Rantburg

Today

Fri 07/10/2009

Thu 07/09/2009

Wed 07/08/2009

Tue 07/07/2009

Mon 07/06/2009

Sun 07/05/2009

Sat 07/04/2009

Archives

		556911 articles and 1922977 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 80 articles and 272 comments as of 21:01.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
Taliban launch counteroffensive against U.S. Marines
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Taliban buying children for suicide attacks	3 00:00 ed [11130]
In Afghanistan surge, soldiers negotiate complex web of local loyalties	2 00:00 Procopius2k [11131]
ROE - Marines, who have a reputation as hard chargers, rarely fired back.	13 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
Tactical Directive July 6	11 00:00 Besoeker [11131]
2 Canadian soldiers die in Afghanistan helicopter crash	0 [11130]
Mounting terror in Algeria	0 [11126]
Droning on in South Waziristan	0 [11134]
Good morning	5 00:00 JohnQC [11132]
Mali army says in deadly clashes with Al Qaeda	0 [11125]
Residence of Taliban commander shelled in Kurrum Agency	1 00:00 crosspatch [11126]
25 vehicles fitted with explosives enter major cities	6 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Forces kill 25 Taliban	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11130]
Captive De-miners Released in Afghan East	0 [11129]
Turkey: Four killed in explosion in southeast	0 [11129]
Violence continues to surge in Iraq	0 [11128]
2 AQI leaders nabbed in Wassit	0 [11130]
Car bomb wounds 8 in Ninewa	0 [11129]
Five killed in DIK sectarian violence	0 [11133]
Activist of banned outfit arrested	0 [11130]
Yemeni court condemns 7 Shiite rebels to death	1 00:00 Free Radical [11133]
Afghan Bomb Blast Kills 4 NATO Soldiers in Kunduz	0 [11127]
US: Pakistani accused of Al-Qaeda link to appear in court	2 00:00 Old Patriot [11132]
UNSC condemns N. Korea over missile launches	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Taliban launch operation 'Iron Net' against US Marines	4 00:00 airandee [11136]
Suicide Bomber Struck Kandahar Airfield	0 [11130]
France summons Iran ambassador	1 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
Iran releases detainees amid power split in govt	0 [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Stop Iranian nuclear weapon and US will scrap missile defence	5 00:00 ed [11133]
Israeli president: two-state solution approved in Israel	0 [11134]
Protestors Accuse Germany of Racism	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [11133]
Han Chinese mob takes to the streets in Urumqi in hunt for Uighur Muslims	8 00:00 3dc [11127]
"Documentary" blames "the British and Israeli Secret Services" for 7/7	8 00:00 Mike [11133]
British terror preacher back in prison	2 00:00 rhodesiafever [11130]
Sanctions will not stop Sudan: Omar al-Bashir	0 [11129]
Major Taliban leadership wiped out: Malik	3 00:00 Pappy [11133]
Police mulling anti-Taliban militias in Mianwali	0 [11129]
China blames Muslims for Xinjiang unrest	8 00:00 Thrineque Lumplump8647 [11135]
Iran warns Western meddlers of firm fist	4 00:00 Don Vito Crolutle2068 [11134]
Israel has a right to deal with nuclear Iran: Biden	4 00:00 Frank G [11126]
Maliki to visit US as violence continues in Iraq	0 [11130]
Military offensive will take out people on streets: warns Imran	0 [11128]
Aoun Fears No Role For Lebanese in Cabinet Formation	1 00:00 liberal hawk [11128]
U.S. will continue to track N. Korean vessels: Navy chief	2 00:00 Old Patriot [11130]
Norks 'Trafficking in Slave Labor'	3 00:00 GirlThursday [11129]
Al-Qaeda threat against Italian MP sparks Muslim support	4 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Nork Missile Tests 'Aimless'	6 00:00 Besoeker [11125]
Nork Ship returns home	2 00:00 liberal hawk [11128]
North Korea Threatens Domestic Nuclear Annihilation	9 00:00 mojo [11131]
U.S. Journalists 'to Be Sent to Special Camp in N.Korea'	6 00:00 trailing wife [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Big Banks Don't Want California's IOUs	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11135]
Israel Creates Massive Man-Made Dust Storm to Camouflage Troops Entering Iran	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11133]
Lab-made sperm could make men redundant..	4 00:00 trailing wife [11136]
Surprising news: Michael Jackson to be buried without his brain!	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11130]
Judge Denies Churchill's Request For Reinstatement At CU	5 00:00 Ward Churchill [11132]
Al Gore likens fight against ~~Global Warming~~ climate change to battle with Nazis	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11136]
Who Killed California's Economy? - How do you spell "Liberal Agenda"?	0 [11137]
Black magic has not hurt Indonesian president's chances	0 [11129]
Three's Company Star Arrested On Suspicion of DUI	6 00:00 trailing wife [11136]
Palin Blasts Critics, Remains Mum on 2012 Bid	2 00:00 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [11132]
Placenta-eating	18 00:00 tipper [11134]
Israel drops Indian venture under US pressure	4 00:00 Mitch H. [11130]
Seoul Seeks Renegotiation of Nuclear Pact	1 00:00 GirlThursday [11125]
Obama, Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reduction	4 00:00 CrazyFool [11130]
Mexico would consider asylum to Zelaya if requested	0 [11129]
Zelaya Plans Another Attempt to Return to Honduras	0 [11128]
Honduras Closes Main Airport	0 [11131]
TV networks trying to raise ad rates as viewers stop watching	24 00:00 newc [11133]
Snopes tracks down pirate-hunting cruise story	5 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
Page 4: Opinion
California Screaming	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11132]
Iran: the birth of a militarized state	0 [11128]
Obama's Moscow giveaway	5 00:00 GirlThursday [11128]
Centrists threaten Obama's agenda	3 00:00 Mitch H. [11133]
Honduras at the Tipping Point	5 00:00 Cyber Sarge [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Frick & Frack - Obama overrides Biden on Israel taking on Iran	4 00:00 CrazyFool [11131]
After Another "Alcoholism & Addiction" Stint in Rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy Returns to Congress	5 00:00 Anonymoose [11128]
State To Pay $335,000 For Ex-Senator's Crash	6 00:00 Sockpuppet of Doom [11129]
Fundraisers win jobs as Obama envoys	2 00:00 GirlThursday [11132]
Specter faces hurdles in Democratic re-election	1 00:00 Jarong de Medici3580 [11130]
Franken eyes role as 'people's proxy' in hearings	8 00:00 Frank G [11129]
Justice is stonewalling on voter intimidation	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]

    
                23:40 Redneck Jim

                        23:15 trailing wife

                        23:14 ed

                        23:05 Don Vito Crolutle2068

                        22:55 trailing wife

                        22:53 trailing wife

                        22:53 Don Vito Crolutle2068

                        22:44 trailing wife

                        22:41 Thrineque Lumplump8647

                        22:36 Procopius2k

                        22:33 trailing wife

                        22:30 trailing wife

                        22:18 JosephMendiola

                        22:13 JosephMendiola

                        22:07 newc

                        22:06 Besoeker

                        21:50 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:49 newc

                        21:49 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:48 Bright Pebbles

                        21:46 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:46 crosspatch

                        21:43 Mullah Richard

                        21:39 Barbara Skolaut

Who's in the News
55	[untagged]
4	Taliban
4	Govt of Iran
3	Iraqi Insurgency
3	TTP
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hezbollah
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Takfir wal-Hijra

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 2009-07-07
Taliban launch counteroffensive against U.S. Marines

Mon 2009-07-06
China: At Least 140 Killed in Uighur Riots

Sun 2009-07-05
British Forces Join Afghan Operation

Sat 2009-07-04
US forces repel Taliban suicide assault, kill 22 Taliban fighters

Fri 2009-07-03
15 dead in suspected US missile strike in Pakistan

Thu 2009-07-02
Mousavi, Karroubi call Short Round govt ''illegitimate''

Wed 2009-07-01
11 cross-dressing Haqqani turbans arrested in Khost

Tue 2009-06-30
Iran confirms Ahmadinejad's victory

Mon 2009-06-29
Mousavi's website shut down

Sun 2009-06-28
Saad al-Hariri Leb's new premier

Sat 2009-06-27
Council appoints commission to probe election

Fri 2009-06-26
Mousavi warns of more protests

Thu 2009-06-25
Somali legislators flee abroad, Parliament paralysed

Wed 2009-06-24
Khamenei agrees to extend vote probe

Tue 2009-06-23
Revolutionary Guards Say They'll Crush Protests

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.

216.73.216.22

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

WoT Operations (27)

WoT Background (22)

Non-WoT (19)

Opinion (5)

Politix (7)