Rantburg

Today

Wed 10/21/2009

Tue 10/20/2009

Mon 10/19/2009

Sun 10/18/2009

Sat 10/17/2009

Fri 10/16/2009

Thu 10/15/2009

Archives

		582860 articles and 1985037 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 76 articles and 285 comments as of 17:03.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
Battle for South Waziristan begins
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
2 Al Qaeda Militants Killed in Saudi Arabia Shootout	0 [1739]
Suicide bomber kills 20 in attack on Iran Guards	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
60 killed in anti-Taliban offensive - army	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Good morning	3 00:00 Pappy [1767]
Yemen court sentences two northern rebels to death	0 [1742]
Iraqis deported from Britan barred from Baghdad	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
Roadside bomb kills three soldiers in North Waziristan	0 [1743]
Algeria to begin April 11 twin bomb trial; Morocco arraigns terror network suspects	0 [1739]
PFLP fighters report mortar fire, gun battles	0 [1739]
Radicals recruiting young Somalis in Kenya	0 [1745]
Nine die in Iraq violence	0 [1732]
12 Taliban killed in Mohmand and Bajaur	0 [1745]
35 Hizbut Tahrir members held in Islamabad	0 [1741]
Punjab: Bhakkar declared 'Red Zone'	2 00:00 .5MT [1744]
Battle for South Waziristan begins	2 00:00 badanov [1776]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran summons Pakistani charge d'affairs over deadly bomb attack	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Guns and grenades for Somali Ramadan quiz winners	1 00:00 Ebbaitch Ebbutch1035 [1738]
Three-Minute Video Signals Iran Nuclear Aims	0 [1739]
Whipped for wearing a 'deceptive' bra	7 00:00 .5MT [1733]
Syrian long-range missiles in Lebanon	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
Kerry: too soon to send more troops to Afghanistan	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [1756]
Iran frees Iranian-Canadian journalist on bail	0 [1737]
U.S. grants visa to N. Korean diplomat for late Oct. visit	2 00:00 abu do you love [1739]
TTP gets Afghan Taliban support	0 [1744]
Al-Qaeda, Afghan and Pakistan Taliban join forces	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1756]
Nawaz falls ill, Maulana flies off, both avoid Taliban fury	0 [1736]
Obama Drops Plan to Isolate Sudan Leaders	6 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1737]
Norks lock up 154,000 political prisoners	3 00:00 JohnQC [1737]
Iranian opposition says use of force won't halt demands	0 [1736]
Iran may declare Neda a martyr	6 00:00 Helmuth, Speaking for Grerelet4852 [1740]
Afghan govt offers reward for turning in Taliban	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]
Somali rebels give AK-47 to best young holy Quran reciter	6 00:00 .5MT [1738]
Israel vows long fight against UN report on Gaza	6 00:00 Pappy [1761]
Afghanistan braces for possible election run-off	0 [1732]
No terrorist camp in south Punjab: Taseer	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Small Autonomous Helicopter Maps The Interior of Buildings	1 00:00 49 pan [1767]
Meteorite, not vandal, smashes car windshield	3 00:00 gromky [1736]
Bedouin Town Plans to Expel Illegal Arabs	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1755]
Ted Turner: When you only have one or two billion, "You have to learn to live with less"	1 00:00 Eric Jablow [1763]
Cold Start to October in US	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
NOAA: El Niño to Help Steer U.S. Winter Weather	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1728]
Harvards Bet on Interest Rate Rise Cost $500 Million to Exit	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [1733]
Police helicopter shot down in Olympic city Rio de Janeiro	5 00:00 abu do you love [1734]
"Illegal Alien" Costume Offends Usual Suspects...	7 00:00 rjschwarz [1773]
Young bear brunt of the recession	5 00:00 remoteman [1756]
Bank failures drain FDIC insurance - Fund in red for only 2nd time	5 00:00 Anonymoose [1730]
Golliwogs fail to make return in Noddy book	0 [1737]
Air Force Says Missing F-16 Pilot Likely Died Instantly	1 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1740]
Colo. Sheriff: Charges Will Be Filed in Balloon Scare	7 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1734]
Tijuana Tourism Bureau Update	5 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1755]
Illinois jobless rate hits 10.5 percent in August	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Saudi to permit gun shops	0 [1729]
$1.4 Trillion Deficit Complicates Stimulus Plans	13 00:00 49 pan [1762]
Hurricane RICK Public Advisory	2 00:00 lord garth [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Mixed messages	1 00:00 Ebbaitch Ebbutch1035 [1732]
Are We Going to Kiss HuffPo Goodbye?	14 00:00 DarthVader [1762]
Calling Mark Levin to the Rescue	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
China gets tough over Americas ballooning debt	7 00:00 tipper [1764]
Beijing Is Violating North Korean Sanctions	9 00:00 trailing wife [1750]
Page 6: Politix
Senate Squanders Military O&M Budget On Pork	0 [1744]
Rep. Paul Broun: HR-45 Makes a Mockery of Our Constitution - The Dems are in Power	6 00:00 .5MT [1742]
New York Times Declares Fox News Winner in Fight With Obama	4 00:00 .5MT [1744]
D.C.'s AIDS Dollars Squandered	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1736]
RINO v. Conservative Brawl Across The US	10 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1758]
ACORN's Blackmailing of Banks	3 00:00 Glutle Henbane7090 [1740]
State Sen. DeLeo shown sponsoring widow of mob associate	2 00:00 ed [1743]
Frustrated Liberal Lawmaker Balances Beliefs and Politics	2 00:00 Raj [1734]
Obama Administration Drops 'Gag Order' on Private Health Insurer	0 [1735]
Hoosier Daddy?	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Va. must count, certify overseas absentee ballots from 2008 race	3 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1742]
Murkowski signals interest in compromise on cap-and-trade	3 00:00 Iblis [1741]
Monserrate pressured to leave State Senate	2 00:00 trailing wife [1745]
Rev. Al, Rush in riot row	7 00:00 Jack Salami [1729]
Tea Party insurgency marches into key states	8 00:00 Old Patriot [1744]
Joe Biden: the worrying rise of Barack Obama's Mr Wrong	4 00:00 JohnQC [1757]
Obama aide fires back at Beck over Mao remarks	17 00:00 Jumbo Slinerong5015 [1763]

    
                23:54 JosephMendiola

                        23:52 JosephMendiola

                        23:52 Eric Jablow

                        23:48 JosephMendiola

                        23:47 JosephMendiola

                        23:42 tipper

                        23:39 Scooter McGruder

                        23:23 JosephMendiola

                        23:19 Jumbo Slinerong5015

                        23:08 Cornsilk Blondie

                        23:07 rjschwarz

                        22:47 remoteman

                        22:46 Cornsilk Blondie

                        22:26 49 pan

                        22:20 Pappy

                        22:17 DarthVader

                        22:16 49 pan

                        22:16 borgboy

                        21:57 JosephMendiola

                        21:55 Pappy

                        21:51 JosephMendiola

                        21:50 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:49 Pappy

                        21:49 JosephMendiola

Who's in the News
57	[untagged]
4	TTP
3	Govt of Iran
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	al-Shabaab
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	PFLP
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	Hamas
1	Govt of Pakistan

On Sale now!

A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2009-10-18
Battle for South Waziristan begins

Sat 2009-10-17
Pakistan imposes indefinite curfew in S. Waziristan

Fri 2009-10-16
Turkish police detain 50 Qaeda suspects

Thu 2009-10-15
Pakistani Police Attacked in Two Cities; 15 Killed

Wed 2009-10-14
Italy: Attempted terror attack against army barracks injures soldier

Tue 2009-10-13
Charges against Hafiz Saeed dismissed by Lahore High Court

Mon 2009-10-12
Pakistain says 41 killed in market bombing

Sun 2009-10-11
Pak army frees 30 at army HQ, ending siege

Sat 2009-10-10
'Al-Qaeda-linked' Cern worker held

Fri 2009-10-09
B.O. gets Nobel Peace Prize, just like Arafat

Thu 2009-10-08
Car bomb at India's Kabul embassy

Wed 2009-10-07
Terrorist cell found in Hamburg. Surprise.

Tue 2009-10-06
Zazi had senior al-Qaida contact

Mon 2009-10-05
Bomb Hits UN Office in Pakistan Capital; 4 Killed

Sun 2009-10-04
Tensions in Jerusalem after new Al-Aqsa clashes

Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.

216.73.217.127

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

Better than the average link...

San Remo Manual (Laws of War at Sea)
The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries
Internet Outages Map
E. W. Dijkstra Archive

WoT Operations (15)

WoT Background (20)

Non-WoT (19)

Opinion (5)

Politix (17)