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The good professor has been a Fred fan for a while. You're on his blogroll. Welcome Instareaders!
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Glenn's blog roll is how I found Ranty lo those many years ago.
I tried virtually all of them and the only ones that I still look at regularly are Tim Blair and Roger Simon both part of the PJ network.....AND RANTBURG!!!!! 3 cheers!!!
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And atop the normal nutter news, Norma Shearer for the 'lanchers delectation in today's DS & TP. Goes well with Glenn's milking of a breast examination report.
Just a gentle reminder that those hamsters need bedding and hamster chow. So if you have a few bucks you can throw his way, consider contributing to the hamster fund.
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Hit the tip jar to keep the hamster's running, but also want to say that Soldier's Angels is running their Valour-IT program that "helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries". They do good work, are a reputable charity, and your donations would help our wounded warriors.
Frank
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I am glad you mentioned Valor-IT and Rantburg, Commodore Frank. Two places we all should donate some of our funds.
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Mr. Wife sends his congratulations, Fred, but isn't surprised that you have the respect of those whose respect is worth having. Look for a small envelope in your mailbox in a few days.
KANDAHARCanada's new counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan will be put to the test after an IED blast Friday killed Sapper Steven Marshall near one of its showcase model villages, the second Canadian death in three days.
Marshall, 24, of 11 Field Squadron 1 Combat Engineer Regiment based in Edmonton, was struck while on a late-afternoon patrol in Panjwaii district, 10 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city. There were no other casualties.
His death contributes to a rough start for the current rotation of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, with whom Marshall deployed less than a week ago. Fellow Princess Pat Lt. Justin Boyes, 26, was killed by an IED on Wednesday, only 10 days into second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
"At the time of his death, Steven was working toward securing the Panjwaii district in order to provide a more stable environment for the Afghan population living there," Task Force Commander Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance said Friday.
"A stable environment is the best defence against insurgents, because they have no way to counter the positive effects that soldiers like Steven bring to bear."
Marshall is the 133rd Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since the mission began in 2002.
A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander said.
The Norwegian sailors, cruising just off the north-eastern Somali coast, were fired upon in the dead of night by a dhow with between five and seven men on board and armed with heavy weaponry and Kalashnikov rifles, he added.
Local Puntland region officials claimed on Sunday that a Yemeni fisherman and a Somali had been killed when "French forces opened fire."
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So... did the do the rational thing and blow the f...ing Dhow right out of the water?
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Nah, they probably had to call the EU to get permission to return fire without reading the pirates their rights.
And even if they did return fire, they would only be allowed to use weapons no heavier than the pirates.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
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Then I guess they are not descendents of the worshipers of Thor and Odin... The shame they same....
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Mizzou - I don't eat herring or Lutafisk but... my family did take care of Thor's grove and... got excommunicated for 100 years while still worshiping the old gods...
Should we have hung down the tree for a look instead of a hammer?
[Al Arabiya Latest] A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced to death eight men involved in a Shiite rebellion, who were arrested last year for fighting government troops north of the country's capital.
Seven rebels received prison sentences of 12 years, three received three-year sentences, one received an eight-year sentence and one a five-year sentence. Two others were found innocent.
The Houthi rebels were arrested last year for fighting troops for around a month at Bani Husheish, 30 km (19 miles) north of Sanaa.
On Tuesday the court, in a separate trial, sentenced to death four of 16 men , while eleven were jailed for up to 15 years and one was released for already having served out his sentence.
On Monday, a court opened proceedings in absentia against Yahya al-Houthi, the brother of the rebels' leader, who is now based in Germany.
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Hey they water they drink could be used to grow more Qat. Kill a few more....
[Bangla Daily Star] Two pirates were killed in a 'shootout' between them and the police in Poramahal area of the Sundarbans in Mongla upazila yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Altaf Hossain, 38, son of Adil Uddin and Mizanur Rahman Mizan, 40, son of Abdul Khalek of Chandrakhali village under Rampal upazila. Both were the members of 'Raju Bahini'.
During the gunfight, two police constables -- Nurul Islan and Zakir Hossain -- were also injured.
Police Super M Mizanur Rahman said 6-7 armed pirates started firing on police around 5:30am while they were conducting a special drive in the Sundarbans following the Raash Mela at Dublar Char.
Retaliatory firing by police left two pirates dead on the spot. Their accomplices, however, managed to flee.
Police sent the bodies to Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy and recovered two rifles, 14 bullets, 8 cartridges and a mobile phone set from there.
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Police have arrested two Ontario men wanted by the FBI for their alleged involvement with a radical Islamic group in Michigan.
According to the RCMP, officers arrested Mohammad Al-Sahli, 33, and Yassir Ali Kahn, 30, at residences in Windsor early Saturday morning. It is unclear if the men were arrested in their own homes.
Might they have been arrested at the weapons center mosque?
The men were apprehended two days after Mujahid Carswell, 30, was also arrested in Windsor.
Al-Sahli and Kahn were the last of 11 men listed in an FBI criminal complaint that says the group's aim was to commit violent acts against the United States. The two men both face a single charge of conspiracy to commit federal crimes.
Also named in the complaint is Carswell's father, Luqman Ameen Abdullah, an imam at a Detroit mosque. Abdullah was killed in Dearborn, Mich., on Wednesday when he resisted arrest and fired his gun at federal agents. Authorities say Abdullah was the leader of Ummah, a black Muslim group that endorsed violence and hoped to establish a Sharia-law state within the United States.
And has thirty congregations around the country. But as the local FBI honcho kept insisting, this group is an outlier, abnormal, unrecognizable to pius Sunni Muslims in America... never mind that they were closely tied to mainline Muslim leadership councils, and even to erstwhile Florida professor Sami al-Arian.
edit: According to the Washington Times, there are forty to fifty mosques, not thirty. The Ummah is the third largest of the black Muslim varieties of Islam in the United States -- first is traditional Sunni, second is Nation of Islam. Interesting that Muslims choose to segregate themselves within a religion that is supposed to view all as equal in the eyes of Allah.
Hundreds of foreign fighters were on the run in this battle-scarred region near Afghanistan Sunday, the military said, pressing a major offensive into a third week.
Between 600 and 800 foreign militants had been in around Kanigurram town but their resistance was broken by heavy bombing from jet fighters, helicopters and artillery, Brigadier Mohammad Ihsan told reporters on a visit to the normally closed conflict area.
Commanders have described Kanigurram as a major Tehreek-e-Taliban "operational centre" and base for Uzbek fighters.
"They are on the run," Ihsan said. The foreigners were mostly Uzbeks but also Chechens and Arabs, he added.
They may have made a strategic withdrawal but the military is prepared for any guerrilla attacks the militants may mount, Ihsan said.
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This is nothing new, except for the time frame. In the mid-60's the foreign fighters frequented this area and found a home. In fact, many decided to stay and become part of the family. Blood...is indeed thicker than...well...country of origin.
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Gorb - they sent in a secret weapon... Richard Simmons to lead the foreign militants in exercise before the morning pray. And when they discovered the wonderland he viewed during pray ... why then they really started running...
[Geo News] The police have apprehended 7 seven suspects including 4 members of banned religious outfits from the city. District police officer Sargodha, Dr.Usman Anwar told Geo News the police sprung to action and made the arrests on intelligence agencies' information that about 37 suspects were present in Sargodha. Three of the detained suspects belong to Afghanistan, however 4 suspects are the members of banned religious outfits. DPO Sargodha has stated that vacations of police staff have been cancelled, due to possible terrorist attacks while close circuit cameras are being installed in the city.
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[Dawn] At least two persons have been killed in a firing incident outside Cadet College Mastung, DawnNews reports.
Police say gunmen on motorcycle opened fire on two people standing outside Cadet College Mastung located some fifty kilometers south-west of Quetta. The two persons have been identified as Amjad Maseih and Munawar Maseih.
The two received multiple bullets and succumbed to injuries on their way to civil hospital Mastung.
The assassins managed to escape from the spot. However law enforcement agencies personnel reached the spot and started investigation into the incident. So far no group has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
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[Dawn] A bomb killed seven Pakistani soldiers and wounded 11 others Saturday in the country's northwestern tribal area, officials said.
'Seven paramilitary soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded in the remote-control bomb attack,' Shafirullah Khan, the top administrative official of Khyber tribal district, told AFP by telephone.
The Frontier Corps later issued a statement confirming that seven of its members had 'embraced martyrdom'. It gave their names and said they died in an improvised explosive device blast.
Military and security officials in nearby Peshawar city said two vehicles carrying rations for Pakistani troops were destroyed in the blast.
It occurred about 15 kilometers west of Peshawar.
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[Dawn] At least twelve militants have been killed and 13 hideouts and training camps destroyed in shelling and airstrikes in the Mamozai area of Upper Orakzai.
In Mamozai the shariah court was also destroyed where the Taliban held trial of criminals and alleged spies. The shariah court also served as the place where those found guilty were punished.
In central Kurram the security forces noticed the movement of large numbers of Tehrik-i-Taliban men towards the mountains of Tora Bora. Security forces then launched air and artillery strikes oon the fleeing Taliban The locals said the death toll may rise as 11 hideouts and training camps were completely razed.
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[Dawn] Pakistani troops killed 33 militants but faced mortar fire and street battles as they pressed an offensive against Taliban and foreign extremists on Saturday, the military said.
No information provided by the army can be verified because communication lines are down and journalists and aid workers are barred from access to the area on the wild Afghan border.
The latest casualties reported in a military statement bring to 297 the total number of insurgents reported killed since the operation was launched in the mountainous tribal terrain of South Waziristan on October 17.
Seventeen militants were killed and two soldiers injured when government troops surrounded the town of Karama, a stronghold and training centre of Uzbek militants, the military said.
'Fierce fighting is going on between security forces and foreign terrorists present in the area,' it said.
In nearby Kanigurram, troops were facing stiff resistance, including mortar fire, the statement added.
'Fighting in streets is going on and house to house search is in progress. Terrorists have converted the houses into strong bunkers and are holding towers in strength and with snipers,' it said.
Three militants died during exchanges of fire there, and another 13 were killed when troops closed on the 'terrorists' stronghold' of Sararogha, the military said.
Around 30,000 troops are taking part in the offensive against estimated 10,000-12,000 militants in the semi-autonomous and lawless tribal belt. Relief workers say more than 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting.
Numerous previous offensives in the tribal belt have had limited success, costing the lives of 2,000 troops and ending generally with peace agreements that critics say gave the insurgents a chance to re-arm.
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[Dawn] At least 40 more suspected foreigners including 31 Afghans have been arrested during a raid in the Orangi town area of Karachi, DawnNews reported. Sources say no weapons have been recovered in the raids and the suspects will be charged under the Foreigners Act for not producing valid documents pertaining to their stay in Pakistan.
The suspects deny any militant links and further investigations are underway.
The number of arrests in Karachi since Thursday has risen to 108.
Earlier, 62 foreigners were arrested from various seminaries in the city during police raids.
Senior police officials have told DawnNews that so far a total of 59 Afghan nationals and 3 Tajik nationals have been arrested from various areas of the metropolis.
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Did they stop by Binny's place after for a waterpipe and a coffee?
[Dawn] The Pak-Afghan border including the Torkham checkpost has been closed Saturday says the FC Media Cell.
According to the FC Media Cell all illegal movement has been blocked and persons going to or coming from Afghanistan will not be allowed to cross the border without legal documents.
Official sources also say that documents of people crossing back and forth from Afghanistan will be thoroughly checked and deported if any discrepancies are found.
They say that border has been closed in the wake of the explosion in Meena bazaar which killed over a hundred people in Peshawar and to check the flow of foreigners into Pakistan, DawnNews reports.
Officials also say the 1500 kilomtere border has been plugged after a crackdown on Afghan prayer leaders following the recent terror attacks in the country.
However checkposts have been set up at the Torkham border along the Khyber Agency, Mohmand and Bajaur Agency which touches the Afghan border with Kunar province.
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Should be seeing reports in a few days about supply convoys to Afghanistan getting attacked.
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in the wake of the explosion in Meena bazaar which killed over a hundred people in Peshawar
I read that it was a Shite neighborhood that was bombed. The Pakistanis should try looking closer to home, like at Sipah-e-Sahaba or their spawn Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Groups that the Pakistani government sponsored, funded and sheltered.
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The military has entered an important phase in its operation against Al Qaeda and its tribal facilitators, military sources said on Saturday, adding that the key town of Sararogha had been surrounded and Kaniguram was being cleared of terrorists.
An Inter-Services Pulic Relations (ISPR) statement said 33 terrorists had been killed in the decisive battle for control of the Mehsud mainland and four army personnel had been injured. "Security forces have entered Sararogha," the statement said. "The town has been surrounded from all three entry points. All the key positions and ridges around Sararogha have been taken over by security forces," it said.
"During the process of moving forward, intense exchanges of fire took place. Thirteen terrorists have been killed. The military will begin its clearance operation of Sararogha in the next 24 hours. There is a substantial presence of terrorists in the town," ISPR Director General Maj Gen Athar Abbas said. By being on the brink of controlling both Sararogha and Kaniguram -- the two main Mehsud towns where terrorists held great sway -- the military appears to be moving ahead of schedule. Also, advancing from the Shakai side, the military captured Karama village, a training centre of Uzbek militants.
Separately, the military cleared Nawazkot of terrorists and moved onto the outskirts of Makeen.
Disarray: The military said intelligence intercepts had revealed the terrorists were in disarray and were disorganised. It said the loss of important areas; confiscation of major weapons, ammunition and ration dumps had lowered their morale to a great extent, with several cases of desertion also being reported.
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Sararogha? Isn't that where Burgoyne lost to Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold? Or was that just in the Japanese film version?
A man being questioned in connection with last Sunday's devastating bombings targeting Iraqi ministries grabbed a gun from a guard and fatally shot a senior investigator, Iraqi officials said Sunday.
The investigator, Maj. Arkan Hachim, returned fire after he was wounded. The suspect was also fatally shot, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior. Ministry officials acknowledged that the incident showed "a dereliction," and they vowed to "investigate the matters behind this incident."
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.
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.
[Al Arabiya Latest] A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced to death eight men involved in a Shiite rebellion, who were arrested last year for fighting government troops north of the country's capital.
[Bangla Daily Star] Two pirates were killed in a 'shootout' between them and the police in Poramahal area of the Sundarbans in Mongla upazila yesterday.
Police have arrested two Ontario men wanted by the FBI for their alleged involvement with a radical Islamic group in Michigan.
[Geo News] The police have apprehended 7 seven suspects including 4 members of banned religious outfits from the city. District police officer Sargodha, Dr.Usman Anwar told Geo News the police sprung to action and made the arrests on intelligence agencies' information that about 37 suspects were present in Sargodha. Three of the detained suspects belong to Afghanistan, however 4 suspects are the members of banned religious outfits. DPO Sargodha has stated that vacations of police staff have been cancelled, due to possible terrorist attacks while close circuit cameras are being installed in the city.
[Dawn] At least two persons have been killed in a firing incident outside Cadet College Mastung, DawnNews reports.
[Dawn] A bomb killed seven Pakistani soldiers and wounded 11 others Saturday in the country's northwestern tribal area, officials said.
[Dawn] At least twelve militants have been killed and 13 hideouts and training camps destroyed in shelling and airstrikes in the Mamozai area of Upper Orakzai.
[Dawn] Pakistani troops killed 33 militants but faced mortar fire and street battles as they pressed an offensive against Taliban and foreign extremists on Saturday, the military said.
[Dawn] At least 40 more suspected foreigners including 31 Afghans have been arrested during a raid in the Orangi town area of Karachi, DawnNews reported. Sources say no weapons have been recovered in the raids and the suspects will be charged under the Foreigners Act for not producing valid documents pertaining to their stay in Pakistan.
[Dawn] The Pak-Afghan border including the Torkham checkpost has been closed Saturday says the FC Media Cell.
The military has entered an important phase in its operation against Al Qaeda and its tribal facilitators, military sources said on Saturday, adding that the key town of Sararogha had been surrounded and Kaniguram was being cleared of terrorists.
A man being questioned in connection with last Sunday's devastating bombings targeting Iraqi ministries grabbed a gun from a guard and fatally shot a senior investigator, Iraqi officials said Sunday. 
