America Can't Ignore Al Qaeda's Resurgence (click here)
...External events aside, the preference of al Qaeda's leadership for Naji's approach over Suri's reflects a long-standing inclination for centralization. Osama bin Laden originally formed al Qaeda to keep the vanguard of jihad alive after the Soviet Union's defeat in Afghanistan. West Point's Combating Terrorism Center has translated a number of documents captured during the Afghan and Iraq campaigns that the Department of Defense has declassified from its Harmony Database. These documents depict a clear al Qaeda hierarchy dating back to bin Laden's residence in Sudan between 1992 to 1996....
Abbas: Hamas helping Al-Qaida establish base in Gaza Strip (click here)
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said that Al-Qaida militants have infiltrated the Gaza Strip and are receiving assistance from Hamas in establishing a base of operations in the Strip. "An alliance has formed between these two organizations," Abbas told the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat on Wednesday....
Abu Laith al-Libi
Al-Qaeda Deputy Vows to Avenge Death of Afghanistan Commander (click here)
By Ed Johnson
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda deputy commander Ayman al- Zawahiri vowed to avenge the death of a commander fighting NATO- led forces in Afghanistan, according to a U.S.-based group that monitors extremist Web sites.
Zawahiri made the threat in a videotaped eulogy to Abu Laith al-Libi, who was killed in Pakistan's tribal region last month, according to a transcript e-mailed today by IntelCenter.
``No chief of ours has died a natural death. Nor has our blood been spilled without a response,'' Zawahiri said in the 10-minute recording released yesterday by al-Qaeda's media production group, as-Sahab....
By Ed Johnson
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda deputy commander Ayman al- Zawahiri vowed to avenge the death of a commander fighting NATO- led forces in Afghanistan, according to a U.S.-based group that monitors extremist Web sites.
Zawahiri made the threat in a videotaped eulogy to Abu Laith al-Libi, who was killed in Pakistan's tribal region last month, according to a transcript e-mailed today by IntelCenter.
``No chief of ours has died a natural death. Nor has our blood been spilled without a response,'' Zawahiri said in the 10-minute recording released yesterday by al-Qaeda's media production group, as-Sahab....
Two Roadside Bombs Kill 8 in Eastern Afghanistan (click here)
By VOA News 26 February 2008
Afghan authorities say two separate roadside bombs in northeastern Paktika province bordering Pakistan have killed five Afghan policemen, two Polish soldiers and a child.
The authorities say the first bomb struck Tuesday morning near the city of Khost, killing five policemen and a child. Officials blamed the attack on the Taliban.
Hours later, a second blast near a Polish base in Sharana killed two Polish troops and wounded another one. Polish Defense Ministry says the troops were returning to the base after a humanitarian mission when one of the vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.
Poland has 1,200 soldiers in Afghanistan and plans to send 400 more later this year.
Taliban militants intensified their attacks on Afghan, NATO and U.S.-led security forces last year.
At least 6,000 people were killed in the violence last year, which was the deadliest since the Taliban were driven from power in 2001.
Brown in talks on 'hostage' video (click here)
A man saying he is Peter Moore appears in the video
'Hostage' video Prime Minister Gordon Brown has held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Nouri Maliki about a video apparently showing a Briton captured in Iraq.
The footage, aired on an Arabic TV channel, appears to show one of five captured Britons appealing to Mr Brown to help secure their freedom.
The man says in English: "My name is Peter Moore, I have been held here for nearly eight months now."
Downing Street said Mr Brown and Mr Maliki had spoken on the telephone.
In the footage, the man asks Mr Brown to free nine Iraqis in exchange for the release of the Britons, who were seized in May 2007...
The USA military creates it's own problems. When citizens die because the USA military is incompetent in its mission, the 'citizen' soldiers in Iraq see it as another Saddam issue and act ACCORDINGLY by launching retaliatory strikes against USA soldiers, which would seem to have their supplies delayed and therefore causing more American deaths.
We don't belong in Iraq !!!
We never did !!
The FIFTH year in Iraq will conclude on March 19, 2008. The American Dead will probably make it to 4000 by that day !
American War Dead since war began (3/19/03) : 3973
American War Wounded since war began : 29203
The latest American War Death was on February 25, 2008:
Spc. Kevin S. Mowl, 22, of Pittsford, N.Y., died Feb. 25 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered in Baghdad, Iraq on Aug. 2, 2007, when the vehicle he was in encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis Wash.
US troops kill man with broken arm (click here)
Updated 4 hours 10 minutes ago
US soldiers mistakenly shot dead a man with a broken arm after he ignored warnings and approached their patrol in the Iraqi city of Baquba, a US military spokesman said.
The incident occurred yesterday when a group of US soldiers who were on a patrol saw a man wearing a bulky jacket approach, Major Brad Leighton said.
"The soldiers fired a warning shot but he kept approaching. They then fired on him and killed him," he said.
The soldiers searched the man and discovered that underneath his jacket, he had a cast on one arm which made his clothing "look bulky."
"There was nothing suspicious found upon him but the incident is under investigation. It was a mistake... an unfortunate incident," he said.
Baquba has seen a series of suicide attacks against security forces and civilians.
The city is in Iraq's dangerous Diyala province - a known Al Qaeda in Iraq stronghold. US and Iraqi forces are currently involved in a massive crackdown in the province targeting Al Qaeda militants.
- AFP
Iraq attacks leave 25 dead, injured
Published: Feb. 27, 2008 at 10:33 AM
BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- At least 25 Iraqis were killed or injured in separate incidents in Kirkuk and Mosel, security officials reported Wednesday.
A suicide bomber detonated explosives while riding a bus Tuesday in Mosul, killing 15 people and injuring six others, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported Wednesday.
In Kirkuk, masked gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint, killing two and injuring two others.
Security forces in Baghdad told KUNA 12 Iraqis were kidnapped at a fake checkpoint set up by terrorists.
Iraqi security forces reported thwarting a terrorist attack on pilgrims visiting Shiite shrines. Acting on a tip, security forces raided an area west of Karabla, confiscating about 80 missiles apparently meant to be used against Shiites, KUNA reported.
Please click on the link below to view the entire article.http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/27/iraq_attacks_leave_25_dead_injured/2153/
THE BENCHMARKS ARE NOT BEING MET !!!
Does this 'sparing' duo care? NO !
How did Al Qaeda in Iraq form? Because of Bush's illegal war !
Is Osama bin Laden still alive and in control of al Qaeda's agenda? Yes !
Where is Osama bin Laden? In Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Where is the war that should be fought? In Iraq? NO !!!!!
Al Qaeda in Iraq is INSIGNIFICANT to the security of the USA.
Where the USA military goes so goes al Qaeda. Hello????????
Iraq election call rejected
BAGHDAD: Iraq's presidential council rejected a plan for new provincial elections yesterday in a major blow to one of the key measures aimed at promoting national reconciliation among the country's Sunni and Shi'ite Arab communities and the large Kurdish minority.
The three-member panel, however, approved the 2008 budget and another law that provides limited amnesty to detainees in Iraqi custody. Those laws will take effect once they are published in the Justice Ministry gazette.
The White House tried to put the best face on the setback, saying "this is democracy at work."
Meanwhile, Turkey stepped up its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq yesterday and refused to set a pull-out timetable, despite a US warning that the incursion should last no more than "a week or two."
One of five Britons held hostage in Iraq since May was shown in a video aired by Al Arabiya television, which said the captive called for the release of nine Iraqis in return for their freedom.
"My name is Peter ... I have been held here for nearly eight months now," a man said on the undated video.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke by telephone yesterday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki following the release of the video.
By VOA News 26 February 2008
Afghan authorities say two separate roadside bombs in northeastern Paktika province bordering Pakistan have killed five Afghan policemen, two Polish soldiers and a child.
The authorities say the first bomb struck Tuesday morning near the city of Khost, killing five policemen and a child. Officials blamed the attack on the Taliban.
Hours later, a second blast near a Polish base in Sharana killed two Polish troops and wounded another one. Polish Defense Ministry says the troops were returning to the base after a humanitarian mission when one of the vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.
Poland has 1,200 soldiers in Afghanistan and plans to send 400 more later this year.
Taliban militants intensified their attacks on Afghan, NATO and U.S.-led security forces last year.
At least 6,000 people were killed in the violence last year, which was the deadliest since the Taliban were driven from power in 2001.
Brown in talks on 'hostage' video (click here)
A man saying he is Peter Moore appears in the video
'Hostage' video Prime Minister Gordon Brown has held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Nouri Maliki about a video apparently showing a Briton captured in Iraq.
The footage, aired on an Arabic TV channel, appears to show one of five captured Britons appealing to Mr Brown to help secure their freedom.
The man says in English: "My name is Peter Moore, I have been held here for nearly eight months now."
Downing Street said Mr Brown and Mr Maliki had spoken on the telephone.
In the footage, the man asks Mr Brown to free nine Iraqis in exchange for the release of the Britons, who were seized in May 2007...
The USA military creates it's own problems. When citizens die because the USA military is incompetent in its mission, the 'citizen' soldiers in Iraq see it as another Saddam issue and act ACCORDINGLY by launching retaliatory strikes against USA soldiers, which would seem to have their supplies delayed and therefore causing more American deaths.
We don't belong in Iraq !!!
We never did !!
The FIFTH year in Iraq will conclude on March 19, 2008. The American Dead will probably make it to 4000 by that day !
American War Dead since war began (3/19/03) : 3973
American War Wounded since war began : 29203
The latest American War Death was on February 25, 2008:
Spc. Kevin S. Mowl, 22, of Pittsford, N.Y., died Feb. 25 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered in Baghdad, Iraq on Aug. 2, 2007, when the vehicle he was in encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis Wash.
US troops kill man with broken arm (click here)
Updated 4 hours 10 minutes ago
US soldiers mistakenly shot dead a man with a broken arm after he ignored warnings and approached their patrol in the Iraqi city of Baquba, a US military spokesman said.
The incident occurred yesterday when a group of US soldiers who were on a patrol saw a man wearing a bulky jacket approach, Major Brad Leighton said.
"The soldiers fired a warning shot but he kept approaching. They then fired on him and killed him," he said.
The soldiers searched the man and discovered that underneath his jacket, he had a cast on one arm which made his clothing "look bulky."
"There was nothing suspicious found upon him but the incident is under investigation. It was a mistake... an unfortunate incident," he said.
Baquba has seen a series of suicide attacks against security forces and civilians.
The city is in Iraq's dangerous Diyala province - a known Al Qaeda in Iraq stronghold. US and Iraqi forces are currently involved in a massive crackdown in the province targeting Al Qaeda militants.
- AFP
Iraq attacks leave 25 dead, injured
Published: Feb. 27, 2008 at 10:33 AM
BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- At least 25 Iraqis were killed or injured in separate incidents in Kirkuk and Mosel, security officials reported Wednesday.
A suicide bomber detonated explosives while riding a bus Tuesday in Mosul, killing 15 people and injuring six others, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported Wednesday.
In Kirkuk, masked gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint, killing two and injuring two others.
Security forces in Baghdad told KUNA 12 Iraqis were kidnapped at a fake checkpoint set up by terrorists.
Iraqi security forces reported thwarting a terrorist attack on pilgrims visiting Shiite shrines. Acting on a tip, security forces raided an area west of Karabla, confiscating about 80 missiles apparently meant to be used against Shiites, KUNA reported.
Please click on the link below to view the entire article.http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/27/iraq_attacks_leave_25_dead_injured/2153/
THE BENCHMARKS ARE NOT BEING MET !!!
Does this 'sparing' duo care? NO !
How did Al Qaeda in Iraq form? Because of Bush's illegal war !
Is Osama bin Laden still alive and in control of al Qaeda's agenda? Yes !
Where is Osama bin Laden? In Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Where is the war that should be fought? In Iraq? NO !!!!!
Al Qaeda in Iraq is INSIGNIFICANT to the security of the USA.
Where the USA military goes so goes al Qaeda. Hello????????
Iraq election call rejected
BAGHDAD: Iraq's presidential council rejected a plan for new provincial elections yesterday in a major blow to one of the key measures aimed at promoting national reconciliation among the country's Sunni and Shi'ite Arab communities and the large Kurdish minority.
The three-member panel, however, approved the 2008 budget and another law that provides limited amnesty to detainees in Iraqi custody. Those laws will take effect once they are published in the Justice Ministry gazette.
The White House tried to put the best face on the setback, saying "this is democracy at work."
Meanwhile, Turkey stepped up its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq yesterday and refused to set a pull-out timetable, despite a US warning that the incursion should last no more than "a week or two."
One of five Britons held hostage in Iraq since May was shown in a video aired by Al Arabiya television, which said the captive called for the release of nine Iraqis in return for their freedom.
"My name is Peter ... I have been held here for nearly eight months now," a man said on the undated video.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke by telephone yesterday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki following the release of the video.
