Rantburg

Today

Thu 10/22/2009

Wed 10/21/2009

Tue 10/20/2009

Mon 10/19/2009

Sun 10/18/2009

Sat 10/17/2009

Fri 10/16/2009

Archives

		582781 articles and 1984928 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 69 articles and 263 comments as of 4:58.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
South Waziristan clashes kill 60 militants
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Michael Ledeen on the Baluchistan Bombing	7 00:00 Alaska Paul [1747]
Chinese bulk carrier hijacked in Indian Ocean - EU	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
Motorcycle bomb wounds 28 in southern Thailand	1 00:00 Glenmore [1735]
Good morning	6 00:00 mojo [1735]
Iranian reformist jailed for 5 years over vote unrest	2 00:00 Jumbo Slinerong5015 [1762]
60 Taliban leaders escaped to Mideast via Karachi?	4 00:00 EX PARA [1743]
Police raid madrassas in Islamabad	0 [1733]
Terror threats lead to closure of schools, colleges countrywide	0 [1737]
Myanmar militant held in Bandarban	1 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1749]
Sunni rebel group claim Iran guards attack: TV	0 [1741]
Iraq's anti-corruption journalist attacked	0 [1754]
Irans supreme leader rumored to be dead again	4 00:00 Black Bart Ebberens7700 [1746]
Pakistan troops in heavy clashes in S.Waziristan	1 00:00 Willy [1731]
Balochistan information minister's home attacked	2 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Over 100 suspects arrested in nationwide sweep	0 [1744]
Maulvi Nazir group decides to stay neutral	0 [1739]
South Waziristan clashes kill 60 militants	4 00:00 EX PARA [1770]
Page 2: WoT Background
Russia ready to join Iran anti-terror fight	5 00:00 Anonymoose [1765]
Iran signals it may not strike nuclear deal	1 00:00 James Carville [1737]
Iran threatens Britain, US after blast	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
'Deadlock' as Karzai rejects UN fraud verdict	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1728]
Gates seeks to maintain Afghan coalition amid US indecision	0 [1730]
White House: No Troop Decision Until Afghan Election is Resolved	13 00:00 Alaska Paul [1732]
British special forces soldier faces war crimes probe for allegedly threatening to kill Taliban	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1726]
'Hizbullah staged finding spy devices'	0 [1731]
Taliban's Afghan allies tell Barack Obama: 'Cut us a deal and we'll ditch al-Qaeda'	11 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
France vows help with pirates	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
Iran blames 'satanic' U.S. for suicide attack, vows revenge	7 00:00 trailing wife [1731]
Rajaratnam Surfaced in U.S. Terrorism Probe	0 [1732]
Hamas delays response to Palestinian unity deal	0 [1733]
France Stresses on Afghan Post-Election Consensus	1 00:00 Skunky Glins**** [1755]
A Dozen Afghan Inmates Flee Prison	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1736]
Iran presses Pakistan as terror attack kills 42	0 [1730]
US plane with Marines forced to land in India	4 00:00 Chief [1753]
Freed US reporter says he underestimated Taliban	4 00:00 Jumbo Slinerong5015 [1759]
No foreigner allowed to be Imam masjid: Malik	0 [1728]
John Kerry arrives in Pakistan	7 00:00 GirlThursday [1733]
Poll: Two-thirds of Israelis support two states	5 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1722]
Ex-ambassador: Hamas thriving on Fatah's mistakes	0 [1731]
De facto government opens police academy	0 [1728]
No information on Jundallah chief in Pakistan: FO	0 [1735]
India to send 26/11 evidence to Pakistan	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
Israel boycotts Turkish coffee over political spat	2 00:00 lord garth [1728]
Explosive-Laden Al-Qaeda Gunmen Planned Attack in Saudi Arabia	1 00:00 James Carville [1732]
SKorea considers resuming limited aid to NKorea	0 [1732]
Cornyn: Afghan Delay Emboldens Our Enemies	2 00:00 James Carville [1728]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Army Review - Posse Comitatus Violated In Alabama	3 00:00 USN, Ret. [1757]
NASA scientist caught 'spying' for Israel	1 00:00 Pappy [1731]
Hampton University's first white Homecoming Queen suffers racism	8 00:00 trailing wife [1755]
You've got a cat? OK, you can stay in Britain, officials tell Bolivian immigrant	6 00:00 GirlThursday [1759]
Scientists claim Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged from the future	26 00:00 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) [1758]
4 die drinking toxic liquor	4 00:00 trailing wife [1740]
Bailed-out UK bank to hand out £5m bonuses	1 00:00 Woozle Uneter9007 [1728]
Catholic Church slams Italys bid to teach Islam	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
Royal Mail hires 30,000 workers in attempt to beat strike.	1 00:00 Dale [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
TNR: We cannot defeat Al Qaeda Without Securing Afghanistan	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1756]
Spengler: When the cat's away the mice kill each other	5 00:00 Glenmore [1731]
Obama Administration Condemns Attacks On Rev Guard Commanders	6 00:00 Besoeker [1735]
P. J. O'Rourke : A Dynamite Prize	4 00:00 Woozle Uneter9007 [1731]
The Nobel-Hollywood Complex Implodes	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [1752]
Destruction Of Healthcare Delivery System Underway	0 [1727]
Page 6: Politix
Oba-Mao T-Shirts A Hit In China	0 [1733]
Obama's New Pot-Friendly Policy	19 00:00 rjschwarz [1733]
Treating the Elderly Like Spoiled Brats	25 00:00 Frank G [1728]
Alabama Mayor Charged With Taking Political Bribes	4 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1741]
McDonnell, a poised presence, could lift the GOP	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1740]
NY House race seen as test for GOP, Obama	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1755]
5 hired after Obama vouched for them	0 [1736]
Bet on it: ACORN will be back	2 00:00 Tholing Sinatra7526 [1736]

    
                23:35 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)

                        23:32 USN, Ret.

                        23:29 GirlThursday

                        23:25 trailing wife

                        23:22 USN, Ret.

                        23:20 USN, Ret.

                        22:51 Jumbo Slinerong5015

                        22:49 Procopius2k 

                        22:44 Jumbo Slinerong5015

                        22:27 Zhang Fei

                        22:12 crosspatch

                        22:09 Skunky Glins****

                        22:07 Anonymoose

                        21:52 gromky

                        21:45 JosephMendiola

                        21:42 Chief

                        21:30 JosephMendiola

                        21:29 JosephMendiola

                        21:25 JosephMendiola

                        21:21 JosephMendiola

                        21:17 JosephMendiola

                        21:16 Anonymoose

                        21:14 trailing wife

                        21:13 Woozle Uneter9007

Who's in the News
45	[untagged]
6	TTP
4	Govt of Iran
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Hamas
2	Jundullah
1	Pirates
1	Hezbollah
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in 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

Mon 2009-10-19
South Waziristan clashes kill 60 militants

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

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.

216.73.216.168

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 (17)

WoT Background (29)

Non-WoT (9)

Opinion (6)

Politix (8)