Rantburg

Today

Sat 05/12/2012

Fri 05/11/2012

Thu 05/10/2012

Wed 05/09/2012

Tue 05/08/2012

Mon 05/07/2012

Sun 05/06/2012

Archives

		582781 articles and 1984928 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 70 articles and 126 comments as of 4:52.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
Annan Fears 'Civil War' Looming in Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Generals canceling Egyptian election?	2 17:22 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1757]
Wily bomb maker fast in race with technology; informant ID'd device	8 16:23 Charles [1738]
Red Thingy, UN appeal for Paleo hunger strikers	5 11:42 AlanC [1748]
Islamists issue ultimatum over Algerian hostages	0 [1725]
Good morning	6 17:13 captcouv [1762]
Interpol issues arrest notice for fugitive Iraq VP	1 06:55 American Delight [1739]
Bodies of two soldiers found in Miramshah	0 [1734]
Marble trader among three shot dead	3 09:46 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1745]
Militant held, peace activist killed in Khyber	0 [1737]
Sufi indicted in 17-year-old case	0 [1736]
Cellphone service suspended in Bajaur after Friday's attack	0 [1740]
People flee Shalobar as operation looms	0 [1734]
UN inspector dies in Iran car crash	2 07:45 Besoeker [1739]
Nato admits Afghan family killed in airstrike	0 [1744]
Senior Pak cop shot dead	0 [1736]
Former Libya revolutionaries attack govt. HQ, kill 2 guards	2 07:50 Besoeker [1735]
At least 13 civilians killed North Waziristan clashes	0 [1737]
EU nations sanction further counter-piracy measures	0 [1734]
Somali Security forces thwart suicide attacks in Mogadishu	0 [1750]
Unknown Gunmen kill two in Somali capital	0 [1731]
Big blast in Mogadishu wounds three, including soldiers	0 [1742]
Bombs found on Nigerian campus previously attacked	0 [1744]
Annan Fears 'Civil War' Looming in Syria	1 03:06 g(r)omgoru [1762]
Syrian Observatory: Troops, Snipers Kill 3 Civilians	0 [1747]
Militant Killed Planting Bomb in Yemen	0 [1741]
Spy Infiltrated al-Qaida, Thwarted Bomb Plot	3 23:42 Rambler in Virginia [1759]
Al Qaeda demands US to end air strikes in Afghanistan,Pakistan,Somalia	10 16:26 Charles [1750]
Page 2: WoT Background
Qaeda chief slams US sorry for Koran burning	0 [1744]
European rights court clears Qatada extradition	0 [1737]
Turkey refuses to extradite Iraqi vice-president: deputy PM	0 [1743]
Turkey Bails Out Iran with Gold	4 16:29 Charles [1739]
Syria: blasts defy Annan's peace plea - live updates	0 [1735]
12,000 troops take part in Jordan war games: U.S	0 [1730]
Racism fears 'left Asian gang free to rape girls'	5 16:31 Charles [1777]
Bomber in al-Qaeda plot was double agent	2 19:56 JosephMendiola [1768]
Fearing Taliban Reprisals Germany contemplating acceptance of 1000s of Afghans & Families	1 12:03 Besoeker [1732]
Majority of Americans reject new US-Afghan security pact: poll	1 02:07 Besoeker [1736]
OIC asks Thailand to lift southern state of emergency	0 [1726]
Bahrain Court Adjourns Trial of 13 Activists	0 [1731]
Lal Masjid operation: SC moved for registering cases against 22 persons	0 [1730]
Presidential Aide: No evidence yet proving a Yemeni behind Underwear Bombing Plot	0 [1739]
Yemen Authorities Angered For not Being Informed on Underwear Bombing Plot	1 09:44 Redneck Jim [1731]
Hadi refuses mediation to end fighting with Al-Qaeda	0 [1741]
Defense Ministry denies spending $7 million for brigades	0 [1735]
Pakistan militants vow holy war for bin Laden	4 20:06 JosephMendiola [1763]
Government has made 'fake' cases against us: Shahzain Bugti	0 [1733]
Iran Hails Syria Vote as Step towards Reform	0 [1735]
Aoun to Jumblat: Remain Silent, I Have the Right to Put You on Trial	1 09:18 Spot [1729]
From Victim to (Mutual) Aggressor: South Sudan's Disastrous First Year	6 23:44 trailing wife [1756]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Malware Installed on Travelers Laptops Through Software Updates on Hotel Internet Connections	2 18:11 rammer [1763]
Teen dies mysteriously soon after memorising Koran	2 15:52 SteveS [1734]
Russian Passenger Jet Missing In Indonesia	0 [1740]
Do as I Do, Not as I Say	6 16:33 Charles [1772]
Police accused of not investigating child sex gang for fear of appearing racist	7 16:39 Charles [1753]
Sri Lankan Buddhists Demand Demolition of Mosque	2 11:36 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1737]
Palestinian Negotiator Erakat Suffers Heart Attack	1 08:05 Frank G [1737]
Gilani no more premier, says Nawaz	0 [1731]
Nasserite Party refuses dialogue liaison committee	0 [1732]
BNP pushes for dialogue	0 [1730]
Madrasa teacher held for torture	0 [1739]
Greek leftist leader rules out austerity measures	4 07:37 AlanC [1726]
Page 4: Opinion
Greece: Elections 2012: Live news blog	1 18:45 Pappy [1750]
Farage: We face the prospect of mass civil unrest, even revolution	1 13:53 AlanC [1739]
New Documents Shine Light on Euro Birth Defects	8 15:03 AlanC [1742]
A national counterterrorism policy	2 08:01 Besoeker [1727]
Page 6: Politix
Barack Obama endorses gay marriage	6 23:33 SteveS [1760]
Kenyan Anger Behind Obama's Slap at Brits Over Fauklands, Churchill	1 09:28 Gruth McGurque5303 [1738]
Inmate Gets ~40% of Vote in WV Dem Primary	7 23:30 SteveS [1760]
Santorum endorses ex-rival Romney	0 [1746]
France's president-elect raps Britain	8 14:01 AlanC [1742]

    
                23:44 trailing wife

                        23:42 Rambler in Virginia

                        23:33 SteveS

                        23:30 SteveS

                        22:07 USN,Ret

                        21:21 Pappy

                        20:29 OldSpook

                        20:06 JosephMendiola

                        19:56 JosephMendiola

                        19:51 Glenmore

                        19:38 badanov

                        19:02 Bright Pebbles

                        18:57 Korora

                        18:45 Pappy

                        18:11 rammer

                        17:28 Ebbang Uluque6305

                        17:22 Ebbang Uluque6305

                        17:13 captcouv

                        17:09 mojo

                        17:02 Redneck Jim

                        16:39 Charles

                        16:36 Charles

                        16:33 Charles

                        16:31 Charles

Who's in the News
34	[untagged]
5	al-Qaeda in Arabia
4	Arab Spring
4	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
3	al-Shabaab
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
2	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Hezbollah
1	PLO
1	Pirates
1	TNSM
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	Global Jihad
1	Govt of Iran
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iraq

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

Wed 2012-05-09
Annan Fears 'Civil War' Looming in Syria

Tue 2012-05-08
Al-Qaeda underwear bomb plot was targeted by US drone

Mon 2012-05-07
Nine soldiers killed, military convoy attacked in N Wazoo

Sun 2012-05-06
Man wanted in USS Cole bombing killed in Yemen: tribal chief

Sat 2012-05-05
Pro-Regime Gunmen Kill 12 'Qaida' Militants in Yemen

Fri 2012-05-04
Bajaur teenyboomer kills 24

Thu 2012-05-03
Afghanistan: Pakistani driving truck bomb arrested

Wed 2012-05-02
Suicide bomb blast hits hotel in Somalia, two MPs believed dead

Tue 2012-05-01
'Egyptians thwart Iranian plot to kill Saudi envoy'

Mon 2012-04-30
US drone 'kills three militants' in Miramshah

Sun 2012-04-29
Syria Troops Kill 10 Rebels in Damascus Region

Sat 2012-04-28
21 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Clashes

Fri 2012-04-27
Separate bomb blasts rock Nigeria's newspapers, at least six killed

Thu 2012-04-26
Libya bans religious, tribal or ethnic parties

Wed 2012-04-25
Sacked Yemen Air Force Commander Quits Post

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 (27)

WoT Background (22)

Non-WoT (12)

Opinion (4)

Politix (5)