Monthly Archives: November 2006

Taliban Ban Press in North Waziristan

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Thanos

Please stop by The Fourth Rail, Bill Roggio has a write up on the Taliban attempts to muzzle the press, and ban periodicals in North Waziristan. There’s also a wonderful tribute to America in the comments section well worth the … Continue reading →

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Snow in KC

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Thanos

 Dust Of Snow  The way a crow  Shook down on me  The dust of snow  From a hemlock tree  Has given my heart  A change of mood  And saved some part  Of a day I had rued.  — Robert Frost

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AP “Al-Qaida Press” in More blunders

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Thanos

Gateway Pundit has the Skinny and details Here and Here. Of course they are denying everything, when in reality they ought to be pulling credentials and firing the reporters who put in these false, inflammatory, and totally bogus reports. Iraqi’s  have … Continue reading →

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Ancient Enemies

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Thanos

In conflict resistless each toil they endur’d Till their foes shrunk dismay’d from the war’s desolation. And pale beam’d the crescent, its splendor obscur’d By the light of the star-spangl’d flag of our nation. — Francis Scott Key  The tribes … Continue reading →

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AP Prints Agitprop, Files Stories From Bogus Iraqi Police

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Thanos

Please stop by Flopping Aces for an very thorough overview of how AP and other news agencies have been flummoxed by Al Qaeda or Baathist agitprop agents posing as Iraqi Police. Those reports of chaos and bedlam in Iraq are being greatly exagerated both by the agitprop agents, and our own lazy, stupid press. Continue reading →

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Peace Jirga Outcome

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Thanos

For a good rundown of the Peace Jirga among the Pashtun tribes in Pakistan and Afghanistan please stop by Crumbling Spires. This is a lead in to the Grand Jirga, or Jirga Loya that will include government and tribal leaders … Continue reading →

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By Demons Be Driven

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Thanos

In Iraq the Sunni are the dispossessed — like the Loyalists of the American Revolution, many have lost their power, and some their possessions, postions, and place in society. After the war in America, greater than 30,000 Loyalists left the country for homes in Canada, the Bahamas, and other places under the crown. Continue reading →

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Pakistan Update III

Posted on November 24, 2006 by Thanos

The reception to the WPB passing in Pakistan so far appears positive. No doubt the MMA will do their best to demonstrate and agitate over this, but so far their threatened resignations are not materializing. For an overview of Pakistani … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Arrests More Afghan Taliban

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Thanos

over the past three days they’ve arrested 193 Taliban from madrassas in and around Quetta. The difference between this and past round ups is that they are picking up the murder-mullahs and death-Imams this go round. Continue reading →

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Peace In Nepal !

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Thanos

The decades old Maoist insurgency in Nepal has now come to an end, at least on paper. For almost a year Royalists, Freedom Advocates, and the Maoists have been at loggerheads, but the agreement is now final, and calls for the Maoists … Continue reading →

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