September 30, 2005
A Blight Upon The Sands Of Tattooine
It is a dark day in the Vinnie household.
To be part of a blog that was publicly de-linked has brought shame to me and my family.
Do you realize, Dr., that I had to keep my children home from school to shield them from the cruel taunts of their peers over this?
Do you realize that you have plunged my wife even further in to her addiction to Rachael Ray? A torment I have fought against for years now?
This is what I am reduced to, Dr. Shackleford, for your inability to control your flying fickle fingers of fate upon your keyboard:
In a last great act of defiance, Rusty, I have done this. Make sure you click on that link in the post.
In unrelated news, may God continue to bless Roy Hallums and his family.
At least some people still understand what is truly meaningful in life.
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I have seen a blogroll similar to that of which you speak. Wish I could remember where I saw it, though.
;-)
Posted by: Vinnie at September 30, 2005 10:50 PM (Kr6/f)
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FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE MANACURIST
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September 29, 2005
Report: Taliban MIGHT Have al Qaeda Links
At least twelve people were killed in Kabul today when a mass-murderer on a motorcycle exploded himself in Afghanistan's capital city. You might have heard this in the news already, but look how New Zealand's
Mail and Guardian is spinning the story. Here is the headline:
Kabul attack raises fear of al-Qaeda link to Taliban
What? Is this a joke? Ok, so maybe the headline is misleading. You know, like a typo or something. Sometimes headlines don't do a story justice. The only people who have any doubt that the Taliban were simply the institutionalized political wing of the Salafist jihad in Afghanistan also wear tin foil and believe that 9/11 was an 'inside job'. Let's go on to the story:
Afghan officials believe al-Qaeda has renewed its ties with the Taliban.
Renewed its ties? Again, what idiot actually thinks those ties were ever severed? Seriously? But at least the story admits that there were
ties, you know, at one time.
The facts of the story actually get at what is really going on. What is meant is that the Taliban are now copying tactics used by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq, and that foreign jihadis with ties to al Qaeda are entering Afghanistan in larger numbers.
In an interview published this week, a Taliban commander boasted he had trained in Iraq for several months and was now bringing his expertise home.
"I want to copy in Afghanistan the tactics and spirit of the glorious Iraqi resistance," Muhammad Daud told Newsweek.
Hours before Wednesday's blast, the Afghan intelligence agency, the NDS, told security groups that al-Qaeda had formed a new group, named Fedayani Islam (Sacrifices for Islam), and sent suicide bombers into southern Afghanistan, seeking "targets of opportunity".
As someone who has a bit of knowledge about this subject, let me state categorically that there is not a bit of difference between al Qaeda and the Taliban. Different organizations, yes, but with the same goals and who are now, and have always been, tied together. Further, al Qaeda and the Taliban never left Afghanistan. Why the hell do you think we've had troops in that country for over 3 years now? To make such a claim reveals a depth of ignorance so great that it is almost unfathonable.
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Having unprotected sex with a dozen strangers at the shelter, might be bad for you. OH NOOOOOOOO!!!! Who would have though! OooOOooOOoHHhhHHHH the humaity....
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 29, 2005 08:44 AM (5ceWd)
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New Zealand has it's dingbats the same as America. Dingbatitus is a world problem. Not just a United States problem.
Posted by: greyrooster at September 29, 2005 08:49 AM (M7kiy)
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Holy crap liberals are getting stupider, and bolder, every day. I say stupider not because I labor under the delusion that they don't know better; they do. Oh yes, dear heart, they know exactly what they're doing, and they know who's side they're on. (Clue: It isn't ours.) Liberals would love nothing better than to see our country a smoking, radioactive ruin, or at least the parts they have no use for, like the parts where white people live happy, productive lives, untrammeled by the vagaries of totalitarian socialist government.
They explicitly, actively, and openly support our enemies at every turn, blissfully ignoring the fact that those same enemies, their ideological brothers-in-arms, would round them up for the headsman first, because the things that liberals stand for, i.e. promiscuity, homosexuality, drugs and booze, women's rights, (sorry, wymyn's rights), etc., are not really on the 'slamotards list of their favorite things. About the only two factors I can think of that liberals and 'slamotards have in common is a hatred of Western civilization, (though they don't hesitate to use the things made possible by it), and a tolerance for, and promotion of, pedophilia. I know a lot of people think that when I write "Liberals should all be taken out and shot!", that I'm just being inflammatory and facetious, but no, I'm dead serious.
Envision, if you will, a castle. It's a big, beautiful castle, handed down for generations in trust to its builders' heirs, who are charged with its maintenance and defense. Now, the inhabitants of this castle can come and go as they wish, because there are many gates, and people from outside the castle can come live inside and enjoy its safety and comfort, where they are free to prosper. If they find life in the castle odious, they can leave at any time and find a place that suits them better. In the old days, people understood this, but now, it seems that many don't.
We have among us, living in the castle alongside us, a significant group of malcontents who have never known life outside the castle, but who hear tales of other lands, and with this little knowledge, they compare these fantastical visions to their own lives within the castle walls. They believe that there are other lands, other castles, where the people are even more free, more happy, and more enlightened than those miserable inhabitants with whom they share space, and loathe for it.
These malcontents, those of the castle who for one reason or another hate it, want to change things. They hate the castle walls for holding them in, though there are many gates through which they may leave freely. They hate those who are in charge of running the castle, though they are selected democratically from among the people. And they hate the people who live in the castle itself, calling them fat, stupid, lazy, greedy, unjust, etc., though they themselves live no differently than those they hate.
Now, envision the grounds outside the castle crowded with people who want to get in. Many just want to live in peace and freedom so they can prosper, many just want to visit then go home, but many, too many, want to see if the castle might be taken over, since those charged with maintaining and defending the castle seem to be mired in one scandal after another, and cannot do their jobs.
Many of these invaders come in, because they do not come as enemies, but as visitors, so they easily gain admission to the castle, but once inside, they begin undermining the walls, poisoning the wells, and storing weapons for their eventual takeover attempt. This isn't the worst part, though. The worst part is that those earlier mentioned malcontents, who hate the castle and its people, though they are part of it and them, are helping the enemies who seek to know down the castle's walls so that an invading army can sweep in and take over.
They help them undermine the walls, they help them poison the wells, and they spread dissention and discontent among the people, making infalmmatory accusations of scandal and corruption against anyone who is not helping them to destroy the castle. There is a name for people who aid the enemies of their countrymen: Traitors.
When people still lived in castles, and found some among them trying to undermine the walls and help enemies slip in through unwatched gates, they would take those people and hang them from the castle walls, so that all could see what becomes of traitors, and the enemies found to have slipped in would be sent home in small baskets, as a warning to further enemies. No castle was ever kept by letting traitors and enemies have the run of the place, and no castle was ever lost by hanging traitors and dismembering enemies. People don't live in castles anymore, but traitors and enemies have not changed, and the best methods for dealing with them have not changed.
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Over at the Belmont Club there is a semi-regular commentator who goes by IOTM. Essentially he is a troll and is not at all convinced the Taliban had a thing to do with 9/11. Therefore he views our intervention in Afghanistan as a bad thing.
I called him a MoveOn nutter and do not bite on his flamebait anymore.
MoveOn and CodePink are of the same mind.
Posted by: Marcus Aurelius at September 29, 2005 10:40 AM (twKqp)
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ITOM
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Tinfoil
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Posted by: Al Franken at September 29, 2005 02:29 PM (fl6E1)
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Dang that was me.
Sheesh
Posted by: Oyster at September 29, 2005 02:30 PM (fl6E1)
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Maximus,
Are you saying that it is time for Squire Jesusland Joe to break out the Tewksbury axe and begin to hew at the necks of our enemies?
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 29, 2005 03:44 PM (rUyw4)
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Yes, hewing is in order. Or stretching. We can have two lines.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 29, 2005 07:21 PM (0yYS2)
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Comments may be said with light heartedness but I wonder if we have been talking to the Islamofacists in a language they understand. I think they do not take us seriously because of our tactics. To them, educated and conditioned to cruelity, our follow the rules and be kind and gentle methods show weakness. The idiots are used to having their hands and heads cut off for the smallest things. Anything else seems to be taken as we are not serious. Putting them in jail and feeding them well doesn't get the point across.
They kill women for infidelity. How does jailing them for a few months for murder show we are serious?
Posted by: greyrooster at September 29, 2005 07:50 PM (M7kiy)
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You're right rooster, our harshest measures so far seem to have no effect on them. I say we start burying the dead terrorists wrapped in pigskins, and make the captives wear pigskin jumpsuits.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 29, 2005 11:09 PM (0yYS2)
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Impy - how's the new meds you keep hiding in the slippers and mixing with the friskies?
Klanrooster - gotta lay off the wild turkey before you hurt yourself!
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September 27, 2005
Move Over CBS, al Qaeda Moves Into the News Business
On September 23rd the Islamic Media Front released a 16 minute news video on the internet called 'Sout al-Khalifa' or 'Voice of the Caliphate'. In recent months, al Qaeda in Iraq has accused al Jazeera of being too pro-Western. The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video. Images from it are posted below. Clips from the video can be seen at
MEMRI TV (about 4 minutes). If you need a copy of the entire video, please e-mail.
WAPO:
An Internet video newscast called the Voice of the Caliphate was broadcast for the first time on Monday, purporting to be a production of al Qaeda and featuring an anchorman who wore a black ski mask and an ammunition belt.
The anchorman, who said the report would appear once a week, presented news about the Gaza Strip and Iraq and expressed happiness about recent hurricanes in the United States. A copy of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, was placed by his right hand and a rifle affixed to a tripod was pointed at the camera....
The lead segment recounted Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which the narrator proclaimed as a "great victory," while showing Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia walking and talking among celebrating compatriots.
That was followed by a repeat of a pledge on Sept. 14 by Abu Musab Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, to wage all-out war on Iraq's Shiite Muslims. An image of Zarqawi, a Jordanian-born Sunni Muslim, remained on the screen for about half the broadcast.
The masked announcer also reported that a group called the Islamic Army in Iraq claimed to have launched chemical-armed rockets at American forces in Baghdad. A video clip showed five rockets fired in succession from behind a sand berm as an off-screen voice yelled "God is great" in Arabic. The Islamic Army asserted responsibility last year for the killing of Enzo Baldoni, an Italian journalist who had been kidnapped in Iraq.
A commercial break of sorts followed, which previewed a movie, "Total Jihad," directed by Mousslim Mouwaheed. The ad was in English, suggesting that the target audience might be Muslims living in Britain and the United States.
The final segment was about Hurricane Katrina. "The whole Muslim world was filled with joy" at the disaster, the anchorman said. He went on to say that President Bush was "completely humiliated by his obvious incapacity to face the wrath of God, who battered New Orleans, city of homosexuals." Hurricane Ophelia's brush with North Carolina was also mentioned.
More on the
Global Islamic Media Front from our archives.
Others: Captain Ed, James Joyner.
Images from the video below.
more...
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And now we go to Sayeed Mahmood Abusallam for the weather...Sayeed-
Sayeed: Today it will be hot as the fires of hell rains down on the infidel. Tonight, light winds from the East with the chance of a passing shower. Back to you Abu!
Abu: Thanks Sayeed. Earlier today the Infidels ran from our mighty warriors and pleaded for thier miserable lives. Small lakes were formed by their miserable tears which our brave freedom fighters washed their underthings in.
Also in the news, Cindy Sheehan has agreed to join the army of Allah. We will welcome her with a cold blade across her throat. Infidel Bitch.
And now for Sports with Sallami Baloney
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 27, 2005 01:06 PM (5ceWd)
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you might want to put the Al Qaeda part in H1 tags, most people might confuse it with the average CNN/MSNBC/BBC newscast?
Posted by: dave at September 27, 2005 01:12 PM (CcXvt)
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You guys ever see the mad TV skit where the middle east reporters all go
On to you saheed, Death to America.
Thanks Ali, Death to America.
that's all we have for tonight.
Good night, Peace be with you and Death to America.
Posted by: Howie at September 27, 2005 01:13 PM (D3+20)
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will there be commericals?
you can have some fun with this one
Camel Cola to start
Posted by: hondo at September 27, 2005 01:20 PM (4Gtyc)
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http://www.dailyrecycler.com/blog/2004/10/subtitles.html
Posted by: Howie at September 27, 2005 01:28 PM (D3+20)
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what about sponsors people! This terror news won't pay for itself!
People let's focus here! Abu ! Good work on the weather. You forgot however to say "Death to America and the Jooooos" okay! Let's focus next time...otherwise good show people!
Now Sayeed. I want you to look angry when you do your reports! Strike fear people, thats the name of the game. Also, I want some color on your outfit next time m-kay.. We are not in the 50s here people. Okay, Im off to AllahBucks for a cafe creme double half caf. Whos with?
Posted by: ObSnooks at September 27, 2005 01:34 PM (5ceWd)
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abu azzam has been killed.
# 2 man of "al qaeda in iraq"..woohoo!
Posted by: Billy at September 27, 2005 01:49 PM (dBEh9)
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That's a good link Howie, and the video is priceless, but even funnier are the comments from... well, I haven't the words. The usual names just won't do for morons of that caliber!
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 02:36 PM (0yYS2)
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Do you mean the math man or the above slighty late and on the wrong thread comment that shows someone does not read the blog.
Posted by: Howie at September 27, 2005 02:45 PM (D3+20)
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Well, both really, but mainly the blog comments. To read the crap these sub-geniuses were writing before the election is like getting caught in a weird time warp in which snowballs populate hell.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 05:51 PM (0yYS2)
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"...a group called the Islamic Army in Iraq claimed to have launched chemical-armed rockets at American forces..."
I thought that Iraq didn't have WMD?
Posted by: Anthony Jagers at September 27, 2005 07:47 PM (9oivZ)
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Whos that creep in the hood DAN RATHER or TOM BROKAW?
Posted by: sandpiper at September 27, 2005 08:43 PM (FpZEl)
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Don't care. I will say that I pray that my beloved Marines will send him to visit Peter Jennings.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 28, 2005 08:58 AM (5ceWd)
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It can't be Dan sandpiper, he's far too vain to let them cover his head, but that's probably the ONLY reason he doesn't have the job, because he's been on their payroll for years.
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September 26, 2005
Daily Dose Of Tolkien Geekery
Since
Robbo is off putting flowers in his hair, I'll link to today's (actually yesterday's)
chapter of LOTR as presented by Gary, the
ex-donkey Tolkien geek par excellance.
I present it without Robert's usual commentary, except to say this; it warms my heart to see that civil rights in this nation have advanced to the point that Star Wars geeks and Tolkien geeks no longer must drink from separate fountains.
I have a dream
That one day, geeks will not be judged by their costumes at the conventions
But by the content of the characters they wish they could be.
UPDATE:
An anonymous commenter asks a vital question:
"What's a 'Tolkein'?"
Thank you, He Who Should Not Be Named, for that inquisitive nature of yours. However, I cannot answer, for I too have no idea what a "Tolkein" is.
I only know Tolkien.
But, if you simply must know, he's the guy that wrote that little read book that became that OTHER famous movie trilogy.
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Posted by: Rusty at September 26, 2005 07:42 PM (JQjhA)
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And GANDALF carried a sword GLANDRAN THE FOE HAMMER and thorin carried ORKRIS THE GOBLIN CLEAVER while bilbo had his trusty STING
Posted by: sandpiper at September 26, 2005 08:09 PM (uo3LX)
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And my 9mm's name is "Señor Glock".
Posted by: Oyster at September 26, 2005 08:30 PM (YudAC)
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Oh, that must me like George Lucas' pen name or something.
Posted by: Rusty at September 26, 2005 10:46 PM (JQjhA)
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Tolkien — British philologist and writer of fantasies
straight rip off from google search
Posted by: Roopesh at September 26, 2005 10:54 PM (YxeqH)
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The only British philologist I'm aware of is that C.S. Lewis dude..........
Posted by: Rusty at September 27, 2005 12:20 AM (JQjhA)
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Hm.
I see some backwards looking folk are still clinging to their geekicist past, upset over the days when Tolkien Geeks and Star Wars Geeks were banned from intermarriage.
Hate is not a family value, and mean people suck, Dr. Shackleford.
Posted by: Vinnie at September 27, 2005 01:17 AM (Kr6/f)
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Tolkien created Indiana Jones?
J.
Posted by: Jay Tea at September 27, 2005 04:08 AM (Q7zvB)
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Ah, THAT Tolkien. The one that worked with George Lucas. Did he go to USC too?
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Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 01:10 PM (0yYS2)
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Quothe Oyster:"And my 9mm's name is "Señor Glock"."
My wife named her Springfield Armory XD9 "Springy".
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 02:47 PM (0yYS2)
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Maximus,
I don't have a name for my Colt .45ACP Combat Commander but I named my new Springfield Armory SOCOM shorty. Talk about sweet!
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 27, 2005 04:21 PM (rUyw4)
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You mean Friday the 13th no no that's not it.
Posted by: Howie at September 27, 2005 04:44 PM (D3+20)
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I just bought a Mosin-Nagant 91/30 yesterday, and I have yet to name it. Since it's a Russian rifle, it will have to have a Russian name, so I will consult my Russian friend regarding suitable names for bad girls.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 05:54 PM (0yYS2)
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Maximus,
How about Boris?
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 27, 2005 09:05 PM (rUyw4)
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Umm... I don't think Boris is a girl's name. I've known some Russian girls, and none of them were the "Boris" type.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 11:07 PM (0yYS2)
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Well, then duh, the obvious choice would be Natasha.
How about a generic "babushka?"
But what does all this have to do with Tolkien?
Heh.
Posted by: Vinnie at September 27, 2005 11:20 PM (Kr6/f)
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No 2 Al-Qaeda in Iraq Dead as a Rock
Ok more good news I can't handle more good news.
CBSNEWS.
The No. 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq was killed Sunday night, U.S. officials say. Abu Azzam, reportedly the deputy to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was shot during a house rain in Baghdad, according to Pentagon officials. As the aide to Zarqawi, Azzam was reportedly in control of financing foreign fighters coming into Iraq
Don't confuse this guy with Azzam the American see The Fourth Rail for Abu Azzam Al-Iraqi.
Also see Right Wing News and Ace of Spades.
In case you've missed it the last few days California Conservative has been on fire the last week. Check him out the last week has been great.
UPDATE by Rusty: James Joyner has more here. This is the time at the Jawa when we dance!
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its good news alright.Al qaeda being wacked off is just a pleasure to hear.
But what's happening in Iraq is just becoming mysterious day by day..
Just take the events which has happened from last year till date. How many suicide bombings have taken place.Where do these people come from.Ok we can blame the religions'fanctic ideology for that but still to motivate this much people there must be some answer for this.
Also the news of threat of a civil war is the last thing one would like to know.In case it do happpen then it's just history.The whole region( not only Iraq ) will turn into chaos .That's for sure.
It's just alarming!!!!
Posted by: Rocker at September 26, 2005 06:18 PM (YxeqH)
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Must be a real bitch deleting contacts in your PDA all the time.
Posted by: Fred Fry at September 26, 2005 06:54 PM (RPY7Q)
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Hellooo? Abu is dat you? Why are you screaming... what? The Infidels are pooting at you? Why would they poot on you Abu? What? I can't hear you......Abu, are you watching TV again? Send Kelp? Whats this Kelp you speak of?
Azzami, calm down. Have a chicklette. Breath deep. Why you gurgling? Are you drinking? Abu? Abu? Click
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 26, 2005 07:03 PM (bikuR)
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Rocker is obviously off his rocker. Appropriate name, troll!
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 26, 2005 07:11 PM (rUyw4)
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Ahhhh Abu Welcome to Hell. Let me show you around. This is the fire that will burn you for eternity...yes Abu, just like the commercial. Eternity for men... like you Abu. But, this one smells like sulfur. Nice eh? Okay thats the fire... what else.. oh yes, JFK... met Abu. Abu, JFK. Ohhhh Abu, I want you to meet Mohammad! Yes, your entire belief system was a lie. Mohammad here was a pimp and a child molestor. He has been with us for quite some time. He runs the knitting club when he is not being ass raped by wild chimps. Abu, why so depressed? I thought you liked pain and suffering since you delivered it on to so many. Abu?
Posted by: SATAN at September 26, 2005 07:15 PM (bikuR)
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It shouldn't be too long before they get Porkawi, since to remain effective he must stay close to the action and actively communicate with his minions.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 26, 2005 07:21 PM (0yYS2)
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hope they catch him alive not dead....
this guy being skinned alive would be a pretty sight!!!!
(if he exist though..)
Posted by: Rocker at September 26, 2005 07:24 PM (YxeqH)
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Maximus,
One wonders why Bill Gates provided computers to every public library in the land. It was a real disservice as it gives people with little or no intelligence access to the internet.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 26, 2005 08:09 PM (rUyw4)
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LIVE BY THE SWORD DIE BY THE SWORD Nuff said
Posted by: sandpiper at September 26, 2005 08:11 PM (uo3LX)
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Another one of Michael Moore's minutemen eats it.
Posted by: Carlos at September 27, 2005 08:19 AM (8e/V4)
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 27, 2005 09:19 AM (FMsU7)
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The MATH The MATH are we killing more alQueda than are joining? Can the number 2 be replaced ? Will the next number 2 be more or less competent than the one who died? Let's try and have some critical analysis of what is happening. Not just box scores innning by inning. And MATH.... gotta do the MATH. 250 billions spent (so far) divided by number of Iraqis 25millions equals 10,000 dollars per Iraqi. Average Iraqi household equals 7 THAT"S TOO MUCH 70,000dollars per family. AND IT COST $100 to fill my van's gas tank.
Posted by: john Ryan at September 27, 2005 12:08 PM (ads7K)
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poor John
Spare use the MATH. Just be honest and tell us you don't give a damn about "the average Iraqi" (the ones taking the brunt of violence). Tell us cut and run is fine with you regardless of the circumstances. Tell us that those who have made the sacifices - well, it's their problem, not yours. Be honest John - tell us we can pull a sheet over our heads and be safe from events in the world. tell us what's really important - oops you did - 100.00 for your gas tank. Let's see - part of these recent increases is due to events from Katrina/Rita. maybe we should get out of Louisianna and Texas too - it's not your problem or concern.
Posted by: hondo at September 27, 2005 01:15 PM (4Gtyc)
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Quothe john Ryan: "The MATH The MATH"
AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!! THE MATH IS EVERYWHERE!!! IT'S ATTACKING ME!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
"...are we killing more alQueda than are joining?"
That's the wrong question. The proper question would be "do we have enough ammo for one billion muslims?"
"Can the number 2 be replaced?"
Of course he can, but not likely by anyone with his leadership ability. The whole point of killing the leadership is to weaken the organization. It doesn't matter how many jihadis there are, as long as we keep killing their leaders. Those with the brains, (a rare and precious thing among muslims), might think twice about taking a promotion if the top jobs have a turnover rate that makes fast food employees look like career people.
"Will the next number 2 be more or less competent than the one who died?"
Not likely. See above.
"Let's try and have some critical analysis of what is happening."
Okay, here goes: We're killing them in droves, and their leadership can't sleep twice in the same bed. They can't use phones or computers with any confidence of safety. Their best tactics are to murder civilians and blow up new recruits.
"Not just box scores innning by inning."
Scores are kept for a reason.
"And MATH.... gotta do the MATH. 250 billions spent (so far) divided by number of Iraqis 25millions equals 10,000 dollars per Iraqi."
Which would make sense if we were trying to kill them all as economically as possible.
"Average Iraqi household equals 7 THAT"S TOO MUCH 70,000dollars per family."
Yeah, given ammo at $.10 per round, it should cost less than a dollar to kill an entire family, but then THAT'S NOT WHAT WERE DOING MORON. So, are you just too stupid, or too dishonest to see that?
"AND IT COST $100 to fill my van's gas tank."
What are you saying? Do you think we should find a way to sqeeze gas out of Iraqis? Maybe you should buy a smaller car. My Nissan truck gets 25 MPG, what does your big-hawg road warrior van get?
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 01:23 PM (0yYS2)
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Thanks IM I needed that.
Posted by: Howie at September 27, 2005 01:53 PM (D3+20)
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[BOW-FLOURISH]My pleasure.[/BOW-FLOURISH]
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 02:46 PM (0yYS2)
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OK do we have enough ammo for a billion MUslims? Can't really say but sure have used a lot in Iraq so far. "Scores are kept for a reason, we are killing them in droves" Isee no indication that the number of insurgents are decreasing. Again our casualty rate is subsyanially higher than one year ago. #2 ???? Insurgents seem to be able to replace leaders about as easily as drug cartels. We got Pablo Escobar but it did't seem to slow the cocaine smuggling down. We seem to be killing off alZauiri's "top lieutenant" every 3 months or so, maybe the quality is going down, but our casualty rate does not seem to reflct it. I think you missed the point I was trying to make about the cost. The 70,000 dollars is not the cost of killing an Iraqi that is what the cost of bringing them democracy has been so far per family I believe the cost of killing an insurgent is closer to 10 million dollars. That would be 250 billions divided by 25,000 the number of insurgents killed so far. My Ford van, 1997, is rated at 20mpg but it gets only about 16. I guess you were smarter than me, buying the Jap truck. But my Dad who fought them in the South Pacific never had much good to say about them, I think he probably bought the last TV made in the USA. As for getting a car, afraid my tools would have a hard time fitting into one, but if gas hits $5.00 I might have to put them in a wheelbarrow.
Posted by: john Ryan at September 28, 2005 12:56 AM (ads7K)
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poor john
How can anyone say so much and say so little at the same time. You bitch (and personalize it to your material needs) yet offer not one single solution or idea otherwise. If you want to cut and run & give up regardless of any circumstances - then say so! Show some courage - whining isn't courage or a bold stance.
Posted by: hondo at September 28, 2005 12:52 PM (4Gtyc)
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Don't wanna scare anyone, but I don't think there will be enough bullets to anihilate the insurgency...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314944.ece
Posted by: No 100 Watts at September 28, 2005 05:45 PM (SbIPt)
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john ryan said:
"OK do we have enough ammo for a billion MUslims? Can't really say but sure have used a lot in Iraq so far."
Yet we still have more, but we should only need enough to kill off the stupidest 10% or so, and hopefully the rest will get the message, but if not, we can always make more.
"I see no indication that the number of insurgents are decreasing."
Their operations are confined to only four provinces out of eighteen now. If they didn't have the Saudis financing them, they'd be SOL soon.
"Again our casualty rate is subsyanially higher than one year ago."
And yet still very, very small compared to previous operations of this scale. Just because we live in a remote-control, drive-through, microwave instant popcorn culture doesn't mean the real world works like that. Wars kill people, and thus should be avoided, but when unavoidable, should be conducted as cleanly as possible. Like this one.
"#2 ???? Insurgents seem to be able to replace leaders about as easily as drug cartels."
Oh sure, leaders are easy to replace, but putting a guy in charge doesn't mean he's a real leader. The best and brightest rise to lead, but if we're killing them as soon as they pop up, pretty soon their "best and brightest" won't be much to brag about. Kinda like now. Zarqawi's leadership ability consists mainly of creating and disseminating propaganda, and hiding under rocks.
"We got Pablo Escobar but it did't seem to slow the cocaine smuggling down."
Because cocaine is a high-demand commodity with a huge market value, making the reward worth the risk. Jihad is several orders of magnitude more dangerous than drug smuggling, and the vast majority of young muslims aren't too interested, because they still seem to be here.
"We seem to be killing off alZauiri's "top lieutenant" every 3 months or so, maybe the quality is going down, but our casualty rate does not seem to reflct it."
That's because the style of warfare they are conducting takes little brainpower and lots of determination. What does take brainpower though, is not getting caught. According to body counts, which aren't released publicly and must be found by indirect means, we're cornering them like rats on a daily basis, often because of tips given by Iraqi citizens who want to see the terrorists killed. In Tal Afar the people pointed out the terrorists' hiding places, and dozens were killed. We're losing ones and twos, they're losing dozens. It's a war of attrition, and we're winning.
"I think you missed the point I was trying to make about the cost. The 70,000 dollars is not the cost of killing an Iraqi that is what the cost of bringing them democracy has been so far per family I believe the cost of killing an insurgent is closer to 10 million dollars. That would be 250 billions divided by 25,000 the number of insurgents killed so far."
Should we have sat out WW2 because it was too expensive?
"My Ford van, 1997, is rated at 20mpg but it gets only about 16. I guess you were smarter than me, buying the Jap truck. But my Dad who fought them in the South Pacific never had much good to say about them, I think he probably bought the last TV made in the USA."
Nissan trucks are made in Tennessee, but I understand your dad's point.
"As for getting a car, afraid my tools would have a hard time fitting into one, but if gas hits $5.00 I might have to put them in a wheelbarrow."
Get a diesel truck and burn biodiesel, which you can make at home for about $.60 a gallon from restaurant waste oil.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 28, 2005 10:23 PM (0yYS2)
Posted by: sandpiper at September 29, 2005 09:43 AM (TPwuq)
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100 watts,
You didn't scare anyone. And me and my fellow Americans have several billion rounds stockpiled if the Marines need to borrow any. Hell, I'll give them my 25,000 rounds.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 29, 2005 10:36 AM (rUyw4)
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NO 100 WATTS: Wanna bet?
Posted by: greyrooster at September 29, 2005 11:43 PM (ywZa8)
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The MATH The MATH are we killing more alQueda than are joining?
Quite obviously, yes indeed we are.
If recent stories are true, they've been reduced to "recruiting" via kidnapping and drugging, and now they're reduced to using women (this is a major "dissing" of the local tango menfolk's macho).
The well must be running dry else we wouldn't be seeing these desperate moves. This is like when Hitler threw the geriatric home guard and Hitler youth into the lines.
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September 24, 2005
Rita Runs Aground
Rita Has come ashore just east of the TX/LA border. Rita was downgraded to a category 2 about 7:00 CDT. Some damage reported. I also have recieved reports of winds near 100 mph near Beaumont. Several Tornado warnings have also been issued. It's just a wait and see game now.
CNN has a pretty good update this AM.
The NHC said the storm made landfall at 2:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. EDT) at Cameron Parish, on the extreme southwest coast of Louisiana between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. Cameron Parish, is a flat marshy area stretching along the coast eastward from the Texas state line...... .....all but a few of the 10,000 residents of the parish evacuated. Damage from the storm was already reported in several locations, particularly Lake Charles, La.
Update:
Good news Rita has been downgraded to a tropical storm and initial reports are good considering. ZERO deaths reported so far and Damage has been less than expected. Reports after Katrina were good too, let's hope this one stays that way.
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Texas dodges a bullet. Rita finishes the job in Louisiana.
Posted by: Carlos at September 24, 2005 09:57 AM (8e/V4)
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but how much will you bet that the MSM will count those elderly killed in the bus fire as being caused by the Hurricane and blame them on Bush
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 24, 2005 04:56 PM (FMsU7)
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I win in the battle against the big machine again. Well it took a while. Off the the house Yall have a good night.
Posted by: Howie at September 24, 2005 06:49 PM (D3+20)
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September 23, 2005
Hamas Blows Up Hamas?
Be careful don't step on the bo.........
ABCNEWS.
A pickup truck carrying masked Islamic militants and homemade rockets blew up at a Hamas rally Friday, killing at least 10 Palestinians, including children, and wounding 85, hospital doctors and witnesses said
Uh, Can you say Natural Selection?
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Why am I giggling?
That's just wrong, but funny.
Posted by: elliott at September 23, 2005 01:11 PM (XlQVK)
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Evolution in action.
Darwin would be proud.
Posted by: Lonevoice at September 23, 2005 01:48 PM (KeO+G)
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"Um, can you say Natural Selection?"
I'll try. "Give them a state."
How'd I do?
Posted by: Defense Guy at September 23, 2005 01:50 PM (jPCiN)
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DG that ws good but is that not like handing a two year old boy a stick and saying, "Now don't hit your Sister with that!!".
Posted by: Howie at September 23, 2005 01:55 PM (D3+20)
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They were the smart ones too.
Dirk Dirk Allah....
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 23, 2005 02:07 PM (5ceWd)
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Monkeys don't have guns because they never evolved far enough to invent the concept of the gun, and I don't think too many people would think that it's a good idea to give guns to monkeys, because if they don't understand the concept, they can't be expected to use it responsibly. By the same reasoning, arabs should not be allowed access to anything more dangerous than rocks and sticks, because they obviously haven't evolved much farther than monkeys in the area of personal responsibility.
The difference between a peaceful arab and a fanatical jihadi is that the peaceful one simply lacks the means to cause harm, but if you get enough peaceful, unarmed arabs together, they become a raging mob, burning and murdering as they go for no reasons other than ability and opportunity. Given all the above, I'm amazed that some psychopathic goathumper hasn't touched off one of Pakistan's nukes yet, but I don't think we have long to wait.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 23, 2005 02:55 PM (0yYS2)
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Those, my friend, are the essence of Islamotards.
Posted by: Vinnie at September 23, 2005 03:24 PM (Kr6/f)
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"Give them a State" - Now that they have one we know where they are, and how many MOABs to send over.
Posted by: -keith in mtn. view at September 23, 2005 06:42 PM (T85lV)
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Impy, you racist twistnutsack violence-mongering chimp-worshipper, the Arabs were studying in university when your ancestors were using rocks as skin scrubbies. Monkeys do have guns, look at the Chimp-in-Chief, a drunken sod simian loser who only knows how to divide people and break things. You're a worshipper of a Chimp!
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 23, 2005 08:01 PM (VhNDM)
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Obviously the work of Zionists! They must have created a device to remotely detonate the Palestinian's...uh...protest devices.
Posted by: kbiel at September 23, 2005 08:08 PM (sKedi)
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DSM we had guns before them though. Barbarians had iron before the egyptians.
Posted by: Howie at September 23, 2005 08:18 PM (D3+20)
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Evolution sveletion its what happend when one lives by the bomb they die by the bomb
Posted by: sandpiper at September 23, 2005 08:45 PM (2cLBb)
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I think it's about time to ban this ignorant fuck before I have to hunt him down and gut him like a fish.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 23, 2005 08:51 PM (0yYS2)
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Impy, you fish-gutter and rage-in-a-cage, you gotta calm down before the worms squirming through your rattler brain start viciously fighting each other. All the pills prescribed but not taken are swirling about in a pharma-cloud ghost like in flying baloney: you can't get away! You can't get away! woo-hoo! Chimpety-drunk is dancing about left and right on your tin foil hat, crinkly crinkly.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 23, 2005 10:04 PM (VhNDM)
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bwahaha! I love breakfast in the morning to headlines like this. Makes the rest of my day. I can't honestly say I feel that bad about the children either given they were probably just terrorists in training.
Posted by: Carlos at September 24, 2005 10:11 AM (8e/V4)
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DSMoron claims others are worshiping Bush. But in truth he sticks up for and worships the muslim dogs. He is lower than shit and should be tried and hung for his traitorism. Maybe when this war is over we can call the DSMs to task for their crimes against this country. Perhaps they are writing their own death warrents. It is called aiding and abetting the enemy and that is exactly what the dog is doing.
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September 19, 2005
New Tape From Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a new tape to
Al-Jazeera.
Al-Qaida number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has dismissed the legitimacy of Afghanistan's parliamentary elections in a new tape broadcast by Aljazeera, saying the polls took place under the control of what he called "lords of war".
And you are what Mr. Zawahiri?
Also here on CNN.
"There is no reform except through jihad," he said in the video, broadcast on the Arabic-language TV network based in Qatar.
We got some reforming of our own to do Doc. We will find you.
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Isn't that a Nicholas Cage movie? Great, some Hollywood agent is paying Zawahiri for product placement.
Posted by: See-dub at September 19, 2005 06:31 PM (EufM0)
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Heh. Lords of War is right, which makes him the Punk-Ass-Bitch Punching Bag of War.
By the way spammers are trolling this site for e-mail addresses. I've already been propositioned twice, and am assured of a Nigerian bank fortune and a spectacular weekend getaway.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 19, 2005 07:02 PM (0yYS2)
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Hymen Al Stink Beardy? Why is #2 always on tape. I want Dr. Evil himself! I wonder where king of the beards could be? Odds are, Beardo Bin Hiden is dead.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 20, 2005 05:40 AM (bikuR)
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Willing Martyrs or Kidnapped Victims?
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Ever wonder why a person would strap on a bomb and blow himself and civilians to bits, me too?
Mohammed Ali, who claimed to be Saudi-born and appeared to be in his 20s, Ali said insurgents kidnapped him from a field near his home earlier this month, then drugged and beat him. His story was similar to those recounted by other captured militants. The captives routinely claim they were either coerced or fooled by insurgent leaders who promised them a role in the holy war against the U.S. military, only to find themselves as would-be suicide bombers sent to attack civilians.
Next.
Musab Aqil al-Khayal, a 19-year-old Syrian, was shown on state television Saturday confessing to his aborted involvement in a bombing earlier in the week in which a companion exploded his car bomb in the midst of day laborers assembled to find work. "Those dogs fooled me," he told Iraqi interrogators.
Ah now I see, come on Zaqueery strap one on and put your money where your mouth is. Having seen some of Al-Zarqawi's methods I would not put it past him.
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I'm torn I want to believe that but I can't help but wonder if this is not just a story that they are all told to tell if caught.
Posted by: Howie at September 19, 2005 01:09 PM (D3+20)
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I'm with you on this one Howie. That's exactly what I wondered myself. It's a shame to have to always believe the worst about these people, but they leave us no choice.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 19, 2005 01:31 PM (rUyw4)
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This is a different MAHAMID ALI isnt it its not THE MOUTH ali?
Posted by: sandpiper at September 19, 2005 09:03 PM (AQZCQ)
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Actually, I would think that when they're told to lie it's to make themselves look better (as a group) or make the coalition look worse.
By saying that they were tricked or forced they're making the jihadis look bad. It defeats the purpose of their propaganda. For those who vocally espouse a philosophy of embracing death or martyrdom, to tell an individual to lie in this fashion goes against everything they believe in as a group. No. I think by saying this, they are probably lying, but it's because they're not 100% into the suicide thing and are just trying to save their own individual necks.
I think if they went back to the group afterwards someone would say to them, "al-Ricky, you got some 'splainin to do."
knowhatimean?
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September 15, 2005
Claim: Second Report of Chemical Attack in Iraq
For the second time in a week, a terror organization has claimed to have used chemical weapons in Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq issued a statement yesterday claiming that it had launched ten 120mm mortar rounds loaded with chemicals against U.S. and Iraqi troops stationed in al-Madain.
A translation of the communique can be seen here, via Evan Kohlmann.
On Sept. 13th the Victorious Army Group in Iraq issued a statement claiming that it had used chemical weapons in Baghdad, including against American troops in the Green Zone (story and background here). There has been no confirmation of those reports.
The Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) has been associated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq in the past. The IAI stated that the chemical weapons were used to support Zarqawi's losing battle in Tel Afar. However, Zarqawi's group disclaimed any association to the earlier attack by The Victorious Army Group (or Sect, as he translates it) on the Green Zone with chemical weapons.
Terrorism expert Evan Kohlmann passes on information that The Victorious Army Group is rumored to be made of ex-Fedayeen Saddam and Iraqi intelligence personnel.
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But Rusty I thought there were no Chemical shells left in Iraq cept that one leftover thing that wound up in an IED.
Posted by: Howie at September 15, 2005 06:37 PM (D3+20)
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Any more info on this? I see nothing in Google or Yahoo.
Posted by: ahem at September 15, 2005 07:56 PM (FgDX0)
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"I see nothing in Google or Yahoo."
Yeah, funny that, almost as if the MINITRU has decided that it doesn't need to exist.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 15, 2005 08:30 PM (0yYS2)
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This reminds me of a statment from a couple months
back which at the time made me wonder if they
might have something up their sleeve
"If you continue the same policy of aggression against Muslims, God willing, you will see horror that will makey you forget what you saw in Vietnam. ... If you don't leave today, then you shall inevitably leave tomorrow but after scores of thousands of fatalities and double that number of disabled and wounded people. " Ayman al-Zawahiri 8/4/2005
Posted by: mike at September 15, 2005 11:54 PM (pLjdw)
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What....more poo finger?
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 16, 2005 05:30 AM (bikuR)
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They don't have anything up their sleeve that we can't deal with. Arabs are just impotent blowhards who are totally incompetent at war whose best tactic is to blow themselves up. Just think, they outnumbered the Israelis, had them outgunned, and in three different wars, consistently lost. The worst they can do is to cause a few casualties and hamper trade, but ultimately, they are inconsequential, and in a hundred years, they will have destroyed themselves or become Westernized.
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Terrorists Shoot Down U.S. Plane in Iraq
A terror organization in Iraq, Jaish al-Rashideen, has posted a video in which it claims to have shot down a U.S. airplane. Images from the video below.
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Oh my god I hope the tiny pilot is OK. I hope they don't smurf his head off.
Posted by: Howie at September 15, 2005 10:53 AM (D3+20)
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Oh! the Humanity!
I can barely look at all the broken G.I Joe's laying around dying at the feet of the mighty
Mujahadeen.
Posted by: dave at September 15, 2005 10:54 AM (CcXvt)
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Note there is no damage to the tiny plane except there is some duct tape holding the wings on which probably come off on landing anyway so they don't break. I think it ran out of fuel or charge and just got picked up.
Posted by: Howie at September 15, 2005 11:03 AM (D3+20)
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I guess they got tired of looking in awe at the glass Coca-Cola bottle that used to sit on that pedestal.
Posted by: JohnMc at September 15, 2005 11:30 AM (y+I+a)
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Is this part of the terrorists' shock and awe campaign? Because I'm in shock at how lame and awful they are.
Does making fun of terrorists count as making headway on the war on terror?
Posted by: lawhawk at September 15, 2005 11:39 AM (AcoYr)
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That aircrsft looks much more like a UAV. Are you sure your arabic translation? It is more likely mechanical failure than a shootdown.
Posted by: raver dave at September 15, 2005 11:51 AM (XTKFt)
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Yeah it looks like a UAV. I guess liberals will be disappointed that a pilot wasn't killed or captured.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 15, 2005 12:18 PM (0yYS2)
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They "shot" it down? Where's the damage from what ever they shot it with or from the, surely, "crash" landing?
Here it is to scale
In other news, the Islamofascists have finally developed, after decades of research and development,
their own version of the UAV.
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No, it's a UAV. They do claim they shot it down. But, that's kind of the whole point of the post.......
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at September 15, 2005 12:41 PM (JQjhA)
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When I was a kid, I'd put firecrackers on my model planes, maybe that's what they're doing.
Posted by: Tim at September 15, 2005 12:42 PM (QrELf)
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Can't you all see, this war orchestrated by KKKarl Rove is not worth all this loss of plastic and metal! Pounds and pounds of government products that could have supported the leeves in NO. Bush and Company are the biggest murderers blah blah blah...
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Rusty, you should have titled your piece, "Terrorists shoot down model airplane, or maybe they went to Wal-Mart and bought one". Because this ain't no airplane.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 15, 2005 05:25 PM (q9AWQ)
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did the brave lions of Allah shoot it down with a slingshot???....
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 15, 2005 05:34 PM (FMsU7)
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I think we have some images of the pilot of that "plane". Wizbang has more
http://wizbangblog.com/archives/004955.php
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Al Qaeda in Iraq Declares Jihad on Shi'ites, 23 More Murdered in Baghdad
A new audio message from the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has declared jihad on Iraq's majority Shia population. More bombs went off in Baghdad today targetting Iraqi police officers.
Zarqawi has claimed the bombings which killed 23.
Al-Jazeera:
"The al-Qaeda Organisation in the Land of Two Rivers (Iraq) is declaring all-out war on the Rafidha (a pejorative term for Shia), wherever they are in Iraq," said the voice which could not be immediately verified but sounded like previous recordings attributed to al-Zarqawi.
"As for the government, servants of the crusaders headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari, they have declared a war on Sunnis in Tal Afar," the clip added...
What the tape fails to mention is that the President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is a Sunni Muslim. President Talabani has recently begged the American people to stay the course and help his country fight the terrorists in his country. Many on the American and European Left, including George Galloway in a debate last night, consider the bin Ladenist terrorists fighting secular and moderate forces in Iraq 'freedom fighters'.
"You must choose between the good side and the bad side."
In the sick world of Zarqawi, the bin Ladenists, and the Western elitist Left, the
good side is the side that cuts people's heads off for driving trucks. But wait, there's more:
Any religious group that wants to be safe from the blows of the mujahidin must [disavow] the government of al-Jaafari and its crimes. Otherwise it will suffer the same fate as that of the crusaders," said the tape.
At the same time, "any tribe ... whose allegiance to the crusaders and their agents is proven will be targeted by the mujahidin in the same way the crusaders are".
In the dozens of al Qaeda in Iraq (formerly known as Tawhid and Jihad) videotaped murders, each victim is first made to confess to the 'crime' of apostasy. How is the victim an 'apostate'? He has 'worked with the Zionist-Crusador infidel forces'.
Under traditional interpretations of Islamic law, the maximum penalty for apostasy is death.
An interesting side note from the al Jazeera report refers to Zarqawi as 'the one-legged fugitive'. Zarqawi was reportedly hurt in May, but that was allegedly a serious chest wound. This is the first I had heard about Zarqawi missing a leg. It's time to take out his other one. Start with the kneecaps. Then move to the left arm......
So, why is peg-leg Zarqawi trying to kill as many Shias as possible? He's trying to start a civil war. Unfortunately, many on the Left believe a civil war is already happening in Iraq. But if this is 'civil war', then how come the vast majority of Sunnis are planning to go to the polls in the coming election? Wars begin only when politics fail.
Further, many on the Left openly support those that are fighting our troops, the side that wishes to impose a Taliban-like regime there. These people are traitors.
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Zarqawi and Klanrooster are daisy duking it out to see who can become Boss Hogg.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 15, 2005 08:23 AM (VhNDM)
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Rusty,
I'm not sure but I seem to remember that Zaqueery has been missing a leg for quite some time. Since before the war. As I understand and other readers might have more. He lost it in Afghanistan and was treated in Iraq by the Sadam Hussein gov't and give safe harbor there. One of our demands was that Sadam give him up and Sadam refused for now obvious reasons.
Posted by: Howie at September 15, 2005 08:32 AM (D3+20)
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It comes as no suprise that they're pushing the agenda to fuel a civil war between the populace, it is at this point the only way to tie up the American forces, and bring a halt to the formal creation of an Iraqi Government.
Desperation? one can hope.
Posted by: dave at September 15, 2005 08:36 AM (CcXvt)
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Yes, Randy, you are right. The Left in this country has crossed the line and now are in the domain of traitors.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 15, 2005 10:10 AM (q9AWQ)
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Who's Randy? (and I didn't mean it THAT way)
Posted by: Oyster at September 15, 2005 10:22 AM (fl6E1)
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It's a joke. I used Randy as a substitute for Rusty in a post about a Muslim professor from West Virginia University. The Muslim professor was involved in a plan to punish another professor for making a remark about Muslims. Rusty finished his post by telling his fellow conservative professors to be very afraid. I wanted to protect Rusty's identity by calling him Randy so the evil professor couldn't find out Rusty's real name. I was just having fun.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 15, 2005 10:36 AM (q9AWQ)
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Joe: Heck I still don't know and don't want too. Ignorance is bliss.
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Al Qaeda on the Run in Northern Iraq
Are things really all that bad in Iraq? Not according to those that are actually there. In a Pentagon press briefing today, a commander from Mosul, Iraq, described a much weakened al Qaeda presence in that region. At least 80% of al Qaeda fighters are dead or captured, and those fighting today are much less organized with far poorer training.
But how can things be getting better in Iraq when so much news--today's news--always seems so bad?
Flipping through the news this morning as I got ready for work, I noticed that CNN and Fox were reporting some very bad news from people who should know how things are going, reporters in Baghdad. However, one thing seemed rather odd to me--both reporters had the same background shot.
In fact, both reporters were at the same Baghdad hotel well inside the Green Zone. So, how are they getting their news? They are getting their news from the DOD just like I am, only they can broadcast their original news from Iraq and thus you get the feeling that they are more authoritative because they are, you know, there, even though there isn't really anywhere near where the stories are happening.
Journalists such as Michael Yon are the exception to the rule. He's embedded with military forces in Mosul, so when Yon reports that things are much better in Mosul today than last year, you better believe him. Yon is actually there where there is.
So, when Army Col. Robert B. Brown, commander of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division's Stryker Brigade Combat Team, reported from Mosul, Iraq, about conditions there you better listen, too. Remember, Yon is embedded with these guys. Stryker Brigade News has a great gallery of the men of the 1/25 here.
Here are some highlights from a DOD press release about Brown's conference. And by 'highlights', I mean pretty much the whole press release. But, as you read it, imagine that I am reporting from inside the Green Zone. I'm sure that will make it much more believable. Here's a visual, to help put you in the mood.
Brown notes that eighty percent of al Qaeda's network in northern Iraq "has been devastated" since January due to the capture or killing of key leaders and the outrage of Iraqi citizens.
The situation in Mosul is "improving on a daily basis," Brown said. "Normalcy has come back into the city."
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And then there is Baghdad...
Posted by: Ariya at September 14, 2005 08:08 PM (noCGr)
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Yes, we'll always have Baghdad, but'cha can't go back to Constantinople!
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 14, 2005 10:27 PM (0yYS2)
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As you know the greatest casualty in war is the truth. Propaganda wil be churned out on a daily basis by all sides. The mainstream media whom are treated with absolute derision in this blog and others, are accused of having an anti Bush and an anti war agenda. Yet you favour reading official Government Defense Dept presss briefings to independent accounts from international news agencies. Has it not occurred to that the few select journalists actually with the army might be there for one reason and one reason alone, that is, report on what the government wants to be reported? Personally I would prefer to read the MSM even if at times it is incorrect,than read what the government wants me to read.
It is one thing to read something which is incorrect, it is another to read state spun lies.
Posted by: Conor at September 15, 2005 04:44 AM (4PPsx)
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Why do so many people think Michael Yon is a reputable source for information? Did it ever cross your mind that what he reports is first filtered through the US military censors? What he reports is just as sanitized as what the Pentagon feeds the reporters hiding in the Green Zone.
The casualty counts speak for themselves.
Posted by: OB Kenobi at September 15, 2005 05:10 AM (p8hE4)
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I think more people would be open to the news from the mainstream media, if it were not one sided, everything is a disaster,with no progress made and "insurgents" in every ally.
The fact is that centcom and other military sources regularly make press releases about the rebuilding effort, about new schools, hospital repairs, individual units that have donated to causes to benefit the Iraqi people -- the msm ignore them and put out the latest threat from AQ in Iraq, or the story about "lawlessness" in city's overwhelmed by "insurgents"
I find it amusing that somehow you believe that international press are in Iraq for altruistic reasons, but the military press, well they're just Government mouth pieces? I think this blog has proven time and time again that the msm is one sided, even down to the google news article the other day that listed numerous success stories in Iraq that the military had published, not one had been picked up by any news outlet in google news.
Posted by: dave at September 15, 2005 06:49 AM (CcXvt)
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So Dave
Whether you beleive it or not, Iraq is in a state of war, with atrocities being committed on a daily basis if not an hourly basis. Do you honestly think people will be fooled into thinking that things are going swimmingly well because allied troops have opened a hospital or are seen receiving a warm welcome by some villagers in an area say untouched by the fighting? Come on, smarten up, the real issues are the suicide bombs, the loss of life, the destruction.
Accusing the MSM of bias is a bit rich! How do you think blogs get their news if not the MSM? Look at the posts and you will see that most acknowledge the source, i.e a major news agency. The blogger's narration is just his spin.
Posted by: Conor at September 15, 2005 07:23 AM (4PPsx)
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Actually Conor, what I believe is when the "boots on the ground" say that things are getting better in Iraq, and that significant progress is being made. There are numerous blogs that focus on stories from soldiers.
It seems however, you prefer to believe the reporters in their "Ivory towers" inside the relatively safe "greenzone" hotels have some better prospective? well I guess enough of them have hired people with links to terrorists to film footage for them -- so I guess point taken.
The homicide bombings are now at the point, where they mainly target civilians and Iraqi security forces, this is eventually weaking the support for the insurgency, even the Sunni's are beginning to get tired of it.
The focus is now on making the Iraqi security forces autonomous so they can deal with the terrorists themselves, they're also attempting to bring the weaker insurgents (nationals, non-baathists) to the political arena, while rooting the hardliners out of every safe haven they flee to. While the "back" of the Insurgency is not broken, it is obvious that the terrorists are now losing support from the people that once concealed them, now their relative safety comes from grouping together in border towns, rather than the strongholds they once held inside the Sunni triangle (Fallujah/Mosul/Najaf/etc.)
If you're not seeing progress, I'm not sure what I can say to point out the obvious.
Posted by: dave at September 15, 2005 08:25 AM (CcXvt)
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Given the political climate, it is highly unlikely that you will read anything unsavoury about the war. I sincerely doubt that any soldier, rank or file is going to say anything that would counter the official line
However I am willing to concede that a vast number of the terrorists have been annihilated. Targetting the civillian population instead of the Allied forces is a sign of their desperation, but like an injured animal they will become more deadly. There seems to be no shortage of suicide bombers and to think that the threat is lessening is allowing yourself to fall into a false sense of security.
I dont believe for one moment that the administration is discounting the threat of the terrorists. In fact they might be more worried about further terrorist atrocities.
But the reportage of the war is always going to be a contentious issue. You read the news and make your own mind up. Or you accept what you're told by your leaders.
Posted by: Conor at September 15, 2005 08:56 AM (4PPsx)
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When was the last time Fallujah was in the news?
My only dispute with the report is the 80% number. 80% of what? I have a hard time believing they have a good enough idea on the total number of terrorists in Iraq.
That said, we are making real progress in Iraq.
Posted by: Marcus Aurelius at September 15, 2005 09:08 AM (ERx6z)
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Conor:
The fact is the MSM "doom and gloom" reporting potrays that there is no
good news from Iraq -- ever.
There is news of homicide bombings, ambushes, kidnappings and the like, but never the same airtime discussion is given to capture, or killing of terrorists, or their leaders, or even some of the good things that do happen in Iraq.
This causes the fear of uncertainty, and potrays Iraq as a Kennedy like "Quagmire", with the deaths of soldiers, civilians and contractors achieving nothing -- this undermines the War effort, I often hear the words of insurgents propaganda releases, more than I hear a command element discussing the War on the News.
I do not discount the terrorists, I believe the threat is not over, not even close but studies of Insurgency find the hardest part of breaking it, is the local support for insurgents --The terrorists themselves seem to be taking care of that by killing civilians enmass.
The problems that are left are cutting terrorist supply lines, while maintaining our own, destroying safe havens and establishing safety for the citizens.
Posted by: dave at September 15, 2005 10:03 AM (CcXvt)
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It kills me how the leftards come on here and post their idiocy expecting to convince anyone of anything. Here's a tip, morons; not only are you not going to convince anyone with a brain with your idiotic, treasonous propaganda, you're only making things worse for yourselves. Especially you cocksuckers who automatically think that anything any military person says is a lie. Let me tell you worthless little shits something; one soldier is worth more than all of you combined, and the sooner you are all taken out and shot, the better. How you think you will be able to get away with taking the side of the enemy is beyond me; you are all traitors and pretty soon things are going to go very badly for you. Don't waste your time here, because your childish lies won't get you anywhere with us.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 15, 2005 10:06 AM (0yYS2)
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Well Dave, I dont news what you get, but over here in London we get plenty of news. Good news and bad news.
Improbulus Maximus
Great post! When you learn to conduct yourself in an adult manner perhaps I will engage you in a debate. Until then take your cretinous remarks to another blog where they would be more appreciated. Have you considered changing your handle to Ignoramus Maximus? Beleive it would be more apt you pathetic little irk
Posted by: Conor at September 15, 2005 10:22 AM (4PPsx)
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Well Dave, I dont news what you get, but over here in London we get plenty of news. Good news and bad news.
Improbulus Maximus
Great post! When you learn to conduct yourself in an adult manner perhaps I will engage you in a debate. Until then take your cretinous remarks to another blog where they would be more appreciated. Have you considered changing your handle to Ignoramus Maximus? Beleive it would be more apt you pathetic little irk
Posted by: Conor at September 15, 2005 10:23 AM (4PPsx)
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Conor:
If it's anything like the reporting I saw from the Daily Mail on the Hurricane, I find it hard to believe the U.K press is any different!
Posted by: dave at September 15, 2005 10:43 AM (CcXvt)
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I don't want to engage you in debate you piece of shit, I want to see you bleed out slowly.
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Ignoramus Maximus
What's wrong? Watching too many action movies? " I want to see you bleed slowly" Wow, I can see that you were a clever little boy at school, not!. Maybe you're a girl, because you bitch like best of them.
Posted by: Conor at September 16, 2005 02:16 AM (4PPsx)
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Ignoramus Maximus
What's wrong? Watching too many action movies? " I want to see you bleed slowly" Wow, I can see that you were a clever little boy at school, not!. Maybe you're a girl, because you bitch like best of them.
Posted by: Conor at September 16, 2005 02:16 AM (4PPsx)
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Dave
The Daily Mail is a tabloid rag. The other papers in the UK, both left and right wing were equally critical of the official response to the hurricane.
Posted by: Conor at September 16, 2005 09:21 AM (4PPsx)
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So, Joseph Conor, do you think that you can't be found? Do you think that your muslim boyfriend will keep you safe? Tell me, does he do you before or after his goat, or does he make you blow the goat after he's done with it? You're a disgusting little dhimmi bitch, and I hope the next 'slamotard bomber gets you.
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Freedom Fighters Murder Child, Booby Trap Body in Tel Afar
Here are the Left's
freedom fighters at work in Iraq. Who are we fighting in Iraq? Extremists who are working to create a Taliban-like state.
"When the terrorists took over the city," the commander of the Third Armored Cavalry Colonel H.R. McMasters said in a State Department briefing yesterday, "they replaced all the imams from the mosques with Islamic extremist laymen; replaced all teachers from the schools with people who "preached hatred and intolerance"; and kidnapped and murdered large numbers of people, "including a Sunni Turkmen imam and a city councilman who was shot about 30 times to the head in front of his family.
"The enemy here did just the most horrible things you can imagine," McMasters said, "in one case murdering a child, placing a booby trap within the child's body and waiting for the parent to come recover the body of their child and exploding it to kill the parents."
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Have a link to this?
Source: State Department press release. doesn't quite cut it...
TY!
Posted by: Ariya at September 14, 2005 03:09 PM (noCGr)
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Linked....because I just love the name 'Ariya'
Here's the thing, though. Why is it that I have to link my sources but not the AP or Reuters?
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You need to come up with your own "anonymous sources" Rusty. Then you too can say anything you want.
Posted by: Oyster at September 14, 2005 04:45 PM (fl6E1)
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I was watching a press conference by Col. H.R. McMaster, the commander of the 3rd ACR who just kicked ass and took names in Tal Afar, and he mentioned that. He also said they had found a house that contained chemical weapons. It was on CSPAN yesterday, and it was an excellent briefing.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 14, 2005 05:17 PM (0yYS2)
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Same press conference. I didn't notice the chemical weapons thing.
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It was a brief mention.
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Hmm interesting. This is a major sucess I must say. I say this because it is an example that we are infact better than the terrorists. I find that too often our oppressive anti-terrorist tactics, in examples like Guantanamo Bay & ABu Ghraib, cause more hatred and terrorism. COunter-terrorism to often violates the very rights we are fighting for, and hence causes the civilians of the Middle East to hate us more than terrorists, or their previous oppressive regimes. However, as inspiring as this article is, you have to look at any article with skeptisism. One from the Department of State is obviously somewhat bias for well, the state. And we must look as this as only an example. A great and positive step foreward, but nonetheless, until presented with proof that it is the norm, i will not accept it as such, call me a pessimist, but i just dont trust things until I see them from news sources on both sides of the political spectrum.
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Bin Laden Said to be Dying (UPDATE: Military Denies Report)
Jawa Report readers will recall that on
Sept. 7th we received information that some major news would be coming out of Afghanistan in the following weeks. At the time we labeled our information 'a rumor' since we could not confirm it. Today,
Ed Morrissey notices that more rumors out of Afghanistan have begun to percolate to the mainstream media.
The Jawa Report, one step ahead in reporting unsubstantiated rumors.....(thanks to tip from source that wishes to remain anonymous)
UPDATE: Military now denying report. Scroll down for details
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HMmmmmm.... Interesting. Would be even more interesting if the medication wasn't just for him but for his core group surrounding him. Perhaps he is looking for meds to take care of ....Small pox?
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 14, 2005 09:11 AM (5ceWd)
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Maybe its the AIDS? I heard he and Yassar were close... REAL close. Along with that goat named Timmy, or Ahmed... whatever.
Posted by: Wine-aholic at September 14, 2005 09:30 AM (Wsn+K)
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Could it be that the fear of dying has driven him to surrender in order to get Western Medical Care.
Would this be his last attack? Against medicare?
Posted by: Fred Fry at September 14, 2005 09:50 AM (JXdhy)
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I hope Kos has his "I suspect the timing" macro ready.
Posted by: ericj at September 14, 2005 10:00 AM (hrQvk)
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Whoa the horses there guys!
The “ill” report is being denied by the military as a press mistake.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/14/MTFH09854_2005-09-14_14-55-06_SCH434067.html
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Afghanistan denied on Wednesday that one of its officers had told reporters Osama bin Laden was seeking medical attention.
The London-based Arabic newspaper al-Hayat, citing U.S. Colonel Don McGraw in a briefing with reporters in Kabul, said on Wednesday that the al Qaeda leader was in poor health and was trying to obtain medical attention.
But a U.S. military spokeswoman in Kabul said McGraw had not said that.
"Colonel McGraw did not say Osama bin Laden was trying to get medical attention," said the spokeswoman, Lieutenant Cindy Moore.
"We're working with the editor to correct the record," she said of the al Hayat report.
Posted by: JohnMc at September 14, 2005 10:12 AM (y+I+a)
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Maybe it's the same Jew poisons that killed Arafat?
Posted by: Laurence Simon at September 14, 2005 11:23 AM (uBCxH)
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And by 'jew poison' you mean the Zionist-Mossad-CIA created AIDS, right?
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But didn't he just lead a charge against a Spanish base in Afghanistan? Sure he did. And I'm really Paris Hilton.
If he is sick, I hope it hurts like hell.
Posted by: Oyster at September 14, 2005 11:45 AM (fl6E1)
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If he should be "Ailing" and should he die . . A good thing, perhaps . .
But as Communism prospered (if you could call it that) after the death of Karl Marx so will the insane idea of Islamofascism, with or without bin Laden . . .
And while the idea of Genocide of an entire religion scares me, the Idea of them taking over the world scares me more!
Posted by: large at September 14, 2005 01:11 PM (Ny1Tj)
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Seems to me that most times there is a report, that the US Government or US Military denies (as a first response to the report), we find out that the original report turns out to have some sort of truth behind it.
I suppose we will just have to wait and see what develops of this one. In the meantime, shortwave broadcasts seem to be a more reliable means of obtaining information and usually come long before the US media breaks a story.
Posted by: They're_Lying at September 14, 2005 01:54 PM (0wdEx)
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That bastard better not die, I want to see video of him getting dragged from a hole in the ground like a rat, just like his butt-buddy Saddam.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 14, 2005 05:20 PM (0yYS2)
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Good news - Bin Laden..Fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 15, 2005 08:24 AM (VhNDM)
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So DSM I see you are coming around after that direct threat to Australia from Al-Qaeda huh.
Posted by: Howie at September 15, 2005 08:35 AM (D3+20)
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If this is true then they must be preparing a big party for him in that flamming p[lace far far below with some fellow with horns and a pitch fork waiting to shake his hand and say CONGRAULATIONS WELCOME HOME AND IM THE REAL GREAT SATAN
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Thanks
Thanks to all of you who participated in the Blog Sabbath Caption 9/11 Edition.
Thanks to Rusty for saying "Go for it."
No one knows what the future holds, but, for now, your memories have been digitally engraved for all the world to see, if they happen upon them.
I need to give a special thanks to Demosophist for letting us know...
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Chemical Attack in Iraq?
There is no confirmation of the report, only a claim made by a group. If they actually used chemical weapons, they were ineffective as no injuries were reported from the attack on the Green Zone. The same group had
threatened to use chemical weapons on Sept. 11th.
SITE:
In a statement issued today, September 13, 2005, The Victorious Army Group, [Jeish al-Ta'eifa al-Mansoura], claims to have fired chemical rockets today at several targets in Baghdad, including the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Green Zone, and the Security Academy. According to the message, the explosions “shook the whole capital Baghdad,” and ambulances were seen carrying away the dead of the “converters.” The group indicates: “Here are the mujahideen rockets hitting the converters’ dens as a response to the evil thing done by them in Tal Afar.”
What bodies?
AKI:
For the first time, terrorists linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are claiming to have struck the Iraqi capital Baghdad with chemical weapons. The claim was made in a statement published on the Internet by Islamic group al-Taifa Mansura (The Victorious Side) which is part of the al-Qaeda network and close to its Iraqi representative, al-Zarqawi.
As we reported earlier, the group responsible is not related to al Qaeda, even though various media reports make the claim.
See this from al Qaeda.
The same group last Sunday threatened to attack the Green Zone in Baghdad with missiles containing chemical warheads unless the Americans halted the ongoing offensive against the city of Telafar.
A short while ago, in a second statement the group claimed responibility for missile attacks on central Baghdad from 8.30am till 10am local time on Tuesday morning. The message alleged that chemical weapons hit the interior ministry, the foreign ministry and the American training school which is also located in the heavily fortified Green Zone....
The firing of five rockets was confirmed by an Islamic site close to the Baathist-inspired guerrillas - islammemo - which referred to at least four rockets with chemical warheads. The site, which tends to publish unreliable biased news reports, celebrates it as the first chemical attack in Iraq."
With recent news that the
US might respond to the use of WMD with a nuclear strike, now would be a good time for Syria and Iran to rethink their present course of supporting the terrorists.
Others: In The Bullpen
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How about responding in kind. We are spendign millions destroying these horrid weapons. Would it not be more cost effective to show Zaqueery and his bunch what real chem weapons can do. No wouldn't be prudent as W sr. used to say.
Posted by: Howie at September 13, 2005 01:36 PM (D3+20)
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You know Mahmood, doing a "poo finger" on each rocket does not make it a WMD.
You got to try a little harder. NOW GET BACK OUT THERE AND GIVE ME YOUR BEST!!!
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 13, 2005 01:38 PM (5ceWd)
Posted by: Oyster at September 13, 2005 01:51 PM (fl6E1)
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Chemical warheads do not make explosions. Heat and shock of an explosion tend to destroy the chemicals, defeating the purpose. Instead, chem warheads tend to have very small charges intended to spread their contents around or even just make sure their cases are open.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at September 13, 2005 01:57 PM (n5eDP)
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Didn't you hear, there are no WMD in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan said so.
Posted by: The Man at September 13, 2005 02:02 PM (EDlAL)
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Actually Mr. Crawford, there is a minor explosion. More of a "POP" really. The dispersal of a chemical munition is a complex occurance when attached to a mortar or a bomb lets say. A bomb on the road side would probably destroy the chemical. A mortar could be fitted to disperse a chem weapon but I doubt Sayeed and Abu in their underground lab can manage to properly assemble a legitmate dispersal mechanism to attach to the mortar. Yes, It can be done under circumstances that don't involve running and dodging bullets but, Sayeed and Abu are not in those circumstances.
I think that they have resorted to the "Poo finger" method of dispersing their own individual chemical biological weapon. This is much easier. Sayeed would after a large dinner of dal,curry & lamb soaked in ghee...dig his index finger in his o-ring up to the first knuckle. Sayeed then, whilst holding the dirty digit in the air, walk over to the morters and then "wipe" the darkend digit on to the morter to be fired at the infidel at a later date. Then, Sayeed would go on the net and announce he "Poo fingered" the morters thus striking fear and disgust in our troops.
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Cont:
THis method of "poo finger" Wmd does backfire. The types of food Sayeed is required to eat to create the proper "Poo finger" athmosphere Could in fact create a condition called PSA or, Porn Star Ass from continued bouts in the privy.
I am not sure if you have seen a porno that includes lots of back door action.... but if you have, you know what PSA is. For those that don't, I will try now to show you.
It is a "O" instead of an "x"
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 13, 2005 02:49 PM (5ceWd)
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This is also known as the 'Mall Rats' WMD.......
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at September 13, 2005 03:00 PM (JQjhA)
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The statement "The site, which tends to publish unreliable biased news reports, ..." was referring to Reuters, Â… right?
Posted by: Don Miguel at September 13, 2005 04:01 PM (+KixN)
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Respond in time lets use luaghing gas on them and allow them to lighten up
Posted by: sandpiper at September 13, 2005 08:31 PM (g0rz7)
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Actually Mr. Crawford, there is a minor explosion. More of a "POP" really.
Isn't that what I said? I wrote:
Instead, chem warheads tend to have very small charges intended to spread their contents around or even just make sure their cases are open.
My point was there's nowhere near enough to shake anything, let alone an entire city.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at September 13, 2005 08:55 PM (Gn9tM)
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However, you failed to mention anything about "Poofinger" so, you must be an idiot.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 13, 2005 09:01 PM (bikuR)
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If any type of NBC attack occurred in the BD Green Zone there is almost a 100% chance that there would have been confirmation by now. This would be big news. It would be a justification for continued presence in Iraq. In addition to that there are many special interest groups who would benefit any type of NBC attack however so small, even if it was a complete failure. Deploying such weapons with any effect requires some skill. I do not see how an attack of this sort could be kept secret for more than a few hours. It could be that they through some household cleaners over the wall and the only way to find the chems is to look for a clean spot.
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Katrina equal opportunity storm
Are you tired of all the coverage race is getting as if the only ones to suffer were those in New Orleans? So check out his story on NPRÂ’s Morning Edition about St. Bernard parishÂ’s troubles.
Click this link then click to listen.All they are worried about is this race thing. It doesnÂ’t look that way to me because there are just as many whites here as blacks.
Yeah I know NPR but listen anyway.
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One of my friends sent me a copy of a British paper, and I have to say I was amazed at the moonbat headlines:
Daily Mail Saturday, September 3, 2005
Headline:
THIRD WORLD AMERICA,
Fears of 10,000 deaths as rape, looting and chaos expose the incompetence of the U.S
A TERRIFIED mother clutches her child as all around her anarch reigns. Law and order is gone, gunmen roam at will, raping and looting, and as people die of heat and thirst, bodies lie rotting in the streets.
Until now, such a hellish vista could only be imagined in the Third world disaster zone. But this was America yesterday - the wealthiest, most advanced country on the planet, mired in desperation, squalor and chaos as the situation in flood-ravaged New Orleans descended into a nightmare.
Other highlights:
Page 10 Headline:
The President is public enemy No. 1
America's dark underbelly has been laid bare
It pretty much amazed me.
Posted by: dave at September 13, 2005 01:35 PM (CcXvt)
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Of course, you could also check out Paul's comments at Wizbang about St. Bernard Parish, which suffered greatly from a direct hit by Katrina. The parish is
~90% white, and you don't hear nearly enough about the damage, the devastation, or anything else for that matter.
It would seem that all news about Louisiana and storm damage is focused on New Orleans, despite the fact that there were areas that were even worse off than New Orleans. Some are still inaccessible over land.
Posted by: lawhawk at September 13, 2005 02:32 PM (AcoYr)
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"All they are worried about is this race thing. It doesnÂ’t look that way to me because there are just as many whites here as blacks."
uh, there are more whites in america then blacks. So if the victims are 50/50, the hurricane has disproportionately hit blacks.
Posted by: actus at September 13, 2005 04:23 PM (CqheE)
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I was talking about St Bernard Parish not America as was the person quoted.
Posted by: Howie at September 13, 2005 04:45 PM (D3+20)
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Oh I get it now sacrasm
Posted by: Howie at September 13, 2005 05:09 PM (D3+20)
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"I was talking about St Bernard Parish not America as was the person quoted."
But even then part of the 'race' thing is the idea that a disproportionately black area is being treated different than a disproportionately white one.
Posted by: actus at September 13, 2005 07:54 PM (y/f3P)
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Klanrooster got jumped in the dome for praising fellow swamp-dweller David Duke
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Zarqawi says will use chemical weapons
I kept wonderng why
Zaqueery keeps accusing us of using chemicals. Well now we see why.
He is trying to justify this.An Internet notice from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from the Iraqi division of al-Qaeda and other organizations like Ansar al-Sunnah said, “If the Tel Afer operation does not end in 24 hours, Ceyh al-Taif al-Mansura military office has decided to organize attacks towards important and strategic targets of the occupation and Iraqi forces using chemical weapons developed by the Mujaheeden.”
Yeah right, he is so desperate he is willing to turn to WMD. Hmm..wonder where he got em?
Hat tip: IOERROR
UPDATE FROM RUSTY: The threat, it seems, was not from Zarqawi, but from another terror organization. Not sure why media reports have this wrong. There has been a definite upswing in terrorist communiques and threats in the past 24 hours, all as a response to the Tel Afar offensive.
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I do not doubt that this man has WMD. All he has to do is whip off his drawers and wave them at our brave soldiers and the cumin laced skid mark alone will cause our men to blanch like a hooker at easter mass.
When does this guy get a chance to shower? I bet he hasn't had a long bath with nice bath beads in ages.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 12, 2005 03:52 PM (5ceWd)
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He threatened this in Fallujah too--didn't use them. Wonder why...
Parenthtically, the news reports are wrong. The WMD threat didn't come from Zarqawi.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at September 12, 2005 04:25 PM (JQjhA)
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Rusty,
Feel free to update as you see fit. I think it's an enmpty threat as well. But you never know.
Posted by: Howie at September 12, 2005 04:38 PM (D3+20)
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When you see them crying like this, you know they are getting their asses kicked. That's the bottom line.
And Filthy Allah(may your name be praised and may you live forever in peace),
I hate you for putting that image in my head!
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 12, 2005 04:57 PM (q9AWQ)
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The experience of the last four years has been very consistent: there is a close inverse relation between the operational ability of our enemies and their public threats.
Which is to say, the louder they are, the weaker they are.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at September 12, 2005 07:28 PM (CJBEv)
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Find em where these cowards hide and nuke em into the stone age or as what was said in a movie THERES NOTHING LIKE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING
Posted by: sandpiper at September 12, 2005 08:12 PM (AFJdY)
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That's rich. Zarqawi accusing us of using chems.
Hey Zarqawi. What about that failed plot of yours to spread a chemical cloud over Amman?
Posted by: Robert Stevens at September 13, 2005 12:26 AM (ywZa8)
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 13, 2005 08:28 AM (VhNDM)
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