The Military and Security Intelligence wing of the Kuwaits Ministry of Defense has referred a Saudi non-commissioned officer to the State Security police for sending 20 young Kuwaitis and Saudis to fight a holy war in Afghanistan, reports Al-Rai daily, quoting security sources. The same sources said the accused was holding seminars and lectures on fighting a holy war inside his home in Sulaibiya, which was being reportedly attended by a number of Islamists. The man had reportedly succeeded recruiting 20 young Saudis and Kuwaitis from the district.
The sources added the 20 youths are now in Afghanistan and some of them are fighting the so-called foreign troops. According to some reports some of them have either died in battle or have been arrested. The daily also said there is information available about the rest of the group members.
The sources revealed the suspect was active in recruiting youth to fight jihad over a period of time.
It has also been reported one of his sons was killed in action in Afghanistan while the other was arrested by Saudi security authorities for collecting money to fund jihad activities. His third son also is in Afghanistan but no information is available about his fate. The sources added an Islamist MP reportedly intervened without success to seek the mans release.
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Afghan president Karzai ought to announce that all foreigners found in Afghanistan without the proper visas on their person, or in any way connected with the invasion of foreigners who fancy themselves fighting jihad, will be thoroughly questioned, then hanged as traitors to the Ummah -- not shot as jihadis -- without trial. Then give a list, by country only -- no names -- of how many have already met that fate at the hand of the country of Afghanistan. The most impressive way to accomplish this would be to call in all the foreign ambassadors, plus reporters from the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Afghan radio and television stations, and the major newspapers and television producers of the Muslim and Western worlds, thus making the statement in such a way that none can later claimed they were not thoroughly warned. Give tapes and videos of the announcement to each set of village elders Afghan and allied army units pass through, so the locals know the gauntlet has been thrown down. An intra-village competition for number of certifiably foreign jihadis killed, announced, say, monthly, would be fun, and tie in nicely with the local culture. Non-headless bodies with identification papers would be necessary to substantiate a claim, of course, similar to the Red Chinese requirement that the peasants turn in X dead flies and mosquitoes per unit time when they were on a disease-reduction tear. Otherwise the system would be overwhelmed with a combination of imaginary kills and the bodies of unwanted cousins.
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beavis and besoeker, yall know i'm from franklin up here too the northeast of ATL and we have our very own little sect of jihadist on a compound up here that even the local deputies are scared too go into. you can hear gunfire at thenir practice range very frequently . I went to school with one young boy at the grade school level and now that i think back on it he was taught too hate even at that age. didn't have any friends that weren't muslim(and this was like 88) then hit a teacher in the ha=ead with a rock and we never seen him again.So it looks like our state is getting ran over with them too. You can even see the women come into local supermarkets with their burkas on which is kinda unusual in rural GA
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Yes, we agree, MarkZ. But the problem is our country is being run by those who disagree...for whatever reasons I cannot fathom...maybe has something to do with oil. But then, with Obama, he seems quite sympathetic to them just because they are, like, his kin.
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ISRAELI MIL FORUM > SAUDI PRINCE [Turkic Al-Faisal] WARNS/THREATENS THE USA OVER ISRAEL. Iff the USA = OBAMA ADMIN refuses to revise or alter its policies as per ISRAEL + PALEOS, at the PROMPTING OF IRAN THE USA SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IFF SAUDI ARABIA LEADS A JIHAD AGZ ISRAEL, ETC.
IOW, THE SAUDIS MAY STOP BEING A US ALLY-PARTNER AND INSTEAD BECOM A DE FACTO MIL ENEMY OF ISRAEL + THE USA???
PAKISTANI police said today they had arrested a nine-member gang linked to al-Qaeda and the Taliban, who are wanted for multiple suicide bombings, including an attack outside the Danish embassy.
"We have busted a gang of nine high-profile terrorists, who were involved in several high-profile attacks in recent times," said Rao Iqbal, police chief in Rawalpindi - the garrison city close to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
A senior police investigator said the nine were linked to al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, which US officials say have become a safe haven for hundreds of extremists fleeing Afghanistan.
"They were involved in five high-profile suicide attacks (in Pakistan)," said the investigator, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to release the information.
He listed the attacks as bombings outside the Danish embassy and an Italian restaurant in Islamabad; an attack on an army medical corps bus and the killing of Pakistan's most senior military officer to die in a post-2001 attack.
Six people were killed, including a Dane, in a devastating car bomb attack outside the Danish embassy on June 2.
A Turkish woman aid worker died and at least 10 other foreigners were wounded, including several US diplomats, when a bomb exploded at the popular Luna Caprese Italian restaurant in Islamabad on March 15.
Police said the gang also helped orchestrate a suicide bombing near Islamabad's Red Mosque on July 7 that killed 19 people, mostly policemen.
"They were involved in logistics and providing suicide bombers to hit targets," the senior police official said.
Police said the arrests marked the highest number of suspected militants captured from one gang from Rawalpindi since Pakistan joined the US-led "war on terror" after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
According to senior police officers, the Rawalpindi nine had links to Usama al-Kini, al-Qaeda's top commander in Pakistan, who was killed in a US missile strike on January 1, in South Waziristan.
The suspects were arrested this week when a police intelligence team raided their den, the police official said.
He said the ring leader had been identified as Mohammed Illyas, also known as Qari Jamil, a former prisoner held for three years at the US-run Guantanamo Bay detention centre housing alleged suspects in the US-led "war on terror".
Mr Iqbal said police recovered 100kg of potassium chloride, 50 detonators and 20kg of ball bearings, which militants pack in suicide vests to maximise carnage.
Police officials said the gang also provided suicide bombers for an Independence Day attack in the eastern city of Lahore on August 14 last year and an earlier attack on the Naval War College, also in Lahore.
They had confessed to their involvement in these attacks, police said.
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"He said the ring leader had been identified as Mohammed Illyas, also known as Qari Jamil, a former prisoner held for three years at the US-run Guantanamo Bay detention centre housing alleged suspects in the US-led "war on terror"."
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The command to "go and sin no more" worked better for Jesus than it does for us.
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Logically, this should be okay. Mohammed Illyas, also known as Qari Jamil, wants to perform a suicide bombing - we want him to perfrom a suicide bombing. Let the fireworks go forward!
Bullet-ridden bodies of eight civilians were found dumped in Swat on Wednesday, officials and residents said. The bodies were found at two separate locations in Mingora. "Five bodies were recovered from one place and three from another," a security said. It was not clear whether the civilians were killed during the military offensive or executed by the Taliban. Authorities have intensified efforts to win back control of the valley from the Taliban, with several towns under curfew and orders to shoot violators on sight.
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Translator Error
"Bullet Riddled, not ridden
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I keep forgetting to put on the unquote marks, Hmmm.
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Notice how the goalposts are shifted by the MSM. Notice how the Iraqis have more courage and integrity in their pinkie than the entire MSM.
A smooth election could encourage supporters of a fast-paced withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by next year, but any major irregularities or bloodshed in Saturday's main voting could raise worries about the readiness of Iraq's institutions.
It also included prisons and many hospitals, including a maternity ward in the southern city of Najaf where 21-year-old Salwa Majid filled out a ballot with one hand and cradled her hours-old son with the other. "It's my duty to vote for a better Iraq," she said, showing off her index finger tinted with purple ink -- used in Iraq to identify voters.
In prisons across Iraq, inmates in orange jumpsuits filed in one by one to vote. Faraj al-Haidari, the head of the election commission, said voting was open to any detainee awaiting trial -- even those accused of insurgent attacks or links to al-Qaida in Iraq -- but those sentenced to more than five years in prison were not eligible.
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Vote early and often!
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In prisons across Iraq, inmates in orange jumpsuits filed in one by one to vote.
Kinda like... well, never mind.
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Actually, Southern Iraq has a significant number of Black inhabitants (a result of the slave trade). In fact, there is even an Afro-Iraqi style of music.
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I hear they are both Muslim but differ on selling plates and hats with their picture on them
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LOL airandee. Ironic isn't it who wanted to stop this man's liberation from a dictator. God bless the men and women who sacrificed to make this man's campaign possible.
Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces on Wednesday foiled an attempt to bomb an oil well near Basra city, according to the media office of Basra police. "A force from the anti-explosives department defused an explosive charge planted near an oil well in Talha area (80 km north of Basra)," the office told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "Another force conducted a raid search in different parts of Basra, during which four wanted men were arrested on criminal charges and a stolen car was found," according to the office.
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Well done, Basra police! It's nice to see that the Army isn't having all the successes.
Aswat al-Iraq: Two policemen on Wednesday were killed in an armed attack on a polling center in Touz Khormato district, according to a security source. "Unknown gunmen opened fire on an electoral center in Touz Khormato district (80 km south of Kirkuk), killing two police personnel, including an officer," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "An investigation is currently underway," the source added.
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Wouldn't it be interesting if these folks devoted as much time, ingenuity and effort to positive and productive enterprises as they do to smuggling, making little rockets and other subversive activities.
They might actually have a working economy and a functioning society by now.
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I heard the Israeli military attache speak last night and one of thing he said was that most (or possibly only some) of the Grad rockets that Hamas used were smuggled into Gaza in pieces. This was because they were too big for the tunnels as a unitary piece.
He also said that the IDF believes that 75% of the Grads used by Hamas were smuggled into Gaza during the 6 month 'calm'.
The best part was when someone asked,
"If the Egyptians can easily end the smuggling, why didn't they do so?"
The guy said, "I'm afraid I don't have a politically correct answer to give you."
Critics continue to press the case that Israel committed "war crimes" in its war with Hamas, because of the civilian casualties in Gaza. Ironically, many of these wounds may have been caused by a weapon designed to reduce collateral damage. Not that the Israelis admit they have the thing.
We first reported on Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) munitions in 2006. The weapons originated as an offshoot of a bunker-busting program, when it was found that adding tungsten powder to explosives seemed to increase the blast effect over a small area. The powder was acting as micro-shrapnel which only carries for a few feet (compared to hundreds of feet for larger fragments), so the result was dubbed the "focused lethality munition" (FLM) which does massive damage in a small area and nothing outside.
There are a large number of reports from Gaza that suggest this type of weapon has been used, and, unfortunately, caused civilian deaths. There are reports and pictures of victims peppered with small particles, and descriptions which are consistent with very localized blast.
During Noah's trip to Israel, he saw drone footage of an extremely small weapon hitting a car. When it struck on a road, cutting through a Gaza cemetery the car didn't go up in a ball of flames. Its roof caved in, with a puff of smoke. The back doors were blown out; the front doors stayed shut.
Erik Fosse, a Norwegian doctor working in Gaza says that the weapon "causes the tissue to be torn from the flesh. It looks very different [from a shrapnel injury]. I have seen and treated a lot of different injuries for the last 30 years in different war zones, and this looks completely different."
According to Fosse and his colleague Mads Gilbert, the weapon typically amputates or tears apart lower limbs and patients often do not survive. It's no more illegal than normal blast-and-shrapnel weapons, but it is a mystery.
The only known focused-lethality munition is a version of the GBU-40 Small Diameter Bomb. The weapon has been sold to Israel; Danger Room reported last month that the Israeli Defense Forces were using it in Gaza. But there are two problems. First, the Israelis seem to have bought the original version, not the FLM. And secondly, as Ares reported, Boeing has stated that it has not made any deliveries of the weapon to Tel Aviv, yet.
Ares speculated that the IDF is using weapons supplied by the U.S. Air Force; a spokesman told the site that "we cannot release sensitive information on foreign military sales."
However, Fosse told Britain's Independent newspaper, "all the patients I saw had been hit by bombs fired from unmanned drones. The bomb hit the ground near them and exploded."
It's just possible that Israel is dropping Small Diameter Bombs from drones, but far more likely that this is a small missile with a DIME warhead. Channel 4 News recently aired footage of Human Rights Watch's Marc Garlasco investigating the site of a number of DIME strikes in Gaza. The damage was very localized confined to one room in one case suggesting a much smaller weapon.
It is highly likely that Israel has developed its own version of DIME. In the United States, DIME is also being used for active defense systems to shoot down rocket-propelled grenades and other incoming threats. Because it does not throw shrapnel to any distance, it's much safer than traditional warheads. The Israeli "Iron Fist" interceptor unveiled in 2006 is a similar concept, with small radar-guided projectiles. "Iron Fist uses only the blast effect to defeat the threat, crushing the soft components of a shaped charge or deflecting and destabilizing the missile or kinetic rod in their flight," according to Defense Update. This suggests DIME technology.
One of the often-quoted concerns about DIME which I mentioned two years back is the potential for tungsten particles to cause cancer. But it's quite possible that the Israeli version is not based on tungsten, and we will not know until there is chemical analysis. (Just a guess, but something called Iron Fist might well use iron or steel particles).
But why is such a precise weapon, intended to avoid the risk of collateral damage, causing civilian casualties at all? It takes tactics and procedures, as well
You see that sort of thing in Africa all the time. We've seen lots of stories here about people using witchcraft to steal men's--you know whats.
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Doctors Spooked by Israel's Mystery Weapon
We first reported on Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) munitions in 2006. The weapons originated as an offshoot of a bunker-busting program, when it was found that adding tungsten powder to explosives seemed to increase the blast effect over a small area. The powder was acting as micro-shrapnel which only carries for a few feet (compared to hundreds of feet for larger fragments), so the result was dubbed the "focused lethality munition" (FLM) which does massive damage in a small area and nothing outside.
Current US plans call for procurement of 24,000 SDBs and associated Diamond Back kits over the period 2005 2015. SDB will also offer extended range capability, utilizing standoff, precision attack gliding kits such as the Diamond Back, offered by MBDA. Other SDB enhancements include seekerless configurations, such as the Lockheed Martin PNAV.
September 8, 2006: USAF F-15Es recently received the new 250 pound Small Diameter Bomb I weapon, offering precision-guided accuracy within 1.2 meters of the aim point. The weapons are expected to equip the USAF 494th Fighter Squadron scheduled to deploys to Southwest Asia later this year. The squadron will be the first to use the Air Force's new Guided Bomb Unit-39 bomb fitted with diamond-back wings that enable the weapon to glide to its target from a stand-off distance.
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(Xinhua) -- Israeli F16 warplanes carried out early on Wednesday three successive airstrikes on the border line between southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah and Egypt, no injures reported, residents said.
Witnesses said that Israeli F16 war fighters fired three air-to-ground missiles within a short period of time on the border area between the town and Egypt, causing damages to several houses in the area.
An Israeli army spokesman said in a statement that the airstrike was a response to a bombing attack carried out by Gaza militants early on Tuesday, in which one Israeli soldier was killed and three wounded.
The residents of Rafah said Israeli warplanes targeted the tunnels dug under Gaza-Egypt's borders with three heavy missiles. Israel insists that these tunnels are used for weapons smuggling.
The renewal of violence between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza came after one week ceasefire has been unilaterally declared first by Israel and then followed by Gaza militant groups, led by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
Earlier on Tuesday, media reports coming from Cairo quoted Hamas negotiator to the truce talks with Egypt Ayman Taha as saying that it was agreed to extend the ceasefire until February 5.
Hamas has, meanwhile, said in a written statement that the movement accepted to extend the ceasefire, but has not accepted yet a truce agreement. However, Egypt hoped a longer- term truce to be announced on early February.
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wish the IAF had a bigger bomber... they need to drop the old 'tall boys' of WWII vintage... that might send a message the paleos can understand
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Night raids? Some Israeli must've read about Washing Machine Charlie.
Sweet dreams, Palis...
A bomb exploded at a roadside food shop in the jihad-infested insurgency-torn southern Thailand province of Yala Thursday morning ,wounding four soldiers, one losing both legs. Responding to the emergency, a bomb squad investigated the scene of the incident and preliminary investigation found that the bomb was a homemade five-kilogramme device set off by remote control.
Investigating authorities said an Army truck carrying 14 soldiers was on a routine patrol in the Yala provincial seat and stopped for a breakfast break as a roadside food-vending area on the Malayu Bangkok-Pongyuerai Road in the Yala provincial seat's Sateng subdistict.
Private Tuanamran Guso,23, sat at a stone bench in front of the shop when a bomb, hidden underneath the bench, was detonated by remote control taking off both his legs. The blast wounded other three privates. All four were rushed to hospital in Yala.
Meanwhile, in the nearby province of Narathiwat, police said they acquired more information on the insurgent movement from 31-year-old suspect, Muhamad Bali Masa. The suspect was arrested Wednesday after a shootout between an insurgent group and security forces at Ra-ngae district in which Imran Bimayeng, 30, was shot dead.
Police said the suspect confirmed the dead man was Imran Bimayeng, a member of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) who was involved in bombing and attacking security forces in the southern province many times. Imran Bimayeang was reportedly an expert in producing bombs and other explosive devices, the officials said.
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(Xinhua) -- Israeli F16 warplanes carried out early on Wednesday three successive airstrikes on the border line between southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah and Egypt, no injures reported, residents said. 
