Monthly Archives: March 2007

Lizard Rythms

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Thanos

Four tunes

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Afghan Army Thoroughly Defeats Taliban Force

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Thanos

In the largest independent action to date Afghanistan Armed Forces killed 69 Taliban in Helmand, demonstrating not only their independence from ISAF forces, but also their effectiveness. Continue reading →

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Little Green Footballs Back up

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Thanos

LGF appears to be down back up this am, probably from crushes of people trying to get news about the Kidnapping of the British Sailors. I’ve taken the Headline widget out of the sidebar until Charles recovers. UPdate: Nothing ever … Continue reading →

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British Sailors Captured By Iran

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Thanos

Breaking: Fifteen British sailors have been captured by Iran, the sailors were on routine patrol in Iraqi waters when this occurred. Continue reading →

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Waziristan — Truce or Just Lull in the Fighting?

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Thanos

The death toll in Waziristan has risen to 132 after the locals rose against the Uzbeks and Chechen foreigners, who have long outstayed their welcome and have crossed the line  by bringing the violence into Pakistan. By attempting assassinations and … Continue reading →

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Adak, Alaska Chosen as Base for GMD Radar

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Thanos

A new state-of-the-art Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) radar will be based at Adak Alaska. Continue reading →

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Anthropogenic or Anthropomorphic Global Warming?

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Thanos

Personification of the forces of nature has occurred since the dawn of time, and mankind has painted his face on the forms of nature, assigned human likeness and sentience to the gods of nature, and even perpetuated the myth that human intervention shaped the … Continue reading →

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Waziristan Update

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Thanos

Pashtuns have a deep sense of honor, they have large, extended families, and if you kill one of their family members it’s worse than the Hatfields and McCoys. There’s no forgiveness, no matter the reason for the death Continue reading →

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New Rumors of Bin Laden, or Old News?

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Thanos

The article appears to be a retread of a 2005 piece by Paul Williams that appeared at World Net Daily in August of 2005. Since then of course much has happened, including registration of foreigners and Afghan refugees, regulation of madrassashs and foreign students attending them, a mass migration of Afghan refugees in August last year (Expect more come Spring) and the Madrassah bombing. Continue reading →

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Chinese Blogger Jailed Six Years

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Thanos

China has again silenced a blogger, this time with a six year prison term. From Shanghai Daily (courtesy PJM) THE former editor-in-chief of a Chinese Website has been given a six-year prison term for subversion, the Ningbo Intermediate People’s Court in … Continue reading →

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