUBYA, and that Dubya can no longer undertake any sort of unialter MIL ACTION AGZ IRAN due to poor NPE + Voter support for such. IN ADDITION, MSM > BOTH RUSSIA + CHINA + EVEN EUROS, ETC. REMAIN HIGHLY DUBIOUS OR SUBJECTIVE ALLIES OF DUBYA-US, OR NEUTRALIST IN THE CASE OF RUSS-CHINA - read, are unlikely to suppor any IRAN attack + invasion.
IOW, BOTH IRAN + RADICAL ISLAMISM-TERROR BELIEVE THEY ARE FREE OR MOSTLY FREE TO CONCENTRATE ON LOCAL-REGIONAL DESTABILIZATIONS AS PER JIHAD, AS WELL AS ON PROCURING NUKES-WMDS = ISLAMIST GREAT POWER STATUS ASAP AMAP [2008-2012/13?]WID LITTLE TO NO INTERFERENCE [outside of IRAQ-AFGHANI]FROM THE USA ANDOR OTHER TRADITIONAL GREAT/WORLD POWERS.
SUB-IOW, 2008-2012/13 > despite current losses, Radical Islamism recognizes their MOVEMENT CAN BE REBUILT, LOSSES CAN BE REPLACED, + ISLAMISM'S JIHAD CAN HOLD ON AND FIGHT ANOTHER DAY SAVE WID NEW POTENT NUCLEAR-WMD WEAPONS. 2010-2020 > No one will be able to attack IRAN ANDOR ISLAMISTS UNLESS THE FORMER ARE WILLING TO RISK NUCLEAR WAR + NUCLEAR TERROR ON A MASSIVE COLD WAR = NEAR COLD WAR SCALE.
SUB-SUB-IOW, BOTH THE US-WEST + RUSSIA-CHINA LOSE, BOTH THE WOT + AS PER OWG-NWO, IN THE END.
THE US-WEST LOSE TO ASIA + ASIA LOSES TO ISLAM-ISLAMISM???
As said or inferred times before, OSAMA BIN LADEN > the DEFEAT OF RADICAL ISLAM IN IRAQ-AFGHANI DOES NOT MEAN THE WOT = JIHAD IS OVER, as Osama's Islamist Apocalypse is NOT in IRAQ ANDOR AFGHANISTAN. ISLAM/ISLAMISM WILL ABSOLUT RULE THE WORLD, OR IN ALTERN BE ABSOLUT COMPLETELY INVALIDATED AND DESTROYED, AS PER THE APOCALYPTIC BATTLEFIELDS IN IRAN.
Iff Dubya-USA is truly NOT going to attack or induce "regime change" in IRAN, then IMO their only alternative is to DE FACTO KILL OR CAPTURE OSAMA, ETC. BY EOY 2008 = JAN 2009; OR ASAP NLT 2010 FOR ANY POST-DUBYA POTUS SUCCESSOR, + TO ALSO SUCCESSFULLY CONTAIN IRAN = IRANIAN NUC AMBITIONS NLT 2010. After 2010 > going to get harder and harder to success contain or stop NUCLEAR IRAN or NUCLEAR TERROR [Proliferation].
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Check out the photo of this beautiful Ziegfield Girl at this link - http://www.trademe.co.nz/Art/Photographs/Portrait/photos/a-146873107/p-50813436.htm
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The Defense Ministry says clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan have left 11 Taliban militants dead. The ministry says that seven militants have been killed in clashes and airstrikes in the southern Helmand province. It also says another four militants have been killed in a clash in neighboring Kandahar province.
The followers he dispatched arrived on pickup trucks, most without training, some unarmed, fired up to fight the infidel. The real mujaheddin, to whit the Northern Alliance, didn't really fight them -- they harvested them. Most of Sufi's heroes didn't make it back home, and the ones who did mostly had to be ransomed. Perv put Sufi in jug as much for the old horror's own protection as anything else. But memories in NWFP seem to be short, even though the droves of dead guys remain dead. Go figure.
The U.S. military says two American Marines have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Iraq. 
Many of the more than 240 killed in the attacks were foreign tourists. Neither Dujana nor Zarkasih both of whom faced possible death sentences were charged in connection with those blasts.
CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden's chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida's strike against the U.S.
