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Pfeh! Simplisme!
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I dunno, George, KFC and Taco Bell under the same roof are no particular problem for me. The only problem I have with KFC is the last time I ordered their biscuits they came with margarine instead of real butter. Ick.
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Several hundred U.S. Marines engaged in a dramatic firefight Tuesday with an army of rebels in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
The battle against insurgents came during the first large-scale American operation in the area in years.
Hundreds of Marines charged into the Taliban-held town of Garmser before dawn Tuesday, reported FOX News' Dana Lewis who is embedded with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit that led the mission.
Many of the 2,300-member unit who conducted the operation are Iraq war veterans. Their goal: to drive out militants and expand NATO's reach to cover a region that's been classified as Taliban territory and is blanketed with opium poppy fields.
U.S. commanders said Taliban fighters were expecting an assault and planted homemade bombs in response.
The British have a small base on the town's edge but Garmser's main marketplace is closed because of the Taliban threat.
Marines moved into town by helicopter and Humvee for Tuesday's assault in the southern province of Helmand, the first major task undertaken by the 2,300 Marines in the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
The unit arrived last month from Camp Lejeune, N.C., for a seven-month deployment. Another 1,200 Marines also came to train Afghan police.
Maj. Tom Clinton, the American commander at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, a British outpost 10 miles west of Garmser, said militants and Marines exchanged fire in two parts of Garmser on Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties.
"We haven't seen anybody who isn't carrying a gun," Clinton said of the mostly deserted town. "They're trying to figure out what we're doing. They're shooting at us, letting us know they're there."
Clinton, 36, of Swampscott, Mass., said Marines had also found bomb-making material and rockets in town. He said he was worried about the possibility of attacks using homemade bombs.
The Marines' mission is the first carried out by U.S. forces this far south in Helmand province in years. An operation late last year to take back the Taliban-held town of Musa Qala on the north end of Helmand involved U.S., British and Afghan forces.
Helmand province is the world's largest opium poppy growing region and has been a flash point of the increasingly violent insurgency in the last two years. British troops who are responsible for Helmand have faced fierce battles on the north end of Helmand.
Most U.S. troops operate in the east, along the border with Pakistan, but Britain, with 7,500 troops, and Canada, with 2,500 troops in neighboring Kandahar province, have not had enough manpower to tame the south.
More than 8,000 people died in insurgency-related violence last year. Militants set off more than 140 homicide bombs. Taliban fighters have been increasingly relying on roadside bombs and homicide attacks after being routed in force-to-force battles in the past.
The Marines had prepared on Monday by cleaning weapons and handing out grenades. The leader of one of the three companies involved Charlie Company commander Capt. John Moder said his men were ready.
"The feeling in general is optimistic, excited," said Moder, 34, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island. "They've been training for this deployment the last nine months. We've got veteran leaders."
Many of the men in the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit served in 2006 and 2007 in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq. The vast region was once the stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq before the militants were pushed out in early 2007.
Moder said that experience would affect how his men fight in Afghanistan. "These guys saw a lot of progress in Ramadi, so they understand it's not just kinetic (fighting) but it's reconstruction and economic development."
But on the initial assault, Moder said his men were prepared to face mines and homemade bombs and "anybody that wants to fight us."
One Marine in Charlie Company, Cpl. Matt Gregorio, 26, from Boston, alluded to the fact the Marines had been in Afghanistan for six weeks without carrying out any missions. He said the mood was "anxious, excited."
"We've been waiting a while to get this going," he said.
#9
Actually Gen Conway asked to move us to Afghan - wanted to keep the lads sharp and focused on fighting insurgent wars...sadly nothing builds the effectiveness of a force like combat experience.
Posted by: Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 ||
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Oh, and I love the Snash bit, Broadhead6. Would you be so kind as to look in on this thread and render an opinion considerably more expert than mine? Thanks!
AN Australian soldier has been killed in a battle with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. He is the fifth to die since troops were sent there in 2002. Lance-Cpl Jason Marks was on foot with other commandos about 6pm on Sunday, preparing to attack the Taliban, when they walked into an enemy force. The Diggers came under fire from rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 rifles from several directions. Lance-Cpl Marks, 27, fell soon after.
Distraught wife Cassandra said the father of a five-year-old son and five-month-old daughter was a born soldier. "All Jason ever wanted to do was join the army," she said. "He was the type of man who knew what he wanted, even from the age of 12. Becoming a commando was a dream of Jason's."
The Digger was killed by a Taliban round about 25km southeast of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt in Oruzgan province. The commandos had been on patrol for days and had hidden their long-range patrol vehicles and Land Rover to walk to where they were to attack the Taliban when they stumbled on the enemy force. Four soldiers were hurt in the intense firefight. As the battle raged, the company commander radioed for support from Dutch F-16 fighter jets and Apache attack helicopters.
The aircraft helped the company of about 100 troops -- a third of the Special Operations Task Group -- to push the enemy back so medivac helicopters could fly casualties back to a field hospital at Tarin Kowt. It is believed a number of enemy fighters were killed.
Ms Marks said there were no words to express how the devastated family was feeling. "Jason was a devoted father to our two beautiful children and a loving husband to me," she said.
Defence boss Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston described Lance-Cpl Marks as a very fine soldier. He joined the army in 1999 and was a member of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps before transferring to the Sydney-based 4th Battalion (Commandos) in 2005. He had been in Afghanistan for just a few weeks.
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Seven pirates have been given life sentences for seizing a United Arab Emirates ship last week by a court in Somalia's northern Puntland region. Another four were given similar sentences for helping the pirates. They were convicted of "taking people hostage with the aim of obtaining a ransom" a local official said.
The pirates are being held in the Puntland capital, Bosasso. The authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland stormed the Al-Khaleej last Tuesday. One pirate was shot dead in the battle, reports the AFP news agency.
In the latest incident, a Spanish fishing boat and its 26 crew members were released over the weekend after several days in captivity. A local official told the BBC a $1.2m ransom had been paid. Earlier this month, six suspected pirates were detained by the French military after a French yacht was seized.
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Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) leader Arif Hasan Suman was taken on three-day remand yesterday by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the bomb explosion at Ramna Batamul during Pahela Boishakh celebration on April 14, 2001. Earlier on April 25, Suman gave confessional statement about his involvement in the grenade attack on an Awami League rally on August 21 in 2004.
Wonder how many times the RAB waterboarded him before he 'confessed' ...
No waterboard required. Just have Big Mahmoud awaken the prisoner at 2 a.m. and tell him he's going for a ride. He'll tell you anything you want to know, probably anything you want to hear.
And then you take him for a ride anyway ...
CID officials in the forwarding report said as Suman admitted his involvement in the Batamul bomb explosion, he should be remanded for more information. CID Inspector Abu Mohammad Yusuf prayed for 10-day remand but the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Shahnaz Sultana granted three days.
Sources from CID and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said they were not satisfied with the information given by Suman about his involvement in the grenade attack on the AL rally. Rab sources said they would take Suman to the Taskforce for Interrogation (TFI) cell for squeezing out more information.
Meanwhile, Dr Zafar, arrested in connection with the bomb explosion at a rally of Communist Party of Bangladesh at Paltan Maidan on January 20 in 2001, was taken on three-day remand. He is also an accused in the August 21 grenade attack case and was shown arrested in the Paltan Maidan bomb explosion. In the case Huji boss Mufti Hannan is also an accused.
Earlier on December 17, 2003, CID submitted the final report. But following the government directive, investigation into the cases was restarted.
This article starring:
ABDUR RUF
Harkat-ul-Jihad
ABDUS SALAM PINTU
Harkat-ul-Jihad
Abu Mohammad Yusuf
ARIF HASAN SUMAN
Harkat-ul-Jihad
DR ZAFAR
Harkat-ul-Jihad
MUFTI HANNAN
Harkat-ul-Jihad
MULANA ABDUL LATIF
Harkat-ul-Jihad
MULANA ABU TAHER
Harkat-ul-Jihad
MULANA IDRIS
Harkat-ul-Jihad
MULANA MONIR
Harkat-ul-Jihad
MULANA TAJUDIN
Harkat-ul-Jihad
Shahnaz Sultana
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Waliur-1 Misfire! Waliur-1 Misfire!
Initiating Waliur-2 Launch Sequence in 5-4-3-2-1...
Ten grenades and 422 bullets were recovered at Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong yesterday afternoon. Sources said a number of workers digging a canal at Sheikhpara in the upazila found the grenades and ammunition in an earthen pot buried around two feet under the ground. They informed the police about it.
Boalkhali Police rushing to the spot took the grenades and ammunition into their custody. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tofail Ahmed of Patiya Circle said the grenades and ammo could have been left there a long time ago since they had rust on them. He said they would ask specialists to examine the grenades and ammunition today.
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While in service, detained army lance corporal (retd) Shamsul Islam, mastermind of Brahmanbaria bomb explosion, used to pay monthly contributions to outlawed Harkat-ul-jihad-Al-Islam (Huji) for carrying out its activities.
Not just a member, but a dues-paying member ...
A highly placed source in Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday said Shamsul had often visited the den of Huji leader Abdur Rouf at Bhaluka in Mymensingh where he also took lessons on jihad.
... and survived the red wire-green wire test.
Shamsul yesterday made a statement before the additional judicial magistrate in Brahmanbaria confessing his involvement in militancy and visit to Rouf's den.
"Yeah. I dunnit an' I'm glad! So stop hitting me!"
In the painfully-extracted six-page statement he said he had also close connection with Huji leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, prime suspect in several deadly grenade attack cases including the August 21 grenade attack.
Rouf is also an accused of the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004 that left 24 killed and scores other injured. He served as a commander of Huji in Arakan in Myanmar between 1994 and 1998 and was sacked from the organisation in 1998. He later formed Tanjim-e-Tamiruddin in 2005 but as intelligence agencies learned about its suspected activities, he renamed it Hijbe Abu Omar in the early 2006. He was arrested on August 2 the same year.
The convicted leader of al Qaeda in Spain and two Syrian-born alleged accomplices have been charged in a new case on suspicion of financing terrorist cells. The suspects in the latest case are Syrian-born Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, 44, who was sentenced in 2005 for leadership of al Qaeda in Spain; and Syrian-born Muhamed Galeb Kalaje Zouaydi, 47, and Bassam Dalati Satut, 48, both sentenced in the same trial in 2005 for membership in a terrorist group, according to a judge's indictment order, viewed by CNN.
Judge Ismael Moreno of the National Court indicted the three men on April 16, but the court made the document widely available only on Monday, after Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on the case.
The indictment says that Dalati, who has been on provisional liberty, and Kalaje, who is serving a nine-year sentence in prison, removed 51,000 ($76,500) in December 2006 from a company Kalaje created, and delivered the funds to Yarkas, who is serving a 12-year sentence for al Qaeda leadership in Spain.
Police searches in Dalati's home turned up evidence of "two bank checks, issued in December 2006, which have as the beneficiary - without any justifying cause -- Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, for the financing of terrorist cells," the indictment said. The three-page indictment added that Yarkas lacked the financial means to have a stake in any company.
Yarkas and Kalaje are charged with membership in a terrorist organization in the latest case, and Dalati faces the lesser charge of collaboration with a terrorist group, the indictment said. All three were quietly arraigned in the latest case on April 24 before the judge, and a court spokeswoman confirmed that they denied the charges.
Yarkas was the key defendant convicted in an al Qaeda trial in September 2005 in Madrid, when the National Court sentenced 18 of the 24 defendants for al Qaeda and terrorism links, acquitting the other six. It was one of the largest terrorism trials to date in Europe and prosecutors sought thousands of years in jail for Yarkas and two other prime defendants in that case, arguing that they were connected to the deaths of the victims of the September 11 attacks in the United States. But in the end, the National Court convicted only Yarkas of a 9/11 link in the 2005 trial, and on the lesser charge of conspiracy.
The National Court sentenced Yarkas in 2005 to 27 years in prison --- 12 years for al Qaeda leadership in Spain and 15 years for conspiracy in the 9/11 attacks. But in June 2006, Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of conspiracy in the 9/11 attacks, leaving Yarkas with just the 12-year sentence for al Qaeda leadership.
This article starring:
BASAM DALATI SATUT
al-Qaeda in Europe
IMAD EDIN BARAKAT YARKAS
al-Qaeda in Europe
Ismael Moreno
MUHAMED GALEB KALAJE ZUAIDI
al-Qaeda in Europe
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Remember how Congress has been playing politics with funding? Which do you think is more important: bullets for the front-line troops or barracks? These are the most difficult choices management is privileged to make... and why they get ulcers and heart attacks.
Some of you Rantburgers must have connections to this base. Please let us know the background to this video. It feels like one of those panic stricken emails that circulate the internet, only to turn up at Snopes or urbanlegends@about.com, either debunked as an urban myth or an incomplete tale. I'm not trying to suggest this is an urban myth, but I strongly suspect the tale is very incomplete.
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I'm sure Bragg has milcon proj's out the wazzoo. Trust me, no Bn SgtMaj or CO is gonna let his lads live like dog crap nowadays. Someone is jumping the gun by going to the media and will likely get their ass chewed for it. Most mold is knocked out by bleach your supposed to use during Thursday night field days. Broken toilet seats generally take a day (at most) to get fixed by a Barracks NCO. At least at Lejeune that's how we did things.
Posted by: Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 ||
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That does help, Cromert and Broadhead6. Thank you.
#6
that was before the Investigative Heroes of the MSM were on the prowl, because, of course, every superior wants to be the subject of recriminations in the press. If not for the Heroes, nothing would get done. I'm still surprised the frontline in the Quagmire have weapons, much less ammo
/feeling particularly cynical
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Indian soldiers shot dead a senior militant leader on Monday, dealing a fresh blow to the regions main militant group which has lost nearly a dozen senior members in firefights with security forces this year. Police said Zahoor Ahmad Waza, financial chief of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant group, was killed along with an associate near Palhalan area, north of Srinagar. The killings come weeks after police arrested chief spokesman of the HM in Kashmir. The militant group is fighting for the regions merger with Pakistan.
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Hizbul Mujahideen
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Indian army soldiers look at the destroyed house during the gun battle in Palhalan, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Monday, April 28, 2008. Government forces killed a top suspected rebel commander in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Monday
Indian policemen search for the dead bodies of the rebels in Palhalan, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Monday, April 28, 2008
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WANA: Pro-Taliban militants beheaded a police officer on Monday in South Waziristan after accusing him of spying for security forces, police said. The body of 35-year-old Shaukat Khan was found in a field at Dabar village a day after he was abducted by gunmen, reported senior police officer Mumtaz Zarin. Zarin said that a note found near the body said he was involved in the killing of warlord Nek Muhammad in a suspected US missile strike in June 2004 in the region. He had admitted his role in providing intelligence to the authorities.... We have repeatedly said we will teach such people a lesson, the note said.
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Militants blew up a railway track between Sariab and Spezand, suspending train service between Quetta and other parts of the country, Railways officials told APP on Monday. The explosives were strapped to the railway track near Spezand. The explosion damaged about two feet of the track. A Railways technical team has been sent to the area for repair work, the officials said. Dasht police have registered a case against unknown saboteurs.
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Islamabad High Court (IHC) division bench on Monday granted bail to former Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz in four cases. The cases involve the kidnappings of Chinese nationals and policemen, the murder of a Ranger and terrorism against the state. Aziz was asked to submit a surety bond of Rs 0.5 million in each case. The two-member bench, consisting of IHC Chief Justice Sardar Aslam and Justice Raja Saeed Akram, heard arguments, and accepted Azizs bail application. Aziz is still facing eight more cases registered under the Amplifier Act and Section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance. These cases will be heard on May 3 and Aziz will be freed if granted bail in these cases. Advocate Shaukat Siddiqui was Azizs counsel.
Heavy fighting broke out between Coalition and Mahdi Army forces in Sadr City as US troops killed 28 Mahdi Army fighters after being ambushed during a patrol. Seven more Mahdi Army fighters were killed during strikes yesterday. 2520 Virgin Vouchers put on order.
The 28 Mahdi Army fighters were killed during a four-hour battle in southern Sadr City after a US soldier was wounded by gunfire and US forces began to evacuate the soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Steven Stover, the chief Public Affairs Officer for Multinational Division Baghdad said. The fire came from the portion of Sadr City we are not in the northern neighborhoods and militants fired at our patrol in the southern neighborhoods, Stover said in an email to The Long War Journal.
During the evacuation, Mahdi Army fighters triggered three roadside bombs and fired rocket propelled grenades and machineguns at the US patrol. Five more soldiers were wounded in the attacks and two vehicles were damaged. None of the soldiers' injuries are reported as life-threatening.
During the battle, US soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division directed "a combination of weapon systems available," including munitions from a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, at Mahdi Army fighters "firing from buildings, alleyways and rooftops" in the dense urban areas of Sadr City. "The enemy continues to show little regard for innocent civilians, as they fire their weapons from within houses, alleyways, and rooftops upon our Soldiers," said Colonel Allen Batschelet, the chief of staff for Multinational Division Baghdad. They can't hide from these in a sandstorm.
The Mahdi Army took heavy casualties during the single engagement. "A total of at least 28 militants were killed in the four-hour engagement," Multinational Forces Baghdad reported.
Stover refuted reports that US forces used aircraft to attack civilians in Sadr City. "Our Soldiers have a right to defend ourselves," Stover said. "This engagement began as we were evacuating a US Soldier shot while on patrol in south Sadr City and continued as militants continued engaging US Soldiers. We are NOT targeting law-abiding civilians. Those targeted were firing weapons at US Soldiers."
Today's clash follows days of heavy fighting with the Mahdi Army as they attempt to eject US and Iraqi force from the southern third of Sadr City. Iraqi and US troops currently control the Ishbilya and Habbibiyah neighborhoods and are in the process of walling off these areas to restrict the movement of weapons and supplies. The Mahdi Army has used these neighborhoods to launch mortar and rocket attacks against the International Zone.
Yesterday, US air weapons teams and ground forces killed seven Mahdi Army fighters in Sadr City. On April 27, US and Iraqi troops killed 38 Mahdi Army fighters during separate engagements. Twenty-two Mahdi Army fighters were killed in a single battle. US and Iraqi troops have killed 186 Mahdi Army fighters since Sadr threatened to conduct a third uprising nine days ago.
#6
Obviously their religion prepares them for death and leaves them ill-equipped to live.
A religion that embraces death and the ultimate prize doesn't seem to function in a modern world in which people have to live by a moral ethical standard of behaviour.
From being the cultural well spring of the western renaissance to championing death and ignorance and wanting to turn back time to the 11th century. An amazing U-turn in history.
There doesn't seem to be much of that religion that can apply to the rational.
Like the Hollywood movie "Christine" about a demonic 1958 Plymouth, a dead suicide bombers burning car takes on a life of it's own. With blaring horn and flashing lights it goes after it's tormentors.
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04/29/2008 7:40 Comments ||
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I had a Lotus 7 with the same attitude. I suspect Lucas played some dark part in this scene.
Posted by: George Smiley ||
04/29/2008 8:45 Comments ||
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You would be referring, of course, to John Lucas, the Prince of Darkness, the inventor of the short circuit, the man whose business enterprise manufactured the notoriously unreliable electrical systems used by the British motor car industry.
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04/29/2008 9:46 Comments ||
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Yes, him.
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Thermite - to burn explosives that might have remained in the car. C-4 burns, as do gasoline. It takes special treatment to create an explosion.
Plus those are infantry or Cav. Not engineers.
Still, funny as hell whe the brake line snapped and the force of the flames started the car rolling after the main wiring harness shorted and the lights and horn came on.
#9
The soldiers were yelling at the camera man, "Did you get that? Did you get that?"
I have seen many a video out of Iraq where either contractors working convoys or troops saying, "I got this on camera." as if no one would believe the crazy things that happen over there. Plus it makes us glad to live in peace, I tell ya.
Actually a good story from CNN; the US commander in charge is a smart guy who understands the problem.
The inmates huddle below the barbed wire, looking up at the strangers who have arrived at the detention facility. They're dressed in bright yellow, almost fluorescent jumpsuits. There are 2,000 of them, described by the U.S. military as hard-core al Qaeda loyalists.
These inmates are kept behind a maze of chain-link fences, topped with barbed wire, and are guarded by heavily armed men in military fatigues who hold shields. We're escorted through Camp Bucca, the United States' biggest detention facility in Iraq, by Marine Gen. Douglas Stone, who runs the camp. "They're hard to break," he says of the suspected al Qaeda inmates.
As Stone speaks, some inmates begin pointing up and we're told to keep moving. We wear protective glasses to cover our eyes. Inmates here throw rocks from the dusty, gravel floor at visitors, sometimes using makeshift slingshots to hurl the pebbles at 100 mph. Several guards have been blinded by the projectiles. "This is not a place you want to hang around, so we really don't want to stand here that much longer because they will organize around us," Stone says.
I can think of a way to solve this problem but then I'd just be called, 'medieval'.
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i bet Saudis are the most extreme!!!!
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we're not allowed to talk to the inmates or show their faces -- doing so would be in violation of the Geneva Conventions
G*d damn it. For the 4 millionth time: these are NOT prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. They are illegal combatants if they were captured in battle and can, under the GC, be summarily executed. They are lucky to be alive. If they have been arrested for other things, they are simply criminals.
I do think that Gen. Stone is at least trying to do a good thing (a mitzvah, if you will). Certainly they are being treated much better than any of our soldiers were when they were captured.
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It's a shame Portsmouth is closed.
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An Indonesian court sentenced an Islamic militant to eight years in jail Monday for providing shelter to one of the leaders of the feared Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah. Presiding Judge Haswandi said Arif Syaifudin also helped Abu Dujana transfer up to US$1,100 (700) to militants in the Philippines on at least eight occasions. The money was apparently intended for terrorist activities in that country's restive south, he said.
Jemaah Islamiyah and its allies are accused of carrying out a string of suicide bombings in Indonesia, including 2002 attacks on Bali island, 2003 and 2004 strikes on the J.W. Marriott Hotel and the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, and 2005 suicide bombings on three Bali restaurants. More than 240 people were killed in those attacks, many of them foreign tourists.
Dujana, the group's military commander, was not linked to any of those bombings. But he was sentenced earlier this month to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, harboring fugitives and stockpiling illegal arms.
In handing down Monday's eight-year sentence, Judge Haswandi, who goes by a single name, told the South Jakarta District Court that Syaifudin failed to report Dujana's whereabouts to authorities. He said the 29-year-old militant also helped Dujana communicate online with Muslim hard-liners in Indonesia and abroad.
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Arif Syaifudin
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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Several hundred U.S. Marines engaged in a dramatic firefight Tuesday with an army of rebels in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
"We haven't seen anybody who isn't carrying a gun," Clinton said of the mostly deserted town. "They're trying to figure out what we're doing. They're shooting at us, letting us know they're there."
AN Australian soldier has been killed in a battle with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. He is the fifth to die since troops were sent there in 2002. Lance-Cpl Jason Marks was on foot with other commandos about 6pm on Sunday, preparing to attack the Taliban, when they walked into an enemy force. The Diggers came under fire from rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 rifles from several directions. Lance-Cpl Marks, 27, fell soon after. 
The convicted leader of al Qaeda in Spain and two Syrian-born alleged accomplices have been charged in a new case on suspicion of financing terrorist cells. The suspects in the latest case are Syrian-born 
Militants blew up a railway track between Sariab and Spezand, suspending train service between Quetta and other parts of the country, Railways officials told APP on Monday. The explosives were strapped to the railway track near Spezand. The explosion damaged about two feet of the track. A Railways technical team has been sent to the area for repair work, the officials said. Dasht police have registered a case against unknown saboteurs.
During the battle, US soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division directed "a combination of weapon systems available," including munitions from a 
An Indonesian court sentenced an Islamic militant to eight years in jail Monday for providing shelter to one of the leaders of the feared Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah. Presiding Judge Haswandi said 
