Month: August 2007

Pakistan Update

The standoff in the frontiers might be about to break as the tribal jirga in Bajaur ended with no deal, both the Taliban and the Tribals refusing to budge.

On the political front there’s still a lot of back and forth: Musharraf and Bhutto are still going back and forth about when the uniform will come off. The opposition leader released by the Supreme Court of Pakistan,  Javed Hashmi, addressed the National Assembly in his role as acting President, PML-N, and leader of ARD (the coalition of minor parties opposed to Musharraf, mostly MMA and PML-N.) The opposition parties thumped as he arrived, but the PPP and PML members mostly ignored the speech.

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Al Qaida Training Tape From Gaza

This video, purportedly filmed in Gaza shows “Jais-al-Ummah” Al Qaeda-Aligned  fighters training – yes there are the usual flaming hoop jumps.

Noteworthy are the Black AQ flag, the black outfits. On the other hand isn’t it HAMAs who does the flaming hoop jumps, or is that the “Moderate” Fatah?

Now you get a content-rejected message, so I salute Daily Motion for removing Jihadist videos. YouTube could learn something here.

TVA to Finish Building 2nd Watts Bar Reactor

TVA voted to finish contruction of a second reactor at Watts Bar that stopped building in 1985. This is great news, and successful finish of this construction will herald the way for new Nuclear energy plants in the US.

TVA voted to finish contruction of a second reactor at Watts Bar that stopped building in 1985. This is great news, and successful finish of this construction will herald the way for new Nuclear energy plants in the US. Continue reading “TVA to Finish Building 2nd Watts Bar Reactor”

In the Shadow of the Moon

This is a trailer of an upcoming Ron Howard movie, In the Shadow of the Moon — just watching the trailer reminded me of how great we can all be, and what we can accomplish.

This is a trailer of an upcoming Ron Howard movie, In the Shadow of the Moon — just watching the trailer reminded me of how great we can all be, and what we can accomplish. This is one I will be seeing at the theater.

Rudy Takes on a Hard-Hitting Journalist

Finally, a candidate who can fully answer hard-hitting detailed questions from reporters in a firm, concise, and polite manner.

Finally, a candidate who can fully answer hard-hitting detailed questions from reporters in a firm, concise, and polite manner. There simply wasn’t a follow-up after this quashing of the notion that Rudy didn’t deserve credit for the tax cuts he fought for in New York as Mayor. See below.

Sunday Morning Terror Roundup

samarra-mosque.jpgThis weekend has been a tour d’ force in combatting terror on several fronts, I’ll recap the major events below. First for all of the people involved in these captures and kills: you are doing a fantastically good job, we love you for it, please keep up the great work!

In Iraq US forces have killed the Al Qaeda mastermind who planned the attack on the Samarra Mosque, from Reuters:

The U.S. military said Haitham al-Badri, the al Qaeda leader in Salahuddin province, was killed by U.S. forces on August 2.

They said he was responsible for the bombing of the Golden Mosque on June 13 this year that destroyed its minarets and sparked a series of revenge attacks on Sunni mosques.

“During an operation August 2 east of Samarra, Coalition Forces killed … Haitham al-Badri, the al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of Salahuddin province. He is also the terrorist mastermind responsible for the Golden Mosque bombing in Samarra on June 13,” the U.S. military said in a statement.

Bill Roggio has full reportage and more detail at The Fourth Rail.

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Saturday Night Terror Roundup

A truck car was stopped with explosives tonight in South Carolina. Something to think on: the truck car came from Florida, was stopped in South Carolina, which is enroute to Washington DC. Maybe a stretch, but remember that the media outlet for Al Qaeda put up a banner promising a “Big Surprise” with a picture of Bush, Musharraf, and the White house burning recently.

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Ariel Says

shore-bird.jpgFull fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them — Ding-dong, bell.

— Ariel, scene ii, “The Tempest”, Shakespeare

Baby Dadullah Dead?

US forces might have killed Mansoor or “Baby” Daddullah in a precision bombing run.

I was sitting on this until further confirmation, but Fox news network has just broadcast it so confidence in the story must be getting higher. US forces might have killed Mansoor or “Baby” Daddullah in a precision bombing run.

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Zawahiri Akbar! Or Pakistan Zindabad?

Even though they are not “Uzbek-Speaking” or “Arabic-Speaking” Taliban, they take direction from foreigners and pretend to be just opposed to the Government of Pakistan. That is so much bullshit; as the letters to Abdul Aziz Ghazi from Ayman Al Zawahiri found at Lal Masjid demonstrate, this is directed by Al Qaeda. They are for “Zawahiri Akbar” and not “Pakistan Zindabad!”

zawahiri-dajjal.jpgThe new code for determining which Terror groups are which in Pakistan is by language. In this article the terrorists holding the historic Haji Sahib Turangzai shrine, are designated “Urdu Speaking” which means they are the splinter called the “Pakistani Taliban” – a conglomerate of small groups originally hosted and funded by ISI in the Kashmir, but now allied and taking direction from Ayman Al Zawahiri, the Egyptian Dr.

If they were true to the shrine and the history of Pakistan, and if they were loyal patriots they would not have renamed it “Lal Masjid” in a bid to recreate the siege and storming in Islamabad. Their goals are transparent, as is their leadership.

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