After three near-simultaneous explosions rocked railway stations in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet on Tuesday, law enforcers now rethink seriously if it was a new phase of the rise of the militants who carried out the countrywide serial blasts on August 17, 2005. Duh... Lemme think, here...
The blasts that left a rickshaw-puller injured in Chittagong triggered a fresh panic among people. Police chief Nur Mohammad said although the incident was small-scale, they are looking into it seriously and all intelligence agencies are directed to find out the attackers. The bombs were detonated between 6:45am and 7:10am. The explosions raised security threats leading the law enforcers to set up several hundred check points in the capital and elsewhere.
The law enforcers had been apprehending retaliation from the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) following the execution of its six members including five top leaders on March 29. However, Tuesday's blasts at the railway terminals created confusion about whether the JMB is behind the incidents or a new militant group has emerged as aluminium plates recovered from the blast sites bore inscriptions of "Zadid al Qaeda, Bangladesh" (meaning new al Qaeda or an establishment of al Queda). Or it could be that the JMB his simply put on a false nose and moustache and continues doing business at the same old stand.
Police, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and other intelligence agencies are suspecting the attack was a militant one but they are yet to be sure about the identity of the group behind it. They also could not arrest anyone as of last evening. "We are investigating whether the third-fourth row leaders-activists of JMB have reorganised and orchestrated the bomb blasts or another new militant group is behind it," Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Naieem Ahmed said at a press briefing yesterday. He said the law enforcers were fully unaware of the name of Zadid al Qaeda, Bangladesh and its activities in the past. The law enforcers said they are verifying the mission of JMB and the Zadid al Qaeda to identify if JMB activists carried out the attack under a new identity. Inspector! How do you do it?
The JMB mission was to establish the rule of Islamic law through Jihad and their targets included the court, NGOs, jatra (traditional theatre) and cinemas. Tuesday's attackers expressed their vengeance on the NGOs and Kadiyanis (Ahmadiyyas). The one-foot radius aluminium plates found near the scene bore a message inscribed on it: "The Kadiyanis and NGOs prepare for death. It is haram [prohibited] to work in NGOs and having relation with the Kadiyanis. All must quit NGO jobs by May 10, all Kadiyanis must recognise Prophet Muhammad (SM) as the last and best prophet and if you fail to do it before the aforesaid time, your death is a must." Below the message was inscribed: Zadid al Qaeda, Bangladesh. Bet they had a skull and crossbones inscribed on 'em, too.
Rab Director General Hasan Mahmud Khandaker at the press briefing said they are investigating the matter seriously and are hopeful to find out those involved in the incident. "The incident took place when a stable situation was prevailing in the country. So, we are also taking into consideration whether the bombs were blasted to destabilise the situation."
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"Rab Director General Hasan Mahmud Khandaker at the press briefing said they are investigating the matter seriously and are hopeful to find out those involved in the incident."
"I hope to have further information following the forthcoming 3 AM excursion to various sparsley populated areas."
Law enforcers yesterday arrested one of the prime accused in the Rajshahi University Prof Yunus murder case from Perihat of Gabtoli upazila. The arrestee, Shahidullah, is the husband of executed Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) kingpin Bangla Bhai's niece and an activist of banned Islamist outfit JMB. He is the son of Abdus Sattar from Sarukdanga of Shapahar upazila in Naogaon.
According to sources, a joint team of Detective Branch (DB) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) made the arrest. Shahidullah confessed to be one of the planners of Prof Yunus murder, but he claimed that he was not present at the scene during the murder, added the sources.
Shahidullah's statement however contradicts the statement of Tareq, another accused held in connection with the murder case. Tareq previously told police that Shahidullah was present while the professor was being murdered. Tareq also said that the professor was killed by order of JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman. During interrogation, Shahidullah said that after the JMB high command directed the activists to kill Prof Yunus for his affiliation with outlawed communists, he along with Tareq, Ibrahim, Mostafa, Abul Kashem, Arif and Abdur Rashid held a meeting at Tareq's house at Baniapara in Rajshahi town. He had been assigned with high profile assignments after marrying the niece of Bangla Bhai. He accompanied Bangla Bhai in operations against outlaws in Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi, Natore and Naogaon, Shahidullah admitted to police.
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Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
SHAHIDULLAH
Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
SHEIKH ABDUR RAHMAN
Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
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An alleged drug peddler was killed in an 'encounter' with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Monoharpur village under Charghat upazila of the district early yesterday.
Not Steve, not Fred, not I know where that is.
The dead was identified as Mokbul Hossain, 35, son of Lokman Hossain of Gargari village of the upazila.
"Yeah, that's Mok. He's looked better though..."
"Betcha that really hurt. Briefly."
Acting on a tip-off that some drug peddlers were holding a secret meeting at a house of the village, Rab personnel conducted a drive at around 2:30am.
Vampires would love working RAB hours
Sensing the presence of the Rab men, the drug peddlers opened fire, prompting the law enforcers to retaliate.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
Rab sources said Mokbul received bullets during the "shootout" and died instantly, while his accomplices managed to flee.
"Run away! Run away!"
Don't they always?
Were they ever there?
Later, the elite force arrested another drug peddler named Liton at the village and recovered 370 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and a shotgun from his possession.
Phensidyl is heavy duty codeine cough syrup, big with teenagers over there
"[Hack! Caff!]... [Glug! Glug! Glug!]... Whoa! Like, wow, man! Listen to the colors!"
"Wot's all the bottles for, Mahmoud?"
"Ummm .. for my mother. Yeah, mum. She's got a bad cough."
"Sure kid. Youse comin' wit us."
"Umm, can I have a bottle first? I feel a pain comin' on ..."
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Phensidyl is heavy duty codeine cough syrup, big with teenagers over there
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OK, we all know how the RAB "crossfires" work, and when they run across miscreants they use the "encounter", so is "shootout" the RAB term for a straight-up hit?
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A "shootout" can occur during a "encounter" or during a "Crossfire". The difference between encounters and crossfires are just as you've described, with crossfire's happening after an "arrest", "questioning", "confession" and "road trip at 2AM" looking for a "arms cache". Encounters are when you don't want to take the time to fill out the forms to check out the shutter gun.
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Can we get someone to plant a few bottles of Phensy on Hasina or Khaleda?
A Perth father has described the life of his US-soldier son, killed in Iraq, as a love story, not a war story. Jay-D Ornsby-Adkins, 21, died on Saturday in Salman Pak, Iraq, when a bomb went off near his Humvee and gunfire erupted.
His father Shad Adkins said his son was a patriot but had gone to Iraq to build a life with his bride Ashley Ornsby-Adkins. "This isn't a war story, this is a love story," Mr Adkins told ABC Radio. "He dropped out of school and went to work, and he finished his schooling (while) working and he graduated high school. In that time he met Ashley, they just fell in love straight away."
Mr Adkins said love did not go smoothly for the couple at first. "It was just like any young kids, you know, they was partying hard and, you know, and they didn't like what each other was doing so they split but they kept talking," Mr Adkins said. "She was the love of his life and Jay-D had to change something you know to make a difference."
What he did was join the US forces, Mr Adkins said. "It was patriotic what he done but it wasn't the real reason, that was to make a life for him and Ashley. "They got married just before he went, and I have never seen two people so in love, and respect each other so much."
Mr Adkins said the couple had hoped to return to Perth where his son was born in the Swan Districts Hospital, before leaving Australia aged about six.
Mr Adkins would be flying to the US. Hundreds of people have attended a candlelight vigil in California for Mr Ornsby-Adkins. The US Department of Defence announced his death on Tuesday, along with the deaths of two other soldiers. The vigil started shortly afterward.
Robyn Ornsby told the crowd in the town of Ione that her son was not born an American, but he died as one. "He did this with a lot of admiration and love for this country," Ornsby said.
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My Dad was of part Mi'kmaq ancestory and when he passed away, my Mom had this prayer printed on the back of the prayer cards.
It seem appropriate in memory for the sacrifice of this young soldier and to the others that have given their "last full measure of devotion" in the field of combat.
First Nation Prayer
Author Unknown
I give you this one thought to keep. I am with you still; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rush. Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not think of me as gone, I am with you still in each new dawn.
Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.
And he would have been a welcome, and valuable addition. Quite unlike the 'in-duh-viduals' who skip across our borders without respecting our laws, and when they run into trouble, hold their hands out and demand something for nothing.
Seven years of service in our armed forces should translate to automatic citizenship.
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"In 2004, President Bush signed an order allowing all active-duty immigrants serving as of Sept. 11, 2001, to apply for U.S. citizenship without waiting the usual three years, and without having to be physically present in the States in order to apply. Now, immigrants serving in the army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, parts of the national guard and Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve may be eligible to apply for citizenship if they can 1) Demonstrate good moral character/have no criminal record, 2) can speak English, 3) can demonstrate knowledge of U.S. government and history, and take an oath of allegiance to the U.S. Constitution. The applicant must also have served honorably during one year of conflict, have a green card, or have been present in the U.S. at time of enlistment. The application must be filed within six months of discharge."
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I went through basic training with a German National and a citizen from Guatemala - in 1965. I've served with people from over 30 countries. All had a love for the United States and what it stood for. Some became citizens, others didn't, but all I knew served honorably. There are lots of Americans out there that were born somewhere else. This young man needs to be honored as one of them. God bless him and his family.
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The Aussies have always served with honor. During the 10 years that they were in Vietnam, ~500 of the 47,000 that served were killed and ~2,400 wounded. That was a major commitment for a country the size of Australia. No better men to watch your back.
Closer to home are the men of the Great White North. During the Vietnam conflict, more Canadians crossed the border heading south to serve in the US forces than Americans who crossed the border heading north to dodge the draft. Over 12,000 actually served in country and approximately 80 were killed. Through the years ~40 Canadians have been awarded the Medal of Honor.
I know that Vietnam was a long time ago, but the blood runs true. It is good to see that the sons and grandsons of warriors are still willing to pay the price for freedom.
A CHILDISH prank detonating a stink bomb on a commuter train sparked a counter-terrorism investigation in Sydney today. Two teenage boys are accused of detonating the prank devices which have a strong odour but are harmless on a commuter train on the northern line at about 10.30am (AEST) today.
The boys, who have been captured on security camera footage but have not been arrested, then let one off at St Leonards railway station in Sydney's north.
Assistant Police Commissioner Dave Owens said passengers began to panic after hearing an explosion on the train between St Leonards and Wollstonecraft stations. The boys had got off the train minutes earlier at St Leonards station where a second device was let off at an unattended ticket booth.
Police, including the elite counter-terrorism command, launched into action after numerous triple-0 callers reported an explosion on a train. Passengers were evacuated at Wollstonecraft while the train was taken to North Sydney railway station, where police established a crime scene.
Mr Owens said police had thrown lots of resources into the response and didn't find the prank funny. "It would have been terrifying. You're on a train, you hear a loud bang, the logical conclusion that people drew was (that it was) probably a terrorist attack," Mr Owens said. "It wasn't, we don't treat it as a joke, we don't see it as funny at all.
"We had to throw a number of resources, from local area commands, regional police, and from the counter-terrorist community into this incident."
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How safe are we if 2 bored teens can detonate a device on a train? Thankfully nobody was hurt, but it has to put a dent in our sense of security.
if we abandon the strong war, there will be real bombings by the score once the jihadis difuse themselves into the 'civilized' world instead of concentrating themselves in places like iraq where we can kill them.
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Since when did stink bombs require detonation? The ones we had at school were just little bottles that that you snapped the top off. A couple of those were more than sufficient to make a train carriage smell like Michael Moore's bathroom.
Unidentified people have distributed a fatwa issued by a local cleric in Sara-e-Naurang town of Lakki Marwat, declaring jihad against the government and those who support non-Muslims against Muslims. Mufti Khalid Shah issued the fatwa written in Urdu on a single page and pasted on the walls of houses and mosques in Sara-e-Naurang town. Unidentified people later distributed the fatwas pamphlets in various parts of the town late on Monday night, residents told Daily Times.
In his fatwa, Shah has urged militant organisations to wage jihad against the government, army, police, rangers, government employees, pro-government and western journalists, maulvis, judges, leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League, thinkers and poets for supporting non-Muslims against Muslims in an Islamic country. Shahs fatwa also criticises the media for calling jihadis terrorists.
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MUFTI KHALID SHAH
Learned Elders of Islam
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FREEREPUBLIC > MOUD - USA MUST LEAVE IRAQ, in order to end Dubya's-GOP problems; while also recognizing present SHIA-LED GOVT, and of course merits of sharia.
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I have a feeling that the government will issue a fartwa in the general cleric direction, or if cleric would seem to be issuing too many similar fatwas, they may provide some grounding with a rapid application of Pb.
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It seems any muppet can make a fatwa in the Islmic world.Not worth the paper its written on.
They know what to use instead of toilet roll!!!!
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That powder keg could be about to blow. We may have to step in indirectly to prop up the government and keep the nukes out of the hands of the Paki Islamo-nuts.
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Shahs fatwa also criticises the media for calling jihadis terrorists.
For once the media gets it right. Ocassionally blind pigs find an ear of corn.
[The fatwa was issued] for supporting non-Muslims against Muslims in an Islamic country
Suppose a thug (robber) killed a Muslim storekeeper in a holdup in the USA. Further, suppose the thug just happened to be Catholic (or any other Christian denomination). Supporing a Muslim just because he is Muslim would be like supporting the thug who is Christian just because he is Christian--no matter that he is a murderer. These folks are really screwed up.
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That powder keg could be about to blow. We may have to step in indirectly to prop up the government and keep the nukes out of the hands of the Paki Islamo-nuts.
Screw that. Detonate their nukes in place. You know, downtown Islamabad, every ten feet in the NWFP.....
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Screw that. Detonate their nukes in place.
Every once in a while a gem of pure logic just leaps off of the page.
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It seems like Jihad is the Swiss Knife of problem solving with these folks.
Is there nothing jihad can't do?
[ open on Wahabbist mosque, Imam and terrorist arguing ]
Terrorist: It's a war for Islamic domination!
Iman: It's a spiritual quest!
Terrorist: It's a war for Islamic domination!
Iman: It's a spiritual quest, you donkey!
CAIR Spokesman: [ enters quickly ] Hey, hey, hey, calm down, you two. Global jihad is both a spiritual quest and a war for Islamic domination! Here, I'll load up your bomb vest.. [ stuffs C-4 into pouches ] ..and issue a fatwah condoning it. [ hands imam a scroll ]
[ Imam reads while terrorist straps on vest ]
Iman: Wow, this sanctifies everything!
Terrorist: And just look at my new vest! But will it detonate?
CAIR Spokesman: Hey, global jihad threatens every other leading political ideology, 2 to 1. It's intolerant, and easy to trigger.
Iman: And it's holy!
CAIR Spokesman: Sure is! Perks up anything from a Friday sermon to a huge terrorist rally!
Terrorist: Made from an exclusive non-percussive formula.
Iman: I haven't even finished reading and I'm ready for more!
Terrorist: But what about the Jews?
CAIR Spokesman: Jews, shiites, even moderate Muslims, are wiped off of the map.
[ Imam briefly shows fatwa to terrorist ]
Iman: So, pal, what do you think?
Terrorist: Oh, no problem, not with global jihad!
[ CAIR Spokesman laughs continuously as he approaches the camera ]
CAIR Spokesman: New jihad, for the greatest ideology you ever exploded!
Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, former chief of the banned militant organisation Harkatul Ansar, and his four aides were arrested on Wednesday on the outskirts of the capital, police sources told Daily Times. The sources said that the police were informed that Khalil and his four aides were heading towards Islamabad to extend support to the Lal Masjid administration in its ongoing dispute with the government over the demolition of mosques. Golra SHO Inspector Tahir Mehmood stopped Khalils car coming from Peshawar near Golra Mor and arrested him along with his four accomplices.
Mehmood confirmed to Daily Times that Khalil had been arrested, adding that the police had also seized weapons from his car. The sources said that senior police officials were consulting the Interior Ministry on registering a case.
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Inspector Tahir Mehmood
Lal Masjid
MAULANA FAZLUR REHMAN KHALIL
Harkatul Ansar
Harkatul Ansar
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I'm all for his release - but only if it's done in two parts, top and bottom. Do it in two different places, a hundred miles apart. We need a RAB in Pakistan...
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I am still the President of Pakistan
As reported in daily Express, expresident of Pakistan Mohammad Rafiq Tarrar said that he is still the president of Pakistan because President Musharraf is not elected according to the constitution. Speaking to journalists in front of the Supreme Court he said that the united front of the political parties would dislodge the president, General Musharraf.
False lawyers beaten by genuine lawyers
As reported in daily Nawa-i-Waqt, the supporters of Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry beat up the pro-Musharraf lawyers who shouted slogans in favour of President Musharraf. The pro-Musharraf lawyers came with Punjab MPA Khalid Gharral and Deputy Prosecutor General Asjad Gharral from Lahore and Gujrat with a few union nazims and private people in lawyer attire. A fake lawyer, Qari Iftikhar, who is a moazan in the Punjab Institute of Cardiologys mosque said that a bus full of lawyers was brought from Lahore.
Sex pills in Pakistan
According to daily Khabrain, after the ban on the American sex drug Viagra in Pakistan, the local non registered drug companies, fake doctors and fake hakims are importing the chemical used in Viagra, SLIDNIFIL from China. The chemical is filled in capsules that are sold with names like Niagra, Vagra, Vinagra, Godagra. According to the Drug Act of 1974, the manufacturing of English medicine needs a license from the Ministry of Health but the manufacturing of Aryuvedic, Homeopathic and Tib-e-unani medicine have no legal control.
Girl killed for shaking hands with a cousin
As reported in daily Express, in Ghakhar Mandi a man killed his young daughter who shook hands with her cousin in a marriage ceremony. His second wife instigated him and he beat her savagely with a hammer and broke her hands and legs and smashed her head. She was buried secretly in the night.
Preach team for the World Cup
As reported in daily Jang, the media manager of the Pakistani cricket team, PJ Mir, said that the Pakistani cricket team players were more focused on preaching Islam than playing the World Cup in the West Indies. The other teams were also present in the West Indies but Pakistanis players were more enthusiastic about converting non-Muslims. He said the foreign journalists wanted to know why the Pakistani players were saying the azaan in the airplane.
No Indian films in Pakistani cinemas
As reported in daily Nawa-i-Waqt, the chairperson of the zonal standing committee for sports and culture of Chambers of Commerce, Sangeeta Begum, said that cinemas showing Indian films would be burnt down. She said cinema owners earned money from Pakistani films and now that the Pakistan film industry is facing hard times, the cinema owners are looking towards India.
Inspector caught red-handed
As reported in Daily Pakistan, DSP Dunyapur raided a police station and caught a police inspector red-handed without his clothes with a 16 year old girl and an empty bottle of liquor. The mother of the girl was sitting in the SHOs office. According to legal experts the raid of the DSP is against the Womens Protection Bill and the Police Order 2000. The SHO said that he was being victimized because he stopped the monthly of the DSP by raiding gambling dens. He said the girl was the daughter of his adopted sister.
Aunty Shamim and Jamia Hafsa
As reported in daily Jang, the victim of the violence and abduction at the hands of Jamia Hafsa students, Aunty Shamim, said that the madarassa is full of automatic weapons and the students are planning to take over Parliament. The maulvi of the Jamia is spreading terrorism under the guise of Islam. She said that if the situation remained the same she would have to migrate from Pakistan.
Sharia Courts by ulema are un-Islamic
As reported in daily Jang, the well known religious scholar and intellectual Javed Ghamidi said that creating sharia courts and punishing culprits is not the job of ulema (religious scholars). He said that establishing courts is the responsibility of government. God Almighty has restricted muslims to live in social discipline and the responsibility of the ulema is to preach the message of Islam. The ulema can only suggest or point out the problems in a society.
Jamaat Islami wants Inzi back as captain
As reported in daily Jang, the general secretary of Jamaat Islami Munnawar Hassan said that Inzamam ul Haq shall be made captain again to avoid the worsening of cricket team crises. He said Bob Woolmer was not killed and a conspiracy is being hatched against us. If the MMA came to power they wouldnt ban women from playing cricket in Pakistan.
Divided protest against Jamia Hafsa
As reported in daily Express, separate agitations were organised by the PPP, Muslim League (Q) and various NGOs against the forced implementation of shariat by the Jamia Hafsa students. Mahnaz Rafi said that Islam doesnt allow building mosques and madrassas on illegally acquired land. The PPP General Secretary Pervez Ashrad said that the state within the state wouldnt be allowed by the PPP.
Informer maulvi attacked in Kasur
According to Daily Pakistan, a famous khatib of Jamia Faridia Ahle Hadith, Kasur, Maulana Barakullah, was invited to a house and his one foot long beard, moustashe and eyebrows were shaved at gun point. The culprits who sold liquor suspected him of providing information to the police. The amir and senator of Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pir Sajid Mir and other ulema were furious and wanted strict punishment for the culprits. Police arrested three culprits while the others are still at large.
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Damn, cheap nuggets. No jinns, no monkey men. The Debit card is on the way tho.
(KUNA) -- Suspected Taliban militants Wednesday blew up a hairdresser shop in a Pakistani tribal agency and in another incident beheaded Afghan refugee for spying on them for US troops, said officials. Militants hurled a hand-grenade at a hairdresser shop in Dera Adam Khel tribal agency, causing no life loss but damaging it badly, security officials told KUNA. They said owner of the shop had been receiving threatening letters from Taliban, warning him to close down his business as shaving off beards is un-Islamic.
In a related incident, they said further, militants kidnapped and beheaded an Afghan refugee in North Waziristan tribal agency on charges of spying for US troops in Afghanistan. His body was found Wednesday near a military checkpost at Gorrwak village, they added.
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So when did "Taliban" terrorists become Taliban militants?
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So when did "Taliban" terrorists become Taliban militants?
It's a Kuwaiti news source. Either political correctiveness run amok, or a abject fear of fatwa being called against the writer with beheading as a consequence. I'd say the latter.
BAGHDAD: The Islamic State of Iraq on Thursday confirmed in an Internet statement that its official spokesman has been killed but denied the killing of its leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.
Nope. Nope. Never happened."
No comment from Abdul as to whether he thought his martyrdom was a good idea.
"We bring the good news today to you of the martyrdom of" Muharib Abdul-Latif al-Jubouri, said the statement posted on an Islamic Web site commonly used by the insurgents. It described the group's spokesman as the "one who fought injustice" and said that al-Jabouri was killed in an eight hour battle in bombing by U.S. forces. Four other "brother" insurgents were killed with him, it said.
I'd classify that as good news
The statement described the battle as having taken place Monday night. "On midnight Monday, God's enemies tried an airdrop operation on the house where sheik al-Jubouri was staying," it said. "But he and those with him waged battle with the aircraft, vehicles and the crusade soldiers. The battle lasted more than eight hours."
"The sky grew dark as their planes blotted out the sun. The earth itself shook as hundreds of tanks and thousands of soldiers marched on his position. But our brave warrior sheik with only a handful of pure minded men held their ground..."
"Curses!" cursed the infidel commander, General Drinkwine, flying safely high over the battlefield in his helicopter. "Foiled again!"
Abdul's heart was heavy. He'd held off the crusaders for hours, shooting down planes, destroying tanks and dispatching crusaders with pure-hearted zeal. But now he heard the omnious roar of B-52s and from the dying breath of an old patriot crusader the fateful words, 'Arc Light!' And he knew he was doomed ...
After failing in their "airdrop" operation, the U.S. troops "resorted instead to air bombing which killed sheikh ... al-Jubouri and those who were with him," the statement said.
"Hey, what's that whistling soun...KABOOM!"
The statement added that al-Jubouri has been "fighting injustice" since mid-1980s insurgent shorthand for Islamic Jihad or Holy War fighters. It said he led an Islamic militant group called "al-Ghurabaa Company," which is Arabic for the Strangers Company, and met later with the leaders of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq.
The Shura Council subsequently announced their allegiance to the umbrella group and al-Qaida affiliate Islamic State of Iraq, which chose al-Jubouri to be its official spokesman. The statement sought to assure followers that the group's leader al-Baghdadi was alive and well. It gave no proof of this, nor offered insight into his whereabouts. "Let the nation be assured that our caretaker and guardian Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, God protect him, is safe amid the people of the Islamic State of Iraq and that what media reported about him being killed has no basis of truth," it said.
"Who you gonna believe, us or those lying infidels?"
This article starring:
ABU OMAR AL BAGHDADI
Islamic State of Iraq
MUHARIB ABDUL LATIF AL JUBURI
al-Ghurabaa Company
MUHARIB ABDUL LATIF AL JUBURI
Islamic State of Iraq
al-Ghurabaa Company
Islamic State of Iraq
Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq
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Intelligence reports led Coalition forces to targets associated with senior al-Qaeda leaders west of Taji Tuesday morning. During an operation there, terrorists engaged ground forces with small arms fire. Coalition forces used appropriate self-defense measures and engaged the armed men, killing five. Six suspected terrorists were detained. Coalition forces found weapons and grenades, which they destroyed on site.
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We really need to be dropping in, collecting these "martyr" bodies and making videos of the corpses being fed to hogs, for the enlightenment of the faithful, an' all...
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This cell was an Iranian terrorist connection, moving EFPs in to Iraq and terrorists to Iran for training and back again. I don't know how significant these two prisoners were, but hopefully they can be induced to cooperate with their interrogators.
TWO SUSPECTED SECRET CELL TERRORISTS DETAINED BAGHDAD The individuals targeted during the raid are suspected members of a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training.
During the course of the morning's operations, Coalition Forces targeted a concentration of buildings associated with the terrorist network. Intelligence reports also indicate the secret cell has ties to a kidnapping network that conducts attacks within Iraq. "This and other recent operations in the region highlight the deliberate, methodical dismantlement of terrorist networks in Iraq and those who contribute to their illegal actions," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson.
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Harry's delighted at the good news! He supports the troops! This is a result of the Democratic Party's unrelentiung pressure to make the war end sooner!
He's now trying to figure out how to take all the credit, and leave Bush with all the blame.
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hopefully they can be induced to cooperate with their interrogators
Marine: Hey, would you Iraqi Army guys mind watching this guy who has been taking part in killing your countrymen while we step out for an hour or three to go get lunch?
Sweet Senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Muharib Abdul Latif, implicated in the kidnapping of American journalist Jill Carroll and the death of peace activist Tom Fox, was killed by U.S. troops on Monday as part of a three-day strike against the insurgent group. that led to the death and capture of dozens of suspected terrorists.
The 72-hour Operation Rat Trap led to the death of 15 and the capture of 95 insurgents as coalition forces targeted al-Qaeda sites outside the city of Taji, north of Baghdad, U.S. military spokesperson Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell said today. He characterized the operation as a significant blow to the organization.
Latif was identified as al-Qaeda in Iraq's senior information minister, responsible for crafting propaganda efforts and coordinating the flow of money and foreign fighters. He was also involved in the kidnapping of Carroll, who was released, and was said to be the last person who saw Fox before he was shot multiple times, Caldwell said. He was also linked to the kidnapping of two Germans in early 2006. "Picking up somebody with that kind of history, that is significant -- to be able to stop that kind of activity," Caldwell said. "Taking him off the street is a good thing."
The announcement of Latif's death clears up several days of confusion over the purported death of a top ranking insurgent leader. In recent days Iraqi officials and media reported first the death of al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Ayyub al-Masri, then today reported the death of reported Islamic State in Iraq leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. Caldwell said al-Masri had not been killed and that U.S. officials are not even sure who al-Baghdadi is. I'm not at all sure about that last statement. If we know who he is, I'm sure the military does.
We know there is a person calling himself al-Baghdadi, but what his real name is has yet to be discovered. The interesting part is his statement that "al-Masri had not been killed". Did he mean we have no confirmation yet, or did he let something slip? As in, he's in custody spilling his guts, giving up al-Baghdadi and Abdul Latif.
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
Muharib Abdul Latif
This just in: Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier-General Abdul-Kareem Khalaf said Muharib Abdul Latif Jubouri was also Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, a Qaeda-led group which has claimed many major attacks in the country. Does he get double the virgins if he's killed under two names?
If so, he's shaved his moustache and put on weight.
Ah, that little dark line just above his mouth is his moustache, I think. He's so bloated the area above his moustache and below his nose is puffing out. He's ready to explode like a cheap balloon.
Caldwell said al-Baghdadi's death could not be confirmed. "If that person even exists, again, we have nobody in our possession or know of anybody that does, alive or dead, that is going through any kind of testing or analysis at this point with respect to those two individuals," he said.
On Tuesday, officials reported that al-Masri, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, had been killed by rivals north of Baghdad, but the body had not been recovered. Regarding al-Masri, Caldwell said "we in fact do not have in our possession nor do we know of anybody that has anybody or person at this time that we think is him." "His overall status whether he is dead or alive is actually unknown to us at this point," he added.
That's more like a official, very carefully worded statement.
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"...Latif was identified as al-Qaeda in Iraq's senior information minister, responsible for crafting propaganda efforts."
Well maybe AlQ can hire Murtha, Kos, Firedoglake, etc. to take his place.
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Yesss....how sad. Latif's life could've been spared, if only the Democratic Congress had been able to work its' will on the President's failed policy a little sooner.
We feel responsible, in a way, for Latif's death. We shall renew our efforts to make the President accountable, by forcing an end to Bush's War Without End™
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"All information and intelligence reports confirm the death of Abu Ayyub Al Masri the leader of Qaeda in Iraq in Niba'e on Tuesday," said Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, a spokesman for the interior ministry. "We have received sure and confirming reports on that and there is no doubt that the man killed was Al Masri."
It seems that every time Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim "Bullshit" Khalaf makes an announcement, it turns out to be faulty. Must be related to Baghdad Bob. Give it a week and see if Masri turns up dead or if the story quietly dies. I hope he's right this time.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday it had killed a top al Qaeda operative in Iraq whom it accused of involvement in the kidnapping of American journalist Jill Carroll, peace activist Tom Fox and other foreigners. U.S. military spokesman Major-General William Caldwell said Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri was the "senior minister of information" for al Qaeda in Iraq.
Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier-General Abdul-Kareem Khalaf said Jubouri was also Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, a Qaeda-led group which has claimed many major attacks in the country.
Iraqi officials had said Baghdadi was killed by Iraqi and U.S. forces north of the capital. They have also said Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in a battle between insurgents north of Baghdad, also this week. "This is the individual I think has caused some of the recent confusion as to who was the senior person in the al Qaeda network who had been killed," Caldwell said, referring to Jubouri, adding his body had been identified through DNA tests. Al Qaeda figures are often known by more than one name.
Iraqi state television earlier broadcast images of the body of a man it identified as Baghdadi. The body lay inside a wooden coffin in a truck, its head badly swollen and bruised.
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my head is spinning.
Ok, so we know for sure Jabouri is food for worms. Centcom says so.
We THINK Jabouri IS al Baghdadi, cause Iraq says so, and that would explain the confusion, and is not inconsistent with what centcom said.
But we DONT think weve gotten al-Masri, that was just confusion with Jabouri/albaghdadi?
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"We know there is a person calling himself al-Baghdadi"
Do we? Or do we know that there has been a personna of al Baghdadi that has been created. By creating a strawman personna you might keep forces busy attempting to track down a non-existent entity.
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Henceforth rat traps will be set every night and checked every morning. Bait like children, calfs, ewes, and goats will not be used until deemed necessary.
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Does he get double the virgins if he's killed under two names?
If so than that would explain the rampant use of multiple pseudonyms.
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crosspatch: while that might sound good on paper, in practice it would be self-defeating.
Zarqwari was more effective, to a great extent because he was well-known to his subordinates, and kept clear lines of command and communication open with them. His failing in that was by not having a well-known number 2, who while known, would stay hidden as chief of planning. Then his other lieutenants would be in operations.
When Zarqwari was killed, his number 2 would step into his place and maintain continuity.
That being said, a "paper" commander means that operations are decentralized and independent, which also means they have to be smaller scale, limited range and uncoordinated. It also reduces the secure communications networks.
In essence, it downgrades operations to local rather than regional scope.
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A "paper" commander can never be killed. Even if you get the real person in charge, you don't get a propaganda victory because you never get "the top guy". As for the rank and file, all they are really interested in is their immediate commander.
al Zarqawi wasn't really all that effective in that he managed to turn many people away with his tactics and had something of a reputation for running away from a fight. He caught a lot of flak over Fallujah.
The guy currently in charge has more military training. He is more likely to retreat and preserve his forces to fight another day.
But in any case, you can have a real effective commander and have a strawman in whose name all major statements are issued.
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i could never keep the names staright anyway just kill any of them trying too fight whether they are "commanders" or not. seems that would clear this subject up real fast.
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crosspatch: It's still bad strategy, or a sign of weakness. A battlefield commander who isn't on the battlefield, especially with a long lag time in communications, can be worse than useless.
In fact, were they to set up a paper commander, the US could run circles around them by using him as an "Emmanuel Goldstein" character, issuing false orders in his name, leaving the "inner circle", the only ones who know he doesn't exist, twisting in the wind.
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The battlefield commanders WOULD be in the field. But all the propaganda pronouncements would carry a fictitious name. The rank and file would probably never hear these as most would be printed in English or posted on foreign websites.
Seems promising, but not yet confirmed. I think Fox News just confirmed it, but I was only listening with one ear... Just in from PJM Bahgdad editor Omar Fadhil (May 3, 1.48 am PDT): Al-Iraqiya state TV has just reported that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of al-Qaedas political front organization the Islamic State of Iraq, has been killed in the Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad.
Al-Iraqiya says Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier general Abdul Kareem Khalaf confirmed that the ministrys forces have retrieved al-Baghdadis body. Unlike the alleged killing of Abu Ayyub al-Masri earlier this week, today theres an official statement from a high Iraqi official and the incident took place inside the Iraqi capital, not in a remote area where information is more difficult to collect and rumors abound. Still, the news is yet to be confirmed by more sources including US officials.
A bomb planted inside a mini bus killed up to 11 people in a volatile rural area south of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. The blast occurred in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, in the so-called Sunni Triangle of Death because of the large number of attacks by insurgents.
One police source said the bomb killed eight people, but another source in the nearby city of Hilla said the blast was caused by a roadside bomb and that all 11 passengers were killed. Since U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a security crackdown in Baghdad in February to combat insurgents and sectarian militias, violence has increased in the outlying areas of the capital, where commanders believe gunmen have regrouped.
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"gunmen have regrouped"
Why are they called 'gunmen' - nowhere in the article does it even mention any guns being used, or even carried? How about 'terrorist bombers' instead? I'm (sometimes) a 'gunman' and I resent being lumped in with these sub-humans.
(KUNA) -- Fifty-two Iraqis were killed and wounded, including policemen, on Wednesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in sadr city. An Iraqi police source said a booby-trapped car exploded at around 8:10 p. m. tonight in Al-Jawader street in Sadr city east of here killing seven and wounding 45 others. A doctor at Imam Ali hospital told KUNA that seven corpses and 45 wounded people were brought to the hospital as a result of the blast. He added that some of the wounded sustained severe injuries, anticipating an increase of the death and injury toll.
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This is a headline from KUNA. They do this all the time. Reading headlines, you think - oh my 52 killed? When in reality only 7 died in the initial explosion and 45 were wounded. It is deceptive to the eye at first when reading thru their headlines. Don't think they do it on purpose, tried writing them. Yes, several times I missed the comma only to find out in reading the article, sometimes only 1 or 2 were killed. Maybe they're learning how to sensationalize the news from CNN?
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Yeah, me too. It means 52 killed or wounded. But the comma saves so much space!
As in "casualties" thrown around like it was deaths. Remember John Kerry was a "casualty" three times in Vietnam.
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Or, it could've been Fred saving space. He selected the headline.....
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(KUNA) -- An Iraqi academic professor and two civilians were killed when anonymous gunmen opened fire at the victims in the city of Kirkuk in the north of Iraq on Wednesday, a police source said. The source told KUNA professor Nedal Al-Asadi, who taught computer sciences in Mosul University, was killed by unknown attackers. Elsewhere in Kirkuk, a police source reported death in an attack of two members of telecommunication mobile company in the south of the city.
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I remember back in the 1970's when Pol Pot and his thugs were running Cambodia, one of the things they did was murder all the professors and other intellectuals and educated people. Dictators understand that education of the people is their most dangerous enemy.
When you look at what is going on in our school system these days with that as your perspective, it makes a lot more sense.
Two security officers have been shot dead by suspected Islamic rebels in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said Thursday.
A 50-year-old police sergeant was killed in a parked car after a group of militants sprayed the vehicle with bullets Thursday in Pattani, one of three insurgency-torn southern provinces bordering Malaysia, they said.
In nearby Narathiwat province, a 24-year-old soldier was gunned down after insurgents stormed into his wife's house late Wednesday, police said, adding he was killed following a 10-minute gunfight.
Police added a 35-year-old Buddhist man died early Thursday, becoming the second fatality from a bomb attack in Pattani on Monday. More than 20 people were wounded when a bomb, hidden in a motorcycle, exploded at a night market.
In rural Yala, village headman Torle Aleemama was shot in the leg by a gunman riding in a pickup truck. The victim was attacked as he drove a motorcycle home from a monthly meeting in the Than To district office. Taken to hospital, his condition was not yet announced.
(KUNA) -- At least 18 guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and two civilians were among 21 persons killed in separate clashes in Sri Lanka during the last 24 hours. Sri Lankan Army men Wedenesday killed 10 LTTE rebels in the country's Mannar district while three rebels were killed in Weli Oya area of the island nation Tuesday, news agencies reported. Five LTTE rebels were killed at Thoppigala in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province Tuesday, the news agencies said.
A Sri Lankan paramilitary security personnel was killed at Eravur in Eastern Province this morning in a shootout with LTTE, the news agencies reported. Two Tamil civilians were also killed last night in Vavuniya in Northern Sri Lanka by unidentified killers, the news agency said.
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After three near-simultaneous explosions rocked railway stations in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet on Tuesday, law enforcers now rethink seriously if it was a new phase of the rise of the militants who carried out the countrywide serial blasts on August 17, 2005.
Law enforcers yesterday arrested one of the prime accused in the Rajshahi University Prof Yunus murder case from Perihat of Gabtoli upazila. The arrestee, 
An alleged drug peddler was killed in an 'encounter' with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Monoharpur village under Charghat upazila of the district early yesterday. 
A Perth father has described the life of his US-soldier son, killed in Iraq, as a love story, not a war story. Jay-D Ornsby-Adkins, 21, died on Saturday in Salman Pak, Iraq, when a bomb went off near his Humvee and gunfire erupted.
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(KUNA) -- Suspected Taliban militants Wednesday blew up a hairdresser shop in a Pakistani tribal agency and in another incident beheaded Afghan refugee for spying on them for US troops, said officials. Militants hurled a hand-grenade at a hairdresser shop in Dera Adam Khel tribal agency, causing no life loss but damaging it badly, security officials told KUNA. They said owner of the shop had been receiving threatening letters from Taliban, warning him to close down his business as shaving off beards is un-Islamic.
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The individuals targeted during the raid are suspected members of a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training.
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A bomb planted inside a mini bus killed up to 11 people in a volatile rural area south of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. The blast occurred in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, in the so-called Sunni Triangle of Death because of the large number of attacks by insurgents.
(KUNA) -- Fifty-two Iraqis were killed and wounded, including policemen, on Wednesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in sadr city. An Iraqi police source said a booby-trapped car exploded at around 8:10 p. m. tonight in Al-Jawader street in Sadr city east of here killing seven and wounding 45 others. A doctor at Imam Ali hospital told KUNA that seven corpses and 45 wounded people were brought to the hospital as a result of the blast. He added that some of the wounded sustained severe injuries, anticipating an increase of the death and injury toll.
(KUNA) -- An Iraqi academic professor and two civilians were killed when anonymous gunmen opened fire at the victims in the city of Kirkuk in the north of Iraq on Wednesday, a police source said. The source told KUNA professor Nedal Al-Asadi, who taught computer sciences in Mosul University, was killed by unknown attackers. Elsewhere in Kirkuk, a police source reported death in an attack of two members of telecommunication mobile company in the south of the city.
(KUNA) -- At least 18 guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and two civilians were among 21 persons killed in separate clashes in Sri Lanka during the last 24 hours. Sri Lankan Army men Wedenesday killed 10 LTTE rebels in the country's Mannar district while three rebels were killed in Weli Oya area of the island nation Tuesday, news agencies reported. Five LTTE rebels were killed at Thoppigala in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province Tuesday, the news agencies said. 
