You Know Al Qaeda’s Gone When Children Come Outside to Play

Posted by Thanos on March 24, 2008

Michael Totten has a great write up on his visit to Karmah in Iraq,  please go read it.

This one is particularly important — it shows several lessons that the government in Pakistan should learn. When the terrorists are the people’s only security then the army has no hope of combatting the Taliban in the frontiers.

For years frontier police in Pakistan have let criminal and Taliban gangs run rampant, and so now the extremists have taken on the role of law enforcement in the frontiers as Taliban now patrol the bazaars in Bajaur. That’s a clear sign of failure. 

Category Categories: Al Qaeda, Iraq, Pakistan, TTP, Taliban, War, Waziristan  |  Comments 11 Comments »

11 comments

  1. mama winger says:
    March 24, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    Thanos – two of the American hostages have been found dead. Check over at Not Ready for my Burka.

    http://noburqua.blogspot.com/index.html

  2. Thanos says:
    March 24, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    I know, there’s more news coming tomorrow or the next day, it’s not going to be good. Thanks kindly for letting me know friend.

  3. John Doe says:
    March 24, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    You might be able to change your IP, but you can’t change the machine code built into your network interface card, and you can’t change the code built into your cable modem down there in Florida.

  4. John Doe says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Is that so? Then go ahead and kill me. I dare you, in fact I double dare you motherfucker.

  5. John Doe says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    By the way, the weather is lovely down here. You’ll enjoy it. Anyway, I sincerely hope that the bodies of the four remaining guys are found soon. Their families deserve answers. Just stop praying to your so called “God”. He doesn’t exist. I am sad that all six guys are dead but praying to a so called “God” never was going to save them. Let us hope that Wolfgang and Andrea are freed soon.

    Anyway, have a good life Thanos.

  6. Thanos says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    I’ve got a call into the FBI since this in reference to a hostage case. Like I said, you can’t change the hex code in your modem and NIC, with a Subpoena your ISP is going to give you up. Nobody is anonymous on the internet, even though everyone thinks they are.

    Old IP from previous comments was 65.32.230.26

    65.32.231.185

    IP address Type Host name DNS state
    24.28.199.142 A rr.com
    66.75.160.13 MX lamx02.mgw.rr.com
    24.30.200.18 MX vamx02.mgw.rr.com
    24.30.200.3 NS dns1.rr.com
    24.30.201.3 NS dns2.rr.com
    24.30.199.7 NS dns3.rr.com
    65.24.0.171 NS dns5.rr.com
    66.75.164.5 NS dns6.rr.com
    65.32.1.81 NS dns-pri-01.tampflrdc.rr.com
    65.32.1.80 NS dns-sec-01.tampflrdc.rr.com

    OrgName: Road Runner HoldCo LLC OrgID: RRSWAddress: 13241 Woodland Park RoadCity: HerndonStateProv: VAPostalCode: 20171Country: US ReferralServer: rwhois://ipmt.rr.com:4321 NetRange: 65.32.0.0 – 65.34.15.255 CIDR: 65.32.0.0/15, 65.34.0.0/20 NetName: ROADRUNNER-SOUTHEASTNetHandle: NET-65-32-0-0-1Parent: NET-65-0-0-0-0NetType: Direct AllocationNameServer: DNS1.RR.COMNameServer: DNS2.RR.COMNameServer: DNS3.RR.COMNameServer: DNS4.RR.COMComment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLERegDate: 2000-08-22Updated: 2004-08-26 RTechHandle: ZS30-ARINRTechName: ServiceCo LLC RTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416RTechEmail: abuse@rr.com OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE10-ARINOrgAbuseName: Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-703-345-3416OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@rr.com OrgTechHandle: IPTEC-ARINOrgTechName: IP Tech OrgTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416OrgTechEmail: abuse@rr.com # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-03-23 19:10# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN’s WHOIS database

  7. John Doe says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Yeah, I already knew that Thanos. I’m NOT stupid. Wikipedia always shows my IP. It’s cool that you know the FBI but I’m not in the mood to go to prison and I’m not threatening you.

  8. Thanos says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    Yes but you seem to know about the hostages, so I am sure the FBI is interested.

  9. John Doe says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Very funny. I read the news articles. I am IN NO WAY connected with the kidnappers. It was obvious from the start the six hostages were dead. The hostages haven’t been seen since January 2007. Fine, I’ll leave you alone.

  10. Thanos says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    The case officer at the FBI’ name is Tim, he’ll probably be in touch soon.

  11. John Doe says:
    March 24, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    HA HA HA HA