Homicide Bomber With Truck Full of TNT, Chlorine Gas Kills 27 in Iraq - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Euro

Just more of this. Sad really. Al Qaeda is really getting desparte to kill Muslims.

FOXNews.com - Homicide Bomber With Truck Full of TNT, Chlorine Gas Kills 27 in Iraq - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "A homicide bomber driving a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas crashed into a police checkpoint in western Ramadi on Friday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens, police in the Anbar provincial capital said.

The bombing in Anbar province marked the ninth use of chlorine bombs in the sprawling, mainly desert territory that has been a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency.

Recently, however, many Anbar tribes have switched allegiance, with large numbers of military-age men joining the police force and Iraqi army in a bid to expel al-Qaida in Iraq fighters. Suicide bombings are an Al Qaeda trademark.

Police Maj. Mohammed Mahmoud al Nattah, member of the Anbar Salvation council, told state-run Iraqiya television the bomber hit a residential complex and dozens of wounded were taken to the Ramadi hospital.

Police opened fire as the homicide car bomber sped toward a checkpoint, three miles west of the city, according to police Col. Tariq al-Dulaimi. Nearby buildings were heavily damaged and police were searching the rubble for more victims."

My Trip to Gitmo by Janet Levy

This is an honest look at conditions in Gitmo. Do not listen to fools who have not been there and are crying rivers for the poor terrorists who are being held there. I think the people who want to protect them should all be forced to spend a month there as councilors/guards. After a while, they might decide that these wonderful human beings are too danergerous to allow into society.

FrontPage magazine.com :: My Trip to Gitmo by Janet Levy: "Congressional Democrats who are demanding the closure of Gitmo and advocating that terrorists be held in mainland U.S. prisons are misguided. Ask former New York Metropolitan Correctional Center guard Louis Pepe, who was the unfortunate victim of an al Qaeda terrorist housed in a civilian prison. Pepe was blinded in one eye, partially paralyzed and has difficulty speaking as a result of a brutal one-hour attack with a sharpened comb purchased in the prison commissary.

Terrorists who have the will to decapitate and amputate, blow themselves up, fly planes into buildings, use women and children as human shields and shoot infants in the back are prepared to commit extreme acts of violence to escape confinement. Confining them to an offshore detainment facility in the middle of the ocean with a tyrannical dictator outside the gates is an ideal solution to a difficult problem."

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Damascus airport has become the hub for thousands of Hizballah, Hamas, Jihad Islami fighters heading out to Iranian t

I am wondering how many of these terrorists are upset at not being allowed to kill Rep. Nancy Pelosi as she passed through this airport? I am going to assume most of them, but they could understand the politics behind it and enjoy President Bush lookig bad to a woman. Follow the link to read it all.

DEBKAfile - DEBKAfile Exclusive: Damascus airport has become the hub for thousands of Hizballah, Hamas, Jihad Islami fighters heading out to Iranian training camps: "Damascus airport has become the hub for thousands of Hizballah, Hamas, Jihad Islami fighters heading out to Iranian training camps

April 2, 2007, 6:05 PM (GMT+02:00)

According to DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources, in the last several weeks, Damascus international airport main has become the main transport hub for a stream of Lebanese and Palestinian terrorists heading for Revolutionary Guards installations in Iran. Hence Israel military intelligence chief’s pessimistic briefing to the Israeli cabinet Sunday, April 1. (See separate item on this page) Damascus airport is also the transit point for returning terrorists to gather and pick up their assignment for various Middle East countries, as well as Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Syrian military intelligence and Iranian RG officers have set up a joint depot at the Syrian airport for directing the incoming and outgoing traffic - much of it ferried by Syrian Airways.

A high-ranking Western intelligence source in the Middle East told DEBKAfile that the number of such terrorist-trainees commuting between Damascus and Tehran has grown to more"

No more GWOT by House committee decree

The Democrats claim there is no political motive for this change. They also claim to be the most honest congress in history. I think I see a parallel! The fun part is going to be that now the military has to change the name of the million or so Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medals. Since those were approved by congress in 2003, what will happen now?

If I was one of the generals who have to give reports to the congress, I think I would have to call this conflict "the Conflict for which we give out Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medals". However, I routinely get in trouble for my sense of humor!

No more GWOT, House committee decrees - Military News, news from Iraq, photos, reports from the war - Military Times: "The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget.

This is not because the war has been won, lost or even called off, but because the committee’s Democratic leadership doesn’t like the phrase.

A memo for the committee staff, circulated March 27, says the 2008 bill and its accompanying explanatory report that will set defense policy should be specific about military operations and “avoid using colloquialisms.”

The “global war on terror,” a phrase first used by President Bush shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S., should not be used, according to the memo. Also banned is the phrase the “long war,” which military officials began using last year as a way of acknowledging that military operations against terrorist states and organizations would not be wrapped up in a few years.

Committee staff members are told in the memo to use specific references to specific operations instead of the Bush administration’s catch phrases. The memo, written by Staff Director Erin Conaton, provides examples of acceptable phrases, such as “the war in Iraq,” the “war in Afghanistan, “operations in the Horn of Africa"...

Medal of Honor

http://www.militarytimes.com/projects/flash/07medalofhonor/

This is a tribute to the men who have won the Medal of Honor. I think it is a must see because there are so many heros in this war who are being ignored by the media and we rarely get to see them. Here we get to see the Bravest of the Brave. Semper Fi.

Terrorist/Spy Hiding Behind the Steering Wheel of a Freightliner

Having these terrorists infiltrating the trucking industry is scary. Remember what Timothy Mcvey did with a Ryder truck? Think about the possibilities with a full sized tractor-trailer! It could level a couple of blocks and no one would suspect anything until it was too late. How often do you pass a tractor-trailer in the city? Parking in alleys and behind buildings. Boom.

Family Security Matters: "Trucker Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban is what trucker/terrorist-wannabe, Mohammed Yousef Mullawala dreamed he could be. Mullawala is facing deportation on various charges, including suspicious activities surrounding his brief attendance at the Nationwide Tractor Trailer School in Rhode Island. Unlike Mullawala, Shaaban was the real deal – a terrorist spy hiding behind the steering wheel of a big truck.



The story of Shaaban is as captivating as it is unsettling. The Palestinian-born Russian-educated Shaaban settled in Greenfield, Indiana, with his family and worked as a truck driver for CLM Freight Lines in nearby Indianapolis. According to reports, his commercial driver’s license was issued under an alias – Shaaban Hafed. Also using the alias of “Joe Brown”, Shaaban portrayed himself to be a typical trucker – if, of course, your typical trucker has ties to Saddam Hussein’s intelligence network, Mukhabarrat, and travels to Iraq to negotiate contracts worth millions.



According to a press release issued by the Department of Justice in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 3, 2005, Shaaban was not as he appeared. In late 2002, instead of doing what most truckers do – haul freight – Shaaban was meeting with operatives in the Hussein regime in Iraq, offering to sell the names of US i"

The brave story of the woman who had to say farewell to her legs

Click the link to read this whole story. It brought a tear to MY eye and that does not happen that often when reading about adults. Children are usually the only tear trigger I have, but this story is amazing. I am sure all who read it will enjoy it. If that is the proper term.

The brave story of the woman who had to say farewell to her legs | the Daily Mail: "I ended up sandwiched between tall people on a packed train, which exasperated me. At five foot nothing, I feel strangers breathing on my forehead.

Then it happened. I have no memory of the actual blast, just the feeling I was falling into blackness. My body was tumbling in slow motion while thousands of tiny thoughts raced around in my mind.

I was certain I was having a heart attack. My fellow passengers were screaming at me, horrified I was dying. Something dreadful had happened.

I could hear someone saying: ‘Stay calm.’ Still the screaming continued. What had happened? Where did the train go?

A man reached down. I could see his arms coming towards me. I stretched out to him.

‘I need to stand up. Please help me up.’

The man bent down. I was slipping away. I couldn’t feel my legs."

Diplomats condemn rocket attack on Serb Orthodox monastery in Kosovo, April 02, 2007

Ah, the Religion of Peace lashes out again. Will the West ever admit that this problem exists or will it be just a few pockets of Kafir left for the Muslims to attack as the decline of western civilization finally ends.

ERPKIM Archive | Diplomats condemn rocket attack on Serb Orthodox monastery in Kosovo, April 02, 2007: "Foreign diplomats have condemned a rocket attack against one of the most revered Serb Orthodox monasteries in Kosovo.

'All such violence against the Serb community or the Serbian Orthodox church in Kosovo is absolutely impermissible and intolerable,' the diplomats from the so-called Contact Group on Kosovo said late Saturday.

The group is comprised of the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Russia.

NATO peacekeepers and police found a grenade launcher on the hillside overlooking the Decane monastery, and a rocket engine was discovered lodged in the outer wall of the building, following reports of a blast near the 14th-century site Friday, a U.N. statement said."

Day by Day Cartoon by Chris Muir

This cartoon made me laugh, so I want to share it with all my friends. Enjoy!


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Man Jailed for Having Deadly TB

I pity this poor guy, but I also understand the Health Departments worries! I would hate to have to lock someone like this up, but he literally has killer breath. Usually that is just an expression. The miracle is that he is still alive after all this time.

I do not see many alternatives for the county. Anything this guy touches has to be burned to prevent the infection from spreading. What alternatives do they have?

FOXNews.com - Man Jailed for Having Deadly TB - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News: "Behind the county hospital's tall cinderblock walls, a 27-year-old tuberculosis patient sits in a jail cell equipped with a ventilation system that keeps germs from escaping.

Robert Daniels has been locked up indefinitely, perhaps for the rest of his life, since last July. But he has not been charged with a crime. Instead, he suffers from an extensively drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, or XDR-TB. It is considered virtually untreatable.

County health authorities obtained a court order to lock him up as a danger to the public because he failed to take precautions to avoid infecting others. Specifically, he said he did not heed doctors' instructions to wear a mask in public.

'I'm being treated worse than an inmate,' Daniels said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press last month. 'I'm all alone. Four walls. Even the door to my room has been locked. I haven't seen my reflection in months.'"

Bad Example

Bad Example

Follow this link to a great parody of the brainiacs at the Huffington Post. The biggest problem is that the parody is too close to the truth! Is there nothing left on the Left to parody? Or have they parodied themselves so much that it is impossible to find a new point to exaggerate and mock?

PAKISTAN Imam to government: enforce Sharia law within seven days or we will do it ourselves - Asia News

Things are advancing fast in the world of Islam! The West has refused to face them down and they are now ready to take over the world. I know the US, UK and Australia are ready to face them down if it gets bad enough, but even then it will still cost millions of lives. I will miss Europe though.

PAKISTAN Imam to government: enforce Sharia law within seven days or we will do it ourselves - Asia News: "Imam to government: enforce Sharia law within seven days or we will do it ourselves
The director of the Jamia HafsaMadrassah, who along with students attacked and then forced the closure of a brothel in Islamabad, clarifies: it is not a request it is an ultimatum.

Islamabad (AsiaNews/Dt) – It i san ultimatum not a request: if within a week Sharia law is not enforced throughout the country than true Muslims “will islamify society on their own”. Maulana Abdul Aziz, Imam of the Lal Masjid Mosque and director of Jamia Hafsa Madrassah has said.

Speaking after Friday prayers to thousands of faithful, Aziz clarified: “If the government ignores our requests than we will have to enforce them ourselves”. The man then asked for the closure of “all brothels and gaming houses as soon as possible”, also adding in this case that “that aim may only be achieved thanks to the help of the Madrassah students”.

The Imam’s threats must not be ignored, because just days ago female students from the Madrassah directed by Aziz attacked a suspected brothel taking the women who lived within the house hostage.

Sources say that the Madrassah religious leaders are preparing a ..." (Click link to read the rest)

U.S. ready to strike Iran in early April - intelligence source -1

Click the link to read the rest. It is good to see the details the Russians are providing to Iran are in the news too. Iran's nukes will soon vanish in a fiery cloud. That will be wonderful. The aftermath with Hezb'allah attacking around the globe will provide some interesting times for us all. Unfortunately.

RIA Novosti - World - U.S. ready to strike Iran in early April - intelligence source -1: "MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian intelligence has information that the U.S. Armed Forces have nearly completed preparations for a possible military operation against Iran, and will be ready to strike in early April, a security official said.

The source said the U.S. had already compiled a list of possible targets on Iranian territory and practiced the operation during recent exercises in the Persian Gulf.

'Russian intelligence has information that the U.S. Armed Forces stationed in the Persian Gulf have nearly completed preparations for a missile strike against Iranian territory,' the source said.

American commanders will be ready to carry out the attack in early April, but it will be up to the country's political leadership to decide if and when to attack, the source said.

Official data says America's military presence in the region has reached the level of March 2003 when the U.S. invaded Iraq.

The U.S. has not excluded the military option in negotiations on Iran over its refusal to abandon its nuclear program. The UN Security Council passed a new resolution on Iran Saturday toughening economic sanctions against the country and accepting the possibility of a military solution to the crisis.

The source said the Pentagon could decide to conduct ground operations as well after asse"

Counter-Terrorism: Suicide Bomber Secrets Revealed

It is always nice to see someone crunch the numbers to see what works and what does not. I am very glad to see that suicidal homicidal bombers are not working and might fade away. It is a disgusting way to kill an enemy! If only the leaders in the West might finally notice this and start to fight. I think it will not happen though. The Western leaders are all too afraid of the Islamic violence to fight against it. Cowards!

Counter-Terrorism: Suicide Bomber Secrets Revealed: "Suicide Bomber Secrets Revealed
March 30, 2007: While the users of suicide bombers may not have noticed, the track record of such tactics shows that it doesn't work. In fact, this particular weapon actually backfires. Consider the facts.

The Tamil separatists of Sri Lanka (the LTTE) pioneered the modern use of suicide bombers over twenty years ago. The LTTE was particularly effective at attacking senior politicians and security officials. But each attack just made their opponents angrier. The LTTE is now being defeated, partly by an enraged Sri Lankan population, and partly dissention and demoralization within their own ranks.

Hizbollah was the next to pick up on suicide bombers. While Hizbollah claims to represent the Shia minority in Lebanon, it has brought itself increasing resistance from the majority of Lebanese by acting in support for foreign nations. Actually, Hizbollah has largely abandoned suicide bombing, apparently noting the downside of the tactic.

Palestinian terrorists adopted the use of suicide bombing against Israel in 2000. The Israelis eventually developed tactics that defeated this weapon, The Palestinian attacks destroyed the substantial support within Israel for a Palestinian peace deal, and increased support for stronger measures against Palestinian terrorism. The Palestinian terrorists are still"

IDF intelligence: Iran, Hizbullah preparing for possible US strike - Israel News, Ynetnews

I still predict that the US will be attacking Iran. Unfortunately, President Bush seems to have lost his backbone and is no longer standing up to anyone. As much as it sickens me to say it. He still fights to keep working against the terrorists in Iraq, but will not do much else. Click to link to read more. It is good information to read!

IDF intelligence: Iran, Hizbullah preparing for possible US strike - Israel News, Ynetnews: "IDF intelligence: Iran, Hizbullah preparing for possible US strike

Head of military intelligence says Iran, Syria and Hizbullah preparing for possible confrontation with US this summer

Ronny Sofer
Published: 04.01.07, 15:49 / Israel News

Iran, Syria and Hizbullah are preparing for a possible military confrontation with the United States in the summer, the head of the IDF's Military Intelligence said Sunday.

'Their preparation is defensive ahead of war … They fear a war initiated by the Americans because they understand that there might be an attack against Iran over the summer, but not by Israel,' Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told the Cabinet.

'We are closely following these preparations, for fear that one of the sides misinterprets certain moves in the region. I bring up the Six Day War in this context – when you reach a war no one is interested in as a result of the involvement of many players.

'We need to be ready, and at the same time be careful that such steps do not cause others to get the wrong idea about our moves,' he added.

According to the intelligence chief, Hizbullah has been maintaining the ceasefire so far, because the organization is not interested in getting into another conflict..."

Iraq: The King Speaks

This is an excellent article that points out that the major problem in Iraq is corruption, with sectarian strife and revenge killings running close behind. Corruption is hard to break where it has always existed, so it is taking a while. However, the Arab fears of the emerging Persian threat are well founded and are forcing the Arabs to unite despite themselves. This might bode well for the future of the Middle East, which has not seen peace in the memories of any historian that I know. Maybe this aggressive Iran is just what is needed, even though it will have a very high cost in human bodies. I will pray for them.

Iraq: The King Speaks: "A major reason for the crackdown in Baghdad was to halt the retaliation attacks against the Sunni Arabs. This violence was driving far more Sunnis out of the country, than it was killing. Whole neighborhoods have been depopulated. Shia Arabs are slowly moving in, taking over abandoned homes, but fearful that the long-feared Sunni might return. Most Sunni Arabs know that they won't be returning any time soon. The hate is too recent and too strong. Saddam ran a very successful police state, which means he ran up a pretty hefty body count. Those bodies had kinfolk who now burn for revenge.

The corruption also extends to foreign affairs. Saudi Arabia and Iran are in a bidding contest for the loyalty of Iraq. While run by a Shia majority, Iraqi Shia are all Arab, and share the Arab distrust of Iran. The Sunni Arab nations have shown more willingness to keep terrorists out of Iraq. The Shia majority government in Iraq feels threatened by the Iranian backed terrorist groups. While these terrorists maintain some popularity by killing Sunni Arabs, the government has them vastly outnumbered by soldiers and police. While Iranian money can buy some cops and soldiers, it can't buy enough of them to overthrow the government, or save the pro-Iran Shia militias. Iraq appears ready to become more of an Arab, than Shia, country."