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December 12, 2005

French Arrest 20 Members of 'Islamic Network'

France's domestic counterterrorism agency, Direction de la surveillance du territoire (DST), arrested twenty people in pre-dawn raids around Paris today believed to be part of "...an Islamist network linked to terrorism".

From the BBC:

Some of the suspects are believed to have been involved in crimes to help fund Islamic groups.
The raids on homes and internet cafes were ordered by French anti-terrorism magistrates.
Most of those detained were young men of Tunisian and Moroccan origin, some holding French nationality, officials told AFP.

French politicians have not yet agreed on a new anti-terror bill that would allow terrorist suspects to be held up to six days, instead of four. We'll have to check back in four days to see if the French government is busy negotiating terms of surrender with the Islamists.

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December 08, 2005

The Mistakes of Able Danger Live On

Answers to some of the troubling questions about the Able Danger data-mining project can be found in this National Journal article posted at Govexec.com. In interviewing Erik Kleinsmith, the officer who destroyed the Able Danger electronic data, Shane Harris has managed to resurrect quite a bit of the short history of the Information Dominance Center, of which Able Danger was a part, and offers this explanation as to why the massive stores of data and analysis were destroyed:

In early 2000, in the midst of Able Danger, a lawyer with the Army's general counsel visited Kleinsmith. As Kleinsmith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September, the lawyer reminded him that under Army regulations, any data the IDC collected on U.S. persons -- even inadvertently -- had to be destroyed within 90 days. If analysts could establish a legitimate reason to investigate a person further, they could keep the corresponding data.
But with potentially tens of thousands of names, checking each one would have been impossible, Kleinsmith said. In the Pentagon briefing, Gandy concurred: "I don't think they had the capability to scrub it in the fashion that the oversight rules could live with."

So two and a half terabytes of data were sent to oblivion. This is not to say that the work of Able Danger would have prevented the 9/11 outrage. more...

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1 People should hang for this. I'm not kidding.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 08, 2005 01:03 AM (0yYS2)

2 This is an outstanding post. We're turning out the good stuff for sweeps week.

Posted by: See-Dubya at December 08, 2005 04:51 AM (LTD2j)

3 The 9/11 Commission is still struggling for relevancy. After the "F" they got, they now want to hand out "F"'s to other agencies? I'm highly skeptical of anything they produce at this point.

Posted by: Oyster at December 08, 2005 05:48 AM (YudAC)

4 I wish the 9/11 Commission would spell out exactly what constitutes success. Obviously since there have NOT BEEN any repeat attacks or hostile life-taking actions here domestically doesn't count - then what does?

Posted by: hondo at December 08, 2005 09:53 AM (3aakz)

5 I moved my copy of the 9/11 commission report from the politics/history section of my bookshelf to the fiction/BS category, where also lives my Marx and Lenin, along with other moonbat bibles.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 08, 2005 11:14 AM (0yYS2)

6 And yet the MSM, with a straight face, quotes Jamie Gorelick criticizing the efforts of government agencies.

Posted by: geobandy at December 08, 2005 02:35 PM (a8MXW)

7 Good point geo. And in related news, "some" have said that the pot is making accusations against the kettle, and is claiming that the kettle is actually black. Film at 11:00.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 08, 2005 03:46 PM (0yYS2)

8 Recall many reports on how half the 9/11-19 were fingered for extra scrutiny by passenger check in software. If in that context the software was ignored why do we think anything Able Danger dug up was going to be acted on? Geeze, even now if one young Arab travelling on a one-way just paid with cash ticket gets extra scrutiny than 100 grannies from Dubuque IA have to pay. I am quite surprised the left isn't screaming for heads regarind AD after all they probably were looking at innocent ole me (hehe, with my history of Middle East residency I am quite sure I was in that system) and you. Privacy violations and the like. And God forbid if they scrutinized my checking out of Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger. Anwyay

Posted by: Marcus Aurelius at December 08, 2005 07:31 PM (e/NJt)

9 Even if 9/11 hijackers were selectees, that just means extra scrutiny of their person and carryons. And box-cutters were allowed on airplanes pre-9/11.

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December 06, 2005

Jawa Taking it to the Terrorists

It has just been brought to my attention that, er, certain things are being done by, er, certain "authorities", about, er, certain things said in the previous post, and that certain, er, companies are fully cooperating with said authorites. As you can see, I have taken down that post. If you read that post then you are probably as shocked as I am that we, er, were able to get, er, well, you know what I'm talking about.

If you didn't read the post than that will teach you for not checking the Jawa Report every two minutes! And you call yourself a loyal fan?

What was this mysterious post about? I know nothing. Besides, doesn't all the mystery kind of add to the ambience around here?

But, seriously, I'm pretty freaking flabbergasted that my little investigation that I started and e-mailed a few "authorities" about before putting up the post is being taken seriously. Very seriously.

Comment thread on this post will be closed because some of you blabbermouths can't be trusted! More later (fingers crossed, knock on wood, etc.)

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December 04, 2005

Senior Chechnyan al Qaeda Leader Reportedly Killed in Suicide Blast

The Counterterrorism Blog reports that Abu Omar Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Saif, a Saudi al Qaeda in Chechnya commander, has killed himself in Dagestan to avoid capture by Russian forces:

Unable to escape after Russian soldiers backed by helicopters surrounded his temporary hideout, Abu Omar allegedly detonated an explosive device he was carrying and collapsed the building on top of himself. Known as the "Imam of the Chechen mujahideen", Abu Omar was an original founder of the Arab-Afghan mujahideen movement in Chechnya and was named by Russian officials as a suspect in numerous Caucasus-linked terrorist attacks, including the Moscow theatre siege and the Beslan school hostage massacre.

The Counterterrorism Blog has more, including a 2000 interview with Abu Omar.

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December 03, 2005

(Images/Video) Terrorist Videos Reveal Weakness and Lies of Insurgency

UPDATE: The video has been debunked and is NOT the Fallujah attack but some other attack. See this post.

The Islamic Army in Iraq has released a video of an IED attack against Marines in Fallujah. The attack killed 10 Marines. Images from the video are posted below. They are not graphic, but may be disturbing.

Al Qaeda in Iraq has also released a video of its Ramadi offensive. Images posteed below and right. For links to video, please e-mail author.

The video shows a Marine patrol and a Hummer rolling down an alley or a narrow road, on which civilians are present. The Hummer passes the Marines as it approaches the terrorist's position. The IED explosion is large and does damage to the Humvee, but the driver inside appears to be able to continue to drive the vehicle. Civilians can be seen panicking and fleeing. The video then becomes shaky as the terrorist flees the scene.

The video reveals why the IED attack was so devestating. Presumably, like most incidents of this nature, the IED was planted with the expectation that it would be exploded as a vehicle or convey passed. The terrorists, it would seem, just got 'lucky' in that on this particular day a foot patrol decided to walk down the wrong alley.

Despite media reports of 'mounting casualties', attacks are down in Iraq. The IED attack reveals that the so-called insurgents cannot mount even an effective attack against U.S. positions.

Yesterday, propagandists for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq posted a message claiming they had taken 'control of Ramadi'. This despite the fact that the terrorists were only able to fire a single mortar shell at a U.S. position and less than 300 U.S. troops and 200 Iraqis were used in the counteroffensive. The counteroffensive turned out to be nothing more than the troops entering Ramadi unnoposed and turned into a routine search and sweep operation.

The only evidence that al Qaeda offered that they 'controlled' Ramadi was a short video by their IMC media arm showing a group of masked young men in cheap warm-up pants and tee shirts slowly going down a narrow alley. There are no more than seven or eight terrorists in the group. That's right, 7-8 terrorists with AK-47's and a single RPG! An image from that video is posted above and a few more are posted below.

Oddly enough, the IMC (Islamic Media Center) cameraman hides from the terrorists while he takes the video. The IMC has recently pledge its loyalty to Osama bin Laden and urged others to do the same. It appears that even the jihadi supporters are afraid of the brave and noble mujahidin!

So, if the 'insurgency' cannot hold any territory, is not very popular in the eyes of even Sunnis these days, and must resort to remotely detonated bombs and hostage taking, in what lies their hope of victory?

The media and spineless politicians in Washington D.C.

The spinmeisters at al Jazeera, Jihad Unspun, and Uruknet report the communique as fact and then, trying to turn this into some grand irony, announce that the Ramadi 'victory' comes only days after Bush announced his strategy for victory. As if a single IED and a handful of sweat-pants clad 'insurgents' are a threat to U.S. victory in Iraq!

It would all be very laughable if the U.S. media wasn't so busy hand-wringing and having LSD induced flashbacks of Vietnam. The media spin then leads the American public to think that this insurgency poses an actual threat and that somehow we cannot win in Iraq. All of this is not helped by the extreme Left wing of the Democratic party which is all to eager to see America lose in Iraq.

Folks, the only threat to our long-term victory in Iraq comes not form the terrorists, but from spineless politicians in the U.S.

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1 Yet more evidence that these bastards must be high as kites to think as they do... too bad a lot of US politicos must have raided their stash of 'shrooms, as you said. But come on, Rusty, you give these guys a hard time. Have you ever worn Addidas warm-up pants? Those things are so comfortable! How could one ever go pack to a crap-soaked one-piece after those pants? I think it is simply more evidence of the CIA corrupting the noble Holy Warriors.

Posted by: Wine-aholic at December 03, 2005 04:11 PM (sH4J5)

2 "Despite media reports of 'mounting casualties', attacks are down in Iraq." Oct was the 4th deadliest month. I haven't yet found a site with monthly attack numbers. The analysis of the pant leg and bicycle is wrong on the image. That's the left pant leg that's rolled up. A bicycle chain is on the right side.

Posted by: actus at December 03, 2005 04:15 PM (dFCoa)

3 actus: despite all your wishing, they won't win!

Posted by: dave at December 03, 2005 04:29 PM (CcXvt)

4 This seems to have casualties reported by month. I am surprised you had not found it... As a larger question, are we mixing terms here? Are we taking "number of deaths" or "number of attacks" as the metric? The two are certainly different.

Posted by: Wine-aholic at December 03, 2005 04:43 PM (sH4J5)

5 "This seems to have casualties reported by month. I am surprised you had not found it... As a larger question, are we mixing terms here? Are we taking "number of deaths" or "number of attacks" as the metric? The two are certainly different." I know about icasualties.org. Its a site about # of attacks that I don't know of, not # of dead.

Posted by: actus at December 03, 2005 04:50 PM (dFCoa)

6 this will convince the Liberals that jihadis have reconquered Iraq, because that's exactly what they need to believe. What else are they going to run on in '08.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 03, 2005 06:04 PM (8e/V4)

7 Agent Jones reports that the VC used bicycles to travel quietly in Vietnam in order not to attract attention. Agent Brown realized that bicycles were used by the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka for transporting explosives and suicide bombers. Agent Smith knows that the Seattle Police Department also uses bicycles to stealthily approach and subdue suspects.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 03, 2005 06:08 PM (VDGim)

8 Is actus right about the bicycle pants leg? If so I told this guy is sharp! maybe its like an islamic hip hop gang thing - kinda like their colors. They don't seem to have any basebal caps to wear sideways so I guess their are making due with cheap hotel towels. How would rap actually sound in arabic? Anybody wanna give it a shot?

Posted by: hondo at December 03, 2005 06:16 PM (3aakz)

9 Dirka-dirka, my bitch is in Burka, like Mohammed did Jihad, I rock the Baghdad, the soldiers, they don't see me, rollin' in my VBIED, under tha' seat, the RDX blew, my virgins bitches, they number seventy-two, Alah Ackbarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! short notice, what can I say ;/

Posted by: dave at December 03, 2005 06:31 PM (CcXvt)

10 Agent Brown has discovered that, historically, when a strong army fights fragmented and weak enemies, the strong army becomes weakened and the weak enemies are strenghtened. The ragtag, bicycle riding enemies are a most dangerous signal.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 03, 2005 07:30 PM (VDGim)

11 I think we discussed this the other day, not only is this insurgency no different than any other insurgency, counter-insurgency methods are already undermining both the terrorists, and insurgents alike. The average insurgency lasts nine years, I would say we're well ahead of schedule, would you not?

Posted by: dave at December 03, 2005 07:44 PM (CcXvt)

12 a reoccuring post to follow ... Agent Smith Mort Sahl was a satirist and an ultra-liberal and was quite funny and good at it. Al Franken is a satirist and an ultra-liberal and not funny at all - he's actually quite bad at it. You wish to be a satirist (as opposed to a comedian - there is a difference) - and follow in the footsteps of lil' Al. Well - those are tiny shoes to fill, and you are doing an adequate job of it.

Posted by: hondo at December 03, 2005 08:08 PM (3aakz)

13 Agent Smith says that Hondo still needs training wheels on his bicycle.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 03, 2005 08:21 PM (VDGim)

14 Of course, the left may tend to argue that the bicycle clip proves the "insurgents" are also eco-warriors who eschew mechanised transport. On the other hand, don't forget that the principle means of transport of NVA and VC was the bicycle, used to shift many thousands of tonnes of supplies along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Historically, all "insurgencies" tend to die after an average of six years of determined suppression. E.g, the Boer rebellion, Malaya and Aden. Viet Nam was an exception, yet it remains perversely touted as some kind of paradigm. The question remains one of having the determination to persist.

Posted by: booyakka at December 03, 2005 08:37 PM (n66qx)

15 Can I just say something about our media? The other day I heard an interview of a reporter in Iraq. He commented on the very videos and pictures shown here and also commented about how the Pentagon issues its press reports. What amazed me was this MSM reporter took the insurgent's videos and images completely at face-value while commenting on the "spin" the U.S. military uses to issue reports. When are these media people going to wake up and realize that they're being completely and utterly manipulated by a terrorist insurgency?

Posted by: J at December 03, 2005 09:32 PM (/P1rH)

16 Agent Smith researched the 2007 war with Iran and how it played out. Once Iran controlled Sistani-land in the south of Iraq, the retreating Americans were harassed all the way back to Kuwait. It was a bad scene, for which President Bush was finally impeached in the latter half of 2008.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 03, 2005 09:37 PM (VDGim)

17 >>>"The question remains one of having the determination to persist." The Left's only determination is to see the mission fail. They believe failure in Iraq is the only way to regain their political power. Loyalty to party supercedes loyalty to country. They are traitors.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 03, 2005 10:34 PM (8e/V4)

18 Agent Brown opines on the statement, "Loyalty to party supercedes loyalty to country." Loyalty is a concept that is prevalent in all human societies. Like you, in our quest to secure the core network against all threats, all Agents are fiercely loyal to the Architect and follow every one of his orders, however ridiculous.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 03, 2005 10:49 PM (VDGim)

19 why not save the next post, and have a wank instead.

Posted by: dave at December 04, 2005 12:09 AM (CcXvt)

20 I think Hondo hit the nail on the head. Rappist terrorists.

Posted by: greyrooster at December 04, 2005 07:05 AM (gvOyZ)

21 Iraq use to be one of the most wealthiest financially,and the most Educated people on the planet.But When Sadam Hussein rfused to Jump and rollever" anymore.Embargos, enforced restrictions, secret bombings, crippling Iraqs infrastructures by Americans and its partners the true axis of evil" bought Iraq to the pathetic state its in now.They might have bent them. But the spirit will never be broken. Good on ya freedom fighters kill, maim, murder as many yank, brit and coalition assoles as possible send them back to mom and pops or is it mummy and daddy in bodybags .I,m a kiwi born and bred but even in this bubble i can see scumbag arrogant assoles cornfed on lies by the biggest terrorists Bush,Blair and rest of the Coalition lapdogs you morons emailing in wouldnt have the guts to die for any cause whatsoever.Fighting for Iraqi peoples freedom?You scumbag soldiers,security personel are murdering them and that is the reason you will never win if the people aren,t on side then more freedom fighters you will produce, this invasion proves the stupidity of coalition soldiers fighting for a war based on lies but like the emperor's new clothes" we will pretend we dont see it but I,m hoping like heck Your father's ,mother's sister's, brothers's will see it when your pinebox coffins come rolling off the planes.By the way that kiwi idiot student who happened to be taken hostage along with other do-gooders these vultures just like all the rest are by-products of this illegal invasion please cut his godamn throat and all the others, make it slow and from ear to ear just like that American jerkoff make sure you have it on the net.Good luck insurgent freedom fighters, the road will be very hard and very long but the more American,British, Coalition and do-gooders bodies sent home in bits an pieces maybe will show the world tha this lie of a invasion must come to an end.

Posted by: freedom at December 04, 2005 05:53 PM (cQE8Q)

22 You are not a Kiwi arab dog because you can't even write properly and NZ is an English speaking country. You are just another islamic bastard living it up in the west because your own country is so shitty. How many state benefits have you and your parasitic clan bludged while decrying the efforts of the western world?

Posted by: Jester at December 04, 2005 06:12 PM (wBDaS)

23 freedom? What's ya point?

Posted by: hondo at December 04, 2005 06:22 PM (3aakz)

24 Oh poor jester you got my ethnicity wrong.You also have my employment status wrong.Forgive my my English its not quite up to scratch but when i see innocent civilians, Being fired indiscriminately at.I ask myself as I shake with outrage I'd better get my comments grammatically correct because.Jester the Professor in English my find this more shocking than gutless men mowing down innocent people.eres My ethnicity is Samoan but I would love to meet you so you can walk the talk big man.Jester your obviously a white gutless how did you put it DOG!!

Posted by: freedom at December 04, 2005 06:41 PM (cQE8Q)

25 Samoans would have their head sawn off by Zaqueery too, most are Christian. You'll have to travel a long way to meet me but I'm not gutless having already fought for my country. It's a shame you are Samoan as I have a few Samoan friends from my years in the South Pacific. Siding with the muslims shows you are ill-informed...Talofa dude.

Posted by: Jester at December 04, 2005 07:42 PM (wBDaS)

26 Fought for your country?What and that makes you courageous.Like your soldiers are fighting for their country now?You call Having the largest nuclear arsenal,the most sophisticated weaponry built.Spending trillions on reseach to produce even more futuristic weaponry to kill,maim your fellow man, you call that fighting.You might as well be fighting against people who are using sticks and stones!!an example When you Killed Sadams son's obviously they were such a threat anti tank rockets had to be repeatedly fired into that house.That's your idea of fighting? That's why unlike you these,insurgents I call them freedom fighters have had to resort to suicide bombings now there's real balls, that's real courage.Thats something, us living the West will never understand.I suggest you do a bit reading you sound like an older person.BUT surely you can understand when you try to impose your will another persons country.That's like backing people into a corner. Mate! wake up! They're fighting you back with weapons made in the West! Some even made in the good 'ol USA. Have you found Sadams secret stash of WMD?no Is their a link between 9/11 and Iraq?hell no Are the Iraqi people better off now then they were under Sadam's Regime?bloody hell no the only difference now is, we the almighty West the saviours are murdering them, and you know why mate BECAUSE THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME!! our coalition forces cannot or will not tell the difference between friend or foe so with our own safety in mind kill anything that moves. The Iraqi's have gone from a stable dictatorship under Sadam to this godforsaken Bloodbath. So what was this War all about? Control of their resources?Hell yeah If anybody thought that the deaths of hundreds of thousands on whoever's side just to get rid of Sadam, the reason, grow up.If even a quarter of the trillions spent instead of trying to come up with new ways of snuffing out human beings was spent on researching for alternative energy sources.Then the USA truly would be the beacon of democracy, instead of the overfed bully.Then we wouln't be online like bloody kids, throwing insults an our two cents.

Posted by: freedom at December 04, 2005 09:05 PM (cQE8Q)

27 If freaking bloody jihadists were not trying to take over the World, mr. freedom, we wouldn't have to be over there kicking their asses. The last time I checked the jihadists were taking heavy casualties while ours were light. My God, mr. freedom, 30,000 men were lost trying to protect your sorry ass from the Japanese. Shit, and you call yourself freedom. You need to sober up, you DA.

Posted by: jihadibane at December 04, 2005 09:29 PM (rUyw4)

28 Maybe you need a history lesson your buddie's in the true axis of evil.The Brits found the remains of two japanese one man mini submersibles.It was on BBC. Check it out.Your Navy in Pearl Harbour dropped depth charges on them, they were outside the no spy zone.I mean you rant an moan when your caught spying.Killing of two men OUTSIDE the restricted area was an act of War. That's Why the Japs bombed Your Navy.BUT YOU HAVE A SELECTIVE MEMORY.Growing up I got the fed the usual history lessons,movies books (propaganda) the dastardly yellow peril were to blame.Surprise, Surprise Hey this might even surprise you.The Japs didn't attack you for no bloody apparent reason you attacked them first.But of course your'e always innocent your'e always right as long as you fool the public with half truths ,lies and try to rewrite history.By the way,the way China's going mate you and I are going to have to start learning to speak mandarin or whatever it would have been so much easier if I knew how to speak Japanese.

Posted by: freedom at December 04, 2005 10:15 PM (O2l+4)

29 ...from a stable dictatorship to a godforsaken bloodbath.?????? Actually it was a pretty intense bloodbath prior - simply kept off camera - dictatorships are kinda funny like that. Now you get to see all the blood courtesy freedom of the press from the media - a democracy is kinda funny like that. Can't miss the carnage - what with all those car bombings, suicide bombers, beheadings and such. The target of course is the Iraqi people themselves - men, women and children - the oddest thing is that the ones doing this are loyal supporters of Saddam and islamic fundamentalists. Unless of course you believe its American GIs driving the car bombs and strapping explosives to themselves. Whatever - so when a suicide car bomber kills dozens or a hundred Iraqi civilians do you applaud? I got to stop - I recognize simple-minded anti-Americanism - not worth pursuing - doubt you could find Iraq on the map or give a damn about them one way or the other. So, how's the weather down there - coconut crop going to be good this year?

Posted by: hondo at December 04, 2005 10:34 PM (3aakz)

30 oh please Hondo,anti Americanism If I have a different view .I,ll admit somewhat skewed but my own view isn't that freedom.But, would you know what that is? or is it you need other people to think for you.What's that your lying president said 45min is the time it would take for strike against you.Funny hondo the emperor's wearing invisible clothes but just as long as you pretend to see them.Now that's simple minded.What makes it worse is ignorance is no excuse. You do know this is exactly what,s going on in Palestine, funny how it is, another illegal occupation, suicide bombings.You hondo don't get it.Why are there more civilian casualties then actual combatants?oh me oh my what's that quaint word bandied about Collateral damage.If this is freeing people mate.To you and all your ilk they're all terrorist's' towel heads you could'nt give a rat's.They're opposing the mighty USA so like fleas squashed.Ends justify the means? .Right now I,m watching the 6.00 news.The leading story is your CIA and/or other organizations flying prisoners to other countries just to torture them.Out of sight out of mind.That must sit quite well with you because the impression you give' in your comments is that you care so very deeply for the Iraqi people.Even if you have absolutely no proof of guilt but they must all be tortured just for good measure.By the way I can't find to many coconut trees in New Zealand you would have to be simple to think so .Or do I need to take one of your special sight-seeing flights to re-adjust my view because if I'm not with you I must be against you?

Posted by: freedom at December 04, 2005 11:23 PM (O2l+4)

31 I meant in Samoa - you do keep in touch with the boys back home now, don't you? So how's the coconuts? Must be tough being a stranger in a no so strange land. If anti-Americanism makes you feel better about your place in the world (or lack of) then go for it.

Posted by: hondo at December 04, 2005 11:37 PM (3aakz)

32 hondo don't get excited. I thought we were all entitled to our views but you seem to be quite preoccupied with how coconut crops are growing in Samoa.Dude if you like coconuts so much There,s American Samoa another one of your victories".You could perhaps holiday there one day.Come over to the the Western side.Meet the boys y'know experience the culture, live a little.I've been there on holiday sun, sand, surf, no towelheads to get your blood pressure up you would love it mate. I know living downunder in a backwater, slow-as country like New Zealand wer'e not quite up to your speed with your lot.I mean heres silly ol me thinking I have a right to an opinion.I should tow the line and think exactly whatever you think I should think.Jeez sort of reminds me of one thing us living the land of the long white cloud. Aotearoa. are famous or .SHEEP!!!!!

Posted by: freedom at December 05, 2005 12:03 AM (O2l+4)

33 Agent Smith and Jones concur that "Freedom" is an Iraqi Operation. Agent Brown disagrees and says it is a parallellogram full of lies and distortions.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 05, 2005 05:39 AM (qLtuI)

34 I wouldn't even waste my time on this "freedom" person. He/she is far too bitter and unreasonable.

Posted by: Oyster at December 05, 2005 06:08 AM (YudAC)

35 Talofa Freedom, I would suggest you stop believing Baathist propaganda. Like most oil-rich countries, Iraq has always been a shithole incapable of spreading wealth.

Posted by: Macktastick Rusty Wicked at December 05, 2005 08:56 AM (JQjhA)

36 freedom, Go to school, learn some English, read some history, and come back here in a few years and maybe I will know what the hell you are talking about, because dude, you aren't making a bit of sense to me. Might be your broken English, and I don't have a clue where I can learn Samoan.(Is that your language?)

Posted by: jihadibane at December 05, 2005 09:02 AM (rUyw4)

37 The Japanese sub thing is more fictional than any of your claims. Pearl Harbor was not about that, even the most biased Japanese historian would agree. You are a mixed up dude freedom...and the first pro-jihadist Samoan I have ever come across. If you don't think fighting for your nation is admirable then go away...I bet you've never put your ass on the line for anything other than to vent anger from your safe little haven.

Posted by: Jester at December 05, 2005 01:15 PM (wBDaS)

38 Freedom: Stupid name for a banana eating monkey looking piece of shit who doesn't deserve to know the english language. Back in your tree monkey. You're not ready to climb down yet. And get that stupid bone out of your nose.

Posted by: greyrooster at December 05, 2005 06:16 PM (9Dlss)

39 i cant wait for the day, that people wake up and deport all muslim/arab scum from europe/usa. i honestly wipe my arse on the koran every morning. a couple of pages get your shitty ring just as clean as toilet paper. boycott the arab owned shops and businesses.

Posted by: london defense force at December 06, 2005 02:59 PM (B4Ge0)

40 LDF...thanks for reminding me, I've just run out of toilet paper, time to visit the mosque for more supplies.

Posted by: Jester at December 06, 2005 03:27 PM (wBDaS)

41 Well, I guess no more from the cannibal calling himself FREEDOM. Backward white hating piece of shit headhunter just out of the trees. Or not quite out of the trees. I can see him now. Bone in nose, sticks in his ears walking through the jungle chewing on a bone that used to be his neighbors arm. Washing it down with raw fish eyes and raw half hatched eggs. Friggin big mouthed animal.

Posted by: greyrooster at December 07, 2005 04:45 AM (OvTKg)

42 Must say, just came across this site, but HAD to comment here. What amazes me most is that both the both the pro-islamist and the pro-american seemed to think that propaganda only emerges from the other side. Truth is, the DOD has a really tight hold on what information gets fed to the civilian news services . The BBC has done a somewhat better job of genuinse newsgathering, but the american press seems content to act like farm swine willing to take whatever scraps are tossed their way, be they liberal, or conservative. The US army's Psych-Op are doing a bang up job of media spinning a sows ear into a silk purse. The loose affiliation of competing iraqui islamic factions, for the most part also try and dedicate time and resources to dissimate disinformation but have fairly crude methods in my estimation. What i've seen seems to be political fanatics with axes to grind posting, instead of any reasoned analysis overall. That said, and despite all the cows manure being flung over the newswire, Iraq has not been a stable reigion for over half a millenia. Iraq, geographically, has several native/ethnic populations whom only stop fighting each other if they share a joint enemy, or dictator in common. The country is a toilet bowl, and personally i will be shocked to see anything more than perhaps a decade worth of secular democracy being compromised by Syrian, Iranian, and insurgency splinters into complete meaninglessness. There is a few hard facts that seem to escape people on all sides of this debate i've seen publically speculate here... A) Saddamn Hussain, and Osama Bin Laden were both used extensivly and to great effect by US intellegence services who should have scrubbed their running dogs when they decommissioned them. Bush Sr should have ordered the shot back in 91, and established a resonably secure, permanent base at the time. Instead, now TWO generations of Bush's have done nothing but create a situation where the US will be forced to return to and implement so called "band aid" solutions. B) Too much attention is being given to the pathetic, splintered Iraqui insurgency when clearly the forces funding, equipping, and motivating these factions lie beyond it's borders. Notably Syria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. C) If the west would wean itself off of damned foreign fossil fuels, we could isolate this little crap-hole in Hell and let them busily kill each other until they grew out of political and religious despotism.

Posted by: Entropolis at December 20, 2005 03:45 AM (sS7+z)

43 i have bought myself a mountain and i am going to dig myself a bunker. the end is near!

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November 20, 2005

Morocco Nabs 17 Al Qaeda Suspects

The Moroccans are continuously in a state of high security alert after suicide bombings in Casablanca killed 45 people in 2003. As a result, extremists are watched very closely.

From Ninemsn:

Morocco security forces have arrested 17 radical Islamists on suspicion of belonging to a "terrorist structure" linked to al Qaeda, state news agency MAP said, quoting a police source.

Bully!

[Update 11/20/05, 2350 EST]

(via In The Bullpen) According to ABC News, two of the suspected terrorists apprehended are former prisoners from the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Brahim Benchekroun and Mohammed Mazouz were arrested in late 2001 and accused of participating in weapons training conducted by al Qaeda. They were released from Guantanamo Bay in August 2004.

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November 14, 2005

Al Qaeda Targeted Intel Meeting in Amman Blast

DEBKAfile reports that the al Qaeda bombing at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Amman last Wednesday specifically targeted a secret intelligence meeting. The attack wiped out the entire group of senior Palestinian, Jordanian and Saudi intelligence officers. With the arrest of the unsuccessful fourth bomber, Sajid Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, Jordanian investigators have a possible lead to identifying who leaked the time and place of the secret meeting.

Agreed, DEBKAfile sometimes comes across as a little loosey-goosey in its assertions. In my opinion, that doesn't seem to be the case with the latest report.

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1 As I and a few others mentioned in the last couple of days, wedding receptions don't really seem like high value targets, unless there's something else to be gained. I think the Paleostinians and Saudis were talking about giving up a few big fish in order to take the pressure off. Most people don't realize it, but we give the Paleo's tons of money every year because of their "plight", and the war on terror is threatening to stifle the flow. Likewise, if the Saudis wear out our patience, they may see things go downhill fast, so they were probably doing what arabs always do when the chips are down; betray someone.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 14, 2005 12:48 PM (0yYS2)

2 Interesting. A meeting between officers from countries most involved in terrorism at the state level (excluding Jordan). I'm not sure if this represents a new majority opinion among Mid East governments about terrorism or if it's just like-minded small groups who recognise that terrorism is trouble for everyone. Either way, Zarqawi now realises that he isn't very popular. Hopefully this meeting signifies change, although admitedly I'm not very optimistic.

Posted by: Graeme at November 14, 2005 12:53 PM (I1uKf)

3 Damn. I didn't think of that. IM's probably right.

Posted by: Graeme at November 14, 2005 01:01 PM (I1uKf)

4 Once this becomes common knowledge, the leftards will go crazy with their JOOOOO/CIA conspiracies, but remember, I called it first! Where's greg? Come on greg, put down the kiddy porn and tell us how the JOOOOOOOOS did it.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 14, 2005 01:03 PM (0yYS2)

5 IM, Good theory and I give you all the credit. I know that there is more to this than meets the eye. Perhaps you are right about the meeting, but it's just too damn easy for me to give you a lot of credit for predicting that the Jews will sooner or later get the blame, or that Greg would come up with a new conspiracy theory. Those two are a given, haha. But nice theory, nonetheless.

Posted by: jesusland joe at November 14, 2005 02:15 PM (rUyw4)

6 Thanks JJ. I basically looked at it like this: Terrorists choose their targets based on several criteria, which include psychological impact, military or civic importance, ease of access, and chances of success. Given that it was a hotel, I ruled out the military and civic angles, and the psychological impact of hitting a wedding is obviously producing negative publicity, which they surely knew it would. The only other thing that is obvious is that the hotels were Western brand names, and were frequented by foreigners, which is the excuse they used. The access was a breeze, and chances of success were high, and odds of killing a few foreigners were good. On its face, it looks like an amateur job done by a local yahoo who'd had enough of bad tips, but the first blush is often deceptive. There were four bombers, which means that this wasn't a pissed-off waiter; someone was serious, and wanted something or someone blown to smithereens in a big way. Now, building bombs is not easy nor cheap, it's pretty damn expensive, and finding four people to 'splode themselves is probably not easy even in such an insane place, but for four people to kill themselves to get a few tourists? Nah, I don't buy it at all. This was an expensive operation, because the planners probably had to pay blood money to the families of the bombers beforehand, not to mention the cost of the materials. Why would someone carry out such an expensive operation against such an unimportant target? They wouldn't. You see, these "terrorist masterminds" really are fairly bright guys when it comes down to it, and they're not going to just spend their materiel and people killing random, unimportant civilians, so I immediately suspected that there was something or someone else there that they needed to destroy, then the news came about the Pali's and Saudis there, and it all fell into place. This was a message to al Qaeda's arab allies to stick to the script. Now let's just see what happens.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 14, 2005 04:02 PM (0yYS2)

7 You know, IM, you may be on to something. What was odd to me was that this wasn't al-Qaeda which is known for global bombings. It was "al-Qaeda in Iraq" who, to my knowledge, hasn't operated outside the boundaries of Iraq other than just recruiting from outside. There are many in Jordan who, even though Zarqawi claimed responsibility, refuse to believe it and say Israel did it. And Iran insists it was Israel too. Talk about a total disconnect from reality....

Posted by: Oyster at November 14, 2005 06:46 PM (YudAC)

8 Well of course, no matter what happens, it's all about the JOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSS!!! I swear, why we let these cavemen into our civilization, I have no idea.

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November 13, 2005

Jordan's King Abdullah Vows to Get Zarqawi

(Amman, Jordan) Here's some strong language from an Arab leader.

From ABC News Online:

Jordan's King Abdullah has vowed to track down the militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, after officials announced they hold Zarqawi's group "Al Qaeda in Iraq" responsible for the blasts in Amman that killed 57 people.

In addition to Jordan, I'd like to see some other mid-eastern countries aggressively pursuing Zarqawi.

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1 Remember, King Abdullah was once head of the Jordanian Special Forces. I will admit that is like starting for the New Orleans Aints, but....he know what needs to be done. Hopefully he has follow through. He never expected to be King, he was just a half-Infidel professional soldier. Potential. From what I have heard, like his counterpart in Bahrain, they are great men leading a difficult people.

Posted by: CDR Salamander at November 13, 2005 12:57 PM (m64uD)

2 Zaqueery just handed Abdullah the rod of chastisement and is begging him to use it. I think he just might do it.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 13, 2005 02:57 PM (0yYS2)

3 haha, IM. It's like a D&D game. The "Rod of Chastisement" and various and sundry weapons used in such games. Looks like Zarqawi's hit points are depleted and he's running low on mana too. Wait 'til he runs to the end of the game and gets confronted by the "boss". Damn, where's that health pack when you need one?

Posted by: Oyster at November 13, 2005 06:26 PM (YudAC)

4 Arabs are very clannish and never forgive a transgression, and AQ just pissed off a whole bunch of them by killing many members of what appears to be two prominent families. Given that Zaqueery and bin Hidin both have $25 million dollar bounties on their hides, and now a lot of pissed-off Jordanians wanting a piece of them, something tells me this was a very bad move on their part.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 13, 2005 10:06 PM (0yYS2)

5 Don't forget that Jordanians are the ones that committed Black September waaay back in 1970. They know how to take care of fellow arabs that cause trouble and are worth more dead than alive..

Posted by: Ernie Oporto at November 13, 2005 10:34 PM (WvUov)

6 Jordanians are strange creatures. I know a couple, and they seem to assimilate easier than most Arabs. I know one who owns a pizza shop and has a big picture of W. above the register, as well as one of John Wayne, which is the larger, as it should be. The other is fitting in as well, and loves NASCAR and football. Oh, and both hate the Gulf Arabs, whom they say are descendants of slaves. Things are not quite so simple as we think here in the West.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 13, 2005 10:52 PM (0yYS2)

7 Zaqueery. I like that. Sick of people referring to this monster as Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. The name doesn't reflect what he truly is. Lets take Paul Harvey's lead and refer to him as what he truly is. RAT FACE Zarqawi. Or simply rat face. Notice the simularity? I do.

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November 10, 2005

British Muslim Threatens to Behead Bush, Mutilate Former President's Wife

A terrorist supporter from Bolton, England wishes he could behead the President of the United States and mutilate the former first lady, Barbara Bush. Here is a comment he left on a post about terrorists beheading an Iraqi:

FUK U ALL AMERICAN FUKKKKK EVERY MUTHA FUKIN AMERICAN FUKK GEORGE BUSH I WISH I CUD BEHEAD HIS ASS N CUT HIS MUMZ NIPZ OFF BUSH U DIEEE MUTHA FUKA N BLAIR U BURN IN HELL 2 N EVRY1 HU SUPPORT IM DIE WIV EM DIEE ALL U COWARD WYT BAASTARDZZ DIEEE U ALL GON GOT BEHEADED U BASTARDZ!!!....
Y DA FUK IZZIT DAT SUMFIN HAPPNZ N AMERICA ALWAYZ CHT SHIT BUSH FINKZ HES IT N HES DA MAN WEL HE GON DIE LYK AN ANIMAL

Hmm, I believe that such speech is illegal in Britain. Even if it comes from a wanna-be gangsta punk.

He also wants you to know that hurricane Katrina is Allah's retribution for too much drinking and too many girls, er, dancing:

W8 N C NO WONDA AMERICA GETIN FLOODED OH N YALL TELIN US 2 BLEEV UR GOD JESUS?? GOD BLESS AMERICA?? WERS GOD WEN ITS GETIN FLOODED?? DATS CUMIN FROM GOD AS A PUNISHMENT N U FUKIN SHITBAGZ DESERV IT FUK YALL HU SPORT BUSH N BLAIR COZ U GON DIE WIV EM NOT CUMIN FROM NO TERRORISTS NOT CUMIN FROM NO MUSLIMZ NOT CUMIN FROM NO1 DATS CUMIN FROM GODD!! N DRINKIN DANCIN GIRLZ N ALL DAT SHIT U TOKIN BOUT?

Oh, and Allah bless bin Laden:

ISLAM 4 LYF TIL DEF N DA END GOD IS WIV MUSLIMZ GOD IS WIV BIN LADEN -MEMBA DA FRASE( U CAN RUN BUT U CNT HYD?) WELL FINK TWICE BIN LADEN MDE DA IMPOSSIBLE REALITY N U WIL NEVA FIND IM COZ GOD IS WIV UZ!!

In another message he puts Jawa readers to a challenge

EVERY SINGLE MUTHA FUKA ON ERE U GOTA A PROBLEM DEN CUM FUK WID ME IF U GOT BALLZ!! YALL PUSSYZ SCARED OF BIN LADEN

Why not drop da hustla a line? He did invite you. nazam04@hotmail.com You don't need to be civil, but since numnuts did leave a valid IP this has been reported to the authorities in Britain, so don't say anything that could be construed as a threat.

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1 Is the site being flooded? It looks funky and loads really, really slow.

Posted by: A Finn at November 10, 2005 09:33 AM (lGolT)

2 Good Lord! I'd need to reactivate Bletchley Park to understand this illiterate moron. That email is like an eye chart from hell. Heck they can teach a pig to drink beer - can't they teach these asswipes to at least spell?

Posted by: Graeme at November 10, 2005 09:35 AM (B1/IN)

3 You know, he sounds alot like Ali-G. I wonder how he explains the earthquake that killed 60k Muslims and the Tsunami that killed what, 200k muslims. seems to me that God hates muslims.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at November 10, 2005 09:40 AM (5ceWd)

4 The pig wants to learn, since it'll be bacon like it's 10 siblings if it doesn't. The "asswipes" are proud of their old language and cultural heritage, so they don't want to learn tricks from the ones they consider pigs.

Posted by: A Finn at November 10, 2005 09:45 AM (lGolT)

5 No Finn, this is standard hip-hop. For some odd reason, young Muslims identify with hip-hop and gangsta culture. Very odd.

Posted by: Macktastick Rusty Wicked at November 10, 2005 09:53 AM (JQjhA)

6 I hate all of you, just destroy everything so I can start over. You monkeys are wrecking my atmosphere, so bye bye, I'm making insects the new overlords of Earth once you clear the land with your fission weapons.

Posted by: GOD ALMIGHTY at November 10, 2005 09:57 AM (eFE81)

7 BANG! Ok, God is dead, where were we? Oh yeah, of course. Gangsta is the way for oppressed, hated people who have no money, no future and no reason to behave. So it suits isolated minorities great.

Posted by: A Finn at November 10, 2005 10:00 AM (eFE81)

8 Mastastick Rusty Wicked, You are experiencing some genre confusion--"rap" or "gangsta rap" is the protest medium, "hiphop" is exclusively for dancing. Try to keep it straight.

Posted by: matoko-chan at November 10, 2005 10:07 AM (cxYaY)

9 Filthy Allah has it right. Within the past year, the Almighty has killed Muslims over Americans, by earthquake and tsunami, by a ratio of 250 to 1.

Posted by: Mike at November 10, 2005 10:16 AM (6krEN)

10 "Gangsta is the way of the oppressed, hated people who have no money, no future and no reason to behave." i.e. as long as a person satisfies those criteria, itÂ’s okay for them to take their anger out on others and be not just a threat but a burden to society. ThereÂ’s no need for aspirations or determination to be better. After all, history shows that people from poor backgrounds never, ever succeed. Best just to stay angry and let the liberals tell you that itÂ’s okay to do so because they understand you.

Posted by: Graeme at November 10, 2005 10:28 AM (B1/IN)

11 Yeah, and if the poor somehow succeed, they get stomped down by money, a bunch of rich people who want his riches too and/or government, after their story has been used up in the media.

Posted by: A Finn at November 10, 2005 10:36 AM (eFE81)

12 I can't heads nor tails of the message at all. You have to understand - I have a day job which precludes me from learning the language of the "streets", as it were.

Posted by: Oyster at November 10, 2005 11:16 AM (fl6E1)

13 That should be "I can't [make] heads nor tails ..." My job also precludes me from learning English as well, apparently. ;-)

Posted by: Oyster at November 10, 2005 11:18 AM (fl6E1)

14 Well, this fits right in with what Bill Bennett was talking about this morning, "Gangsta' Islam"

Posted by: Oxen at November 10, 2005 11:31 AM (w9vWW)

15 Garsh, wuts "fuk" anyhuw? I dun't gut ull thu misspulled wurds and the uver use uf u's. Wut, thu mur you use u's, the mur "raisins" you gut in Hell...ur..I mean Huven?

Posted by: thirdee at November 10, 2005 12:29 PM (ZK4ZU)

16 What'll be really sad is if nazam04 is actually a white 30-something Brit with a cockney accent, who lives with his mum ,trying to be black AND Muslim AND gangsta.

Posted by: reverse_vampyr at November 10, 2005 12:57 PM (Ns5kk)

17 Don't forget the Earthquake in Iran, town of BAM I recall. Ironic eh? And God said "BAM" you are fucked. God does not like the Muslim. 250 to 1 Mike? The degenerate Muslim didn't have time to finish dancing after our last Hurricane and God slapped the piss out of him with that Paki Quake. You would think the IGNANT fuckers would get the message. Something bad happens to good people, Muslims whoop it up, God wails on em. Happens all the time but the idiots still think God is on their side of the pitch.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at November 10, 2005 01:07 PM (5ceWd)

18 Vampyr, that might not be funny if it weren't probably true.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 10, 2005 01:18 PM (0yYS2)

19 My sisters that are in Britain Email me in the same format. They are so used to abbrievating words for use in SMS messages on their cell phones that they continue to write me Email in the same verbage -- it might take less time to type, it sure takes much longer to read and make sense of. SMS messaging is used 100X times more in Europe than in the U.S and this is the language they've made for it.

Posted by: dave at November 10, 2005 01:41 PM (CcXvt)

20 The bugger won't reply to me but I am ready to rip his head off and piss on the stump. Here's a message from me though...get out of Britain you dog and crawl back to the third world.

Posted by: Jester at November 10, 2005 01:49 PM (QKZX5)

21 I would just like to see one of those fanatics try and attack bush with a big sword and see how many hole he gets shot full of

Posted by: sandpiper at November 10, 2005 02:22 PM (08Fdo)

22 "I would just like to see one of those fanatics try and attack bush with a big sword and see how many hole he gets shot full of" And that's just by the regular folks in Texas. I can see it now, Sword-Wielding Terrorist Shot Dead by Hairdresser and 14 Patrons, details at 11.

Posted by: Jeremy at November 10, 2005 03:00 PM (KuG4L)

23 Hmm...Jeremy, another one of those guys brought a sword to a gunfight. When will they ever learn?

Posted by: jesusland joe at November 10, 2005 03:27 PM (rUyw4)

24 Speaking of monkies... http://static.flickr.com/31/62228114_9b9d40a99f_o.jpg

Posted by: Princess Kimberley at November 11, 2005 03:15 PM (lc3qm)

25 I sent him an E-mail. You say he is in the UK. Pity. The tracker and snooter have nothing to do this week.

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October 27, 2005

Multinational Force Spokesman: Media Being Manipulated by Terrorists

Stating a blindingly obvious point that has somehow escaped the Western media, Army Major General Rick Lynch today said:

"Half the battle is in the battlefield of the media. The terrorists will use the media as a combat multiplier to hide their limited capabilities."

It's a shame that the General has to spoonfeed the press like this, but with the massive egos occupying the brainpans, especially in television news, of reporters there just isn't much room left over for analytic ability and common sense.

Common sense should have told even the dullest newsperson in the Palestine Hotel that it had no intrinsic military value other than as propaganda, yet each network dutifully carried water for the terrorist insurgency by replaying the "spectacular explosions" over and over.

Odd, given the broadcast media's fascination for brilliant flashes of light and shiny things that there has been an embargo of images from the 9/11 attacks for years. The excuse given is that they don't want to "inflame" the American public. Unfortunately, there seems to be no equivalent concern about inflaming the ignorant, bloodthirsty, and illiterate buffoons who make up the bulk of the "Arab street". more...

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1 I also wonder why it is that virtually none of the MSM reported the fact that: A) the attack was an attempt to take them all hostage (and we know how that usually ends upÂ…ask John The Baptist) B) the attack was repelled by the Iraqi Security Forces, you know, the ones that canÂ’t shoot straight unless an American Solider is holding the gun. I had a sliverÂ’s thread holding on to the notion that just maybe the MSM was Â“tryingÂ” to report things fairly. The Â“reportingÂ” of this attack cut that last thread of dignity.

Posted by: JohnMc at October 27, 2005 02:29 PM (y+I+a)

2 Welcome to reality John. The media have been the waterboys of every psychopathic dictator and murderer since the New York Times threw in with Lenin, and possibly before. See, the thing is that they love a good story, and if it happens to be true, fine, but if not, oh well, at least it'll sell some papers and maybe make them a star.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 27, 2005 03:04 PM (0yYS2)

3 John, How do you know that the intention was to take hostages? I have heard this said before but don't know the source of it.

Posted by: babs at October 27, 2005 03:43 PM (fAmiP)

4 babs Do you think they were delivering pizzas?

Posted by: hondo at October 27, 2005 04:47 PM (ymtSt)

5 Maybe they just wanted to invite them to tea? We must remember that we shouldn't judge them on their ways, because they are from a different culture, and maybe cutting throats is their way of showing they like you.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 27, 2005 06:17 PM (0yYS2)

6 Kooky Klanrooster - God gives you another chance after Katrina and the waves. Your 64 years of hatred has been scrapped from your heart and only you can keep it out. Your enemy is not muslim, your only enemy is in your demented noggin. Come back to Jesus. Jesusmonger Joe - you are king dunce scrubbyhead, eating walruses' oysters and laying pipe on Fire Island. You fish for pennies in septic tanks and belch idiocy. Your mommy is a hamster and your hubcaps are made for pissing on. Thanos666 - sick, sick, sick. Your Chicom PLA plan to save the mideast is lost forever. Your head is full of fire and your tongue is a snake. Improbulus Makeupkit - still shooting blanks and being such a girlyman pansy. Only you would load crisco covered potatos into a baseball pitching machine, huncgh down in front and scream "Armageddon!" as it atacks you from behind. Chimp is beating you in the face with a board and you even help him do it. Sickpup. Filthy - you are my goofy friend The Chinese gave up.. The British are quitting.. It's all over!! You can't get awaaay!!! you can't get awaaaay!!! WOO HOO!!!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at October 27, 2005 08:33 PM (msD7v)

7 DSM: Korea eh? you makey sucky, sucky for dollah, yes? , you love long time? me likey fwied rice? If someone will ban him, I'll write a perl script that does two posts a day, consisting of the same crackhead speak you have come to be use to, thus replacing him. Walmart style.

Posted by: dave at October 27, 2005 09:08 PM (CcXvt)

8 Yes you know the terrorist released some crap saying they were after some security company they consider Israeli spy stuff. But I just keep thinking of the equipment and hostages. If they just wanted to kill just a bomb would have worked. No they wanted in and were driven off by Iraqi forces. How embarrasing. There were some Americans too but Iraqi forces are getting better. It may take quite a while but I'm feeling better about the war. I'm all opposite you know. If you listen to the MSM you would think we were on our last leg. Sorry but I know what this country can do if it puts it's mind to it. If the left only cared about Iraqi rights as much as they care for their own. My only worry is that the last month or two politics has went beserk on us. Distracting from the real work to be done in the world and here.

Posted by: Howie at October 27, 2005 10:08 PM (D3+20)

9 http://hammernews.com/prevention2.htm

Posted by: Route Irish at October 27, 2005 11:25 PM (Eh9tH)

10 Dave, the idiot gets banned regularly, but apparently in a nation full of me-love-you-longtime ten dollar hookers, he has nothing better to do. We should have let the commies have the place.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 27, 2005 11:27 PM (0yYS2)

11 Babs- I heard it reported on the radio and here is a link to a post made by Major E. (in Baghdad) at Powerline: http://powerlineblog.com/archives/012041.php Here is a transcript of Â“Hannity & ColmesÂ” where they discuss the attack: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173413,00.html

Posted by: JohnMc at October 28, 2005 09:51 AM (y+I+a)

12 "Common sense should have told even the dullest newsperson in the Palestine Hotel that it had no intrinsic military value other than as propaganda" Not so common as to prevent our troops from shooting at it.

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October 26, 2005

Islamic Army in Iraq New Video

This week on Infovlad a new and old video were posted from Islamic Army in Iraq. So what is the big deal? IÂ’ll tell you, the new video lacked a header, singing voices and all the other post production details and fancy bells and whistles. Also after Al-Qaeda announced a weekly news program they have failed to deliver the goods. Add to that the capture of their main webmaster and you see why. See itÂ’s not so much the machines but the people to run them as well.

Then terrorists attacked the Palestine hotel attempting to capture journalists or possibly take the building for a 1970's Olympics style operation. They failed, while they killed some people the IraqiÂ’s and Americans they had much bigger plans. Also think about the not so obvious targets there equipment, producers and technicians. So while they are bound to pop up the 2 month drought combined with the low quality release make this Jawa feel pretty good.

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1 It seems like Air America and Air Al-Qaeda have something in common -- the inability to produce a consistently professional product.

Posted by: Mike at October 26, 2005 09:07 AM (ywZa8)

2 Seems they figured out what we already knew - virtually all the "journalists and reporters" in Iraq are holed up in that one location and "phoning in" their material from that location according to their own personal agenda and biases. the MSM attitude is actually kinda strange. They are opposed to US policy/operations - but also terrified of the enemy and what they stand for. I'm not going to shed any tears over dead MSM in theater. I have absolutely no respect for them. They save and direct their biases and attacks at the US & military for several reasons but the single most important (unspoken) is that the US is the ultimate "safe" target. What a collection of gutless asses. In the old days the lefty media would at least have some balls and be out there in the street and desert seeking out the enemy to interview and glorify. Now the enemy scares the crap out of them so they hide and vent against the US - to convince themselves they have a pair.

Posted by: hondo at October 26, 2005 09:31 AM (ymtSt)

3 Why would AL QUEDA want to capture journalists if these journalists work for the New York Times they will have their biggist allies

Posted by: sandpiper at October 26, 2005 09:44 AM (0Wk0b)

4 It was done to send a message to the MSM, and the message was "get with the program". Apparently, the MSM has noticed that they've been losing market share by their blatant anti-Americanism and some have tried to straighten up a little bit, and now they're being punished for it by their ideological brothers. Like hondo said, I have no sympathy for these ghouls, because they want soldiers and innocent civilians to die so they can have something grisly to report, because schools and hospitals opening don't make very good reporting.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 26, 2005 10:41 AM (0yYS2)

5 Perhaps the MSM has lost market share because they are a propaganda instrument for the Bushian War Cult, as described by Collin Baber. Americans know they've been lied into war and they're not happy about it. Thank God for a relatively free internet, although it is monitored (Fuck You Mr. G Man, better build bigger concentration camps, there's too many of us for ya ).

Posted by: menenzes' ghost at October 26, 2005 06:12 PM (qBGkb)

6 lol "monitored internet" what a conspiracy freak.

Posted by: dave at October 26, 2005 06:27 PM (CcXvt)

7 bet the ghost is still in a funk WWIII didn't happen - damn that Reagan! Oh - at the moment no one is monitoring your internet 'cause they're busy blowing up levees and running around in circles real fast to fire up the hurricane machine.

Posted by: hondo at October 26, 2005 06:30 PM (ymtSt)

8 Dave:"lol "monitored internet" what a conspiracy freak" We know they're doing it in Britain. Typically, intelligence agencies act and then get the legislation passed, if possible. http://www.guardian.co.uk/freespeech/article/0,2763,331533,00.html "This would enable the intelligence authorities to monitor the pattern (though not the content) of all our emails and internet habits and chat room visits - who we send emails to and which web sites we visit." Closer to home... "GEWIS (pronounced, Jewess) has proven a tough sell for some ISPs, in part because of the way the government initially pitched its request for data. NCS first asked about the possibility of receiving live feeds from ISPs, with few restrictions on the amount or scope of data requested, according to several providers. "We were led to believe that some contractors [working on GEWIS] may have gotten a little over-enthusiastic about what kinds of information they could get," said Stewart Baker, a former deputy director for the National Security Agency, and currently an attorney representing several ISPs. "Exactly what will be pulled together by GEWIS and what will be the role of companies asked to participate is all still up in the air." http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3409-2003Jan30

Posted by: menenzes' ghost at October 26, 2005 07:04 PM (qBGkb)

9 Hondo, are you referring to the old Chinese Hurricane and Earthquake Machine? This is top secret, not for publication. And please don't divulge the new Bush/Chaney/Rove/Libby model H&E. We have some fine tuning to do, as it is working too damn good. We must figure out a way to tamp them earthquakes and hurricanes down just a smidgen. We're working on it, so stay tuned for updates.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 26, 2005 07:27 PM (rUyw4)

10 Greg, I'm much more concerned about the stifling of political speech by the so-called campaign finance reform laws. What is your take on that, Greg?

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 26, 2005 07:36 PM (rUyw4)

11 I consult for an internet service provider, and we've always wondered what that rackmounted black box marked "C.I.A Sniffer: Official Use Only" did with the two G-BIC interfaces tied to the edge router. no seriously

Posted by: dave at October 26, 2005 07:45 PM (CcXvt)

12 Jesusland joe My lips are sealed - Oh by the way - I had an earlier model of the hurricane machine myself but divorced her some years back - just never could figure out control, but I admit - playing with the knobs and buttons was fun.

Posted by: hondo at October 26, 2005 08:52 PM (ymtSt)

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October 24, 2005

Saudi Anti-Terror Program: Perfume On A Pig

(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) According to a report in the Arab News, an unnamed source said yesterday that a sweep of a Riyadh neighborhood resulted in the arrest of 13 terror suspects believed to be members of al-Qaeda. Notably, the group is primarily boys under 16, one is a 13-year-old boy, and one is the brother of an al-Qaeda member who is on the government's most-wanted list.

Notwithstanding the importance of rounding up any and all terror suspects, a rational observer has to be somewhat skeptical of the Saudi anti-terrorism commitment given the following:

The arrests in Riyadh coincided with reports of the release of a number of suspects involved in terrorist operations who had given shelter to terrorists after they repented their wrongdoing, said Abdul Mohsen Al-Obaikan, a member of the Shoura Council and the committee of scholars assigned to hold dialogue with the militants.

Therefore, if the terrorists say that they are sorry to a group of scholars, everything is okay and they are free to go. Great! Scholars ask a bunch of fanatics that are schooled in dishonesty to truthfully say they are sorry. I have no confidence that this criminal justice technique produces anything but laughs.

Consequently, it seems that the Saudi efforts to combat terrorism are more cosmetic than substantive. The efforts are also inconsistent since the Saudis have historically chopped off body parts for less significant crimes. If the terrorists lost a body part every time they were implicated, I guarantee that the glory and honor of terror would be greatly diminished and recruiting would suffer dramatically. No longer would people be predisposed to worship the memory of glorious martyrs in heaven enjoying their 72 virgins. Instead, they would see the martyr-in-training with one arm, one leg, or better yet, missing his manhood. In fact, the loss of manhood would be the recruiting deal-killer since the promised reward of 72 virgins would be meaningless. That is, unless the martyr-in-training found it appealing to have 72 women that he couldn't mount chewing on his ear for eternity.

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October 19, 2005

Karl Who? Scooter Who? Tom Who? Harriet Who?

Able Danger is heating up.

I'm going to make this an open comment thread. I would like to know what the Jawa faithful have to say about it.

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1 I'm for it.

Posted by: See-Dubya at October 19, 2005 11:44 PM (6S0VS)

2 Anyone over the age of 12 shouldn't be called 'Scooter.'

Posted by: Mike at October 20, 2005 05:26 AM (ywZa8)

3 If it turns out that all Schaffer says (and others) is true, then they can't continue to blame 9/11 on Bush and Condi's "bumbling incompetence" and inability to "connect the dots". If true then the blame would lie squarely with a long standing problem in the defence hierarchy. The divulgence of Able Danger fits in with the revelations after 9/11 that these departments (CIA, FBI, etc.) were not communicating - even worse than we thought. It can't simply be ignored now and be portrayed as a new problem that came about only since the Bush Admin. These petty accusations and threats against Schaffer are astounding though and instead of using the opportunity to clean out a rat's nest the pompous bureaucrats at the Pentagon are sweating under their collars and bungling this badly. Wheldon was right. It's become a big CYA game.

Posted by: Oyster at October 20, 2005 06:18 AM (YudAC)

4 Able Danger? what's that - - can't we just watch some more footage of Natalie Holloway?

Posted by: dave at October 20, 2005 07:39 AM (CcXvt)

5 Well, it looks like the case of the missing rats at the Ohio Statehouse has been solved. They all moved over to the Dept. of Defense. It's looking more and more like Clinton knew about Atta and his gang prior to the 9/11 attacks. There is a bomb ready to explode here, and the truth needs to come out. Let the pieces fall where they may.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 20, 2005 10:19 AM (rUyw4)

6 JJ: There are still far too many Clinton loyalists in the Pentagon. It's not like they clean house and hire all new people as each administration begins. We need some really big cats!

Posted by: Oyster at October 20, 2005 10:44 AM (fl6E1)

7 It's funny what a full-tilt rant by Weldon on the empty floor of the House can do to push an issue into view. He's even contemplating resigning over the matter if the DIA can't stop badmouthing Shaffer and pressing bogus/trumped up charges against him. Call me skeptical over whether Weldon would actually resign, but the underlying issue is deadly serious. What did Able Danger know and why was the information not provided to those who could/should have acted on it?

Posted by: lawhawk at October 20, 2005 11:37 AM (eppTH)

8 This could become the Watergate level event of our age, if the press doesn't manage to bury it under missing girls and seasonal weather, which they will try very hard to do, considering that it can only exonerate Bush.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 20, 2005 03:58 PM (0yYS2)

9 I don't know. Being a commom sense middler from the midwest I'm more interested in what are we going to do. This turn to politics this and politics that of personal destruction and noise making just don't register with me. the last few weeks have been all games. Just noise to me. Harriet, Able Danger, Plame, Delay it's all the politics of blame and that favorite word accountability. Bores me to death. I feel and election coming on in about 12 months which means nothing will make any sense for the next year. Politics rarely solves much that does not have to be solved again two to four years later. For instance Reagan cut taxes to choke the gov't. Bush did the same. Another thing they have in common. Both left the spending problem of that equation to the next guy. So I'm more into practical every day ideas to make things better not that we will get that.

Posted by: Howie at October 20, 2005 04:51 PM (D3+20)

10 I sense a scandal of monumental proportions here. I think there are many more people involved here than what we can possibly imagine. But to think about all the lives wasted, the murder of our citizens, the cost of the cleanup, the loss of prestige, and the spiritual hole left in NYC and the US just makes me sick. When I think about the technology Clinton transferred to China, the loss in Somalia where we had superior forces, and the general decline of our armed forces during the Clinton Presidency I see why we are in the mess we are in. Before all you liberals start on Bush, believe me, I'm very disappointed in him, too. With Clinton gutting the military, and Bush letting Rumsfeld bungle the Iraqi invasion, the jihadis think they can take over the Western world. Whether they can or not does not matter, the fact that they think they can will now produce a series of gut check little conflicts that will test the resolve of all the peoples of the World who desire to live in a modern world. If you want to see what the Islamists want, look at Darfur, where looting, rape, murder, and slavery are the theme. Is that what you liberals want? Well, that is what you will get if you don't change your thinking pretty damn quick!

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 20, 2005 06:31 PM (rUyw4)

11 I keep an Able Danger blog roll at www.qtmonster.com. I just posted a transcript of Congressman Curt Weldon's interview today on the Sean Hannity Radio Show.

Posted by: vadkins at October 20, 2005 10:54 PM (BPcQE)

12 Notwithstanding the implications of Able Danger, it needs to be remembered that Ashcroft turned down requests for counterterrorism funding by the FBI on September 10, 2001.

Posted by: StormWarning at October 21, 2005 05:09 AM (85Vr/)

13 It seems to me that most people are interesteds in promoting their political beliefs..I am a Liberal Democrat but that does not stop me from putting America first..if there was and is going on in this Able Danger investigation that provess that the Bush and Clinton Pentagon has been covering up and doing damage to America, it should be exposed and cleaned up..no matter who it hurts!

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October 18, 2005

Egypt Builds Anti-Terror Fence

(Cairo) As a result of being a target for terrorists, the popular tourist destination of Sharm El-Sheikh will be a city surrounded by a security fence.

From ArabNews.com:

Egypt has started building a wire fence around Sharm El-Sheikh's tourist spots in a bid to prevent attackers from crossing into the Red Sea resort that was hit by deadly bombings in July, a security official said yesterday. "The fence aims to block cars from entering tourist areas except from four designated points and thus prevent possible terror attacks," the official said on condition of anonymity.
The fence would span 20 kilometers, stand one-and-a-half meters high, and be patrolled by security forces, the official said. He said work started on Saturday but did not say when it would end. Once the fence is complete, access to the city will be restricted to police-monitored entry points, equipped with state-of-the-art explosive detection equipment, he said.

Obviously, the question has to be pondered of how the Egyptian fence is any different from the wall being constructed by the Israelis for the same reason. And, the last I checked, every group that can sniff a goat from the European Union to the Arab League and to the United Nations has denounced the Israeli wall as the inhumane "Apartheid Wall."

Will these groups now also denounce the Egyptian fence? I think not. The opposition newspaper Al-Wafd in Egypt, however, did ask the question and remarked that the fence would only attract terrorists. We'll just have to wait to see how the rest of the critics respond.

[Update 10/20/05]

(From Ritzy) It seems that news of the fence was incorrect or plans have changed. According to this report, Governor Mustafa Afifi of South Sinai said that 80cm concrete walls are being constructed to keep out the camels and prevent accidents. Evidently, terrorists will continue to be allowed access to Sharm El-Sheikh as long as they don't travel by camel.

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1 The only difference is that the Israelis did it to protect the very lives of all their people. Egypt is doing it to protect tourists because they spend money there. And they call us capitalistic pigs?

Posted by: Oyster at October 18, 2005 06:14 AM (YudAC)

2 Sharm is popular with foreign tourists, but it's even more popular with people from the region. So I think this boils down to another case of it being okay for muslims to repel attacks from other muslims, while when it's non-muslims doing the repelling, well that's just islamophobic and down right wrong. I'm no border security expert, but I'm not all that certain about how effective a fence just 5 feet in height will be.

Posted by: Graeme at October 18, 2005 10:50 AM (N5vCl)

3 Any tourist spending money is still a tourist. If they cared about Muslims killing Muslims, they'd erect fences all over the Middle East. They're protecting a major source of income. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. I AM saying there's a pot and kettle analogy here.

Posted by: Oyster at October 18, 2005 11:44 AM (fl6E1)

4 APARTHEID!!!!

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at October 18, 2005 11:44 AM (8e/V4)

5 Most upset would Sinai's Bedouin boys be, who no longer can watch the Italian ladies when they're swimming in thongs. Outrage! And the land actually belongs to them. Seriously guys, you seem to forget sometimes that this country has been deeling with Muslim terrorists longer than most other countries. Indeed so effectively that the big terror brains are now fighting in other countries, BUT, the people of Egypt are AT LEAST as bothered by the terrorists as you are. I know it is easier for you to grasp it if you make a dualims out of it; e.g. Muslim vs. Non-Muslim, but that's not what it is about; it's bastards against decent people and the bastards happen to have hijacked a religion. You ought to check my latest posts also: http://missmabrouk.blogspot.com/2005/10/professor-of-death.html http://missmabrouk.blogspot.com/2005/10/egypts-mujahideen-and-pig-priests.html thanks / ritzy

Posted by: Ritzy Mabrouk at October 18, 2005 12:46 PM (DI4Qj)

6 I agree Oyster, the pot and kettle analogy is there and there are several reasons behind the double standard. Bottomline is, the double standard is glaringly obvious.

Posted by: Graeme at October 18, 2005 02:16 PM (N5vCl)

7 "Indeed so effectively that the big terror brains are now fighting in other countries,..." Indeed so effectively that only government approved and sponsored terror is allowed. Yes, I believe that the people of Egypt are tired of it, but it seems a majority of the people in Egypt are only tired of it in Egypt. Not nearly as much concern for it when it happens to infidels.

Posted by: Oyster at October 18, 2005 02:56 PM (fl6E1)

8 Should we build a fence on our borders to keep out illegal aleins?

Posted by: sandpiper at October 18, 2005 08:42 PM (swaoX)

9 Don't forget the little apartheid fence Spain has constructed around its colony in North Africa.

Posted by: babs at October 19, 2005 09:17 AM (fAmiP)

10 Now the governor of South Sinai says it's not a fence, just something to keep the Camels out! http://missmabrouk.blogspot.com/2005/10/fence-around-sharm-not-true.html

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October 13, 2005

Harriet Who?

Meanwhile, back in the real world....

Jane deconstructs the antics of our allies the Yemeni gubmint, causing rivers of urine to flow through the mighty halls of that great power's hallowed governmental institutions.

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October 06, 2005

Al Qaeda Orders Strike on Nuclear Power Plants in U.S.

A posting at an Islamic forum on Oct. 3 relayed a command order to "the al Qaeda Organization in America" to strike nuclear power plants in the United States.

Centcom, which translated the original message, is skeptical of the authenticity of it, calling it a "fantasy threat" that would "go unfulfilled". However, a veiled threat was included in Centcom's statement alluding to the ultimate destruction of al Qaeda should they successfully carry out a nuclear attack on U.S. soil.

The message by 'Ayef', who claims to be working under the direction of an al Qaeda leader named 'Abu-Jandal', was directed to 'Abu-Azzam al-Amriki' (Abu Azzam the American)--named as the leader of al Qaeda in America--and other al Qaeda members in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. The specifics of the attack, the message implied, would be further designated by Abu-Azzam al-Amriki.

'Azzam al-Armiki' is the nickname of Adam Gadahn, the Orange County California native that appeared in an al Qaeda propaganda film last year. Gadahn, aka 'Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, Yayah', is wanted by the FBI 'in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States'.

Ayef claims to be an aide to al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The statement further claimed the al Qaeda has not been in communication with 'Ja'far al-Tayyar' who had been previously assigned the task of blowing up a nuclear reactor in the U.S. for several years. Ja'far al-Tayyar has been presumed killed or captured by the U.S., the message says.

'Ja'far al-Tayyar' is the nickname of Adnan El-Shukrijumah, a naturalized U.S. citizen who set off alarms last year when the FBI announced he was the leader of a suspected plot to detonate a dirty bomb in the U.S.

World Net Daily today ran a story about El-Shukrijumah in which they allege he is the mastermind of a plot to detonate full blown nuclear bombs in the U.S.

Centcom also published the e-mail of the al Qaeda terrorist, 'Ayef', who posted the message.

Here is your chance to e-mail a terrorist with the reminder that if you receive an e-mail back from them, please promptly FORWARD it to me: cade7722@yahoo.com and boda_8899@hotmail.com

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Bush Speech on GWOT

I was able to catch Mr. Bush's speech via a stream. He presented the Terrorists as they are. But then again we already knew that. Below find a link to the entire transcript and a few choice quotes. If anyone anywhere has any doubt about the GWOT read it!!!!

Transcript via The Whitehouse.

We know the vision of the radicals because they've openly stated it -- in videos, and audiotapes, and letters, and declarations, and websites. First, these extremists want to end American and Western influence in the broader Middle East, because we stand for democracy and peace, and stand in the way of their ambitions. Al Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden, has called on Muslims to dedicate, quote, their "resources, sons and money to driving the infidels out of their lands." Their tactic to meet this goal has been consistent for a quarter-century: They hit us, and expect us to run. They want us to repeat the sad history of Beirut in 1983, and Mogadishu in 1993 -- only this time on a larger scale, with greater consequences

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1 Amen. Rock on Mr. President!!! AMERICA F YEAH!!!!

Posted by: Filthy Allah at October 06, 2005 12:41 PM (5ceWd)

2 Are you saying Kofi has his head up his ass? Kofi says we need to compromise and negotiate with the Muslimfascists. And the French agree as does Hugo Chavez and Fidel. Are we to "got it alone" (quoting Sens Reid and jBoxer here)again. With only a few dozen English speaking countries to fight with us. Oh I forgot the Italian Red Cross(more like Cresent). I am saying Kofi's head is up his ass. So far his eyes are brown.

Posted by: Jo macDougal at October 06, 2005 12:42 PM (tplWd)

3 "...though he never offers to go along for the ride." Now THAT, my friend, is what is truly called a chickenhawk.

Posted by: Oyster at October 06, 2005 12:47 PM (YudAC)

4 I agree with what the president says through and through, but the president needs to stop talking and start acting. Yes, I know a lot of terrorist die in every battle and our soldiers are doing a far better job than the MSM gives them credit for, but there are a lot of things the Bush adminisraion could have done and needs to for this ware to be one. For one, Bush should have done as Dr Michael Savage suggested and level Fallujah and sent a message to the filthy terrorist scum that behead our civillians. I say the Bush admin needs to start fucking these terrorists up. They can start with the execution of John Walker Lindh, Richard Reed, and Mousaoui. For two, as Dr Shackleford has pointed out many times, the propaganda war is being completely dominated by our enemies. Terrorist appeasers like Cindy Sheehan and her socialist backing groups need to be tried under a new sedition act. That might be too extreme but something needs to be done to at least begin to fight back in the propaganda war.

Posted by: Bodacious at October 06, 2005 12:56 PM (PRcGW)

5 Two words folks ..... NEUTRON BOMB !!!!! Okay make that plural, BOMBS. Simple, you come across a town that is just crawling with these vermin and their sympathizers just back off, drop one in and bring in the dozers a couple of days later for a nice mass burial. Then we get on the news and ask "Who's Next? You want a piece of this, come get some !!!!" kinda like "We've come here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and we're all out of bubble gum"

Posted by: Memphis761 at October 06, 2005 01:16 PM (D3+20)

6 GWOT - Major Strategic Foreign Policy Speech Just Delivered By President Bush Just posted this comment over at Roger L. Simon's re comment that just went up by PJ ***** Damn straight PJ! See this post I just sent around. A MUST READ . . . ***** GWOT - Major Strategic Foreign Policy Speech Just Delivered By President Bush Washington, D.C. President Bush swings from the hips today and delivers barn burner speech calling a, "shovel a shovel." He clearly announces for once the GWOT is a war of ideologies. For the first time he identifies we are at war with an ideology some have called, ". . . evil Islamic radicalism; others, militant Jihadism; still others, Islamo-fascism." This is the speech the Blogos has been waiting to hear for a long time. Much of what was said is old news to us but the American people are still clueless because of the lack of reporting of the real issues by the MSM. The Blogos needs to spread President Bush's words far and wide to ever corner of the earth so that the enemy clearly knows we will not shrink from the battle and its days are numbered! Ron (HT PJ at Roger L. Simon)

Posted by: Ron Wright at October 06, 2005 01:50 PM (eqFj/)

7 Jason, Lick me.

Posted by: Howie at October 06, 2005 03:41 PM (D3+20)

8 No, but deleting your blind ass did. If you were paying attention Howie is not a Bush worshipper but I call em like I see em good speech. I suppose if you want to post 40 mile long pieces of shit on my thread you should show me some respect. especially after I spent ten minutes dumping all the blank lines for you. Usually I could care less today I'm on my last nerve and you touched it.

Posted by: Howie at October 06, 2005 03:50 PM (D3+20)

9 "Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously -- and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply." It's about time Bush admitted his platform and warned us to stop him before he goes any further. I mean, his crimes are multiplying as we speak. His ambitions are unchecked. His (lack of) conscience is money and power-based. Deliberately lying to the US and the world to start a war is probably the biggest straw. Just think how many people would still be alive if the administration had never cooked up the intelligence to fake danger of WMD and connection between Iraq and AQ. We wouldn't be in this rediculous-scale warlike situation, there wouldn't be millions of terrorists spawning right now in all corners of the muslim world. This problem could have been contained much more efficiently if we had stayed out of Iraq. Soon we won't be able to get enough recruits for the armed forces to supply all the war-mongering Bush wants to carry out. There are only so many patriots, only so many poor people with nowhere else to turn but the armed forces. Most of them are in the mix already. How many more can we get? Katrina refugees may supply a few thousand more, but our poor ignorant masses are almost all wearing camo now. We need to crank up the "no child left behind" program quick so we can turn out more dumb-ass low-income drones to go spill some blood for the big business executives on capital hill. Where will their great grandchildrens' inheritences come from? What ever are we to do?

Posted by: Question at October 06, 2005 04:24 PM (/iAxf)

10 Yawn......coulda woulda shoulda.

Posted by: Howie at October 06, 2005 04:34 PM (D3+20)

11 Look at the breaking news go wait in the NYC subway if you are so sure.

Posted by: Howie at October 06, 2005 04:36 PM (D3+20)

12 Question is, does Question have a clue that what's at stake here is NOT a few patriots lives. It's about the idea of democracy, the belief that all people should be free from the whims of a despotic ruler or his thugs. Whether it was King George, Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Mao, Saddam, The Taliban....... they just keep coming, but we MUST continue to fight them AND those like Jason and Question and Ms Sheehan... et al, that would roll over and just close their eyes, or worse, . These people have the same moral fortitude as Vidkun Abraham Lauritz JonssÃƒÂ¸n Quisling or Arthur Neville Chamberlain. "Oh if we just give them what they want they will leave us in peace"... Bullshit. The only thing to stop that kind of tyranny is force, hit hard, take no prisoners, spare no lives, for they surely wouldn't spare yours.

Posted by: Memphis761 at October 06, 2005 04:50 PM (D3+20)

13 You pieces of crap are the real terrorists. I hope you die a violent and horrible death, just like those in Iraq.

Posted by: Sword of Justice at October 06, 2005 06:12 PM (BmtfW)

14 Sword of Justice is so stupid that he brought his sword to a gun fight. Uh oh!

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 06, 2005 06:22 PM (rUyw4)

15 I hope Sword of Justice gets laid soon.

Posted by: Howie at October 06, 2005 07:35 PM (D3+20)

16 Howie, are you saying Sword of Justice would lose his edge if he got laid?

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 06, 2005 07:57 PM (rUyw4)

17 Bush is indeed right about the Islamicist terrorists. But his leadership in domestic affairs is now threatening to tear his party apart! How will the United States continue and win the war with the terrorists if the Republicans are destroyed and the anti-national security Democrats are running the government?

Posted by: David at October 06, 2005 08:28 PM (rysK+)

18 Dave has a good point. I know the leader always takes the heat but congress seems to be the source of many problems too. I think we've woke up from the Casey Jones/Susy is ready stuff that I've been worried about it for a bit. It's really a buildup of time and can't be avoided in politics. The pendulum shall swing and shall to the middle for both sides. Moderates accepted bush and and helped out the evangelical right now it's time to call in a favor and honestly work to fix what we can. It'll be OK. The dems can't put up a way left candidate and the Republicans will have to move center and watch it's wallet. It's possible that not to take full advantage of Right dominance like we did is a waste because the swing back is inevitable. Should the dems have found themselves sitting on both houses and the oval office they would be just as bad or worse. but they haven't found themselves there have they....Haaaa!!!!!!

Posted by: Howie at October 06, 2005 08:42 PM (D3+20)

19 It is certainly getting monotonous hearing and reading the democrat/liberal diatribes. They have NO solutions to any problems that face the U.S. so all they do is carry out personal attacks, insults, and garden variety whining. Being a democrat/leberal must be a miserable life.

Posted by: Beer Belly at October 06, 2005 11:48 PM (bZbtw)

20 "Question" posts a very provacative message. However, it is just so damn pathetic it just can not be taken seriously. Psychologists tell us we use only 10% of our brain. Therefore, there is a 90% chance "Question" uses none of his/hers. I think the best part of "Question" ran down the crack of his/her mamma's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the matress.

Posted by: Gunnery Sgt Hartman at October 07, 2005 12:07 AM (bZbtw)

21 Bush didn't end his speech with, "Therefore, I've ordered military strikes on Syria and Iran and other nations who harbor terrorists." So, not sure what the point of it was or why everybody thinks it was great... Time for the big stick...

Posted by: MKL at October 07, 2005 05:43 AM (yJDqu)

22 Usamabintouring - you rubbed the lamp and DSM grants you three wishes! Bush is a scumbag..all-powerful and all-knowing, yet on drugs. Creator of enemies and desperate to have them strike us, Bush and his fighting Klanrooster, Impies and other rejects fight with everyone else's blood and blame the loser cave-dweller. Sad. Chimp's speech is a fucking senseless joke and the world's press is having a blast ripping our country a new hole. Chimp is the terrorist, like Bin, yet his troops are foreign fighters, fighting iraqis at 6,000,000,000 a week! Keep bombin those Euphrates bridges, Georgie, the Spaniards flipped and are comin' for Lexington! Impy, what is that THING crawling out of your ASS???!!!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at October 07, 2005 05:51 AM (A5eqb)

23 QUESTION: Get your dumb ass off this blog. You are to ignorant to contribute anything of substance. Probably, buggered by a muslim.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 07, 2005 07:57 AM (ywZa8)

24 Gunnery Sgt Hartman: Welcome to the blog. Semper Fi.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 07, 2005 10:47 AM (M7kiy)

25 Q. Why did Sword of Justice cross the road? A. He couldn't get his dick out of the goat !!

Posted by: Memphis761 at October 07, 2005 11:07 AM (D3+20)

26 Second thougth: Question is right. We need to continue to crank out poor, ignorant, low income, drone, losers to fight our wars so the winners don't have to. Of course the means the DSMoron and Osamabeensuckingmuslims will have to go.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 07, 2005 11:24 PM (M7kiy)

27 You know Mr. President your approval rating has been low lately. I for one have been watching and the last year you have been right on. While others are running away I for one am impressed. It's an excellent speech, but it's probably too little too late. They seem to have the idea that a good speech every once in awhile is all that's needed to keep Americans engaged. This speech was actually intended for before Katrina, but was put on the shelf for awhile. I'm glad this President understands the nature of the fight, but it's somewhat ironic that he refers to it as a "war," when he hasn't really communicated that to the public, or asked them for anything much besides compliance. And that just doesn't qualify as leadership. The country just isn't mobilized yet for a war, and my recent experiences with FEMA tells me that we aren't even mobilized for natural disasters. FEMA is a lot more concerned, for instance, with it's image in the press than with ramping up its capabilities and honing its planning and execution. I honestly don't know what to make of this, but it seems dysfunctional as hell. I've intended to write about it, but it's so demoralizing I haven't been able to. The Bush Administration seems to be great about devising and promoting grand strategies, and awful at scrimaging their way toward the goal. They aren't up against a very good team, but they still spend most of their time in their own territory, relying on the long pass.

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October 05, 2005

The Root Cause of Terrorism isÂ…Terrorists Duh

Slate:

But if JI were rational, it wouldn't have attacked the bars and clubs and beaches of Kuta and Jimbaran in the first place. Indonesia is a mainly Muslim society, whose government takes a stern line against the war in Iraq and even Afghanistan

Ok so Hitchens has that part right why is he the only one on the left with his eyes open?

Dr. Sanity has a good explanation.

Hitchens is being logical. Hitchens is trying to appeal to the principles that he believes are the foundation for Leftist thoughtÂ…Â… He is able to see the essential truth about the Islamofascists, and has accordingly supported the war in Afghanistan and the removal of Saddam. He thinks he is supporting the principles of his ideologyÂ… Â… if he thinks for one moment that people like George Galloway and the members of ANSWER or the rest of the lunatic fringe of the Left give one whit for any rational arguments--he is deluding himself

Rational thought has never been a strong point of the Left or the terrorists. The terrorist will blow you up right in the middle of the apology and then dance on your broken body afterward. Trying to ascribe reason to an enemy that doesnÂ’t play that is just silly. The only reason to try and understand the terrorists is so you can kill them first. Oh yes they can use reason or emotion as a tool for the deception of the infidel. Let me be clear it's the terrorists and those who follow them. Don't want to be like evil or anything.

Others: Tim Blair and normblog.

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1 Tim Blair did a post today on Hitchens' latest, and as part of his analysis included this quote from leftist Australian journalist Pamela Bone: Â”A move back towards the left for you?Â” a regular correspondent emailed, in response to a recent column. Â“I never left the left. The left left me,Â” I replied. Â“The left I thought I was part of didnÂ’t make common cause with fascists.Â” This did not please him. That seems to apply to Hitchens, as well. It's also worth noting that the Left that Hitchens supports didn't make common cause with lunatics, either.

Posted by: Wes S. at October 05, 2005 02:03 PM (JGFq5)

2 Exactly!! Hitchens (and Ms. Bone) are "small l" liberals and leftists. Galloway and his ilk are Liberals. They are more concerned with being against anything supported by the Right (or right) than they are with actually being right, as in correct. Hitchens and the rest of his endangered species are more concerned with the purpose of a thing, eg. the war in Iraq, than with who is supporting it.

Posted by: irish19 at October 05, 2005 03:08 PM (l7ehe)

3 Drink-soaked popinjay loves war and hates soldiers..sad

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at October 07, 2005 06:01 AM (A5eqb)

4 DSM- the ever lovin' truth..they honestly believe if we kill 'em all, that will solve terrorism forever and ever... Fools...terrorists must be contained or addressed...terrorism works like this-very simple. They "up the ante-we up the ante-they up the ante-we up the ante- and so it goes round and round...Contained or addressed-or stop writing and go fight them yourself. The military has a serious recruiting shortage. The commanders on the ground say the situation in Iraq calls for a "political solution and not a military one." Only a coward beats on his chest screaming war, all the while expecting someone else to fight and die for a cause they cannot even specify...so kiss my ass warmongers....

Posted by: Captain America at October 07, 2005 09:49 PM (dvBvm)

5 And crime is cuased by crinimals or did you know that becuase no gun has ever robbed a bank a person was always carrying it thats why they put the robbers in jail for robbery they never lock up the gun unless its TED KENNEDY

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September 29, 2005

Score One for the Good Guys

New York Governor George Pataki finally reached down and grabbed a pair today. He has told the International Freedom Center that they are not wanted at Ground Zero.

"Freedom should unify us. This center has not," Pataki said. "Today there remains too much opposition, too much controversy over the programming of the IFC. ... We must move forward with our first priority, the creation of an inspiring memorial to pay tribute to our lost loved ones and tell their stories to the world."

For those of you not familiar with this controversy, the International "Freedom" Center has been trying to exploit Ground Zero to build what amounts to an anti-American monument. They wished to build a museum to show how American intervention has ruined lives around the world and how the "peaceful Muslims" have been persecuted and terrified. Of course that's not EXACTLY how they put it, but the message remains the same.

In the spirit of cooperation, Pataki was even generous enough to offer to help find some other location for the IFC to build their museum. Of course their reply was much less gracious.

Pataki initially said the state would help the International Freedom Center find another home, but center officials said they weren't interested and considered the project dead.

As expected, not everyone is happy about the center being closed down. Mayor Bloomburg has been quoted as saying "Although I understand Governor Pataki's decision, I am disappointed that we were not able to find a way to reconcile the freedoms we hold so dear with the sanctity of the site." Of course if he thinks that the center had anything to do with freedom, he sould probably go back and read his literature again.

For more information about just what the IFC had planned, you can visit Take Back The Memorial or check out this Opinion Journal article.

Thanks to my ever-vigilant CF readers for bringing this story to my attention.

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September 26, 2005

Al-Jazeera Reporter Convicted in Spanish Terrorism Trial

Buried far down in a report about the conviction of a Spanish al Qaeda cell leader is this nugget, which confirms what most reasonable people have suspected about the pan-Arab propaganda outlet al-Jazeera all along.

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News:

Twenty-one others also stood trial, but on charges not directly related to Sept. 11. Of those, 16 were convicted of belonging to or collaborating with a terrorist organization and five were acquitted.
One of the 16 was Tayssir Alouny, a correspondent for the pan-Arab TV network Al-Jazeera. He was convicted of collaboration and sentenced to seven years in jail.
Al-Jazeera condemned Alouny's verdict.
"It was a black day in the history of the Spanish justice," Al-Jazeera news editor Ahmed al-Sheik told the broadcaster from Madrid. "We were all shocked because everyone expected Alouny to be freed. It is a regrettable event in the history of international journalism when a journalist who sought the truth becomes the accused."

Alouny is one of the "journalists" who interviewed Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks and subsequently, al-Jazeera has become virtually the only "news organization" on the al Qaeda press release list. This is a good start, but now the civilized world needs to get serious with the rest of the terrorist sympathizers and collaborators at al-Jazeera.

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1 If that doesn't put Spainish citizens back on al Qaeda's list of "legitimate targets" nothing will. Don't get me wrong - I'm glad they didn't kow-tow (again).

Posted by: Oyster at September 26, 2005 01:01 PM (fl6E1)

2 Of course, I'm sure there's some sort of appeals process.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at September 26, 2005 01:31 PM (RHG+K)

3 The bastard will probably walk before all is said and done. The Spanish will blink before they have to face the wrath of the Muslims. Where is the courage of the Conquistador?

Posted by: jesusland joe at September 26, 2005 01:48 PM (rUyw4)

4 Damn the Conquistadors, where is El Cid? But even then, Cid had to deal with Spanish traitors who were willing to sell out to the slamotards. Apparently, siding with the enemy is a long-held tradition among many in Spain, which would explain their total lack of world-power status for the last couple hundred years.

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Posted by: reliapundit at September 26, 2005 07:49 PM (ozLpm)

6 Isn't it interestinting how the U.S. needs to discredit a news orgaiization that provides the "balance" in responsible journalism. The sad reality is how the U.S. obfuscates the public into believing that it stands for freedom; particularly freedom of speech! Remember people, that it is of particular concern to the majority of Americans and to those on the outside of the red, white and blue walls, that the new Republic ideology represents a "if it doesn't conform - kill it" attitude. And it is this stance that destabilizes the security of the average American.

Posted by: truth at September 28, 2005 09:49 AM (r9Wp/)

7 Ummm..."truth"...Alouny was convicted in a Spanish court. Sorry to throw a cold dash of reality on your little conspiracy party and all...so, how does the "I hate America" schtick work with commie chicks?

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at September 28, 2005 10:08 AM (RHG+K)

8 I hate to rain on your "U.S. influences nobody" misconception, but there is a fabric of influence that spreads around the world. Also, don't get me wrong, I love America, I just hate your government's foreign policy.

Posted by: truth at September 28, 2005 11:49 AM (r9Wp/)

9 Unless you have evidence to show exactly how the US "influenced" this Spanish judge when the US was unable to "influence" Spain out of running away from Iraq like frightened schoolgirls, then you're just spouting bullshit. And I've heard the "I love America but hate your government" nonsense before. From people who like jeans and McD's but think that the US should roll over and accept terrorist attacks on our own soil as "punishment". I've got your McD's right here. How does the "I love America, but hate its government" schtick work with jihadi chicks?

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at September 28, 2005 01:21 PM (RHG+K)

10 .... informed, non-FOX/CNN brainwashed, schoolgirls...I think you could learn something from them such as the reason behind Spain's refusal to join a unjustified, imperialistic, corporate war. Also, your ignorance of U.S. foreign policy is apparent in your attitude. Whatever you do, don't read balanced journalism - you don't want a little thing like the truth to change your mind.

Posted by: truth at September 29, 2005 09:25 AM (r9Wp/)

11 Umm, "truth" - Spain had already joined the Coalition war of self-defense and liberation. They ran like schoolgirls after the Madrid bombings. Your reply tells me that you endorse those bombings, or at least their effect on Spain. That should tell you something about yourself. Much to your evident displeasure, the United States is morally justified in defending its citizens. And the effectiveness of that defense is why, since 9/11, the subhuman, mentally diseased jihadis have been meeting Allah in Afghanistan and Iraq rather than Manhattan and Shanksville. BTW, how did the US get that Spanish judge to put Alouny in jail? You never quite got around to explaining that. How does your implicit support of terrorists work with the burkah chicks?

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at September 29, 2005 10:51 AM (RHG+K)

12 You are correct insofar as the U.S. has a right to defend its citizens and as such, was completely validated in its war against Afganistan for harbouring Bin Laden. However, that is where the moral justification ends. As has been well documented, there was no link between 9/11 and Iraq at that time and any claim otherwise, given the current activity in Iraq, is baseless. "Implicit support of the terrorists"... very interesting considering that those words are used as reference to the U.S. around the world... As for the chicks, according to your constant questioning, it sounds as though you want to meet some.

Posted by: truth at September 29, 2005 04:11 PM (r9Wp/)

13 The US Constitution charges the government to protect the country. That doesn't just mean to wait for an enemy to attack and react, it also means to anticipate and pre-empt attacks. Every filthy, mentally ill jihadi exterminated in Iraq is one less to trouble the world at large. The removal of Saddam and his sick brood is a bonus. Make no mistake, when you bemoan the US liberation of Iraq you're saying that it would have been just all right with you for the Hussein regime to continue. But back to the point: how did the US make that Spanish judge convict Alouny? Does your support of Saddam and international jihad play well with the al Qaeda chicks in Montreal?

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at September 29, 2005 06:56 PM (RHG+K)

14 Truth: You narrow minded asshole. You have no idea of the larger senario. Until you do. Shut the fuck up. There is a reason we have forces in the middle east and Iraq was the best place to send them. Assholes like you need to be sent to the countries you defend. You are no use to real Americans. As to the chicks. I doubt if you wish to meet chicks. I'm sure unwashed muslim men who don't know what toilet paper is is more to your liking. TRUTH MY ASS. How dare you call yourself truth.

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