Rantburg

Today

Fri 12/08/2006

Thu 12/07/2006

Wed 12/06/2006

Tue 12/05/2006

Mon 12/04/2006

Sun 12/03/2006

Sat 12/02/2006

Archives

		582860 articles and 1985037 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 98 articles and 499 comments as of 15:41.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Local News
Talibs "repel" Brit assault
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Taliban repel British assault in south Afghanistan	17 00:00 newc [1786]
Egypt police find explosives, destroy Gaza tunnel	1 00:00 gromgoru [1762]
Lebanon opposition buries slain Shi'ite protester	4 00:00 gromgoru [1775]
Israeli-Arabs Shoot Cow-Farmer for His Land	8 00:00 SpecOp35 [1748]
Gunman Opens Fire on U.S. Embassy in Yemen	3 00:00 Monsieur Moonbat [1739]
How the Taliban prepare for battle	17 00:00 Old Patriot [1743]
ISI: Helicopter terror plot uncovered	6 00:00 .com [1749]
Rooters: Taleban find new weapon to attack Nato troops	10 00:00 gromgoru [1773]
NOW? Offering Video, Israel Answers Critics on War	8 00:00 mac [1767]
Two RAB members hurt as criminals hurl bombs	4 00:00 USN, ret. [1740]
BBC: Hunting Taliban With 3 Commando	0 [1752]
Good morning....	8 00:00 USN,Ret [1769]
Militias clash with ex-rebels in Darfur town	0 [1742]
US Army kills two militants, arrests 6 suspects	0 [1749]
UK marines wounded in suicide car bomb blast in Afghanistan	0 [1747]
Iraqi police thwart kidnapping; four kidnappers killed	1 00:00 Glenmore [1749]
Lebanon deploys more troops in Beirut	1 00:00 gromgoru [1776]
Indian court finds 100 guilty in 1993 Mumbai bombings case	2 00:00 john [1744]
Algeria Launches Offensive Against Salafists	0 [1730]
Undercover IDF troops storm cafe, kill terrorist	4 00:00 gromgoru [1766]
Syria sentences 4 for Islamic group contacts	0 [1739]
IDF arrests wanted PFLP fugitive in Bethlehem	1 00:00 gromgoru [1788]
Page 2: WoT Background
Is there any value in Britain maintaining a special relationship with the United States	23 00:00 Mick Dundee [1762]
Bill Roggio returns to Iraq, reports what's really going on	2 00:00 Broadhead6 [1746]
Russia Won't OK Extradition in Spy Case	2 00:00 .com [1732]
Hamas Chief Promises War Even if PA State is Established	7 00:00 gromgoru [1771]
Israeli-Arabs Demand National Recognition	7 00:00 ed [1744]
Iran to host internation holocaust denial conference. Israelis not allowed	8 00:00 Thoth [1741]
WND : Iraqi Christians plead for help from White House	3 00:00 newc [1770]
Iran: Ahmadinejad Threatens EU	5 00:00 DMFD [1736]
Germany condemns Annan's Iraq view	5 00:00 .com [1736]
Radiation monitors rarely used at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport	0 [1736]
Iran Tells Arab Countries to Expel U.S. Military	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
North Korea suspected of reinsurance fraud	17 00:00 Mike N. [1739]
Pakistan to discuss Taleban strategy with Afghans	3 00:00 tu3031 [1736]
Russian spy to be expelled from Canada	2 00:00 .com [1737]
US won't launch preemptive strike against Teheran	10 00:00 Ptah [1739]
Japanese Machinery Builds Iranian Missiles	5 00:00 Shipman [1736]
Iraq Shia leader seeks tougher U.S. action	0 [1742]
Muslims embroiled in world conflicts	12 00:00 twobyfour [1741]
Right on Cue: Revealing x-ray machine raises privacy concerns in US	29 00:00 FOTSGreg [1743]
Musharraf says no to Kashmir independence	1 00:00 3dc [1742]
Royal opposes Iran's nuclear ambitions	4 00:00 Sneger Shinesing6076 [1750]
UN Reports Arms Smuggling to Leb	2 00:00 FOTSGreg [1739]
UN holds conference to end sexual exploitation	4 00:00 BA [1736]
Beirut calm after one killed in violent clashes	3 00:00 mhw [1733]
Haniyeh: PA unity government talks must continue	0 [1743]
Peres urges talks with 'moderate' PA figures	3 00:00 Shipman [1742]
France: 6 powers nearing accord on Iran resolution	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1742]
Netanyahu: Gaza turning into 'second Lebanon'	3 00:00 wxjames [1741]
Somalia: UN envoy says our discussion with Islamists was successful	0 [1744]
UN agencies, NGOs quit Chad	3 00:00 RWV [1743]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Microsoft Software to run Indian Navy ships	9 00:00 twobyfour [1769]
Supreme Court repeals controversial migrants law: illegal immigrants now face deportation	3 00:00 john [1744]
Mixed Emotions At The Oscars....	14 00:00 Mike [1746]
~~Mexican Michael Moore Look-alike~~ Protest Movement Leader Nabbed in Mexico	6 00:00 BA [1735]
USS Intrepid freed from thick NYC mud	4 00:00 gorb [1746]
MSM scare stories	18 00:00 Old Patriot [1766]
NYT Cover for Senate Shills: At the U.N., a Mixed View of Boltons Tenure	4 00:00 FOTSGreg [1747]
Switching Bacteria Off May Be Possible with New Class of Antibiotic	2 00:00 trailing wife [1753]
Troops disarm police in Fiji	1 00:00 gromky [1740]
Bayh: 'Celebrity' not important in presidential race	6 00:00 James [1740]
Shipping firm brings back days of sail with the aid of a giant kite	8 00:00 Redneck Jim [1746]
With the Democratic Congress, Groups Gear Up for Fight Over Paid Sick Days	13 00:00 James [1748]
Britain convinced FSB authorised poisoning	5 00:00 Seafarious [1745]
Bush administration to be cartoon	0 [1736]
NASA plans permanent polar outpost on moon in 2024	5 00:00 rjschwarz [1740]
Algeria: 80 imams summoned, 10 laid off	0 [1738]
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister is too optimistic-analysts	13 00:00 3dc [1768]
Egypt: Anti veil minister pardoned	6 00:00 Montgomery Ward Snopes [1743]
Fiji president 'urging PM to resign'	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [1752]
Sex vid scandal shocks Indonesia	18 00:00 Montgomery Ward Snopes [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Will Islam convert itself?	6 00:00 Kalle (kafir forever) [1767]
Islam gets concessions; infidels get conquered	7 00:00 Pappy [1751]
Why it will be 'President Obama' in 2009	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1776]
The Bottom Line on Iran: The Costs and Benefits of Preventive War versus Deterrence	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Our World: Olmert's Saudi friends	2 00:00 3dc [1753]
Human Rights in Iran (2): Persecution of Intellectuals	0 [1741]
VDH : Blood and Oil	2 00:00 ed [1741]
When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?	0 [1739]
Retreat Is Not Enough for Dennis	12 00:00 DMFD [1746]
Realism isn't, when it comes to Iran	2 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1731]
Spengler: Civil wars or proxy wars?	2 00:00 tipper [1743]
How the Media and the Left Have Doomed Darfur	9 00:00 Ptah [1748]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Flatulence causes emergency landing	1 00:00 SpecOp35 [1739]
Today is: Day of the Ninja!	2 00:00 Deacon Blues [1749]
Top seed caught cheating in chess	0 [1742]
Indian Federal Cabinet minister jailed for life	0 [1740]
Today's Idiot	3 00:00 anonymous5089 [1738]
Hungry ancients 'turned cannibal'	9 00:00 3dc [1749]
Defense Organization Trains Response Teams and Civilians Alike	0 [1749]
Boss jailed for sex with schoolboys	2 00:00 FOTSGreg [1748]
Ice-cream man shot as children watch	4 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1746]
2 Month Old Hospitalized, Had Blood Alcohol Level of 0.364	8 00:00 Icerigger [1740]
Molester blames wife's bingo habit	1 00:00 gromky [1751]
an un-approved video (youtube)	2 00:00 anonymous5089 [1746]
Pinochet family sees miracle in health improvement	0 [1745]
Turkish crowd tries to lynch alleged rapist	2 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1738]

    
                23:54 gromgoru

                        23:47 gromgoru

                        23:46 gromgoru

                        23:44 gromgoru

                        23:44 newc

                        23:42 JosephMendiola

                        23:40 gromgoru

                        23:39 newc

                        23:34 newc

                        23:34 gromgoru

                        23:31 gromgoru

                        23:30 JosephMendiola

                        23:30 newc

                        23:17 3dc

                        23:13 Old Patriot

                        23:12 Kalle (kafir forever)

                        23:11 Mick Dundee

                        23:02 JosephMendiola

                        22:56 JosephMendiola

                        22:54 USN,Ret

                        22:48 twobyfour

                        22:46 DMFD

                        22:21 Zenster

                        22:19 Glenmore

Who's in the News
98	[untagged]

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

Tue 2006-12-05
Talibs "repel" Brit assault

Mon 2006-12-04
Bolton to resign

Sun 2006-12-03
First blood drawn in Beirut

Sat 2006-12-02
Hezbers begin campaign to force Siniora out

Fri 2006-12-01
Hundreds killed, wounded in south Sudan clashes

Thu 2006-11-30
'Israel losing patience over truce violations'

Wed 2006-11-29
Kashmir bad boyz offer conditional hudna

Tue 2006-11-28
Two Kassams land in Sderot area

Mon 2006-11-27
Russers Bang Abu Havs

Sun 2006-11-26
NATO says killed 55 Taliban in Afghan clashes

Sat 2006-11-25
Olmert agrees to Hudna, promises Peace In Our Time

Fri 2006-11-24
Palestinians offer Israel limited truce

Thu 2006-11-23
Sunni Car Boom Offensive Kills 133 Shia in Baghdad

Wed 2006-11-22
Nørway økays giving Mullah Krekar the bøøt

Tue 2006-11-21
Pierre Gemayel assassinated

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.

216.73.216.184

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 (22)

WoT Background (30)

Non-WoT (20)

Opinion (12)

Local News (14)